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I immediately did a 360-degree Thomas Flair to open the game!
"White Wolf, can you turn back?"
"Okay, Master Xia Yan..."
Although it was clearly a wolf, the white wolf behaved like a loyal dog, almost perfectly carrying out all of Xia Yan's commands. This high degree of obedience gave Xia Yan a completely different feeling.
On the contrary, Lingyue Fairy, that genuine dog demon, always had to be contradicted no matter what anyone said, and had to be fiercely argued with before she would behave.
It must be admitted that some loopholes should not be opened, otherwise the consequences may become uncontrollable.
Because the white wolf's transformation level is relatively low, although it has a good figure, it is covered with a layer of fine fur, and its texture is more smooth than smooth.
This unprecedented experience made Xia Yan's mind race, and he felt a little dizzy.
Only after the cold stem came down did he realize what he had done.
Looking at the white giant wolf, with its delicate features and affectionate eyes, sprawled on the tatami mat, Xia Yan's thoughts became extremely complicated.
Snuggled in the white wolf's arms, it was soft and warm, especially its fluffy tail, which was exceptionally fluffy and felt more comfortable than a silk quilt. In the cold winter, it felt as comfortable as being wrapped in a heater.
Burying your head into its belly and taking a deep breath, you find not the pungent smell of wild animals, but rather a pleasant, indescribable aroma.
He felt as if he had awakened something extraordinary.
Even Xia Yan himself felt that he might have been a bit too inhuman...
But I wasn't human to begin with, so why should I try to be one?!
Thinking this way, Xia Yan suddenly felt that the whole world seemed much more spacious. So he snuggled up to the white wolf and buried himself in its white fur, enjoying it with a clear conscience.
The white wolf lazily flicked its tail and covered Xia Yan like a blanket.
……
After a simple afternoon nap, Xia Yan led the White Wolf to meet his current members of the Hundred Ghosts during lunch, and even brought back the Ubume for this purpose.
As the main wife, Lingyue Fairy gave a sharp critique of Xia Yan's formation of a hundred ghosts, but only recruited female demons. Then, she took the lead in accepting the White Wolf.
Meanwhile, the god of predestined union took the opportunity to make a request.
"Lord Natsuhiko! Please build me a shrine!"
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Xia Yan was filled with questions.
What are you doing?
Isn't the place you're living in right now a shrine?
With such a large shrine already, what more shrine would you want?
It wasn't until the Goddess of Fate explained it to them, using a combination of words and gestures, that they finally understood what she was trying to do.
"They're building a shrine in the village! They're building a branch of our shrine in Qing's village. This location is too remote; there are hardly any believers here!"
Chapter 331 Getting a Shrine for Free
Xia Yan knew about the village where Qing was. He had discovered the village when he was exploring the area around Mount Aosan and knew its general situation.
There are fewer than a hundred households living there, and if you include the children, the total number of people is only a few hundred.
He didn't pay much attention to the village at the time; he just glanced at it casually and left without giving it a second thought.
After all, these were all trivial matters to him, not even as interesting as the market set up by monsters.
However, since the God of Fate specifically made the request, there's no harm in going to take a look, since I'm just killing time anyway.
After asking around and confirming that everyone else either had their own things to do or weren't interested in human villages, Xia Yan only took Enmusubi, Hakuro, and Ao to the small village.
Having received a wealth of stories from the God of Love, Qing bid farewell to Xia Yan and the others, and returned home to prepare to organize the ghost stories.
Meanwhile, Xia Yan and his two companions arrived at a shrine located not far from the village.
Xia Yan still has a pretty good impression of this shrine.
After all, there are dozens of messy shrines around, most of which are already decaying, and only two shrines are still being maintained.
One of them is the shrine outside the two mountains, where Tamamo-no-Mae and his priestess wife live.
The other one is the shrine right in front of us.
There was only one priestess maintaining things inside; there were no other clergy.
In the real world, such a shrine would not be in accordance with the rules, since although the shrine maiden is supposedly the woman of the god, she actually has no status in the shrine.
Even most of the shrine maidens are just temporary workers; it's rare to see a shrine maiden who is a permanent resident.
In this world, perhaps because the gods are real, the status of priestesses seems to have been greatly elevated.
Many shrines are even presided over by shrine maidens.
However, after observing the shrine, Xia Yan discovered that there wasn't just one shrine maiden there...
"That little girl looks like a fox spirit!"
Looking at the little fox dressed in a small red and white shrine maiden outfit, who was following the shrine maiden around like a little shadow, Enmusubi tilted her head in confusion.
Xia Yan was somewhat surprised by this.
It wasn't that I was surprised by the little fox's presence; I didn't see her when I came last time, so she must have just left temporarily.
After all, he hadn't observed for a long time, and the other party didn't live in the shrine like Tamamo-no-Mae; it was normal that he occasionally went out and didn't see her.
To his surprise, these foxes seemed to enjoy forming some kind of inexplicable bond with the priestess.
