The heroines want to talk

Chapter 182 Successor Priest

Since having a new family member, Xia Shi has found a new entertainment activity besides wandering in the fields and practicing sword every day, which is teasing frogs.

A month later, in the yard.

Xia Shi admired the cherry blossoms, held the cup and took a sip of well water.

Just like a few months ago, the cherry blossoms are still in full bloom. This evil cherry is indeed strange. Its flowering period lasts from early spring to midsummer and has not yet ended. The villagers say that it will absorb the vitality of the humans around it, but Xia Shi doesn't feel anything.

He has been activating the cherry tree every day recently, hoping to shorten its flowering period. The main reason is that there are too many petals, making it inconvenient to clean. If he doesn't clean them, it will be uncomfortable to look at.

The flower in the corner has recently fallen into a dormant state, and its growth rate has increased rapidly. After all, it was mentioned in the introduction that it is a flower that grows in the abyss. It is understandable that it develops faster after being exposed to the aura of the gods.

There is one more thing, related to the cherry blossom tree——

After naming the little frog Wa Wa, Xia Shi also gave the cherry tree a name, called Ying Ying Monster.

As Xia Shi is not good at naming, he can only think of this kind of reduplicated name.

"It's so boring, is there nothing interesting to do?" Xia Shi was holding a ready-made frog fishing toy in his hand - a wooden pole with a wooden insect and fluffy bird feathers on the top.

Although its appearance is similar to a cat toy, it is very attractive to frogs.

"Quack!" The little frog jumped high.

"Oh, you're angry!" Xia Shi smiled slightly, "I heard that domesticated frogs can live for more than ten years, much longer than those in the wild. The average lifespan of frogs in the wild is only five years, so pitiful."

"Quack?" The little frog jumped up again, grabbed the front end of the toy and hung on it.

"Humans don't live long either, they are not gods." Xia Shi sighed, "The more believers there are, the stronger the gods will be, but how do gods view their believers?"

After such a long time and through conversations with the villagers, Xia Shi learned some things.

It turned out that there were many more evil gods than he had imagined, and most of them were land gods.

It is really hard to understand how a god born from human beliefs could oppress humans.

"Qua~"

I like humans very much~

The little frog blinked his big eyes innocently.

"You probably don't understand either~" Xia Shi squatted down and touched its head.

As he was talking, he suddenly sighed: "I have stayed alone for too long. I actually thought about chatting with a frog."

"Forget it, let's practice sword skills~"

After saying that, Xia Shi's expression gradually became serious, and his handsome face became much more resolute after several months of training.

The mark on his right hand emitted a faint light, and a blue and gold long sword appeared out of thin air in his hand.

A few seconds later…

The pink petals on the ground began to dance, the boy's long black hair was simply tied up, and the sword also began to dance at the same time.

"So beautiful~"

The little frog was admiring the scene intently.

For a long time.

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Another three months passed, and as autumn came, the weather began to get colder.

Thanks to Xia Shi’s help in the spring and the care over the past six months, the autumn harvest was naturally a good harvest and the villagers were very happy, but that was a month ago.

Originally, Xia Shi thought that he would spend a year like this and then return home peacefully.

A sudden appearance of a person broke his peace.

The person who came was the village chief whom I met during the last autumn harvest. He had a sad expression on his face and sat down at the stone table in the yard.

The other party said sadly: "Master Xia Shi, the priest has passed away!"

Xia Shi had seen that priest before. He was already very old.

"Birth, aging, sickness and death are common," Xia Shi consoled. "In this era, dying of old age is already a rare thing."

The village chief lowered his eyes, thought for a moment, then opened them again and said sincerely: "The villagers unanimously elected you as the new priest of Xieshi Country, replacing the deceased priest of Xianshi."

Xia Shi did not refuse immediately, "Why?"

"..." The village chief considered and whispered, "Because you have divine power, you can better help the God."

He was probably referring to his own supernatural powers and spells.

But these shouldn’t be the real reasons.

"I have my own beliefs. Next spring, I will leave here and seek a faith without a master for my Lord." This is a lie.

"I have no interest in that Suwa Myojin." This is a lie.

If his god, Yukinoshita Yukino, was present, she would be able to expose his lie the moment she saw his expression.

But alas, no.

“It’s very abrupt, but please…save us.” The village chief told the truth: “It was…Suwa Myojin who designated us…We dare not disobey.”

Xia Shi glanced at the cherry blossoms in the courtyard that had already withered.

He said slowly: "Yes."

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After Xia Shi agreed to take over, the village became busy.

Their haste had nothing to do with Xia Shi. He still maintained his daily routine and had some guesses in his mind.

The gods' control over their territory is much stronger than imagined.

My action of entering the village probably did not escape the other party's sight. The other party should have the ability to detect from a distance.

after all.

In the past six months, Xia Shi has not even seen the other party's miracles, let alone the other party's true form.

Although people outside the Xieshi Country believe that Suwa Myojin is a benevolent deity, serving the emperor is like serving a tiger, especially such a ferocious tiger.

