7.57 million-year-old bamboo forest and moon palace
The ruins of Matsuyama Castle in Iyo.
The incident caused by the killing pillar has been over for almost a week, which is not too long, but the changes in the ruins of Songshan City have been very big.
First, the Living Fish Hotel absorbed all the energy of the Demon King's Hammer that remained here. As a result, the vague outlines of the buildings in the ruins disappeared, and the place became a bare wasteland.
Then about three days ago, something new happened here at the ruins——
With the suspended bright moon as the center, a bamboo forest grows here.
The growth rate of bamboo is very fast, and the bamboo forest in the Iyo ruins is even faster than normal.
In just three days, the bamboo here grew so densely that the branches and leaves intertwined like a canopy, blocking the sky.
Moreover, these bamboos are also very special in appearance.
The whole body is dark green, with the texture of jade, and it will make a crisp jade sound when struck. It looks more like a carefully carved jade carving than a naturally growing plant.
Under the reflection of the giant moon hanging on the skyline, the entire bamboo forest is crystal clear, reflecting the dark green light. And it is still growing at an extremely fast speed, intertwining with each other and extending to the sky.
"How is it? Can you feel anything?"
Walking into the deep hinterland of the bamboo forest and coming to the front of the bright moon, Kamiyagawa asked the eight hundred and eight raccoons like this.
"Master Kamiya...that huge moon in the sky should be the Moon Palace."
After staying in Yiyu for a while, the old tanuki's breathing became heavier and heavier.
Although Kamiya didn't have any special feelings about this, the air soaked in pale moonlight seemed to be covered with thick mist to Yabaichi.
Also, there are two places on the round belly of the eight-hundred-eight raccoon dogs with lighter hair color. The hairs in these two places are probably in the shape of "magatama", which seems to be a symbol of the Songshan raccoon tribe's worship of the moon palace, similar to a totem.
After entering the bamboo forest, the totem pattern on its abdomen began to glow slightly.
The eight hundred and eight raccoon dogs can feel that this is the call from the Moon Palace.
When the Killing Pillar was plotting against him before, he was attacked by the Killing Stone and had no time to think too much.
But now returning to Iyo, Yabaibari can confirm——
The huge moon in the sky must be the moon palace worshiped by the Songshan raccoon tribe.
"The Moon Palace you are talking about refers to the divine residence of Tsukiyomi, right?"
"That's right."
Babaibali gave an affirmative answer.
That seems correct.
The huge moon in the sky is the divine residence of Tsukiyomi, which is where the "Night Food Plain" is located.
In the past, Shashengzhu probably mainly wanted to use the belief of Yuegong to be promoted to the Sky Fox God.
The Great Bright Moon was activated by him, and the "Night Food Plain" was inspired, appeared in Iyo, and poured out the power of the moonlight.
This power is harnessed by the Killing Pillar combined with the Killing Stone.
But now, the fox failed to become a god and died, but the Night Food still remains in Iyo's sky.
I don’t know if his ritual originally caused such consequences; or if Kamiyagawa interrupted the process of his ritual, which caused such a thing to happen.
Kamiya thought for a moment and then asked: "What about the bamboo forest that suddenly appeared here?"
"Lord Kamiya, these seem to be... ten thousand year bamboos. A long time ago, there was a legend among the foxes in Songshan that the ten thousand year bamboos would grow towards the Moon Palace until a path was connected to the Moon Palace.
The bridge will come. These bamboos will transport the believers of the Moon Palace to the abode of the gods."
Eight Hundred and Eight Rhinoceros replied, his tone not entirely convinced.
After all, the matter about the "Ten Thousand Years Bamboo" is just a belief and legend within the fox tribe.
Eight hundred and eighty raccoon dogs have never been seen before.
Even the Moon Palace appearing in the sky was the first time it saw it.
I have no idea how the Sesshō Pillar made the Moon Palace appear in Iyo.
It's a bit shameful to say that although the Eight Hundred and Eight Rhinoceros has long regarded itself as the true leader of the "Moon Palace Faith", as far as the current actual situation is concerned, the foreign fox of the Killing Pillar is far better at using the sacred object, the Great Bright Moon.
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"You said Wannian Bamboo..."
Kamiya has heard of a monster called "Wannian Bamboo".
It is said that this kind of monster will make people who come to the bamboo forest get lost.
When someone stays in the bamboo forest controlled by Wannian Bamboo, this monster will use the bamboo branches to perform spells and absorb the person's essence.
