Chapter 454: Chapter 251: Burning Blood and Soul Gu, Barrier·Void Domain_1
[You approached the bedside and took out the forbidden medicine that the ’Ninja Master’ had hidden in his chest.]
[There are two pills, one big and one small, both appear to be blood-red in color, faintly emitting a smell of blood.]
[You observed closely, and the smaller pill suddenly wriggled, followed by the larger pill.]
[These ’pills’ are clearly not inanimate objects, but some kind of unknown strange creatures!]
[The ’Burning Blood Poison mother’ (special item): an exceptionally valuable secret poison originated from the Vermillion Empire, the mother poison can be used to control the offspring poison. Crushing the mother poison will obliterate the soul of the user of the offspring poison in exchange for the release of all the potential in their physical body, the Shell.]
[The ’Burning Blood Poison offspring’ (special item): an exceptionally valuable secret poison originated from the Vermillion Empire, the offspring poison is extremely poisonous and malevolent. The user becomes controlled, as the offspring poison feeds off their souls, continuously releasing power.]
[The faint voice of the ’Ninja Master’ resounded again...]
[This forbidden medicine could heal his hidden old wounds and restore him to his peak state, but its effect was temporary and could not last long.]
[After taking the forbidden medicine, it will fall into a deep sleep stimulated by secret techniques.]
[Tonight, you will need to go up the mountain with your best friend to rescue Purple Leaf.]
[In case you encounter insurmountable adversaries, crush the other pill, it will wake up and come to assist you as fast as it can.]
[Do you want to feed the ’Burning Blood Poison offspring’ to the ’Ninja Master’?]
With a long sigh, Lin Xun clicked on ’Yes’.
[As the ’Ninja Master’ instructed, you fed it the slightly smaller ’offspring’ pill, and carefully stored the other ’mother’ pill.]
[After taking the pill, a sickly blush appeared on the ’Ninja Master’s face. He cast a secret technique with his hands, and soon fell asleep deeply... ]
[...]
Lin Xun put down his phone and lit a cigarette.
Behind the light blue smoke was his somewhat troubled expression.
After a while, he extinguished the cigarette, picked up his phone, and resumed the game.
He summoned the Valkyrie in the guest room to protect the slumbering Ninja Master.
Lin Xun switched to ’Master Fan’s’ Shell, left the inn, and arrived at the base of the ’Wuzhi Shrine’.
[The mountain in front of you is not very high, but there are many pilgrims climbing it, most of them being couples.]
[People passing by, discussing the upcoming ’Nesting Festival’ ceremony, which is to be held at noon, participating in the ritual for the two gods of fertility could grant them offspring.]
[You followed the crowd up the mountain path, as an elder among the pilgrims, you are not noticeable, with many older people are coming here to burn incense for their juniors.]
Although the Ninja Master has said to act at night, this doesn’t prevent Lin Xun from scouting out the enemy first.
Understanding the situation inside the ’Wuzhi Shrine’ in advance is vital to carrying out the rescue plan more effectively.
[Most of the bustling crowd stops for a rest at the torii gate halfway up the mountain.]
[Although the mountain is not high, the mountain road is winding and spiralling upwards.]
[From the casual chatter of the pilgrims, you learn that the ’Wuzhi Shrine’ has three torii gates: the first one is vermilion-colored, the second one is purple-red, and the third one is dark purple.]
[The more torii gates there are, the more prosperous the shrine is, and the higher the status of the gods enshrined.]
[It is said that in the ’Capital within sakura fall’ where the statue of the ’Ancient Heavenly Warden’ is enshrined in the ’Temple of Heavenly Brightness’, thousands of torii were used to construct a long mountain road, known as the beautiful ’Thousand Torii’...]
[You look up at the tall torii gate in front of you, under the vermilion crossbeam there is a ’shimenawa’ rope fluttering slightly in the wind.]
[Hanging from the ’shimenawa’ are a string of white ’gohei’ offerings, which are made by folding white paper into several ’Z’ shapes to offer to the gods.]
[Most of the Divine Domain power emitted by the torii comes from the ’shimenawa’ and ’gohei’.]
[You stepped slowly past the tall vermilion torii, feeling an overwhelming surge of power sweeping over your shell.]
[Compared to small shrines like the ’Shishan Society’, the Divine Domain power of the ’Wuzhi Shrine’ is so massive that it’s a bit frightening.]
[You know that if you have a conflict with the shrine officials in this kind of Divine Domain power, it would certainly not be wise.]
[You continued up the mountain path. Not long after, you saw the second torii gate.]
[Just as the pilgrims mentioned, the second torii is purple-red in color. The Divine Domain power just past the torii was even more tremendous.]
[...]
[After passing through the dark purple third torii, you were filled with awe. This was the oppression brought to you by the even more surging Divine Domain power.]
[The continuous Divine Domain power reminds you that in the domain of these two pillar gods, you are nothing but a negligible weakling.]
[Devout worship and offering incense is what you should be doing. If you harbor any impure thoughts, under this vast power, you would be pulverised to dust.]
[...]
[There was no one guarding the main gate of the shrine, only swarming in are the bustling pilgrims, and the two Komainu stone sculptures guarding either side.]
[You follow the crowd into the shrine...]
[All you can see are heads moving about. There are two buildings standing on either side of the shrine pathway, which are the Kaguraden and the office.]
[The shrine pathway extends deep into the shrine, passing through three magnificent halls in succession: the Worship Hall, the Coin Palace, and the Main Hall.]
[Unlike the Shishan Society, the ’Wuzhi Shrine’ is a large and prosperous shrine where ordinary pilgrims can only offer incense in the Worship Hall where there are no statues of gods.]
[Then, they must go inside the Coin Palace to submit coins and offerings, donate money.]
