Chapter 76: Forty-six years of looking at each other
After Qi Xuansu completed the huge Human Relations Project, he began to study the map he got from Wang Jiaohe.
Speaking of which, the map in Qi Xuansu's hand was just a copy. Wang Jiaohe's original was naturally handed over to Daomen. Xiao Yinbi drew this map against the original and asked for two theater tickets.
As for the origin of this map, it has nothing to do with Tawanting, but comes from a member of the Goddess Society.
Although the legend of Paititi has existed since ancient times, it was silent for a long time and was only mentioned again in recent years. This is attributed to the fact that the Holy See discovered the mission of the Goddess in the vast archives of the Holy See.
In a report written by the scholar Andres, which was written during the reign of Emperor Shenzong of the Great Wei Dynasty, Andres officially mentioned the existence of Paititi.
However, the Goddess Society suspected that the ancestor of the Peroz family had actually betrayed the Goddess Society, and he had secretly reached some agreements with the last emperor of Paititi that were unknown to outsiders.
At that time, the empire collapsed, and the last emperor hid in Paititi with the artifacts of the empire. It is said that the artifacts are related to the ancient god Kukulkan and the ancient god Ixichel. As long as you get them, they can be found in the library of Paititi.
If you make sacrifices on the Pyramid of Erkan, you will have the power of the gods, the sun will be destroyed, and the whole world will fall into darkness.
On the surface, Andres reported to the Holy See, but in fact he only mentioned the existence of Paititi in the report and did not clearly inform the Holy See of Paititi's location. That's why this report was buried in the vast sea of files.
In the room.
At this point, Andres is suspected of playing double-dealing with the Holy Court and the goddess.
As for Andres's intentions, it is now unknown, but Qi Xuansu concluded from this that the Holy Court should not know the specific location of Paititi.
The map in Wang Jiaohe's hand probably came from the Peroz family. After all, as the emperor of Nanyang, it is not difficult for Wang Jiaohe to interact with Westerners and even goddesses. He may have spent a lot of money to buy it, or he may have
It was obtained through the exchange of other valuables, or even through plunder, but this has nothing to do with Qi Xuansu. Anyway, Qi Xuansu robbed it from Wang Jiaohe.
According to the markings on the map, the entrance to Paititi is not far from Cusco, the old capital of Tawantin. This is reasonable. As the old capital of Tawantin, Cusco must have a very important status.
There are also many opinions on the location selection, just like the Imperial Palace was built just at the Longyan position of Beilong, not far away from the Five Elements Mountains at Nilin. This is not a coincidence, but a necessity.
The relationship between Cusco and Paititi may be similar to the relationship between Imperial Capital and Five Elements Mountain.
For this reason, Qi Xuansu specially went to
After some on-site investigation, Qi Xuansu was a little disappointed, because it had turned into a vast rainforest, with all kinds of plants covering the ground, vast and green, and no trace of man-made construction could be seen at all. The entrance to Paititi is
Hidden in this bottomless rainforest.
According to the map, Paititi is actually divided into two parts, one is the cave and the other is located in the human world, which is the entrance to the cave in a broad sense. It is a city in itself and is also regarded as part of Paititi.
This is somewhat similar to the combination of Yujing and Kunlun Cave. Yujing is the entrance to the Kunlun Cave in a broad sense. In the past, Yujing was also a part of Kunlun Cave.
So the entrance to Paititi is not a cave, but a city.
Now, the city has disappeared, and Qi Xuansu needs to find it from the rainforest based on the map.
In fact, this is reasonable. The vegetation in the southern continent is lush and spreads very quickly. A city that has been abandoned for ten or twenty years will be covered by vegetation. It will not take long before it will be completely integrated with the rainforest. From then on,
It can't be seen from the outside at all.
It can be seen that during that turbulent era, with the collapse of the empire, many cities in the southern continent were abandoned and swallowed up by the rainforest, including the entrance to Paititi in a broad sense.
However, Qi Xuansu did not take action immediately, because Qi Xuansu could not estimate how long this trip to Paititi would take. It was the Lantern Festival, and all aspects of Xidaomen's work were at a temporary semi-stasis. Several
The powerful department also focused on maintaining stability. Even if he wanted to mobilize manpower, it was inconvenient, so he had to wait until the Lantern Festival was over before looking for Paititi.
Then Qi Xuansu studied the key obtained from St. York.
This key was obtained by Qi Xuansu from the hand of "Baron" Ramon. It is not a key in the traditional sense, but a disc-shaped object, which comes from a ruins in the St. York Underground City. According to Ramon's explanation, this round key
The plate is the key to a certain door. Judging from the content recorded in the mural, that door should be in Paititi.
This is a ruins related to the sun god and the moon god. Ramon believed that it was the ruins of Kukulkan and Ixichel. Later, Qi Xuansu learned more about the inside story of the ancient gods and thought that this should be Itsumna.
It’s the right thing to do with the ruins of Ixichel, and it’s not the current Ixichel, but the perfect combination of Chakchel and Ixchel.
Full page Ixichel.
As for why their ruins are in the Northern Continent, it is better to explain, because these ancient gods were originally the ancient gods of the Northern Continent Empire Nohpeten, but the ancient gods headed by Itsumna lost.
God Zhan was defeated by the apostles of the Holy Court, and then moved to the southern continent. Finally, with the help of Xidaomen, he became the ancient god of Tawanting. Therefore, it is not unusual for the ancient gods to leave relics in their hometown in the northern continent.
