Chapter 144: Dogs and Wine

The three great monsters of Fenglinzhou actually have a very close relationship with the royal family of Fenglinzhou.

Strictly speaking, the three great monsters all died at the hands of the royal family. The "barbarians" conquered by the Shogun were Otakemaru. Oeyama was killed by the royal branch of the Genji, not to mention Tamamonomae.

In addition, the places where the three great monsters are located are also related to the royal family.

Suzuka Mountain where Otakemaru is located is located in Ise. The Saiou of Ise Jingu is a member of the royal family, not to mention the intricate connection between the Jingu and the royal family. Oeyama is within the jurisdiction of Heikyo. Tamamonomae even directly mixed into the Heikyo Imperial Palace.

In other words, only the great monsters who are related to the royal family and regarded as enemies by the royal family will be listed as the three great monsters.

As we all know, there are usually four of the three great monsters, just like the three Taoists often mix in an unknown person.

The fourth great monster is called "Da Tengu".

There is also a legend of Tengu in the Central Plains, the famous "Tengu Eats the Moon", which is recorded in "Shan Hai Jing" as similar to a fox and a small dog. The Tengu of Fenglinzhou is different. They have a tall red nose, hold a round fan, are tall and have wings. They look a bit like Western angels. They wear military armor, have a samurai sword on their waist, wear traditional high-footed clogs, and carry a raincoat with them to hide themselves at any time. They have an arrogant attitude.

The most famous "Tengu" is called "Da Tengu". After a certain emperor of Fenglinzhou was defeated, he cursed: "I wish to be a great demon king and disturb the world. I will return to the evil path with the five Mahayana sutras. I will take the people as the emperor and the emperor as the people." Since then, he has refused to eat or practice, and died in anger, like a yaksha. His vengeful spirit turned into a Tengu and continued to cause chaos in the human world, that is, "Da Tengu".

However, unlike the uniqueness of other great demons, Da Tengu is not unique, but is passed down from generation to generation. There are a total of eight Tengu.

At this time, Oeyama was fighting against the royal army.

This was the first time the two sides fought again after hundreds of years, and the leading general of the royal family was still from the Genji clan.

Now, Ibaraki Douji, the leader of Oeyama, was standing on a mountain peak overlooking the battlefield below.

Unlike many hideous ghosts, this big demon was not ugly, but very pretty, and it could even be said that it was difficult to tell whether it was male or female. No wonder he had entered Pingjing twice disguised as a woman. There were even rumors that he or she was the wife of the ghost king. If you think he is a man, call him Ibaraki Douji, and if you think she is a woman, call her Rashomon Ghost.

The ghost soldiers of Oeyama were retreating step by step.

However, Rashomon Ghost was not panicked, and said in the ancient saying of the Central Plains: "The mountain is nine feet high, but the work is lost at the last hurdle. Fetching water with a bamboo basket will eventually become empty."

As soon as the voice fell, the sky above Oeyama suddenly darkened.

Rashomon Ghost looked up and saw the dark wings that covered the sky, like dark clouds covering the sky.

Then the wings suddenly retracted, and a figure flew towards Mount Oe.

As it got closer, it could be seen that the figure was wearing samurai armor and holding a large round fan in his hand.

It was the eighth "Great Tengu"!

The Rashomon Demon was at most on par with Suzuka Gozen, and without the "Three Bright Swords", it was no match for the Great Tengu.

At this moment, another figure suddenly stood up from behind the Rashomon Demon, with a naked upper body, loose hair, a handsome face, and roared to the sky. Although there were still traces of a break on his neck, his momentum was not inferior to that of the Great Tengu.

It was the master of Mount Oe, Shuten Doji.

The Great Tengu landed with a bang, the earth shook, and then its body continued to grow, more than ten feet high, and the wings behind it spread out, like a huge curtain, and the feathers were like steel.

Shuten-doji was not to be outdone, and his body also exploded, turning into a giant, confronting Daitengu, with a tiger back, a bee waist, and mantis legs, full of tension.

Daitengu waved the round fan in his hand, summoning a storm.

Shuten-doji opened his mouth and spit out billowing flames.

The wind and fire turned into a huge fire tornado, rising into the sky, and countless fire rains fell one after another, and countless ghost soldiers and royal soldiers died.

Shuten-doji punched Daitengu with a great force.

Daitengu closed his wings, like a steel curtain, blocking the punch.

Then Daitengu flapped his wings again, and countless black feathers shot out and fell on Shuten-doji's body, leaving countless small wounds, from which blood oozed, turning Shuten-doji into a bloody man.

Shuten-doji took out a wine gourd from somewhere, which contained wine, sucked it into his mouth, and when he spit it out, it turned into billowing mist.

These mists were very strange, corroding everything, not only corroding the steel wings of Daitengu, but also corroding everything, whether it was wind, forest, fire or mountain.

Then Shuten-doji opened his mouth and sucked in the wine mist that corroded everything, and the wounds on his body healed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

As the wine mist surged back, Shuten-doji laughed incomprehensibly, and red flames burned all over his body.

Daitengu waved the round fan in his hand, raising a strong wind and blowing away the incoming wine mist.

Then the two collided again.

The earth was shaking.

The flames on Shuten-doji spread to Daitengu, and Daitengu bit Shuten-doji's neck.

