Inuyasha's journey to immortality

"What's wrong with Naraku? It seems like he's really dying. It's time for me to find a way out for myself."

Outside the cave.

Kagura frowned slightly, thinking deeply.

She couldn't understand her old father more and more.

However, before she could think about it, countless tentacles shot out of the cave, and then wrapped around her legs and ankles with great precision, and then dragged her into the cave.

"N-Naru, what are you going to do?"

Kagura was so shocked that she was sweating profusely and her teeth were chattering.

Naraku lifted up his increasingly restless second daughter, brought it to him, and then said in a voice without any emotion:

"Kagura, don't forget, you are my clone. What you have done these days...are you trying to get back into my body?"

Earlier, this restless stupid woman allowed Inuyasha, Ali and others to return to Maple Village. Did she think he didn't notice at all?

When he thought about how he almost fell under A Li's two demon-breaking arrows, he felt scared for a while.

He was even more annoyed when he thought that the four soul fragments he used to resurrect Poison Master and Setsuna Menggan fell into the hands of that hateful human brat.

Now, that human kid actually staged a heroic rescue act because of his random arrangements?

Damn it!

This is simply unreasonable!

If Kagura had delayed him for a while longer that day, he wouldn't be in such a mess. If Kagura had not deliberately lost the three four soul fragments, his situation would undoubtedly be much better. You know, having three more fragments and losing three fragments have very different meanings to him now.

"Wait, wait...I, I, I...I won't make any decisions anymore."

Face to face with Naraku at almost zero distance, Kagura was filled with fear.

Trembling all over.

All distracting thoughts were suppressed deep in my heart.

"Remember, there won't be a second time!"

If it weren't for his dislike of ghost spiders, he really wouldn't mind absorbing the capable Kagura back into his body.

"Bastard Li Xia...bastard Li Xia..."

It ruins my good deeds!

snort!

…

the other side.

Where Platycodon and Li Xia are.

The former quickly changed from secret surprise to deep disappointment:

Turns out, it’s not InuYasha…

The girl's heart felt inexplicably painful.

And Li Xia, who once again hugged Platycodon's slender waist, also guessed something about this.

But he saw through it without saying anything, and he didn't intend to deliberately bring up some unhappy people or things to continue to sting.

"Miss Kikyo, do you need me to help you collect the dead souls of some girls to help you regain your body's mobility? Your little pets seem to have lost a lot this time."

When talking about those pure white dead soul insects, a dark color flashed in the girl's eyes.

In order to protect her, nearly ten little pets rushed forward one after another, and then they were all killed by the huge red mutated dead soul insect.

With the size of the little guys, she knew she couldn't win, but she had no intention of giving up on her.

The unswerving devotion of the many pure white dead soul insects to her was incomparable to the loyalty of another figure that was like a thorn in her heart.

With her little ones by her side, she feels very safe.

If it were another lonely figure who seemed to have the same problem as her...

Alas, the other party couldn't give her any sense of security at all.

"Then I'll trouble you."

She had almost lost all her pure white death soul insects, and she really needed to regain her body's ability to move freely as soon as possible.

Li Xia nodded.

He sighed in his heart: Thank you Naraku for the great assist.

It was a coincidence that he was able to come to the rescue in time this time.

It turned out that he had been struggling for two days to find traces of Platycodon grandiflorum.

They all stay diurnal and emerge at night. By observing the distribution and movements of many dead soul insects on the ground, and observing their movement trajectories at night, we can roughly judge the areas where platycodon, which is also active at night, may appear.

After all, if Kikyo's clay body wants to move freely, it needs to replenish the dead girl's soul every few days.

And she usually chooses to do this kind of thing at night.

At least it won't scare others easily.

Li Xia found something nearby last night, but he was not in a hurry to see Platycodon grandiflorum at night.

He rested for the rest of the night and took a nap in his sleeping bag during the day. It was at this time that he noticed something strange in the outside world.

When he rode on the flame hoof and flew into the air, he saw the mutated giant death soul insect arranged by Naraku from a distance, and then he noticed Kikyo who was chased by the giant death soul insect all the way to the edge of the cliff.

Seeing that Kikyo was in a critical situation, of course he couldn't just sit back and ignore it.

So, he asked Yan Ho to take him there quickly to save people.

