Seeing Xiaoxue throwing herself into his arms as soon as she got off the train, Shiraishi patted her back gently, then pushed her away helplessly and said:

"You're such an adult, don't pounce on me at every turn. Didn't Third Master teach you how to be a proper lady, Xiaoxue?"

Before Xiaoxue could speak, she heard a rush of footsteps. The third wife caught up with him out of breath. He just heard Baishi's words and said, "Your Excellency Baishi, I hope more than anyone else."

Your Highness can become an excellent lady only because of the lack of discipline. Your Highness has become more and more willful recently."

Regarding the Third Taifu's complaint, Xiaoxue glared at him fiercely.

"Really? But I haven't seen you for a while. You look like you are getting older now, Third Taifu."

Shiraishi smiled at San Taifu.

Looking at the wrinkles on the third wife's face, there are many more wrinkles than a few years ago, and I can't help but sigh that time flies by.

"Yes, I also think that today's young people are a bit too lively, especially His Highness. If this continues, I feel that I will be ashamed of the late His Highness Hayayuki."

Seeing the third wife wiping tears while speaking so emotionally, Xiaoxue was immediately speechless.

"You are getting more and more outrageous as you talk, third wife. Even I want to relax occasionally. If I always stay in an empty palace, I will be out of touch with the times."

"That's better than showing off outside."

The third wife smiled helplessly, but her tone was full of affection.

After all, the place they live in is indeed changing with each passing day.

I vaguely remember that more than ten years ago, the famous names of various countries were still symbols of sacredness and dignity.

Just like a high-altitude god who does not eat the smoke and fire of the world.

But as time goes by, it is completely impossible to continue to maintain that kind of unworldly persona and still want to govern the country well.

After all, if a country's famous name is positioned too high, its image in people's minds will be smaller.

Therefore, today, if the daimyo still wants to add the element of "god" to himself, it will not work at all.

A country like the Kingdom of Ghosts that can still use the power of witches to maintain national rule can only be treated as an example and is difficult to copy and imitate.

"Okay, don't just talk about Xiaoxue, you can also take some time to relax."

Shiraishi smiled.

The date for the finals of the Joint Chuunin Examination has been determined. Therefore, in the past few days, officials from all over the ninja world and well-known big businessmen have rushed to the Kingdom of Demon to watch the finals of the Joint Chunin Examination.

Such a grand event would naturally involve the appearance of the neighboring country Snow Country.

But compared to the representatives from other countries, Xiaoxue and San Taifu were the ones who arrived earlier.

"The finals of the Joint Chunin Examination? It is indeed an event worth looking forward to."

The third wife nodded.

Although Snow Country was not involved in this joint chuunin exam, it also knew the importance of this joint chunin exam.

The mutual testing between big countries always happens inadvertently.

As one of the three major countries in the western part of the mainland, the Demon Country is in urgent need of expanding its influence externally. As the host of the third joint Chunin Examination, it is a good opportunity to expand its influence.

Although the Kingdom of Ghosts had experienced the War of the Kingdom of Wind before, most of the power displayed was actually concentrated in a small number of top ninjas in the military. The ability of the military ninja troops to participate in wars has not yet been known to all countries in the ninja world.

Later, during the Rain Kingdom War, new weapons were sold to the Rain Hidden Village in order to contain the Fire Country. Although it also caused a great international response, it was only controlled from behind the scenes. The main participants in the war were the ninjas of the Rain Hidden Village, and

The ninja troops of the Daiming Prefecture of the Land of Fire.

In two extremely crucial wars, the strength displayed by the Kingdom of Ghosts is still an unsolved mystery.

The strength of the ninja, the head of the Demon Country's military, is naturally valued by all countries. The various new weapons he has developed have also been highly recognized by the arms market.

The only thing that has not yet been determined and remains to be seen is the combat effectiveness of the ninjas other than the head ninjas of the Demon Country's military. These backbone ninjas.

Especially the new generation of genin can best reflect the potential of a ninja village.

And this potential, after several years of fermentation, will gradually form the mainstay of Ninja Village and become the cornerstone of Ninja Village institutions.

This principle also applies to the military of the Kingdom of Ghosts.

Although the third husband has great confidence in the new generation of genin trained by the Demon Country's military, no matter how confident he is, he needs to witness it with his own eyes to feel completely at ease.

"Speaking of which, Asuka and the others don't seem to be here."

