I’m a Witch In Dongying

Chiyo responded with a smile.

Only Bai Shuiqiu raised her eyes and glanced at Ryoko when she heard the explanation of Fumigao Jindai. It was the first time that she knew that Ryoko's full name was Ryoko Kudo. No wonder she said that she had taken a sniper rifle training course in Hawaii...

Next, the two elderly people talked and chatted, and greeted everyone to eat with their chopsticks.

Dongying people still value elders and inferiorities, especially in this kind of occasion where there are two elderly people present, except for Shirasui Kazuto and Keisuke Jindai to say a few words from time to time, most of the remaining people did not say much. Just ate in silence.

But Shendai Wenshan is not like the red tape rules that ordinary people of this age like to pay attention to, nor does he have the arrogant attitude of being the helm of a consortium. Instead, he speaks in a very easy-going tone, just like the grandfather next door. Sometimes, There will also be a few innocuous jokes to make the atmosphere at the dinner table alive.

For a while, the restaurant was filled with cheerful air.

During the period, Chiyo also asked a few questions about Wenshan Shendai's physical condition with concern.

"Old, old."

Shendai Wenshan waved his hand, and laughed in a half-joking tone: "I think back then, I was a master swordsman who got the Jie Chuan certificate. When I was unarmed, I dared to fight a dozen people in the alley. The members of the gang confronted each other and went to the hospital several times as a result...

It's a pity that now that I am getting older, my physical condition is deteriorating. After the major surgery in the first two years, it took three or four months to regain his vitality after lying in bed.

I still remember that time, I was assassinated by those guys in the Kameyama team and almost died on the spot, but then Senior Ryunosuke took Sana to visit me once and gave me a bowl of rune water. Injuries that were helpless were healed in just one or two days. If this is not the case, I am afraid that my body would have been unable to support it many years ago.

Calculating this way, the next few decades were actually the lives that were picked up. Maybe I was about to meet with senior Ryunosuke, as well as Sana and Keisuke. "

"what……"

Bai Shuiqiu, who was sitting next to him, raised his eyebrows while listening.

Of course she knows what the kind of rune water that Shendai Wenshan talks about is nothing more than [Jingxin Rune]. This kind of rune was originally seen in the pamphlet left by Baishui Sana and used by the latter. Not surprisingly. Moreover, Baishui Sana at that time, whether it was the spiritual power in the body, or the spells and talisman she mastered, should be more than her, so the effect of the rune water given to the **** Wenshan was also more obvious.

——The Purifying Heart Talisman drawn by Bai Shuiqiu can't make a dying person heal as before in one or two days. It will take at least twice as long.

However, listening to the meaning of this passage from Goddai Wenshan, Bai Shuiqiu always felt that the old man seemed to have a little admiration for Bai Shui Sana.

Too.

Shendai Fumyama was a decade older than Chiyo, and strictly speaking, he should be regarded as Shirami Sana's peer, only two or three years younger than the latter. When I was young, I met a girl like Sana who was outstanding in all aspects and had such a "life-saving grace". It was a normal thing to be attracted, and it was understandable.

And the godfun mountain and his grandfather Keisuke Shirasui made the agreement with the baby boy, it was decades after Sana's death on Lantern Mountain.

Among them, there may not be any factors in it that I want to make up for my regret when I was a teenager...

Speaking of...

Kindai Fumyama is obviously ten years older than Chiyo, while Kindai Keisuke and Shirasui Kazuto are about the same age. It seems that the marriage age of the former is also slightly later than that of ordinary people. It is almost in their thirties that they have a family and have children...

Bai Shuiqiu thought about it, and felt as if he had discovered a blind spot. While continuing to eat, he silently filled up the grievances and grievances of the older generation when they were young.

And Keisuke Jindai, who was sitting next to Fumiya Jindai, coughed a few times, trying to stop his father’s unabashed behavior: "Ahem, father, you drank too much wine today. The doctor told you before. You can only have a maximum of three drinks a day, so please exercise restraint.

In addition, Xiaoqiu and the others are also here, so let's not say these unlucky words..."

