On the hillside in the afternoon, the bright sunshine fell on the grass, and a silver-haired girl stood among it.
The wind stirred up the hair, and unknown little flowers swayed in the wind with the grass blades. Occasionally, one or two petals peeled off, blowing to the distant blue sky with the wind.
Lorraine Hill looked at the lush and beautiful world in front of her, relaxed her hands slightly, and felt the joy of the wind passing through her fingers.
"What a beautiful place." A familiar and friendly voice came slowly from behind.
"Senior Sister Sumirehua." Lorraine Hill turned back, covering the sun with the back of his hand, and looked at the woman happily.
"How have you been lately? Are you recovering well?" Sumirehua approached and touched the girl's head, then the two of them sat on the hillside.
The wind would blow up the skirt from time to time, and the sun would fall on my back, giving me a warm feeling.
"He's recovering well. He's not injured, but he's just a little sleepy." Lorraine Hill replied softly.
That night, she not only used her own natural power, but also invoked the ability of the Witch of Abundance, which made her even more exhausted. She became sleepy soon after, and later returned to the shrine to rest.
Fortunately, Sumireka arrived with support from the Xiangyu faction, and everything settled down.
"Then go back to the faction and have a good rest. The cave in the Xiangyu faction is very suitable for cultivation." Sumirehua said.
"Thank you, senior sister." Lorraine Hill agreed, then thought about it again and asked carefully.
"Sister, don't you ask me what happened to me, or what caused this?" She was a little worried about the trouble caused by her identity being exposed.
"Are you talking about your identity as a witch?" Sumireka lifted her hair from her ears and asked softly.
"Yes."
"Well, actually, to the Xianyu Sect, witches are not a shocking thing." A faint smile appeared on Sumirehua's side face.
"Because the Patriarch often spent time with Red Phoenix, Yellow Bird, and the two Phoenixes of Five Virtues, he later met many witches in the West, so the sect left many books related to them, so they are not strangers.
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"Later, because our sect had a lot of contacts with the West, witches often came here to socialize with us in later generations, and we met many witches. Unlike other sects, we were not so afraid of witches or had difficulty adapting to them."
"Just like the witch in red dress you met in Pine City, Pine is used to it."
It turned out that after hearing this, Lorraine Hill was temporarily relieved of his worries.
"It's just that it's really rare for a new-generation witch like you to run around instead of just staying at home and sleeping." Sumireka said jokingly.
"Ugh..." Lorraine Hill buried his face in his arms.
"Then what do I have to do next?" Lorraine Hill was afraid that his identity would bring other troubles to the faction.
"Well, let me think about it...it doesn't seem like there is one for the time being."
Then Jinhua looked at Lorraine Hill again. "If you are a little worried, just stay here for a while."
"Now that the demons in the Ximu Mountains have been cleared away, and the broken caves underground have been eliminated, it is relatively stable. Besides, I'm afraid you won't be able to let go of my decision to leave so early."
"As for the safety issue, I think there is no need to worry too much as the Nine Phoenix Ghost Car is here. This is a rare eighth-level existence in the world. It is estimated that few people will be able to surpass it for a long time." Sumirehua looked at it.
He looked at the girl beside him and gently brushed the hair on her back with his fingers.
"Yeah." Lorraine Hill agreed immediately, feeling a little sleepy again.
"The time is almost here, you can also go to Zhaoye Palace to see it. It is not far from here, on the west side of the Ximu Mountains. Master Chiwu is also hanging out there. Speaking of which, she was the one who introduced you.
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"Yeah." Lorraine Hill opened and closed his eyes, feeling that the warm sunshine behind him had a hypnotic effect.
"Okay, you should have a good sleep first." Sumirehua put the weak girl on her knees and let her have a good rest.
Looking at the slightly childish face in her arms, Sumireka's fingers gently brushed her cheek.
"Still very young..."
The sky is clear for thousands of miles, and the wind spreads over the wild fields, causing ripples.
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A few weeks later, Lorraine Hill woke up from his dream.
When I opened my eyes, there was still the familiar gauze curtain above my head, and the afternoon sun was still shining brightly outside.
The chirping of cicadas came from afar, their voices high-pitched and wanton, and they sang happily on the branches.
How long have I been sleeping? The girl stood up from the bed and her satin-like hair fell from her shoulders.
Well, it seems that her hair has grown a lot. Looking at the silver hair that reached her waist, Lorraine Hill stood up and put on her shoes.
She first looked in the mirror, then took out a set of clothes from the storage space, put them on, combed her hair, and then tied it with the light blue ribbon given by Redelica.
Well, it should be almost done. The girl looked at herself in the mirror. She was wearing a simple pure white dress, with two strands of hair hanging in front of her body and the rest falling behind her.
After walking out of the room, the courtyard was still quiet, but a bird squatting on the millstone attracted the girl's attention.
This chubby Dai Ju seems to be taking a nap, with its eyes closed and its body curled up into a ball, basking in the warm sun. It looks very comfortable.
