Chapter 410 Dragon Carp
Through the analysis of the memories of eight hundred bhikkhunis, Xiao realized that there are close connections between elements such as Sakura Dragon, Capital Water, Dragon Carp, Undead Insects and Insect Possessors, and these connections constitute an important part of the plot of Sekiro. clue.
In the Land of Reeds, the source of all immortality can actually be traced back to Sakura Dragon.
Sakura Dragon is located in the source water high in the sky. It turns the dew drops it produces into gifts and places them in the water flow to form the capital water.
Those who drink the water from the capital will gradually be assimilated by Yinglong, lose their human form, and transform into the Yujiamei clan.
The Yujiamei clan also took control of the powerful Barre, who could control the power of thunder.
In the distant past, before Ashina City had yet to rise, the Yukamei clan quietly established the Palace of Source on this vast land.
People maintain a special connection with this palace of origin, which is called Fairyland. This connection originates from their belief and reverence for the gods.
They believe that by making sacrifices, they can establish a bridge of communication with the Palace of Origin and obtain the protection and blessings of the gods.
Therefore, they continuously sent mortal humans as sacrifices to the Palace of Origin, hoping to receive the favor of the gods.
They regard the Palace of Source as a sacred fairyland and call it fairyland or capital, and the people who live there are respectfully called capital people.
People in the Palace of Sources will also give precious treasures, such as capital water and other wonders, to show their generosity and gifts. These treasures made the mortal priests loyal to them and serve them wholeheartedly.
This also explains the records in ancient books: Those who marry into the fairyland must first drink the water of the capital before they can become a native of the capital.
However, just as the period of fertility of the Golden Law lasted only a very short time,
After Yinglong's blessing attracted a large number of believers, it also began its own path of harvest.
Therefore, not long after the Yujiamei clan established the Palace of Origin and the clan reached its peak,
The essence in their bodies also began to drain away rapidly, which forced them to develop the power to absorb the essence of other life forms in order to maintain their own immortality.
In the following days, the Yujiamei clan began to fall into internal fighting and panic, and the Palace of Origin was quickly defeated.
Maybe a wise man appeared in the Yukamei clan, or maybe Sakuraryu did it on purpose.
The Yujiamei clan unexpectedly discovered that the power of Sakura Dragon could be combined with the carp in the pond, and even evolved into a precious carp with golden scales.
Relying on the golden scales on their bodies, these carp not only gained immortal power, but also had no side effects.
Then through experiments, the Yujiamei clan discovered that they could inlay the golden scales of treasure carp on their bodies to maintain the flow of energy.
As the golden scales became more and more attached, the power of the golden scales completely changed the shape of the Yujiamei clan, and eventually evolved into the giant dragon carp in the pond.
This made Xiao couldn't help but think of the evil ritual used by the Xiao clan to eliminate the Feilong clan in the Elden Circle: Dragon Feast.
The power of Dragon Feast comes from a special ceremony given to humans by Xiao in order to slay the flying dragon clan. During the ceremony, dragon hunters can gain the power of the dragon by devouring the heart of the flying dragon.
However, excessive dragon feasting rituals can cause backlash, causing dragon hunters to gradually lose their human form and turn into crazy half-dragon, half-human earth dragons that wander the land and continue to attack and hunt flying dragons.
The appearance of the dragon carp and its evolution method is just to replace the dragon's heart with scales with the aura of the Sakura dragon, which makes Xiao even more convinced that there is some kind of connection between the Sakura dragon and the Dragon God.
Whether it is the power of thunder and lightning, the dragon carp, or the power of Long Yin, they all seem to be closely connected with the Dragon God.
The emergence of the dragon carp has brought new hope to the Yujiamei clan. They believe that this is a way to achieve immortality without side effects.
In order to become a dragon carp, the Yujiamei clan keeps trying to breed more treasure carp to obtain golden scales.
However, good wishes are often difficult to realize, and reality is always cruel.
The breeding speed of treasure carp is extremely slow, and the Yujiamei clan has a large population, so the supply of golden scales far exceeds the demand.
Therefore, some members of the Yujiamei clan who were at the bottom of their energy turned their attention to the dragon carp itself.
He also developed a highly toxic bait that poisoned the previous dragon carp to death, took away the golden scales on its body, and became the new dragon carp.
Although the dead dragon carp lost all its golden scales, he still contained a large amount of immortal power from the Sakura dragon in his body.
According to Xiao's speculation, the power in Longli's body should have been taken back by Yinglong with Longli's death. After all, in the game itself, the dragon carp incarnated by the noble man of the Jiamei clan had a very small initial form, and A normal treasure carp is about the same size. The dragon carp that is now over 100 meters long grew up slowly later. As for how long it took, Xiao is not sure.
It can be said that every dragon carp is a high-end fish raised by Yinglong. Every time the dragon carp is replaced, Yinglong thinks that this one is almost done and can be slaughtered for meat.
This is a delicious bait, which Yinglong uses to harvest the targets of the Yujiamei clan, but unfortunately, the Yujiamei clan has to eat it.
It has always been easy for human beings to go from frugality to luxury, and from luxury to frugality. After experiencing the power and gifts of the era of abundance, it is difficult to go back to the past.
The corpse of the dragon carp, which had lost its life essence, gradually sank to the bottom of the lake, and even began to rot and breed parasites that ate the flesh and blood of the dragon carp.
These parasites absorbed the immortal power in the dragon carp and turned into immortal insects with immortal power, which were also the larvae of the immortal centipede in the body of the insect-attached person.
The immortal insects flowed down with the lake water of the Source Palace, polluting the Ashina area below.
They parasitized the bodies of humans and animals, bringing deformed immortal power.
The blessing of immortality was distorted and turned into a curse that people feared and avoided.
The insect-attached person became a monster that could not be killed but would continue to rot over time.
Finally, the water that changed into water was even more outrageous.
It was the dragon carp corpse water that had been diluted countless times in the Source Palace.
Drinking this water would not only fail to achieve immortality, but would make people crazy and addicted, and suffer from immortality disease.
The patient's body would continue to grow wax tumors, and eventually it would continue to rot like the insect-attached person.
It can be said that the Sakura Dragon spread his immortal power to the world through the water source on the high mountain.
This immortal power is not true immortality, but a curse full of pain, distortion and decay.
Xiao couldn't help but sigh: "Sakura Dragon's harvest of the world is really one link after another!"
The immortality in this world is even more terrifying than the eternity of the Golden Law of the Borderland.
The tragedy of the Golden Clan comes from the rule of the feudal aristocracy. They don't treat the lower-class people as human beings, but harvest them like leeks.