The sky in early autumn was as clear as being washed clean, with eagles soaring high above, overlooking the land full of life. The azure mountains of Yun Qing were layered and undulating, stretching continuously from the northwest border of the city-state to the southeast of the lake region.
Everyone headed west, then turned south. The trees beca denser, and the terrain gradually steepened. After trekking forty or fifty miles, the trees on the roadside suddenly thinned out, revealing the towering Mount Estrella. Mount Estrella was located southwest of the capital city, on the edge of the Ajusco volcanic area. From here, heading further southwest for more than forty miles was the famous Xitle volcano.
Alisa walked to the foot of the Holy Mountain, stopping to rest. Her face was flushed with the exertion, her eyes sparkling with the joy of the outing. She jumped onto a large boulder, chuckling softly as she turned around, like a proud little fox, with one hand on her hip and the other pointing southeast.
"Xiulote, do you know? At the foot of the Xitle volcano, there’s a magnificent ancient city! Legend says, it’s the place where all mythology begins, the origin of all gods, Divine City Cuicuilco!"
"The origin of all gods, Divine City Cuicuilco?"
Xiulote murmured softly, feeling sowhat familiar with the na. He looked towards the southeast, seeing only high peaks and continuous forests, with no trace of any city-state. Suddenly, his gaze intensified as he saw the solidified lava and obsidian stone at the foot of the mountains, and he recalled his grandfather’s tales and those oral legends.
"Are you talking about the ancient divine city buried under volcanic lava?"
"Yes!"
Alisa blinked, extending her fair finger, gesturing in the air about the city, temple, and people.
"...A long, long ti ago, the gods created mankind and gave birth to the first divine descendants. Subsequently, these divine descendants proliferated and grew strong, leading countless citizens to establish many ancient city-states. And in the xican Valley, perhaps a thousand years ago, or maybe two thousand years ago, the first divine descendants first established Divine City Cuicuilco, then Holy City Teotihuacan!"
"Hmm, and then?"
Xiulote nodded, looking at his adorable wife and smiling as he asked. According to later archaeological sites, Divine City Cuicuilco was established around 800 BC, during the late Western Zhou Dynasty of the Celestial Empire, and was one of the oldest city-states in the xican Valley, almost contemporaneous with the Olc civilization.
"Then, Holy City Teotihuacan grew stronger and gradually opposed Divine City Cuicuilco. The two great cities, one in the south and the other in the north, respectively ruled half of the xican Valley. Subsequently, the divine descendants of Holy City Teotihuacan mobilized ten thousand citizens to build the immortal pyramids of the Moon and Sun. It’s said that when the pyramids were completed, the priest divine descendants held a large-scale blood sacrifice, communicating with the primordial evil sealed underground, Xipactli..."
"Hmm? Primordial evil, Xipactli?"
Upon hearing this, Xiulote was startled, looking at Alisa. He had never heard of the details of this myth.
Alisa paused, a smile appearing on her lips. She looked at her patient listener, extended her arm, and made a cute fox face. Then, the elegant young girl softly opened her red lips and narrated gently.
"Boom!... Although Xipactli was suppressed by the gods, it still possessed infinite brute force. It made a pact with the divine descendants of Teotihuacan, triggering the flas deep within the earth to burst through the Xitle Mountain Pass. Then, flas fell from the sky, countless dust rose, and torrential lava began to flow! In just two quarters of an hour, the entire Divine City Cuicuilco, along with countless noble divine descendants, were subrged under the lava!..."
"The divine descendants of Teotihuacan were overjoyed! Because, from then on, they beca the sole rulers of the entire xican Valley. And after completely ruling the prosperous xican Valley, Teotihuacan’s era of great conquest arrived!..."
"Within two hundred years of Cuicuilco’s destruction, the Teotihuacan people conquered nearly all the land under the heavens, building a powerful nation unprecedented in history. From the Great Lake to the west to the Great Lake in the East, from the northern wilderness to the southern rainforest, almost all the city-states and tribes bowed and paid tribute to them!..."
"The ambition of the Teotihuacan people was never satisfied. After conquering the world, they ford powerful expeditionary armies, led by the fire king, advancing along the coast to conquer the distant eastern Maya!... They marched thousands of miles, breaking through all obstacles, finally capturing the divine city Tikalo, sacrificing the Maya divine descendants in the city, and leaving divine steles there!..."
Upon hearing this, Xiulote nodded slightly, his expression full of longing.
"The destruction of Cuicuilco, the rise of Teotihuacan... conquering the world, eastward expedition against the Maya..."
Alisa’s bright eyes sparkled. She raised her head, looking into her lover’s eyes, and asked softly.
"Hmm... Xiulote, do you know how the mighty Teotihuacan people who conquered the world were eventually destroyed?"
"Ah? The downfall of Teotihuacan..."
Xiulote fell into thought upon hearing this. The Teotihuacan Empire was at its peak around 600 AD. During the ti of ancient Central Arica, they had virtually no worthy opponents to challenge their dominance. However, after reaching their zenith, within a re hundred years, the empire abruptly declined and collapsed. As the center of the empire, Holy City Teotihuacan was enormous, once ho to a populace of two hundred thousand people, but rapidly beca desolate and abandoned within decades. All ancient empire heritage almost vanished without a trace, becoming an unsolved mystery for future generations.
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