Chapter 294: The Cause
(The second is more recommended)
The clues began to be connected, the Nibelungen in the human world, the noble dragons under the bronze throne, the alchemy of the demon dream, the indescribable existence, and the invincible dragon god in Kaguya's description.
The price payment of Youmeng is like the last piece of the puzzle, integrating all the clues into a complete story.
Bai Yulou's court master, a half-human, half-spirit girl, has an important dream that she wants to achieve, but her own ability is not enough to achieve it, so she chooses alchemy that she doesn't know from there, and makes a forbidden trade at her own expense.
Bai Yulou, who has a perennial deficit in finance, does not have too many valuable things except for the Westward Demon, and it is impossible for the Demon Dream to do anything to embezzle the owner's property, and all she has is the two Taidao that are more important than the actual effect.
So from the very beginning, the girl had an attitude of sacrificing herself.
But for some reason, after knocking on the door of alchemy, she finally made several forks in the end, which not only indirectly led to a Nibelungen seclusion, but also caused herself to become like this.
Everything is inevitably connected to each other.
Eighty-nine Temple believes in the connection between demon dreams in all things.
Gensokyo's Shinto is not unfounded, the things that appear in this world must have their so-called connections, Hachijiuji Temple was summoned, Maki Island Seigo was mistaken for death, Gokawa Kotori was confined, and Sengoku Nadeshiko lived at the North White Snake Shrine.......
Except for himself, everything else was more or less forgotten, forgotten by most people at some point in that world, and the Nibelungen was about the same, but that alone was not enough to bring him to Gensokyo.
Because there are too many forgotten things in this world, not all of them are so lucky to come to Gensokyo, in addition to luck, it depends on how attractive Gensokyo is to her.
There is no doubt that the demon dream has become a link in the series.
Youmu learned the art of alchemy, and the dragon who died in Gensokyo happened to be a descendant of Norton, the dragon king who mastered the strongest flame and alchemy, plus the "dragon" represented by the name of the dragon god himself.
Accidentally, or being used by others, the door of the demon dream opened in the human world, but because this door became a signpost, it attracted the Nibelungen from another world, which led to a change in the human world.
And now, it's time for Youmeng to repay the price of opening the door.
"Wait, so what role does the dragon god play in this story, isn't it the god of the land? When did you get the authority to trade at equivalence? ”
The only thing that the Eighty-Nine Temple found was that there was a presence behind the door, or a real living being, or a conceptual symbol, but there was no doubt that it was real.
But it can't be the dragon god, there is a contradiction between the existence of the two, the god in charge of the land is very powerful, and even in the land of the eleventh district, no one can confront the dragon god one-on-one, whether it is Yakumo Purple Eight Intentions Yonglin or Kazami Yuka.
However, if it leaves this land, its strength will be sharply reduced, no, it is better to say that it is a god locked in this land, unable to get out, as a land god, it will be a prisoner of the land all his life.
The scope of alchemy is too wide, both in the West and the East, and it is impossible for a dragon god trapped in one place to do this.
"I don't know much about this, after all, I don't know much about the dragon god, and the record of its death five hundred years ago is completely a historical vacuum, and there are hardly too many historical materials before and after that period."
It is rare that as the brain of the Red Devil Pavilion, Patchouli's knowledge reserve is also insufficient, and her fair face is slightly flushed, as if she is a little embarrassed for not knowing.
Because she is still young, Pachou has not experienced too many events in history, and almost all of her knowledge is obtained from books, which has advantages and disadvantages, and now it is the bad side.
There is no way to know without a written record.
At that time, it happened to be the beginning of the end of the law era, there were many gods and mysterious beings who fell, and even humans who were only in contact with the mysterious fur were affected, the onmyoji could not cultivate, the warrior could not find the existence of qi, and the inheritance was broken all of a sudden.
But isn't there someone here who experienced that time firsthand?
"Tsk, that's an easy question to answer."
Kaguya, who dislikes the dragon god very much, and even reached the level of hatred, hates that history very much, but still endures his disgust and says it.
"Because at the moment when the dragon god was at its most powerful, it had already left the category of the land god, and I can't say what it was, but there is no doubt that it left the land and then devoured, no, it was going back to the things behind the door."
How exactly did the dragon god die?
This is the biggest question of the Eight Nine Temple and Pachouli, the existence behind the door that holds the power of equivalent trading is only a part of it, so how powerful is it to get back that part, and what kind of strong person should be able to kill it.
But you can't ask, Kaguya's mood is obviously very wrong, just answering this question has a feeling that a volcano is about to erupt, and then it is obvious that he is about to step on a mine.
"Since there are still people in the future who can use alchemy, it shows that there is still something behind the door, either the dragon god did not take it clean, or there was something more later, anyway, just go in and take a look."
