Chapter 202

Once ready, Li Yue drew his Enma's Blade and slashed open Portal to Inazuma. On the other side of the Portal was Inazuma's Grand Narukami Shrine.

"Oh, so you finally came back."

The moment the Portal opened, Yae Miko appeared on the other side of Portal, then looked at Li Yue with a face full of resentment.

"As the new Thor of Inazuma, you really haven't given Inazuma any attention at all."

Li Yue's current identity is the new Thor of Inazuma, but after becoming Thor, he has never been to Inazuma, nor has he ever sent Makoto Raiden back to Inazuma. Even the previous Raiden Ei never returned to Inazuma. He finally came back once, but returned again not long after.

It's been so long, and you've finally decided to come back.

But who is Li Yue? Could such a trick by the fox work on Li Yue?

Li Yue stepped directly through the Portal and glared righteously at Yae Miko.

"As the new Thor's servant, shouldn't you help me, the new Thor, share some of the burden?!"

The Yae Miko was completely dumbfounded, even though it had been looking resentful just a second ago.

"You don't expect me, a member of your family, to help you look after Inazuma, do you?"

"Isn't that obvious!?"

Li Yue looked completely at ease.

"As a servant of Thor, you should naturally do Thor's work. Haven't you heard of servants doing things when there's work to be done, and being a servant when there's nothing to do?"

"I've never heard of that before."

Yae Miko looked at Li Yue speechlessly.

"Now you've heard it, okay?"

"..."

No way, this person isn't easy to fool.

Helpless, Yae Miko looked at Raiden Ei, who was following behind Li Yue.

"Hey Kage, aren't you going to care about Inazuma at all?"

"I am now Li Yue's shadow warrior, mainly responsible for protecting his safety."

Raiden Ei did not hesitate to shift the blame.

"Okay, so you finally decided to come back this time?"

Yae Miko also composed herself.

"That's right. I came back this time for the Lady Kitsune. You told me about it when I came back last time, so I also told Li Yue about it."

"It's good that you know."

Yae Miko rolled her Byakugan. Luckily, she had reminded Lei when Raiden Ei came back last time, otherwise she probably would still have forgotten.

After Li Yue and Raiden Ei came out of the Portal, Nahida also came out of the Portal. This was Nahida's first time in Inazuma. After landing, she looked around curiously.

"Let's go find Kikue first, that will make it easier to revive Lady Kitsune."

As Li Yue spoke, she walked to the edge of Grand Narukami Shrine, then jumped up and leaped down towards the foot of Mt. Yougou.

Below Mt. Yougou, where it meets the Rishou Island, there is a group of fox statues. That is the place where Kikue appeared in the original story.

To be precise, Kikue appeared because the Sacred Sakura Tree had accumulated too much filth, so it was time for a scheduled cleaning. Kikue would then try to clean up the filth and happened to catch the Blondie passing by. The huge exclamation mark above his head made it impossible for the Blondie to move.

But right now, Ying is working as a bodyguard for an expedition team in the Sumeru Desert.

After paving a path through the air with Spirit Path Creation and stepping on it a few times, Li Yue landed steadily. After Li Yue landed, two bolts of lightning struck, and Raiden Ei and Yae Miko appeared behind Li Yue. Finally, Nahida landed slowly and Yuyuko using her Wind Glider.

Unfortunately, although Nahida has learned to use Dendro element for violent combat under Li Yue's guidance, she can only glide and land using Wind Glider for the time being.

"As the Guuji of Grand Narukami Shrine, you should know the locations of the Sakura Cleansing Ritual."

Li Yue turned her head to look at the Yae Miko behind her.

"I know that there is a place for the Sakura Cleansing Ritual below Konda Village."

"Great, let's go straight to that location."

From here you can see the fox statue on the outskirts of Konda Village, but unfortunately there is no ghost at the statue's location. Since there is no ghost, we can only go and check the places that need to be exorcised first.

Yae Miko led the way, taking Li Yue and Raiden Ei towards Konda Village. After passing through Konda Village, they arrived at a hillside behind the Konda Village. At the bottom of the hillside, there was a very narrow entrance that led directly into the space below Konda Village.