After walking around in a circle, Xiaoxue found that apart from Shiraishi, there were only some government officials from the Kingdom of Ghosts with familiar faces, and only Shiraishi who was close to her was present.

"Asuka? He and Cai are receiving special training from Yiji for five days. After all, the two of them will represent the Demon Country's military in the third exam. Before the finals, you probably won't be able to see the two of them.

Already."

Shiraishi led the way, and Xiaoxue and San Taifu also followed.

The ninjas from the Country of Snow and the government personnel from the Country of Ghosts also followed closely behind and did not come to disturb the three of them.

With Shiraishi present, they were not worried that some unsighted person would come to assassinate Xiaoxue, a famous figure in the Land of Snow, at this time.

"Well, that's a pity. Come to think of it, the two mothers have important things to deal with at this time."

When mentioning her two mothers, Xiaoxue's tone obviously became a little subtle.

Shiraishi said vaguely: "Yes, the two of them are indeed very busy, and I haven't been at home much these days, so during this period, you can stay at Ziyuan's place for now. She happens to be quite bored at the shrine, so you

You can go and keep her company, so that she won't have to sneak out of the shrine because she's bored."

Thinking of Shion, Shiraishi suddenly got a headache.

Although like Koyuki, Shion is also his adopted daughter, but in terms of willfulness, she is even more willful than Koyuki.

And since there is no one around Shion who can restrain her, the miko around her are also very obedient to her wishes.

As long as he doesn't cause trouble, Shiraishi will turn a blind eye over time.

Because if you think about it carefully, the biggest use of Shion as a miko is to seal and suppress the demons again when they cause trouble again.

Other than that...it seems that as a miko, she really has nothing to do and no obligations that she must fulfill.

This kind of willfulness is completely different from that of Maitreya, the previous generation of shrine maidens.

"Well, I understand. Then I won't disturb Father. Speaking of which, I haven't met Ziyuan for a long time. I will attend with her."

Xiaoxue smoothed her hair and smiled slightly.

"Then I'm sorry to bother you. I hope that the child can calm down in the past few days, which will save me some trouble."

After receiving Xiaoxue's promise, Shiraishi's mood became much brighter and his walking pace became brisker.

Thinking about it this way, I'm a little lucky that when I created the clone, I didn't design some characters that were too troublesome, otherwise so many 'children' would all make a fuss. Just thinking about it makes Shiraishi feel dizzy.

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"Did you...sneak out again?"

The voice came from behind the huge stone door. It was a long, ancient, and unique tone full of vicissitudes of life.

It seems that as long as you hear it, your soul will be unnaturally captured by the owner of this voice.

Although the stone door is tightly connected, a purple-black light can still be seen in the narrow gap, and a little seeps out from the gap.

But outside the stone gate, there are also layers of spherical barriers wrapped around it.

Under the sunlight, the barrier emits a sacred brilliance like platinum.

Therefore, even if the dark purple-black light wanted to poke its head out from the stone door, it still could not move freely outside.

The sacred barrier seems to be its natural enemy. As soon as it appears, its body will experience burning pain.

Although it is a symbol of immortality, pain is equal for both humans and monsters.

Even if they are not afraid of death, monsters have no habit of abusing themselves.

The person communicating with it here is a young girl wearing a white miko costume and long pale blond hair.

She wore a red string around her neck, and a bell was attached to the string.

She sat on the ground with her back against the stone door, and just nodded slightly to the sound coming from behind the stone door.

"The mountain is too boring. There are so many interesting things at the bottom of the mountain, but my father doesn't let me go every time, saying that I am just too playful. Even if I go, I can't stay too long, and I have to have an entourage with me.

"

Having said this, Ziyuan couldn't help but puffed up her mouth and seemed unhappy.

"That is your protection. Your mother Maitreya has the power to reverse time and space. As you inherit her bloodline, you naturally also have this power. When you meet a certain person, their life and death will be seen through. And death

, is not a very beautiful thing.”

Even a miko with a clean mind and body will feel confused after seeing too many deaths.

I have seen this kind of witch in the past many times.

Ugly and beautiful, she was eventually swallowed up by all kinds of desires in the world and died an unexpected death.

Therefore, most of the true practicing shrine maidens will not choose to enter the world. Most of the time, they will perform ascetic practices in shrines.

Most of the witchcraft they practice does not harm humans, but targets monsters. The higher the state of mind of such witches, the lower the influence of monsters on them.

As for the shrine maidens who enter the world, most of them practice heretical practices and do not need to pay attention to spiritual purity.
To be continued...