As the savior, I only want to play single-player games.

However, the High Priestess of Shimizu did not notice anything unusual. She was more inclined to believe that the two girls possessed some kind of ancient artifact that had bewitched her bodyguards, allowing them to enter.

Her face was covered with wrinkles, which now appeared even deeper, and she said in an aged voice, "The shrine needs her very much."

Yotsuya Miko appeared serene, but her words were firm: "But she doesn't need the shrine." She couldn't hand over Suzuka Ise to an unfamiliar power without knowing anything about it.

The priest of Qingshui felt extremely strange.

They initially thought that some other force had accidentally discovered Suzuka Ise and seized control of her, intending to extort money from her, but the facts were not as they seemed.

These people have no such intention.

Or rather, it seems that both they and that ordinary person valued Suzuka Ise's identity more than Kiriko Ise's daughter.

So, where did these people come from? What are the forces behind them thinking?

She was a wise and experienced woman, and she sensed that something was wrong. She immediately changed her attitude: "Young lady, you may have misunderstood us. Suzuka will receive the best care in the shrine."

“It’s the same for her here,” Jianzi said indifferently.

The High Priestess Shimizu shook her head. She realized that these people had no idea of ​​Suzuka Ise's hidden value. She said, "Without the Shrine, Suzuka Ise wouldn't have lived much longer."

Seeing that Zi's eyes were bright and dazzling, like a magic lamp, which made people feel fear involuntarily, he calmly said, "How do you know she won't live much longer?"

Suzuka Ise was frail and sickly, but according to what she knew, no one in the shrine should know about it.

Thinking about it carefully, she hypnotized many Chiba City officials, planted suggestions, and erased traces of Ise Suzuka, but in the end, people still came to her door, and very quickly.

Most of the methods used are not conventional.

The priestess Shimizu carefully replied, "She has a physical defect. She may have been fine before, but it will be very difficult for her to live in the future."

“Living is difficult enough…” Jian Zi’s eyes narrowed, and a heavy pressure appeared. It was as if a mountain had appeared in the air. The two priestesses behind the priestess Qing Shui couldn’t help but take a step back, their hearts filled with fear.

In fact, this was not the first time Hiratsuka Shizuka had contacted her; there had been another instance before.

Many days ago, at dusk on that dark night.

Hiratsuka Shizuka suddenly felt a chill and woke up with a start. She thought she had had a nightmare and was about to cover her head and go back to sleep, but she couldn't fall asleep at all. Then she found that the wall was covered with bloody handprints. As she was shocked, the name Ise Suzuka appeared on the wall, along with some messy and blurry handwriting.

Before she could take a closer look, Hiratsuka Shizuka had a bad feeling. She rushed out of the room and into Suzuka's bedroom, only to find that the girl on the bed was as pale as paper and breathing very weakly, clearly on the verge of death.

May all gods swiftly come to my aid; if anyone disobeys, I will subdue Fengdu. Chapter Forty-Six: The Legendary Perfect Elixir

She immediately contacted Miko, who, along with Xiaohua, rushed over, but Suzuka Ise's heart had already stopped beating.

However, her soul had not yet left her body, and her self-awareness had not disappeared.

The child's attachment to the mortal world and his almost obsessive will to live, his desperate resistance to death, ultimately prevented him from being taken away by the gods.

In the end, Miko used her spiritual power to stabilize her dissipating soul, and Yurikawa Hua poured in her life essence all night long without regard for the cost, forcibly reviving the dead body and saving her life.

But on that night, the gods summoned not only the old man's soul, but also the souls of many dying patients.

She discussed it with Kuroko and summarized the pattern.

In reality, the gods did not target any particular group, but rather issued a summons to the entire human world, with the goal of all living beings.

However, not all life responded to this call.

The human body is like a strong magnet, firmly attracting the soul. The stronger a person's life essence and the more abundant their lifespan, the stronger the binding force on their soul.