But this doesn't seem to be the same thing as what Babaibali said.
Also, there is a saying in Japan: "When an earthquake strikes, flee to the bamboo forest."
Folks say that the underground stems of bamboo are very strong. If you encounter an earthquake, you will be safe if you hide in the bamboo forest.
In the thousand-year-old bamboo forest in front of us, it is certain that the underground rhizomes are strong, otherwise it would not be able to support the polygonatum thorns reaching up to the sky.
In short, the current situation here in Iyo is——
Although the night food in the sky is clearly visible visually, it feels very oppressive.
But its true location seems elusive.
Kamiya had previously brought Karasu Tengu as close as possible to the huge moon in the sky.
But no matter how high the god Tengu flies, he can't really reach the moon palace that seems within reach.
And this jade-carved ten-thousand-year-old bamboo forest that has grown wildly on the ground is very special.
The crystal-clear and smooth dark green bamboos grow towards the sky, intertwining with each other. The feeling given to Kamiya River is the same as the legend told by Yabaibali. As long as time is given, these bamboos should connect Iyo and the night.
The road to food comes.
Considering that these two sacred residences, Takamagahara and Umi no Kuni, both have "hidden" characteristics, they cannot be reached by ordinary methods.
It would not be too strange if there really is a specific path in the Night Food Plain, which is also the residence of the gods.
As for the situation on Iyo's side, Yabairi cannot give any more information.
What exactly will happen next may not be known until the Ten Thousand Years Bamboo Forest is truly connected to the Night Food Plain.
In addition, the old civet cat doesn't seem to be very excited about the possibility that Yuegong will be connected to Iyo.
After all, if the light of the Moon Palace hangs over Iyo, it will drive these moon-worshipping foxes crazy, and they will now be unable to return home.
If the Food of the Night really comes, there might be another trouble.
Xingbuli, who has long since lost his energy, just wants to be safe and sound in the future.
Everything that needed to be confirmed had been confirmed. Kamiyagawa ordered the little old man's body to keep an eye on Iyo's situation, and then returned with the eight hundred and eight raccoon dogs.
When he walked out of the Ten Thousand Years Bamboo Forest, Shen Gu narrowed his eyes and looked back.
The pale moonlight passed through the gaps in the bamboo leaves like filaments, falling to the ground to form a sea of silver light, and reflected the jade-carved bamboo forest high up into a flowing green shadow.
"The moon...the bamboo forest...Kaguya?"
Such a scene made Kamiya, who had quite complete knowledge of mythology, naturally think of the legend of Princess Kaguya.
It is said that Kaguya was originally a goddess on the moon. She was exiled to the mortal world for unknown crimes and was born in a bamboo forest.
Then he was discovered by a kind-hearted bamboo cutter, who took him home and raised him.
After experiencing a series of things in the human world, Kaguya was finally forcefully led by the divine messengers who descended from the moon and returned to the divine residence.
"If you can enter the Night Food Plain, will you see Princess Kaguya there? I don't know what the third divine residence is like now..."
Kamiya has no way of knowing the answer to this question yet.
We can only wait until the Ten Thousand Years Bamboo Forest is really connected to the Moon Palace, and then we will see what happens.
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As the Ten Thousand Years Bamboo grows, the Moon Palace will be connected to Iyo.
By then, Kamiyagawa is likely to explore the last Mikiko shrine, "Yo no Shokihara".
Before this incident actually happened, all Kamiya did was to keep an eye on Iyo's situation, and then continue to do what he had been doing all along——
Continuously enhance the strength of itself and the Kamiya Group.
He previously defeated the Dark Silt God Jia Mei, and thanks to the assistance of the East Crosser, he obtained the divine bones that cursed the Dragon God.
The curse authority carried by the Anyu Jiamei skeleton is also a top-notch existence among gods.
Kamiyakawa planned to use such a good thing on Prajna.
In addition, when the Dragon God's bones appeared among the flesh and blood of Qingliu, a large amount of golden flesh and blood belonging to the Dragon God poured into the real battlefield.
None of the flesh and blood of the Dragon God was wasted, and in the end it all ended up in the Inugami's belly.
But now, Anyu Jiamei's supplies have finally been digested by the dog.
The everlasting flower bell school.
"dog God."
Following Kamiya's order, the temperature of the originally cold school suddenly rose, invisible heat waves rolled, burning the air, and evaporating misty white smoke.
In the swirling smoke, a pair of bright red eyes swayed out.
The Inugami appears in response to his master's call.
