Chapter 1413 Unstable Shadow (The handle key is broken...)


    As planned, everyone had to go to the hotel to rest first and then conduct investigations. But Duanmuhuai felt that he had come, so it was not too late to investigate the clues first and then go back to rest. So he directly asked the bus to turn the direction and head towards the shrine.


    Generally, the shrines are located at high places, and this place is no exception. After walking up a long hillside, everyone comes to the shrine. A seal has been posted here, and the police have also pulled a sign that is prohibited from entering. However, for Duanmu Huai, this was naturally not an obstacle. He pushed open the door and walked into the shrine with great strides.


    Compared with the shrine in Yangshen Town before, the shrine here is relatively more formal. The gates are newly repaired and there is also a clean hand pond inside, followed by the shrine in front and the Sai Qian box, etc. In addition to being a little smaller, this place is not much worse than the shrines in the tourist attractions.


    Even the specifications are quite formal.


    Basically, the structure of the shrines in Japan is similar, with a torii at the entrance, and then a temple to the shrine opened in the forest. On both sides of Hallao, there are sculptures of stone lions, mainly used to remove filth and evil spirits. After passing through the Session Road, you will come to the worship hall in the courtyard, which is a place for people to worship. Behind the worship hall is the temple, which contains the divine body of the things worshipped in this shrine.


    In addition, it is a social agency. This place is just listening or not knowing what it is for, but to put it bluntly, it is the supply and marketing cooperative of the shrine. The witches will sell amulets and some specialties from the shrine here, and are also responsible for lottery settlement - in fact, it is a place where people spend money in the shrine.


    "This place was also repaired by our Baifan Group."


    Manager Kashiki was also hurriedly introducing it to everyone.


    "After all, our target customer base is the upper class, so we naturally have this need. So we negotiated with the owner of the shrine to carry out a comprehensive renovation of the entire shrine."


    I have to say that this group of people is really capable of doing it.


    Hearing Manager Kashimu’s story, Duanmu Huai also nodded. It now seems that Baifan Group has indeed put a lot of effort here. We strive to give their customers the best experience. Indeed, if we just stay in the villa, we naturally don’t have to care about other places. But if guests want to go out and have fun and let them see a dilapidated and dirty village and shrine, they will naturally not get good reviews.


    Of course, if the target customer group here is an ordinary tourist, Baifan Group probably wouldn''t have put in so much effort. But since their target customer base is those who are not afraid of spending money, the situation is different. If Duanmu Huai came here for vacation, he would happily spend his money here.


    After all, for the upper-level customers, money is no longer a problem. What they care more about is whether they live comfortably and have fun. As long as they meet their expectations, no amount of money is a problem.


    But on the other hand, this puts a lot of pressure on Baifan Group. If so much cost is put in, if this problem cannot be solved, it will be in vain...


    No wonder Mika is so nervous.


    "Do you know what this shrine is dedicated to?"


    If you want to say something unpleasant in Japan, it is that Shintoism’s beliefs are too diverse and far less simple than other religions. For example, Taoist temples generally offer the Three Qing Dynasties. If any temple offers some other things, everyone’s first reaction is that they feel something is wrong.


    But Japan is different. The so-called eight million gods believe that they worship everything, and the wild boars are all basic operations. There are even shrines that worship hair, and most of the people who go to worship cannot grow their hair. There are also shrines that worship Ding Ding, which is also full of incense. Those who go there either do not have the ability to worship, or their husbands do not.


    In addition, the shrines that worship pillows are mainly used to cure insomnia.


    Duanmu Huai also saw a shrine dedicated to the poor god, but the theme of this shrine was not to make people poor, but to let those unlucky people come here to vent their anger. Most people go to the shrine to pray for the statue of the gods, but when people go into this poor gods, they beat the statue of the gods.


    To put it bluntly, it is to let those unlucky guys who have a bad career beat the poor **** to vent their anger... To be honest, Duanmu Huai really can''t figure out the brain circuit of the Japanese. Everyone can understand it by offering to the God of Wealth to seek wealth. But because you are poor, go and fight the poor **** to vent your anger? Are you not afraid of provoking the poor god, and others will directly destroy your family? Or is the host of this shrine a materialist? Don''t believe this at all?


