The sky outside was still overcast and gloomy, giving people a feeling of extreme oppression.

In this spiritual realm, there is no change in the sky. But as soon as the time period of 'night' entered, Kitagawa Temple already sensed that something was wrong in the air.

Kitagawa Temple looked out of the house in silence.

In the sight of Beichuan Temple, the faces of the islanders' resentful spirits with chapped hands and feet spread dry branches, and the terrifying and weird appearance made Beichuan Temple can't help but raise their eyebrows.

As Ihanaroku said, when you enter the 'night', the spirits will unconsciously spread out.

And in addition to these ordinary resentful spirits, there are also some resentful spirits that can't even form a human form.

The wraiths were all crowded with pink sarcomas, their deformed eyeballs hanging upside down from them, and the smell of rancid erosion emanated from them, even if they were about forty or fifty meters away.

"That's the desolation." Kitagawa Temple muttered to himself.

It is the thing of the Yellow Spring.

Seeing a body and unfortunate.

Therefore it is unknown...

These are the records that Beichuan Temple saw in ancient books.

According to records, the stench of these sarcomas can weaken the body of ordinary people, so these absurd things are also called hoodoos.

Of course, these deviant things are not only useful for the smell that comes with the body.

Kitagawa Temple looked intently.

As he watched, the sarcoma abruptly parted from the middle, revealing the dense canine teeth within.

The terrifying mouthparts and the fangs that shone with cold light made people feel chills in their hearts.

No wonder there is a record in the back of the ancient books, saying that these absurd things can swallow the living, and they must be avoided when they see it.

After this mouthful, ordinary ordinary people estimate that as long as they chew it directly, it will be the result of meat foam, torn limbs, and blood splashes.

Just as Kitagawa Temple was thinking, a voice came from behind Kitagawa Temple:

"Half of the islanders were devoured by all of these things."

Kitagawa Temple looked in the direction from which the sound came from.

A woman dressed in a white hunting robe with a pale golden air current entangled in her body stood behind Kitagawa Temple.

It's none other than Ihanaraku.

Her gaze didn't stay on Kitagawa Temple, but just swept over him, looking deeply at the squirming sarcoma underneath.

There was a little sadness in her calm tone, she looked at the disgusting and wriggling sarcomas, and said word by word: "The desolate thing is not a thing that exists in this world, it is not only for the living, it is also lethal enough for the celestial beings on the island... The ancestors of the great celestials..."

When Ihanaroku said this, his tone fluctuated slightly, and he didn't continue.

It does not matter.

Ihanaroku clenched her fists silently.

It doesn't matter.

As long as this time it succeeds... It doesn't matter at all.

Ihanaraku's eyes were deep, and from this gloomy gaze, a trace of madness flashed quickly and covertly.

"It's almost time now, Master Kitagawa, it's time to rest. Tomorrow we will go straight to the shrine. ”

"I know." Kitagawa Temple answers.

Today, the group of people from Beichuan Temple traveled a long distance from the other side of the island to this side, during which they encountered a lot of resentful spirits, and the upper limit of the death qi of the Beichuan Temple has exceeded two hundred points, and it cannot withstand such consumption.

After all, this time I brought Yi Huiguang and Yi Huixu to live, and because of the physical strength and travel speed of the two of them, they were delayed a lot of time.

If Beichuan Temple is alone, the journey of more than eight hours can be completely controlled in more than two hours.

At this time, they were staying in a two-story Japanese-style mansion not far from Ihan Shrine.

As Ihanaroku said, the closer you get to the shrine, the fewer desolate things and spirits there are, and even if the occasional spirits enter, they will leave quickly, as if there is something here that makes them fearful.

"Sure enough... Still... Is it because of that? Kitagawa . ”

At this time, Maki-e, who had not come forward until now, floated out.

She stretched out her finger and pointed to the Ihan Shrine not far away.

More precisely, it does not point to the shrine, but to the giant tree inside the shrine.

Because the giant tree is so conspicuous that it is almost impossible to take it out of view.

This is not to say how tall the tree is overall, but rather because of its exaggerated canopy.

A simple visual inspection of the past will reveal that the crown of this giant tree is twisted and spreading, covering an area of fifty or sixty meters in radius.

This is the sacred tree that has been hidden in the spiritual realm, the people of Ihan Island... Wood of the Gods.

