Chapter 385: Identity Doubt
Shen Yuan looked startled, then frowned slightly and looked at the beautiful witch kneeling on the ground.
"Did you admit the wrong person?"
Noro Mai, who was kneeling on the ground, had a pious voice and was not shaken by Shen Yuan's words at all.
"You are the great father of the gods, the master of Shinto and the creator of everything on this land of Yingzhou.
The Lord of Shinto has already engraved your image in the souls of all the shamans, and even if their faith is corrupted, it is impossible to mistake your identity. "
Before Shen Yuan could react, the people gathered around Luliang City followed Noro Mai's actions and knelt on the ground.
Regardless of practitioners, nobles, businessmen, or civilians, everyone pressed their foreheads to the ground like a pilgrim and recited together with Noro Mai:
"Greetings to the Father of the Gods!"
Bai Zhao, who was following behind, couldn't help but show emotion on his face when he saw the scene in front of him.
He took the initiative to approach Shen Yuan, waved his hand and set up a soundproof barrier, and then respectfully explained:
"You don't know, Mr. Michiko, that Amaterasu Grand Shrine is a branch of Ise Shrine, the first shrine in Yingzhou. It is almost spread throughout Yingzhou, and Amaterasu Grand Shrine exists in all large cities.
And these Amaterasu Grand Shrines all over Yingzhou are enshrined in the Amaterasu Grand Shrine, the master of Yingzhou Shinto, who visited the fairyland ten thousand years ago.
Almost all the gods of the Yingzhou pantheon were born under the decree of Amaterasu. "
“The status of Amaterasu is extremely respected, and Ise Shrine is favored by the Lord of Shinto, and it also has a great influence on the modern world.
Even in an era when the spiritual energy tide is exhausted and the gods are not born, the shrine maiden who serves Amaterasu still has an extraordinary status, which is enough to influence the replacement of royal authority.
After the underworld ghosts invaded the world, Ise Shrine and its many Amaterasu Grand Shrines directly replaced the original aristocratic system of Yingzhou and took over the power of the underworld to jointly fight against the underworld ghosts. "
"Noro Mai was originally a shrine maiden of the Amaterasu Shrine of Shikarara Castle. She was the highest-ranking person in Shikarara Castle. She could use the shrine's barrier to communicate with the gods. She could even ask the gods to send down their power when necessary. This was the last secret of Shikarara Castle.
But not long ago, some nobles in Shikarara Castle colluded with the underworld ghosts to destroy Amaterasu Shrine, leaving Noro Mai temporarily without a medium to communicate with the gods.
If not for this, Luliang City would not have been forced into such a desperate situation. "
While explaining the background of Amaterasu Grand Shrine and the shrine maidens, Bai Zhao paused for a moment and then asked cautiously:
"I would like to take the liberty to ask, is it true that Your Excellency Daozi is not the father of the gods?"
Shen Yuan glanced at the people kneeling all over the city, frowned and responded: "No."
Bai Zhao breathed a sigh of relief immediately.
"In this case, I would like to make a bold guess. It may be that His Excellency Daozi's arrival in Yingzhou has attracted the attention of the Lord of Shinto.
The Lord of Shinto knew that Daozi had great supernatural powers, and he did not hesitate to use the so-called father of the gods to try to tie Daozi, and asked Daozi to stay in Yingzhou to help him exterminate the ghosts of Huangquan. "
As he spoke, Bai Zhao's eyes were full of pride as he had seen through everything.
Bai Zhao did not inherit the memory of Demon Saint Bai Ze, and his knowledge was limited to the information learned by later generations.
In his opinion, even Shen Yuan's peak period thousands of years ago may not be comparable to Amaterasu Omikami. This so-called father of the gods is definitely just a cover.
"Although this Amaterasu Great God has reached the heavens in cultivation, he can be considered a hero for being able to deign to recognize His Excellency Daozi as his father.
However, if Amaterasu Omikami is willing to pay such a price, he must have a bigger conspiracy. I believe that we should actively avoid these shrine maidens to avoid falling into Amaterasu Omikami's trap. "
Shen Yuan did not comment on Bai Zhao's guess, his eyes still stayed on Noro Mayi who was kneeling on the ground, and thoughts kept lingering in his heart.
After a while, Shen Yuan did not continue to correct Noro Mai's words, but just said softly:
"You all get up."
"Thank you, great Father of the Gods!"
Noro Mai slowly stood up, and the people around her who were kneeling in obeisance also followed Noro Mai's movements and stood up.
There was surprise, curiosity, and admiration in their eyes, but Noro Mai's expression was full of piety.
"You seem to know that I am coming to Yingzhou?"
