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Chapter 478 The Great Warcraft God of Yabari Shrine

Fukui Prefecture, Sakai City, Mikuni Town.

The turtle rock slowly descended to the mountainside, and Shen Yun and his group walked out of the turtle rock and then walked along the mountain path towards the shrine at the top of the mountain.

It is the third day of the third lunar month, a beautiful time of year with bright sunshine and gentle breezes.

The morning sunlight shone through the lush foliage onto the group of hikers, warm and comforting them.

On both sides of this mountain road, although many different kinds of tall trees grow, there is no lush greenery that blocks out the sky, nor the deep, mysterious feeling of a deep forest.

Beneath the trees, lush wild grasses grew freely, and the landscape was filled with vibrant green and colorful wildflowers vying for attention, some as red as fire, some as white as snow, and some as pink as the sunset.

The occasional gentle spring breeze blowing through the forest carries the delicate fragrance of grass, trees, soil, and wildflowers, which is refreshing and delightful.

A clear stream, like a jade ribbon, flows through the forest and finally plunges down from the mountain ravine like a silver ribbon into the mountain spring, making a crisp and melodious gurgling sound.

Looking around, one sees lush green trees, blooming flowers, and chirping birds and insects—a scene brimming with life.

The group walked up the steps of the mountain path, passing through hundreds of vermilion torii gates that dotted the entire approach. Then, a shrine gate, painted in vermilion, resplendent with gold and carved beams and painted rafters, with a strong Tang Dynasty style, came into view.

In the very center of the building entrance, there is a plaque with the words "Sangoku Yabo Grand Shrine" written in flowing Chinese characters, painted with gold lacquer, giving it a solemn appearance.

In front of the building stand two imposing stone sculptures, one a barking white tiger and the other a barking white tiger.

On either side of the entrance are two statues. On the left is a statue of a barking shark leaping out of the water, and on the right is a statue of a barking bison with its four hooves on the ground and its horns reaching the sky.

At the top of the gate stands a statue of a barking eagle with outstretched wings, its sharp eyes gazing down onto the approach to the gate.

The final barking lion statue is in the center, lying in the pavilion below the plaque.

Above the entrance to the building hangs a vermilion lantern with a huge Gekkenzan symbol printed on it. At the top is a shark, below the shark is a bison, below the bison is a soaring eagle, and at the bottom of the symbol is a tiger's head.

The four animals stacked together also happen to form the head of a lion.

"Ah~ This is the style of the Heian period!" Tidom said happily, a hint of nostalgia in his eyes as he saw the gate with its strong Tang Dynasty style.

Although she entered Kame-iwa at a very young age, she clearly remembered that the shrine of Granny Murasaki was in this style.

"It's truly magnificent," exclaimed Ushida Sotaro.

"Look, everyone! The statue of Powermon, and the symbol of Gaoranger!" Washio Takeshi, who had the best eyesight, spotted the Powermon statue on the building entrance and the Gaoranger symbol on the lantern at a glance, and immediately called the others to come and see.

"Really!"

"They're the Barking Eagle and the Barking Lion!"

"Huh? Where's the Barking Shark statue?"

"We have everything."

The group chatted and laughed as they walked to the front of the building, where two majestic white tigers with barking teeth came into view.

"This is... the White Tiger?!" Sai Taiga exclaimed in surprise upon seeing the two White Tiger statues standing in front of the building.

"And there's also the Barking Shark and the Barking Bison!" After seeing the statues enshrined on both sides of the building entrance, Samezu Kai pulled Ushida Sotaro along and ran to the entrance to examine the statues inside.

"Sankoku Gao Taisha? Huh? Taisha?!" Sae Ogawa looked up and was somewhat surprised when she saw the plaque on the gate.

"My shrine is dedicated to powerful beasts, so it's only right that it's called a grand shrine," Shen Yun said with a smile.

Shrine names typically consist of three parts: location, type, and shrine name, for example: Fushimi Inari Taisha.

The shrine he funded is located on Mount Mikuni in Mikuni Town, so naturally it begins with the name of the Three Kingdoms period.

As for Bark, it goes without saying that Bark is the name of the Power Beasts and the source of their power.

As for the name of a shrine, it is the title of the shrine. Common shrine names include shrine, jingu, and taisha.

Among them, shrine is the most common name for a shrine; any shrine can use shrine as its name.

Jingu, on the other hand, is mostly the name of a shrine dedicated to the ancestors of the imperial family, such as Ise Grand Shrine.

