In 1580 A.D., in the summer of the eighth year of Tensho in Japan, the southern foot of Mt. Ontake was covered with lush trees, gurgling streams, and fragrant birds and flowers in the forest. The village is very simple, with more than 20 houses made of thatch and wooden planks, and a few wooden houses are surrounded by a few withered branches to form a simple courtyard, and a few cherry trees, white and red, dotted over this barren land.

This village, called Panxi Village, was originally deserted, but in recent years, people have gathered from other places to resume farming and live a stable life. At that time, Japan was in the Warring States Period, the ritual and music collapsed, and the conquests were everywhere, and in the cry of "the prince and the prince will have a kind of Xiangning", the Emperor of Light and the Muromachi shogunate were in name only, and the daimyo everywhere attacked the city, and the treacherous ministers took advantage of the fire to rob, and the oppressed people also rose up one after another.

Mt. Ontake is located in the Mino area, originally belonged to the territory of the Saito family, and the country of Goowari produced a "Warring States storm" Oda Nobunaga, launched an offensive against Mino for many years, and in the 10th year of Eiroku, in 1567 AD, he drove out the last governor of the Saito family, Saito Ryuxing, and became the new owner of this land, and then rose up to the might, and successively destroyed the powerful daimyo such as Asakura, Asai, and Miyoshi, exiled the shogun Ashikaga Yoshiaki, abolished the Muromachi shogunate, and brought Japan into the Azuchi-Momoyama period.

At this time, several village women with fat buttocks and plump breasts and plump bodies and white-haired and wrinkled spinning women were gathering in front of the village, talking and laughing with each other, and pulling their parents to the inside.

"Yui, I said you, hey, I'll talk to you, stop your laundry mallet first, it's noisy."

The woman, who was called Yui, stopped what she was doing and choked, "I don't hear a good fart out of your mouth." ”

The choked woman was not angry, and continued to laugh: "I said, is the one in your family who can't finish his energy?" All night, we couldn't sleep well because of the loud and noisy noise, haha......"

Everyone burst into laughter at this sentence, Yui suddenly felt that her cheeks were flushed, her face was hot, she picked up a handful of water and splashed it on the woman who laughed at her, and said angrily: "Damn Na Yezi, just your nonsense, any swear words, meat words, can pop out of your mouth, it's shameless." ”

Everyone laughed again, Nai Yezi shook the water on his body, and continued: "If you want me to say, it's you who are not shy, that voice every night is simply beautiful." ”

"Hearing you say this, I seem to be very envious of Sister Yui, why don't you beg her to let Sister Yui borrow you for two days." It was a young woman named Miki who was holding her belt for her daughter.

"Oh, she's reluctant, that strong pill in his family, as her name suggests, where is Sister Yui willing to let go."

"If you like it, you can take it back, a master who drinks all day, gambles, and is idle, I am not rare, I would rather marry an honest farmer."

"Why don't we change?"

"Change it, see who regrets it first."

"Nai Yezi, I don't know how many times you stole it in the back mountain? How? It's not fun to steal, and you have to occupy it for a long time? Miki continued to gag.

"You, young men, are not ashamed, and you are shouting and laughing. There are demons in Mt. Ontake, so be careful that you are alarmed and come out to eat people. Alas, my granddaughter Peaches doesn't know where to go, the sun is going down, it's time to call it a day. After the old woman of the defense line finished speaking, she took the work, ignored everyone, and turned around and walked towards the village.

Everyone saw that it was indeed not early, so they stopped laughing and hurriedly busy their work, otherwise the man who went out to work would not be able to cook before he went home. Yui slammed the mallet harder, and Mingli hit the clothes, but the heart hit his own man: what's so good about being strong in that aspect? Wandering around all day long, not doing business, stealing everywhere, and now the son who is harmed is not easy to discipline, becoming more and more wild, and he will not come back after going out for a few days. The more I thought about it, the more angry I became, the more angry my arms became, and the sound of "stick, stick, stick......" resounded through the valley......

