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The room was not too big, there was only one bed, and a middle-aged man was sitting cross-legged on it, his eyes were closed tightly, motionless like a sculpture.

The man hadn't cut his head for a long time, his long hair drooped to his shoulders, his face was as white as paper, and his face looked very gloomy, with a long scar stretching from his left eyebrow to his right chin.

"This is my husband, Sima Xin, he is retreating." Mei Gu pointed to the man and introduced, and then led us to the next room.

There is a square table and chairs in this room, it should be a place to eat, after telling us to sit down, Meigu raised her head and asked, "Tell me, what are you doing here with all your trouble?"

After I sat down, I said bluntly: "We came here this time to hope that Aunt Mei can help dispel the curse of the snake."

Gu Mei is hiding her secrets, he should have seen the clues long ago, because when I said this, his eyes were on Bai Yang.

Mei Gu smiled, and said with something in her words: "If you want to break the snake curse, the one who follows you should be better than me."

I subconsciously took a look at Chu Yuan, and my heart was shaken. Although Meigu didn't show it, she had obviously seen some clues.

Chu Yuan can indeed erase the snake curse, but I know what happened to the snake lady, this kind of thing can't happen to Bai Yang.

I reminded me in a low voice: "Mei Gu, the snake curse cast by the magic snake is not an ordinary thing."

Mei Gu didn't say much, she glanced at Bai Yang, and said calmly, "Stretch out your hand!"

Grabbing Bai Yang's hand and touching it, Mei Gu's face darkened: "Bai Long reincarnated, you young man is rare."

After touching it for a while, Mei Gu let go of her hand, and smiled sinisterly: "It's the first time I've seen such a strange snake curse that consumes life! If this is a curse cast by a magic snake, after you die, The soul will be taken away by the other party, and you will live forever, and be someone else's snake slave! This is the most terrifying part of this curse!"

The expressions of Bai Yang and I became a little unnatural.

Seeing that Bai Yang didn't speak, I opened my mouth and said, "I hope Gu Mei can help. The ghost fisherman said that the power of the law of the bardo world can erase the snake curse in the soul."

"You have come here, you have come to the right place, whether it is congenital or plotted, go to the bardo, only in this way can you completely get rid of the snake curse."

Taking a ladle of water from the water tank, Meigu took a few sips and said, "But do you know what is the bardo world?"

I said from the side, "Probably know some!"

Mei Gu held her chin and said, "Most people think that death means the end. In the world, they compete with each other for their own interests."

"They don't give an inch in front of some trivial matters. In fact, they don't know that death is just the beginning."

"Between life and death, there is a transitional space. Catholics call this space purgatory, and Buddhists call it the bardo."

"No one knows how big the bardo world is. There are unique rules there. After death, a series of unknown and dangerous levels await everyone based on their karma."

"If you can successfully pass the test all the way, it will be a great blessing for ordinary people. The soul will either be reincarnated or go to the Paradise to enjoy the blessings. The worst ending is to find an official position in the underworld."

"These blessings are just my own guesses. After all, those who successfully break through the gate will never come back. The so-called hell is just a folklore. I'm afraid no one can say clearly what it looks like."

In the dark room, there was a candle on the table, and we listened intently to Meigu’s story: “In short, it must be good to pass a level successfully. If a certain level fails, the soul will either be trapped in the bardo world forever, or be taken away. Go to hell and suffer, and never come out again."

Speaking of this, her face became sad: "My husband and I have been delving into the secrets of the bardo world all our lives. We are practitioners. At least we have some Taoism, but it is not enough."

"Everything in the world can no longer arouse our interest. You said that a person's life is only a hundred years. I have been thinking, what is the purpose of living?"

"You say, what is the purpose of living?"

This question is too profound to be answered for a while, and I thought to myself, the people living in front of me are quite confused.

Some people repeat it year after year, and sometimes they really can't find the meaning of life.

Seeing that we were silent, Meigu sighed quietly: "God has a problem in Taoism. In my opinion, God gave us a hundred years to think and reveal the meaning of life. I have heard people say that the bardo There is a terrible secret hidden in the world, once the secret is revealed, the soul can gain eternal life."

"eternal life?"

I looked at her in surprise, Meigu sighed and said: "A few years ago, after we came here, my husband's soul left his body and entered the bardo realm to break through."

"In this place, he only came back once. In the past few years, I have been alone, accompanied by ghosts every day. Who can imagine the feeling of loneliness...Look at me, why are you talking about these things to you children?"

With a slight embarrassment on her face, Mei Gu wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes.

It was a matter of his own life and death, Bai Yang was eager to know the information of the bardo world, so he asked her: "Did your husband succeed in breaking through the barrier?"

Mei Gu nodded: "He broke through seven levels in total. After the last level passed, a door appeared in front of him. This door may lead to the other shore, reincarnation, but my husband didn't go in. He chose to stay Bardo, explore its secrets."

"One time in the middle, he woke up and told me about the situation over there. He also said that he would be able to understand the secret clearly in a few days at most. As a result, I waited for several years."

During Sima Xin's time in the bardo, Gu Mei was responsible for taking care of his physical body. It stands to reason that a living person would not be able to eat or drink, let alone a few years, even a few days.

But their husband and wife will use a secret method, which can make the physical body run slowly with extremely low consumption, and at the same time keep it incorruptible.

"It's also possible that my husband encountered unknown dangers there and never came back again." Speaking of this, Meigu became depressed again.

I whispered beside me, "Meigu, what kind of barriers did your husband encounter in the bardo world?"

Mei Gu shook her head: "I didn't ask, in fact, it's useless to ask, everyone's encounters and karma are different in life, and the tests they encounter in the bardo world are also different."

"Since it was Guixian who asked you to come here, I will give it to you. The cause and effect relationship is over. It's just that you really think about it? Once you go in, whether you can come out depends entirely on your luck. One thought Heaven, one thought hell."

Bai Yang looked at me, and replied calmly: "In my situation, if I don't go, I'll die, why don't I fight."

Seeing this, Mei Gu didn't try to persuade her: "A place like the bardo world is, after all, a forbidden place for the living. It stands to reason that you can't go there without dying. We husband and wife have the way, and with the secret method, we can ignore the rules. Yours The path is too shallow to be corroded by the dead energy of the bardo."

"But that kind of place, no matter how advanced it is, no creature would want to go there. After all, it's not a good place for vacation."