Tianwu was the water god who was once recorded in the mountains and seas, but even Wei Yuan did not expect that the god who could leave his name in the past myths would be in the human world at this moment, in the waters of Jiangnan.
What happened?
Why would this woman who was used as a living sacrifice cause waves in this way?
The water in the river flows quietly, and finally a voice comes slowly, generous and peaceful:
"It's you... Gonggong."
"I haven't seen you again for such a long time. I didn't expect to see you again in the end."
The water flow surged open and turned into a passage to a place unpredictable by mortals. The tall and handsome god walked down step by step with an indifferent expression. Wei Yuan glanced at the lost woman holding an umbrella, put away his sword, and then
He also followed Gonggong.
The woman's lips trembled, then she seemed to finally come to her senses, grabbed the umbrella in her hand, and ran quickly across the river before it closed.
The originally opened river slowly closed, and finally looked the same as usual.
Wei Yuan had seen Gonggong's Beppu under the East China Sea before. It was extremely magnificent, but he could not have imagined that the place where Tianwu, the water god who once left traces in the Classic of Mountains and Seas, lived, was so dilapidated.
This is a place that cannot be seen by humans.
There are simple murals on the walls. Wei Yuan can recognize them. They are very old brush strokes. Some are even older than the techniques he has mastered. On the walls, there are paintings wearing simple clothes and holding simple long clothes in their hands.
The spear is chasing its prey on the ground.
And on these human beings, there is a sacred figure.
It's Tianwu.
But at this moment, what Wei Yuan saw at the end of the road leading to the Water God's residence was no longer such a powerful god. In the water at the end, a white-haired man sat there quietly with his eyes closed.
He was wearing blue clothes, with the wide hem spread out neatly, and there was an aura of corruption about him that even the countless water flowing here could not hide at all.
The smell of dying.
The woman who stumbled behind Wei Yuan covered her lips, her body trembled, and finally she let out a whimpering sound. The thing in front of her that was almost corrupted and dissipated was none other than Tian Wu, the former god of heaven. Gonggong looked at Tian Wu indifferently, and saw his
His eyes were closed and could no longer be opened, but his expression was peaceful.
"Tianwu."
Tian Wu nodded slightly and said with a smile: "It's you, Gonggong..."
Gonggong snorted coldly. This tall god who lived in a spotless place, even when he drank alcohol was brewed with divinity, and made the aquatic tribes in the sea perform a dance of joy, sat on the ground with his sleeves rolled up, and his eyes fell on Tian Wu. Wei Yuan looked at
Looking at the gods in front of me, in silence, I couldn't believe it.
How could the once powerful god be on the verge of reaching this level?
"This is what happens to traitors."
Gonggong's tone was indifferent, and there seemed to be some mockery in his eyes:
"It seems that you have been forgotten a long time ago."
"It's hard to believe that you, a believer, have been trying hard for thousands of years to wake you up by stirring the water of the Yangtze River, but in the end you were interrupted. In this era, there are actually people who worship Tianwu and trust you. It seems like
, this person is not that unbearable."
His voice paused: "Abandoned the gods, abandoned the mountains and seas, and lived with humans."
"It's too late to regret it now."
Tian Wu's voice was gentle and calm: "There is nothing that I regret."
Gonggong glanced at Wei Yuan and saw the confusion and complexity in the latter's eyes, and said calmly: "Are you curious why Tian Wu became like this? This is what I said, the ending of a traitor... Shen Sheng Sheng
He has power between heaven and earth, yet He lives with mankind.”
"I used my magical power to help them, and even left Chaoyang Valley."
"And this is what happened in the end."
"When humans forget about him, the power of the gods will slowly wither until they die. Ha, how ridiculous. Now no one remembers you, the water god."
Wei Yuan was silent for a moment, then slowly raised his eyes to look at the murals with mottled colors around him. Along with the words on the murals and the few words spoken by Gonggong, he saw the original story...
In a very early time, before the Classic of Mountains and Seas was recorded, there were legends about Tianwu.
