Chapter 76: Forty-Six Years of Long-Term Viewing

After Qi Xuansu completed the huge project of social relations, he began to study the map obtained from Wang Jiaohe.

Speaking of which, the map in Qi Xuansu's hand was just a copy. Wang Jiaohe's original was naturally handed over to the Taoist sect. This map was drawn by Xiao Yin based on the original, and the price was two theater tickets.

As for the origin of this map, it has nothing to do with Tawanting, but came from a member of the Goddess Society.

Although the legend of Paititi has existed since ancient times, it has been silent for a long time and has only been mentioned again in recent years. This is attributed to the fact that the Holy See found a report by Andres, a missionary of the Goddess Society, in the vast archives of the Holy See. This report was written during the reign of Emperor Shenzong of the Great Wei Dynasty. Andres formally mentioned the existence of Paititi.

However, the Goddess Society suspected that the ancestor of the Peroz family had actually betrayed the Goddess Society. He secretly reached some agreements with the last emperor of Paititi that were unknown to outsiders.

At that time, the empire collapsed, and the last emperor took the empire's artifacts and hid in Paititi. It is said that the artifacts are related to the ancient gods Kukulkan and Ishichel. As long as you get them and make sacrifices on the Kukulkan Pyramid in Paititi, you will have the power of the gods, the sun will be destroyed, and the whole world will fall into darkness.

Andres reported to the Holy See on the surface, but in fact he only mentioned the existence of Paititi in the report, and did not clearly tell the Holy See where Paititi was, so this report was buried in the vast archives.

At this point, Andres is suspected of playing a double game with the Holy See and the Goddess.

As for what Andres's intentions are, it is now unknown, but Qi Xuansu concluded that the Holy See should not know the specific location of Paititi.

The map in Wang Jiaohe's hand is likely to come from the Peroz family. After all, as a local emperor in Nanyang, it is not difficult for Wang Jiaohe to have some intersections with Westerners or even goddesses. He may have spent a lot of money to buy it, or he may have exchanged it for other valuables, or even robbed it by trickery, but this has nothing to do with Qi Xuansu, anyway, Qi Xuansu snatched it from Wang Jiaohe.

According to the markings on the map, the entrance of Paititi is not far from Cusco, the old capital of Tawanting. This is reasonable. As the old capital of Tawanting, Cusco must have a very important status. There are many theories about the original site selection, just like the Imperial Capital was built at the dragon eye position of the North Dragon, and not far away is the Five Elements Mountain at the reverse scale position. This is not a coincidence, but a necessity.

The relationship between Cusco and Paititi may be similar to the relationship between the Imperial Capital and the Five Elements Mountain.

For this reason, Qi Xuansu went to the field to investigate, and the result made Qi Xuansu somewhat disappointed, because it has become a vast rain forest, with various plants covering the ground, vast and green, and no trace of artificial buildings can be seen at all. The entrance to Paititi is hidden in this bottomless rainforest.

According to the map, Paititi is actually divided into two parts, one is the cave heaven, and the other is located in the human world, which is the entrance to the cave heaven in a broad sense. It is itself a city and is also regarded as part of Paititi.

This is a bit like the combination of Yujing and Kunlun Cave Heaven. Yujing is the entrance of Kunlun Cave Heaven in the human world in a broad sense. In the past, Yujing was also a part of Kunlun Cave Heaven.

So the entrance to Paititi is not a cave, but a city.

Now, this city has disappeared, and Qi Xuansu needs to find it from the rainforest according to the map.

In fact, this is reasonable. The vegetation in the southern continent is lush and spreads very quickly. A city will be covered by vegetation as long as it is abandoned for 10 to 20 years. It will not take long for it to be completely integrated with the rainforest and cannot be seen from the outside. ..

It can be seen that in that turbulent period, with the collapse of the empire, many cities in the southern continent were abandoned and swallowed by the rainforest, including the entrance to Paititi in a broad sense.

However, Qi Xuansu did not take action immediately, because he could not estimate how long the trip to Paititi would take. The Lantern Festival was approaching, and all aspects of the work of the West Gate were temporarily semi-stagnant. Several powerful departments were also mainly focused on maintaining stability. It was inconvenient for him to mobilize manpower, so he decided to wait until the Lantern Festival was over before looking for Paititi.

Then Qi Xuansu studied the key from St. York.

This key was obtained by Qi Xuansu from "Baron" Ramon. It was not a key in the traditional sense, but a disc-shaped object from a relic in the underground city of St. York. According to Ramon, this disc was the key to a certain door. Judging from the content recorded in the murals, that door should be in Paititi.

This is a relic of the sun god and the moon god. Ramon believed that this was the relic of Kukulkan and Ishichel. Later, Qi Xuansu learned more about the inside story of the ancient gods and believed that this should be the relic of Itsumna and Ishichel. Moreover, it was not the current Ishichel, but the complete version of Ishichel that was a combination of Chakchel and Ishichel.

As for why their relics are in the northern continent, it is easier to explain, because these ancient gods were originally the ancient gods of Nohepeteng, the northern continent empire. It was just that the ancient gods led by Itsumna lost the war of gods and were defeated by the apostles of the Holy See, so they moved to the southern continent and finally became the ancient gods of Tawantin under the matchmaking of the Western Daomen. Therefore, it is not uncommon for the ancient gods to leave relics in their hometown in the northern continent, but it is reasonable.

