Kanagawa Taoist College Students

Chapter 36: it's dark

Japan’s forest coverage rate is one of the highest in the world, reaching 64%, and it never conducts commercial logging in the country, and almost entirely depends on imports.

Along the trail into the mountain, Li Xuehao was quite moved. The trees are dense, and the birds and flowers are everywhere, just like the virgin forest that no one has ever visited, everything seems so harmonious.

Although Yokohama is the third largest city in Japan and its population is second only to Tokyo, in this cosmopolitan city, the forest still maintains its original scale.

Hakumine Shrine is where he entered the mountain this time.

However, this Hakumine Shrine is not the Hakumine Shrine dedicated to Emperor Sōtoku in Kamikyo-ku, Kyoto City, but a small shrine. Although I don’t know if the original purpose of the construction is to emulate the authentic Hakumine Shrine to worship Emperor Sōtoku, I want to follow Tengu must be related.

Because Emperor Shongde is the leader of all tengu legends.

It is said that he was defeated in the Baoyuan Rebellion, and Emperor Chongde went into exile to Zanqi and wrote Buddhist scriptures to heaven, but received no response. So I made a great wish to disrupt the world for the great devil. Then he did not eat or sleep, and died in resentment, like a Yasha. The resentful spirit turned into a tengu, causing chaos in the world.

This is the origin of Tengu.

Li Xuehao has the memory of his original body, and he is naturally clear about this famous Hakumine Shrine in Yokohama. He has also heard various rumors, but it is the first time to go here in person.

Hakumine Shrine is on the mountainside.

It seems to have been abandoned for a long time, and there are mottled erosion marks everywhere. Standing in front of the torii gate of the shrine, this was Li Xuehao's first impression of Hakumine Shrine.

Passing through the torii, entering the "God Realm", and stepping on the long steps are also impressive "historical traces".

There were overgrown weeds and broken bricks, and sometimes one or two wild cats could be seen swiftly into the dense grass.

After walking up the stairs, I came to the main temple of the shrine.

The pool used for "bathroom" at the entrance had already dried up and was covered with weeds. The guardian beasts on both sides are almost invisible, just like two unfinished stone sculptures.

No matter how you look at it, the Hakumine Shrine does not look like it has been abandoned for three years, but it looks like it has been abandoned for three hundred years.

Li Xuehao was hesitant in his heart. There are many terrifying rumors about this shrine, the most famous of which is the presence of tengu.

There were originally monks presided over the shrine, but one night three years ago, all the monks died strangely overnight.

The results of the official investigation are not known, but after that, rumors of tengu haunts the shrine, and people who are more timid would not dare to approach the shrine.

Li Xuehao could not guess why Suzuki Minako used this place as a place for club activities, but she could also detect some. Perhaps the reason she did that was to let him and Yamamoto Ryota open his eyes and see that kind of only What is in the rumor?

Standing in front of the main temple for a while, Li Xuehao heard the voice from the torii under the steps. He didn't deliberately listened to it, but he knew that it was Ryota Yamamoto and the others.

Moved a few steps to the front of the stairs, and sure enough, Ryota Yamamoto and his party were walking up.

Yamamoto Ryota and Saito Ashuji are in front, followed by Suzuki Minako, Hisagawa Chiwa and Chiba Mika.

The most eye-catching one is Chiba Mika, who wore a witch costume that was also tailored for her, which was very similar to the kendo costume of the Kendo Club, with white on top and red on the bottom.

Holding the royal coin, her face looked very solemn and solemn, which was very inconsistent with the image of her previous small receiver.

The so-called royal coin is the shape of a wooden stick wrapped with a zigzag-shaped paper strip. Commonly, there are two hanging papers hanging from a wooden pole, and there are 2, 4, and 8 hanging papers, which are basically white. .

Because "Paper" and "神" in Japanese have the same pronunciation, they are both "kami", and the white paper is white and flawless, and it is regarded as "condensing the power of the gods".

Royal coins are used to enshrine in front of gods and can also be used to eliminate demons. Of course, they can also be used for prayer and cleaning.

When in use, it is generally swung back and forth in the "left, right, left" direction, and some are directly inserted in one place and fixed.

What Li Xuehao was curious about was that Chiba Mika looked very professional in such a maiden dress, was she originally a maiden? Looking back on it carefully, it seems that when he and Yamamoto Ryota first checked into the old school building, he gave himself a charm, saying it was obtained from Chiba Shrine. Is there any relationship between this Chiba Shrine and Chiba Mika?

This point cannot be confirmed for the time being. Yamamoto Ryota at the bottom of the steps had already spotted him at this time and was greeting him loudly: "Good morning, Maka."

"Good morning!" Li Xuehao responded with a smile.

