54 Chapter 54
Among the immortals? !
Zong Jiu narrowed his eyes and continued to ask.
The ghost thought for a moment, and then he told Zong Jiu everything he knew.
Some things are confusing and confusing to mortals.
But for the ghosts in the underworld, there are few things in the world that they don't know. After all, people can lie, but the dead can't. When you look in the mirror in front of the King of Hell, no secrets can be hidden.
What's more, this matter has also caused widespread discussion in the underworld. Three years ago, it was also a big event that ghosts talked about with relish.
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The old woman's surname is Wang. She has no children for many years. Her husband died early. After she got old, she lived alone in the mud house behind the old locust tree in Tongbai Village.
In those days, few people in Tongbai Village believed in Buddhism. There was only a dilapidated temple behind the village, which was tattered and leaky.
But the story that the Bodhisattva had become a Buddha right here has been passed down from generation to generation in the village.
After ascending to heaven, the Bodhisattva enlightened a piece of land in the village. The color of this land was incompatible with other loess and was deep red. No matter what plants were transplanted on it, they could not survive. Legend has it that if a plant grows on this land one day, it must be a fairy grass that can make people immortal and ascend to heaven on the spot after eating it.
But in the end, everyone only regards it as a story after dinner. If you want to believe it, absolutely no one believes it. After all, the whole village has guarded that piece of Bodhisattva land for hundreds of years, and no green has ever appeared on it.
Farmers are already facing the loess and back to the sky. If they have the ability to believe in Buddhism and chant scriptures, they might as well plow two more plots of land.
The old woman is the only person who believes in Buddhism in Tongbai Village.
No one in the village is willing to take care of the piece of Bodhisattva land that does not lay eggs, so the old woman silently took it all by herself. She works from sunrise to sunset every day, sweeps the dilapidated temple clean, and takes care of the Bodhisattva land neatly.
Others laughed at the grandmother behind her back, but she didn't care. She just smiled and said that she believed in Buddhism, so she didn't feel tired.
In this way, ten years passed like a day.
It's strange. It's really difficult for the elderly in the village to live to sixty. But the old woman was still energetic at the age of sixty, and she didn't look old at all. She could even walk around with a hoe by herself, which made people marvel.
It happened that famine broke out that year.
First, the weather was not good, and there was a severe drought all year. Then there was a locust plague, and there was no harvest, and the people were living in misery.
Without food, they killed the pigs prepared for the New Year. After the pigs were eaten, they ate bran. Without bran, they could only dig some wild vegetables. In the end, the villagers were so hungry that they peeled off the bark and ate it, and a large number of trees in the forest died.
At night, they were so hungry that they found cloth strips to tie their stomachs to make their hungry stomachs shrink more.
One night, the Bodhisattva in the sky gave the old woman a dream.
The Bodhisattva came with a fairy child, stepping on auspicious clouds and wearing colorful clouds. The dream was filled with fairy music.
"You and I are predestined. I have seen your contributions over the years. You can go to that land."
"Remember, the predestined thing is extremely yang, and it is not a fairy thing that the human body can directly bear. After taking it, you need to eat a certain amount of the extremely yin Bodhisattva soil every day. You don't need too much, just a handful. After a year, you will be able to be directly ranked among the immortals."
After saying this, the Bodhisattva left gracefully.
It was still dark when she woke up from the dream. The old woman put on a coat and went out with a lamp.
As expected, in the Bodhisattva soil where no grass grew, a fairy grass was standing quietly, shrouded in a faint glow, even more than the cold moonlight.
The old woman knew that she had met a real god, and she kowtowed on the ground in gratitude, saying thank you for the Bodhisattva's blessing.
After taking the magic grass, the old woman found that her hearing and eyesight suddenly became clear, and her body became as light as a swallow. In the past, she felt tired when carrying water, but now she can walk briskly with one hand carrying a bucket, and even the wrinkles on her face have been smoothed out, and her face has been refreshed.
Most importantly, after taking the magic grass, the old woman found that she only needed to follow the Bodhisattva's words and take a small amount of Bodhisattva soil every day to keep her full for a whole day, and she didn't need to eat anything else.
For people living in a famine era, this is simply a great surprise.
At this point, the ghost could not help but sigh, "This old lady is also a person of great fortune. You know, since Liu Bowen cut off the dragon vein in the Ming Dynasty, the fairy world and the human world have almost lost contact. It is extremely difficult for the mortal world to become an immortal again. Only those who are not destined to be immortal and have great merits dare not dream of it."
