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Chapter 799: The Eternal God Pan Changji

"Abba whining!"

Under the guidance of the little old man, Kamiyakawa came to a dilapidated building in the mountains.

Unlike the broken walls and ruins scattered everywhere, this building is relatively well preserved.

It is a cylindrical stone tower more than two meters high, made of white bricks and stones.

There is a gap of about 30 centimeters in the tower.

Kamiya went forward to check, and peeking through the gap, he could see that the inside of the cylindrical stone tower was much larger than it looked from the outside. There were spiral stone stairs spiraling down, and even if Kamiya concentrated his eyes to the extreme, he could not see the end of the depths.

The bottom of the stone tower is always hidden in darkness, as if leading to the center of the earth.

There was a stale and turbulent smell that diffused out from the gap in the cylindrical stone tower.

There was no need for the scouts to explain further. Just by sensing this strange aura, Kamiyakawa could conclude that there must be something extraordinary hidden deep beneath the stone tower.

"We have to go down and take a look."

Kamiyagawa winked at the Yatagarasu beside him, and raised his hand to remove several bricks from the gap in the stone tower.

Although the stone tower was old and dilapidated, its structure was surprisingly solid. However, Shen Gu's strength was strong enough that this was not a problem for him. Soon the gap expanded to a size that could be passed through.

Afterwards, Kamiya and his group passed through the gap and entered one after another.

Compared to the dry and fresh forest outside, the air inside the stone tower is damp and dark, and the ancient and decayed smell lingers in the nose and cannot be shaken off.

Looking down from the bottom, the space below seemed to be infinitely deep and infinitely large, and completely enveloped in thick darkness. A damp and evil wind rushed up from the ground, making a whimpering sound, like an invisible ghost crying in the dark.

Kamiyagawa became even more convinced that this cylindrical stone tower was not as simple as it seemed.

The stone tower is huge and magnificent.

The approximately two-meter-long structure exposed on the ground must be just the spire of the complete tower.

"Such a magnificent tower must have been built by the skilled craftsmen of the former Mizuho Kingdom."

As to whether this huge tower was built underground from the beginning or was later buried underground, it is not yet known.

Standing on the top of the tower, Kamiyagawa fixed his eyes and looked around again.

Although the environment inside the tower was extremely dark, he could still see clearly in the darkness as long as he wanted.

Immediately afterwards, Kamiyagawa's attention was drawn to the wall on one side of the top of the tower.

There seemed to be some words carved on that wall.

Squeak.

Yatagarasu obviously also noticed the words on the wall, and a dark blue lantern swung out from under her solemn and heavy robe.

She lifted the lantern.

The faint blue light made the ancient characters engraved on the wall even more mysterious.

At that time, Tiansun was traveling to the seaside and saw a beautiful woman.

The grandson of the heaven asked, "Whose daughter are you?" She replied, "I am the daughter of the great mountain god, my name is Muhanakayahime."

Tiansun asked, "I want to marry you, what do you think?" She replied, "My father, the Great Mountain God, is here. Please ask for his advice."

Tensun then said to the great mountain god: "I saw your daughter Momonakayahime and wanted to marry her." He replied: "You should also marry my eldest daughter Iwanagahime."

Then the great mountain god ordered two girls to bring in hundreds of kinds of food and drink. At that time, the grandson of the god thought the elder sister was ugly, so he refused to have sex with her, but the younger sister was very beautiful and he had sex with her.

Panchangji was ashamed and angry, so she spat and wept, saying: "If the grandson of the emperor had not dismissed me and had sex with me, my child would have lived forever like a rock. But now it is not the case, and my sister is the only one who has sex with me, so the child I give birth to will be like a flower that falls from a tree."

After reading the whole article, it is not difficult to see that this is a simple record.

It tells the story of how Tenson Ninjago took in wives and concubines after taking over Awihara.

Kamiyagawa also heard about this event in some mythological records.

It basically says that after Tenson Nyounji took control of Awihara, he fell in love with Oyamazumi-no-kami's daughter Konohana Sakuyahime and wanted to marry her.

The "Ohyama God" mentioned in the text on the wall is naturally the "ancestor god of all mountains" Ohyamazumi God.

Qiong Qiong Chuzun proposed marriage to the god Oyamazumi.

The latter agreed to marry his daughter to him, but put forward a condition that Qiongqiongji-son could marry Konohana Sakaya-hime, but he must also marry the eldest daughter of Oyamazumi-no-kami, Iwanaga-hime.

He also requested that Qiong Qiong Chuzun could not meet his two daughters again before officially marrying them.

Although Chichimonji had never met Iwanagahime before, he did not refuse the proposal to marry the two sisters. So, Oyamazumi began to arrange the weddings of his daughters and prepared rich dowries.

On the day of the wedding, after welcoming both princesses into the palace, Qiong Qiong Chi-son finally discovered that although Konohana Sakaya-hime was stunningly beautiful, her sister Iwanaga-hime was extremely ugly.

