Chapter 457 Houtu Empress Temple
Chen Shi and Chen Tang were shocked when they saw this scene.
In the main hall, the continents that are rising and falling in the dark and yellow atmosphere are not the immortal world written in the couplets?
Could it be that what Queen Houtu is in charge of is not the birth, reproduction, death and reincarnation of Xiniu Xinzhou, but the countless continents in the sea of darkness.
Chen Shi looked carefully and finally found the stone tablet standing in front of the temple.
The stone monument towers into the clouds, and the light flowing above it connects it with the temple behind it.
The willow tree where Zhu Xiucai hanged himself turned into a giant tree connecting the sky and the earth, standing in front of the temple, guarding this ancient temple.
At this time, Zhu Xiucai flew out of the small temple behind Chen Shi's head, looked up at this scene, and murmured: "Can I still hang on it?"
Chen Shi shook his head and said, "Probably not. Houtu Niang There is a hanged ghost hanging outside Niang Temple, which is really unlucky."
Zhu Xiucai corrected him seriously and said, "I am a ghost fairy."
"That is also a ghost." Chen Shi said.
Jue Yangzi also flew out, looked at the temple that was being formed, and said in a voiceless voice: "Empress Houtu! When the True King came to Xiniu Xinzhou, the worlds of Yin and Yang were not at peace, and demons and ghosts could do it. Entering and exiting the two realms at will, ghosts and ghosts are living in the human world, so the true king invited the empress's clone to completely separate the Yin and Yang realms and establish the order of humans, gods and ghosts! It is said that this empress is a god from the pre-Qin era, with ancient origins and boundless divine power."
Chen Tang looked at Jue Yangzi, wondering in his heart: "Who is this person? Why did he fly out of Xiao Shi's temple?
Why does he know about the True King's Era?"
About the True King's Era, many stories are rumors and legends, some are true and some are false, but there are always more false. The little fairy flew out from another small temple, shook his head and said: "The Faith of Queen Houtu , existed long before the Great Shang Dynasty. The origin of this god is much older than you know. It can be traced back to Xia, Yu, Tang,
Xie, and other ancient times. It is a A god with incomparable power. There is earth, there is life, there is the underworld, and there is the belief of Hou Tu Niangniang." Chen Shi looked at the temple and murmured: "Is the godmother so strong?"
The little fairy said: "The time from the Yu Dynasty to the Great Shang is almost the same as the time from the Great Shang to the Ming Dynasty. Not to mention the ancient times before. I also heard that in the underworld, Queen Houtu had a monster with the head of an ox and a human body and three eyes, called Tubo. The long horns on the head are the Jiuqu Huangquan, which is composed of the world after death."
Chen Shi could no longer imagine how spectacular a scene this was.
Chen Tang was confused, and his daughter-in-law seemed to know a lot.
Is this picked daughter-in-law really only a few years older than Chen Shi?
The little fairy looked at Chen Shi and said seriously: "It is impossible for such a being to recognize you as an adopted son."
Chen Shi smiled and said: "The godmother we are talking about is not a real godmother, but a respectful title for the gods."
Little Fairy knows little about this custom. She has seen people in the village worship their godmother before, but she doesn't understand the deeper meaning.
Chen Shi recounted the causes and consequences of worshiping the godmother, and said: "Villages worship the godmother, often hoping that the gods in the village will protect them from being eaten by evil votes, and offer incense and sacrifices to the godmother. The godmother will provide protection. There is an exchange relationship between the godmother and the villagers."
The little fairy understood and said: "You just worship the gods and pray for their blessings."
Chen Shi smiled and said: "The relationship is closer. When you worship the gods, the gods may not always respond to your requests, but when you worship the godmother, the godmother will sacrifice her life for you and fight against evil spirits."
The little fairy shook her head, it is really a weird tradition.
At this time, Zhu Xiucai came under the old willow tree. An old man in green clothes walked out from under the old willow tree and blocked him. The two of them were talking about something.
Chen Shi and the little fairy walked over, but it was Zhu Xiucai who begged the old Taoist in Qingyi to hang it on the willow tree again. The old Taoist in Qingyi always shook his head.
Zhu Xiucai said angrily: "I have been dead for more than a thousand years, hanging on this tree, and no one has asked me for more than a thousand years! This is my home, why don't you allow it?"
The old man in green said helplessly: "I am the old willow tree."
Zhu Xiucai looked at him with wide eyes, and was about to pull the sling around his neck on him.
The old Taoist in Qingyi couldn't bear it anymore. He stretched out his hand and a willow branch fell from the sky. With a brushing sound, it entangled Zhu Xiucai tightly and hung him up.
Zhu Xiucai struggled hard, but he couldn't escape.
His body quickly grew in size, becoming thousands of feet tall in an instant, like a god or demon.
The willow branch also changed accordingly, becoming as thick as a dragon, still tightly entangled in him.
Zhu Xiucai shrank rapidly, and the willow branches also became thinner, still binding him.
Zhu Xiucai could not struggle, so he had to hang on the tree obediently.
Chen Shi looked up worriedly, and the old Taoist in Qingyi smiled and said: "Don't worry, Mr. Chen, I won't make things difficult for him. It's just that he hangs on me, which is really indecent. That was fine in the past, but now that the empress is about to recover, she can't tolerate his mischief."
Although he didn't treat Zhu Xiucai well, he treated Chen Shi with respect.
