I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan - Chapter 712: The First Immortal Body: 800 Bhikkhunis (Part 2) […

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“Eight hundred… Qiuni?” Lin stared blankly at the peaceful female head in the brocade box in front of her.

“You must have heard the story of the Eight Hundred Bhikkhunis, right?” Toyotomi Nobuhide turned the brocade box in his hand, and looked at the brocade in his hand with a look of intoxication as if he were looking at some precious artwork. The head contained in the box.

“In order to get eight hundred bhikkhunis… I also spent a lot of effort…”

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Four people, Ogata, A-machi, Genichi, and Gensei, rode in the carriage driven by Asai.

Five people, Mamiya, Makimura, Azhu, Hatsumi, and Shibata, rode in the carriage driven by Shimada.

Driving a carriage is not an easy task.

Regardless of the difficulty of driving a horse, the road conditions alone require the driver to pay attention.

In this era, there are no smooth highways, basically all dirt roads with potholes.

If you are not careful, the wheel will fall into a huge pothole that is difficult to drive out of.

For this reason, Asai, who was in charge of hitting the front, had to concentrate on the road ahead to prevent the car from driving into difficult places.

Just as Asai was driving the carriage with all his attention, an old voice that was very unfamiliar to Asai suddenly came from behind him:

“Yes, just go straight along this road, go all the way to the end, and turn right.”

The owner of this old male voice is Xuan Zheng.

Listening to Xuan Zheng’s instructions, Asai’s brows could not help but wrinkle slightly.

——This old guy… Who is he?

This question has been lingering in Asai’s mind since just now. .

Earlier, when he just started the carriage, this old guy suddenly jumped out and instructed him to turn into the narrow path ahead.

After that, the old guy kept giving him various travel instructions as he did just now, instructing him which direction to turn and where to go.

Because of the need to concentrate on driving, Asai couldn’t find the energy to ask the identity of the old man, so he could only follow the old man’s instructions obediently to drive.

After following the old man’s instructions and following the current path to the end, I saw a fork in the road.

After a turn to the right, you enter a wide, flat boulevard.

This avenue is much better than the previous trail. Not only is the road wide, but there are no potholes, so you can go all the way with confidence and boldness.

There’s no need to concentrate on looking at the road—Asai now finally has the leeway to sort through the questions in his mind one by one.

“…Can you come and explain to me – who is this old man who has been showing me the way just now?” Asai asked loudly to the carriage behind him without looking back.

As soon as his questioning voice fell, he heard Xuan Zheng’s “ho ho” smile.

“My name is Xuan Zheng.”

“Now… let’s say it’s someone who helps you.”

“I have already discussed with Mr. Toyotomi Genichi and the others before.”

Xuan Zheng raised his eyes and glanced at Yuan Yi, who was sitting directly opposite him.

“I know the location of the dock where Hikari Maru and Hulu Maru are parked.”

“I’m here to show you the way and help you get to the dock.”

“Just follow my instructions. I have walked countless times from Koya Mountain to the dock where the battleships are parked. The route and so on, I have already remembered it thoroughly.”

Asai was already full of doubts, and after hearing what Xuanzheng said, Asai only felt that there were more questions in his mind…

Ogata and his party are no strangers to Rikumaru and Hulumaru.

Last night, when we drove to Koyasan in a carriage overnight, Hatsumi told everyone all the information she knew about Toyotomi.

Including the two sailing battleships with 70 artillery pieces each purchased by Toyotomi from England – Rihui Maru and Hulu Maru.

As for Xuan Zheng, Asai also knew who he was.

“…Mr. Yuan, what is going on here?” Asai held back his temper and asked Yuanichi in the compartment behind him.

Naturally, there is no need to hide from his subordinates.

Genichi specifically shouted out a series of things they had encountered in Koyasan before, so that Shimada, who was driving another car behind him, could hear it clearly.

When they were still on Koya Mountain, when they just decided to pursue Toyotomi, Xuanzheng said amazing words:

“Since you’ve made up your mind to pursue Xinxiu… let me help you. I’ll show you the way. I know the exact location of the dock where Rihuimaru and Hulumaru are parked.”

Hearing Xuan Zheng’s offer to ask Ying, Yuan Yi frowned and asked him on the spot: Why do you want to help them like this, and what kind of reward he wants.

And Xuanzheng’s answer is concise and powerful: I don’t need any compensation, I am willing to help you for free, I just want to simply help you find trouble with Toyotomi.

