HLnovel Chapter 579 Breakthrough Progress
Chapter 579 Breakthrough Progress
"The most important thing about worshipping Buddha is not the actions, but sincerity."
"As the saying goes, sincerity brings results, and if you're not sincere... well, we've already lit several sticks of incense, so it should be quite effective."
"Hmm...is that so?"
"That's right."
The fox girl solemnly clasped her hands together and bowed three times before the Buddha statue whose name she didn't know. She then whispered to the cat girl beside her.
Nan Jiayu didn't understand at all whether this was the correct way to say "worshiping Buddha," but since Tian Qing had said so, she would just accept it as such.
Muttering to himself all the wishes he could think of, Nan Jiayu bowed three times to the Buddha statue in a very serious manner. Just as he was about to leave the hall with the fox spirit beside him, the two looked up and saw a notice board introducing the hall—
I didn't understand the other characters for the time being; I only saw the name of this hall: [Hall of Marriage].
"……Um?"
Suspicion, cat suspicion.
The fox girl suddenly realized, while the cat girl seemed a little flustered.
The golden fox has transformed into a cat keychain.
Nan Jiayu had no idea why this temple scenic area would build a marriage hall halfway up the mountain, nor did she know if praying to the Buddha was actually effective, but judging from Tian Qing's cheerful expression beside her, it seemed that it might actually have some effect? She didn't quite understand.
"Chirp chirp, are you only going to the Marriage Hall for such a short time?"
Sparrow Dad was taking a selfie on the steps in front of the palace gate when he saw the cat and fox appear in the frame and quickly hopped around to look at them.
"Yes, isn't it enough to just offer a simple prayer?" Nan Jiayu said, puzzled. "Is there some other custom involved in worshipping at this Marriage Temple?"
"There are so many! Hehe, I know quite a bit about this. What kind of marriage are you two hoping for?"
The little sparrow hopped around and flapped its wings a few times. It seemed to have a very high level of knowledge in this area, and it chattered on and on about a lot of specific ways of worship.
"If you don't have a sweetheart yet and want to find your match in the Marriage Hall, you should silently pray for the Bodhisattva's blessing three times before entering. After entering, first bow three times to the main statue, then turn around and bow three times to the portrait on the door behind you. Remember to turn clockwise when you turn around! After bowing, leave directly. This will ensure a smooth journey."
"If you've already found your sweetheart and want to take things to the next level, don't chant anything before entering the house. First, bow to the portrait, then to the Buddha, and always go clockwise. But when you leave, deliberately hook your right foot on the threshold. This way, you can smoothly capture your sweetheart's heart."
Listening to Sparrow Dad's detailed description, down to the specific actions, and hearing his earnest and seemingly reasonable explanation, Su Tianqing felt as if she had suddenly understood something. She quickly pulled the catgirl next to her closer and asked:
"Then...if I come to the Marriage Temple with my sweetheart, is there any special way to pray?"
"Hmm? Chirp chirp chirp, it seems Miss Fox already has an idea~ Then let me teach you a little secret! I used this method to confess to Sasha's mom back then."
The sparrow father excitedly flapped his wings a few times, then approached the cat-fox and explained everything in detail.
When Hua Ling and Sa Sha carried two incense sticks taller than a person to the front of the hall, they looked up at the cat and fox who were performing a mysterious ritual in front of the hall and then walked into the Marriage Hall side by side. Question marks appeared on their heads at the same time.
"Sister Tianqing? What were those two doing just now?"
"I don't know... Dad, what are you standing there for?"
Sasha walked over to her little father, puzzled, and poked him with her wingtip, who was standing there in a daze. She then spoke up.
Sparrow Dad glanced at his daughter and Hua Ling beside her, then turned to look at Su Tianqing and Nan Jiayu, who had already entered the Marriage Hall. He looked at Sasha seriously and then said:
"Sasha, you've been to school and learned more than your dad. Do beastmen incubate eggs like us winged people?"
"Dad, what are you talking about? Only we winged people in the world know how to incubate eggs. Orcs are all... um..." Sasha felt a little embarrassed about the second half of her sentence, so she selectively interrupted the narration and changed the subject with a new question.
"Wait, why are you suddenly asking this?"
"Oh, that's it! Miss Fox and Miss Cat, they went into the Marriage Hall together!" Sparrow Dad pointed to the entrance of the Marriage Hall with his wingtip, his face full of confusion.
Sasha glanced into the hall and saw the cat and fox devoutly bowing with their palms together in front of the Buddha statue. She then noticed them each beginning to bow in different directions within the hall, and even more questions arose in her mind.
Is this some kind of mysterious ritual from a temple in Chengdu? I can't understand it at all.
Hana Rin instantly understood everything. With a satisfied smile, she pulled the winged father and daughter aside and whispered everything she knew.
"What? So it turns out that Sister Tianqing and Sister Jiayu..."
"Shh, Sasha, don't tell anyone. Although everyone knows about this, and Sister Tianqing has tacitly agreed that we all know, saying it out loud will take away a lot of the fun of shipping this couple," Hualing quickly made a shushing gesture and whispered.
