Chapter 34: Bi Fang Bird (I)
Struggling again and again, the unwilling screams of sorrow came one after another. I'm standing here as a complete outsider, watching it all in silence. The image slowly blurred, and in a blink of an eye, everything disappeared, and this was still the stone cave, and the strange altar in front of me was still there. After staring at the gargoyle on the altar for a while, he found that the bird was exactly the same as Bi Fang, but it had shrunk many times. Previously, because of the posture of the stone statue lying on the ground, the legs were pressed under the wings, and I didn't see only one leg, but now I look carefully, this is a Bifang bird.
What I saw earlier is most likely the image conveyed to me by this stone statue, is this the grave of Bi Fang Bird? Because of all this in front of me, and the image that had just appeared in my mind, I stood there with a lot of thoughts, and my mood could not be calmed for a long time.
There is a record in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas in the West Mountain": "There are birds, its shape is like a crane, one foot, red and green and white beak, the name is Bi Fang, its song is also called, and there is a false fire in its city when you see it." It is also recorded in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas Overseas and Southern Classics". These are the earliest documented records of Bi Fang Bird. There are countless legends about Bi Fang and the Yellow Emperor.
In Chinese legends, Bifang Bird is a symbol of fire, it is the god of fire, and it is also the god of wood. Whatever the legend may be, what they all have in common is that Bifang is a legend from ancient times. It's been a long, long time since there have been any rumors about Bi Fang Bird, and today I came across the tomb of a suspected Bi Fang Bird here, how could I not be shocked.
I have always believed that myths and legends tell the real events of that time. It is too difficult to fabricate a virtual image out of thin air, although it has been said from generation to generation that the mythical image is exaggerated, adding to the subjective imagination of many later generations. But in the beginning, in the most primitive version, it can be regarded as historical materials.
Do you believe in the existence of God? Are the ancient gods and beasts of our country all fictional? As a Mr. Yin and Yang, I know the existence of the underworld, and I also know the existence of demons. It is very likely that the gods and beasts in the legend are all masters of the past who have achieved cultivation, and they are transformed into human goblins and wild monsters. Dragons, phoenixes, Bi Fang, and unicorns may be creatures that once existed in the long river of history.
But I don't know when the earth entered the age of godlessness. Where have all these once majestic immortals, demons, and beasts gone? Looking at the stone statues, I thought of the image I had just seen, the invisible but powerful web, were they all dead? What kind of power can eliminate so many powerful characters in a short period of time. Fine beads of sweat have already appeared on his body, and in a popular word now, it is called "thinking carefully and fearing". I was half scared to death by my own conjectures.
"Don't think about it, knowing too much will not do you any good. Tsk, but the way you look now, you're really weak and pitiful! A voice with a hint of disaster came straight into my mind. It's mixed with the sound of birdsong, but it's easy to understand. I knew it was the voice that called me that day, could it be Bi Fang? Bi Fang didn't die?
"Don't guess, how could this great god die, it's all rookies like you who will die! Tsk, weak explosion! "Well, why do you want to beat people up so much when you listen to this tone! Oh no, it's a beating bird! Are you not tsundere going to die? Will it die?
"Don't speak ill of me, I can hear it, let me out quickly, that damn 、、、 has sealed me here, I don't know how many years. My strength kept draining, I grew weaker and weaker, and I often fell into a deep sleep. The last time I woke up, I was woken up. They didn't know what they were doing, and even loosened one of the corners of the outside control altar. My consciousness was finally able to run a little bit down that gap. ”
It may be that he has been locked up for too long, and he can't stop as soon as he opens this Bifang bird chatter mode. Fortunately, I have been baptized by Sanzang all year round, otherwise this voice that appears directly in my head, covering my ears will not work, and I will not be able to drive me crazy.
Listening to it, I can figure out the cause and effect. Bi Fang didn't know who sealed him here a long time ago, and he has been staying safely and securely. The school was newly built, and the foundation was built, and a node of the control seal was inadvertently broken, and a crack appeared in the seal. Bi Fang, who was woken up, was already very weak, and a trace of consciousness floated out along the crack.
The two students and a teacher who died one after another were really unlucky. According to Bi Fang, it was because the souls of the three of them were suitable for its recovery, which could make the trace of consciousness that he escaped stronger. As a result, the rest of the things were all there, fire, death, the soul was devoured and absorbed, and Bi Fang's consciousness grew.
Later, the senior master who was invited discovered the anomaly in the ground and tentatively dug this underground cave. After discovering that it was Bi Fang who did evil, he was really helpless, this ancient divine beast, with his Taoism, could not fight it no matter what, let alone destroy it.
Fortunately, it was found that this was a sealing altar, and what came out was only a trace of Bi Fang's consciousness. With some of his own research, he found the place where the seal was loose, took an ancestral seal, and pasted it on the loose place.
After going out, he told the principal to cordon off the building, and the scope of consciousness was limited, so as not to kill anyone again. The seniors knew that this was only a stopgap measure, rather than a permanent solution to the problem. However, the Ancient Seal Altar is too complicated, many things have long been lost, and it is impossible to repair the altar with your own efforts. Besides, the things in this world have their own fixed numbers in the dark. Everything in the world, profit and loss, vicissitudes. Everything has its own destiny.
Bi Fang will not be imprisoned for the rest of his life, and when his fate comes, the altar will be opened sooner or later. This senior believed in fate, so he didn't force anything more. After leaving a piece of talisman paper to temporarily suppress Bi Fang's consciousness, he left in style.
There are thousands of Taoism, and the truth changes with each other. As an authority, I can't judge whether this attitude is good or bad, but he deserves our gratitude for his temporary closure, especially the group of people who were targeted before. Bi Fang couldn't run out again for a while, so he could only repeatedly bump into the "seal" every day. Time passed like this, and when it came to enrollment last summer, the South Building reopened. When he called me at the door of the dormitory that day, Bi Fang only barely squeezed out a trace of consciousness at the right time. It also happened that the consciousness that ran out instinctively felt my presence. It's a pity that there is no follow-up force to support, and it dissipates with the wind after a while, which is the reason why I went again later, but never appeared again.
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