Unknowingly, Song You followed the Imperial Master and walked through this ghost town.
The ghost city is only inside Yeshan, which is about the same size as Yuan'an City, but there are also spaces on several hills around Yeshan, and there are even huge hollow faults underground, which are all part of the ghost city. At this time, Song You followed the Imperial Master
Go deeper underground.
"I saw in the book that the Imperial Master seemed to have divided ghosts into five classes?" Song You asked.
"It is only temporary to facilitate the management of the ghost city and needs to be perfected in the future." The national master replied, "Every ghost who comes here must examine the good and evil. Under the mirror of karma, there are no lies, so they are divided into five levels."
"How to divide it?"
"If you are a kind person with outstanding virtues and have never intentionally done anything wrong when you grow up, you will be considered a first-class person and you can serve as an official in a ghost town according to your ability." said the Imperial Master.
Those who have committed crimes that have not resulted in serious consequences will be classified as second class, and can work as subordinates in the ghost town. If they are guilty, they will be classified as third class. Those whose crimes have not been resolved in the human world must be resolved here."
"Where are the fourth and fifth waiters?"
"If you have committed a serious mistake or a serious crime, or committed a serious crime, but the crime does not lead to death, you will be classified as the fourth class, and you must atone for your sins and be punished in the ghost town." The Imperial Master said to him, "If you have committed unpardonable crimes and died without mercy, then when you arrive,
This is the last level of ghosts. The fifth level of ghosts are also treated differently according to the size of their crimes. If they are heinous and unforgivable and do not want to regret death, or they have committed capital crimes but have not resolved them during their lifetime, even if they die once here, they will still be treated.
You have to die again, be burned alive, and be reduced to ashes. If you have committed a capital crime but have already completed it before your death, you will either be moved to the fourth or third class, or continue to be reduced to ashes, depending on the circumstances."
"Are you looking for repentance?"
"This is one of the references."
"I see."
Song You just nodded after hearing this and didn't comment much, but he felt it was very strange in his heart.
"When the ghost city was first built, we would do special things at special times. If it is a good person, we will be extra tolerant. If it is an evil ghost, we will be extra strict." The Imperial Master paused, "It's just temporary."
"That's hell over there, right?"
Song You turned his head and looked at a passage next to him, already feeling the temperature coming from there.
"Hell."
The Imperial Master answered calmly and unabashedly: "Nowadays, among the ghost prisons, only the Fire Hell has been built, and it is also the most commonly used ghost prison. All ghosts who have unfinished crimes in the world will go to the Fire Hell. Some only have the Fire Hell.
You just need to be tortured on the edge, some are tortured in the middle, and some are burned to death here.”
"Those ghosts in dreams..."
"Either you will be tortured here, or your soul will be lost here." The Imperial Master said.
"Can I go take a look?"
"The ghost prison is very hot, and the edges are also very hot. Besides, the ghosts are crying and howling, making it very noisy." The Imperial Master said, then lowered his head with a smile, and glanced at the calico cat, which also raised its head and looked at him, "Not to mention the people over there.
Fellow Taoists and poor Taoists can see the scene, but Empress Sanhua cannot."
"Please ask Sanhua Empress to wait for me here."
Song You also lowered his head and said to his cat.
The Sanhua Empress suddenly became tense, her eyes widened a bit, but she immediately sat down, sitting upright, her tail wrapped around her little feet, and she still raised her head high to stare at him.
"Miss Sanhua, don't run around."
After Song You finished speaking, he looked at the Imperial Preceptor with a smile: "I don't know that the Imperial Preceptor is afraid of the intense flames and high temperatures?"
"The poor Taoist is not as capable as his fellow Taoists, so he is naturally afraid."
"It doesn't matter."
Song You waved his hand——
Suddenly, a ray of light enveloped his and the Imperial Master's bodies. He felt a coolness in the light, and could no longer feel the temperature coming from there.
"Let's go."
Song You looked at the Imperial Master with a smile.
Seeing that he didn't give him any chance to refuse, the Imperial Master had already prepared everything, and it was almost necessary to see him, so he had no choice but to smile helplessly and walk forward.
"Then please."
"Trouble."
"How dare you call it troublesome? It is said that although this fiery hell was built by Pindao based on folklore, it was just a decision. Pindao has low magic power and a weak body. No matter how he arranges the flames, drives away and binds evil spirits, or supervises their torture,
, it’s not the poor man who did it. The poor man has only seen the Fiery Hell from a distance. Since the flames rose, mortals can only walk halfway through this passage. The most that the poor man can see is the fire on the other side.
, I have never seen the scene in the Hell Fire." The national master walked in front and said as he walked, "So it is the poor Taoist who has taken advantage of the fellow Taoist."
The two of them walked further and further away while talking.
