Kyoto Shenyin Love Story

Chapter 132: Inspection in the Forest

After walking along the footpath for a while, Soya found the starting point of the landmark before Kyoko could speak.

It was a stone tablet half a meter high, more than ten centimeters thick, and the width was close to the length of his shoes. Most of the stone tablet was hidden in the weeds.

The surface of the stele was mottled and covered with moss. Sogu bent down and stared at it for a moment before he recognized the Chinese characters on it - [Shenyu].

"Is it here?"

Kyoko came over, "Yes."

Zonggu raised his eyes and looked into the woods. There were overgrown trees and grass in a mess, and he couldn't see the way at all.

"I'll lead the way."

Kyoko walked to the front, "Songya-san just follow me."

"it is good."

Pushing aside the bushes, the two who had just descended the mountain climbed up the mountain again.

Umbrellas are difficult to open in the dense forest, and although the layers of leaves above block the rain, water droplets on the leaves will fall down with a slight movement.

After walking for a while, Soya's coat was quickly soaked.

Fortunately, after going deep for a while, the eyes became much wider, and a path that could pass normally appeared.

"Feel sorry."

Jingzi turned her head, and her body and hair were also wet a lot, "In order to prevent irrelevant people from entering, the road ahead has been intentionally kept as it is, and has not been opened up."

Soya nodded, expressing his understanding.

After all, there is a shrine halfway up the mountain. If someone who doesn't know it sees it, they may mistakenly think that this is the way to the shrine.

Jingzi walked to the side of the road, pushed aside the weeds, and revealed the second stone marker inside.

She fumbled a few times, picked up a thin thread, straightened it, and a long rope covered with wooden signs floated out of the grass, shaking.

Soya took a closer look, and the wooden sign hanging on the rope was similar to the ema sold in the shrine, except that the content depicted on the board was more solemn and sacred, full of warnings.

"Doesn't enter the realm of the gods...but it doesn't look very conspicuous."

Jingzi glanced around, put down the rope, and looked over again.

"Soya-san can take off the amulet and have a look again."

"Almost forgot."

Soya took off the amulet and temporarily hung it on a low branch beside him.The spiritual sense was released, and the long rope hidden among the bushes suddenly became extremely obvious.

Not only that, but a translucent curtain two or three meters high was formed up and down the long rope.

The color is so light that it can hardly be seen in the daytime. It is somewhat similar to the barrier that Kyoko used to set up with talisman paper.This is the role of those wooden signs.

"..."

He reached out to touch it, and although he encountered some resistance, his fingertips easily broke through the barrier and came to the other side.

Jingzi watched from the side, "This kind of strength limit can only stop spirit bodies at the level of wandering spirits."

And the spirits that need the boundary to play a blocking role are only weak-conscious, almost demented wandering spirits. Other spirits will actively go around when they see the boundary.

"The real God's Domain is only Gao Tianyuan." She continued to explain, "But the medium that conveys the power of faith to the gods is enshrined in the shrine, that is, the statue. The boundary is set to protect the belief of the gods from interference."

"I see."

This is also the main reason why most spirit bodies wander around the world, but rarely set foot in the shrine area.The gods who have been hidden from the world will not send divine punishment, but their believers are often more ruthless.

"Let's go."

Along the rainy forest path, the two continued to go up the mountain.

The so-called inspection mainly has two aspects of work: one is to check and maintain the boundaries connecting the steles, and the other is to eliminate interference.

But when it comes down to it, it's just some more laborious ordinary work.After getting acquainted, Soya also helped.

Approaching another boundary marker, he leaned over to brush aside the grass, and lifted the long rope that was somewhat heavy from the rain.

wow-

The wooden signs were shaking on the long rope, and when they collided with each other, they would make a slightly dull sound.

Kyoko glanced quickly, checked it once, and was about to signal Soya to let go, when a wooden sign suddenly fell off and disappeared into the grass.

"..."

She looked at Zonggu, he sighed, took a step back with his left foot, and clenched his hand even tighter.

