Chapter 261

Xixiang just listened quietly and did not speak.

Soon, after walking out of the forest path, there was a straight road leading to the top of the mountain.

The peak is not high, and there is a shrine that looks very dilapidated at the top of the mountain.

Walk a few steps further and you will see the torii gate of the shrine.

I don’t know how long the torii gate has not been repaired, and the bright red pillars are also mottled, with a lot of paint peeling off.

If this shrine is dedicated to a god, it must be a poor god.

When you walk into the shrine, you will see the small square and main hall of the shrine, surrounded by some ancient-looking houses.

The shrine is not big, and the dilapidated houses are in disrepair. The only thing that is noticeable is that the shrine is very clean. There is not even a fallen leaf in the square in front of the temple that has uneven ground.

A delicate girl wearing a red and white witch costume was sitting on the steps in front of the main hall. She was holding a worn-out teacup and staring blankly at the sky.

The witch is pretty and lovely, and she looks like she is only fourteen or fifteen years old.

Unlike Yakumo, who pretends to be young, this is a real teenage girl with some childishness still on her face.

The red and white miko uniform wrapped around the girl's slim body. Whether it was the white calf exposed under the miko uniform or the wrists in the cuffs, it could be seen that the girl was very thin and even a little malnourished.

However, the miko was born with beauty. Even though she was a little malnourished, her black hair and supple skin were still as beautiful as hibiscus.

"Little Lingmeng, we're here to see you again, why don't you welcome us?"

Yakumo Purple smiled artificially, then stepped forward with her plump and slender legs, and walked towards the main hall of the shrine step by step.

The miko sitting on the steps trembled when she heard Yakumo Murasaki's voice. She subconsciously raised her head and looked up at the sky.

Then the witch looked forward belatedly and said in an incredible tone: "...Old lady Zi, why did you take the main entrance today?"

Usually, even if Yakumo Murasaki appeared at the shrine, she would appear in the air at intervals. This was the first time for Hakurei Reimu to see Yakumo Murasaki walking through the main entrance like this.

"How can we be an old woman at such a young age? We are obviously a seventeen-year-old young girl, but little Reimu, you are still so ungrateful."

Yakumo's beautiful purple eyes narrowed, showing a malicious expression.

If other people saw Yakumo Murasaki like this, they would probably be frightened...

However, Hakurei Reimu didn't care at all. She said in a lazy tone: "...Forget it, what on earth are you doing here?"

"...Don't talk about cheating. I didn't eat last night, and my stomach is already growling with hunger."

It's not like the miko is lazy, it's more like she's trying to save energy as much as possible in this way.

Hakurei Reimu doesn't like Yakumo Murasaki.

In other words, except for those who are fascinated by Yakumo Murasaki's beauty, they will not like her mysterious character who always seems to have evil intentions.

Besides, Reimu Hakurei knew that Yakumo Murasaki was definitely the culprit for the bleak life he was living now.

When I was young, people still came to visit the shrine, so I had some income.

But no one comes to worship now, because there are many little monsters on the road leading to the shrine. Those little monsters were placed there specially by Yakumo Purple.

Gensokyo does not allow killing at will, even a miko can only fight monsters at most.

Besides, the monsters on the mountain trails did not attack humans, and Reimu Hakurei could not find any reason to do anything to them.

After going back and forth, when the humans in the human world discovered that there were too many monsters here, they were no longer willing to come.

In addition, there are other shrines in Gensokyo competing for customers, and today's Hakurei Shrine is completely in decline.

She, the Hakurei miko, could only live off Yakumo Murasaki's support.

Although Reimu Hakurei is not old, she also guessed that this was probably Yakumo Murasaki's method of controlling her as a miko.

However, Hakurei Reimu has an easy-going personality and doesn't care about this. Besides, she also knows that the reason why Yakumo Murasaki does this is for Gensokyo.

From the perspective of Reimu Hakurei in 5.5, Yakumo Murasaki is undoubtedly a badass monster.

But from the perspective of the entire Gensokyo, Yakumo Murasaki is the guardian of this land.

"Old lady Zi, did you bring rice or flour today? Well, I don't have any tea here. You can also get me some tea."

Hakurei Reimu said weakly.