Ahead, not far from the sound of pounding clothes, there is a piece of rice to be ripe, and the full ears of grain are swaying in the wind, which makes people look at it and celebrate it from the bottom of their hearts. In the field, a group of men in gray linen clothes, short sleeves and bare feet, and wearing hats, are sweating like rain and working hard......

At this time, the sun is setting in the west, the orange afterglow reflects the smoke curling red, and the whole village is immersed in peace and tranquility. Halfway up the mountainside, a young woman dressed in a long white dress, wearing a yellow garland on her head, with red lips and white teeth, eyes as bright as the moon, and blush like the sunset, is sitting on a protruding rock, singing a small song of Huaichun.

The girl's long skirt is sleeveless, and the hem only covers the knees, and the pink jade arms and white calves are more and more touching under the oblique light of the sunset. Just listen, the tone is melodious, the singing is tactful, the love in the girl's heart is just open, and the delicate taste that wants to say is still ashamed, stained in the childish tune, it can't help but let the walker stop and forget to return......

In this graceful singing, Lang Zhong, who was collecting medicine, was hanging on the cliff, picking the last green plant; The woodcutters, who are burdened with full salaries, are making a detour down the mountain road, and the farmers who are working in the fields are also preparing to hoe and return home.

Far away from this beautiful place, on the opposite hillside, there was a small noise, like a quarrel of vindictiveness, and like a child bickering. I only heard a disgruntled voice from a young girl saying, "Ohno, the sun is about to set, it's time to go home." ”

The boy known as Ohno was wearing a gray and shabby coat on his upper body, patched pants on his lower body, and his mud-stained calves were exposed, and he struggled to climb up with his bare feet. The hill was steep, and he didn't bother to look back, but replied casually: "I don't have anything to eat when I go home, so it's better to play freely here." ”

The girl behind her, sighed helplessly, turned her back, and the slender shadow stood in the afterglow of the sunset, with a melon-shaped face, and a pair of bright eyes flashing under the bangs of Qi Qi, and her pink chin was slightly upturned, and she looked like a beauty. At this time, the girl looked at the opposite mountain and said emotionally: "Listen, Sister Peach's song is so good." ”

At this time, Ohno had already climbed to a flat clearing, looked back at the voice, and smiled: "Meizi, when you grow up, you will also sing Huaichun's song, and when the time comes, it will be more beautiful than Sister Peach." ”

Meizi turned around, spat hard, and said, "Shameless! ”

Ohno was not angry, and stretched out his dusty hand to pull the girl up. The girl didn't appreciate it, put her slender hand behind her back, and anxiously urged: "Come down quickly, it's too late to go back and be trained by grandpa again." ”

Ohno still looked careless, "If you want to go back, you can go back by yourself, I have to climb to the cave above." ”

This pair of boys and girls are both from Panxi Village, and the two live in the front and back rooms, and often go out to play together because of their similar age. Meizi's parents passed away, and there was only one grandfather in the family, who was the only Langzhong in the village; Ohno's parents are still alive, but because of his father's alcoholism and gambling, the family is jumping and eating is poor. In the war years, a peasant family that worked hard and kept itself in peace could still maintain a first-line food and clothing, let alone a master who did not do his job properly and was idle? Therefore, it can only be bitter for the child.

Seeing that the sky was getting darker and darker, Meizi was really a little anxious, stomped her feet, and said hatefully: "Grandpa said that you can't go to the cave over there, there are demons eating people." ”

Ohno still didn't look back, he just climbed up by himself, he naturally didn't believe Meizi's words, he had seen people kill people in the past few years, and he had never seen monsters eat people.

Seeing that she still couldn't persuade her to return to Daye, Mei Zi shouted angrily: "Didn't you say that you will listen to me for everything?" If you don't come down, I won't pay attention to you in the future! With that, he turned and left. But a child is a child after all, especially a girl always hopes that the opposite sex cares about herself, saying that she wants to go, and her steps have taken a step, but that heart still can't bear it, and she looks back from time to time and looks up.