Sasha seemed to understand something, nodding repeatedly and remaining silent. Sparrow Dad didn't even say a word, only watching with amazement Su Tianqing and Nan Jiayu, who were holding a mysterious ceremony at the exit of the Marriage Hall.
After a long silence, Sparrow Dad muttered to himself:
"Chirp chirp... Is this the trendy lifestyle of city dwellers...?"
Whether it's trendy or not, Su Tianqing felt that she and Xiaoyu had a lot of fun.
They met on the steps in front of the Marriage Hall. The fox girl praised the two sticks of incense that Hua Ling and Sa Sha were carrying. She tentatively weighed the two sticks in her hand and saw how easily Nan Jia Yu held one in each hand. She immediately gave up the idea of "Let's go buy one too!"
This thing is incredibly heavy. Little Fish can carry it around and play with it, but if I were to carry this thing up the steps to the main hall at the top of the mountain to burn incense and pray to Buddha... Little Fish would probably have to carry me down the mountain to get down safely.
"Little sister Hualing, why are you two carrying such big incense sticks?" Su Tianqing asked curiously.
"This...?"
Hua Ling scratched her cheek with a wry smile, glanced at her father, Sparrow, who was skipping and hopping along beside Sasha, and said:
"It was Sasha's dad's idea. He said that if you want to do business, you have to burn three sticks of incense at the temple. One stick is burned at the top of the mountain, another stick is placed in front of a special hall, and the last stick is burned at the mountain gate when you go down the mountain."
"Wow, it sounds so complicated, but it's also pretty exciting!" Su Tianqing exclaimed.
Although superstition is unacceptable in one's own worldview, this is a world with magic and star gods. Who knows, Sparrow Dad's actions might actually bring the star gods' protection... who knows?
The steps leading to the top of the mountain are not very long.
Climbing up from the Marriage Hall halfway up the mountain, when they reached the square in front of the main hall where incense was burning brightly, Sparrow's father hopped along, pulling Sasha Flower Bell to burn incense. Su Tianqing and Nan Jiayu stood by the viewing platform, gazing at the entire view of the main hall and marveling at the secluded scenery of this temple scenic area.
Then, he casually brought up the matter that Sasha had mentioned earlier.
"Sasha saw Bai Lili's post last night," Su Tianqing murmured, in a voice only she and Nan Jiayu could hear.
Nan Jiayu squinted, her cat-like pupils shrinking to needle-like slits in the afternoon sunlight, making her gaze appear especially sharp.
"I overheard your conversation just now, but I don't think... this proves anything," Nan Jiayu honestly stated her thoughts.
"Although I also find this a bit unbelievable, we've experienced too many strange things lately, and this 'coincidence' that can't even be explained by theory has occurred at such a sensitive time. Don't you think this is a very 'coincidence' in itself, Xiaoyu?"
Nan Jiayu pursed her lips, her cat tail curled behind her, pondering what Tian Qing had said.
In the golden-haired fox girl's imagination, she proposed a statement so audacious that even she herself would exclaim, "How is this possible?" upon hearing it:
Last night, Garuda dragged Bai Lili from distant Shanghai into the Dreamlike Vision, and Sasha also 'followed' Bai Lili while browsing the forum last night.
If there is a connection between these two events, perhaps Sasha's "attention" is Garuda's way of selecting victims of the illusion.
"This...isn't this a bit too bizarre?" Nan Jiayu said in a low voice, maintaining a skeptical attitude.
"Although she has outstanding magical talent, she is ultimately just an ordinary person. Even if Garuda has been watching her for so long, there's no reason for her to possess such powerful abilities, plus..."
After a brief pause, Nan Jiayu looked up at the winged woman Sasha, who was carrying a large incense stick and sticking it into the incense burner, and then at her sparrow father beside her, who was spreading his wings as if praying devoutly. Her brows furrowed slightly.
"The Hero Association is currently closely monitoring her movements. If Sasha's 'attention' truly possessed this level of power, the Hero Association should have detected it long ago."
"So that's what you're thinking, Little Fish... How about we try a different approach?" Su Tianqing narrowed her eyes, patted the catgirl's back with her fox tail, and said softly.
"What if this ability wasn't activated by Sasha herself, but by Garuda?"
silence.
think.
The catgirl's ears perked up, and she turned to look at the golden fox girl beside her, her cat eyes revealing a look of utter shock.
"Sasha's attention is just a normal fan behavior, but if Garuda's gaze [just happens] to be directed at the person she was paying attention to that day—"
Su Tianqing continued,
"...We can conduct an experiment."
"What experiment?" Nan Jiayu asked hastily.
My mind was already a jumbled mess of possibilities, and my cat brain was overloaded. When I heard Tian Qing suddenly propose a seemingly reliable plan, I immediately placed all my hopes on this "experiment".
Su Tianqing grinned and whispered:
"Today we're going to deliberately make Sasha 'pay attention' to a specific magical girl."
"—How about Fenrir and Alice?"