Later, other shrines were built on this basis, collectively known as the Ryukyu Eight Shrines.It's just that all of these shrines were destroyed during World War II, and now they are all rebuilt.Wang Yong and Yinglang stepped on the starlight and walked towards the Putian Palace.Yamada Kanichi is the director of the shrine main hall, and he has a very high status, so he naturally lives in a shrine dedicated to Amaterasu, and does not live in a shrine dedicated to other ancient Ryukyu Shinto.In the East, there is actually a chain of contempt between gods and gods."
Master, that's the Putian Palace."
Yinglang pointed to a building complex standing in front of him at night, and said.Looking at the past from afar, the first thing that catches your eye is a tall wooden archway, lying on both sides of an upward mountain road.This is called a torii gate, and it is a symbol used by the shrine to distinguish the human world from the divine world.Once you cross the torii gate, you have officially entered the divine realm, and all words and deeds must be carefully respected.Wang Yong glanced at it and walked in.But Yinglang and Yinglang's father didn't have Wang Yong's indifferent momentum, so they nodded cautiously and gently at the torii, signaling that they had come in, and then followed Wang Yong's footsteps.It's just that these two people only took the left side of the road, and did not dare to take the middle of the road.In Toyo Shinto, the center of the shrine road is for the gods, and mortals cannot trample on it, otherwise they will incur retribution.Many Oriental people are deeply ingrained in this kind of thinking, and over time they develop a subconscious habit.Wang Yong didn't express an opinion on this, after all, it's a good thing that human beings are in awe.However, the Chinese people are very different from the East in this regard, and the awe of the Chinese people comes more from "respecting the heavens and the ancestors", and the heavens and the earth, the ancestors are more worthy of reverence than the ghosts and gods.If someone wants to occupy the ancestral cemetery and build a temple, they will definitely meet with strong opposition.So there was a strange scene under the starlight.Yinglang, Yinglang's father, and Yinglang's second uncle walked humbly on the left side of the worship road, while Wang Yong walked in the center with the sword slave, and the starlight sprinkled on the two of them, like a layer of spiritual light armor, like a wandering world."
Where is Yamada Jianyi," Wang Yong asked the second uncle Yinglang.Second Uncle Yinglang pointed to a relatively spacious building in front of him and said, "It's in the worship hall."
After passing through the hand water house, you won't have a chance to turn back, don't say I didn't remind you" Wang Yong chuckled, didn't look at the second uncle Yinglang, and walked directly to the front to worship the hall.Passing by the hand water house on the way, Wang Yong only looked at it with the eyes of enjoying the scenery, and did not stop.In fact, according to the rules of worship in the East, visitors must stop and wash themselves before entering the worship hall.There is a long-handled wooden spoon in the hand water house, and visitors should first use their right hand to scoop a spoonful of water to wash their left hand, and then change to their left hand to hold the spoon and wash their right hand.After that, switch back to your right hand and sprinkle water in the palm of your left hand, put it in your mouth and rinse it gently.After doing this, it is not enough, you also have to clean the wooden handle of the long spoon with clean water.In this set of strict processes, human beings' fear of the gods is unnaturally deepened, and subconsciously produces the psychology that the gods are high and the human beings are humble, and if they do not clean themselves, they are not qualified to meet the gods.The obedience and collectivity of the entire social order of the Orient were established in this process.The good thing is that everyone has a sense of obedience from an early age, and the bad thing is that it stifles creativity.When the head of the decision-makers at the top of the nation is short-circuited, the whole nation will go to the abyss.For example, World War II."
Well, there's no one inside," Wang Yong walked to the front of the worship hall and frowned.Above the worship hall hangs the Chinese character "Putenmangong", and inside is a statue of a god and a thing.However, there was no one.Miichi Yamada is not here."
How could it be that I saw him here last time," Second Uncle Yinglang panicked.If Yamada saw that if he disappeared, he would be dead."
Lord Yamada, Lord Yamada, help, Lord Yamada," Uncle Yinglang shouted in fear.There just wasn't any response.The wind blew, and a sudden sound sounded behind the worship hall."
It's Yamada-sama who heard my call, and Yamada-sama is there," Uncle Eiro almost couldn't help cheering, and staggered towards Ema at the back of the worship hall.Ema is a wooden plaque used at Toyo Shrine to record the prayers of devotees, who write their wishes on the ema and then hang them all on a huge shelf.The sound of the rattling just now is the sound of the wind blowing Ema .Wang Yong sneered, but did not stop the second uncle Yinglang, and let the second uncle Yinglang run towards the ema.And in the next second, I heard the second uncle Yinglang let out a terrible scream: "Don't eat me if you don't save me, I'm a servant of Lord Yamada, you can't eat me" Yinglang's father and Yinglang looked at each other, and their faces were all shocked.Although I don't know what the second uncle encountered, I know that it is extremely terrifying just by listening to the voice."
Let's go, let's see."
