hell in disguise

Every 500 years, on March [-]rd, the Peach Fair in Lihentian Yaochi Fairyland is the most lively event in the entire Heavenly Court.Every day God receives an invitation.And this year's Pantao Festival is especially talked about by the immortals, because Bo Xun, the new God of his avatar, will attend this feast for the first time.

Bo Xun can be regarded as the first-class figure in the 33 days of the void universe. Needless to mention the rumors that he is a descendant of the auspicious goddess, his gorgeous appearance is better than that of Guanghan Fairy, and his young age has surpassed the goodness. Seeing the supernatural power of the city lord Di Shi Shenjun, countless heavenly beings are overwhelmed by it.Bo Xun's age has just passed one kalpa now, and to a celestial being, he is still a fledgling age, but it is equivalent to a human being's eighteen or nineteen years old. 500 years ago, he subdued the ancient Xuanjiao in Beiming Sea, and after that, he rode the Xuanjiao to penetrate the heavens and the earth for 29 days.

Young and ignorant of suffering, he saw the Buddha who was practicing Taoism in the world.In He Hua Zi Zai Tian, ​​the gods don't need to eat or drink, and can survive only by bathing in the holy light of the sun, the moon, but their greatest hobby is to absorb all kinds of happiness in the world.Therefore, when Bo Xun saw that the Buddha abandoned all the pleasures in the world, sitting alone under the bodhi tree and trying to get rid of the suffering of samsara through epiphany, he felt that this person's mind was abnormal.Obviously he has endless blessings, and he can become the king of Sakyamuni with a happy and worry-free life. Why should he abandon the real happiness in front of him with his loving wife and infant child for the sake of the illusory afterlife?

So he became playful and turned into a peerless beauty to charm him.The skin of the beauty he transformed into is as translucent as suet jade, his eyes are as deep and moving as black glass, and his long hair is like black silk winding on the ground. They all wear Qingyue's silver bells on their ankles.She approached gracefully, dancing to the ringing of bells and the chirping of birds all over the tree.All the spirits around are echoing her dance steps, setting off the ultimate temptation emanating from her.Such a beauty, no mortal man could resist, even a woman would be charmed.However, no matter how he released his charming power, the Buddha just smiled at him, as if admiring a very beautiful creation, but there was no trace of desire in his gentle, deep and wide eyes.

Bo Xun was not convinced, so he used illusion again, turning into thousands of evil spirits, which rushed towards the Buddha from all directions.The Buddha watched those twisted, black-body humanoid monsters crawling towards him slowly, and watched those evil spirits wriggling backwards with their broken stomachs and intestines dripping all over the floor, but he also Still smiling slightly, standing still, showing no trace of fear or disgust.

Bo Xun tried every means to create the most terrifying illusions for mortals, or the most obscene illusions, or to create his wife crying at home because of loneliness and longing, and being punished for not having a father. The son who was rejected by other princes, and the father who wanted to see his son for the last time when he was seriously ill.

He thought it would be impossible for the Buddha to remain calm when he saw his father and his wife.But the Buddha just sighed with some compassion, but his heart was still like water, and he remained calm.

Bo Xun was angry and questioned him, "How can you transcend reincarnation and achieve great liberation if you are so heartless and heartless? You are nothing but a selfish coward who dare not take responsibility!"

Buddha was still smiling and did not refute.

"Are you a stone? Don't you have any feelings? Don't you feel heartbroken when you see them suffering?" Bo Xun became more and more angry as he spoke, as if he had a heart-to-heart with the orphan and widow, "What's wrong with enjoying happiness?" ? Is it wrong to want to be happy?"

This time the Buddha finally spoke, "Of course it is right to enjoy happiness. I also want to be happy. I not only want to be happy, but I also want to make my wife, son, parents, all my citizens, and all creatures in this world, All enjoy themselves.”

Bo Xun sneered sarcastically, "Hehe, that sounds nice. Are you sitting here and abandoning them to let them enjoy their happiness?"

There was a trace of sadness in Buddha's eyes, "If the momentary happiness is followed by endless pain, is this still happiness? What I want is eternal happiness."

"What is eternity? Even gods don't have eternity. That kind of illusory thing doesn't exist at all. But your family really does exist!"

The Buddha raised his slender eyes and asked him softly, "Have you ever been to hell?"

Bo Xun was taken aback for a moment, and then showed a disgusted expression, "Who wants to go to such a dirty place."

