Therefore, no matter what she sees, she will feel very novel.
Not to mention, the monster that this woman transformed into was a "snake" monster.
Of course, Suwako didn't mean to point at Kanako here, but, but... okay, she was pointing at Kanako.
"Ugly snake monster!"
She deliberately put the emphasis on "ugly".
Kanako snorted coldly and ignored the toad spirit, which was getting worse and worse and had the mentality of a child.
"Exorcise!"
The elder sister god who loved humanity set her sights on the woman who was about to be transformed into a demon.
A handful of clear spring water fell from the sky, pouring on the woman's body and dispersing the evil spirit on her body.
The long tail turned into two legs again, and the confused mind regained clarity.
——But her face was still very sad.
"Please let me die here!"
The abandoned woman pleaded with God.
Kanako shook her head.
As a god, she cannot bear to see such things.
But she had no choice.
Even if she was a god, she couldn't make a man who had changed his mind change his mind.
At the same time, Nanxing discovered some strange things.
"Something's wrong."
He pointed to the big river in front of him and said thoughtfully.
"She may have become like this because of this river."
Nanxing was very sure.
Because he felt a lot of resentment from this endless flow of river water.
These resentments were hidden so deeply that even a god like Kanako could not detect them (actually, it was because she was always thick-skinned and could only notice what was in front of her).
As for Suwako - maybe she has already discovered it, but she just won't say it.
This indigenous god from ancient times pursued true "isolationism". She didn't bother to care about things that had nothing to do with her.
"Yes, it is because of the river."
After Nanxing's reminder, Kanako also reacted.
She saw a dark shadow hidden in the river, its posture was like a ferocious long snake, constantly twisting its body.
This is a symbol of resentment.
"This place... once gave birth to a very terrifying monster."
Kanako first sent the abandoned poor woman to a safer place to protect her from the resentment here. Then she returned to the river and stared at it.
She discovered that the resentment in this river was constantly gathering in one direction.
Nanxing and others followed the trajectory of resentment and walked forward.
Finally, we stopped in front of a solemn temple.
"Dōjōji?"
……
This is a very famous temple.
It was first built in the 8th century AD and is dedicated to the Thousand-Armed Guanyin.
——Therefore, Kanako, Suwako Hashiya, and Ibuki Suika could only stand in front of the temple gate, not daring to take another step forward.
The so-called temples are actually of the same nature as shrines, and are the private territories of the gods/Buddhas.
Entering the territory of other gods without saying hello is no different from slapping someone in the face.
As for Ibuki Suika... How desperate was she to go to the Thousand-armed Guanyin temple to drink?
But Nanxing and Fujiwara no Momoko had no such worries.
They are "ordinary people" and can ignore these rules and regulations.
Yama Ai is also OK.
She is Yama. Although she is also a kind of monster, she essentially falls under the jurisdiction of hell.
She and Thousand-Armed Guanyin belong to two systems and do not interfere with each other.
Of course, this is only non-interference in theory.
After all, the leader of the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, Ksitigarbha, is a colleague of Thousand-Armed Guanyin.
"So, you still have to worship."
Nanxing said with a smile.
This is probably what the saying "the more courtesy you show, the less blame you will get" means.
After hearing Nanxing's suggestion, Yan Moai obediently ran to the Thousand-Armed Guanyin statue, closed her eyes, and prayed silently.
——What is she praying for?
Was it for the villagers who died at her hands? Or for the poor girl who was buried alive by humans?
Nanxing shook his head, not wanting to think about these things, but focusing his attention on a large bell above the hall.
This is a huge bronze bell, hung on the beam with a red rope, which looks very solemn.
But at the same time, the lingering resentment entangled in this huge bell destroyed the solemn beauty, adding a sense of weirdness and foreboding to this bell and even the entire temple.
"The bell of Dojoji Temple."
Nanxing looked at the big bell, and a story naturally appeared in his mind.
——Thanks to Platycodon’s popular science, Nanxing, who originally lacked knowledge, now knows a lot of stories about monsters and demons.