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That was the era of Xuanyuan.
Ancient gods exist in the Valley of the Rising Sun.
Chasing the roaring wind every day, carefree and at ease.
The original Tianwu was not a water god, but a wind god. He protected people for hunting. Those human beings who were protected by him were the Wu people. And because Tianwu's body was as majestic as a tiger, the people of that era
, combining Wu and Tiger, created Yu.
Yu and Wu, under the protection of the god Tian Wu, often gained something.
Likewise, they dedicated their best prey to Tianwu, the god of wind.
The years passed slowly, and by the time of Emperor Shun, the four evil spirits were expelled, and the tribes of Yan and Huang also migrated in all directions. The branches of Wu came to the east. Here, what they faced was no longer the strong wind, and the
Instead of ferocious beasts, they are oceans and waves.
The people of Wu set out on the road, bidding farewell to the gods of Chaoyang Valley.
Facing the dangerous mountains and seas of that era alone.
But when their boat was overturned in the waves, and they were left helpless in the face of the violent wind and rain, the dying people called out the name of the god, and this time, the strong wind responded to them again
The gods who were originally in Chaoyang Valley left the area they were in charge of and came to the water town in the east.
But here, there is no longer a need to hunt the ferocious beasts on land, and Tianwu has no power to suppress the ferocious beasts in the sea, nor can he protect the people who trust him from returning to the sea safely, so he found Gonggong and paid half of his life.
As a price, he finally became a water god.
Until five thousand years ago.
When King Yu divided the mountains and seas, Tianwu once again chose to accompany those weak humans, and therefore completely lost his original strength and stayed away from his hometown. He was worried that these still weak humans would be lost without him.
How to live in a dangerous world?
With His help, humans slowly lived and lived along the rivers, weaved nets to catch fish, rode the wind and waves with God's blessing, and then returned home with a bumper harvest of catches.
At this time, Tianwu would be on the rock overlooking the human fishing village, quietly watching the dots of lights. However, as time passed slowly, the child would finally bid farewell to his parents and walk alone into the distant era, never looking back.
Slowly, humans built larger and larger ships and were no longer afraid of the waves of rivers.
Slowly, the ferocious beasts gradually disappeared, and humans weaved fishing nets.
They were able to catch more and more fish.
They invented agricultural tools for irrigating food and paddy fields, no longer needing the help of gods.
Cities are getting bigger and bigger.
From a small fishing village, it turned into a town, and from the town into a port and a city.
Even from where Tian Wu was sitting, he could no longer see the entire city.
There are fewer and fewer people who still remember God
Maybe some people just forgot at first.
But slowly, more and more humans forgot to worship Tianwu.
But the god stayed away from the mountains and seas and came to the human world. He lost people's belief and slowly lost his power. He did not rely on his power to cause trouble. He just sat quietly on the rocks and watched the humans he once protected bit by bit.
Forget about Him.
slowly disappear.
The people who worshiped Him until the end disappeared, and there was no longer Tian Wu in the world.
What you see now are just the last traces.
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Wei Yuan withdrew his gaze from the stone wall and looked at the white-haired young man with his eyes closed in front of him.
The latter looked at Wei Yuan with a smile: "They are human beings."
"I didn't expect any guests to come."
After smiling regretfully, he looked at Wei Yuan and said softly: "I have always had a question that I want to ask you, but I haven't seen anyone yet. This may be the last chance, so maybe
A little presumptuous."
"Humans, don't you need me anymore?"
Wei Yuan didn't know how to answer.
He smiled and asked again.
"Can you live a good life without me anymore?"
Wei Yuan finally nodded slightly.
We have been able to tame floods.
If we can calm the rapids of the Three Gorges, we can already cut through the waves and swim on the blue waves.
It has been able to reach the depths of the Nine Oceans.
So, there is no need to worry.
The white-haired young man was stunned for a long time, and finally just smiled and sighed: "Really, that's great."
Then he looked in the direction of Gonggong and said:
"Thank you, Gonggong, for coming to give me a gift at the end."
