After more than three hours of high-speed travel on the Shinkansen, Wang Yu and Liu Zihang finally arrived in Kyoto, more than 500 kilometers away.

In fact, many foreigners do not know the difference between Tokyo and Kyoto, thinking that they are the same place, and that they are other names for each other.

In fact, the two places are separated by more than a thousand miles.

Even the Japanese themselves are confused as to whether the capital of their country is Tokyo or Kyoto.

There is no law in Japan that clearly defines which city is the capital, and some Japanese people take it for granted that the capital is the largest city in the country, and it should naturally be Tokyo. However, there are also some people who have a different opinion, believing that Kyoto should be the capital of Japan, where the emperor lives and where the imperial palace is located.

Kyoto is a popular destination for domestic travel.

Compared to modern Tokyo, it is more like traditional Japan, with no high-rise buildings, no buildings, and only buildings in the style of the Tang Dynasty.

So as soon as they got off the bus, the uncle and nephew saw many tourists with European and American faces, and also heard a lot of familiar local sounds.

Instead of staying in the ancient capital, they immediately took a bus to Nara Castle, more than 40 kilometers away.

Nara is an ancient capital with a history older than Kyoto, and is known as Japan's "capital of shrines and temples", and as the name suggests, there are a large number of shrines and Buddhist temples.

After arriving at Nara Castle, the two stayed at a quaint hotel and prepared to sneak into Hakutori Shrine after nightfall.

It was at this time that Masako appeared.

Liu Zihang said distressedly: "In such a small box, you must be suffocated?" ”

Masako smiled slightly, shook her head, and immediately boiled water for her uncle and nephew to make tea, demonstrating the exquisite art of Japanese tea ceremony.

Liu Zihang asked curiously while sipping tea: "Uncle Cousin, you said that the three major Japanese artifacts, the grass pheasant sword, are in the White Bird Shrine in Nara, but what about the other two?" ”

Wang Yu said: "How do I know, I don't specialize in this. ”

Masako said, "In addition to the Grass Pheasant Sword, the other two artifacts, the Hachiya Mirror and the Hachiya Qiongquyu, were placed in the Imperial Palace in Kyoto as symbols of the Emperor. ”

Liu Zihang asked puzzledly: "It's also an artifact, why doesn't the grass pheasant sword have this kind of treatment?" It was placed in Nara, south of Kyoto. ”

Masako said: "This has to start with the origin of the three major artifacts, the Eight Mirrors and the Eight Qiongqu Jade are the belongings of Amaterasu. Amaterasu is the supreme deity of Shinto, and his descendants are the emperors, so both artifacts have always been carried by the emperor. ”

Liu Zihang muttered: "Amaterasu is the supreme god, and the emperor is his descendant, doesn't this mean that your emperor is also a god?" ”

Masako looked embarrassed and didn't know how to answer.

Wang Yu sneered and said: "Isn't it, it was not until after the defeat of World War II in modern times that the Japanese emperor issued a human declaration, announcing that he would permanently renounce his identity as a god and declare to all the people that he was also a 'mortal'." Until then, their Japanese people had been steadfast in their belief that their emperor was a god. ”

Liu Zihang understood why Yazi was embarrassed, so he quickly changed the topic: "Then you go on to talk about the Grass Pheasant Sword, how did this artifact come about." ”

Masako said: "The origin of the Grass Pheasant Sword is still related to the Sasu Male I told you before, after the Dog of Straw killed the Eight Miscellaneous Snakes, he found an indestructible sword from the tail of the Snake, and this sword is the Grass Pheasant Sword. Sasu no Nao dedicated the sword to Amaterasu, and eventually the sword was handed down along with two other artifacts. However, because the Grass Pheasant Sword comes from the disgusting and disturbing Eight-Folded Snake, this sword has always been feared by the royal family. ”

Liu Zihang suddenly realized: "That's why it was 'squeezed' out of the Kyoto Imperial Palace and enshrined in Nara, and it is also in the White Bird Shrine." Because in the legend, when that man killed the big snake, he once got the help of a white bird. Therefore, the royal family thought that Shiratori could suppress the Yaqi Orochi, and naturally he could also suppress this sword. ”

Masako nodded.

