When Jiang Bai woke up, the sun had already come out, and the coffin next to him had been opened. He didn't know where he was, but Hu Tao obviously hadn't gotten up yet.
Jiang Bai leaned over Hu Tao's coffin and leaned his ear up to listen for a while. The breathing inside was steady, and he was obviously not awake yet.
Jiang Bai waved his hand and half of the coffin lid disappeared, revealing Hu Tao sleeping soundly inside.
Hu Tao's sleeping posture was unusually unstable. The pillow that was supposed to rest her head appeared in her arms, and the quilt was kicked into the corners of the coffin. It seemed that she was sleeping uncomfortably, so she turned around while holding the pillow. He stood up, revealing his snow-white waist.
Jiang Bai put his head on the edge of the coffin to watch her sleep, and couldn't help but reach out and poke her cheek.
The sleeping hall master is so cute
"Don't make trouble." Hutao muttered unconsciously and turned over again.
Jiang Bai grabbed a piece of dogtail grass next to her and tickled her, "Master, get up."
"Ah Qiu——"
Hutao sneezed and sat up drowsily holding the pillow.
She rubbed her sleepy eyes and asked, "What time is it?"
"I don't know, it must be eight o'clock."
Jiang Bai built a hut for her to change clothes, "Master, get up first and I'll make breakfast."
Hutao nodded, yawned and fell back to sleep.
It's still early, let's get some sleep.
Jiang Bai followed her, took out the noodles from the Sanqing Bell and started cooking them.
Yidou stepped on the dew on the grass blades and walked out of the forest, holding a bird's nest in his hand.
He proudly showed off the birds' eggs in the bird's nest, "Abai, wake up, I found a lot of eggs, I can add some extra food!"
Jiang Bai's mouth twitched, "Are you having trouble with Bird Egg?"
Ever since the bird poop fell out of his mouth last time, he has been unable to survive a fight with the bird.
"I originally wanted to catch some rabbits, but it turned out that these rabbits and pheasants were running very fast. I finally found one, but it disappeared after a while."
In order not to return empty-handed, he had no choice but to go up a tree and dig out a bird's nest.
"Give it to me. Just add an egg to the noodles."
Just when a few people were finishing their breakfast and preparing to continue studying the abandoned shrine, Sora and Paimon walked in the sunshine.
"Jiang Bai, Hutao!" Seeing them, Paimeng waved excitedly.
Jiang Bai was a little surprised, "Hey, have you finished checking other places?"
"Nope!"
Paimon briefly explained what happened yesterday.
"I went to a place yesterday and met a miko lady who purified the filth of a sacred cherry tree. But after the purification, she disappeared and asked us to come here, and then we came over."
"This witch is really elusive." Jiang Bai sighed with emotion.
This Huashanli lady is obviously a busy person, and she can work on two fronts simultaneously.
"By the way, who is he?" Pamon pointed at Yidou.
They met this man once when they were looking for Jiang Bai, but they just met him and didn't know him.
"How come you, a little kid like you, can fly and talk?" Yi Dou looked at her curiously and reached out to tug at the small cloak behind her.
"I'm not a little kid, I'm Paimon!" Paimon puffed up his cheeks angrily.
"Paimon, right? Listen up, my name is Arataki Yidou, and I am the boss of the Arataki sect! Abai is my younger brother, and Hall Master Hu is my boss now."
Paimeng scratched his head in confusion, "You are the boss, Hu Tao is also the boss, why are there so many bosses?"
Kong looked at Jiang Bai with dead fish eyes, "Xiao Jiang, please call me boss."
"If you also want to be my boss, I can call you Third Boss."
Return to the third boss! Is that still the boss?
Sora rolled his eyes, not wanting to talk to this guy who had the world over.
"My name is Sora. I am a traveler. I am currently traveling in Inazuma." Sora introduced himself to Ito.
"I saw you on the wanted poster!"
Sora was a little embarrassed, his wanted poster was really covered with Ina Wife.
"Don't worry about these little things, let's go and have a look inside the shrine." Sora changed the topic and walked towards the shrine.
Arriving at the abandoned shrine, the figure in the flowers finally appeared again.
Hua Sanli led several people to a statue of the Sky Fox, "The treasure is in this statue of the Sky Fox. To unlock the seal and get the treasure, you need a [Pardon Order]."
"Pardon?" Hu Tao took out the book he found yesterday.
"There is indeed a record about the pardon order, but the specific content is not written. Shouldn't we still need to find the pardon order?"
"Don't worry, I just know."
Hua Sanli stood in front of the statue and spoke softly:
"Ming Shen Shen Envoy, Bai Chen's bloodline, oily tofu, come quickly!"
After the pardon was said, the carved patterns on the statue bloomed with light, and the artifacts floated out of it.
Hu Tao handed the book to Hua Sanli, "This should be a more important book for you, keep it well."
Hua Sanli did not take it, "Please return it to Narukami Taisha Shrine."
"Can't I give it to you?"
"To be honest, I am not a real miko, I am just a memory left behind."
"Ah?" After hearing this, everyone was confused.
"Back then, Foxsai Palace died to protect Narukami Island, and the memory was retained and absorbed by Shenzakura. And I am the filth condensed from the memories of Foxsai Palace."
"What!"
Jiang Bai looked left and right and saw no sign of dirt on her body.
Hu Tao is not too strange. Over the years, he has seen a lot of strange things.
"No wonder, you exist based on the roots of the sacred cherry tree, that's why you are so elusive."
"Doesn't that mean that you also belong to the filth that needs to be purified?" Pamon frowned, a little unhappy.
We had only known each other for a short time, but she already considered her a friend.
If you want to purify your friends, you will inevitably become unhappy.
"Yes, I will leave when the final ritual is completed." Hua Sanli's tone was calm.
To her, that was the meaning of existence.
"Can we not purify it?" Paimon couldn't bear it.
Hua Sanli shook his head slightly and looked at the sacred cherry tree on the top of Yingxiang Mountain.
"No, once too much filth accumulates, the sacred cherry tree will wither. In my memory, the sacred cherry tree withered hundreds of years ago. I don't remember exactly how it was restored. I only know that someone did it. It’s great."
"At least there hasn't been a major exorcism in hundreds of years. It seems that the situation of the sacred cherry tree is not optimistic." Jiang Bai immediately realized the seriousness of the matter.
"It stands to reason that it shouldn't be the case. Isn't Yae Shenzi here? Can't she perform the Great Exorcism?"
With the character of Yae Shenzi, it is impossible for such a big omission to occur.
Speaking of Yae Shenzi, Hua Sanli's tone was obviously much gentler.
"At that time, Inazuma's situation was very critical. Kosai Palace tricked her into taking over Narukami Taisha Shrine, and many things were not explained in time."
(End of chapter)
