Chapter 880: Chapter 557: Human Cannons, Eight Million Divine Spirits (Part 3)
In the distance lies a steel jungle filled with a sci-fi atmosphere, the towering buildings of the Capital still faintly visible.
Here, the classical and the futuristic create a peculiar yet harmonious fusion.
Arasaka Koichi smiled as he introduced, "The cherry blossoms here are all of the same type of Spirit Wood, the Exotic Cherry Blossoms, extremely rare as thousands gather, their trait of ’Eternal Spring’ working together, ensuring they never wither, no matter the season, and they never bear fruit."
Su Wu gazed at the sea of flowers, "Frozen in the most splendid time, are they?"
Arasaka Koichi, with his sword at his side, pointed to a beautiful mountain peak enveloped in clouds.
One could see marks of sword fights, and faint glimpses of Sword Light flashing by, as if someone was battling up there.
"That is the mountain sect of Fusang’s renowned Dual Swords Mastery, the Soul’s Passage and Six Paths Sword, currently led by a young girl whose sword skills excelled in the recent ’御前大比’ tournament, earning her the runner-up position with her ’Purity Slash’..."
Remyu added, "The ’御前大比’ is similar to the Great Xia’s provincial competitions... or rather, more like a national tournament."
Vishdair nodded, "Oh."
Arasaka Koichi asked politely, "Are you interested in visiting the mountain sect? Though, the current master, Youji, is still at the national border suppressing the beast wave..."
Lin Guang didn’t immediately reply but instead fell into thought.
— Since breakfast this morning, Arasaka Koichi’s car has been waiting on the hotel’s high-altitude platform, prepared to take them to see the various notable or rather inspectable places around the Capital.
The schedule was sent to them through their wristbands, packed tightly, almost segmenting every fifteen minutes from nine in the morning to six in the evening.
The itinerary was detailed to an alarming degree, filled completely from nine in the morning till six in the evening, and if they weren’t interested in certain spots, there were even backup plans.
The arrangement was so precise it seemed as if they had no so-called free time at all.
But if coercion was mentioned... the variety of locations on the list they could choose from and change at will did show a high degree of freedom.
Arasaka Koichi patiently waited for Lin Guang’s response.
— He had long observed... that this young man before him was the one who could decide the direction of this team from Great Xia.
But suddenly he heard an unexpected remark.
"I’ve heard that Fusang claims to have eight million Divine Spirits, and many shrines house living ’Divine Spirits’ that can give blessings."
"We are quite interested in this, can you take us to see?"
Lin Guang seemingly mentioned it casually.
However, at this moment.
Everyone present could sense a very subtle stiffness flashing across Arasaka Koichi’s face, always adorned with a perfect smile.
— Shrines.
In all the options given to them, not a single shrine was listed.
And then, Lin Guang glanced at him and made another request.
"No need to clear the area."
Arasaka Koichi’s silence continued for a few more seconds.
"......"
But he soon resumed his impeccable humble demeanor, deeply bowing to Lin Guang.
"Of course, my lord."
He was extremely sincere, showing a serious expression, "You are the most honored guests of Fusang, and in this vast Fusang, wherever you wish to go, Arasaka will arrange it for you."
...
Half an hour later.
The group had already arrived in front of a certain shrine.
— The Fushimi Inari Shrine in the Capital.
Hundreds of vermilion torii gates of different sizes stretched on endlessly, forming a mysterious path leading to the top of Inari Mountain.
Sunlight filtered through the dense gaps between the torii gates, casting a patchwork of dappled light and shadows on the ground.
The group walked slowly through this red corridor, advancing forward.
"This place worships the Inari God."
Remyu softly explained to everyone.
"It’s said that fifty years ago, this was still the Fushimi Inari Grand Shrine... Grand Shrine means the real head shrine with the ’Inari God’ residing there, only that the main shrine later moved closer to Akita for some reason, leaving this as a branch shrine."
Lin Guang could clearly feel that Lisa’s mood became somewhat complex the moment they stepped into this shrine.
Mixed with a hint of sadness, but more of a feeling akin to a wanderer returning home, of nostalgia and relaxation.
After all, she had grown up in such an environment.
And passing through the torii gates, the main hall of the shrine with its classical charm unfolded, unexpectedly large, merging with the mountain forest in the back, and within the shrine, fox statues with wheat or keys in their mouths were everywhere, looking quite interesting.
At this moment.
Though the area hadn’t been cleared, the shrine appeared somewhat deserted.
There weren’t many worshippers, only occasionally a passerby hanging a "ema" shaped like a fox face on a special rack, filled with wishes for business prosperity, a full family, and such.
But in just an instant, Lisa’s eyes lit up.
Because she saw several "shrine maidens."
They were the ’Inari God’s’ messengers.
Those girls in red and white traditional miko attire, all without exception, had fox ears twitching gently atop their heads.
And behind them was also a fluffy, snow-white fox tail swinging with their steps.
Beastmen!
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