"I never imagined there was a place like this here."

Raiden Ei was visiting such a place for the first time and was very curious about this underground space. Listening to Raiden Ei's words, Yae Miko began to speak in a sarcastic tone.

"After all, you are the God of Thunder, so high and mighty. How could you possibly know about a place like this? Only a poor person like me, who has been working hard in secret, would know about such a place."

Raiden Ei ignored her and looked at Li Yue instead.

Is the Lady Kitsune located here?

Li Yue looked around, used her Reiatsu to sense the surrounding situation, and then shook her head helplessly.

"Unfortunately, the Lady Kitsune is not here."

"Shall we go and look around somewhere else?"

"Um."

The Sakura Cleansing Ritual has several locations, surrounding Mt. Yougou in various parts of Narukami Island. In order to find the Fox Lady Kitsune, Li Yue and his companions ran to all the locations, but they still couldn't find it.

"That's strange, none of these locations are there, where could she be?"

After wandering around without finding anyone, Li Yue returned to Grand Narukami Shrine. Looking at Narukami Island Lady Kitsune, he couldn't help but wonder, "Could it be that Blondie is fixated on the Blondie and wants to follow him?"

"Is there any other place where Lady Kitsune might stay?"

Raiden Ei was getting a little anxious.

"There are only a few places in the Sakura Cleansing Ritual Ceremony, and we've been to all of them, but we still haven't found the Lady Kitsune."

Yae was also helpless. She also wanted to find the Lady Kitsune as soon as possible, but the problem was that she just couldn't find it. As for the fact that Li Yue's words were false, they hadn't thought about that, because Li Yue had no reason to lie to them.

"Wait, there's one more place."

Li Yue walked to the southeast side of Grand Narukami Shrine. Below this side was the central area of Mt. Yougou, where there was a huge pit. Inside the pit was the massive root of the Sacred Sakura Tree. At this moment, this huge pit was covered by water that was flashing with lightning.

This is also the final core location of the Sakura Cleansing Ritual. After the filth here is removed, Kikue will disappear along with the filth. Therefore, this is the most likely location where Kikue exists.

"That's right, and here too!"

355. The Priestess Kamisato Ayaka and the Priestess Kokomi

The structure of Mt. Yougou is quite peculiar. It is not a single mountain peak, but rather two side by side. Between these two side by side is a huge ravine, and at the very center of this ravine is a huge natural pit, which is surrounded by thick tree roots.

These are the roots of the Sacred Sakura Tree. These roots extend all the way from the backyard of Grand Narukami Shrine, covering almost the entire Mt. Yougou. Then, from the cave at the Mt. Yougou Inazuma, thus absorbing all the filth of Inazuma.

It can be said that the reason Inazuma is relatively peaceful now is entirely due to the constant absorption of filth by the Sacred Sakura Tree. Otherwise, Inazuma might not perish, but it would certainly be in great chaos, with the filth causing various effects throughout Inazuma. Even if Raijin frantically attacks to cleanse it, he will not be able to completely eliminate it.

Now, the point where the Sacred Sakura Tree converge is submerged beneath polluted water.

"This really looks like nuclear wastewater."

"Nuclear wastewater?"

"It's nothing, you don't need to worry about it."

When the Inazuma map was first released, Inazuma had various toxic waters. Players would continuously lose health in or even near these waters, and even Zhongli's shield couldn't protect them. Therefore, it was jokingly called "nuclear wastewater." What caused players to lose health was the resentment of the Inazuma Demon God and various filthy polymers.

The waters at Musoujin Gorge are filled with the resentment left behind by the dead serpent, causing the waters there to be highly poisonous. As for the Mt. Yougou, the polluted waters are formed by the Sacred Sakura Tree absorbing and gathering the filth of Inazuma.

How do I get rid of this?

Li Yue pointed to the water surface in front of her, which was not filled with Electro element, and asked Yae Miko.

"This is the final core point of the Sakura Cleansing Ritual, and also the place where the filth of the entire Sacred Sakura Tree is most concentrated. In order to lower the water level here, we must first clear the surrounding nodes so that the water here can be drained."

"Does this mean that even if Blondie doesn't run errands anymore, I have to run errands too?"

