"Come in, all of you, today is the day when my Uesugi family will rise again. Yuichiro Uesugi pushed the door of the temple open, beckoned Aoba and a few people to enter.

At this moment, Yuichiro Uesugi had a bright light in his eyes, as if he had already died of his heart, but hope suddenly appeared, which made him grasp the last straw.

Aoba even doubted that if Aoba and Uesugi Maki hadn't been favored by Shikijin at the festival for a while, Yuichiro Uesugi would have fainted on the spot.

However, Shikigami will definitely choose the two, so Aoba can't see the possibility of Yuichiro Uesugi fainting.

Yuichiro Uesugi who entered the temple apparently didn't notice that anyone had been here last night, he just bowed in front of the two bamboo tubes that are now enshrined in the temple, and then knelt down, and asked the rest of the people to kneel down after putting down the various sacrificial items.

Aoba didn't know anything about how the Uesugi family conducted the puja, so he could only be under the command of Uesugi Yuichiro, and Uesugi Maki and the two of them were constantly busy.

Speaking of which, the Uesugi family's sacrificial god puja would definitely not be such a simple thing in the early days, but now there are only three or two big cats and kittens left in the entire Uesugi family, so everything can only be simplified because of ugliness.

And so it was under the command of Yuichiro Uesugi that the puja began.

The process is quite simple, starting with a sacrifice to Shikikami, and then a long greeting is recited.

And then Yuichiro Uesugi, who is the patriarch, stepped forward to speak, normally there should be clan elders who also speak, but unfortunately there are no clan elders in the entire Uesugi family now, so this link is omitted.

Then all the members of the Uesugi family entered the temple in turn to offer incense, of course, because all the members of the Uesugi family were now in the temple, and this process was also omitted.

Then there are the people outside the temple who line up from the temple entrance to the bottom of the mountain, shouting slogans in turn and setting off fireworks.

For now there is not a single clan outside the temple. So it was also omitted.

In short, this festival, which omits most of the steps, continues like this, and I don't know how the ancestors of the Uesugi family would have felt when they saw this scene if Izumishita had known about it.

However, no matter how simple the ritual is, it has finally come to the most important place, that is, the descendants of the Uesugi family communicate with Shikigami to see if they can wake up the sleeping Shikigami and get the recognition of Shikigami.

This step also has a variety of complicated rituals, and watching Yuichiro Uesugi busy with the rituals in front of him, Aoba is completely out of the way. Because this ritual is from Aoba's professional eyes, there is no possibility at all that it can communicate with Shikigami and then awaken Shikigami.

Just when Aoba wondered if Yuichiro Uesugi had made a mistake in the ceremony, Aoba saw Yuichiro Uesugi's last move, only to see him use a certain tool in the ceremony, and finally tap it on the two bamboo tubes of Shikigami.

Seeing this, Aoba's eyebrows couldn't help but jump! The so-called complicated ritual is simply a disguise, and the last two knocks on the bamboo tube are the key to awakening the god.

It's like what Maki Uesugi did last night. Directly woke up Shikigami .

In other words, the complicated and complicated ceremony before Yuichiro Uesugi was completely just pretending and coercing, and it was completely unnecessary.

For the ancestors of the Uesugi family to set up such a complex set of rituals, Aoba did not know why. I can only say that I give full marks to this forced pretend.

In this way, with the two crisp sounds of Yuichiro Uesugi knocking on the bamboo tube, the Shikigami in the bamboo tube was awakened.

Two ethereal white smoke that seemed to exist rose from the bamboo tube and dissipated into the air.

It was two shikigami who hid their forms. Because it's a daytime relationship, it's easier to hide the ghost energy, and it's too simple to keep it from ordinary people.

It's just that the two Shikigami obviously don't realize that it is precisely because they don't show up often, and even when they appear in this kind of ceremony, they are all tightly hidden, and no one will find out at all, that the descendants of the Uesugi family will become less and less convinced of the existence of Shikigami, and indirectly let the Uesugi family gradually decline.

It can only be said that although Shikigami has wisdom, he still can't take into account such long-term and complicated things after all.

