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Along the path into the mountain, Li Xuehao was quite emotional, the trees were dense, the birds were singing and the flowers were fragrant, just like the primeval forest that no one had ever visited, everything seemed so harmonious.

Although Yokohama is the third largest city in Japan and second only to Tokyo in terms of population, the forest remains its size in this cosmopolitan metropolis.

White Peak Shrine, at the destination of his entry into the mountain.

However, this Shiramine Shrine is not the Shiramine Shrine in Kamigyo Ward, Kyoto City, which worships Emperor Shotoku, but a small shrine, although I don't know if the original purpose of the original construction was to emulate the real Shiramine Shrine to worship Emperor Shotoku, but I think it must have something to do with the tengu.

Because Emperor Shotoku is the leader of all Tengu legends.

It is said that after being defeated in the Hogen Rebellion, Emperor Shotoku went into exile in Sanki, where he wrote Buddhist scriptures to the heavens, but received no response. So he made a grand wish, willing to be the great demon king and disturb the world. Then he died of anger without eating or sleeping, like a yaksha. The spirit of resentment has become a tengu and is causing chaos in the world.

This is where Tengu came from in the first place.

Li Xuehao has the memory of his original body, and he is naturally clear about this Hakumine Shrine, which is also quite famous in Yokohama City, and he has heard all kinds of rumors, but it is the first time he has been here in person.

Hakumine Shrine, right on the mountainside.

It looks like it's been abandoned for a long time, and there are mottled signs of erosion everywhere. Standing in front of the torii gate of the shrine, this is Li Xuehao's first impression of the White Peak Shrine.

Passing through the torii gate and entering the "Divine Realm", the long staircase is equally impressive "traces of history".

The surrounding area was overgrown with weeds, the masonry was cracked, and occasionally a feral cat or two could be seen quickly burrowing into the dense grass.

After walking up the stairs, you will come to the main temple of the shrine.

The pool at the entrance, which was used for "purification", had also long since dried up, and it was overgrown with weeds. The Komachi guardian beasts on both sides can barely see their original appearance, just like two unfinished stone sculptures.

No matter how you look at it, this Hakumine Shrine does not look like it has been abandoned for three years, but rather it looks like it has been abandoned for three hundred years.

Li Xuehao hesitated in his heart, there are many frightening rumors about this shrine, the most famous of which is that there is a tengu haunting.

Originally, there were monks presiding over the shrine, but one night three years ago, all the monks died mysteriously overnight.

The results of the official investigation are unknown, but after that, rumors of a tengu haunting the shrine became rampant, and the more timid people did not dare to approach the shrine at all.

Li Xuehao couldn't guess why Minako Suzuki chose this place as a place for club activities, but he could faintly detect something, maybe the reason why she did that was to open his eyes to him and Ryota Yamamoto and see the kind of things that only exist in rumors?

After standing in front of the main temple for a while, Li Xuehao heard the sound of talking from the torii gate at the bottom of the steps, he didn't deliberately listen, but he also knew that it was Ryota Yamamoto and they arrived.

Moved a few steps to the front of the steps, and sure enough, I saw Ryota Yamamoto and his party picking up steps.

Ryota Yamamoto and Ashji Saito are in front, followed by Minako Suzuki, Chiwa Kukawa and Mika Chiba.

One of the most eye-catching is Mika Chiba, who wears a shrine maiden costume that is also tailored for her, which is very similar to the kendo uniform of the kendo club, white on the top and red on the bottom.

Holding the imperial coin, her face looked very solemn and solemn, which was very inconsistent with her previous image of Xiao Qibao.

The so-called imperial coin is shaped like a wooden stick with a zigzag strip of paper, and it is common to have 2 pieces of hanging paper hanging from a wooden stick, and there are also 2, 4, and 8 pieces of hanging paper, which are basically white.

Because the Japanese word for "paper" and "god" have the same pronunciation, both are "Kami", and the white paper is white and flawless, and it is considered to "condense the power of the gods".

Imperial coins can be used to worship in front of idols, or they can be used to ward off demons, and of course they can be used for prayer and cleaning.

When used, it is generally waved back and forth in the direction of "left, right, left, and left", and there are also those that are directly plugged in one place and fixed.

Li Xuehao is curious, Chiba Mika is dressed as a witch and looks very professional, is she originally a witch? Think about it carefully, it seems that when he and Yamamoto Ryota first lived in the old school building, he gave himself a spirit talisman, saying that he asked for it from Chiba Shrine, does this Chiba Shrine have anything to do with Chiba Mika?

This cannot be confirmed for the time being, but Ryota Yamamoto at the bottom of the stairs has already spotted him at this time and is greeting him loudly: "Good morning, Manaka." ”

"Good morning!" Li Xuehao responded with a smile.