Anyone would be scared if being stared at by a tiger.

If the system hadn't given him the authority to resurrect, and if this wasn't a copy world, Xia Shi would probably have run away overnight.

But, this is just a copy after all. Although you will get hurt, you will return to reality safely when you die.

The system said this was just a training of consciousness.

"Consciousness training?" Xia Shi was a little unsure about what the system said, because the training in the dungeon could be accurately reflected in reality, but this was not what he should think about now. It was useless to use existing knowledge to speculate on super-real things, and he didn't have the time.

Half a month later...

Under the gaze of the villagers, Xia Shi performed an elaborate ceremony and finally put on a green and white hunting robe. Although it was called a hunting robe, it was somewhat different and only looked similar.

In addition to these, the succession ceremony also requires passing the test of a snake.

Follow the path through the dense forest, pass the test, and reach the abode of God.

Although there is a shrine built in the village, the villagers are convinced that the gods do not live there.

The priests may not necessarily see the gods, or rather, the previous priests only obeyed the gods' orders and passed them down. As for advice? Probably it was not needed.

As believers and as citizens, no one in the Xieshi Nation dared to disobey God's commands, let alone point fingers at Him.

So until now, Xia Shi doesn't even know what Suwa Myojin looks like, but he should be a very majestic person.

She can't be a loli, right?

Listening carefully to the advice given by the village chief and the taboos related to the gods, Xia Shi looked towards the forest not far away, where a deep road led to an unknown place.

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Chapter 183 First Encounter

Who built this approach?

Xia Shishi was walking on the flat road. His long black hair, which had grown rapidly over the past six months and gradually reached his waist, was tied up with a white cloth belt. Among the spells brought about by his breakthrough in martial arts, there happened to be a spell for cleaning, so it was not too troublesome to take care of it. If he was not confident in his hairdressing skills, he would have planned to cut his hair himself.

look around.

There are some common trees and plants around, the moisture is very heavy, and there are potholes on both sides of the road with clear water in them, as well as huge rocks covered with moss.

Slowly, as we walked forward along the road, two snake-like stone statues appeared in front of us.

"A messenger of God?"

Gosakunokami is a subordinate deity of Suwa Myojin. According to legend, his true form is a white snake with a body as hard as rock. He spews red breath from his mouth, and wherever he shines his breath on it becomes a barren land.

This is the news Xia Shi heard from the villagers, and it is uncertain whether it is true or not.

In the real world, there is also a god with the same name, but he has no connection with this one.

The further we went into the forest, the taller the trees around us became, and the dense branches and leaves made our vision much darker.

suddenly.

"hiss~"

A pair of red eyes appeared in the sight. It was a huge white snake, coiled in the middle of the road. After seeing the new priest, the jade-like snake body slightly moved aside.

The vertical pupils unique to snakes looked at Xia Shi, and then it slowly opened its mouth.

The red light began to accumulate...

After seeing that Xia Shi was not afraid but was slowly walking towards it, it closed its huge mouth, squinted its eyes in boredom, lay down on the ground again and fell asleep.

Compared to such brave people, it still prefers those who are trembling with fear, lying on the ground and shouting "Please forgive me! Master Misaguchi".

After all, this coward can make a good meal for him.

When passing by the white snake, Xia Shi touched its body and found it a little cold.

“There’s nothing unusual about the god’s body…”

He thought it would be even more magical.

Apart from the fact that it can fire light cannons from its mouth, it is similar to ordinary snakes.

"What are you doing?" Yu Zuokou spit out his snake tongue helplessly and uttered a cold female voice.

She didn't want to talk at first.

But if I didn't stop him, he would climb up and hug me.

"Sorry, when boys see a mountain, they want to climb it, just like when they see a very straight branch on the side of the road, they want to pick it up and wave it. It is an unchangeable habit..."

Xia Shi gently put his foot down and asked tentatively: "Did I pass the test?"

The white snake was a little unhappy: "Yeah."

The threat just now was a test. It worked well before, but I didn’t expect to meet someone who is not afraid of death this time.

Humans only have one life, and she hopes that the other party can cherish it.

After all, this was the first time Suwako made a request to her.

"I found an interesting guy! Xiaobai!" Baishe still remembered the exclamation that Suwako made after she came back a few months ago.

Two days later, just when she thought she had just found a strange frog, Suwako started talking about the person in front of her again.

"He's not afraid of the gods! He's different from those believers!"

It turns out to be a human, and a freak among humans. This was the feeling that the White Snake got at that time.

after all.

Suwako and himself are both made up of pure power of faith. Originally, they did not have any human nature. After a long period of time, they acquired personalities similar to those of humans.

They have acquired human nature, but the essence of gods is very different from that of humans.

Humans who do not have the divine energy in their bodies cannot stay by the side of gods for a long time. Their bodies cannot withstand this power, and if they are exposed too much, they may die.

This is also the reason why Suwako is unwilling to meet with the former priests. This is the tenderness that belongs only to gods. Not meeting them is to protect the believers, but unfortunately, those believers don’t know it.