Okuninushi was not called "Okuninushi" from the beginning. It was the name of the god he upgraded to after he unified Weiyuan and established the land divine kingdom.
Before the establishment of the Weiyuan Kingdom, the leader of the great kingdom was named Daxue Mouchi, who was also known as the God of Da Ru.
Kamiyakawa and his party are currently in the tomb of the emperor of the "Guorang family" of Qiongqiongchuzun's lineage. When exploring this longevity palace, the notes engraved on the walls are basically about the emperor of the Tiansun lineage.
of singing praises.
Moreover, probably in order to make Qiongqiongchuzun's rule over Weiyuan more legitimate, these records obviously deliberately avoided mentioning things like "the arrival of the heavenly grandson".
Therefore, it does seem very strange to suddenly see a piece of engraving written in crazy handwriting and strongly praising the great king.
As the human emperor of the "former dynasty", the name of the Great King should not appear in this Longevity Palace no matter what.
This paragraph of text can simply be regarded as a blasphemy against the dozens of human emperors of the Tiansun lineage who are sleeping deep in the longevity palace.
"It seems that there are more secrets hidden in this Tiansun Shou Palace than I thought at the beginning."
Kamiyagawa looked away from the wildly scrawled and seemingly fascinating carvings on the wall.
He wanted to find out more and more what was at the bottom of the longevity palace.
Walking down the long spiral staircase, the space you are in becomes wider. The currently known longevity palace area is like a huge cone-shaped structure, which becomes larger as you go down. The passage formed by the stairs, like
It is like a mountain road embedded in the inner wall of this huge cone.
It seems that the path that Kamiya River and Yata Bird took previously is just the tip of the iceberg of this underground palace.
Continue down.
Woohoo——
The wind in the longevity palace became stronger, and the sound of the wind seemed to be mixed with miserable cries.
At the same time, it can be clearly felt that the air here has become more humid and full of water vapor. The stone staircase path where Kamiya and his party are located has also become wider and flatter than before.
"It seems that we are almost near the bottom of this giant tower."
Kamiyakawa was thinking and looking down with his eyes fixed.
Although the space below is still dark, at this distance, and with the help of the blue lantern in Yata birdi's hand, Kamiya can already spy on the blurry situation below -
The blue shimmers around him were hanging down like threads, blending into the endless darkness.
But a few bits and pieces of it were stirred into waves by some kind of gentle waves, and reflected back dimly.
"It looks like water."
"So, there is a lake at the bottom?" Yatabird lowered the lantern in his hand a little and echoed.
"It looks like the water vapor around us is getting thicker and thicker," Kamiyagawa said.
Continue exploring below.
On the walls along the way, which gradually became slippery, no carvings could be seen.
The outline of the lake at the bottom of the giant tower finally became clear.
This is indeed an extremely large deep underground pool. The water surface is as dark as night and the bottom is bottomless. In the lake, there are many boulders, large or small, forming scattered small islands. Those bare rocks
The island is cut like a knife and an ax, making it even more indestructible, like a natural barrier built in this dark world.
"Abba whining!"
After arriving at the top of the lake, the little old man sitting on Kamiyagawa's shoulder immediately gave an early warning.
There is something in the water.
Hua Hua——
The dark lake water was churning, and huge waves surged up like mountains. They looked particularly ferocious in the darkness, as if they were driven by invisible forces and beat wildly against the stone islands in the lake. The water splashed and made bursts of dull and weird sounds.
Sounds. And among these frightening sounds, there seemed to be a cold and low roar mixed in.
It was like there was some kind of huge creature slowly waking up under the deep pool.
Kamiya River can feel the strong and hostile aura of ghosts and gods coming up from below.
Clang!
The golden Dojiri was instantly unsheathed, and the light path drawn by the bright blade was particularly conspicuous in the darkness. At the same time, Ibaraki's hand was also exhaled, and he pulled out the thick and gloomy Onikiri with violence and femininity at the same time.