"I didn't expect you to come earlier than us, but I didn't see you when I met the minister at the torii gate just now, so I thought you weren't coming. Or did the minister say, you may have come up, and the minister is really wise. "Ryo Yamamoto patted his ass.

Minako Suzuki's face was calm, unmoved by sycophants, and greeted Li Xuehao lightly: "Manaka, good morning." ”

"Good morning, senpai. Li Xuehao also responded politely. Today everyone is not wearing a school uniform, just plain casual clothes.

Minako Suzuki is wearing slightly tight black jeans, her legs are still so slender, and her upper body is a white T-shirt with a pink sweatshirt on top of it, and because the neckline is low, you can see the white T-shirt inside her.

On her feet is a pair of sneakers, which looks like a beautiful girl full of youth and vitality in the morning, and her waist-length black hair is tied with a ribbon, and she is neatly thrown behind her.

After greeting a few people, Minako Suzuki began to say, "I'm sure you've heard the rumors of the Hakumine Shrine before you came, and what I want to say is that those rumors are not necessarily rumors, they are likely to be true, even if there is no tengu, but there must be something else in it, so ......"

Speaking of this, Minako Suzuki paused and looked at Li Xuehao and Ryota Yamamoto on the side: "Manaka, Yamamoto." ”

"Yes. The two answered.

"Wait, if something unexpected happens, if I'm not by your side, you can follow Chiba, remember, you must follow Chiba closely!"

On the side, Mika Chiba had a solemn face, and watched the two of them softly "hmm" to show that she would protect them.

Li Xuehao nodded thoughtfully, among these people, in addition to him being hidden, Minako Suzuki and Mika Chiba should be regarded as people who have been exposed to that kind of thing.

I've seen the compass on Minako Suzuki before, and although Mika Chiba doesn't have a compass, but the imperial coin in her hand, although there is no aura, there are also some special things contained in it, although it is not as good as aura, but it finally has a little effect, much better than Ryota Yamamoto, Saito Ashji and Kukawa Chiwa, these three ordinary people.

Ryota Yamamoto looked at Minako Suzuki nervously, perhaps frightened by her statement: "Minister, is there something? Could it be, is it a ghost?"

"Do you know why our club is called the 'Spirit Society'?" Minako Suzuki looked at him in response.

Ryota Yamamoto shook his head.

"'Spirit Society' is just an abbreviation, the full name is 'Ultimate Research Society for Paranormal Events', judging from the name, you should know that the purpose of our club is to study all kinds of supernatural events, including ghosts. ”

"Here...... Is there really a ghost?" Ryota Yamamoto was even more panicked, he was more afraid of the ghosts that might exist around him than the legendary monster like Tengu, whose rumors outweigh the facts.

"Well, don't be so afraid, there is a minister, even if there are ghosts, they can't confuse us. Saito Ashji slapped him the shoulder.

Ryota Yamamoto finally had a little courage, of course, not because of Saito Ashji's words, but because he thought that it was daylight after all, and that there might not be such a thing as a ghost, so it might never exist at all?

Next, Minako Suzuki led the team, and several people entered the main hall of the shrine together.

The main hall is spacious, there is hardly a trace of clutter, there are no idols or tablets, and the floor is as clean and bright as new, as if it has been cleaned all year round.

The outside looks like a wilderness, but inside it seems like someone lives all year round, this strange scene makes people feel creepy.

Minako Suzuki looked solemn, she had already taken out the compass and grabbed it in her hand.

Mika Chiba also danced the coin, muttering something in her mouth.

Ryota Yamamoto looked nervous, he estimated that he was the most terrifying in everyone's hearts, no matter how you looked at it, this main hall seemed so abnormal.

"Makai. Approaching Li Xuehao, Ryota Yamamoto grabbed the hem of his clothes tightly and whispered.

"Hmm. Li Xuehao replied softly and did not shake him off.

He also felt strange in his heart, although his divine sense could not cover the entire shrine, but in this main hall, there was no obstacle.

There is no such thing here, but what is the reason why the floors are so clean, is it because someone has been cleaning them all year round? But there is no sign that it has been inhabited here, and it is not at all angry.

In this case, there seems to be only one reason to justify......

Li Xuehao's eyes searched around, and sure enough, he found some clues in the corners around the main hall, which were faint scratches that almost made people ignore the past.

But combining these scratches, Li Xuehao knew that this was a large formation.

However, although it is a large-scale formation, it has little practical effect, only one, that is, to block dust and other dirt from the outside, and it can also effectively clean up the dust that falls from the ceiling of the main hall, so that everything in the hall is clean.

And for those real "dirty things", it has no effect, so it is a large formation, but in fact, it is not as good as an ordinary small spirit array.

"It's getting dark outside. Saito said suddenly, pointing to the sky outside the main entrance of the main hall.

"Is it going to rain?" asked Chiwa Kukawa, who was beside him.