Things are back to square one, the symptoms on Youmeng's body are not something that can be solved by medicine, if Bayi Yonglin is here, maybe there will be a way, but even Kaguya went to look for it, and there is no way to start with Lingxian and Bajiu Temple alone.
"So what you do next is one more thing, and that door is called the Gate of Truth by the people of later generations, which means the door that contains all the truth in heaven and earth, and you can walk in and find what is inside, whether you force it to cancel the transaction, or simply kill it, you can stop the transaction."
Demon Dream and Kaguya don't have much to do with it.,The so-called salvation is just a matter of convenience.,After all, Kaguya's original purpose was to find the wreckage of the dragon god.,Since you know that the wreckage of the dragon god may exist behind the door.,Whether it's dead or there's really something holding it.,Kaguya will go and see it in person.。
Then kill it!
Crush the bones and scatter ashes!
This is very much in line with the tenets that Forever Pavilion has always adhered to.
In normal times, the eternal pavilion only charges a small part of the medical fee for treating patients, and ordinary humans or monsters will even be exempted if they can't come up with money.
And once a famous person comes to seek medical treatment, such as Youmeng, such as Remilia, this reduction will become even more powerful, because if you really talk about the price, it can make these famous and surnamed powerhouses have a problematic disease, and the price may make the Red Devil Pavilion feel painful.
Pure finance has no meaning for Forever Pavilion, with the backing of the whole month, they can compare their wealth with all the other people in Gensokyo combined, and they are as wise as Bayi Yonglin will certainly not let the accumulation of wealth be in vain, after all, simple numbers do not mean anything.
Making people owe a debt of affection is the king of the wise.
You don't see, back then, with a few pieces of green fragments, Kazami Yuka, who came to the door to ask for advice on how to maintain the activity, still remembers the love of the Eternal Pavilion, obviously her sun flower field is not close to the living, but she still took in the Eight Nine Temples that dropped the sword of Damocles and destroyed the Hakuri Shrine so that it was chased and killed by Reimu.
Although he likes life, the lord of the flowers of the four seasons is not something that everyone will keep in his garden, and it is obvious that the Eight and Nine Temples are very affectionate in the eternal pavilion.
Of course, Kaguya will not refuse this kind of help, you know, before Mianyue Yiji, Mianyue Fenghime, and Lingxian, the sage of the moon Bayi Yonglin still has an apprentice, yes, it is the beautiful and noble, ice and snow smart Miss Kaguya!
Kaguya still listened to the teacher's teachings, although only the part she liked.
"I thought it was just dealing with a simple dead thing, but now it seems that it may still be alive, and even being held in someone's hands, it looks like we need to prepare."
The mission changes, the difficulty increases, and the required equipment must be prepared.
If it is against the dragon god, even if it is a dragon god who has died very thoroughly, the Eight Nine Temple does not dare to be careless, because according to Kaguya, the dragon god is very strong, probably stronger than everyone in Gensokyo combined, even if it is a small piece of wreckage, it must be taken seriously.
Kaguya is very strong, and the Eight and Nine Temples, which are equivalent to a small Hakurei shrine maiden within the boundaries of Gensokyo, are also strong, but they are still a little thin.
And the most worrying point of the Eight and Nine Temples is whether they can contact the Boli Great Barrier after entering the door, although Reimu doesn't seem to have any problems when he is in the Nibelungen, but no one knows what the hell is behind the Gate of Truth.
Before entering, no one knew whether that environment was stronger or weaker than the Nibelungen, after all, in the world of dragons, the Nibelungen was also the door of truth.
"By the way, what's going to happen inside?"
The Eighty-Nine Temple raised a very important question, if there is intelligence, making targeted preparations can improve the success rate a lot.
"I don't know."
"No one who has been in has ever come out, and according to my years of reading light novels, cough, I mean the experience of historical materials, it should be able to map out things related to you, and then build an environment that you can't escape."
Does it have anything to do with yourself?
The Eighty-Nine Temple pondered slightly, and Hui Ye also thought about it at the same time, it was about himself, and he would care, although the people of Penglai could not die, they could be trapped or even sealed, if the spirit fell silent because of the emptiness for a long time, it would usher in spiritual death!
But there is one thing, the Eight Nine Temples are a little curious.
"Reizen, why is Youmeng here alone, and her guardian?"
Whether it's Yuyuko of Xixing Temple, or the soul demon, the soul demon is not here, according to the degree to which the demon dream is loved by them, this is a very unusual thing.
It's not that Youmeng doesn't have children, on the contrary, whether it's her owner or her mother and grandfather, they like her very much, and when she gets sick, she has a very serious illness or even death, and no one takes care of her, which is a very strange thing in itself.
"You mean Miss Demon Demon, she brought Demon Dream here and left, saying that she was going to the Sun Flower Field to meet her master."
Huh?
Sunflower fields?