Song Jue opened his big round eyes and stared at Su Anran.

Su Anran discovered for the first time that Song Jue was actually quite good-looking...

What a ghost!

"Ahem." Su Anran coughed lightly, "Maybe it's because... the people in the shrine evacuated on their own initiative at that time, so there were no books such as Kung Fu books left behind."

This shrine hall covers an area of ​​about 300 square meters - not too big, not too small. If Su Anran and Song Jue hadn't been deeply afraid of accidentally collapsing the hall, they would have

It’s not like you have to spend a lot of time exploring this hall.

But no matter whether it is the front hall of the main hall, the side hall, the back hall or the partitions or living rooms, except for the bookshelves, tables and chairs, wooden beds, etc. that are difficult to transport, nothing else is left. They are completely empty rooms.

, or the kind where mice will leave in tears when they come in.

So after a round of searches, it's no wonder that Song Jue stared straight at Su Anran.

She originally went into the exploration with great hopes, but she found that she didn't even see the secret manual of Ba Dao Shu, not even other biographies and classics, so she was naturally quite disappointed.

But it is different from Song Jue's goal of just staring at martial arts secrets.

Su Anran's attention was more focused on the building of the shrine hall itself.

When he was on Earth, he had traveled to Japan, and Su Anran had naturally experienced and visited the three most famous features of Japan - hot springs, cherry blossoms, and shrines, so generally speaking, he had a certain degree of experience.

learn.

Perhaps this kind of understanding cannot be too in-depth. After all, he is just a tourist. He just goes to take a look out of interest and does not want to know any secrets. But in any case, Su Anran still knows that Japanese shrines can be divided into three categories according to their size.

There are three types of large shrines, small shrines and regular shrines - the division of these three types of shrines mainly depends on the layout of the shrine.

The shrines you visit when traveling in Japan are all conventional shrines, and generally have two shrines: the main shrine and the worship hall. Those with slightly better profits may also have entertainment halls such as Kagura hall and dance hall for tourists to visit.

's palace.

As for the layout of large shrines, in addition to all the palaces set up in conventional shrines, a coin hall will be added between the main hall and the worship hall. There will also be a treasure hall and a portable shrine that can only be viewed from a distance and cannot be approached.

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As for small shrines, they usually have only one main hall and nothing else. However, the specific situation depends on the situation, such as whether it is a Shinto shrine or a shrine of a clan: the former usually has a Kagura hall, a dance hall, etc.; the latter

Generally there will not be so many messy palace layouts, and at most there will only be a treasure palace.

Su Anran could tell from the layout of the main hall that this main hall completely imitated the architectural layout of those Japanese shrines.

This allowed Su Anran to completely confirm that the person who left the legacy of drawing swords in the world of demons was definitely a time traveler. But what he was not sure about at the moment was which era of time and space this time traveler came from——

After all, with the lessons learned from Fifth Senior Sister, Sixth Senior Sister and Zhu Yuan, he was not sure that those who traveled through time must come from the same time and space and the same era as him.

"This should be Zongtang Shrine, and the inheritance is probably not particularly good." Su Anran said, "To be specific, it is not strong enough. Otherwise, it would not be able to evacuate so cleanly, or even only have one main shrine."

Sodo Shrine is a shrine for worshiping ancestors. It is one of the earliest branches of Japanese Shintoism.

However, not many people know this statement.

But to put it another way, I’m afraid no one doesn’t know.

Onmyoji.

Onmyodo is one of the branches of Japanese Shintoism. It completely separated from Shintoism after the Meiji period in Japan. It was due to political considerations at that time, which was somewhat similar to the destruction of the Four Olds in China. After that, Onmyodo declined rapidly, and eventually

It has become a legend in Japanese folklore. However, if we really want to trace it carefully, we will find that Japanese Shintoism and Onmyodo have long been inseparable. Including many of today’s Shintoism and local folk customs, rituals, traditions, etc., all have Onmyodo.

shadow.

There are two origins of Onmyoji's shikigami, one is demons and ghosts, and the other is ancestors.

What the Zongtang Shrine worships is not the eight million gods, but the ancestors of an ethnic group - somewhat similar to the ancestor worship in the Nordic period and the Chinese ancestral temple.

This is why Sodo Shrine usually has only one main hall, the Treasure Hall.

In Japanese shrines, the main hall in the shrine refers to the place where the gods live, which is the so-called kingdom of gods. The purpose of using the main hall as the place of worship for ancestors is so clear that it can be said to be "Sima Zhao's heart". It is precisely because

So, generally there will be no worship hall

, the layout of the shrine of the Binden Shrine - because the functions of these two shrines are to show the sacred characteristics of the god, but the purpose of the Sodo Shrine is to allow the ancestors to protect the descendants, and naturally hope that the descendants can be closer to the ancestors, definitely

I won’t do so many things that show off the privileges of the gods.

Perhaps a larger Sodo Shrine may add a Kagura Hall, a Dance Hall, etc. - mainly to show the strength of the clan, to please the ancestors with Kagura and dance, and also to serve as a gathering place for large-scale ancestor worship.

