Zhang Mingyu looked thoughtful, then shook his head after a moment and said, "I'm not sure whether she is Mrs. Meng."
"Meng Po is just a legendary existence after all."
"Who is Po Meng?" I couldn't help but ask.
Liu Shan looked at me like an idiot.
"Legend has it that there is an underworld in the world."
"In the underworld, there is a Huangquan River, and there is a bridge on the Huangquan River, named Naihe Bridge."
"There is a bridge guard on the Naihe Bridge, named Po Meng."
"Anyone who enters the underworld after death and wants to be reincarnated must first walk across the Naihe Bridge, drink a bowl of Meng Po soup from Po Meng's hand, and wash away the memories of his past life. Only then can he enter the underworld and start reincarnation.
"
"Is there really an underworld and reincarnation in this world?" I frowned slightly.
I only know that the purpose of establishing the twelve underworld roads, Lord Taishan, who is behind the City God, is to build an underworld, like purgatory on earth.
This is also the truth I learned in Dragon Burial Village at that time.
But I am not sure whether there is really an underworld in this world and whether there is really reincarnation. I still remember that I asked Li Bowen, and Li Bowen was also ambiguous about this.
Now listening to Liu Shan say this, is it possible that it really exists in this world?
Seeing my question, Zhang Mingyu shook his head and said, "I don't know either."
"It's precisely because I didn't know it clearly that I feel scared when I think about it now."
"It feels like the legendary underworld to me, and the bridge also looks like the Naihe Bridge."
"It's just that there is no Huangquan River under the bridge, only the Dead Souls River above the bridge."
"In short..." Zhang Mingyu took a deep breath, "It's best not to go in again."
"When I leave here, I will find a way to inform Master and others about the situation here."
"It's so weird here."
I nodded.
"If that's the case, it's really best not to go in again."
Liu Shan also agreed: "Then you definitely can't go in."
"How about we leave here overnight? At worst, we can just take a few more detours."
I refused: "A detour is not an option, and the dangers of other roads are not much better."
"Let's wait until dawn."
"When daybreak comes, maybe everything will be fine."
Seeing what I said, Liu Shan didn't say anything else. After all, he couldn't say anything if I didn't leave. Zhang Mingyu also remained silent. Obviously, even if the experience inside was revealed, it would still be a huge impact on him.
I leaned on the iron knot, but my mind kept thinking about the dark shadow that entered Zhang Mingyu's body.
What on earth is that?
After thinking for a while, I couldn't help but ask: "I have another question."
I looked at Zhang Mingyu.
"What is that thing with three heads?"
Zhang Mingyu shook his head: "Among the legends I know, there is no thing with three heads."
I looked at Liu Shan again.
Liu Shan also shook his head and said: "I only know that there is a ferocious beast in the underworld named Di Ting, but the legendary Di Ting does not have three heads, so I don't know either."
Speaking of this, Liu Shan looked at me.
"You don't really think it's the underworld, do you?"
I smiled bitterly and said, "What if?"
Liu Shan shivered.
"Don't scare me."
"Besides, even if there is an underworld in this world, it is a place where the dead go. We are all living people, so there is no way we can go there."
"It's better to rest quickly."
"As soon as it gets light tomorrow, we'll leave this hellish place as soon as possible."
I nodded and didn't ask any more questions.
Only after looking at Zhang Mingyu again, did he continue to lean on the iron knot.
But this time, although I was still tired, I couldn't sleep anymore and didn't dare to sleep.
I'm worried that Zhang Mingyu will suddenly enter the mountain.
After all, he still has that dark shadow inside him.
However, I still guessed it right.
About an hour later, Zhang Mingyu suddenly stepped off the iron bump. I was just closing my eyes and concentrating, so I noticed it as soon as he stepped on the iron bump. I wanted to call him, but in the end I held back.
As expected.
At this time, the black shadow appeared on his body again. He controlled Zhang Mingyu's body and walked towards the mountains again like a zombie.
This time there was no fog to interfere.
I finally saw the dark figure clearly.
Three heads.
No.
It is a head, and the other two look like heads, but they are not, but two masses of mist, one black and one white.
If you look at it through the mist, it might actually look like three heads.
It just lay on Zhang Mingyu's body, not knowing what to do.
After hesitating for a while, I finally chose not to stop it, but followed it quietly.
It walked very fast, controlling Zhang Mingyu's body to a place ten meters away from me in almost the blink of an eye. In order not to alert the snake, I could only stare as hard as possible.
Fortunately, I was well prepared this time and put a magic talisman on myself in advance. With the blessing of the magic talisman, I could barely keep up with it without being discovered by it.
What surprised me a little was that it didn't go along the Dead Souls River. It only walked in the other direction after entering the mountain. It took about half an hour before it stopped.
I also saw a temple.
It's not the City God's Temple.
It is an ancient temple that looks very dilapidated. There are two simple ancient characters in front of the temple door, which I recognized at a glance.
Ksitigarbha!
I don’t know what Ksitigarbha means, but when I saw those two words, I felt complicated for no reason.
And after it arrived here, it controlled Zhang Mingyu's body and knelt down to worship three times.
After those three bows, the door opened by itself.
Then it controlled Zhang Mingyu's body and walked in.
Standing outside the door, I vaguely saw a statue.
That statue is very strange.
He was surrounded by black energy, and there was a strange creature lying next to the statue. That creature was also a statue.
Zhang Mingyu was controlled by it to the statue, and then he knelt down again. The black shadow also left Zhang Mingyu's body at the same time, and then disappeared directly into the statue of the strange creature.
Zhang Mingyu always maintained a kneeling posture.
Been here for a long time.
The statue of the strange creature suddenly moved.
It's like it's come alive.
He actually climbed up from the ground, with a pair of deep eyes. After taking a look at Zhang Mingyu, his eyes fell on me as if he knew my existence.
A terrible breath appeared instantly.
I suddenly had the urge to kneel down and worship.
But at the same time, a gentle force appeared in me, which seemed to be fighting against that weird creature.
This made my face change drastically.
Subconsciously I wanted to step back.
But at this moment, Zhang Mingyu, who was kneeling on the ground, suddenly stood up.
And as he stood up.
The statue behind him also stood up from the ground as if it had come alive.
Suddenly, countless wandering souls began to gather in the sky above the entire temple.
Walking corpses began to appear all around.
Then there is the ghost that does not turn into bones.
They were all surrounded.
But they didn't appear to do anything to me, but after getting close to here, they all knelt down and worshiped.