Spiritual communication, close to God.
Almost all shrine maidens have their own special strengths and expertise, with psychics being the most prominent among them.
It means you can talk to the dead, gods, monsters, etc.
A priestess must be unmarried, a virgin, and the purest woman.
"Because there's a saying that shrine maidens are the wives of gods," Peach whispered to Su Deng.
Su Deng paused slightly, "So choosing a priestess is like choosing a wife for the gods?"
"Keep your voice down." Speaking ill of the gods is punishable.
Peach pulled her to a corner, saying, "That's essentially how it is."
The shrine maidens of Wushan Shrine are wives chosen by the gods, and therefore, once they become shrine maidens, they can never marry.
Even so, countless women still flocked to him.
Because once you become the goddess of the Wushan Shrine, your status and power are even greater than those of the royal family. You serve the most revered deity, are the wife of the god, and are the god's spokesperson, conveying the god's will to the world.
She is the most noble woman in the world, and no one dares to disrespect her.
Peach looked at the mountain and said, "That is an unparalleled honor."
Seeing the longing look on her face, Su Deng asked, "Then... do gods really exist?"
"Shh!" Peach quickly covered her mouth. "Of course gods exist!"
Su Deng dodged her hand. "Have you seen it before?"
Peach: "No."
Su Deng: "How do you know it exists if you don't have it? Isn't it something someone made up to fool people like you?"
"Chunzi!!" Momoko looked frightened as she heard her increasingly outrageous words and tried to cover her mouth. "What's wrong with you? You've started being disrespectful to the gods just because you're sick!"
Su Deng: "..."
Do gods that no one has ever seen really exist?
Why should a woman stay on that mountain for him her whole life?
She was just offering a guess, was she wrong?
But seeing how frightened Taozi looked, she didn't continue.
Ding—Ding—
Suddenly, a bell rang in the courtyard.
Taozi pulled Su Deng and ran into another courtyard, saying, "Let's go to class."
The so-called classes were conducted by the current head priest of Wushan Shrine, who sent a senior priest to train these shrine maidens in etiquette and rules.
Including Riki Tsunomiya, there are a total of twelve candidates for priestess.
They were all girls, young, and very beautiful.
When Taozi and Sudeng came in, they were chattering away.
Even if they can't become the shrine maiden of Wushan Shrine, they might become shrine maidens of other shrines after leaving here. Although they can't compare to Wushan Shrine, their status is still quite high, and everyone's face is filled with longing.
Riki Ninomiya entered last, dressed in white with long, flowing hair in crimson hakama, looking elegant and beautiful. She held a pure black cat in her arms, exuding grace and intellect. Whether still or in motion, she was like a painting.
As soon as she entered, the other girls fell silent. Their gazes fell on her with a mixture of jealousy and envy, and some even scoffed, saying she was faking it.
This wasn't because Riki Tsunomiya was unsociable; she was being ostracized.
Riki Ninomiya didn't care and acted as if she hadn't heard anything. She walked to her seat at the back and knelt down. The black cat named Acha lay obediently on the ground beside her.
Is this Ah Cha really the Ah Cha from the fairy tale world?
Su Deng sat in her seat, propping her head up with one hand, watching Riki Cinomiya and her cat, wondering why she had run into her.
She whispered, "404?"
There was no response to the 404 error.
If you can only clear this game instance by becoming the goddess of the Wushan Shrine, wouldn't she be competing with Riki Jigami?
Of all the many executors in the Divine Court, Riki Ninomiya came to test her identity but did not kill her.
Riki Ninomiya...
Su Deng narrowed her eyes.
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The selection of the shrine maiden this time was special, so the chief priest personally came to instruct her. The chief priest would also come occasionally, along with the senior priestesses from other shrines.
The shrine maiden who taught them the etiquette today was a shrine maiden from another shrine, a retired one.
Her name is Chunhe Huizi.
She looked to be in her fifties or sixties, dressed in the same white robes and scarlet trousers, but with an extra layer of blouses. She wore sacks and took off her wooden clogs at the door and walked in gracefully.
The candidates for witches seemed to be afraid of her, and immediately fell silent, knelt upright, and each of them looked serious.
"There are three days until the official selection of the priestesses. In these three days, you must learn the sacred music and dance for prayer and ritual. Those chosen by the gods will directly participate in the Wushan Divine Festival five days later, praying for the world and communicating with the gods..."
As Chunhe Huizi was talking to the others, her gaze fell on Su Deng, who was sitting casually. She frowned, took a thin stick, and lightly tapped her.
He scolded, "The first etiquette we've been taught in the past two weeks is the kneeling posture. The kneeling posture must be correct. What kind of posture is this?"
"..." Su Deng looked at her legs, which were sitting cross-legged, and slowly pulled them back up to stand up and kneel down again.
Haruka Keiko nodded in satisfaction, her gaze sweeping over the impeccably elegant and upright-kneeling Riki Tsunomiya beside her. "You and Miss Tsunomiya are the most promising priestesses among this batch of candidates. You two must not disappoint me."
The moment she uttered those words, Su Deng felt the envious gazes directed at her.
Riki Tsunomiya lowered her head and stroked the head of the black cat beside her.
Five days later, the Wushan Shrine will be in charge of the Wushin Festival, with the shrine maidens responsible for prayer, exorcism, and rituals.
Haruka and Keiko didn't talk about spiritual communication, but they taught them rituals such as prayer and exorcism, as well as Kagura dance.
Su Deng couldn't do it at all, and couldn't keep up with the rhythm even when watching others dance.
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