"Thank you, thank you, and Qingjun." Hina, who received an affirmative reply, thanked excitedly.

"But before we can do that, we need to investigate the Nether Palace thoroughly to see what is using your dreams to lure you into a box." Qin Heqing didn't forget the business, held the young deep feather, and looked at her eyes that seemed to be able to see through the deepest secrets of people's hearts.

“…… Kindness. Hina Shen Yu was silent—although she was indeed in a hurry to find her mother now, but since Qin Heqing, who was in danger of her own affairs and safety, said so, she was not good at objecting to anything.

What's more, she is indeed curious about who is inducing herself.

So I didn't hesitate too much, and after thinking for a while, I nodded and agreed.

Immediately, a group of three people and one elf no longer stayed in the dungeon, and moved along the original path to the main hall above......

But he didn't go far before he was attacked again by the resentful spirits in the Nether Palace.

And this time, the resentful spirit was not a witch, but a priest who was wearing a red robe, and in terms of rank, it was attacked by a priest who was one level higher than Qin Heqing, a priest, and controlled the fireball to attack Qin Heqing and the others.

"Fire ghosts...... It seems that the lanterns in the main hall are maintained by him. It's no wonder that it burns for a long time, and even if no one takes care of it, there is no damage or missing. Because he maintained a sufficient advantage, Qin and Qing, who were more and more careless about the battle, had a leisurely reverie.

Then, not surprisingly, the spirit of the priest was suppressed under the blow of Yue'er, who practiced the various application techniques of the Manyo Flying Flower Stream, and was collected, becoming one of the harvests in the Higami Mountain.

"Go on."

After that, Qin and Qing and the others continued to move. And because of the relationship between the rescue of the young and deep feathers,Began to have the leisure to observe the details of the passing room.,Looking for anything that might be abnormal.。

Not to mention, they really found a lot of them.

For example, an old and broken notebook that someone left behind......

And there is more than one book, so that Qin Heqing and Yue'er and Ayukawa, who later converged together, know a lot about the legends in the Rishang Mountain.

For example, the so-called permanent flowers are not real flowers, but women who are immersed in the night spring and act as pillars. Because of the influence of a certain ritual, they were able to maintain the immortality of their bodies with the help of the power of the Night Spring, and as long as their spirits did not collapse, they could live forever......

It's an alternative way to immortality!

Even if the price paid for it is enough to be unacceptable to anyone.

But what if the time comes?

It's also a way to save your life.

There is also the Book of Night Springs.

At this point, Qin Heqing and the others finally figured out what the black mud liquid contaminated by those resentful spirits in the Rishang Mountain was-

It turned out to be the water of the Night Spring!

And as the legend goes, the water of the Night Fountain has the ability to corrupt humans and transform them into netherworlds.

Therefore, Yue'er's behavior of not letting Qin Heqing touch the night spring water at that time was right!

It is also a very correct choice.

And then there's the part about the Sungami Mountain Enchantment—

It is not an orthodox enchantment laid out in the form of a mountain, a physical surface, a buried stone, a carved painting, a rune painting, and a false shape. Rather, it is a sacrificial enchantment with people as pillars, pillars as hearts, and water as a cycle!

That's why there is a black box, that's why there is a girl in the box.

This is combined with the seemingly nonsense of the old lady Kamikawabe......

A clear context about the sun on the mountain was presented in the minds of Qin Heqing and Yue'er.

"Do you use people as batteries...... couldn't help but look at Hina Shen Yu with sympathetic eyes.

Because if he's not mistaken, Hinashi Fukaha is a victim of this ritual, the girl who was chosen to be the pillar.

No wonder she behaved so abnormally as soon as she arrived on the mountain, and even lived unstable overnight, and was seduced to the mountain on the first day and put in a box......

In this way, Qin and Qing are more and more sure of the existence of the mastermind behind the scenes.

"What's wrong?" Noticing Qin Heqing's gaze, Shen Yu asked inexplicably with a face full of inexplicability.

"Nothing, just something came to mind." Qin Heqing shook his head and didn't say anything about his speculation.

What's the use? In addition to increasing the pressure on the young and deep feathers, it didn't help the next action, so he didn't bother to talk nonsense, and directly beckoned the young deep feather to go outside the palace.

All the places that can be explored have been explored, and it's time to help Hina-chan Fukawa find her mother.

"Let's go."

"Oh." Hina's deep feather replied lightly and followed with a step.

And this time, there was no accident or resentful spirits blocking the way, and a group of three people, one elf and half ghost returned to the main hall very smoothly and came to the gate of the Palace of Darkness.

"What's next?" Qin Heqing asked.

Hickling Shen Yu didn't make a sound, just turned his head and looked at Fang Xili who didn't come to the side.

As a searcher trained by Kurosawa herself, she must know how to use incense.

"Can you give me the incense?" Fang Xili, who was being watched by everyone, was a little nervous, secretly calmed down, and then whispered to her chick Shen Yu, who was full of the same kind of feeling.

"The photos are at the B&B." Hinashi Shenyu said embarrassedly.

Because she also suddenly remembered that her mother's photo was not on her body.

After all, she was inexplicable on this trip to the mountain, and she wouldn't bring out such an important thing closely.

In this way, it is not good for everyone to act indiscriminately, so they decided to go down the mountain to rest and rest, and after their physical strength and spirit have recovered, they will take the incense to go up the mountain to find the mother of Hinashi Shenyu.

Immediately, everyone was not verbose and embarked on the journey down the mountain.

……

In this way, for about half an hour, everyone smoothly returned to the village at the foot of the mountain, and first sent Fang Xili back to the antique coffee shop, and then quietly returned to the borrowed house.

"Let's go take a hot bath first, so you don't catch a cold." Qin and Qing Chong, who were dressed in wet clothes, said Shen Yu.

"Yes."

"Ayukawa, you take care of her, and if tonight's incident happens again, stop her."

"Okay."

Then Qin and Qing separated from the two and returned to their room with Yue'er.

"What do you think about today's events?" Qin Heqing sat on the bed, looked at Yue'er opposite and asked solemnly.

"It's a hassle. If we don't get it right, we may not only face those resentful spirits in the mountains, but also the night spring that may erupt at any time. Yue'er said in a deep voice with a solemn face.

"How?" Qin Heqing said unexpectedly.

He never expected that things would be so troublesome.

"Remember the box where the young feather was imprisoned? I don't know much about the requirements for the pillars on the Hijo Mountains, or the details of the ceremony, but the task of the women who can place the chests in the palace and the pillars inside them is not easy! It's not the most critical pillar, but it's also a node-like existence! Now because our ritual of intervention has been disrupted. In other words, there is a loophole in the barrier, and if the column problem is not resolved as soon as possible, the barrier will likely lose its effectiveness, causing the suppressed Night Spring to erupt, affecting the entire mountain range and surrounding villages. Yue'er said solemnly.