Yakumo Murasaki moved her delicate body away, allowing Reimu Hakurei to see Saigo standing behind her.

The monster sage smiled sweetly and said: "...This time we are taking people to visit this shrine."

Hakurei Reimu was dissatisfied when he heard this: "...when did the shrine become a tourist attraction?"

"...But it's okay to be a tourist attraction, but when you come to a shrine, you have to pay homage, right?"

Hakurei Reimu touched his growling belly with a cute little greedy expression on his face.

But after meeting Saigo, Hakurei Miko was surprised and said in disbelief: "...Old Lady Purple, could this be your former sweetheart who came to Gensokyo to look for you?"

Chapter 4: Uncle, you come to the shrine often!

Hakurei Reimu looked at Saigo and Yakumo Murasaki in confusion, and the more he looked at them, the more he felt that his guess was correct.

Gensokyo is entirely surrounded by a barrier, and the only entrance and exit is the Hakurei Shrine.

In the past, it was true that no one accidentally entered Gensokyo, but whether those outsiders left or finally settled, they had to pass by Hakurei Shrine.

But the outsider in front of him did not enter Gensokyo through the shrine at all. Only the hidden monster Yakumo Yukari could do this.

Hakurei Reimu was very sure that Saigo was an outsider because he did not have any breath of Gensokyo at all.

As long as people or monsters stayed in Gensokyo for a long time, they would be affected by the barrier and common sense would be reversed.

Such an outsider was actually accompanied by Yakumo Yukari in person. In Hakurei Reimu's cognition, it could only be the old lover of the old woman Yakumo Yukari in the past.

Yakumo Yukari was full of black lines. She subconsciously raised her jade hand and covered the lower half of her pretty face with a Western-style fan, revealing only her beautiful and cold eyes.

"Little Reimu is joking. This is the first time we meet this gentleman."

Yakumo Yukari said with a smile, and at the same time glanced at Saigo without leaving a trace.

She actually regretted it now.

Gensokyo used to be located near Lake Suwa, and its geographical scope was still very large.

Although Yakumo Yukari knows almost all the monsters in this Gensokyo, knowing does not necessarily mean familiarity, especially some monsters have old grudges with her.

If she takes Saigo to visit Gensokyo, and 28 encounters someone who speaks without thinking and makes this demon angry, the consequences are not what Yakumo Yukari can predict.

Fortunately, although Hakurei Reimu is also a person who speaks without thinking, what she says is not excessive.

Hakurei Reimu showed an expression of "I understand".

Old lady Yukari also needs privacy and face, so it's normal for her not to admit it.

The red and white shrine maiden just looked at Saigo in surprise for a few times, then she gathered her thoughts and became lazy again.

Although the shrine maiden is young, her personality is like this, as if she doesn't care about anything.

Saigo is also looking at the shrine maiden in front of him.

She is wearing a shrine maiden costume that is washed white but very clean.

Although she is not the kind of enchanting beauty like Yakumo Yukari, who makes people amazed at first sight, she also looks pretty and lovely.

Especially the elegant temperament like a lotus in clear water, which makes the shrine maiden look quite holy and divine.

In that divinity, there is also a unique temperament of ordinary people, which can easily attract the favor of ordinary people. This is a natural shrine maiden.

Her facial features are delicate and exquisite. Although she is slightly malnourished, she is still beautiful and has a fair and tender complexion. She is a rare beauty embryo.

I don’t know if it’s because of poverty, the material used in the shrine maiden’s clothes is quite small, and even the private armpits are exposed.

However, it can be seen that although the shrine maiden seems to care about nothing, she will take care of herself. At least her armpits are smooth and there is no hair.

In terms of the attributes of the shrine maiden alone, the Hakurei Reimu in front of her is actually unqualified because her clothes are a bit exposed.

Yakumo Yukari saw that Saigo seemed indifferent and just looked at Hakurei Reimu with interest. She didn’t know whether she should be thankful or annoyed for a while.

In order to prevent Hakurei Reimu from saying something excessive, she quickly sent her away and said: "... Little Reimu, the guests are here, shouldn't you bring some tea?"