The great yokai Tamamo-no-Mae married a priestess, and the little fox in front of them also seems to be doing very well. Inari goddess Miketsu even keeps a whole bunch of foxes...
Is it true that foxes have a connection with immortals?
"That shrine maiden doesn't seem to know that the little fox is a monster..." the white wolf added.
However, her judgment was not based on expressions or demeanor, but simply on the fact that the priestess did not possess any extraordinary abilities and was just an ordinary person.
That's why it's speculated that the priestess didn't know the girl beside her was a monster.
After Xia Yan infused him with his power, the white wolf, having grown, was now able to perfectly transform into human form.
At this moment, the white wolf was no longer the half-human, half-beast that Fu Rui had been, but had completely transformed into a human form. Its skin had lost its fine downy fur and become fair and smooth.
Her features are exquisite and delicate, exuding the aura of a cool and loyal older sister. The red eyeshadow and the demonic pattern on her forehead add to her allure.
Her eyebrows and eyes, now relaxed and refreshed after being worked out, seemed to shimmer with a subtle, flowing light as she looked around.
At Xia Yan's suggestion, the retained ears and the fluffy tail added to the inhuman beauty.
At this moment, the three of them were forcefully surrounding and watching the two shrine maidens, one large and one small.
Under Xia Yan's "Mirror of Still Water" ability, even when they were making comments to each other face to face, the two priestesses did not notice anything.
This is just a small shrine, not much better than the old shrine of Enmusubi that was demolished by Natsuhiko before. It also has only one main hall with a donation box in front of the door.
It's just that there's a fenced yard and a wooden torii gate.
Other structures such as the fountain, the Kagura Hall, and the dance hall are also absent.
The first snow of early winter has been falling since morning, and a thin layer of snow has covered the torii gate and the main hall of the shrine, adding a touch of solemnity to this small shrine.
Because it was still snowing, the shrine maiden hadn't cleaned the courtyard, and a layer of snow had accumulated on the ground.
Xia Yan and his two companions left clear footprints in the courtyard.
However, Xia Yan's "Mirror Still Water" is less about invisibility and more about eliminating one's sense of presence, plus psychological interference.
Therefore, the three of them are not unseen, but rather, even if they are seen, they will be ignored. So, before he terminates his ability, even if he leaves footprints, they will be ignored.
After discovering that the shrine maiden was otherwise unremarkable except for her good looks and her friendship with a yokai, Xia Yan's attention shifted to the shrine itself.
The shrine enshrines a little-known deity called "Shona Ame-gami".
Judging from the description, he is a god who likes to stir up storms and rain, belonging to the category of calamity gods, the kind of god who is worshipped in order to prevent him from bringing disaster.
Later, it also came to mean requests for favorable weather and good harvests.
“Alright! In that case, this shrine is ours from now on!” Xia Yan made the decision without any hesitation.
As the saying goes, "two tigers cannot share one mountain," so naturally, such a small village could not accommodate two shrines.
As soon as the words fell, the name on the torii gate changed to "Natsuhiko Shrine", and all traces of the previous little god were replaced by Natsuhiko, Ryougetsu Senhime, and Enmusubi.
It was as if the shrine had belonged to them from the very beginning.
It's like painting over an existing picture with a layer of white paint, creating a new painting.
Xia Yan used his illusion to replace the reality that originally existed in the real world, and transformed it into the reality of this moment.
Chapter 332 The Victim Comes Knocking
Perhaps just a moment ago, this was the shrine of "Shona the Rain God", but from this moment on, whether in the past or present, whether in reality or in other people's memories, this shrine has always been "Natsuhiko Shrine".
Even the shrine maiden who is teaching the little fox to dance the Kagura dance will only feel that she was originally Natsuhiko's shrine maiden.
The essence of Nurarihyon is illusion, a "mirror image," both real and false, while "a clear mirror and still water" can achieve a kind of psychological interference.
Perhaps Xia Yan would have had difficulty converting between reality and illusion for things other than himself, let alone using the false to cover up other realities—such a sophisticated operation.
However, now, catalyzed by powerful spiritual forces, his abilities have been further enhanced.
While it might be impossible to deceive the entire world, it's relatively easy to rewrite the perceptions of just one village.
"Lord Xia Yan, it doesn't seem right for us to do this..." Yuan Jie Shen said somewhat awkwardly.
As a kind and law-abiding deity, although she has recently been led astray by Xia Yan, she is still mostly kind. The worst things she has done are stealing offerings from other shrines and going out to freeload with Xia Yan.
The fact that she had suddenly taken over someone else's house made her feel a little guilty.
"What's wrong with it?" Xia Yan retorted confidently.
"It's like knowing it's someone else's shrine, but still forcibly occupying it..."
"Aren't you the same? You knew I was engaged to Lingyue Xianji, yet you still came to seduce me, didn't you?"
Upon hearing this, the white wolf beside him cast a surprised glance at the God of Fate.