But they were several miles apart, and even though Yan Hoo was very fast, it would still take some time. So the scene of Platycodon in distress still happened.

At that time, Li Xia's heart was lifted.

Fortunately, the war horse that the girl was riding made a mistake at the right moment and fell down the cliff, narrowly avoiding the giant death soul insect's powerful bite! The big loach didn't bite me.

At the same time, he also seized the last few seconds and arrived in time.

Then an old-fashioned hero rescued the beauty was staged.

"By the way, Li Xia, why are you here?"

Because someone appeared so coincidental, the miko in his arms became somewhat suspicious.

When Li Xia heard this, he was very direct:

"I'm here specifically to find you, Miss Kikyo."

"What are you looking for me for?"

"Let's see if I can get some information about monsters from you..."

It didn't take the two of them long to arrive at Yanzhu.

When the two women met, they had inexplicable emotional fluctuations.

"This girl Yanzhu... looks like me in the past."

Their eyes met, and she read a hint of "envy" in the expression of the little girl opposite.

It was very similar to the envy she had for ordinary women during her lifetime.

As a miko, she was always alienated by humans her age. The traditional concept of the shrine she accepted is that she cannot have selfish little love and needs to maintain great love for all people.

In other words, she couldn't fall in love with any man or get emotional, otherwise it would be a disgrace to the miko profession.

However, whenever she saw ordinary women using rouge and gouache to dress themselves up beautifully, and then go out on a date with the person of their choice or fall in love with their husbands, she couldn't help but feel envious.

The feeling of being accompanied by her other half made her yearn for it so much.

She wants to be an ordinary woman and live an ordinary life.

So, when Inuyasha broke into her world, she was like a moth to a flame.

However, it turned out to be the opposite.

And from this aspect, she has to "thank" Naraku: after all, it was Naraku who made her understand that Inuyasha is just a young man who has not yet grown up.

It's suitable to be taken care of by others, but it's not suitable to be the kind of man who can be relied on.

(In fact, InuYasha in the original work has always been silently taken care of by A Li.)

Inuyasha can't stand any provocation, and his trust in those close to him is actually not high. Even for her, his trust is limited. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been provoked by Naraku's little trick and would have rushed into the village to steal the Shikon Tama.

When Naraku attacked her secretly, his hands were obviously stained with her blood; Inuyasha, who has a keen sense of smell, did not have the slightest awareness or suspicion when facing her, and concluded that she, Kikyo, was not worthy of trust...

How ironic is this?

On the other hand, she was so stupid and defenseless that Naraku, disguised as Inuyasha, easily approached and succeeded with a sneak attack.

In the previous moment, she had actually sensed danger, but she subconsciously believed InuYasha, thinking how could InuYasha hurt her? !

And after that, even if she saw InuYasha returning to the village to cause havoc, and even if she "confirmed" InuYasha's betrayal, she still couldn't kill him, and in the end she just used the [Sealing Arrow] to seal him.

Gave Inuyasha a glimmer of hope.

"I'm just like...the little guys who followed me before and could do it for me without hesitation, I can have a clear conscience."

But, what about Inuyasha?

He compared his Death Soul Bug with Inuyasha.

"That's it, it's time to let it go. Let's put all our thoughts on how to get rid of Naraku and the Shikon no Tama. I'm already dead anyway."

After this encounter, the resentful spirits that originally represented anger in Kikyo's body miraculously calmed down a lot.

…

As for Yanzhu?

After hiding the inferiority and unwillingness in his heart, he trotted to Li Xia:

"Brother Xia, you are here..."

"Well, I'm here to see you. But there's something I need to trouble you with."

Li Xia turned over and dismounted.

He didn't notice the eye contact between the two women just now.

He first took Platycodon off the horse and put it under the big tree on the side. Then he walked up to Yanzhu and asked, "How have you been during this time?"

"It's good to have Xiaohong and the others with us."

The feeling of being cared for and needed made the girl smile involuntarily.

The whole person looks slim and graceful:

"Brother Xia, if there is anything you need my help with, just ask."

As an undead, the big brother in front of her can truly accept her, recognize her, and appreciate her.

Li Xia was not pretentious, and pointed at the listless witch who was leaning against the big tree: "The group of dead soul insects that Ms. Platycodon subdued were all sacrificed, and the dead souls in her body were almost drained by the enemy. I need your help. She collected some dead girls’ souls to replenish them in order to restore her body’s ability to move.”

actually.

