Chapter 602 The Chosen Ape!

Chapter 602 The Chosen One...Ape!

In the Changshi, Oeyama Castle.

In front of the palace on the north side.

A group of ghosts of various shapes came here in a mess.

The leader was a Yinmolo.

It had a human head and a bird body. The bird's body was a bit like a heron, black all over, and as tall as a human. The human head was the image of an old man with messy white hair, but a sharp gaze and the ability to spit out green flames from his mouth.

It is said that this kind of monster is formed by the gathering of the dead qi of the dead who could not be worshipped.

The Yinmolo in Oeyama was also one of the ghost generals. Like the dead Shannan, he was a confidant of the non-kin of the Golden Bear.

"Open the door."

Yinmolo moved his slender bird legs and walked to the door of the palace. His voice was old and shrill, and flames would flow out of the corners of his mouth when he spoke.

The ghosts guarding the door did as he was told.

Yinmolo followed the Golden Bear's instructions to clean up the ghosts and dead souls that had revived in the palace.

Since Inujiro entered the palace last time, the follow-up matters here were entrusted to the trustworthy Yinmolo by Jinxiong Tongzi.

Including the initial inspection whether the dog demon had really cleared out the army of ghosts and dead souls in the palace as he said. This supervisory function was also performed by Yinmolo.

After the inspection, it can be confirmed that what Inujiro said was true.

Most of the revived ghosts and dead souls in the palace were indeed cleared out, and only a few were still wandering in the fog.

Regarding this point, Jinxiong couldn't find fault with Inujiro.

After all, the inside of the palace is much larger than it looks from the outside, and it is also covered by layers of fog.

After the first wave of clearing was done, it is completely reasonable to leave some units that were not cleaned up.

In Oeyama, fists speak, and winning is winning.

Even Jinxiong, the king of heaven, will follow this rule.

And if he really wanted to make a fuss about it, under the premise that Xingxiong would definitely sing the opposite tune at that time, the result would be nothing more than letting Inujiro enter the palace again to do the second or third wave of cleanup.

Most of the ghosts and dead souls were defeated by Inujiro, so this kind of easy follow-up cleanup would naturally not be difficult for him.

There is no need.

Yinmolo, who took over the work of the palace, came to do the last cleanup inspection today. This time, he ensured that there would be no more revived ghosts wandering in the palace, and there would be no problems here in the short term.

"Gu-gu-"

Yinmolo shook his head like a real bird, his messy and sparse white hair swayed, and he raised his thin feet and stepped into the mist behind the city gate.

Following him, those subordinate ghosts with different appearances also entered one after another.

The city gate slowly closed.

In the ghosts that followed Yinmolo into the palace, there was no sign of ghosts.

In fact, the ghosts in Oeyama could not enter here.

Among the ghosts still alive now, many are left over from the Oeyama period. During Minamoto no Raikou's campaign against Mount Oe, all of these ghosts were poisoned by the God-Ben Ghost Poison Wine without exception, and were about to die, and they should have died.

It was only after their headless ghost king Shuten-doji revealed his true form as the snake god and dissipated his own divinity that they barely survived.

The mist in the palace is the remnant of Shuten's divinity.

It can be said that the remaining ghosts were alive thanks to this mist.

But as Shuten completely lost control and went crazy, the divine mist that gave the surviving ghosts a "second life" turned into another form of poison wine.

The damage caused by the mist to the ghosts who woke up from the mist far exceeded the ghost stories of other races.

If these ghosts are trapped in the mist for a long time, there is only one end -

Become the same as those ghosts.

Become a pile of rotten flesh and bones without self-consciousness, with only the instinct of killing, "come alive" in the mist again and again, and die again and again.

There will never be peace.

In a sense, the purge of ghosts and dead souls inside Oeyama is to give these former kinsmen temporary rest before the rotten dead souls break through the palace walls.

…

The further you go into the palace, the thicker the fog becomes.

It is so thick that it is like disgusting snot, clinging to the ghosts, adding a layer of real resistance to their actions.

Yin Mo Luo's troops are covered by the fog, and the outlines of their companions can no longer be seen.

The only thing that can still be seen is the green heron fire at the front of the team.

It was emitted by Yin Mo Luo.

As long as you follow the green turbid flame, the team will not be completely dispersed. If you encounter scattered ghosts wandering on the road, you can also organize a decent counterattack.