The handsome and tall god said coldly:
"...I just want to see your end."
Tian Wu agreed with a smile, and then looked at Wei Yuan: "Thank you for your answer. I am the water god, at least I used to be. When humans come here, as usual, I want to grant you a wish, although it is not a big one.
Power, but still somewhat powerful.”
"For example, cure your illness."
Tian Wu opened his eyes, and it seemed that he could no longer see, but his temperament was still gentle.
"Wish?"
Wei Yuan looked at Tian Wu and said, "Then..."
"Can you have a drink with me?"
This was the last wish that the Water God could fulfill. Although he was a little surprised and confused, he still agreed. Wei Yuan took out the remaining wine, poured it gently into two wine glasses, and then pushed it in the direction of Tian Wu.
.
The white-haired young man in front of him picked up his wine glass.
Wei Yuan slowly exhaled and when he picked up the wine glass, wisps of Qi escaped from his body.
Gonggong raised his eyes slightly, but finally said nothing.
Wisps of light golden light appeared here.
Exorcise ghosts and exorcise spirits.
This was the first magical power and the simplest magical power, but it exerted its greatest effect at this moment. The murals on the surrounding walls slowly lit up, and then, as if it was a reappearance of the past years, the people on those murals seemed to have emerged from the murals.
It came out clearly, like a real miracle.
They have always stayed here.
Tian Wu's eyes widened as he could hardly see anything anymore.
That was someone He had met before.
They are the Wu people who first fought against the waves, the young people who returned from fishing, the women who sang and danced, the old men who fell asleep with a smile and never woke up, and the children who played and ran. Time seems to be going backwards, and the wind and rain will never die.
, the waves are endless, and generations of people travel through simple fishing villages and across the long land, looking for their own destination and their own beginning.
Finally, we came to Chaoyang Valley again.
That year has arrived.
The ferocious beasts ran past, and the nameless gods lazily raised their heads and saw the humans.
There is something interesting about the sound of shouting for strength when hunting.
...Is it ‘Wu’?
You must have forgotten...
Do you know?
Those beings that preceded the birth of humans?
They are powerful.
The road ahead is long and the years are endless.
They once accompanied the weak humans through countless swamps and three thousand miles of mountains.
He once stretched out his palm to protect others from the wind and rain.
I once ran with others across every inch of the earth.
I used to take care of you like an elder brother and a parent.
Finally, I watched people pass them and go further.
further and further.
You no longer remember them.
But, look back.
Are they still waiting for you, calling His name...
Wei Yuan was holding the wine, and the people behind him seemed to have their own consciousness at this moment. They were surrounding the god who was no longer what he was before. Wei Yuan was holding the wine glass in his left hand, and the palm of his right hand was gently holding the back of the wine glass, the cuff of the wine glass.
It seemed to be hanging down, eyes slowly lowered, and the people around seemed to be whispering and narrating.
From the earliest hunting days, hunting was carried out by shouting ‘woo’ or roaring ‘hoo’.
They live by the water and build nets to catch fish.
The fishing village became a small town, and the small town became a port.
Tame the waves, let the water flow generate electricity, control huge ships, gather the power of hundreds of thousands of people to defeat the giant wolf, and look into the sky from a distance.
"The water god of China."
"Thanks for walking with us during these thousands of years..."
Drink with your neck raised.
Tian Wu lowered his eyes and looked at the figures around him, murmured with satisfaction, and whispered something.
When the last voice fell.
Wei Yuan raised his head and saw only the wine glass left behind.
Tianwu, the water god, passed away.
Gonggong watched quietly.
Wei Yuan put down his wine cup and didn't speak for a long time.
He witnessed the departure of the gods.
In the end, Tian Wu just looked at the illusory figures disappearing around him, leaving behind a murmur of satisfaction.
Do you regret being reduced to this because of the human race?
"Being able to meet you again..."
“It’s really great.”
PS: Today's second update... 3,800 words.
From the beginning of the trial, it was actually the Tianwu chapter, which left me scratching my head.