Back to the story, he continued to say that the old lady was originally a kind-hearted person. Now that she has been favored by the Bodhisattva, she is not only not complacent and arrogant, but has become more low-key and down-to-earth in doing good deeds.
Since she only needs to eat the Bodhisattva soil every day, the old lady gave all her food and the small amount of harvest from the land to the villagers.
For example, the children in the village who are not well fed and malnourished, and the daughter-in-law of the village chief who just married and is pregnant and lacks nutrition.
But over time, this matter has attracted the attention of other people in the village.
Each household only harvested so much food each month, which was not enough for one person to eat. How could an old woman give so much food to others?
So the villagers secretly followed the old woman and found that she would eat a handful of Bodhisattva soil every day. As long as she ate the Bodhisattva soil, she would not have to eat for a day.
‘Eating the soil can fill your stomach. ’
This news swept the whole village in an instant, and the villagers rushed to eat the Bodhisattva soil.
The originally thick piece of land was almost left after being dug.
But Bodhisattva soil is a very yin thing. Once the human body eats it, vomiting and diarrhea are the minor symptoms. After eating it, there are not a few people who have their souls leave their bodies at night.
After eating for a few days, the villagers also found that the Bodhisattva soil did not have the effect of filling their stomachs as they imagined. Instead, it made them dying, and they were furious.
In their eyes, the old woman was a sinner who kept things to herself. She was unwilling to tell them about such a good thing, so they wanted to question her.
The old woman was even more miserable. There was only one magical herb, and the Bodhisattva told her not to reveal the secret, and she didn't know where to start.
The starving villagers didn't listen to the explanation, and seeing that the old woman was resisting, they locked her in the house.
They nailed the old house shut with wooden boards, leaving only a small gap.
After doing all this, the villagers said viciously: "Since you don't want to say it, let us see if you are alive in seven days! '
The ghost sighed, "This is really hard for the old woman."
"The Bodhisattva said that although you don't need to eat extra food every day, you still have to eat Bodhisattva soil, otherwise you can't stop the positive effect of the magical herb. What's more, even if you take the magical herb, you are still a mortal in nature. How can a mortal not drink a drop of water for seven days?"
So after seven days, the villagers took apart the wooden board to see.
Half of the wall was covered with scratches from the old woman who was extremely hungry. The room was in a mess. She was lying in the middle, looking painful and unconscious.
The villagers went up to investigate and found that the old woman had just fainted and was hot all over, but she was not dead.
As early as this time, the news of the Bodhisattva's appearance in Tongbai Village had spread, and people within a hundred miles knew about it, and many talented people came here to see what was going on.
Among them, there was a cunning ghost woman.
This ghost woman was very vicious. Seeing that she didn't get the magic grass, she came up with a vicious plan.
She instigated the villagers, telling them that eating the magic grass would fill their stomachs and make them immortal; and telling them that it was a pity that there was only one magic grass, which was hidden and eaten by the old woman.
At that time, the villagers of Tongbai Village saw that the old woman had not eaten a grain of rice for seven days and was still alive, so they naturally believed the ghost woman's words.
In addition, they had eaten the Bodhisattva's soil for more than half a month, and the yin energy in their bodies gathered, which unintentionally magnified the evil thoughts of people.
Yin Po took the opportunity to fan the flames, saying that eating Tang Monk's meat in Journey to the West would make one immortal, so why not follow suit? Not only would we have enough food to eat in the future, but we would also live as long as the sky. Wouldn't that be wonderful?
This inhumane suggestion was unanimously applauded by the villagers.
They chose a dark and windy day, set up a big pot in the open air in the center of the village, lit a fire underneath, threw the old woman into boiling water, added oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, and wild vegetables, and stewed it into a pot of delicious broth.
It's strange to say that although she is over 50 years old, her meat is so delicious and tender that it seems like the most delicious delicacy in the world. It makes people addicted after eating it, and they think about the taste of human flesh day and night from then on.
The ghost said, "The Yin woman originally agreed with the villagers to take the old woman's soul in exchange. But no one expected that after the pot of meat soup was shared, the whole Tongbai Village seemed to be covered with a dark shadow, and the old woman's soul disappeared."
Others didn't know, but the ghosts knew it very well.
If ordinary people encountered such a thing, they might be resentful and turn into evil spirits to kill the whole village.
But the old woman's soul just chanted a few words of Amitabha on the spot, shook her head, and ascended directly on the spot, and was listed in the immortal class.
