Surviving in a Collapsed World, Is Something Wrong?

Chapter 357: Animal Path

"Because the fox demon back then had an inseparable connection with the Yae Shrine." Theresa said calmly.

"......" Jiang Ming certainly knew this.

However, although it was clear that the [Six Laws of the Outer Path] was a forbidden technique from the Far East that sealed the world-destroying fox demon, the attitude of the residents of Yae Town towards the Yae Shrine did not appear in Jiang Ming's intelligence. The reason was very simple - Jiang Ming did not make any inferences in this direction at all, and for him, it would not be of any help even if he knew it.

Seeing that they were still silent, Theresa nodded as she had expected: "It's normal that you don't know, because the story happened too long ago, and some memories have long been sealed in people's hearts."

"That shrine maiden entrusted the Yae Shrine to me... Of course, this is impossible. The shrine maiden sealed the world-destroying fox five hundred years ago."

"It's just that I have admired that legendary shrine maiden since I was a child, so I tried to learn from her in this way - I became an assistant shrine maiden without permission and rebuilt the shrine without permission."

"Rebuild?" Rin tilted his head slightly when he heard that.

"That's right. This is just another shrine with the same name, Yae Shrine. The real Yae Shrine was destroyed in the incident that year."

It was such a heavy matter, but when Theresa talked about it, it seemed so light and the crying little girl just now disappeared.

Jiang Ming's eyes were full of meaning, and he couldn't help but sigh: "Ms. Theresa, your craftsmanship is really good. I was fortunate enough to see the paintings of Yae Shrine before, and they are almost exactly the same as here. You know, it was a shrine more than 500 years ago after all."

"No, Mr. Ming, you are too serious."

Theresa shook her head slowly and looked at Xia again. To be more precise, she looked at Xia's pair of slender fox ears: "Can I touch your ears?"

"..."

Xia hesitated for a moment, knowing that Jiang Ming and the others were there, so she half-crouched down and tried her best to adjust her body to a state that made her look "relaxed", but in fact she was still tense everywhere.

This way, even if a special situation occurs, Xia can respond in time.

"Ears...are they real?!"

Feeling the softness and warmth on her hand, and the slight trembling due to her touch, Theresa couldn't help but widen her eyes and exclaimed: "I saw your ears just now... I thought it was the witch who came back."

"It is said that the witch also has a pair of fox ears, which are the source of power to seal monsters, but... the witch should not wear such a thing."

Theresa stood on tiptoe and touched the gold ring on Xia's ear. The gold ring rubbed against the earlobe slightly and felt cool.

Although she doesn't pay much attention to it normally because she is used to its shaking, Xia will still feel it if she is touched intentionally.

After a long time, Theresa let go of her hand, took a step back, pulled her ears and sighed softly: "Unlike me, I'm just a fake."

Then he showed a serious expression again: "But I will never hand this place over to someone who doesn't know how to protect it..."

Returning to the topic, Theresa explained to Jiang Ming and the others: "Fox ears are a symbol of people's fear of this shrine, but it is precisely because of this fear that they recognize its existence."

Lin blinked: "Fear?"

"That's right. According to legend, the fox ears of the witch are the source of the power to seal the monsters. However, the fox ears were created because the monsters once lived in symbiosis with the witch... Of course, there are no monsters here anymore."

Ouch——

However, just as Theresa finished her words, something unexpected happened around her.

Xia frowned slightly, thinking to herself: "This smell... is it a small animal? No, it should be even bigger... is it a wild beast? The smell continues to come out from every corner of the shrine."

Ouch——

Obviously, this is not a sound that a human can make.

Theresa's facial expression suddenly changed and became a little nervous. Xia subconsciously drew out the shuriken. She tried to depict the shape of the beast by locating the source of the smell, but the result was not accurate. Jiang Ming and Lin did not move.

"Theresa, hide behind me..." Xia reminded Theresa, but the latter looked in one direction: "Shh, don't make a sound."

"Yeah." Xia answered subconsciously, but when she turned around, she saw Theresa making a gesture towards the distance.

She wasn't talking to Xia...

This made Xia even more certain that there was something hidden in the shrine.

Seeing that no one was taking the next step, Jiang Ming looked at Theresa calmly and asked, "Theresa, are you lying? Could it be that the monster is not sealed, but hidden in this newly built Yae Shrine?"

"If that were the case, the city lord would have discovered it long ago." Theresa took a deep breath and shook her head.

"As we all know, Yaemachi was once cursed because of the monster that harmed the human world, and even lost the favor of the gods. However, the monster was sealed by the witch at the cost of her life. After that, Yaemachi relied on the faith and offerings of the people, and the gods returned. They barely gathered some spiritual energy in this shrine, and gradually gave birth to the spiritual beast - Higyokumaru."

"Although it currently does not have a physical body and its power is very weak, so it can only exist in the form of a soul."

"Fei Yu... Maru?" Lin widened his eyes, not looking at Theresa, but at Jiang Ming, but the latter just shook his head slowly and did not answer.

"...As spiritual energy continued to gather, the power of Feiyuwan gradually increased. After it gained the power of speech, it gave itself this name... Feiyu, a red jade - it said that if it had a physical body, it would give people the same feeling."

Xia: "......"

There is no doubt that according to the information about the three original curse seals known to Tianming, the spirit beast Feiyumaru must be related to the curse seal of the [Animal Path] Ninja Law Attachment.

However, the fact that an ordinary harmless spirit beast has the seal of the Ninja Scroll on its body shows that its strength is not as weak as it appears.

"Perhaps we can combine the illusion of the Ninja Scrolls to induce Higyokumaru to take action... If the shrine is attacked, the spirit beast will definitely show its power." Kasumi thought to herself.

"Xia." Jiang Ming's voice suddenly came into Xia's mind.

The girl looked in the direction of the voice, only to see the boy still shaking his head slowly: "I know what you want to do, but it's futile. I have a way to make the spirit beast Feiyuwan appear on its own."

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