This Japanese Story Is Not Too Cold

What exactly does Sifang Huiye want to express, and why does she, as the daughter of the Sifang Patriarch, want to convey a message to the outsider of Beichuan Temple...?

The only thing that Beichuan Temple can be sure of right now is that the news Sifang Huiye wants to deliver must be news that threatens her, otherwise she wouldn't be thinking about telling herself what her family concealed.

But what exactly is it?

Could it be that there is a huge threat to go to the Sifang Altar? Or does it mean that Sifang Huiye has to be sacrificed to restart the Sifang Altar?

If you think about the past carefully, there are too many doubts.

If you really want to say in the direction of conspiracy theory, maybe even Kitagawa Temple, Haneda, Onodera, etc. have already been classified as living sacrifices.

To be honest, if it weren't for the too many skill points needed for mind reading, Beichuan Temple would definitely light up this practical skill.

But no matter what, this time the Sifang Family Shrine and his party must be risky.

With these questions, Kitagawa-dera took the vehicle with Sifang Kaguya next to him and headed towards the Tosawa Mountain in Tenkawa Village, Nara Prefecture.

......

To say what is the most famous thing in Nara Prefecture, basically a person with common sense will tell you an easy-to-understand answer.

That is ‘deer’.

In Nara, deer is known as the messenger of the gods, and there are many legends and anecdotes, but there is no need to say more here in order to save space.

It took nearly seven hours for Beichuan Temple and the others to settle in a homestay near Tianchuan Village.

The Sifang family booked a room and ordered food again.

As the daughter of Sifang Patriarch, Sifang Huiye also said apologetically at the dinner table:

"Sifangjia is hidden in the mountains, and cars can't go to that place...so you have to walk to the destination from now on. Everyone, I'm really sorry."

Master Haneda took a sip of tea and asked, "I don't know how far we are from the destination?"

"In terms of time, you can get to the ruins of the family shrine in about an hour, and you should be able to arrive before the time of the evil."

Sifang Huiye replied.

The reason why I chose to go to their family shrine at dusk is that the distance between this world and the hidden world is the closest when I encounter demons. In other words, at dusk, this world is closest to that world.

At that time, using the moon mirror can also save some of the good thoughts and save them for emergencies.

After having simply eaten, everyone will naturally set off.

Master Haneda and Master Onoji counted their props, packed them in small cloth bags, and tied them to their bodies.

But Beichuan Temple looked thoughtfully at the vast mountains and rivers in front of him.

In the Tozawa Mountains, here is simply not on par with the bustling Tokyo.

The sea of ​​faint green trees overlapped.

Looking from Beichuan Temple, there is no way to go deep into the mountains at all.

Everything has been blocked by the pervasive sea of ​​trees, and the deep sea of ​​trees silently lay in front of them, making people feel a little bit of coolness in their hearts just by looking at them.

"Let's go." Sifang Huiye ordered.

Under her guidance, the bodyguards and drivers who had been previously considered useless by Master Haneda came forward.

These bodyguards and drivers walked silently ahead to explore the way for Beichuan Temple and them.

After all, the mountain road is steep, and some places look like real ground, but if you step on it, you will fall into the Naraku Abyss, and you need them here.

What Beichuan Temple didn't expect was that these bodyguards and the drivers were all responsive, as if they were very familiar with the surrounding situation.

"These people are all members of the Sifang family. They were sent by the family to protect me. Although they are not stronger than your kind thoughts, they are also powerful helpers of the Sifang family. They can still do things just by looking at the spirit body. Arrived."

Sifang Huiye explained in a low voice that the Yuehui Mirror that she had been holding in both hands was now hung on her chest, which was also conducive to action.

Everyone continued to walk forward.

As they walked, Sifang Huiye did not forget to show them the current situation of the Sifangjia Shrine.

"This time your main task is to restart the Sifang Altar. But before the Sifang Altar is restarted, there is one more thing that must be completed."