In short, the heron fire is the only light in the fog.

If the ghosts in Yin Mo Luo's troops are too far away from the fire, they will lose their companions and get lost in the thick fog alone, and they are likely to be in danger.

After all, they don't have the strength of Inujiro to act recklessly.

The ghost story team marched for a while.

A figure in the team took the initiative to fall behind, and vaguely had the momentum to break away from the team.

The outline of the companions could not be seen clearly in the fog, so such actions were difficult to notice.

It is estimated that even Yinmura would not have thought that a subordinate would take the initiative to leave the main force and stay alone in the fog to "die".

And this "unresolvable" ghost story is a monkey.

The big ape was wearing a black dry suit and had thick black hair all over his body. Even in the thick fog, his hair was shiny black, and each strand was as thick and hard as steel wire.

Its face was stretched long, and the corners of its mouth almost reached its ears, revealing a row of sharp and uneven yellow fangs. The long tail behind it was raised high and stood straight, like a whistle stick.

The ape's eyes flashed with red light, but were completely covered by the fog. However, when it carefully looked at the Heron Fire that was getting farther and farther away, its huge eyes revealed a cunning and cruel look.

Kawayaru, also known as the Monkey God.

He is the mortal enemy of the little kappa Miyiko, and he once slaughtered all of Miyiko's little brothers in the Agatsuma River.

Kawayaru appeared in Yinmura's team mainly because of the Kamiya River.

This ape originally surrendered to Yamao's men, and once followed Yamao to the Kuzuryu River.

But later, Shannan was killed by Shen Gu on the ring.

Jin Xiong Tongzi reorganized Shannan's subordinates, and Kawase was assigned to Yinmo Luo's side.

Kawase, who had left the team, slowed down his pace again and nimbly dived into the fog. The heron fire in the distance had become only the size of a grain of rice in his vision, and was finally swallowed up by the thick fog after a while.

Kawase fumbled in the dry suit for a while, and finally took out a broken sword blade about 40 centimeters long.

Although it was just a broken blade, the glimmer on it was like starlight.

It was unusual at first glance.

However, there was no strange breath overflowing from the broken blade that was not an ordinary thing.

This was because the blade was now covered by a gray, convergent and non-dispersed arc of light, and the breath it carried was all solidified in the arc light.

If Shen Gu Kawa was at the scene, he should be able to recognize what this thing was at a glance-

The fragment of the artifact Tian Zhiwei Yu Zhang.

"Take action."

The gray convergent light arc gently jumped, and a chaotic and low human voice came out from it. But it was covered by the thick fog around it and could not spread too far.

Kawasaru did not speak, it could not speak anyway.

The ferocious wide and long-haired face showed a little embarrassment.

"What are you waiting for? Idiot! Taking advantage of the dog demon to attract the attention of the ghost tribe, now is the best opportunity." The voice on the blade sounded again, "If you don't want me to kill you, do as I say."

This blade was accidentally obtained by Kawasaru.

The story may start from Agatsuma River more than a year ago.

At that time, Kawasaru invaded Agatsuma River, and Mimiko who lived there was defeated and finally escaped with the thick defense of tortoise shell.

Mimiko wandered around in the world, and finally had an adventure in Nara. She found the Dream Market that had just opened at that time.

After Kawasaru ate the Katsura pigs in Agatsuma River, he also left there and went to other places with the identity of a foreign visitor.

This cunning monkey actually has the same survival strategy as Mimiko in the ordinary world. If you meet an opponent you can beat, you will beat him, and if you can't beat him, you will run away.

However, Mimiko's behavior tends to be lawful. Although she is keen on doing some pranks, she will not take the initiative to do evil.

But Kawasemon is different. If the "lord" type ghost story in a region is not its opponent, then it will occupy it and eat all the weak ghost stories in the area. This is also a way for Kawasemon to increase its own strength.

After several twists and turns, this monkey went to Ibuki Mountain.

There, like Mimiko, he had an adventure of his own.

In Ibuki Mountain, Kawasemon picked up the fragment of the Heaven's Tail Habari.

It is not quite accurate to say that he picked it up.

The breath of the fragment of Habari was completely obscured by the gray light arc attached to it, and it was difficult to find it in the mountains of Ibuki Mountains.

