Chapter 599 Humans Are Good, Ghosts Are Evil

There is a connection between Ibuki Daimyojin and Yamata no Orochi.

In this part of the information Xiaolu brought back, there are some descriptions about Shuten Doji.

The information mentioned that there is a connection between the Ghost King of Oeyama and Ibukiyama. Shuten-dōji was most likely born in Mount Ibuki, and later established his career in Mount Oe.

In other words, Ibukiyama is Shuten’s hometown.

In addition, some additional old news materials have been sorted out about Ifuki Shrine in Shiga Prefecture and Ifuki Shrine in Gifu Prefecture.

There is a certain conflict between the two.

Ifuki Shrine says that Shuten-dōji is the descendant of Ibuki Daimyojin; Ifuki Shrine says that Shuten-dōji is Ibuki Daimyojin himself.

"The information is a little mixed."

Kamiya took out a pen and paper and briefly sorted out the current information.

Regarding the relationship between Shuten Doji, Ibuki Daimyojin, and Yamata no Orochi, it can be roughly divided into two parts -

It is said that Ibuki Daimyojin is the incarnation of Yamata-no-Orochi's sub-spirit, that is, a part of the snake. Shuten Doji is a descendant of Ibuki Daimyojin.

Another theory is that Ibuki Daimyojin is a descendant of Yamata no Orochi, and Shuten Doji is Ibuki Daimyojin.

"It seems that no matter which way you say it, Shuten-douji is a descendant of Yamata no Orochi. Therefore, after Shuten-douji became the god of disaster, he left Mount Ibuki for some reason, and became a ghost in Oeyama. Is this the case with a monster force?"

It's not completely unreasonable when you think about it.

Speaking of hell, Shuten Doji and Yamata no Orochi at least died in similar ways in their respective legends.

Shuten Doji was drunk with wine by Minamoto no Yorimitsu and then beheaded; Yamata no Orochi was drunk with wine by Susanoo and then beheaded.

It's not that a family doesn't enter a family, it's a son who inherits his father's inheritance.

"As for the snake god in Dajiangshan City..."

The shrine barrier on the inner floor of the Oeyama Castle Palace was partially damaged by Kamiyagawa's use of the Heaven's Tail Feather.

But when the battle with the snake god came to an end, the barrier began to repair itself and returned to its original state.

Later, Golden Bear Boy seemed to send people into the palace to check, but the main thing was to see if all the resurrected ghosts and evil spirits had really been eliminated.

The matter of the inner barrier was not mentioned later.

At present, no one in Oeyama knows that "Inujiro", that is, Kamiyagawa, has actually had contact with the snake god once after entering the northern palace, and even kidnapped the snake god's boy Kiriyasu Tsuna.

In other words, there seems to be no communication between the Snake God itself and the Golden Bear and Star Bear.

Now that we have looked at the information about Ibuki Daimyojin, Kamiyagawa first regards the snake god as the true form of Shuten Doji.

Anyway, it’s pretty much the same.

Judging from the existing information on Oeyama, Minamoto no Yorimitsu's crusade against Oeyama during the Heian period should be true, and the item identification information of [Kamibi Oni Poison Liquor] and [Doji Kiri Yasutsuna] all confirm this. a little.

"So, Shuten Douji was probably really beheaded by Minamoto no Yorimitsu."

If the snake god in Dajiangshan is really Shuten Doji, then maybe Shuten did not really die after being beheaded, but changed back to his original form as the heir to the great snake god.

"But the snake god is very crazy. The ones I fought with didn't seem to be sane at all. They were no better than the rotting ghosts and souls. Maybe the beheading affected Shuten Doji's IQ?"

To put it simply, it was the time when Kamiyagawa used the tail feather of the sky to break the shrine barrier.

Putting yourself in another person's shoes, assuming that Kamiya himself is a snake god, and if he wants to deal with an invading outsider, he can wait until the other party walks into the gap in the barrier and reappears, and then directly catch the turtle in the urn.

If the snake god really did this at that time, Kamiyagawa would probably have no choice but to self-destruct and exit.

But at that time, the snake god chose the most unfavorable method for himself - when the outsiders were still outside the barrier, he threw out the snake's tail from the gap in the barrier to launch a fierce attack.

The geographical advantage that could have been exploited suddenly turned into a disadvantage.

This unwise approach actually benefited Kamiyagawa, and he even took the opportunity to snatch away the boy Kiri Yasuna on the tip of the snake's tail.

"So, the snake god in the shrine relies entirely on violent instincts. Such an irrational existence can hardly be said to be on the same side of the world. I even feel that if the snake god can escape from the shrine's barrier, he will The first thing to do is to destroy Dajiangshan City.”

