Chapter 511: Kitsune Saiguu's joke! The ritual begins!

The next day!

Inazuma City had been immersed in excitement since early morning, and this enthusiasm was contagious even to many villages far outside the city.

Even if they couldn't come to Inazuma to participate in the ritual in person, fortunately, they followed along to make things festive.

Although there had been a festive atmosphere in the past few days, it only reached its peak today.

On Hanamizaka Street, the fireworks reservations of the Naganohara family had all been contracted by the Magistrate's Office; Yoimiya was tiredly moving fireworks out one by one, letting the soldiers of the Tenryou Commission carry them away.

Many shops displayed clay dolls of the Raiden Shogun and Luo.

One of them was sculpted by a master and limited to five hundred copies; people were already queuing up to buy them at four or five in the morning.

Less than an hour after opening, they were all sold out.

The so-called ritual was no different from the whole country rejoicing.

This excitement lasted until the afternoon.

Unlike Liyue's major ceremonies, which were arranged at noon, Inazuma's ritual began in the morning, but these were all processes that the god himself didn't need to show up for.

Originally, it should have been handled by the Yashiro Commission's external spokesperson, the White Heron Princess Kamisato Ayaka, but now she had become the god's personal attendant.

This responsibility was naturally handed over to Kamisato Ayato to handle.

After communicating with the Grand Narukami Shrine in advance, the Yashiro Commission contacted the Shrine; first, the Yashiro Commission escorted the sacred object representing the god back to the Shrine.

Immediately after, it had to go through various complex processes such as rituals, offerings, and returns.

Finally, Yae Miko, who held the position of Guuji, was responsible for the prayer text, announcing Luo's return to Inazuma.

And sent the sacred object into the Shrine to be equal to the Raiden Shogun's position.

After such a process, most of the day had passed, and it was already five o'clock in the afternoon.

Hearing Luo Li himself was quite satisfied; the god himself really didn't need to show up much, and finally announcing his return to the world only needed to be at the original Thousand-Armed, Hundred-Eyed Statue, just like the Raiden Shogun showing up to announce the Vision Hunt Decree.

He was at most a symbolic meaning, indicating that he had indeed returned, rather than a lie.

When Kamisato Ayato handed over the process, he was very satisfied after just a rough look.

Solemnity and luxury went without saying, and complexity and grandeur were indispensable.

Looking at the entire Inazuma through the attic of Tenshukaku, Hearing Luo Li sighed that the current Inazuma was much more prosperous and lively than before.

Perhaps there was a reason for the ritual, but there were also changes over so many years.

The so-called eternal kingdom could never be unchanging as Ei imagined; true eternity should perhaps be understood as a spirit or belief that is passed down and never extinguished.

No matter how the outside changes, its inner core remains forever.

"It's almost time for me to appear."

Muttering a sentence, Hearing Luo Li saw a pitch-black stream of light cross the distant sky, shining like a meteor.

The stream of light came straight toward Tenshukaku, but it was only a short moment.

When the stream of light dissipated, what appeared before him were Mitsuyo and Asase Hibiki, whom he hadn't seen for a long time.

The Great Tengu pouted, her expression a bit aggrieved and dissatisfied.

It seemed she was unhappy that he had only returned to the Mouun Shrine to see her once or twice in such a long time.

However, considering that today was Hearing Hearing Luo Li ritual, Mitsuyo finally restrained her little temper and temporarily forgot her dissatisfaction: "Teacher, we are here."

Asase Hibiki echoed: "Teacher, happy ritual."

Hearing Luo Li laughed: "I will accept this blessing."

As he said this, Raiden Makoto behind him saw the two who suddenly appeared, stunned for a moment, and then recognized them.

"You are, the little Tengu and Hibiki from back then?"

Logically, trespassing into Tenshukaku for no reason and offending the god's land, it wouldn't be strange to be executed in normal times.

But looking at the identities of the two, Raiden Makoto laughed it off.

Of course, this was also because Hearing Luo Li had notified the two in advance not to wait outside and to come directly to Tenshukaku.

Maybe he didn't make it clear; he thought the two should have followed the procedure and passed through the Shogunate's guards, who knew they would come so rashly.

Mitsuyo and Asase Hibiki naturally knew that there were two Raiden Shoguns, so they immediately gave respectful greetings to Raiden Makoto, and then saluted Raiden Ei.

"You came just in time; if you were any later, I would have set off."

Hearing Luo Li teased and invited the two disciples into the attic.

Kitsune Saiguu said with interest: "The two little guys from back then, in the blink of an eye, have grown so big."

"Lady Saiguu."

Mitsuyo might be cold to many people and unwilling to pay attention to them.

But that absolutely did not include Kitsune Saiguu.

When her mother, Reizenbou, served as the Great Tengu, the other party was the matriarch of the Hakushin clan, not only managing the Grand Narukami Shrine but also having many restraints on the Yokai clan.

She could only be considered a junior, so she naturally had to pay respects to her elder.

Kitsune Saiguu waved her hand to indicate that there was no need for courtesy, and then looked at Asase Hibiki.

"¨.. Come, Hibiki, come here." While greeting Asase Hibiki, she sighed: "After five hundred years, I didn't expect to see you again."

After all, Asase Hibiki was just an ordinary human and couldn't survive such a long time; who knew that in her sorrow, she actually used sealing techniques to isolate herself from time.

This twist of fate might be the embodiment of misfortune and fortune depending on each other.

"Lady Saiguu."

Compared to Mitsuyo, Hibiki's relationship with Saiguu was closer.

It was said that when Saiguu tricked Hearing Luo Li into helping her manage the Grand Narukami Shrine, she used the arbitrary selection of shrine maidens as a reward, among which Hibiki was used by her as a joke.

"How is it? Hibiki, have you found your sweetheart now? Was the Omikuji from back then accurate?"

Facing the big fox demon's teasing (dama) words, Asase Hibiki rarely showed the dissatisfied posture of a little girl.

"Lady Saiguu, please don't joke; you said that if I measured my marriage, I would definitely draw a 'Great Luck' Omikuji, in fact, you just changed all the signs to 'Great Luck' in advance, right?"

Hearing Luo Li glanced at Kitsune Saiguu in his spare time; don't say, this kind of operation is really what she could do.

"No way, I absolutely didn't have any black-box operations."

Kitsune Saiguu argued for herself with righteous words, "Otherwise, you show me the evidence."

It had been five hundred years, where would she find evidence.

Asase Hibiki gave Lady Saiguu a light white look, simply too lazy to argue with her.

Anyway, she had never been the stronger side when reasoning with her.