    There is even a super outrageous shrine, which worships Edison and Hertz, one with strong electricity and the other with weak electricity... I wonder if I go to this shrine to pray that there will be no power outage?


    I don’t know if Edison and Hertz can eat this incense...


    Therefore, in Japan, if something strange happens, the suspicion of the shrine is the most serious. Many strange stories, ghost stories and even old things happened in the shrines, and this is the reason.


    Because the shrines are all strange, maybe one of them belongs to the old days or external gods... Maybe you went to a shrine that worships the umbilical cord, and then they believed in the Sko orphans!


    Duanmu Huai just walked into the shrine and observed it carefully. There were no iconic animal statues such as foxes and wild boars outside. In other words, this shrine is definitely not dedicated to foxes and other animal spirits.


    Then... what is worshipped here is questionable.


    "Ah, there is an introduction to the history of this shrine."


    Manager Kashikigi was also prepared for this, and he saw him walk to a self-service newsstand next to him and then take out several promotional brochures...


    I have to say, the spirit of craftsmanship is really great.


    Duanmu Huai silently gave a thumbs up, then reached out to get the brochure and flipped it out.


    According to the above statement, this shrine is also related to the story Mika told them before. What is written in the brochure is that this shrine was originally worshipped by the demon (Duanmu Huai didn''t find it strange about this. After all, the things worshipped in the Japanese shrine are all **** monsters when put in China, and they belong to the kind that he would slaughter the wine on Journey to the West). The owner of the shrine is also an accomplice of the demon, and he helps the demon choose villagers to swallow it every year.


    Later, the monk arrived and defeated the demon and his lackey here, and sealed the demon. In order to be grateful to the monk, the family who was rescued by the monks decided to replace the former shrine owner who died in the battle with the monks, to protect the shrine for generations and guard the sealed demons.


    And the monk passed away shortly after that because he consumed his life to seal the demon - and this shrine worshipped the skull of the monk.


    “………………”


    The monk''s head is worshipped in the shrine. This kind of crazy thing can only be seen in Japan. For Duanmu Huai, you might as well push this shrine and build a temple... Believing in Buddhism is worse than worshiping skulls.


    Isn’t this unlucky?


    Next, Manager Kashiki took everyone to the worship hall - a place where people usually come to worship. Generally, according to the rules, people will first wash their hands with water in the hand pool, and then come to the money box in front of the worship hall to worship. Simply put, like in many cartoons, throw a coin into the money box, then shake the imperial bell hanging on the money box, and then bow two times, beat one by one.


    Well, to put it bluntly, I tell the gods worshipped here that I have paid you for money. Please help me realize my wish...


    To be honest, just the money they gave would probably not realize any valuable wish.


    After all, what about the coin... how big can it be?


    Anyway, if Duanmu Huai became a **** worshipped by any shrine, he would not realize the wishes of these believers. I just wanted me to take action with just a few coins, so I would lose the price?


    At least you have to learn Shaolin or something, spend a lot of money to burn incense!


    So every time Duanmu Huai hears others say that Japanese people are superstitious, he sneers a little.


    superstitious? Have you ever seen such superstition of being so destined to be dead? If an old man in rural China worships God, he would have to offer three animals to express his feelings. When making a wish, he would also say that if his wish is fulfilled, he would definitely slaughter cattle and sheep to fulfill his wish.


    You tell them not to do this, just throw a few coins in the land temple to see if they will spit out the spitting stars to death.


    So the Japanese are superstitious, and I think they don’t believe it at all!


    Where can anyone be so bad at slapping gods and Buddhas? I think my retribution is not enough, right?


    Okay, the topic is too far-reaching, let’s get back.


    At present, this worship hall has no longer looked as it should. The entire worship hall looks like it has been burned by fire, and it is charred. It has become a large wreckage. In the yard, there is a thick, collapsed tree. Judging from the Yushen surrounding the trunk, this should be the sacred tree of this shrine.


    But at this moment, the tree seemed to have been uprooted and fell directly to the ground.


