Mo Xiaochuan guessed that the Hundred Ghosts who came to Wanzhou this time was definitely not a simple character, and it was even likely to be stronger than the original Lord of Arakawa.

But he never expected that it would be this one.

It's not that the other party's strength is so strong that it is enough to make Mo Xiaochuan retreat, but because this person's fame is really too great.

It would not be an exaggeration to call it the most famous yokai in the legends of the island nation!

Not someone else.

Exactly, Daitengu!

First of all, we need to know that the earliest origin of the concept of tengu, or legend, is, of course, from the Great Celestial Empire.

In the earliest times, tengu actually referred to an astronomical phenomenon.

Or more accurately, meteors.

In the "Historical Records", it was contained: "The shape is like a big running star, there is a sound, and it stops at the ground, like a dog." What he fell, he looked at it like a fire, and the flames soared into the sky. ”

Later, this statement spread to the island country, and there is a similar statement in the Shu Ming Emperor Article of the "Island Country Book".

"Meteor mines, tengu too. ”

At that time, there was a meteor in the island country that I don't know if it was rare in hundreds of years, and I don't know what constellation it was crossing the sky, and it was accompanied by bursts of thunder, and the people were busy making wishes, but a monk from the island country ran out and said that this thing was not a meteor, but a tengu, and said that the tengu's cry was the same as thunder.

Since then, Tengu has become synonymous with meteors in the island country.

However, in the more than 200 years since then, the legend of the tengu has suddenly disappeared from various documents of the island nation, as if there is some great taboo that people dare not mention it again.

It wasn't until the middle of the Heian period that the word tengu reappeared in a legendary story called "The Tale of Utsuho".

It's just that after more than 200 years of evolution and innovation, this time the tengu has completely detached himself from the image of the meteor legend in my country, and has become a young man who can play a beautiful piano in the mountains and forests.

Later, at the end of the Heian period, a collection of Buddhist sayings appeared in the island country called "Tales of the Past and Present", the fundamental purpose of which was, of course, to promote Buddhism, and at this time, the tengu incarnated as a kind of anti-Buddhist monster, doing everything to hinder the spread of Buddhism.

At this time, the tengu had the prototype of a bird, an elder's beak, claws, and a pair of long wings that covered the sky and the moon, which was terrifying.

With the spread of Buddhism, many famous monks in the island country at that time had the support of the aristocracy, and they became arrogant and rude, and lost their duties as monks.

In the minds of Confucianism, whenever there is a vision of heaven, it is God's warning to those in power, or to the emperor, urging him to correct his virtues, otherwise the mandate of heaven will be transferred, and it will be reasonable to change the dynasty.

The appearance of the tengu is one of the signs of a change in the destiny of the heavens.

It means that someone may rise up, which will lead to a change of ownership.

Once Du Fu wrote a poem "Tiangu Fu", using Tiangu as a metaphor for An Lushan, but unfortunately the emperor said that he would not listen to it......

So there was the Anshi Rebellion.

In the long history of China, whenever there is a change of dynasty, the new rulers often use this idea of a change of destiny to legitimize their behavior of "changing surnames and seizing power" in order to gain the hearts of the world.

Island nations, however, are different on this point.

The emperor is considered to be a descendant of the gods, and he is of the same line for all generations, so from a certain point of view, the rulers of the island country certainly cannot agree with this idea of the mandate of heaven.

It is even more important to prohibit people's comments on so-called anomalous signs.

This is the real reason why the legend of Tengu was hidden in the snow for two hundred years after the appearance of the Shoki of the Island Country.

When the island country entered the Middle Ages, wars broke out, and the samurai who seized power once again introduced the idea of the Mandate of Heaven into the country in order to maintain their rule, and the tengu was reborn.

Of course, the tengu here still belongs to a kind of legend, similar to the descendants of the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" to shoot the sun and Jingwei reclamation, so where did the tengu that appeared in front of Mo Xiaochuan's eyes come from?

Originally, Mo Xiaochuan had no interest in the history of the island country's Hundred Ghosts, and he had never studied it carefully, but knowing that he would have to face the big demon of the Hundred Ghosts and One Bloodline when he came to the Cave Heaven and Blessed Land this time, Mo Xiaochuan still made some preparations before leaving.

He specially asked Shopkeeper Chen about the historical background of the Hundred Ghost Great Demon, among which the Great Tengu, as the most prestigious one, was of course also within the scope of Mo Xiaochuan's research.

Fortunately, when he recognized the true body of the monk of the island country in front of him turned out to be the famous tengu, he already knew who the other party was.

According to what the shopkeeper Chen said, in the history of the island country, there was an emperor named Chongde, who was a very sad buddy.

Originally, he was destined to return and successfully ascended to the throne, but he was abolished after not being the emperor for a few years, and after the successor emperor hung up, Chongde's son ushered in the opportunity to ascend the throne, but I didn't expect this time to make people mess up again.

So Chongde raised troops in anger and rebelled, which was known as the "Baoyuan Rebellion" in history.

What's even more pitiful is that this buddy finally rebelled and failed, and as a result, he was exiled to Sanuki country.

During his exile, his miserable life completely wiped out his ambitions, and he only wanted to return to the court to live out his old age, so this buddy spent three full years copying five Mahayana sutras and presenting them to Kyoto.

Unexpectedly, the reigning emperor at the time suspected that Chongde was cursing himself, so he directly refused Chongde's courier......

At this moment, Zi Chongde's mentality completely collapsed, and since then he has not cut his hair or cut his nails, and gradually became the appearance of a tengu, and made a big wish before he died: I am willing to disturb the world for the great magic of the island country. Kill the people for the king, kill the king for the people!

In the years after Chongde's death, disasters such as the Lugu Conspiracy and the Anyuan Fire occurred in the island country one after another, and then the world was in turmoil, and the island country officially entered a period of war that lasted for hundreds of years.

It was not until Emperor Meiji took his spiritual throne back to Kyoto to be enshrined that the disasters and wars in the island country gradually subsided.

Otherwise, the resentment of the people of the island country is strong!

But no matter what, at this time, Mo Xiaochuan already had a score in his heart, and the half-human, half-bird appearance of the big tengu in front of him should be Chongde who didn't run!

But here's the problem......

The tengu of the island country, but there is no legend of the moon eater!

Where did the moonlight treasure box on this buddy's body and his attribute of absorbing moonlight light come from?

Could it be that you are still a great tengu who was only naturalized by my Great Celestial Empire?

Is it you?