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The sacred mountain of Shintoism.

The back mountain of Mt. Fuji is absolutely forbidden to be entered, because behind it is the base camp of Shintoism.

At night, between the mountains and forests behind the mountains, there will be dim lights, which are not electric lights, but the most primitive oil lamps.

The small wooden houses built in the mountains and woods are scattered, they look extremely simple, and even some dilapidated, some of the wooden houses are old, they are covered with mushrooms and moss, and these small wooden houses are not big, more than 30 square meters, one by one the small wooden houses are inhabited by people, among which there are several three-story buildings in the middle, compared to these small wooden houses, and a lot of grandeur, obviously, it is a person with a high status who is qualified to live in.

In the middle of every wooden house lives a big master, these people are Shinto masters, they use this way of penance, to increase their strength, to make a simple analogy, those special ninjas among the Iga ninjas, in front of these ascetic masters, is simply equivalent to chopping melons and vegetables.

In the middle of the three-story building, an old man with gray hair was sitting cross-legged on the smooth floor.

His name is Naoki Jingu, and in Shintoism, he is an existence whose status is second only to the twenty-four great priests.

The structure of Shinto is also somewhat similar to the Heavenly Gate, the highest status, of course, is the high priest, there is only one high priest, and then the status is second only to the high priest, that is, the holy woman, of course, even the representative role, far greater than the actual role.

The Holy Maiden is only nominally ranked second, and if she picks up authority, she is of course inferior to the twenty-four great priests.

In fact, all the previous Shinto religion was divided up by these twenty-four great priests, and they were the actual rulers.

Of course, under these twenty-four great priests, there are many priests, and the ranks of the priests are also different, and there are many ranks, just like being an official with a grade.

Jingu Naoki is the red-robed priest in Shinto, whose status is second only to the great priest.

The Divine Palace Family, a few years ago, used to be the Great Divine Officer's Family, but in the end, because its strength was not as good as others, it fell out of the twenty-four Great Divine Officials' families, of course, the Divine Palace Family, which is still there, has an overall strength that is not much different from the other twenty-four Great Divine Families.

For example, Guo Demon Dao Muramasa, he can inherit the position of the great priest, that is because he is the most outstanding genius of Shinto Buddhism for thousands of years.

And the previous Muramasa family was only a family outside the top 50 in Shinto.

But it was because of his huge talent and future development that his family directly squeezed Naoki Jingu's family out of the ranks of the great priests.

Not only that, but for some unknown reasons, in short, the current Jingu Naoki, the former great priest, actually fell to become a red-robed priest, and was also imprisoned.

Shintoism, like any organization, has this struggle, and the struggle is fierce, it is even more incredible, all that Jingu Naoki can think of now is his own family, lose power, and then be slowly divided by others, and when he dies, his family, the only end is to be thrown into a hell cage, and then. Reduced to a prisoner.

It was definitely not the result he wanted.

But he couldn't escape.

Of course, although Jingu Naoki was monitored separately, it was completely imprisoned in disguise, but after all, Jingu Naoki had a special identity, and the patriarch of a great priest family was not so easy to say that he would be killed, so he was not bad now.

This room is a very simple wooden structure, not to mention such a house, even if it is a sturdy house, I am afraid that it will not stop me from thinking that it is a great priest, but Naoki Jingu can't get out.

Because once he leaves here, his family will surely suffer the harshest purge.

So he can't escape, he can only stay here, eat, cultivate, sleep, are inseparable from this small building, as for the three meals a day, it is exquisite and meticulous, and there are no deductions, and there are more than ten maids and servants to serve.

However, none of these servants dared to say a word to him, and someone had spoken to Naoki Jingu before, but they never appeared again.

Jingu Naoki knows that this is some means that have to be carried out against him in order to establish the prestige of the demon sword Muramasa, as long as he does not die, as long as those masters of the Jingu family are still there, the family will be safe for the time being, but, as time goes by, one day, everything will come to naught.

In fact, he also knew that his value was still very great, and many great priest families wanted to turn themselves into their vassal families, so that it would be equivalent to the merger of the two great priest families, and their strength would definitely increase greatly.

But none of them are stupid, so the ultimate fate of the Jingu family is to be divided.

Naoki Shingu couldn't bear to have his family divided or become a prisoner, so he was always preparing.

