But see, in the dark night sky, a little white light suddenly appeared.The white light just appeared in Sawara Masahiro's line of sight, and in just a few seconds, it turned from dotted to line, from line to round......
It became a white ball of light that grew larger.Whatever it was, it was clear that it was approaching the valley at a very alarming rate.At this moment, Sawara Masahiro was also stunned, he just stayed in place, and he didn't react at all that if the things in the white light really fell nearby, there was a high probability that he would be stoned to death.It wasn't until this thing was only a few hundred meters away from the surface, and Masahiro Sawara could see with the naked eye that it was larger than a pagoda, that he realized that it was a bit dangerous for him to stand here, but it was too late for him to run.Almost in the blink of an eye, the massive, white-glowing object had landed.But the strange thing is that when the object landed, it didn't make the expected loud noise, and it didn't smash huge craters on the ground or cause earthquakes or anything like that.It didn't slow down for a moment before it fell, but the moment it touched the ground, it went straight from the first cosmic velocity to a static state in an instant, and the movement it emitted was as light as a drop of ink being splashed on paper.The shrine that had been standing there was crushed and covered by the massive object, and turned into a pile of ruins wrenched together with the broken ice underneath, but the wreckage did not make a sound for some reason when it collapsed.And Sawara Masahiro, who was standing in front of the shrine, just didn't get hit by this huge thing, the edge of the thing was pressed two meters in front of him, and he didn't even feel the slightest vibration and wind pressure at such a close distance.Still, there was one thing he felt quickly......
That's the "temperature".The huge heat that quickly emanated from the huge thing made Sawara Masahiro seem to have come to midsummer from a grim winter, and he began to sweat after a few tens of seconds.And after these dozens of seconds, the white light emitted from the giant object gradually dimmed, and then Sawara Masahiro saw clearly that the "thing falling from the sky" in front of him ......
It's still a living thing.This kind of creature is naturally not in Sawara Masahiro's cognition, so when Sawara Masahiro recorded this incident later, he used a series of descriptions that are not very accurate and difficult to imagine, such as "huge as a mountain, body color like lacquer, skin smooth but not light, muscles plump but not real, like a Jiao but not a Jiao, like an insect but not an insect, fish gills and bird wings, animal claws and snake scales, skin and bones, flesh and intestines, eyes are difficult to see, and people are like people" and a series of descriptions that are not very accurate and difficult to imagine.In any case, Masahiro Sawara, who saw this kind of miracle at the time, undoubtedly regarded this creature as some kind of "god" who heard his prayers and came down.Therefore, he immediately offered his son as a sacrifice according to the agreement......
What's even more numbing is that the creature seems to be indeed wise, and it actually understands Sawara Masahiro's actions and accepts this "sacrifice".What Masahiro Sawara did that night was later called the "First Festival".And this first sacrifice also kicked off a period of five hundred and forty years of terrible customs.Since then, this method of sacrificing to the "gods" has evolved to a certain extent, and has become a secret technique known only to the people of the Sawara clan.The truth about the advent of the "gods" is also a lot of records that the Sawara clan later studied and used it......
It has also become a secret within the Sawara family, and only the heads of the family have been qualified to check it.As for the people of Sawara, they only need to know the existence of the "gods" and the fact that the Sawara clan is "the chosen clan of the gods", and then worship both, be loyal, and grateful......
That's enough.On the second day of the first festival, the weather of Sawara changed dramatically overnight due to the appearance of the "gods", and the passage into the feudal domain, which had been closed for more than a month, was restored in only half a day.The people no longer starved or froze, and order in the domain was naturally restored, and then how the Sawara clan led the people to collect the dead and recuperate.Sawara Masahiro saved his vassal kingdom as he wished, and the first thing he did was to seal off the "Valley on the Lake", make it a forbidden place, and begin to compile a decent-sounding story to explain and take credit for the people under his rule.On the other hand, he has already begun to prepare for the next sacrifice in twelve years......
Since then, a full five hundred and forty years have passed.For most of the time after that, the weather in this place was smooth, not only did it not suffer any serious natural disasters, but even small earthquakes rarely occurred.Until......
This yuan and two years.This year is the "Year of Sacrifice", and it is also another year when Japan's Warring States period has entered a white-hot stage.The current lord of Sawara Province is called Sawara Soi, the man who offered the dragon to the "gods" at the beginning of this volume.In recent years, Soga has led his troops to resist the attacks of the Rokkaku Army and the Hojo Army several times, relying on the home battle and terrain advantages, and the opponent is not the main force......
Soga succeeded in repelling the enemy every time.But winning is winning, but Soga doesn't have any feeling of being a winner, on the contrary, he is still in fear, because after these few battles, Soga deeply feels that Sawara's military strength is really too weak.Compared with those troops in the outside world who have been baptized by years of war, these soldiers in Sawara can only be described as immature; If it weren't for Sawara's geographical advantages, which made it impossible for the attacker's artillery team and cavalry team to play, I am afraid that Sawara's army would have been defeated in half a day.Even in a simple infantry battle, most of the Sawara people, whose weapons and armor and physical fitness are not inferior or even superior to the outside world, cannot defeat the attacking team's soldiers in one-on-one, and this gap will be exacerbated when there are many to many.To put it bluntly, in war, the "elite" thing has never been trained, but fought, and it is irrigated and inherited with countless blood and lives......
It's slowly cast.On weekdays, the Sawara army defends against the kind of robbers and rabble with a small number of robbers, and it is no problem, but a pair of regular armies, even if it is the "second army" and "third army" of others, are a little stretched.Sawara Sect I also understand that with Sawara's current strength, it should be the limit to survive this year.When this winter passes, and the war is at its peak in the spring of the following year, if a certain daimyo or shogunate sends a slightly stronger force to attack, I am afraid that he Sawara will be destroyed.The inheritance that has been passed down by his ancestors for hundreds of years is about to end in his hands, and this pressure is obviously not less than that of Sawara Masahiro back then.So, earlier in the year, Sawara and I followed the path of his old ancestor - he began to look through the ancient texts, looking for ways to continue the kingdom outside of the normal means.This search really made him find some clues......
It turned out that during the "Bunji" period hundreds of years ago, Sawara also encountered a similar crisis; It seems that at that time, the "gods" also had a consistent "only prevent natural disasters and ignore man-made disasters".At that time, the feudal lord simply went directly to the "gods" for help, and finally succeeded in reaching some kind of deal with him.However, the result of that transaction was not good, and the "Fragment of the Heavenly Cloud Sword" that the feudal lord found and presented had somehow gone wrong, causing the "gods" to be angry.This eventually led to an event known as the "Tide of Silk", which is recorded only by this pronoun and the result that "more than half of the inhabitants died in the incident", and no other details are available.But in any case, after the "Tsui Tide" incident, Sawara's foreign enemies also withdrew for unknown reasons, and even after that, it was never attacked by any forces for more than ten years.For the current Sawara sect, that's all he can see in his eyes......
As for the "Chaochao", he believes that as long as he is cautious and does not make the same mistakes as his ancestors in trading, he will definitely be able to avoid it.In this way, after some operation, there was the scene where he presented the dragon bi about a month ago.However, if nothing else, there will be an accident next.I would never have imagined that an antique from Da Shu, which had only flowed into his small remote feudal kingdom after several tosses, would be recovered.And those two comers have the power to subvert the entire Sawara.