But there is nothing special about these. Anyway, as long as you have money and people, you can add any number you want.

But the addition of the treasure hall is quite particular.

Treasure Hall, as the name suggests, is a place where treasures are stored.

The Treasure Hall of the Eight Million Gods is a place where treasures given by the gods are stored. It is also a place where other treasures and trophies captured in battles are stored. Generally, shrines often have such a treasure hall. After all, they are gods. There is no treasure hall——

Even if there is nothing inside - it is a face-saving project, and you would be embarrassed to say hello to other shrines.

But Sodo Shrine is different.

The treasure hall of Soudo Shrine must be dedicated to the famous weapons used by ancestors in battles - of course trophies can also be counted. However, the prerequisite for adding a treasure hall in Sodo Shrine is that the ancestors must have something that can be called a treasure.

Famous vessel, otherwise Sodo Shrine would not be able to add a main hall such as the Treasure Hall.

Why is there such a provision?

That would involve a very abnormal history.

What is a "famous vessel worthy of being called a treasure"?

To put it in a layman’s terms, it means something that has been blessed—not the kind of false propaganda that sprinkles some water on the gods and chants a few words, and then touches it with your hands to be blessed. It is something that truly has a certain special experience, or is accompanied by a special experience.

Legend, or something with some indescribable specialness or value.

For example: Myoho Muramasa, Mikazuki Munekon, Kikuichi Mononori Mune, Chidori Raikiri, etc.

But there are definitely not many such famous weapons, so in order to show that your clan is also awesome, how should you deal with them?

Get some kind of big armor, body armor, belly roll, or even a long spear or a better-made sword, then make up a story and put it directly into the treasure hall to show that your clan was once quite powerful.

Awesome.

And what's the result?

Almost all of these Sodo shrines are gone.

Why?

In the chaotic era of Japan, when I heard that there was a treasure hall of Sodo Shrine nearby, and there were such awesome treasures in it, it must be a capable person. So from the daimyo, the lord of the city, down to the general, the first class was organized

Wait, if you have anything to do, you can go and visit the house. The smarter Sodo Shrine will naturally contribute obediently, while the more stubborn ones will be killed and taken away directly after finding a pretext.

So this led to the fact that later Sodo Shrine did not dare to build a treasure hall randomly. After all, the disaster of annihilation was no joke.

This Soudo Shrine has only one main hall, and there is no treasure hall or other side halls. It doesn't even have a social affairs office or a grant office. Su Anran estimates that shrines in the world of demons should not have such things. Come to think of it.

This clan cannot be that strong, so it is normal to say "the inheritance is not very good".

Of course, when Su Anran said this, that was not what she was thinking in her heart.

But he could at least infer from this architectural layout that the time traveler was probably Japanese, and that he had experienced that chaotic era, or simply was someone who had lived after that chaotic era.

Judging from the timeline, it should be between the middle and late Warring States Period and the early Meiji Period.

After all, Batojutsu was only inherited from the Warring States Period, while Onmyodo completely declined and disappeared after the Meiji Restoration and became a folk legend. In the same period, a large number of Sodo shrines also disappeared. Even the Sodos of later generations of plutocrats

The shrine was gradually rebuilt after World War II as Japan's economy began to recover, but essentially it only became a place of worship similar to an ancestral shrine and had nothing to do with Onmyodo.

However, Su Anran would not explain these things clearly to Song Jue.

He just briefly explained the reason why the inheritance of Soudo Shrine is not very strong.

"In other words, if a Sodo shrine has a treasure hall, then the shrine's heritage will be very strong?"

"It's not very strong, but at least it can be considered that this is a Sodo Shrine with a foundation." Su Anran replied, "But for things like Batojutsu, it doesn't mean that having a foundation means being strong, although generally there is enough foundation.

The inheritance must not be weak, but this phenomenon is not absolute. After all, there are too many uncontrollable factors, and the demons in this world are also ridiculously strong."

"I understand." Song Jue nodded slowly, "But after listening to what you said, I remembered something."

"What's up?"

Song Jue turned around, pointed at the two tables placed one behind the other in the front hall of the temple, and then said: "I have been to many temples, and some temples are indeed quite large, with at least more than ten halls.

But some shrines may only have one or two halls, which is what you said only has the main hall and the accommodation side hall... But no matter it is a large or small shrine, there will be two places for worship in the main hall."

"two?"

"Yes, two." Song Jue nodded, "And no matter which shrine, one of the sculptures enshrined in it must be a young man wearing a knee-length coat. He is not wearing any sword, and I can't see it.

I need to come up with something more specific and detailed. But according to the rumors I learned, he seems to have the ability to control spirits."

"Spirit?!"

Su Anran already had some guesses in her heart.

"Yes, it's a bit like the ghost control technique in the path of gods and ghosts." Song Jue nodded, "But these are just hearsay. I don't know the truth. But if the demon hunters in this world don't lie,

If so, those spirit bodies should be very powerful, almost to the point of being considered ghost cultivators."

After hearing this, Su Anran was already sure.
To be continued...