Modern Onmyoji

Chapter 40 The Prophecy of the End of the World
"The end of the world?" It took me several seconds to figure out what the end of the world Sun Dasheng was talking about.

"I said, you have a second-year illness, or you watched too much in 2012." In the end, I could only find such complaints.

"It's really unbelievable to say that." Sun Dasheng shrugged helplessly and said, "To be honest, I don't really believe it myself. After all, when Li Tianjue was doing research, I was not born yet. I heard all these from my family. The elders said. At that time, they found a large number of tortoise bones from an ancient tomb in the Western Zhou Dynasty. These tortoise bones can even be traced back to civilization three generations ago."

I know that the so-called three generations refer to Xia, Shang and Zhou.Things three generations ago are very difficult to understand.At that time, there was no established national concept, and most people gathered in tribes.But that time was also the most developed period of divination culture.The so-called innate gossip appeared in that period.It is also the most mysterious and incomprehensible existence.Because there was no specific and unified text at that time, most of this technology was passed on by word of mouth.

The change of dynasty caused a lot of lack of this kind of technology. It was not until the Shang and Zhou dynasties that King Wen of Zhou deduced the "Book of Changes", which led to the later gossip.Poor to the extreme also has the ability to be unpredictable, but compared with the innate gossip three generations ago, it pales in comparison.

If it is really an ancient relic three generations ago, then the above deduced things are quite credible in a sense.But it's a bit too hasty to deduce the end of the world with just a few turtle bones.I am not a complete materialist myself. On the contrary, my childhood education gave me a high degree of belief in the metaphysics of idealism.But talking about the end of the world is going too far.

"Don't think that the end of the world is an exaggeration. In fact, it is not only our Chinese civilization that came up with the language of the end of the world. According to the Mayan calendar, the world will usher in the final end in 2012 of this era. In Norse mythology, the prophecy The twilight of the gods. The three goddesses of fate stopped weaving destiny. In Christianity, the future history is also predicted." For a while, Sun Dasheng seemed to have become a theology professor, talking about the religions of various civilizations, "For these I look at prophecies with a combination of materialism and idealism. Every civilization has records of floods covering the land at the beginning of the world. However, according to geological surveys, thousands of years ago the earth was indeed affected by the Ice Age. The relationship between unblocking and flooding. In this case, we have reason to believe in the prophecy of the end of the world.”

"Since there are so many prophecies of the end of the world in the world, why are you so obsessed with the one that my master discovered?" I asked puzzled.

"Because that prophecy is too specific." Sun Dasheng said, "January 2013, 1. A black sun rises in the northern ocean. From then on, the light will no longer exist, and darkness will prevail forever."

"Is this translation accurate?" I asked, "It seems that there is no sea in the north of China."

My suspicions are well founded, the coastal part of China is only east and south.Not to mention the sea in the north, there is not even a larger wetland.

"That's why we firmly believe in this prophecy." Sun Dasheng said, "The sentence just now is just my processed language. In fact, many things are mentioned in the language, including descriptions of many geographical locations. There is even a description of Siberia. The descriptions of the plains and even the North Pole. Three generations ago, civilizations were mainly gathered on both sides of the Yellow River. With the ability of human beings at that time, it was impossible to reach such far places. The descriptions of those scenes came from divination. Therefore, we also have reason to speculate that the language said The northern sea mentioned here may refer to the Greenland Sea or the entire Arctic Ocean."

I have to say that Sun Dasheng's eloquence is very good. A few words made me believe in this so-called end of the world.But the key point is why my master left the guild.Finding the end of the world has nothing to do with leaving the guild.If Master really discovered this secret and believed it.Then either kill yourself first and find a good seat in heaven, or quickly mobilize all the power of the guild to build a ship.What's going on with such a retreat from the world.

I asked my question, Sun Dasheng just shook his head, "Our understanding of Li Tianjue was only when he entered the research state, and then the researchers died one after another. We suspected it, but in the end Li Tianjue was so silent I left without making a sound. I didn’t tell anyone. What’s worth mentioning is that my second uncle also disappeared. My second uncle was the pillar of the Mudao Taibao at that time. The top two people disappeared without a sound."

Speaking of this, Sun Dasheng gave me a playful look, "We also want to know about this question. For us, you are our clue. I have already told you everything you want to know, there is nothing So I hope you don't have any reservations about what we want to know from you. I invite you to visit our madman's laboratory and tell you that these are all in the hope that you can let go of your guard against us. I hope you understand now The situation is actually very critical, and your clues may be related to the end of the world."

When he said that, I didn't know what to do.To be honest, up to now, Sun Dasheng still gives me a good feeling.Talking to me is considered to be heart-to-heart, if I don't cooperate, I'm really a little embarrassed.But this sudden change made me a little uncomfortable.In the first minute, I was a very ordinary villain, but in the next minute, I have become a key figure related to the fate of the world.

"What do you want to know? Tell me." I said with a long sigh, "Actually, my understanding of Master is also very limited."

"Well, it doesn't matter. What we want to know is very broad. Li Tianjue is a strange person. He does everything within his own plan. Back then, he was known as the hundred steps ahead. He would not do things for no reason. So everything he did could be a clue. I hope you will tell me everything that happened from the moment you met Li Tianjue until now. The more detailed the better." Sun Dasheng didn't know where to take it out. A voice recorder came.

I recalled for a while, and began to slowly tell about my childhood.It would be a long and cumbersome story to really tell them all, so I’m just sorting it out here before writing it out.

I was born in a rather remote rural area in 1974.At that time, the poverty in the countryside and outside was indescribable, and newborn children were prone to die young.There were eight elder brothers and sisters in front of me, among whom the third elder sister, fourth elder sister and sixth elder brother all died shortly after they were born due to lack of food.The year I was born was hit by the worst drought in a hundred years, but maybe my life was undeserving, and the central government was shocked by how poor I was that year.A batch of relief food came down, which caused me to be born in a period when food was quite abundant.

Until the age of six, I lived a carefree life.Life has been a little bit tough, but it's been a lot of fun.Until 1980, a middle-aged man took me as an apprentice—no!When I thought about it carefully at this time, I realized that although Master accepted me as an apprentice in 1980, he actually came here in 1976.There was a gap of three years!What happened in these three years!That's right, absolutely something happened!
But at that time I was still too young to remember what happened.But my gut tells me that absolutely something happened between 1976 and 1980!This is the crux of the problem, so critical that it may affect the whole incident.That's right, according to what Sun Dasheng said, my master will not do anything casually.Every action of his will be purposeful.Then the purpose of his coming to my hometown should be to accept me as an apprentice, but he came here in 1976.If he really wants to take me as an apprentice, the sooner the better.I can guarantee that if I have been learning from my master since I was three years old, then my current attainments can definitely reach Tianxing Fengshui.

But Master waited for four full years before accepting me as an apprentice, and an idea appeared in my mind.The purpose of Master's coming here was not to accept me as an apprentice, but something happened between 1976 and 1980.This incident forced him to accept me as an apprentice.

(End of this chapter)