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

But it’s no wonder, after all, there are several vengeful spirits with broken bodies floating in the pools on both sides of the bridge.

Taichi's eyes can also see it.

Although these evil spirits seemed to be watching them, they were just watching and none of them came over to threaten them.

In the words of Minamoto no Raikou, the mountain is surrounded by an isolating 'barrier'.

Now Taiyi and the others are in the 'daytime' Rishang Mountain, but the resentful spirits in the water are in the 'nighttime' Rishang Mountain.

The other side cannot touch this side, and this side cannot touch the other side.

But this is only true in areas where 'water' exists.

It's as if the carrier of the barrier is this 'water'.

"They won't make any moves for a while, let's go." Taiyi put his hand on Fang Xili's shoulder and comforted her, "We are all here with you."

"Yeah, yeah." The warm feeling coming from her shoulder eased some of Fang Xili's inner fear.

But she still plucked up the courage to move forward and stepped onto the bridge.

"This bridge has been in disrepair for a long time. Please watch your step." Taiyi reminded after stepping onto the bridge.

Chapter 33 Bai Ju: If you don't leave now, I'll keep you to play games with me.

Just as Kurosawa Mika said before.

Even if evil spirits appear during the day, they will not attack you actively.

In addition to the vengeful spirits that were isolated by the "barrier" in the Higami Mountain at night, Taiyi also spotted the shadows of vengeful spirits under the shade of the trees on the way to the Torii after passing the Suiryu Bridge.

But they just hid in the shade of the trees and watched this side silently.

After passing through the Torii gate and walking forward for a while, you will come to a fork in the road, but this fork in the road converges at one point at the end, forming a circle around the middle area.

"The road on the left will pass by the waterfall, and there is a cross in the middle of the road on the right. I don't know if there is a problem with the road, or if there is some danger waiting there." Bu Lai Fang Xili showed Taiyi the map she found in Kurosawa Mika's room, "But what Yingjian saw was that Miss Mika took the crossed-out road on the right."

"It's daytime now, and the ghosts aren't very aggressive yet." Taiyi replied, "Even if the road on the right is dangerous, there's a chance we can turn around and take another road."

"The top priority now is to find where Miss Kurosawa is."

"Yeah." Fang Xili nodded in agreement.

The deeper you go, the more evil spirits there are.

Occasionally, only three or two vengeful spirits could be seen on the road in front of the torii, but after entering the fork in the road, the number suddenly increased to five or six.

And the intervals are getting shorter and shorter.

"Everyone, no matter what you see, don't leave the team." Taiyi checked the team and reminded them after confirming that no one was missing. "Although those evil spirits didn't attack us, no one knows whether they will create an illusion for us and make our team fall apart."

"Can we shake hands?" Xin Tiao Qian asked, raising her hand. "I'm not very confident in using my own will to fight against the ghosts' illusions."

"I agree!" Kotoko Iwanaga was the first to shake hands with Akane Shinjo.

"Well, I need to hold the camera with both hands." Fang Xili didn't really want to have close physical contact with others.

Shinjo Akane had no choice but to hold Taichi's left hand with her free hand.

"I will hold the corner of your clothes with my hands." Taiyi thought for a moment and said, "As long as there is a pulling feeling, it means that the situation is normal, but if the pulling feeling disappears... don't look back, either turn your head with your body, or continue to move forward, and then find another way to retreat."

"Yeah." Fang Xili agreed with Taiyi's suggestion.

In order to make the pulling feeling more obvious, Taiyi deliberately lagged behind Fang Xili by a few steps and moved forward, pulling at the corner of her coat.

Although it was unclear how far we had walked, a section of the road ahead had collapsed severely.

A hole several meters long completely cuts off the stone steps.

"Change direction and go into the woods next to us." Fang Xili turned the camera to the right and reminded the people following behind.

At this time, there were vengeful spirits squatting beside the trees everywhere in the nearby forest.

As for the vengeful spirits we have encountered so far, they are all people who have suffered misfortunes in this mountain before.