The Yata Bird also entered a fighting posture, with the four gorgeous wings on its back instantly spread out, and the blade of the war scythe in its hand was clasped down, its cold light shining, and it was ready to go.
rumble--
The waves in the lake were still turbulent and terrifying, and then, the largest stone island in the center of the lake roared and trembled, and the vibrations were mixed with the more obvious roars of giant beasts.
The stone island towers out of the water and collides fiercely with other islands.
Kamiyakawa could see clearly now.
That stone island is alive!
No, it's not a rocky island at all.
Instead, it was some kind of dark, exaggeratedly shaped giant shell, like a turtle shell or a crab shell, held on the back by some huge creature.
"roar--"
The evil waves gathered into a huge water column and rose into the sky. The hard and smooth scales shone with a dark light, twisting and drawing a terrifying arc in the air. A pair of huge pale green eyes burst out of the lake.
That's a... snake?
A giant beast covered with slippery and solid scales appeared from the lake below.
It doesn't seem accurate to say this thing is a snake.
Because there is a pair of horns wrapped in scales on the top of its head, coupled with the giant shell carried on its back... it makes this thing look like a dark "riding dragon".
[Name of the ghost story: Tian Xin·Numa Gozen]
Numa Gozen.
A kind of giant snake in the water whose reputation is not particularly famous, but whose strength is hard to estimate.
In reality, there are corresponding stories circulating. It is said that the Swamp Lake in Kanayama Town, Onuma County, Fukushima Prefecture was once occupied by Ichinuma Gozen.
According to the legend, Numagozen in Kanayama Town was attacked by samurai and onmyoji at the time.
But it is said that it is not really dead. Whenever there are dark clouds in the sky at Kanayama Town Marsh Lake, the huge swamp will set off huge waves and the water vapor will cover the sky. The name "Dragon Girl Othime" will be used in front of the marsh there.
The posture reappears to do evil.
Later, people built Numa Gozen Shrine beside the swamp and enshrined it, and the situation finally improved.
Therefore, the lake in Kanayama Town still maintains the custom of worshiping the big snake. Every year on the first Sunday of August, people hold a "Lake Water Festival" on that lake.
The concepts of dragons and snakes in Japan are similar, and the horns on the head of the Numagoma encountered by Kamiyagawa at the bottom of Shougong Palace are obviously signs of transforming into a dragon. In addition, its name also has the prefix "天心"
, you don’t need to think too much to know that its origins are extraordinary.
"roar!"
Numa Gozen rushed out of the lake, his mouth wide open, and he bit Kamiya and Yatatori without any explanation.
Kamiya, who was well prepared, would naturally not have any stage fright.
He didn't know how many times he had faced huge enemies. Although Numa Gozen was huge, it couldn't bring him any sense of oppression.
With a flip of his free left hand, a sandalwood-red flintlock gun appeared in Kamiya's palm.
After a sharp explosion like the cry of a banshee, a fierce thunder burst out from the pitch-black muzzle! Iron projectiles mixed with thunder shot out at high speed, and then cracked with the front end of the snake head in front of the marsh, and splashed into purple and white.
A terrifying whirlpool of thunder and lightning!
Since there is such a huge lake at the bottom of the stone tower, the water vapor is thick, which is perfect for the use of Yin Lei.
The dark thunder vortex hit the snake's head, and the thunder bit and strangled it, blocking the slaying offensive of the Marshal.
And Kamiyagawa's defensive counterattack didn't stop there. While firing with [Banshee], he took a sharp step forward with his right foot.
On the rock wall below, gravel and dust were flying, and several turbid earth mines were roaring up like giant pillars of mud. Numagozen's attention was completely attracted by the vortex of thunder, and the earth mines that rushed up were completely
Killed it by surprise.
Several thunder pillars just hit its huge body.
Numa Gozen is a dragon-snake monster in the water. Compared with the Yin Thunder, the restrained Earth Thunder is more effective on it.
To be continued...