[Mainnet King] Encounter

[Nineteen] The Fox in the Twilight

On the way to Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine, Jingyue quietly handed over the guard to Yukimura.

Yukimura blinked and accepted with a smile.

"Did you just go get this?"

"Ah. Huakaiyuan's Fushouliu, who is good at enchantment, is stationed at the Golden Pavilion Temple."

Yukimura smiled, held the omamori in his hand, and put it in his pocket.

Fushimi Inari Shrine, built in the [-]th century, is the head shrine of more than [-] Inari shrines across Japan, and one of the oldest shrines in Kyoto.

Here is dedicated to the gods who bless business prosperity and grain harvest. Every time the first month or the first day of each month goes to the market, the place is very lively.

The main hall and archway of Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine are all red, which represents the color of autumn when everything is harvested.

The thousands of torii gates here stretch for several kilometers, which is the most impressive.It is said that there are more than [-] torii gates extending to the top of Inari Mountain, which is amazing.

The torii gates form an endless orange-red tunnel leading to the shrine at the top of the mountain.

Because Inari Okami is the god in charge of business prosperity, many businessmen come here to pray for blessings.After going back, you may have made money, and then you will come to fulfill your wish, so you will build a torii gate here to fulfill your wish.Over time, there are more and more torii gates here, and in the end, it became the current landscape.

It takes about three and a half hours to walk through all the torii gates that stretch for several kilometers.And each torii is also different. Those who have money will make big torii, and those who have no money will make small torii. It consists of two tunnels leading to the same place.

The torii is the most distinctive building of the shrine. According to legend, it is mainly used to distinguish the domain of the gods from the secular world where humans live. It can be regarded as a kind of enchantment, representing the entrance of the domain of the gods.

The torii generally has two pillars, two beams on it, and a plaque with an inscription on it.It is generally made of wood and painted with raw lacquer.

Passing through the thousand torii gates is the entrance to Inari Kamiyama, from where you can climb to the top of Inari Mountain.

Behind the huge red torii, there is a stone fox standing on the side of the shrine as a guardian animal.The guardian animals are mostly a pair of dogs or a pair of lions, standing on both sides of the entrance of the shrine.If the shrine belongs to the Inari sect, the guardian beasts are often a pair of foxes.

The stone statue of a fox placed at the entrance of Inari Taisha Shrine, the fox on the right holds a pearl in its mouth, and the one on the left holds a key, which is quite different from ordinary shrines.

Walking in the peculiar red twilight, the small shrine on the rock seems to appear and disappear in the twilight.

Standing by the pool in front of the shrine, after cleaning their hands with a long-handled wooden spoon, the three walked to the front of the shrine.

Although it is a shrine of the Inari sect, it is mostly used by businessmen to pray for success and wealth, but people who come to the shrine will always pray, no matter what kind of shrine it is.

Jingyue doesn't have the habit of carrying change, although it's not that she doesn't know the world, but she is the eldest lady, how can the Nuliang group lack such worldly things?

Furthermore, for monsters like Tricky Ghost, eating free food is an instinct. Unlike Lu Sheng, she has no objection to grandpa's skills, and has never used such things as money.

Just as Kagami was about to turn around, Yukimura next to him handed over the change.

Mirror Moon was stunned.

"Nura, you don't seem to have any change." Yukimura blinked, "If you don't mind, use it. You have always played with us, so it proves that I am useful."

Jingyue smiled when she heard the words, and took it.

Throw small change into the donation box with wooden grids, shake the hemp rope in front of the worship hall a few times, and the wind chimes on the rope make a crisp sound.

Jingyue clapped her hands a few times, clasped her hands together and prayed.

May the Nuliang group continue to prosper, and may my mother be in good health.

"Jingyue, what wish did you make?" Yan Jing Feixue asked after making the wish.

"Well... I hope my mother is in good health."

"Oh? So filial..."

Mirror Moon smiled, "Really?"

Because the mother is the only human being in the family, Jingyue only wants her to be healthy and live a long life.

"Where's Mr. Yukimura?" Yan Jing Feixue glanced at Yukimura and asked weakly.

Yukimura smiled, is he so scary?There was a sudden blackness in the smile.

"I hope the tennis club can win the national championship." Yukimura said.

"..." Yan Jing Feixue made a black line.She shouldn't have asked... The whole school knows about the three-in-a-row national competition.Yukimura Seiichi, in a sense, is really a terrifying existence!

"Fei Xue, go over there and let me take some photos for you—"

"No, no, no!" Yan Jing Feixue waved her hand and found a place to sit down. "I'm exhausted when I get to the top of the mountain, okay, where do I have the strength?"

Jingyue looked at her helplessly.

"Go and play, just leave me alone, I can't walk anymore. Do you think everyone has as good physical strength as you?" Yan Jingfei gave Jingyue a white look.

Jingyue tilted her head, glanced at Yukimura next to her, and then turned her head to look at Yan Jing Feixue, with a half-smile on her face.

"Ah - I was wrong!" Yan Jing Feixue held her head, almost going crazy, "You are all non-human, okay!"

