Temple Girl
36. Into Dreams

Autumn seemed to be coming to an end when Chiharu exhaled, puffing smoke flying through the air. The cold winter he dislikes is coming soon, the cold that bites his bones, the sadness of past memories, to the tragedy of the loss of Mr. Qi. Happens in this season, not just the body that feels dead. Deep within her heart, the girl sensed that something had died and decayed.

The feeling is always not good, although it is not always felt. Loneliness creeps in the recesses of his soul, empties his heart, and corrupts it by showing bad memories. In the end after that bad feeling lunged over, the girl sighed. Relieves the uneasy feeling in his heart, dismissing anything in there.

"Want tea, miss?" realizing his bad feelings, Fu offered the most calming thing.

Chiharu smiled, nodded and then closed the window because the wind felt more biting, severe if until he got sick again. And it was also strange that her head came back strange when the girl felt no objection after the forced kiss of the brash demon, come on their relationship is not that close so the fox demon makes such physical contact to him. And again, it sucks when Chiharu is unable to stare at the man there for less than five seconds.

As the yellowish liquid was delivered, Chiharu sniffed and enjoyed the smoke billowing from there. It feels boring when in the season like this it feels impossible to do exercises, especially flushing themselves over the waterfall. Making Chiharu realize that he is still a human, it feels like he suddenly became so strong that he can hit the head of the God Lukos.

"Does it feel so boring when you can't do anything?" true, this man was the one who banned any activities for Chiharu. With reason, because the girl is still in recovery.

Honestly, Chiharu wants to back up to the man, showing that he is not too friendly so that Gin is not more attached. However, for some reason it was difficult to be ordinary when the sun-red netra was glaring firmly at him. "I felt that I was so weak that if I didn't do anything like this. I'll be left far away and weaker." the girl sipped her tea, savored the delights and smiled as a peaceful feeling approached for a moment.

The man held out long fingers with nails sticking out there, his palm open facing Chiharu making the girl inevitably stare at what Gin was doing. Shocked when the yellow fire mixed with blue blazed slowly there, it felt able to warm the room until Chiharu stared in amazement, "Warm." he said feel comfortable.

"Aren't you reluctant to ask for my help?" the question sounded haughty, the biggest smile there. It was only this obvious that when Gin smiled and Chiharu was able to notice him, he only knew that there were fangs sticking out there.

Ah he was like this again, the red hue spread again to cause a strange feeling again. "Do you know why your Master Qi told you to bathe in a waterfall?"

Trying to neutralize her pounding heart the girl shook her head, never asking her the reason and never curious about the reason for Mr. Qi's decision whatever it was. "That man made your body capable of receiving the power of God, certainly so that he would leave you alone."

"Don't vilify Mr. Qi!" raung Chiharu, it was astonishing when the girl was able to hold back her emotions well.

Gin chuckled at having managed to at least make the girl have another expression, these last few days Chiharu always frowned her face. A pitiful gloomy aura surrounded him, swallowing up the cheerful Chiharu in the summer. To the point of being unrecognizable, maybe winter is bad for the girl.

"I'm kidding, but that's the reason. This time I will train you so that you can absorb spiritual energy easily. If you are able to absorb the power of a God without exploding, I can be sure your body is able to absorb more." the confused face imprinted clearly on Chiharu's face, thinking hard to make sense of their conversation.

"If I am able to absorb spiritual energy so easily, can I defeat Lord Lukos?" the question inevitably caused Gin's laughter to explode, the man burst into disarray. Tears came out from the sidelines of her net, making Chiharu frown.

What is so funny?!

About his face that question when Gin was still laughing at him, "You can even defeat the elders. Because spiritual energy is the foundation of everything, like air that can make you breathe. The water that makes you alive, as well as the spirituality of any creature.

"You know why I told you to absorb the spiritual energy that night? because I really hope you explode." the girl again scowled annoyed that Gin was such a bitch, see their relationship is not close at all. It's not a relationship where the two of them can kiss.

Staring at Chiharu, the man again chuckled amusedly. It felt good when the girl scowled, "but you didn't explode, it showed that you weren't a human being."

Gin again cupped Chiharu's reddish cheeks, feeling warm when the man's palm came into contact with Chiharu's skin. "But in fact you're alive now," a smile unraveled from Gin's face.

"Don't say that life is not yours, it's yours. No matter where it comes from, you're still Chiharu."

Gin's words of wisdom suddenly made Chiharu speechless, her tongue felt faint. And a feeling of happiness exploded in his chest, "What the hell! You look like an old man." inevitably the girl smiled because her feelings are really getting better at the moment.

The oddity again sounded relaxed, "I am indeed an old man when compared to you." It seems like Gin has lived for more than three thousand years and the man does not know when this life will end for him.

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The two are now sitting face to face in the temple, thick clothes do not escape from Chiharu because the girl is easily cold. After thinking this was the first time Chiharu had enjoyed the winter after he returned to the human world, the girl did not feel the difference of seasons when in the sky world until Chiharu forgot the taste. Only, he never forgot the memories of this season.

Almost a year after he had lived a new life as a God after five years of training from Master Zhi in the sky world there, it felt so slow to him that he was only a human. Wondering how old Chiharu can survive.

The daydream was awakened when Gin placed the cup filled with water with paper beside the cup, "I will show you his theory first." the man raised the object filled with water, which he said, spilling it on paper until it is wet can no longer be used.

"The spiritual energy is this water, and this paper is your body. Then," Gin took out something from the blue hanfu pocket he was wearing, something that looked like incense wax. "This is a sleeping candle.

"As your first practice, you should be able to see the spiritual energy around you. If even you can't see it, how can you absorb it into your body." Looking at the paper that has now been soaked by water, Chiharu seems to have an easier time understanding what he is learning.

Gin got up from his seat, put the candle on a jug and started burning it. Now Chiharu understood why her mattress was held, why they did this exercise in her room. It turns out that Chiharu indeed had to fall asleep, whether now Gin was deceiving himself the girl did not care. He wanted to try it, I don't know what the outcome was.

"Now lie down," Gin softly sighed Chiharu, laying down the girl. "The dream you're going to have is not a pleasant one, but if you can face it and come back here. The process of seeing spiritual energy will be complete."

Chiharu's faint hearing was able to catch Gin's voice, she began to sleepy and her eyes seemed reluctant to open. His last vision was only the wooden ceiling of the temple, a temple he had built himself. Chiharu wants to be stronger, she wants to at least be able to protect what she loves.

Then the darkness takes itself away, leaving the real world until it reaches the recesses of its own heart. Smiling bitterly when feeling lonely, wanting to be loved, and wanting to be needed rushes to drown Chiharu. Making the girl cover both her ears, and a hand hugging her from behind.

A gentle hug from a woman, so similar to that girl. And it felt strange when the woman smiled gently, "Who?" Chiharu asked. His gaze was straight, staring at that figure.

"I'm your mother, Chiharu."

The To Be Continued...