"Go and go. It's rare to meet old friends today. It's just the time when you are happy. What if you drink a few more glasses. By this time next year, there will be no chance to sit and eat together like the one you have now. It's hard to say."

Shendai Wenshan waved his hand and said nonchalantly.

Among the group of people present, Shindai Fumyama had the highest seniority and was the head of the Shindai clan. As the son, Keisuke Shindai would not say much. However, Bai Shuiqiu carefully observed the complexion of the old man. When the meal was about to end, he quietly returned to the bedroom to fetch a little white dinghua tea. After brewing it in a cup, he brought it to the face of Shendai Wenshan. :

"Grandpa Wenshan, this is the tea that Master Tianyuan from Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto gave to me. It has the effect of nourishing and strengthening the body. Please feel welcome."

"Oh?"

Shindai Fumyama just drank a lot of sake. He was a little drunk at this time, but he was still sober, and he smiled:

"Kiyomizu Temple... I have long heard that Master Tianyuan’s white lichen tea is a must-see in Kyoto. How many people come here admiringly, wanting to have a drink, and listening to the master’s narration of the Dharma. This tea.

The old man was disrespectful.

Ha, speaking of it, when Keisuke was still there, I had a close friendship with him, and I also agreed to a baby boy. Unfortunately, Keisuke’s generation is both boys and Keiko’s generation is also a girl. This promise It has been delayed until now.

Xiaoqiu, you are now slim and graceful, and you have the same powerful spiritual power as Sana. I really don't know which kid can have such good luck to marry you home. "

"Grandpa, what nonsense are you talking about, you have to drink less wine..."

Keiko Kamashiro was helping Wenshan Kamashiro to get up at this time. Hearing the unobstructed joke of the old man, she couldn't help but groan, and at the same time secretly glanced at Bai Shuiqiu.

And Bai Shuiqiu also glanced at Keiko Kandai when he heard this joke.

With their eyes facing each other, the heartbeats of the two of them accelerated a little, and then they moved their eyes away at the same time, pretending to be as if nothing had happened:

"Ahem... Please also Grandpa Wenshan and Uncle Keisuke, let me take a rest in the guest room first, and it will not be too late for the worship service in the afternoon."

The so-called guest rooms were temporarily cleaned up by Bai Shuiqiu and Hyuga Asuka.

Taking advantage of the festival held this time, Bai Shuiqiu also cleaned up all the houses within the entire shrine, took out some messy piles of debris, and threw away the useless, and the useful ones were according to their respective The categories were re-arranged and placed in a few fixed houses, while the remaining houses were all vacated.

One of them is an "employee dormitory" prepared for Kanako. The purpose is to allow the girl to take a short break at noon, or even lie in bed for a while in the morning, which is considered to be an employee benefit of the shrine. If you recruit new part-time witches in the future, you can continue to buy more beds.

Anyway, the price of a bed is not expensive. Bai Shuiqiu has just made 100 million yuan from Akiyama Honya. This little money can still be squandered.

The other two rooms are used as guest rooms for the guests who come to visit.

Now it happens to be used by the Jindai family for a rest.

At two or three o'clock in the afternoon that day, under the guidance of Bai Shuiqiu and Chiyo, the Shindai family paid a grand homage to the Yushi God enshrined in the worship hall, and each asked for a lottery. With the exception of Keisuke Jindai drew a piece of Suyoshi, both Jindai Fumyama and Keiko had good luck.

After that, Bai Shuiqiu wrapped a small packet of white dinghua tea in his bedroom and gave it to Wenshan Shendai.

She actually brought back a few taels of this kind of tea from Master Tianyuan. She previously gave a portion to Keiko Kandai and Shion Jiufeng, and a little bit for her grandmother. Now she divides a portion and gives it to Wenshan Goddai. There is not much left in it.

But there is nothing to regret.

Because this kind of tea is not very useful to her, instead of relying on drinking tea to improve the spiritual power in her body, it is better to spend more time practicing breathing method, the effect is better. And if the two elderly people, Wenshan and Chiyo, can rely on the spiritual power contained in tea to extend their life span by several years, that would be great.

