Cursed Mountains and Seas

Chapter 392 The Princess's Sheep-Leading Ceremony, Reunion with the Childlike Immortal

When the group of Japanese turned around at the sound, they saw, in a flash of lightning, another female voice shouting behind them:
"I am Yamada Asaemon Yoshisuke, holding the official title of 'Yoshimono Magistrate' of Japan! Please state your name!"

Yamada Yoshisuke frowned upon hearing this.

The two men who warned them both seemed to speak with a strong Kyoto accent.

They certainly look like Shinto priests, and they're all highly sought-after fourth-rank officials. Even the powerful daimyo and the chief priests of large shrines in the country are only at this level.

There are only so many people in the Japanese high-level government, and everyone sees each other all the time, but he didn't recognize these two people at all.

Fortunately, neither Wang Cheng nor Shen Yueye wanted to know him.

When Wang Cheng was in charge of shouting out the first sentence to identify himself as "one of their own," Lei Che was still out of sight.

By the time Shen Yueye shouted her second sentence, adding fuel to the fire for the Tatars, they had already passed by the Japanese troops and were out of sight on the other side.

Yamada Yoshisuke originally wanted to stop them and ask them for clarification.

A gigantic "White Immortal" and Yan Donglou, riding on fiery clouds, crashed into everyone's field of vision.

The two living ghosts paid no attention to the two minor characters who had escaped. They first glanced at the precious corpse honey in the beehive, and finally fixed their gazes on Yamada Yoshisuke.

"You are Yamada Yoshisuke, the leader of the Japanese?"

"Hand over the 'Imperial Edict for Medicine' from the First Emperor right now!"

As Yan Donglou spoke, his Dharma form left his body, transforming into the middle-aged form of the Three Worlds King, with a red sun hanging behind his head.

Extend your palm, and the lines flow and twist to form three suns, evolving into the rising sun, the blazing sun, and the setting sun, signifying that the past, present, and future are all within your grasp.

With a single palm strike, it seemed impossible to escape His grasp.

"Get out of here! I have no idea what you're talking about."

Yamada Yoshisuke also manifested his supernatural form, transforming into a 1.5-foot-tall samurai clad in black armor. He gathered the energy of the entire army and slashed forward with his sword.

Now, separated by thousands of mountains and rivers, Yan Donglou could no longer borrow the Dharma forms of the other two incarnations and had reverted to his ordinary third-rank living ghost.

That sliver of light pierced through the gaps between existence and non-existence, ruthlessly severing one of his palm lines, allowing him to escape the palm strike that encompassed time and space.

He immediately turned around, and the flash of his blade created a shower of pear blossom-like afterimages.

clang!clang!clang!
Sparks flew, and although his face was flushed, he managed to catch all of the "White Fairy's" spikes one by one.

Unfortunately, this time it was not only a two-against-one situation for the three ranks, but the overall strength and national foundation of the Tatar middle class were also clearly superior to those of the Japanese.

Two flags were raised from a distance by the large army that followed closely behind.

It wasn't a nine-stripe white banner, but two pieces of clothing.

One of them was a silk ruqun (a type of traditional Chinese dress) worn by noblewomen in the Song Dynasty, but it was stained with blood, and even after many years, it was still glaringly red.

One glance and it's as if countless elegantly dressed but sorrowful noblewomen are weeping and wailing.

Woo woo woo.
The other piece is a seemingly ordinary sheepskin, but if you look at it directly, you will see a head official dressed in a dragon robe leading countless high-ranking officials, noblewomen, and princesses crawling on their knees like sheep with their upper bodies exposed.

The Yamada family's men immediately lost their momentum, and many of them couldn't help but tremble.

A knowledgeable person exclaimed in astonishment:

"These are the blood-stained clothes of the imperial princess from the Jingkang Incident of the Song Dynasty and the sheepskin used for the sheep-leading ceremony!"

When the Song Dynasty's capital was captured by the Jin Dynasty, Emperors Qinzong and Huizong, along with the captured people, arrived at Huining Prefecture, the capital of the Jin Dynasty. The Jin people held a ceremony to present the captives.

He ordered the two emperors, their consorts, members of the imperial family, princes, sons-in-law, and princesses to dress in the clothing worn by the common people of the Jin dynasty, with headscarves, sheepskin coats, and bare upper bodies, and to go to the Aguda Temple of the Jin dynasty to perform the "sheep-leading ceremony".

