I'm a thankful fox in Tokyo

Chapter 248 Yuanjun is diligent in his work?

Afterwards, Iori Tadamichi began to recite in a solemn voice a prayer praying for the extermination of evil spirits and peace in the sea and rivers, and the people watching the ceremony fell silent.

After the prayer was finished, the old man picked up a branch of the willow tree and performed the ritual movements.

Livni came over with a selfie stick in her hand and asked Dongye Yu curiously in her unfamiliar Japanese language: "Mr. Dongye, what was the priest chanting just now?"

The lady in front of him had a strange accent, and it took Dongye Yu a second to react.

First, with a polite smile on his face, he said, "I can understand you even if you speak English."

Then he simply answered her question: "The prayer the priest said was about asking the gods to drive away the evil spirits and praying for peace."

Livni nodded thoughtfully and asked, "Mr. Dongye, do you believe that there are gods and ghosts in the world?"

Dong Yeyu pondered for two seconds and said seriously: "This is a kind of religious culture. Its essence is the working people's yearning for a better life. Of course, if you insist on asking me whether there are definitely supernatural phenomena, then I think it is better not to make rash judgments before there is definite evidence."

Neither the demon hunters nor the government want people to know about the existence of gods and demons.

Most mortals are not capable of dealing with these dangers. Sometimes knowing too much does no good, just as in the Cthulhu worldview, people with dull inspiration are more likely to live in peace and happiness until old age. This is a kind of protection.

Livni was obviously not satisfied with Higashino Yu's somewhat official remarks, and she turned her attention to the girl in a dress next to Higashino Yu.

Previously, she was attracted by Dong Yeyu and did not notice the girl standing next to him. But when she took a closer look, she was immediately surprised.

Obviously, she felt more familiar with Yuko, who was of European descent.

Noticing that the two people were close to each other and the girl was pulling Dongye Yu's sleeve, Livni was a little curious about their relationship: "Are you Mr. Dongye's?"

Miko didn't like this travel blogger who asked so many questions. She just looked at her calmly and said, "Friend."

Not a younger sister? Dong Yeyu glanced at the girl, feeling somewhat surprised. Previously, Miko had always considered herself his younger sister, so why was she so distant now?

The ceremony soon came to an end, and no divine apparitions occurred. However, Dongye Yu did have some mysterious feeling in his spiritual perception. He couldn't explain what it was, but the feeling was positive.

Maybe this is the blessing of God?

The Kunitsu Goddess named Inahohime took good care of herself, and although she hoped that she could become Gozen Inari, she had a purpose, but if she thought that only unconditional devotion could be considered a favor, then she would be too ungrateful.

Higashino Yu was indeed grateful in his heart, but when he thought about the fact that Princess Inaho hoped to recruit him to be her royal Inari, he felt inexplicably sad. It is easy to repay the kindness of mortals, but it is difficult to repay the kindness of gods.

What if in the end, nothing can be done and I really become Gozen Inari? How long will I have to serve as a messenger of God to repay the favor?

It's not that being Princess Inaho's messenger is a bad thing. After all, he is just a wild fox who hasn't even achieved the golden elixir. In the eyes of outsiders, being able to reserve Gozen Inari is like a great honor.

But as a native of China, Dong Yeyu still has a dream of being a free and unrestrained immortal.

In the morning I traveled to Beihai and in the evening I traveled to Cangwu, with a green snake in my sleeve and a bold heart. I got drunk three times in Yueyang and no one recognized me, and I chanted across Dongting Lake.

Once you become a messenger of God, you cannot leave your post without permission. You must either be working on documents or guarding the kingdom of God. How can you be free and easy?

Dong Ye Yu sighed softly and decided to take it one step at a time.

Iori Tadamichi, who stood in front of the main hall, removed the sacred offerings, chanted a blessing, closed the main hall door, and announced the end of this temporary festival.

As soon as he finished speaking, the priests let go and started chatting with each other with smiles. Although they lived in the same town, they didn't see each other often, and the festival was a good opportunity for them to exchange feelings.

The young workers began to walk forward and collect the musicians' instruments and put them back into the large wooden boxes.

"I have to go help, Miss Livney. See you later."

Higashino Yu said goodbye to the travel blogger, walked to the center of the field and moved the wooden table used for Iori Tadamichi's sacrifice back to the yard of Iori's house, and Miko followed behind him.

"Does Dong Ye Ni San want to be a blogger?"

"There is such a plan, but there was no progress before, so it was temporarily shelved."

"For money?"

