Chapter Eighty-Five: Dayi
Obviously, this is far from being as simple as the legend suggests, and regardless of what happened next, the actions of this man alone are enough to puzzle us.
"Ten days in the sky, the fierce beasts on the earth are coming, Di Yao saw that Shenzhou is indeed as described in the proverbs, so he sent his men to find the Dayi mentioned in the proverbs, and after searching for a long time, he finally found the traces of Dayi in a remote tribe."
Yi He didn't seem to have any intention to explain our doubts, he didn't mention the identity of the mysterious person, but told us about what happened after the Ten Days of Togetherness.
"From the news reported by his subordinates, Di Yao learned that Dayi's origin is unknown, it is rumored that he was abandoned by his parents in the mountains when he was five years old, because he grew up in the mountains and forests since he was a child, so he has practiced a hand of archery, and after learning about this, Di Yao can't help but think of the word arrow drop mentioned in the proverbs, Di Yao knows in his heart that this must not be a coincidence, but has long been destined in the dark."
"Due to the urgency of the situation, Di Yao did not think carefully about the strangeness, but sincerely asked Dayi to go out of the mountain to save the common people, for such a big thing, Dayi did not shirk at all, but followed Di Yao's advice and started from the fierce beasts that appeared in Shenzhou."
"After Dayi came out of the mountain, he first killed the chisel tooth in the field of Chouhua, and then slaughtered the nine babies on the fierce water, paid the wind in the Qingqiu Ze, cut off the snake in the Dongting, captured the pig in the mulberry forest, and after a sweep, the fierce beasts on the ground have been eliminated by it and no longer appear."
"And just after Dayi wiped out all the fierce beasts on the earth, he set his goal in the sky."
It is not difficult to hear that he still admires Dayi's original feats and harmony, although his tone is still so cold at this time, but it is difficult to hide a respect from the bottom of his heart in his words.
"Different from the fierce beasts that appear on the ground, the sun always hangs high in the sky, although Dayi's cultivation is amazing, but he can't fly to the sky, fortunately he still has a hand of arrows, so he soon decided to give up the previous method of hand-to-hand combat, and instead use archery to fight against the sun in the sky."
"After making a choice, Dayi naturally did not hesitate too much, with the support of Di Yao, Dayi quickly collected the heavenly treasures in Shenzhou, and made it into a divine bow that is taller than a person, and when the bow is completed, he will take this divine bow all the way to the east."
"Dayi traveled eastward, he climbed over the mountains, through the desert, and finally stopped in front of a large mountain by the East China Sea, he slowly climbed to the top of the mountain, and then bent his bow and arrow, aimed at the sun in the sky, which was emitting a scorching light, and shot an arrow at it."
"What happened later was as you know, Dayi successfully shot down for nine days, leaving only the last sun to shine for Shenzhou, and then he successfully retired and disappeared into the world, and since then no one has seen him in this land of Shenzhou."
Although Yi He's tone of this statement was very flat, everyone's mood after listening to it could not be easily calmed down.
Dayi's strength is vividly reflected in this short description.
Chisel teeth, nine babies, gale, snake repair, seal pigs......
Although we don't know what kind of magical powers these beasts have, we are sure that these beasts are extremely terrifying desolate alien species, and now we have no power to fight back against even any of them.
But Dayi is different from us, after he came out of the mountain, he killed or suppressed these strange beasts one by one, and made a great contribution to the peace of the land of China.
After the crisis on the ground was resolved, Dayi did not retreat, but aimed at the sky, wanting to eliminate the sudden nine extra suns.
Regardless of whether there are other strange things in the process, there is no doubt that Dayi finally succeeded, he really shot down nine of the suns, and returned a peaceful and peaceful state to Shenzhou.
But if this is the case, then another problem arises.
Why did a person as powerful as Hou Yi never reappear after shooting the sun?
Could it be that Dayi had an accident in the process of shooting the sun, so even if he shot down the sun, he was seriously injured in the end and never reappeared?
Moreover, Yi He just told about what happened after Dayi came out of the mountain, and did not mention any of Dayi's origins, and he also did not mention anything about the mysterious person who left the proverbs.
Is there another hidden meaning to this?
Perhaps it was because he was too puzzled by everyone's expressions, so Yi He, who had stopped talking, suddenly spoke, and he looked at me, and the words in his mouth seemed to be trying to prompt me.
"My lord, do you know what the sun was called in ancient times?"
"I remember that there was a record in ancient books that the ancients believed that there was a black three-legged crow in the middle of the red sun, and this crow squatted in the middle of the red sun, surrounded by flickering golden light, so the ancients called the sun the golden crow."
I flashed through the ancient books I had read, and then replied confidently.
"At the same time, there seems to be another mythical story, in this story the sun is not the left eye of the Pangu god, but the son of the Emperor of Heaven, its body is born like a crow, but it is different from the common crows in the world, this crow is golden and has three legs, the Emperor of Heaven ordered it to drive the chariot and bring light to Shenzhou."
At this moment, before my words fell, I saw Shen Lang on the side as if he had suddenly realized, looking at me and asking excitedly.
"Brother Chuan, you just said that in some mythological stories, the body of the sun is a three-legged crow, and this crow is still the son of the Emperor of Heaven?"
"Yes, there is indeed such a saying in ancient books."
Although I didn't know what Shen Lang had in mind, I still nodded and explained to him seriously and patiently.
"In this story, the Emperor of Heaven has ten sons, all of whom are three-legged crows with golden bodies, who have both human and divine characteristics, and these ten sons are placed by the Emperor of Heaven on the Fuso tree in the Tang Valley, and control the sunrise and sunset of Shenzhou day and night."
"That's right, Brother Chuan, I found the common place in these stories!"
After getting my confirmation, Shen Lang's expression became even more excited, and he looked at us and said excitedly.
"Brother Ting has already said just now, the so-called Emperor of Heaven is Dayu, and if the legendary Jin Crow is really the son of the Emperor of Heaven, then this so-called Jin Crow must be inseparable from Dayu!"