The Buddha said, "If I don't know the way, within two years, I will fall there after my father dies of illness. Human life is so short, the time is up, no matter how rich or noble you are, no matter how much you treat your wife, How reluctant your children and family members are, no matter how many things you have not finished in time, you will be pulled into reincarnation and cut off the leading edge. When you have enjoyed all the happiness, what is left? When you The heart-wrenching feeling of watching a loved one fall into the abyss is the most terrifying."

Bo Xun frowned, "That's for later, as long as you don't do evil in this life, how can you go to hell in the next life?"

The Buddha looked at his expression, as if he was looking at a child, rather than a god who had lived a kalpa and whose lifespan had long exceeded human history. "It is not so clear whether it is good or evil. Even if you are blessed , become the king of a country without worrying about food and clothing, but how can you not get blood on your hands? Don't you need to kill the enemy when protecting your own country? Don't you need capital punishment when facing the ministers who are in trouble for the country? Is it to protect yourself? Don't your family members need to hurt your brothers and relatives when maintaining their status? Aren't these all bad karma in the current order of karma? But can you not do it because you are afraid of retribution? Once you do it, no matter what Are you forced, no matter whether you have no choice or not, it is all bad karma, and you will be dragged to hell. But once you enter hell, in order to survive, you have to create endless bad karma, and the cycle of reincarnation is endless. It’s hard to get out. There is too little happiness in this world, too much pain and entanglement, and I don’t want to see those I love fall into hell forever, so I have to find a way to transcend all of these.”

Bo Xun didn't know how to refute for a while.

"Your supernatural powers are so great, you should really go to hell to have a look. The reality of this world is not in the three good ways, but in the three evil ways." The Buddha's compassionate and sad eyes narrowed slightly, "If you don't find the transcendent method, there will be a Where we all go. Who can be clean after all?"

For Bo Xun, this experience was about a turning point in his life.

After returning from the world, he was often restless and had trouble sleeping and eating.He often couldn't sleep at night, so he sat on the top of a tree and looked at the moon.

Empress Jiutian is the god who knows him best, so naturally she soon noticed that something was wrong with him.She landed gently next to him, putting her hand on his shoulder.

"Jiedi, did something happen to you when you went to play in the world this time?"

Bo Xun turned his head and looked at his adoptive mother.Jiutian Xuannv is one of the oldest goddesses in the heavens, but her skin is still as fragile as all the goddesses, and there is a layer of warm light floating on her dignified and beautiful face.Her neck is slender, as beautiful as a swan, and her high bun is covered with perennial flowers.Her purple gauze dress is woven with the clouds and clouds from the sky, covering the graceful and moving fairy body layer by layer.From childhood to adulthood, his adoptive mother has always been so beautiful, never changing, as if eternal.

Bo Xun was silent for a while, and then told Empress Jiutian about meeting the Buddha.

After hearing this, Empress Jiutian didn't speak for a while.Finally she told him, "Hell...that's a scary place."

"Mother God, have you been there?"

"That was a long, long time ago. At that time, I was still wearing a battle armor, and I followed the Ziwei God to fight in the south and north, and put down the rebellion of the heavens. At that time, I was ordered to protect Changgeng Xingjun to persuade Yan Mowang to submit, Been there once."

"What kind of place is that?"

Empress Jiutian's face was not very good-looking, she shook her head and said, "That's a place where you've been there once, and you don't want to go there again. Jiedi, promise me, don't go there. Where... it's not good for you of."

Jiedi never really disobeyed his mother's wishes, so he nodded, "I don't really want to go either. That human must have a brain problem."

Nine Heavens Profound Girl smiled and patted his head lightly.

At this moment, Bo Xun let out a snort and tilted his head to look at her.Seeing him like this, Empress Jiutian smiled and asked, "What's wrong?"

Bo Xun reached out and took a withered flower from the mother god's hair, "How did this flower become like this?"

Unexpectedly, the moment she saw the flower, Nine Heavens Xuannv's complexion suddenly changed, and she turned pale in an instant.She snatched the flower, as if she had seen something terrible, made an excuse and left in a hurry.

After a long time, Bo Xun realized that the first sign of the five declines of heaven and man is the wilting of flowers on the head.And the celestial beings who have the five signs of decline of celestial beings will surely die.

The death of a celestial being will last for quite a long time.First, the flowers on the head began to fade, and gradually the originally gorgeous sky|clothes on the body began to be stained with dirt, and the color began to fade.The Immortal Physique, which was originally spotless and exuded a faint fragrance, would also start to sweat, emitting bursts of rotten stench.In the end, the brilliance of the entire fairy body dissipated, and it was described as haggard and rickety, with a terrible death appearance.

