Love letters are not allowed in the exorcism notebook!-Chapter 552 - 129: Master of Ten Thousand Transformations and the Ancient Deep Sea Gods

Yamata no Orochi was a project, and the Master of Ten Thousand Transformations was the final result of that project.

For example, a little boy is an atomic bomb, but not all atomic bombs are called Little Boy.

"In summary, after the newly-born Master of Ten Thousand Transformations slipped out of control, the Emperor of Heaven Government invested a massive amount of manpower and resources to continue pushing the project. But in the end, not only did they fail to succeed, but they also attracted the attention of certain Ancient Deep Sea Gods. Their will caused severe contamination to the newborn Orochi, leading to its complete loss of control."

At this point, Ito Hidemi raised his hand and pointed to the equipment worn by Yan Yu’an and Wang Yunxiao, "You must have heard about the Blood Rain incident that happened at Tianmen. This protective gear was specially crafted by the Former Dynasty’s Brocade-Clothed Guard to resist the erosion of the Blood Rain and has been in use to this day."

"In fact, the source of that Blood Rain was in Fusang. The Yamata no Orochi, contaminated by the will of the Ancient Deep Sea Gods, turned into a mindless monster and bloodily sacrificed almost all of Fusang’s citizens. If it weren’t for the Master of Ten Thousand Transformations intervening in time, using her power to save more than half of the people, Fusang might have been dragged into the abyss."

"See this tattoo on my face? This is the mark of protection from the Master of Ten Thousand Transformations. Without this mark’s protection, Fusang people may look normal on the surface, but their souls have been contaminated by the Deep Sea, almost devoid of all humanity, just monsters in human skin."

"As for that contaminated Orochi, it later led the deep-sea creatures in an assault on Tianmen and was personally slain by the President. Its corpse was later upcycled to recreate the Three Sacred Treasures: the Sword of the Gathering Clouds of Heaven, Yasakani no Magatama, and the Mirror of Eight Handbreadths."

Ito Hidemi picked up the red katana in his hands and said, "This Izumo Sword stationed in the Seaside District to suppress evil spirits by the Special Service Bureau is a replica of the Sword of the Gathering Clouds of Heaven, which can be considered a Quasi-Divine Artifact."

Wang Yunxiao thought that made sense.

When Qin Xiangdong first mentioned the Three Sacred Treasures and the Nine Quasi-Divine Artifacts, he thought they were impressive items like the Xuanyuan Sword or the Dong Huang Bell.

He realized after getting his hands on them that while they were useful, they were just so-so.

And they had strange names too, like Impermanence, Sumeru, Shaoguang—sounding like something a monk would use.

Veronica explained that things looted from monsters just turn out that way.

Lucky rabbit’s foot can come from a wolf; egg knives fall from eggs. It’s perfectly logical.

Now, Wang Yunxiao finally knew what kind of instance they had been farming back then.

The contaminated Yamata no Orochi.

So, the so-called Three Sacred Treasures were actually the Three Sacred Treasures of Fusang, which made a lot more sense when he thought about it.

Moreover, judging from the origins of the "Quasi-Divine Artifacts," he knew that the Special Service Bureau used swords and the Qianjin Church used mirrors, so the prototypes of the Sword of the Gathering Clouds of Heaven and the Mirror of Eight Handbreadths should be in their possession.

Though Ito Hidemi shared much about Fusang’s dark history, it did not help much with the current predicament.

"That’s because I’m not finished yet."

Ito Hidemi was quite excited to talk about his field of expertise at long last.

"Having explained the origin of the Master of Ten Thousand Transformations, next up is the Gray Leather side, which involves the legend of the Ancient Sea Serpent Clan. Myths about multi-headed serpents exist all over the world, like Ming Country’s Xiangliu, Fusang’s Yamata, and the Western Hydra... These multi-headed serpents actually belong to the Sea Serpent Clan, once the rulers of the deep sea, hence also known as the Former Rulers."

"In the mythologies of various ethnic groups around the world, giant snakes are typically found solitary, but only in Indian mythology does the sea snake race, the Naga clan, possess an unprecedentedly large population. Therefore, it has been deduced that the true dwelling place of the Sea Serpent Clan is hidden deep within the Indian Ocean."

"The Sea Serpent Clan refers to their worshipped deities as their father god Dagun and mother god Hydra. Years ago, some Sea People from the Indian Ocean followed the ocean currents to Fusang and spread the Deep Sea Doctrine to the islanders onshore, who mistook them for monks. Thus, in ancient Fusang texts, the ’Wa Kou Zoushi,’ Dagun and Hydra were respectively referred to as Toronikengen and Guanyin of Gray Leather, considered a hidden branch of Buddhism. This even led to the formation of a rather bizarre sect, which proclaimed itself as the Guanyin Followers."

"The corruption of the Yamata Orochi plan back then was partly a result of the meddling from these Guanyin Followers."

"So it can be said that the deity worshipped by us naturalized citizens, the Master of Ten Thousand Transformations, and the Guanyin of Gray Leather worshipped by the Guanyin Followers are mortal enemies."

"Guanyin of Gray Leather is a transliteration of Hydra?"

"That’s about right."

This might be a transliteration from Fusangese, and Wang Yunxiao did not delve deeper but noted a detail from the stories that Ito Hidemi had just shared.

"In other words, these Guanyin Followers are somewhat related to Buddhism?"

"They claim to be associated with Buddhism, just like how the Holy Grail Church claims to be a branch of Christianity, but in reality, there isn’t any necessary connection."

"So, looking at the situation at the scene, it should be that the people of the Shen Family were involved with the Guanyin Followers, and then they were discovered by the Master of Ten Thousand Transformations..."

Wang Yunxiao tried to deduce the situation at the crime scene. However, the scene was so brutal that it left hardly any explicit evidence or clues, forcing him to rely on his own capacity for imagination to reconstruct what happened.

"The Divine Witch under the command of the Master of Ten Thousand Transformations appeared in Tianmen earlier to strike against the National Salvation Warriors, supposedly tracking a clue obtained from the homeland. Unfortunately, I’m not acquainted with the people from the Church, so I cannot contact this esteemed individual."

Regret was written all over Ito Hidemi’s face.

"With the Master of Ten Thousand Transformations personally intervening, there were no survivors left at the scene, which means this line of inquiry is cut off!"

Yan Yu’an was very frustrated. He thought he would encounter a difficult situation, so he had made a point to bring along Ito Hidemi and Wang Yunxiao for assistance. But when he arrived, he found that someone had already settled the matter for him.

I’m grateful that you handled things for me, but did you have to blow it out of proportion? There’s not even a single intact body, just a mess of flesh. How are we supposed to continue the investigation?

"I have an idea."

Wang Yunxiao suddenly spoke, "Judging by the decomposition of the corpses inside, they haven’t been dead for very long, most likely since last night. We’ve been continuously investigating the Shen Family, do you think they might know something about what happened here?"

Yan Yu’an shook his head, "Considering how cleanly everyone here was killed, with no signs of the warehouse door being opened, the Shen Family probably hasn’t received any news about this incident in such a short time."

"That means only we know about the situation here."

Wang Yunxiao smiled, "Doesn’t that mean we can make anything happen here, whatever we want it to be? If an entire warehouse of people dies and the Shen Family still believes it can cover it up and find an excuse, what if we escalate the severity of the incident a notch higher?"

"There will come a time when they can’t cover it up, right?"