Among all the stories about monsters and demons, the story of the bell of Dojoji Temple is as famous as Minamoto no Raikou's killing of Shuten-doji and Abe Yasuchika's defeat of Tamamonomae.
"It's Kiyohime."
Chapter 141: Resurrection of Qing Ji
Kiyohime.
This is a monster transformed from a human.
At the same time, it is also a poignant love story.
A beautiful rich girl fell in love with a passing monk.
But a monk passing by deceived the infatuated Qingji with lies.
She couldn't stand such a blow, so she chased the monk all the way, waded through rivers and lakes, and finally chased him to the Daocheng Temple.
The monk was very scared and asked the abbot of the temple to protect him.
So the abbot let him get into a big bell.
An angry Qingji walked into the temple and looked at the big bell placed on the ground, her heart dead.
"In that case, let's die together!"
She cried out in anger and turned into a long snake, coiling around the clock.
Then, without hesitation, he set himself on fire.
The angry flames became a raging fire, not only burning Qing Ji to death, but also roasting the monks in the bell alive.
——This is a very cruel way to die.
However, for Nan Xing now, this story has already become a thing of the past and is not worth mentioning.
What really matters here is:
"After so many years, Qingji's resentment has not dissipated yet?"
He was surprised at Qingji's persistence.
Even though he has been dead for hundreds of years, the resentment has never dissipated.
——It is conceivable how deeply she was hurt by that deceitful monk back then.
But at the same time, Nanxing couldn't just sit back and watch the resentment swirling in the rivers and temples.
If these grievances are not dissipated, there will be an endless stream of frustrated women approaching the river, and then they will be corroded by the grievances in it and turn into monsters like Qingji.
“That’s just not allowed.”
Nanxing shook his head and expressed his disapproval of the existence of these grievances.
To be honest, he actually didn't object to Qingji's act of burning monks to death.
On the contrary, in a sense, her behavior can be described as "very gratifying".
But besides the monk, Qingji also took her anger out on other people.
Then that's her fault.
As the saying goes, every wrong has its perpetrator, every debt has its creditor. When innocent people are involved, the nature of the matter changes.
and so--
"Love."
"Get ready for the exorcism."
……
Exorcism.
This is not an easy task.
It is especially difficult to deal with monsters that have been dead for hundreds of years but whose resentment still remains in the human world.
The most famous example in this regard is Tamamonomae.
She was severely injured by Abe Yasuhiko and eventually killed by thousands of arrows.
But the [Killing Stone] that was transformed from her resentment after her death has always stood in the wilderness, infecting the land within a hundred miles into a poisonous state where no living creature can survive.
Even the gods are powerless in the face of that land. After seeing it, they can only take a detour for fear of being infected by the poisonous energy in the hearts of those evil people.
Although this [Kiyohime] is not as powerful as Tamamonomae, but in terms of popularity, she is no less famous than Tamamonomae.
One thing that everyone knows is that a monster's strength is actually positively correlated with her popularity.
"If more people know about a monster's deeds, the more fear she can create."
So, even though Qingji was just an ordinary female monster during her lifetime.
However, due to the widespread spread of the story of the "Burning of the Dojo-ji Bell", the evil spirit that permeated the area at this moment was no less than that of a large monster.
"How to do?"
Outside Dojoji Temple, Nanxing and Kanako discussed how to exorcise the demon.
He didn't ask Suwako and Ibuki Suika because this matter had nothing to do with them and they didn't care at all.
Fujiwara no Momoko was very concerned, but when she said the method of "burning her to ashes", Nanxing rejected her without hesitation.
As for Yanma Ai...she herself is a demon.
In any case, it shouldn't be her turn to think about how to exorcise the devil.
"To be honest, I don't know either."
"But I think that the first thing we should do is to transform the resentment here into monsters again."
Kanako thought about it and provided a more feasible method:
Invisible resentment can only be resolved but not dispelled.
