386, Fortune Telling (1/2)
The rays of the setting sun shine through the window paper on all sides of the hall and cast a dim yellow on the wooden floor inside.
A stone statue wrapped in silk Wu robes with long black and smooth hair growing out of its head was placed in the center of the hall.
Beside her, there is a wooden box as high as a person.
The entire wooden box showed a water-soaked color, and a layer of unknown seaweed-like substance was wrapped around the wooden box.
What is actually inside the wooden box cannot be verified at the moment.
Su Wu could only judge from the words written on the wooden box that the wooden box, like the stone statue with a head of black hair, was the deity officiating at Soseki Shrine.
The long-haired stone statue is the ‘Girl in the Stone’;
Inside that wooden box, there should be another deity newly enshrined in the shrine - 'Hashihime'.
In front of the two sacrificial gods, there is a long ceremonial table.
Various exquisite gifts dedicated to the gods are placed on the offering table.
For example, the "Kagura bell" that makes the gods feel happy when they hear it, the "sacred wine" that is brewed on a specific date every year for the gods to enjoy, and the "goshin sword" that the gods control to impose punishments and punishments.
In front of the long ceremonial table, there is a circular 'offering platform'.
at this time,
Accompanied by the priests of the shrine, 'Anlu Onmyoji' respectfully knelt down and saluted the gods. Then he stood up, grabbed a rope hanging from the side of the altar with his palm, and gently shook the rope. The spring of the copper bell connected above hit the bell wall, and the thick and simple sound spread throughout the hall.
When——when——
Subsequently,
The old onmyoji let go of his hand and slapped his palms three times in front of him.
This ended the ceremony of worshiping the gods.
He seemed to have sensed that Su Wu, Haruko and his entourage had arrived at the shrine. After completing a complete set of rituals solemnly, he turned around with a charitable smile on his old face. He first greeted Haruko and said, "Miss Haruko ”
Haruko smiled and responded gracefully.
This girl once told Su Wu secretly that Anlu Onmyoji was not a good person.
When the other party was young, he had a sinful experience of tricking a pregnant village woman into jumping into a well and being made into a shikigami.
But when she faced Anlu now, she could not see any ill feelings toward Anlu.
Su Wu and Omu followed Miss Qingzi and bowed to Anlu Onmyoji.
"Oh!" An Lu squinted at the two people behind Qingzi for a while before suddenly reacting, pointing tremblingly at Su Wu and saying, "We saw you the day before yesterday - you are very tall.
Very suitable for making terracotta warriors - yes, very suitable for making samurai warriors! "
A brave soldier?
Su Wuyi misunderstood the true meaning of the word "Terra Warriors" in the other party's mouth.
He didn't pay attention to what the other party said,
In fact, I was already wary of Anlu.
There was no expression on his face at the moment, he nodded and said with a smile: "Thank you for your compliment, sir."
"Did you come to the shrine to pray for the blessings of the gods?" Anlu Onmyoji smiled and showed that he was happy to talk to young people like Haruko and Su Wu.
He turned sideways and made way for the altar.
This also allowed Su Wu to see clearly the 'things' on the altar.
On top of the fine sand and ashes piled up in the altar, there were a few branches that were still burning slowly - those were the branches of the real banyan tree outside. In Su Wu's eyes, these green branches turned into one by one. The incomplete and illusory human form, licked by the flames, turned into wisps of green smoke, rushing towards the 'Girl in the Stone' and 'Bridge Princess' above.
Green smoke surrounds them both,
Slowly infiltrating the two gods and being absorbed by them.
Those incomplete and illusory human figures were filled with Su Wu's familiar aura - the aura of spiritual energy.
After the energy of the mind merges with some real substances, those incomplete and illusory human forms are formed, which become offerings that can be presented to the gods.
Seeing this scene, Su Wu was certain that the real sakaki trees outside the shrine had some kind of endowment with 'intentional energy'.
The human flesh and blood, hands and feet that he saw wrapped around the leaves and branches of the Sakake tree earlier were the apparent form of the 'intention energy' of many people that came from unknown sources and gathered behind the leaves and branches of the Sakake tree.
Because his ‘meaning’ is equally powerful,
Therefore, one can instantly see the external forms of various ‘intended energy aggregates’.
"Abu, Omu and the others haven't visited the shrine yet.
So I took them to look inside the shrine. "Qingzi answered Anlu Onmyoji's question, led the two of them to the altar, followed Anlu Onmyoji's movements just now, and worshiped the gods.
The sakaki branches on the altar have been completely burned.
The priest waiting nearby had no intention of giving the real sakaki branches in the tray to Su and Wu to light.
Obviously,
In the eyes of the priest, Su Wu and Da Mu were not qualified to use the 'real sakaki branches' as offerings to worship the gods.
The old onmyoji stood in front of the priest,
Looking at Su Wu and Da Mu’s movements with a smile,
After both of them had worshiped in front of the god, he said aloud: "Since this is the first time I have come to the shrine, I guess I haven't divined my future destiny and career in the shrine, right?
