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Chapter 350 Banhuan Road ([-])
Hui Ren suddenly asked: "So, what kind of woman was the one who gave birth to Jack?"

Before Jack could answer, Arthur glanced at Hui Ren in surprise.

Hui Yuanchu, on the other hand, never knew what concealment and euphemism meant, so he said directly: "Weren't you two together for a long time? Didn't you know this before?"

Hui Ren rolled his eyes at him, "It's been a long time indeed, but Jack and I have never mentioned anything about the past to each other before. Today is the first time I heard about Jack's things. As for my things, come to think of it, yesterday Jack This must be the first time I’ve heard of it.”

Jack nodded in agreement.

"Because there is no need to mention it specifically." Hui Ren emphasized, "...There is no need to mention it specifically."

"After all, the result is already the result of the process." Jack also added gently.

But at this time, Hui Ren felt that there was a question stuck in his throat that he had to know.

"So, what kind of person is that woman?" He turned to Jack and asked again.

"Speaking of which... Mr. Yusheng, in your story, I don't seem to have heard you say anything about your mother in detail..." Hui Yuanchu seemed to have noticed something, rubbed his chin and narrowed his eyes, " What role did your mother play when you were growing up? Why does she appear in front of you as the personality representative of the messenger? "

Hui Ren didn't ask about the meaning of terms like "messenger" and "personality representative".

Although this amount of information seemed very important, he didn't want to think about anything related to that woman... He would rather banish them all from his mind.

So Hui Ren turned around and glared at Hui Yuanchu, and replied in the simplest and crudest way: "She is a prostitute. Is that enough?"

"So, what kind of woman was the person who gave birth to Jack?" Then, he turned to Jack again and stubbornly asked again, this time speaking more bluntly, "Since I said she was a practitioner , that should also be a cheap... woman who treats you badly, right?"

Jack didn't agree.

He was silent for a long time and then replied in a soft voice: "He is a very gentle man and is very kind to me."

"How could a gentle person want to practice Shugendo? Want to destroy humanity?" This time it was no longer Hui Yuanchu who asked the sharp question, but Hui Ren.

"It's not a contradiction. Of course, what kind of person a person is and what kind of person she wants to be can be different." Jack shook his head and said, "In my opinion, she is actually so gentle that she can even be called 'nothing. People who wish' and 'go with the flow'..."

He sighed: "So, I think the reason why she joined Shugendo was because of a sudden thought one day - but the thought was only for a moment. Although it changed her life, it did not change her as a person. .”

"The meaning of life-changing is that she changed from an ordinary woman to a member of a secret monastic group. From then on, it was difficult for her to leave and return to ordinary life."

"What didn't change her point is that she seemed to take it calmly... For her, the subsequent practice was not so much 'practice' as it just seemed to be doing that. But in essence , she is still 'going with the flow'."

Jack paused and continued, "And after I was born, it was even more impossible for her to leave..."

"Because Shugenja didn't allow her to leave." He gave a surprising answer, "...because of me."

"You just thought it was strange that the Shugenja group would allow a child to grow up in the group and let him practice together, right?...There is actually a reason for this."

"Because the Shugendo practitioners believe that I am..." Jack showed a bored expression, "—the son of the 'Defender Tengu' of Shugendo."

There was a moment of silence.

Then Hui Yuan Hui Ren said in unison and cried out in surprise.

"...Tengu?"

"Tengu???"

Only Arthur nodded slightly and whispered to himself: "That's it...it turns out that's what the information means..."

Jack spread his hands and said: "Well, haven't you thought about a question? As a member of the ascetic Shugenja and living in seclusion in the mountains all year round, how did my mother get pregnant? - At least the other party is definitely not a member of the group. , this is something that is absolutely not allowed to happen. If this desire reaches the point where you can’t control it, what qualifications do you have to do penance?”

"But my mother got pregnant while on a pilgrimage to Yingyan Mountain."

"Under the questioning of other Shugen practitioners, the answer she revealed was - during that period, in fact, every night late at night, after other Shugen practitioners were asleep, there was a man with infinite strength, tall figure, and... A tall, long, red-nosed and red-faced weirdo came to force her to have sex with him." "...Yes, this description can only make people think of a 'Tengu'."

Huiyuan didn't say anything at first, but slowly showed a strange expression.

"You don't seem to believe it." Jack glanced at him.

