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Yinqi Islands, Shui Ruoxuo Shrine.

Inside the shrine's rear hall, a young girl quietly pushed open the door and peered into the courtyard outside.

Although she is described as a girl, she does not look like an ordinary human girl.

She was surrounded by a sea-blue light, her eyes shone with a blue glow, and her long blue hair fluttered around her, swirling with obvious divine and demonic energy.

Aside from that, she is indeed a very cute girl, with an adorable round face, fair skin, and a long tuft of hair on her head that bounces slightly as she peeks out.

She was carrying a long backpack and a sun hat.

Her long, light blue hair was simply tied back, making her look like a beautiful high school girl full of youthful energy.

Finding no one in the courtyard and unable to sense any human presence through her divine power, the girl breathed a sigh of relief.

She put on her sun hat, slung her backpack over her shoulder, and sneaked out of the palace gate, heading towards the courtyard wall outside the rear hall. Soon, she reached the foot of the wall, lightly leaped up, landed on the wall's edge, and was about to jump to the outside.

"Lord Hai Ruo! What are you going to do?"

Suddenly, a somewhat helpless voice came from behind.

The girl was startled, and her body stiffened slightly.

She used demonic and divine powers to conceal her form, so she should never have been seen by ordinary people.

In other words, it was her sorceress who found her.

The girl sighed, turned around on the wall, and looked down at the courtyard.

Below the courtyard stood a shrine maiden with a helpless expression.

The priestess looked up at her, then glanced at the long backpack she was carrying, her gaze subtle, with a hint of disappointment: "Lady Hai Ruo, are you going fishing again?"

The girl's name is Hai Ruo, and she is the head priest of this Mizuwakazu Shrine, as well as the local head priest of the Oki Islands.

But she is not human, but a demon, and a high-ranking one at that, a superior of the Hai Ruo clan. She was appointed as the Goddess of the Oki Islands by the first priestess a thousand years ago, and helped the priestesses of successive generations govern the islands.

The girl paused for a moment, then scratched the tuft of hair on her forehead that was being held down by the sun hat.

"Ah... no, we have something very important to do."

"What is it?" The shrine maiden frowned, not believing her words at all.

Hai Ruo thought for a moment and said, "Hmm... the fish we keep in the sea are waiting for us to visit them. We need to go and feed them. Some of the fish have drowned and are sick. We need to bring them back and cure them."

The shrine maiden, too lazy to listen to her nonsense, walked towards the foot of the courtyard wall: "Alright, Lady Hai Ruo, Her Highness is inside the shrine. You should do what you're supposed to do and not make Her Highness angry."

Hai Ruo immediately shook her head: "It's alright, I've already asked His Highness for permission. His Highness told me to go and see the fish, and also asked me to cook the fish I brought back into a delicious dish to present to her."

The shrine maiden paused, looking at Hai Ruo with suspicion: "Really?"

She had been guarding the main hall the whole time and hadn't seen Hai Ruo go by at all. When the other priestesses took over her shift and she went to the back hall to rest, she discovered that Hai Ruo was trying to sneak away.

Hai Ruo blinked her big blue eyes: "Really!"

When the witch saw Hai Ruo's expression, she immediately realized that Hai Ruo was fooling her again.

However, the priestess has been here for two days and hasn't called Hai Ruo over, so she probably doesn't intend for Hai Ruo to do anything at all.

She sighed, "Fine, go ahead and fish secretly if you want."

"Just be careful not to get lured into a trap."

"Princess Mitsuko from Kansai, Princess Morikawa from Kanto, and Lady Hisuki from Hokuriku are all in Tottori, across the sea. Princess Hanamiyuki is also there, but she hasn't returned yet."

"Be careful, don't get caught by them."

Hai Ruo rolled her eyes at her: "What are you talking about? We're so lucky, how could we possibly get caught?"

"lucky?"

The shrine maiden curled her lip: "The Inaba Shrine Master on the other side of the sea is truly lucky, isn't he? Your luck... tsk."

Hai Ruo blushed, glaring at the witch with a hint of annoyance: "What's wrong with my luck!?"

"When I used to go fishing, as long as I used my superpowers, I always had a huge catch. Every time, you couldn't even finish eating it all."

The shrine maiden sighed, "So you know you used to fish with divine power?"

"Ever since you decided not to use your divine power to fish, you haven't caught a single fish. All you've caught are strange and unusual things."

