"Kotoko, what do you think God is? Why do people build shrines to worship God? What is your basis for believing that God will do good things? Your master... was killed by God, and you only want to ask why?"

"The Po-Ling demon you are going to deal with today is also worshipped as a god by some people. Your god is also an evil demon in the eyes of others."

"Even an evil demon should be treated with respect. I don't agree with this statement. The reason for respect is that it is powerful enough, but as long as you are stronger than it, why should you respect it? What is there in the Po-Xuan Demon that is worthy of your respect?"

Zheng Wenjie raised his hand and pointed at Qinzi: "Just like you, in the eyes of some people, you are also a god. They respect you and worship you not only because of your incomparable spiritual power, but also because you are saving their lives."

“People revere nature, but God is beyond nature.”

"People offer sacrifices to gods and worship them at shrines. Offering sacrifices to gods reflects that humans are inferior to gods, and it is also a sign of respect for gods."

"At the same time, humans pray for God's help, hoping to rely on God to fight disasters and to make their hearts at peace and have something to rely on."

"But Kotoko, do you think God needs your offerings? Does God care about your offerings?"

Qinzi took a few steps back until she heard a crash, then she stopped and looked at Zheng Wenjie steadily: "Why do you say that? God created the world..."

"Then who created God? What does God call the being that created God?" Zheng Wenjie interrupted Qinzi.

Qinzi was silent for a moment before she said, "I know what you want to say. God may not care about people's offerings and may regard people as ants, but God has also helped people."

Zheng Wenjie shook his head: "I just want to tell you that no matter whether it is a god or a demon, they are just life forms with great power. So if a god or a demon hurts someone you care about, you should find a way to get revenge! Instead of pitifully trying to find out the reason."

Zheng Wenjie stood up, glanced at the sunset outside the balcony, reached out and pulled off the paper covering Qinzi: "You hate the gods for killing your master, but you still believe in God from the bottom of your heart."

"You also admit in your heart that you are inferior to the gods. The breath you exhale during exorcism and sacrifice will offend the gods, so you wear this thing, right?"

Qinzi looked at the paper gauze that Zheng Wenjie threw on the ground in a daze and remained silent.

Zheng Wenjie raised his hand and pinched Qinzi's chin, looking directly into her eyes: "You rely on your own strength, the strength you are born with. Your strength is not given by God."

"Whether it's a god or a demon, if they killed someone you care about, all you have to do is find them and do everything you can to get back at them."

Qinzi reached out and pressed down Zheng Wenjie's hand that was pinching her chin. She stared at Zheng Wenjie and asked word by word, "I understand what you said, but why are you saying this? I have already promised to take you to the Onmyoji."

Zheng Wenjie smiled and let go of Qinzi. He looked down at the scarlet scriptures painted all over his body and said, "These scriptures you drew for me do have the power to keep the Po-Yun Demon away."

"God has not brought you anything now, and God has punished you by turning your master into ashes. If that's the case, why do you still want to worship these so-called gods you Japanese people?"

"So you want me to worship you?" Kotoko looked at the man who called himself God, and she couldn't tell what she felt in her heart. Seeking revenge on God?

Zheng Wenjie smiled and spread his hands to look at her: "I don't need your offerings? I just admire you very much, and I want you to follow me."

"Follow you...what do you want to do?" Qinzi took a step forward barefoot and approached Zheng Wenjie, looking at him calmly and asked.

"Do whatever you want. You can save the world, you can save humanity. I like to negotiate deals. I think this is a fair way."

"You follow me and obey my orders. As long as you don't disobey my orders, I will help you with anything you want to do."

Zheng Wenjie stretched out his hand and slid his fingertips over the scar at the corner of Qinzi's eye: "Follow me, and there will be no more scars on your body. When you are truly willing to follow me, I will also grant you eternal life and let you become the god you believe in."

"At the same time, I will help you avenge your master and let you do it yourself."

"Heh...hahaha" Kotoko raised her hand to cover her mouth, trying to hold back her laughter but burst into even louder laughter. Finally, she rested her head on Zheng Wenjie's chest, still unable to stop laughing.

"I'm sorry... because I haven't laughed so happily in a long, long time." Qinzi wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, patted her slightly red cheeks, raised her head and looked at Zheng Wenjie, and said in a strange tone:

"Heaven and earth have bestowed me with this power, and with this power I naturally have to bear the corresponding responsibilities."

"Your Excellency... Your Excellency, I just didn't expect that I would be valued so much by Your Excellency. I am really flattered." Qinzi couldn't help laughing again: "However, Your Excellency's way of winning people's hearts is really superficial."

Qinzi looked at Zheng Wenjie and smiled brightly: "But it also shows that you are very...sincere. I will give you the answer after I destroy the Polu Demon. Now the time is almost up, and the time of the demon is coming soon."

