In an instant, Lu Ban felt that the entire sacred cherry tree was a little brighter, and the cherry blossoms falling at his feet were glowing with a light purple glow, and the cherry blossom rain turned into light purple rain.

The little girl looked at this scene with her mouth wide open, her face full of surprise and astonishment.

Lu Ban turned around and watched from afar the pale flames on the Son of God Pavilion burning violently.

He originally thought that the chief priestess would come from somewhere else, but now it seems that she has already sat on it.

The melodious sound of an arrow pierced the sky, and the arrow flew away into the distance, lighting up the night sky, and then quickly fell silent.

However, the fire on the God's Son Pavilion seemed to have not been extinguished and was still burning fiercely.

Even though Lu Ban had seen Amber wielding the Pure Fire before, he now felt that the raging flames could no longer be suppressed and were about to spread to the surroundings.

Soon, Lu Ban heard a commotion, as if the priestesses started to move around. He couldn't hear exactly what they were calling out, but it should be related to the current situation of the God's Son Pavilion.

Then, Lu Ban heard a singing and whispering, like a prayer. If he closed his eyes, he could imagine the scene of the priestesses kneeling in a circle around the Pavilion of the Son of God, chanting prayers with their eyes closed.

This is also a kind of word spirit.

As the sound rang out, the flames seemed to weaken a lot. In the end, reason prevailed and all the pure fire was restrained.

The Shen Zi Pavilion returned to silence.

The lingering sound of prayer still did not disappear, but continued for a while.

At this time, Lu Ban saw that the exterior of the God's Son Pavilion was charred black, as if it had been burned several times.

"It must be hard to sit in a place like that for a long time."

Lu Ban suspected that the situation just now occurred because the current head priestess was indeed about to die and was unable to suppress her own strength.

"No wonder Amber is needed to inherit the position."

If one day, the chief priestess is unable to control the pure fire, then perhaps the entire Washima Taisha Shrine and the entire sacred cherry tree will be in danger.

The safest place is the most dangerous place.

Lu Ban looked at the Son of God Pavilion, but before he could wait to see the appearance of the chief priestess, he remembered another thing.

"Those witches have come out, doesn't that mean someone will be here soon?"

Lu Ban decided to run away quickly.

He pulled the little girl and immediately ran out of the corridor and returned to the vicinity of the temple.

"Don't tell anyone else about tonight. We have an appointment."

Lu Ban stretched out his hand and wanted to pinky promise with the little girl.

"I'm grown up now. I don't want to play with this kind of childish stuff anymore!"

The little girl straightened her back and spoke with confidence.

"……All right."

Lu Ban withdrew his hand.

"Take me out to play again if you have the chance!"

The little girl spoke again, as if she had learned how to bargain.

"no problem!"

Lu Ban replied.

He didn't really want to deceive the child, but he didn't know when he would come to Hedao next time. By then, the little girl might have grown up or even become an old lady.

After sending the little girl back to where she lived, Lu Ban returned to his own residence.

The moonlight is bright, and one-third of it leaks through the tops of the cherry trees.

There are many books in the room. With the help of the translation of A Quiet Place, Lu Ban can tell that these are waka, haiku, essays, etc. left behind by the shrine maidens and priests in the past.

He flipped through a few articles, most of which were about expressing sorrow and lamenting the passing of time. There were also some descriptions of life in the shrine, which were obviously quite plain and simple.

Just as he was reading these words, the brush calligraphy on it suddenly twisted and turned into the indifferent and cold words of the system.

[Complete the side quest: Homecoming]

[The fallen leaves return to their roots, and the soul that yearns for the sky eventually turns into mud. At least, her soul has returned to her hometown. May peace always surround her.]

[Reward: 50,000 Silence Points]

[Reward: Red Leaf Hairpin]

A scarlet hairpin appeared in Lu Ban's hand.

This hairpin seemed to be made of some special material, crystal clear, but definitely not crystal or glass. As far as Lu Ban knew, it was more like bone, crystallized bone.

Holding it in my hand, it feels slightly warm, like a girl's palm.

[Red Leaf Hairpin]

【pollute】

[The witch's hairpin, never used]

[If the shrine maidens of the Washima Taisha Shrine fall, they will become disaster shrine maidens. The more powerful the shrine maiden, the easier it is to fall.]

[This hairpin comes from a witch who was once fallen and finally redeemed]

[Holding the hairpin tightly, you may witness the despair she once witnessed]

[“The affairs of the gods are so long, so dark, so unknown”]

Lu Ban didn't expect to get Hongye's hairpin, but it seemed that she had never used it before, so she didn't know what it was used for.

He grasped the hairpin tightly as described.

Soon, Lu Ban felt a burst of heat.

The heat was getting more and more intense. If at the beginning it was like being under the scorching sun in midsummer, now it was almost like being in a frying pan.

He saw the houses around him bursting into flames. He saw a withered hand grabbing his ankle on the ground, and countless humanoid creatures crawling out of the soil.

These creatures were made up of human limbs and internal organs, presenting a sense of madness, perversion and chaos. All the creatures were crawling towards Lu Ban.

He felt as if he had turned into Hongye at that time, with his body sealed by a spell. He just lay on a stone bed, watching these ugly monsters crawl to his side and tear his body apart with their sharp, dirty claws and teeth.

When being eaten, Hongye was even still conscious.

Lu Ban let go of his hairpin, and a wisp of smoke rose from his head, and the whole room was filled with the aroma of roasted brain.

thump--

Lu stumbled to the ground, motionless.

A few hours later, a piece of green grass finally appeared in Lu Ban's ear.

The green grass grew tenaciously, and eventually, Lu Ban's entire body was covered with the new green.

When the first ray of morning light leaked through the gaps in the trees and fell on Lu Ban's face, he finally twitched and climbed up.

His body was covered with withered yellow leaves. He looked at the red hairpin that had fallen to the side, feeling mixed emotions.

"I didn't expect that after fulfilling Hongye's long-cherished wish, I was given this thing. I can only use it to harm others..."

Recalling the pain of Hongye being bitten and devoured by those monsters, Lu Ban felt that Hongye was really miserable.

Even after death, they will be pulled out and turned into evil witches to continue harming people. These filthy things are really scary to think about.

Lu Ban wrapped the hairpin with cloth and put it away properly. It seems that only direct contact will lead to seeing illusions, and normal carrying should not be a problem.

Thinking of this, Lu Ban took out the mask again. This was the one he obtained after killing the bandaged man. Because he had been at sea before, he was worried that there would be problems after identification, so it was delayed until now.

Now that we are at the center of the supernatural power of Hedao, there should be no problem in identifying it.

Lu Ban took out the mask and chose to identify it.