Chapter Seventy-One: Prayer to God

Today's Takachiho Town is rarely raining.

A little drizzle falls lightly on the tourists, although it is not obvious, but it is still a little uncomfortable after all.

However, none of the believers who had gathered in front of the shrine left the shrine, but sat in front of the shrine against this insignificant rain curtain.

I don't know what the joint worship of Cheonan Kawara Palace is trying to do, so I suddenly notified a large number of believers that the shrine will hold a big festival today.

Although it was a big sacrifice that popped out of nowhere, most of the believers still came obediently.

After all, since the birth of the mountain god in Tokyo, it can be said that the existence of the god has been confirmed.

Some people who were closer to Mt. Todai changed their faith on the spot, but it was not so appropriate for people in other distant areas.

Not to mention how much trouble it takes to visit the shrine once, even if you really get the protection of the god of Todai Mountain?

The god of Mount Todai is just the god of Mount Todai, so in order to get the protection of the mountain god, do you have to move around Mount Todai?

That's a lot to think about.

The housing prices around Mt. Todai are like flying into space on a rocket, not to mention the six districts and the three districts of the rich, and now even the housing price champion of Ginza has been challenged.

Not even many people in Tokyo can afford to buy a house around Todaiyama, let alone a 'rural place' like Miyazaki Prefecture.

Fortunately, for the locals of Miyazaki Prefecture, they have their own beliefs in the gods.

Unknown gods like the god of Mount Todai have been born, and who says that the gods they believe in will not also appear?

Like the local residents of Takachiho Town, they originally grew up worshipping the Tenan Kawara Palace, and as long as Lord Sikanjin is born, then aren't they the purest believers?

With this in mind, worshippers who originally came to the shrine only on holidays have now made it a daily check-in task.

The first thing I do after work is no longer to go to an izakaya to connect with colleagues, but instead to visit the shrine together.

This is not just the case at the Shrine in Cheonan, but at shrines all over the country.

In the context of the era of 'all people visiting shrines', the appeal of these shrines is self-evident.

Not to mention the believers who received the notice, even many believers who did not receive the notice also knew about the big sacrifice under the chatter between the neighbors, and then packed up their belongings and followed silently.

The joint worship of Cheonan Kawaru Shrine is not a high-profile shrine, and it is like a dead fish on weekdays, so where have you heard of any festivals?

Now that a so-called 'Great Sacrifice' has suddenly come out, there must be something big that makes those bastards who are eating and waiting to die can't help but want to move.

Whatever they want, it's right to go with them now, or if everyone else goes but doesn't, they will be considered ungodly.

......

Junpei Moriya changed into a majestic priest's robe that did not match him.

The snow-white sleeves of the robe are embroidered with black, gold, and red silk threads, and the simple hakama is also decorated with ornaments, especially the black crown at the top, which is extraordinarily gorgeous.

These costumes are simply much better than the appearance of the gods.

If you have to say that there is anything bad about these costumes, then probably this is to set off the requirements of the owner of this costume are too high, just look at the current Junpei Moritani.

It's obviously such a luxurious costume, and it is said that it is still a court dress handed down from the Tian'an River Yuan Palace, and the imperial family in ancient times, but with Moriya Junpei's somewhat underbeaten face, it looks funny.

The god lord stood aside and looked at him dissatisfied, if it weren't for the fact that this thing was the protagonist of today, then he must bury him here, lest he go out and be embarrassed.

But there is no way, who let him get the approval of the exorcism knife.

The Lord sighed lightly, and decided to wait for a few more people to walk with him, preferably to cover him to death, so that the believers would not doubt their faith after seeing it.

The drizzle outside has almost stopped.

A priest went out of his way to take a look.

The worshippers who came to the festival were already full of shrines and even the approach, and more worshippers who could not enter simply sat down outside the shrine.

Seeing that the time was almost up, the god lord nodded and signaled that the festival could begin.

A group of priests walked out of the office on both sides, with solemn expressions and no sound.

Behind the priests was a group of shrine maidens, all of whom were the same as the priests, with solemn expressions.

The priests and shrine maidens walked out of the office, and even when they saw the believers around them, they walked over as if they hadn't seen them.

The priests walked to the main hall, and the shrine maidens walked to the Kagura Hall.

In the face of this strange festival without any advance explanation and silence on the scene, many believers were a little confused, and they didn't know what the Heyuan Palace wanted to do.

