Superhumans of the Dome City
Chapter 402 - 402 87 Huojin God_2

402: Chapter 87: Huojin God_2 402: Chapter 87: Huojin God_2 Gongsun Ce fantasized about that scene, imagining the lonely souls groping in the dark, finding ways to locate their kind, and found the environment to be melancholic yet tinged with inexplicable romance.

He couldn’t help but exclaim, “Why tell me this story and waste the romantic atmosphere?”

Shiyu Lianyi heard him and deliberately leaned in, “Telling my best friend isn’t a loss, right?”

“Eek!

Get away from me, you freakishly handsome guy!”

“Haha.”

After a brief exchange of jokes, the superpower user quickly adjusted his demeanor.

“So, where are we going now?”

“I thought you knew.”

“Do I look like I have a clue?”

Shiyu Lianyi, with utmost professional composure, suggested they just wander around, and the two adventurers randomly chose a direction to set off.

They had not walked long—just long enough to exchange a few words—when they encountered something new in this celestial world.

It was cherry blossoms.

Pink petals drifted with the wind, gently brushing the faces of the two.

Now they knew which direction to go.

They followed the direction from which the cherry blossoms came for about half a minute before a grey pebble path emerged through the clouds.

Vermilion torii gates stood in a row along the path.

In the distance, at the end of these gates, they could barely make out the silhouette of a shrine.

“Do you know what I’m thinking, Mr.

Shiyu?” Gongsun Ce twitched the corners of his mouth, “Zero Island is only missing a God’s dedicated shrine.

I suggest we turn around and run until some heroic figure barges into the Demon Realm to save us.”

“I know,” Shiyu Lianyi said, focusing on what lay ahead, “but I…

want to take a look.”

“Alright, then let’s go.”

The young man with grey hair quickened his pace and saw a woman with white hair and a white dress standing under the first torii gate, bowing to them.

“Sakura Dance-san?” Gongsun Ce hurried to return the greeting, “No…

Lord Yidou Nengmai?”

“Just call me Sakura Dance,” the woman with white hair smiled, “Please follow me, Lord Huojin God is ahead.”

Upon hearing this, Gongsun Ce knew his guess was correct.

At this point, he was calm, thinking that the presence they were heading towards did not seem like a trap.

He had killed a living Void Light Dragon; was he to fear this Huojin God who may or may not be alive?

So the young man with grey hair followed Sakura Dance promptly, starting a conversation with the Lord of God.

“Sakura Dance-san, previously, it wasn’t on your own volition that you fought, was it?”

“You guessed it didn’t you?” the female ninja covered her mouth and chuckled softly.

At that moment, she looked even more beautiful than before, making the superpower user silently chant in his heart respect, respect, respect.

“I guessed it had something to do with the form of existence of a Direct God,” Gongsun Ce scratched his head, “However, I feel that you differ greatly from those Direct Gods with unknown wishes.”

“It’s actually all the same; we gods have no control, for we exist today by the power of Lord Huojin God,” said Sakura Dance, “Lord Huojin God is both severe and gentle.

He doesn’t bestow power without a price, and in gaining eternal life, we also paid a corresponding price.

For the Direct Gods, that’s their unfulfilled wishes; for the Evil Spirits, it’s their endless craving; and for us, the Direct Gods, it’s the principle we must abide by.”

In other words, the Huojin Realm provided power and longevity to gods who were once ordinary people but also bound them to various extents?

The more Gongsun Ce thought, the more familiar this idea seemed; Shiyu Lianyi was a step ahead and voiced his opinion.

“So, it means that the Direct Gods all have made a deal with Lord Huojin God…” He thought about it and corrected himself, “No, most Direct Gods have traded with the Huojin Realm, while Direct Gods such as yourself are the ones who have dealt directly with Lord Huojin God.”

Gongsun Ce pondered the conversation between the two.

According to Shiyu Lianyi, the birth of most Direct Gods didn’t go through the process of “Huojin God.” If they simply made a deal with the Huojin Realm…

Then weren’t they ordinary people inadvertently affected by the phenomenon of the giant dragon?

That’s why the Direct Gods were trapped by their unclear wishes; that was the price they paid.

As for powerful characters like Sakura Dance, Yidou Nengmai, and the fox god, they were the ones who truly traded with “Huojin God,” and the price they paid was to follow Huojin God’s “principle”…

“No matter what, a price must be paid; Lord Huojin God is indeed strict,” Gongsun Ce remarked.

“Such is the nature of destiny, Demon-san.”

When Sakura Dance said this, he thought she was the ninja woman he had first met on the train.

The three passed through torii gate after torii gate, walking along the stone path.

Just as Gongsun Ce’s patience was nearly exhausted, he finally saw the shrine in full view.

The building was not large and didn’t seem particularly majestic.

A thick Shimenawa rope was tied in front of the shrine, and the wooden structures had darkened with the passage of time.

In the courtyard stood two cherry trees in full bloom, whence countless petals had fallen.

The two were brought to the hand water house where, in this inexplicable temple, they cleansed their hands and mouths, purifying their hearts.

They then stood in front of the worship hall, rang the divine bell with a flying instrument, and performed a ritual of two bows, two claps, and one final bow.

Having earnestly completed this series of worship procedures, Sakura Dance led them to the main hall, where another deity awaited.

She was dressed in grey, with a golden crown on her head, resembling Lianyi to some extent but quite differently in stature.

“Nice to meet you, Lord Yidou Nengmai,” the two male university students said in unison.