The Transcendent of Xingyue Gensokyo Chapter 1155
The biggest proof is that this Master Xixing planted a cherry tree in Shengchi Temple. This cherry tree grew at a speed beyond human common sense. In just a few years, it grew into a towering giant tree. Rugged, the tallness of its trees is simply a living miracle. Standing under it, human beings only feel their own insignificance.
Cherry blossoms are flowers that symbolize death, and a cherry tree can almost turn into a monster and grow so great that in the eyes of others, this sorcerer of the west has indeed grasped the true meaning of 'death'.
"I hope to die under the cherry blossom tree in spring, so I can look at the moon."
The waka of Master Saigyu is still being circulated, and this amazing cherry tree exuding endless death is gradually being called-Sakura Sakura!
Chapter 0031 Westbound Demon
Master Xixing, who is honored as the "song saint", is well-known throughout Yamato, and he also has many close friends, including some famous poets.
The so-called chatting and laughing have great Confucianism, and there are no white people in communication, that's just the case.
Although Master Xixing has become a monk, there are still people visiting Shengchi Temple from time to time. Master Xixing is kind and kind, and he does his best to entertain the visitors. Gradually, the rumors of Xixingying spread farther and farther. There is a habit of enjoying cherry blossoms in spring and holding banquets under the cherry blossoms. This rare cherry blossom tree naturally attracts countless people to come and watch.
Different from the short flowering age of other cherry trees, this cherry blossom known as Saigyouzakura strives to bloom its seductive figure all year round, regardless of the hot summer or snowy winter.
Master Xixing has a daughter. Except for the family members of Xixing Temple, the world does not know her name, but she is called Xixing's daughter. Xixing's daughter has been living in Shengchi Temple since she was born, and there is almost no record of going out. Even if she often visits Shengchi Temple Among the many dignitaries and dignitaries, few of them have seen her face, as if the entire Xixing Temple family kept her secret.
However, this is not something that interests the nobles in Kyoto. Some people say that the face of the daughter of Xixing is ugly and unsightly. People sneered at her, saying that she had a beautiful and charming appearance, and even compared her with Kaguya Ji, the master of Bamboo Tori Tale, which happened in the peaceful and prosperous age where Liangyiluo was "living".
Those aristocrats who have never seen the Westward Daughter naturally do not believe this rumor. Kaguya Hime, who was the minister of the Emperor who gave power to the world, and the Great Onmyoji who ruled Yamato, was obsessed with proposing marriage. Comparing?
These rumors gradually became a gossip among everyone, and they gradually lost interest in the matter of Xixing's daughter. After all, this is the housework of Xixing Temple, and outsiders like them don't need to interfere.
The cup-changing under the cherry blossoms in the west is still going on, and the joy and laughter have been appearing in the Shengchi Temple. Countless poems have been made under the cherry blossoms in the west, but no one has discovered that those poems are all praising death. .
Until one day, Master Xixing passed away under the cherry blossoms of Xixing after he wrote the last chorus of his life, "I hope that those who pay homage to me can offer cherry blossoms after my death."
The death of Master Xixing caused the astonishment of countless people. They never expected that this powerful monk would die so young. Some onmyojis said that Master Xixing failed to study the technique of returning souls and was backlashed by the dead. Lost his life at a young age, no matter whether this statement is correct or not, Master Xixing is indeed dead.
In accordance with his last wish, Master Xixing's friends before his death, and those who admired him in the entire Yamato, all brought cherry blossoms to hang offerings, and the hanging offerings were held under Xixing cherry blossoms.
And this supposedly sad story unknowingly became weird and terrifying.
All the people who came to pay homage to Master Xixing, and all those who wanted to see Xixingying, all committed suicide under the guidance of Xixingying, and more and more people came here to commit suicide, as if This cherry blossom tree has great magical power, attracting people to die. This strange and inexplicable, horrifying and terrifying event finally caused people to panic. There are powerful onmyoji and monks in Kyoto who came here to investigate, but even onmyoji and The monks couldn't resist the call of death, and committed suicide under the cherry blossoms in the west.
There is more and more blood flowing, and the flowers of the cherry blossoms in the west are getting more and more gorgeous. This cherry tree, which has amazed countless people and written poems for it, has slowly changed its name, and no one calls it the cherry tree in the west. Instead, it is called the Saigoyou—the cherry blossom of the youkai that induces people to die!
No one wants to die under the cherry blossom tree for no reason. Fortunately, Shengji Temple is far away from the main city of Heianjing, and is located in the deep mountains and old forests in the outskirts of Kyoto. People began to avoid this cherry blossom tree. No one talks about it now. It used to be very popular The famous Shengchi Temple gradually declined like this, and no one went to this deep mountain and old forest.
It seems that everyone has forgotten, the daughter of Xixing, the daughter of Master Xixing who has been living in Shengchi Temple.
No one cared about her life or death, and the Xihangsi clan, intentionally or unintentionally, began to bury all news about her.
But even so, this place is still being noticed by caring people, here, an uninvited guest is ushered in again.
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Shengchi Temple is located on the top of a hill, surrounded by lush forests, and there is only a bluestone brick path leading to it from the foot of the mountain. However, since the legend of the Westbound Demon spread, few people have come here. The gaps between the bluestone bricks are also full of grass. If you don't look carefully, you won't see that there is a trail here.
On the top of the mountain in the dense forest is a large-scale courtyard, but although the courtyard is large, the first thing people notice at first sight is the huge cherry tree in the middle of the courtyard.
Here is the Shengchi Temple built by Master Xixing.
