Temple

I felt relieved, but because the ship had been rocking for so long, I still had that shaky feeling when I stepped on land, and I walked like I was drunk.

Ai Jiangtu said, "Let's find a place to rest first. We shouldn't linger here too long. If they realize we're smuggled in from China, that would be troublesome."

Whether it was because of his jinxed words or because he brought up something he shouldn't have, just as Ai Jiangtu finished speaking, several Japanese officers who looked like policemen came over. They first glanced at the cruise ship docked in the harbor, and then walked towards him.

Jiang Shaoxu turned around and asked, "Do you speak Japanese?"

Tang Miao smiled and said, "Does 'Yama' count?"

Jiang Shaoxu wasn't some naive young girl. Seeing Tang Miao's smug look and hearing his words, she immediately rolled her eyes and cursed, "Get lost... you scoundrel!"

He simply shrugged at this, thinking to himself, "These days, you get scolded just for telling the truth?"

Jiang Shaoxu realized something was wrong and hurriedly told everyone to be quiet, then took the initiative to start a conversation with the police officer.

Jiang Shaoxu speaks fluent Japanese, and her tone, manner, and demeanor are just like those of a sexy and beautiful Japanese girl, with her eyes sparkling with a blend of innocence and allure.

"We are a cruise ship belonging to the Lin Group, and we have landing permission," Jiang Shaoxu said to the police officer with a mustache.

The officer with the mustache looked at them suspiciously and walked over to the others to question them. He came to Tang Miao and was about to ask him a question when flames suddenly burst forth around Tang Miao.

"A mage!?"

Although he was a policeman, in front of the monk, he was just a junior.

Upon seeing Tang Miao's flames and fierce expression, he lost all interest in questioning her and fled in disarray.

They all know some international languages, but they're all pretending to be Japanese. Speaking English would immediately reveal that you're a foreigner, which would obviously cause trouble.

Seeing Tang Miao scared away, Nan Jue said with a headache, "Brother, this isn't China anymore, and we came here illegally. Can't you be a little more discreet?"

Nan Jue couldn't bring herself to blame Tang Miao, this powder keg. After all, he was completely impervious to both soft and hard approaches... However, a gentle whisper was clearly more effective than a shouting match.

"You said it yourself, it's not in China. What the hell am I supposed to care?" Tang Miao shrugged nonchalantly, then added, "Besides, so many people are coming and going at the entire dock, why are these few officers checking them? They just saw a few pretty girls in our group, that's all. They deserve a lesson."

Nan Jue was exasperated and advised, "Alright, alright, we just landed here and we're all undocumented. It's best not to mess with the Japanese police. If we alert the Japanese Magic Association's Judgment Society, things will get tough for us."

"No way, those police officers wouldn't risk offending a mage for no reason."

Leaving the dock, just as Tang Miao had said, they passed through the checkpoint smoothly and entered Nishikuma City. After that, everyone was basically safe. The Japanese patrol police weren't going to be so idle as to arrest people and ask for their IDs. In other people's eyes, they were just a group of young people.

Hotels and guesthouses are not available; they require registration with identification, just like in China. Illegal guesthouses are practically nonexistent in this city near the Pacific Ocean.

Left with no other choice, these down-on-their-luck former elites found a temple halfway up the mountain, which took them in after they donated a considerable amount of money for incense.

The temple is called Yanming Temple. It is a typical Japanese temple with a stone gate at the foot of the mountain and marble steps leading straight up to the temple. The temple is not particularly large, and there are not many believers here. Apart from a few Japanese monks, it is full of these illegal immigrants!

In front of the temple are two stone-carved turtles, their size comparable to the guard lions. As everyone rested and prepared to get a good night's sleep, Tang Miao sat on the giant turtle's shell. From there, one could see the entire Nishikuma City, the jagged coastline, and the Pacific Ocean stretching into the distance. In simpler terms, this was a mountainside temple overlooking the sea!

"What... what are you doing? Get down! You can't sit on the Sacred Ghost! How can there be such an unruly pilgrim!" A monk with a fairly handsome appearance walked over and started blabbering at Tang Miao.

Although he couldn't understand what the creature was saying in its gibberish, it was clearly not a good thing. Tang Miao jumped to the ground, ignored it, and turned to head back to his residence.

The monk started babbling on and on, but when he felt a tingling sensation in his body, he immediately stopped talking.

Although he couldn't afford to fight, he certainly wouldn't tolerate the other party's endless nagging. Moreover, it was very likely that the other party was insulting him, something that was clearly intolerable!

The Thunder Seal emerged from the ground, and the monk lay on the ground, twitching intermittently... Clearly, he had no idea what was happening to him.

Just as Tang Miao was about to leave, a simple-looking girl with a high ponytail slowly walked up the mountain steps.

The girl had a sweet face, and even without any expression, she seemed to have two charming dimples.

She had a petite and delicate figure, and compared to mature beauties like Jiang Shaoxu and Mu Ningxue, she was much more youthful, but her fragility and slenderness made her even more pitiful.

However, Tang Miao had absolutely no interest in this girl. He had a vague memory of this place from the moment he saw Baxia. Although he didn't know much about other things, he clearly remembered that this girl could bewitch people.

The girl seemed not to have seen Tang Miao at all, and walked straight up to him.

After nightfall, the entire Yanming Temple was so quiet that not even the chirping of insects could be heard. The seaside city with its blooming flowers at the foot of the mountain seemed to have nothing to do with it. A few dim paper oil lamps lit up the dark mountain, swaying faintly, making it easy to ignore the existence of this place.

Just as Tang Miao was getting bored, Jiang Shaoxu walked over and, in a very familiar manner, pulled Tang Miao along, saying, "Come shopping with me!"

"Shopping? What shopping? I didn't say I was going shopping."

"I need to go to the city to buy some things. It's quite a distance from here. I'm a lone, weak woman. If I encounter some scoundrels who have designs on my beauty, like Guan Yu, how would I feel?" Jiang Shaoxu smiled, her foxy aura instantly spreading.

Watching Jiang Shaoxu toss her hair, her every move exuding an aura of "Hey young man, wanna go out with me?" Tang Miao raised an eyebrow. "Aren't you afraid I'll eat you up on the way?"

"Hey-hey..."

Jiang Shaoxu smiled, and instead of distancing herself, she put her arm around Tang Miao's arm and said, "Don't be afraid~ If you break into the house, I'll have my dad drag you back and marry me."

Tang Miao was speechless upon hearing this, then pulled his hand away and pinched her... saying, "You little hussy, if you keep acting so cocky, I'll give you a good spanking and then... you know... all the power you have then, it won't do you any good."