Inuyasha: My job stats have no limits.

Good morning!

After regaining consciousness, the two first went to the river to wash up.

"Lord Inugami, we, the villagers of Kawano Village, sincerely worship you. May Lord Inugami's cultivation be successful, and may you soon become one of the eight million gods, joining the ranks of all deities!"

"We also pray that the Dog God will have mercy and protect us, so that our village of Kawano will have good weather and abundant harvests, and will no longer suffer from the torment of those evil spirits!"

"At the same time, I would also like to thank Lord Inugami for removing those demons from Kawano Village, so that Kawano Village will no longer suffer from the harm of evil spirits."

When Bai Lan, who was washing up, faintly heard the sound coming from beside her, she was stunned and hadn't even reacted yet.

Then he saw a wisp of mist drifting from the direction of Kawano Village, as if anchored to Bai Lan, and without warning merged into him.

The flavor is rich and intense; with just a gentle inhale, a warm sensation instantly floods your entire body, and every pore on your body opens up.

It felt like a cat smelling the scent of catnip...

It smells so good... I'm so full...

Neither the food I ate at [Apocalypse] before nor the roast chicken I had yesterday could compare to this taste.

They're not even in the same league!

99.9% perfect, a rare find!

After absorbing the cloud of smoke, Bai Lan was immediately dizzy and disoriented. She lost her balance and fell into the river in front of her.

A somewhat dilapidated village vaguely appeared in my mind, where the old man who had knelt in the mountain god temple praying for a grandson was now leading the whole village in holding incense and devoutly worshipping the shrine.

The words I just heard were spoken by this old man.

"This is... the power of incense offerings and prayers?!"

Bai Lan popped her head out of the water, her long silver hair splashing water all over Kikyo's face.

However, she wasn't annoyed. She simply raised her sleeve and slowly wiped her face, then softly asked:

"What happened that could cause a half-demon like you to lose your balance and fall into the water? That's quite rare."

Bai Lan did not answer, because a message was popping up on the panel system at that moment.

【Occupation: Inugami (God of Incense)】

[Job Requirements: ???]

That's it?Gone?

I only impersonated Inugami once, and you actually gave me the "Inugami" job?

However, this job is extremely unusual. Apart from the job title, nothing else is displayed, not even the job requirements.

Bai Lan remained silent for a long while before carefully choosing her words:

"Witch, what if someone led the entire village to worship me..."

Before she could finish speaking, Kikyo also frowned her beautiful brows. After a quick glance at the situation, she immediately knew what had happened.

"What happened yesterday made everyone in Kawano Village set up a shrine to you, and they even want to lead the whole village to worship you, the dog god?"

"If I'm not mistaken, it should be."

"It's neither a good thing nor a bad thing."

Hearing Kikyo's voice, Bai Lan nodded, unsure whether it was a good thing or a bad thing.

"However, I really don't know much about this... but there should be someone nearby who knows about it."

"Who?"

"The owner of a shrine, who is also the deity I need to visit on this trip."

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After washing up, the two did not rush to leave.

First, a fire was lit in the corner, and clothes were hung on a wooden rack by the fire to dry. At the same time, the leftover roast chicken from last night was skewered with branches and placed on the fire to reheat.

The two ate quietly by the fire, put their clothes back on, and then headed toward the shrine that Kikyo had mentioned.

The journey isn't far; it's just ahead.

More than ten minutes later,

A long stone staircase appeared before us, stretching upwards from the foot of the mountain and disappearing into the depths of the trees.

When we reached the end, an ancient shrine finally came into view.

Just as they were about to step into the shrine grounds, a figure slowly emerged from behind a side pillar.

She was a girl dressed in a dark shrine maiden's outfit, with a cold and beautiful appearance, black hair and black eyes, and wearing emerald beads and a deep red knot.

She looked at Kikyo, her gaze scrutinizing:

"If I'm not mistaken, you're Kikyo, right?!"

"As a priestess, your duty is not here; this is not a place for you!"

"Besides..."

Her gaze passed over Kikyo and landed on Shiraran: "This guy must be a demon..."

Chapter 55 Oh, you guys have really made this god suffer!

"Half-demon?"

