Chapter 541: The Legend of the Eight Mirrors
"Nothing. Brother Conan, I want to take a look at the three major artifacts, I wonder if Brother Conan can agree? Li Canghai said.
"Brother Li, as a criminal officer of the Tang Dynasty, why can't he see the three major artifacts? Please. Conan was quite polite, and said with his right hand in a false direction.
After Li Canghai thought about it, he turned around and handed the jade pendant to Xue Xuan, and whispered a few words in her ear, Xue Xuan nodded, and then left the East Cross Courtyard.
Seeing this, Conan hurriedly walked over, helped Li Canghai up, and then helped him into the side room Buddha hall.
In the Buddhist hall, the three major artifacts are opened in a row on the wooden table and enshrined with incense.
This was the first time Li Canghai had seen the true face of the three major artifacts.
The grass pheasant sword, the Qiong hook jade, the eight mirrors, the three major artifacts have their own magic.
The grass pheasant sword is three fingers wide, about two feet eight inches long, the sword body is engraved with cumbersome and complex patterns, the sword body is thin, the blade is sharp, and the hilt is decorated with the pattern of the dragon swallowing the sky, which looks exquisite.
Qiong Hook Jade, about the size of a finger, is half-moon-shaped, the whole body is turquoise, exuding a faint fluorescence, giving people an extremely warm feeling.
The eight-wing mirror is similar in size to the ordinary copper mirror, the difference is that the copper mirror is transparent on both sides, and the surrounding is carved with exquisite patterns, and the mirror is full of spots, like the stars in the night sky.
Li Canghai originally thought that those spots were dust falling on them, but when he wiped them with his sleeve, he found that those spots were not dust, but existed in the mirror themselves.
The most peculiar thing was that the spots had a distinct layering from the side, while from the front they were round clusters, like the cosmic star map he knew.
The mirror material is not the resin he knew in his previous life, but a transparent stone, and I really don't know how craftsmen thousands of years ago set those specks into it.
"Brother Conan, what's going on?" Li Canghai asked in surprise.
Conan smiled: "This is the magic of the Eight Mirrors, although this mirror is transparent on both sides, there seems to be dust in the mirror, and it is turbid, but it can clearly see the appearance of people." And in our Dongying, there is also a legend about this mirror. ”
"Oh, what legend?" Li Canghai looked at the Eight Mirrors and asked curiously.
"It is rumored that these eight mirrors are a magic weapon made by the gods of the heavens to invite Amaterasu, which contains all things in the heavens, and if anyone can understand the meaning, they can get the whole sky." Conan said.
"Get the whole sky?" Li Canghai was a little surprised, if he could say that he could get the world, he would still say it in the past, but what does it mean to get the whole sky?
In addition to the sun, stars, and moon, there are only some ethereal clouds left in this sky, and compared to this sky, it is still the reality of the ground under our feet.
Conan nodded and said, "Legend has it that this is true, and it is said that this is because the Yachi Mirror contains the divine power of Amaterasu, and if you can get the divine power of Amaterasu, you will naturally have the entire sky." ”
Li Canghai narrowed his eyes, he had heard of the Dongying myth.
This Amaterasu god is the god of creation in the mythology of Toei and the embodiment of the sun.
Legend has it that Amaterasu competed with another god to have a baby, but she lost and felt ashamed, so she hid in a cave.
She was originally the embodiment of the sun, and when she hid in the cave, the whole Dongying suddenly fell into darkness.
And those demons and monsters began to wreak havoc in Dongying because they had no nemesis, and the entire Dongying people began to live in poverty.
But Amaterasu is a very thin-skinned person, she, as the creator god, lost in the matter of giving birth, which made her ashamed, no matter how the gods comforted her and begged her, she didn't come out.
In desperation, the gods came up with a solution, they made a mirror, lit a fire, and then used the mirror to refract the light of the fire into the cave where Amaterasu was hiding, and cheered and danced outside.
Amaterasu was the embodiment of the sun, and when she saw the light outside, and the gods were cheering, she wondered why the gods were cheering.
The gods replied that a new sun god had come from heaven, and that it was more beautiful and merciful than Amaterasu.
When Amaterasu heard that someone was more beautiful than her, she was immediately unconvinced, so she asked the gods to find the sun god and see it herself.
The gods lifted the mirror from afar, and when Tianzhao saw that the person in the mirror was not only beautiful and gentle, but also full of wisdom, he was amazed.
The gods took the opportunity to pull Amaterasu out of the cave and sealed the cave so that Amaterasu could never return to the cave.
To say that this Amaterasu really doesn't know if it's innocent or just stupid, and after coming out, I realized that the person I saw in the mirror was herself.
This made her more sure that she was a true goddess of beauty and wisdom, and she was very satisfied with the mirror made by the gods, and regarded it as her own incarnation, and remained on earth forever.
And that mirror is the famous eight-point mirror in the future!
It is not difficult to see from the myths and legends that these eight mirrors are regarded as the embodiment of Amaterasu, and if it is said that there is Amaterasu's divine power sealed inside, it is also said that it is in the past.
However, this myth is always a myth, compared to this, Li Canghai prefers to believe that these eight mirrors are left behind by Xu Fu, who was looking for the elixir of life for Qin Shi Huang.
Thinking of this, Li Canghai's heart suddenly moved, and he said secretly: "If this legend is true, and then replace the Amaterasu in the story with Xu Fu, then aren't these the legends left by Xu Fu?" ”
"There is a hidden divine power of Amaterasu in the Eight Mirrors, could this be a hint that there are clues left by Xu Fu in these Eight Mirrors?" Li Canghai muttered to himself for a while, and after asking Conan's consent, he took the Eight Mirrors in his hand and looked at them over and over again.
"The three major artifacts have been circulating in Dongying for nearly a thousand years, but no one has ever seen the secrets hidden in them. However, I have a feeling that if there is someone in this world who can solve the mystery, that person must be Brother Li. Conan saw that he was carefully observing the three major artifacts, and said sincerely.
Li Canghai was slightly stunned and said, "Brother Conan is too much to promote me, where do I have this ability?" ”
Conan smiled, he looked left and right, and said in a low voice: "Actually, I once read a secret record of the Dongying royal family, according to the history of the Dongying royal family recorded above, as well as the secrets of the Dongying royal family. ”
"Oh? What secret? Li Canghai put down the eight-step mirror and asked in surprise.
"According to records, the three major artifacts were indeed brought by the gods, and the gods not only brought the three major artifacts, but also the fairy children and fairies, as well as the five grain tools. It was they who taught the people of Dongying to grow grains, fish and hunt, and built the first castle in Dongying, forming the royal family of Dongying. Speaking of this, Conan paused and said deeply: "And the god of heaven came from the west in a dragon boat. (To be continued.) )