Chapter 205: Peaceful Demon City, Hundred Ghosts Night Walk
Not only were visitors from other worlds like John and Arecio surprised by such a large city of non-human extraordinary races, but the most shocking thing was the local humans like Minamoto Akira.
In their impression, the peaceful ghosts are just a dark lair where many monsters and monsters live together. As long as humans do not touch this ghostly area, they cannot threaten their survival.
Now we see that there is such a large and orderly foreign city hidden in the mist, and it has existed for who knows how many years. What does this mean?
This shows that as long as the monsters are willing, they have the strength to subvert the human government at any time, especially since the monster city is located nowhere else but on the side of Heian-kyo, the oldest orthodox capital of the Forest Country. It can be said that as long as half of the population of the monster city in front of you is dispatched,
There will be absolutely no problem in capturing the entire Kyoto.
This does not include the power of those powerful monsters and monster kings.
How could this not frighten the hearts of Yuan Laiming and others?
After returning to the demon city, although they were reluctant to leave John's side, the two weasels also understood some things. One of them led the way, and the other turned into a breeze and headed towards the palace at the top of the five-story demon city.
Apparently they reported to their superiors.
With Kamaitachi leading the way, John and the others did not encounter any obstacles after entering the monster city. The most common thing they encountered was that the monsters they encountered made a fuss and came to watch them.
Just like people who like to watch the excitement, if a few strange-looking people suddenly appear in a human city, people coming and going will probably rush to watch.
Of course, when you look at the scenery, the scenery is also looking at you.
Visitors like John and others from other worlds greatly satisfied their curiosity and saw the appearance of many local monsters.
The myths and ghosts of the island country are very interesting. Many ghosts and monsters are similar to the meaning of belief in becoming gods. What do monsters look like in people's impressions? Then these monsters will slowly develop into what people imagine.
In other words, many monsters are created by fantasy. They are not so much monsters as spirits!
For example, Tengu, a legendary monster or mythical beast, is a fox-like auspicious beast in China. The legend of Tengu in the island country originated from Emperor Sutoku. It is one of the most well-known monsters in the island country. The legend was created by Sutoku.
The emperor is the incarnation of the emperor. According to the common saying in the island country, the tengu has a tall red nose, holds a fan, is tall and has wings. This has nothing to do with the appearance of a dog, but more like a crow turned into a spirit, so it is also
It is also called Crow Tengu.
Moreover, the image of Tengu is like a transformed monster. He likes to wear the armor of the military commanders of the past, with a samurai sword around his waist, traditional high-heeled wooden clogs, and a raincoat with him to hide himself at any time.
All Tengu have an arrogant attitude, which is said to come from an interesting legend.
In this story, the Tengu Legion from the Middle Earth came to ask for help from the Tengu of the island country, but the Tengu of the island country showed an arrogant attitude, which is the so-called "arrogant" and "arrogant nose".
Therefore, the tengu that originally had an "eagle" as its main image in ancient times changed into a "high-nosed tengu" in the later period. It is also said that those mountain monks who have not reached the level of spiritual practice and have an arrogant attitude will turn into tengu after death.
When the middle door of the fifth-floor palace on the top floor of Heian Demon City opened wide, and the demon Daitengu, who was the envoy of the Demon King Tonju Doji, led a team to greet them, John could be sure that the legendary Tengu of Xuanmen and the demons of the island country
Tengu are completely two types of existence, and the legend of Tengu asking for help is just the imagination of ordinary people.
"Boy from the Yuan family, what generation are you from?"
When Minamoto Akira saw the appearance of the Great Tengu, he was initially trembling with fear and was overwhelmed by the aura of the great monster. When the other party asked him, he suddenly thought of something and excitedly stepped forward to pay his respects.
Apparently there seems to be some connection with this person.
The big tengu in front of him was wearing a gorgeous brocade robe and armor unique to the island country. He had a long sword hanging from his waist, with jet-black wings on his back, and a ferocious mask on his face. A strange spiritual aura permeated his whole body.
"This must be evil spirit, right?"
John speculated in his mind.
Others are also wary of such strong men, including Arecio, who has always cared little about everything in this world. Because the strength of the Daitengu in front of him is definitely the top among the silver strong men, and is even already the top.
The existence of the Golden Master.
However, John can be sure that this big tengu is definitely not the mythical beast tengu in the legend of Middle-earth, nor is it a bird monster. If he had to describe it, it is more similar to the existence of the ghosts and gods of the underworld in Middle-earth.
This can be seen from the smell of incense in the opponent's demonic aura.
John was already very familiar with the smell when he used to offer incense money to his ancestors.
Obviously, the Daitengu is also a monster spirit or alternative god that exists based on the power of faith. The difference from the ghosts and gods of Middle-earth is that the gods of Middle-earth absorb the incense and faith of all living beings, while this Daitengu absorbs the power of the birth of human fear.
Fear is also a force of faith. The devils and devils in the lower realms and some evil gods like to create disasters in the mortal world to absorb the fear of the birth of living beings as nourishment.
"I just don't know if this Great Tengu is the legendary Emperor Zontoku in his previous life?"
Emperor Sotoku was originally the seventy-fifth emperor of the island country. He ascended the throne at the age of five, but was forced to abdicate at the age of twenty-three because of his nominal father, Emperor Toba. All these tragic experiences stemmed from his life experience.
, it is said that Sotoku was actually the son of his grandfather, Emperor Shirakawa, and Emperor Toba's wife, Tokenmonin.
Later, Tsutoku launched a coup with left ministers Fujiwara Yorinaga and Minamoto no Tomo, the latter being the ancestor of Genji.
After the failure, Chongde was exiled to Zanqi. In the exile, he copied five Mahayana Buddhist scriptures and requested to send them to Kyoto and have them in the temple, but the court refused.
Emperor Chongde was so angry that he bit his finger and wrote an oath that he would become the great devil of the island country and "take the emperor as the people and the people as the emperor". People believed that his curse really came true, because Emperor Chongde
After his death, the Taira family usurped the government over the imperial family and became the shogunate. After that, the puppet politics of the samurai family began in the shogunate era, which lasted nearly seven hundred years and regarded the imperial family as a puppet.
Legend has it that Emperor Sotoku turned into a wraith after his death, which is the origin of the Great Tengu, and was even called the largest demon king in the island country.
Coupled with the other party's former identity, the people on the island are very awe and fearful, and every year someone holds a special worship ceremony.
However, John quickly rejected this speculation, because this world is more like a specious island country, in which the various countries have never been unified, and there is no emperor.
This Daitengu is probably a historical figure in the Land of Forest or even a daimyo of a certain generation. It is not surprising that he is naturally related to the Minamoto family.
It is also very possible that monsters like the Daitengu were formed due to similar legends.
This custom of worshiping vengeful spirits and ghosts out of fear has a long history in the island country. Under such complicated circumstances, it is not surprising that there are so many entities that look like vengeful spirits and gods but are called monsters.
"Everyone, the king is already waiting in the palace, please follow me..."
The Daitengu's voice was majestic and old-fashioned, with a somewhat stiff flavor, and what he spoke was not the local dialect, but Chinese, with a Hu Jian accent.