Chapter 577 Taking a break is the true essence of life

"Last time you caught a fishing net from a fishing boat. I don't know why you made the fishing line so long and used your divine power to send it so far that it directly pulled onto the fishing net of that ship and dragged the ship to the shore. The people on the ship were terrified and said that there was a monster on the island that could drag cruise ships."

"Does that mean you can't fish without divine power?"

"So what?" Hai Ruo was even more annoyed: "Fishing... does not catching fish mean it's not fishing?"

The shrine maiden shook her head: "No, fishing is just your hobby. It doesn't matter whether you catch anything or not, as long as you can continue to protect the islands."

Umiwakazuchi is the local shrine of the Oki Islands, and Mizuwakazuchi Shrine is also a local shrine that protects the Oki Islands, but the significance of Mizuwakazuchi Shrine goes far beyond simply protecting the Oki Islands.

During the Age of Gods, the Oki Islands were Susanoo's initial place of exile.

After the Age of Gods, it became a place for exiling the defeated. Whether they were members of the human elite or higher-ranking yokai, they were all exiled here and suppressed and guarded by the Umi-no-Zu Shrine.

Although Hai Ruo is only a high-ranking demon, she possesses divine power and authority bestowed by successive generations of goddess priestesses, making her far stronger than other high-ranking demons. Ordinary ghosts and gods are no match for her.

No one can escape the archipelago unless the priestess commands her to release the exiles.

She only obeys the priestess's orders, and is protected by the power left behind by the priestess.

If any abnormalities are found in her, the priestess will personally come to the Oki Islands.

More than a thousand years have passed, and there hasn't been a single real disturbance on the islands. She's almost forgotten what she was supposed to do, spending her days fishing and catching fish.

Moreover, she felt that she would not encounter any danger, just as if there had never been any turmoil in the archipelago.

Those who truly wanted to escape wouldn't confront her directly; they would all flee quietly. Otherwise, she could simply kill them, and even all the exiles combined wouldn't be a match for her.

Now that there are no exiles, she has even more free time.

"Anyway, I'm leaving. Sanae, you and the others keep an eye on the shrine. If the Shrine Maiden needs anything, just call me at the beach." Hai Ruo lowered her sun hat, slung her long backpack over her shoulder, turned around, jumped off the courtyard wall, and flew towards the beach.

The shrine maiden stared at Hai Ruo's retreating figure, shaking her head and sighing.

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A few minutes later, Hai Ruo flew to the beach and found a spot on the sandy shore where the water was relatively deep.

She hummed a song, opened her long backpack, slowly took out her fishing rod and line, then took out her bait and threw it into the water in the distance, preparing to bait the area.

This is where she often fishes and baits her fishing spot; it has become a popular fishing ground. As long as she throws in the bait, she can easily catch fish.

Looking at the bait she had made, Hai Ruo couldn't help but miss the days when she used her divine powers to fish.

Back then, fishing was very simple for her. She would use her demonic and divine powers to find where the fish were, and then use her divine power to control the fishing line to entangle the fish's tail and drag it ashore. In one afternoon, she could catch dozens of big fish.

Or you can go directly into the water, create waves, and drive the fish onto the shore.

Later, the shrine maiden's shikigami, Maizuru, told her that fishing like this was not good, that it lacked any aesthetic appeal, and that she did not understand the truly technical aspects of fishing; it was not real fishing.

Unconvinced, she stopped using her divine powers to catch fish and instead fished like an ordinary person, but ended up catching nothing.

Wuhe mocked her for a long time.

She became increasingly unconvinced and began to study normal fishing methods. In the end, she consulted various materials, experimented with different methods on her own, and finally learned how to fish.

Looking back now, she realized that she had no reason to compete with Wuhe at that time.

As long as you can catch fish, you'll make a profit no matter what.

Hai Ruo shook her head, stretched, and her beautiful long, light blue hair swayed behind her.

She used her divine power to conjure a cushion, sat down against the reef, and cast her line with perfect accuracy into the baited area.

However, before she even started fishing, she suddenly froze in place.

She spotted a figure flying towards her from a distance on the sea.

The person swept across the sea, originally flying towards the shrine, but upon seeing her, immediately stopped and flew towards her.

Soon, Hai Ruo could see what the newcomer looked like.

The girl who flew in was very young, about eleven or twelve years old. She was not tall, and she was wearing a white priest's robe. Her black hair reached her waist, and she had bright red eyes. She had a lovely face, but her complexion was a little pale, and she didn't look very well.