Those with extremely poor physical condition, depleted qi and blood, and nearing the end of their lifespan lack the ability to preserve their souls and can only leave their bodies.

Miko originally thought that Suzuka's condition was caused by insufficient life energy.

But now it seems that this is not the case.

Seeing this, he asked, "What caused this?" This old woman in front of him must know something.

However, the priest of Shimizu was unwilling to answer this question, as it was a secret and revealing it would expose his secrets.

She sighed, "Young lady, let us take Suzuka back. If we drag this out any longer, you'll only hurt her."

Seeing Zi slowly shake her head, she was usually very easygoing and unfazed by praise or criticism.

But now, she can't rest easy until she figures it out.

She didn't want to waste time.

"Tell me the reason." Seeing that Zi was about to use force, his golden eyes seemed to light up, and his words were highly infectious.

Upon hearing this, the Priestess of Shimizu felt a moment of disorientation and immediately sensed something was wrong. A protective amulet trembled and flew out from the Priestess of Shimizu's waist. After exploding, it released its power and formed a protective layer, which actually blocked the spiritual power of the child.

Jianzi blinked, somewhat surprised. That amulet was very special; it contained divine power, and when worn by mortals, it could protect them from all evil. It was indeed worthy of an ancient power; it had something special about it.

This item is of very high quality, at least Sequence 7, but it must be quite old, and its power has been lost, so it's now less than 10% of its original strength.

Her eyes flashed with lightning speed again, determined to break through this defense.

Although the High Priest of the Clear Water was old, his reaction was very quick. With one hand he made a hand seal, and with the other hand he pulled out eight talismans from behind his back and threw them forward. The eight talismans were immediately fixed in the air, forming an invisible barrier with the power of protection.

When Jianzi's spiritual power touched it, the barrier rippled, but overall, it remained quite sturdy.

The priestess of Shimizu opened her eyes wide and stood up in shock, as if she had witnessed something unbelievable.

“Tell me the reason…” Jianzi said again, her words carrying a strong seductive tone.

"How is this possible!" The High Priestess of Shimizu could not believe her eyes. This was not caused by some kind of artifact; the source was that girl.

As the high priestess of the divine palace, she has cultivated for decades and accumulated a great deal of magical power, but now she has to climb step by step. She has just embarked on the true path of transcendence. Although she can use some magic, she has not yet had time to adapt to the environment, and the means she can use are limited.

Because the gods had only returned to their original positions a day ago, and the stars had only returned to their correct positions yesterday, even if the mysterious forces were well-prepared—for example, she had already prepared a ritual and offered sacrifices to the gods, thus becoming an extraordinary being on the spot.

The problem is that everyone is just starting out, there's no chance of jumping the gun, and the conditions aren't right.

"Whose representative are you?" the High Priest of Shimizu asked, his voice trembling.

Only an agent, who can hear the will of the gods and get infinitely close to them, has the ability to become such an existence in such a short time.

Or is the girl in front of us actually the reincarnation of a great supernatural being?

But the latter chance was too low, and she subconsciously ignored it.

As for the previous encounter of the elite squad... it must have been due to the equipment; there couldn't have been any superhumans at that time.

“We are not agents, we just want to know the secret of Suzuka’s body.” Miko frowned slightly and withdrew her mental power. Although she had advanced to Sequence 8, her mental power had not yet been converted into psychic power. She had not reached Sequence 7 and could not influence the present world.

The two witches were clearly inexperienced, their faces filled with terror. It took them a while to react before they rushed out to call for help.

"I advise you not to call for help. Xiao Hua can kill everyone in this apartment building within a minute, including you all," Jian Zi said casually.

Yuri Kawana also cooperated by showing an innocent smile, but her voluptuous body released an aura more terrifying than a ferocious beast, and the temperature in the room dropped several degrees instantly.

But she quickly reverted to her old ways, becoming the harmless girl next door again.

The two pretty-looking priestesses froze, terrified, thinking they were about to be eaten.