Time is pressing and there is no room for hesitation.

Anyway, this attack on Koya Mountain was originally a gamble-style action. Gambling Lin and Isshiki’s family were all in Koya Mountain.

They didn’t mind taking a gamble any more – after a very brief discussion, Ogata and Genichi and the others decided to trust Xuan Zheng and asked Xuan Zheng to show them the way to the dock.

After listening to Yuan Yi explain the cause and effect, Asai immediately frowned, turned his head, and stared at Xuanzheng behind him:

“…You guy…is willing to help us for free…do you have any grudges with the Toyotomi clan?”

“That’s right.” Xuanzheng replied very readily, “I and the Toyotomi family… No, I should say: We have a huge hatred with Toyotomi Nobuhide.”

“I can’t even wait… to see Toyotomi Nobuhide die in front of me on the spot.”

“As long as I can see Toyotomi Shinhide die in front of me, even if I die immediately, I can rest my eyes.”

“As long as it is something that can make Toyotomi suffer, I am willing to help for free.”

“You guys are going to chase Toyotomi and stop them at the dock—this kind of behavior can cause huge trouble for the Toyotomi, how can I not help?”

After that, Xuan Zheng let out a sinister “ho **** ho” laughter.

At this moment——Ogata, who was sitting on the opposite side of Xuanzheng, said slowly while staring at Xuanzheng:

“…As far as I know, you have been helping Toyotomi Nobuhide to study the ‘immortal power’.”

“Even if your apprentice Xuanzhi abandons you, you will still be there for Toyotomi Nobuhide…”

“You who should be Toyotomi Nobuhide’s right-hand man…why are you locked in an underground prison, and why are you so hostile to Toyotomi Nobuhide, and even willing to help those who oppose Toyotomi Nobuhide?”

“…You know a lot of things.” Xuan Zheng raised his eyebrows, raised his eyes, and glanced at Ogata, “Even Xuan Zheng knows…”

Ogata: “Not only do I know Xuanzhi, but I saw him in Eizi a few months ago.”

“Have you… seen Xuan Zhi?”

Ever since Ogata first saw Xuan Zheng, Xuan Zheng has always had a smile that made people feel uncomfortable.

It was only at this moment… Ogata finally saw something… other than a “disgusting smile” on Xuan Zheng’s face.

“…Xuanzhi he…is he doing well now?” Xuanzheng’s eyes flickered, as if feeling uneasy, he kept twisting his neck and rubbing his hands.

“Honestly—not good.”

Ogata informed Xuanzheng of Xuanzheng’s current status of split personality and concisely.

“Is that so…” Ogata’s voice fell, and Xuan Zheng’s head dropped slightly, “Xuan Zhi, he has become like this now…”

“Hoho…well…it’s just as long as he’s still alive.”

After taking a deep breath, Xuan Zheng’s face once again showed a very uncomfortable smile.

“Mr. Ogata Ichitosai, you asked me just now: Why am I now hostile to Nobuyoshi, who should be Nobuyoshi’s right-hand man?”

“Hohohoho… Since you know the existence of the ‘power of undeath’, do you know how the ‘power of undeath’ came from?”

Ogata and the others shook their heads without concealment.

“Don’t you know…then…let’s start with this place.”

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“Whether it was before or now, I have never forgotten the great cause of ‘overthrowing the Edo shogunate and restoring Toyotomi’.”

Toyotomi Nobuhide said to Rin in a just and righteous tone.

“I’ve been living in my hometown, but I can’t defeat the Edo Shogunate.”

“So, I came here ten…a few years ago? Anyway, it was about ten years ago that I decided to leave home, leave Xiaolin and you, and go to the outside world to hone myself and defeat Jiang in the future. The shogunate accumulated and cultivated its own power.”

“However—after only half a year, after seeing the world outside my hometown with my own eyes, I gradually realized that even if the Edo shogunate is now rotten, it is still a behemoth whose status is unshakable.”

“If I accumulate financial resources and recruit troops step by step, I am afraid that until I die, I will not see the day when I succeed in overthrowing the Edo shogunate.”

“So——I decided to use another method to defeat the Edo Shogunate.”

“And just–I met Master Xianyuan at that time.”

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“Master Xianyuan is also an incredible lunatic…”

Xuan Zheng shook his shoulders and let out a low sneer.