The shrine maiden who came out of the shrine was originally full of hostility towards Kikyo, but when she saw Shiraishi's face, she was speechless and couldn't come back to her senses for a long time.

Can a man be this beautiful?

Although she spends most of her time in the shrine, she often travels to train and exorcise demons, and has seen many humans and demons, but she has never seen such a beautiful half-demon!

Her long, silvery-white hair was like silk woven from moonlight; her eyebrows and eyes were clean and bright; she exuded an irresistible charm, as if she had stepped out of a painting.

My heart started pounding uncontrollably, as if a little deer was running rampant inside me.

I want to hear his voice, I want to gaze at his face, I want to touch his skin... I want to be with him forever!

From the moment I saw Bai Lan, a burning desire ignited in my mind, almost snapping the string of reason.

"You must be Tsubaki."

Kikyo didn't know why the other party was hostile towards her, but she still greeted them with a smile.

"I've heard your master talk about you; you're a very powerful priestess."

But Chun completely ignored Kikyo, cupped her hands to her heart, and looked at Bai Lan with infatuation: "Um... what's your name?"

"..."

Kikyo was silent for a moment, then reminded him, "He's a half-demon, and also the kind of demon you hate..."

"No, he's different!"

Hearing the shrine maiden utter those words without thinking, Kikyo finally realized that Shirayama possessed an irresistible charm that no woman could resist.

When they first met, she almost turned into a priestess like she is now, but fortunately her Dao heart was strong enough to prevent it from happening.

Looking back now, it seems like sorcery!

Bai Lan was also helpless towards the witch who had come to her door uninvited and seemed to be under a spell; it was another problem with [Xi Ji].

How come even a shrine maiden can't resist it... Didn't Kikyo easily neutralize this bewitching power?

In the original story, this shrine maiden named Tsubaki was indeed famous, and was said to be one of the two strongest shrine maidens, alongside Kikyo.

The result now seems to show that the gap is too obvious, similar to the difference between Qiao Feng in the North and Murong Fu in the South.

[Skin problems] have really caused me a lot of trouble.

Just as the shrine maiden was relentlessly pursuing Shiran, a shikigami emerged from the shrine. It first greeted Kikyo and Shiran, then forcibly dragged Tsubaki away from there.

"Wait a minute, his name... I don't know his name yet."

Even a shikigami with no emotions couldn't stand seeing such a shameful shrine maiden, especially since she was supposed to be her master's disciple.

"Chun, please restrain yourself. Although I know you have reached the point where you can reproduce, now is not the time."

"Bai Lan is my partner," Kikyo sighed. She couldn't stand it anymore; they had completely disgraced the priestess.

"Bai Lan, wait for me!"

Ignoring Chun's clamor, the shikigami left those words and took her away.

"Lady Kikyo, Lady Hakuran, Master is waiting for you."

Without the shrine maiden's interference, Kikyo led Hakuran to the main hall with practiced ease.

The main hall was smaller than I had imagined. There were no superfluous furnishings inside, only a plain white gauze curtain hanging down in the center, separating the inner room from the outside.

A person was sitting behind the curtain; their face was obscured, only a vague outline of a seated figure could be discerned.

"It's Kikyo, long time no see."

"Senior Yae, how have you been lately?"

...

Kikyo led Hakuran to sit down and first caught up with him, chatting about what she had seen and learned during her recent trip. She then brought up the village of Kawa and the incense and prayer power on Hakuran's body.

As Kikyo recounted her story, Shirai could clearly sense that the shrine master before her was gradually turning his curious gaze toward her.

It's like being curious about why Kikyo is with him... and why she's willing to bring him to the shrine.

This is a very rare occurrence for a shrine maiden.

Not to mention it's a bellflower...

It wasn't until the entire village of Kawano was described in detail that the shrine master, Yae, finally understood.

She then pondered for a while, and after about thirty seconds, she slowly spoke.

"I cannot offer any advice."

"However, I can explain it to you in a general way. Since they have already set up a shrine for you and worship you as a [dog god], what you need to do next is to respond to these villagers and then fulfill the wishes of the incense offerings."

"The deeper their faith, the more incense offerings and prayers they accumulate, the greater the spiritual rewards you will receive."