None of them were spirits dressed as local shrine maidens.

Are you not available during the day?

Even though the occasional chatter of the three people behind her let Fang Xili know that she was not acting alone, she was still nervous and afraid to take big steps forward when passing through this dense forest surrounded by vengeful spirits.

Even if a vengeful spirit suddenly took action, it would only follow the group for a distance a few meters away, then suddenly stop at a certain point, and watch silently as the group continued to move forward.

"It seems like they are leading the way for us." Iwanaga Kotoko said in a relaxed tone, "It seems like these vengeful spirits have been recruited by the big guys here."

At this moment, Fang Xili, who was walking in front and almost passed through the dense forest, suddenly stopped.

"Everyone, can you see that?" Fang Xili pointed forward with her fingers trembling slightly.

A little girl in a gorgeous black kimono and short white hair was standing not far in front. She looked up at Taiyi and the others with a pale face. Her red eyes made the weird atmosphere around her even stronger.

"I can see it." Xin Tiao Qian looked at the little girl with interest and couldn't help but sigh for her.

Even Dazhu Fengshi had hope of being saved, but this little girl alone did not have the slightest chance of being saved.

The only thing that can make him feel relieved is probably the "sending fragrance".

"That is to say, this child is alive." Fang Xili, who didn't have a deep understanding of the dangers of the world, breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's not you." A faint voice came from the little girl's mouth.

"Huh?" Fang Xili was stunned for a moment, and looked around nervously, "Yingjian, I can't see any trace of Miss Mihua."

Taiyi could see with his naked eyes that the little girl's brow twitched slightly.

It looked like he was a little unhappy after finding that his weird remarks were ignored.

"Giggle..."

"Hee hee hee……"

Weird and ethereal laughter suddenly came from all directions.

"...Are we encountering a bad situation?" Fang Xili asked after swallowing.

Until now, she still adheres to the agreement she made with Taiyi and will never turn her head away easily.

"Little sister, come here quickly. It's very dangerous to act alone." Fang Xili waved at the little girl, motioning her to come to her side.

She was worried that the child had been abducted and was trapped in Rishang Mountain and unable to get out.

After all, there are many such missing persons commissions in Miss Mihua's room.

But Miss Mihua rejected all such requests to find people.

The little girl was stunned for a moment, and looked at Fang Xili with a troubled expression on her face.

But then, the expression on her face relaxed.

But Fang Xili took a half step back as if she was frightened.

The look from the child just now made her feel that everything about her, from the inside out, from the past to the present, had been seen through.

"If you go forward, you won't be able to go any further. If you retreat now, you can still save your life." Bai Ju, who used the ability of 'seeing' to see where Fang Xili was, became much calmer, and the three-dimensional laughter surrounding him suddenly disappeared.

There are big pillars on the mountain that she can't deal with, but the middle area of the mountain is her territory, so she has no problem protecting the lives of these outsiders.

"Not yet." Fang Xili shook her head and explained, "A person who was very kind to me disappeared on this mountain last night. I am now looking for her trace."

"Last night...ah, it was that person." Bai Ju looked at Fang Xili thoughtfully, "Give up, that person has her 'mission', she can no longer return to the world."

Chapter 34: To deal with evil spirits, you have to use the threat of "forced purification"

"No, she's gone!" Looking at the place where the figure suddenly disappeared, Fang Xili was stunned, "So, she is actually a spirit too?"

"It seems to be true." Iwanaga Kotoko pursed her lips and said, "However, unlike the other vengeful spirits, the spirit of the little girl with white hair just now has a very strong sense of self-awareness and is the type that retains rationality."

"Is this a good thing or a bad thing?" Fang Xili looked at Iwanaga Kotoko and asked.

"Of course it's a bad thing." Iwanaga Kotoko reminded with her hands slumped, "This means that the spirit of the little girl is a 'local spirit'. Maybe those who died unjustly in this mountain also had her contribution."

