Chapter 595
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Chapter 595: What is a Cowherd?
Suicide crime, number, Pure Land, the grace of the divine…
These elements, each one of them, do not seem like the result of normal social development. The entire history of Japan has been fractured since a hundred years ago, and then these inexplicable things began to emerge one after another.
What exactly happened in Japan a hundred years ago?
What is the Pure Land?
Thoughts surged in his mind, and Lin Qiye increasingly felt that his first impression of this place was correct.
Beneath this tranquil and peaceful exterior, there must be some extremely dangerous secret hidden.
Perhaps this is the reason why the future king sent him here?
Lin Qiye pondered for a long time and finally wrote a sentence on the paper:
—I want to go out for a walk.
Now, Lin Qiye felt like a lost person shrouded in mist, completely unaware of everything around him. After hearing these things from Yuzuna, he felt an inexplicable urgency in his heart.
He wanted to understand what was really going on here.
Now he no longer had a language barrier; as long as he acted cautiously, he shouldn’t encounter any major problems. Staying in this container wouldn’t lead to much progress either, so he wanted to experience this mysterious city for himself.
Yuzuna thought for a moment and continued writing on the paper:
—If you want to leave, of course you can, but do you have a place to go at night? Do you have any money on you?
Lin Qiye was taken aback.
—No.
—Don’t look at me like that; we don’t have any money either, and we can’t help you with anything.
Seeing the hopeful look in Lin Qiye’s eyes, Yuzuna quickly wrote this sentence, her small face serious, almost crossing her arms and saying “damn it!”
Lin Qiye sighed in frustration.
—It’s okay, I’ll find a way to get money myself. Thank you for helping me.
When Yuzuna saw this sentence, her expression softened a bit. She picked up her pen and wrote two characters, but her face suddenly flushed, and she didn’t continue writing.
She murmured softly, “Actually, with your looks, if you became a host, you’d definitely be very popular and could easily make a lot of money…”
Lin Qiye was taken aback.
Confusion arose in his heart.
Host?
What is that?
Is it very profitable?
Note it down; maybe he could try it out someday…
Of course, Lin Qiye pretended not to have heard it.
Yuzuna didn’t write this down to tell Lin Qiye because she instinctively felt it was inappropriate, so she crossed out those two characters and rewrote:
—Since you’ve made up your mind, then go ahead.
Lin Qiye stood up from his seat, smiled slightly at Yuzuna, and turned to leave.
At that moment, Grandma Tsuru, who was sitting in a chair, trembled and stood up. Yuzuna immediately stepped forward to support her.
“Please wait a moment,” Grandma Tsuru said hoarsely.
She leaned on the chair and walked to the edge of the container, rummaging for a long time before pulling out a glass bottle tied with a beautiful ribbon. Then she slowly bent down and carefully placed several paper cranes on the ground into the bottle.
She handed the bottle filled with paper cranes to Lin Qiye, a smile appearing on her wrinkled face.
“Guests have come, and we haven’t been able to take care of you properly. Please accept this small token of our appreciation.”
Lin Qiye stood frozen in place.
Yuzuna thought Lin Qiye couldn’t hear Grandma Tsuru’s words, so she quickly picked up her pen and wrote this sentence, showing it to Lin Qiye, while adding:
—Grandma Tsuru used to be a craftsman who folded paper cranes. These cranes could have sold for some money decades ago. Although no one buys them now, it’s still a small token of her appreciation. Please accept it.
Lin Qiye stared at the exquisite paper cranes for a long time, then reached out and took the bottle in his hand.
He then politely bowed slightly to Grandma Tsuru.
Grandma Tsuru’s smile became even brighter. She trembled and bent down, lower than Lin Qiye, her silver hair cascading down, emitting a faint glow in the dim light.
At the same time, Yuzuna beside her also politely bowed to Lin Qiye. Under her old black cherry blossom kimono, her frail body almost bent at a right angle as she softly said:
“Please take care.”
Lin Qiye had never seen the etiquette of Japanese people sending off guests and felt a bit awkward. After hesitating for a moment, he turned and pushed open the container door, stepping outside.
Inside the container, the old woman and the young girl bowed, watching Lin Qiye’s figure gradually disappear from view.
…
Lin Qiye left the desolate area where the container was located and glanced at the neon-lit night sky in the distance. After hesitating for a moment, he walked in the opposite direction.
This city was bustling; even at night, the city center was still filled with lights and revelry, not much different from the modern metropolises of the Great Xia.
But Lin Qiye didn’t want to experience the nightlife of a foreign country right now; he had more important matters to verify.
He walked straight along the path he had come, heading toward the sea. After about twenty minutes, he returned to the rocky shallows where he had first been washed ashore.
Standing on the shallows, the rolling waves crashed against the shore, making a rustling sound. Lin Qiye gazed at the pitch-black sea in the distance, his eyes narrowing slightly.
To understand what was going on in this country and where the mist had gone, the most direct way was, of course, to look at the end of the sea.
Perhaps he could also find traces of other team members.
He gently raised his palm and pointed into the void.
A wisp of cloud energy gathered beneath his feet.
【Cloud of Nimbus】.
The moment he activated the Forbidden Ruins, Lin Qiye suddenly trembled, a sense of unprecedented crisis enveloping his heart!
A gaze filled with pressure suddenly descended from the void, landing in this area, as if some mysterious existence in the night sky was gradually awakening, carefully searching for something.
Something was looking for him!
The moment that gaze appeared, Lin Qiye’s hair stood on end, and his heart nearly leaped out of his chest. He instinctively stopped the operation of the Forbidden Ruins, and the cloud energy that had just gathered in front of him suddenly dissipated.
Whoosh—!
In the darkness, the waves continued to crash against the shallows. Lin Qiye stood there quietly, like a statue, completely motionless.
As the Forbidden Ruins ceased to operate, the existence in the void seemed to lose its target, carefully scanning the area, passing over Lin Qiye’s body without detecting anything unusual, and then slowly dissipated…
Only after confirming that the gaze had disappeared did Lin Qiye dare to move. At this moment, his back was already soaked with sweat.
He looked up at the dark sky, his expression extremely grave.
What was that just now?
Previously, Lin Qiye had not sensed the existence of that thing until he activated the Forbidden Ruins, and that feeling became unprecedentedly strong.
Could it be that the appearance of that thing was related to the Forbidden Ruins?
