Chapter 417

Chapter 417: Selecting the Two Realms Bell

Three days later, at the Soga Shrine in Nagoya.

Chu Jiang brought his little sidekick Uesugi Hinagiku and was invited to come here.

As the hosts, old man Soga and Soga Hayayuki personally came to greet them, and brought Chu Jiang and the others to the front of the dozens of subsidiary buildings behind the temple.

Soga pointed towards the houses in front and said, "There are a total of ninety-six thousand five hundred and thirty-two Honping Bells collected from all over the country. This includes the ones registered and some unregistered shrines, all of which have been brought here."

"This gathering is to pray for blessings. Although we can’t guarantee that there are no missing ones, we can be sure that over 99% of our country’s Honping Bells are here."

Chu Jiang nodded, acknowledging the strong power of the Soga family to make so many shrines willingly give up their Honping Bells in such a short amount of time.

The news of this event has unavoidably spread to the public. Some speculate it may be related to the seal of the Ghost Abyss, others to the downfall of the Kujo family. And of course, some speculate that it has something to do with Chu Jiang himself, perhaps it was his request.

However, they have no clue about it at all, so they are basically just guessing randomly. So, it’s not a big problem.

Chu Jiang didn’t notify the Holy Word Religion when he came this time, because he wanted to screen the matter first and only involve Sister Bel if needed.

As for asking Mr. Xu to come over, Chu Jiang did call him, but the old man replied directly saying, "I’m not going, I’m busy, and I don’t want to bother with things like that."

So if we really can’t find it, Chu Jiang will have to rely on the Holy Word Religion…

"What other assistance do we need from our side?" Soga Hayayuki looked at Chu Jiang.

Obviously, she also guessed that Chu Jiang needed to find a specific thing, that’s why he went through so much trouble, so there would probably be more filtering in the future.

Chu Jiang shook his head, "Thank you both, just make sure nobody comes to disturb."

Hayayuki nodded, then she took her grandfather away on her own initiative.

At this moment, Hinagiku blinked her big eyes and looked at Chu Jiang, "Do I have to go too?"

Chu Jiang shook his head, "No need, soon you’ll get impatient and leave on your own."

Hinagiku paused at his words.

Chu Jiang had no intention of explaining, he just used the Sun Ghost Domain to envelop the dozens of buildings in front of him.

He couldn’t possibly manually sift through them one by one, as that would take forever. Instead, he closed his eyes and used the power of Ghost Domain, combined with the power of super perception, to analyze each and every Honping Bell.

The so-called "analysis" was not about appearance, but about listening to the sound.

Because Chu Jiang didn’t know the appearance either, he had heard the sound of the suspected Two Realms Bell.

Uesugi Hinagiku quickly saw bells of various sizes floating and vibrating in front of her.

The bells rang one after another, but each bell only rang once.

To Hinagiku, it was just a continuous jingling sound, and she couldn’t make out any information from it.

Chu Jiang was still quick using this method, but since each bell had to ring for at least one second, he would need at least a day and night to sift through them all.

At first, Hinagiku was interested in listening, but gradually she couldn’t bear it anymore and felt more and more annoyed.

She didn’t want to disturb Chu Jiang, who was working with closed eyes, so she quietly left. Of course, Chu Jiang allowed her to go out before she could leave.

……

The result was: none!

Yes, not a single bell made the same sound as the one Chu Jiang remembered.

He didn’t even need to shake them again to know that this result was unlikely to be wrong.

Chu Jiang sighed and said, "I still have to ask someone for help."

……

……

As soon as they met, Belfast gave Chu Jiang a polite but mischievous smile and said, "You must have worked hard shaking the bells for a long time, right?"

As soon as she saw Chu Jiang, she gave him a polite but mischievous smile and said, "You must have been working hard, screening for a long time, right?"

In theory, Sister Bel shouldn’t know about this because Chu Jiang purposely didn’t bring that flyer with him.

But in reality, maybe it was Chu Jiang’s action that made the other person guess his intention.

Chu Jiang shrugged, "Come on, we’re in my Ghost Domain now, and there’s no one else here. Tell your god to perform a miracle, don’t tell me it can’t find it."

Sister Bel ignored the hint of disrespect in Chu Jiang’s tone and simply nodded, looking at Jade beside her.

Jade understood and clasped her hands together, quietly reciting in a murmuring voice that resembled a deep whisper, almost like the mumbled utterances of someone sleep talking.

Soon, as Jade closed her mouth, this eerie whisper continued to echo in Ghost Domain, like a ghost.

They made all the Honping Bells in this place vibrate and produce sounds at the same time.

In just a few seconds, the whisper disappeared, and the ringing stopped, but Jade had an expression of disbelief.

She muttered to herself, "The god says that bell isn’t here."

This time, even Belfast couldn’t help but look surprised, "Are we really this unlucky? Did we happen to encounter that one percent?"

It’s because of various reasons that some small shrines didn’t send their own bells over; or they just found a fake one to fulfill the mission.

Chu Jiang couldn’t help but cover his forehead, "I swear…"

He didn’t have time to worry, he just immediately called for Soga Hayayuki to come over.

Hayayuki quickly arrived, and when she heard Chu Jiang’s description, she furrowed her brow, "In that case, give me some time. Let’s investigate from the beginning and see which shrine is faking it; or maybe there’s a shrine that is too remote and hardly communicates with the outside world, and didn’t hand in the Honping Bell."

"How long will it take?" Chu Jiang asked.

"It’ll take at least half a month or even longer, considering the number of shrines involved. We’ll have to investigate them one by one."

Chu Jiang knew that the Soga family was really doing their best, but just the thought of it dragging on longer without a guarantee of results made him feel frustrated.

Just then, Hinagiku, who had come with Hayayuki upon hearing the news, whispered, "I accidentally obtained some information yesterday. I don’t know if it’s related to what you guys are looking for. An old lady told me."

"Grandma?" Chu Jiang looked at her. "Which grandma?"

"It’s an old priestess from our Soga Shrine. She grew up in the shrine since she was little and now she’s ninety-two years old. She’s a very experienced elder."

"These past few days, Hinagiku didn’t want to bother you and had nothing to do, so she went around the shrine trying to chat with people and that’s how she met her," Soga Hayayuki explained.

Seeing Chu Jiang’s interest, Hinagiku spoke up loudly. "We were just chatting. She was curious about our family and why we called so many Honping Bells here, saying that it wasn’t a traditional practice for blessings in the past."

"I said maybe there are some very precious things among them."