The last type of taisha is used to enshrine Ōkuninushi, such as Izumo Taisha and Fushimi Inari Taisha.

Although Gao Shen's behavior resembles that of a god embroiled in internal strife, his abilities absolutely qualify him as a true deity, making it entirely reasonable for him to use Taisha as his shrine name.

"That's true." Taiga Sae thought about it and agreed that Shen Yun's words made some sense.

"Let's go, I have a surprise for you at the shrine," Shen Yun said, then walked through the door and entered the shrine.

"Huh? Surprise?" The group exchanged glances and quickly followed Shen Yun through the building entrance.

Passing through the gate, a vast complex of ancient and elegant shrine buildings, reminiscent of the Tang Dynasty, came into view.

"Is this the shrine that the professor built for the Powermon? It's huge!" Sai Taiga exclaimed.

"It's alright, not as good as shrines like Fushimi Inari Shrine or Ise Grand Shrine," Shen Yun said with a smile.

It's just that they occupied a mountain and built a shrine on the top of it.

Although the place is not small, how can it compare to those large communities?

"Wow, it looks so solemn. Is it alright for us to stay here?" Lion asked, carrying his bag and looking at the magnificent temple in the distance.

"No problem. You are recognized by the Power Beasts as Gaorangers, which would have been considered messengers of the gods a thousand years ago." Shen Yun glanced at Lion Walk and smiled.

"That's right," Tidom nodded in agreement.

"Let me show you around the shrine first, so you can get familiar with the place," Shen Yun said with a smile.

The shrine he funded was an expansion of the original Raienji Temple, and everything was built to the highest standards.

Basically, this shrine has everything that other shrines have.

The temple complex includes the main hall, the worship hall, the offering hall, and dozens of other small shrines with shrines for worship.

However, most of these small shrines are empty. Only after other powerful beasts are found will the statues of the powerful beasts be placed in the shrines for worship.

The shrine's interior was designed and built by renowned Chinese architects in the style of Suzhou gardens, featuring pavilions, waterside terraces, and winding streams—truly elegant and refined. (Suzhou-style gardens originated in the Tang Dynasty and reached their peak in the Song Dynasty.)

The entire shrine is divided into four different areas according to the four seasons, and each area is planted with ornamental plants that bloom in the corresponding season.

Cherry trees, maple trees, plum trees, and bamboo are planted on both sides of the main road.

Spring cherry blossoms, summer bamboo, autumn maple leaves, winter snow plum blossoms.

The only downside is that sweeping is a bit of a hassle when the flowers wither.

However, these are minor matters. We can just hire a few high school girls (JKs) to be assistant shrine maidens and have them help with sweeping.

After Shen Yun led everyone on a general tour of the shrine, he brought them to the shrine's administrative office.

The shrine office is an auxiliary facility of the shrine, and it is also a place where priests and shrine maidens work and rest.

Shen Yun led everyone to the backyard of the organization, through the bathroom marked with male symbols, and to the open-air hot spring outside the bathroom, which was divided in half by a wooden board.

The open-air hot spring is located next to a cliff, allowing you to soak in the hot spring while enjoying the mountain scenery.

"Ah~ it's an open-air hot spring!" Tidom's fair and delicate face was filled with surprise when he saw the open-air hot spring.

"Is this the surprise the professor was talking about?" Taiga Sae turned to look at Shen Yun.

"That's right." Shen Yunfeng nodded calmly.

"This is truly a wonderful surprise," said Ushida Sotaro, nodding as he looked at the hot spring.

"But I remember that in Mikuni Town, it seems that only the Mikuni Onsen area along the coast has hot springs, right?" Washio Takeshi asked curiously.

Although Mount Mikuni is located within Mikuni Town, it is quite a distance from the coastal area of ​​Mikuni Town, so it should not have any hot springs.

"This hot spring was brought from that area," Shen Yun said.

"Huh? How much will this cost?" Lion asked in surprise.

"It's not much, you don't need to worry about such a small thing." Shen Yun waved his hand. Making money is for enjoying life; saving money will only cause it to depreciate.

Moreover, this expense is not even a fraction of the cost of this secret base in the mountains.

"Relax, the money the professor spent building this shrine is much more than the money spent diverting a hot spring," Samezu Kai said with a smile, patting Shishio's shoulder.

Shen Yun smiled, clapped his hands lightly to draw everyone's attention, and said, "Let's take a break today and start training again tomorrow."

"Yay!" Everyone cheered upon hearing this.