It's just that this look made Meizi's whole person stunned for a moment, with a cherry-like mouth, open fist-sized, a pair of black eyes, staring at the top of the mountain without blinking.

However, at this time, the sunset has been completely hidden, leaving only the orange-red afterglow to reflect the mountains, showing the reluctance to part, but the summit of Mount Ontake suddenly has a vision, and the peak of the perennial snow actually wears a white "hat".

The "hat" shaped disc-shaped cloud, narrow at the top and wide at the bottom, milky white and milky, makes people feel warm and intoxicated from the heart. Moreover, there is more than one milky white "hat", counting up to nine layers, stacked layer by layer, reaching the sky, shaking like the sky hanging down the stairs to the world, leading people to heaven together.

Meizi had never seen such a strange and beautiful scene, and she couldn't help but exclaim. Suddenly! A thunderbolt fell from the sky, and the sound of "boom" drowned out her exclamation, breaking the beautiful tranquility of Mt. Ontake.

This change was too fast, Meizi's eyes didn't blink for a moment, and suddenly saw a red light, coming down from the dome, and with a "brush" sound, the nine-layer "hat cloud" was split in half, and stabbed straight towards the opposite peak.

Immediately afterwards, suddenly the sky was gray, the dark clouds were thick, the sky seemed to be slashed by someone, the crimson blood jumped out, and sprinkled directly on the "hat cloud", the clean clouds turned from white to red, if the blood-soaked robe, it was eerie and terrifying, making people shudder.

Before Meizi could come to her senses, she just listened to "Ah! With a bang, a figure fell from the top of Meizi's head. It's Ohno! This was Meiko's first reaction. But she didn't call for help, she didn't cry, but her eyes were straight, and she was stunned......

On the opposite hillside, a pool of red blood is dripping down the cracks in the rocks, and Sister Peach, who was still singing just now, is now nowhere to be found, and a yellow wreath is lying in the bloodstains, dyed a little crimson......

Of course, Meizi was not the only one who was panicked, at this moment, at the foot of the mountain, the cattle and sheep who were leisurely foraging for food, were disturbed by this red light, and suddenly sighed and ran in all directions. The villagers were also shocked by this sudden vision, and after a moment of silence, they all knelt down in unison, and shouted to the top of Mount Yuyue, shouting Nangong God, and kowtowing one by one. It's just that when a gust of wind passes, they open their eyes and feel that something is missing around them......

"Daughter, my daughter, my little daughter is gone......" Miki shouted. Suddenly, the howl shook the sky, and the sound of chaos was endless.

After this change, it can be said that the red light is everywhere, a mess, a peaceful and peaceful scene, instantly shattered, the homing birds and finches have flapped their wings, hissing bursts, a mess of flying chaotic; The wild beasts in the valley roared, and the tigers, leopards, jackals moved in response to the wind, climbed rocks and jumped over the stream, and fled in all directions......

I really don't know, what kind of fear? These kings of the mountains were shocked, as if they had lost their souls, and they panicked......

The worshiped god of the "Nangong Great God", Hirata Zong, is sitting in the inner hall of the Nangong Taisha at the moment, meditating and practicing qi. The abnormal movement in the mountain made him suddenly feel his heart tighten, he stood up suddenly, looked at the top of Mount Mitake, and felt two tremblings, his face twitched, Lang Lang staggered out of the inner hall, took out a charm from his arms, and said in a trembling voice: "Om...... The fire of the gods is as urgent as the law! In an instant, a blue light flew north......

Thousands of miles away, a gust of wind blew across the hills, blowing up a shabby Taoist robe, a Taoist from Middle Earth, white-haired and silver-haired, standing among the rocks, his right arm hanging obliquely from the dust, watching the sky change color, his left hand immediately pinched the trick, and suddenly said: "It's not good, the demon was born, and the sky has changed." ”

With that, he swept his body and drifted away in the direction of Mt. Ontake......