It was as if the steel feathers were melted by the flames, separated from the wings, and kept falling, as if a rain of fire fell. Daitengu tore a piece of flesh from Shuten-doji's neck, which was horrible to watch.

For a moment, there was a howling wind, a rain of fire, ice and snow, and flying clouds. Finally, they turned into wine mist, which was sucked into Shuten-doji's stomach and turned into red flames on his body.

There was more wine mist that continued to spread and spread, filling the mountains like clouds, and even the scene of the two fighting could not be seen.

After a moment, a strong wind suddenly blew, almost blowing people up, and seemed to uproot trees. Finally, the diffused wine mist was completely blown away, and the two had rolled down into the valley. Da Tengu was pressed to the ground, and Shuten-doji rode on him, and his fists kept falling on Da Tengu's face.

At this time, Shuten-doji's body was missing a lot of flesh and blood, and there were pits and bumps. In some places, he could even see the constantly wriggling internal organs, which were healing at an extremely slow speed. Da Tengu was covered with scorch marks, and many parts of his wings were almost bald.

The melee of the big monsters was so simple and unpretentious.

In fact, Da Tengu underestimated the enemy. Although both of them were great demons and had no specific inheritance, they relied more on their innate magical powers. However, Da Tengu and Tamamonomae preferred to use magic, while Shuten Douji and Otakemaru preferred close combat. Da Tengu's choice of close combat with Shuten Douji was like Zhang Yuelu insisting on arm wrestling with Qi Xuansu to see who was stronger, or Qi Xuansu insisting on playing Xuansheng cards with Yao Pei, purely using one's own shortcomings to attack the enemy's strengths.

Da Tengu naturally understood this truth, and his body suddenly shrank back to the size of an ordinary person, breaking away from Shuten Douji's suppression and flying back into the sky.

Shuten Douji also returned to his original size, howled at the sky, and spit out countless wine mists from his mouth, making the entire Oeyama shrouded in a layer of strange mist, the dark red sky, the dark red earth, as if it was the blood of a virgin, and also like blood-red wine.

Da Tengu did not dare to be contaminated by these strange mists again, his wings whistled, and a huge storm was about to be formed. For a moment, the rain was silvery and the dark clouds continued to extend around, making the sky half bright and half dark.

The wind is the head of the rain, the master of wind and rain, calling the wind and rain, and the words "wind and rain" have always been parallel.

In the blink of an eye, the wind and clouds changed color, and the strong wind formed one cyclone after another, gradually converging into one place, forming a series of tornado columns, connecting the sky, and rolling the rocks and trees into the air, like destroying mountains and peaks.

Shuten Douji was in it, his hair and pants were blown by the strong wind, and he took a deep breath, and saw a little light suddenly lit up at the position of his throat, and then the light became stronger, and then continued to rise.

Da Tengu waved the round fan in his hand, condensed the wind into a blade, and turned into countless wind knives and shot towards Shuten Douji.

Shuten Douji's figure rose from the ground, tore the wind column, and roared loudly, and rolling waves of sound rushed out.

The wind blade collided with it, and the golden wind spread everywhere. The countless sounds of metal clashing became a continuous piece, as if the battlefield was fighting endlessly.

The Rashomon ghost just watched the battle from afar.

Not long ago, the messenger of the Taoist sect brought the head of Shuten Douji and put forward a condition - Suzuka Mountain would become the front station for the Taoist sect to attack the Ise Shrine, and Oeyama would become the outpost to watch over Heikyo.

It's simple to say, that is, to watch over Heikyo on behalf of the Taoist sect and prevent the royal family from rushing to Ise.

Oeyama happened to be on the road that must be passed.

To show its sincerity, the Taoist sect directly returned the head of Shuten Douji to Oeyama, or to put it another way, the Taoist sect believed that without Shuten Douji, Oeyama could not stop the royal family at all, and the Taoist sect must return the head to Oeyama first.

Of course, Oeyama could also choose not to fulfill the agreement, accept the head, and stay out of it. Not to mention the hatred between Oeyama and the royal family, this move would undoubtedly anger the Taoist sect. What Daomen hates most is betrayal. You can refuse this condition and make it clear in advance, or you can remain neutral, but you cannot deceive Daomen, as Daomen will definitely retaliate. Unless Oeyama thinks that his breach of contract can lead to a complete defeat of Daomen, even if Shuten-doji is reborn, he may not have such a great ability.

Since Daomen has a greater chance of winning, Oeyama still decides to fulfill the agreement.

As for Shuten-doji, the nominal lord of Oeyama, he is even less likely to object. After resurrection, he only has the idea of ​​revenge and can hardly communicate normally.

As Tamamonomae said, all resurrections have a price.

Tamamonomae's price is a great loss of cultivation, and Shuten-doji's price is that he has lost most of his sanity and cannot leave the territory of Oeyama, otherwise he will encounter a heavenly calamity. Fortunately, he still remembers the Rashomon ghost and is willing to listen to the words of the Rashomon ghost, and did not directly kill people in Oeyama.

At the same time, over the East China Sea.

Qingwei Zhenren continued, "The situation of Shuten Tongzi reminds me of Yu Yu. The Dao Sect is very interested in this. I think Jinque should agree to further investigate. I hope Madam Yu can lend me a helping hand."