Although he is old, his voice is very loud. Even with the noise of the carriage, his voice can clearly reach the ears of everyone on the “Shimada Car” behind.

“On the surface, Venerable Xianyuan is a kind-hearted, kind-hearted old monk with profound Buddhist teachings.”

“But in essence—he’s a devout fanatic who says it sounds good, and an extreme fanatic who says it sounds bad.”

“His lifelong ideal is to spread Buddhism widely, and he can’t wait for everyone to believe in Buddhism.”

“However—as long as the Edo shogunate exists, his ideal will not be realized for a day.”

“After all, the Edo shogunate has always held an attitude of suppressing Buddhism, how could it make your Buddhism bigger?”

“So, Venerable Xianyuan has always been extremely dissatisfied with the Edo shogunate that suppressed Buddhism.”

“And because of this, he was able to quickly form an alliance with Nobuhide, who was determined to overthrow the Edo shogunate.”

“As a sacred place with a thousand-year history, Mount Koya has never suffered as destructive damage as Mount Hiei in its thousand-year history. Therefore, during these thousand years, Mount Koya has collected numerous cultural relics and ancient books.”

“There are so many cultural relics and ancient books that monks in Koya Mountain can’t read them.”

“Nobuhide, who was determined to use evil methods to deal with the Edo shogunate, decided to go into Koya Mountain with the help of Venerable Master Xianyuan, and read the ancient books accumulated in Koya Mountain for thousands of years. evil law.”

“Xinxiu is also patient enough.”

“The collection of books in Koya Mountain is so vast that it makes people feel dizzy just by looking at them.”

“On the other hand, Xinxiu has the patience to read these ancient books one by one, staying in Koya Mountain and reading the books for half a year.”

“And the half year he spent on Koya Mountain…was not in vain.”

“He found an uncovered and dilapidated ancient book in an inconspicuous corner of Koyasan’s book collection.”

“There is no record of anything else in this ancient book.”

“Only… the story of the eight hundred bhikkhunis is recorded.”

Having said this, Xuan Zheng suddenly changed the conversation——

“Do you know the Eight Hundred Bhikkhunis?”

“I know…” A-ding, who has always loved listening to storytelling, was the first to answer, “It’s that folklore… The bhikkhuni who became immortal by eating mermaid meat and finally lived to be 800 years old.”

[Note · Bhikuni: In Japan, nuns are called Bhikuni, and Bhikuni is a Sanskrit transliteration]

“That’s right.” Xuan Zheng nodded, “That’s the eight hundred bhikkhuni.”

“There are countless folklore related to the Eight Hundred Bhikkhunis.”

“But the content of each legend is similar.”

“It’s all because a certain woman in Wakasa country accidentally ate the flesh of a fish with a human face, and her body became immortal. No matter how many years have passed, she has always maintained her youth forever.”

[Note · Wakasa country: Wakasa country is north of Kyoto, and its territory is about the current Lingnan of Fukui Prefecture]

“After living for a long time, she became tired of the world and became a nun after she was used to seeing the hot and cold world.”

“Finally, after living for 800 years, he died in a cave in Wakasa.”

“However, in the ancient book that Xinxiu found, it recorded a story that was different from every rumor related to the Eight Hundred Bhikkhunis.”

“Wakasa country has a woman who accidentally ate mermaid meat – the content of this part, the content recorded in the ancient books is exactly the same as the content of the folklore.”

“But after that, the content is completely different.”

“According to that ancient book – the eight hundred bhikkhunis did not live for eight hundred years.”

“After eating mermaid meat, what she got was not only immortality, but also her physical fitness was greatly enhanced while her body became immortal.”

“Even if you have never learned martial arts, you can easily defeat a hundred with one.”

“At the same time, he also has a terrifying ability to recover. No matter what kind of injury he suffers, he can quickly recover as before.”

“The body became like a monster, which made the eight hundred bhikkhunis very frightened.”

“But no matter what she does, she can’t restore her body to the way it was before.”

“Under desperation, only the Dharma she had believed in before could bring her peace.”

“So, she shaved her hair to become a nun and converted to Buddhism.”

“After more than a hundred years, the eight hundred bhikhunis met a man named ‘Qing’ by chance.”

“That ancient book didn’t mention much about how Qing and the Eight Hundred Bhikkhunis met and got to know each other. These contents were all mentioned in one stroke.”

“Only wrote: After the two met, they soon became friends with each other.”

“Out of trust in Qing, the eight hundred bhikkhunis informed Qing of their ‘undead’ status.”

