tokyo creator

Chapter 276 The Great Adventure of the Tsuchimikado Family ([-])

"It's not hard to find sacrifices, and it's relatively easy to deal with..." At this point, Qingxing suddenly patted his head, raised his head and asked Hui Yuanchu and Ibuki Rixiang, "By the way, if you have been here just now, Did you hear any strange sounds nearby or see anything strange?”

First, he almost ran into the queue of soul-born people, and then met the two people in front of him. After a series of things happened, Qingxing almost forgot - in fact, he and Chunhai came here in the first place because both Divination and Simon had directed them to this area. There is a jade left soul.

"Nearby? How close do you mean?" Hui Yuan asked a question.

Qing Xing took out Si Nan and looked at it again, and found that it was spinning unsteadily now.This shows that Yu Liuhun's current distance has entered the lowest range that Sinan can accurately detect, probably within 200 meters of him.

"Probably, it's this temple... the shrine... well, whatever, it's within the scope of this courtyard, right?" Kiyoyuki thought for a while and replied, "Have you visited other places before?"

"If you only ask within the scope of this courtyard..." Hui Yuanchu touched his chin, his eyes wandered for a moment for some reason, as if he was distracted.

But soon, he decisively pointed to the back with his thumb and said without hesitation: "Actually, I vaguely heard the sound of a woman praying in the worship hall behind."

"At first, I thought it had nothing to do with us... But now, according to what you said, I realized that there shouldn't be ordinary people in this place, right?"

"...Oh?" Qing Xing looked in the direction Hui Yuan Chu pointed with his head.

In the night outside the temple, one can see the dark outlines of several buildings belonging to this shrine.But there is indeed one among them, which is shining with faint light.

The lighted building is a hundred meters away from here, and it may be the hall of worship that Hui Yuanchu mentioned.

"So far?" Qing Xing listened intently, shook his head and said, "Have you heard any sound?"

"Uh... no, it's not what we heard now." Haiyuan explained awkwardly, "I mean, it was what we heard when we walked around from there just now... just because we heard that There were voices nearby, so we avoided the main hall and came here."

...I see. Is that why you avoid it because you don’t want to be intimate?

Qing Xing just said it casually and did not doubt Hui Yuanchu's intention.

He nodded and said, "Well, I suspect that is what we need to find... a sacrifice that Lord Fengguo will be satisfied with."

Then, he looked at Hui Yuanchu and Ibuki Rika again, and asked: "Would you like to go and see together? I can also give you a live demonstration on how to handle the sacrifices."

"Hatsu-chan has the final say, right?" Ibuki Rika glanced at Hui Yuanchu and said without thinking.

Hui Yuanchu nodded: "Of course I want to see it."

So the four of them left the main hall, walked carefully for nearly a hundred meters in the dark, and finally arrived in front of the worship hall.

The situation inside the worship hall is similar to that of the main hall.A lamp was lit in the center of the hall, and the light was projected through the messy fence, but it was impossible to see clearly what was going on in the center.

At this time, Qing Xing had also clearly heard it - just as Hui Yuanchu said, a woman's voice came from the center of the bright worship hall.

Moreover, there are actually two.Both have the voices of mature women, but one is gentler and the other is more sassy and cold.

The woman with a gentle voice is reciting Buddhist scriptures.

But the strong woman seemed to be doing some kind of exercise, and she screamed from time to time.

Qingxing made a "Follow" gesture to Hui Yuanchu and Ibuki Rika, then led Chunxiang into the hall, and tiptoed along the maze-like fence towards the center of the hall.

Just as they quietly touched over.The two women in the center of the temple seemed completely unaware of the visitors.

The gentle woman was still reciting the scriptures carefully, while the strong woman continued to make loud shouts and heavy breathing sounds.

However, often suddenly, each of them will utter a clear sentence without preamble from time to time.

Soon we came to the last corner.Qingxing asked the other three to pause, and he cautiously stuck his head out to take a look——

Under the Buddha statue, one on the left and one on the right... two black shadows.

