Chapter 236: Going to Hell is Like the Zhang Family
Chapter 236 Going to Hell Is Like Going Home
"Please calm down, Immortal Taibai."
Guanyin Bodhisattva quickly spoke softly: "Since I have promised the donor, I will keep my promise. No matter why he died or why he fell into hell, I will go to save him and bring him back to life."
Knowing that she was in the wrong, Guanyin Bodhisattva did not dare to confront the powerful Taibai Jinxing.
If this incident really caused a great war between immortals and Buddhas that shook the three realms, the sin she would bear would be too great.
Besides, she was really afraid that Dou Mu Yuan Jun would use this as an excuse to come and settle the score.
The immortal Dou Mu Yuan Jun is enough to beat the three great sages into a state of disarray.
The Buddha Dipamkara has evolved the Dinghai Pearl into the Buddha's heavens, so he can no longer use it as a hidden weapon to launch a sneak attack.
Then she would be pinned to the ground and beaten.
"Brother, don't be so confident. I just tried it and couldn't transcend it."
The Bodhisattva of Joy whispered, “I don’t know why, but Wen Rui is just an ordinary man, but his soul is so strong and resolute that he decided to make hell his home. He even crushed the golden steps to rebirth with one foot.”
Guanyin Bodhisattva glared at him and said, "Let's go to hell together to see him and persuade him to let go of his obsession, return to the living world with us, and return to the way things were before. The suffering in hell is hard for even immortals and Buddhas to endure for long, so I'm sure he will agree."
"Alas, this is the only way." The Bodhisattva of Great Joy nodded helplessly and finally gave up the idea of guiding Wen Rui into the Western religion.
"Wait a minute!" Taibai Jinxing overheard their conversation and interrupted them, "I want to go with you, too, to prevent you from putting pressure on Brother Wen and bullying him behind my back, forcing him to refuse to leave hell!"
The two Bodhisattvas nodded helplessly in agreement and chanted the "Jizo Sutra" together. The scenes around them kept changing, and when the changes stopped, they had arrived at the Avici Hell.
The two Bodhisattvas were fine as they were relatively adaptable to the environment of hell. However, as soon as Taibai Jinxing entered hell, he felt unbearable pain all over his body. The karmic fire burned his immortal body, causing him unbearable heat and pain.
A group of immortals and Buddhas toured hell according to the deduced location. All they saw was an endless scene of misery and countless creatures screaming and howling in agony.
Soon, they arrived at an execution ground.
There are countless execution grounds like this in the hell.
Wen Rui was on a red-hot black iron platform in the execution ground.
The execution platform was a skinning platform.
Wen Rui was being tortured by a Yaksha ghost, his hands and feet were pierced by steel hooks, his body was hanging in the air, half of his skin had been peeled off, revealing half of his body's bleeding muscles and white bones.
If a living person in the world were subjected to such torture, he would have fainted or even died from the pain.
In hell, spirits obtain false physical bodies and experience the same sufferings as those in the living world, but they remain awake all the time.
Neither faint nor die.
As long as the torture continues, the pain will continue.
This is the meaning of "bitterness without interval".
Wen Rui had long been accustomed to this torture. Not only did his expression not change, he was still humming happily, looking relaxed and comfortable.
"The king asked me to patrol the mountains and capture a monk for dinner... Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah~"
There is a full sense of relaxation, it really doesn't seem like I'm pretending.
The compassionate Guanyin Bodhisattva has been in the Western religion for many years, and has also personally gone to hell to save the souls of sinners who have truly repented.
After all, the sea of suffering is boundless and there is always a way out. The hell of endless suffering is said to be inescapable, but Western religions have opened a back door.
Great enlightened ones who have attained the status of Arhat, Bodhisattva, and Buddha also have the privilege to expend their merits to rescue sinful souls and then convert the demons that have a connection with Western religions.
Guanyin Bodhisattva is also well-informed. She has seen many people crying and regretting their past actions, as well as people who are stubborn and have deep evil thoughts, and who do not repent and scream in agony.
