A samurai who doesn't want to be a daimyo is not a good onmyoji

Chapter 141 The Dancing Witch

After walking around for a few more times, the little kunoichi suddenly pointed in a certain direction: "Look over there, is there anything special happening?"

Following the direction of the little kunoichi's finger, the two men discovered something unusual. That direction was extremely lively. There were not only a large number of civilians, businessmen, and samurai, but also a dozen deep-nosed and tall-headed Southern Barbarians in groups. People were watching and cheering from time to time.

Asai Nagamasa also became slightly interested. The town is so prosperous and there are many new things every day. It stands to reason that these people should not gather so easily, but on the other hand, to be able to attract them so much, they must not be ordinary people. things.

So he walked over directly, wanting to watch the excitement.

Taking advantage of his height, he quickly saw clearly that in the middle of the crowd, on a simple and improvised high platform, several beautiful girls wearing red and white witch costumes were dancing there.

Different from the common dances in Nibon nowadays, their dance postures are very energetic and bold. They twist their waists and stretch their legs, showing the youthful vitality of girls. Under the reflection of the sun, their exposed skin is Even with a hint of sweat, he looked full of charm.

No wonder the audience around them, regardless of their age, were all watching intently. In this age, how many adult men can stand such a test?
The most eye-catching ones are the two girls in the middle of the team who are a few years apart and look like sisters. Their clothes are different from the same kind. In addition to the same red and white miko clothes, their wide sleeves are specially made of black and white plaid clothes. During the dance, it was like a butterfly was flying.

Suddenly, he seemed to have noticed Nagamasa Asai's fiery eyes, and the maiden sister who looked the most outstanding among them, who looked less than 20 years old, turned her head and smiled at him.

This smile is like a hundred flowers blooming. Although her appearance is strictly inferior to Owari's most beautiful woman, Oda City, and roughly on par with the frost beauty Nohime and Axiu, who has a dull face all day long, at this moment , Asai Nagamasa suddenly felt a desire in his heart.

Different from his admiration and admiration for Ah Shi, he was very eager to get that woman because he could feel that there seemed to be something in her body that was attracting him.

But then he was stunned. This was not like his character. He immediately realized that he was affected again, just like the lustful bird in Qingzhou City.

Guardian spirits are good, and they can also bring quite strong power to the possessed, but this is annoying. When the possessed is not strong enough, they will in turn affect the possessed under some special circumstances. Body person.

But since that time, he has deliberately used magic to protect his mind, and also signaled to Qiao Ji that if he encounters a similar situation again, he must remind him that her cold water power can calm his mind.

So soon when Qiao Ji's power started from his arms and slowly spread throughout his body, his slightly restless mind was gradually calmed down.

While watching the witch dance, he conveyed his thoughts calmly: "Huang Long, tell me what you think, what is so special about this woman?"

He originally thought it was Biyiniao, the lustful bird, but he soon realized that this time he had mistakenly blamed the other party. It was not Biyiniao, but Huanglong who had influenced him.

Well, speaking of it, he still doesn’t know whether this Hidden Yellow Dragon is a boy or a girl.
Huang Long said with some excitement: "I have noticed the power of faith. There is faith in this woman's body!"

Nagamasa Asai was a little confused when he heard this: "She seems to be a witch from a shrine. It is normal to have faith. After all, if she doesn't even believe in it herself, what can she do to attract believers?"

Wait, Asai Nagamasa suddenly remembered what he had said to Huang Long last time about the issue of faith.

"Then what do you mean?"

"Catch her, let her be my priest and witch, and let her promote faith for me. Faith is also power. When there is enough power, maybe hundreds or thousands of years later, I will be able to reshape my own real body!"

Just from the tone of his voice, you could tell that Huang Long was obviously a little over-excited at this time.

Asai Nagamasa didn't know what to say for a while. For a mythical and legendary creature like Huanglong, maybe hundreds of years are really not worth mentioning, but he didn't have that much time. Abe Seimei was so powerful back then. In the end Didn't it turn into a handful of loess?

But if Huanglong can use the power of faith to become stronger, it will definitely be good for him right now.

"okay, I get it."

The communication between souls was so fast that in the outside world, the leading miko, whom Huang Long regarded as the target, was still looking at the direction of Asai Nagamasa with a smile, causing the men around him to get excited, thinking that The other party is looking at themselves.

The next moment, the speed of the witch's dance suddenly became much faster. Her companions were obviously a little surprised, so they could not keep up in time, but this did not affect the dance, because as the witch danced, The three tones of red, white and black on her body suddenly became much more lively, as if there were countless butterflies flying.

No, not like, but real red or white butterflies flew out of her and landed on the nearby spectators.

There was an uproar around them, and they all reached out to try to check whether the butterflies were real or fake.

