(How can there be pure light? All that can be pure is darkness)

Although Yang Jian said this, the strength of Madam White Bones five hundred years ago was comparable to that of the Demon King.

Besides, this world is between life and death, so it's better to be careful.

Seeing that Roaring Sky Dog looked sensitive and frightened, he simply let it return to his iron sleeves.

"Let's go, we'll make peace with you when we come."

After Yang Jian said that, he led the three monsters into the misty canyon.

The eyes of the sky are wide open, breaking through the fog to explore the future direction.

After about a quarter of an hour, the canyon ended. What appeared in front of a few people was a black water pond spanning hundreds of meters.

And on the other side of the pond is the city that Yin Mu Lian mentioned.

Yang Jian motioned to several people to stop and look at the strange things in the pond from a distance.

The water has no sparkling waves, and the quiet fragrance is coiled in the branches. The misty air is lingering in the black lotus pond.

The water in this pond was originally stained by the black lotus flowers, making it difficult to see the underwater conditions clearly.

The black lotus floating in the water suddenly rushed towards them due to the arrival of Yang Jian and the others.

"Hiss..." Chang Hao said, "Usually we only see red and white lotus flowers, rarely yellow and purple. This black lotus is indeed strangely tight..."

Yang Jian said: "When I was practicing cultivation when I was young, I heard my master Yu Ding say that this lotus flower is a treasure handed down from generation to generation in Lingshan Mountain.

The Tathagata sits on a golden lotus, Guanyin sits on a green lotus, and all the Bodhisattvas sit on white lotus.

But the origin of this black lotus is unknown..."

"Demon King, there is a bridge over there." Centipede said at this time.

Yang Jian looked along what Centipede pointed and saw a redwood arch bridge on the shore. It only stretched out more than a hundred meters into the pond before it broke.

Yang Jian walked to the edge of the pond, lowered himself down and stretched his hand into the pond, but he didn't expect that his consciousness would sink into the water with his fingers!

Yang Jian hurriedly raised his hand and shook it, only to realize that cold sweat began to appear on his forehead for no reason.

Yang Jian claims to have supernatural powers reaching the heavens, and now that he has the blessing of the Heaven-Qi Demon Banner, even if there are people with more magical powers than him, they cannot easily touch his mind.

Moreover, this black lotus seems to be an ownerless thing, and it has not been cultivated into a spirit. But it can hook one's own consciousness in just a few seconds...

What is the origin of this black lotus pond...

"Demon King, is there something wrong with this water?" Chang Hao and others saw that Yang Jian looked wrong and hurriedly stepped forward to ask.

Yang Jian looked at his fingertips and said: "This water cannot be touched. Now that our flying method has failed, I am afraid we will have to go there and break the bridge before making any plans."

Several people looked at each other and walked onto the broken bridge.

But Yang Jian still had lingering fears. He had experienced countless killings, but he still knew very little about life and death.

Not only him, but even the gods in the divine world have been relying on the power of faith and the power of the heaven, earth, sun and moon to achieve the goal of immortality.

But they never ask about the affairs of the underworld.

Even after Yang Jian heard Zu Bodhi mention that the gods had established the cycle of life and death, he went to the Sumeru Mirror to verify the truth.

But what we got was indeed covered up by "the way of heaven is not aware of it".

If the white lotus on the Tathagata's side represents "life", then the black lotus in front of me represents "death".

In his own memory, it seems that the gods of the East and West have never interfered with the affairs of Fengdu, and Yama of the Ten Palaces is just an official sent by the gods to take over reincarnation.

But what about the actual ruler of the underworld...

A terrible thought sprouted in Yang Jian's mind. He recalled the scene when his body was destroyed...

Zhong Kui with the red letter in front of the Well of Samsara, the Book of Life and Death he tore up with random hands, and the Ming Si Lun hidden by the Jade Emperor.

Which one is not suggesting to him that fate has nothing to do with life and death...

So, could reincarnation already exist before the birth of the gods?

What is the reason that made the actual ruler of the underworld acquiesce to the takeover of the gods?

Or maybe the gods took over reincarnation through abnormal means?!

"Demon King, there is no way out..."

Yang Xian's words broke Yang Jian's contemplation. The broken bridge had reached the end, but it was still more than two hundred meters away from the shore.

