Shen Yuan's expression stiffened for a moment, then his brow slightly furrowed as he looked at the beautiful shrine maiden kneeling on the ground.
"Have you mistaken me for someone else?"
The kneeling Noro Mai's voice was devout, not the slightest bit shaken by Shen Yuan's words.
"You are the great Father of All Gods, creator of The Lord of the Gods Path and everything upon this Ying Island region.
The Lord of the Gods Path has long engraved your image into the soul of every miko, and even if faith were to decline, it would be impossible to mistake your identity."
Before Shen Yuan could react, the gathered populace of Luliang City began to kneel on the ground following Noro Mai's action.
Cultivators, nobles, merchants, and commoners alike, all of them pressed their foreheads to the ground as if on a pilgrimage, chanting in unison with Noro Mai:
"We pay our respects to the Father of All Gods!"
