Chapter 724
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Chapter 724: Yata no Kagami
Thinking about it this way, the death of Master Amamiya Seikou can be explained.
Since it was Master Amamiya Seikou and Yuzuriha Kurotetsu who entered the ruins together back then, they probably discovered this “source” at the same time. Under the instinctual temptation of the “source,” they touched that silver orb. However, Master Amamiya Seikou did not resonate with this “source,” and within just three months of returning from the ruins, he was rejected by the power of the “source” within him and lost his life.
Lin Qiye stepped forward, heading towards the statue in the black temple, wanting to take a closer look at the silver orb.
But just as he took two steps, the knight and Wu Xiangnan blocked his way. Wu Xiangnan reached out to stop him and said seriously, “That thing can tempt the heart; don’t let it attract you.”
Lin Qiye was taken aback and smiled, “Don’t worry, Deputy Captain, it can’t tempt me.”
The temptation of the “source” for living beings is extremely difficult to resist, but Lin Qiye is different. He already possesses a fragment of the Night Source within him, and this “source,” which contains impurities and does not match him, cannot exert any tempting effect on him at all.
Seeing Lin Qiye’s calm demeanor, Wu Xiangnan was somewhat surprised. As someone who had personally experienced the temptation of the “source,” he knew very well how terrifying that thing could be…
Why was Lin Qiye able to walk over so calmly?
Speaking of which… when Jialan faced the “source” just now, it seemed she didn’t have any reaction either?
Wu Xiangnan looked at Lin Qiye and Jialan walking side by side, his confusion deepening.
Lin Qiye reached the silver orb and examined it carefully for a moment before shifting his gaze to the statue of Amaterasu. One hand of the statue held the silver orb, while the other hand was empty, which seemed a bit strange.
“Isn’t something missing from that other hand?” Lin Qiye asked in confusion.
“Missing a divine artifact, the Yata no Kagami,” Wu Xiangnan explained calmly as he walked up beside him.
“Yata no Kagami?”
“In Japanese mythology, there are three most powerful divine artifacts: the Yata no Kagami, the Yashiro no Tamaguchi, and the Kusanagi no Tsurugi. Judging by the way the hand is positioned, the artifact in this statue of Amaterasu should be the Yata no Kagami.”
“Then why is its hand empty? Where’s the Yata no Kagami?”
The knight slowly walked to the front of the temple and said, “The Yata no Kagami is right beneath our feet.”
Lin Qiye was taken aback.
“The ‘human circle’ of Japan is based on a divine artifact, which is the Yata no Kagami,” the knight connected the clues they had gathered along the way and analyzed, “When we infiltrated the seabed from the Japanese coast, we discovered a massive bronze mirror at the bottom of the deep sea that covered all of Japan. If I’m not mistaken, that is the body of the Yata no Kagami.
When the mist descended a hundred years ago, the gods of Takamagahara placed the Yata no Kagami at the bottom of the deep sea, using the reflection of the mirror to replicate an identical Japan within the Yata no Kagami. This country existing in the mirror is Japan’s ‘human circle.'”
Lin Qiye pondered, “So, we are actually within the mirror of Japan’s deep sea, precisely the reflection of Misty Japan?”
“Exactly,” the knight nodded. “Many divine nations in the world have numerous divine artifacts, but perhaps only Japan’s Yata no Kagami can perfectly replicate an entire nation. Therefore, the size of Japan’s ‘human circle’ must far exceed that of all other divine nations’ ‘human circles,’ which is determined by the nature of the artifact itself.
And the place we are currently in is a gap in the Yata no Kagami.
This gap is like a small hole in the mirror surface, connecting the mirrored world with the real world. As long as we pass through here, we can freely traverse between the mist and the ‘human circle.'”
Lin Qiye’s eyes lit up. “From here, we can really return to Daxia?”
“Of course, we came from there,” Wu Xiangnan nodded.
A hint of joy appeared on Lin Qiye’s face.
He didn’t expect that accompanying Amamiya Seikou to the ruins would lead him to find a way to leave and return to Daxia.
Now Lin Qiye had already contacted Shen Qingzhu and found Baili Pangpang and Jialan. As long as he could find An Qingyu, Jiang Er, and Cao Yuan, they could immediately leave this place and return to Daxia to report back.
He just didn’t know… where the three of them were.
“By the way,” Lin Qiye seemed to think of something, “how long has it been since we went missing?”
Jialan paused for a moment. “More than two years.”
More than two years?
Lin Qiye nodded slightly; things were basically as he had speculated. Each team member entered the ‘human circle’ at different times, with an interval of about three months to half a year. Calculating this way, the timing indeed matched.
Has it really been more than two years since Daxia… I wonder what Daxia is like now?
Until now, the [Nightfall] team had not officially returned to Shangjing City to register and report. He hoped to find the other team members as soon as possible and then return to Daxia to reclaim what belonged to them.
Lin Qiye, along with Jialan and the others, passed through the Torii wall and moved towards the outskirts of the ruins, finally arriving at the cave where he and Amamiya Seikou had entered.
Along the way, he also asked Jialan about her experiences over the past two years, but Jialan only briefly mentioned some drifting events and did not tell Lin Qiye how painful and difficult her past two years had been. Those hardships were no longer important to her now; she didn’t want these matters to trouble Lin Qiye.
Reunion should be a joyful occasion.
When the four of them arrived, Amamiya Seikou and Wei Dong had already been waiting there for a long time.
Amamiya Seikou looked at Lin Qiye approaching with a group of people, his expression somewhat bewildered.
Wasn’t this his and Lin Qiye’s exploration of the ruins? Where did so many people come from? Did Lin Qiye form a travel group in the ruins?
As soon as Wei Dong and the knight met, they recognized each other. Wei Dong smiled apologetically, slightly bent over, and respectfully said, “I’m Wei Dong from the ‘Umbrella’ organization, I apologize for not being able to welcome the Sixth Envoy due to some unexpected events…”
The knight raised an eyebrow, patted his shoulder, and smiled, “It’s okay, Lin Qiye already mentioned it on the way here. You did well; thank you for your hard work.”
On the other side, Lin Qiye brought Wu Xiangnan and Jialan to Amamiya Seikou and introduced them to each other.
Wu Xiangnan extended his hand and said in standard Japanese, “Hello, I am Wu Xiangnan, a Night Watchman from Daxia, and a companion of Lin Qiye.”
Amamiya Seikou nodded, extending his hand to shake with him, and replied in Japanese, “Hello, I am Amamiya Seikou…”
Before he finished speaking, he turned around, pointed at Lin Qiye, and said seriously, “He is the dazzling new star of the Osaka Dotonbori Black Wutong Club, Asaba, the ‘Dragon of the Host World,’ Mr. Qiye, a friend of mature women.”
