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After being slapped in the face, Xianyu calmed down, obediently and Qingming followed Ye Wang to pick the vegetables he ordered, and the three of them worked together to quickly dig enough for the four brothers and sisters and the accompanying warriors.It's just that after digging the vegetables, Xianyu didn't know what to do, so he could only stand aside with Qingming and watch Ye Wang and the warriors bustling about in a daze.Ye Wang looked back at the duo with eyes wide open, and drove them to pick up dry branches to make a fire.

After the two left, Ye Wang squatted in front of a pile of wild vegetables, patiently picking out mixed weeds from the wild vegetables dug by Xianyu and Qingming.What's shameful is that Xianyu, who lived in the mountains, picked more wrong weeds than the pure noble son Qingming.The gap in IQ is reflected in all aspects.

It's the beginning of summer now, and the vegetation at the foot of Arashiyama is rich, but Xianyu searched around, but couldn't find any dead branches. If he could only collect dry grass, it would be burned up in an instant when thrown into the fire.Just as she was scraping the ground with her head down, the sound of branches breaking came from behind her. When she turned her head to look, Qingming used the wind spell to cut off many branches.Seeing this, Xianyu walked over, picked up a broken branch and said enviously, "As expected of Qingming, she has mastered the Wind Curse so quickly, but wet branches are not easy to burn, right?"

Qingming's eyes moved to her, his eyes were slightly bent, he held the branch in one hand, and said with the other hand, "Yinghuo legislature, the chief commander of fire power. The majesty, the body of the body." As soon as the spell fell, the branch in his hand burst into white Fog, the water vapor in the wood is evaporated completely.Qingming put down her hand, turned her head and said with a smile, "This spell is originally a spell to attract sparks to descend, but with my current spiritual power, I can't start a prairie fire, but I can do some small opportunistic things. It's just evaporating water vapor, and the spiritual power I use is not enough. Many, Yu Ji can also try."

Xianyu, who was eager to try, nodded and chanted a spell to adjust her spiritual power, and the wood in her hand suddenly ignited a raging fire, almost turning her into a grilled fish.Xianyu, whose face was smoky, faced Qingming, her watery eyes were extremely bright on her dark face, she lifted the scalded shark's fin, and said, "It failed, Brother Qingming."

Seimei "..." Well, I saw it.

Obviously, not everyone can control spiritual power as flexibly as Qingming.

The biggest difference between onmyoji and witches is that onmyojis do not have mandatory beliefs, unlike witches who can only serve local gods.Among the warlocks studied by onmyojis, apart from Taoism, they also integrated Buddhism. Qingming dipped his hand in water and put his hand on Xianyu's injured palm, and chanted the Buddha's mantra, and the hot red skin quickly disappeared under the mantra Back to normal.

The swollen skin returned to normal, and Xianyu ran to the river to wash off the soot on his face.Qingming bundled up the collected dry firewood, and when the idle fish was cleaned up, he took the initiative to pick up the firewood and went back to the tree where everyone gathered with her.During this time, the warriors had gone outside to borrow pans. Ye Wang picked out wild vegetables, washed them and removed the rotten leaves. When Qingming and Xianyu came back, he got up and took the firewood. He used the dry pine needles as natural Tinder, then recited the fire mantra, and the right flame fell in the middle to ignite the tinder. After some manipulations, neither my face was blackened nor my hands were burned.

Xianyu please let me die alone.

Ye Wang directed the warriors to boil hot water and wiped the water from their hands. Just as he was about to speak, he saw He Mao Baoxian coming down from the mountain. He was holding a bulging cloth bag with a red face and shouted, "Qingming!" , Ye Wang, and Yu Ji, look at me picking a lot of mushrooms!" He walked quickly to his juniors and sisters, and happily shared his discovery, saying, "I just walked a few steps inside and found a lot of mushrooms. Mushrooms. But according to the travel notes, the brighter the mushrooms, the more poisonous they are, so I only picked white ones.”

Xianyu nodded after listening, that's right, honest mushrooms that are pure and unpretentious are better than gaudy and enchanting cheap mushrooms.

Wang Ye picked up one of the mushrooms and looked around, frowned and looked around, before saying, "This is the white poison umbrella, it is poisonous."

It turned out to be the white lotus in the mushroom.

The two-person group of waste of life was upgraded to a three-person group. Qingming Baoxian and Xianyu sat side by side, watching Ye Wang rolling up his sleeves and busying himself from a distance.

The rice balls in the Heian period were also called Tunshi, which was rice wrapped in cypress leaves. His Highness or ministers outside the palace will be arranged to eat food.Since he didn't bring so many chopsticks, King Ye broke apart the food brought by the warriors, stuffed it with wild vegetables seasoned with vinegar, and distributed one to each of the three idlers who had been staring at him from behind.