Miko was a little curious. In her impression, apart from training and studying, Higashino Yu seemed to be running around for money, and he started getting along with Asumi Sanae because of money.

Of course, she knew that Dongye Yu had been sending money to Sunshine Garden in Kyoto, so apart from some special emotions in her heart that she didn't know what they were, she actually admired him very much.

Dong Yeyu thought for a moment and said, "Not entirely. It is very interesting to be able to meet and talk with many people on the Internet who I would never have met in my life under normal circumstances."

As soon as he finished speaking, the phone in his pocket kept vibrating as if it had epilepsy. He took it out and took a look. The number of fans, which was originally in the single digits, has now increased to more than a thousand, and the number is still jumping and increasing from time to time.

If Miss Livni edited the live broadcast process into a video and posted it online, it should attract more fans, right?
While moving the tables, chairs and benches back to Iori's house, Higashino Yu was thinking about what style of blogger he should be in the future.

You can attract fans by directing traffic, but you need to be active to retain fans, and you also have to consider long-term development. You can't just rely on your appearance. The threshold for the blogger industry is extremely low, and good-looking people are everywhere.

Of course, we can't do anything shameless. After all, we are orthodox monks and we have to have some dignity.

Now is the information age, all the dark history can be recorded in the form of video. If I become a master in the future, I might be ridiculed for the time I spent doing this until the era restarts.
But you can’t shoot videos of exorcising demons, otherwise you will be banned by the platform.

No industry or profession is easy. Dong Yeyu thought for a while but had no idea. He had to think about it carefully.

After the festival, Higashino Yu returned to his room to pack his luggage and told the old man that he was going to Taoxiang. He did not ask anything, but just reminded him to bring Chengmei Ichimonji Nagamitsu with him.

In fact, there is nothing to bring, just a backpack and a sword. At present, the demons of Mount Oe may come to us at any time, so we will probably go and come back on the same day. "Miko, I'm leaving. I will probably be home in the evening." Dong Yeyu stood outside the study and looked inside to say goodbye.

Yu Zi was sitting at the desk, holding a book called Gu Wen Guan Zhi and reading it carefully. She didn't look up, but said softly: "I will wait for you to come home for dinner. Be careful on the road, Dong Ye Nissan."

The young man at the door hummed, turned and left. The sound of his footsteps gradually faded away and could no longer be heard. The sunlight quietly sneaked in through the window lattice beside him and reflected on the white pages of the book. It seemed that the cicadas in the guarding forest would never be quiet.

Yu Ziyuandai frowned slightly, feeling a little unable to concentrate. After thinking about it, she simply lay down on the tatami, took out her mobile phone, and watched the boring videos posted by Higashino Yu on YouTube.

There are only two or three videos, all of which are of Higashino Yu introducing how to grab low-priced bento boxes in supermarkets. It's very boring, and the editing techniques are very simple and too long. The only bright spot is probably himself.

However, Yu Zi didn't care about these. He read it over and over again with great relish. He also lay on the desk and read Gu Wen Guan Zhi for a while. Then he looked up at the bright sunshine outside the window.

Why isn't it evening yet?
After saying goodbye to Miko, Higashino Yu left the Iori family's courtyard and came to the shrine.

At this time, Livni and the other girls had disappeared. They must have gone somewhere else. The Inari Shrine itself is not big and it only takes a few minutes to visit it. Even if you include the worship, it won't take long.

There were some local people visiting the shrine, and a dozen tourists were deceived by Moriyama's part-time shrine maiden into buying expensive amulets. The shrine maiden collected the money with a bright smile. I wonder if Princess Inaho, who was sitting in the shrine, would give her a divine punishment on the spot when she saw this scene.

Around eleven o'clock, the water on the road was dried up by the bright sun, the sky was as clear and blue as glass, without a trace of cloud, as if all had been evaporated by the sun. As far as the eye could see, the city turned into a vast expanse of white, so bright that people could not open their eyes.

It’s only early summer now, but it already feels like a steamer.

After leaving the shrine, Higashino Yu did not take the expensive taxi in Tokyo. Instead, he ran to the 711-Eleven supermarket in Ayase-cho to buy some drinks and biscuits, and then went to the station to buy a ticket.

He was lucky enough that a Shinkansen train on his planned route was about to arrive at the platform. After waiting for a few minutes, the train arrived at the station and Higashino Yu boarded the train.

There were not many people on the bus. Dong Yeyu found a secluded seat and sat down. He stared blankly at the city passing by outside the clear window, thinking about his plan to make a fortune as a blogger.

