SFS Chapter 339 The famous Tengu Lingshanbo
Chapter 339 The famous Tengu Lingshanbo
Xu Ning took out the commemorative camera and pointed the lens at the three earth fox statues.
There were three mechanisms on the wall behind them. Xu Ning reached out and pressed them one by one, and the door under his feet suddenly spun open.
"In a place like this with its tight security, it's unlikely that any monsters would be lurking there. Let's go down."
Xu Ning said something to Shen He, and the two of them jumped down gently.
Upon landing, one is greeted by a spacious cave with a sturdy redwood torii gate in the center.
Shen He took a few steps forward, looked around, and asked, "When we came here, the Yae-no-gami (priest) said that each place would have five prayer altars linked together in an array before the exorcism ceremony could be performed. Why are there only three here?"
Xu Ning pointed to the two earth fox statues behind the torii gate. "Just like before, it's an illusion. Those two statues are actually two prayer altars. But I don't want to follow her method."
Xu Ning carried the Dust Concealment Gourd toward the roots of the sacred cherry tree that lay coiled at the torii gate. "According to the purification method of Narukami Taisha, we will use the artifacts that were imbued with the magic power of the Fox Palace to dispel the miasma accumulated in the sacred cherry tree with an array, and then use witchcraft to cleanse it."
"But according to what Qingyi told me last time, after I used the wine from the Dust Concealment Cave on the Divine Cherry Tree, all the memories and miasma within the Divine Cherry Tree were drawn into my body. Then, after I cleansed myself of the filth in a similar illusion, I woke up."
"Although it may sound dangerous, I can see the memories left in the Divine Cherry Tree. I want to see what exactly happened back then."
Shen He nodded. "What do you need me to do?"
"Protect me, firstly to prevent me from causing damage to the surroundings unintentionally. Secondly, to prevent any unclean demons from appearing during the exorcism process, since I don't know if this place will be any different from Narukami Grand Society. I'll call Wendy and Qingyi out; they can help you if anything happens."
Xu Ning called out those two unreliable guys, instructing them to help Shen He keep an eye on himself, and then pulled Qingyi over to ask her questions.
"If, and I mean if, I had met you hundreds of years ago, what should I have done to make you unconditionally believe in me and help me in a very short time?"
The woman in green shook her head vigorously, saying, "It's impossible. With your appearance, it's very difficult, extremely difficult."
Xu Ning retorted angrily, "What's wrong with my image? Don't you have any hidden fetishes, secrets you'd never tell anyone, scars or moles in private areas, the kind of thing that I could easily believe with just a few words?"
After listening to Xu Ning's words with wide eyes, Qingyi was also furious.
"You're planning to use these to gain my trust? You're planning to use them to blackmail me, right? You must be right! If you really tell me these things, I'll smash you to death with this gourd the moment you open your mouth, and I definitely won't give you a second chance!"
Xu Ning remained silent.
"Think quickly, or I guarantee that there will never be another ingredient in the cave besides radishes. You'll be turning from a green dragon into a green rabbit!"
Under Xu Ning's terrifying threat, Qingyi frowned and thought for a long time. Then she beckoned to Xu Ning and whispered something in his ear.
Xu Ning looked at this guy suspiciously, "You know the consequences of lying to me, right? Just confirm this sentence?"
The woman in green said confidently, "As long as you don't change a single word, I guarantee it will work."
Xu Ning still looked suspicious, and pointed a finger at Qingyi's head, "If this doesn't work, I'll make you pay when you get back!"
"Okay, I'm going to start."
Xu Ning walked to the roots of the Divine Cherry Tree, tilted the wine gourd in his hand, and the wine dripped down, quickly being absorbed by the tangled roots.
A black mist suddenly swept out and seeped into Xu Ning's body.
Xu Ning's eyes went completely black, as if they had been filled with ink, and then he fell to the ground without warning.
Shen He quickly reached out to support Xu Ning, and gently helped him sit down on the ground.
You'd better leave him aside.
The woman in green advised, "Because he might jump up and start performing a drunken boxing routine at any time."
Shen He shook his head slightly, "It's alright."
After Xu Ning lost consciousness, he seemed to hear someone calling his name in his ear, but his whole body felt as if it had lost all strength, and he could not muster any strength at all.
Even opening my eyes felt exceptionally difficult.
But it felt like a soft little paw pressed against my face, turning my head to one side, and then a wet, cool tongue began to lick my left earlobe.
Xu Ning trembled all over and finally woke up.
He opened his eyes and saw a fox, a raccoon dog, and a cat—three little beasts squatting in a row in front of his face, staring at him. The one who had just spoken was, unsurprisingly, Qinzi.
"you're awake."
A gentle voice greeted me from the side.
Xu Ning struggled to sit up and saw a person in a long robe wearing a celestial dog mask standing in front of him.
"This is where?"
"This is underground in the desolate sea, a refuge specially created using ancient architecture. I found you collapsed on the beach and brought you here. Oh, by the way..."
The man took out a gourd from his sleeve and said, "I saw that this thing floating in the water is very precious. I thought it must be yours, so I picked it up for you."
Xu Ning weakly accepted the Dust Concealment Gourd. Looking at the additional lightning patterns on the gourd besides the wind and rock patterns, he thought to himself, "Thank goodness it didn't drift to Liyue, otherwise I really wouldn't know what to do this time."
"Thank you for saving my life. May I ask your name?"
"Just call me Ling Shanfang. I need to go back and settle the others in. I've left your food and water here; you can rest for a while. I'll bring more food and water tomorrow."
Xu Ning suddenly remembered this famous Tengu who lived at sea, and he never expected to encounter him here.
"Thank you again for your help. See you tomorrow, and I hope I'll have the chance to help you then."
Ling Shanfang nodded and turned to leave.
Xu Ning held the Dust Concealment Gourd and looked around. It was still the same spot where he had activated the mechanism in the desolate sea, but it had been moved to a corner.
The mechanism at the top was now closed, and the surrounding area was almost full of people. It seemed that the people of Inazuma had not perished in the mouths of the monsters as he had guessed last time. Many of them were still hidden in various places, waiting for the return of the Thunder God and the end of the calamity.
Xu Ning watched Ling Shanfang's figure walk towards a circular doorway on the side of the torii gate. He knew there was a path leading directly to the sea.
It's speculated that Ling Shan Fang left from there, or most likely, the famous Thousand Gates Void Boat was docked there.