The three-level administrative units of village, village, shrine, and demon world are very clear.,
Usually, the scale that can become a village is not that small - of course, this is relative to the pattern of the demon world. If it were placed in the Xuan Realm, it would not even be as good as a village. But no matter what,
In the demon world, only villages can afford to raise messenger birds that can be used to quickly transmit information.
Because of the length of time, the world of demons and monsters seems quite large - it often takes three or four days to travel here. Compared to the Xuanjie and other worlds, it is equivalent to half a month's journey.
But in fact, in the entire world of demons and monsters, humans only occupy a small corner.
The territory located in the southeast corner is the human territory of the entire demon world.
The three major inheritance holy places are located at the three exits of the entire human territory - or, in other words, passes.
Extending out from the three major inheritance holy places is the wasteland occupied by demons, where the twelve lines and twenty-four strings are truly active.
But even if there are three major inheritance holy places blocking the front, it does not mean that this last civilized place in the human world is safe.
Demons can always find ways to infiltrate. Although humans still don’t know how these demons do it, the fact is that demons will always cause trouble in human villages from time to time, but generally the strongest ones are just some big demons.
It's rare that a big demon appears at the level of Twenty-Four Strings.
Not to mention, like the Shepherd, the twenty-four strings have very clear goals.
Shuten, one of the twelve patterns, did not infiltrate into the human world on his own, but was lured in by an ambush. The specific situation was not clear to Cheng Zhong, who had just mastered the Thunder Sword and had not yet reached the strength of the Jinchuuriki.
But no matter what, he can now be convinced that either there are demons mixed in among humans, or there are people who have taken refuge in demons.
But Cheng Zhong was more willing to believe that the other party was bewitched and controlled by a demon.
But these things have nothing to do with Su Anran and Song Jue.
Their goal is Junwu Mountain and Gaoyuan Mountain. In addition, even if the entire demon world is overturned by the demon car, they will not have too many ideas - if the demons do not have a natural sense of contempt and superiority towards humans.
, almost unable to communicate, Su Anran wanted to try to fool the demon.
We rushed all the way to Hailong Village without stopping.
The village chief of Hailong Village was a little surprised that Cheng Zhong left and returned, but after hearing Cheng Zhong's words, his expression immediately changed. He did not bother to ask about the identities of Su Anran and Song Jue, and hurriedly left with Cheng Zhong.
, only one person was left to take Su Anran and Song Jue to rest temporarily.
Being able to become the gathering place of the village, its strength and foundation will naturally not be much worse.
The house for "brother and sister" Song Jue and Su Anran to stay is much more "high-end" than the one in Linshan Villa. It is not only a single-family house with a front yard and a backyard, but it is also a three-story house with even a backyard.
There is also a pond, which contains some fish, shrimps, crabs and other seafood. The water in the pond is flowing water from the spring method, and isolation nets and pocket nets are used to prevent fish, shrimps and crabs from escaping.
I have to say that the environment, artistic conception, etc. are much better than Linshan Villa.
Su Anran and Song Jue walked around inside and out, and then went back to the house to meet again.
"It's been checked and there's nothing wrong with it." Song Jue said softly, "Are you thinking too much?"
"It's always good to be more careful." Su Anran shook his head slightly.
He didn't find any problems here.
"Okay." When Su Anran said this, Song Jue just shrugged and said nothing more, "Now there is a slight deviation in the plan, what do you think?"
"Let's see what Cheng Zhong has to say first." Su Anran thought for a while, and then said, "I don't know what happened when you came last time, and how long it was before and after. It's hard to speculate on many things...
But judging from what happened this time, I'm afraid there will be a lot of variables in this world. If we don't plan to get involved, then we must leave here as soon as possible."
Song Jue nodded and said nothing more.
Neither she nor Su Anran came in through missions, so there were no mission restrictions. However, because of the backtracking talisman, they could not stay in this world for too long - each backtracking talisman could only stay for three days.
Months of time, if you want to extend the time, you must consume another traceback talisman. During this process, as long as you are not in a combat state, you can return and leave the world at any time.
"Next, we can only find out how to get to Junwu Mountain from here." Su Anran thought for a while, and then started planning again, "If Cheng Zhong is delayed by something, we can also go to Junwu Mountain by ourselves.
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Song Jue nodded again.
"And on top of that, we need to make up an identity."
"Making up another identity?" Song Jue couldn't understand, "Aren't we brother and sister?"
"This is just the surface identity. We must make up second and third layers of identity to deal with other inquiries and temptations that may arise later."
Song Jue had a little doubt on his face.
She doesn't quite understand this.
