"Your Excellency may move freely in most areas of the sacred mountain, but please do not approach this temple or the God's Son Pavilion. The pure fire may burn living people."

A shrine maiden dressed in red and white clothes with her hair tied up with red and white sandalwood paper said to Lu Ban.

As Kohaku's entourage, Lu Kan was treated the same as her family and was able to live directly in the shrine.

"What about Shenying?"

Lu Ban asked again.

"If you want to visit Shenying, you can go to the worship hall, where you can directly touch Shenying's divine body. Shenying is the flesh of the first generation of God's son, and has spirituality. Please treat it with care."

The witch's voice was emotionless.

"Is this actually the body of the first generation?..."

Lu Ban was a little surprised and thought of something else.

"By the way, where does the little girl we brought here live?"

"She is in the side hall, and the High Priestess is preparing to test her spirituality."

"I want to go and have a look at the spirituality test. Could you please show me the way?"

Thinking it would be a waste if he didn't take a look, Lu Ban requested the young witch to take him to the side hall, which was the community hall in the northwest of the main hall. Under the dark green eaves, a little girl in white clothes was kneeling on a mat. In front of her, an old witch was taking out a yellow talisman paper and placing it in front of her.

"Will the shrine maiden look at the contents of the paper and exclaim something like Fighting Power Level 3, and then expel her from the shrine?"

Lu Ban joked.

The witch looked at Lu Ban strangely.

"Just kidding."

Lu Ban laughed.

"She should be fine. Although she is not extremely talented, she at least has some spirituality. It will be no problem for her to be an ordinary shrine maiden in the shrine."

The witch lady explained again, still without any emotion, but explaining this matter was already very expressive of her attitude. Lu Ban guessed that she might simply not like to express her emotions.

"That's good."

Lu Ban watched from afar as the little girl was tested by the old witch. The result seemed neither good nor bad. Just as the young witch next to her said, this little girl should be able to become a witch.

"When she becomes a witch, she will get a new name, and everything in the past will have nothing to do with her."

The witch lady said again.

"Okay."

Thinking of the tragic situation on Changfeng Island, Lu Ban nodded.

"Can you take me to see Shenying?"

He asked again.

The witch lady glanced at Lu Ban, probably thinking that this guy was here for a trip and wanted to see everything.

But she remained silent and only signaled Lu Ban to follow.

Lu Ban glanced at the Son of God Pavilion. There had been no movement there since the arrow was shot today. It looked like the chief priestess was not very busy. Perhaps she was hiding somewhere and taking a nap.

"It's really high. For a loft this high, the only way to get up there is to use magic."

Lu Ban sighed, and thought about how Amber would have to climb up and shoot arrows once she sensed any filth, and he found it a little funny.

The miko did not respond, probably because she thought Lu Ban's remarks were a little stupid.

As the two walked along the road lined with torii gates, they saw some shrine maidens cleaning. It seemed that only shrine maidens could live in the area behind the shrine gate, while shrine officials such as priests could only live on the lower level.

So, I'm the only man on this floor?

Lu Ban thought boredly.

The priestesses bowed to the young priestess who led the way. Her status seemed to be quite high. Lu Ban guessed that maybe she was one of the candidate priestesses originally, but gave up because of her own lack of strength and stayed here to work.

Surprisingly, inside the Wajima Taisha Shrine, the frequency of cherry blossoms falling has decreased a lot. It seems that the towering and huge tree crowns are scattering more petals outside, and the area near the trunk looks even more lonely.

There were two priestesses cleaning under the sacred cherry tree. Lu Ban found it a little strange. He thought that this job might be endless and would never be finished. But when he saw how serious they were, he felt that it was just an ordinary matter.

"This is Shenying's divine body."

The witch lady said.

A huge shimenawa was tied to the thick tree trunk, and many white coins were hung around it. It seemed a little dim here, like the boundary between two worlds. As long as you cross here, you can enter the other side.

Lu Ban took a look at the connection between the tree trunk and the ground. It looked like ordinary soil. He planned to wait until night to fulfill Hongye's long-cherished wish, so he could just stay there now.

At first he was worried that if it was like the legend, there were only stones between the cherry tree and the ground, and he might have to dig up some stones before he could bury the tree. It was great that it was just ordinary soil now.

Seeing Lu Ban's relieved expression, the witch tilted her head, not knowing what this man was thinking.

"Thank you. I have already felt the grandeur of Kamikakushi."

Lu Ban thanked him and secretly determined the location to dig the hole at night. He apologized to the big tree in his heart in advance.

"?"

The witch lady didn't quite understand.

Since Amber needed to prepare for the selection, Lu Ban naturally couldn't see her.

In the evening, after eating the dinner provided by the shrine, Lu Ban declined Xia Dao's invitation to go to the red-light district in Hedao to listen to music, and stayed indoors on the grounds that he needed to rest after a long journey.

In fact, he had already studied the route to Shenying.

Pretending to take a walk, Lu Ban left his residence, passed the morning torii corridor, and walked towards Shenying.

There were no priestesses along the way. It seemed that they were all practicing evening classes in the temple at this time. The road was quiet and secluded, as if it were a ghost town.

Halfway through the walk, Lu Ban suddenly felt someone behind him.

He looked back and saw a woman in white passing by the torii gate in the distance, but it was not clear, and it seemed to be unreal.

"Is this place haunted too?"

Lu Ban muttered something, turned around, and saw a woman in white clothes and red hakama standing in front of him.

The woman had dark black hair, a pale face, and a pair of cherry-colored eyes that gave off a quality that didn't belong to this world.

Lu Ban just blinked and the other person disappeared.

"Could this be... the spirit of Shenying?"

He thought of the legend he had heard during the day, that this tree was the flesh and blood of the first chief priestess and that it also had spirituality. Perhaps the soul of that priestess was wandering around the Watashima Taisha Shrine and had become a groundbound spirit.

"What are you doing?"

Suddenly, a childish voice sounded from behind Lu Ban.

Lu Ban turned around and saw that it was the young girl.

She was wearing a tiny shrine maiden costume, looking like a little shrine maiden.

"Shh, I'm going to see Shenying."

Lu Ban pretended to remain silent.

"I want to go too, I want to go!"

the little girl cried.

"That's fine."

Lu Ban thought about it and had no choice but to agree in order to avoid the other party crying and attracting more priestesses.

Moreover, if he was caught, he could just say that she wanted to take him to Shenying to play, and no one would blame the child.

Perfect.

Lu Ban threw the pot to the little girl without any guilt, took her hand and came to the sacred cherry tree.

After finding the location he had scouted during the day, Lu Ban quickly dug a small hole and then took out the scarlet crystal.

"What is this? It looks so good."

The little girl wanted to reach out and touch it, but Lu Ban did not give her the chance.

He placed the crystal into the pit and covered it with soil while explaining.

"This is a friend of mine, she is also a shrine maiden. After her death, as long as her soul is buried under the sacred cherry tree, she will never get lost and will always be able to find her way home."

"The way home..."

The little girl seemed to not understand, but also seemed to understand something.

Just then, Lu Ban heard a clear and pleasant ringtone.