I’m a Witch In Dongying

"Yes."

Asakura Hidekazu nodded and replied: "It's a shame to say that my granddaughter's chess skills are too superb. Every time I play against her, she has to be given six or seven sons to win. And the following Wen Tai etc. People, they have never been willing to play chess with me, so when I see you two young people, I have this question."

"Oh?"

Keiko Kashiro turned her head and glanced at Rie Asakura with a little surprise.

Bai Shuiqiu doesn't know how to play Go, and doesn't understand the concept of "letting seven sons" in Go, but Keiko knows it.

To put it simply, it means that when playing China Chess, one of the players first gave a set of carts and horses.

In this way, unless one of the two players being handed over is a novice who does not understand the rules of Go at all, otherwise, if there is some amateur level and the opponent is not a high-level professional player, then it can almost be said. It is a sure win.

If you can lose in this way, it can only show that the one being transferred is too bad, or the other is too strong.

At this time, Asakura Rie also smiled slightly:

"No, it's just that grandpa sees me at a young age and is letting me go.

When the family ancestor was young, he once asked Hirano about chess skills. My chess skill was taught by grandpa. However, after I was twelve years old, it has been a long time since I played chess with my grandfather. Today, it is rare to see my grandfather having this kind of elegance. If Sister Xiaoqiu doesn't mind, I can give some pointers. "

"Mr. Hirano? Is that the one from Toyoki Academy?"

Keiko Kamashiro seems to have heard of this name.

"Yes, it is Mr. Norio Hirano who passed away eight years ago."

"Norio Hirano... is this gentleman famous?"

Bai Shuiqiu scratched his head, looking blank.

"That one is a 7-dan player from Dongying Chess Academy. He once won a place in a world-class tournament. He is a first-class player in China..."

Keiko Kamashiro explained vaguely, then thought a little, and looked up at Asakura Hidekazu: "When I was at home, I used to accompany the elders in the family to play chess. If Hidekazu grandpa doesn't mind, I will replace Xiaoqiu. , Come to accompany you in the next game."

"Oh? That's great."

Asakura Hidekazu didn't mind who he would play with. After hearing Keiko Kashiro's response, he immediately asked someone to pick up a chessboard and chess pieces, and put them on the coffee table in the living room. Sitting on both sides, they are about to start the rhythm of the game.

"Ok……"

Bai Shuiqiu sat aside and took a few glances. Instead of dissipating, the dazed color on his face became thicker and thicker.

She basically knows nothing about Go. She only knows "enclose the opponent's pieces and eat them", but she has no idea how to move the pieces, how to eat them, and how to arrange them. At this time, look at Keiko and Asakura. Show and play chess, there is a kind of heavenly feeling.

This is clearly seen by Asakura Rie.

The girl thought for a while, and then Shi Shiran stood up: "Grandpa and Keiko's game of chess is going to be played for a while. If Sister Qiu feels bored, you might as well follow me in the courtyard. I have quite a few in Yasaka Shrine. A few good collections, I would like to invite Sister Xiaoqiu to taste one or two."

"..."

Bai Shuiqiu glanced at Kanda Keiko a little worried.

At this time, the latter was thinking about where to go next, feeling her gaze, turned and smiled: "It's okay, Qiujiang, you should go out for a while. When this round is over, I'm afraid it's time to eat. "

At the moment, Bai Shuiqiu and Asakura Rie both got up and walked outside the living room.

When going out, Rie Asakura deliberately opened the sliding door, and then raised her hand in one direction in the corridor: "Please go here."

Through the long wooden corridor, he turned two more turns.

Bai Shuiqiu followed Asakura Rie to a very spacious storage room.

As the table lamp on the roof turned on, the scene in front of me was suddenly cheerful.

This is not so much a "storage room" as it is a library.

In the cleaned room, five or six rows of bookshelves are neatly arranged on the ground of almost three to four hundred square meters. Each row of bookshelves is full of books, and there are at least one to two thousand books visually. Most of them seem to be ancient books of a few years old, carefully preserved in a proper way, exuding a faint smell of sandalwood.

On the innermost side of the room, there are also rows of shelves, but the style is more like a bogu shelf.

What was placed on it were not ancient books, but some magical instruments such as Kagura bells, rulers, and gouyu.

"These books are collected and accumulated by the ancestors of my Asakura family. They are considered the most precious possessions in this shrine. If Sister Xiaoqiu sees something she likes, she can read it at will."

"Oh?"

Bai Shuiqiu raised his eyebrows.

