I just wanted to cultivate immortality, but I was forced to open a harem

"Hey, that's weird. I clearly located this place, so why can't I see the shrine?"

Yotsuya Miko looked down at her cell phone, then looked up at the empty mountaintop with a puzzled expression.

"When Xiaohua and I came here before, we saw with our own eyes that there was a shrine on the top of the mountain. There was a magnificent torii gate at the entrance of the shrine, and a stone-paved road led from the foot of the mountain to the top. We climbed up the stairs and finally arrived at the shrine."

"Strange, I'm clearly not lost, why can't I find my way?" Yotsuya Kenko was puzzled.

Lin Hezhen glanced at the top of the mountain casually and said calmly, "It's normal that you can't see anything on the top of the mountain. It's actually strange that you two were able to reach the top of the mountain successfully for the first time. Because, this place has been surrounded by a barrier."

Lin Hezhen stretched out his hand and lightly waved it in front of his eyes, and a surprising scene appeared.

Yotsuya Miko felt as if the invisible space was split into two halves by Hayashi Heshin's finger. The scenery in front of her was like a 3D camouflage painting, slowly shrinking to both sides and revealing the real scene inside.

A long stone staircase appeared in front of the two people, leading all the way up to the top of the mountain.

On the top of the mountain, a tall and ancient vermilion torii gate looks even more majestic and solemn under the sunlight.

Behind the torii, a shrine that looks quite old stands majestically.

"So there really is a barrier." Yotsuya Miko said in surprise.

Lin Hezhen explained: "Of course, the island country has a tradition of Yin and Yang masters, so it is common to know spells such as barriers."

"Then why were Xiaohua and I able to reach the shrine smoothly? We are not immortal cultivators like Lin Jun, so shouldn't we be unable to see it like today?" New doubts arose in Yotsuya Miko's mind.

"Maybe the problem lies with your friend. She should also have some special physique." Lin Hezhen guessed.

Yotsuya Miko agreed and said, "Ah, that's indeed possible. Xiaohua always easily attracts ghosts. Previously, a powerful evil ghost actually attached itself to Xiaohua and used her physique to attract ghosts to eat all the weak ghosts that were attracted."

"It even knows how to take advantage of humans. It seems that the little devil has developed the lowest level of intelligence." Lin Hezhen commented.

"I think so too. So the way ghosts become stronger is to eat other ghosts? Also, why do they keep asking humans questions like 'Can you see?'"

After finally meeting an expert who "knew the business", Yotsuya Miko poured out all the questions that had been pent up in his mind.

Since there was nothing to do, Hayashi Kazuma walked up the stone steps to the top of the mountain while explaining things to Yotsuya Miko.

"The lowest level of spirits will only rely on instinct to devour their own kind to become stronger. If their intelligence is high enough, they can also comprehend the most basic methods of breathing in and out spiritual energy. Of course, in the cultivation world, there are also various ghost cultivation techniques. After practicing, spirits can become stronger and even have the hope of achieving great enlightenment."

"So that's how it is." Yotsuya Kenko nodded as if he understood, and continued his story.

"Then, this evil spirit devoured other weak ghosts and became stronger and stronger. Xiaohua also became very hungry."

"I found that Xiaohua is so easy to attract evil spirits, but she has never been hurt. It's because there is an indescribable 'qi' protecting her. This 'qi' consumes energy. Excessive use will make Xiaohua hungry and weak."

"I was worried that the evil spirit would hurt Xiaohua, so I brought her to this shrine to see if there was any way to get rid of the evil spirit. As a result, we encountered the giant fox on the top of the mountain, and it devoured the evil spirit."

Yotsuya Miko shuddered involuntarily when she recalled the scene at that time.

The scene where the fox fought the evil spirit was like King Kong fighting Godzilla, with full visual effects. Unfortunately, only Yotsuya Miko, who had opened her Yin-Yang eyes, was there to enjoy it.

She would never forget that the fox's body was split into two halves in the end, forming a bloody mouth full of sharp teeth, which devoured the evil spirit completely. It was an extremely bloody scene.

Therefore, even though the fox solved her friend's troubles, Yotsuya Miko could not associate it with the holy god.

Her guess was confirmed by Lin Hezhen.

"Generally speaking, the evil spirits that devour are only more powerful ones." Lin Hezhen said calmly.

"A more powerful evil spirit?" Yotsuya Miko felt relieved for surviving the disaster.

She couldn't imagine what would happen if the evil spirit attacked her and Xiaohua. After all, the fox knew very well that Yotsuya Miko could see it.

Lin Hezhen suddenly asked, "By the way, since this shrine is inside the barrier, there should be very few people who have seen it. How did you know this place?"

"Well," Yotsuya Miko recalled, racking her brains, "I saw this on a post on the Internet. It's said to be a little-known but very effective shrine dedicated to the mountain god, so I came here with the mentality of giving it a try."