The light in the temple is bright, so it's not because the light is relatively dark that only the outline of the human body can be seen clearly... but that the existence of the two human figures itself is only a shadow.

No matter which angle you look at it, it is just a black plane, as if a human-sized piece of space has been torn away, revealing the depth behind it with dots of stars.

But those two shadows can indeed see the outline of a woman's appearance and clothing, and there are also movements.At the same time, Qing Xing finally heard the two female voices, which came clearly from the two shadows.

The dark figure on the left is kneeling on the futon with his head bowed in prayer. It is that gentle female voice.

The black figure on the right was making boxing movements and making a cold and stern sound.

Seeing this scene, Qing Xing had already let go of most of his nervousness.But for the sake of safety, he still planned to ask the other three to step back first and observe for a while——

Then he widened his eyes and saw Hui Yuanchu and Ibuki Laika walking out of the hiding place without even realizing it. He couldn't even reach out to stop them.

The two people walked into the light and immediately saw the two shadows.

"Wow!" Laixiang suddenly exclaimed, jumping in place like a frightened little rabbit, and the little white rabbit also jumped.

But looking at the expression on her face, it was more of novelty than fear.

"Chu-chan, why do those two people only have shadows? Isn't that scientific?" She tugged on Hui Yuanchu's sleeve and stretched out her finger.

Hui Yuanchu, who was next to him, was not frightened at all, and looked at it with curiosity on his face: "Hmm... it's a shadow, right? It's really unscientific."

...As priests and priestesses, please don't talk about science all the time...

Qing Xing rubbed his temples.

But then he realized that he was even complaining about it wrong.

Isn't the point that these two people have no sense of crisis and just treat the mysterious and sacred sanctuary as a tourist attraction for a walk? !
Forget it, since despite the reckless actions of these two people, the two shadows have not changed much... it seems that it matches Grandpa's description, and this is what he is looking for.

With this thought in mind, Qing Xing simply walked out of his hiding place.

"Tsuchimikado, what is that?"

"Qingxing-chan~~, what the hell is that!?"

As soon as they saw him coming out, the two people naturally looked at him together and asked in unison.

Kiyoyuki rolled his eyes at the two of them angrily, but did not answer immediately. Instead, he first took out the Tsuchimikado family's secret book notes from his backpack and looked at them.

After carefully looking through all the relevant records of his ancestors, Qingxing finally confirmed his judgment 100%: "Well... it's the 'Yu Liuhun'."

"The spirits in the divine realm can basically be divided into four categories, also known as the 'four souls' - the divine soul, the foot soul, the living soul, and the jade soul."

"Among them, the divine soul is the incarnation of other gods who have invested themselves in this divine realm..." Qingxing thought for a moment and revised his statement, "No, it would be better to say 'spiritual thoughts'."

Hui Yuanchu suddenly interrupted: "It's not 'thoughts', but 'watching'..."

After a pause, he murmured to himself again in a low voice: "...'Spirit Vision'."

"Gazing? It makes sense. But instead of calling it 'spiritual' vision, shouldn't it be called 'divine' vision?" Qingyue didn't care and continued, "In short, the Shenzhi Festival is a major sacrifice related to the security of the country, so naturally it is The one that attracts the attention of all the gods. Otherwise, the Saio honored by Toyokuni would not have been selected from other shrines."

"For this reason, other gods will also come to Heian Kyoto in the form of 'spirits' to enjoy this festival."

"By the way, because you usually enter the divine domain from your own shrine, you are very likely to encounter the soul of your own god when you enter." Qingyuki flipped through the book again, looked up and thought about it, and remembered what he had done before. Encountered a giant white fox, "...If you pray sincerely at that time, you will receive blessings, right?"

Having said this, Qingxing became curious and looked at Hui Yuanchu and Laixiang: "Have you met them? What do the incarnations of Feng Guozun and Kunodang Lizun look like?"

Because according to the notes, the appearance of the soul is obviously strongly related to the god itself.

