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Chapter 89 Dry Well
On the mottled and old plaque, there are quaint four characters written, Higurashi Shrine.

Gives a sense of decay and loss.

The old, dilapidated door was covered with white window paper, making it impossible to see what was going on inside.

A several-meter-long hemp rope is tied to the door. There is also a white cloth strip tied to the hemp rope. This thing is called a zuren rope. The cloth strip is called the royal coin. In some places, it is replaced by paper. It can also be called paper hanging.

This is a unique thing in Shintoism. Wherever it is hung, it means the things here, and the area represented is the realm of the gods.

Originally, this object was originally used as a tribute to please the gods. In ancient times, Shinto taught some gods to celebrate wine, so the tribute was wine, and the wine pot was hung on the hemp rope. Some gods like cloth, so the tribute is cloth, and some gods like paper. , then the tribute is paper.

This is the source of imperial coins. Later, people gradually replaced the offerings with paper cloth for convenience.

Over time, in the hearts of the Japanese people, whenever a place with royal coins is hung, it means that the power of the gods will envelope this place and become the boundary between the human world and the divine realm. People who enter here must be more honest. As for those who are not Taoist. Unexplained demons and ghosts will be isolated and will never be able to enter.

It is quite similar to the effect of the gossip mirror in front of Huaguo Gate, and it is mostly a folk thing to ward off evil spirits.

At this time, on the ancient door of the shrine, the imperial coins were swaying in the wind. I don't know if it was a psychological factor, but Liu Fang only felt that this place gave him a sense of ethereal loneliness.

The old witch brought Liu Fang to the so-called shrine, and couldn't help sighing: "I didn't expect that there would be such a day, come with me..."

After finishing speaking, the old witch walked slowly to the door, opened the wooden bolt, and gently pushed it open.

With a creaking sound, the ancient wooden door made a friction sound and opened slowly, giving the impression that some ancient seal had been broken.

The interior of the shrine was dark and humid, and there was a musty smell in the air that made the tip of the nose itchy. It was unknown how long it had been since the shrine had been opened.

After all, compared with China, which has the custom of visiting temples every time, people here in Japan mostly worship gods outside the temple.

Liu Fang followed the old witch and walked into the house. The house was dark and damp. Looking from the inside, it was actually an ordinary ancient wooden house without any resplendent portraits or sculptures.

In the center of the house, there is only one ancient well standing quietly.

Around the mouth of the well, there is a circle of royal coins, and the white royal coins look garish to people instinctively.

Liu Fang felt that this well didn't look like the residence of some kind of god.

It's more like an unknown ghost is imprisoned in the well...

Unknowingly, an inexplicable sense of horror arose in people's hearts. Liu Fang, who was used to seeing magnificent temples, felt that there was no sacred atmosphere in the shrine, and it was mostly creepy and dead!
Seeing this, Liu Fang subconsciously said: "This is what the Higurashi Shrine really looks like. The so-called gods in people's mouths are this well or something at the bottom of the well."

The old witch then slowly said: "The god enshrined in the Higurashi Shrine is actually an ancient well.

In ancient times, people with a radius of several miles drew water here, and this well nourished and nourished countless people.

Until one day, the well began to dry up slowly, and finally became a dry well. People who have lived on this land for generations are grateful for its kindness in nourishing everyone.

So a shrine was set up for this well, and sacrifices began to be made. As time passed, people felt that the ancient well was more mysterious, and there must be some extraordinary power living in it. "

"Then old man, why did you bring me here?" Liu Fang whispered, for some reason, the atmosphere in the shrine was oppressive, which made him feel restrained.

The old witch didn't speak, but walked slowly to the corner and brought a small rusty shovel.

She came to Liu Fang's side, handed over the shovel in her hand, and said slowly: "This thing hasn't been used for a long time, you take it first."

Liu Fang took it, and was about to ask, but the old witch pointed to the mouth of the well and said, "Go down to the bottom of the well, try to dig down, and bring it up when you find something."

Liu Fang couldn't help frowning, came to the mouth of the well, and leaned forward to look down.

He saw this dry well that had been around for an unknown number of years, staring at him like black eyes, like an upside-down abyss.

Horror after horror, thrill after thrill, at first glance, everyone is terrified, and their hairs stand on end.

Liu Fang only felt his scalp tingling. As for whether he has claustrophobia, Liu Fang admitted that it depends on the venue and the environment. If he is trapped in the so-called elevator, he can bear it.

But this well really made him feel uncomfortable all over. He always felt that if he went down alone, he would be swallowed alive by this dark and deep dry well.

Seemingly aware of Liu Fang's worry, the old witch reassured: "Don't worry, there's nothing dangerous about this well except that it's a little colder."

If Liu Fang encountered this dry well in the past, he would have hidden away a long time ago, and he didn't even want to take a second look at it.

But at this time, the situation has not allowed him to have too many choices, so he can only bite the bullet and sneak into the bottom of the well.

Taking a deep breath, Liu Fang rolled up his sleeves and came to the mouth of the well. Because the bottom of the well was too dark to see clearly, Liu Fang didn't choose to jump into it directly.

On the contrary, the legs are separated, supporting the two sides of the inside of the ancient well, and as the feet relax and exert force, they open and relax, and fall a little bit.

When he reached the bottom of the well, there was a pop, and Liu Fang felt a coldness coming from his ankles, making his feet freezing and bone-chilling.

The well was dark, but there was still water at the bottom, but fortunately it was very shallow, only reaching the ankles, and the bottom of the well was soft when he stepped on it. Liu Fang was surrounded by darkness and cold, which made him shiver all over.

Liu Fang's teeth were chattering, and he felt like he had come from the summer to the cold weather of Lajiu. He curled up like a helpless hedgehog.

Instinctively looking up, the round sky was dark and fuzzy, as if the whole world had fallen into the well with him, sinister, and a sense of silence lingered in his heart.

At the bottom of this well, the instinct will arouse people's desire to survive, and it will be extremely strong.

The thought of climbing, crawling, climbing, and trying to climb up comes to mind from time to time.

It was an indescribable sense of despair.

"How's it going?"

An old voice came from above his head. Liu Fang looked up and could only see a blurry face at the mouth of the well.

Liu Fang responded, "We have reached the bottom of the well, what should we do next?"

"Feel carefully for a raised stone under your feet. Move it away and dig down according to the location of the stone."

Hearing this, Liu Fang couldn't help squirming his feet to check, and sure enough, he felt a bump under his feet in the center of the well bottom, and it was not as soft as other places, but much firmer.

So he bent down and touched it with his hands in the bone-chilling shallow water, just as the old witch said, it was a stone with an oval shape.

(End of this chapter)