Just in case and to cope with unexpected needs, he had strengthened the dead soul insects around Yanzhu, causing most of them to transform into red mutated dead soul insects.

Although the size is far less than the big man Naraku created.

But the dead soul bugs on the little girl's side have been greatly enhanced in their ability to "find", "preserve", and "restrain" dead souls.

Therefore, as long as those few red dead soul insects are not lazy, they should have accumulated a large number of additional dead souls of girls. At this moment, you only need to take out a small part, which is enough to replenish the empty shell of Platycodon grandiflorum.

Of course, Li Xia would not be so stupid as to directly ask for the dead soul.

It would be more appropriate to borrow the Dead Soul Insect to use it.

Subsequently.

As Li Xia expected, Yanzhu generously presented Platycodon grandiflorum with a large number of dead souls.

Not only did they not have any grudges when they were young girls, but Li Xia spent two days with her to discuss advanced ghost arts and found many high-quality dead souls of miko for her, and they became somewhat fond of each other.

From the beginning to the end, Kikyo felt very uncomfortable.

The feeling of being taken care of made her particularly "uncomfortable".

…

When she regained her mobility, she didn't dare to stay here any longer.

That feeling of discomfort made her very worried.

After bidding farewell to Yanzhu and embarking on a new journey, he asked full of doubts: "Li Xia, what on earth did you say to that little girl? She actually obeyed your words..."

"Obey what you say?

No, no, no, Miss Kikyo, I'm afraid you are mistaken.

There is mutual respect between me and Xiao Yanzhu. "

Li Xia, who was on horseback with her back leaning against Platycodon grandiflorum, looked serious.

How can there be a future between humans and the undead?

How could they come together?

If the two can be perfectly combined, he will fight for the legendary witch next to him no matter what, whether it is for himself or for his descendants! He did not hesitate to suffer all the glares and insults from the world.

There is no way, any man would be moved when he met such an outstanding woman.

If you don't dare to have those extravagant thoughts, it's because your brain or body is not normal.

If you don’t believe me, why don’t you just pick up a boy of the same age and ask?

"Mutual respect?"

Kikyo, who was sitting in front, didn't get too entangled and asked about the business: "Where should we go next?"

There is really no way to repay the life-saving grace.

This man once again threatened to repay the favor and made some small requests, which she really couldn't refuse.

"Let me think..."

Li Xia, who was sitting in the back with the witch on his back, pondered for a moment, clarified some thoughts, and fine-tuned some future plans, then slowly said: "Miss Platycodon, did you travel around the world fifty years ago?" The practice of a witch?"

"some."

"Then do you have any psychic demon tree that you can seal?"

"Dryads? A lot of them have been sealed. Why, are you interested in those dryads?"

"I want to make some masks. By the way, are there any willow spirits among them?"

Although Platycodon is now more than fifty years later.

But for this person, the memory in his soul does not really mean that more than fifty years have passed, but only two or three years at most. The fifty years that Inuyasha was sealed didn't count. Therefore, the memory is most likely relatively clear.

Kikyo thought for a while and quickly nodded "Yeah".

"Oh? Really?"

"To be precise, I did not seal the willow tree demon myself, but another senior shrine maiden took action before me. I only passed by there later and saw that the tree was sealed with great force and lost most of its vitality. Now I am afraid that it has already The dead willow tree demon..."

"I see. So, what capabilities does it have?"

"I remember that it seems to be able to dissolve humans or monsters. It mainly feeds on other creatures and often attacks monsters or humans passing by. Shall we go find the tree demon now?"

"certainly."

It would be best if the willow tree was a life-melting tree.

By then, by subduing it, he will have sharp means to break most of the barriers. From now on, whether it is to kill Naraku, or to dig out Cuizi's bones and bake the ashes into figures, etc., it will be much smoother.

And even if it's not a life-melting tree, someone who can turn a tree into a spirit and have Platycodon seal it must have something special and must have a potential worth exploring.

Think of Pu Xianweng, Yu Shenmu, Dagui tree, Human face fruit tree and so on.

…

A bare hilltop with no green grass.

A dead tree surrounded by sealing talismans came into view.

It was a huge willow tree that looked dead.

It is the life-melting tree.

"It seems like I'm pretty lucky."