This Japanese Monogatari Isn't Lame
Chapter 518 - 335: People Who Play Mind Games Are Filthy! (8000-word Target Achieved)

Chapter 518: Chapter 335: People Who Play Mind Games Are Filthy! (8000-word Target Achieved)

"Restart the Izumi Shrine?" Beichuan Si frowned slightly.

This request was somewhat vague.

And it probably was just the superficial goal of the other party.

Ihui Nailuo definitely had other sinister schemes hidden.

But...it was perfect.

Beichuan Si’s gaze shifted, and he had his own plans in mind.

Both of these individuals were not the types to easily trust others; they were both harboring their own different schemes.

Ihui Nailuo floated up from the ground and without any noticeable change in expression, floated back a meter or two, "Indeed, restart the Izumi Shrine, awaken the Divine Tree, and restore Ihui to its former glory."

She continued to explain, "You have been to Mikami Forest, so you naturally understand, right? Beyond Mikami Forest, there lies an old site that was abandoned by the Yihui Island residents. Due to a certain reason, the Divine Tree withered twenty years ago."

Beichuan Si did not drink tea, merely lifting his gaze to ask, "The Divine Tree withered? And then?"

After that...

A hint of sadness surfaced on Ihui Nailuo’s usually calm face, "Every twenty years, a tremendous disturbance greater than usual emanates from the Gate of Yellow Springs. The twenty-year cycle coincided with the withering of the Divine Tree. Once again, a huge disturbance came from the Gate of Yellow Springs...we had no means to defend against it. In just one night, beings of desolation crawled out of the Yellow Springs Gate, sweeping most of the island’s residents into the horror of Ihui, turning them into corpses on the other end of the island."

This was the primary reason behind the death of a thousand people on the other side of the island.

Ihui Nailuo took a deep breath, "Just one mishap in the cycle was enough for everything to go awry."

"The Gate of Yellow Springs?"

That too was a new term to him, Beichuan Si interjected.

Ihui Nailuo explained, "The other side of Yellow Springs is a hidden world. But this hidden world is not completely isolated from the real world. Ihui Island is precisely situated at the oddity between the hidden and real worlds. Due to the island’s trees being perennially nurtured by the Yellow Springs Water, they birthed the Divine Tree that could suppress the Gate of Yellow Springs."

"But the most turbulent period for the Gate of Yellow Springs is about to arrive."

Beichuan Si didn’t need Ihui Nailuo to explain what this period was.

This year’s Ihui Day.

Just as Ihui Nailuo said, every twenty years a tremendous disturbance beyond the usual occurs, and this year would be no exception.

And this was the most crucial reason for sealing off the island on Ihui Day.

On one hand, to defend against disasters within the island, and on the other, to prevent outsiders from disrupting the ritual, although what that ritual entailed was not yet known.

Still, this raised a doubt.

"Why don’t you all just move away from Ihui Island, is sleeping on an active volcano that interesting?" Beichuan Si looked at Ihui Nailuo as he questioned.

Indeed, if that were the case, couldn’t all the islanders just leave Ihui Island? There shouldn’t be any problems then, right?

Ihui Nailuo shook her head:

"The residents of Ihui Island were born at the intersection of this real and hidden world. Strictly speaking, they are people caught between the real and hidden worlds, fundamentally different from ordinary humans...it’s a difference at the soul level."

She stretched out her finger: "Leaving for a month leaves them utterly exhausted. After a year, their internal organs lose all vitality, and further on, death approaches. Island residents tainted with the ’Yellow Springs air’ cannot possibly leave this island. Just as freshwater fish cannot survive in the sea, deep-sea fish cannot leave the ocean."

So that was it.

Beichuan Si’s fingers gently tapped on the ground.

The cause of death of Sanseiyuan Tenzi’s mother, Ihui Shenzi, was finally clear.

Rapid physical exhaustion, all because her soul could not adapt to the environment where ordinary people lived.

No wonder Ihui Shenzi said being born on Ihui Island was a curse... It indeed was a curse entwined at the soul level.

But Ihui Nailuo hadn’t finished speaking; she extended a second finger, "But this is also a blessing bestowed upon the island’s residents by Ihui Island."

A fleeting fanaticism crossed her solemn face.

That brief fanaticism was captured by Beichuan Si, and he took it to heart very seriously.

"Caught between Yellow Springs and reality...just as the saying goes, they do not belong to this world. Hence, their death is not so simple. Because they’re born between Yellow Springs and the real world, their souls are fundamentally different; therefore, departed islanders can become celestial beings, a magic of reincarnation! By the power of the Divine Tree reaching Yellow Springs, and through the Divine Tree, they are sent out! This is what celestial beings are."

She spread her arms, a picture of solemnity.

Celestial beings.

Meaning those who have achieved enlightenment.

Shedding their physical bodies, existing truly.

Desire flitted through Ihui Nailuo’s eyes, "Of course, becoming a celestial being is not easy, the soul strength of the islanders after death is indeed beyond ordinary humans, but they also have to pass through the Divine Tree to reach Yellow Springs, overcoming the discomfort of the Spiritual Body. If they fail, they would merely decay."

So, this was the magic of reincarnation.

Indeed as Shen Gu Chiharu said, the price of eternal life was too great, completely forsaking the physical body, surviving only as a Spiritual Body, not something everyone can endure.

Therefore, Beichuan Si merely glanced sidelong at Ihui Nailuo, unconcerned about this so-called celestial being.

After all, no matter how formidable it sounded from her mouth, wasn’t he still the one currently pressing down and beating her up?

Rather, what happened on Ihui Day twenty years ago intrigued him more.

His instincts told Beichuan Si, the ’certain reason’ Ihui Nailuo briefly mentioned must be very important information.

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