Chapter 1738 Snake Tail
Tengu is a very high-level monster. It first appeared in the "Book of Mountains and Seas·Western Mountains". The description of this creature in the book is - three hundred miles to the west, It is called Yinshan. The water from the turbid bath comes out and flows south to Fanze. Among them, there are many beasts, called Tengu. Its shape is like a raccoon with a white head, and its sound is like a pomegranate, which can ward off evil.
To put it simply, this thing is a lucky beast with a white cat head. The familiar "Tengu Eclipses the Moon" refers to this Tengu, and it was never the roaring Tengu raised by Erlang Shen.
However, although this creature first appeared in Shanhaijing, its popularity in Japan is much higher than that in our local area. There is a more mainstream saying that the concept of 'Tengu' originated in Jiangxi It was introduced to Japan by Chinese merchants during the Tohoku period, and because it also means a sky star (meteor), it was greatly distorted and demonized by the Japanese who were very awe of meteors at that time, and eventually evolved into the current Japanese legend ' Tengu'.
To this day, in the more orthodox records there, this kind of humanoid creature called Tengu has wings on its back and mostly appears as a red face with a long nose. The once popular 'Shenyin' The origin of the word means that a child was taken away by a tengu and then hidden.
Now that I think about it, it was probably just the families who had lost their children in that era trying to comfort themselves.
In short, in Japanese myths and legends, Tengu has always had a rather transcendent status and fashion value, and has even developed a lot of derivatives, such as Crow Tengu, Dai Tengu, etc., until now , has become an international-level monster on the same level as [Snow Girl] and [Kappa].
In the Onmyoji industry, Tengu is also a high-level shikigami.
Then some people may want to say, wasn’t the Tengu thing passed from us to us in ancient times and was blackmailed? How come he has become a real shikigami? Teacher Wutong, you are not too rigorous in telling stories!
Hey, just listen to what I’m telling you——
First of all, it is true that the concept of Tengu was passed from our side. Before those businessmen who like to talk nonsense came to Japan to do business, it did not exist in the concept of the Japanese people. But the problem is that the concept of Onmyoji also It passed from our side.
You must know that as the mainstay of the "other world" in Japan, the profession of Onmyoji first came from our side, and before they followed the local customs and became "Onmyoji", they had always been Claims to be a [spiritual medium].
The reason why we want to seek development overseas is mainly because the domestic situation in the "other world" is too complicated. The living space of psychics is severely squeezed by marginalized people, people with supernatural powers and other existences. In the end, even It has reached the point where many psychic families can hardly make a living even if they put down their personal fortunes to perform exorcisms and magic tricks for ordinary people, so they have to leave their hometowns under the pressure of life.
It is true that they are people with various magical abilities, but no matter how magical their abilities are, they can spread evil spirits and summon ghosts and gods by raising their arms, and they cannot live by drinking the northwest wind. If they do it illegally, As for the crime...it's hard not to talk about it, but even if you can do it, if an ordinary person steals money or robs something, he or she will be caught and imprisoned at most. If a 'talented person' dares to do this kind of thing If you are beaten up by your peers and are lucky enough to be issued a wanted order, 100 credit limit (the common currency of this world, the real-time exchange rate with RMB at this moment is 1:77), you can make all kinds of big names Big bosses who have supernatural powers but are not very good at raising themselves turn into evil spirits, and those people generally act lightly.
All in all, what is more disillusioning is that the so-called capable people and strangers, aside from all kinds of strange abilities, are actually not as good as the vast majority of ordinary people. .
So at that time, there were a group of people who couldn't stand the crazy environment in China and decided to leave their country to make a living. At that time, several large families of psychics chose to go to Japan to open up wasteland. Later, He became the "Onmyoji" in modern Japan.
By the way, the Gu family and the Yi family were two psychic families who had a very close relationship at first, so even if the Gu family eventually left Japan and the Yi family who stayed in China gradually weakened, the two sides still maintained a close relationship. The reason why Yi Dong's parents were able to get married was that the two families had decided on a marriage for them. As for the process... I won't mention it for the time being. The result will be known by looking at Yi Dong. Yes, no need to elaborate.
