Chapter 392: Chapter 226 - Tiansui Blooming Rice’s Harvest Sickle_1
"The Authority Representative covered his forehead with his hand, silent for a long time before he sighed, ’Miss, please go back...’ "
Lin Xun’s mind raced.
He had disguised himself as a shrine maiden to this point; he could not accept the thought of his efforts being ruined by the mermaid Shell at this moment.
"If all else fails, kill the Authority Representative while he’s possessed!"
At the moment, inside the shrine, even with Master Fan’s Shell, it wouldn’t be easy to win.
He had to use the president’s Shell to control the Authority Representative first, kill him without making any noise, provoking any alert.
Whether or not killing a shrine servant here would trigger any alarms, he also wasn’t sure, but at this point, there were no other choices, he had to take the risk.
Just as Lin Xun was about to switch Shells and kill the Authority Representative, the game text suddenly appeared.
"Your vision blurs for a moment, and the teen goddess statue of ’Tiansui Blooming Rice’ atop the altar began to glow with an eye-catching radiance, spewing streams of radiant, colorful light."
"The cold stone image suddenly softened into fair, soft skin, and the dark eyes gradually became spirited..."
"In the blink of an eye, a slender young girl jumps off the altar and appears in front of you."
"The girl, wearing a pointed bamboo hat, swings her small hoe, and a tender green rice seedling appears in her hand."
"The young girl hands you the seedling, softly saying, ’Hurry, come find me...’"
"After speaking, she turns around quietly, and you feel a bit dazed."
"The statue remains standing on the altar, and the Authority Representative beside you maintains the same hand-on-forehead gesture, apparently completely oblivious to the bizarre scene that just played out."
"You have obtained ’God-given Rice Seedlings’ (Item)"
Lin Xun hurriedly opened his inventory to check.
’God-given Rice Seedlings’ (Item): The legendary tender green rice seedlings planted by the god of harvest. As long as it is planted in soil, it can yield ten thousand measures of rice within a day."
"Using this item, you can awaken the true statue of ’Tiansui Blooming Rice."
He furrowed his eyebrows.
According to what he knew, ’Tiansui Blooming Rice’ belonged to the new gods and was a minor deity under the command of the ’Ancient Heavenly Warden.’
But right now, he was part of the ’Chaos Origin Dragon’ faction, making them clear enemies.
But ’Tiansui Blooming Rice’ manifested a miracle, beckoning Lin Xun to find her...
This item called ’God-given Rice Seedlings’ could awaken the real statue, and the real statue was inside the third hall of the shrine.
Lin Xun originally thought there would be a special event inside the hall, and wanted to investigate when he got a chance. Now, he was being summoned by the enemy’s big boss.
For a moment, he decided to abandon his thoughts of courting death."
But after thinking about it, he felt something was off.
Even if ’Tiansui Blooming Rice’ hadn’t shown a miracle, Lin Xun would have found a way to enter the third hall.
This sudden strange occurrence seemed to have startled the grass and startled the snake."
"Could it be... things aren’t as simple as they seem?"
Various plots stormed in Lin Xun’s head.
For example, ’Tiansui Blooming Rice’ might be a follower of the old gods, who had no choice but to pretend to follow the new gods due to their power.
Now that she had encountered him, a descendant of the Dragon God, she naturally wanted to get closer..."
If ’Tiansui Blooming Rice’ harbored no ill will towards him, the benefits he could gain from the cracks between the deities would be huge."
"Since I’m not even a shrine maiden yet and can’t enter the third hall, let’s deal with the current problem first..."
"The Authority Representative bluntly says the incense smoke is not red. You do not meet the requirements of becoming a shrine maiden, please leave..."
"Do you want to leave the shrine, or argue with him?"
"You show a puzzled expression, claiming that you are Yun Ying and are unmarried. There’s absolutely no possibility for this to occur, and it must be the incense that is problematic!"
"Seeing you quibble, the Authority Representative takes out another incense stick from his robe, cuts his own finger, and smears his blood on the incense."
"He chants a spell again, and the incense stick ignites spontaneously, with a thin red smoke rising."
"The Authority Representative, being male, demonstrated personally to prove that there was no problem with the incense. He told you that this incense stick and the last one used were from the same batch, all handmade by the temple servants, specifically designed for testing, and there had never been any false positives."
"Furthermore, he has hosted the shrine maiden elections for a long time and has seen at least hundreds of candidates. Even though these women did not meet the requirements, none of them had produced smoke as dark as yours..."
Lin Xun widened his eyes, not registering the ’dark as ashes’ comment, instead his thoughts slowly formed into a question, "This... can detect males too?"
So it turned out that lighting an incense stick in the first hall could detect both men and women.
Only that the ’Shishan Society’ did not have such strict requirements for male shrine servants, so this method was only used for shrine maidens.
"You shake your head and insist that it’s a problem with that incense stick, and request for the Authority Representative to give you another incense stick to prove your innocence."
"You take out another 5,000 spiritual points and give it to him."
"Seeing your insistence, and given that not even a courtesan from the red-light district could produce smoke as dark as yours. Not to mention you being the daughter of Master Fan, a young lady of nobility, this result seems unreasonable."
"For a moment, he too begins to suspect whether there was a problem with the incense stick."
"After hesitating for a moment, the Authority Representative takes the spiritual points, hands you another incense and leaves the shrine, closing the door as he goes."
"You have obtained ’Special Incense’ (Item)"
"You look at the incense in your hand and fall into deep thought..."
"5,000 spiritual points for one more chance to try..."
Lin Xun opened his Shells list, hoping to find a suitable one.
