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Chapter 282 Kobayashi of Fuku Shrine

Tsuchimikado Kiyuki no longer cares about anything.

He didn't care to ask Hui Yuan why he knew that Priest Xiaolin was here, nor did he care about the flesh and blood under his feet that originally made him sick.

He rushed forward, shook the ghost-faced priest's collar, and asked like a barrage: "Xiaolin Miyi, what is going on? What happened? Did you kill Shibata Miyi?"

The ghost-faced priest suddenly groaned in pain.

"Ah, I'm sorry..." Qingxing came back to his senses, involuntarily let go of the ghost-faced priest, and asked the last question in a low voice, "...how is everyone doing?"

Only then did he notice that the ghost-faced priest himself was not seriously injured, and he could only barely move after being bandaged forcibly.

Under this kind of injury, he suffered another heavy blow just now. His eyes were now distracted, and he seemed to have fallen into a state of unconsciousness.

But perhaps precisely because of this, the middle-aged priest was completely off guard and just reacted to Kiyoyuki's question based on instinct: "...Shibata? Who...

"Ah...the people from the Harmony Shrine? Yes, I killed them..."

"...I dedicated it to Lord Feng Guo!" In his daze, he tried his best to raise his voice and shouted this sentence.

But the next sentence, the voice immediately weakened again: "Everyone..."

"Everyone……"

"No one can die."

"I can't do it...I can't resist Meishin Taisha Shrine at all..."

"There are too many people...it is completely useless to have too many people..."

Qingxing heard this anxiously and shook him again: "Tell me clearly, tell me clearly, what happened! ... Yes, let's start from the beginning, when you enter the divine realm and meet up!"

Priest Kobayashi gasped for a while, before opening his mouth to say: "...As soon as I entered the realm of the gods, I encountered... the Bodhisattva Court of Hachiman Palace.

“But, she did nothing.

"The Bodhisattva Temple has left, and only her priest remains...it's strange, that guy doesn't look like he's Japanese...is he a mixed race?

"...The priest of the Hachiman Shrine also did nothing, but just followed us and kept in our sight.

"We didn't dare to do anything, we just wanted to join up as soon as possible. Then, as we joined our companions, our team changed from two people to four people, six people... and finally, we gathered ten people.

"...The priest, during this half day, was just watching from the side.

"Finally, we decided to do it. Ten people, against one person.

"In order to prevent him from escaping, we set up a barrier to close the space - but that person, even so, still stood far away and watched us set it up.

"But just after the barrier was completed...that person took the initiative and rushed towards us."

Priest Xiaolin was silent for a moment, breathing heavily, as if he was lost in memories.

"In the end, only me, Noko and Shibata...only three people escaped." He did not describe the scene in detail at the end, but shook his head slowly: "...we can't win."

Qing Xing understood, but did not understand.

According to Priest Kobayashi, the companions of the small society did successfully unite, but even so, with just one attack from one person, the group of ten people was destroyed...?
"This is impossible..." Qingxing frowned and said to himself, "Even if we knew from the beginning that the Zhaigu are very strong...but this is the realm of God?"

"Priests are indeed no different from mortals in this world, but in the divine realm, they can draw on the power of gods. Techniques, shikigami, and barriers... can all of these be used?"

"As we have discussed - no matter how strong the Zhaigu are, at least in the God's Domain, we are no longer powerless to resist, right?"

Priest Xiaolin was silent.

But after taking two deep breaths, he suddenly laughed: "Ha, it's not at all——"

"I finally understand why the Saio of the past dynasties always came from the Taisha Shrine, and why there are special names like 'Saiou'. The significance of giving special names is that they and we are not the same at all." It looks like ten to one, but it's not.Since that One is not a human being at all, the comparison of numbers is no longer meaningful.

"That's Hachiman Bodhisattva..." Priest Kobayashi murmured, "...it's 仏, it's a heavenly demon."

Then he seemed unable to speak anymore and began to close his eyes and breathe quietly to regain his strength.

Qing Xing still finds it hard to accept.

"Everyone, are you all dead..."

His eyes moved to the dead face under Priest Xiaolin again. He gritted his teeth and began to shake Priest Xiaolin again: "But... Miyi Xiaolin managed to escape, so why did you murder Shibata?"

At this time, perhaps because he had recovered for a while, Priest Kobayashi's eyes finally regained some clarity, and he recognized Qingxing: "...It turns out it's you, Tsuchimikado."

"...Yes, I remembered it." He recalled, "I just planned to dedicate you to Lord Feng Guo."

"But looking at the situation now, I failed just now...Where is Noko?" He continued to turn around and looked around, and soon saw the unconscious ghost-faced miko next to him, and sighed, "...I also lost. "

"Where did I just... tell you?"

Qingxing was silent for a moment and calmed down: "Everyone was killed by the priests of the Bodhisattva Temple. Only the three of you escaped."

"No one can die..." Priest Kobayashi smiled weakly, "So far, only Shibata has died."

"——So why?! Why did you murder your companions!"

"...Because I want to go home."

Qing Xing's angry expression suddenly froze.

"Don't you want to go home?" Priest Xiaolin turned to look at Qingxing and asked.

"However, we can only return home safely if we offer sacrifices that satisfy Lord Fengguo. Otherwise, even if we escape, we will only become living souls in the end.

"——'At least one Saigiya must be killed, and if they can be used as sacrifices, that will definitely be enough'... In the beginning, before the start of the Kamie Festival, that was what we discussed, right?

“But after actually entering Heianjing, we realized the reality... that it couldn’t be done.

"The priest of the Bodhisattva Monastery, just one person, taught us the reality and made me completely give up on this idea."

He was quiet for a moment, and his expression became a little strange: "...Then, the only sacrifice I can offer to you is Shibata."

"Shibata is hopeless anyway. His shrine maiden was taken away by the priest of Bosatsu-in, and it is no longer possible for him to perform rituals alone. So I asked Noko to come directly from behind him...

"Shibata didn't suffer too much, he just died all of a sudden, before he could even realize what happened.

"Shibata can't go back anyway...then at least you can let me go home." Priest Kobayashi said calmly at the end.

"...Don't you want to go home?" He looked into Qing Xing's eyes and asked again slowly.

Just when Qingyue didn't know how to answer, Priest Xiaolin said calmly: "Call your sister over, and let's dedicate her to Lord Fengguo together.

"...Of course, most of it belongs to you.

"We're only a little closer, so I'll just split an arm... no, just a palm.
“Just let me offer you a piece of my hand.

"Then...we can all go home."

Qingxing finally realized what Priest Xiaolin was talking about.

In an instant, his face turned red from suppressing it, but faster than he could think, his body punched Priest Xiaolin hard in the face.

(End of this chapter)