In short, although with the development and localization, differences have gradually emerged between Onmyoji and psychics, in the final analysis, both parties still have the same origin, and they also have the same approach to the use of 'spirits' The craftsmanship is wonderful. For example, Yi Dong's "Original Ghost" is actually a kind of shikigami, and Gu Xiaole's "Body Possession" comes from some techniques related to the super-spiritual field in the orthodox psychic secrets.
In addition to the similarities, the differences between the two sides have become increasingly obvious. The mainstream psychics in China still mainly deal with "ghosts" as in the past, but the Onmyojis in Japan, because of that Although there are many supernatural stories in Bian, it is difficult to continue playing ghosts because the population is not enough to form an independent underworld or underworld, so they look for another way and start thinking about 'monsters' and 'monsters'.
I still remember that not long ago, the father of the Ji sisters had just popularized the concepts of the four major alien species to Mo Tan.
Mainly formed by people's thoughts or obsessions after death - ghosts, representing ghosts: black and white, impermanence.
Troublesome creatures from another plane that are not friendly - demons, representing monsters: demons and succubi.
After all kinds of things, including but not limited to fruits, vegetables, animals, washing machines, etc., become spirits, they are collectively called demons, which represent monsters: Spider Spirit, White Bone Spirit, and Pipa Spirit.
Formed by people's fabricated or imaginary trends of thought, it is a magical species that does not really exist but comes to reality from the world of consciousness - monsters, representing monsters: Kirin, Shenlong, Taotie, and Flying Spaghetti.
Due to geographical reasons in Japan, both ghosts and demons are very limited. Even if there are two or three kittens occasionally, they are not of much use. This pair of psychics who are extremely dependent on "ghosts" is undoubtedly A huge hit.
But as the saying goes, there is no end to the road. Although this small place in the eyes of the spiritual mediums at that time did not have any ghost resources, it did have a relatively dense number of 'demon'. Not only that, because of the small but concentrated ideological trend. , as long as some people are willing to believe in something made up, that thing may become a real 'weird'.
The same trend of thought is that psychic mediums have found that monsters that require at least tens of millions of people to believe in their hometown can materialize directly, but here only tens of millions of people believe in them, and they can directly materialize.
As a result, they who turned from mediums to onmyojis also changed their focus from 'ghosts' and 'psychics' to 'monsters' and 'controllers'.
One of the answers in this regard is-Shikigami.
To sum up, the ‘Tengu’, who has been revered by countless people there since ancient times, is a very ideal shikigami.
Of course, Gu Xiaole's shikigami 'Tengu' (husband No. 22) is not a guy with a red face, a big beard, and a big nose, who is not pretty at all, but a guy with a 'red face, long nose,' The mask with a big beard and a big nose is actually a handsome black-winged guy with flowing silver hair and a handsome face. His strength is completely worthy of that handsome face. After turning into a super spirit and being used by Gu Xiaole to "possess and fit", he directly It made its master's physical fitness rise several levels, not only providing him with the ability to fly, but also giving Gu Xiaole very powerful physical combat abilities.
However, the mutated monster [Takayamamon] summoned by Sakaki is also frighteningly powerful. This beast has never shown its full form and has been hidden underground most of the time. It has been activated in the past few minutes. After twenty rounds of high-level magic, he even sprayed a large amount of [Gravity Technique] in the three-meter-high airspace centered on himself in one breath, almost pushing Gu Xiaole back to the ground.
But in the end, the girl who had acquired some of the Great Tengu's abilities and combat experience was still slightly better. Not only was she not pushed back to the extremely dangerous land, she also took the opportunity to lock the opponent's position and temporarily changed her shape with a sudden wave of her hand. [Hei Chu·Zhao Shi Lue Jue], who had become a feather fan, directly used a burst of irresistible evil wind to 'dig' out the huge monster that was integrated with the giant rock.
After Sakaki took back [Longshan Beast] immediately, he did not continue to summon it. Instead, he smiled at Gu Xiaole, who slowly landed and separated from the Daitengu: "You are worthy of being on the combat power list. The girl Xiao Le on the homepage is indeed worthy of her name.”
With neither of them trying their best, Sakaki lost all three battles, no matter it was Lihuang, Dazhen or Longshan who was defeated by Gu Xiaole and her style. God was defeated easily, and not only that, the latter also kept suppressing Musashi, Little Thorn Wolf, Azhi, Amao and others while greeting him, which shows how unfathomable his strength is.
