Forced to sell misery

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"God of legend, if you can hear my prayer, please answer me!" Standing on the edge of the cliff, the girl closed her eyes and jumped down -

The wind ruffled her long hair, and her flawless white wedding dress fluttered in the air like a fluttering butterfly, dancing its last dance before death.

"Hey!"

The falling body landed in a warm embrace. The girl opened her eyes and saw a handsome boy——

The boy put his arm around the girl's waist and returned to the cliff in a flash.

"You..." Looking at the young man who suddenly appeared and saved her in surprise, the girl's tearful eyes regained some spirit.

"Are you the god who heard my prayers?" The girl asked anxiously, grabbing the corner of the boy's clothes.

"God?" Jing Ye asked in confusion, "Are you going to seek death for something as insubstantial as that?"

"What do you understand?" The girl pushed Jing Ye away fiercely and fell to her knees on the ground. The dust stained her pure white wedding dress and the girl broke down and cried.

"...I..." No girl had ever cried like this in front of him before. Jing Ye was at a loss. "Hey, don't cry."

"God will hear my prayers, even if it costs me my life—"

The girl got up from the ground and stumbled towards the cliff.

"Wait!" Jing Ye was startled and grabbed the girl's wrist. "Tell me what happened first, maybe I can help you?"

"No, you can't help me." Looking back at Jing Ye, the girl struggled hard to break free from Jing Ye's hand.

"Let you go and jump from here? Are you crazy or am I crazy?" Jing Ye stared at the girl with wide eyes, unable to understand.

"Let me go," the girl's eyes were simply heartbreaking, "You can stop me once, twice, but it's useless, give up, you can't save me."

"..."

Jing Ye found himself speechless.

After giving the girl a swift and decisive blow with his hand, Jing Ye caught the girl's limp body and sighed helplessly.

These days, it is easy to kill but difficult to save.

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Village at the foot of the mountain.

The only small shop that can provide food and accommodation to outsiders.

"please."

The little sister holding the teapot filled the cup in front of Jing Ye with water.

"Thank you." Jing Ye nodded slightly and smiled at the little sister who was pouring tea. "Can I ask you something?"

"Of course." Her face flushed with shame, the younger sister knelt down opposite Jing Ye with a little bit of stiffness.

"Well, could you please tell me, little sister, if anything strange has happened recently?"

"Does the visitor wish to inquire about the girl you brought with you?"

"Yes."

“Oh, this is a very long story.”

"please say."

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A few years ago, a wandering traveler came here and settled down.

The villagers called him One-Eyed Yura because he had only one eye. The other eye was hidden under his headscarf, and only a long and narrow scar could be seen.

Because he was a wandering traveler, people in the village avoided One-Eyed Yura.

After all... Ronin are not good people.

But One-Eyed Yura unexpectedly had a good temper. Although he was like an ordinary ronin, unruly and silent, like a lone wolf, he was not as rude and unreasonable as other ronin, so the village still accepted him.

But everyone truly accepted Yura because of that incident.

The world was not peaceful in the past few years. The Fire Nation was at war with other countries. Although it was not a battlefield, our small village was also affected by the war.

In order to survive, the villagers had no choice but to make deals with the bandits, and many villagers even joined the bandits.

It was called a transaction, but it was nothing more than unfair plunder. Bandits broke into the village and abducted many women.

Kikyo's parents died in that robbery - the bandits fell in love with his beautiful wife, and she refused to give in, so she hit her head on the table and died. Her husband, with red eyes, picked up a kitchen knife and fought desperately with the bandits, but was hacked to death.

The little girl Kikyo witnessed this scene, ran out from her hiding place, threw herself on her parents and cried loudly.

When the bandits saw Kikyo, they also became malicious and wanted to kidnap Kikyo. At this time, the one-eyed Yura came over with a samurai sword and rescued the villagers and Kikyo.

Later, the war stopped and the village slowly resumed production.

The girl, Kikyo, has grown up and is old enough to get married.

Having inherited her mother's beauty, Kikyo is also a rare beauty, and many young men in the village want to marry her.

But Kikyo fell in love with Yura, the one-eyed man who was a dozen years older than her.

Despite the villagers' dissuasion, Kikyo insisted on putting on the white wedding gown and marrying the man.

But something went wrong on the wedding day.

I don't know where the bandits got the news from, but they broke into the village and tried to steal Platycodon.

Yura was dressed very smartly that day, wearing a black haori. Like any man who was about to marry the woman he loved, a smile appeared on his usually serious face as he waited outside the door to greet his friends who were willing to give them their blessings.

Just then, the bandits broke in.

Yura drew his sword again.

But the difference this time is that he has someone he cares about and is thinking about, and accordingly, he also has weaknesses.

Samurai should not have such concerns, as it would affect their ability to draw their swords.

The bandits captured Kikyo and forced Yura to commit suicide.

The scene that day when blood spread under my feet was like hell.

——Yura committed suicide with her own samurai sword.

But the bandits did not keep their promise. They destroyed the wedding scene and kidnapped Kikyo.

Yura was dead and there was no one left to stop the bandits.

No one knew what happened afterwards, but to everyone's surprise, three days later, Kikyo came back.

That pure white dress was stained with dark blood.

With her hair loose, Kikyo staggered back to the village, holding the head of the bandit leader in her hand.

Kikyo knows how to use a knife, it was Yura who taught her.

The villagers looked at Kikyo in horror.

Kikyo only asked them one question.

"Where's Yura?"

No one dared to answer her.

"Yura, he has already..." The person next to him covered the man's mouth.

“Where is my husband?”

Kikyo asked again.

"I, I'll take you there."

The village chief knelt in front of Kikyo.

Because of Yura's special status, she was not allowed to be buried in the village cemetery.

The village chief took Kikyo to the cliff.

Yura's body was thrown off the cliff by the villagers.

Kikyo searched for many days under the cliff and found Yura's remains.

A body that was no longer human.

One could only vaguely make out that she was still wearing a black haori.

Holding the wreckage, Kikyo hummed an unknown tune with a slight smile on her face.

The song was extremely strange. Some people vaguely heard words like "the crows are crying", "corpse", and "resurrection".

Later, Kikyo buried Yura's body under the cliff.

Since then, the villagers have never seen Kikyo again. However, those who went up the mountain to the other side of the cliff said that there was a girl in a white wedding gown who was always there and would kill anyone who approached.

People said, that was Platycodon, Platycodon was crazy.

From then on, the cliff became a forbidden place.

No one dared to approach there, and the villagers would also warn travelers not to go near there.

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"That's all I know."

The sound of pouring water woke him from the story, and Jing Ye raised his head.

The girl holding the teapot refilled the cup with tea and said, "I don't know whether this is true or not."

"Thank you." Jing Ye lowered his eyes, not knowing what to say for a moment.

"I'm not crazy."

The door of the Japanese-style room was pushed open, and Kikyo, wearing a white wedding gown, walked in.

With a bang, the teapot fell to the ground.

"Sorry!" The little sister squatted down hurriedly, "I'm so rude!"

"It's okay, please go out for a while, young lady."

The door of the Japanese-style room was closed, and Jingye turned his gaze back to Kikyo.

Kikyo had her long hair loose and her face was as pale as paper, as if she really was a vengeful ghost from a story.

"Do you like listening to stories?" Kikyo said, "Sir, please listen to another story from me..."