The sunset outside the window is about to set, and the remaining dim afterglow is scattered on the earth.

Kotoko restrained the expression on her face, and restored her calm appearance as if everything was under control. She picked up the Eight-foot Mirror that Zheng Wenjie had put into the small wooden box, and looked at Zheng Wenjie sideways: "Sir, please go first."

Was he embarrassed? Zheng Wenjie looked at Qinzi speechlessly, shook his head and smiled self-deprecatingly, and walked out of the house first.

Kotoko Higa is known as the number one exorcist in Japan. She does not call herself that title, but is recognized by all exorcists. That is why just one call from her will attract nearly a hundred exorcists from all over the country to come to Tokyo to perform exorcism ceremonies together.

After exiting the apartment door, Kotoko walked around to the front of Zheng Wenjie, lowered her head slightly, walked barefoot on the ground, and walked step by step behind the exorcists who were dressed solemnly, and brought Zheng Wenjie to the starting point of Shiraishi Road. The end point of Shiraishi Road was the altar where the Pok'ang demon was driven out of Saori's body in the morning.

The difference is that at this moment, the altar is not only more than one meter high and occupies half of the area, but also has nine bells hanging around it that look like old objects.

Below the main altar, there is a small altar, which is hung with white amulets that sway in the wind.

"So going around in a circle is also to show respect to the evil demon? I don't think the demon will care whether it is the altar on the white stone road or a random altar."

"These white stones are washed with spiritual water after being offered as sacrifices. They can dispel distracting thoughts in people's minds and make people concentrate. They are very helpful for calming the mind and refreshing the brain." "Stepping onto the altar without washing with spiritual water like we do now is disrespectful to the evil spirits and also to the gods." Kotoko said with her head down, pulling at the legs of her kari trousers that were tied around her ankles, and stomped twice on the spot, then stepped onto the white stone road in one step.

At the same time, the exorcists who were kneeling quietly on both sides also tightly grasped the divine tablets in their hands, slightly bent their upper bodies and shouted in unison: "Ka, kao!"

Every time Kotoko took a step forward, the exorcists shouted, and the atmosphere became more serious, until Kotoko stepped onto the small altar, knelt in the center facing the white stone road, held the Eight-foot Mirror high in her hands, and shouted again: "Ka, ka!"

According to what Qinzi said, it was time for him to go to the one-meter-high altar built on the largest altar and sit on it. Just as he was about to step on it, he suddenly felt something was wrong, but Zheng Wenjie thought about it and didn't find anything unusual. He shook his head in confusion and then stepped onto the white stone road.

Amid the loud shouts from both sides and from Qinzi above, Zheng Wenjie casually walked across the white stone road, stepped onto the altar on the main altar, sat cross-legged, and straightened his upper body which was covered with vermilion scriptures.

As Zheng Wenjie sat cross-legged on the altar, the shouts from all around stopped. Then the two shrine maidens, Otsuki Xun and Kyousuke, lowered their heads with their arms raised in front of their chests, holding a Kagura bell in both hands to cover their faces, and stepped onto the white stone road side by side. Behind them were two attendant shrine maidens carrying bows and arrows.

At the same time, the shouts were followed by various musical instruments played by other exorcists. The various musical sounds that gathered spiritual power complemented each other and combined with each other to form a solemn and serious song called Kagura.

Four priestesses stepped onto the main altar. Otsuki Fumio and Kyoka stood on the left and right at the two corners directly below the altar where Zheng Wenjie was sitting, and the two attendant priestesses stood at the two corners behind Zheng Wenjie.

As the music changed, Kyoka and Otsuki Kaoru began to shake the Kagura bells in their hands, and danced to the rhythm of the music, muttering to themselves.

Zheng Wenjie heard a lot of nonsense, such as all living beings living on Takama-ga-hara, eight million gods gathered together because of the order of the Royal Ancestor God... Zheng Wenjie simply blocked out the two priestesses' quick chanting in his ears.

Zheng Wenjie's eyes swept over Kotoko below. Kotoko was kneeling with her eyes closed, her lips also constantly opening and closing as she chanted a spell. However, unlike the shrine maiden, as Kotoko chanted the spell, the Eight-foot Mirror in her hands was also shaking slightly. The moment she finished chanting the spell and opened her eyes, the Eight-foot Mirror separated from Kotoko's hands and floated right in front of her, with the mirror surface directly reflecting the white stone road.

According to what Kotoko said when she drew the talisman on herself, the time from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. is the time when demons meet, the time when yin and yang meet. The Pok-ling demon will definitely appear during this time when it is summoned by this group of people it hates.

As time passed, the music played by the exorcists became more melodious and bright, like a guiding light, illuminating the direction.

As the sun completely set behind the mountain, torches three meters apart around the altar began to emit flames, illuminating the area around the altar as if it were daytime.

