Chapter 76: That Thing
"But then I have no reason to ask you for anything. The white wolf turned his head to look at the sacrifice, since this teacher-student relationship has ended, and he has no students, it means that he does not need to bear any more responsibility, and he has no reason to accept the benefits that the sacrifice has given him.
The white wolf looked at his group of students, and I have to say that they are still quite sensible and know how to think about their former teacher, and the sacrifice just took advantage of this, brought them over in advance, and saw that their teacher was embarrassed, so they consciously and voluntarily gave up their studies.
"So, guest, are you willing to agree to our terms?" the priest seemed to care only about this one thing.
"Promised.... No problem. The white wolf thought about it, and finally nodded in agreement, if he could turn back into a human without paying any price, it would be great
"Are you sure?" the priest confirmed.
"As soon as the gentleman said, the horse is difficult to chase, accept your ritual, and I will stop the research, maintenance and teaching of runes. The white wolf replied.
"Well, I believe in the credibility of the guests, the venue for the ceremony is ready, and if you are ready, we can go now. Seeing that the white wolf agreed, the priest didn't say anything more.
The white wolf glanced back at his five students, who were also looking at him, and then the white wolf turned his head to look at the priest.
"Let's go. The white wolf said.
The priest and the white wolf left, leaving only nine foxes at the door of the white wolf's hut, among them four old foxes and five young foxes.
"Now that this matter is settled, you can go to breakfast first. The tall lanky old fox nodded at the five young foxes, clearly pleased with their performance.
"Can guests really take on human form? Our coming-of-age ceremony... Isn't it only available to adult foxes....?" Before leaving, Qingyue was a little uneasy, and turned back to ask the four old foxes.
"You don't have to worry about this, we do have this technology, but the process.... It's going to be a little longer. The old fox, who had a very long beard, answered her, and stroked his white beard by the way.
"Have you ever had any strange feelings after learning those runes?" the five young foxes stopped before they could leave.
The five foxes shook their heads at the same time.
"Haven't felt it yet.. ?That's good.. It seems that we stopped it in time. The stocky old fox nodded.
The five young foxes also left, and now only four old foxes were left standing in the doorway.
"Is there really no problem with that ceremony?" After seeing the five young foxes walking away, the tall and thin old fox turned his previous serious expression, and there was a trace of worry in his eyes.
"There's a problem. The old fox, who had not spoken before, and who had a very ordinary appearance, finally spoke now, but his words made the faces of the other three foxes instantly gloomy.
"The problem I'm talking about is that the process is probably going to be painful, which is why we didn't dare to use this ritual on underage people before, and now it's time to take this opportunity to test whether this technique has any effect. Seeing that the faces of the foxes around him were very solemn, he added, "But since he is a guest protected by the fox god, no matter how painful the ritual is, he will definitely be able to survive it, right?"
"I hope so, if he can successfully transform into a human form, it means that our research on the transfiguration ritual has taken a big step forward. The stocky old fox had a look of anticipation on his face.
It didn't take long for the white wolf to follow the sacrifice along the mountain road and climb to the gate of the fox ancestral hall, from here, the white wolf could see the statue of the fox god in the distance as usual, shining in the sun.
"There's a question, if you fox people hate humans so much, why do you want to become like them when you become adults?" the white wolf asked the priest.
"No, we don't want to be human, but human, and we just happen to look like us when we are adults, do you understand what I mean?" replied the priest.
"I can understand that it is the human being who is shameless and deliberately turns into the adult form of your people?"
"Although this... It's not accurate, but this metaphor makes me happy, this way. The priest looked at the white wolf, a smile appeared on his face, and led the white wolf into the ancestral hall.
As soon as the white wolf entered, he saw a small box next to the statue, the small box was very delicately made, and the white wolf was sure that he had not seen this box before, and it was probably the key to the ceremony.
"You wait for me here first. The priest led the white wolf to the side of the fox god statue, made the white wolf stand there, and then walked alone in front of the fox god statue, and faced the statue, kneeling on the ground.
Immediately afterwards, the priest put his hands in front of his knees, lowered his head, and began to chant prayers, but the white wolf couldn't understand what she was chanting, and what was even more strange was that even if he ran the wind language technique, he could only translate a few sporadic tone words, and the wind language technique actually failed, and the white wolf had never encountered this situation.
As the prayers of the sacrifice continued to sound, in a trance, the white wolf seemed to see the statue of the fox god in front of him and seemed to come to life, looking at the sacrifice below. The white wolf rubbed his eyes and found that the fox god statue had not moved at all, and the fox god statue was still looking at the sky as before, which seemed to be his delusion just now.
"Usually this situation is not a delusion, and everything that has to do with God is very mysterious. Although the white wolf didn't believe that what he saw just now was just an illusion, he couldn't tell what the specific mechanism of this phenomenon was.
"Is the statue suddenly coming to life, or is the fox god possessing the statue, or is it the effect of the so-called divine power?" the white wolf thought wildly, and at that moment, the priest stopped praying and took out a small orange porcelain plate from the small box next to the fox god.
The porcelain plate is very small, not as big as the sacrificial palm, there is no carving of any pattern on it, the surface is smooth and delicate, and it looks like a very exquisite handicraft.
The priest picked up the plate with both hands, stood up, and walked behind the statue of the fox god, and the white wolf saw that something liquid was dripping from the statue's severed tail.
The liquid gradually fell, dripping onto the sacrificial plate and splashing.
"The smell ..... I've smelled..."The smell of liquid drifted into the white wolf's nose with the wind, making his heart beat faster, the white wolf felt that his saliva was secreting, and couldn't help but lick his mouth, this smell... He couldn't be more familiar.
"Absolutely, that's the taste of Momiji's divine blood. ”