Chapter 61: The Twelve Heavens
"So it turns out that the pattern is drawn on the twelve heavenly generals..."
After hearing Niu Kelian's introduction, Shen Lang finally had a rough understanding of the so-called Six Ren Twelve Gods. He seemed to have some understanding of the way he talked to himself.
But we still overestimated him. When we saw his subsequent actions, we realized that no one could understand what was thinking in his mind.
Shen Lang's thinking may be an area that we will never reach. After he confirmed that the mysterious pattern on the door was twelve days ago, he not only did not feel excited on his face, but instead looked at us and said disdainfully.
"I thought it was a great secret. I know the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals. I remember watching Journey to the West when I was a child, I just knocked down a group of Heavenly Soldiers and Generals when Sun Wukong made a big fuss in the Heavenly Palace? It didn't look very good."
Unexpectedly, after listening to Niu Kelian's introduction, Shen Lang not only did he have no understanding of these twelve days, but he would mistakenly think of Journey to the West, which really made us laugh and cry.
After hearing this, I slapped my forehead helplessly, afraid that he would say something embarrassing to us, so I didn't dare to continue to act like a profound look. Instead, I quickly grabbed Shen Lang and stopped the shocking remarks he was about to make, explaining the difference between the two to him.
"My silly brother, you are talking about the heavenly generals among the heavenly soldiers and generals. The heavenly generals are not that unbearable. It is purely because the power of Sun Wukong is highlighted in Journey to the West. For this reason, the heavenly generals are artistically modified and weakened.
What's more, what we are talking about is not this heavenly general, but refers to the twelve heavenly generals in Liuren's numerals. The two are very different, so they must not be confused."
Although Shen Lang didn't quite understand the difference between the two, he knew that his understanding seemed to be a little wrong, so he stopped asking more questions but waited for my next explanation.
Seeing Shen Lang like this, I finally felt relieved. After breathing a sigh of relief, I told him seriously what the difference was between the heavenly general in Tongtian Palace and the heavenly general in his mouth.
The so-called heavenly soldiers and generals are the generals and soldiers of the heavenly realm in myths and legends. Their main function is to protect the heavenly palace, maintain Taoism, and subdue demons and eliminate demons in the lower realm.
The heavenly general mentioned in Shen Lang essentially refers to the legendary divine generals in the Heavenly Palace. Taoism says that there are thirty-six Tiangang stars in the Beidou Cong Star, each of which has one god in each Tiangang Star, and there are thirty-six divine generals, which is commonly known as the thirty-six Tiangangs in the world.
In folk legends, these thirty-six Tiangangs are often jointly launched with the twenty-eight constellations and the seventy-two earthly evil spirits. When Sun Wukong made a big fuss in the Heavenly Palace, the one who fought with them was the thirty-six Tiangangs.
Among these thirty-six Heavenly Gangs, some of them were originally figures in history, such as the Martial Saint Guan Yunchang, who was the representative of the loyalty, righteousness and filial piety in China, so he was decreed as a god after his death.
Some of them are like Wang E. Because of his boy-eating boys and girls, they were burned by the flying talisman of Sa Zhenren, one of the four heavenly masters, and burned them to the golden eyes of fire. Wang E was dissatisfied. He observed with his wise eyes for twelve years and was blamed on Sa Zhenren without any fault. Then he changed his name to Wang Shan, and after he became a king of kings and was transformed into a mysterious official.
However, more of them are from myths and legends that have been circulated since ancient times, such as Zhao Gongming, Zhao of the Wu God of Wealth, Wen Qiong, the first Taibao plague god among the ten Taibaos in the East Yue, and Yin Jiao, the eldest prince of King Zhou of Shang during the Shang Dynasty.
In addition to the Thirty-Six Heavenly Gangs, there are also the thirty-six divine generals of the Thunder Division and the thirty-six divine generals of the Xuantian God. However, most of them are just general terms, and most of the famous martial gods were once regarded as one of the Thirty-Six divine generals.
But in the final analysis, since these gods have considerable achievements in magic and martial arts, their responsibilities are mostly to protect the safety of the Heavenly Palace and the Immortals. Understand it in the current words, it can be considered that this Heavenly Admiral is the security guard in the Heavenly Palace...
However, the heavenly general we talk about is not any of the above-mentioned gods, but the sixth and twelve gods.
The twelve gods of Liuren, also known as the twelve heavenly officials, originated from the Chinese star around the North Star. They are mainly used in the Liuren in divination techniques and are one of the reference conditions for Liuren to predict the success or failure of things.
Specifically, the twelve gods of Liuren are noble people, Tengshou, Vermillion Bird, Liuhe, Gouchen, Qinglong, Sky, White Tiger, Taichang, Xuanwu, Taiyin, and Tianhou.
The twelve gods of Liuren are good and bad, among which Tengsnake, Vermillion Bird, Gou Chen, Xuanwu, White Tiger, and the sky are bad generals. The remaining Liuhe, Qinglong, noble people, Tianhou, Taiyin, and Taichang are naturally good generals.
Because the bad generals and good generals among the twelve gods of Liuren alternate with each other, the twelve gods must be ranked differently for different things at different times. This is why the ancients called Liuren the first of the three styles. It is really complicated and difficult for ordinary people to master.
Since these twelve gods correspond to the heavenly stems and earthly branches, they are called the twelve heavenly generals. Because people in the world distinguish them from the twelve generals, they are also called the twelve day generals.
After hearing what I said, Shen Lang realized how big the mistake he had made just now. His face turned red, he looked at us with a embarrassed smile again, lowered his head and dared not speak casually.
Seeing Shen Lang's appearance, we couldn't help laughing loudly, and the tense and awkward atmosphere was finally relieved.
"But there are still problems..."
When we finally discovered the secret of the pattern and were laughing and laughing, Xue Nan, who was delicate, did not laugh like us, but frowned alone, and after pondering for a long time, he made a weak voice.
"I'm not doubting everyone's discovery. I can also be sure that the content on this pattern is Liuren Twelve Heavenly General, but what should we do next?"
Hearing Xue Nan's doubts, everyone looked at each other and the smiles on their faces gradually faded.
This is indeed a problem.
The arrangement in Tongtian Palace is mysterious and strange. Now, we only know the twelve earthly branches and twelve heavenly generals hidden here from the patterns and Qin seal characters left on the dark door.
But we still have no idea what to do next.
Just when we were at a loss, Mr. Chen, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly spoke.
"Captain, I have another discovery here."
When he heard that Mr. Chen had noticed, Shen Lang forgot the embarrassment he had just now, raised his head and asked in disbelief.
"Why did you find out if you don't know what we missed?"
Although there are clues that we don’t know, Chen Gong is not arrogant or impatient and looks calm.
He looked up at the third floor of the Wanxiang Temple, and his mouth was still as concise as before.
"The river flows through the stones and rocks will not turn, and the regrets will be lost to swallow Wu."
Chapter completed!