Or it is the incarnation of their dharma, or their other associated images in myths and legends, or they borrow the image of the divine envoy.

For example, the spirit of Amaterasu may be a scorching sun, a majestic woman, or sometimes appear in the form of a divine chicken.

If it is Jianyu Mingfang Shen, then the soul may be Kong Wu's man, or it may be Yamata no Orochi.

However, Toyokuni Lord and Kunitsune Ritsun are different from other gods. These two gods are originally "one gods" - meaning "invisible hidden gods".

Therefore, Qing Xing was a little curious, what would be the image of Dushen's soul?
Hui Yuanchu shrugged and said, "I don't know, we didn't see anything when we came in."

"……All right."

Qing Xing's curiosity was not satisfied, and he was a little disappointed.

Laixiang also urged: "Qingxing-chan, keep talking."

Qingxing had no choice but to continue:
"Those strange passers-by who you meet on the road and ignore each other are all Zuhun. They are the 'memory of the land', shadows that do not affect anyone or anything."

"The living soul, as I said just now, is the most dangerous existence among the four souls." "And Yu Liuhun..." Qingxing pointed to the black shadow in front of him, "It's this kind of black figure."

The two black figures were still moving about themselves, talking to themselves as if they were reciting lines.

Tsuchimikado Kiyuki moved his fingers on the notes and read out the most important sentence——

"... Yuliuhun is Saio's longing."

Hui Yuan raised his eyebrows and looked up at the figure.

Tsuchimikado Seiyuki continued to read: "Saio is also a human being, so no matter how much he practices and introspects...deep in his heart, there are still some obsessions that cannot be abandoned, or that he cannot forget. Unforgettable memories...and so on."

"These longings, when King Saito performs his duties, will turn into 'jade souls' in the domain of the gods."

Qingxing stopped and looked at Hui Yuanchu and Laixiang inquiringly: "...can you understand?"

"Yes." Hui Yuanchu replied simply, raising his finger and pointing at the two black shadows, "It means that those two black shadows are reproducing a certain memory of the miko."

Qing Xing nodded, glad that Hui Yuanchu understood it quickly and accurately, and pointed directly to the center: "Ah, almost."

"Then, why do you say that the Jade Soul can be used by us as a sacrifice?" Hui Yuanchu raised a new question, "Since this is not our thing, but the thing of the shrine maiden of the Feng Kingdom. ah……"

"Because what I mean is not that offering the jade soul to Lord Feng will satisfy him." After a pause, Qingxing said, "——What we want to do is the opposite, not a sacrifice, but a sacrifice. It’s purification.”

"——The only way to satisfy the Lord Feng is to get rid of Yuliu's soul."

This time it was Laixiang who unexpectedly asked: "Huh? Why? Isn't that his miko?"

In fact, Qingxing also had this question when he first came into contact with these things.But after studying his notes many times, he already had his own understanding of it.

"Precisely because it is the 'missing of the shrine maiden', Lord Toyokuni hates it. In other words, other gods may not really care, but Lord Toyokuni will definitely hate it."

"The so-called Jade Soul is said to be 'human thoughts', but frankly speaking it is better to be called 'human impurities', just like metabolic waste excreted with sweat. On the contrary, Lord Fengguo Zun is the only god, the invisible hidden god, or the purest god..."

"So to Dokami, the Jade Soul thing...maybe it's like pollution, right?"

Hui Yuanchu nodded thoughtfully in approval, and muttered to himself, "That's right...human emotions...can contaminate...the God of Light..."

"There is no doubt about this. My ancestors and the ancestors of other shrines have determined one thing very early: that in the Shenzhi Festival, the removal of jade souls can also be recognized by the Lord Toyoko—— It is equivalent to sacrificing it.”

"So - that's it. If we want to leave Heianjing safely, we need to find these jade souls and exorcise them until the Lord Fengguo is satisfied."

"That's what I'm telling you. I hope you believe me."

Having said this, Qing Xing looked at Hui Yuanchu and Laixiang.

Although he wanted to help them, so he spoke out all this important information without any concealment... but he also understood that not all good intentions would be accepted.