He was imprisoned for two years, and even if no one spoke to him, he was still calm, loneliness was not his enemy, waiting was the greatest torment.

Only now, the torment is over.

Because he waited for the news he needed.

So, he can leave.

But if he leaves, he will definitely alarm the eight masters outside, these eight masters are all old guys who have worked hard in Shinto, and their seniority is even a generation higher than that of Naoki Jingu.

So he could only leave without knowing it.

It's been two years, and although he has never left this small building, he knows very well every grass and tree within a radius of five hundred meters, and even where the Shinto guard outside is hiding.

At this time, it was already eleven o'clock in the evening, and in the dimly lit lobby, Naoki Jingu was still sitting cross-legged in the middle of the hall, he seemed to be meditating, but he was waiting for news under his feet.

Two years is enough for his family to dig out a secret passage unconsciously.

Finally, he waited.

An extremely slight sound came from under his feet, and Naoki Jingu got up and went back to his bedroom, and then from under the bed, a person came out silently.

Dressed in black, petite, and only showing two bright eyes, even in the dark night, it seems that they can't hide the brightness of these eyes.

The eight masters outside would generally not detect this small building, and as long as Naoki Shengu didn't go out, they wouldn't be monitoring him at all times.

That's his chance.

"You're here? Why did you come in person? ”

Jingu Naoki's tone was extremely slight, but the horror in his words and the expression on his face showed that the person who came to pick him up must have an extremely noble identity.

The man in black nodded silently at him, and then slowly retracted back into the tunnel, Jingu Naoki took one last look at the room, and then followed, the floor closed silently, and a minute later, the two of them had walked down the tunnel for three hundred meters.

If it weren't for the sake of caution, they were afraid that they would all be out of the back mountain.

Finally, crawling out of the tunnel, Naoki Jingu looked at the starry sky, and he sighed: "At this time. You shouldn't take such risks! ”

The man in black slowly lifted the hood on his face, revealing a beautiful face: "Why? ”

"You are a saint, how can you take such an adventure?"

A hint of cunning flashed on her beautiful face, and Yukiko's face immediately darkened, and she looked at Naoki Jingu and said, "Teacher, they have already decided to divide up the Jingu family, and they are even ready to throw you into a hell cage. ”

Jingu Naoki's face was a little gloomy, and he smiled bitterly, with a hint of gloom in his voice: "I already knew that this must be the result!" ”

Jingu Naoki shook his head a little bitterly, then looked at Yukiko and said, "Presumably, His Royal Highness Prince Nei is also ready?" Did you really decide to do it? ”

Yukiko was silent for a moment, and then she nodded with hunger: "I decided, teacher, in the future, the Shengong family, just come with me, by the way, Zhen Meiyu has returned from Huaxia, and she has brought good news!" ”

"What a beautiful feather?"

Jingu Naoki was stunned for a moment, raised his head and looked at Yukiko, and a trace of relief finally flashed in his eyes: "This child, since she is back, then, it means that she is also ready, what good news!" ”

Yukiko said lightly, while looking into Naoki Jingu's eyes: "He brought back a person, a person who is very important to us!" ”

Jingu Naoki frowned and said, "It's not that Zhang Zetian, right?" ”

Speaking of this, he sneered, and his voice was mocking: "This Zhang Zetian is not a good thing, his ambition is too big!" ”

After a pause, he glanced at Yukiko strangely: "Could it be that she has found any backers worthy of his trust?" ”

Yukiko smiled mysteriously: "Guess what? Who did he find? You wouldn't expect it! ”

Jingu Naoki was stunned for a moment, and then he suddenly became a little excited, took a step forward suddenly, and said hurriedly: "Could it be that person...... it!" ”

Yukiko smiled and said nothing, and Jingu Naoki's face finally changed. Then he trembled.

It's just that soon, he calmed down, looking at Yukiko, his face was very solemn: "Since this is the case, then let's do it, at least, with me outside, there are so many people inside, and the certainty of this matter is at least seventy percent!" ”

Yukiko's face became a little strange, she looked at Naoki Jingu, and said with Si Ai Ai: "Mami Yu brought that person's great-grandson, and that person came alone!" ”

Jingu Naoki was stunned for a moment, and then almost fell to the ground, and just as he was about to speak, Yukiko continued: "Moreover, Mamiyu has become that person's subordinate, and even she agreed, we will use it for him in the future!" ”

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