In this way, several months passed, and the feared attack did not come. There were twists and turns along the way, but they only added to the fun of the journey. Wu Yi and his party also arrived at the western border of the Daji Dynasty.
Along the way, Wu Yi traveled almost half of the border of the Great Chi Dynasty, which was all coastal areas. In fact, you can also think of the Great Chi Dynasty as a huge island. It used to be divided as a dead place, but now it has become its own
This system makes people lament the changes in the world.
Compared with the coast seen in southern Xinjiang, the biggest difference in this western coastal area is that the waves here are often turbulent, and even flow into inland rivers, turning hundreds of miles of area into saline-alkali land.
The rest of the coastal areas also have the problem of seawater intrusion, but the waves on the western border are extremely frequent, and the reefs are densely covered, so even offshore navigation is rare.
These seawaters are all the water of the West Sea that contains the energy of death. If a living being unfortunately dies here, the chance of turning into a dead thing is far higher than in other realms.
However, there is no need to worry too much about this. Even if it is turned into a dead object, 90% of the time it will not be able to survive independently. After a while, it will even be blown by the wind and it will fall.
A dead thing that truly threatens the people may not appear for decades. If it does appear, there will be an army dedicated to the matter.
On the contrary, there is one thing on the western border that makes Wu Yi quite curious. The Shinto system here is extremely complicated. There are often several gods on the same land, with different origins, but their responsibilities are confusing and overlapping. It can be called Nine Dragons Water Control.
There are both innate gods and some mountain elves who by chance coincided with the earth's veins and transformed into gods. There are also shadows of Taoism and Buddhism.
The chaos of the Shinto system is reflected in folk myths and stories, and there are many stories of beheading and destroying gods.
For example, Wu Yi heard a story about a certain place called Hebo. Every year when the river water rises and falls, the people are required to sacrifice boys and girls. If they don't obey, a flood will occur and flood the area.
Later, a county magistrate received advice from a Taoist priest in his sleep and understood the origin of this evil Hebo. After waking up from the dream, he led the people under his rule to dig mountains and dig canals to divert the water. From then on, the Haiyan River was clear.
, to calm the floods, and there is no need to worship the boys and girls of He Bo anymore.
The Hebo Temple was overthrown, and at the same time, the Taoist who guided the county magistrate was worshiped by the people and offered incense.
This is a very typical contest between the primitive gods and the Taoist gods. Judging from this story, the Taoist gods won the final victory.
The reason for the victory was essentially in compliance with the changes of the times. After the dynasty increasingly valued the lives of the people and cared about the rights and interests of the people, those gods that were not in line with the trend would naturally be overthrown one by one.
It has been pointed out a long time ago that the so-called boys and girls are of little use to the gods. Their little blood is not enough to fill the teeth, and they are not cubs of mythical beasts.
Look beyond the surface of events to the deeper layers.
Many gods invariably choose to worship boys and girls, because to the people, boys and girls are their children and their most precious descendants.
Being able to use one's own descendants to worship gods, doesn't it show the depth of faith? To worship boys and girls is to be loyal to the people. It is such a simple truth. Therefore, even if boys and girls are of no use to gods, they can still be used as offerings to gods.
Customary requirements.
As the times change, these barbaric requirements are gradually replaced, but the core of the existence of the gods has not changed. The gods still need loyal believers to worship them.
Most of the things worshiped by believers are useless to the gods, but they must be your most precious things. The incense and divine thoughts contained in the worshiped things are the most important.
What should I do if there is really no worship at all? Then integrate religious beliefs into every corner of life through cumbersome rituals.
After birth, you should thank the gods for their kindness, before eating, you should thank the gods for their blessings, when you get married, you should be witnessed by the gods, and before you die, you should be happy that you are about to see the gods. Not to mention, seek the blessings of the gods after encountering hardships in life.
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Doesn't it suddenly feel a little familiar? Because in the bright moon world, this is what the inner demon body does.
Let’s go a little deeper. Do you think only Shinto does this? Taoist sects and humane dynasties are all the same thing.
When you enter it, do you want to worship the ancestors and worship the Taizu? When you receive monastic resources and get promoted, do you want to thank the master or the emperor for the gift?
The higher he became, and the more he got involved in the immortal, divine, and human ways, the more Wu Yi felt that although the systems of these three were vastly different, their cores were the same.
But having said that, if it were not for this method, these orthodox traditions would not have had such cohesion and would have been annihilated long ago. How could they still stand in the heavens?
To exist is to be reasonable.
On the current western border of the Daji Dynasty, the gods have transformed themselves, but the path of obtaining incense and cultivating loyal believers has not changed.
Here, you can see various religious ceremonies. Wu Yi visited many areas of the Daji Dynasty. It is no exaggeration to say that this is the place with the richest culture. You can find almost all the forces here. So,
Relatively speaking, it is also quite confusing.
Many areas were nominally under the rule of the Daji Dynasty, but in fact, they were just a fetter and were left to be governed by the natives. Unless there was a large-scale armed fight or it interfered with the core territory of the Daji Dynasty, the dynasty would generally not intervene.
However, whether he was not interfering openly, or whether he was supporting the weak and fighting against the strong behind the scenes, Wu Yi didn't know, and it would take time to observe.
In the past, when traveling across the state and county, gods often stopped Wu Yi and Taotie, but here, at the western border of Kowloon's flood control area, although there were prying eyes, there was no god who actually stopped Wu Yi.
, probably also realized that Wu Yi was not easy to mess with and did not dare to interfere.
The Shinto system on the western border is scattered, and the incense is naturally scattered. Although there are many gods, the ones with extraordinary strength are rare. Wu Yi, who is surrounded by calamity, is a dragon crossing the river. Who wants to provoke him for nothing.
In Shinto, most of the time, it's a game of stocks. Those are the believers. You have more, and I have less.
Shinto itself has the centripetal force of integration, but the layout of the various parties here is located on the border, so it is not so easy to integrate.
Moreover, various forces have integrated with the people through various methods and have integrated into the local area. Even if the court is determined to rectify it, it will be difficult to leverage the structure here if it does not work hard.