The outline of the black giant beast gradually became clear in the smoke. It was huge, ferocious, and majestic.
When facing the Inugami who revealed his true form, Kamiyagawa was not even as tall as its head, but the dog was still as docile as a real domestic dog.
"Woo——"
It knelt down and barked softly, while gently nudging its owner with the tip of its soft nose.
Kamiya also took the opportunity to touch the bridge of the dog's nose, and gently patted its chin and cheek twice.
But as soon as I started using it, I felt something was wrong.
Maybe it was because he hadn't touched a dog for a while. Although the difference in feel wasn't too big, Kamiyagawa could feel it.
He took half a step back and looked at the dog carefully.
The long black hair was stirred and fluttered by the heat wave, and blazing sparks jumped out of it. It was no different from before, he was still handsome, but it just seemed...
A little smoother than before?
This change is relatively subtle, so it's not like it's caused by digesting Dragon God's flesh and blood, it's probably just some hair care.
After making this judgment, Kamiya quickly understood what was going on.
By the way, Gouzi and Shuanglang have been getting closer and closer recently.
The white fur of that little female wolf is very soft...
So he probably helped the dog take care of it.
It seems that when Inugami and Shoulang stay together, they are not just doing combat training.
"Good."
Kamiya smiled lovingly, and patted Inugami's chin again happily.
However, the latter was a little confused about this and just tilted his head in confusion.
Kamiyagawa did not explain anything further and returned to the topic: "Gouzi, are you ready?"
When the Inugami heard this, he swung his tail and nodded in excitement.
So, Kamiya took out a piece of winding spine from the [Mirage Bag]. On the pale skeleton, one could feel the distinct aura of a dragon and snake.
This is the bone belonging to Ibuki Daimyojin.
Shuten-dōji obtained it from his father, but it was now used by Kamiya as a trophy from the great country.
Thinking about it this way, a lot of things were taken away by the Kamiya River from Ojiangshan.
In addition to Ibuki's skeleton, one of Ibaraki Doji's arms, Kamiya, is also very handy.
Even under the long-term essential oil training of the foot seller, the ghost hand has completely taken the shape of the god.
Uh, how should I put it...
Gao Tianyuan will remember Da Jiangshan’s dedication!
Nowadays, the ghost clan has become a very reliable backbone of Gao Tianyuan's forces and one of their own.
Proper use of the resources of the ghost clan belongs to internal resource optimization.
Of course, Kamiyagawa will not just ask for it from them.
When the power of the gods becomes stronger, you can consider allocating some resources to Golden Bear, Star Bear, even Ibaraki, and Shuten, who is still in the form of a snake.
If Gao Tianyuan is revived in the future, there will definitely be a place for the ghost clan in the Divine Palace.
Dajiangshan has actively or passively sold a lot of blood for the development of Shengu, and it will have to be slowly replenished for them later.
As for the current Ibuki Divine Bone, of course it will be used by the Inugami first.
The Inugami has devoured and plundered the power of several dragon and snake gods, especially after it completely ate the Anku Kami. The divine skeleton of the snake god Ibuki must be able to fit it.
After plundering Anyu Jiamei's power and faith, Gouzi is now in peak condition, and his condition is the same as Shenyu planned before. Now is the right time for promotion.
According to the information previously learned, Ibuki Daimyojin is a descendant of Yamata no Orochi.
In Japan, Yamata no Orochi is a famous god of disaster and evil.
Before he was killed by Susanoo, he was feeding on gods.
At first, Susano'o was exiled from Takamagahara and came to the lower world where he met Kirida-hime, who was Susano'o's later wife.
At that time, there were seven sisters in total, and except for Inadahime, all the other sisters had been eaten by Yamata no Orochi.
And the Inadahime family are not ordinary people, they are all serious Kunijin gods who walk in the lower world.
Originally, Inadahime would be offered as a sacrifice to the Yamata-no Orochi. It was in order to save his future wife that Susanoo resolutely defeated the Orochi.
Look at Inugami again, even though his background is very low.
In the beginning, it was just a canine revenant whose strength was not worth mentioning. It was Kamiya who used the [Inugami Skull] to complete its evolution and become an "Inugami" in the true sense.
But it has followed the God Valley all the way to where it is today. With its natural characteristics, it can even eat the God of Tianjin, let alone the God of Guojin.
The flesh and blood eaten in the stomach should be no less than that of the Yamata no Orochi.
Absorbing the bones of the serpent's offspring is not a high achievement.
