High Priest in Japan

Not long after Qin Heqing took action in the shrine, a young woman dressed as a priestess in red and white muscular clothes came out with a middle-aged man from the side hall of the shrine to entertain visitors.

My lord. Seeing Qin Heqing, the witch immediately stopped and bowed to him.

The lord of the shrine is also the priest, but it is just the name of the priestess of the shrine she serves, that is, the owner of the shrine and the priest who presides over the specific affairs of the shrine.

In addition, the title of the gods enshrined in the shrine is also the god.

But that refers to the situation when the gods will appear, otherwise the god master usually refers to the highest-ranking priest in charge of the shrine.

Master Priest. The middle-aged man also saluted and greeted.

Obviously, he knew Qin and Qing.

Mr. Kakuda, long time no see. I don't know why you are here... Qin Heqing took advantage of the opportunity to salute the two of them, and then looked at the middle-aged man next to the witch with doubts and asked.

Just as the other party knew him, Qin and Qing also knew each other. They knew that the other party's surname was Jiaotian. They ran a grocery store called Jiaotianfang in a nearby town. One of the main funders of the shrine's annual enshrinement.

To put it more bluntly, this is his God!

Kakuda had a look of embarrassment on his face, but it was Rumina, the maiden beside him, who answered Qin Heqing's question for him.

Mr. Kakuda is here to see off the dolls at home.

Human form? Qin Heqing was stunned.

The so-called human form is a doll made by imitating human images. In the culture of the island country, it is believed that the human form is an item with spiritual quality. Generally, when there are dolls at home that you want to throw away, they will be sent to a nearby shrine for disposal.

The next step is to wrap it in a plastic bag and dispose of it at a regular recycling point.

And in the process of throwing away, you must have a pure heart, pray and apologize constantly, so as not to anger the spirits lodged in the dolls, and let them come back to trouble the owner.

In short, it is a very mysterious thing.

But even so, it wouldn't make Kakuda's face show embarrassment, or even hesitate to speak, right?

Has it been dealt with? Qin Heqing didn't meddle in other people's business, after all, who knows if there is any unspeakable secret here? Nodding, he asked the hired priestess Rumina.

It has been sent to the vice hall. Rumina replied.

The so-called auxiliary hall is the hut on the side of the main hall of the shrine. It is generally used to enshrine the secondary gods, or to hold special items like human figures that need to be purified by the gods. It can be regarded as a special storage room for supernatural items.

Then I'll go and have a look. Qin Heqing nodded, saluted Mr. Tsunoda again, passed Rumina, and moved towards the side hall of the shrine.

As for Kakuda who was the victim, although he turned around and looked at him with a hesitant expression, he still didn't say anything in the end and left the shrine with Rumina sending him off.

That person has a spiritual aura. At this moment, Yue'er, who was following Qin Heqing in the form of a spirit body, suddenly spoke.

Ling... Sure enough, the human form he sent to the shrine for processing is not very simple. Qin Heqing said softly with the corner of his mouth slightly curled up, revealing such an expression.

Did you notice it? Yue'er asked unexpectedly.

Is that true? I just feel that things are not simple from his performance. As for whether he encountered a supernatural event or something went wrong at home, I don't know. Qin He said calmly.

If he couldn't even notice such an obvious performance, then his six months of practice would have been in vain.

Then, Qin Heqing entered the temple, first saluted the three statues of Qin Shihuang, King Xiaowu, and King Gongman enshrined in the main hall, and then turned and stepped into the side hall for storing human figures.

As soon as he entered, a certain inexplicable coldness rushed over.

Qin and Qing's Lingshi opened naturally, and looked at the few figures in the room.

Yes, several. Although it is said that the dolls in the temple are waiting to be processed centrally, occasionally the shrine will sell the so-called purified dolls as commodities. This is why there are dolls in some island country shrines. The reason for the sale. So if you don't really like it, try not to buy dolls in shrines.

For the same reason, don't buy dolls from second-hand markets and street stalls in island countries.

After all, there are not only so-called scavengers in China!

It can even be said that if you can buy a doll in human form, it is better not to buy it as much as possible. After all, according to online statistics, supernatural events in the form of dolls are the most frequent and likely to occur.

Qin Heqing's eyes swept over the dolls enshrined in the side hall one by one, and finally fell on a well-cared-for doll, both in face and clothing, who was very tidy. He stepped forward and picked her up.

There is a lot of resentment. Is it because you were abandoned? Qin Heqing looked at the figure in his hand and said softly.

The shrine is the palace of the gods, the kingdom of the gods on the ground, and the field of enchantment. Although I don’t know if there are gods in this world, as long as they are in the shrine, unless they are powerful enough to be a demon. The field force field formed by people's beliefs for hundreds of years is enough to suppress the struggle and resistance of any humanoid wraith.

Not to mention that there is still a Shikigami by his side now. As an ancient spirit body, it is not comparable to mere new spirits.

At least it was impossible until she really turned into a pure wraith and started to harm people and evolve.

Although there is a chance, but unfortunately, I have no interest in raising ghosts for the time being, so you, like the ghosts I have encountered in the past, will become my resource to become stronger. Qin Heqing flipped his hands and summoned The demon refining pot, with a thought, opened the lid and activated the capture function.

At the same time, the human figure sensed the abnormality, and the originally half-clear and half-turbid aura on his body became more and more turbid, rapidly transforming into a pure resentful spirit.

However, no matter how fast she was, she couldn't be faster than the power of the demon refining pot. As soon as the smoke wafted from the pot, the human figure was forcibly dragged up, shrinking rapidly like a magical scene, and finally was Income into the demon refining pot.

Qin Heqing then put away the demon refining pot, turned and left the temple.

Now that the business is done, it's time to ask about the status of the shrine.

After a while, Qin Heqing and the witch Rumina settled down in the side hall.

Rumina, female, 24 years old, full name Takamori Rumina, is a college student, currently studying at the nearby Juwenzi Gakuen Women's University, studying for a master's degree in food nutrition. She is not a virgin, so she is not an official maiden. Just because she needed a simple and easy part-time job, she was hired by Qin Heqing as a witch.

PS: Which one are you referring to? If it's the class of priests, onmyojis, and witches, that's the reality, not the setting of the novel. This point can be distinguished simply from the fact that priests have official examinations, while onmyojis do not have this requirement.