"Uncle, you are so polite. Your friends seem to be very unhappy."
Gu Xiaole, who was leaning on the big tengu, smiled, raised his eyebrows and said, "Is it really okay to deliberately suppress their strength like this? ?" Sakaki smiled nonchalantly: "It doesn't matter."
"What do you say now?"
Gu Xiaole did not continue to meddle in Sakaki's summons. The beast was aggrieved and just looked at the group of four not far away who had almost lost all the space to move: "Those four can't hold on any longer. Do you need me to stop?"
Sakaki shook his head gently, waved his hand and said: "Don't bother, I believe they will gain a lot this time. After all, the opportunity to train with an exceptional powerhouse like Miss Xiaole is simply rare."
“That’s true.”
Gu Xiaole was not polite and accepted the offer gladly. The sentence was not a flattering compliment, and then he waved his hand with a smile: "Then we are destined to meet again. I wonder if we can meet in the audition or the main competition."
Sakaki shrugged, He said sincerely: "I hope not."
Click——
The next moment, with a sound that sounded like a mirror shattering, Gu Xiaole slowly unfolded the [Hei Chu·Zhi Shi Lue] in his hand and seemingly waved it out lightly, directly destroying this ghostland together with the Rockets. 'Everyone brushed it off' together.
[Your teammate: Azhi, died in battle]
[Your teammate: Amao, died in battle]
[Your teammate: Little Thorn Wolf, died in battle 】
【Your teammate: Xinmin Musashi, Fujiwara Genshin, has been killed】
[You have died]
[In view of this simulated battle, all members of the temporary team 'Fire Sword Team' were killed and cannot enter the spectator mode. The mission "Haunted Church" will automatically fail if all teams are wiped out and will return after five seconds. Public Space】
'What a monster...'
After being pronounced dead by the system, Sakaki, whose vision went dark, sighed in his heart. Then, even without waiting for the system countdown to end, he actively chose to return to the public space. He needed to make a tactical summary for the four of them as soon as possible, and then give the main game time He summoned the Four Heavenly Kings of Viridian who formed his team to analyze the information carefully.
As the backbone of Joban Studio, Boss Sakaki is always so busy during working hours.
On the other side, the temporary team "Haunted Church" also returned to Yi Dong's personal room. Except for Gu Xiaole, the expressions of the other three people were a little dazed.
Mo Tan was actually a little better, Yi Dong and Yu Chen both had a feeling of 'Is this the end? ! ’ It’s like a movie that has just finished the foreshadowing and has two scenes, slamming the ending in the audience’s face, and then the ending credits roll at lightning speed. In short, it’s very strange.
"Otherwise? You don't really think that Uncle Sakaki will have a good fight with me, do you?"
Gu Xiaole squinted at Yidong, who was constantly complaining, shook his head and said: "Impossible Yes, they are all professionals who serve results. It is absolutely impossible for them to expose their strength in this kind of simulated battle without any benefit, let alone What's more, I am an opponent who can easily threaten him in the main game. It's too late to hide my stupidity. How can I let you enjoy it?"
Idong sighed and said helplessly: "So. Say, sometimes I really sympathize with those professional players. Good games have become work and business, and I feel tired just thinking about it.”
"Everything is tiring when it becomes work, but at least I am tired from playing."
Mo Tan smiled and said, "You, a rich second generation, may sympathize with me, a commoner class like me. I can’t even envy you.”
Gu Xiaole immediately clapped his hands and suggested: “Then Tanjiang, why don’t you just marry into our Gu family? Let me tell you, our family also has industry in China. Although my uncle is a rich man, our family background is much deeper. I guarantee that you will live a more exciting life than this kid. As for me, I have more husbands, and I am not inferior to a three-dimensional person like you. As long as Yuchen I don't mind..."
"I mind very much."
Yu Chen interrupted Gu Xiaole's nonsense with a smile, and said sweetly: "I'll be there when I don't mind in the future. Tell Sister Xiaole.”
"Okay."
Gu Xiaole nodded cheerfully and said with a smile: "Then it's settled."
"Yeah, well, it's settled."
Chapter 1,729: The End
(End of this chapter)