Soon, however, as the prayers of the gods in the main hall sounded, the shrine maidens in the Kagura Hall began to perform Kagura with solemn expressions.

A strange sense of solemnity pervades the entire shrine, and no believers question it, only the voices of the priests and the movements of the shrine maidens.

It's not like a festival for believers at all.

Someone whispered a whisper, and then someone reacted immediately.

Ignoring the believers, the priests who pray to God wholeheartedly, and the solemn Kagura are indeed not for believers.

This is for the communication gods!

In an instant, many believers reacted, and one by one they stared at the main hall where their bodies were placed.

No way?!

Another group of priests walked out of the social affairs office, but unlike the others, this group of priests was rigidly surrounded by a priest in the middle.

The encirclement was so tight that he couldn't even see what the priest looked like, only the astonishingly gorgeous robe he accidentally revealed.

"Look at that knife!"

Someone shouted lightly, and for a moment even forgot the etiquette that should be observed in the shrine.

However, his cry smoothly drew everyone's attention to the knife that the priest was holding flat.

Then the air in the shrine suddenly stagnated.

That knife was shining with a pale golden glow!

It's definitely not a funny lamp knife, it's definitely a real magic knife, and the golden one is divine power!

Although they had never even seen what divine power was like before, their minds were firmly telling them this fact at this moment.

Heenshrine Cheonan Heyuan Palace actually has a real divine sword? What do they want to do now?

Someone couldn't help but hold their breath.

If they are not mistaken, they may be witnessing history today.

Junpei Moriya spread his hands evenly and let the Demon Exorcism Knife be placed on the palm of his hand.

Only he could sense the strangeness of the Exorcism Knife at this time.

At this moment, the exorcist knife is not at all like the quiet and beautiful man before, and now it is just like Junpei Moritani, who has seen a peerless beauty, and he can't wait to immediately turn into a dog god and rush over.

The restlessness of the exorcism knife made Junpei Moriya excited, licking the dog is good! He likes to lick dogs, and he deserves to be his partner.

When he slowly approached the main hall, not only the demon exorcism knife, but even he himself felt that there seemed to be a great power in the main hall, which was enough to make him afraid.

Is there something that's going to wake up? What's in the main hall? Isn't the body of God fake? Could it be that the body enshrined in the shrine is really related to the gods?

Junpei Moriya walked step by step in the direction of the main hall under increasing pressure.

The inexplicable pressure was crushing him in all directions, and he could even hear his bones groaning in vain.

Junpei Moriya gritted his teeth and walked with difficulty towards the position where the god was enshrined.

The closer you get to the divine body, the more terrifying the pressure becomes, especially after entering the main hall, the pressure is simply exponentially soaring.

No, you can't get through it! Do you want to fall short because you can't bear it?

Junpei Moriya's feet were already a little bent, but he still gritted his teeth, didn't even notice that his lips were bleeding, and walked firmly in the direction of his body.

Finally, as if a critical point had been reached, the divine brilliance of the Demon Exorcism Knife suddenly bloomed, and the pressure on Junpei Moritani was instantly cleared.

The divine sword floated from his hand, but it did not go in the direction of the contemplation and divine body, but directly rose to the sky with the holy divine light.

A ray of golden light rushed directly into the sky.

Then, in the shocked gaze of everyone, the rain dispersed and the clouds dispersed.

The faint dark clouds that had been hanging over the sky seemed to have been broken through a large hole, spreading out in all directions.

In the midst of a dark oppressive sky, a patch of azure spread out.

The clouds were scattered.

This was not the end of the day, a touch of gold became brighter and brighter above the canopy, and even began to replace the original blue, rendering the sky golden.

There was a golden light dotted in the darkness, which attracted everyone's attention like a gate to the divine realm and the human world.

The mighty golden light suddenly fluctuated like a tidal wave.

Like a sand table painting, a golden picture scroll stretched out in the sky.

Golden figures appeared in the sky, with different expressions.

Some looked anxious and kept patrolling;

Some have solemn expressions and dance with their hands;

Some of them are pensive and stand with their hands in their hands;

Occupying the main part of the picture is a goddess with long hair like a waterfall, her hands folded in front of her chest, her head poking out from behind a rock with curiosity, and the dazzling golden light blooming behind her like the sun.

This scene is so familiar that it can be said to be engraved in the genes of the people of Takachiho, and it is also a constant theme when they mention their hometown to outsiders.

"It's ...... Tenno Iwato?! ”

"Is that Amaterasu?"

"Amaterasu has appeared!"