It's reasonable.
At that time, Ramon said that the gate was located in Paititi. This was obviously a conclusion drawn by Ramon through the murals inside the ruins. Qi Xuansu took it for granted that the gate was located inside the Paititi Cave.
Now that I think about it, there is another possibility. This door is the portal into the cave of Paititi, because the part of the city in the human world is also part of Paititi. The city part in the human world and the part of the cave that is not in the human world add up.
It is Paititi in a broad sense, and there is nothing wrong with saying that the gate is located in Paititi.
The only thing that is unclear now is why the ancient gods of the northern continent built a cave in the southern continent? Did Itsumna and other ancient gods have long anticipated their failure, so they had a backup plan in advance? Or was it Jiuzhanque?
The nest is basically the cave where the ancient gods from the north robbed the ancient gods from the south? After all, the ancient gods from the south have all fallen.
Regarding this point, it is not difficult for Qi Xuansu to figure it out. He can just ask Ixichel directly. As a person involved, she must know the inside story. However, Qi Xuansu cannot completely trust Ixichel and is afraid of alerting the enemy. This was not an important matter, so Qi Xuansu did not ask Ixichel in the end.
After Qi Xuansu finished all these things, the Shangyuan Festival also came. The celebration was divided into two parts, the big one and the small one. The smaller one had the highest standards. The location was chosen at Danxiu Mountain, and the participants were mainly powerful figures within Xidaomen.
Qi Xuansu was naturally invited to participate in the Danxiu Mountain celebration, because he represented the Taoist sect and was positioned quite forward, in the same row as the three heads of the Western Daoist sect, Tantai Zhenxiao, Gongfu, and Huangfusong. Huangfuji was the current No. 4 character and the future number one, of course.
The three families actually take turns to be the head of the family, which is a bit like the Taoist sect. The three Taoist sects take turns taking charge. There is no requirement that the Tantai family must be the head of the West Daoist sect, just like the Taoist sect does not stipulate that the chief master must be surnamed Li. Therefore, Tantai Zhenxiao’s attitude toward Huangfu Ji is There is nothing that the superior can't think about, and even if he becomes the leader of the Xidao Sect, he will not be arbitrarily determined by Qian Gang, but will still be restrained by the other two families.
As for the leader of Xidao Sect, his official title is Deputy Head Master Dazhen, similar to the leader of Steam Gospel, who is also the Patriarch of the Holy Court.
This is of course false. The deputy head master of Xidao Sect, Da Zhenren, cannot be as deeply involved in Taoist affairs as the other three deputy head masters. Just like Emperor Daxuan, a superb Taoist priest, cannot compete with the supreme master, the great master. Taoist priests are generalized.
In terms of power, the deputy headmaster of the West Dao Sect, Da Zhenren, is not as good as the chief head of the Dao Sect. The chief head of the Dao Sect does not have a false position. How much power he can exert depends entirely on the ability of the chief head. If the big head is strong and has means , then the deputy headmaster Dazhenren, Jinque, and Jiutang must be obedient. Xuansheng and the five-generation headmaster are excellent examples.
Comparing the two, the Grand Master of the Dao Sect is a bit like an emperor. The power that an adult man can hold as emperor is very different from that of a child as an emperor. The quality of the emperor himself is extremely important. The deputy head of the West Dao Sect, the Great Master, is a bit like the leader of the alliance. It's the largest in name, but in fact it can't be taken alive or killed.
For example, if Tantai Zhenxiao wants to replace Gong Fu, then Gong Fu will definitely not do it and cannot be replaced. Huangfu Zhao will not listen to Tantai Zhenxiao. Instead, he will join forces with Gong Fu to deal with Tantai Zhenxiao, which will eventually lead to The split of the Xidao Sect. But in the Dao Sect, the chief master can replace the deputy master, the great master. Xuan Sheng did it, and the fifth generation chief master also did it.
Soon, the celebration officially began, starting with fireworks and performances.
There was a boxing show involving a thousand people in the show, which impressed Qi Xuansu deeply. It was a thousand young disciples from the Xidao Sect, boxing in the square in front of Danxiu Palace. They were uniform and shocking. He didn't know how long they had been rehearsing.
Then there were some women dancing and so on, but Qi Xuansu was not very interested in them.
On the other hand, Xidaomen's new plays always make his eyes light up. Xidaomen just clings to the steam gospel of the north. If there are any allusions, they have to be rehearsed in the way of the Central Plains people. There is more fireworks, but there is naturally less sacredness. .
Take the story about a virgin giving birth to a child, for example. It inevitably reminds people of stories about rich ladies. There are always some unmarried rich ladies who get strange illnesses and have to go to a village outside the city to recuperate for a year, and then the illness is cured. .
Everyone is not a fool, and they can probably guess what the "disease" is. I'm afraid it's not a secret conspiracy, but it's just a matter of not telling the truth to save face.
Looking at it this way, some Western allusions become intriguing.
There is no doubt that this is part of Xidaomen's propaganda war, and it does bring happiness.
When these are over, it is the time for the heavenly official to give blessings, and the leading figures perform a blessing ceremony and go through the motions.
In the blink of an eye, the forty-five years of Jiu Shi are over, and the forty-sixth year of Jiu Shi has been ushered in.