But the most frightening thing is that during this period of time, the other gods avoided you with their indifference and alienation like snakes and scorpions.After all, the lifespan of gods and humans is too long. Most of the time, the gods forget that they will die.No one knows when they will enjoy all the blessings and show the five declines of heaven and man, and the feeling of being out of control leads to superstition.Many celestial beings believe that if they are touched by a deity who has manifested the five signs of decline in heaven and man, they will also be contaminated with bad luck and accelerate the appearance of the five signs of decline in heaven and man.

Nine Heavens Xuannv, once the most admirable and fearful female God of War in the heavens, and the most noble goddess after the Queen Mother of the West, in the last 500 years, she was eventually haggard and alone.Bo Xun watched helplessly that the Maha Kassapa Garden, which was once filled with colorful rays of light and always gathered with countless celestial beings, phoenixes, and drums and music, became desolate and desolate day by day. In the end, he was the only one left to accompany the huge fairy palace. Beside Nine Heavens Empress.None of the gods who used to say how much they admired their mother's demeanor disappeared. Even if he wanted to find someone to make a new beautiful dress for his mother so that she could leave decently, he couldn't find any gods to help. .

The once proud and gorgeous Goddess of the Heavenly Transformation of Otherworldly Goddess was lying on the bed at that time, with sunken cheeks and blue skin, exuding a corpse odor that could only be smelled in the human world.She was crying, but the tears could no longer be condensed into gems, her skinny hands like branches tightly held Bo Xun's hand, and told him softly that she was so scared.

Facing the thousands of soldiers and horses who did not even blink her eyes, the Goddess of War told him weakly that she was afraid.

But he couldn't protect her.

At that time, Bo Xun realized what the Buddha said about the feeling of the heart being twisted like a knife.

After the death of Nine Heavens Xuannv, Bo Xun inherited his position as the God of Huazizai.The empty and deserted Maha Kassapa Palace was once again bustling with celestial music, flowers blooming, and phoenix dancing.But all the immortals said that Bo Xun seemed to grow up overnight.He is no longer as innocent and laughing as the young boy at the beginning, as bright as the sun, but has become a little silent, even a little indifferent.

At the Pantao Festival, Bo Xun, who appeared before the other heavenly gods for the first time, arrived on the Profound Dragon just a moment before the conference started.The moment he appeared, all the celestial maidens couldn't help but widen their eyes, their cheeks were flushed, and even the male immortals gasped in admiration, unable to look away.

Bo Xun wore a golden robe, covered with seven treasured lotus flowers woven by stars, moon, sand and dust. His sleeves were as wide as wings, and fairy sleeves were riding the wind. His long black hair was entwined with silk sash, and there was a streak of silk on his incomparably handsome face. She smiled evilly, and the eyes that contained the stars and rivers were full of sparks, and she was fascinated by her gaze.

But the holy light emanating from his body was so dazzling that even the holy light of the Queen Mother of the West and the Prince of the East was overshadowed.It has the momentum to approach Ziwei God.The moment the gods saw it, they were all in awe, and had the urge to kneel down.

How many kalpas ago was the last time such a powerful god appeared?

And no one can see the expression of Ziwei God who is hidden in the dazzling light on the high seat.

The flat peaches, which only bear fruit once every 500 years, are a delicacy that even immortals can hardly taste.During the banquet, all the celestial maidens scattered flowers and danced, together with the beautiful singing of the phoenixes and the intoxicating music of the music gods, the immortals gradually forgot themselves and started to have fun.Many gods toasted Bo Xun, but when even God Ziwei raised his cup and raised his cup to Bo Xun, the whole banquet became quieter.

The ancient and distant voice of the emperor has a mysterious power that is both yearning and frightening, "Bo Xun, after becoming the God of other people, you have a very heavy responsibility. What are your plans, how will you govern your kingdom of heaven?"

Bo Xun stood up, returned the salute respectfully, raised his glass and drank it down, and then said calmly, "After the Peach Festival is over, I'm going to a place to travel and study."

There were rustling discussions, and it was never heard that the first thing God did after succeeding to the throne was to go out to play.It's a pity that although Bo Xun is very talented, he is frivolous and playful.

God Ziwei also seemed slightly displeased, "How can you leave the sky without authorization at the beginning of your succession? Where are you going?"

Bo Xun raised the corners of his mouth and smiled charmingly, "Hell. I'm going to hell."