On the tree, although Zhu Xiucai struggled to escape, he rolled his eyes and activated the hanging rope around his neck. The rope, like a spiritual snake, automatically wrapped around the willow branch and kept tightening.
Zhu Xiucai was stretched so comfortably that he opened his mouth and stuck out his long tongue, feeling satisfied.
Chen Shi withdrew his gaze and thought to himself: "Teacher's time as a human being is only a few decades, and his time as a ghost is more than a thousand years. It is normal to have some ghost hobbies."
"What do you call Taoist Brother?" Chen Shi asked.
「不敢，老朽以柳为姓，本无名字，陈公子称我为柳道人便是。」
陈实笑道：「柳道人不要称我为公子，还是叫我名字，或者陈状元。道兄，
我干娘何时才会复苏？」
Liu Taoren said: "I don't know either."
Chen Shi looked at the temple behind the stone tablet and saw overlapping rays of light. The chants from the gods and the extraordinary power continued to gather here, making the temple seem more real.
The structure of this temple is the same as the small temple behind Chen Shi's head at the beginning. There is only one room, indicating that there is only one god worshiped here.
"Can I go in and have a look?" Chen Shi asked.
Liu Daoren smiled and said: "Outsiders can't do it, but Chen Zhuangyuan can certainly do it. However, the Niangniang Temple has not yet formed a real existence, and it is useless to enter."
Chen Shi thanked him and walked towards the temple.
Chen Tang followed Chen Shi and was about to enter the temple. Taoist Liu raised his hand, shook his head and said, "Not outsiders."
Chen Tang blinked his eyes and said, "I am the father of Chen Zhuangyuan."
Liu Daoren just shook his head: "Outsiders, no way."
Chen Tang had no choice but to stay here.
Chen Shi walked into Houtu Niangniang Temple and saw dazzling rays of light all around. There were bird seals and insect inscriptions in the rays of light, which kept flowing. The chanting sounds of the gods coming from the rays of light became more and more loud and bright, which made his head feel dizzy and his steps became a little unsteady.
He walked in the forming light, and the temple seemed to suddenly become vast, stretching as far as the eye could see.
A child is born next to her. The baby cries for the first time. The baby grows rapidly, becomes an adult in an instant, and transforms into a beautiful woman.
She gets married, gets pregnant, gives birth, grows old rapidly, and finally returns to the underworld, reincarnates, and begins a new life.
And around him, countless people are repeating this process!
However, some people are no longer human beings in their second life, but become other species, or livestock, or beasts, or insects, or ghosts, or gods, or dragons and phoenixes.
Countless living beings, around him, are immersed in a huge cycle of life and death, rebirth and death, endlessly.
This scene shocked Chen Shi greatly.
"Is this the same in my life? Just like in this reincarnation, life and death, life and death, endless. So, how can we escape from all this?"
He looked at the countless creatures around him, and suddenly felt a great sadness.
What is the difference between this kind of life and that of an insect?
He traveled in the vast sea of reincarnation, passed through the lives of countless people, and walked forward, looking confusedly at the souls spinning around in the reincarnation.
No matter whether you are a prince or general, no matter how powerful you are in the world, no matter how rich you are, no matter how wealthy you are, no matter how wise you are, you cannot escape the suffering of reincarnation.
Just when he couldn't find the meaning of life, he suddenly and accidentally saw a soul disappearing from reincarnation!
Chen Shi lives comfortably.
"Where did the soul struggling in reincarnation go?"
He was confused when he inadvertently saw another soul disappear!
"Ascension! They have ascended! Jumped out of reincarnation!"
Chen Shi was overjoyed and finally saw a glimmer of hope.
"No matter how difficult it is, I will become an immortal, ascend and escape from reincarnation!"
He walked forward and waded through the sea of reincarnation. After walking for an unknown amount of time, he finally walked out of the sea of reincarnation and came to the front of the vast ocean formed by the black and yellow air.
He looked around and saw that in this sea, countless continents and continents were floating on the sea, and he could not tell which one was the Xiniu New Continent where they were located.
Chen Shi tried hard to identify, but still couldn't find the Xiniu New Continent, let alone the Huaxia Shenzhou.
This sea formed by the black and yellow air is just a vision, not reality.
Chen Shi stepped on the sea and continued to walk forward, passing by continents of different shapes and walking towards the center of the sea.
There, there is a magnificent glow falling from the sky, forming a lotus-shaped shrine.
Think about it, Queen Houtu revived there.
After walking for a long time, Chen Shi finally arrived at the place where the glow fell and in front of the lotus platform.
On the lotus platform, in the light, there seems to be a portal, as high as the sky, but the portal is narrow and can only allow one person to pass through.
Chen Shi looked into the door, and for a moment, he seemed to see a vast world behind the door.
An empress in palace attire, with fluttering robes and colorful ribbons, walked towards us from another world.
The path she walked was like a bridge of light connecting this portal. Outside the bridge was the distorted time and space,
Lightning and thunder, and it was terrifyingly gloomy.
Suddenly, a huge round ax flew out of the darkness and struck the bridge of light with a click.
Cut the bridge off!
Behind the portal, the bridge continued to disconnect, and the empress waved her long sleeves, connecting the sleeves to the bridge at the other end and flying towards this side.
Chen Shi was shocked: "Someone is trying to prevent Empress Houtu's clone from coming to Xiniu Xinzhou!"