Chapter 10: North Mountain Jinglong and Nine Heavenly Smoke

At this moment, Ah Ning was already terrified to the core. Dong Xie only saw her cover her mouth with her other hand, just afraid of making any noise. Even Dong Xie felt that his spirit was on the verge of collapse. This was definitely the longest road he had ever traveled in his life. However, Himura Flower Flame, who was in front of him, was still walking unhurriedly, with not the slightest change in her pace visible. However, Dong Xie did not dare to make a sound to question her. Finally, that horrible sound, gradually began to fade away, and as it continued to advance, the sound became more and more faint in the background. I don't know how much time had passed, but finally, Himura Hanabi's voice could be heard. "Alright, raise your head." Dong Xie only felt as if his neck was about to snap, and when he finally raised his head, he only felt as if he had absolutely walked through the gates of hell. And right at this moment, in front of the sea of trees, a vermillion colored torii appeared. This, obviously, was the entrance to Kitayama Shrine. Himura Hanabi turned back, bowed slightly, and said, "The two of you have done well. In the past, there have been some clients who raised their heads or fled because they just couldn't suppress their fear, and they all ended up completely lost in this sea of trees, thus becoming completely Divinely Hidden." Dong Qi scrutinized the kimono woman in front of her, as well as the lantern in her hand that was quite exquisitely crafted. The firelight in the lantern was swaying continuously at the moment, and it was only by looking at that light that Dong Xie was able to feel more or less secure. "The two of you can rest assured that after entering the shrine's torii, you will be absolutely safe. Have you two had your evening meal? If not, the shrine can prepare it for you." Dong Xie and Dong Ning glanced at each other, and then, the former said, "I actually have many questions I want to ask you. The main thing is …… that you guys really have the ability to exorcise ghosts, right?" "Exorcising ghosts …… is an argument that can also be made. However, we do not possess such an ability. We just use the power of a certain 'something'." The power of something? This description caused Dong Qi to have many associations for a moment. "What does that mean ……" "I'm sorry, that can't be said." Then, Himura Hanabi walked towards the birdhouse, while Dong Xie and Dong Ning followed her up. This could not help but make both Dong Xie and Dong Ning's hearts heavy, it sounded like the Kitayama Clan was utilizing some sort of power that they themselves could not control to achieve exorcism. Could it be that it was also similar to Blackwater Island's Xie Tianzhi, using the power of ancient demons? To be honest, the experience of Blackwater Island was a nightmare for Dong Xie, and it was also the longest bloodletter he had performed so far, and even now, Dong Xie still felt his heart palpitating. However, what could he do if the other party didn't say anything? According to Kitayama Jinglong, this family and the Japanese consortium, the Diet are all inextricably linked, so if the other party does not say anything, there is nothing he can do. After walking into the birdhouse, the surroundings were quiet. Dong Xie noticed that the surrounding trees and the houses in front of him were all connected by a kind of white, extremely thick rope twine. Dong Xie inquired in English, "Ms. Himura, what are those ropes?" "Note connected ropes." This vocabulary word she said in Chinese, "These are things that represent the complete isolation of the Divine Realm from the outside world, and there are ropes like this in the torii outside as well." After this sentence Dong Ning translated for Dong Qi, he hurriedly asked, "Does the so-called God …… really exist?" "Well, how can I put it?" Himura Hanabi, however, did not answer directly this time as before, and actually asked Dong Xie a question in return, "Mr. Dong, what do you think God is?" The English sentence was simple, and he understood it perfectly. God is …… what? An all-knowing, all-powerful being? A higher life form that completely transcends humans? "God is just a religious definition for humans. An existence that transcends humans all the same, one that is beneficial to humans is a god, and the opposite, a demon. But in the end, it's just a human-dependent definition. Nothing exists solely for the needs of humans." At this moment, Dong Xie's heart shook dramatically. "Therefore, the key to whether or not a god exists lies in the views of humans themselves. But at the very least, you can be certain that something more terrifying than us humans is something that has indeed existed objectively in this world all along." As Dong Xie listened to these words, he vaguely felt that it was almost as if he was talking about that hellish apartment. But to think, with that apartment's ghostly and terrifying ability, it wouldn't let