Chapter 904: Inari's Shrine Maiden

Ampere's matter will be over for the time being.

Eyes turned back to the Chu River.

Kyoto during the day, although it is far less than Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty, but it can also be called lively.

However, Chu River did not want to join in the excitement, but chose to visit the shrines and temples in and around Kyoto.

Among them, Fushimi's Inari Taisha Shrine is one of the main targets.

The Inari God is a god line that is still more active in the mortal world of Dongying after the closure of Takamagahara, and has not been disqualified.

Among them, of course, as agricultural gods, although they do not fight and are not good at force, they are deeply loved and believed by the people. But it is not exempt, there are other possibilities.

In particular, the main god of the Inari lineage, the god of the Imperial Soul of Uga, is the daughter of Susanoo and Oichi Hime.

And Ampei Qingming's mother's so-called fox fairy Ge Ye is the white fox god under the command of this Inari God, also known as Yuzhikai.

Chu He and Ling Xiaoyu were greedy for fun all the way, mainly Ling Xiaoyu, who was curious about everything and delayed a lot of time. By the time I arrived at Inari Sacred Mountain, the sky was already getting darker.

Behind the huge red torii, there are stone foxes on the side of the shrine, and from here you start to climb upwards. The entire hillside is covered with countless red torii gates, one after the other forming endless tunnels. Walk in the strange red shimmer, which appears and disappears in the small shrine located on the rock.

He was still walking with Ling Xiaoyu on the middle of the road, like two ordinary tourists who came to pay homage.

It's just that at this time, it is getting late, and even around the shrine, there is a strange atmosphere and atmosphere.

In the distance, you can still see ghost fires floating.

Even though it is already in the late stage of foundation building, it is on the verge of Jindan.

Ling Xiaoyu still couldn't help it, and pulled the corner of Lachuhe's clothes from behind.

A smart woman always likes to show her weakness in front of the person she likes, and occasionally gets herself drunk.

After walking a few steps further, I suddenly heard a clear singing sound from the shrine at the top of the mountain.

"Tonight in the forest of Inari, too, the children are dancing with their ears pricked up. ”

"Eat your tongue, the plants and trees sing, and the birds return to their homeland. ”

The song fluttered down the mountain road, spread far away, and seemed to echo in the mountains and forests.

In the mountains and forests, some crisp voices also sounded, accompanied by singing: "Tonight on the prince's hill, the children's eyes are burning and dancing, they are cut off from life, the plants and trees are resting, and the birds are returning to their hometowns." ”

The sounds on the top of the mountain and the sounds in the forest began to merge in one place, forming a perfect harmony.

"Sleep, sleep, sleep, sleep... Good boy... Let's sleep... ”

It's such a voice that constantly reverberates, permeating the mountains and forests.

A thick fog blew from the other side of the mountain for no reason, starting from the belly of the mountain and enveloping the entire summit of the mountain. It's like a quilt under the cover of night, so that the whole shrine can sleep peacefully in the twilight.

The footsteps of Chu He and Ling Xiaoyu became especially obvious on the mountain road.

"Who are you? Are you worshippers? Why are you still here so late? Don't you know it's dangerous?"

Breaking through the thick fog, out of the fog, came a girl wearing a red and white witch costume.

The girl's appearance is very good, close to one meter seven in height, among the island women of this era, she may be called a giantess-like existence.

In such a fog, under such an atmosphere, it seems a little more mysterious and sacred.

Friends who like to watch island ***** usually have three series, which are the most impressive.

Stewardesses, nurses, and shrine maidens.

So Chu He also made the same mistake as most men, and when he saw the girl's witch dress, he inevitably thought a little crookedly.

"Such a bold man, you actually offended me!" the witch took the longbow directly from her back, and then pulled the bowstring with her hand, and a pale white light arrow condensed on the bow, exuding a fierce aura.

"Mind reading, impossible!" Chu He thought to himself that he had the power of his mind to protect his body, and unless he had a cultivation far beyond him, it was impossible to read his heart.

Immediately after that, the Yuan Shen swept away, and felt that there was something wrong with the dense fog around him.

They weren't fog.

It's a massive spirit.

The entire fog that shrouded the mountains and forests was a huge spirit.

Similar to ghosts, but more powerful than normal ghosts, and bloated.

"It sensed something strange about the thoughts I was emanating from, and then conveyed them to the shrine maiden. It is not a mind reading, but a judgment of good and evil thoughts. Chu He came to this conclusion.

The heart moves, restrains the divergent thoughts, and then releases kindness.

The witch's face showed a look of doubt, and then she lowered her bow and scattered the light arrows.

"It was I who took the liberty to come out out and startle you. But you are too bold to dare to go up the mountain after sunset. If it weren't for the fact that I sang with the mountain children before, calling for the monsters and ghosts in the mountains and forests to sleep. I'm afraid you're already in danger. The shrine maiden put away the longbow in her hand and said.

Then he remembered something, and said a little shyly: "It's really rude, I haven't introduced myself yet." I'm Inari's shrine maiden, you can call me Qin Yuki. ”

"Surname Qin?" Ling Xiaoyu said with some curiosity.

Chu He took the place of the witch and explained: "Most of the priests and operators of the Inari Shrine are descendants of the Qin people in the past, so they take Qin as their surname. ”

The expression of the witch Qin Youji when she looked at Chu He was even kinder.

"You actually know such a thing, it seems that you must not be an ordinary person, could it be a nobleman in Kyoto?" Qin Yuji asked curiously.

Chu He shook his head and said, "No, we are envoys from the Tang Dynasty, and we stayed for a while because we were curious about the scenery here." ”

The witch Qin Youji's eyes were full of surprise when she looked at Chu He.

"You're from Datang? That's great, can you tell me about Datang?"

Quickly mentioning some questions about the Tang Dynasty, as well as the scenery of the Tang Dynasty in his imagination, Qin Youji was like a lark that kept its mouth, and even Chu He didn't even have room to interject.

"Sorry! Am I talking too much?"

"It's so rude, and my father always taught me that. But... I just can't change it. ”

"Since you're a guest from the Tang Dynasty, I'll make an exception and take you to the shrine at night! Because Inari Kami-sama may appear at the shrine at any time and entertain her friends and guests. The maiden still talked a lot, but she finally remembered to lead the way, and led Chu He and Ling Xiaoyu to the shrine in the mist.

Halfway through, Chu He finally found an opportunity to introduce himself and Ling Xiaoyu to the girl.

At the same time, in front of the ignorant girl, she bragged about the Tang Dynasty, so that the girl's eyes shone like headlights.

After a conversation, the three of them finally walked to the shrine at the top of the mountain.

Suddenly, from the forest on the left and right, countless foxes ran out, some of them were carrying some fruits from the mountain forest, some were holding Ganoderma lucidum, ginseng, and precious jade, and some were even carrying jars of fine wine, and then with a bang, all of them crowded into the shrine.

And all of a sudden, the shrine seemed to be awakened, and the lights were on.

The witch Qin Yuki whispered, "Oh no! Lord Inari God is here! You must hide it quickly, and you must not be discovered." It is a very rude thing for a gathering of gods and spirits to appear mortals. Even Inari-sama can get angry. ”