It's better for me to be the fortune teller,
How about divining your future destiny a little bit? "
Miss Haruko shook her head when she heard this, and said with a forced smile: "I am the fortune-telling witch in this shrine, so I can tell the two of them.
Lord Anlu is the leading Onmyoji in Onmyogliao.
How can I trouble you to do divination for two servants? "
“Before the gods, all living beings are equal.
I don't care about their low status. "Anlu Onmyoji shook his head, looked at Miss Haruko, and suddenly smiled, "As the divination witch of the shrine, Miss Haruko has understood how many gods' wills she has understood, and how many people's fates have she predicted accurately? "
He was talking,
His eyes turned to the priest who was wearing hunting clothes and a black hat.
The priest glanced at Haruko and said without any change in his expression: "Miss Haruko became a miko not long ago. She has not been able to truly listen to the will of the gods. She has not been able to accurately predict the fate of anyone."
Haruko was squeezed tightly by the fist covered by her sleeves.
Lower your head,
There was no sound for a moment.
“The training of a witch must also be done step by step.
Obtaining spiritual power and favor from gods is also a process.
Although Miss Haruko does not yet have the energy to accurately predict people's fortunes, she believes that as she gets older, her accumulated spiritual power will continue to increase, and temporary success or failure will not mean anything. "Anlu Onmyoji smiled and smoothed things over.
then,
He changed the subject and continued: "This time you might as well let me do some divination for each of you three.
Miss Haruko, we can also take this opportunity to discuss with each other and improve our divination abilities.
what do you think? "
The other party had already said so, and Haruko could only nod in agreement.
She glanced sideways at Su Wu, who stood there like a piece of wood with no intention of speaking for her at all, which made her even more discouraged - I tried my best not to let this old man see your future destiny!
But you yourselves don’t know that the crisis is approaching,
You don’t know how to cooperate with me at all, and there’s nothing I can do about it!
"Then which one of you will come first?" Anlu Onmyoji sat behind a table on the side of the altar and looked at the three of them.
Before Qingzi and Su Wu could say anything,
Omu was the first to raise his hand and said with excitement: "It is my honor for Anlu Onmyoji to divine my destiny!
I want to be the first to do a divination! "
After speaking,
He looked at Qingzi and Su Wu sheepishly: "I'm sorry, Miss Qingzi, Abu, let me do the divination first this time. Lord Anlu Onmyoji has always been a person I respect very much. !”
Haruko rubbed her forehead wordlessly and said nothing.
Su Wu patted his shoulder, nodded and said, "It's okay, go ahead."
Taking advantage of the opportunity to tap on the shoulder, he had quietly cast a 'Zhabatuo Wheel Blessing Spell' on Damu.
If Anlu Onmyoji has evil thoughts towards Omu and intends to 'curse' Omu using Onmyoji's methods, the effect of the curse will first be blocked by the 'Zhabatuo Wheel Blessing Curse'.
Facts have proved that the secret spell Su Wu cast on Damu was completely unnecessary.
Anlu Onmyoji may have ambitions for Miss Haruko.
He might even have some evil purpose towards Su Wu.
But he has no interest in causing harm to Da Mu.
Omu walked to the desk of the old Onmyoji, and at Anlu's signal, he knelt down and sat opposite.
"Which aspect of your future do you want me to predict for you?
Marriage? cause? family? "
Anlu looked at Damu gently, not at all impatient because of his low status.
Under Anlu's gentle gaze, Omu's nervous and nervous mood gradually calmed down. He thought seriously for a while, raised his eyes and looked at Anlu, and said: "Master Onmyoji, I want to divine my future career!
Will my future be as stagnant as it is now? "
"good."
Anlu nodded,
He spread out a piece of white paper on the desk, took out a writing brush, and dipped in some kind of sweet-smelling ink placed in the corner of the desk. He held the brush in one hand and recited a few words in a low voice. spell,
Then hang the pen in the center of the white paper,
Tong Damu said: "In the name of the Girl in the Stone and the Princess of the Bridge, and with the help of their spiritual power, I am here to perform this divination for you.
Hold the lower end of the brush in your hand. "
Damu felt that the current atmosphere had become solemn and sacred inexplicably.
His heartbeat quickened, and he quickly held the lower end of the brush as instructed.
Su Wu cast his gaze this way,
His thoughts spread out silently, like a web formed by a spider, covering the entire hall.
In a moment,
It seems like an insect has fallen into the net——
Following his own "meaning" that was touched, at this moment, Su Wu saw the black-haired stone statue and the shadow of the wooden box overlapping in the main hall, and suddenly covered the shadow of Anlu Onmyoji.
Anlu's eyes turned gray-white,
The skin is swollen, as if if someone presses it lightly, fluid will leak out!
Seeing his appearance, Da Mu almost let go of the brush in fright!
But at this moment, Omu's hand seemed to be held by an invisible, cold palm.
As the palm of his hand suddenly paused,
The tip of the brush drips black and red ink,
The ink spreads and extends on the paper,
Eventually it dries and solidifies into strange patterns.