    "According to the villagers at that time, they came to visit early in the morning, and then found that the shrine trees in the shrine yard had collapsed and the worship hall was burned. They were shocked and hurried to find the shrine host and his family. But their family was completely gone, so the villagers thought of finding the village chief, but when they arrived at the village chief''s house, they found that the village chief''s family was also missing..."


    "Yes, the shrine presides over the family of three, and the village chief''s family is him and his incompetent son."


    Speaking of this, Manager Kashiki also frowned. It seemed that he really had no good impression of that son.


    At this moment, everyone had bypassed the worship hall outside and came to the main hall inside. It was like the worship hall here. The entire main body was burned into coke and completely collapsed. Or it is where the fire first occurred, and worshiping the temple is just a disaster.


    "When did the fire happen? Did no one notice it?"


    "No."


    Facing Duanmuhuai''s inquiry, Manager Baimu shook his head.


    "The police have also conducted an investigation. What''s strange is that no one has discovered when the fire happened, and what''s even more strange is that there are no signs of fire extinguishing at the scene. It''s very strange to say that, after all, if no one has put out the fire, even the fire that can be burned in this temple will definitely spread, but it''s so strange that nothing happened."


    Looking at the sea of ??trees surrounding the shrine, Duanmu Huai said that this is reasonable. There is no one to put out the fire in such a place. If a little sparks rush out, setting fire to the mountain is no joke.


    However, what is strange is that from the scene, the fire was limited to the scope of this hall, and only the worship hall in front was affected, and even the surrounding walls did not burn, which is very strange...


    “…………”


    At this moment, Duanmu Huai noticed someone pulling the corner of his clothes. He lowered his head and saw Medea look at him. So Duanmu Huai nodded understandingly, then he turned around and silently winked at Shajiuye on the other side. The latter was stunned for a moment, but turned around and looked at Manager Kashiki.


    “Can we see where the shrine owner lives?”


    "Of course, please come with me..."


    Manager Kashiki didn''t notice anything. He nodded, then continued to walk forward with Sajuya and Mika.


    After they left, Duanmu Huai then withdrew his gaze and looked at Alice Phil and Medea.


    "What''s wrong? What''s the matter?"


    Originally, as heroic spirits, Alice Phil and Medea could have telepathic responses with Duanmu Huai, but after coming to this world, they became humans, and could not be spiritualized, so they could only send others away in this way.


    “There is something wrong here.”


    Alice Phil said first.


    "According to my investigation and Medea, this shrine should be located in the heart of a spiritual vein."


    "Spiritual veins..."


    Duanmu Huai is not unfamiliar with spiritual veins. After all, the magician family of the Moon World will build their own workshops on spiritual veins.


    "Yes, it is not rare to use the power of spiritual veins to imprison or seal something."


    Medea also spoke at this time.


    "Or it is actually most of the ancient and modern times, both in China and abroad, and after all, it is not safe to rely on human seals, but relying on the power of spiritual veins can make it safe."


    "To be honest, in my opinion, the safest thing is to kill it directly, eliminate the roots, and eliminate future troubles forever."


    Duanmuhuai has no good attitude towards sealing.


    "So what''s the problem?"


    "The problem is that we have not investigated any seals here."


    Alice Phil continued to speak, and Duanmu Huai was stunned for a moment when he heard her speech.


    "No?"


    "Yes, that is, there is no seal here, not only that..."


    Medea was silent for a moment.


    "According to the traces left by Mana here, it seems that something has absorbed the power of the spiritual vein."


    “………………”


    Hearing this, Duanmu Huai was speechless.


    "You shouldn''t you want to tell me that something in the shrine has not been sealed, but has been lying here and relying on the power of absorbing the spiritual veins to strengthen yourself?"


    Facing Duanmu Huai''s inquiry, the two looked at each other and nodded.


    “It’s very likely.”


    "All right."


    Duanmu Huai rolled his eyes silently and sighed.


    Now it seems that this matter has really become troublesome.


    It’s a good time to live a wooden bridge. I basically never fell to death once, just be invisible. But that forced blood loss is so disgusting... By the way, the B key of my handle is broken, it is so tragic. Buy the handle again and play with it...