bookbashuk Chapter 688: Chikushi Castle and Human Grass
Chapter 688: Chikushi Castle and Human Grass
Chapter 688: Chikushi Castle and Human Grass
The vast plain, illuminated by the afterglow of the setting sun, looks like a magnificent scroll unfolding.
However, Kamiya River, which was in the middle of it, did not feel refreshed by the beautiful scenery before it.
He felt something was wrong here.
Although the thousand-meter-high stone wall towering into the sky can no longer be seen on this plain.
But no matter what, this place is too close to the underworld, and it shouldn't be such a beautiful scene.
"Unless, the peach forest just now also has a similar teleportation function... In the process of leaving the peach forest, I was teleported to a very far place without my knowledge."
After thinking about it for a while without any results, Kamiya decided to explore the magnificent city in the distance first.
The place doesn't look dilapidated from the outside, so maybe we can find something inside.
The stream flowing out of the peach forest gathers into a river on the plain.
Kamiyagawa continued walking along the river bank with the little old man.
After walking like this for a while, the scouts made a discovery and gave a warning. Kamiya also stopped and focused his pupils as if sensing something.
After a while.
A figure flashed out from the bushes on the river bank.
She looked like a graceful girl, wearing a plain, soft silk dress. I didn't know what era it was from, but it was very simple. Moreover, there were no patterns on the dress, but it looked very elegant with the girl's figure.
The girl has a pretty face and looks no different from an ordinary person.
She was holding a large bunch of colorful wild flowers in her hand, and she looked very excited when she just came out of the woods.
But perhaps because she was not prepared at all, she was caught off guard by two figures standing outside the woods, which really scared her.
"Ah!"
The girl screamed and stepped back, and several bunches of wild flowers in her arms fell to the ground.
Then, she patted her chest and looked at the people outside the forest again.
A wandering monk who was shorter than a dwarf, with a short stature, wearing a monk's robe and a deep black hat.
The other was a handsome young man wearing black clothes with gold patterns, with black hair and black eyes, and a straight figure.
After seeing the handsome young man's face clearly, the girl holding the flowers relaxed a little: "It's so scary, why are you standing here without saying a word?"
"Uh, sorry."
Kamiyagawa apologized politely.
"Aba Aba."
The little old man cooperated and bowed to the girl.
Then Kamiya Kawa asked again: "Excuse me, where is this place?"
"You ask where this is? What a strange question. This is of course Tsukushi Castle." The girl's gaze lingered on Kamiyakawa's face for a while longer. "Oh, you are from Hyuga Castle, right?"
too.
The girl thought that the boy in front of her was very handsome. If he was a resident of her city, she should have some impression of him.
So, it must have come from another big city.
"Hyuga Castle?"
"Yes, it's another big city on the Apoki Plain. It's very far away, isn't it? I've never been to Hyuga Castle, but my father and mother go there often." The girl said this as a matter of course, and at the same time bent down to see the bouquets of flowers scattered on the ground.
Apogihara.
Kamiyagawa finally heard a key word.
As a man well versed in mythological texts, he was able to think of something -
According to the myth, Izanagi arrived at Awagihara after leaving Hirasaka.
A purification ceremony was also performed in the river here.
That is, taking a bath.
During this process, Izanagi's clothes and the filth he washed away turned into many gods, including the three noble sons.
In other words, Apoki was originally a very important mythological place.
This is the birthplace of the three noble sons and other gods.
While Kamiyagawa was thinking, the girl had already picked up the scattered bouquets on the ground and said, "Did you just arrive at Chikushi Castle today? Ah, you must be rushing back to watch the celebration here just like my father and mother."
"celebration?"
The girl holding the flowers: "Yes, it is a celebration to commemorate the purification ceremony of Lord Izanagi on the Apoki Plain. Today is the millennium celebration. It is the most grand and grand one. Aren't you going to hold it in Hyuga Castle as well? I heard from my parents that the celebration in Hyuga is not as lively as ours, so you came to Chikushi Castle, right?"
"A thousand years? Are you sure?"
