Whose personality mask's power comes from the heroic spirit?

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After arriving at the largest house in the village, Xishiliang waved to the girl standing behind the door who was wearing coarse linen servant clothes.

"Lord Xishiliang." The girl came in front of Xishiliang and greeted him nervously, while stealing glances at Taiyi out of the corner of her eyes.

[“She also has that substance parasitic in her body.” A reminder from Aix.]

"Sha, bring Lord Zailaishen to the hall." Xishiliang looked at the girl with a smile, but his eyes were not as gentle as when he looked at Taiyi. Instead, they were as sharp as needles.

The girl was so frightened that she took half a step back.

"Yes, Master Xishiliang!"

Sha first bowed deeply to Xi Shiliang, then turned and bowed deeply to Taiyi.

"Master God, please follow me..." The girl glanced at Taiyi timidly.

"Well, come on, Lord Shen, we'll see you later." Xishi Liangye bowed to Taiyi and said goodbye before turning around and leaving.

Throughout the whole process, the girl never asked Taiyi's name.

Following Sha, Taiyi walked around the courtyard and came to the door of a separate living room.

Sha took off her wooden clogs, stepped lightly into the corridor, and knocked gently on the sliding door.

"My Lords, here comes the Lord God again."

The sliding door slowly opened to both sides from the inside.

The interior environment can be seen clearly from outside the door.

Chapter 35 Welcome to Laidai Village

"Welcome, please come in and take your seat over here."

From the main seat's perspective, the beautiful woman sitting at the first seat on the left slowly nodded in Taiyi's direction and pointed to the main seat.

To her left was a sturdy man, and further left, near the sliding door, was a thin man wearing glasses, with a blank expression and a serious face.

Opposite her, the first person sitting on the right was a woman who was dressed gorgeously and had an equally beautiful face, while to her right was a woman with a cold expression, plain face and plain clothes.

The person sitting near the sliding door was a short and fat middle-aged man with a perpetual smile on his face and his eyes narrowed into slits.

The six people were all wearing kimonos and kneeling on cushions, looking like they were waiting for an important person to arrive.

The most important thing is that all six of them are also in a state of being parasitized.

Taiyi took off his shoes, walked up the corridor, and slowly walked into the room.

Although it is unclear what the purpose of these parasites is, we should just take it one step at a time and wait for them to get better.

Walking to the upper cushion, Taiyi turned around and sat down cross-legged.

Sitting on your knees is absolutely impossible.

"Welcome to this place, Lord God."

As the six people offered their blessings to Taiyi, they all bowed their heads to show their respect.

"... Raise your heads first." Taiyi looked at the six people calmly, trying to find anything abnormal about them that was different from ordinary people, but the results were not very ideal.

"Xishiliang said you would give me a reasonable explanation, so I came." Taiyi and the other six people raised their heads and looked at him and said again, "Now, explain to me what this village called Laidai Village and the so-called 'Zailai Shen' refers to."

"As you command." The woman in the first seat on the left, who was deliberately wearing old makeup, nodded. "We are deeply sorry for causing confusion to Master Zai Lai Shen. Let me answer your questions one by one."

The woman had a light, kind smile on her face, but there was no brightness in her eyes.

"Every twenty years, our village holds a 'ceremony'. Now, at this time, the visiting god from outside the village comes here. This is our 'God of Return'. That is, God of Return. The name of the village is also taken from our expectation of God of Return's visit."

Taiyi raised his eyebrows, indicating that he didn't believe a word of what she said.

"Well, let's introduce ourselves to the God of the Three Kingdoms next." Seeing that Taichi had no intention of interrupting, the woman continued, "My name is Nagami Misuzu, and I serve as a priestess of this village. I am the chief priestess of this village."

The chief priestess, from the sound of her voice, is someone who is in charge of the insider of this "mutation"... or the mastermind behind it.

"The Xi Shiliang you mentioned is exactly my daughter."

A few seconds after Mishou finished speaking, the beautiful woman kneeling opposite her spoke.

"I'm Yachiyo Asashiki. The Asashiki family serves as the village chief in this village."

"Tan Yi, Chizuru Jiang." The gloomy woman with no makeup on did not even look at Taiyi, and her tone of voice was quite low.

"I'm Nagami Kazuhiko." The thin man with glasses who was near the sliding door spoke with an even more gloomy feeling than Chizuru Jiang.

In this village, it seems that women have a higher status than men, and they have the same surname as Meishoushou...husband and wife?

"My name is Akitarou Ashiki, and as my mother just introduced, I am the village chief of this village." With a kind smile on his face, the man named Akitarou spoke with a certain expectation in his tone.

But...mother?

Taiyi looked at the burly man who was nearly thirty years old with some astonishment, then turned his head and looked carefully at Yachiyo, who looked to be in his late twenties, and nodded in sudden understanding.

The disparity in age and appearance is even more exaggerated than that between Mrs. Yukinoshita and Mrs. Yuigahama.

The last one was the man who was approaching Chizuru River, smiling so hard that he couldn’t open his eyes.

"I am Tanegi Shozo. The Tanegi family can be said to be in a position to assist the Nagami family and the Asashi family."

Although the tone sounded cheerful, Taichi could hear a lot of distortion in it.

"It's courtesy. Now that everyone has introduced themselves, I'll also tell you my name. I'm Taichi Naruto, a currently unemployed person."

"Well, now can you tell me about the 'ritual' that Misuzu-san just mentioned that took place twenty years ago?" Taichi looked around at everyone and then turned his gaze to Misuzu-san and asked.

"I understand." The curve of Misuzu's mouth changed for a moment. "Since the self-introduction is over, then everyone should leave for now. As the chief miko, I will give a detailed explanation to the god Zaraishin."

