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Chapter 146 Sky Burial

anyway.

Let's say that Zheng Xiu led Ruchen all the way out of Jingtang Town under the guidance of "Miansi".

Further to the southwest, there is a small hill.

Twisted strange trees grow on the hills, and there are groups of vultures circling in the sky, as if they are looking for food.

When Zheng Xiu saw the one with wings, he almost took out his treasure and wiped out the group of birds in the sky.

However, vultures and ravens belong to the same class and different orders in terms of biological classification, and their appearances are so different that they can be distinguished at a glance.

Under the hill, there are ancient low stone pillars, which are connected by ropes thicker than bowl mouths, and strings of weathered bone ornaments are hung below.It looks like a fence,
"What is this place?"

Ruchen rubbed his head and asked curiously.

One is because of amnesia, and the other is that he has never been out of Shuzhou. Ruchen is curious about such a place with local customs and human characteristics.

Zheng Xiu looked at Ruchen.

Zheng Xiu even found a few fresh charred corpses, which had been dead for a few days.

Zheng Xiu's eyes were piercing, but his divine light was dim.

There are piles of bones, and above them are circling vultures.

Zheng Xiu raised his head, his eyes were vacant, his eyes sharpened, and he shot out murderous aura.

Yes, pulsating.

Ruchen shook his head and admired Brother Zheng's courage and wit.

He looked at the vultures circling in the sky, and replied after a moment of silence:
"I heard that in some remote areas there is an ancient custom called 'sky burial'. The local people believe that the body is just a skin. After death, if the skin is not removed, the soul cannot find a home and cannot be reincarnated. So they will choose A fixed place, let vultures and other carnivorous creatures peck at the corpses, in order to liberate people's souls, so that people's souls can all reach... what they think is the bliss of rebirth."

"smaller".

If this vulture forest is the "celestial burial pit" for the people of Jingtang Town, it stands to reason... the probability of ghosts and creatures appearing here is extremely high.

While Zheng Xiu was looking for the cotton slough, he heard Ruchen muttering behind him.Zheng Xiu, who didn't want to pay attention to it at first, had no choice but to hear that Ruchen's words were too far-fetched, so he smiled and said: "The prerequisite for setting rules and implementing them is at least a living person. Tell me, so many people die here in the sky burial, even if the rules are In the same way, who became the thaumaturgy in the end? It can't be a bunch of dead people, can it?"

The vultures hovering in the sky sensed that a stranger had intruded into their territory and were about to swoop down and attack.

"Although Buddhism in the Western Regions was driven out of China by the emperor's family many years ago, they still have many customs that have been passed down quietly. Sky burial is one of them. Brother Zheng said everything before, but the last sentence, I don't agree with it. They They think that the human body is just clothes, which are used to carry sufferings. When people die, this clothes can be discarded at any time. The reason why they choose sky burial is to perform a final "gift" and donate with the body, not to enter the rebirth , In fact, Buddhism in the Western Regions has never believed that death can reach bliss, they want to use this act of great mercy to become a Buddha immediately."

Zheng Xiu didn't stop, but secretly threw [investigation] one by one.

The clearing was littered with bones.

Under the spirit vision, Zheng Xiu opened his mouth wide, and a trace of confusion appeared in his eyes.

"Boom~"

In the blink of an eye, Zheng Xiu stepped into the gloomy celestial burial forest, and Ruchen quickly followed.

I saw green light spots all over the sky, densely packed, like a vast sea of ​​stars.

Eyes, ears, mouth and nose can be vaguely distinguished on the oval outline.

He didn't have time to attack these two ghosts, and when another one appeared, Zheng Xiu felt that he was too busy.

It can be distinguished from the color of the bones that some of the bones are hundreds of years old and have long been weathered, while others are recent, with white maggots still lying on them, dancing on the bones.

In the middle of the open space, there is a huge cocoon hanging in the air.Countless filaments protrude from the texture of the void, tangling towards the cocoon.

