Chapter 389 - 225: Master Fan’s Daughter, Blood-Stained Burning Incense_1
[You quietly approach a few young ladies, spotting the drabness of their complexion and the raggedness of their clothes. Even though they seem to have made some considerable efforts with their appearance, they’re undeniably pretty compared to ordinary women; a quick glance is enough to tell you about the poverty they live in.]
[Whispers of a secretive conversation begin to reach your ears...]
[The women are discussing the conditions listed on the recruitment poster; the two most basic requirements, as you already know, are membership of the noble class and continuing maidenhood.]
[Other additional criteria include being good looking and having literacy skills.]
[Clearly, the women engaged in discussion here don’t qualify by these two requirements. However, their conversation suggests there could still be some room for maneuver ...]
[The incense at the ’Shishan Society’ is weak, and previous recruitment conditions were rather harsh. They’ve had a long dry spell without any suitable priestess.]
[This time, they may soften the criteria for recruiting a shrine maiden. After all, ’Fugang Castle’ is a remote place where the traditional customs of the ’Night Sleepover’ are prevalent among the backward people, and many of the common women can’t meet the two conditions.]
[The women’s conversation gradually veers off-topic, relating something like ’an unknown Yin Yang Master claimed that he could restore the virginity of potential shrine maidens. The women believed him, but ended up being cheated out of their money and virtue’...]
[After spending quite a while eavesdropping, without coming across any useful information, you pass through the Torii and continue up the mountain trail...]
[As soon as you cross the Torii, you feel an immense force sweep over your Shell.]
[A chill runs down your spine as you realize this is the sign of stepping into the ’Divine Domain.’]