"These flowers are very beautiful, right?" A young woman in a red gauze dress with a red dot on her forehead floated above the sea of flowers and asked Shen Xianlai.
"These flowers are very beautiful." Shen Xian replied," Unfortunately, they don't have roots. They don't look real.”
"Flowers only need to be beautiful. Roots growing under dirty soil will only destroy the beauty of flowers.”the red-robed woman said.
Shen Xianlai knew that these flowers were not living creatures, so he stopped admiring them. The so-called flowers were just the reproductive organs of plants. Although flowers were beautiful, there was no point in picking them and leaving them alone. It was better to appreciate the whole creature than to separate the genitals of a creature and admire them alone. However, Shen Xianlai did not refute the woman in red. Since she had her own thoughts, he would let her persevere. If he wanted to forcefully change her long-term mindset on this matter, how would he be different from those flower arranging artists who cut flowers from living plants with scissors and then arranged the lifeless flowers into a form that they thought was beautiful? Flowers were the reproductive organs of plants, and the value of appreciation was only imposed on them by others. It was not its fault that the flower was beautiful, nor was it its fault that it was destroyed by humans for their " lust." The only fault was that its natural value was misaligned with the value that humans recognized.
"What's your name? Where is this place?" Shen Xian asked.
"I'm the God of Flowers here. My name is Red Spiderlily. This place is called the other shore."
"Red Spiderlily?" Shen Xianlai smiled." It seems to be another name for the Paramita Flower."”The reason why Shen Xianlai discovered it was because he had seen through the other party's identity. Just like himself, he was just a wandering ghost. Although her name was Red Spiderlily and she claimed to be the God of Flowers, her background had nothing to do with this kind of flower. It was probably just a woman who was crazy about Manjusaka and changed her name to a flower.
"What is the other shore?" Shen Xianlai asked again," What's the other side of this place? The other side of the Yang world or the other side of the netherworld?”
Red Spiderlily replied," Neither. This is just the other side of the river.”
What this lady said was absolutely nonsense! Shen Xianlai used the back of his hand to wipe away the blood that flowed out of the corner of his mouth and continued to ask," I want to know how to return to the Yang Realm.”
Red Spiderlily frowned and said," I thought that you would be a very pure person since you could cross the Ruo River. I didn't expect you to be the same as those mortals. What's so good about such a dirty place like the Yang Realm?”
"The Yang Realm is not as unbearable as you say.”Shen Xian said," I just want to return to the Yang Realm. If you know, point me out a way. If you don't know, then forget it."”
Seeing that Shen Xianlai was getting impatient, Red Spiderlily shook her head and said," I didn't know that you were such an impatient person." It was not good to be too anxious. Although I have never thought of going to the Yang Realm, I have heard of a place that leads to the Yang World. If you carry Ruoshui on your back and keep walking forward, you will reach there.”
"Thank you very much." After Shen Xianlai bowed to Red Spiderlily, he carried Ruoshui on his back and walked forward. After walking thirty steps, he realized that Red Spiderlily had already caught up to him.
"Miss Red Spiderlily, is there anything else?”Shen Xian asked.
Red Spiderlily nodded." That's right. You're running too fast. I haven't finished speaking! Although you can reach the Yang World there, there are people guarding it. If you go there like this, you might be killed.”
"Who is it?" Shen Xianlai suddenly stopped and asked.
"His name is Flame Demon Futuke. He was originally a subordinate of King Yama, one of the Ten Palaces. After King Yama lost the Central Hell, Flame Demon was sent here to guard the passage to the Yang World. The people here were rarely willing to leave for the Yang World, so he usually had nothing to do. However, if you insist on going to the Yang World through the passage he's guarding, you might be killed by him.”
"Is he powerful?" Shen Xian asked. He was now a prisoner who had escaped from the underworld. If he met the people of the underworld, he would probably have to fight again.
"He used to be one of the four generals under King Yama.”
"One of…the Four Great Generals? Didn't that mean that he was very powerful? It seemed that it would not be easy for me to return to the Yang world.”Shen Xianlai's brows were tightly knitted together. Clearly, he felt that this was a very troublesome matter. An ordinary halberd-wielding Yaksha in the Yaksha Legion could only use sneak attacks, and the price was to cause damage to himself first. Speaking of which, the halberd-wielding yaksha was only one level higher than the lowest-level ordinary yaksha in the yaksha legion, right? The halberd-wielding yaksha was just an honorary title. It did not mean that they used halberds as weapons. Ordinary Yakshas or veterans of the army who had made contributions would be awarded the title of " Halberd Wielder ", and their treatment would be half a level higher than ordinary Yakshas.
If Shen Xianlai was like this when facing the halberd-wielding yaksha, wouldn't he have no hope when facing one of the four generals?
"Why do you want to return to the Yang World so badly?”" What's wrong with this place?" Red Spiderlily asked. He didn't have to face so many people in the world of the living. He was free and wouldn't be disturbed by others.”
"Even if I tell you why, you won't understand.”Shen Xianlai said.
"If you don't tell me, how do you know I don't understand?”
"Even if you do, you won't understand.”
"You don't even know if I understand, so how do you know I won't?”
Shen Xianlai revealed a smile. He stretched out his right arm and drew a small arc, setting up a spirit realm.
The distant mountains were like black jade, and the surroundings were lush and green. The bright red sunset dyed the entire sky red. The sky was filled with fine feather-shaped clouds.
The setting sun gradually disappeared into the mountains. The more it disappeared, the redder it became. The remnant sun was like blood, and the remnant sun was like cinnabar.
Finally, the blood-red sun completely disappeared into the mountains, leaving behind a golden and blood-red crown on the distant mountains.
Shen Xianlai stretched out his right arm again and made a pulling motion to the side. The distant scenery was like a curtain that was pulled away, leaving only a desolate black curtain.
Red Spiderlily suddenly hugged Shen Xianlai tightly and buried her head in his chest. Tears fell from her eyes and wet Shen Xianlai's chest. It was wet and warm.
Red Spiderlily leaned against Shen Xianlai's chest and mumbled something. As she spoke, she shed tears as if she was recalling many things from the past. What she said seemed to be some complaints and some nostalgia for the human world. Although Higan was free, she was alone. Although the human world was restless, it could make people less lonely.
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