Except for the statue of Buddha enshrined in the main hall as soon as you enter the door, the rest of Shengchi Temple is like an ordinary Japanese-style mansion. It is more like a home for people to live in than a temple. Traditional sliding doors, clean and tidy porch , the clear lotus pond and the bamboo tubes jingling with the water flow.
But if you observe carefully, you will find that this rather large house is very quiet, not only is there no human habitation, even small animals and insects that often appear in the grass are absent here.
"Squeak..."
A small hand that had always been as white as jade appeared on the wooden door and gently pushed the door open.
"Boss?"
The owner of the house had doubts in his tone, his voice was soft and soft, soft and sweet like a cherry blossom in full bloom, a cherry blossom fell with the wind, and happened to land on the woman's white palm, the pink cherry blossom against the pale skin, inexplicably giving A melancholy sentimentality.
Chapter 0032
"Is it a demon?"
The tall girl is like a willow tree by the river, giving people the impression of a frail young lady, with a pair of cherry-colored beautiful eyes that seem to be frowning, and her jade fingers as thin as scallions gently pressing on the door frame, and the pale pink kimono embraces her. The thin and delicate body is concealed, so that people can't see her well-proportioned figure under the clothes.
Although the girl wore a wide kimono, only her hands and neck were exposed, but her light, translucent skin like glass was like fragile jade, smooth and delicate.
There was no echo outside the house, and the quiet courtyard was still eerily quiet. A gust of cold spring breeze blew by, and the howling wind made the green grass in the courtyard sway, and the chill poured into the delicate body from the neck, also Let the girl shrink her neck.
The cold wind, silence, courtyard, and no one, all of these are like ghost movies on modern TV.
If it was an ordinary lady from aristocratic family, she would have screamed in fright at this time, but the girl has long been used to this scene, as if this ghost-like environment is the most suitable place for her to live in.
She is Youyouzi of Xixing Temple, the daughter of Master Xixing Temple, the eldest lady of the Xixing Temple Clan, and a prisoner of the Xixing Temple Clan.
People in the world are ignorant, and they all think that Xixing cherry was planted by Master Xixing in Shengchi Temple, but they don't know that Xixing cherry came first, and then this temple was built.
Master Xixing, who became a monk, once looked for a place to build a temple near Kyoto, and in this deep mountain forest, he accidentally found a place with a strong atmosphere of death.
When Master Xixing came here, what he saw was a small cherry blossom tree and the death-inducing ghost power emanating from the tree.
This tree is connected to the underworld, the well-informed Master Xixing judged so.
In order not to let this breath of death radiate out to harm people, the monks tried their best to destroy the cherry tree, break the realm of the underworld, and make the underworld no longer connected with the present world, but breaking the power of the realm of the underworld, It is not something that ordinary people can do. In desperation, Master Xixing found the members of the family and sealed the monster cherry tree together. In order to prevent it from causing explosive disasters, he built this temple with the cherry tree as the center. .
Master Xixing lived here and never left, but the monster cherry tree still started to grow at a terrifying speed. It does not need sunlight or water. It looks at the underworld, the most indispensable thing is the death energy of the nether world.
While guarding the cherry tree, Master Xixing got married and gave birth to a daughter. He was surprised to find that, for some reason, the ghost cherry tree had a connection with his daughter. The monster tree, which seems to be more terrifying than the ancient monster, shared it with his daughter in this way, so that Yuyuko Saigyouji, who was just born not long ago, gained the power that human beings dream of and can't imagine, but at the same time, she He also got the same ability as that monster cherry, which is disgusting to the world - to induce people to die!
Maiden can't control her power. Her existence itself is a moving humanoid disaster. As long as it is not controlled well, natural disasters and man-made disasters will come, and the demise of human beings is no joke.
The Xixing Temple clan who discovered this originally wanted to let Youyouzi of Xixing Temple die when she was still a child, but Master Xixing, the patriarch of the Xixing Temple clan, couldn't bear to kill his own child.
What's more, perhaps because of sharing the huge and boundless demon power of her own, after the birth of Yuyuko Saigyouji, the growth of Saigyou Sakura began to slow down. Master Xixing used this reason to persuade other elders of the Saigyouji clan to let them Letting Youyouzi out of the way, gave her a chance to survive.
Master Xixing hid Youyouzi in the deepest part of Shengchi Temple, and easily prevented her from seeing people to prevent her ability to induce people's death. Suppress this Yokai Sakura and prevent it from growing.
It didn't work as expected, as time went by, and as Youyouzi grew up, the weakened power of the Westbound Demon began to expand again, even more terrifying than before, even the Westbound mage could not bear the temptation gradually, On the night of the full moon, he made the last waka and died under the demon of the west.
Since then, there is only one young girl left here. She lives alone in this uninhabited hell, keeping in mind the mission taught to her by her most revered father - to stop the Westbound Demon!
Yuyuko of Xixing Temple, she is a tragedy that should not have been born. After she came to this world, she had only one mission, a mission that she must fulfill until she dies.
A girl like a cherry blossom never complains about her life experience, never resents the injustice of this world to her, even if she can only sit alone on the corner of the bed and cry, even if she can only mutter to the air alone, even if she can only be alone Reading books alone, imagining the beautiful world outside, she still endured the most hopeless horror for human beings - loneliness and loneliness.
But today, Yuyuko, who was sitting in the house reading a book to pass the time as usual, suddenly heard commotion from the courtyard.
I thought it was my Tingshi who was cleaning the courtyard, but remembering that Yaoji would report to herself every time before cleaning, the curious Yuyuko finally opened the door and spread her doubts in the small courtyard without people .
It was as empty and deserted as before, but Youyouzi didn't think she had an auditory hallucination before, she did hear quite loud footsteps.