Especially the princess Zhao Fujin, the most beautiful woman in the Song Dynasty, met a tragic end. She was tortured to death by Jin nobles at the young age of 26.

Blood and tears stained her gorgeous dresses, becoming the embodiment of the nightmares of all noble ladies.

It has become a scar in the history of China that will never heal.

The combination of the two can be used to launch special attacks against the powerful and wealthy in various Eastern countries.

Later, when Yunmeng destroyed the Jin dynasty, these things naturally all fell into the hands of the steppe people, and they were very effective against the high-ranking officials and generals. The Yamada family, being a noble family serving the Japanese lord, was naturally also within the scope of this control.

At this moment, the female samurai Yamada Mizuki, carrying a bucket of corpses on her back, felt as if she were naked and exposed to the world. Overwhelmed with shame, she could hardly take a step.

"My men, kill all the Japanese!"

With these two treasures in hand, the Tatars were immediately at a disadvantage after the battle began, and their defeat was inevitable.

The human-headed bees, however, ignored the humans fighting and simply carried the corpses back to their hives to make honey, fairly and justly enforcing the "thirty percent tax, twenty-nine percent" rule.

Wang Cheng and Shen Yueye did not run far; after leaving each other's sight, they secretly returned.

He borrowed the secret ability of "openly repairing the plank road to safely cross the Chencang" by using the "Heavenly Market Equalization Method". The Prince of Guangze did not discover him back then, and naturally Hongyang, disguised as Yan Donglou, will not be able to discover him this time either.

He kept a close eye on the battlefield, ready to throw his master's wife out at any moment to be the one to suffer the consequences.

Upon seeing the princess's blood-stained clothes and sheepskin, his eyes flashed with even more murderous intent, preparing to settle scores later.

Then, looking at the busy human-headed bees, Wang Cheng had an idea and said:

"Senior sister, I suddenly thought of a crucial question."

Shen Yueye tilted her head:

"what?"

Wang Cheng's expression turned somewhat serious:

"Since this isn't the first time the cursed rift has appeared, the Japanese have long known the rule that as long as they are willing to offer 'sacrifices,' they can obtain the elixir."

That leads to a crucial question.

Why, after all these years, have the elixirs of immortality not only failed to proliferate within the walls, but have so few emperors even truly seen their faces?

In the past, many emperors went to sea to seek the elixir of immortality, but the thirty-six kinds of immortal elixirs have never been found, let alone given away voluntarily like the "Five Temples Divine Hidden Flower" before.

Now, not only has this unprecedented event occurred for the first time, but there has also been the arrival of "immortals" like the Rejuvenating Immortal who openly proclaimed the establishment of an outpost.

However, at the same time, various evil spirits kept issuing warnings that "you are not allowed to go to sea."

It looks as if there are two wills fighting each other in the left and right hemispheres behind these "immortals".

On one hand, it seems to want to lure people in to kill, providing nourishment for cultivating immortal elixirs; on the other hand, it seems to fear that people will explore the ocean on long voyages and discover some great secret in the depths of the vast ocean.

It's really baffling.

What exactly lies in the depths of the ocean?

Wang Cheng looked up at the sky.

It was past noon when the Heavenly Gate fully opened, and now the evening glow was rolling in the sky, and it was not far from dark.

"What is the great terror that Yamada Yoshisuke just mentioned after nightfall?"

Under the same twilight, in another corner of the island.

As a Frankish expedition was walking, they suddenly discovered a child dressed in bright red clothes and pants, with two topknots in the style of the Daisho era, squatting silently on the mountain path ahead.

The leader frowned and shouted in somewhat broken Mandarin:

"Hey kid in front, are you a native of this island? Do you know where there's a magic elixir? Take us there quickly!"

The child, who had his back to them, slowly turned his head, and his appearance startled everyone.

Because this child is half a beautifully crafted child, and the other half an old man with bark like an old tree.

He took out a [Blood Soul Banner] that looked very familiar along the coast of Dazhao, and grinned from ear to ear:

"Alright, I'll take you there. Fellow Daoists, please come into my banner for a chat!"

(End of this chapter)