Lorraine Hill walked over lightly and poked the little guy's abdomen with his finger. Seeing that it smacked its lips and still didn't wake up, he shook his head in a funny way and stopped disturbing the little guy's nap.
Arriving at the forest path behind the shrine, the cheerful chirping of cicadas echoed on the branches, full of midsummer songs.
The shrine seems to be relatively quiet today, unlike the previous period when it was full of miko worshipers studying.
Lorraine Hill held up her skirt, walked up lightly, and walked in quietly. The main hall was very empty. A few pendant wind chimes were swaying in the wind, making a soft sound. She looked outside the main entrance of the main hall and saw the open space in front of her.
Full of dazzling sunlight.
A little girl was taking a nap in a corner of the hall. She was sitting on a bench, and next to her was a small bamboo dustpan with a few uneaten green and red plums in it.
This child must be called Caiwei. Lorraine Hill thought of the scene he encountered in the fields outside the valley.
She did not wake the girl immediately, but turned around to look at the shrine.
Just like shrines in the West, shrines and temples in the East are also places where many people pray and place their spiritual soul.
In addition to the five virtuous phoenixes worshiped in various places, the priests generally worship local ancestors, including celebrities with outstanding merits or saints with great merits.
After Lorraine Hill came to this shrine, she also asked Granny Gro who was worshiped in the shrine, but she did not answer immediately. Instead, she talked about the original history of this shrine.
A long time ago, this was a place with beautiful mountains and clear waters, full of dense forests, and there was a tall sacred tree in the mountains, named Xunmu.
And in the tree, there lived an emerald dragon. It was an unknown number of kilometers long and had jade-like scales all over its body. It was very beautiful. When it walked among the trees, its scales would occasionally peel off, and it would be picked up by the residents under the tree.
rise.
After that, people who worshiped the sacred tree and the jade dragon built a shrine under the tree and named it Qianliu, which means light-colored glass-like jade pieces.
The local people are particularly fond of colored glaze and jade, and often use them as pendants, hanging on their foreheads, necks, and waists.
But one day, the Emerald Dragon flew away, and the Xunmu gradually withered. The locals felt deeply sad, but had to accept this reality and slowly walked out of the mountains.
And because these people live under the shade of trees all year round, their skin is pale, and they are very different from outsiders, some people who don't know what they are doing call them ghosts, and then they evolve into ghosts.
As time passed, these people simply took this name and called themselves Chi. They established their country here and gradually expanded outwards. They gradually became stronger due to the fertile water and soil, and the harmonious wind and rain. They became a famous big country on the west side of the continent.
At this point, the Uchi clan prospered, and this shrine was gradually forgotten by people.
It was not until later that the country was destroyed, the country's capital was burned in the flames of war, and the remaining residents fled in all directions. Finally, they gradually gathered around this shrine and slowly stabilized.
"Then who is worshiping in the shrine?" Lorraine Hill asked Granny Gro at that time.
"No, no one." Grandma Grotto shook her head.
"In the early years, everyone placed their hopes on Xunmu and the Jade Dragon. But the dragon flew away, Xunmu withered, and people began to offer sacrifices to Jiuyou ghosts again for blessing."
"But the country was destroyed, and its Nine Nether Sacrifice was banned. After that, people didn't know what to do anymore, and people didn't believe in the so-called ghosts and gods anymore... Everyone gradually became numb and thought that this was the existence of evil spirits.
The fate of the Chi clan."
"As a result, the altar in the shrine became vacant, and apart from this place, there are no other shrines in the mountains at dusk."
Time passed by silently. I don’t know when, the shrine was renovated and repaired, and now it has objects for worship.
Behind the wall are round windows that open to both sides, and star pendants hang from the windows, and a bouquet of white dim flowers is placed horizontally on the wooden table as a sacrifice. It is simple and clear, giving it a feeling of returning to nature.
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When the wind passes through the main hall, the star pendants will collide with each other and make a crisp sound, adding a touch of melodiousness to the quiet shrine.
Lorraine Hill looked at the hanging stars and recalled the scene he saw when he woke up that day. He felt a little shy in his mind. He didn't expect that Qingling and the witches would actually use the stars and wind as objects of sacrifice.
She wanted to have a good talk with Qing Ling, but Qing Ling said this.
"The important thing is not the object of sacrifice, but looking at such things reminds everyone of beautiful things, and then the anxiety and uneasiness in their hearts will be soothed and they will gradually settle down."
As a result, Lorraine Hill couldn't let her change, so she had to acquiesce in the end. She just added some conditions at the end. Don't say her name, don't even describe her image, just put her faith in it simply and plainly.
Don't be fanatical.
Seeing this, Qing Ling smiled and agreed one by one.
I wonder what’s going on with the Youshi clan now, and whether they can live a stable life. At this time, thoughts were flying in Lorraine Hill’s mind.
A joyful and cheerful voice sounded in the hall.
"Your Highness Fengzhu is awake." Caiwei's footsteps stepped on the shrine floor, making a soft thud.