"Then Nuliang and I are walking around, Yan Jing, you can rest here."

"Go, go. Don't worry." Yan Jing Feixue waved her hand.

"We'll be back later, don't go far," Jingyue said.

"I know, I know, I'm not a child."

Kagamizuki and Yukimura were walking on the mountain.

"Nura...let me take a picture for you."

"Ah?" Jingyue looked back at Yukimura, and refused with a smile, "No need."

Yukimura smiled faintly, but did not insist.

Nuliang Jingyue, unless necessary, will never take pictures.

Monsters don't leave such traces.Don't like it, and don't need it.

Father Nuliang Liban had only one photo in his life, and it was finally used to display in the mourning hall.

Nura Kagami didn't like to leave any traces.She is a monster herself and does not belong to the human world.

Walking on the stone steps in the mountain, Yukimura turned his head to look at the surrounding woods in a daze.

"Nura?" Yukimura suddenly turned around, but Kagezuki was nowhere to be seen.

Yukimura smiled helplessly, it seems that his physique is indeed a bit special as Nuliang said - it is very easy to cause supernatural events!

He stood there for a while, but there was no movement, so he raised his footsteps helplessly and walked down the stone steps.

Yukimura's five senses are much sharper than ordinary people, otherwise he would not have learned the technique of YIPS.He looked around carefully, always feeling that something was staring at him.

Reaching into his pocket, he touched the guard that Jingyue just handed over to him today, but he felt relieved a lot.

There was the sound of branches being trampled.

Yukimura stopped and looked thoughtfully at the woods on the left.

Behind a certain big tree, there was a pair of magical eyes looking at him.

Yukimura frowned, even so, regardless of people and monsters, why did he feel that the other party was more scared than him?Is he feeling wrong?

Yukimura stared in that direction.

A fiery red color rushed into the forest and never reappeared.

Yukimura was taken aback, and raised his footsteps to walk in that direction.

After only two steps, a hand—or just a branch, grabbed him in the palm of his hand.

"Humans, don't come closer!"

Yukimura looked in surprise at the big hand made of the branch he was holding.The whole person was caught in mid-air.

The tree seemed to have life, and in fact, Yukimura couldn't say no.Because it did speak, and he could hear it perfectly.

"Humans! Do not enter the forest!"

"Don't get close to He!"

"Leave now!"

"Otherwise I'll be rude to you!"

The whole forest seemed to be roaring.

In the forest, the wind makes the leaves "squeak".

Unknown voices filled the entire space, Yukimura Seichi was not welcome here.

However, his guard did not respond, that is to say - the other party did not have any malice towards him.Just purely not welcome—human beings are not welcome.

"Hey, let me tell you—don't go too far."

Nuliang Jingyue's voice was light and without passion, plain and flat, but it seemed to contain a wave of energy.

This is a warning.

She stands on a branch of a tree, as if looking down on all living beings.

As soon as these words came out, the surrounding area was eerily quiet.

Yukimura blinked, for the quiet atmosphere at this moment.

"Put down my friend."

Taiki loosened his hand slowly, and put Yukimura on the ground.

Yukimura straightened his clothes and looked up at Kagezuki.

Kagami jumped down from the treetop and stood in front of Yukimura.

"You all go back. We are just passing by." Jingyue said to the forest.

"Yes, my lord."

Jingyue turned around, put her hands on her chest, and glanced at Yukimura.

Yukimura smiled at her.

Mirror Moon raised her eyebrows.

"Don't you have anything to say? Yukimura's Spiritual Physique-kun?"

"Ah, no. I was just thinking..." Yukimura smiled teasingly, "Fortunately, Nura, you're wearing pants today." Otherwise, you'd have to be naked when you jumped down just now.

Mirror Moon: "..."

This guy is really not a normal person!The brain circuit is extraordinary!

"Let's go." Jingyue turned around, "Do you want to stay as a snack for the monster?"

Yukimura smiled and followed.Although he actually knew that these monsters were not malicious, so they shouldn't need snacks.

"Hey, Nura, you were so handsome just now~"

"I know." Jingyue said arrogantly.

Yukimura smiled brightly upon hearing this.

On the top of the mountain, Xingcun and Jingyue stood beside the cliff, looking back at the red torii tunnel below the mountain.

"Over there." Jingyue pointed to the mountain gate.

"Huh?" Yukimura was puzzled.

"That's the guardian beast of Inari Kamiyama."

Yukimura remembered the fox guardian beast he saw earlier.

So—the fiery red shadow he had seen in the woods earlier—was the fox?

"They are the guardian foxes living in the mountains, Sui and He. They are kind in nature, afraid of humans, and want to get close to them but cannot. The monsters of the whole mountain guard them and do not allow humans to approach them."

In the red twilight, Yukimura seemed to see the fiery red fur of a fox.

He smiled, caressing his amulet.

"Actually, monsters are also kind, right, Nura?"

They didn't hurt him.Compared to humans being afraid of monsters, monsters are actually afraid of humans.

Jingyue glanced at Yukimura, smiled slightly, and looked at the clouds in the sky.

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