Mandrill appeared, "What do you want from me?"
"Hehe, we have something to discuss with you this time."
Hutao didn't care at all about his expression of not being near strangers, and pulled him to sit down.
"What's the matter?"
Mandrill was a little confused. What did Hutao need to discuss with him?
"It's like this. Nowadays, most people in Liyue know very little about Yaksha. Many of the reasons for this are that Yaksha's achievements have not been passed down. We plan to publicize Yaksha's deeds and bring Yaksha's story back to the public's attention..."
Mandrill was quite happy that Hu Tao said they planned to publicize Yasha's deeds.
Although his purpose of protecting Liyue was not to let people remember him, no one likes to be forgotten.
Those companions who sacrificed their lives for the people of Liyue in the past deserve to be memorialized and respected.
"That's what you want to do. Why are you looking for me? Do you want me to come forward?"
Logically speaking, there is no need to tell him about this kind of thing, unless there is a purpose.
But according to his understanding of Hu Tao, she is not such a despicable person.
"Yes and no."
Hu Tao sold it for a while and gave Jiang Bai a trick. Jiang Bai took out the stone sculpture of the emperor.
Although the stone carving made by Jiang Bai was all based on imagination, Mandrill recognized at a glance who the image carved on the stone carving was.
He looked carefully and saw that the stone carvings were extremely fine, and the majesty of the emperor was fully revealed.
Even he couldn't help but want to put this stone sculpture in a resting place and worship it every day.
Seeing that Mandrill liked it, Jiang Bai chuckled and told the purpose of their visit.
"We plan to release some stone sculptures with the image of Yaksha on the market. We will use your image to ask for your permission."
Mandrill looked away from the sculpture, "My image?"
"Yes! You are the only Yasha we know."
Mandrill lowered his eyes and was silent for a while.
"I am not the only Yaksha. The emperor sat down with five guardian Yakshas, and I am only the youngest."
"Tell us about their deeds." Jiang Bai and Hu Tao looked at him expectantly.
There are not many deeds left by Yaksha, and they know even less about the other Yakshas.
Mandrill was silent for a while and told them the story about Yasha.
"Yaksha is a general term. We are all immortal beasts from Liyue. We are ferocious and terrifying in nature, and are fierce and good at fighting. We do not hesitate to kill in order to protect the emperor's rule, so we are called Yaksha.
"As you all know, after the death of the devil, the resentment will remain on the earth and turn into evil spirits. Whenever the evil spirits are restless and start to attack, plagues, ghosts and mutations will occur.
In order to protect the people of Liyue, the emperor called us Yaksha to destroy the evil spirits.
Fushe, Yingda, Fenan, Minu, and Jinpeng, we five yakshas are the strongest among the yakshas. We follow the emperor to fight against evil spirits many times and eliminate plagues and miasma. The world calls us [immortal yakshas]. "
"Yeah, I know that. That's how the name [The Great Sage of Conquering Demons] comes from."
Hu Tao nodded. These things may not be clear to the general public, but they are common sense to her.
Jiang Bai knew about Yaksha before, but didn't know why, but this was the first time he understood this in detail.
"You also know the horror of karma. For thousands of years, we have been fighting against the remnants of the devil. We will inevitably be polluted, die unexpectedly, become possessed, or encounter swords and swords...
"Due to what I encountered when I was young, I have a certain resistance to these demonic contaminations, so I persist until now..."
Mandrill's expression didn't change much when he talked about these things, but the sadness was conveyed.
Jiang Bai wanted to comfort, but didn't know how to comfort him in this kind of thing.
All he could do was sigh.
"We are here this time because we don't want the achievements of the Yakshas to be forgotten by the world..."
Liyue has been inherited for too long, but many things have been lost in the long river of time.
When it comes to immortal things, he may be able to tell a few things, but if he asks about Yaksha, he looks around at a loss.
"Well, thank you very much." Mandrill thanked him softly.
This thank you is not for myself, but for those comrades who died for Liyue.
"Can you use immortal magic to let us see the appearance of those yakshas? I will record them so that their images can be known to the world."
Mandrill nodded, and the two of them seemed to have entered a dreamland, with vivid and energetic faces reflected in their eyes.
In addition to the four guardian yakshas, there are many unknown yakshas.
Each of these Yaksha died for Liyue, and Mandrill remembered the appearance of each of them.
This magic is just like an illusion. Jiang Bai couldn't take pictures of them with a photo camera. He could only quickly pinch out stone sculptures one by one while watching to prevent their images from being forgotten.
After a while, Jiang Bai was surrounded by stone sculptures.
Mandrill picked up a tall stone sculpture of a Yaksha with four arms, and lowered his eyes as he looked at the familiar face on the stone sculpture.
"Brother Fushe..."
He rubbed the bright smiling face on the stone carving, feeling a pain in his heart.
Yingda, Fengnan and Minu are all dead. Fushe is the only one among the Yakshas whose whereabouts are unknown. They are like a thorn in the heart, and it is difficult to let go.
He looked towards the vast abyss of rock in the distance.
There was news about Fushe there.
Walnut interrupted his thoughts.
"I heard Kong say that he once met the remnant soul of a Yaksha named Tongque. I visited that temple and it was too shabby.
"I plan to build a Yaksha temple next to the Bronze Bird Temple and put all the Yaksha stone statues in it for people to worship. What do you think, Mandrill?"
Mandrill nodded, somewhat grateful for their plan.
Yakshas do not leave their bodies behind after they die, and their souls return to heaven.
Now there are temples, stone statues, and a roof that can keep out the snow.
"This is very good."
"Hoo~"
After making hundreds of statues in one go, they were all of different shapes and sizes. Jiang Bai felt a little tired.
But now is not the time to rest.
He took out the photo camera and said, "Wow, you pose in a nice and handsome pose, and I'll take a picture of it."
"?"
Mandrill didn't know why.
"It's just a good-looking pose, like this." Hutao demonstrated to Mandrill.
Mandrill refused directly, "I don't know how to put on airs."
What's the point of the majestic Great Sage Conquering Demons with these flashy and useless postures?
"Oh, if you put on a nice pose, more people will read our book, attract more people to learn about Yaksha worship, and the world will respect you more." Hutao said sincerely and did some ideological work for him. .
Everyone in the world looks at faces, and there are few people in the world who can match Mandrill's face.
Coupled with the immortal's cold and decisive temperament, few people can control it.
Once the illustrations are in the book, why should we worry about the promotion of the book?
Why don’t you buy a copy of such a beautiful book called The Great Sage of Conquering Demons to learn more about it?
"I don't need the admiration of the world."
(End of chapter)