Wang Yong raised his feet and walked towards Ema.Before he got closer, he saw Yinglang's second uncle lying to the ground, his body trembling violently, and his eyes were full of fear and fright.muttered vigorously in his mouth: "You can't eat me, you can't eat me and go away, you stinky toad beg you to spare me, I am willing to worship you" Everyone looked at it, except for the breeze and starlight, where are there any toads "Don't look at those painted horses, those painted horses have been manipulated, as long as you gaze, you will hallucinate."
This hallucination is strong enough to pull a person into the abyss of death. ”Wang Yong reminded coldly.Yinglang hurriedly turned his head sideways, if it weren't for Wang Yong's reminder, he would have looked at Ema curiously."
Ghost tricks, dare to be embarrassed" Wang Yong snorted suddenly, and then listened to the sound of crackling continuously.I saw the emas hanging on the shelves crack one by one and fall to the ground.And after landing on the ground, you can see that the back of Ema is painted with one after another hideous monsters.There is a female ghost with a snake belt around her waist, a demon tree with a human face, a hairy prostitute with white hair all over her body, and a woman with a humanoid spider are all youkai from Oriental legends.What Uncle Yinglang saw was a painted horse sign with a huge toad painted on it, and the toad still had a human head in its mouth, dripping with blood.The entire Painted Horse shattered with Wang Yong's cold snort.A mournful voice sounded in the air, extremely penetrating."
Don't kill me, I don't want to die, I am the head of the Ying family, I want to lead the LinkedIn family to glory, I am Wang Er of Wang Liuqiu, etc., all of them must bow down to me" Second Uncle Yinglang shouted as if he was crazy."
Second uncle, what's wrong" Yinglang took a step back and asked."
He was so devastated by Emari's resentment that he had a mental breakdown, and he could only live like a madman for the rest of his life.It's also self-inflicted, and no one else is to blame. ”Wang Yong said without pity.A look of unbearability flashed on both Yinglang's and Yinglang's father's faces at the same time, but they didn't say much.Even if the second child is not crazy, the Ying family will definitely not continue to tolerate him.Although Yinglang's father acted a little weakly, he still knew the importance at the critical moment, and he was never soft on the second child, a black sheep who had endangered the entire family."
Are there any other buildings in this shrine?"
Wang Yong asked as he looked around."
The Ariten Mangu Shrine was originally built on the basis of a stalactite cave, and the main hall dedicated to the god Amaterasu is located behind the stalactite cave."
Yinglang replied."
The main hall is gone, Yamada Jianichi must be hiding there," Wang Yong said and walked in the direction pointed by Yinglang.The iron gates of the stalactite cave are open and unguarded.According to the rules, if you want to pass through this stone cave, you must be led by a shrine maiden, otherwise you will get lost in this stalactite cave full of the power of ghosts and gods.But Wang Yong didn't care at all, and stepped into the gate of the stone cave with one foot.As soon as I entered, I already noticed that it was different from the cold outside.In the dim light, stalactites can be seen hanging in the caves, and many shrines have been carved into the walls, and there are traces left over from thousands of years ago.Neither these stalactites nor shrines are allowed to be touched.As soon as a visitor is found to have the intention of touching, the shrine maiden will loudly reprimand.It is rumored that a tourist once secretly touched a certain stalactite, and then developed hysteria, and it took more than a month to get better.And the tourist's thriving business quickly declined in the past month.This story makes people dare not be disrespectful to anything in this cave.Woo, the wind blew through the stone cave and made a ghostly sound.In a trance, it seemed that the stalactites in the whole cave came to life, turning into huge snake heads and opening hideous mouths.Tick-tock, drops of slime come out of the snake's mouth and drip onto the ground.The idols on the shrine all came to life in an instant, holding all kinds of weapons in their hands, looking at Wang Yong and the others who broke into the stone cave with disgust."
Master, is this what we are alarming the gods" Yinglang leaned against Wang Yong's side in fear and asked."
Stupid junior brother, how can there be any gods in this world, all of them are just some unpopular tricks, just see how I can break it" Wang Yong didn't answer, but the sword slave took the lead.Then I saw the sword slave take the lead and walk forward, and the scabbard that she had been holding in her left hand was also raised high in the air by her.Then a strange thing happened, only to see that all the hideous scenes where the sword slave passed disappeared, and the head of the snake that chose to devour people quickly decayed and turned back into stalactites.The surrounding shrines were also silent for a moment, as if a group of mice with teeth and claws had met cats, and they no longer dared to be arrogant."
Everywhere you pass is bright, good" Wang Yong smiled slightly, keeping up with the pace of the sword slave.Yinglang looked at this senior sister who was a few years younger than him in surprise, and quickly followed.Yinglang's father stood for a moment, and then a hint of determination appeared on his face.Judging from what happened today, Yinglang's choice was not wrong, Wang Yong did have the ability to save Yinglang and even the entire Ying family."
See him" When he was about to walk out of the cave, Wang Yong let out a sneer and jumped up.