Taking them from the cave into Mount Suga, Aru specially warned:
"This is a holy place, be careful not to offend Capaccili."
Jiang Bai glanced at it and saw the simple sculpture in the distance, "It looks like a statue made of stone like the altar outside."
Looking up again, Jiang Bai saw a huge dead tree stump in the lightning.
It’s hard to imagine how big this tree was when it was alive. The stump alone is bigger than the sacred cherry tree at Narukami Taisha Shrine.
This tree, just like Mount Suga, was destroyed by the stars falling from the sky, leaving only an empty shell.
However, on top of this empty shell, a branch grew out. It gradually grew over a long period of time and became covered with purple leaves.
"Could this tree be an ancient silver tree?"
Hu Tao instantly thought of the smashed silver-white ancient tree in the story of the Snow Mountain.
Jiang Bai stretched out his hand to touch the trunk and felt it, "Maybe, I can feel the faint connection between this tree and the earth veins. This kind of connection is actually shared by other habitats. It's just that this tree is stronger, and the earth veins here are Very disorganized.”
Although it is chaotic, it is still relatively safe. Although Mount Suga is empty, the high rock walls can still block a lot of thunderstorms.
"It's fairly safe here, Aru, tell me."
Aru nodded and told the story about him and Thunderbird.
As Aru narrated, Hutao felt some strange movement in the feathers in her arms.
It emitted a soft purple light and floated out.
The perch next to it also emitted purple light, and under the influence of the earth veins, everyone saw some pictures.
That is the memory of Thunderbird.
As far as the Thunderbird is concerned, the people in the sea of mist beneath their feet are no different from other little beings.
They were like forest pigs and squirrels, no different to him.
Returning home one day, he heard interesting tunes through the rain.
A similar tune had been heard before, before the fog covered the island.
At that time, those humans will gather together and sing to her.
It followed her, chirping in song.
The sweet singing aroused its interest, and it landed among the trees, looking down at the little people below.
"What an interesting tune. Little man, aren't you afraid of thunder and heavy rain?"
The little man stopped singing and looked up at the huge thunderbird, "The adults in the tribe said that children like me can calm the thunder and lightning and turn heavy rain into sweet rain."
"Why are you singing here?"
"Because I was too embarrassed to sing in the village, I came here to practice. Do you like it?"
The thunderbird said a lot of words that were complicated and difficult to understand to the little man's ears.
"It's so complicated. I don't understand it. Does it mean you like it?"
"I haven't heard a song like this for a long time..."
The little man was very happy to hear that Thunderbird liked his song.
The thunderbird chirped proudly for a moment and said no more.
"What's your name?" After the song was sung, the little man asked its name.
"Name? I don't know. She gave me a name before, but I forgot it. I don't need such a thing, and no one has ever dared to call me."
"Well, I've recently learned some new stone root characters. Let me give you a name!"
The little man gave it a name, and it nodded indifferently, allowing him to call itself by this name.
As soon as the song ends and we promise to meet again the next time the song starts, it flaps its wings and flies away.
But I didn't expect that it was the first time we met, but it was also the last time we met.
When he flew back to Mount Suga next time, he wanted to hear the beautiful singing again, but what he saw was red blood.
Angry roars were like thunder, resounding across the sky.
".Since you let your unique song turn into blood and flow into this land in vain
"Then, until I [Suganame Kapaciri] hears that person, that Aru's song again, this land will suffer eternal disaster."
Terrifying thunder enveloped the earth, like fire from heaven, burning the whole world into ashes.
The leaves of the perch withered in the thunderstorm and flames, turning into dry branches, and the thunderbird's resentment spread into the earth's veins.
The earth's veins, which had been devastated once, were directly disrupted. Since then, Heguan has fallen into an endless cycle of reincarnation.
Aru's tears fell instantly.
"What? I thought it had forgotten about it a long time ago. I thought it was because the festival was not to its liking, and I thought it didn't like me."
It is difficult for a mortal to guess the heart of a superior god. Even if he had a brief encounter with Thunderbird, he would not dare to expect that the superior god would really take him into his heart and treat him as a friend.
Therefore, he had never thought about it in this direction.
After all, that was a high-altitude god, a thunderbird that had never laid eyes on humans.
He is just a little human being, how dare he ask this kind of existence to stop for him?
"You just take yourself too lightly." Hutao knelt down and wiped away his tears.
Aru cried louder.
Countless deaths, countless comebacks, endless loneliness, fear and confusion, these emotions will be forgotten at the beginning of each cycle, and tears will flow down.
These emotions fell on the ground with tears, and small flowers bloomed like stars.
The thunderstorm calmed down unconsciously, and Hu Tao gently stroked his back, speaking softly and powerfully.
"Everyone is unique and irreplaceable. You are the key to unlocking the cycle, and you are Thunderbird's only friend."
Jiang Bai touched his head and nodded in agreement, "Yes, Thunderbird is waiting for you to sing to him."
"Little brat, cheer up, you can't sing until your voice becomes hoarse from crying!"
Aru wiped her face and nodded vigorously.
"I'm going to find Capaccili and sing to it."
Jiang Bai and the others looked at each other, not knowing what to say while making eye contact.
The thunderbirds are dead, how can we find them?
In the end, Hu Tao took the lead and signaled her to come with his eyes.
"Kapaqili should not be on the island now, he is outside Heguan."
Aru was in a dilemma, "I have tried to leave Heguan before, but every time I came back without knowing what happened."
Hutao held out the feather, "Use this. It contains the power of the thunderbird. It should be able to take you away from Heguan for a short time."
Aru has died long ago and is now only a soul body. The reason why he has a physical body is due to the combination of the power of the thunderbird and the earth's veins.
It is not difficult for the soul body to host an object, or an object with the power of Thunderbird.
"Kapachili has settled on Qinglai Island, but he made a mistake and was sealed. You can't see him, but if you sing loudly, he will definitely hear it."
Hu Tao makes up lies easily.
"Huh? Kapachili was sealed?" Aru was a little worried.
"Thunder God punished it for destroying Heguan. But don't worry, it was just locked up."
"That's it, that's good."
(End of chapter)
