Chapter 36: The Shrine
"Thanks for informing." Grief Mingyu Xingming continued to fold his hands, "Let's go find the village chief and take a look." ”
Lu Feng nodded, just in case, and took out the sun wheel knife that would vibrate when he encountered evil spirits, and held it in his hand.
"You have two Nichiren knives?" Butterfly Shinobu said.
"This one was picked up during the Fuji Raid Mountain Trial, and it should have been dropped by someone who participated in the selection trial before, but it's strange that it will shake when you meet a ghost, so I brought it out." The Ghost Slayer Team also doesn't have team rules that say that the ownerless knife must be handed over or something, and Lu Feng doesn't need to hide it.
"I see, no wonder you are so efficient at killing ghosts, and I don't know who used this Nichiren knife, but unfortunately I didn't pass the selection." Butterfly Shinobu said.
"The owner of the original knife is really miserable." Grief Mingyu said: "When I go back, I will do a Dharma for him, hoping that he will have a good chance in the next life." ”
"yes." Lu Feng replied casually.
They soon saw a torii gate in the village, and halfway up the mountain, there was a temple, but there was no name on the plaque.
Four villagers, armed with rudimentary bows and arrows and spears, stand guard under the torii.
Lu Feng and the three of them didn't go up, but just stopped and looked, and attracted a villager to come forward and warn them that this was a shrine in the village and outsiders were not allowed to enter.
Lu Feng and the others asked the village chief's residence again, but the other party truthfully told them that after passing this road and continuing to walk, it was to go around at the foot of the mountain, and it was also at the foot of the mountain, a relatively large house.
The village chief, an old man in his fifties, was already standing at the door to greet the three of them along with several other villagers, and it was obvious that some villagers had come to report.
Shinobu Butterfly asked the same question again.
"No, no outsiders have come in from our side, and the three of you are the first people." The village chief replied very crisply, and there was no fear at all.
"The scenery here is very good, how long have you lived here, do you know what age it is outside?" Grief Mingyu asked.
"I don't know about this, our ancestors have lived here for generations, and we have never gone out, so I don't know what age it is outside, and it doesn't matter what we do anyway."
The village chief's answer was roughly the same as that of the people outside, but he said a lot more, showing that he was content with his life and not the slightest curiosity about the situation outside.
"I see, the three of us got lost here, and now we can't get out, and we don't dare to walk around, can we stay in your village for a few days?" Lu Feng asked.
"Oh, you're lost, I can take you out." The village chief said.
He doesn't want us to stay here. Lu Feng immediately made a judgment, without the hospitality and curiosity of those people in the Peach Blossom Spring, the people here obviously did not welcome the three of them.
However, at first, when they entered the village, the people outside were curious, and did not show any unwelcome expressions.
"Can you get through that fog outside?"
Butterfly Shinobu smiled: "It's amazing, we spent a lot of effort, and we almost couldn't get out, and now we don't dare to enter again, so we can only stay here for a while." ”
"Or is it that you made that thick fog to prevent people from outside from coming in." Land Breeze added a yard.
The village chief's face immediately changed.
"Amitabha, don't you like the outside world, and you plan to hide from the world here all the time, there should be a sad story." Beimingyu Xingming said: "Do you have this consensus in your whole village, and what kind of story can you reach this consensus?" ”
"This ......"
The village chief's face was nervous, a little speechless for a while, and after thinking for a moment, he said: "No, that thick fog is naturally formed, and I just walk a lot, so I am more familiar. We are all farmers and hunters, how can we arrange the kind of weather that only the gods can control? ”
"It's a big change outside, don't you really want to go out?" Lu Feng asked.
"That's not necessary, we're living well here." The village chief said.
"Yes, life is good, you are not old, you are worried."
"We're used to a carefree life here, and no amount of change outside can bring us happiness."
Two people on the side also said.
"Can we go to the shrine? Maybe we can go and pay a visit. Butterfly Shinobu changed the subject, she planned to stay here and not leave, and she didn't want to continue to ask the village chief's opinion.
"It's a shrine to the god of the valley, and only we villagers are allowed to enter and worship, and no outsiders are allowed." This time, the village chief said very seriously, without the slightest sense of accommodation.
"Then forget it." Butterfly Shinobu gave up this question, "Then we will stay on your side for a few days temporarily, and we will handle the food, clothing, housing and transportation ourselves, thank you for taking care of it." ”
After speaking, Butterfly Ren looked at Lu Feng and Sorrowful Mingyu Xingming, meaning to leave first.
Lu Feng and the others nodded, said goodbye to the village chief, and turned to leave regardless of whether the other party replied or not.
Although the village chief didn't want them to stay here, they naturally had no reason to leave.
They came to a grove on the edge of a square in the village, and Lu Feng knocked on the hilt of the Nichiren Knife, which would vibrate when it met an evil spirit.
"There was no shock, the village chief and the others were not evil ghosts, and all the way through, the people I met on the road were the same, they were not, and there were no ghosts hidden in the nearby houses." Lu Feng said.
I took out this Nichiren knife because I thought that the village chief would receive them in the house.
Of course, the range is thirty meters, and the houses on both sides of the road can also be detected, although the housing in this village is not dense, but the two sides of this main road are different, they are all next to each other.
"No, I feel that there are evil spirits in this village, and they should be in this valley." Grief Mingyu said.
"Let's wait until the evening and go inside the shrine." Butterfly Shinobu said.
"Good idea."
It was decided that only at night would the demons appear, and although the night was beneficial to the demons, it was already a basic common sense that the ghost slayer had to fight against the demons under more unfavorable conditions.
Lu Feng and the three of them have been resting in this wood.
Because of the blockage of the mountains, the sunset in the valley was relatively early, and the sky soon began to darken, and the people of the village entered their houses one after another, but no one came to them. It's not that it's not hospitable, but it's a kind of fear that you can't avoid it.
It was still early, and they continued to wait.
The sky finally completely darkened, and the three of Lu Feng stood up, intending to go to the shrine, when a head suddenly poked out of the bushes, like a frightened little rabbit, looked at them for a moment, and shrank back.
"It's a woman." Lu Feng looked at Butterfly Shinobi and signaled that it was better for her to go, after all, women are better to talk to women.