Ruchen's skin was numb all over, and he vaguely felt that there was something "something" in the empty space in front of him, and there was a vague smell that made him uneasy.But he is not a psychic, and he can't see as clearly as Zheng Xiu, so he can only stare wide-eyed, looking at the distorted light and shadow in the forest, not knowing why even the sunlight there is a bit dim, which is extremely weird.

Like a heartbeat, it beats rhythmically.

"Don't come here."

Suddenly, the shadow in the cocoon suddenly lay on the edge of the cocoon, and as the "content" approached, an oval outline was suddenly pressed out of the cocoon.

Ghosts are really painful and joyful.

Judging from the bone shape of the charred corpse, it should be a woman.

In fact, this kind of place with many dead people, adjacent to the ever-darkness, is indeed very easy to give birth to ghosts and spirits.

One click, one click, one click.

There is a clearing in the forest.

Magnificent green light spots float up and sink from time to time, and the twisted strange trees around are dyed with a layer of green light under the spiritual vision.

【Shock】.

The forest is littered with rotting bones.

Dust suddenly, thought the same.Originally, Ruchen was just talking, and didn't take it to heart.

Ruchen pointed to the sign next to it that said "No Entry", and was about to ask Brother Zheng if he didn't see it, but when he watched the strong man go in, pull up the sign and throw it aside, he closed it suddenly. He closed his mouth and nodded secretly.

While secretly disappointed, Zheng Xiu also breathed a sigh of relief.

Zheng Xiu could only give up, stepped over the fence, and went directly into the forest.

Zheng Xiu frowned, his middle finger was still standing upright, and the "cotton thread" was still stuck to Zheng Xiu's finger and had not been broken.

The results of the [investigation] made him understand the surrounding environment very well, as if he had returned to his own home.

Ruchen was a bit bored while walking, but suddenly he thought of something, and the topic returned to the previous conversation.

"Ah la la?" Ruchen was also taken aback when he heard the words, and scratched his bald head in wonder: "That's right! How did the little monk know?"

Zheng Xiu looked into Ruchen's eyes.

This so-called "hundred-year worm" from Chang'an, which was called "cotton slough" by the ancients, is actually... humanoid!
What made Zheng Xiu even more surprised was that his eyes wandered, and he found that behind every cotton thread protruding from the void, a smooth mirror-like dot could be vaguely seen.

"Speaking of which, the monk is very curious whether this sky burial is an established rule... the monk is saying that it is a rule that can peek into the door."

The cotton thread in Zheng Xiu's hand broke.

Ruchen's eyes are clear, not like a fake.

Now there are two copies on hand, the picture scroll that trapped Fengbei is one, and the second is Ruchen's head.

Zheng Xiu looked at Ruchen strangely: "Didn't you lose your memory? How did you know?"

The cotton slough hides in the woods, making Zheng Xiu worry that it will become a ghost again.

The huge cocoon seemed to be filled with some kind of liquid, and an irregular shadow was pulsating in the cocoon.

The reason why Zheng Xiu paused while speaking was because he remembered the theory of four parts of human soul.The "direction" part of the human soul will guide them to "eternal darkness" once the physical body disappears.

Seeing this scene, Ruchen stuck out her tongue secretly, wondering if your thaumaturgy, brother Zheng, is a little exaggerated.

"What's ahead?"

A few vultures screamed, foamed at the mouth, crashed and landed in the forest.

At this time, Zheng Xiu, who was walking in front, paused: "I found it."

Ruchen was silent for a moment when he heard the words, but he did not agree with Zheng Xiu's statement, but shook his head in denial: "Brother Zheng's words are somewhat wrong."

"There is no dark tent."

Zheng Xiu's chest was agitated, and the dark lines spread downward.

That is to say, no ghosts were formed.

Makes sense, so it won't be visible.

Tiny dots can only allow cotton threads to spit out, and nothing bigger can be stretched out.

When Zheng Xiu saw this scene, his scalp tingled with shock.

Because in an instant he understood where the cotton threads came from.

It's always dark!
Behind the cotton thread, there are passages that are so small that there is only a little bit left!

——The entrance to the ever-darkness!
(End of this chapter)