Longevity, starting from traveling and telling stories

Chapter 122 The Road to Reincarnation

As the man and the dragon fell into the crack, the burning breath accompanied by the disgusting smell of blood made people vomit.

As the world spun, Ao Qin tightly wrapped around Ye Beixuan, and the man and the dragon fell towards the bottomless blood pit underground.

The surrounding area was filled with thick, liquefied blood mist. Ao Qin was tightly wrapped around him, and the dragon's face was full of fear. But when he felt the real him on the dragon's tail, he was not so scared anymore.

As she continued to fall, the temperature around her dropped lower and lower, and the blood mist stimulated Ao Qinlong's body, making her feel a tingling sensation.

I don’t know how long it took, but suddenly a river appeared in front of me. With a splash, the man and the dragon who were hugging each other tightly fell into the river.

"What is this place?" Ye Beixuan emerged from the river, looked at the blood-red flowers growing on both sides of the river bank, and frowned in confusion.

"I don't know." Ao Qin was temporarily safe because he was protected by the Dragon Ball.

Ye Beixuan was so irritated by the coldness of the river that he could no longer bear it, so he flew up and brought her ashore. At this moment, Ao Qin had transformed into a miniature dragon, wrapped around Ye Beixuan like a pendant.

"It's very strange here, we have to be careful." Ye Beixuan said to Ao Qin as they walked, "Let's go forward and see."

The two had no direction and could only walk slowly forward under the dim blood light.

I don’t know how long I walked, but suddenly a huge stone tablet appeared in front of me. The height of the tablet was about the same as a person. It stood quietly in the river, as if it had experienced the baptism of countless years.

The gray stone tablet exudes an ancient and vicissitudes of life, and on top are engraved three large scarlet characters - Forgotten River.

"Legend has it that there is a road called Huangquan Road in the road of reincarnation, and there is a river called Wangchuan River beside the road, and both sides of the road are full of blood-red flowers of the other shore." Ao Qin's voice came with a slight tremor.

Ye Beixuan looked at the water of the Forgetful River flowing quietly under the stone tablet, and then looked at the road ahead that was cut off by the Forgetful River. There was a bridge over the river, connecting to the flat road ahead.

"If what you said is correct, then the road ahead is the Yellow Springs Road? And that bridge is the Naihe Bridge?" Ye Beixuan said in an uncertain tone.

If it is true as Ao Qin said, could it be that he and she accidentally came to the road of reincarnation through the crack in the ground?
Ao Qin replied: "If it really is the Yellow Springs Road and the Naihe Bridge, I'm afraid you and I have really fallen into the path of reincarnation."

Although her body was shaking slightly, she felt strangely at ease holding him.

"Legend has it that no matter whether it is a human, god, ghost, demon or animal, once they die, they will turn into souls and fall into this cycle of reincarnation." Ao Qin continued.

"Let's go and take a look. If it is really the path of reincarnation, how can we, as mortals, be reincarnated?" Ye Beixuan frowned, full of doubts.

The two stood on the bank of the Wangchuan River and continued walking towards the direction that was suspected to be the Yellow Springs Road.

Just as she reached the roadside, a wisp of white smoke floated over gently, and gradually the white smoke turned into a human figure. She stretched out her hand and smiled at Ye Beixuan.

"Yunshang?"

"Jiang Yunshang" floated in the air, constantly beckoning him to come over. There were tears in her smile, as if she was asking him why he didn't agree to spend his life with her in the mortal world.

"Oh" sighed, Ye Beixuan took action to kill the evil one.

call out!
The flying knife shot out, and the white smoke disappeared in an instant. Ao Qin finally came to his senses and said, "It was probably a ghost just now, a ghost that was specifically designed to confuse people. I just saw my mother let me go. Fortunately, you killed her."

Speaking of this, she felt a little embarrassed. She was a dragon with profound cultivation, but she was actually bewitched by a ghost. It must be caused by my cultivation level dropping drastically. It must be like this.