The High Priestess of the Clear Water was sweating profusely. In that instant, she saw a ferocious and terrifying figure. It was definitely not human. It was as if all the ferocious beasts had leaped out at once, and then shrank back, all of them condensed into the body of the orange-haired girl, and were suppressed to the death.

Ultimately, the High Priest of Shimizu compromised; in this mysterious world, strength reigns supreme. The shrine now has no say, and furthermore, Suzuka in Ise is not under their control.

We have no choice but to compromise.

"Suzuka Ise's body contains the power of a secret medicine."

Jianzi was familiar with this; she had once asked Granny Sanzhi to make a secret medicine.

"Did Suzuka take the secret medicine?"

"It was Kirito who ate it."

Ise Kiriko once took a special secret medicine. After she died, the power of the medicine was passed down to Suzuka.

"This thing can be inherited?" Jian Zi frowned. She had eaten it before, but she had refined it all. It not only allowed her to reach the pinnacle of Sequence 9, but also promoted her to Sequence 8.

The so-called secret medicine can grant qualifications to those without them, and transform those with qualifications into extraordinary individuals.

Because the main ingredient of the secret medicine is the body of a god, a path pioneered by those powerful beings who were both gods and humans.

Overall, there are still limitations, such as an extremely low success rate and an upper limit to growth that cannot exceed the strength of the deity whose main material is used.

But Jianzi really hadn't thought that this thing could be inherited. Shouldn't it be something that applies to an individual's aptitude?

"The secret medicine that Kirito took was very special." The priest sighed. It was ultimately a very disgraceful matter, considered taboo by the shrine, and no one dared to mention it to this day.

Because the main ingredient of that secret medicine comes from Amaterasu.

It is also the legendary perfect elixir.

May all gods arrive swiftly to aid me; if anyone disobeys, I will subdue Fengdu: Chapter 47: Where did this little sister-in-law come from? Wake up!

Seeing this, I remembered that Grandma Sanzhi had also mentioned it.

There is a secret medicine with an extremely high conversion rate that can bring about a complete transformation in ordinary people, and there is no upper limit to it. But now that I think about it, maybe there is, but the upper limit is extremely high and ordinary people can't reach it.

Because it originates from those gods, who else but the strongest among mortals could reach this level?

She had also taken a secret medicine, which, with the help of an ancient recipe, combined many potentially spiritual things and put them into the remains of the Yamata no Orochi to disintegrate its remaining will, counteract its evil intentions, and ultimately produce a miraculous transformation.

However, the secret medicine differed from the records, and the descriptions were somewhat different, perhaps because of its high quality.

In a sense, this is also the foundation of ancient powers.

Although this method was pioneered by spiritualists, it can also be used by deities, because people worship deities, and if the deities favor them, they can receive blessings.

However, perfect elixirs are extremely rare, as they require a body of god-level status.

The divine body is the foundation for the existence of all gods. If a fragment of a body is refined into a secret elixir, then for the god, the lost power can never be recovered and cannot be regenerated.

Therefore, even the main deity is rarely made, because the cost is too high.

Unless you kill a powerful opponent of the same level, you can consider turning the enemy into a secret medicine.

A thousand years ago, Amaterasu Omikami felt something and shed a bowl of blood, which was made into a perfect elixir, sealed away, and treasured as a heirloom, passed down from generation to generation.

But in the years that followed, the seal became less secure.

Later, somehow Ise Kiriko stole and drank the bowl of secret medicine. The high-ranking priestess was actually caught stealing it.

The shrine trembled, and many people were both shocked and enraged. They performed a blood sacrifice in an attempt to return the power of the gods and appease Amaterasu's anger.

Ultimately, Ise Kiriko died as a sinner, and the matter became a taboo subject, with no one daring to mention it.

Until recently, a change occurred in the Spirit Realm. On the day the Holy Son was beheaded, the Divine Palace also experienced strange movements, and the Yata Mirror, one of the ancient divine artifacts, actually cracked.