"I wonder why the Shugenja believe this absurd statement just based on your mother's words... This is in modern times, isn't it? Tengu and other things are just ancient folklore..."

Jack said resolutely: "They did believe it."

"——Because the situation we are in is different, my friend." Arthur took over at this time, "The objects of Shugendo worship include Tengu. Therefore, they naturally believe in the existence of Tengu more than others. "

"And the more important point is that this happened in Yingyan Mountain..." he emphasized, "——Yingyan Mountain."

Hui Yuanchu continued to look confused: "Yingyanshan, what's wrong?"

"My friend, common sense. Recall the common sense you have heard since childhood, the legend of the so-called 'Eight Tengu'. Think about it, is there a 'Big Tengu Hikoyama Toyozenbo' among them? This surname refers to the place where it lives. The Tengu in 'Hikoyama' - and Hikoyama is the ancient name of Hikoyama. In other words, in Japanese folklore, Hikoyama was originally the place where the Tengu tribe lived."

Arthur explained patiently: "——And, I want to remind you that this is Shugendo. For Shugen practitioners, there will be another special connection between Hidehiko Mountain and Tengu."

"Hidehiko Mountain, together with Omine Mountain and Haguro Mountain, has always been regarded as the central dojo of the three major peaks of Shugendo, or one of the 'holy mountains'. 'Ehikozan Daigongen' is also worshiped by Shugendo as a mountain deity. One of the Bodhisattvas."

"This envoy of 'The Great Power of Yingyan Mountain' is exactly the 'Tengu' in the legend."

"...In Shintoism, the name of the god corresponding to 'Hidehikoyama Daigongen' is - Amaterasu Ogami Miko, the god of rice who descended to the land in the form of an eagle, 'Tennin Sui no Mikoto'."

"And back to the big tengu Hikoyama Buzenbo we mentioned before—what a coincidence, the long-standing legend is that the real body of the big leader of the Kyushu tengu is 'Tianren Sui Erming '."

"So..." Arthur concluded leisurely, "To say that meeting a tengu in a special place like Mount Hidehiko... is something that a shugenja would rather believe than not believe."

Hui Yuanchu still had an unconvinced expression.

So Arthur snapped his fingers again: "Besides, you think those practitioners are too low."

"There are other reasons, right?" He nuzzled at Jack, "For example, his appearance."

Hui Yuan was stunned for a moment, stared at Jack for a few times, and finally understood what Arthur wanted to say, and immediately protested: "Hey, you don't want to say that his nose is high and red, so he looks like a tengu, right?" Isn’t it a simple mixed-race trait?”

"The image of Tengu is probably derived from the characteristics of Westerners and mixed with something else?" Arthur said with a smile, "I'm just telling you, there are many reasons that are superimposed and mixed together. Like Jack’s appearance.”

"——Another example is strange strength." He looked at Jack, "I have read your information, and it mentioned this. Your strength has far exceeded that of adults since you were a child."

Jack nodded and admitted, "Yes."

"In fact..." Arthur continued to hug his shoulders and said slowly, "After taking Jack in, the group's subsequent investigation of him did have relevant and interesting content."

"In that Shugenja group, there are actually some rumors about Jack that have been circulating for a long time, including: When he was born, his thighs were so strong that he could break pine branches as soon as he hit the ground. Three days later, he could crawl and stand on his own. And during these three days, the bears and monkeys in the mountains were like offering tributes, bringing fruits and prey... In short, surrounding Jack's birth, there seemed to be various rumors that it might just be a coincidence, but it could be It is said to be an 'auspicious' vision."

"You guys are going too far off topic -" Hui Ren finally shouted impatiently.

Then, he stared at Jack and said: "...Anyway, that woman is lying, right? Because there are actually no Tengu in the world."

"...Of course. The shugenjas, like the Son of Tengu, would never mention it in front of me except to force me to practice. These are things that happened behind my back that I only discovered later. And my mother also They just told me..." Jack nodded, "That my father was a foreign martial artist who also went to the mountains to practice and happened to meet the Shugenja group. I think this is the truth."

Hui Ren sneered: "So I say, that woman is not a good thing either."

Jack didn't look up at Hui Ren, nor did he directly refute Hui Ren.

"But why did she lie?" He just lowered his head and continued as if reminiscing, saying slowly in a soft tone, "I think... my mother just doesn't want to be separated from me. She is just afraid of loneliness."

(End of this chapter)