In the Xuan Realm, she is a disciple of a powerful family. As long as she doesn't enter the secret realm to fight with others, she can easily smooth over most things by just giving her name. And when she enters the Mysterious Realm, because of the mission
Relationships usually have a hidden identity. All she needs to do is to make this identity more prestigious and more convenient for her actions, so naturally there is no concept of multiple identities.
But Su Anran doesn't see it that way.
"We haven't fought against the shepherd before. We pretended to be brothers and sisters. With your relationship with Cheng Zhong, we can naturally visit Junwu Mountain. But now, not only have we fought against the shepherd, I also killed the shepherd and used this to create a better world."
How do you think they will believe it with their superficial understanding of power? Therefore, we naturally need a second layer of identity as a cover, at least not to make the humans here hostile."
"What about the third level of identity?" Song Jue asked again.
"This identity is what we need to use after we go to the two inheritance holy places of Junwu Mountain and Gaoyuan Mountain." Su Anran said, "I have recognized the shepherd's true identity. Cheng Zhong will definitely convey this to
Junwu Mountain, as long as we go to Junwu Mountain, we will definitely attract the attention of others, and we may even have to deal with the powerful people in the Suppression Stage of this world, so we must have an identity that can suppress them."
Song Jue nodded clearly and said, "Then how should we make identity arrangements?"
"The second level of identity, you are my close bodyguard, responsible for my safety." Su Anran's eyes fell on Song Jue's sword, "Zhen Ruo said, you are both my shield and my sword."
.If you declare it to the outside world, just say you are a samurai."
"Warrior..." Song Jue recited the word silently. Although she didn't understand it very well, she trusted Su Anran, so she nodded in agreement, "What about the third level?"
"We are worshipers from the Twin Shrines. You are the shrine maiden, and I am your shadow guard."
"The other way around?" Song Jue blinked, looking confused.
"Yes." Su Anran nodded.
He actually felt a little helpless inside.
In the island country's shrine, since the Onmyodo was demoted, the status of the priests has plummeted, and has gradually been replaced by witches. Of course, Su Anran is more willing to understand that it is the people there who are more "eromantic", so they die.
for the miko
Elevating her status led to the shrine maiden's identity and image becoming increasingly elevated, and she eventually became the human spokesperson for the gods enshrined in the shrine - but in fact, before the destruction of Onmyodo, the shrine maiden's status was actually not low, and she was one of the three major priesthoods in the island country.
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The so-called three major priesthood systems are the system of priests, shrine maidens, and monks. Priests can be male or female, while shrine maidens and monks can only be held by women and men respectively.
If Su Anran's guess is correct, then the time traveled by the time traveler who left a legacy in this world should be the period of decline of the priest system. At this time, the witches were already dominant, and with the addition of the "twin system"
The setting, combined with Song Jue's knowledge of yin and yang magic, and giving her a layer of human skin as a great witch, is completely reasonable.
The only pity is that she doesn't know how to use the naginata, otherwise she could pretend to be more like it - the naginata is a martial art that has been passed down as a school of women's swordsmanship since the Edo period in the island country. It was also the most popular swordsmanship in that era.
One of the required courses for most shrine maidens.
Even in modern times, some relatively formal large-scale shrines still retain this required course, but the purpose is no longer for fighting, but as a dance performance. It has a similar fate to the Tai Chi and Chinese martial arts of the Chinese dynasty.
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but……
Su Anran glanced at Song Jue's sword again, and it seemed that he barely had a reasonable identity.
…
And almost when Su Anran and Song Jue started to build up their personalities based on the confessions, Cheng Zhong also let the letter bird go.
"Is everything you said true?" The village chief of Hailong Village, a rather burly bald man, asked in a deep voice, "Did the two of them really kill the shepherd?"
"Yes." Cheng Zhong nodded, "I saw it with my own eyes...I don't know the specific situation, but I believe that the adults at Junwu Mountain Holy Land will definitely be able to investigate clearly. I just need to tell the truth about what I saw and heard.
Just report it to them."
"But they..." the bald man touched his head, "their strength..."
"Don't underestimate them." Cheng Zhong shook his head. At this time, his face still lacked the loyalty he showed before. "Although they restrained the shepherd because of their martial arts, the methods Song Jue showed before,
Definitely not an ordinary martial arts skill, but rather similar to the methods of those masters in Gaoyuan Mountain."
"Gaoyuan Mountain..." At the mention of this name, the bald man's face couldn't help but change, "Are you sure?"
Cheng Zhong nodded: "I even think that the real purpose of their trip is not Junwu Mountain, but Gaoyuan Mountain!"
"If that's really the case...could it be..."
"Silence!" Cheng Zhong shouted hurriedly, "Don't forget what the masters said, that name cannot be mentioned!"