It's just that the current Okamino Wood looks extremely shriveled in the past, and there are not a few leaves hanging on the canopy, and the extremely decaying appearance makes people even wonder if the tree has completely died.

However, under the dead vision of Kitagawa Temple, a faint brilliance shone on the Wood of the Imperial Spirit.

"I guess that's why." Kitagawa Temple tore the jerky and continued as he chewed, "The Wood of the Gods must also possess some abilities that we don't know yet... But more than that, I want to know, has the thing I handed you to accomplish done? ”

After listening to Kitagawa Temple's words, the god resident Makie also patted his chest with confidence, and his voice smacked: "I didn't ask... Question, I, my results will surely surprise you. ”

"That's good." Kitagawa Temple was barely relieved.

If the god stationed in Makie didn't even finish what he asked for and dared to come out to chat and chat, then the subordinates of Kitagawa Temple would not show mercy.

After chatting with the god Makie for a few more sentences, and after explaining two sentences, Kitagawa Temple sat directly on the tatami mat that had been blackened by the dampness.

He's going to take a break.

After all, there is still Iki Shrine to explore tomorrow, and if you can be lazy for a while, it will be a while.

And when Kitagawa Temple closed his eyes for almost two minutes-

He reopened his eyes and looked ahead.

At some point, there was already a little girl in a white witch costume standing in front of him.

However, the white witch costume on the other party's body was also stained with a lot of mud because of the day's march, and the cuffs were even more black.

Yi Huiguang dwells.

"I'll leave it to you tomorrow. Master Kitagawa. ”

Yi Huiguang said hello to Beichuan Temple in the same tone.

"I know, leave it to me."

Kitagawa Temple also said in the usual tone.

The two of them simply said hello to each other.

There doesn't seem to be any deep communication.

......

Following. In fact, about five hours after Beichuan Temple closed his eyes, Ihan Naraku came up and woke him up.

"It's time, Master Kitagawa."

"......" Kitagawa Temple.

Kitagawa Temple patted the dust on the backpack and stood up from the tatami mat without changing his face: "Let's go." ”

Next, it's time to set off and enter the interior of Ihan Shrine.

After more than ten minutes of small twists and turns, everyone had already arrived at the door of Ihan Shrine.

However, from the specific direction, it can be seen that this is not the main entrance of Ihan Shrine, but a direction similar to the side gate.

The gate of this Ihan Shrine is closed, and when the two doors are closed, you can see the imprint of the Kaji.

It's just that due to the long time of wind and rain, the mark of the Kaji pattern is no longer clear, and I can only barely see a rough outline.

The original white exterior wall has been dyed with a faint gray and black color due to the erosion of time, and some wall tiles have fallen to the ground, revealing a feeling of ruins and broken walls.

Yi Hui Naluo did not rush to let them enter the Beichuan Temple directly, but looked at Yi Hui Guang beside him.

Yi Huiguang quickly understood her gesture and took out a small and delicate hourglass from the package he was carrying.

The fine dust in the hourglass is slowly seeping off.

"When this hourglass is completely closed, it is when the gate of the Yellow Spring is completely open, and if you can't wake up the Imperial Sacred Tree for a ceremony before that, the consequences will be unimaginable." Yi Yan Naluo held the hourglass in his hand, and his expression was slightly solemn: "There are still eight hours between now and night. There are five places we have to pass through. ”

Ihan Naraku slowly stretched out five fingers, and the words of Senran were spoken one by one from her mouth:

"Hand of the hand."

"Under the Corridor of Feet."

"Waist Guard."

"The room of the eye."

"Between the skulls."

One word after another came out of her mouth, and with the atmosphere that was already extremely oppressive now, it made people feel even more unhappy.

"It's... The trial of the celestials? Beichuan Temple reacted after thinking for a moment.

Isn't what Ihan Naraku said in the ancient words of the Ihan Shrine before?

Hands, feet, waist, eyes, skull...

Each one represents an ancient and cruel folklore.

"Exactly. This is the word of Ihui Yutian. Ihanaroku did not shy away from admitting it.

She's already said that, and it's very difficult not to admit it.