Seeing such an open-air hot spring, their thoughts began to waver.

"Doctor, can we go for a soak in the hot spring now?" Sae Taiga asked impatiently.

"Of course you can." Shen Yun nodded, then instructed, "However, don't soak it for too long."

"Then what are we waiting for?"

"Soak in the open-air hot spring!"

"Then I'll go prepare drinks and snacks!" Tidom said with a smile.

The group dispersed in a flurry, running back to their rooms to search for changes of clothes and towels.

Watching the crowd disperse, Shen Yun smiled and went alone to a study in the office. He moved a book off the shelf, and the walls of the study opened up like elevator doors, revealing the elevator inside.

Shen Yun stepped into the elevator and pressed one of the only two buttons on the elevator.

The elevator doors closed slowly, and it descended rapidly to the ground, but there was no sense of bumping inside the elevator.

Before long, with a "ding", the elevator doors slowly opened, and a brightly lit, huge space appeared before Shen Yun's eyes.

This vast secret base, though bustling with people, was utterly devoid of life.

Most of the Humagears working here are engineering-type, and they don't need to eat or go to the toilet. They only need to be charged on time to complete their work efficiently.

Humagears are far superior to Tauren and Mavericks.

Shen Yun's arrival did not attract their attention; they were all busy with their own things.

However, Shen Yun didn't care too much about this and went alone to the five radish plants that were under maintenance.

Saber-toothed tiger, Triceratops, mammoth, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Pterodactyl.

The five radish units were parked in front of their respective positions, undergoing maintenance by the Humagears.

Compared to the original version, these five radishes, powered by evil energy as their core energy source, have a ferocious appearance, with sharp edges and corners, and a strong mechanical feel.

After observing for a while, Shen Yun quickly went to the central control room, found the Humagear who was in charge of the technology development, and asked, "Have these five Radish units tried combining?"

"Not yet. However, all five radishes are currently functioning normally, so we can try to combine them."

"Alright, let's try combining them then. That way, we can quickly resolve any problems that arise," Shen Yun nodded and said.

"Yes!" The technology development type Humagear nodded, its eyes gleaming with a deep blue light, and gave instructions to the other engineering type Humagears.

The engineering-type Humagears who were inspecting the carrots immediately evacuated from the scaffolding surrounding the five carrots after receiving instructions from the technology development-type Humagears.

The previously dim eyes of Wutai Luobo were illuminated by a halo as the scaffolding was taken down.

Below them, a huge turntable slowly rose, supporting the five radishes, and began to rotate slowly.

After turning the five radishes to the same direction, the saber-toothed tiger lying on the far right slowly retracted its limbs and folded its tail over its back, revealing the tail's incision.

Sandwiched between the saber-toothed tiger and the Tyrannosaurus Rex, the Triceratops, which looked like a chariot, also had its tail folded up to its back, revealing the tail joint.

The Tyrannosaurus Rex, located in the center, has its tail retracted and its short forepaws tucked into its chest. Its massive body sits on a turntable with its claws folded. The turntable then slowly moves, connecting the Tyrannosaurus Rex's feet to the interfaces at the tails of the saber-toothed tiger and the Triceratops.

Next, the mammoth behind the Tyrannosaurus Rex slowly unfolds its back and merges with the interface on the Tyrannosaurus Rex's back.

The last pterosaur flapped its huge wings and slowly took off, landing on the back of the Tyrannosaurus Rex and transforming into the shape of a dinosaur tank.

"Great Beast God, rise!" Looking at the five radishes that had already combined into Beast Tank - Dinosaur Tank mode, Shen Yun also came to the control panel with a sense of ceremony and said in a deep voice into the microphone on the control panel.

Upon receiving the order, the five radishes that had combined into a beast-shaped war machine stood up straight from the ground, with the Tyrannosaurus Rex's head retracting into its chest, revealing the combined robot's head.

The pterosaur perched on the Tyrannosaurus Rex's shoulder also detached itself from the Tyrannosaurus Rex, its body separating in mid-air. Its body, with its ferocious fangs, merged with the Tyrannosaurus Rex's chest, while the pterosaur's wings merged with the mammoth's arms.

The pterosaur's tail, resembling a giant sword, and the mammoth's head fell into the hands of the Great Beast God, becoming the dinosaur sword and the mammoth shield, respectively.

Finally, the two horns on either side of the Great Demon Beast God's head, which had stood up, slowly unfolded, completing the fusion.

A ferocious and imposing behemoth stands within the base of this mountain.

(End of this chapter)