Here you can vaguely see the broken flags standing on the wall on the other side, but you can't see the movement of the army of bones.

At this time, Yang Jian and others suddenly heard the waves in the pool under the bridge. They saw countless lotus flowers entwined with their branches, rising higher and higher.

Finally, a three-foot-sized black lotus flower gathered in front of the broken bridge.

Everyone was shocked when they saw this. The three monsters immediately raised their magic weapons and prepared to deal with them, but Yang Jian had a stern expression and narrowed his eyes.

A trace of black light suddenly appeared, slowly pushing the lotus bag open. The flower was divided into nine petals, and the stems and leaves were flowing. From bottom to top, dots of red poured into the veins.

What happened next was unexpected by others.

The black lotus pulled out the crimson out of thin air to form a blood network, and then shimmered the black light into a human form.

This human form is unreal, half-permeable with mist, and the blurry face is full of chaos.

He said: "The broken bridge cannot cross you, so please go back."

Yang Jian said: "Now that we are here, is there any reason to turn back?"

The figure said: "You are going to the other side, but do you know that it is not the land of the living?"

Yang Jian said: "I have broken through the Nine Nether Palaces and Ten Palaces, how can I not touch the edge of life and death?"

"Hahaha..." The figure smiled a little bit, and said: "Day and night are divided into half, and the sun rises and the moon sets in just a blink of an eye.

Do you know that for you, this moment is just a breath away?

But for these bones, it is eternity...

This moment is divided into day and night, life and death."

After hearing this, Yang Jian moved his eyes from the figure to the city on the other side.

"Then according to your words, how can we get to the other side?"

The figure held the nine-petal black lotus and made a gesture of invitation sideways.

He said: "I said, living people can't go to that city, and souls can't go there either.

Only by putting yourself in a state of neither life nor death can you step into the city gate..."

"Please make it clear." Yang Jian said.

The figure said: "The black water destroys the gate of life, and the black lotus solidifies the soul. The seven souls remain here, and the three souls are alone."

Chang Hao, who was listening to the sidelines, became irritated and immediately shouted: "Where do all these fancy words come from! What do you want from us?!"

Yang Jian murmured: "You mean, let us go down to this black water lotus pond..."

After Chang Hao heard what Yang Jian said, he felt angry in his heart. He suddenly pulled out a pair of cold iron steel forks and hit the figure!

"You are clearly asking us to die!" Chang Hao shouted angrily.

Yang Jian didn't have time to stop him, he already saw Chang Hao twisting his black python tail and flying towards the figure.

However, the figure did not move and let a pair of steel forks fall.

"Empty spiritual body?!"

Yang Jian watched helplessly as Chang Hao's steel fork passed through the figure and Black Lotus, but it only faintly shook the figure as if it hit the air.

Chang Hao was so angry that he forgot that his flying technique failed and he fell straight down.

Seeing this, Centipede hurriedly flashed out its seven-foot centipede body and hung its eight legs on the bridge, trying to catch Chang Hao.

It's a pity that things were changing so fast here, so he was still a step too late. Chang Hao fell into the black water and didn't even have time to struggle, so he was buried by the black lotus stems and leaves that came from around him!

Yang Jian was anxious. He knew that the black water was powerful. If he didn't go down, Chang Hao was afraid something would happen to him.

After glaring at the figure angrily, he and Centipede Yang Xian fell into the lotus pond one after another...

The moment they entered the water, thousands of black lotus vines attacked, mixed with wails and resentments, and began to scatter the consciousness of several people.

"All evils must be dispersed!"

Seeing the black lotus approaching fiercely, Yang Jian immediately activated the secret method of Xuan Gong Heavenly Scroll.

However, despite the flash of light, these black lotuses were not affected in any way.

"Heilian is not an evil demon..."

The voice of the human figure came to mind again, and Yang Jian took advantage of the dissipated light to vaguely see the three Meishan monsters gradually giving up their struggle.

But he himself still struggled to support his spiritual consciousness with the body method of "purifying the mind".

"Aren't you just here to see those immortal bones? Go to sleep and close your eyes before you wake up..."

Fatigue overtook Yang Jian, and Yang Jian's consciousness gradually blurred. At this moment, there was eternal darkness, and only the heavenly eye on his forehead still refused to dissipate its light.
To be continued...