Chapter 64: Suzuka Gozen

In an instant, Qi Xuansu felt that an invisible barrier was shattering like an avalanche and turning invisible.

This was the divine power of Yue Ye Jian Zun dissipating.

Everything became fresh again, just like the doors and windows of a closed room were opened, and the air began to circulate again.

Obviously, Mr. Yin's attack directly broke through the upper limit of the divine power that could be protected. After all, this was only part of the divine power left by Yue Ye Jian Zun, not Yue Ye Jian Zun's original body or incarnation, and Mr. Yin was the best among the pseudo-immortals, so it was clear who was stronger and who was weaker.

Qi Xuansu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he had enough means, otherwise he would really be trapped here.

Qi Xuansu knew very well that although the final disposal was not complicated, it was nothing more than Xiao Yin using Shuten Douji's head to create Yin Qi, and then he asked Mr. Yin to come out and wipe out Tsuchimikado Tadayoki and break the time loop. But without the "Heart of the Immortal Stone", he could not retain his memory and would only repeat the experience of the first cycle.

That is to say, without past memories, Qi Xuansu would only keep coming to Tsuchimikado Tadataka, asking him who he was and why he was here, and then Tsuchimikado Tadataka went crazy and was split in half by Qi Xuansu.

The next thing is to repeat the cycle over and over again. Because there is no memory, the first time is probably no different from the hundredth time. Qi Xuansu will not only not change the way of asking questions, but also not know the truth, and will not even have the idea of ​​summoning Mr. Yin. After all, asking the three Yin objects to help is essentially a debt of favor. The gift of fate has already been marked with a price in secret, and the debt of favor is also the most expensive. Qi Xuansu will not ask the three Yin objects to solve any problem as soon as he encounters it.

In this way, the final result is that Qi Xuansu is completely lost in an endless cycle until his divine power is exhausted or his lifespan is exhausted.

Or he is looking forward to the Taoist sect taking down Ise, entering Suzuka Mountain, discovering the abnormality here, and then rescuing him.

This inevitably reminds Qi Xuansu of the story of a man who has lost his temper. Wang Zhi went up the mountain to collect firewood and saw two boys playing Go. Wang Zhi was immediately attracted by the two boys' superb chess skills. The two boys ate jujubes while playing chess, and sometimes passed the jujubes to Wang Zhi. After watching a game of chess, the boy said to Wang Zhi, "It's time for you to go home." Wang Zhi leaned over to pick up the axe, but the axe handle had rotted and only the iron axe was left. Wang Zhi returned to the village and found that no one knew him. After asking, he learned that more than a hundred years had passed.

In a sense, Wang Zhi may have fallen into a time loop, watching chess repeatedly. Because he lost all his memories at the beginning of each cycle, he was unaware of the passage of time in the outside world and would not get bored. The jujubes extended his life until something changed during the last chess game, and he left the time loop and found that a hundred years had passed.

Wang Zhi watched millions of chess games in a hundred years, repeatedly, but he only remembered the last game, so his subjective feeling was that a hundred years had passed in the blink of an eye. In fact, this game of chess did not take a hundred years, but Wang Zhi forgot the previous things and only remembered the short "blink of an eye".

Thinking of this, Qi Xuansu was most grateful to Qi Niang. It was the "Heart of the Immortal Stone" given by Qi Niang that allowed him to escape danger again and again.

Mr. Yin was not in a hurry to return to the Ghost Kingdom Cave Heaven, but said: "This is a foreign country. I don't have to worry about being discovered by the Taoist sect for being out for too long. I can stay for a while. If you want to see the mountain god here, I can accompany you."

Qi Xuansu didn't expect there would be such a pleasant surprise, and thanked him again: "Thank you, Mr. Yin."

Mr. Yin waved his sleeves, and a dark cloud appeared under the feet of the three "people", carrying the three "people" off the ground.

This time, without encountering any obstacles, the three people quickly reached the top of Suzuka Mountain.

There is a shrine at the highest point.

In front of the shrine is a torii similar to a torii, and between the two is a long bluestone staircase.

Mr. Yin pressed down the cloud, landed in front of the torii, and looked at the buildings here.

Obviously, Mr. Yin had never been to Fenglinzhou. He had only learned about the customs and practices of Fenglinzhou from books, and this was the first time he saw it with his own eyes.

Mr. Yin commented: "It is indeed as the book says, Fenglinzhou is deeply influenced by the style of Daqi, but it also incorporates some of their own things."

Qi Xuansu has been in Fenglinzhou for a while, and is not very interested in these things. He just asked: "Mr. Yin, can you feel the presence of the mountain god?"

Mr. Yin replied: "I can feel her presence, right in the shrine, but she is a little weak, as if she has suffered a serious injury, and the existence of this Suzuka Mountain prevents her from dying, which reminds me of Master Wan's previous master, who also once joined the Dao Cave Heaven."

Qi Xuansu breathed a sigh of relief: "It's good that she is still there, I'm just afraid that something will happen to this mountain god."

Mr. Yin pulled Xiao Yin and said in a gentle tone: "Put away this head. It's rude to take this kind of thing to meet guests."