The life waste trio sat side by side, eating rice balls while continuing to watch Ye Wang cook.

Ye Wang "..."

After re-cooking the bland rice with wild vegetables, it becomes less difficult to swallow.On the plate are just fresh vegetables that have been simply mixed with vinegar, which are fragrant and refreshing. The rice balls are forked and roasted on the fire. The burnt skin is wrapped with rice grains soaked in plant aromas, and it can also make the child next door cry...

Xianyu next door took the rice ball handed over by Ye Wang and gnawed contentedly.

Leaving aside King Ye, Xianyu and Qingming's food intake was about the same as that of the accompanying adult warriors doing rough work. Baoxian, who finally realized the gap with his junior and younger siblings, rubbed his cramped stomach, glanced at the sky and said, "Afternoon There is still some time, I will take you to see the villages of the common people. But don’t be too playful, before the sun sets and the power of Amaterasu weakens, you must rush back to the mansion.”

"The situation is very serious. Can the Yinyang Liao keep the night in Heianjing?" Qingming and the others are only students and have no contact with government affairs. It is easier for the master to notice the changes of the monsters in the capital.

Baoxian himself only listened to his father's occasional remarks, and he didn't know the details. He only said, "The situation inside the capital should still be within the controllable range, but my father said that we people with spiritual power are nothing to monsters." It is very attractive, and there is no guarantee that there will be monsters willing to risk being killed to attack us. Of course, the most important thing is that our own spiritual power is not enough to deal with most of the monsters." Said, Paul Xian looked at Xianyu and said, "Maybe we will be protected by junior sister at that time."

"Ah?" Xian Yu raised his head blankly, his mouth was full of rice grains.

"Witches can turn to the gods they serve." Onmyoji can ask the gods to cooperate through blessings or sacrifices, but they are warlocks without fixed beliefs after all, and they work for humans, and the gods may not respond to their calls.However, the maidens belonging to the Palace of the Gods are recognized by Gao Tianyuan as an organization to assist the gods, and they will not ignore their petitions for the stability of the faith on the ground.Even the priests of some high-level gods are regarded as the representatives of the gods on the earth, and have the right to directly mobilize the power of the gods.

"I'm not a witch yet..." Xianyu smiled embarrassedly, and then said a little awkwardly, "And I always feel a little embarrassed to call the gods for help when I have troubles. Although I am a god, they don't know me. You don't owe me anything." The attitude towards Yimulian is the same, he is kind, but she can't stop repaying his kindness just because he is kind.

Bao Xian gave her a strange look, and said, "Why do you think that way? It's only natural for gods to fulfill the prayers of believers."

"It's very simple. You have this kind of thinking because you have no faith at all." Ye Wang suddenly interjected. His words not only frightened Xianyu, but even Baoxian was stunned.Wang Ye looked sideways at Qingming's expression, and continued, "Most people in this country will pray to the gods for help when they encounter difficulties. In their eyes, God's help is a gift that does not need to be rewarded. They feel at ease. Accept offerings, but few think of repaying. Because they believe from the bottom of their hearts that gods and people are different. Because of this, even the God of Fujin can be enshrined, and people give gods as if they were receiving gifts. I accept the disasters I have suffered. I will neither thank nor blame."

Wang Ye looked at Xianyu who was lost in thought, and continued, "You will feel ashamed for asking God for help, which just means that in your eyes, they are not gods, but creatures who live in this world with you. As an existence equal to myself." He chuckled, making people unable to tell whether it was admiration or ridicule, and said, "She is obviously a princess of a noble family, but she has grown into such a wonderful personality. But you have to know after all, God People's belief is needed to maintain existence or strengthen oneself, if you want to become a real witch, you must learn to pray, otherwise how can you believe?"

"Is it a belief that you must always hope that the gods will do something for you?" Xianyu asked confused.

"Yu Ji just needs to do what she wants." Qingming finally said, he raised his hand to rub the top of the girl's hair with a smile, and said, "Maybe she's different, but I like Yu Ji better." Besides, no one has stipulated how to serve the gods is correct. If you don’t like to worship because of [what you want from the gods], then you might as well change your mind.”

Xianyu looked into Qingming's eyes expectantly, but he didn't intend to tell her the answer directly.Unable to get the desired answer, Xianyu lowered his head in deep thought, and happened to catch sight of the amulet tied around his neckline.She froze for a moment, holding the bag containing the wind talisman and the bell through her clothes, and suddenly had a decision in her heart.In fact, she couldn't guarantee that she would not be like ordinary people and pray for his help in the future.

but……

But even so, as a miko in the future, I also hope to be able to help you one day.

I don't know what counts as faith.But I hope this heart can become your strength.