Shen Yuan asked about his confusion.
For some reason, when he saw Noro Mai for the first time, Shen Yuan felt a hint of familiarity on her body.
Noro Mai responded respectfully:
“The name of the Father of the Gods has been known to the world since the inheritance of Yingzhou civilization, but most of the ignorant people in the world only regard it as a myth.
The information about the Father of the Gods really appeared because of the change five years ago.
The tributaries of the underworld appeared in Heian Kyo, and Amaterasu Omikami led the gods of Takamagahara out in full force to fight against many underworld ghosts and gods in Heian Kyo.
However, the appearance of the tributaries of the underworld that time was too terrifying. Behind the invading underworld ghosts, there were even high-ranking gods from the underworld who secretly took action. Even though Amaterasu Omikami was invincible in the world, he was still unable to survive alone.
At this time, four gods from Daxia came to help the gods of Gaotianyuan temporarily suppress the uprising in the Huangquan tributary, but they still could not really solve the problem.
As time goes by, the tributaries of Huangquan will inevitably riot again. Even if the four gods help, the entire Yingzhou will inevitably fall into an unimaginable horrific disaster.
From the gods in the high heavens to the common people in Dawn, everyone was in danger for a while. "
Noro Mai's body trembled, and her eyes flashed with unspeakable fear.
But at this moment, Shen Yuan was a little surprised. In Noro Mai's words, he heard a very familiar word.
Before Shen Yuan could ask more questions, Noro Mai took a deep breath and continued:
"But after that, a surprising news came from Takamagahara. Amaterasu Omikami claimed that the four gods were the messengers sent by the great father of the gods to save us.
In the near future, the Father of the Gods will come to Yingzhou in person and rule the underworld forever! "
Having said this, Noro Mai's fanatical gaze towards Shen Yuan was no longer concealed.
"The news that trouble will break out again in the Huangquan tributary in the future only spreads in the borders of Ping An Jing, and places far away from the center of Yingzhou are not even aware of it.
Almost everyone has a pessimistic attitude, believing that Yingzhou has no future. Some gods even took the initiative to escape from Takamagahara and go to overseas islands.
In this case, Amaterasu sent an oracle about the father of the gods. Most people believed that this was just a lie made by Amaterasu to appease the people.
But it wasn't until the father of the gods came here to save Luliang City from danger that I realized my ignorance and ridiculousness.
Please also ask the Father of the Gods to save Yingzhou and save this world you created! "
Shen Yuan's pupils trembled slightly. Originally, he didn't care about the name of the so-called Father of the Gods.
But after Noro Mai's explanation and the removal of the Niutou gods, Shen Yuan became a little suspicious.
Amaterasu Omikami claimed that Gyutou and the others were sent by the Father of the Gods. Logically speaking, Gyutou and the others would refute this news.
The God of Luo Feng and the Six Heavens, who commanded the Yinsi, would not casually become a tool for Amaterasu to deceive others.
Unless this oracle is true.
There are many contradictions in this, but if the identity of Shen Yuan, the father of the gods, is regarded as real, it all seems to become reasonable.
The God of the Six Heavens, Luo Feng, obeyed Shen Yuan's orders. It was Shen Yuan's will to stop the underworld from invading the Xuanhuang Realm. Niu Tou and others' coming to Yingzhou to suppress Huang Quan can naturally be regarded as Shen Yuan's dispatch.
Amaterasu Omikami has its own majesty as a powerful person above the fairyland. It is impossible to regard others as father gods just to get a helper. However, since Shen Yuan's identity as the father of the gods is true, there is no problem.
This all seems so reasonable, except for Shen Yuan himself.
"Yingzhou, Amaterasu, these names are completely unheard of, let alone the father of the gods.
Could it be something that will be involved when I travel back to the Wanzai era next time?
But what is the explanation for Gao Tianyuan, who has a somewhat familiar feeling? "
Shen Yuan's doubts deepened.
If you want to know the truth, you can only go to Heianjing to find the answer.
Shen Yuan could only temporarily suppress all the thoughts in his heart and said:
"I came here precisely to solve the trouble in Yingzhou Huangquan."
"Before going to Ping'an Jing, I will solve the projections of Huangquan tributaries around Yingzhou and cut off the nodes where Huangquan interferes with the present world. Do you have any information about the projections of other Huangquan tributaries?"
Shen Yuan's words made Noro Mai even more happy, and she quickly took out a scroll from her storage earrings.
"This scroll is information about various battlefields that was conveyed by the power of the gods three days ago when the Amaterasu Grand Shrine was not destroyed.
