Chapter 458 The Legend of Quechulco

The sky in early autumn was clear and clean, with hawks circling high above, looking down at the land full of life. The mountains with clear blue clouds rose and fell, stretching from the border of the northwestern city-state to the southeast of the lake area.

The group headed west, then turned south, the forests became denser and the terrain gradually became steeper. After walking forty or fifty miles, the trees on the road suddenly became sparse, and the towering Mount Estella was seen. Mount Estella is located in the southwest of the capital, on the edge of the Ajusco volcanic area. From here, go deeper southwest for more than forty miles, and you will reach the famous Xitle volcano.

Alyssa walked to the bottom of the holy mountain and stopped to rest. Her face was flushed with exercise, and her eyes were filled with the joy of traveling. She jumped onto a big rock, chuckled and turned around, like a proud little fox, with one hand on her waist and the other pointing to the southeast.

"Xuluot, do you know? At the foot of the Hitel volcano, there is a glorious ancient city! According to legend, it is the place where all myths begin and the origin of the gods, the sacred city of Cuicuilco!"

"The origin of the gods, the sacred city of Cuicuilco?"

Xuluot whispered softly, vaguely familiar. He looked to the southeast and saw only high mountains and continuous forests, but no trace of the city-state. Suddenly, his eyes condensed, and he saw the solidified lava and obsidian under the mountains, and he remembered his grandfather's stories, those legends passed down by word of mouth.

"You mean, the ancient sacred city buried under the volcanic lava?"

"Yeah!"

Alyssa blinked, stretched out her white and tender fingers, and gestured in the air to the city, temples and people.

".A long time ago, the gods created humans and gave birth to the first descendants of the gods. Afterwards, the descendants of the gods multiplied and grew, led countless people, and established many ancient city-states. In the Mexica Valley, perhaps a thousand years ago, perhaps two thousand years ago, the first descendants of the gods first established the sacred city of Quechulco, and then established the sacred city of Teotihuacan!"

"Well, then?"

Xuluote nodded, looked at his lovely wife, and asked with a smile. According to later archaeological sites, the sacred city of Quechulco was established around 800 BC, the end of the Western Zhou Dynasty, and is one of the oldest city-states in the Mexican Valley, almost at the same time as the Olmec civilization.

"Then, the holy city of Teotihuacan grew stronger and stronger, and gradually opposed the holy city of Quechulcco. The two great cities, one in the south and one in the north, ruled half of the Mexica Valley respectively. Afterwards, the descendants of the gods of the holy city of Teotihuacan mobilized 100,000 people to build the immortal pyramids of the moon and the sun. Legend has it that when the pyramids were built, the priests of the gods held a large-scale blood sacrifice to communicate with the original evil sealed underground, Xipuktli"

"Hmm? The original evil, Xipuktli?"

Hearing this, Xiu Luote was stunned and looked at Alyssa. He had never heard of the details of this myth.

Alyssa paused, and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth. She looked at her lover who listened patiently, stretched out her arms, and made a cute fox face. Then, the beautiful girl opened her red lips and told the story.

"Boom! Although Xipactli was suppressed by the gods, he still had infinite brute force. He reached an agreement with the descendants of Teotihuacan, aroused the fire deep in the earth, and broke through the Hitler Pass. Then, the sky was filled with flames, countless dust rose, and the raging magma rushed in! In just two quarters of an hour, the entire sacred city of Quechulco, along with countless noble descendants of gods, were submerged under the magma!"

"The descendants of Teotihuacan were extremely happy! Because from then on, they were the only masters of the entire Mexica Valley. After completely dominating the rich Mexica Valley, the great conquest era of the Teotihuacan people also came!"

"After the destruction of the city of Quechulco, Within two hundred years, the Teotihuacans conquered most of the land in the world and established a powerful country that had never existed before. From the Great Lake in the west to the Great Lake in the east, from the wilderness in the north to the rainforest in the south, almost all city-states and tribes are paying tribute to them! "

"The Teotihuacans' ambitions are never satisfied. After conquering the world, they formed a powerful expeditionary corps, led by the King of Fire, and marched along the coastline to conquer the Maya in the far east! . They traveled thousands of miles, breaking all obstacles along the way, and finally captured the sacred city of Ticarlo, sacrificed the Maya gods in the city, and left a monument of the gods there! "

Hearing this, Xiu Luote nodded slightly, with a yearning look.