Rie Asakura's statement that these books are called "the most precious possessions" surprised her a bit.

After all, there are not only these books in this room, but also a lot of magical artifacts, and there are quite a few of them. The spiritual power contained in them is quite abundant, so Bai Shuiqiu couldn't help but look at it a few more times. According to common sense, these things should be the most important.

"No, powerful artifacts are important, but their effects are limited to a short time, and the inheritance behind these books is the foundation for a shrine to continue for a long time."

After listening to Asakura Rie's words, Bai Shuiqiu was silent for a moment, then nodded again:

"Been taught a lesson."

indeed.

For Bai Shuiqiu herself, part of her strength comes from the system, and the other part comes from the inheritance of Yunv and Shirasui Sana, so she doesn't care much about the inheritance of the family.

Ordinary shrines don't have these things. The intersection of predecessors and descendants, except for those within two generations that can be taught by words and deeds, other times need to be passed on through books.

No matter how strong an individual is, it cannot be worth the thought of thousands of years, more than a dozen generations, or even dozens of generations.

Asakura Rie lifted his steps, walked to one of the bookshelves, picked out a few books from it, wrapped them neatly in oil paper, and raised his hand to Bai Shuiqiu:

"I heard from Mami that Senior Sana spent a lot of time studying runes and formations, but because Senior died young, only a small part of the handwriting has been passed down.

These books are about this aspect, and the content level is pretty good, so I will give them to Sister Xiaoqiu. "

"This is a bit too expensive..."

Bai Shuiqiu was slightly startled, and he didn't feel embarrassed to reach out to pick it up.

These two books are obviously very old, and I don't know which generation of ancestors of the Asakura family passed down. Maybe they are still originals.

If it's "borrowing", she can take it over and take a look at it and transcribe her notes or something, but if she wants to say "send", then the gift is a bit too heavy.

Especially Asakura Rie just said that these books are the "most precious possessions" of Yasaka Shrine...

Asakura Rie seemed to see her thoughts and smiled:

"Sister Xiaoqiu, don’t worry too much. All the books in this shrine have been copied and backed up by my Asakura family, and they have also been scanned out in electronic versions for long-term storage. However, my ancestors prefer to look through papers. Quality books, so people were ordered to build such a library and store them here.

So these ancient books are not really original editions, they look older, because they were copied by the ancestors several generations ago, and have a history of more than a hundred years.

If Sister Xiaoqiu prefers to use the screen to read books, I can also ask Wentai to send you the electronic versions of these books later. "

"Then trouble Lie sister."

Bai Shuiqiu hesitated for a moment, and finally picked up a few books, but he was thinking about how to respond.

It stands to reason that since Asakura Rie specifically mentioned Shirami Sana's affairs, it is appropriate to return the pamphlets left by the aunt's grandmother.

But the problem is...

Bai Shuiqiu always felt that the pamphlets of Baishui Sana should be more valuable than the books left by these ordinary priests, and the gold content in them was also higher. They were exchanged with Asakura's family, and it was somewhat of a small loss. And for other talismans and magical implements, you don't need to come to Yasaka Shrine for your wealth.

"never mind……"

After a brief hesitation, Bai Shuiqiu shook his head, and threw aside the idea of ​​equivalent exchange:

"These two manuals are backups I copied based on the manuals left by Grandma Sana. There are also some personal notes on them. They may not be as valuable as these books, but they may be useful to your company. It's a bit of an analogy."

"Then I thanked my ancestors."

Seeing Rie Asakura picking up the handwritten notes, Bai Shuiqiu breathed a sigh of relief, and carefully put away the books he had obtained from her.

During this process, Bai Shuiqiu glanced at the bookshelf next to him unintentionally, and suddenly his line of sight must be:

"This is……"

What you see is not a book, but a paper scroll inlaid with a glass frame.

On several pieces of grass paper that looked yellow and crumpled, black and red hues were used to draw the eerie and terrifying pictures of a sea of ​​swordsmanship. They were framed with borders. At first glance, there was a chilling feeling.

Is this kind of thing drawn by the ancestors of the Asakura family?

"This is the "Hell Papyrus" drawn by a painter in the 12th century. It has a history of more than 800 years. It was originally a long scroll, depicting the scenes of people falling into reincarnation after death and torturing in different hells. In addition to the collections here, you can also see this similar picture at the National Museums in Tokyo and Nara, but the content is different."

Asakura Rie glanced at the bookshelf following Shiraki's gaze, and then explained.