This person still didn't call his name.

Taiyi's brow twitched slightly.

The first person to respond to Misuzu is a man who is suspected to be her husband.

Nagami and Higuchi didn't even say hello, they just stood up and left.

Next is Tian Yi Chizurujiang.

She at least bowed her head to Taiyi before getting up and leaving.

"Then, Lord Kamikawa, please forgive my impoliteness." Ashiki Kotaro was quite polite.

"If there is anything, you can call me anytime." Tian Yizhuangsan followed closely with a smile.

Soon, Nagami Misuzu and Asashi Yachiyo were the only ones left in the room.

"How about it, Lord God? Is this more convenient to talk than just now?" I don't know if it's because everyone has left or because his 'son' is not present, but Asi Yachiyo's tone is much more lively than before.

"Indeed." Taiyi looked at the two beautiful women in front of him, each with their own unique charm, and nodded.

And once again confirmed the view that there is definitely something wrong with this village.

"As long as we can reassure Lord Zairaishin, we will do our best." Misuzu added after glancing at Yachiyo.

"If you have any questions, please feel free to ask and I will answer them carefully."

"It's the same question again. What is the ceremony after twenty years? What do I, the 'returning god', need to do?" Taichi asked Nagami Misuzu while rubbing his fingers.

"I understand." The smile on Meishou's face gradually faded, and he looked like he had entered the position of "narrator from the sidelines".

"In a short while, the village will hold a grand festival held every twenty years. We would like to ask you, Master Zalaishen, to serve as the 'god' in this grand festival."

Let gods perform the duties of gods?

The corners of Taiyi's mouth raised slightly.

Chapter 36: Innately Evil Village Rules

"A long time ago, the people in this village were tortured by a terrible 'ghost girl.'" Nagami Misaki began with the usual opening words when telling a story, and her expression became solemn. "The ghost girl brought disaster to the village and demanded that the villagers offer her a living sacrifice."

"Until one day, a young man from outside came to the village."

"The young man learned about the plight of the village. In order to save the village, he decided to offer himself as a living sacrifice and worked together with the villagers to eliminate the ghost girl."

"The young man was gratefully received by the villagers and married to the most beautiful girl in the village."

"The ritual originated from a legend that has been passed down in the village since ancient times."

Full of street rumor feeling.

Not to mention Taichi, even Aix was pessimistic about the credibility of this legend.

They are more inclined to believe that the young man in the legend was tied up by the villagers and given to the ghost girl as a living sacrifice.

Of course, the premise is that this so-called "ghost girl" really exists, and the villagers are really victims of her persecution, rather than accomplices.

"So, the role of the visiting god in the ceremony is to play the role of the visiting god represented by this young man?" Taiyi looked at Misusu and asked.

"That's right." Meishou's face was smiling again. "The ritual is to reenact the legendary process of that year."

"Since there is a character who visits the gods, there should also be a character who is a demon girl, right?" Taiyi looked at Misusu and asked.

"Of course." Meishou nodded and replied, "Then, Master Zailaishen, is there anything else you want to ask?"

"How will the person who plays the ghost girl be treated?" Taiyi asked.

"After being defeated by the Lord of the Three Kingdoms, the villagers will work together to defeat him again."

“How do I choose the role of a ghost girl?”

"We have prepared two candidates." The smile on Meishou's face deepened a little, "But the selection of the specific candidates will be decided by Master Zai Lai Shen."

"As long as you have chosen the 'divine wife', the other person who was abandoned will take on the role of the 'ghost girl'."

"God's wife?" Taiyi raised his eyebrows. "You mean the most beautiful girl in the village who married a young man? You want to give me the right to choose?"

"That's right." Misuzu nodded and replied.

Then, the smile on her face disappeared again, and she looked like she didn't know how to explain it further.

"Really, Mrs. Misuzu, it has come to this point, please stop putting on airs." Yachiyo on the side suddenly patted Misuzu on the shoulder and said.

"Mrs. Yachiyo." Misuzu looked at Yachiyo with an embarrassed expression very appropriately.

"Leave this to me." Yachiyo said, turning to look at Taichi, "God, there are two people we would like to introduce to you."

"Introduce her to me? Is she a candidate for the 'ghost girl'?" Taiyi asked back.

"Yes." Mei Shoushou nodded slightly, but did not intend to explain further.

"Okay, you two, come in." Yachiyo turned his head and looked in the direction of the sliding door and called out.

From the very beginning, two figures, one big and one small, stopped outside the sliding door, and their outlines could be seen on the sliding door.

Along with the sound of the sliding door opening, two people walked in silently from outside the sliding door, and after closing the sliding door, they knelt on the tatami closest to the sliding door.

One of them was Xishiliang, who brought Taiyi to this house.

The other one is a relatively tall and plump girl who is good at sports and literature.

Xishiliang smiled and nodded at Taiyi.

The other girl in a blue dress nodded expressionlessly, looking quite cold.

"From now on, they will serve the God of the Return." Mishou suddenly said, looking at the two girls kneeling beside the sliding door, "You two, go say hello to the God of the Return."

"My name is Ashishizi." The beautiful girl in the blue dress responded in a rather stiff tone. Her face looked like a puppet, without any life at all.

Of course, she was also one of the parasites.

And Axe thought that she was the most parasitic of all the people who appeared so far.

"My little girl, will always be as kind as you are in this world." This was a soft and charming voice that was completely opposite to that of Asi Shizi.

However, these two surnames...

"Juko is my daughter, and Kiyoroshi is Lady Misuzu's daughter," explained Ashiki Yachiyo.

"These two are 'cleansed maids' specially born and raised for the returning god who will visit this year." Meishoushou added.