"The destruction of Quechulco, the rise of Teotihuacan. Conquer the world and march east to Maya."

Alyssa's bright eyes flashed. She looked up, looked into her lover's eyes, and asked softly.

"Well, Xiuluot, do you know how the powerful Teotihuacan people conquered the world and perished?"

"Ah? The demise of Teotihuacan."

Hearing this, Xiuluot fell into thought. The Teotihuacan Empire flourished for a time, reaching its peak around 600 AD. At that time, they had almost no opponents that could be called a threat in the Central American world. However, after reaching its peak, the empire suddenly declined and fell in just a hundred years. As the center of the empire, the holy city of Teotihuacan was huge in scale, once inhabited by 200,000 people, but it quickly became deserted and abandoned in a few decades. And all the heritage of the ancient empire has almost disappeared, becoming an unsolved mystery for later generations.

"Alyssa, what else do you know about the demise of the Teotihuacan people?"

"Hehe, it is recorded in the royal family's inheritance, and it is actually also found in the temple of Estela Holy Mountain."

Alyssa smiled and licked her lower lips like a greedy little fox.

"Well, Shulot, let me take a bite and I'll tell you."

"Huh? Okay!"

Shulot nodded happily, stretched out his hand, and held the girl's shoulder. Then, he lowered his head and leaned towards the girl's pink lips.

Alyssa smiled slyly and tilted her head slightly to avoid it. Then, she opened her small mouth, took a hard bite on Xilot's ear, and then licked it.

"ah?!"

Shulot felt a pain in his ear, and then another pain. He smiled bitterly and caught the cunning little fox.

“Alyssa, why did you bite me again?”

"Uh-huh. If I bite you and leave tooth marks, it means you are mine!"

Alyssa blushed and said a few words in a low voice. Then, she returned to the previous topic and gave an unexpected answer.

"Hmm! The ancient inheritance records thousands of years of pictures. Although the Teotihuacan people were prosperous for a while, they had already laid the root of their destruction. They contacted the evil gods under the earth, borrowed the original evil power, and destroyed This angered the four main gods who sealed the evil, and only the rain god Tlaloc protected them."

"But after the Teotihuacans conquered the world, they became obsessed with pleasure and comfort and stopped offering sacrifices to the rain god Tlaloc. The rain god was also extremely dissatisfied. All the gods left the capital of the gods. Teotihuacan Wakkan lost the favor of the gods, and the evil influence became more powerful, and endless disasters followed: civil war, division, barbarian invasion; plague, drought, and food harvest failure."

"In less than a hundred years, the Teotihuacan people declined and perished, completely disappearing from the ancient holy city! They left only a huge deserted stone city and a huge pyramid. Until eight hundred years later, we The Mexica people migrated and multiplied, and then they restored the deserted holy city."

"The gods protect the evil power. The gods' favor and the upper class that despises the decay. Natural and man-made disasters come."

Shulot was silent. He recalled the myth told by Alyssa, extracted the key elements, and tried to explore the ancient mystery. Suddenly, his back tightened and his chest felt warm, followed by a delicate touch.

"Xulot, tell me, will we Mexicans suddenly die out one day like the Teotihuacans? Will the great lake capital be like the holy city of Teotihuacan?" Abandoned in the wilderness, or like the sacred city of Quechulco, buried forever underground?”

Alyssa stretched out her arms and hugged her lover tightly. She buried her head in Shulot's chest, her words filled with uneasiness.

"Alyssa"

Shulot was silent. He thought of the history of another time and space, sighed softly, and his expression became firm again.

"No, I'm here! Don't worry."

"Um!"

Alyssa nodded, said nothing, and just hugged the young man tightly.

The setting sun illuminated the two people embracing each other, leaving long silhouettes. The silhouettes merge together, so intimate that they don't want to be separated, even the hair is intertwined.

After a while, Shulot, who was short of oxygen, raised his head and breathed in the mountain air. The girl in his arms was panting rapidly, and even her neck turned pink. The young man looked at it for a while, then a smile appeared on his face. After a while, his breathing calmed down, and a question suddenly flashed through his mind.

"Alyssa, what you just said...did someone say something to you on purpose?"

"Well"

Alyssa opened her eyes wide, thought for a while, and answered softly.

