Buddha said:

Sanskrit "paramita," in this context, means reaching the Other Shore; interpreting it as transcending life and death, arising with attachments; as water has waves, it is named as this shore. Detached from attachments, without birth and death, like water freely flowing; it is named as the Other Shore, without life or death; no suffering, no sorrow, no desires, no demands; it is a blissful world where one forgets everything.

And there is a type of flower, beyond the Three Worlds; not within the Five Elements; it grows on the Other Shore of the Ruishui River, resplendent and scarlet red, that is the Other Shore Flower. When the Other Shore Flower blooms, it blooms on the Other Shore, the flower blooms without leaves, the leaves grow without flowers, desiring to meet but unable to see each other, alone on the road to the Other Shore.

Lin Tian couldn't help but recite, Zhang Lingyu turned to look at Lin Tian, eyes somewhat misty, gaze shifting complexly.

Looking at the strange Zhang Lingyu, Lin Tian suddenly snorted and said, "If it were me, I would definitely shatter heaven, those ridiculous rules, even foreign gods can fall in love, marry, and have children, why can't we? I think heaven interferes too much, if I were the ruler of Heaven, I would abolish those absurd celestial laws."

"You're overthinking it, it's just a legend," Zhang Lingyu collected her strange expression, lowered her head and said.

"Alright, let's just treat it as a legend then, in any case, I won't let this Huangquan Road stop my steps," Lin Tian said firmly, stepping forward.

Zhang Lingyu raised her head, took a deep look at Lin Tian's back, sighed slightly, and followed him.

In the boundless field of Other Shore Flowers, a road winds deep into the distance, this is the road of Huangquan, the dead who pass through Ghost Gate step onto this path, guided by the Other Shore Flowers, advancing deeper into the Netherworld.

Huangquan Road is very long, Lin Tian and Zhang Lingyu walked for a long time and still didn't reach the end, even longer than the section before Ghost Gate.

Honestly, Lin Tian was initially amazed by the Other Shore Flowers, but after walking for most of the day, the scenery remained the same, apart from the red Other Shore Flowers, there were no other plants, he was almost aesthetically fatigued.

As for the poignant story Zhang Lingyu mentioned earlier, Lin Tian had already thrown it nine clouds away, it's too damn monotonous, do the people of the Netherworld not know what greening is? Lin Tian thought helplessly, in his heart he despised the Netherworld King a thousand times.

"Eh, this doesn't seem right, why are there wandering spirits outside Huangquan Road, right among the Other Shore Flowers, don't the Ghost Messengers care?" Lin Tian walked to the back, saw ghostly shadows swaying in the sea of flowers, and couldn't help but ask in curiosity.

Zhang Lingyu saw it too, she looked carefully for a while and said, "These are wandering ghosts, they belong to unnatural deaths, like those who committed suicide or died for love, actually, these souls have not exhausted their lifespan, yet they have died."

"Such souls cannot enter reincarnation and can only wander on Huangquan Road, waiting for their lifespan to end before they can report to the Netherworld and reincarnate, in plain words, they are pitiful people, even the Ghost Messengers are too lazy to manage them," Zhang Lingyu sighed, shaking her head.

"I see," Lin Tian suddenly understood, one could only say, pity these people who must have a detestable side.

The deeper they walked into the Netherworld, the more wandering ghosts appeared on both sides, walking on Huangquan Road, they could even hear ghostly whispers, not knowing whether they were crying or murmuring, it added a certain eerie and terrifying feeling to the sea of flowers.

As they walked further, Lin Tian faintly heard singing, Zhang Lingyu heard it too, initially, the two thought it was the wandering ghosts singing lowly, but the farther they went, the singing didn't disappear and instead became clearer.

The singing was a female voice, it paused with a certain desolation, the lyrics were the same few lines, repeated over and over.

Going further, the number of wandering souls suddenly became crowded, this situation was somewhat abnormal because the wandering souls on Huangquan Road typically walked individually and scattered.

But ahead, the wandering souls suddenly increased in number, Lin Tian and Zhang Lingyu exchanged a glance and squeezed forward together, then saw the reason for the crowd.

A row of Soul Ferrymen had actually blocked the road, preventing the souls from moving forward, and behind the Ferrymen was the red-clothed female ghost they had seen before.

At this moment, the female ghost had stopped and refused to move, regardless of how the Ferrymen whipped her, she remained unaffected, only continuously singing a song with a voice that was eerie and desolate, as if it could penetrate the soul.

"The Other Shore Flower, blooms for a thousand years, falls for a thousand years, flower and leaf never meet. Love not for causes or results, destiny destined for life and death, forever knowing but not able to love. On the Other Shore unreachable in this life, shedding all memories, the flower becomes Huangquan."

The red-clothed female ghost sang these few lines repeatedly, hearing it made one's heart feel a bit prickly, the Ferrymen were also on high alert, blocking Huangquan Road to prevent other souls from approaching.

Strangely enough, when Lin Tian and Zhang Lingyu approached, the female ghost stopped her singing, then, without the Ferrymen urging her, spontaneously walked forward again, leaving the Ferrymen somewhat bewildered, all suspecting if this female ghost was mad.

Lin Tian's heart skipped a beat, and he frowned as he said to Zhang Lingyu, "Lingyu, I'm certain, this red-clothed female ghost must have realized we are not wandering souls."

Zhang Lingyu nodded, saying, "Exactly, if it was just a coincidence at Ghost Gate, now it's inexplicable, as soon as we appear, she stops singing, it can't be coincidental twice."

"Regardless of her intent, we can at least be certain, she definitely won't expose us, she might be thinking of using us to escape the Netherworld," Lin Tian sneered.

"We need to retrieve Xuanxuan's soul, and most likely will clash with the Netherworld as well, maybe we can use her too, at least our aim is the same," Zhang Lingyu said calmly.

Lin Tian nodded, agreeing with Zhang Lingyu's suggestion, of course, it's all just speculation now, if the red-clothed female ghost did nothing, these proposals would go unused.

The two followed the escort group from afar, like other wandering souls, Lin Tian pretended to walk forward blankly.

Not knowing how long they walked again, faint sounds of water came, not long after, Lin Tian saw, at the end of Huangquan Route, a tower made of piled Stone.

Upon nearing, they could see, on the tower's side, the words "Wangxiang Platform" were written, behind the Wangxiang Platform stood a wide river, above which there were three parallel stone bridges.

All three bridges were paved with bluestone, the steps made of Stone, and flanking the bridges were carved stone railings, all the stones were very old, as if they had withstood numerous ages.

The river beneath was a bloody yellow, occasionally bubbles would rise, bursting into struggling, anguished human faces. Even separated by quite a distance, Lin Tian could still hear the painful cries of the ghostly faces, faint metallic smell lingering in the air.

On either side of the bridges, ghost soldiers remained guarding, upon arriving at the bridges, every wandering soul seemed to sense a palpable change in atmosphere.

"Finally reached, Wangxiang Platform, Naihe Bridge, Wangchuan River, the end of one world, the beginning of another," Zhang Lingyu suddenly sighed gently.

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