Xiao Yin was very well-behaved and obedient in front of Mr. Yin, as if he had become a "person", and immediately swallowed the head of Shuten Doji back into his stomach.

Qi Xuansu walked past the Torii gate and followed the bluestone path up to the highest shrine.

The shrine was very old, but not dilapidated.

The gate was open and entry was not prohibited.

When Qi Xuansu entered the courtyard of the shrine, he saw this scene.

A classical Fenglinzhou woman, not wearing an ebon hat, nor dressed as a thief in military uniform, but with a jade hairpin tied up her hair, wearing a scarlet skirt and pants, and a white top with a large opening, revealing a smooth area.

She was in the yard, with three Fenglinzhou swords or knives hanging around her waist, named "Datonglian", "Xiaotonglian", and "Xianminglian", and collectively known as the "Three Ming Swords" - this was originally the weapon of Otakemaru.

As one of the three great demon kings of Fenglinzhou, Otakemaru is naturally powerful and would not be easily defeated, but he fell in love with Suzuka Gozen, because both of them were born as thieves, and Otakemaru also has a name called the Elu King. Don't underestimate thieves. There was a great thief in the Central Plains named Daozhi, who once discussed the Dao with the Confucian Master of the Supreme Saint, and won, and finally made the Master of the Supreme Saint retreat on his own initiative.

From this point of view, Otakemaru and Suzuka Gozen are a perfect match. Both of them are born as thieves, so no one should look down on the other. If the two sides become husband and wife, it will be a win-win situation.

But Suzuka Gozen did not want to marry Otakemaru, but secretly accepted the offer of the Shogun Tamuramaro.

At the request of Tamuramaro, Suzuka Gozen took advantage of Otakemaru's trust and deceived Otakemaru's "Datongren" and "Kotongren" as his fiancée, which eventually led to Otakemaru being killed by the Shogun Tamuramaro. Suzuka Gozen married the Shogun and gave "Datongren" and "Kotongren" to Tamuramaro.

In this way, Suzuka Gozen used Otakemaru's head to complete her whitewashing, and transformed herself from a tachibana to the Shogun's wife.

If Otakemaru is still alive, how would he feel when he saw his enemy marry his beloved woman and become the new owner of his beloved sword?

But soon, Suzuka Gozen died suddenly. Some people say that this is the curse of Otakemaru, and some people say that Suzuka Gozen was killed by fate. After all, it is not glorious to deceive Otakemaru. In the words of the Central Plains people, it is retribution.

Tamuramaro was unwilling to see Suzuka Gozen die, and tried to revive her, so she eventually became a ghost girl, merged with Suzuka Mountain, and survived to this day.

Time has passed, Tamuramaro has long passed away. From this perspective, Suzuka Gozen is a widow, that is, a widow who inherited the inheritance of her two ex-husbands. Whether it is Tamuramaro's "Datonglian" and "Xiaotonglian" or Otakemaru's "Xianminglian", they all fell into her hands, and the "Three Ming Swords" merged into one again.

This story tells Qi Xuansu that Suzuka Gozen is not a simple woman, and she is not a pure and flawless white lotus. It also warns future generations that being a dog of this woman will not die well, and even death will not be able to swallow this breath.

So when Mr. Yin proposed to accompany Qi Xuansu, Qi Xuansu agreed very much. Although he came to persuade them to surrender, he did not dare to let down his guard.

However, it was precisely because Suzuka Gozen accepted Tamura Maru's offer and assisted Tamura Maru in the offer to kill Otakemaru that the Taoist sect thought that Suzuka Gozen could be won over. The Taoist sect did not care about Suzuka Gozen's personal morality, but was more concerned about Suzuka Gozen's help to the overall situation, so Suzuka Gozen was ranked after Tamamonomae and was the second person on the offer list.

As for betrayal, the Taoist sect never allows betrayal and always makes the betrayer pay the price. There is no doubt about this. The reason why the eight tribes were safe and sound was that they took the initiative to leave the Taoist sect and did not do anything to harm the Taoist sect. At the same time, they also had a huge network of connections within the Taoist sect. In addition, there were also different opinions and voices within the Taoist sect on the reform of the creation project. There was a partial compensation psychology for these people. In the end, all kinds of factors combined to make the eight tribes exempt from punishment, but the ghosts and gods of Fenglinzhou did not have such conditions.

On the other hand, Suzuka Gozen seemed to have a tacit understanding with the Daomen, and she was reluctant to express her position. It seemed that she was waiting for a price, waiting for the Daomen to give her a satisfactory price.

Qi Xuansu had taken off the high hat of the Yin-Yang master on his head, leaving only a Taoist robe, which was completely dressed like a Central Plains person.

Suzuka Gozen also saw Qi Xuansu, but her eyes quickly passed Qi Xuansu and fell on Mr. Yin, with a solemn look on her face.

Obviously, Suzuka Gozen noticed the powerful strength of Mr. Yin, so she regarded Mr. Yin, who was walking behind, as the main person, and Qi Xuansu as a follower.