Li Yue was speechless when she heard Yae Miko's words. She had thought of having the Blondie Ying run the errand, but Ying didn't come, so she had to run it in Ying's place.

It's out of the question!

Li Yue pointed to Yae Miko.

"You, go and perform the Sakura Cleansing Ritual."

"Ah?"

Yae Miko looked completely bewildered.

"Should I go for the Sakura Cleansing Ritual?"

"Who else could it be but you? You are the Guuji of Grand Narukami Shrine, this is your job. Besides, you were the one who performed the Sakura Cleansing Ritual before. Don't think I don't know. So this time it's your job too. Go and resolve all the surrounding nodes, and then I'll handle this place. Understand?"

It's absolutely impossible to do it myself; these kinds of errand-running tasks should be left to professionals.

So, Yae Miko, it's you I've chosen!

When Yae no Yae Miko received Li Yue's order, her face immediately fell. She had been hoping that she wouldn't have to lift a finger during the Sakura Cleansing Ritual, but in the end, she still had to do it herself. This was different from what she had anticipated.

"Okay, hurry up and finish it."

After Li Yue gave the order, Yae Miko looked helplessly at Raiden Ei beside her.

"Yae Miko, hurry up!"

Raiden Ei urged him on expressionlessly, looking completely at ease.

Yae Miko was so angry at Li Yue and Raiden Ei that she put her hands on her waist.

"Very well, very well. You big shots can just talk, unlike me, who is just a poor little fox and has to obey the orders of you two big shots."

"Now that you know who you are, hurry up and do it!"

Li Yue didn't sense anything was wrong and urged him again.

"You wouldn't want Lady Kitsune to remain filthy forever, would you?"

"Tsk."

After clicking his tongue in exasperation, Yae Miko turned and prepared to leave.

"No need to run, I'll take you there."

To increase the efficiency of the Yae, Li Yue directly created several Portal in succession, leading from Grand Narukami Shrine to the nodes that needed to be addressed first during the Sakura Cleansing Ritual.

Because Yae Miko had taken Li Yue to every node in order to find Kikue, Li Yue could directly open the Portal.

"Thank you so much."

Looking at the several Portal in front of him, Yae Miko gritted her teeth and expressed her "gratitude" to Li Yue.

"You're welcome. I'll keep these Portal open. Once you've dealt with one, you can immediately return to the next one. You don't need to worry about running away."

"Alright, Yae Miko, hurry up and go."

The two urged her again, Yae Miko could only grit her teeth and prepare for the Sakura Cleansing Ritual.

For Yae no Yae Miko, Sakura Cleansing Ritual was something she was supposed to do. However, she used to do it at her own pace, but this time she was being urged to do it, which made her feel very unhappy.

However, there was nothing she could do even if she was unhappy, because both Li Yue and Raiden Ei would be watching her. Most importantly, she did want to bring back Lady Kitsune, so she had to rely on herself.

But!

Yae Miko couldn't possibly send herself alone, so she chose to call for reinforcements.

"Kamisato Ayaka and Kokomi, I'll have to trouble you two little ones to come with me."

"I will obey the orders of the Guuji."

Wearing red and white shrine maiden outfits, Kamisato Ayaka and Kokomi bowed their heads in respect to Yae Miko.

This scene piqued Li Yue's interest.

Kamisato Ayaka and Kokomi, one of them lost her position as Yashiro Commission and was brought into Grand Narukami Shrine by Yae Miko, mainly responsible for matters related to rituals, basically continuing to do the work of the former Yashiro Commission; the other, as a prisoner of war from Watatsumi Island, lost her position and title as the shrine maiden of the Sangonomiya and became the shrine maiden of Grand Narukami Shrine.

At that time, Yae Miko kept her to help him and said that he would train her to be a priestess to serve the god. However, the god she was to serve was the Thunder God, who is now Li Yue, who occupies the position of the Thunder God.

This made Li Yue very curious; she wondered what kind of state Kokomi had been in after being trained by the Yae Miko.

Seemingly sensing Li Yue's gaze, Kokomi looked up at Li Yue then bowed to her.

"Lord Thor."

"Um."