At that time, Ramon said that the gate was located in Paititi. This was obviously the conclusion Ramon came to through the murals inside the ruins. Qi Xuansu took it for granted that the gate was located inside the Paititi Cave Heaven.

Now that I think about it, there is another possibility. This gate is the gateway to the Paititi Cave Heaven, because the urban part located in the human world is also part of Paititi. The urban part of the human world and the cave heaven part that is not in the human world are added together to form Paititi in a broad sense. There is nothing wrong with saying that the gate is located in Paititi.

The only thing that is unclear now is why the ancient gods of the northern continent built a cave heaven in the southern continent? Did the ancient gods such as Itsamna foresee their failure long ago, so they kept a back-up in advance? Or did the cuckoo occupy the magpie's nest, and the northern ancient gods robbed the cave heaven of the southern ancient gods? After all, the southern ancient gods have all fallen.

It was not difficult for Qi Xuansu to figure this out. He could just ask Yi Xiqier directly. As the person involved, she must know the inside story. However, Qi Xuansu could not completely trust Yi Xiqier and was afraid of alerting the enemy. In addition, this was not an important matter, so Qi Xuansu finally did not ask Yi Xiqier.

When Qi Xuansu finished these things, the Lantern Festival was coming. The celebration was divided into two parts, the small one was the highest specification, and the location was chosen in Tanxiu Mountain. The participants were mainly the powerful figures in the West Dao Sect.

Qi Xuansu was naturally invited to participate in the celebration of Tanxiu Mountain, because he represented the Dao Sect and was in a very forward position, in the same row with the three heads of the West Dao Sect, Tan Tai Zhenxiao, Gong Fu, and Huangfu Song. Huangfu Ji, as the current No. 4 figure and the future No. 1 figure, was of course there.

The three families actually took turns to be the head of the family, a bit like the three Daos of the Dao Sect taking turns to be the banker. There was no provision that the Tan Tai family must be the head of the West Dao Sect, just like the Dao Sect did not stipulate that the chief master must be surnamed Li. Therefore, Tan Tai Zhen Xiao had no regrets about Huang Fu Ji's promotion to the throne. Moreover, even if he became the leader of the Western Dao Sect, he would not be able to make decisions on his own, and would still be restrained by the other two families.

As for the leader of the Western Dao Sect, his official title is the Deputy Master Great Immortal, similar to the leader of the Steam Gospel and the Patriarch of the Holy Court. This is of course empty. The Deputy Master Great Immortal of the Western Dao Sect cannot be deeply involved in the affairs of the Dao Sect like the other three Deputy Master Great Immortals, just like the Great Xuan Emperor, a super Taoist priest, cannot be generalized with the Grand Master, a super Taoist priest.

In terms of power, the Deputy Master Great Immortal of the Western Dao Sect is not as good as the Grand Master of the Dao Sect. The Grand Master of the Dao Sect is not an empty position. How much power can be exerted depends on the ability of the Grand Master himself. If the Grand Master is strong and has means, then the Deputy Master Great Immortal, the Golden Palace, and the Nine Halls must obey. Xuan Sheng and the Five Generations Grand Master are excellent examples.

Compared with the two, the Grand Master of Daoism is a bit like an emperor. The power that an adult man can control is very different from that of a child. The quality of the emperor is extremely important. The Deputy Master of the Western Dao Sect is a bit like the leader of the alliance. He is the biggest in name, but he cannot decide life and death in reality.

For example, if Tan Tai Zhen Xiao wants to replace Gong Fu, Gong Fu will definitely not do it, and he cannot replace him. Huangfu Zhao will not listen to Tan Tai Zhen Xiao, but will join forces with Gong Fu to deal with Tan Tai Zhen Xiao, which will eventually lead to the division of the Western Dao Sect. But in Daoism, the Grand Master can replace the Deputy Master. Xuan Sheng did it, and the Five Generations of Grand Masters also did it.

Soon, the celebration officially began, first with fireworks and performances.

There was a thousand people boxing in the show, which impressed Qi Xuansu. It was a thousand young disciples of the Western Dao Sect, boxing in the square in front of Tan Xiu Palace, in a uniform and quite shocking manner. I don’t know how long they rehearsed.

Then there were some women dancing, but Qi Xuansu was not very interested in it.

On the contrary, the new plays of Xidaomen always brighten his eyes. Xidaomen just holds on to the steam gospel of the north. If there are any allusions, they must rehearse them in the way of the Central Plains people. It is more worldly and less sacred.

Take the allusion of the virgin giving birth, for example. It is inevitable that people think of some stories of rich girls. There are always some unmarried rich girls who get strange diseases and have to go to the farm outside the city to recuperate for a year, and then the disease is cured.

Everyone is not a fool. They can probably guess what the "disease" is. It is probably not a secret pregnancy, but they just don't say it out loud to save face.

Looking at it this way, some Western allusions are intriguing.

There is no doubt that this is a part of Xidaomen's propaganda war, and it does bring happiness.

When these are over, it is the stage of the heavenly official's blessing. The leading figures will perform the blessing ceremony and go through the motions.

In a blink of an eye, the 45th year of long-term viewing has ended, and the 46th year of long-term viewing has arrived.