"And judging from what she just said, the spirit of that little girl must be one of the management of this mountain." Iwanaga Kotoko continued, "At the very least, she suggested that we stop moving forward now to save our lives."

"What are you going to do?" Taiyi looked at Fang Xili and asked, "Leave now? Or continue to move forward?"

"There is no need to make a choice." Fang Xili raised the camera again and faced forward, "I have only one way to go forward. Unless I take Miss Mihua away, I will never go back the same way."

Having made up her mind, Fang Xili saw the "shadow" of Kurosawa Mika again.

"..." As soon as the four of them walked out of the woods, Bai Ju reappeared at the place where they had just stood, silently watching the four of them leave, "Since you have chosen to continue walking, then come and play games with us."

"Play games, hehe, play games!"

Three smaller figures then appeared beside her.

"You three, have fun with them." Bai Ju said, glancing at the spirits of the three children.

"Yes--"

These three are the spirits of little children who disappeared into the mountains because they were too playful.

Innocent and lively...but also cruel.

……

"Is that a shrine?" The Katashiro Shrine was in a dilapidated state during the day. Because no one had repaired it, the roof and walls of some areas had collapsed.

Dolls in equally tattered kimonos were displayed all around.

The eerie and terrifying atmosphere once again turned into fear that swept through Fang Xili's heart.

"Do you want to go in and check?" Taiyi asked.

“We can’t miss such a suspicious place.” Fang Xili clenched her fists and nodded in agreement.

"Want to come play?"

“Let’s play together!”

"Let's play together!"

The spirits of the three children suddenly surrounded everyone in the center.

Fang Xili staggered backward suddenly, fortunately Taiyi stretched out his arms in time to support her.

"Have we encountered spirits again?" The spirits of the three children did not have physical bodies, so Xin Tiao Qian could not see their shadows.

"If I'm the only one who can't see it, it might lead to some troublesome consequences." Akane Shinjo took out the coagulant that she had received from Kotoko Iwanaga from her pocket, and asked Kotoko Iwanaga to help put a drop into her left eye.

This way, even if she saw a horrifying scene, she could just close her left eye and not lose her sight.

"The current scene isn't very suitable for this thing." Kotoko Iwanaga looked at the three smiling spirits with a look of disdain, but their eyes revealed a sinister look.

"Is there any way to deal with them?" Iwanaga Kotoko looked at Taichi and asked.

"Well, as for the method..." Taiyi took out his cell phone.

Although Fang Xili could not use the camera, the amount of film inside the camera was limited, and there was no film left on the ground along the way, so it was probably impossible to replenish this thing through formal channels.

"Maybe I can use a camera..." Fang Xili nervously put her finger on the shutter.

"No, it's not the time to use the camera yet." Taiyi stopped her, "Let's save it for later."

Taking out a phone card from the smartphone, Taichi replaced it with the 'Joan of Arc Armed' phone card that Aix had completed earlier.

Unlike Mordred's full body armor and Minamoto no Raikou's vajra, Jeanne's armed calling card manifests as a thick cloak with a white background and gold edges and an iris pattern.

This cloak retains the properties of Jeanne's Noble Phantasm.

It has almost absolute defense against external attacks.

At the same time, this thing also has the added effect of baptism chant - purifying evil spirits.

But it can only work if it touches the evil spirit's body.

"The cloak! It appears!" Fang Xili was so scared that her hands trembled and she almost dropped the camera on the ground.

"This thing can be considered an exorcism tool." Taiyi casually gave the cloak the name of an exorcism tool, "It can forcibly purify the evil spirits it touches."

"Forced purification?" Fang Xili looked around.

The three child-like spirits who had just looked so happy retreated with fear after seeing the cloak that suddenly appeared in Taiyi's hands.

"Hehehe! You little brats! Come on! Don't you want to play together?" When Iwanaga Kotoko heard that Taichi had such a powerful weapon in his hand, she immediately stood up and threw a 'taunt' at the spirits of the three children with an arrogant look on her face.