Chapter 15: Humanoid
Not long after Qin Heqing moved in the shrine, a young woman dressed as a shrine maiden dressed in a red and white shirt and a middle-aged man walked out of the side hall used to entertain visitors.
"Lord God." Seeing Qin Heqing, the witch immediately stopped and saluted him.
The god lord is also a priest, and it is nothing more than the name given to the shrine priest of the shrine she serves, that is, the owner of the shrine and the priest who presides over the specific affairs of the shrine.
In addition, the name of the deity enshrined in the shrine is also the god lord.
However, that refers to the situation when the gods will appear, otherwise the god is usually the priest in charge of the highest rank of the shrine.
"Lord Priest." The middle-aged man also saluted.
Obviously, he knew Qin Heqing.
"Mr. Tsunoda, I haven't seen you for a long time, I don't know what ...... you came this time" Qin Heqing returned the two of them with a salute, and then looked at the middle-aged man beside the witch with a puzzled face and asked.
Just as the other party knew him, Qin and Qing also knew each other, and knew that the other party's surname was Kakuda, and he ran a grocery store called Kakudabo in a nearby town, and he was also one of the members of the nearby business groups and village groups, and was one of the main funders of his family's shrine year-round worship.
To put it more bluntly, this is his "God"!
Tsunoda showed a look of embarrassment on his face, but it was Rumina, a witch on the side, who opened her mouth to help him answer Qin Heqing's question.
"Mr. Tsunoda is here to bid farewell to the family figures."
"Humanoid?" Qin Heqing was stunned.
The so-called human form, is a puppet made of imitation of human image, in the culture of the island country, it is believed that the human form is a spiritual object, after a long time together, it can not be disposed of at will, otherwise it will attract disasters and harm the family, so generally when there are dolls in the family that want to be discarded, they will be sent to the nearby shrine and the shrine will deal with it on their behalf.
The second is to encapsulate it in a plastic bag and dispose of it at a regular recycling point.
And in the process of discarding, the mind should be pure, and keep praying and apologizing, so as not to anger the resident spirits in the puppet and make them come back to the master's trouble.
In short, it's a very mysterious thing.
But even so, it won't make Tsunoda's face show embarrassment, and even stop talking, right?
"Has it been dealt with?" Qin Heqing didn't meddle in his affairs, after all, who knows if there is anything unspeakable here? Nodding, he asked Rumina, a hired shrine maiden.
"It's been sent to the sub-hall." Rumina replied.
The so-called secondary hall is a small room on the side of the main hall of the shrine, which is generally used to worship secondary gods, or a place dedicated to special items such as human forms that need to be purified by the gods, and it can be regarded as a special supernatural object containment room.
"Then I'll take a look." Qin Heqing nodded, saluted Mr. Tsunoda again, and then staggered past Rumina and moved towards the secondary hall of the shrine.
As for Tsunoda, who was the owner of the matter, although he turned around and looked at him, showing an expression of wanting to say something, he still didn't say anything in the end, and left the shrine under Rumina's send-off.
"There is a spiritual breath in that person's body." At this time, Yue'er, who was following Qin Heqing in the form of a spirit body, suddenly spoke.
"Spirit...... Sure enough, the human form he sent to the shrine to deal with was not very simple. The corners of Qin Heqing's mouth curled slightly, revealing an expression that was really like this, and said softly.
"You noticed?" Yue'er said unexpectedly.
"That's not it, it's just that it feels like things aren't easy from his performance. As for whether it was a supernatural event or something wrong at home, it is unknown. Qin He said calmly.
If he couldn't even notice such an obvious performance, then his practice for half a year would have been in vain.
Then, Qin Heqing entered the temple, first bowed to the three statues of Qin Shi Huang and King Xiaowu and King Gongman enshrined in the main hall, and then turned around and stepped into the auxiliary hall used to store the human form.
As soon as I entered, an inexplicable feeling of coldness rushed over.
Qin and Qing Ling's eyes naturally opened, and they looked at the only few figures in the room.
Yes, several, although the shrine figures are waiting to be disposed of, but occasionally the shrine will also sell the so-called purified human form as a commodity, which is why there are dolls sold in some island shrines. So if you don't really like it, try not to buy dolls at the shrine.
In the same way, don't buy dolls in second-hand markets and street stalls in island countries.
After all, it's not just the so-called waste pickers in China!
It can even be said that it is better not to buy a mortal-shaped puppet or try not to buy it. After all, according to the statistics on the Internet, paranormal events in the form of dolls are the most frequent and easy to appear.
Qin Heqing's gaze swept over the human figure enshrined in the secondary hall one by one, and finally fell on a very neat doll that was well taken care of, both in terms of face and clothing, stepped forward, and picked her up.
"There's a lot of resentment. Because of abandonment? Qin Heqing looked at the figure in his hand and said softly.
The shrine is the palace of the gods, the earthly kingdom of the gods, and the realm of enchantment, although I don't know if there is such a existence as gods in this world, but as long as it is within the shrine, unless it is a demon or monster that is strong enough to a certain extent, the field force field formed by people's beliefs for hundreds of years is enough to suppress the struggle and resistance of any humanoid resentful spirit.
Not to mention that there is still a Shikigami by his side. As an ancient spirit, it is not comparable to a mere new spirit.
At least not until she really became a pure wraith and began to harm people and evolve.
"Although it's fateful, it's a pity that I don't have any interest in raising ghosts for the time being, so you can become a resource for me to become stronger, just like the ghosts I met in the past." As he spoke, Qin Heqing flipped his hand to summon the demon refining pot, and as soon as his mind moved, he opened the lid of the pot and turned on the capture function.
At the same time, the humanoid sensed the abnormality, and the original half-clear and half-turbid aura on his body became more and more turbid, rapidly transforming into a pure resentful spirit.
However, no matter how fast she was, she could not get the power of the demon refining pot, only to see that as soon as the smoke wafting out of the pot turned, the human form was forcibly dragged up, and in the like a magical picture, it shrank rapidly, and was finally included in the demon refining pot.
Qin Heqing then put away the demon refining pot and turned around and left the temple.
Now that we're done with business, it's time to ask about the shrine's condition.
After a while, Qin Heqing and the shrine maiden Rumina fell down in the side hall.
Rumina, female, 24 years old, full name Takamori Rumina, is a college student, currently studying at the nearby Shibunko Gakuen Women's University, studying for a master's degree in food and nutrition, not a virgin, so it is not an official shrine maiden, but because she needs a simple and easy part-time job, she was hired by Qin and Qing as a shrine maiden.