"What...what are you? How can you connect to the 'Yin Spring,' one of the 'Nine Springs'?!"
Here's a special explanation: the "Nine Springs" mentioned by the Grand Lama is the same as the "Nine Springs" in the idiom "smiling in the netherworld."
Nine Springs, a concept in Taoist legends, the most well-known of which is "Yellow Springs".
The Yellow Springs in "The Song of Everlasting Regret" refers to the netherworld.
The nine springs are: Fengquan, Yaquan, Huangquan, Hanquan, Yinquan, Youquan, Xiaquan, Kuquan, and Mingquan.
In orthodox Taoist texts, these nine springs represent the nine hells, and a person must undergo layers of interrogation before being buried underground.
The first level of the prison is Fengquan Prison. It refers to the Youquan Spring in Luofeng, the northern capital, an institution specifically for investigating demons.
If the soul of the dead harbors demons, I'm sorry, it cannot be buried underground; it must be imprisoned and tormented. The primary duty of the First Prison Lord is to capture the celestial demons residing within the deceased.
The second level of the prison is called Yaquan Prison. The chief judge of the second prison interrogates the deceased souls about whether they have committed crimes and what kind of punishment they have received.
The third level of hell is the Hell of the Underworld. The master of the third hell is mainly responsible for capturing the mountain spirits and evil ghosts attached to the souls of the dead.
The fourth level of the prison is the Cold Spring Prison. The main purpose of the fourth prison is to capture the water monsters and water ghosts that are attached to the dead.
The fifth level of the prison is the Yin Spring Prison. The main purpose of the fifth prison is to capture the evil spirits that feed on the blood of the dead.
The sixth level of the prison is the Netherworld Prison. The primary purpose of the sixth prison is to capture the poisonous mountain spirits attached to the deceased.
The seventh level of hell is the Lower Spring Hell. The main purpose of the seventh hell is to capture ancient tomb zombies and evil spirits attached to the dead.
The eighth level of hell is the Bitter Spring Hell. The main purpose of the eighth hell is to capture the evil spirits and sorcerers attached to the dead.
The ninth level is the Netherworld Hell. The Ninth Hell is mainly for capturing the spirits of those who died violently or unjustly.
Once the soul of the deceased has passed the interrogation of these nine great prisons, it can rest peacefully in the ninth level of the underworld...
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