Chapter 816 Chaos in the Underworld
After passing through the gate of hell, Liu Jun walked less than ten minutes and encountered five waves of evil ghosts.
It was then that I realized that the underworld was really in chaos. Usually there were only some scattered lonely ghosts on the Huangquan Road.
Because ghosts often pass by here, evil ghosts and fierce ghosts are easily caught and taken to the underworld.
But now, the good and evil orders cannot be sent directly to the judge's office, and the road to hell is not easy to walk.
After walking for another half an hour, he found two ghosts dressed as evil ghosts, with all the hooks hidden on their bodies. If the good and evil order hadn't reminded him, Liu Jun would have thought that these two were evil ghosts, and almost fell into each other's eyes. The talisman has been collected.
"What are you two doing? Steal landmines and hide them like this," Liu Jun said angrily.
The tall ghost smiled bitterly, "Sir, you haven't been to the underworld for a long time, right? The underworld is in chaos now, the order is chaotic, evil ghosts have escaped, and the underworld has been blocked by Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva. , I can only go in and out, for fear that these escaped ghosts will cause harm to the world.” The ghost officers have all been transferred. The team that used to consist of ten ghost officers is now surrounded by more than a dozen evil ghosts. It’s terrible.”
“You are so brave? Didn't Yama Luodian send troops to destroy them?" Liu Jun frowned.
"No way. In addition to King Yama in the fifth hall, there is also King Chakravartin who is working hard to maintain the order of the underworld. The Yamas in other halls are already red-eyed. How can they be willing to send troops to encircle and suppress these evil ghosts?"
The short ghost agent next to him also looked aggrieved. The ghost agents from the underworld who used to be so majestic have now been reduced to the point where everyone screams for beatings and has to dress up in disguise when going to the ghost gate to pick up ghosts. Anyone else would be full of resentment. .
"Ksitigarbha doesn't care?"
"It seems that Ksitigarbha only sealed the underworld and prevented evil spirits from getting out. As for the disputes in the underworld, he never participated in it and did not add insult to injury. Not bad." Rose Shura curled her lips, and her words did not seem to have any favorable impression of Ksitigarbha.
It can also be understood that King Ksitigarbha at that time said that if all the dead souls in the underworld are saved, the underworld will never be empty and they will never ascend to heaven.
But as soon as he arrived in the underworld, he immediately lived next to the Netherworld Blood Sea of Ancestor Styx, chanting sutras and chanting Buddha's name every day.
I almost made the ancestor of Styx get angry. You said that you would cross the souls of the underworld, firstly, not to the Forgotten River, and secondly, not to the 18th level of hell.
Isn’t it disgusting to live in the sea of blood where there are only Shura and no dead souls?
At that time, Patriarch Styx was so angry that he had a fight with Ksitigarbha.
However, although King Ksitigarbha did this in an unethical manner, he was indeed very strong, and he was on a par with Ancestor Styx.
Liu Jun checked some information on this matter. At that time, the bad old man Qingfengzi meant that it was not that Patriarch Styx couldn't defeat Ksitigarbha, but that it was useless even if he did.
Ksitigarbha is the representative of Buddhism in the underworld. Even if Ksitigarbha is defeated, other Bodhisattvas will come down from behind, some even more powerful than Ksitigarbha.
According to ancient books, the ancestor of the Styx River has a saying that if the Styx River does not dry up, the ancestor will never die.
These words are not groundless, but the ancestor of Styx is indeed immortal within the scope of Styx. Even Empress Houtu, who has transformed into the underworld, can't do anything to him. She can defeat Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva. The fight was evenly matched, and no one believed it even if they said they didn't let the water go.
The patron saints of the Shura clan, those Shura kings can compete with Ksitigarbha, let alone the Styx ancestor who created the Shura clan.
"Sir, you don't dare to be disrespectful to Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva," the tall ghost said quickly.
Rose Shura curled her lips. Although she still looked disdainful, she said nothing. After all, this was the underworld, not the sea of blood. She didn't want to cause trouble to Liu Jun.
"What's the point of being disrespectful? I'll cross over all the dead souls in the underworld. They've almost been eaten up, so I won't cross over yet." Liu Jun pointed at a few evil ghosts not far away. He grabbed the ghost with half of his body left and gnawed at it.
This ghost arrived in the underworld for the first time. Before it was picked up by the ghost messenger, it was eaten by evil spirits and lost the qualification for reincarnation.