There will be doubts and suspicions between people, and many tragedies will result from this.

Qingxing...actually didn't know what he could do if the two people opposite him didn't believe him, and what he should do.

All the young man could do was to tell everything he knew and then pray silently.

Fortunately, what Qingxing was worried about did not happen.

Hui Yuanchu and Ibuki Rika looked at each other, but without any hesitation, they nodded to Qingyuki to express their approval, and thanked them seriously: "I understand, thank you."

Qing Xing breathed a sigh of relief and relaxed.

"Anyway... well, Harumi and I will use the jade soul on the left to show you how to exorcise it.

"Don't worry, it's actually very simple. It's basically the same as the Kagura Dance of various schools. You should be familiar with the process. There are only a few details that are different, and there are a few words to attract the gods and send the gods. Just modify it.”

"The one on the right will be left to you."

He said, looking back at Harumi, and sure enough he saw that his considerate sister had already taken out the ritual tools.

But at this time, Hui Yuanchu suddenly said: "Ah, wait a minute, Tu Yumen-kun—"

He asked: "Although these two black shadows are said to be the memories of Saio... but more accurately, they are the memories of the 'Saiodai' who is currently guarding Kyoto, right?"

"...Ah, yes, indeed."

"Then if we get rid of it, my memory will not be affected?"

...Why are your angles always so strange? ?
Qingxing was stunned for a while, racking his brains, flipping through his notes, and then said uncertainly: "Probably, no?"

"Because after all, Yuliuhun is the incarnation of Missing in this God's Domain, not Missing itself."

"Things like thoughts, when you don't think about them, although they seem to disappear without a trace, they don't disappear completely. They will still appear at some point."

"The same is true for Yu Liuhun. Purification is actually like weeding, we just want temporary purity..."

"...That's it, I understand." Hui Yuanchu nodded, and then made another request, "Then, can you wait a while before starting the exorcism?"

"Huh? Why?"

"Because..." Hui Yuanchu tilted his head and looked at the two black figures with a confused look on his face, "...I always feel concerned about what they are talking about."

"..."

"Sorry, I always have some obsessive-compulsive disorder when I play games... Look, isn't this the case of 'event plot limited voice'? After passing this level, you can no longer collect it?"

Qing Xing wiped the sweat from his head: "... Whatever, it's up to you."

But he thought about it and felt that it really didn't matter. "Anyway, Yu Liuhun itself is harmless, and there is no danger in the treatment itself.

Therefore, Qing Xing took two steps back temporarily.

Hui Yuanchu squatted down on the spot and listened patiently.

……

What the two Yu Liuhun said were actually those few sentences, repeated over and over again.

After 10 minutes, even Qing Xing was familiar with it.

The conversations between them are actually not related, they all speak their own words in their own scenes.

The gentle woman kept kneeling on the futon and seemed to be saying these words to the person opposite. There were only four sentences.

【It’s Buddha. 】

[I am madly in love with him and want to give birth to a child for him. 】

[But I know it’s impossible.Because I...don't care about him at all. 】

[…But in the end, you showed up.So I know that you were given to me by Buddha. 】

The sassy woman, on the other hand, spoke to the person next to her as if chatting during the break between exercises, the same four sentences.

【no?A person's birth cannot be predicted or chosen, so there is no meaning in it. 】

[No, I’m not saying that life is meaningless.But the meaning of life will of course be found slowly later on.When a person is just born, what’s the point? 】

【...'his child'? 】

[…Hahaha, it’s not like he’s inheriting the throne…]

Hui Yuanchu stood up, nodded towards Qing Xing and said, "That's it."

Harumi, who had already put on the former Tianguan, stood up from the kneeling position, holding the Kagura bell, and posed the first pose of Kagura Dance amidst the playing music.

And Qing Xing next to him also solemnly began to chant the exorcising words: "The gods of the distant ancestors, the Lord of Fengguo, exorcising and purifying..."

——The purification begins.

(End of this chapter)