Chapter 381

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Chapter 381: The Unavoidable Ghost Abyss

Hinagiku also started thinking, "If we only have this clue, we might have to go and search each house one by one, which will take a long time."

Chu Jiang looked at the paper person, Sister Bel, and Sister Bel looked back at him, as if hoping he could reveal more information.

Chu Jiang was speechless, "I only know that there is a very scary ghost chasing after the sound of this bell. Oh no, to be precise, there are two."

"Alright, let’s start investigating from the big and historically significant shrines. If we still can’t find the bell, then we can think of other ways."

"By the way," Chu Jiang looked at Sister Bel, "how did you know that the bell is in a certain shrine?"

"The last person involved was an antique dealer from the country of England. In the 1970s and 1980s, he sold a batch of items from Kyushu to a merchant in the island country."

"We have been following this lead for a long time and finally found the descendant of that island country merchant. However, because it was a long time ago, we only know that the batch of items has been scattered in different places."

"According to the descendant of the merchant, the bell should have been sold to a certain shrine, but we don’t know which one. We only know that it’s not local."

Uesugi Kazuya hesitated for a moment, "If it’s a big shrine, they wouldn’t buy something like this to use as a Honping Bell. It’s more likely to be a small shrine that is struggling financially and just uses something with a bit of history for show."

So, with that, Chu Jiang’s proposal seemed a bit hopeless…

Seeing the situation fall silent for a moment, Uesugi Hinagiku bit her finger, "If there’s really no other way, we might have to ask the Soga family for help."

"The Soga family’s lineage of yin-yang masters is the oldest among our three families, and many shrines across the country have connections to the Soga family."

"In fact, some of these shrines still keep the tradition of making pilgrimages to the Soga Shrine every year."

"If the Soga family takes the lead, we could come up with an excuse, like holding a blessing ceremony, to gather all the Honping Bells from different shrines at once, and then return them individually afterwards."

"But doing so will inevitably cause a stir. After all, there are so many shrines across the country, and it would be impossible to keep it a secret. Even ordinary people would find out that the Soga family is gathering Honping Bells from all over the place on a large scale."

It has to be said that Hinagiku’s idea is a good one, and even her brother didn’t raise any objections.

But Chu Jiang and Sister Bel hesitated. The Two Realms Bell is of great importance, and if the Soga family, or even the entire Peaceful Spirit Garden, were to find out its value, it could become very troublesome.

"Can’t the Uesugi family handle this?" Sister Bel asked.

"If we forcefully do this, we should be able to, but the other two families will definitely not sit idly by. It will also easily provoke dissatisfaction from all sides, after all, this is considered forcefully interfering with the Soga family’s traditional influence," Heya responded.

Chu Jiang thought for a moment, "If I make this request to the Soga family, what conditions might they offer in return?"

"Ghost Abyss," Hinagiku said without hesitation.

"The location of the Ghost Abyss is in Mie Prefecture, Nagoya. Since ancient times, it has been the core territory governed by the Soga family. Now it is occupied by an S-class ghost, causing the greatest pressure for the Soga family," Heya explained.

Chu Jiang shook his head, "It seems like no matter what path we take, we can’t avoid this Ghost Abyss."

However, he didn’t immediately agree to do it, and only said, "I’ll consider it for a few days. If there’s a need afterward, I’ll contact the Soga family through you."

"Alright, if Mr. Chu has any requests during this time, feel free to bring them up," Heya understood that Chu Jiang meant to politely dismiss them and stood up.

Hinagiku was a bit reluctant to leave so soon. She had heard a lot of stories about Chu Jiang in this country, and she was also very interested in her own ancestors, hoping to learn more from Chu Jiang.

The girl stared at herself with an eager expression, not hiding her excitement at all. Although Chu Jiang didn’t know what she wanted to do, he still said, "If you need something from me, wait outside first."

Hinagiku nodded repeatedly.

After the siblings left the room, Chu Jiang looked at the paper person, Sister Bel.

"I have a very serious question. I don’t know what Two Realms Bell looks like, and neither do you. If they really gather all the Honping Bells in the country, how can we find the real one?"

Although Chu Jiang had heard the bells of Two Realms Bell, he couldn’t guarantee that he could easily distinguish which bell sound was Two Realms Bell’s among tens of thousands of bell sounds.

What if there are similar or almost identical sounds?

Otherwise, can Chu Jiang find someone to record the sounds of all the shrines? Of course, this is also a huge and complicated task…

Sister Bel smiled under her hood, "We mortals may not be able to tell, but the gods can. As long as you can gather all the bells together, I can pray to the gods and let them send a miracle to indicate which one is the Two Realms Bell."

This made Chu Jiang furrow his brow slightly. Besides the possibility of someone forcefully taking it, there was also the difficulty of preventing them from secretly swapping the real one with a fake one.

If we really have to do this, let’s manually check it ourselves first. If that doesn’t work, let’s see if we can bring Mr. Xu over. He doesn’t need to do anything, just to identify it.

Next, Chu Jiang and Sister Bel continued to discuss. He asked Holy Word Religion to make one last effort in these few days. If it really can’t be done, they’ll have to go to the Soga family.

After Sister Bel’s consciousness left the paper person, Chu Jiang put away the flyers and called the cute girl waiting outside.

As soon as Hinagiku heard the sound, she excitedly walked in with an excited expression.

Then she sat down seriously in front of Chu Jiang and said earnestly, "Although there are many questions I want to ask Captain Chu, what Hinagiku wants to ask the most at this moment is what did Xu Fu ancestors actually look like? I have serious doubts about the authenticity of the family portrait. It looks almost like an old immortal."

"What did you say?!" Chu Jiang’s face changed, Xu Fu? He didn’t hear wrong, did he?

Hinagiku suddenly became anxious, not knowing where she went wrong. She immediately lowered her head and said, "I apologize, where did Hinagiku make a mistake?"

Chu Jiang waved his hand, "No, no, I meant to ask if you’re sure your ancestors were named Xu Fu?"

Hinagiku looked puzzled and raised her head, as if she was looking at a fish who had slipped through the net of nine years of compulsory education. "Yes, Xu Fu. The one who went to Eastern Yingzhou to help the first emperor find the elixir of immortality. Isn’t he famous in Jiuzhou?"