Tensun was unwilling to marry an ugly woman, so he returned the newly married Iwanagahime to the god Oyamazumi and only favored Konohana Sakuyahime.

Humiliated by this, Iwanagaji cried in shame and anger, and told Qiongqiong Chuzun the real intention of her father to marry her off:

"If you had not despised me and treated me well, you and your descendants would have had a lifespan as long as a rock. But now you only favor my sister, so you and your descendants will be like wooden flowers, which will flourish but soon wither."

Therefore, the beautiful Konohana Sakuyahime represents the luxuriance like a wood flower, while the ugly Iwanagahime represents the stability like a rock.

Only by marrying these two goddesses at the same time can Qiongqiongzhizong ensure the long-term development of Awihara.

This mythological story is similar to the biography of the grandson of heaven engraved on the top of the stone pagoda.

From a mythological perspective, it explains why Tiansun Qiongqiongchuzun and his descendants had such a short life.

This story itself is not taken seriously in mythology and is rarely mentioned. Moreover, Shen Gu previously felt that the explanation that Qiong Qiong Chu Zun died of natural causes and that it was related to his marriage was a little untenable.

But now it is discovered that this record is engraved on the top of the mysterious underground ruins of Ashihara Mizuho Kingdom...

Could it be that this somewhat absurd reason is the truth?

Squeak.

Yatagarasu also finished reading the words on the wall and put down the lantern that was above its head.

Her four jet-black and gorgeous dorsal wings were folded and drooped, and the feathers at the tail ends of the lower pair of wings were slightly dragging on the ground.

"I still think that your explanation of why Tiansun and his descendants died of natural causes is more convincing."

Kamiyagawa:……

What's with this encouraging tone?

I feel like I'm being pitied by my own stupid big bird.

Turning away from the wall with the inscriptions, there is another inscription about half a meter away:

[It is difficult to tell the truth from the falsehood of the old story of Tiansun. But since the first generation of Human Emperor Tiansun, there have been twelve generations of Human Emperors, all of whom have short life spans, as short as human beings, and the search for them has yielded no results. Now the thirteenth generation of Human Emperor Yanbo Lianwu has rebuilt the Imperial Mausoleum Longevity Palace and enshrined the Goddess of Longevity, Iwanagaji, in it, in the hope of a long life span and a long-lasting national prosperity.]
"Um……"

Kamiyagawa studied the text and pondered for a moment.

It seems that even the people of Mizuho have not really figured out why Tiansun Qiongqiong Chuzun and his descendants have such short lives.

After searching in vain, the 13th Emperor placed his hope on the old story of "the Heavenly Grandson's Marriage".

And hoping to make up for it, he tried to regain the long natural lifespan that the noble descendants of the gods deserved by worshipping Iwanagahime, the goddess of longevity.

As for whether this remedy is effective...

do not know.

Anyway, as it stands now, the prosperity of Ashihara Mizuho Province will definitely not last long.

Now it is a wasteland, turned into a vibrant primitive jungle, and its former glory is long gone.

As for the "human race" mentioned in this passage.

Kamiyagawa could roughly understand the meaning of this word.

The descendants of gods, those who lack divinity and can no longer be called the offspring of gods, are called "human grass".

Kamiyagawa has come into contact with a special race called human grass.

They can be further subdivided. Those whose appearance is closer to that of later humans, who are unable to mobilize the power of ghosts and gods, and whose lifespans are relatively short, are probably the so-called "human race."

And those with strange shapes, which can still use extraordinary powers and have relatively long lifespans, are probably "seeds of demons"?
Compared with the "human race" who are naturally disadvantaged, those "demon races" still have some chances to become wild gods or even national gods through practice.

These human grasses further reproduced and probably became humans, as well as monsters like Crab Princess and Iso Princess who were born through reproduction.

"Think about it this way. Although the human race has a natural disadvantage compared to the demon race, this race did not become extinct. Instead, it evolved into humans and continued to reproduce."

"Moreover, the same is true for other mythological systems. In the end, humans are the only ones active in the real world... Although each of the Posha worlds was born from the God's Nest, it is reasonable that they can eventually form different races with the same goal."

"I just don't know how humans born in other mythological systems eventually became the mainstream of the ethnic groups. Perhaps the human ancestors in some places had no competitors from the beginning and had been developing steadily?"

"Anyway, in Izumo, the demons are powerful competitors to the human race. They are born weak, so their living space will definitely be greatly squeezed. Not to mention becoming the mainstream race in the end... even the coexistence of humans and demons in the Heian period seems a little incredible. How did they do it?"

Kamiya is still thinking about issues related to the world where ghosts and gods exist and the origin of mankind.

At this time, Yatagarasu spoke in her gloomy and flat voice: "Kamiya, this place is called Shougu? Is it the mausoleum of the descendants of the Tenshin and successive Awahara lords?"

"It is indeed true according to the written records. There must be a mausoleum deep inside this stone tower, and there are more than a dozen human emperors buried in the mausoleum, so it must be large in scale."

