Chapter 436: Chapter 243: Second of the Three Pillar Gods, Nesting Festival_1
[You walk through the gates of Dharma Temple, leaving the barrier.]
[Surprisingly, the guards who were supposed to be asleep at the gate were still awake. You returned the ’Token of Extremity’ to them, waved goodbye and hurriedly left.]
[Where are you heading to?]
[You move towards the known direction, advancing to ’Wuzhi Shrine’...]
[It is not yet late at night, and there are still some hurried people on the street like you.]
[You recall the exact location told by the ’Fire Worshiping Yin Yang Master’. Although ’Wuzhi Shrine’ is within ’Thousand Hui City’, it is located in a remote area and not built in the city center.]
[Temples and shrines are usually built on mountains, symbolizing a closer proximity to the Gods during worship.]
[However, Dharma Temple in Thousand Hui City was not built according to this rule, thus escaping a fate of being leveled and rebuilt as a shrine.]
[’Wuzhi Shrine’ is located on a small hill on the outskirts of Thousand Hui City. You walk for quite a while before you reach the foot of the hill.]
[What surprises you is that there are still many new believers going back and forth on the mountain road at this time, showing that the popularity of ’Wuzhi Shrine’ far exceeds your imagination.]
[There is a three-story inn at the foot of the mountain, named ’Turtle Maru House’, which provides food and accommodation for pilgrims.]
[The inn is bustling with chatter, and the stables set up outside are full of horses, suggesting that many pilgrims are staying here overnight.]
[Should you go directly up the mountain, or first enter ’Turtle Maru House’?]
[You decide to go into the inn first to gather information, hoping to find clues about the ’Ninja Master’.]
[You step into the inn...]
[The first floor of the inn serves as a dining area, which is fully occupied and noisy.]
[You look around, and there are many old faces in the crowd, but none of them resemble the ’Ninja Master’ from your memory.]
Lin Xun’s current form is the Ninja Shell.
The Ninja Shell is native and does not attract attention like the direct gaze of the president.
Moreover, the Ninja Shell is dressed in the uniform of the ’Heartless Ninja’; if the ’Ninja Master’ is here, he is likely to come over and meet the disciple.]
[A waiter from the inn promptly approaches, asking if you want to eat here or stay for the night.]
[When he learns that you want to eat first, but since there are no free seats, he arranges for you to share a table with others.]
[You will share the table with a young couple who seem quite friendly.]
[During the meal interval, you introduce yourself as a foreign Ninja and ask the couple about the information related to ’Wuzhi Shrine’...]
[The enthusiasm of the couple is somewhat beyond your imagination, they are willing to share all they know...]
[’Wuzhi Shrine’ is not yet qualified to worship the main god, and instead worships the two major gods under the ’Ancient Heavenly Warden’, namely the ’High Divine Spirit Command’ and ’Divine Nesting Day’.]
[These two main Gods are the Yin and Yang, who preside over reproduction.]
[The couple has been married for a long time, but has not yet had a child. Upon hearing that a grand ’Nesting Festival’ ceremony is about to be held at the shrine, they decide to lodge near the shrine today so that they can participate in the ceremony at noon tomorrow, offer incense and pray for the grace of the deities to bless them with children.]
[The ’Nesting Festival’ will be held at noon tomorrow and will last for three days, with one maiden being sacrificed each day in hopes that the deities will be pleased and shower them with blessings.]
[The husband a little excited, whispers to you in a secretive manner.]
[Rumour has it that the maiden to be sacrificed on the third day is heavenly beautiful, and unparalleled in her charm.]
[According to the standards of this ’Nesting Festival’, it is sure to make both pillar gods satisfied, and hence bestow blessings...]
"So, divine grace is all about making you two infertile people conceive?"
Lin Xun can’t help but retort.
However, according to the information revealed by the couple, the maiden to be sacrificed on the third day of the ’Nesting Festival’ is likely to be the ’Elder Sister’.
But this is just a guess, Lin Xun can’t be one hundred percent sure.
What if the ’Elder Sister’ is the one being sacrificed on the first day? Then he would have wasted so much effort.