We took a Shinkansen to Inzai City, and then changed to a tourist bus. It was already past two in the afternoon when we arrived in Taoxiang.

Dong Yeyu sat in the back seat by the window of the bus, eating biscuits while looking at the fields outside the window. The wheat here was still green in the spring, but now it had begun to ear. The warm wind baked by the sun kept pouring in through the window, with a strong smell of fertilizer and soil.

The Taoxiang Shinkansen seems to have not resumed operation yet, but there are already a lot more vehicles traveling on the road, and the hotels in Taoxiang town have also become somewhat popular. It seems that it is only a matter of time before Taoxiang regains its former tourism glory.

Perhaps Yuanjun did not come to Tokyo as agreed because he was busy with his priestly duties?

After all, the region has been in a mess for so many years, and the affairs that need to be dealt with have already accumulated into a mountain. She doesn't have a divine messenger, so she probably won't be able to finish them all in a short time.

Dong Yeyu felt a little ashamed for maliciously speculating that she was lazy and slept in again. She thought she was judging others by her own standards.

The bus terminal is the parking lot halfway up Xiashan Mountain. The parking lot has been renovated and tidied up, with many private cars parked in the parking spaces, and many tourists standing on the approach to the shrine.

Dong Yeyu drank some mineral water to wash away the dry biscuits in his mouth, then got off the car with his backpack and his famous sword on his shoulder, ready to go to Taodong store to say hello first.

Walk up the main approach to the shrine, follow the route you remember and enter a small path next to it. Follow the path into the depths of the bamboo forest, pass through the bamboo fence, and enter the Momogo family's hot spring hotel.

At this time, several female tourists were walking out of the hotel with smiles on their faces. They seemed to have just finished taking a bath and were about to leave. When they saw Dong Ye Yu coming towards them, their eyes widened.

“Welcome next time.”

A young girl in a simple yukata was bowing to see off a guest. When she looked up, she saw several guests standing motionless in front of her. She felt a little strange and stood on tiptoe to look forward over their shoulders. Her eyes fell on a young man strolling towards her. She was stunned at first, and then her black jade eyes lit up instantly.

She subconsciously took two steps forward, as if she wanted to say something, but when she opened her mouth she was speechless. She didn't know where to put her slender white hands and looked at a loss.

Dong Yeyu stepped aside to make way for a few female tourists. After they left, looking back every few steps, he began to look at the girl who had completely transformed into a human form and smiled approvingly.

"In just one or two months, have you already cultivated to this level? It seems that you have worked hard during this period. You have done a great job, Taodong."

The Taodong in front of him was no longer the raccoon girl with a raccoon head in his impression. She had a head of shiny black hair tied into a neat bun with a peach branch hairpin. Her skin was as crystal clear as jade, delicate and fair, her face was round, her willow-leaf eyebrows seemed to be frowned, her peach blossom eyes were full of water, and she was pretty and lovely, giving people a feeling of fragility.

However, the white ropes that tied up the sleeves of her yukata at the shoulders, her not-so-thin arms, and her somewhat rough fingers showed that she was not a pretty face.

It is not easy for a raccoon cat to run a hot spring hotel.

Hearing Dong Yeyu's praise, that gentle and magnetic voice was like a hot spring with just the right temperature, making Tao Dong indulge in it unconsciously, almost suffocating, with a very sour nose.

She thought back to the past two months when she had been running the inn during the day, watching the deserted family inn slowly get back on track. At night and in the morning, she diligently practiced the Qi-refining technique that Dong Ye Yu had taught her, and gradually she had mastered the illusion technique that she had never been able to learn before.

More than once, he wanted to run to Tokyo to find Higashino Yu to share all this cause for celebration, but every time he walked out of Xiashan, stood on the edge of the wheat field and looked at all the unknown things outside, the little raccoon cat returned to the hotel with a complicated expression.

She knew that going to Tokyo would only cause him trouble, and only Taodong in Taoxiang could help him.

But now, he finally came to see me.

Taodong had a lot of things to say and wanted to share with him, but there were so many things and so much she wanted to say that she didn't know how to start.

The girl was a little anxious. She kept wiping her hands on her clothes, sniffed, and her eyes sparkled. She couldn't suppress her emotions that were on the verge of collapse. She could only keep telling herself in her heart, Taodong, you have to know etiquette and can't be rude in front of Lord Dongye.

Dong Yeyu opened his arms, "Do you want a hug?"

Tao Dong's lips pursed, and crystal tears slid down like a broken dam, finally falling into the arms of the man she had been dreaming about.

"Master Dongye, I missed you so much."

(End of this chapter)