It is better to say that the existence attached to the fragment woke up and actively attracted Kawasemon who happened to be nearby.

The arc of light on the blade is actually the soul of Takenoko Yamato Takenoko.

In today's Japan, there are many shrines dedicated to Takenoko Yamato Takenoko. However, he is actually a special kind of god, a deified existence of royal blood.

In other words, he should have been a human. Even if he was really deified by faith, he would definitely not be as good as the real gods on Takama-ga-hara.

Takenoko Yamato Takenoko was active in the Yayoi period.

He was the son of the legendary 12th Japanese emperor, Emperor Keikyu, and one of the three princes.

In the era of Emperor Keikyu recorded in the Nihon Shoki and Kojiki, the neighboring Chinese region had entered the Qin and Han dynasties.

But the Yayoi culture originally belonged to the pottery age. Although bronze ware also flowed in across the sea, it was generally a period with a strong mythological color. This should be the fundamental reason why Takenoko Yamato was deified because of faith.

Takenoko Yamato fought against dissidents everywhere, and conquered those wild tribes and evil gods who did not obey the emperor's control.

However, because of his outstanding military achievements, his father was afraid of him. Although he was the crown prince, he could never return to the center of power and eventually died in the process of conquering Ibuki Daimyojin.

It is said that when Yamato Takenoko was in Ise Shrine, he was given a cloth bag by the gods, which contained divine objects that could help him conquer the evil gods.

Now it seems that the so-called divine objects should be the fragment of the Ame-no-Ohabara.

…

"Kawasaru" barked softly, and finally followed Yamato Takenoko's instructions and acted.

Actually, the adventure of this monkey is quite interesting——

After wandering around, he accidentally picked up a broken version of the artifact.

There is also a "grandfather" in the artifact who is in poor condition, who will instruct it to do things and assign it tasks. Although the grandfather Yamato Takenoko will threaten Kawasemon with "I will kill you if you don't obey my instructions", as long as he obeys, he can get some benefits from Yamato Takenoko.

For example, Kawasemon is actually a C-level strength now.

This is thanks to Yamato Takenoko's guidance.

It's a pity that Kawasemon has not been exposed to the human world, otherwise it should realize that it has definitely taken the protagonist's script.

The chosen monkey!

In addition, Kawasemon really has the luck of the protagonist in the novel, and this luck is not only reflected in picking up the artifact——

In fact, after a round of strength promotion, this monkey came to Kyoto and Oeyama in the world a long time ago and wandered secretly, collecting information about Oeyama according to Yamato Takenoko's instructions.

Then, when the time was right and it had mastered some of the internal situation of Mount Oe, it joined the Onijoyama.

It officially infiltrated this monster force.

Its luck was so good that the infiltration process was extremely smooth, and it was not suspected by Mount Oe at all.

Because a few days after it joined Mount Oe, a foreign powerful dog demon named Inujiro appeared in Mount Oe in a very high-profile manner.

It almost completely attracted the attention of the high-ranking members of the demon clan, which indirectly made the existence of Kawayaru seem particularly insignificant.

In addition, there is another point that Kawayaru and Yamato Takenoko have not yet realized.

That is the return of Ibaraki Douji.

Ibaraki had been to Mount Ibuki and noticed Yamato Takenoko's revival. He was also keenly aware that Yamato Takenoko, who "died" at the hands of Shuten, would definitely seek revenge on Mount Oe.

But when she came back, her attention was still diverted by "Inujiro".

There was no way, the dog demon who acted without restraint and even somewhat reckless was too conspicuous.

And as far as the facts are concerned, Kamiyagawa, who transformed into a dog demon, was indeed a traitor who infiltrated Oeyama.

It's a pity that he was not the one Ibaraki Douji was looking for.

The three forces in Oeyama, whether the local ghost tribe, Yamato Takemi, or even Kamiyagawa, did not expect such a thing to happen.

What else can I say?

Kawazaru, with a barely C-level body, roamed around Oeyama Castle where the bigwigs of various forces gathered, and he is still safe and sound.

Although the monkey himself may not realize so much.

But the son of luck, he deserves the title!

And now, under the instructions of Grandpa Blade, the chosen ape has started another extremely important and critical task.

It is going to the inner layer of the palace, to the Ibuki Daimyojin Shrine.