The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 309 The New Year Begins (6)

The stone lamps along the road in the yard kept lighting up along the road, like signposts, allowing people to know where to go at a glance, saving the trouble of finding directions.

Qian Xiaoyi looked back at the door, which had closed automatically. He nodded. From these signs, it can be seen that the other party is not a too conservative person and is not averse to modern technology, so it should not be difficult to deal with him.

He had seen some classical families or sects. Most of them were fine, but a small number of them were just like people from the feudal era. They attached great importance to various traditional rules, regardless of whether those rules were outdated or not. They also held a disgusted attitude towards modern new things, and muttered about the decline of morals and the collapse of rites and music every day.

Qian Xiaoyi was annoyed with dealing with those old guys. Every time he talked to them, he wanted to ask them, "Is this in accordance with Zhou rituals?" to mock them. If they loved to worship the ancients so much, why didn't they restore the monarchy and invite the emperor back?

Therefore, there is a reason why the cognitive school and the classical school have a bad relationship. The two sides dislike each other and only get together during the annual sacrificial ceremonies to go through the motions.

After all, many cognitive schools were classical schools before, and they have a seniority gap, and have inextricable ties with religion, so it is impossible to cut them off directly. Therefore, usually everyone keeps to themselves and does their own thing.

Therefore, Qian Xiaoyi had a pretty good first impression of the heir of the Xingchang family, whom he had never met before. At least he didn't have to be too reserved when speaking, for fear that his words would annoy the other person.

Walking along the road, they bypassed the main house and came to a building at the edge of the yard that looked like a large warehouse. An LED arrow light sign was next to the door of the warehouse, flashing with the words "Entrance" and "Welcome".

There is a plaque on the door of the warehouse, with the three characters "Xingchangtang" written in vigorous and powerful strokes. But in front of the plaque is the English word "Super" displayed on an LED light sign, which keeps flashing and changing colors, completely destroying the ancient artistic conception of the plaque, making it look like some hidden nightclub.

"[Super·Hoshibado]... Is this store really okay?" Inuyama Heita asked, "It feels suspicious."

Qian Xiaoyi smiled and said, "I feel pretty good about this. It means the owner here is very unique. Then, let's go in. I heard that the owner of this store will give a big surprise to first-time guests."

"Surprise..." Inuyama Heita looked at Qian Xiaoyi with a blank look. He always suspected that Qian Xiaoyi had some bad intentions, so he said, "Then Brother Yi, you go in first, I'll follow you."

"Tsk~ You're quite cautious~" Qian Xiaoyi shrugged nonchalantly: "Whoever goes in first will go in first."

He pushed the door open and walked in, followed closely by Inuyama Heita. As soon as he stepped through the door, Inuyama Heita got goose bumps all over his body. He looked up, but where was Qian Xiaoyi? In front of him was a strange shop, with a dim chandelier hanging from the ceiling and all kinds of unrelated things on the shelves on both sides, just like an antique grocery store.

Although he looked ordinary, Inuyama Heita's psychic intuition told him that he had entered another world.

"Ghostland!" Inuyama Heita immediately recognized his situation. He looked back and saw that the door behind him was closed, preventing him from going out. In front of the center of the shelf, the exit sign kept flashing in the dark, as if it was out of contact, but it was obviously reminding him where to go.

Just when Inuyama Heita was in doubt, a music box on the shelf suddenly opened, and accompanied by ethereal and strange music, the ballet figure on the music box began to spin, as if dancing. Then, other products that were placed neatly also changed!
The Buddha statues shed tears of blood, the portraits of people changed their appearance, the samurai swords began to vibrate...even the chandeliers began to shake, swaying the light and shadows.

Every piece of cargo exuded a pressure that Inuyama Heita could not ignore. He could feel that these things, just like the utility knife that sealed Miss Shizuka on his body, sealed evil spirits!

"It's not good, Inuyama clan!" Ken reminded him in his ear, "These guys are showing off their power. There are too many of them. Run away quickly! We can't beat them."

"Is this... the so-called welcome ceremony?" Inuyama Heita gritted his teeth and walked firmly towards the direction of the passage. He is no longer the novice he used to be. He knows very well how to stay calm and maintain his cognition in this situation.

Besides, Brother Yi had already informed him in advance, so even if the surroundings looked very dangerous, he shouldn't be harmed.

Sure enough, although he was very close to the things on the shelves on both sides, and the evil spirits sealed in those things were just a little bit away from reaching out and grabbing him, there seemed to be a transparent glass wall between them and Inuyama Heita, separating the two. He was safe along the way, which also confirmed Inuyama Heita's idea.

"Guessed right..." Inuyama Heita came to the exit. As soon as he stepped out and came to the next room, the pressure on his body was swept away and the sounds in his ears disappeared. He immediately looked back and saw that he had walked through only a short passage, and the things in the glass containers on both sides were still there, with no signs of disturbance at all.

"Did it take you five minutes to walk over here? You still have a lot of practice to do, Heitaro."

Qian Xiaoyi's voice was heard, Inuyama Heita turned his head and saw Qian Xiaoyi standing in front of him. There was a counter in front of them, and behind the counter sat a man who looked weak.

The man was wearing a black headscarf with dreadlocks showing underneath it. He was wearing a gray baseball jacket and jeans and had a beard on his chin. He looked like a DJ in a nightclub or a hip-hop musician. He was leaning on a recliner behind the counter, looking very lazy. If he was not mistaken, he should be the owner of this store. In any case, Inuyama Heita could not associate him with an exorcist.

"Five minutes is not bad, your assistant." The hip-hop man said, "Some of the worse guys took more than half an hour to walk through that passage for the first time. Ah, you may know that guy, the ghost vine guy."

"It took me five minutes?" Inuyama Heita was a little surprised. He felt that he had just walked that road for only a few dozen seconds. How could it be five minutes? He didn't feel anything at all?
Qian Xiaoyi tapped Inuyama Heita's head and said, "Don't be in a daze. Let me introduce myself. This is the owner of this store, Mr. Hoshiba Ryou."

"YO~Hello." Xingchangrang said, "Since we may deal with each other often in the future, just call me Arang. Did my greeting just now scare you? Sorry, sorry, then you can only blame Mr. Qian, he could have brought you here directly."

Qian Xiaoyi said jokingly, "We can't waste this rare welcome ceremony. How do you feel, Heitaro? You didn't pee your pants in fear with all those evil spirits around, did you?"

Inuyama Heita said with a dark face: "Please don't make such jokes next time."

(End of this chapter)