Xu Ming sent her to the elevator.

Before the elevator arrived, Megumi Kato solemnly bowed to Xu Ming:

"I wish you a prosperous martial arts."

With Kato Megumi's blessing, Xu Ming arrived in Nagano Prefecture by Shinkansen and rested overnight in a nearby hotel.

In the afternoon of the second day, Xu Ming came to Suwa Taisha Shrine by the lake.

Immediately a witch came to receive him.

Looking at the girl in front of him with long blue hair, a white snake headdress wrapped around her sideburns, and wearing a shrine maiden costume with exposed armpits, Xu Ming always felt that she was very familiar, as if she had seen it somewhere, such as the xxx Paradise Project.

Xu Ming sized her up for a while. Whether it was her temperament or her figure, she really had the potential of a... heroine.

Perhaps Xu Ming's gaze was too explicit, the girl turned her head to look at him, and smiled politely, but the smile was very complicated.

She led Xu Ming along the way, and the entire Suwa Taisha was decorated with lights and festoons. The eaves were covered with colorful lanterns, and flags of various colors were planted all around.

Jingle Jingle!

Under the arrangement of the priests, the craftsmen are working hard to build the stage for Kagura dance.

The green-haired girl led Xu Ming around the lively front hall and walked towards the back of the shrine.

After walking for a long time, the surroundings gradually became quiet, and this place was completely far away from the front hall where the celebration was held.

Soon she brought Xu Ming to an open space in front of a main hall, where many people in strange costumes had already gathered.

Seeing Xu Ming appear, all kinds of complicated eyes shot at him immediately.

Xu Ming observed for a while, and immediately saw the difference between these pioneers.

Those with eyes of curiosity, contempt, or indifference predominate.

These people often have an extraordinary bearing, the hunting clothes on their bodies are bright and beautiful, and the accessories they wear faintly flash with a strong spiritual light, and they are not ordinary at first glance.

Most of these people are elite disciples cultivated by powerful forces.

The remaining small group of people looked at Xu Ming with vigilance and scrutiny.

They seemed to be cautious, and looked at those elite children with hatred and awe. These people should be the members of the small forces who came to try their luck as Kato Megumi said.

Xu Ming, who suddenly broke into it, had a different style of painting from them.

Most of the people here are wearing traditional onmyoji hunting clothes and high hats, and some are dressed like ninjas and ronin.

Looking at the past, it seems to have returned to the ancient Warring States era.

Only Xu Ming was wearing light casual clothes and a pair of sneakers on his feet, just like a tourist who strayed into the theater.

While Xu Ming was observing the crowd, the time passed by every minute and every second, and the sun began to slant gradually.

After Xu Ming arrived, some people were led to this hall by other witches, and they seemed to be participants in the White Snake Ceremony.

These people are also Xu Ming's potential opponents, and he began to secretly observe everyone in the field.

Soon he locked two people who had enemies with him based on the information given by Megumi Kato.

One of them, a big monk with a short cropped head, was tall and burly, like a bear walking upright.

After realizing that Xu Ming was looking at him, he immediately showed a fierce look, raised his fist and waved it fiercely. At the same time, he opened his mouth wide, rubbed his teeth vigorously, and grinned without concealing his hostility.But Xu Ming immediately lowered the threat level of this person by one level.

With people as enemies, the biggest threat is not how strong the opponent is, but that people are wise and can play dirty tricks.

The venomous snake that hides is the deadliest.

As for the great monk of the Tiantai sect, he is simply a bear with brute force. By the way, the breed of dog is Erha.

Xu Ming searched around, and then found a young man with a sinister temperament standing in the corner, wearing a traditional white onmyoji suit and a black top hat.

The other party quickly noticed Xu Ming's gaze. He glanced at Xu Ming lightly, and soon turned around slightly, pretending to be talking to the person beside him.

If Xu Ming hadn't seen the photo Kato Megumi gave him, he would have thought he had nothing to do with this person.

This person is the son of Taisho Gongping, Taisho Kiyojiro.

The enmity between the two is the deepest. When Dazheng Qingjiro faced his "killing his father and enemy", he remained indifferent.

Xu Ming immediately labeled him 'good at forbearance' in his heart.

The moment he looked at Taisho Seijiro, Xu Ming seemed to feel the smoothness of confronting a poisonous snake.

'This guy has to be on his guard...'

Xu Ming thought to himself.

In addition to these two more conspicuous ones, Xu Ming found a few plausible targets, some of whom, like Erha Xiong, made no secret of their hostility towards him.

Xu Ming thought about it for a while, and immediately understood the reason.