"Xulot, no one said anything to me on purpose. It's just that a noble lady from the royal family mentioned that there are some rumors in the capital that the alliance's gunpowder weapons are not gifts from the Lord God, but evil things from underground demons. , with the volcanic breath from the demon's mouth. The alliance is using evil power, just like the original Teotihuacan people, and is destined to bring disaster to the world."

"Um?!"

Hearing this, Shulot frowned deeply. He pondered for a while, and his expression became extremely serious.

"Alyssa, do you know the source of the rumor? When did it start spreading?"

"I don't know the source."

Alyssa shook her head, blinked, and added a few words.

"As for time. Rumors that the Alliance's new weapons use the power of underground demons have been circulating in various parts of the world for several years. But the connection between the Alliance and the Teotihuacan people only began to appear after this year's festival. "

"After the festival."

Shulot was silent in thought, his expression became grim.

Rumors can captivate people's hearts, and behind their widespread spread are often hidden political plans that oppose those currently in power. The emergence of such rumors in the league is a dangerous sign. The communicators may be foreign merchant envoys who are afraid of the threat of the alliance; or they may be the great nobles in the country who are dissatisfied with the centralization of power by the king. It may even be that some local priests who have lost their power intentionally combine myths and legends with reality.

"Xulot, what are you thinking about? Hmm, it's a bit scary."

Alyssa hugged Hulot's arm and looked at her lover worriedly.

Shulot lowered his eyes for a moment, and the murderous intent in his eyes disappeared. Afterward, he looked relaxed and smiled.

"Nothing, I was thinking about my hot spring vacation tomorrow! What should I do?"

"ah!"

Alyssa was a little shy. She lowered her head and thought seriously for a while.

"Xulot, I want you to teach me some useful knowledge."

"Hmm, teaching? Knowledge?."

"Well, not that kind of knowledge. Rather, it's the secrets of medicine!"

"Oh! The secret of creating life"

"It's medicine, how to treat life, not how to create life."

"Ha ha!"

Shulot laughed. He looked at the blushing girl with bright eyes and suddenly felt a little warm. Even in a plateau mountainous area with an altitude of two to three thousand meters, the tropical climate is still warm. The girl had been walking for a long time, and her body was already covered in sweat. The pure white robe is soaked with sweat, revealing the seductive curves under the robe.

"Well, bad brother!"

Alyssa lowered her neck and stamped her feet. Then, she pulled her lover beside her and walked quickly up the holy mountain.

"Hurry up! The holy mountain is four to five hundred meters high. We have to spend the night in a temple on the mountainside. The Temple of the Sun on the top of Estela Holy Mountain inherits the sacred fire obtained from the Quechulco ruins! Today I have to go to bed early at night and do nothing else, and I have to climb to the top to pray early tomorrow morning.”

"Okay! It's all up to you today!"

Shulot waved his hand and whispered an order, and hundreds of imperial guards divided into two teams. Most of the warriors will be commanded by the warrior chief and camp under the sacred mountain to be on guard. Only dozens of personal guards, led by Naxiu, will escort the two people to the holy mountain to worship.

"Alyssa, slow down, don't twist your feet."

"I know! I have been to the Holy Mountain many times."

The young man quickly chased after her, took the girl's hand, and climbed up together.

The mountain road is not steep, and there are also trails carved by pedestrians. There is sufficient geothermal heat in the mountains and the climate is pleasant and comfortable. The evening glow falls on the mountains, and bright wildflowers bloom everywhere, and the pleasant fragrance of flowers lingers on the tip of your nose. If you look closely, you will see butterflies dancing among the flowers, hummingbirds collecting nectar, and cardinals playing among them.

"Xulot, look at this field of flowers, it's so beautiful!"

"Well, the flowers are blooming and the trees are shady. It's really a beautiful time."

The young man smiled and nodded. Then, he quietly hugged the girl, leaned close to her lovely ear, and asked softly.

"I haven't finished what I said just now. I'll do whatever you want today. What about tomorrow?"

"ah"

Hearing this, Alyssa's ears turned red and half of her face felt hot. She tilted her head, looking at her close lover with misty eyes, and moaned softly, which gradually became inaudible.

"Well, I'll take a dip in the hot springs tomorrow and watch the fish swim, so I'll follow you."