Originally, this scene of ascending on the spot should have been a strange phenomenon of heaven and earth. But the villagers' murder of the old woman was so unforgivable that the heavens couldn't bear it and withheld the rain from the sky.
Seeing the cold wind on the spot, the villagers were all scared, and hurriedly set up a spirit tablet for the old woman under the clay Buddha under the guidance of the Yin woman, so that the old woman would not turn into an evil spirit and come back to claim her life.
"How stupid those mortals are."
The ghost sneered, "It is said that after they ate the old woman's flesh, not only did they not get full once and for all, but they also developed the bad habit of eating human flesh. Not only that, they even continued to eat the Buddha's soil."
"After committing such evil deeds and accumulating too much Yin Qi in their bodies, the people in the village turned into evil ghosts in human skin. If they die in the future, they will have to go to the eighteenth level of hell in the underworld to atone for their sins."
Hearing this. Zong Jiu let out a long sigh.
No wonder.
No wonder Zong Jiu drew a reversed Death card from the old earth house.
It turned out that the old woman was really dead, but she was miraculously resurrected and ascended on the spot.
The moon card that Zong Jiu drew at the fork in the road that day did not refer to the deception of the old village chief, but also included the lies of Yin Po. That conversation was clearly a carefully planned scam.
Whether it was the old village chief, Yin Po, the woman or Wang Shou.
Since they entered the dungeon, none of the living people they met told the truth.
From the beginning, the clues that Yin Po took the initiative to provide misled them.
There were many times when the trainees could find the clues of contradictions in the villagers' statements.
But they had a preconceived idea and put Yin Po, the person who took the initiative to inform the clues, in the position of a helping NPC, and never thought that she was the culprit who caused all this.
No wonder this dungeon is so difficult, no wonder there are seven days, but the team will be wiped out on the third day.
They have the wrong evidence, and no matter how they go, they can't turn to the right path.
......This person who uses words to persuade people in a subtle way, is keen on stirring up trouble, but also stands alone to watch the fire from the other side, and appreciates the pain and ugliness of human beings in desperate situations-
Zong Jiu is now 100% sure who is playing the role of Yin Po, and smiles kindly.
After figuring it out, he hurriedly nodded to the ghost messenger, and was about to go back to settle the account, but he didn't want to be stopped.
Ghost messenger, "Wait, you are now sold to the underworld, where do you want to go?"
Zong Jiu: "......?"
Seeing his unaware look, the ghost messenger's eyes showed even more pity.
Perhaps with the idea of making him a wise ghost, the ghost patted his shoulder, "You are stupid, didn't I just tell you that the culprit is Yin Po. Look, it's the one outside."
"She is much smarter than those short-sighted villagers. She knows that eating human flesh will increase sins, and eating Yin soil will corrode the mind and turn into a ghost. So from the beginning, Yin Po did not take these two paths."
Zong Jiu had a flash of inspiration.
Perfect corpse, yes, perfect corpse definitely refers to people who have never eaten human flesh or Yin soil.
"That Yin Po often brings people down. Now the underworld is short of manpower, and crossing the Yin and Yang worlds will damage the spirits of ordinary ghosts. She brings the living souls down, usually to buy herself more life. Now it is a special period, and the King of Hell will turn a blind eye."
Seeing him speechless, the ghost comforted, "Don't worry, those villagers have turned into ghosts, and they will naturally set their sights on Yin Po, who also worships Buddha. Our underworld treats you well, as long as you work hard, you may be promoted in the future."
Yes, that's why the mission failed on the third day. It turned out that those villagers rushed to the temple and stewed Yin Po.
After stewing, it was naturally another meal to share. No wonder the two main tasks failed at the same time. It turned out to be this reason.
Zong Jiu's body is still in the human world. As everyone knows, if the soul leaves for too long, the body will become a real corpse.
When the copy time is over, the main system will definitely directly determine that he is dead instead of being eliminated due to mission failure. In this case, he will be directly eliminated.
He was really tricked by the devil.
It was also a gift from the devil after he broke the devil's puppet string and played all kinds of tricks on the devil.
Zong Jiu sneered.
He took out the soul-catching bell with his backhand, and said sincerely, "Sir, I'll leave this as collateral. How about you be generous and give me a backdoor?"
The ghost looked a little hesitant, "Your soul-catching bell is good, but the grade is a little low. I can't explain it to the King of Hell..."
His words stopped in mid-air.
Because the white-haired young man opposite took out a handful of ghost money out of thin air and asked him lightly if it was enough.