Chapter 90

If it were the blooming season, the whole mountain would be even more beautiful.

After walking for a moment, the two reached the shrine at the mountaintop.

The shrine was built very exquisitely, even more beautiful than in the photos.

At the very center of the shrine, a divine statue had been completed, its appearance basically identical to Zhang Taixuan's — it seemed the carving master had put in painstaking effort.

At the very top of the temple, four large Chinese characters, "Taixuan Daojun," were very eye-catching and very grand.

"How is it?" Yotsuya Miko asked.

Zhang Taixuan praised, "Miko, you've put thought into this. Next, watch me give it another blessing."

With a wave of his hand, countless dao patterns flew out, branded into the mountain, the trees, and the buildings, merging into them.

In an instant, the buildings became sturdier, giving one the feeling that they would never wear down.

The cherry blossom trees began to grow, blooming in defiance of natural law.

This was a minor technique in a fantastical world, one that could make flowers and trees stay evergreen through the four seasons, blooming without withering.

In just a moment, the entire small hill had become a sea of cherry blossoms.

And the mountain itself, under the branding of the dao patterns, had become indestructible — even if a nuclear bomb were dropped here, it could not damage the mountain in the slightest.

"This…" Yotsuya Miko felt it even more clearly. "Suddenly, it feels like there's a lot more spiritual energy."

This was the application of a Spirit-Gathering Array and the True Scripture of the Sun, gathering solar energy and transforming it into spiritual energy.

From now on, this place would be Yotsuya Miko's cultivation ground.

Even ordinary people, living here, would feel refreshed and clear-headed.

"Of course," Zhang Taixuan said with a smile. "From now on, this place is your little blessed land, Miko."

"Right, if you need it, I can give you another pot-world as well. Although I don't have any Daluo Silver Essence, only ordinary materials, refining an ordinary pot-world isn't much of a difficulty."

"Wouldn't that be too much trouble?" Yotsuya Miko hesitated.

Zhang Taixuan chuckled lightly: "Miko, you're being polite with me."

He took out the Heavenly Dark Iron and the Qiankun Cauldron and began refining.

A moment later, under Yotsuya Miko's witness, a teapot forged from dark iron was refined out.

The teapot's exterior was only the size of a fist, looking like nothing more than a decorative object, but its interior was terrifying — a small grotto-heaven had been opened within, fifty li in diameter and twenty li tall.

For Zhang Taixuan, this grotto-heaven was a bit small; for Miko, this space was already very impressive.

Nearly two thousand square kilometers in area, only a little smaller than Tokyo.

"Do you like it?"

"Thank you, Brother Taixuan." Yotsuya Miko was overjoyed, and she branded her spiritual imprint into the grotto-heaven, directly gaining control of it.

"As for soil and water sources, let me put in a bit more effort and get some for you too." Zhang Taixuan thought for a moment, then flew up into the cosmos, collected two or three meteorites containing soil and water, and refined them into the small grotto-heaven.

After finishing all this, only a few minutes had passed.

Having broken through to the peak of the First Heaven of Immortality, his strength was even more formidable, and his use of spatial arts had become even more powerful.

Arriving in the cosmos was just like coming home.

"Right, with cherry blossoms blooming all over the mountain, won't anyone notice?" Yotsuya Miko suddenly asked.

Zhang Taixuan smiled: "What you can think of, I've already thought of. As long as they don't enter this mountain, people in the distance won't be able to discover it. Now, you can set who may enter and who may not. From now on, this place is your little garden."

"Thank you, Brother Taixuan."

Just as she was thinking, her expression suddenly changed.

"Eh, how did Xiaohua get here?"

And at this moment.

Yurikawa Hana had just walked through the torii gate when, suddenly, a wave of floral fragrance drifted over, and before her eyes was a sea of cherry blossoms, as if she had arrived in another world.

"Books say the torii gate is the boundary between the mortal world and the divine realm, but… that's just a legend, right?" Yurikawa Hua widened her eyes, somewhat unable to believe it. "Could Miko really have encountered a divine spirit?"

She widened her eyes and gazed toward the shrine at the mountaintop.

"Such a major event and you didn't even tell me — hmph, Miko is too stingy."

She set off her legs and walked up the mountain.

And in the place she could not see, ever since she had walked through the torii gate, the evil spirits following around her body had directly screamed and turned to flying ash.

And the evil spirits following in the distance, as if sensing an extremely terrifying presence, did not dare to walk through the torii gate at all.

"I always feel like my body is a lot lighter — is this the dwelling of a divine spirit?"

After climbing for a while, Yurikawa Hua not only did not feel tired, but instead felt very relaxed and at ease, and could not help being shocked.

She had visited plenty of shrines, but never one so miraculous.

Walking quickly to the mountaintop, she saw Miko, dressed in a miko outfit, and a good-looking man standing there.

"Xiaohua, you're here."

Yurikawa Hua said huffily: "Miko, you opened a shrine and didn't even notify me — we're best friends! If Kyosuke-kun hadn't told me, I still wouldn't know!"

Yotsuya Miko felt a little awkward.

The reason she hadn't notified Yurikawa Hua today was precisely because Taixuan-kun was coming, wasn't it?

Once Xiaohua came, how was she supposed to deepen the relationship?

"I just wanted to finish setting it up before notifying you, Xiaohua."

Yurikawa Hua's gaze sized up Zhang Taixuan, and she gave a light humph: "Liar, I'm not stupid! Miko got herself a boyfriend and wants some alone time together, right?"

"It seems Miss Yuri really is clever!" Zhang Taixuan chuckled lightly. "Hello, I'm Zhang Taixuan, Miko's boyfriend."

Yotsuya Miko's face reddened, and she met Yurikawa Hua's gaze and nodded.

Yurikawa Hua immediately began making a great fuss: "Miko, you went way too fast, and you didn't even tell me! No way, you have to compensate me!"

"Xiaohua, before this wasn't even settled yet!" Yotsuya Miko said helplessly — the other party wasn't even in this world before, and she hadn't made things clear.

How could she have told Yurikawa Hana in advance?

"Miko, didn't you say earlier that you had something to give to Young Lady Yurikawa?" Zhang Taixuan said with a smile. "Right, you left the thing here with me earlier."

He took out an object from his bosom — a phoenix-shaped pendant, crimson in color, the phoenix looking as if it were truly about to spread its wings and fly away.

This object was refined from gold, with some talismans for warding off evil and repelling dust imprinted inside; for ordinary people, it was a rare treasure.

For Zhang Taixuan, however, it was just an ordinary little trinket, no different from the accessories at a two-dollar shop.

"How pretty!" Yurikawa Hua's eyes lit up at the sight of it. She looked toward Miko. "Miko, is this really for me? Isn't it too precious?"