"I didn't expect you to come earlier than us. I didn't see you when I met the minister at Torii, thinking you were not coming. The minister said that you may have already come up, and the minister is really wise." Flattering.

Suzuki Minako's face was calm, unmoved by the flattery, and greeted Li Xuehao faintly: "Madaka, good morning."

"Good morning, senior." Li Xuehao also responded politely. Today, everyone is not wearing school uniforms, just ordinary casual clothes.

Suzuki Minako is wearing slightly tight-fitting black jeans, her legs are still so slender, her upper body is a white t-shirt and a pink sportswear is covered, because the neckline is opened low, so you can see her inside White t-shirt.

On her feet are a pair of sneakers, which looks like a beautiful girl full of youthful vigor in the morning. Her black hair that reaches her waist is tied with a ribbon, and she leaves neatly behind her.

After a few people said hello, Suzuki Minako began to say: "I believe you have heard about the rumors of Hakumine Shrine before coming. What I want to say is that those rumors are not necessarily rumors, they are likely to be true. Even if there is no tengu, there must be something else in it, so..."

Speaking of this, Minako Suzuki paused and looked at Li Xuehao and Ryota Yamamoto on the side: "Manaka, Yamamoto."

"Yes." The two responded.

"Wait, if something unexpected happens, if I am not by your side, you can follow Chiba. Remember, you must follow Chiba closely!"

On the side, Chiba Meijia's face was solemn, and she watched the two and gave a soft "Uh" to show that she would protect them.

Li Xuehao nodded thoughtfully. Among these people, except that he was hidden, Suzuki Minako and Chiba Mika should be regarded as people who have come into contact with such things.

I've seen the compass on Minako Suzuki before. Although Chiba Mika doesn't have anything like a compass, the royal coin in her hand, although there is no aura, has some special things in it. Reiki, but at last it has a little effect, which is much better than the three ordinary people of Yamamoto Ryota, Saito Huiji and Hisagawa Chiwa.

Ryota Yamamoto looked at Suzuki Minako nervously, perhaps shocked by what she said: "Director, is there anything that exists? Is it a ghost?"

"Do you know why our club is called the ‘Spirit Level Society’?" Suzuki Minako looked at him in response.

Yamamoto shook his head too.

"'Ling-level Society' is just abbreviation, and its full name is'Ultimate Research Society of Spiritual Events.' From the name, you should know that the purpose of our society is to study all kinds of supernatural events, including ghosts of course."

"Is there really a ghost here...?" Yamamoto was even more panicked. Compared with the legendary monster like Tengu, who was more rumored than the fact, he was more afraid of ghosts that might be around him.

"Well, don't be so scared. With the minister, even if there are ghosts, we can't confuse us." Saito Hui slapped him on the shoulder severely.

Ryota Yamamoto finally had the courage. Of course it was not because of Saito Huiji’s words, but because of the thought that it is daylight after all, and there may not be any real things like ghosts, maybe it has never been. Has it ever existed?

Next, led by Suzuki Minako, several people entered the main hall of the shrine.

The main hall has a wide space, with almost no debris. There are neither idols nor tablets, and the floor is clean and bright, as if it were new.

The outside is like a wilderness, but inside it is like people living all year round. This weird scene makes people feel creepy.

Suzuki Minako looked solemnly, she had taken out the compass and held it in her hand.

Chiba Mika also moved Yubi, muttering something.

Yamamoto Ryota looked nervous. He estimated that he was the most terrifying in everyone's hearts. No matter how he looked at it, the main hall seemed so abnormal.

"True." Approaching Li Xuehao, Yamamoto Ryo gripped the hem of his clothes too tightly and whispered.

"Yeah." Li Xuehao responded softly, and didn't shake him off.

He also felt weird in his heart. Although the divine consciousness could not cover the entire shrine, there was no hindrance in this main hall.

There is no such thing here, but what is the reason why the floor is so clean? Is it because someone cleans it all year round? However, there is no one living here, and there is no anger at all.

In this case, there seems to be only one reason to explain...

Li Xuehao looked around, and he found some clues in the corners of the main hall. Those were faint scratch marks that almost made people ignore the past.

But combining these scratches, Li Xuehao knew that this was a large-scale formation.

However, even though it is a large-scale formation, its practicality is not great. There is only one, which is to block dust and other dirt from the outside, and it can also effectively clean the dust falling from the ceiling of the hall, keeping everything inside the hall clean.

But for those real "dirty things" it has no effect, so it is said that it is a large formation, in fact, it is not as good as an ordinary small spiritual formation.

"The sky outside seems to be dark." Saito Huiji suddenly said, pointing to the sky outside the main hall.

"Is it going to rain?" Chiwa Kukawa next to him asked.

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