So the four people present, except for Aoba, only saw a wisp of white eyes rising from the bamboo tube, and then there was no vision.

Yuichiro Uesugi is naturally extremely firm in believing in the existence of Shikigami, although he has never seen Shikigami of the Uesugi family, but he stubbornly regards the raised white eyes as evidence of Shikigami's existence.

As for Uesugi Ginji, he has participated in many such festivals since he was a child, and there were many people at the beginning, and now there are only so many people left.

And every time the festival is the same, that is, a few wisps of white smoke rise from the bamboo tube, and the elders in the family say that it is Shikijin, and Uesugi Ginji still believes it when he is a child, but as he grows up, he doesn't believe it, but he just treats those two bamboo tubes as some kind of smoke generating device, and it may even be that the ashes in the bamboo tube have fallen for a long time, and white smoke rises when he knocks it, but these words Uesugi Ginji has never said it, but he just thinks so in his heart.

As for Uesugi Maki, if it was Uesugi Maki before yesterday, she promised to complain more than her father, but after last night, she also began to firmly believe in the existence of Shikigami, even more than when she was a child.

"Alright, Shikigami-sama is about to start the assessment, and you all close your eyes and concentrate on feeling the summons of Shikigami-sama. Yuichiro Uesugi saw the white smoke appear, and immediately said to everyone.

In this way, everyone, including Aoba and Uesugi Maki and Uesugi Ginji, began to close their eyes and recuperate.

That's right, it's to close your eyes, not to concentrate!

Uesugi Ginji doesn't believe in the existence of Shikigami at all, so naturally he doesn't really feel the existence of Shikigami waiting for the summoning or something, but he can't disobey his father's orders, so he simply closes his eyes and waits for the time to pass quickly.

As for Uesugi Maki, she is full of confidence, because Shikishen already belongs to her, so naturally she doesn't have to wait for the summons anymore, she is now closing her eyes and recuperating, while constantly muttering in her heart, "Little Golden Fox, Little Golden Fox, come to my sister's side." Come to my sister's side. ”

There's also Aoba.,There's nothing to say about this.,Naturally, Aoba won't wait for the summoning with all his heart.,Just close your eyes there.。

However, the three of them looked very similar to each other on the outside, so Yuichiro Uesugi looked around for a week, nodded in satisfaction, and then closed his eyes himself.

However, compared to the other three, Yuichiro Uesugi is much more pious, but he does not hope that Shikigami will choose him, but prays with all his heart that Shikigami can choose one between Aoba and Uesugi Maki.

In a sense. This old man, who has been longing for the Uesugi family to rise again all his life, can be regarded as a poor person.

One by one in the family has left, but he is the only one who has always stayed here, always the same.

So this time the return of Aoba, and the two Shikigami of the Uesugi family have found their owners again, in a sense, it can be regarded as a comfort to Yuichiro Uesugi!

Although in the current era, there is little hope for the Uesugi family to rely on the two Shikigami to rise anew, after all, this is already the era of capital, but it can be regarded as giving the old man a hope.

In this way, the four people have different minds and all close their eyes. The two Shikigami who had been named the Golden Fox and the Spirit Fox manifested their bodies in mid-air.

The two Shikigami first showed their long figures in a puff of white smoke that became more and more obvious, and then their white bodies gradually changed color and slowly turned golden. This is the change that occurred between the two Shikigami after absorbing Aoba's golden rune.

However, on the tail of the two Shikigami, the part that slowly changes from the entity to the virtual body is still white. It fades from gold to white and is finally attached to a bamboo tube.

However, in the next moment, the part connected to the bamboo tube is constantly stretched and stretched. The two Shikigami flew to the side of Aoba and Uesugi Maki and circled around the two of them.

The first person who felt all this and opened his eyes was naturally Aoba, and then the second one who felt and opened his eyes was Maki Uesugi.

It's just that compared to Aoba who just calmly stretched out his hand and touched the Shikigami named Linghu that belonged to him, Uesugi Maki was much more excited.

"Little Golden Fox, you're finally out!" Uesugi Maki couldn't hold back her excited shout, although she immediately covered her mouth, but it was already over, both Yuichiro Uesugi and Uesugi Ginji had been woken up by this shout.