"It seems like someone is spreading it deliberately." Lin Hezhen nodded thoughtfully.

"Speaking of which, this kind of rumor that is like an urban legend, you believe it just because someone posts it?"

Jianzi said in a low voice with embarrassment: "The main reason is that I prayed to gods and Buddhas everywhere to solve the ghost problem. I went to all the famous temples and shrines, and I also met countless famous witches and wizards in Dongdu City, but it was useless. I was really desperate and could only try any possible means."

Yotsuya Miko thought of all the professional exorcists she had met. Except for a lower-machi priestess who had some ability and gave her a string of prayer beads with magical powers, the others were all charlatans who pretended to be gods.

However, the Shitamachi Goddess' spiritual power was too weak, and her rosary immediately broke when it encountered a powerful evil spirit, with the beads flying everywhere.

As for the famous temples in Higashi City, such as Sensō-ji Temple, Inari Shrine, Yasaka Shrine, Nezu Shrine...they are all useless, and the monks and priests are all ordinary people.

Instead, it was an accidental encounter in the shopping street after school that allowed her to meet Lin Hezhen, her savior, who helped her escape the miserable life surrounded by evil spirits.

Otherwise, if she continued to pretend to be blind in such a fearful manner, the truth might be revealed one day. If those evil spirits found out that she could see, something terrible would definitely happen.

Thinking of this, Yotsuya Miko couldn't help but ask: "Why do those evil spirits go around asking ordinary people 'Can you see it?' What will happen if I answer 'Yes'?"

Lin Hezhen said casually, "It should be that they want to possess someone else's body. People with psychic physiques are most likely to be possessed by evil spirits. But those weak ghosts can't do that. At most, they will cling to you and cause trouble for you, making you weak, unlucky, frightened, and so on."

"Well, isn't that just like the plot in a horror movie? It's better to pretend you don't see it."

Yotsuya Miko was reminded of a series of famous horror films from the island country, such as "Sadako", "The Grudge" and "The Ring", and she was immediately frightened.

The two chatted as they walked and soon reached the top of the mountain.

Yotsuya Miko had already opened her spiritual vision. This time, she looked more carefully and found that the mountain was indeed a little strange.

The forest was filled with a chilly and gloomy atmosphere. There were no signs of small animals and no birds singing. There was only deathly silence, which was chilling.

In the shadows, there are many evil spirits wandering.

They wanted to get closer, but were torn to pieces by the spiritual pressure emanating from Lin Hezhen. Seeing the fate of their fellow evil spirits, the other evil spirits could only hide behind the big trees and stare at the two with malicious eyes.

"Hey, why didn't I realize this place is so scary before?" Yotsuya Kenko was secretly shocked and quickly quickened his pace to catch up with Lin Hezhen.

Only when she is with this strong and calm young man can Yotsuya Miko feel at ease.

"We're here." Lin Hezhen stepped onto the last stone step, and in front of him was the magnificent torii gate.

The Torii gate is composed of two pillars, the Kasagi and Shimagi on the pillars, and the Guan inserted between the two pillars.

Torii are often erected in front of shrines, representing the entrance to the divine realm and used to distinguish between the divine realm where gods reside and the secular world where humans live.

The torii gate is topped with a shimenawa rope, which is said to be designed to create a barrier to prevent disasters from passing through.

However, due to the lack of spiritual energy on Blue Star, the local gods either migrated away long ago or disappeared. It is impossible for a god to live behind this torii.

"Hmph, let me see what you really are." Lin Hezhen said, and raised his leg directly over the torii gate.

"Wait for me." Yotsuya Miko followed.

On the top of the mountain is an artificially level area paved with stone tiles. Around the square stand many stone tablets, stone lanterns and two stone sculptures of foxes.

In the middle of the square is a small shrine.

There is a bell hanging from the eaves of the shrine, and under the bell is a money box with the word "offering" written on the side.

The last time Yotsuya Miko came here with Yurikawa Hana, they put coins into the coin box and pulled the bell, making the huge bell hanging under the eaves of the shrine make a crisp sound, and made a wish to the sound of the bell.

At that time, Yotsuya Miko's prayer was to hope that the gods could eliminate the evil spirit in Yurikawa Hana.

In the end, her wish came true, but it also caused even greater trouble.

Yotsuya Miko followed Hayashi Kazuma into the shrine again. A gust of wind blew, and suddenly a pair of gods dressed in ancient costumes, with fox ears, princess hairstyles, and many bells hanging on their waists appeared in front of them.

"Ah, it's still there."

She had seen these two messengers of God. When they were expelling the evil spirit from Yuri Kawana, they had appeared and fought with the evil spirit. In the end, they were defeated by the evil spirit and were chopped in half by it. In the end, it was the mountain god who personally stepped in to deal with the evil spirit.

Jianzi thought that the two gods' messengers must have disappeared, but he didn't expect them to appear before his eyes again.

