bookbashuk Chapter 273 Ghost Tower 2
Chapter 273 Ghost Tower 2
"That's right, it's about absorbing luck!"
Mentioning this, Fatty Lin sneered and said, "The construction of the Blood Guanyin and the Eightfold Path of the Ghost Tower, in essence, was all for the purpose of suppressing the fortune of our China!"
"The Blood-Piercing Guanyin was built to suppress the wronged souls of Nanjing and to ward off the fortune of Nanjing, the capital of the Republic of China, while the Ghost Tower was built to compensate for deficiencies in the feng shui of Japan!"
"How so?" I asked.
"The feng shui of Japan is inherently flawed!"
Speaking of this, Fatty Lin revealed a disdainful smile and said, "The core concept of Japanese feng shui is the correspondence of the four elements, which is actually the Four Symbols they learned from us. They took it, changed the name, and claimed it as their own!"
"Because Japan is an island nation, their four guardian elements are inherently weak. Simply put, due to the lack of continental mountain ranges for support, the Black Tortoise is weak; being surrounded by sea on all sides, the excessive moisture leads to an excess of the Vermilion Bird; and the winding coastline causes an asymmetry in the left and right guardians, resulting in an imbalance of the Azure Dragon and White Tiger!"
"To compensate for the incompetence of the four gods and the imbalance of the five elements, Japan is building shrines on a grand scale!"
"Building a shrine is like patching a rag; you're still using the original fabric. If you keep doing this, the fabric will eventually run out. What will you do then?"
"The Nine Chrysanthemum lineage has offered a solution: extract the fortune of other countries to compensate for their own deficiencies!"
"Thus, the Hachiko Ichiu Tower, the 'Drawing Fortune Tower,' came into being!"
"So that's how it is!"
I frowned and asked, "So, how's this ghost tower doing now? Is it still draining our luck?"
"The tower is still standing, but the backlash has already begun!" Fatty Lin sneered.
"Tell me, what happened?" I asked curiously.
"Japan values Shintoism, and this demon tower is, in essence, part of their Shinto tradition!"
"But what is Shinto? Just look at the mess of things that are worshipped in Japan and you'll know!"
Lin the Fat Man sneered when this was mentioned.
"Ghost!" I uttered a single word.
"That's right!"
Fatty Lin nodded and said, "It's called the path of gods, but it's actually the path of ghosts!"
"When this tower was built, the Japanese erected four statues around it as protective structures, so that they could draw upon its energy to replenish their national fortune!"
"But these four stone statues, though called god statues, are actually demon statues. Look at their names: Mitama, Suki Mitama, Ki Mitama, and Ara Mitama. These four spirits represent affection, love, wisdom, and courage, which sounds impressive, but do you know what they did?"
"I asked, Fatty Lin."
"Could they have thrown lives into those four statues?"
Seeing Lin Pangzi's expression, coupled with the perverted behavior of the Japanese, I thought of a possibility.
"That's right!"
Fatty Lin nodded and said, "When this tower was being built, Japan mobilized 60,000 people and openly recruited people with those four qualities, calling on them to sacrifice their lives for Japan!"
"And then you offered it up?" I asked.
"Back then, everyone in Japan went mad, from top to bottom. Don't talk about how ordinary people are innocent; not a single one of them was innocent!" Fatty Lin said in a deep voice.
"And then?" I asked.
"Then, the tower was built, but the Japanese forgot one thing!" Fatty Lin said, shaking a finger.
"Forgot what?" I asked.
"The foundation stones they dug from our country are as solid as Mount Tai stone!" Fatty Lin said.
"What do you mean?" I didn't quite understand.
"This Eightfold Universe Pagoda of his is essentially a kind of evil magic. When this pagoda was built, in order to absorb the fortune of our China, stones that could represent the fortune of our China were selected from all over the country, such as the foundation stones of the Great Wall, the foundation stones of the Forbidden City, the foundation stones of the Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum, and the foundation stones of the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum. These are all fine!" Fatty Lin said.
"But the Taishan Stone Guardian is an extremely yang stone, which counters yin!" Fatty Lin continued.
"Fatty, you mean that the Ghost Tower was cursed by Shi Gandang?" I immediately realized.
"That's right!"
Fatty Lin sneered and said, "After the Eightfold Universe Pagoda was built, it was indeed very effective. During that period, Japan was unstoppable, both in our country and in Southeast Asia. However, as time went on, the formations around the pagoda, along with the Four Soul Generals, couldn't hold on any longer. They were suppressed and broken by the Mount Tai Stone!"
"They've spun their own cocoon!"
I shook my head and asked, "And now?"
"We know what's going on here, but the stubbornness of the Japanese, with their small-nation mentality, is kicking in. They don't think there's anything wrong with the ghost tower, nor with their design. They believe that the Eightfold Shield Tower failed because the Four Souls weren't strong enough. They think that if they were strong enough, they could counter the Stone Guardian and continue to drain the national fortune of China!"
Fatty Lin laughed as he spoke, "I don't know what they were thinking. Back then, those little devils chose stones that were the best of the best, stones that could represent the destiny of China, in order to absorb the maximum amount of our nation's fortune!"
"But the stones of Mount Tai are different; these are stones of ultimate Yang!"
"To select the best Taishan stone, they specially went to the summit of Mount Tai and chose a stone that had been nourished by the first rays of the rising sun for tens of thousands of years!"
"They thought this would allow them to seize the entire destiny of China, but they never considered that this Taishan stone represents the pinnacle of Yang. Let alone the Four Imperial Souls, even if their ancestors from Japan filled it with earth, or even eighteen generations of earth, they couldn't suppress it!"
"Idiot!"
I clicked my tongue and uttered two words. I don't know how else to describe it.
"That's really stupid!"
Fatty Lin nodded with a smile and said, "After Japan's defeat, this tower should have been demolished, but they used the excuse that it was the Tower of Peace and even demolished a spirit statue to fool the Americans!"
"Later, around 64, Japan hosted the Olympics and rebuilt the demolished spirit statue, holding a torch relay ceremony there in an attempt to absorb the world's fortune!"
"The idea was excellent, and it was very successful. Japan's economy took off for twenty years afterward. But the good times didn't last long. The Taishan Stone broke through their formation again, and the four guardian spirits of the town were scattered to the winds!"
"So how is it now?" I asked.
Fatty Lin sighed and said, "There's only one Taishan stone after all, and it's been eroded by yin energy for decades. Now it's reached a balance. That tower can no longer absorb our national fortune, but it can't cause Japan to turn against us either. Over the years, the yang energy contained within the Taishan stone has almost been exhausted!"
"Fatty, I've never heard you mention this before. Who told you?" I asked curiously.
"My grandfather!"
Fatty Lin, as if struck by a sudden thought, said, "Back then, many patriots, upon learning of the Japanese plot, crossed the ocean intending to dedicate themselves to their country, but upon seeing their arrangements, they immediately turned back!"
After saying that, Fatty Lin laughed at himself.