Legends can be modified thousands of times and added to countless times during their dissemination. However, you can always find some clues related to the truth within them.

At the same time, relatively obscure legends may hide the truth.

Because people often hope to see perfect endings, they will also consciously or unconsciously add their own hopes to the story when telling legends, and those tragic legends may be the truth.

At this time, the gatekeeper was already seriously injured and had no mood to tell me any legends vividly. He could only tell me in the most concise way:

"The most widespread legend is that Yan Yu Lou (Mist and Rain Tower) is actually a temple dedicated to emperors and empresses. It enshrines King Zhou of Shang and Su Daji."

"They say that King Zhou and Su Daji were not conferred as deities at all. After their deaths, King Wu of Zhou planned to destroy their souls."

"They managed to escape and fled all the way to Miao territory, where they were enshrined in Yan Yu Lou by the great shaman of the time."

"Because they violated the laws of heaven, the heavens caused constant rain and thunder around Yan Yu Lou. As soon as they came out, they would be struck by lightning and killed."

"Unless people with the destiny of emperor and empress enter Yan Yu Lou in later generations, they can be reborn by borrowing their bodies and come out of Yan Yu Lou."

Hearing this, I couldn't help but frown.

My intuition told me that this legend was 90% false. However, connecting the legend with recent events made me feel that it was true.

In *The Investiture of the Gods*, King Zhou was conferred as the Tianxi Star (Star of Heavenly Joy) in charge of human marriage after his death, but Su Daji was not conferred as a deity.

The reason why Su Daji was not conferred as a deity was actually because the real Daji's soul was absorbed by the nine-tailed fox, and she had already vanished. The person who was eventually beheaded was just the nine-tailed fox bearing Daji's name. There was no name of the nine-tailed fox on the Investiture of the Gods, so naturally there was nothing to confer.

However, there is also a loophole in the legend of the Investiture of the Gods.

That is, Daji finally died under the flying knife of Daoist Lu Ya.

In the legend of the Investiture of the Gods, a total of four men and one woman died under Lu Ya's flying knife. Bai Li, Yu Yuan, Qiu Yin, and Yuan Hong, who were beheaded by the flying knife, were all listed and conferred as deities. It can be seen that Lu Ya's flying knife did not kill both the person and the soul together, but only beheaded the physical body.

So where did Su Daji's soul go after her death? No one has made any further statements.

On the other hand, Tamamo-no-Mae in Japanese mythology is said to be the escaped soul of the nine-tailed fox.

Whether the legend of Tamamo-no-Mae is true or false is not important, but from the story of Tamamo-no-Mae, it can be seen that some people believe that the nine-tailed fox in the legend of the Investiture of the Gods eventually escaped.

Who is the woman in red in Yan Yu Lou?

The gatekeeper just said that "people with the destiny of an emperor and empress are needed to enter Yan Yu Lou to bring King Zhou and Daji out," which happens to fit Jiang Junci's destiny.

Jiang Junci is one of the Nine Sons of Yi Tian, and he has the aura of an emperor, which fits the imperial destiny. If the Miao holy maiden A Yao Duo is the empress, then isn't that an emperor and an empress?

Did Zhu Zining bring them into Yan Yu Lou for this legend?

I pondered for a long time before slowly saying, "Cang Tianji, what do you think?"

"The heavenly secrets are chaotic in this place, and I can't see anything clearly." Cang Tianji said, "However, I doubt this legend."

"Let's not talk about whether King Zhou and Daji will escape, but the architectural style of Yan Yu Lou shouldn't appear in the Shang and Zhou dynasties. From the architectural style, Yan Yu Lou should have been built after the Tang and Song dynasties."

Cang Tianji's words also make sense.

I exerted a little force on my hand and said sternly, "What about the other legend?"

The gatekeeper quickly said, "There is another legend that a Han Chinese man came to Miao territory and wanted to marry the Miao holy maiden."

"At that time, the Miao shamans made a request to him, that is, to build a city in Ghost Wind Valley before he could marry the holy maiden."

"At that time, Ghost Wind Valley was constantly filled with yin winds all year round, not only hiding Gu worms, but also haunted by ghosts and monsters. Even the Miao shamans did not dare to approach it easily."

"No one expected that the Han Chinese man actually built a beautiful city in Ghost Wind Valley, and the center of the city was Yan Yu Lou."

"The Han Chinese man said that he and the holy maiden met in the mist and rain, so he named it Yan Yu Lou."

"As a result, on the day of the wedding, the city outside Yan Yu Lou suddenly closed, and all the people who entered the city never came out again. Since then, Ghost Wind Valley has also begun to be constantly rainy."

"Since then, no one has been able to walk out of Yan Yu Lou alive."

I said in a deep voice, "Does the Han Chinese man you mentioned have a name?"

The gatekeeper said, "The Han Chinese man seems to be surnamed Feng. Legend has it that he invited a person surnamed Bu to build Yan Yu Lou."

"Di Xiansheng (Earth Master), the Bu family?" Cang Tianji pondered, "If the Bu family took action, it is really possible to build a Yan Yu Lou here."

Di Xiansheng are not simple feng shui masters. They are special warlocks who use earth veins as a foundation to perform secret techniques. It is said that the real Di Xiansheng is invincible wherever his feet stand.

Cang Tianji suddenly exclaimed, "The Bu family is the Tengshe Guard. It is said that Bu Youming has a real Tengshe (Soaring Serpent) wrapped around his left hand."