"Go find it."

"Ah."

Approaching the place where the wooden sign fell, Jingzi rummaged for a while and found the wooden sign, but he couldn't put it back on.

"Songya-san, put it down first."

She first reminded Zongya, and then explained the situation, "The connection has been broken, and a new spirit card needs to be replaced."

"yes."

Putting down the long rope, Sogu rubbed some dirt on his palm, "I remember the space between stele No. [-] and stele No. [-]."

The corner of Jingzi's mouth curled up, and she quickly walked back to him, the scarlet hakama skimming over the wet grass.

After all, the main task of this trip was inspection, and only one piece of wooden sign fell off, which had no effect on the boundary, just a unified record, and the repair work will be carried out later.

"Go to the next place."

"Ah."

The mountains and forests are quiet, and the luxuriant branches and leaves in early summer cover the sky, making the bottom slightly dark.

As the forest gets deeper and deeper, the tall trees also block most of the rainwater from the sky.In order to facilitate movement, the two only opened their umbrellas when necessary.

"Mr. Soya is here today, do you have any special arrangements?"

Jingzi walked beside him, "It will take about two hours to complete a complete inspection."

"So it took so long..."

Soya grumbled, and then said: "Nothing, I just plan to record the commission that I dealt with yesterday."

"Have you encountered any entrustment related to spiritual bodies again?"

"Yes."

He looked forward, and as he went deeper, the terrain under their feet became much steeper.

"Fortunately, these are ordinary incidents of minor incidents, otherwise, I would have to ask Kyoko and Miss Noma for help again."

Kyoko smiled slightly.

At the end of May, the Unnatural Phenomenon Research Department received a commission to go to Ishibe Town near Yasu Town to investigate the abandoned building that made strange noises;
As a result, after arriving, Sogu saw nearly a hundred spirits gathered together, and among them were two evil spirits fighting each other.

Without thinking too much, he immediately told Akane Kirino and Yoshikawa who were accompanying him to stay away from here, and then contacted the station of the agency that governs this area, that is, Fuyun Shrine.

Minami Noma came quickly with a group of witches including Kyoko, blocked the abandoned building with a barrier of talisman paper, and shot all the spirits inside with a rain of magic-breaking arrows, and the matter was resolved.

"Fortunately, Soya-san discovered it early..." Kyoko said, "Nearly a hundred spirit bodies with strong consciousness are killing and devouring each other, which is enough to give birth to several fierce spirits."

"Good luck."

Soya took a step up, panting slightly.

"I didn't expect that under the eyes of the organization, there would be so many resentful and evil spirits gathered together, just to get more crazy power."

Jingzi followed beside her, her face turned rosy from climbing, and it was not known whether it was sweat or raindrops that slid down her forehead.

"From a certain point of view, the spirit body is a human being who is not bound by reason... Desires and obsessions are infinitely magnified. Once incited, madness is inevitable."

Soya nodded, held his breath, and climbed up the steep slope in front of him.

After all, this is just a forest path with few people walking, it is very difficult to walk, and there are many such steep slopes along the way.

The next landmark was just a few steps away, Soya only took one look, then turned his head, and stretched out his hand to Kyoko below.

"thanks……"

Borrowing the strength to go uphill, she panted slightly, and her chest also rose and fell, but it was not obvious.

After she stood still, Sogu let go of her hand, and looked down at the rugged mountain road that she had already passed.

"How often do inspections like this take place?"

Jingzi also turned her head to look back, the path was covered by branches and leaves, and only her and him climbed every step clearly.

"There is no fixed time. When I think of it, I will come and check it again."

"yes."

Sweat drenched her side face, which was fair and translucent, with a hint of pink.A strand of blue silk sticks and adheres, twists and turns, and scratches.

"Does Jingzi come to inspect every time?"

"Yeah. Ms. Noma will come with me occasionally."

"It's really hard work."

When she looked back, he had already looked away, turned and walked towards the stele.

"You can also find me next time."

"……it is good."

(End of this chapter)