Lin Hezhen glanced at the so-called "God's messenger", shook his head and sighed: "They are just two poor souls who are bound and enslaved."

The spiritual pressure on him seemed to make the other party feel extremely threatened. The two "god's messengers" were very excited, and their small bodies shrank as if they had met a natural enemy.

"Here it comes!" Jianzi shuddered all over.

Accompanied by a puff of green smoke, a huge fox appeared behind the two people. It had nine furry tails and a pair of long pointed horns on its head with bells wrapped around them.

Chapter 191 The True Face of the Fox Fairy

"You said this thing is a fox fairy?" Lin Hezhen showed a half-smile.

"Well, at least it looks like a fox."

Yotsuya Miko looked at the giant fox that was dozens of meters tall, had nine fluffy tails, and exuded a fierce aura. His heart tightened, but his face remained expressionless.

Her poker face is very different from Kato Megumi's.

Yotsuya Miko was afraid that the evil spirits would find out that she could "see", so she didn't dare to show her fear. Over time, she developed the acting skills to be able to remain calm even when a mountain collapsed in front of her, and not blink even when a deer appeared on her left.

Kato Megumi, on the other hand, has a weak sense of presence, and her emotional expression is not obvious. Her voice is also relatively flat and lacks intonation, making it difficult for others to infer Kato Megumi's psychological activities through observation.

In fact, Hayashi Kazuma really wanted to see what it would be like if Kato Megumi possessed the Yin-Yang eyes ability of Yotsuya Miko.

Would it cause a look of surprise and fear to appear on her calm face?

Or will she be calmer than Yotsuya Miko and be able to maintain a calm expression even in the face of those hideous and terrifying evil spirits?

It's really exciting.

Lin Hezhen let his thoughts wander, not paying the slightest attention to the giant monster in front of him.

The huge nine-tailed fox lowered its head, came close to Lin Hezhen, opened its big mouth full of sharp teeth, and actually spoke in human language.

"Do you want my bell, too?"

"Bell? What bell?" Yotsuya Kenko was confused, but he didn't dare to act rashly. He could only stare straight ahead.

The giant fox came to Jianzi again.

"You made a wish to me before, and I have promised to help you three times. The first time was to eliminate the evil spirit in that girl. Don't you plan to use the next two chances?"

"Well, since you took the initiative to come to my territory, I will regard it as you coming to fulfill the agreement in advance."

"Fulfill the agreement? I don't remember us making any agreement." Yotsuya Miko felt an ominous premonition in her heart.

Lin Hezhen chuckled and said, "Miracles and magic all have a price. You don't think that it helps you for free, do you? All the gifts bestowed by fate have already been secretly marked with a price."

"Eh? But I threw a coin when I prayed." Jianzi said blankly.

Lin Hezhen shrugged: "Do you think they will use human currency?"

"Well, I'm afraid not." Jianzi looked at the huge fox so close to him, his eyes fell on its mouth full of sharp teeth as sharp as knives, and he felt his calves cramping.

"So, what price does it want me to pay?" Yotsuya Miko swallowed hard.

"Maybe it's - your soul." Lin Hezhen looked at the two so-called "messengers of God" with fox ears.

"My soul?!" Yotsuya Kenko was shocked.

"Is it too late for me to run now?" She was already beginning to have second thoughts.

Dedicating your soul to an unknown existence is a bad idea no matter how you think about it; it only reminds people of things like the devil and hell.

Lin Hezhen smiled and said, "Just do nothing like before, and leave everything to me."

Seeing his calm and composed look, Yotsuya Kenko's frightened mood suddenly relaxed.

For some reason, she felt inexplicably at ease when she was with this young man, as if all problems could be solved as long as he was there.

The giant fox quickly lost patience when he saw that the two people were completely ignoring it and were only focused on chatting with each other.

"Ouch."

It opened its huge mouth and swallowed Yotsuya Miko into its mouth.

"what?!"

Jianzi watched helplessly as the monster's mouth covered her head like a huge hood, and her heart was filled with fear.

But she remembered Lin Hezhen's words, and she suppressed her instinct to escape. She stayed where she was with her limbs stiff, and allowed the fox to devour her without any resistance.

"Ah, where is this? It's so dark!"

Yotsuya Miko was in a trance and came to a place where it was pitch dark.

There is no light, no sound, no direction, nothing here. It seems that even the concept of time has disappeared. I am the only one standing here.

Yotsuya Miko was extremely scared. She suddenly remembered that when she had forced herself to pass through the body of an evil spirit before, it was also so dark at that moment. Could it be that she was in the belly of a giant fox?

She couldn't help but start thinking: "What should I do? If it's the same as before, I can just walk forward and get out. But Lin Jun asked me not to do anything. In this case, I'd better not act rashly and just wait quietly."

"Tap tap tap."

Suddenly, I heard the sound of a child walking behind me.

"Why are there children here?"