Hakurei Reimu pretended not to hear what Yakumo Yukari said, just looking at the sky, as if the clouds in the sky were cotton candy that could satisfy her appetite.

Seeing this, Yakumo Yukari threatened: "... We originally brought you food, it seems that there is no dinner today."

Hakurei Reimu immediately changed her face when she heard it, and said to Saigo with a standard waiter's smile: "... Please wait a moment, guest, I will make you a cup of tea!"

As she said this, she stood up reluctantly and went to the back of the main hall.

"This child's personality is like this, Lord Zaratu, don't mind it."

Yakumo Yukari said with a faint smile.

Saigo shook his head and said, "...I don't mind, but this child is more like a poor little girl imprisoned here."

Yakumo Yukari's smile disappeared when she heard this. She was silent for a while and then sighed, "...To maintain the great barrier, we need the power of the shrine maiden."

"...In the past, the shrine maidens were brought from the outside world by us."

"Now that the mystery of the outside world has faded, it is not easy to find a shrine maiden with extraordinary talent like Reimu, so she is very important to us."

"...Before finding a new shrine maiden, she must continue to live to maintain the great barrier."

"It's just that Reimu is still too young and is easily tempted by the outside world, so we don't let her contact people in the human world."

"...We are very human. Understand that if there is too much contact, Reimu will be easily contaminated. "

"But I still care about her."

Xixiang glanced at Yakumo Yukari. He could see that Yakumo Yukari was tired, and smiled without comment: "...You are right, this priestess is very talented."

"She can even become the spokesperson for eight million gods."

"...If you are really tired, Yukari, you can consider my suggestion."

Hearing what Xixiang said, Yakumo Yukari felt annoyed for no reason. She clenched the handle of the parasol in her hand and bit her lip and said: "...I will consider it."

In fact, Yakumo Yukari knew that Xixiang's method might really be the only way to save Gensokyo, and she had already agreed in her heart.

But her excessive care and concern for Gensokyo made Yakumo Yukari panic and she dared not say some words.

"Guest, tea!"

Just as Xixiang was talking to Yakumo Yukari, Hakurei Reimu trotted over with a shabby cup.

The teacup contained warm tea, but the color of the tea was very light, and there were only a few tea foams, which looked no different from clear water.

After bringing the tea with a service-like smile, Hakurei Reimu looked at Yakumo Yukari eagerly, as if to say that she had already entertained the guests, where were your things.

Yakumo Yukari suppressed her impetuousness, smiled with her hands covering her mouth, and said to Reimu: "...I will not break my promise to you."

Hakurei Reimu curled her lips, and it seemed that she did not believe a word of Yakumo Yukari's words.

After bringing the tea, Hakurei Reimu sat on the steps again, looking at the sky bored.

Saigo picked up the tea that looked no different from clear water and laughed dumbly.

After thinking about it, he flipped his wrist and took out a small golden stone and threw it directly into the offering box.

The golden stone fell to the bottom of the offering box, and there was a sound of collision with the wood, which showed that there was not a single copper coin in this offering box for the gods.

When Saigo took out the golden pebble, Hakurei Reimu's sight was attracted.

Her eyes followed the small piece of gold and drew a parabola until the gold fell into the offering box, and her delicate ears trembled.

Hakurei Reimu has a natural sensitivity to gold. Although she didn't touch it with her hands, she knew that the gold was pure, pure!

Immediately, the witch's smile became sweet, and she didn't have the perfunctory attitude before.

She quickly picked up the teacup with only 940 tea foam and said enthusiastically: "... It turns out that it is a distinguished guest. How can you use such vulgar things to entertain him? Please wait for me for a moment!"

After that, the witch directly used her spiritual power, walked hurriedly, and disappeared in front of the main hall in the blink of an eye.

Not long after, Hakurei Reimu came over with a proper tea tray, and even the teacup was changed.

The previous teacup was bumpy, and I don't know where it came from.

Although this new teacup is not a luxury item, it is at least complete.

"This is the best tea and snacks in our shrine. Of course, we have to use the best things to entertain guests."

"...Old lady Yukari, why didn't you tell me in advance that such a distinguished guest was coming? I didn't have time to prepare."

At the end, Hakurei Reimu blamed Yakumo Yukari.