"Maki, what's your name!" Yuichiro Uesugi scolded dissatisfiedly as he opened his eyes, obviously blaming Maki Uesugi for screaming at this sacred moment of communication with Shikigami-sama.

But the next moment, Yuichiro Uesugi couldn't say any more, only to see him staring at the two golden pipe foxes hovering beside Aoba and Uesugi Maki with big eyes, his eyes full of incredulity.

And the one who was also staring at the two fox with wide eyes was Uesugi Ginji.

"I—I'm not dreaming, am I? Shikigami really exists?" Uesugi Ginji muttered to himself.

"The spirit has appeared, the ancestor has appeared, Shikigami-sama has finally appeared, and my Uesugi family has finally been revived, I have forgotten!" Yuichiro Uesugi's face, which had always been moody, was full of ecstasy at the moment, and at the same time, tears flowed out uncontrollably.

"Father, are you okay?" Uesugi Ginji saw this look that he had never seen in his father, and immediately stepped forward nervously and came to Yuichiro Uesugi and said with concern.

At the same time, his actions are also because he subconsciously wants to be far away from the two gods, obviously he is shocked, and there is some fear of these two gods, after all, he grew up in the Onmyoji family, and he has heard a lot about the legends of the god since he was a child, although as he gets older, he doesn't believe in these anymore, but today he suddenly saw the real god subversively, and the legends he heard when he was a child came out again.

"I'm fine, I'm fine! Today is a big day, I'm happy, happy!" Yuichiro Uesugi didn't notice these inner activities of his son at all, but his eyes were always firmly fixed on the two Shikami, the golden fox and the spirit fox, and at the same time, he kept looking at Aoba and Uesugi Maki, with an extremely satisfied look in his eyes, which was a look that Yuichiro Uesugi had never revealed when he looked at Aoba and Uesugi Maki.

"Grandpa, are you okay?" Compared to the calm Aoba, Uesugi Maki was extremely nervous when he faced the eyes of Uesugi Yuichiro at this moment, although he knew that this was because he had successfully obtained the relationship approved by Shikigami, but Uesugi Maki just felt unaccustomed.

Because her grandfather looked at her very indifferently since she was a child, she had never been so fanatical.

"I'm fine, I'm fine!Maki, have you now been recognized by Shikigami-sama?" Yuichiro Uesugi said to Maki Uesugi in a soft tone that had never appeared in his mouth before.

"Yes, the little golden fox has already recognized me. Uesugi Maki was still a little uncomfortable with Yuichiro Uesugi's attitude, so he said the name he gave the golden fox without paying attention.

"Little Golden Fox, is this Shikigami-sama's name?Shikigami-sama has already told you its name?" Who knew that after listening to Uesugi Maki's words, Yuichiro Uesugi was even more excited, obviously misunderstanding something.

"Yes, it's called the Golden Fox. So at this moment, Uesugi Maki can only say this.

"It turned out to be the Golden Fox-sama, so who is this one?" asked Yuichiro Uesugi in the same soft voice to Aoba.

"Spirit Fox, it's called Spirit Fox. Aoba didn't mean to dismantle Uesugi Maki, so he replied.

"Is it Linghu-sama? So Aoba has also been approved by Linghu-sama?" Yuichiro Uesugi asked Aoba in a tone that seemed to be afraid of waking up from a sweet dream, for fear that it would all be a dream and would be woken up by him loudly.

"That's right, I'm already recognized. Aoba nodded and said.

"Great, great, it's great. Yuichiro Uesugi, who had already received the approval of Shikigami after confirming that Aoba and Uesugi Maki had both been recognized, kept repeating this sentence in his mouth, obviously a little incoherent with excitement.

For a while, neither Uesugi Ginji nor Uesugi Maki knew what to do, so all they could do was wait quietly for Yuichiro Uesugi to wake up from this incoherent state.

In this way, Yuichiro Uesugi kept looking at the golden fox and then at the spirit fox, looking at Aoba or Maki Uesugi, and he didn't know what he was talking about, until a moment later, Yuichiro Uesugi finally regained his composure. (To be continued.) )