But before they touched those butterflies, they had already disappeared into the air like phantoms.

After a brief period of shock and calm, they all clapped their hands excitedly. Although there were many various performances in Jie Town every day, when had they ever seen such a wonderful performance?These butterflies look so real!

Asai Nagamasa also found it very interesting. He felt extremely subtle fluctuations in mana, but those butterflies were not pure spells, but illusions cast by the opponent with the help of some special props, which almost made it look fake. This miko sister Very smart, and does have a bit of power.

At this time, the shrine maiden turned around handsomely, lowered her head slightly, and gave a light salute: "The little girl Aguo is a shrine maiden of Izumo Shrine. Recently, at the invitation of many wealthy businessmen, she and many sisters came to the town to perform dances. I met you today. , Sure enough, there are so many heroes in Jiezhen!"

After a brief pause, the shrine maiden Aguo continued: "My little lady, I only have one thing to ask for. Please give me your help and help me prosper Izumo Shrine!"

Before she finished speaking, Miko Aguo turned around, and a large number of cherry blossoms fell down in time, covering her almost instantly. When the cherry blossoms fell to the ground, Miko Aguo had completely disappeared.

At this time, the girl whose face was somewhat similar to hers took out some basins and bowls from somewhere, and led the other girls towards the surrounding audience. Her purpose was self-evident.

Seeing the large number of spectators generously donating money, Asai Nagamasa not only raised his eyebrows slightly. If those butterflies were illusions, but when Miko Aguo disappeared from the cherry blossoms, although most of them were still illusions, he could detect some magic. .

The Izumo Shrine is dedicated to the god of marriage, the God of God. It is said that every October, the gods will go to Izumo for a meeting, so October is also called Kanna Moon.

The only exception is Izumo itself. Because the gods gather here, October here is called the Kamiyu Month, and Izumo is also called the place where the gods gather.

However, a contemporary shrine maiden from such a long-established shrine is so miserable that she comes out to make a living by performing arts. Moreover, she does not fully use spells, but uses spells plus low-level illusions.

Is it because she feels that using magic for performing arts is too wasteful, or is she actually nothing more than that?

But no matter what, Huang Long's little wish doesn't seem to be easy to realize.
Shima Sakon sighed a little: "Even the famous Izumo Shrine has fallen to its current situation. Do even mikos have to dance for money?"

Nagamasa Asai disagreed: "Since Buddhism was introduced to Nepal, many shrines have gradually declined. In order to survive, this is something that cannot be done."

Shintoism, as the native religion of Nibon, may have been popular among the people in ancient times. However, when Buddhism was introduced to Nibon, Shintoism immediately encountered a strong challenge and quickly fell into disadvantage.

Even later, many Shinto were forced to absorb Buddhist beliefs, package their gods as members of Buddhism, or simply turn into Buddhist protectors, in order to seek the possibility of survival.

However, they underestimated the influence of Buddhism on ignorant people. Over time, even the believers of these gods believed that their gods were members of Buddhism. Even later, Buddhism began to consciously and actively promote the Nibon gods as their protectors. God, the local Shinto religion is trying to steal a chicken but lose a handful of rice, and it has trapped itself in a cocoon.Nowadays, Shintoism is so far behind Buddhism that it cannot even be called a rival. Daimyos from all over the world will not easily provoke temples, but they will find some excuses to confiscate part of the shrine's land and loot some gold and silver. Treasures and all, they still have the guts to do it.

In the final analysis, it is because of the uniqueness of Buddhist teachings that they are so good at confusing people and fooling people, which gives them extremely strong power.

For example, one of the most notorious Ichixiang sects, no matter how many bad things they have done in life, no matter whether they can recite sutras or not, as long as they believe in them, they can become Buddhas after death. The hardships in this life are for the light of the next life.

This is too attractive to the ignorant people who struggle painfully for a mouthful of food all day long but are unable to change the current situation.

Although many smart people know that this is a complete deception, they can't prove it with facts.

In comparison, the beliefs and slogans of these shrines are very different. The two sides are not on the same level at all.

Even the famous Izumo Shrine has now reached the point where even the shrine maidens have to dance for the merchants. You must know that in the laws of Nippon, the status of the two sides is actually very different!

Just as they were talking, a little witch holding an iron basin also walked in front of Asai Nagamasa and the others. Looking at her face, she was the younger sister of the leading witch A Guo.

The little girl, who looked not much older than the little kunoichi, looked openly at Nagamasa Asai, obviously very curious about him, and at the same time she couldn't help but murmur in her heart.

Leaving aside the previous scene under the cherry blossom tree, just looking at the appearance and temperament of the other party, you can tell that he is definitely not an ordinary samurai. No wonder my sister made a decision so simply.

Asai Nagamasa smiled at the little girl, and then casually threw a few taels of silver over. While the other party thanked happily, he was communicating with Huang Long.