Even Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, who guards hell all year round, would not be so relaxed in the Avici Hell. He would have to recite sutras and cultivate his mind constantly, using the power of Buddha to dissolve the fire of sin and the overwhelming resentment in hell. I have never seen someone like Wen Rui who treats hell as his own living room and is so carefree and unconcerned.
What a heart of stone!
"Sir, I have come to save you as promised."
Guanyin Bodhisattva stepped forward and said softly, "Please follow me back to the world of the living."
Wen Rui, who had been enjoying the hellish massage with his eyes closed, finally opened his eyes and said in surprise, "What are you doing here? Which eye of yours saw that I needed help? I'm fine, aren't I? Go away, go away, don't meddle in other people's business."
These words left Guanyin Bodhisattva speechless for a moment.
They have gone to hell, which is countless times more miserable than death. Half of their skin has been peeled off, and they don’t need anyone to save them?
Bodhisattva Guanyin naturally understood that Wen Rui was being stubborn but was actually just trying to show off.
"My stupid junior brother has realized his mistake and will no longer force you to do anything. There is no need for him to stay here and suffer any more."
"Not bitter, not bitter!" Wen Rui shook his head. "It's good here. Everyone here is talented and speaks well. I like it here very much."
While they were talking here, the Yaksha ghost was not idle either. He peeled off the skin of the other half of Wen Rui's body, and then poured concentrated salt water and acid on his exposed muscles.
The flesh and blood began to rot until it turned into dry bones.
Taibai Jinxing felt his scalp tingling as he watched from the side. He couldn't even imagine if he were to exchange identities with Wen Rui and suffer such abuse, would he cry out in pain?
Wen Rui seemed unaware, as if it was not him who was being skinned.
Even though he was rotten to a skeleton, he still opened and closed his jaw and continued to be stubborn: "I have traveled all over the three realms and nine heavens in this life. I have seen all kinds of scenery and tried all kinds of tricks. I have never experienced all the eighteen kinds of torture in hell. This opportunity is rare. I finally came here once. Now that I am here, I will miss out if I don’t have fun."
The Yaksha ghost met his fate only when he had smashed all of his bones and there was no more room for torture, and then he stopped.
However, the next moment, the fake body regained its human form without any scars at all.
The execution platform also changed its shape and turned into a big pot.
The pot was filled with hot oil, and the flames were blazing, causing the oil to boil.
The Yaksha ghost took out a steel fork, stabbed it into Wen Rui's ribs, picked him up and threw him into the oil pan.
Being in the frying pan, Wen Rui put his hands behind his neck, rested his head on them, crossed his legs, and looked like he was taking a bath.
Blisters kept appearing on his skin, which kept bursting. His flesh dried up and fell off due to frying, and his internal organs rolled up and down in the oil pan.
"Brother Chang Geng, this is your first time in hell too, right?"
While Wen Rui was enjoying himself, he chatted with Taibai Jinxing: "Since you are here, this is a rare opportunity, why not try it? It's very novel. If you miss this opportunity, you will never see it again."
In hell, all beings are equal.
Only when the immortal's soul leaves the body can it reach hell, and its state is no different from that of an ordinary sinful spirit.
If Taibai Jinxing voluntarily experiences it, he really will not be able to call upon his immortal power to resist, and he will be able to feel all the pain and pleasure perfectly.
Taibai Jinxing, whose scalp was tingling, quickly refused: "Brother, you should play by yourself. It's too exciting, and I am not lucky enough to enjoy it."
Wen Rui refused to leave, and Guanyin Bodhisattva was helpless and could only stand quietly by, silent and endure the squeeze.
It’s not that Wen Rui deliberately made things difficult for the Bodhisattva, but he had clicked on the Hell Experience Card, and unless he stayed in hell for two full hours, he couldn’t leave even if he wanted to.
Even Guanyin Bodhisattva could not break through the system's rules and could not save him at all.
In order to avoid leaking the secrets of the system, Wen Rui could only pretend to be stubborn, as if saying, "I don't want to leave, even the Buddha can't take me away."
Wait until they have shown enough power and the trial card time is up, then persuade them reluctantly and give them a way out.
(End of this chapter)