"I have also said before that before leaving the Tosawa Mountains, the Sifang Family closed the Sifang Shrine, and used the last lunar bloom that spilled to form an enchantment, completely isolating the Sifang Family Shrine from the world. Because of this, the four altars of Shuo, Shangxian, Wang, and Xiaxian have actually fallen to the ground."

Sifang Huiye further explained:

"The reason why these four altars are sunk into the ground is because of the fear that the altars will be destroyed by the wandering spirits and indescribable things outside and the protection they have put on them."

"Let the altar sunk in the ground rise again, and then start the altar. This is the general process."

Everyone glanced at each other, and Master Onodera asked: "So how can the altar rise?"

After listening to Master Onodera’s question, Sifang Huiye also calmly explained: “This is the time to bring up another spiritual tool passed down from the Sifang family, the Moonscope.”

Sifang Huiye stroked the Moonlight Mirror in his hand, carefully adding:

"If the Moon Mirror is to deal with the spirit tool handed down from the'Hymoon Period', then the Moon Mirror is the spirit tool that survived to rekindle the hope of the family. Both of these spirit tools can only be used by us witches. .."

As she said, she sighed: "It's just that the last time'Dark Moon Time' came too fast, and the momentum was fierce, so Moonwatch was left in the family shrine. Until now, it has not been retrieved."

Sifang Huiye solemnly asked:

"Therefore, before restarting the Sifang Altar, we must first find the Moonwatch."

After her explanation, Beichuan Temple quickly cleared its mind.

The first is that the altar has sunk to the bottom. In order for the altar to rise from the ground, it is necessary to use the moon-view mirror left in the shrine. After the moon-view mirror is found and the altar is called out, Sifang Kaguya will use the moonlight. Mirror restarts the altar.

"Time is too fast. It is basically impossible to accomplish these things in one night. And we also need to rest. It is impossible to finish all these things in one night."

After thinking about it, Beichuan Temple spoke out bluntly.

Yes, time is too rush. The place where the moonwatch was left is unknown, and Sifang Kaguya also said before that the shrine of Sifang’s house is definitely not small.

Under such circumstances, it is already thankful to find the Moon Mirror all night, let alone let Sifang Huiye use the Moon Mirror to restart the altar afterwards.

No two or three days of exploration time can't be taken down at all.

"Yeah. I also know Master Beichuan's concerns."

Sifang Huiye nodded, and then explained: "It is basically impossible to fulfill these requirements in one night. That's why I want to save the kind thoughts in the mirror of the moon and make more time for you to find. Moonwatch. If one night doesn’t work, then two nights, two nights don’t work, then three nights."

Her words also relieved Master Haneda and Master Onodera.

In fact, the two of them also planned to euphemistically propose to Sifang Huiye that "time may not be enough", but what they didn't expect was that Beichuan Temple was faster than them. Seeing him like that, just thinking about it did not hesitate. Spoke up.

Beichuan Temple didn't care about the gazes of the two of them. After getting the assurance from Sifang Huiye, he simply nodded and said:

"Then I have no problem."

"If this is the case, then we will continue to move forward--" Sifang Huiye nodded, just about to continue speaking.

But soon her face changed, her feet staggered, and a trace of cold sweat oozes from her forehead.

But Sifang Huiye quickly stabilized her figure. She reached out to stop the Master Onoji and Master Haneda who wanted to come and support her: "I have no problem... Go ahead. Everyone."

"..."

Sifang Huiye’s expression didn’t look like it was okay, her face instantly turned pale, her forehead oozes cold sweat, and her foot movements became extraordinarily vain. Looking at her like this, she seemed to have suffered some kind of invisible severe damage. same.

But since it was Sifang Huiye's request, everyone continued to move forward.

Of course, due to the situation of Sifang Huiye, no one in the whole team had the mind to continue talking.

In this way, they kept silent and walked for more than 30 minutes, and everyone stopped in front of an area.

"There is... Sifang House...?" Mage Haneda stopped and looked at the gentle valley hidden in the evening forest.

What was displayed in front of everyone was a dilapidated small village.

Some houses were burned down, and some houses were directly washed away due to mountain mudslides.