"Either find the ’Ninja Master’ first, or go directly to ’Wuzhi Shrine’."
’Nesting Festival’ is about to be held tomorrow, and the ninja master is most likely lurking near the shrine, ready to strike at any moment.
According to the hold-nothing-back code of conduct of ninjas, if the eldest sister is to be sacrificed on the third day, the ninja master will most likely make his move on the second night of the ceremony.
After the ceremony has been successfully held for two days and the shrine personnel have loosened their guard, this would be the best time for the ninja to make his move.
As for where the ninja master could be hiding... there is only this one inn near the foot of Wuzhi Shrine, making it highly possible for the ninja master to be here.
Besides the dining hall on the first floor, there are also rooms on the second and third floors. Let’s go up and look around.
[The waiter brings the evening dishes. The food is bland and tasteless, nothing more than pickled radishes, fried tofu, and rice soup.]
[As a token of appreciation, you take out two hundred spiritual points to help the couple pay for their meal. You notice that when you bring out your spiritual points, the young wife’s eyes light up, and the couple becomes even more warmly toward your generosity.]
[After dinner, you ask the innkeeper for a room for the night...]
[For five hundred spiritual points, you easily make it to the upper levels of the inn which are filled with modest guest rooms.]
[The innkeeper leads you into a room deep on the third floor, hands you the room key, and hurriedly goes downstairs to serve other customers.]
[Are you going to go to bed or sneak into other rooms to find the ’ninja master’?]
Is he even asking? Well, obviously the latter.
Lin Xun was just about to pick an option when the game text continued.
[There’s a knock at the door, you open the door out of curiosity and see that the young wife from earlier is standing there bashfully.]
[She shyly asks if she could have a late-night talk with the illustrious ninja.]
[You frown, indicating to her husband?]
[The young wife points towards the room next to you, rolling her eyes in irritation, don’t even mention that useless man...]
[From the young woman’s chattering, you understand that she has visited the ’Wuzhi Shrine’ multiple times.]
[Actually, after an extended period without getting pregnant, she had secretly breeched the shrine many times to pray for a child.]
[Unfortunately the two great divine pillars, proven to be effective many times before, failed to deliver when it came to her.]
[Out of desperation she consulted one of the shrine’s priests, who, after a thorough examination, assured her that the problem didn’t lie with her, but with her husband.]
[A few days ago, she secretly took her husband’s semen and went up the mountain again, where her suspicions were confirmed...]
"Oh wow, so you’re not here for a late-night talk, but to have intercourse and conceive a child..."
Lin Chen smiles wryly.
[You suddenly remember that since she has been to the shrine multiple times, it’s possible that she might have encountered ’ninja master’.]
[You describe the ’ninja master’ in detail to her and ask if she has seen anyone matching the description near the shrine.]
[The young wife furrows her brows for a long time before hesitatingly replying that she seems to remember someone who matches the description...]
[A few days ago when she went up the mountain, she encountered a man like the ninja at the Shrine Torii. However, he was not wearing a ninja suit but an ordinary Japanese outfit.]
[Because the shrine was about to hold the ’Nesting Festival’, there were many pilgrims on the mountain. If it weren’t for the fact that he specifically came to talk to her, she wouldn’t have noticed him.]
[What’s odd is that he didn’t go through the Torii, he just asked her a few questions and then left.]
[Just when you were about to ask the young wife about the man’s questions, you find the woman suddenly stiffen and then collapse to the ground.]
[Behind her, completely silent, a short figure appears, wearing a conical straw hat and snow-white Japanese clothes.]
[The older man sheaths his ninja blade, exposing a jade-green gem set at the end of the hilt, glowing faintly in the dark.]
[A hoarse and old voice comes from beneath the straw hat...]
[Yaichi, why are you not guarding your dojo on Tisi Island? What are you doing here?]
Lin Chen’s real name is Yaichi, who is a Medium Ninja.
The medium ninja usually stationed at the Heartless Dojo on Tisi Island has followed his master’s steps to rescue his beloved senior sister.
[You found the ’Fire Worshiping Heartless Ninja Master’!]