"In other words, if Chune's peach blossoms are used to make tea, will they have the effect of prolonging life?"

Bai Shuiqiu suddenly had this idea.

After all, the white dinghua tea also came from the camellia tree planted in the Dacien Temple during the Tang Dynasty. Although the latter is said to be ordered by Master Xuanzang himself, there must be some extraordinary things, but they are all tree demons. The nature of the demon power should be similar.

Maybe in the future, if you have the opportunity, you can ask the Peach Tree Demon...

After visiting the shrine, the Jindai family left Tianmu Mountain and went to the mountain villa where Keiko Jindai lived before.

After all, today is only the eve of the Rain God Festival, the official festival has not yet begun, and the Jindai family cannot stay at Tenmu Shrine forever. The mountain villa and Tianmu Mountain are in the eastern suburbs, and they are less than ten minutes' drive from each other. It is more convenient to come and go, so it was used as the place of stay for the Shendai Fumyama and others when they returned to Narita City this time.

After Keiko and others were sent out of the shrine, Bai Shuiqiu returned to the inner room, took a shower early, and climbed into the bed before nine o'clock, ready to rest for a night and recharge.

The next day.

Around five o'clock in the morning.

When the sky outside was still gloomy, Bai Shuiqiu had already gotten up, put on his shoes in a daze, walked out of the bedroom, walked into the bathroom, and patted his face with a handful of water.

Under the stimulation of the slightly cold water, Bai Shuiqiu's body trembled slightly, and his whole body quickly became sober. After looking at himself in the mirror, he freshened up, and then sighed slightly:

"It's finally this day..."

After returning from Kyoto this time, Bai Shuiqiu has been secretly preparing for the Rain God Festival, and has made a lot of preparations for this, but when the day really arrived, he became a little nervous and took a few deep breaths. Spit it out slowly again, and it can be regarded as calming down the restless mood.

Yesterday’s early bedtime and today’s early waking up were both reasons.

Because before the official festival begins, as the only shrine maiden in Tenme Shrine, Bai Shuiqiu has one more thing to do—

"Xuanxu".

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Xuan is a very ancient ritual.

A sacrificial ceremony that originated in the Western Zhou Dynasty in China and has a history of three thousand years. It is recorded in the "Zhou Li" that "the witch takes a bath at the age of the year". The popular explanation is that the female officer presiding over the sacrificial ceremony will be held at the time of the year. Sacrifice, bathing and repairing by the water, washing and removing dirt, the function is to clear the body of the unknown, and pray to God for blessings.

Later, after being introduced to Dongying, it was integrated into the Shinto ritual and gradually evolved into a fixed ritual.

Of course, this kind of ceremony is not carried out every time.

Usually only in spring and autumn.

After all, if you carry a bucket of water and pour it on your head in the winter, you will be fatal if you don’t die on the spot. As long as your brain is not broken, you won’t be able to do something indistinguishable from suicide...

Bai Shuiqiu had a severe cold on March 3 this year. Afterwards, he caught a bad cold and he recovered after resting in bed for half a month.

And now...

With her physique, even if she jumps directly into the stream to take a bath... Uh, that's fine, the ghost knows whether there are any bacteria or parasites growing in these clear and bright streams, even if they are really clean. , It’s just cold water, it can’t be more comfortable than taking a bath in your own bathtub, there’s no need to find yourself uncomfortable...

"...It's time to go."

After a brief wash, Bai Shuiqiu went back to the bedroom, put on a plain white shirt, and then carried the wooden bucket and walked out to the mountain creek.

At this time, the sky was still dark and the visibility in the woods was very low.

But Bai Shuiqiu has walked this road hundreds of times. He has long been familiar with the road. Even with his eyes closed, he can't make a mistake. After touching for about ten minutes, she came to the stream where she usually practiced.

The air here is also very quiet.

Because it was still early, the animals in the woods were still asleep, and they couldn't even hear the chirping birds.

Baishui Qiuyuan moved a few times and performed several sets of exercises. When his body was slightly warm, he squatted down by the stream and slowly drew half a bucket of water.

