Saito Saichiro followed the two shrine maidens and continued walking for several hundred meters when he saw a giant tree two to three hundred meters high in the distance, which was extremely spectacular.
Compared with the cherry blossom trees in Yin Yang Residence, which are full of cherry blossoms, this giant tree is completely bare, not to mention flowers, not even leaves.
But he knew that this giant tree was also a cherry blossom tree.
It is not an ordinary cherry blossom tree. It has the honorific title of "Sacred Sakura". The specific age is unknown, but according to the elders of the clan, this sacred cherry tree is definitely more than two thousand years old, and is even older than the history of this country.
Legend has it that this sacred cherry tree has a spirit and once saved Abe Seimei's life. Later, Abe Seimei's descendants served him.
Right now, the goddess he wants to see is the one who serves the god Sakura in this generation of Tsuchimikado family.
There are many legends about this sacred cherry tree.
Saichiro Saito was skeptical about these legends, just like he was skeptical about the goddess he was going to meet next.
However, all the doubts in his heart turned into exclamation the moment he saw the goddess.
Under the giant tree with no flowers or leaves, stood a woman whose age was completely unpredictable.
She has a pair of eyes that are as bright as stars, but seem to have seen all the vicissitudes of life.
At first glance, she is a royal lady with a cool temperament, but she has a strong sense of girliness, which makes her look like an innocent girl who doesn't eat the fireworks of the world.
She was wearing a miko costume that was mainly white and supplemented by red. It was supposed to give people a simple feeling, but it was still radiant and charming.
Just because she was standing under the tree, Saito Saichiro felt that even the lifeless sacred cherry tree had become more beautiful.
But this kind of beauty has a sense of distance that repels people thousands of miles away.
Standing right in front of him, but yet like a flower on a high mountain that he couldn't touch, Saichiro Saito, who had always only used women as a tool to release his sexual desires, felt inferior in front of a woman for the first time.
"Saito-kun!"
A somewhat dissatisfied voice sounded.
The two witches who led Saito Saichiro looked at him with frowns.
In their view, it was a kind of blasphemy for Saichiro Saito to stare directly at the goddess.
Saito Saichiro came to his senses and hurriedly saluted: "Junior Shinto Musen-ryu Saito Saichiro has met the goddess!"
He thought to himself that this goddess's appearance and temperament were indeed like those of a heavenly being, but he didn't know if her strength was as good as the rumors said.
"It was the leader of your Shinto Wu Nian style who asked you to come here? Why?"
The goddess's voice is also indistinguishable from age. It is as sweet as a girl's, but has an unspeakable vicissitude.
Saichiro Saito said: "What this junior wants in life is to reach the pinnacle of swordsmanship, but in the past two years, it has fallen into a bottleneck and has made no progress at all.
The elders in the clan told me that you, senior, are the number one swordsman and the master of the Tian Cong Yun Sword. So, I thought of coming here to ask for advice!"
"presumptuous!"
"You bastard! I thought you had something important to report to the Goddess, but it turned out to be a private matter. Ridiculous! Not to mention you, even the elders of your clan are not qualified to come and ask the Goddess for advice."
The two witches on the side were furious.
If they can follow the goddess, they are naturally smart people.
Saichiro Saito said he was asking for advice, not asking for advice or guidance from the goddess, which shows that this guy has doubts about the swordsmanship of the goddess!
As a result, what he said just now may not be credible.
Perhaps, he actually had the intention of stepping down the goddess, the number one swordsman, in order to make a name for himself.
After all, no matter what era or country, the most direct way to become famous is to step on someone who is already famous!
"When you came to me, did you do it on your own initiative or on your own initiative?"
The goddess' face was neither happy nor angry, and her voice could not detect any emotion. She seemed to be just asking casually.
Saito Saichiro didn't know what she meant by asking this question, so he said truthfully:
"It's my own intention! The elders in the clan didn't know that I came here, but they told me not to bother the goddess. However, I want to break through the bottleneck and make progress, so naturally I have to challenge the most powerful person.
Strong!"
"Take action." The goddess said calmly.
Saito Saichiro was startled, he did not expect the other party to be so straightforward.
He took a deep breath and grasped the handle of the samurai sword. In an instant, his energy, energy and spirit were highly integrated, and the aura on his body became unstoppably sharp, like an unsheathed sword!
If he dares to come to the rumored number one swordsman for advice, he is naturally confident.
Not to mention the younger generation of Shinto Mu-Nen-ryu, even among the older generation, there are not many who are better than him in swordsmanship.
He has become famous since he was young, and in recent years, he has never failed. Many people have regarded him as the next leader of the Shinto Muken-ryu.
"Shinto Wu Nian Ryu? Those idiots are short-sighted. What I want is not Shinto Wu Nian Ryu, but to become the master of all the extraordinary beings in this country!
Even the Tsuchimikado Yinyangryo in front of me, which is known as a legendary existence, will belong to me sooner or later, including this goddess. I wonder what it feels like to have such a woman under me?"
Saito Saichiro sneered in his heart. The moment the katana was unsheathed, his whole body seemed to turn into a bolt of thunder and rushed towards the goddess!
Shinto Wu Nian Liu!
A flash of light!
This move purely explodes speed to the extreme. It is the simplest, but also the most terrifying!
"Where are people...people?"
Saito Saichiro rushed to the location where the goddess was originally, and swung his samurai sword, but it was all in vain, and the goddess had disappeared.
He was shocked, as the opponent's speed seemed to be much more terrifying than he expected.
He looked left and right, but he didn't see the other party's figure.
At this moment, cherry blossoms were seen flying in all directions.
Countless cherry blossom petals, as if they had self-awareness, flew towards him, then gathered together and turned into a nine-tailed fox two or three meters long, flying towards him through the air.
"What...what is this? This is not swordsmanship, it is clearly black magic!"
Saichiro Saito was by no means an unskilled person, but at this moment, his scalp was numb with fear. This was not a swordsmanship contest!
Transformed the cherry blossom petals into a fox, and now the fox is charging towards you?
He almost suspected that he was dreaming!
It’s so weird!
At this moment, he remembered that the Tsuchimikado family was the bloodline of the legendary onmyoji Abe Seimei, and Abe Seimei's shikigami technique was well-known among the people.
"Shikigami? How can such a thing really exist! Are you kidding! That is definitely just a made-up story!"
Saito Saichiro was shocked and angry, and almost suspected that he was dreaming.
A sinister look appeared on his face.
"Baga! I don't care whether you are a magician or a swordsman, as long as you kill them all. How can these petals compete with my swordsmanship? It's ridiculous!"
The katana was swung out again, accompanied by countless cold lights.
The flow of Shinto without thoughts.
Thunder Shadow Thousand Blades!
At the same time, the goddess stood on the tree trunk above Saito Saichiro's head. The fingertips of her hands danced like butterflies among the flowers, as if she were controlling a puppet.
Of course she doesn't know any magic!
This is also a kind of swordsmanship!
The person in front of her was obviously not qualified to let her use the Tiancongyun Sword.