Kamiya closed the documents Xiaolu brought back and sat quietly in the living room for a while.

Then he got up and went to the master bedroom on the second floor. Jiucheng should have finished cleaning it by now.

Let’s go back to the ordinary world again.

After another ten minutes, Xiaolu walked out of the kitchen.

Compared with how she looked when she first came home, she tied her long hair back and wore a pink apron.

"Master, it seems that you have already eaten the bento. But I fried cod. Although it is not as good as Prajna Master, do you want to do it together..."

Kanoya opened the door to the living room, but there was no one inside. Only the pile of information related to Ibuki Daimyojin she brought back was neatly stacked on the coffee table.

"Well."

Xiaolu raised his head slightly and sniffed the smell of home. The master's breath seemed to have returned to the master bedroom on the second floor.

"Master is really busy these days."

Luyewu was a little helpless.

She knew that there was nothing she could do to help her master regarding matters in Chang Shili. The only thing she could do was to pray for her master to have good fortune in martial arts.

And when the master is done with his work, I will massage his shoulders and legs. If the master is willing to wash his feet, that's fine. Anyway, I will do my best to show my filial piety.

…

Changshi, Oeyama Castle.

The mansion that originally belonged to Yamano and now belongs to the dog demon Inujiro.

The time in the monster city is at night. A full moon hangs low in the sky, pressing on the layers of pavilions, and covering these ancient buildings with a thick layer of silver light.

The wood spirits rest on the dead branches.

The little old man's body is watching the wind quietly.

He can feel that the number of ghost stories peeping into the internal situation from the vicinity of the mansion has decreased compared to when the master first moved in.

This is probably the result of the master's increased prestige and trust in Oeyama.

Good thing.

The tranquility in the yard did not last forever.

Bang!

The door of the mansion was knocked from the outside.

The wood spirits were in a commotion for a while, and then, at the signal of the little old man, they opened the door of the mansion.

It was Xingxiong Tongzi who came.

The one-horned female ghost was still drunk, but unlike usual, she came alone, and Jinxiong Tongzi did not appear with her.

"Hey, little old monk, where is your master?"

Xingxiong glanced at the wood spirits, and finally set his eyes on the little old man.

Inside Oeyama, the scouts were naturally regarded as the housekeepers of Chengquan Jiro.

"Aba, Aba."

The little old man pointed inside the mansion.

The master had returned from the world, so there was no problem.

"Burp——"

Xingxiong burped and walked towards the mansion.

But just as they walked to the center of the courtyard, Kamiya's voice rang out, still with that vague but calm tone: "Master Xingxiong, a rare guest. Why are you here?"

"Hmm..." Xingxiong staggered, looking unstable. After a while, she took off the wine cup on her left wrist and threw it to Kamiya, "Drink with me."

Snap.

The wine cup was caught steadily by Kamiya Chuan.

He looked at Xingxiong twice more.

The beautiful and tall queen ghost seemed different from her usual appearance. Although she still smelled of alcohol, she seemed to be softer and more melancholy.

Maybe it was late at night and she was in a bad mood?

No, it shouldn't be that simple. Maybe something happened.

Kamiya Chuan was not opposed to drinking with Xingxiong. Among the senior executives of the entire Oeyama, only this king gave people a special feeling. Moreover, drinking with Xingxiong was an opportunity to promote feelings, and maybe he could get some words from Xingxiong.

"It's better to obey than to be respectful."

Shinya smiled and walked to Xingxiong with a wine cup.

The two sat down in front of a strange rock in the courtyard, and the wood spirits and the little old man retreated to the corner.

"Master Xingxiong seems to be worried?"

Shinya Chuan raised his head and drank the wine in the wine cup. The wine slid across the tip of his tongue, deep and mellow, with the unique heat and strongness of alcohol, and a hint of spiciness.

He himself didn't like drinking, so he pretended.

"When drinking, don't say anything to spoil the mood." Xingxiong drank the wine in his wide-mouthed wine bowl in one gulp.

Well, it was more certain that she really had something on her mind.

Shinya Chuan: "But, you can't drink without drinking, right? Tell your friends about your unpleasant things, and your troubles will be reduced along with the wine. If you regard me as a friend."

"Reduced?"

Xingxiong shook the bowl in his hand, and the wine bowl, which had been empty, gushed out again, and soon filled the wide bowl.

After doing all this, she smiled at Kamiya provocatively, with tiny fangs showing at the corners of her mouth.

Red lips and white teeth, distinct colors.