"What are you talking about? Of course I'm sure. A thousand years ago today, Izanagi-sama performed a purification ceremony on Apogi Plain, and the three noble sons were born, as well as many other gods. You don't know this, do you?"
Kamiyagawa didn't reply immediately.
A thousand years ago.
Izanagi and Izanami broke up, and the third child was born on Apogi Plain.
This timing is wrong no matter how you think about it.
Unless there is a time flow law in Apogi Plain that "one day passes here and one year passes somewhere else".
Looking at the girl's caring and resolute eyes, Kamiyakawa did not continue to ask questions on this issue. He calmly looked at the outline of Tsukushi Castle in the distance, and then focused his eyes, his pupils became darker and deeper, and looked at the girl in front of him.
The lively girl who used to talk a lot felt a little embarrassed by the sudden, direct and fiery gaze. While avoiding the gaze, she unconsciously raised her hand to play with her hair.
Then, she heard the boy opposite her speak again: "Although it may be a bit presumptuous, may I ask, what are you?"
"What?" The girl was a little confused, but after hesitating for two or three seconds, she gave an answer according to her own understanding, "Well, my name is Ying."
"Sorry, that's not what I meant. I wanted to ask what you are. The aura you carry doesn't sound like that of a human, a god, or a monster."
Kamiyagawa felt that the girl who called herself "Sakura" had a strange aura.
If I have to say, it seems that the aura of Isohime and Kanihime is somewhat similar to that when I first met them, but it is much weaker than the two princesses of the Sea Kingdom, and does not carry the power of the ocean.
Faced with such a strange question, Ying was obviously disappointed and embarrassed.
How presumptuous this guy is!
"I don't understand what you are talking about. Of course I am a human grass! Aren't all the people in Tsukushi Castle human grass? And the same goes for Hyuga Castle. Except for the Great Peach God, He is the god."
Ying felt that although the boy in front of her was good-looking, he didn't seem to be very smart.
The questions asked are all weird.
The atmosphere of a romantic encounter by the river no longer exists.
She didn't want to continue to linger here, so she said, "I should go home to prepare for the celebration. My father and mother should be home by now."
With that the girl turned and walked quickly along the river bank.
Kamiya did not call out to the other party again, but just stood there thinking.
"Human grass."
If it's "human grass", then it's correct.
The concept of human grass first appeared in ancient books and myths.
This is the oath that Izanagi and Izanami made when they broke up as a couple over the Senbiki stone: "One thousand people must die every day, and one thousand five hundred people must be born every day."
According to the original words in the Kojiki:
[Izanami ordered that if anyone does this, a thousand heads of the people of your country will be strangled in one day.]
That is to say, in the oath made by Izanagi and Izanami, the ones who first died and died every day were not real humans, but "human grass".
The so-called human grass is a descendant of gods, but in essence it is a being that is neither god, human, nor demon.
Strictly speaking, they should be considered a transitional race between "gods" and "humans and monsters".
Anyway, Japanese gods have many different ways of giving birth to offspring.
Not only physical reproduction, but also bathing, bleeding and spitting can give birth to a large number of new gods.
These new gods will follow suit and give birth to the next generation.
After countless rounds of rapid and convenient iterations, the gods of the next generation turned into "human grass".
There are a large number of such beings, and they may have a certain degree of divinity, but their basic abilities have withered and they can no longer be called gods.
The later Kunitsu gods were probably the last gods of lowly status, or simply some stronger humans who had practiced and cultivated themselves.
"Let's go, little old man, let's go to Chikushi Castle. The human grass there should be able to provide us with more information."
Through the conversation with Sakura, Kamiya Kawa has obtained a lot of useful information——
First of all, this is Apogihara, where the three nobles were born. There are two large cities filled with human grass. Human grass may not be much stronger than humans, at least judging from the individual Sakura.
Secondly, a celebration to commemorate Izanagi will be held in Chikushi Castle tonight.
Finally, the most important point is that there is a high probability that the Great Peach God is in Apoqiyuan.
"It seems that the Great Peach God has seen Izanagi. He may have the materials we need for the human master. We must find this god."