"So, the thirteenth emperor, Hikoba Ryobu, chose to enshrine Iwanagahime here in order to regain a long life. Enshrined in the tombs of previous emperors? How strange."

"Uh……"

Yes.

Did Hikoba Ryoutake enshrine Iwanagahime, the goddess of longevity, in the mausoleum?
What kind of strange way of offering is this?

Speaking of which, the emperors of Awihara Mizuho Country since Ninjago-no-Mikoto have all had short lifespans, just like "human race".

But the ancient gods who previously lived in the kingdom of God on this land still exist.

For example, Konohana Sakayahime.

This wife of the emperor, the sister of Iwanagahime, is a goddess who symbolizes the divinity of Mount Fuji.

Currently, Kamiyagawa holds the divine skeleton of Konohana Sakuyahime in his hands.

That was what he got when he conquered the "Aokigahara Sea of ​​Trees" area in Changshi a few years ago.

According to the information obtained from Aokigahara, Konohana Sakuyahime died due to the attack of one of the Yin God Thunder Gods among the "Eight Colored Thunder Gods" in the underworld.

Afterwards, the Yin God Lei Gong who killed Konohana Sakuyahime was killed by those who crossed the sea to the East.

In other words, the goddess of Mount Fuji at least survived until the final battle between gods in Takama-ga-hara and Yomi more than a thousand years ago.

Therefore, it is not surprising that Iwanagahime, as the elder sister of Konohana Sakuyahime, could survive for so long. The 13th Emperor Hikoba Ryotake mentioned that he wanted to enshrine Iwanagahime in the mausoleum, so maybe this princess was still alive at that time?

"It seems that there are many mysteries in Mizuho Province." Kamiyagawa said.

He stood on the top platform of the Shou Palace round tower and looked down again.

There was an indescribable chill in the air. The spiral staircase turned and extended downward, sinking into the boundless darkness. Further down, in a larger space, darkness loomed and loomed, like an ancient abyss full of unknowns.

The light from the lantern in the Yatagarasu's hand could not reach there, and every ray of light that tried to penetrate to the bottom was swallowed up in an instant, leaving no trace.

"To solve these problems, we can only try to explore deeper into the Shou Palace." Currently, there are no other words on the top of the Shou Palace Tower. Kamiya waved to the little old man and the Yatagarasu, "Let's go."

This Shou Palace is the mausoleum of successive Awahara emperors.

It seems that Tenson Ninjutsu-son is regarded as the first ruler of the country, and Okuninushi who once unified Awihara is not counted among them.

But Chichi-no-son is also okay, after all, he is the grandson of Amaterasu.

Based on the existing information, this place is also worth exploring.

I hope that there will be some funerary objects left in the underground palace for the Qiong Qiong Chu Zun that will not disappoint us.

……

Go down the winding stairs.

Kamiya and his group entered into deep darkness.

The stone staircase was too narrow for two people to walk side by side. Kamiyagawa ordered the Yatagarasu to follow behind him, and asked the old man's original body to return to the bronze duck bird, leaving only an alien body sitting on his shoulder to be alert to the surroundings.

Similar to the situation at the top of the tower, there are also words engraved on the stone walls along the way.

Kamiya and Yatagarasu walked along the way and also carefully observed the written records.

However, the records and biographies along the way are not as valuable as those on the top of the tower. Looking through them all the way, they are mainly praises for the Qiong Qiong Chu Zun and the subsequent ten or so human emperors.

Moreover, it seems that events such as "the advent of the grandson of heaven" and "the transfer of the country" were deliberately avoided, and only the achievements of the emperors who were buried in the mausoleum during their lifetime in governing the Awahara were told.

Continue down.

The carvings on the walls became less dense.

down.

The interior of the huge Shougū Stone Pagoda gradually became empty. No other sounds could be heard, and only the faint footsteps of the Kamiya River and the Yatagarasu could be heard.

And the words on the wall became a little bit wrong.

It is hard to tell where it started, but the biographical texts that appeared every few miles gradually lost their neatness and became sloppy, and the text contents were mixed and chaotic, as if the craftsman who carved this part of the text was extremely hasty and rough.

Down again.

A huge, scribbled text appeared on the wall in front, abruptly occupying almost the entire wall.

They twisted and entangled like vines struggling in the abyss, without any rules to follow, and the marks of varying depths between the strokes intertwined into an intricate web. A chaotic and oppressive atmosphere filled the wall, as if countless unfulfilled wishes and silent wails were imprisoned in it, waiting to break free.

Such a disordered and terrifying sneaky text carving can be imprinted in people's minds at a glance.

[Please protect the glory of Ashihara and the Emperor. Oanamuchi, may your great power live on in the world forever!]
The writing on the wall reads.

"No, that's not right."

Kamiyakawa stood still, his pupils condensed to the extreme.

The big hole is Muchi.

This name shouldn't appear here.

It should not appear in the tomb of the Qiong Qiong Chuzun lineage.

Because this was once the name of Okuninushi.

(End of this chapter)