Hai Ruo was startled: "Your Highness!?"

She recognized the girl who flew in; she was the current supreme deity of Izumo, the priestess Hanamiyuki.

Hai Ruo quickly put down her fishing rod, ignoring the bait she had just laid, and flew towards Hua Jianxue. She hugged Hua Jianxue in her arms and flew back to the shore.

She looked at the pale-faced Hua Jianxue in her arms and gently shook Hua Jianxue's shoulder: "Your Highness?"

"Your Highness, what's wrong? Why do you look so weak?!"

Hanami Yuki shook her head: "I'm fine... don't worry..."

However, she did not appear to be unharmed. Not only was her face pale, but her breathing was also very weak, as if she had been resurrected from the brink of death. Her body trembled, and she was barely breathing.

I really don't know how she flew over the sea to get here.

"Your Highness, what are you talking about? Do you look alright?" Hai Ruo was so anxious she was almost crying. She hugged Hua Jianxue tightly, holding her close.

Hanami Yuki shook her head: "I'm really fine, let me rest for a bit."

She grasped Hai Ruo's hand, closed her eyes in deep thought, and her mind replayed the battle between her and Morikawa Yu in the realm of divine history, as well as the scene of Morikawa Yu slaying her white jade puppet and consciousness projection...

Thunder roared in the sky, and raging waves surged on the sea. The young man in the black trench coat wielded two swords, sometimes transforming into invisible wind, sometimes stirring up storms. He slashed through the arm of the divine puppet and stepped on the arm of the white jade divine puppet giant to soar into the sky.

She manipulated the divine puppet to block his path, but she was too late. He broke through the barrier and arrived on top of the white jade divine puppet in the sky.

In the face of utter crisis, she was prepared to detonate the white jade puppet, resulting in mutual destruction. However, the young man in the black trench coat preemptively unleashed a gust of wind that shattered the puppet's head. His final strike severed her body, causing her to completely lose control of the white jade puppet.

But this is not the end.

Just as she thought she had failed and was preparing to return to the real world, her opponent plunged a knife into her body, pinning her to the ground, and mercilessly shattered her consciousness projection with the force of the wind...

Looking back now, she still feels an indescribable sense of powerlessness and shock, and cannot calm down for a long time.

Finally, Hua Jianxue let out a long breath, opened her eyes, and shook her head at the anxious Hai Ruo.

She is in very poor condition.

The destruction of the consciousness projection has negative consequences that go beyond simply the failure of the plan and the loss of the shadow of authority.

Her consciousness was also somewhat shaken.

Although she was not actually harmed, she truly felt the pain and terror of being killed.

This kind of terror can destroy a person's psychological limits, and may even make the person who was killed believe that they are really dead, causing their consciousness in reality to dissipate.

This was also her first time having such an experience.

That young man in the black trench coat, who wielded a sword against the wind, took her virginity, giving her a firsthand experience of "death."

She didn't know how long it would take her to get over these feelings, but there was nothing seriously wrong with her body.

"I'm really fine, Hai Ruo. I just need to rest for a while."

"Really?" Hai Ruo looked at Hua Jianxue suspiciously, trying to find the same expression on Hua Jianxue's face as when she usually fooled the shrine maidens, to see if Hua Jianxue was lying to her.

However, Hanamiyuki doesn't have a habit of lying. Although she sometimes jokes with them, she would never use such a thing to make them misunderstand.

She remained silent for a moment, then used her divine power to merge into Hua Jianxue's body, wanting to examine her.

Hanamiyuki held her hand, letting her do as she pleased.

Finally, after confirming that Hanami Yuki's body was indeed fine, and that she was actually very healthy despite appearing weak and near death, she breathed a sigh of relief.

"You scared me to death, Your Highness."

"I thought something had happened to you, that you were being chased by Princess Mitsuko and the others, and that you were in mortal danger."

Hanami Yuki shook her head: "I already said I'm fine, you're just scaring yourself."

Hai Ruo: "In that situation just now, who could stay calm? I did a pretty good job, didn't I?"

That being said, Hai Ruo knew that her response was not good at all. She should have used her divine power to stabilize Hua Jianxue's breathing and check her condition before speaking to her, instead of being flustered and at a loss for what to do.

Her long-term comfort had indeed made her clumsy.

Long ago, she was a powerful and decisive demon named Hai Ruo, who suppressed others and whose strength rivaled that of ghosts and gods. Now, she has become a fool who can only anxiously wait and does nothing.