Zheng Wenjie has been observing and understanding what effect the actions of these exorcists have, and there are indeed many things that Zheng Wenjie feels are worthy of praise.

This is also why Zheng Wenjie wants to take in Kotoko Higa. It is always faster to hear Kotoko Higa explain and teach in person than to observe and explore on his own.

If he could rely on their methods to make his strength even stronger, it would be worth it for Zheng Wenjie to pay a tiny bit of the price.

All the arrangements for the exorcism ritual produced an inexplicable sensation. The exorcists playing the music, the witches dancing, and the exorcists holding god tablets on both sides of the white stone road all seemed to be part of the formation.

Not only does it amplify their own spiritual power, it also creates a strange aura around the apartment, making it impossible for small demons and vengeful ghosts to get close.

Before Zheng Wenjie could figure out what was going on, he sensed the presence of the Po-Ling demon. The moon was obscured by the sudden thick black fog, and the flames on the torches around the altar looked brighter than under the moonlight.

Qinzi raised her head and slowly opened her eyes, watching the resentment of the Pok-yu Demon spreading into the sky, and murmured, "Here it comes."

As soon as he finished speaking, countless noisy children's voices appeared out of nowhere, covering up the Kagura played by the exorcists. A young exorcist who was playing the flute looked terrified and stopped playing unconsciously.

The old exorcist beside him hurriedly tried to wake him up by hitting him with his arm, but it was too late. The exorcist who broke away from the ritual music was immediately entangled by the Po-ling demon. The resentment and some of the children's souls collected by the Po-ling demon over the past thousand years poured into his body.

Blood spurted out of the young exorcist's mouth and he fell straight to the ground. His face became haggard and only skin and bones remained, revealing the appearance of a skeleton.

The surrounding exorcists felt the death of their colleague and began to play with even more vigor, summoning the spiritual energy in their bodies to increase the power of the Kagura.

Whenever an exorcist could not bear the pressure brought by the Paku-demon, as soon as there was a pause in playing the Kagura, the Paku-demon would take his life immediately. However, in just over ten minutes, under the powerful pressure of the Paku-demon, nearly half of the exorcists playing the Kagura had died.

There were no casualties among the more than 30 exorcists on both sides of the Baishi Road. Zheng Wenjie thought that it might be because the Eight-foot Mirror was facing the Baishi Road, so the Pok-ling Demon did not invade here.

The two priestesses were still waving and swaying, but Kotoko was ready at this moment. She suddenly opened her tightly closed eyes, and a gust of wind blew up out of thin air under her feet, making her white robe rustle.

The sacrificed exorcists used their lives to buy enough time for Kotoko. Kotoko stood with her legs spread out and grabbed the Eight-foot Mirror facing the Shiraishi Road with both hands. The strong winds summoned by Kotoko using Yin-Yang magic swept into the Eight-foot Mirror.

"Wherever the violent wind blows, it will become my barrier!"

Following Kotoko's light shout, the Eight-foot Mirror instantly burst into a dazzling light, and the visible strong wind was like an indestructible blade. The swirling wind column pierced through the white stone road in the blink of an eye, and like a waving wind dragon, it rushed straight up into the sky and pierced through the black resentment that seemed to cover the sky and the sun.

Countless children screamed miserably at the same time. The black resentment was torn into countless gaps by the strong wind. Before it could cover the resentment again, it was torn apart by the strong wind. The moonlight illuminated the altar again.

Zheng Wenjie looked at Qinzi's back in disbelief. He could feel that the spiritual power in Qinzi's body was very strong, but it was still within the scope of mortals. How could a mortal use such power? When he had just evolved the battle pattern, the power he possessed was just like this.

What's more, Kotoko hasn't even recovered the scars on her body. No, that's not right. Zheng Wenjie suddenly realized that it's not that Kotoko can't recover the scars on her body, but that she doesn't want to.

The power of the gale that Higa Kotoko unleashed with the help of the Eight-foot Mirror has reached the power of the Earthly Immortal Realm. If it were not controlled perfectly and the power was not completely borne by the Paku-mon, if this gale was even slightly out of control, not only would the exorcists on both sides of Shiraishi Road be torn to pieces, but the apartment building behind them would also be destroyed.

"Success! You are worthy of being Lady Higa Kotoko!" Kyoka's joyful voice came to Zheng Wenjie's ears, and Zheng Wenjie looked down.

Otsuki Fumio and Kyoka had stopped the ritual dance and wrapped the Kagura bells around their waists. They both took the demon-breaking bows from the attendant shrine maiden, put arrows on the bows, and aimed the arrows with a cold glow at the end of the white stone road.

When the exorcists on both sides of the White Stone Road saw that the grudges incarnated by the Pok-yu Demon were torn apart by Qinzi's great power, they also started shouting loudly as if they were injected with chicken blood: "Ka, ka! ka, ka!" (End of this chapter)