To put it bluntly, it is still a conflict of beliefs between the Holy Church and the local Shintoism.

Now that he has been canonized as an honorary paladin, he has already stood on the opposite side of Shintoism.

The Shinto sect did not dare to do anything to him on the surface, but if there was a chance to make a black hand, it would definitely not be polite.

This White Snake Ceremony, Xu Ming can be said to be surrounded by powerful enemies and perilous.

He secretly raised his vigilance, and at the same time wandered into the corner of the venue without a trace, to prevent being plotted against.

Although this is the territory of Suwa Taisha, many people have the same power behind them as Suwa Taisha, so they may not have any scruples.

Gradually, the number of people in the venue stopped increasing.

Soon the sun took away the last ray of light, and the surroundings of the hall were completely darkened.

The sound of gongs and drums began to be heard from the front hall in the distance, and a song that Xu Ming could not name was faintly wafted. It seemed that the ceremony of the shrine had already begun.

Seeing that it was already dark, the righteous master had not yet appeared.

The open space here seems to have also been affected by the lively atmosphere in the front hall, and many people began to show restless expressions on their faces.

call!

At this moment, the lanterns hanging from the eaves around the house were all lit up without anyone touching them, immediately lighting up the whole place brightly.

If ordinary people saw this scene, they would either be amazed or suspect that it was a magic show.

But for people like them in the other world, the owner of this place has shown a little trick, showing his exquisite power control ability, which is amazing.

A majestic female voice came from inside the hall.

"Welcome everyone to travel thousands of miles to Suwa Lake to participate in the concubine's festival."

The place where Xu Ming and others were standing was an open space in the center of the building, and the surrounding area was very empty, but the sound somehow produced a strong echo effect, like a bell, constantly echoing in everyone's ears, Deafening.

This way of speaking is majestic and mysterious.

As soon as the woman in the hall opened her mouth, the whisperers stopped immediately, apparently also shocked by her hand.

The owner of the voice seemed very satisfied with the effect, and continued:

"The rules of this festival are as follows——

One, kill the monsters entrenched in the monster mountain to get monster energy.

Second, the value of the monster's energy increases or decreases according to the strength of the monster.

Three, kill other participants, you can't get the other party's evil spirit value.

The person with the highest demon spirit value will be awarded the first prize. "

Immediately after the announcement of the rules, there was an uproar, and many people present immediately started talking in low voices.

"The rules in previous years are not like this."

"I heard that the rules in previous years were more cruel and encouraged us to kill each other. How has it changed this year?"

"Killing others but not getting points, isn't this preventing us from attacking each other?"

"It's boring, I'm going to kill those hillbillies as soon as I go in."

As an elite disciple said, he cast a malicious look at Xu Ming and the cannon fodder sent by those small forces to gamble their lives.

It's self-evident what he's thinking.

Xu Ming was also a little puzzled. According to Kato Megumi, the rules of the White Snake Festival are very cruel.

It is said that the two gods of Suwa Taisha Shrine were forced to expend their own strength to hold the festival.

Since they are forced, naturally they will not give them a good face, most of them will be regarded as thieves, first-class robbers.

Therefore, the rules formulated in previous years are very cruel, such as killing contestants can get more points.

Or by killing other contestants, you can steal the opponent's points. Under this rule, many elites who are confident in their own strength find it troublesome and directly treat other contestants as prey.

Nearly a hundred people participate in the White Snake Festival every year, and one-third of them would be lucky if they survived. These cruel rules are all to blame.

The Shinto religion headed by San Takako seems to have acquiesced in the practice of Suwa Taisha.

Most of these participants are sacrifices to appease the wrath of the gods, and only the strongest and the luckiest are eligible to survive.

Why do these two gods seem to have changed their sex today?

They didn't know that Yasaka Kanako wanted to kill them more than anyone else, but for their family, she couldn't do that.

If Xu Ming died here, they would all be jointly and severally responsible.

The discussion in the open space gradually became louder.

The woman who announced the rules in the temple didn't care about these things, and just cut the mess with a sharp knife.

"Now I announce: The White Snake Ceremony has officially begun!"

As her words fell, a constantly rotating translucent vortex appeared in front of the main hall, slowly expanding to a diameter of two meters, a size that one person could pass through.

Through this vortex, one can vaguely see different scenery appearing inside, which seems to be a dense mountain forest.

"All festival participants enter the 'Monster Mountain' in sequence."

The woman in the hall spoke again.

Everyone looked at each other, but did not act.

"What are you waiting for? Everyone who enters will be randomly teleported to different corners of the 'Monster Mountain', there is no difference between entering first and last."

The woman in the hall urged impatiently.

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