Wang Yu said helplessly: "If you kid is willing to use his skills in learning, he won't be like this now." ”

Liu Zihang said embarrassedly: "Uncle cousin, don't always lift my old bottom." ”

Wang Yu turned over, lay on the tatami mat, and said, "If it's okay, just sleep for a while, wait for a while, and at night, there will be a tough battle to fight." ”

Liu Zihang also fell asleep and began to close his eyes to recuperate.

At nine o'clock in the evening, they began to make their official moves.

Wang Yu and Liu Zihang, as well as Masako in a fire rat fur, walked out of the hotel and headed for the mountains.

Because the shrine is not open to the outside world, this mountain road is very difficult to walk.

This also has the advantage of not having tourists.

Otherwise, they would have been so frightened that they would have lost their soul when they saw a woman dressed in red and no shadow in the moonlight.

Liu Zihang walked profusely and rested against an old tree, he looked up at the sky and said, "How do I feel that the moon in this place is rounder and bigger than in other places." ”

Wang Yu said: "Today is the fifteenth day of the lunar month, time flies so fast, and there is still half a month to go before the New Year." ”

Liu Zihang said: "That's right, Uncle Cousin, when the time comes, we will fly back to our hometown directly for the New Year!" ”

Before Wang Yu could respond, he suddenly heard Liu Zihang's shout and immediately ran over.

"What's wrong with you?"

"Zihangjun, are you okay?"

Wang Yu and Masako asked with concern.

Liu Zihang covered his buttocks and looked at the big tree he was leaning against just now: "This ...... This tree is a hooligan, he just pinched my ass! ”

A woman's face appeared on the trunk of the tree and said, "Bah! You were the one who put a fut in front of me! ”

Masako couldn't help but smile.

Wang Yu laughed directly.

Liu Zihang was puzzled: "Uncle cousin, what is this tree demon talking about?" ”

The dryad could understand Liu Zihang's Mandarin, but Liu Zihang couldn't understand her Japanese.

Wang Yu smiled: "She praised you for being handsome, what does it matter if you touch it." ”

Liu Zihang was complacent after hearing this, and really thought that he was so charming that he was even fascinated by the goblins.

Wang Yu apologized to the dryad and was about to continue walking, but was stopped by the dryad.

"You three don't go any further, no matter what your purpose is, turn back, the front is not where you should go."

Unexpectedly, this dryad had a good heart, and she was warning the three of them that the White Bird Shrine in front of them was very dangerous.

"Thank you, but we have to go."

After Wang Yu finished speaking, he led the two of them to continue walking, and they heard the dryad behind them sigh again.

After walking away, Liu Zihang said with palpitations: "Uncle cousin, is there a lot of demonic energy in this wood, why are even the trees becoming essences?" ”

Wang Yu said indifferently: "Zi said, things are always strange. The Yae cherry just now is at least a few hundred years old, and it's not normal for her to become a sperm. ”

At this moment, Masako suddenly stopped.

"Why don't you leave?" Liu Zihang turned around and asked.

Masako said, "Ahead is where the barrier is. ”

The atmosphere suddenly became tense.

Although Masako is wearing a fire rat fur, no one can guarantee that she will be able to avoid the Heavenly Fire Thunder Flame Barrier of the White Bird Shrine.

Masako walked forward step by step.

When her feet were buried in the enchantment, the ghost aura on her body immediately stimulated Lei Yan.

The blue-purple thunder flame shrank from top to bottom, along the arc-shaped outer layer of the enchantment, towards Masako.

However, when Lei Yan touched the fire rat fur, it was immediately rebounded back, and finally disappeared in the air.

Masako finally entered the enchantment without any problems.

Wang Yu and Liu Zihang walked over excitedly, they were human beings, and they were naturally not bound by the enchantment.

"Great!"

When Liu Zihang was happy, he suddenly found that on the ground of the woods in front of him, countless miscellaneous branches were spreading, generally the thickness of chopsticks, twisting and twisting together, like a large number of earthworms, which made people's scalp tingle just by looking at it.

Wang Yu pulled out the victory evil and immediately stepped forward to slash, but the vitality of these vines was very tenacious, and the chopping kept cutting and messy.

However, these vines only surrounded Liu Zihang and Wang Yu, and turned a blind eye to Yazi.

Liu Zihang shouted as he climbed up the tree: ", what the hell are these!" Why is it so disgusting! ”

Masako said anxiously: "This is the Penglai fairy branch, which will trap the alien creatures who intrude into the territory without permission, and the White Bird Shrine must have cultivated them to prevent outsiders from entering." ”