In some places, only the pillar frame is left, and it is impossible to distinguish the former appearance of the house.

The creek winding around the village has dried up, and everything looks barren and dilapidated.

"According to family records, this area is where the Sifang family lives...but our destination is not here."

Sifang Huiye stretched out his hand and pointed to the mountain behind this small village.

Everyone cast their sights.

Around the dried up pond, all the way up...

The long stone steps of the road, one by one, continue towards the mountain. Continuing these stone steps, are the thousand-story torii gates that are erected on top of each other.

The shrine at the end of the torii is looming in the dusk, as if you are in the world, and as if you are in a hidden world...

"Sifang Shrine."

Sifang Huiye murmured to himself, a sorrow flashed in his eyes.

.....

Everyone went down the mountain and came to the dilapidated and desolate Sifang Village.

Xia Chan pulled her throat, the grassy roof and the broken wooden door.

Some furniture can be seen in some well-preserved houses, even some rotten linen clothes can be seen.

This can also tell how fast the people of the Sifang family were evacuated.

Sifang Huiye lowered his head towards these dilapidated houses, and said after two or three seconds of silence: "We will temporarily rest here for ten minutes."

Her proposal was approved by everyone, and even Beichuan Temple nodded.

Indeed, I have been walking for an hour now, and then I have to climb that long, unspeakable road, and it’s okay to take a break.

"I don't know how you are feeling now? Master Beichuan?" Sifang Huiye added water and glanced sideways at Beichuan Temple.

Regarding her excessive concern, Beichuan Temple took a sip from the kettle and calmly replied: "It doesn't feel much. If you really want to worry, I think you should care about your own body now."

"Are you talking about what was just now?" Sifang Huiye waved his hand: "It's just the first time I walked a mountain road for such a long time. I haven't adjusted my breathing rhythm, and I've suffered heat stroke."

"Really." Beichuan Temple responded casually, disapproving of Sifang Huiye's words.

At the moment when Sifang Huiye was in trouble, Beichuan Temple had already mobilized his lifeless spirit to check her state.

Things that made Beichuan Temple care about happened.

Sifang Huiye, who originally had no kind thoughts, slowly showed kind thoughts on his body. And the center of this kind thought was radiated from the moonlight mirror on her chest.

It's just that now that wave of kind thoughts has been completely suppressed by Sifang Huiye.

That's why she can speak so naturally.

But... what makes Beichuan Temple the most incomprehensible is... why Sifang Huiye's lingering good thoughts hurt her herself?

If you want to say that it was Yuehui Jing’s own kind thoughts that had an impact on Sifang Huiye, it’s also unlikely. After all, she has always carried Yuehui Jing next to her body, and this kind of family spirit equipment generally should not be It will hurt people in the family.

Thinking of Beichuan Temple, he turned his head and looked at the mountains beside him.

The name of this mountain is Yueyou Mountain, and it is precisely because this mountain is close to Huangquan that the people of the Sifang family spend a lot of money to suppress it every year.

But... why do the people of the Sifang family insist on suppressing the yellow spring under the mountain?

Irresponsibly speaking, the people of the Sifang family can leave this land to live in other livable places. There is no need to withstand such a big risk at all.

After all, they are not like the villagers in the gods, who are entangled in the curse of misfortune, nor are they like the people of Yihui Island, they will die away from Yihui Island.

They have no reason to stay here.

And this... is also something that Sifang Huiye has not told the people of Beichuan Temple.

What is the reason for this?

Intuition tells Beichuan Temple that this has the most direct connection with the Sifang family hiring them to come here to restart the Sifang Altar. And this connection is what they seek.

but--

It's useless to think so much now.

Beichuan Temple shook his head.

Yes it is. I haven't formally entered Sifang Shrine to think about so much now. It's just looking for something for myself.

After entering the shrine, Beichuan Temple believed that there must be some of the most important reasons for the Sifang family's suppression of Huangquan.

And before the investigation came out...

Let's find out the necessary props, Moonscope, first.

Beichuan Temple thoughtfully looked at Sifang Huiye and determined his goal.