The calico cat was left sitting where it was, with a well-behaved posture, its tail still wrapped around its little feet, staring at the Taoist priest's leaving figure, and only when he couldn't see it anymore did he look back, raised one paw, lowered his head to lick it, licked it twice and then used his paw again.
He rubbed his face for a while, and at the same time glanced at a Taoist and an old man in cloth robes who also stayed behind.
"..."
Sanhua Empress sniffed.
…
The passage was not long, and there was already a light of fire in front of it.
Due to the rise in temperature, the two Yin officers who were waiting for use beside the Imperial Master stopped and did not dare to move forward. However, Song You and the Imperial Master did not feel the heat at all.
My body is still cool.
Until you reach the end of the passage.
His eyes were filled with fire, and his eyes were filled with fire.
There is a not very big space in front of it. Looking at the bottom, it looks like a pool. It is sunken. If you connect it to the surrounding and the top, it looks like a stove, filled with flames.
The flames were just swaying on the outside, but the flames were dense in the middle, and only the dazzling fire light could be seen. The ground and walls were all carved with fire array runes in golden handwriting. There were stone pillars on the ground, and iron chains were wrapped around the stone pillars. They should be tied to
The ones used by ghosts are also engraved with runes.
"call……"
The flames blew past the two of them.
There are ghosts inside who are being punished, and their wails are loud.
Song You squinted his eyes and turned his head, not looking at the tortured ghost, but at the runes around him and on the ground.
It is a relatively simple fire-gathering array. Of course, in this day and age, many people don’t know how to do it. Those who can arrange it can be considered a spiritual master. In addition, there are several other layers of arrays, respectively.
It provides functions such as confinement and reinforcement. It seems that the imperial master has experts under his command.
Quietly, his eyes flashed with luster again.
As expected, under these magic circles, there is another hidden magic circle.
It's a pity that it is only used for concealment.
The effect is similar to Song You's Dongzang spiritual power.
"The Imperial Master has capable people under his command."
"Dayan is so big that there are many strange people and strangers. By virtue of his position as a national master and the convenience of the court, Pindao has made acquaintance with many experts." The national master and Song You have reached the edge of the hell, and from the fire
The flames that filled the prison almost surrounded him, but they didn't feel hot at all. "Pindao doesn't have the skills of fellow Taoists. If it were Pindao himself, he wouldn't be able to do anything. He can only achieve great things by borrowing his strength."
"Under these formations, there is another level of formation. I wonder what it is used for?"
"Fellow Taoist, fiery eyes." The Imperial Master said calmly, "It's just a magic circle used to restrain the aura and conceal movement. Firstly, I'm afraid that the aura in the fire will spread out and cause catastrophe to the innocent ghosts outside. Secondly,
I'm afraid that the ghosts who are being tortured here will howl so loudly that their sounds will penetrate the sky and scare the little ghosts outside, so I have to restrain my spiritual energy in order to avoid being noticed by the demons and ghosts outside and causing unnecessary trouble."
"rational……"
Song You nodded.
The Imperial Master seemed to be here for the first time. He looked around and then said, "Fellow Taoist, is there anything else you want to see?"
"Let's go back."
"There are not many ghosts being tortured today. The few ghosts that are there are also hard-boiled and their crimes are not serious. They were only burned on the periphery. They are really not worth seeing." The Imperial Master said and followed him back.
The fire around him slowly dimmed, replaced by pale blue will-o'-the-wisps, which felt dim and cold.
The luster on the Imperial Master's body has also faded.
The calico cat still sat obediently, staring up at the Taoist, while the two people around him were panting, wiping their sweat and looking at the Imperial Master and Song You with relief.
"Miss Sanhua, are you obedient enough to wait for me here?" Song You lowered his head and asked her.
"!"
The calico cat tilted its head and looked at him, but said nothing.
This cat is always like this. Sometimes she talks a lot and has endless questions, and sometimes she stays silent and expects you to communicate with her through your eyes. Who knows what the cat is thinking?
"Fellow Taoist walked all night and half a day to get to Yeshan. Now I have been looking at it for so long, and I am tired just thinking about it. Although this ghost city was built from the realm of the human world for transition, the ghost spirit is too strong.
Normally I wouldn't dare to spend the night there, but my Taoist friend is very powerful, and the cats and horses around him are extraordinary creatures, so I'm not afraid even if I think about it." The national master said to them, "I'll let you Taoist friend choose, and Pindao can be here for you.
Find a place to live in the ghost town so that fellow Taoists can easily visit, and you can also arrange a tent for the fellow Taoists to rest under the sun and moon outside Ye Mountain."
"..."
I heard that the foreign teacher was confident and calm, which paved the way for his two choices.
Obviously not afraid of him staying here.
It feels like a well-known brand.
However, Song You still said: "When I travel around the world with Empress Sanhua, most of the time, for no other reason, I just want to be curious, fresh, and see things I have never seen before, so that I can share it with future generations when I grow old.