There may be some missing parts, but most of the underworld projections should be included and asked to be seen by the Father of the Gods. "
Shen Yuan stretched out his hand to take the scroll, and took in all the information in it with a sweep of his mind.
Throwing the scroll back to Noro Mai, Shen Yuan opened a space channel with a flick of his index finger, leading to another battlefield node projected by the Huangquan tributary.
Noro Mai quickly said: "It is no longer possible to summon troops in Shikarara Castle, and the Amaterasu Grand Shrine has been destroyed, but I can still use the statue to convey messages to other major shrines.
Please also let me first deliver the message to the Amaterasu Grand Shrine in each city, so that the defenders in the city can drag down the underworld ghosts and create opportunities for you to cut off the underworld projection. "
"It's not necessary."
Shen Yuan's sword fingers came together, and the Huiming Sword was unsheathed in an instant, and the energy of the universe from all directions crossed the space channel and descended on the battlefield on the other side.
The battlefield on this side is far less intense than that in Luliang City, and both sides are still in the testing stage. However, as the Huiming Sword carries the Qi of the Universe from all directions, a large area of broken space swallows up all the nearly endless underworld ghosts.
Whether it is the Ghost King of the God Refining Realm or the Great Ghost King of the Returning Void Realm, there is no difference between them and ordinary ghosts in the broken space.
Then the sword light flashed, and the projection of the Huangquan tributary was easily cut off, and the Huiming Sword flew back to Shen Yuan's hand across the space channel.
The whole process did not even take more than three breaths. Before Noro Mai could even react, the space channel was closed.
She could only barely see through the space passage and see the dead battlefield filled with space cracks.
"Is this solved?"
Noro Mai's eyes were filled with uncontrollable shock, but Haku Zhao looked at Noro Mai with disdain, and said rather disdainfully: "It's rare to see something strange."
Just when the space passage had just closed, everyone saw Shen Yuan move his index finger lightly, and a space crack was opened again.
With a flash of sword light, the Huiming Sword rushed into the space channel again. After three breaths, the Huiming Sword returned to its sheath, and then another space channel opened.
This time, even Bai Zhao was stunned.
Refined Void Master has the ability to break the void, but there is still a limit to this. It is impossible to open space channels anytime and anywhere.
Shen Yuan opened space channels stably and frequently, which was beyond Bai Zhao's understanding.
In front of Shen Yuan, everyone saw the sword light flashing and flattening everything when the space channels were opened, and then returning again after destroying the projection of the Yellow Spring tributary.
Finally, after opening eight space channels in succession, Shen Yuan's actions finally paused.
Bai Zhao breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, thinking that Shen Yuan had finally reached his limit, but he saw Shen Yuan frowning slightly and said with some dissatisfaction:
"Too slow!"
The next moment, Shen Yuan waved his sleeves, and cracks appeared in the large space in front of him. Hundreds of space channels were opened at this moment.
Among them were the Yellow Spring battlefield recorded in the scroll, the Yellow Spring node deduced by Shen Yuan with the power of star number, and the powerful undead breath locked by Shen Yuan.
Hundreds of space channels almost tore the sky apart. Such a large-scale space fluctuation naturally attracted the attention of countless ghosts.
A large number of ghost kings of Huanxu cast their eyes across the space channel to this place, and even Bai Zhao felt the terrifying aura from eight of the space channels.
Refining Void Realm ghosts and gods! There are more than one!
Bai Zhao was shocked. The space channel is bidirectional. Shen Yuan can use the space channel to cross thousands of miles to attack, which also means that those powerful ghosts and gods can also use their magical powers to attack Shen Yuan through the space channel.
Even Shen Yuan's forced closure of the space channel is useless. The space coordinates have been exposed, and those refining ghosts and gods can also break the void and lock this place.
At this moment, Bai Zhao only felt a tingling scalp, and he wanted to escape from Luliang City immediately.
But the instinct of survival made him stop this impulse.
The next moment, Shen Yuan took action.
Without using the Huiming Sword, facing hundreds of space channels, only one Huiming Sword would waste a lot of time no matter how fast it was.
The projection of the Yellow Spring tributaries is not static. If it encounters danger, it is likely to be forcibly taken back by the ghosts and gods who secretly control it. It is necessary to fight quickly.
Shen Yuan slowly raised his right hand and probed into the space channel. At the same time, in a higher dimension, the majestic Dao Dharma also raised his palm.
As if it was a projection of the present world from a higher dimension, hundreds of giant hands covering the sky crossed the space channel and appeared on hundreds of battlefields at the same time.
Without any magical powers or spells, the giant hands overturned as if the sky collapsed and the earth collapsed to bury everything.
The projection of the Yellow Spring tributaries was completely cut off!