"If this is the path of reincarnation, why don't these ghosts go there to reincarnate?" Ye Beixuan wondered. Logically, on the path of reincarnation, ghosts should fall into reincarnation, but why don't they go there to reincarnate, but instead think of harming people here?
Moreover, this statement seems to have many similarities with the underworld in legends of previous lives.

After thinking for a moment, Ao Qin suddenly explained: "I heard this from my father. It's actually like this."

Then she began to tell the story: It turns out that not all ghosts on the road of reincarnation can walk across the Naihe Bridge. Some ghosts are too obsessed and cannot cross the bridge. They must lure other ghosts at the bridgehead to replace him. Only then can he wash away his obsession and resentment, forget everything and fall into reincarnation.

It is said that some ghosts who are unwilling to fall into reincarnation have even drifted here for thousands of years.

The two talked as they walked, and finally reached the bridge. The three eye-catching characters "Naihe Bridge" on the bridge made them feel as if they were falling into an ice cellar.

It was at this moment that the noise made by the two attracted the attention of many uninvited guests in this quiet environment.

Suddenly, a human figure transformed from white smoke appeared on the Yellow Springs Road behind them, and then countless white smoke floated up above the red spider lilies on both sides of the road.

Like a mouse meeting rice, the white smoke floated towards them little by little, and in each piece of white smoke there was a very different face, including men, women, young and old.

The cold breath came over him again, and Ye Beixuan's right hand burned with Nanming Lihuo, showing Zhuxie.

The ghosts seemed to be very afraid of him, and all stayed not far in front of him. The faces in the white smoke all showed terrifying and sinister smiles.

"They seem to be afraid of you." Ao Qinlong buried his head in Ye Beixuan's chest, revealing half of his face and half of his eyes in a humane manner, and said to the ghosts with fear.

Ye Beixuan looked at Ao Qin speechlessly. She was just like those little girls who loved watching horror movies in her previous life. She was obviously scared to death, but she still secretly glanced at them, and when she was scared again, she would shrink into her boyfriend's arms.

"We don't need to be nervous for now. They don't dare to get close." He subconsciously touched Ao Qin's dragon head and pinched her dragon horns. He felt like he was dreaming. Is this a dragon? She's actually afraid of ghosts. What a coward.

"Ah!" When the dragon horn was touched, Ao Qin's whole body softened, as if it was hit by an electric current. She felt a tingling sensation and even couldn't stop shaking all over. She screamed nervously, but then stopped making any sound, fearing that it would attract the attention of more ghosts.

After stopping talking, Ao Qin seemed to have thought of something, so he said softly: "Now the road splits in two, which way should we go?"

A gust of cold wind blew, and Ye Beixuan suddenly remembered a song he particularly liked.

A road splits into two ends, love comes but one has to let go, the east wind blows by without any incident, raising memories as if it were yesterday.

"Let's go east." He pointed at the ghosts who couldn't cross the bridge and said, "People often say they'll send you to heaven, but they can't go there. The other side of this Naihe Bridge must be west. We're going in the opposite direction, which is the way back."

Thinking of this, he secretly sighed that he was simply a genius, as he could even pull this off.

"I'll listen to you. Wherever you go, I'll go with you." Ao Qinlongtou made a crisp sound in his chest. The sound went straight to his heart through his clothes, and the exhaled breath also made him feel a strong burning sensation in his chest.

"Okay." Let's go. Ye Beixuan took out Zhuxie. Nanming Lihuo carried a burning breath and emitted a seemingly cold and eerie blue light, which made these ghosts dare not approach.

I don't know how long I walked. This road seemed to have no end, and the surrounding environment seemed to remain unchanged, as if I was standing still. The only change was that more and more ghosts gathered, so many that they were countless. This made Ye Beixuan begin to doubt himself. Was it too hasty to use a song to decide which direction to go?

"what"

At this moment, a shrill scream sounded in this silent environment, and the surrounding ghosts suddenly rushed towards the two of them as if they were crazy.

The faces in the white smoke all became lifeless, as if driven by something, rushing towards the two of them like a torrent of waves, determined to swallow them up.

(End of this chapter)