Chapter 1 A Chinese Ghost Story, Meeting Huang Pizi on the Road
dusk.
Outside Guobei County, there is a thatched hut on the khaki official road. It was usually used as a tea stall, but now it has long been abandoned, with a few broken stools still stained with blood.
Only a figure suddenly appeared among them, and Chuchen's temperament was incompatible with it.
A Chinese Ghost Story originated from the article "Nie Xiaoqian" in Liaozhai Zhiyi written by the ancient writer Pu Songling. After adaptation, it was finally made into a movie with a more twists and turns and poignant plot.
The story originally took place in Jinhua. The scholar Ning Caichen went to Guobei County to collect debts. Because he was penniless, he stayed at Lanruo Temple and met the world's best swordsman Yan Chixia and the beautiful ghost Nie Xiaoqian.
Since ancient times, scholars have been passionate people. Ning Caichen fell hopelessly in love with Nie Xiaoqian, but she had been betrothed to the Black Mountain demon by the thousand-year-old Sophora japonica tree spirit. There was an inevitable conflict between the two parties.
With the help of Yan Chixia, everyone first killed the Sophora japonica tree spirit, and then broke into the underworld, recaptured Nie Xiaoqian who was about to be captured by the old demon from Black Mountain, and successfully sent her to reincarnation for reincarnation.
Later, Yan Chixia, who was disgusted with the intrigues in the world, still lived in seclusion in Lanruo Temple, while Ning Caichen was unjustly imprisoned on his way back to his hometown.
During this period, he met the erudite Zhuge Wolong, and it was not until a few years later that he successfully escaped from prison, and met the Fu family sisters and Yiye Zhiqiu of the Kunlun sect.
Everyone worked together to save Fu Tianchou, the loyal father of the Fu sisters, and learned that Pudu Cihang, the current imperial master, was actually a big monster.
In the end... the swordsman Yan Chixia was invited out again to help everyone kill the Millennium Centipede Spirit that was causing harm to the world.
Because of being an actor, Fu Qingfeng, who looked exactly like Nie Xiaoqian, escaped from marriage. With the help of his sister Fu Yuechi, he escaped successfully and accompanied Ning Caichen and Yan Chixia to travel around the world.
"Occasionally I come under the pine tree and sleep on a stone. There is no calendar day in the mountains, and I don't know the year when it is cold."
In an instant, after sorting out his thoughts, Meng Fan opened his eyes. The vast Dongting Lake of the Tang Dynasty had disappeared, and in front of him was a desolate plain.
Looking around, weeds were growing all over the place, and not a single person could be seen. Bodies could be seen everywhere on the roadside, with no one to bury them, only various poisonous insects and toads.
In addition, large areas of farmland have been abandoned. In fact, they have not always been wasteland, because from the ridges that were left in the past and are still faintly visible today, we can tell that they have been cultivated in the past.
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Heaven?
It must not be heaven.
If the Ascension Land looked like this, then Meng Fan felt that there must be a big problem with his practice.
"Perhaps the Patriarch thinks that I still have unfinished tasks and it is not appropriate for me to ascend."
While whispering, his eyes turned to the dilapidated tea stall where he stood and the pine tree planted next to it.
Traces of the existence of the village can be seen not far away, but it has also been abandoned long ago, as can be seen from the thick dust accumulated on the broken tiles.
And these houses were all turned into a mess, so it is not difficult to judge that the people here did not leave voluntarily, but because of military disasters, thieves and other reasons.
The movie in the previous life did not directly explain why the world was desolate, but as long as you have watched the trilogy, you will know that it is not only caused by monsters causing trouble, but also natural and man-made disasters are also indispensable in the world view of A Chinese Ghost Story.
Bandits are everywhere.
It’s true that you can eat people without spitting out their bones.
After Ning Caichen returned, didn't the bowl of noodles given to him by the store contain some ingredients?
In the past, I always felt that it was really unimaginable how the world could become such a mess, and human nature could not be so miserable.
Now that he was brought by the mist and experienced it personally, Meng Fan had already discovered a clue——
The aura of this world is very rich, better than the world of the Tang Dynasty where gods and dragons existed. However, the yin and yang between heaven and earth are extremely imbalanced. The yang energy is seriously insufficient, but the yin energy is at its peak.
This means that it is easier for fairies and ghosts to practice cultivation, and the human heart will unknowingly degenerate, be bewitched by external evils, and even invade.
And why didn’t the immortal Buddha step in to stop it?
Answer: Completely disappeared.
In fact, from the fact that Pudu Cihang dared to pretend to be Tathagata Buddha, it is not difficult to see that all the Buddhas in this world are no longer there. Not to mention the six reincarnations, such ridiculous things that are related to the safety of the three realms and are occupied by demons
happened.
"Book of Life and Death."
"The Judge's Pen."
"Could it be that you have to help the underworld with the errands and reshape the order of reincarnation here so that your merits can be perfected and you can ascend to heaven?"
While muttering to himself, Meng Fan looked at the two artifacts appearing in his hands and couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
This was a gift from the judge Zhong Kui in the world of the Republic of China. It is said that he was instructed by the Ten Palaces of Yama, and it was stated in advance that only in a world where the order of the underworld has collapsed can these two artifacts be effective.
Because of this, he has never used it, and the two have always been inconspicuous imprints.
In addition, there is another point that cannot be ignored:
The reason why immortal Buddhas are said to have disappeared is because they must have existed in the past. If there are no Buddhas in the gods, but there is a Buddhist inheritance, this is obviously a paradox.
Therefore, the Western Heaven Spiritual Mountain originally existed, as did the heavens and the underworld, but due to some unknown reason, they were forced to disappear together...
What existence could cause such a situation to occur?
The idea is too crazy.
In the end, Meng Fan decided not to think about the matter anymore. Once the time comes, the truth will naturally surface. Now that he has finally arrived in a world where he is very familiar with the plot, he has a lot of expectations.
At least he can see his junior brother again.
It's a pity that his name is not Jin Maiji, but Zhiqiu Yiye, and he is not a disciple of Maoshan, but he is from the Kunlun sect. From the point of view of his skills, he still belongs to the Fulu sect.
It is worth mentioning that the Xuanyuan Divine Sword in Yan Chixia’s hand is also quite curious.
Emperor Xuanyuan!
However, after the divine sword named after this stabbed the Sophora japonica tree spirit, apart from the splashing of tree sap, the effect was mediocre. It always gave people a feeling of anticlimax and tail end. Maybe it was because the special effects of the movie could not keep up?
After traveling through time so many times, Meng Fan would never regard the movies he watched in the past as the standard for judging everything. Since he was curious, it would be better to witness and experience it with his own eyes.
"Meow."
In his arms, the furry little guy kept squirming like a bug, found a comfortable position and continued to sleep deeply.
It is not possible to take people through time, but pets are no longer restricted. Unfortunately, the black cat with a round head and body does not know it. It does not notice the movement at all. I am afraid that it still thinks that it is in the Tang Dynasty, but the place is very remote.
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Rustling, rustling...
But in a patch of grass to the side and in front, the weeds suddenly shook, and a ball of fur sprang out, which turned out to be a fat weasel.
It suddenly stood up, about the height of an eight-year-old child, looked straight at it with green eyes, not afraid of strangers at all, and began to cough continuously like clearing its throat.
Cough...cough cough...
Ahem!
Finally, there was a click, and the bloody bones spurted out from the throat. This obviously opened up the spiritual intelligence, and the weasel, which had become a spirit, raised its paws and bowed:
Chapter completed!