"…Just a metaphor."

"Sometimes I think you're quite strange, and you're not the same as the ghost stories here." Xingxiong shook his head and didn't continue the topic of increasing or decreasing the amount of wine.

"Aren't you the same? That's why you came to me for a drink, right?"

"Hehe. I really don't know whether to say you're sharp or cunning. Oh, by the way, you said friends. A long time ago, there was a friend who would drink with me, but he's gone."

"Are you talking about Ishikuma Tongzi?"

"Well, he's a pretty good guy, and he's also unique among the ghosts. The Oeyama Castle you see now was built by him and a group of ghosts a long time ago. He learned the skills from humans and imitated the Kyoto at that time."

Kamiya also heard some rumors about Ishikuma.

He had felt before that the structure of Oeyama Castle was extraordinary. If it was built later, there should be a certain number of craftsmen in this place.

Now it seems that the so-called craftsmen and ghost stories should be left over from the period of Ishikuma.

Kamiyagawa: "Demons and humans learn skills?"

Hoshikuma Douji: "Yes, it sounds incredible, right? At that time, yes... humans called that time "Heaven", hehe, it was not peaceful at all."

"What was the Heian period like? I didn't live that long."

In the Heian period a thousand years ago, humans and ghosts coexisted. What was the situation at that time? Even the information from the Countermeasures Office is vague.

In addition, the previous attempt to become the co-leader of ghosts and gods, Ashiya Doman, also began to be active in the Heian period.

And Hoshikuma seems to be an eyewitness of that era, and we may know some information from her.

Even if this information has nothing to do with the current Oeyama, it is still useful for Kamiya River.

"At that time..." Xingxiong took another sip of wine, pretending to recall, and said intermittently, "It was very different from now. The world of the living world and the world of the living world were not completely separated like now. People and ghosts lived in the same world. The daytime world belongs to humans, and the night world belongs to ghosts and gods."

"Why is the world divided into two?"

As for the world of the living world and the world of the living world, the division was not clear a thousand years ago, but at a certain point in time, it suddenly separated completely.

Kamiya was extremely confused about this.

What happened at that time?

"Yeah..."

Xingxiong spoke like a murmur.

She crossed one leg and stood on the other leg. Her posture was not elegant, but rather heroic. The vermilion skirt only covered the base of her thighs, revealing the white skin of her legs.

Xingxiong gently patted her knee with her left hand, her eyes blurred: "Why is the world divided into two?"

She repeated Kamiya's words. Although the content was the same, she always felt that what she wanted to express was completely different.

"Are you talking about the present world and the eternal world?"

"No, I don't care about that." Xingxiong shook his head, "I mean a long time ago."

"Before?" Kamiya opened his mouth and closed it again.

This feeling can't be wrong.

After drinking too much, the feeling of talking about life and ideals with others.

"Hmm..."

Xingxiong nodded.

This world is divided into two parts, and it was like this before the present world and the eternal world were completely separated.

Even in the Heian period when humans and ghosts coexisted, humans living under the sun and ghosts living in the dark were incompatible.

The world seemed to have tacitly agreed that humans were good and ghosts were evil.

When did such a rule come from, and who made it?

Xingxiong didn't know.

She only knew that she was a ghost born in the dark, so she was judged to be evil.

So she kept thinking, why not, humans are evil, ghosts are good?

Has no one ever doubted the bullshit truth of this world, what is the rule that must not be violated?

In order to get the answer to this question, Xingxiong Douji kept practicing herself, and when she came back to her senses, she was already the king of Mount Oe.

At that time, Mount Oe was still led by Shuten Douji.

The ghost king of Mount Oe who had divinity but believed in unconditionally using power to dominate everything in the world.

"Human kindness is hypocritical, they are good at hiding their evil, and sometimes they hide it very poorly. They stand in the sun and regard the crusade against us ghosts born in the dark as heroic deeds. So, Susanoo wants to kill us, Yamato Takenoko wants to kill us, and the Onmyoji of Kyoto also wants to kill us. As long as you kill the ghost, it is a merit and will be praised."

Shuten said so.

It was also at that time that Xingxiong finally understood some truths.

She had seen it before. She had seen the Rashomon Gate in Kyoto piled with human corpses, built like a high wall, with dense flies and maggots flying and drilling on the corpse wall.

But those people did not die at the hands of ghosts, but at the hands of humans themselves.

Therefore, as long as you occupy the righteousness of "goodness", no matter how dirty the things you do, they will not be considered evil.

Therefore, even if humans have the blood of their own kind on their hands, they can still fight ghosts under the banner of justice.

This is how the world works.