Chapter 516: Four Divine Beasts Geomancy Set Up


    Afterwe returnedto the hotel, I told Yin Xinyue about this new case. She sounded cheerful. Great! You guys can help the shrine capture some monsters! Itll bemuch more interesting than sight-seeing!


    Wheres Li Mazi?


    Oh, Li Mazi and Ru Xue didnt feel well afterbeingtrappedin that illusion onthe stairs. They went to their room to rest.


    Since we didnt have much information about the enemy, I didnt know what to prepare. I decided to visit the shrine in the morning to investigate.


    Earlythe next morning,Li Mazi didnt want to go with us no matter what. He hugged the nketand rolled on the bed. Even if we can earn money, Im not going to go with you. I dont want to encounter more trouble!


    Look at you,youcoward! I had toremindhim that Icould reveal the fact that he had rubbed the hostesss rear end. Eventually, Li Mazi unwillingly left his bed.


    Ru Xue was also hesitant, soI gave her the Ghost Sealing Pouch Chuyi used yesterday. You can use this for self-defense.


    Shewas convinced and keptthe pouch with her.


    After breakfast, we departed to Inari Shrine. We thought we were early,but there were many touriststherealready. They lined upand waitedto make a wish to the statue of Inari. Some wrote their wishes on a small wooden board.


    I want to write some wishes, too, said Yin Xinyue.


    There are so many people. We should do business first. Tonight, when no ones here, we wille again for you to make your wishes, I told her.


    While we were looking around, a man wearinga ceremonialuniform called us. He spoke inJapanese. Xiao Gao talked to him then turned to us.This is Mr. Urashima. Hes theKannushi,the Grand Priest of this Shrine. He said that tourists are notallowedto enter this ce.


    Tourists?Tell him that Ms. Chiba invited us, I said.


    Xiao Gao tranted to Urashima.Hebelieved us.


    Next, Chibaarrived while carryinga bucket of water. She hurried to brief the situation to Urashima. Urashimas attitude changed immediately. He warmly weed us. However,it seemed he hadsomething to do, so he asked Chiba to take us around.


    Yin Xinyue pulled my sleeveand pointedat Chiba. Is she the legendary shrine maiden?Sure enough,her aura isdifferent.


    Thank you! Chiba smiled gently.


    Oh, you speak Chinese? Yin Xinyue was amazed.


    I learned Chinese, answered Chiba.


    Li Mazi smiled. Miss Chiba, you are really beautiful.


    Ru Xue shot him a fierce nce.


    Aswe walked to the shrine, I saw a broken stonentern in a corner. The other touristsdidnt pay attention to it, but Chuyi and I noticed it. This stonentern was different from the othersasI saw a Vermillion Bird carved on it. I smeared some soot on the brokennternand sniffed it,smellinga wisp of Yin energy.


    This stonenternmight contain somesoilfrom the cemetery, which would havecontributed to thegeomancyof this shrine. Ingeomancy, it wasnt always good to use only Yang attribute items. Sometimes, they needed to use Yin attribute materials. When Yin and Yang cooperated, they couldstrengthentheformation.


    If I am not wrong, there should be four stonenterns like this in the four corners of the shrine. The carvings on themrepresentthe Four Divine Beasts of ancient China. They are theBlue Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and ck Tortoise, I said.


    Chiba nodded in admiration. Mr. Zhanghaskeen eyes. We have those stonenterns. However, we dont know why theyweredeliberately destroyed


    Ru Xue mocked her.Miss,the way you talkis likehowJapanese devilstalk in movies.She seemed tohave a hostileattitude toward Chiba. Perhaps,it wasbecause Li Mazi keptstealingncesather.


    Japanese devils?Do youmean theyokai? Chiba didnt get it. Since shegrewup in the shrine, she didnt have many chances to watch TV and learn new insults.


    I had tochangethe topic by asking her to take us to see other ces.


    Alongthe way, Xiao Gao helped Chibaimproveher Chinese grammar. Although Chiba sounded a little strange when she spoke, she was an intelligentwoman. Xiao Gaojust needed to show her the correct way and she could smoothen everything by herself.