people who hadn't entered the apartment know of its existence . Unless the Kitayama family ancestor is once entered the apartment, completed ten times the word of blood out of the occupants? "The current head witch of the shrine is my mother. Let me take you guys to see her first." "Mother?" "My mother is the only disciple of the previous witch, Koue-sama, but of course, she's only temporarily taking over the position of witch, and one day in the future, it will be Kagehara-sama who will succeed as the witch." "That's Jing Long's sister, right?" "Not bad, Mr. Dong. Then let me take you guys to meet her first, or perhaps you want to meet with Young Master Jing Long first?" "Take us to meet your mother first." Dong Ning quickly replied, "This matter is more important." Meanwhile, in a certain house within the shrine. Kitayama Jinghuang was here, having re-met with her older brother, Kitayama Jinglong. At the same time, meeting her new sister-in-law. "This wedding is still a bit rushed, but, brother, you guys are focusing on the Chinese side of the wedding anyway, right?" For Kitayama Jing Huang, what she was most looking forward to was also traveling to China for her brother's wedding. Jing Huang looked at Jing Long in front of her and the new sister-in-law beside her. She was quite satisfied with this new sister-in-law, far surpassing that predecessor of her brother. At first, when Jing Huang received the photos of her brother, Jing Long, and the mother, Ziyi, from the face, there was some lack of good feelings towards this woman. And in the Chinese entertainment industry, although relying on the "Dead Bug" this online drama slightly out of the circle of a small fire for a period of time, but also dug out a lot of black material, its character is really not to be complimented. In contrast, the new sister-in-law is full of intellectual flavor and looks very virtuous at first glance. Beishan Jinglong was a man who looked to be in his thirties and had extremely handsome features. Jinghuang had grown up thinking that it was a shame that his brother's image was only as a writer and not as an actor or model. "I've been hearing him talk about his sister in Japan and their family's shrine, and it turned out to be quite interesting." Kyoryu's wife said with a smile, "You're just as cute as he says you are. Well, I speak Japanese okay, don't I?" "It's okay, I can understand Chinese as well." Jing Huang took out his cell phone and opened the screen to show Jing Long and his sister-in-law in front of him, saying, "Look, they're all Chinese e-books, Water Margin, Journey to the West, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and so on. I actually like China more than Japan." However, even to her brother, Jing Huang did not say anything about her plan to work in China right after college. In fact, the family didn't care too much if she went to college or not, and anyway, it had long been arranged for her to return to the family shrine to take up the role of a witch as soon as she graduated. "Young Master Jing Long, just now, Mr. Dong Evil and Miss Dong Ning have arrived." Hearing this voice, Kitayama Jinglong immediately revealed a look of joy. "Arrived that quickly?" Beishan Jinghuang raised his hand and scratched his nose, asking in confusion, "Brother, that person called Dong Xie, is he someone you invited to the wedding? Is he a very good friend of yours?" "Well, but in China we're just netizens, merely only ever video chatted, but never actually met." "Just online friends ah?" "Jing Huang, he's a very talented person ah. Like this, I'll go meet him first. You and your sister-in-law can talk and enhance your relationship." Jing Huang was quite a bit puzzled, unable to imagine that her brother appreciated that Chinese visitor so much. Immediately afterward, she looked at her sister-in-law and said, "Sister-in-law, you and my brother are both horror spirit novel writers, so which one of you two is a bit more well-known?" "This is not quite clear yet, the only thing we can be sure of is that neither of us is number one, the number one is a writer called Deep Sea. But he seems to be out of contact right now, and I don't know what happened. As for your brother and I, we should be half a catty." "I've been reading 'Crossroads of Death' and 'Seven Degrees of Evil Spirit Mansion' written by you recently. It feels like it's wonderfully written as well." "The Chinese e-version?" "No, I bought the physical books in simplified Chinese and traditional Chinese online, my aim is that no matter if I'm playing a game or reading a comic it has to be the original. By the way, is there a reason for your pen name Nine Heavenly Smoke? And your name has nothing to do with the appearance of ah?" "It's not related, I just named it randomly. You can call me by my pen name or my real name." "Then, I'll call you Deep Rain Sister, is that okay?" The woman whose pen name was Nine Heavenly Smoke and real name was Pu Shenyu guffawed and replied, "Of course …… it's okay."