022 Pray for rain
The city **** of the desert people is divided into three classes, from top to bottom are the children of the wind, the messenger of the wind, and the people of the wind, the upper class has a strong ruling power over the lower class, and basically the lower class cannot resist the upper class. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
The centerpiece of every city is a shrine, a shrine dedicated to the god Shouya, and the shrine debut and the people involved in the wind are the first class of the wind children. The reason why the shrine is the core is because it is not easy to obtain water in the desert, and there is basically no underground water source for the people of the desert to use, so most of the water in the city is obtained by praying at the shrine and raining in the city. This shows the importance of the shrine to the city.
There is a management group of the entire city around the divine society, including taxes, diplomacy, science and technology and other related things are under the management of this management group, they are in charge of most of the resources in the city, they can do most of the things they want to do, they belong to the messenger of the wind. Of course, the shrine's deity and wind lord have the right to rule on the Wind Messenger team, and can veto their decrees at any time.
The lowest class of the Wind People have no rights, they cannot interfere with the decrees of the Wind Messenger, nor can they receive any benefits for the operation of the city, and they need to protect the Wind Messenger and the Wind Children when necessary, and sacrifice themselves for them. They can't even control their own net worth and life, and the status of the people of the wind is no different from that of slaves.
In fact, there is another class above the three levels, that is, the people of the gods who belong to the envoys of Senba Mountain, that is, the tengus who hold the official documents of the Great Tengu.
On the fourth day after returning to the city, Moon and Chun witnessed the most important event in the city - praying for rain.
The figure of the shrine Fusuku appears in the sky above the city, dancing the god dance on a gorgeous stage. This is to use holograms to project the image of the wind to the sky above the city, so that everyone can see the appearance of the wind and pray for rain, expand the influence of the wind and the people of the wind, and ensure the rule of the wind child.
While everyone was preparing to take on the rainwater container, Wen asked Old Man Ai which god was worshipped.
"Uh...... What are you talking about? Even if you don't belong to Senhayama now, you shouldn't forget the god who guarded the arrow, right? "Old man Ai was a little angry about Wen's question, and he still had great respect for the gods who guarded the arrow.
Scratching his face, Wen pointed to the four divine positions in front of Feng Zhu. "Of course I know the god who guards the arrow. However, in my memory, there should have only been two gods in Shouya, but there were four gods in front of that Fengzhu...... So want to ask? ”
"Alas...... The four gods of Shouya are, Yasaka-sama, Tsuya-sama, Dongfenggu-sama, and Heavenly Demon-sama. With a light sigh, Old Man Ai said the well-known four gods of the desert.
"Huh? I can still understand Lord Dongfeng Valley, but what the hell is that Heavenly Demon Lord? There's no fourth place in the Moriya Shrine! ”
"If you know Lord Dongfeng Valley, why don't you know Lord Heavenly Demon?" Looking at Wen suspiciously, Old Man Ai felt that Wen should have been separated from Qianyu Mountain for too long, so that the shrine gods couldn't remember it clearly.
Thinking about it with his chin against his head, Wen began to wonder what the hell the last Heavenly Demon Lord was. If what the text thinks is correct, Sanae of the East Wind Valley, who has become a living god, is enshrined as a god in the desert, which is understandable, but with the title of Heavenly Demon, Shouya Shrine does not have such a number one person.
"Can you tell me more about the image of the Heavenly Demon?"
After carefully questioning Old Man Ai, Wen has restored the image of the so-called Heavenly Demon Lord. According to the description, the Celestial Demon was supposed to be a female tengu dressed in a gorgeous gold-rimmed shrine maiden costume, with wings on her back, a red fan, and a noble katana at her waist.
"Raven Tengu? When will there be such an extra person in the Moriya Shrine? Muttering quietly, Wen decided to go back to Gensokyo to definitely go to Moriya Shrine to have a look, her relationship with Sanae is not bad, and she should be able to ask about the origin of this Heavenly Demon Lord.
As the wind blessed the god danced, dark clouds condensed over the city, covering the entire city in black pressure, not beyond the steel walls. A thunderclap sounded in the clouds, a precursor to rain.
The environment of the Kara Desert is basically impossible for natural rain, and it is impossible to create water out of thin air by relying on people's superpowers alone, and it is impossible to condense clouds that can rain, and only the power of the gods can change the environment and create dark clouds that can rain enough.
The dance of the god of the wind has stopped, and the whole dance has been danced.
Whoa, whoa, whoa!
Heavy rain falls from the sky, and the clean and pure rainwater falls into the city, and the containers that each household moves out begin to take in the rainwater and store the clean water for the next period of time. Most of the people who took the containers to catch the rainwater were the Wind People, and the Wind Messengers, who were members of the city's management, and the Wind Sons, who were members of the shrine, did not do such a thing, and they just sat quietly under the eaves and watched the rain fall to the ground.
The city itself has a water recycling system that treats the sewage that enters the circulation. After obtaining the technology from Mt. Senha, the Wind Messenger transformed it to not only purify the sewage, but also store dry and quiet clean water. With an entire city to store clean water, the Wind Messenger and the Wind Child are basically not short of water, and they can sell the water at a high price when the water stored in the Wind People's homes is exhausted.
After the rainstorm, the whole city is cleaned.
The fresh air made Wen and Chun feel comfortable, and they were somewhat uncomfortable with the dry air in the desert area.
Ali and Xiaohong were collecting the rainwater containers, and the old man Ai sat on a chair and watched them quietly. The surrounding residents are also recycling these containers, and they are all working hard for tomorrow's life.
"Lord Wen, what do you think of their lives now?"
"Hmm...... It's not bad to go out fishing, work hard, work hard. ”
Old man Ai's gaze was low, looking straight at the ground. "Lord Wen, I have some connections among the Wind Messengers, and I can get you two passes to enter and exit the upper floor. If you want to report on the whole city, you can't just stay at the bottom of the class, you also need to go to the upper class to have a look. ”
"Is that okay? I've heard about you from other people, and doesn't this kind of thing consume your past connections? Shouldn't this kind of networking be used for something more meaningful? ”
"It's a very meaningful thing for you to take a look at the upper area. Please also do not refuse. Old man Ai looked at Wen kindly, "It's just that with my ability, I can only send you into the upper area, the shrine ......"
"If necessary, me and Hazuki will reveal our identities."
So, after dark, Old Man Ai took Wen and Chun to secretly meet a gorgeously dressed young man.
"Teacher, I don't know if you have anything important to see me?" The young man was very respectful to Old Man Ai, and it could be seen from his title that Old Man Ai had a very high status in the past.
"You don't need to be so respectful to me, I'm just a people of the wind now."
"No, you will always be my teacher, even if you become a ......"
The young man's words were stopped by Old Man Ai, and Old Man Ai sighed. "You——。 I'm looking for you this time in the hope that you'll be able to take these two into the upper area. ”
Hearing Old Man Ai's words, the young man turned his attention to Wen Hezhen. With the identity of Old Man Ai in secret, it is normal to carry bodyguards with him, and the young man knows a little about what Old Man Ai wants to do, so he doesn't have much feeling for Wen and Zhen.
Now that he focuses on Wen and Zhen, the boy realizes that they are different. A pair of red eyes flashed with golden light, and the young man used his ability to probe Wen and Zhen's identity.
This look directly made the young man take a few steps back in fright.
"God, every day dog ......"