The old priest had some doubts about Kyogoku Qiong who appeared before him and claimed to be the successor of Tsuchimikado Shinto.
Since Shinto was disbanded a hundred years ago, how can there still be Tsuchimikado Shinto?
If it weren't for the miko, the old priest who was already the highest-ranking priest would never see him.
After the old priest heard the talk about "the evil spirit sealed under Mount Fuji", he almost laughed out loud.
My goodness, the Sengen Shrine has been here for more than 1,200 years, and there has never been any record of any legend about 'sealing the devil on Mount Fuji'. Don't scammers check historical data now?
"Mr. Kyogoku Joan, the daily work of the shrine is not in..."
Before the old priest finished speaking, Kyogoku Qiong stood up and said with a smile: "I know that the Asama Shrine may not believe this. After all, the Asama Shrine has declined from history. It is normal for him not to believe me."
Upon hearing this, the old priest flew into a rage and was about to scold Kyogoku Qiong, but Kyogoku Qiong's next action made the old priest's body tremble!
Kyogoku Qion stood in front of the shoji door. Behind him, countless cherry blossoms were dancing and butterflies were fluttering. The cherry blossoms gathered into whirlwinds and drifted freely in the house.
At this moment, the house seemed to be in a dense cherry forest, with pink everywhere.
The priestess in white and the old priest looked at all this, their eyes filled with shock. The priestess in white was fine, but the old priest was shocked beyond compare.
The scene before him made the old priest so excited that he was speechless. He even thought that he was favored by the great goddess Konohanakayahime and saw the scene of cherry blossoms swirling.
"Now, can you prove what I said?"
Kyogoku Qiong's smiling words interrupted the old priest's thoughts. Kyogoku Qiong stretched out his right hand and clenched his fist. In an instant, all the cherry blossoms disappeared, and the pink just now completely disappeared without a trace, just like a mirage.
After this, the old priest also reacted. At this time, he looked at Kyogoku Qiong with a different look in his eyes, and kept muttering, "I didn't expect... I didn't expect that Yin-Yang magic actually exists. There is actually such a thing as Yin-Yang magic..."
After all, he is a clergyman, and his ability to accept the supernatural is far greater than that of ordinary people. After learning that Kyogoku Qiong possessed the supernatural ability to turn decay into magic, the old priest was particularly excited.
“Nanako, quickly tell everyone what Master Kyogoku Qiong just said. We will stop allowing tourists to visit today and close the mountain to visitors!”
The old priest gave the order hurriedly, and the white-robed priestess named Nanako immediately agreed and began to hurriedly go and give orders to the other priests and priestesses currently working at the Sengen Shrine.
Seeing Nanako leave, the old priest continued to look at Kyogoku Qiong and said kindly: "Mr. Kyogoku Qiong, we only have ten priests and shrine maidens now. The legal working hours are nine o'clock. The other part-time shrine maidens have not come to work yet. Please wait a moment."
After that, the old priest paused again and said, "But please rest assured. If our priests and priestesses find any evil things that leak evil energy, they will notify you as soon as possible."
Kyogoku Qiong had no opinion, he just sat in his seat, feeling a little speechless.
What’s going on? Why do the shrine maidens at Sengen Shrine have working hours and some work part-time?
As if seeing Kyogoku Qiong's doubts, the old priest smiled bitterly and said, "Master Kyogoku Qiong, perhaps you don't know that times have changed."
"Nowadays, there are very few people who were born and raised in the shrine. Most of the clergy are part-timers who come to the shrine occasionally to help and deal with tourists. Otherwise, we can't handle it all by ourselves."
“Nanako is an orphan adopted by the shrine. She grew up in the shrine. There are only nine orphans like her in the Sengen Shrine. There’s nothing we can do about it. This is the era.”
Kyogoku Qion nodded. He actually didn’t care much about this. He only cared about what would happen next.
In twelve hours, the spiritual energy revival will begin in full swing, and I am now ready. Everything is moving in the right direction.
Although he didn't know which priest had the encounter, as long as he stood firmly at the Sengen Shrine, the imperial berry would not escape from his hands.
Time passed by little by little. During this period of time, the old priest followed Kyogoku Qiong almost every step of the way. Kyogoku Qiong did not show any aversion. Instead, he casually pointed out some common sense of cultivation.
But for the old priest who had no experience in cultivation, this casual advice on cultivation common sense did not improve his abilities at all, it just broadened his horizons.
Night had fallen quietly. It was early morning when Kyogoku Qiong arrived at the Sengen Shrine. Now thirteen hours had passed, and there was only one hour left before the spiritual energy would revive!
Looking at the night sky that was about to swallow the sun, Kyogoku Qiong felt a flash of joy in his heart. He glanced at the priestesses and priests who had returned from all around, and asked the old priest, "Excuse me, which priest has not returned yet?"
The old priest counted the number of people and said, "Master Kyogoku Qiong, are all of them back?"
"Are all of them back?"
After being stunned for a moment, Jingji Qiong quickly adjusted himself and said, "It's okay. Since we haven't found anything that can cause the evil spirit to leak out, let's take a good rest. Thank you for your help."
'It should be the time when the spiritual energy is not revived yet. As long as I keep a close eye on these priests after the spiritual energy is revived, I will definitely gain something!'
Kyogoku Qiong thought to himself that at this moment there were only ten minutes left before the spiritual energy was revive!
Those part-time priests and shrine maidens went off work as it was time for them to get off work, and the priests and shrine maidens living in the Sengen Shrine also went to rest under the leadership of the old priest. However, Kyogoku Nozomi stood on the highest stone cliff of the Sengen Shrine, gazing at the full moon in the sky, his heart so excited that it was difficult to describe in words.
Last five minutes!
These last few minutes were so hard to endure. I had already endured a whole year, but the last few minutes were so torturous.
Time passed by minute by minute, and finally, it was time for the spiritual energy to revive!
"In this life, I am the strongest being, no one can stop me!"
Kyogoku Qiong closed his eyes, wanting to feel the surging spiritual energy brought by the revival of spiritual energy. At this moment, he even wanted to tear off his disguise, return to the state of Li Jing, and feel the incomparable power between heaven and earth!
However...nothing happened.
It cannot be said that nothing happened. At the moment when the time came, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth did increase, but it was less than one thousandth of the revival of spiritual energy in memory.
Jingji Qiong was stunned. He looked at the white moon in the sky and Mount Fuji which had not changed at all. He couldn't help but ask, "What's going on? Where is the spiritual energy revival as promised?!"
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