When they talk about their lives, they have something to say that will amaze them.”
"good!"
The Imperial Master agreed without hesitation and then ordered the Yin officials to give Song You a residence in a previously prepared official residence.
"I will wait until tomorrow to visit the ghost town with my Taoist friends and discuss the ghost town plan with my fellow Taoists. If you two have any needs, please let me know to Pindao and Yin Guan." After the Imperial Master finished speaking, he lowered his head again and smiled.
Looking at the cat at Song You's feet, "If there's anything you want, Miss Sanhua, you can tell Pindao."
"Do you have mash soup here?"
"Ghost?"
“Ghost! The soup!”
"have!"
“Add more sugar!”
"good……"
The Imperial Master's smile became even brighter.
Then he accompanied the Yin officials to send Song You to his residence, and also ordered the Yin officials to tell them that Song You was a distinguished guest. As long as he was in the ghost town, he could go in and out of anywhere freely. If there were any questions, he had to answer truthfully and make an appointment with Song You tomorrow.
I came to him when the time came and discussed with him about the ghost town before leaving.
Song You stopped where he was, with a horse on one side and a cat on the other.
The official residence behind him basically imitated the standard of the human world, the standards were not low, and it looked very grand, but the lighting was all about will-o'-the-wisps, and it was pale, green, and blue, which made it feel eerie.
Looking at it this way, it really looks like the underworld in the folklore of the outside world at this time.
Song You turned around and walked in.
This is the place where the ghosts and wild ghosts were built before the underworld was established. It is also the predecessor of the underworld. The ghost king in this official residence is likely to be the ghost king of the underworld in the future, and will be the first official residence in the underworld in the future.
, may also look like this. But I didn’t expect that before the Ghost King was born, Song You would live in it first.
It’s also a good experience.
It’s just that Song You had a hunch——
You may not find anything here.
"Taoist priest……"
"What's wrong?"
"It stinks in here."
"It's underground..."
Song You knew that cats are very sensitive to smells and are one of the few animals that mind the smell very much, so he said, "Please be patient, Miss Sanhua, we won't be able to stay for a few more days."
"Long time!"
"Please Sanhua Empress..."
"OK!"
As the goddess of cats, Sanhua Empress is the most incapable of resisting people's requests.
But she followed the Taoist to the inner room, looked up at the Taoist, and couldn't help but said: "There are no mice here!"
"Please Sanhua Empress, please try to overcome it." Song You just thought it was because she lacked fun.
"But it also smells like a smelly rat!"
"Hmm? Stinky rat?"
"It's just a rat that hasn't finished eating!"
"Oh, rotten rat."
"rot!"
"Why a rat? Isn't it something else rotting?"
"The stink of a rat is different from the stink of other things. The stink of a dead cat is different from the stink of a dead mouse." Empress Sanhua looked at him seriously, "The stink of a bird is also different."
"That makes sense."
"Miss Sanhua has a very sharp nose."
"Miss Sanhua is very skilled, especially with rats." Song You complimented, and then asked, "Where did you smell this smell?"
"There are many places, including on the road!" Sanhua Empress thought for a moment, "There are the most places to make fires!"
"Can you find anything?"
"Sanhua Empress has searched for it, but can't find anything." Sanhua Empress paused and said as she walked, "It just looks like a stinky rat, but it is not a stinky rat. It smells like a rat and you can't eat it."
"So this is ah."
No wonder those two people were panting.
It should be that Sanhua Empress suddenly became lively and active after she left, and maybe she even did parkour in the ghost town for a while. The two people were probably afraid that Sanhua Empress would get lost and make them angry, so they hurriedly hurriedly
He ran to catch up, but chasing a cat is not that easy.
Song You stayed temporarily in the ghost town.
The yin energy and ghost energy here are strong, but this is the human world after all, and the yin energy and ghost energy have no effect on him, so everything is as usual.
In the next few days, the Imperial Master came to see me every day.
Song You also followed him with Empress Sanhua, and visited almost all the places in the ghost city that had been built and not yet built, and even visited places that had not yet been included in the plan. Every day, he talked with the Imperial Master about the ghost city.
Not only did he listen to his plans for the ghost city and even the future underworld, he also listened to him talk about his helplessness with the Heavenly Palace and Buddhism, as well as the limitations of his ambition but his inadequacy. He also talked with him about the evolution of the way of heaven and the people's hearts in the world. Sometimes Taoists also
Give your own suggestions and both parties will benefit a lot.
At least Song You's knowledge has increased a lot.
If the ghost city is really used as the prototype to condense the underworld, Song You will be the first to experience the rumors about the underworld that will be circulated in the world for thousands of years to come.
After death, living beings become ghosts and live in ghost cities. The difference between living people and the real world is also visible to him.
The journey is meant to be a spiritual practice, and this trip is considered rare.
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