"Abba!"
The little old man responded.
Just now, while Kamiyagawa was thinking, the scout was also thinking.
While integrating the information he had just acquired into his brain, the little old man also associated some other things.
Just ...
The master is worthy of being the master.
With a face like that and a temperament like that, it is indeed easy for the master to gain favor and preferential treatment from the opposite sex.
No matter where you go, you can easily get along with the local girls.
The guy named "Ying" casually told his master so much useful information during the conversation.
The master didn't even use [One Thousand Silver Needles]!
This method of collecting intelligence...can't be learned, can't be learned.
I can only say that there is some truth to Miss Kanoya's private description of her master as the "Takama-ga-hara Succubus".
……
In Chikushi Castle.
Kamiyagawa brought the little old man's body into the big city without encountering any obstruction.
This castle is huge and magnificent, and its architectural style is even older than that of Oeyama Castle in the Takama-ga-hara territory.
The streets are decorated with red and white paper lanterns and colorful silks, swaying in the night breeze, creating a festive and lively atmosphere.
The city was crowded with people and there were a lot of active people.
These human grasses have different appearances, some, like Sakura, look almost the same as humans.
There are also humanoid forms, some with horns on their heads, some with tails dragging behind them, and some with feathers and scales on their bodies.
What's worse, they don't look like human beings and are more arbitrary.
However, all human grasses have a similar aura.
It was rare to see so many living "ancient mythological creature samples". As a folklorist, Kamiya Kawa calmly passed by all kinds of people and grass while analyzing in his mind -
Human grass is a secondary generation, the descendants of gods whose divine power has faded, and they can probably still reproduce naturally.
Over time, the descendants of human grass may also become differentiated.
The human grass that no longer has any abilities may be the ancestors of humans, and those that still have some special abilities may be the ancestors of some monsters. Perhaps in this way, relatively pure humans and monsters were born.
Kamiyagawa had guessed a long time ago that gods and demons were of the same origin.
Therefore, demons and ghosts will have a smoother path to becoming gods.
It is currently known that some monsters can reproduce naturally, while some monsters, such as many ghost stories, are born in various strange ways.
In the earliest times, the way gods gave birth to offspring was also strange.
Isn't this right?
According to the speculation of the human grass, the current human beings are probably also a kind of descendants of gods in a broad sense. However, human characteristics are more stable, and they can only rely on natural reproduction. And individuals are basically not like demons and ghosts, who are born with some extraordinary powers.
Therefore, humans can also become gods through the ritual of "flesh, spirit and bones", but it is more difficult than ghost stories.
Anyway, the relationship between gods, ghosts and humans is complicated, but according to the understanding of folk scholar Kamiya Kawa, the evolution process is roughly like this.
They are almost the same. They belonged to the same family millions of years ago.
However, after a long period of changes, they can no longer be regarded as the same "species".
Looking back at the situation in the Sea Country, the warrior crabs and mermaids are basically pure monsters. However, because they are Munakata, Kanihime and Isohime can probably be classified as "human grass" with special abilities.
Moreover, among the crowd, these two of them should be considered the best.
"Kanihime and Isohime are both descendants of Munakata, one of the three goddesses of the sea, so it's fair to say they're human cums. But why are there still so many human cums on Apoki Plain?"
Kamiyagawa's question cannot be answered for the time being.
After strolling for a while on the bustling streets of Chikushi Castle, Kamiya politely stopped a grass girl with animal ears on her head.
"Excuse me. Where can I find the Great Peach God?"
The grass-eared girl looked at Kamiya for a moment and was a little confused. She just replied, "Can't we see him in the palace? Oh, are you from Hyuga Castle? Tonight is a festival. Master Taoxian is not in the palace, but will go to the river to release river lanterns with everyone. If you want to find him, go there."
"Thank you."
Kamiyagawa glanced toward the center of Chikushi Castle.
There is indeed a tall palace building over there.
But in that direction, Kamiya did not sense any breath of gods.
Even in the entire vicinity of Chikushi Castle, he did not sense any trace of the existence of gods.
(End of this chapter)