"Well, this, well, what, sir, we still have a mission, please continue, we will leave first." After the short ghost said, he winked at the tall ghost.
"Yes, sir, we still have a mission, let's go first." The tall ghost reacted and hurriedly said goodbye and left.
After the two ghosts walked out for a distance, they whispered, "This adult doesn't seem to have much respect for Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva."
"Yes, that's why I I'm pulling you away quickly. Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's listening ear can hear all things. If he takes action against this adult, don't implicate us."
"Yes, hurry up." Liu Jun was speechless. , raised his hand and used a talisman to destroy the evil ghosts that were eating ghosts, and continued to move forward with Rose Shura.
After walking around and asking around, I finally found out that the underworld is currently divided into four camps.
The King of Yama and the King of Chakravartin are neutral factions. They are mainly responsible for maintaining the only order in the underworld, so as not to completely collapse the order and prevent it from functioning.
One is the advanced faction headed by King Guang of Qin. They plan to reform the existing system of the underworld and re-divide the territories and responsibilities of each palace.
Supporters include the King of Officials, the King of Mount Tai, and the King of the City.
The other is the conservatives led by the Song Emperor, who do not agree with the reforms of the underworld.
Supporters include King Bian Cheng and King Ping Ping.
The last one is the crazy king of Chu Jiang, who beats anyone he catches. It is said that he was an extremely tyrannical king during his lifetime, and was inspired to become the king of Chu Jiang after his death.
In terms of strength, he is no worse than King Guang of Qin, and is even a bit stronger, but in terms of madness, any of the ten Yamas are inferior to him.
So although both progressives and conservatives are annoyed by him, there is nothing they can do about him.
King Chu Jiang is in charge of the living hell. In order to suppress the tortured ghosts, the number of ghost soldiers and ghosts is several times that of other palaces.
After several hours of journey, Liu Jun and Rose Shura arrived at the Naihe Bridge on the Wangchuan River.
The closest city to Naihe Bridge is Fengdu City, where the four great judges are located. No one from Yama can enter here.
The reason is that this is where Emperor Fengdu sleeps. Even if other cities break their heads, they cannot disturb this place.
This is also the hub of the underworld. All dead souls must enter here and then be divided into various cities. The importance is self-evident.
Due to the situation in the underworld, the Naihe Bridge is also heavily guarded. In the past, there were only a dozen ghost soldiers maintaining order, but now there are hundreds of ghost soldiers here, and there is a group of ghost soldiers guarding here not far away. .
"Hurry up, don't wait too long." Ghosts lined up in a long line and passed the Naihe Bridge one by one, amidst the shouts of the ghosts.
Same as before, those who are guilty and so evil that they cannot be reincarnated will be thrown into the Wangchuan River.
Ghosts who are extremely greedy will also have fantasies and jump into the Wangchuan River.
The ghosts on the bridge seem to have been accustomed to it for a long time. They did not stop the ghost from jumping into the Wangchuan River, and allowed it to jump and become one of the ghosts in the Wangchuan River.
"Hey, when will this day end?" a ghost complained.
After another ghost warrior finished checking a ghost, he said, "Are you satisfied? It's good if we don't have to fight on the battlefield. I heard that tens of thousands of ghost soldiers and ghost warriors have been killed in the disputes in the past few days. We are here." It’s a bit tiring, but at least I’m still alive.”
“That’s right, it’s better to die than to live. We ghosts, if we die one more time, the fun is really over. I don’t know how many ghosts would envy us. We don’t have to go to the battlefield,” another ghost said.
“Well, I’m not saying that I don’t know how to be content, but there are more and more ghosts. Is there some trouble in the world of the world?”
“Who knows, I can’t care about that. There are too many, things in the underworld are messy enough now, why, do you still have relatives alive?" a ghost said with a curl of his lips.
"That's not true. I have been dead for hundreds of years, and my relatives have been reincarnated several times. I just heard that there is internal strife among the Taoist priests in the world."
"It's human nature, we've all become ghosts and we're still fighting among ourselves."
"Okay, shut up. I'm so tired that I can't shut you up. Believe it or not, I'll throw you to the ghost soldiers." Go fight on the front line," the ghost captain said cursingly.
The Naihe Bridge became quiet again, with only the clatter of iron chains and the shouts of ghosts remaining.
(End of this chapter)