"Huang Long, I also feel a very small amount of power in her body. Does she also have the potential to become a miko?"

Although she is much weaker than the Saito Rizo she met a few days ago, and she may not be able to use even the lowest level spells, there is indeed magic in the little miko's body, and it does not come from external objects. The magic power she cultivated independently.

In the situation where the strength gap between the two sides is so large and the distance is so close, Asai Nagamasa can still guarantee this.

"Of course, it's just that I was carried away before, but now I have an important problem. They have magic power and faith. If we forcibly kidnap these two witches, the gods behind them will probably be angry because of this. ?”

Only at this moment did Huang Long think of the consequences, and Asai Nagamasa was really speechless.

Really, is it that stupid to begin with, or was it knocked stupid by its old enemy Gou Chen?

"You don't need to worry too much about this. Although Nibon claims to have 800 million gods, as early as Abe Seimei's era, traces of gods were very rare. Now, hundreds of years later, there are even fewer than before. Otherwise, Those shrines will not be in such a state of decline."

If the shrine can display divine power, it will be more attractive than what Buddhism promises. After all, the future promised by Buddhism can only be seen after death, but the magic is real.

Asai Nagamasa then changed his voice: "Besides, you probably don't know who the god behind the Izumo Shrine is, so that's why you have concerns?"

Nibon claims to have 800 million gods, but most of them are just make-up numbers. Many of the middle and lower-level gods are simply monsters, and they are also very bad monsters, the kind that can be killed by humans.

It's just that the people are ignorant and can't distinguish them, so they worship them all as gods.

Behind Izumo Shrine, where Aguo comes from, is enshrined the Lord Okunin. Although he is not a monster and is a member of the real gods, as a god, his record is very ridiculous.

In the beginning, he competed with his brothers for a beautiful goddess, and then for some reason he aroused public anger and was killed twice by his brothers. He only had to be rescued by his mother to be resurrected, which was very embarrassing.

Due to her mother's special preference for him, he finally succeeded in meeting the goddess's father. However, when the other party wanted to set a test to see whether the great king would be a qualified husband and son-in-law, the great king was... I was frightened by the various arduous trials described by the other party.

Then he directly chose to escape.

The goddess's father was very helpless. He had never seen such a cowardly male god.

But there is no way, who makes his daughter like it?At least the great king's appearance is still very handsome, which is probably his only advantage.

In the end, the helpless old father could only take the initiative to catch up, and without any trial, he directly promised his daughter, who was full of joy, to him, and named him the Lord God of the Great Country.

When she just got married, the goddess was still full of joy because her wish came true and she married this handsome male god.

But she soon discovered that her husband was completely inconsistent with the heroic image she had imagined in her mind. He was not only timid, but also cowardly and incompetent. The goddess paid a heavy price for her original impulse.

The goddess who realized what her husband was was also very straightforward. After giving birth to the child for the Lord of Okuninami, she ran all the way back to her parents' home.

She didn't want to get divorced from a weak, incompetent, and unmotivated wimp all her life!

The Great Lord God just stayed there stupidly, neither asking for mercy from his father-in-law nor trying to get back together with his ex-wife.

Later, Amaterasu, one of the three noble sons, wanted to rule the human world (Ashihara China), so he sent his gods down to earth. When it came to Izumo, the main god of the country did not dare to confront him head-on, but he was unwilling to do so, so he passed the responsibility to His two sons, let them take the lead.

Of course the result was a blast.

Amaterasu is the third noble son and the head of the three main gods of Nippon. The gods under her are naturally not too weak. At this point, the main god of the country who has nowhere to hide has no choice but to admit Amaterasu's rule.

It can be said that the Great Lord God is lackluster in terms of both military strength and intelligence, and can even be said to be inferior.

Such a god, let alone the fact that he has not shown any sign for hundreds of years, has gone to nowhere, and even if he is dead or not, even if he is really standing in front of him, Asai Nagamasa still looks down on him.

This has nothing to do with each other's strength, but the difference in character, intelligence, and even ambition, which destined him to always look down on the other.

How different is such a powerful country lord from his cheap dad Asai Hisamasa in the Asai family?They are all so incompetent.

Well, maybe it’s not appropriate to say Asai Hisamasa. After all, he is not a complete waste. In the more than ten years of fighting against the Rokkaku family, he at least served as a logistics officer and other positions. Compared with the Great Lord God, he is still more Some are more responsible.

After Asai Nagamasa's explanation, Huang Long felt relieved.

The innate sanctities of the world where it originally resided were so powerful that it was unimaginable. Even he, who claimed to be one of the Five Spirits of Heaven, absolutely did not want to offend those truly powerful beings.

In comparison, the so-called gods in this world don't seem to have much power or power at all.
(End of this chapter)