There is nothing to say about the process of Shehu, it is nothing more than pouring stream water from above her head.

Although he was mentally prepared, after Bai Shuiqiu did this, he shivered slightly when the mountain breeze in the woods blew him, feeling a bone-thinning coolness spread all over his body.

But soon.

The spiritual power contained in her body quietly circulated, forming a faint warm current, flowing through the body and limbs, slowly dissipating the chill that was born.

I don’t know if it’s because the quantity change caused the qualitative change after practicing for a period of time, or the reappearance of the breath of the rain master **** brought some unknown changes. Bai Shuiqiu always felt that the rain girl stayed with her during this period of time. The seed in the body seemed to be a little different.

If it was just the state of germination and emergence before.

So now, it has gradually begun to tap, and it has grown to look like a small tree.

Although only a little rudiment can be seen at the moment, compared with before, there are already two completely different states. The spiritual power bred from this "sapling" now, both in terms of speed and quantity, is higher than before. It is more than three times stronger, and it complements well with the [breathing method] that can "temper" spiritual power.

Perhaps, when this sapling grows into a towering tree...

She could really set foot on the level that Baishui Sana had reached back then, relying on her own strength to compete head-on with the monsters of the black mud level, and even completely wipe out the latter. But that kind of thing is still a bit far away, if you can use the power of Yu Nu and Jiufeng Shion to do this, you don't have to wait until you do it yourself.

While his thoughts were floating, Bai Shuiqiu gathered up his hair wet by the stream, tied it with a hair rope, and then slowly got up, carrying a wooden bucket and walking down the mountain.

At this moment, the time has just passed six o'clock, and the sun has not fully risen yet.

However, guests have already arrived on Tianmu Mountain.

Forehead……

Strictly speaking, it is not a "guest", because this figure appeared on the mountain road and looked quite familiar.

"Is it Teacher Shion..."

When she saw the silhouette of this woman clearly, Bai Shuiqiu was startled first, and smiled a little helplessly.

In fact, there is no need to be carefully identified. There are no other people who can appear in the back of Tianmu Mountain at this point in time, except for Jiufeng Ziyuan. This woman seemed to have expected that she would come down from this mountain road, so she stood by the mountain road early and waited. She looked like she had been standing for a while, she was holding her hands on her chest, and the shoulders of her velvet jacket were clothed. A thin layer of dew.

"Hey, Xiaoqiu, did you go to the mountain to'shunhu' just now?"

Jiufeng Shion turned his head and looked over.

Because I just washed my body with water, Bai Shuiqiu at this time, the clothes I was wearing were not completely dry, and they were being wet on the surface of the body, and I could vaguely see the white and delicate skin inside, and the faintly curved outline. .

Jiufeng Ziyuan glanced intently, then raised his foot and walked over:

"Well, even if it's summer, it's easy to catch a cold if you get wet... Don't worry, it's just to warm you up."

With that said, this woman raised her hand and hugged it under Bai Shuiqiu's slightly wary gaze.

Between the demon power floating, a faint fiery breath radiated from this woman, slowly drying Bai Shuiqiu's clothes.

"..."

Bai Shuiqiu originally wanted to withdraw his body, but the strength that Jiufeng Shion held up was a little bit stronger, and coupled with the right amount of heat transmitted to the surface of the skin through the clothes, in the cool morning of the mountain breeze, There was indeed a very comfortable feeling, so she stopped standing there, letting this "human flesh dryer" dry the clothes for herself.

I have to say that the old monster's abilities are still very useful in this situation.

The drying speed is a bit slow, I don’t know if it’s intentional...

Three or four minutes have passed.

Bai Shuiqiu realized that her clothes were all dry first, and said something, only then did Jiufeng Shiyuan slowly move her hands away from her shoulders and waist, rubbing her fingers reluctantly, and then lifted it up. Raise your arms and hug again on your chest:

"Well, it looks much refreshed this way, don't thank me."

"..."

Bai Shuiqiu's thankful words choked in his throat, then looked up at Jiufeng Shiyuan, and then asked another question: "Teacher Shion, are you here today to visit the Rain God Festival?"