"A picture scroll from the Heian period..."

Bai Shuiqiu nodded slightly.

The 12th century should have been the late Heian period. The picture scrolls from this period are indeed antiques.

But what Bai Shuiqiu really cares about is not the collection value of this picture scroll, but the content it depicts...

"A place like hell... does it really exist?"

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"Ok?"

Asakura Rie raised her eyes and looked over.

Now that everything has been said here, Bai Shuiqiu no longer hesitates. He simply asked the doubts he had buried in his heart these days:

"There is one thing, I have always been half-knowledgeable, and would like to take this opportunity to ask sister Rie.

Not long ago, I heard a friend elsewhere mentioned a few scattered phrases about the "Yellow Spring Gate". If the **** depicted in these scrolls is real, then the so-called gate of the yellow spring should also exist exactly?

There... what kind of place is it? "

"The Gate of Yellow Spring..."

After hearing Bai Shuiqiu's words, Asakura Rie pondered for a moment, then raised her head again:

"That's a pretty old legend."

"Since Sister Xiaoqiu is a witch, she must have heard of it. In "Ancient History", there was a concept called'Yellow Spring Country'.

According to relevant records of Shintoism, there is the ultimate destination of all the dead lives, and also the place of taboo for all living beings. It is controlled by the mother **** Izanami and separated from the present world through the "Huangquan Hirazaka". "

With that said, Asakura Rie slowly turned around, walked a few steps among the bookshelves, and said in an unhurried voice:

"Whether the Father God and Mother God ever existed, whether their experience was as recorded in the "Ancient History", and when they lost contact with the world... It is still a mystery to this day.

This is because the time when these two gods were active in this world was far earlier than the time when historical records clearly appeared, and also earlier than the time when the concept of Shintoism was formally formed.

Although someone successively claimed to have seen them or heard their will, it is almost certainly a mystery.

After all, there is no incense to enshrine them in the world, and even the children of these two gods. The Amaterasu Omikagami enshrined by the imperial family and Suzhan Mingzun enshrined by my Yasaka Shrine have been around for nearly two thousand years, and they have never been here before.

According to the records of "Kojiki", Hiraizaka Hirazaka, which is isolated from the land of yellow springs, is located at the foot of Yakumo Mountain in Izumo Country, which is now Shimane Prefecture, where the site of the "Sen Yinshi" still remains.

In the previous thousands of years, countless seniors in the spiritual world went to investigate, trying to find out the truth of the "Yellow Spring Country" through the Qian Yinshi, but they found nothing.

However, under the exploration and exploration of generations of ancestors, some simple consensus has gradually formed in the spiritual world—"

"The so-called Huangquan Country is not an independent concept.

In the mythological system of different countries and regions, the place has different titles: Yinsi, Underworld, Hell, Huangquan...

Although very few people actually go to that place, a lot of evidence shows that there is an invisible door somewhere in this world that separates us from another unknown space.

All the dead souls, whether humans or monsters, will go to that place in a special way.

And those resentful spirits with deep obsessions will be accepted by that place after the resentment dissipates and becomes a Buddha.

Even some practitioners suspect that the gods who have disappeared from the world and fell asleep over the centuries have all gone to that place, so they cannot be perceived by the shrines in this world. "

"You mean to say..."

Bai Shuiqiu has been standing on the spot, listening to the girl's narration quietly.

He frowned slightly when he heard this.

She has actually thought about "the kingdom of yellow springs". After all, no matter what mythological system, the definitions there are similar, and the core lies in the concept of "the kingdom of the dead". As for Dongying's Santuchuan and Huaxia The legends of the ten temples of Yama and the ghost city of Fengdu are only enriched and refined on this basis.

but……

If it is true that even the gods who are "falling asleep" go to that place, then it would be inappropriate to describe there as "the country of yellow springs"...

After all, in the mythological system of Toyo, most of the gods of the Izanaki family live in a place called "Takatenhara".

"Yes."

Asakura Rie's voice came from the other side of the bookshelf, but her tone was still calm and steady, and she couldn't hear too many ups and downs:

"If this conjecture is true, it means that the "Gao Tian Yuan" and "Ye Zhi Shi Yuan" depicted in "Gu Shi Ji", as well as the "Pure Land World" described in Buddhist scriptures, are not in the true sense. The residence of the gods is by no means a pure land of bliss that does not touch the fireworks on the earth, but is connected to the "country of yellow springs" in some unknown way, and even these three may simply be different names for the same place.