“Qing was quite sympathetic to what happened to the 800 bhikkhunis, so she made up her mind: to help the 800 bhikhunis return to normal people.”

“The two embark on a journey to find a way to recover together.”

“The ancient book does not say how long the two of them traveled together, but only says: After spending a long time, although the two have not found a way to restore the eight hundred bhikkhunis to normal people, they have found a way to suppress the ‘immortality’. The Power’ method.”

“They got a prescription from a witch doctor from Tang soil.”

“Swallowing the medicine made with this recipe can suppress the power of immortality in the body, so that the eight hundred bhikkhunis will not be able to die again.”

“There is a general description of the prescription in the ancient books, and the required medicinal materials are herbs that can be seen everywhere. It is hard to imagine that a medicine that can suppress the power of immortality can be made with only such common herbs.”

“The 800 bhikkhunis, who were tired of being alive, decided to return to dust and dust to dust after receiving the prescription.”

“In the end, she persuaded Qing to use the formula to make a medicine that could suppress the ‘immortal power’, and returned to her hometown of Wakasa, swallowed the medicine in a cave, and ended up killing herself. my long life.”

“Before the eight hundred bhikkhunis committed suicide, she was afraid that her monster-like body might have a bad effect on the soil or air, so she asked Qing not to let her go into the ground or to incinerate her after she died. The corpse, directly seal the cave, and let her get Yong Ning in the cave alone.”

“It is impossible to test who wrote this ancient book.”

“But I guess – this ancient book might have been written by that Qing.”

“In memory of this friend who went through a long journey together and finally chose to kill herself in a small cave somewhere, I left this book recording her life.”

“If other people see this ancient book, most of them will only think that this is a story book written by an ancient person who was bored.”

“However—Shin-soo doesn’t think so.”

“Xinxiu, who has carefully read this ancient book several times, feels that this ancient book is written with sincerity, and it doesn’t look like it was made up at all.”

“So—he was very interested in the ‘power of immortality’, and decided to go to the country of Wakasa and follow all the clues mentioned in this ancient book to find the place where the eight hundred bhikkhunis committed suicide.”

“Xinxiu always has a lot of patience in some strange places.”

“Guess how long it took him to find the place where the eight hundred bhikkhunis died?”

“It took him three full years.”

“According to the clues provided in the ancient books, he searched every piece of land in Wakasa Kingdom.”

“Finally – he managed to find a cave that was artificially buried in a certain deep mountain.”

“After digging out the entrance of the cave, Xinxiu found a body of a young woman who was sitting cross-legged on the ground and killed herself.”

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“Although there are many valuable clues recorded in that ancient book.”

“But it took me three years to find the place where the eight hundred bhikkhunis committed suicide.”

Toyotomi Nobuhide sighed deeply.

“Don’t mention how hard it was for those three years!”

“I have traveled every inch of Wakasa~www.mtlnovel.com~ I am more familiar with Wakasa than my hometown.”

“Fortunately – these three years of hard work have not been in vain…”

Toyotomi Nobuhide once again cast a gentle gaze at the head in the brocade box, as if looking at a work of art.

“It took me 3 years to finally let me find you…”

“Perhaps it’s because of the ‘immortal power’ at work. Even though she has been dead for so long, the body of the eight hundred bhikkhunis has not rotted in the slightest. Has anyone just died?”

“At that time, after reading the ancient book, I was thinking – after eating the mermaid meat, the eight hundred bhikhunis became immortal.”

“So……”

The smile on Toyotomi Nobuhide’s face gradually became intriguing.

“What will happen after eating the meat of eight hundred bhikkhunis?”

“So after I finally found the corpses of eight hundred bhikkhunis, I couldn’t wait to do the experiment.”

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The story of the Eight Hundred Bhikkhunis mentioned in this article was adapted by the author based on a true Japanese legend. According to a true Japanese legend, the Eight Hundred Bhikkhunis finally died in a cave in Wakasa Kingdom. For those who are interested in the legend of the Eight Hundred Bhikkhunis, please refer to the “Writer’s Words” below for details.

By the way, the author will post here that it is said to be the final death place of the eight hundred bhikkhunis. This place is located in Kongyin Temple in Japan. Those who are interested can visit it in the future. This place should be able to visit (it should be… )→→

Chapter 712 The First Immortal Body: Eight Hundred Bhikkhunis (Part 2) [5600]