    Behind the shrine was a vegetable field where theresidentsgrew vegetables.Froma distance, we saw many graves. They were lined up onenext to another. They had green grass growing on them.


    I turned to Yin Xinyue. Lets check your knowledge.Should agrave be ced in front of or behind a structure?


    Hm. Itshould be behind the structure. Its not good to have a grave in front of the house, right? Yin Xinyue frowned.


    Wrong. The graves should be put in the front! cing graves behind the house is taboo ingeomancy, I exined.


    Chiba blinked, then said, Mr. Zhang, in Japan, we dont usegeomancy. It doesnt seem toaffect us much. Please pardon me, but I think thisgeomancythingyoure talking aboutis just nonsense.


    Oh, you think its useless? I snortedand exined,First, shrines usually havestrongYang energy, soevilspiritsand ghostswont dare tobarge in easily.Next,all thepeoplewho livein shrines are usually single for the rest of their lives, so they arent influenced too much.Andstly, this shrinesgeomancywasarranged with meticulous detailby a great master. But now,just becausefour stonenternsarebroken, paranormal activities have started to happen. What do you thinkwillhappen next?


    Chibaunderstood how serious it was. Do you haveasolution?


    Whoisburied over there? I asked.


    Generations ofmiko andkannushi. They were all loyal servants of Inari-sama. I guess theyhavebe Buddhas by now. Chiba pointed at the graves. However, many warriors and samurais were also buried on this mountain. ording to what you just told me, thegeomancyshouldnt be good.


    Countless bamboo treesgrew and filledthe mountain. From ourposition, we saw a thick fog shrouding the mountain. It was true that this ce hadstrongYin energy.


    Tonight, I will mend thegeomancyof this ce. There should be no paranormal activities afterward.


    Thank you. Chiba nodded at usand lookedgrateful.


    Chuyi, who had kept silent all the time, suddenly asked, Who built this shrine?


    Chiba answered, I heard that it was the great Onmyoji Yasukiyo Abe.


    Abe no Seimeis grandson? Chuyi furrowed his brows.


    Yes. Chiba nodded.


    I used my phone tosearchfor some information. During the Heian period in Japan, Onmyojis were famous.Abe no Seimeiwas the imperial Onmyojiappointedby the Emperor himself. He was in charge of thegeomancyofthe pce and all worshipareas.


    Yasukiyo Abe wasAbe no Seimeis grandson, who had inherited the Onmyoji profession from him.


    Is thereartion between the sealed Tamamo-no-Mae and this shrine?


    At thismoment, we heardmotion from the shrine. Anothermiko came and talked to Chiba.


    Whats wrong? I asked her.


    Two tourists suddenly fainted.


    We alsowentto take a look. The two tourists were ced in aquietroom. They were one man and one womanthat lookedlike a couple. Urashima wascallingan ambnce. When I saw the couple, I felt that something was wrong.


    Chuyi walkedforwardand pulled their eyelids to check. Then, he turned to me. Their Yang energy has beensuckeddry.


    Can you save them? asked Chiba.


    Their lives arentin danger. They need to rest for a few days, and theyllbe all right.


    Ghosts wouldnt appear in broad daylight. The thing that had sucked their Yang energy was possibly a monster.The two fox spirits werethe mainsuspects.


    I looked around andnoticedthat we were allin the same ce. Hey, thisisnot good. Perhaps wehave beentrickedinto leavingthesecret areaunguarded. I think they want to steal the fox statue!


    Urashima was frightened. He rushed to the storage to check. The others followed him closely.


    When wereachedthere, Urashima had already opened the drawer, butnothing was inside. He screamed in desperation.


    Chuyi suddenly reached his handintothe drawer and took something out. It was the intact box.


    This looked like a magictrick. BothChiba and Urashima were amazed. Chuyi said, Itwasjust anillusion.


    Urashima couldnt ease his worried mind. He opened the box tocheck the content. Butas soon asthe fox statue was taken out of the box, Xiao Gao suddenly snatched it from himand ranaway!