Three Hundred and Fifty-Five. [Hairpin with Red Leaves]

For a moment, Lu Tran felt that the entire sacred cherry tree was a little brighter. The cherry blossoms falling at his feet were glowing with lavender light, and the cherry blossom rain turned into lavender rain.

The little girl looked at this scene, her mouth wide open, with surprise and surprise written all over her face.

Lu Tan turned around and watched from a distance as the pale flames on the Shenzi Pavilion burned violently.

He originally thought that the officiating miko would come from somewhere else, but now it seemed that she was already sitting on it.

The sweet sound of the arrow pierced the sky, and the arrow flew away into the distance, lighting up the night sky, and then quickly fell silent.

However, the flames on the Shenzi Pavilion seemed to have not been extinguished and were still burning brightly.

Even though Lu Tian had seen Amber controlling the pure fire before, he felt that the flames could no longer be suppressed and were about to spread to the surroundings.

Soon, Lu Tiao heard a noise. It seemed that the witches were starting to move around. He couldn't hear exactly what they were calling, but it should be related to the current situation of Shenzi Pavilion.

Then, Lu Tiao heard a burst of singing and murmuring, like praying. If he closed his eyes, he could imagine the scene of the witches kneeling in a circle around the Shenzi Pavilion, reciting prayers with their eyes closed.

This is also a kind of eloquence.

With the sound of this voice, the flame seemed to weaken a lot. In the end, reason prevailed and restrained all the pure fires.

Shenzi Pavilion returned to silence.

The lingering sound of prayer still did not disappear, but continued for a while.

At this time, Lu Tan saw that the exterior of the Shenzi Pavilion was charred and black, as if it had been burned several times.

"It must be hard to sit in a place like that for a long time."

Lu Tian suspected that the current situation was because the current officiating witch was indeed dying and could not suppress her own power.

"No wonder Amber is needed to inherit the position."

If one day, the officiating miko cannot control the pure fire, then the entire Wajima Taisha Shrine and the entire sacred cherry tree may suffer.

The safest place is the most dangerous place.

Lu Tiao looked at the Shenzi Pavilion, but he didn't expect to see the appearance of the officiating witch. He thought of another thing.

"Those witches have come out, won't there be people coming here soon?"

Lu Tan decided to run away quickly.

He pulled the little girl and immediately ran out of the corridor and back to the shrine.

"Don't tell anyone else what happened tonight, we made an appointment."

Lu Tan stretched out his hand to hook up with the little girl.

"I've grown up and don't play with children's stuff anymore!"

The little girl straightened her back and felt confident.

"......All right."

Lu Tiao retracted his hand.

"You have to take me to play again if you have a chance!"

The little girl spoke again, as if she had learned how to bargain.

"no problem!"

Lu Tan replied.

He didn't sincerely want to deceive the child, but he didn't know when he would come to Hedao next time. Maybe the little girl would have grown up by then, or even become an old lady.

After sending the little girl back to where she lived, Lu Tiao returned to his own residence.

The moonlight was bright, filtering through the tops of the cherry blossom trees.

There were many books in the room. Through the translation of the Quiet Place, Lu Jian could tell that these were Japanese songs, haiku, prose, etc. left by shrine maidens and priests in the past.

He flipped through several articles, most of which were about singing about sadness and lamenting the passage of time. There were also some descriptions about life in the shrine. It could be seen that they were quite simple and unpretentious.

Just as he was reading these words, the calligraphy on them suddenly distorted and turned into words that were indifferent and cold.

[Complete the side mission: Returning Home]

[The fallen leaves return to their roots, and the soul yearning for the sky finally falls into mud. At least, her soul returns to her hometown. May peace envelope her forever.]

[Reward: 50,000 Silence Points]

[Reward: Red Leaf Hairpin]

A crimson hairpin appeared in Lu Tian's hand.

This hairpin seemed to be made of some special material. It was crystal clear, but it was definitely not crystal or glass. From Lu Jian's perspective, it was more like bone, crystallized bone.

Holding it in your hand, it feels slightly warm, like a girl's palm.

【Hairpin with red leaves】

【pollute】

[Miko’s hairpin, never used]

[If a shrine maiden of Wajima Taisha Shrine is corrupted, she will become a disaster shrine maiden. The more powerful a shrine maiden is, the easier it is to become corrupted]

[This hairpin comes from a witch who once fell and was finally redeemed]

[Hold the hairpin tightly, you may see the despair she once witnessed]

["Yuyou God's deeds, An An has never heard of them"]

Lu Tran didn't expect to get Hongye's hairpin, but it seemed that she had never used it before, so she didn't know its specific use.

He followed the description and tightened his grip on the hairpin.

Soon, Lu Tiao felt a burst of heat.

The heat is getting stronger and stronger. If it was still like being under the scorching sun in midsummer at first, now it is almost like being in a frying pan.

He saw the surrounding houses burst into flames, and he saw a withered hand grabbing his ankle on the ground, and countless humanoid creatures crawled out from the soil.

These creatures are made of human limbs and internal organs, showing a sense of madness and perversion. All the creatures are crawling towards the landing.

He felt as if he had turned into Hong Ye at that time, and his body had been sealed by the spell. He was lying on a stone bed like this, watching helplessly as these ugly monsters crawled to his side, using their sharp and dirty claws to and teeth tearing apart one's own body.

When being eaten, Hongye even remained conscious.

Lu Tan let go of his hairpin, and smoke billowed out from his head, and the whole room exuded the aroma of roasted brains.

thump--

Lu Tiao fell to the ground, motionless.

After a few hours, a piece of grass popped out of Lu Tan's ear.

The green grass grew tenaciously, and eventually, Lu Tiao's whole body was wrapped in the new green.

When the first ray of light in the morning leaked out from the cracks in the trees and fell on Lu Tiao's face, he finally twitched and got up.

His body was already covered with withered yellow leaves. He looked at the red hairpin that fell to the side, feeling a little mixed.

"I didn't expect that after fulfilling Hongye's long-cherished wish, I was given this thing. It can only be used to harm others..."

After recalling the pain of Hong Ye being bitten and devoured by those monsters, Lu Jian felt that Hong Ye was really miserable.

Even if she dies, she still has to be pulled out and turned into a misfortune witch to continue harming people. Thinking about these filthy things is really scary.

Lu Jian wrapped the hairpin in cloth and put it away properly. It seemed that only direct contact would cause hallucinations, so it shouldn't be a problem to carry it normally.

Thinking of this, Lu Tiao took out the mask again, which he got after killing the bandaged man. Because he had been at sea before, he was worried that there would be problems after the identification, so he delayed it until now.

Since we are now at the center of Wajima's extraordinary power, there should be no problem in identifying it.

Lu Tan took out his mask and chose appraisal.