She continued, "As you can see, Master Kitagawa, the location we are now is not the main gate of Ihan Shrine, but the side gate. And I want to become a celestial through the side door... To officially enter the Ihan Shrine, you must undergo these five tests. ”

"This is the Rite of Heaven. Through the pain of cutting off the waist, snatching the eyes, removing the skull, cutting the foot, and amputating the hand, the effect of completely abandoning the physical body and achieving the separation of the spirit and the physical body can be achieved, and as long as you bear these five kinds of suffering, you can become a celestial being. ”

Yes, cut the waist, eye-catching, cut the foot, cut the hand... All of this is just for the people of Ihan to completely abandon their bodies and become spirits.

In fact, this process can withstand two rounds... That is, the amputation of the hand and the cutting of the foot are already very remarkable.

In ancient times, the island of Ihan did not have a very developed level of medicine, and it was almost inevitable that he would die of blood loss by cutting off his arms and legs.

Kitagawa Temple asked rhetorically, "Why don't we go through the main gate?" ”

Ihan Naluo shook her head: "The reason why Ihan Shrine has not been invaded by resentful spirits for a long time is because there are earth spirits in this shrine as a 'human pillar'. Those people volunteered to serve as the 'pillars' of the guardian shrine when they died... If we enter through the main entrance, then these human pillars and spirits that have not been controlled for a long time will inevitably attack us. ”

She looked a little self-deprecating: "The spirits that are the defense facilities of the shrine will take the initiative to attack us... It's really..."

Yi Yan Naluo's words changed:

"In short, the strength of those earth spirits is very amazing, basically each one has the same strength as me, and entering through the main entrance will only waste physical strength for no reason, if it is a mistake, maybe we will all die in this place."

That's why Ihanaroku gave up the main entrance.

Beichuan Temple could also sense the hint of helplessness in her tone.

Indeed, who wants to go off the beaten track if they can get through it easily?

What kind of waist cutting, eye-catching, foot cutting, and amputation sound terrifying, but what can be done?

The words have come to this point, and there is no need for Yi Yan Naraku to continue to hide it.

She looked at Beichuan Temple and said word by word, "Hasn't Master Beichuan always been curious about why I brought two witches? Although the shrine maiden option is an option, the most important thing is..."

Yi Hui Naro turned his head to look at Yi Hui Guang and Yi Hui were in the void.

At her beckoning, Sister Yi Hui came to her side with heavy steps.

Ihan Naraku stretched out her palm and gently stroked the Ihan sisters' cheeks, a trace of unbearability flashed in her eyes.

But she still hardened her heart, and said in a tone that was several degrees lower for a moment: "This is the main reason. ”

"For there is a need for living sacrifices when they pass through the hand, under the corridor of the feet, between the waist, between the eyes, and between the skull. If there were no living sacrifices, we would still be attacked by the spirits of the earth... But if someone is willing to stand up and sacrifice themselves... The spirits will assume that we have passed the trial, and will not come out against us. ”

Hearing this, Beichuan Temple's complexion did not fluctuate for a minute, and he said bluntly: "If you cut off your arms and legs directly, the huge amount of blood loss will make people quickly enter a state of shock and die, are you sure that one of them can withstand such a cruel ritual?" ”

Yes, as mentioned earlier, human beings are very vulnerable.

There is no one in the world who can still be alive and kick without arms and legs.

Generally speaking, if a person's arm is cut off by Qigen and there is no first aid measure, loss of mobility is the most basic, and with the increase in blood loss, symptoms such as shock and convulsions will quickly drain the vitality of the injured person.

Like in the movie or inside, you can still jump around with a few legs, and you can be a good man with a little bandaging of your arms like no one... It simply can't exist.

Therefore, Beichuan Temple felt that it was impossible for anyone to complete this kind of exaggerated trial.

At most, if you go to the foot corridor, that person will die directly from blood loss.

Under Beichuan Temple's words, Ihanaluo's complexion did not fluctuate for a minute.

She's been planning for twenty years, and no one can convince her in a place like this.

"Actually, the person who is a living sacrifice does not have to complete all five trials."

The frenzy in Ihanaroku's gaze could no longer be concealed.

Under the gaze of Kitagawa Temple, she said slowly: "As a shrine maiden of the former Ihan Shrine, I know that as long as we go through the two trials at the beginning of the hand and the foot corridor, the earth spirit will no longer attack us. ”

She turned her head and looked at Sister Ihan—

The gaze was cold and calm.