Forced to sell misery

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Rumor has it, a long time ago.

The daughter of a wealthy family died suddenly of an unknown illness.

This beautiful, intelligent and virtuous young lady was very kind to both her servants and her neighbors during her lifetime. Her kind character won everyone's praise and her beautiful appearance amazed everyone.

So everyone sighed and lamented the passing of this rich young lady.

After the young lady was buried, a strange thing happened - not long after the people in charge of the burial left, hundreds of crows gathered on the grave and kept wailing, and they could not be driven away.

Some people thought it was a bad omen, but the famous old man in that place did not comment, but just said some specious and incomprehensible words -

Crows weep blood, the Yellow Spring flows backwards, flowers bloom on the other shore, and the dead return...

The crows kept crying on the grave, as if they were very frightened and in pain, making people panic. They kept crying until the sun went down and the sky turned dark.

There was a poor boy who was very much in love with the young lady, but because of his inferiority complex and status, he could only bury this love deep in his heart.

It was already dark. After hearing the news, he quietly went to the young lady's grave with a hoe, hammer and shovel. When the crows saw someone coming, they stopped calling and scattered.

The poor boy dug away the bricks and stones of the tomb door and pried open the coffin. In the moonlight, he saw the beautiful face of his beloved, who looked as if she was sleeping.

He was not afraid, he just felt sad. The poor boy could no longer suppress the sorrow in his heart and started crying. His tears fell to the ground like splashes of bright red blood.

At this moment, something magical happened -

A crow landed in front of the poor boy, lowered its head and picked up something from the ground. The poor boy was startled and looked up, only to see a flock of crows circling. Under the bleak moonlight, the largest black crow leading the group actually had a gem that looked like tears of blood in its mouth - the legendary Crow's Tears of Blood had appeared.

At the same time, the rich girl in the coffin slowly opened her eyes and woke up leisurely.

Crows weep blood, the Yellow Spring flows backwards, flowers bloom on the other shore, and the dead return...

The dead really do return.

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In the Japanese-style room,

The teacup on the table was glowing faintly, with wisps of mist spreading out.

"So, you want to revive Yura?"

After a moment of silence, Jing Ye spoke with difficulty.

"Yes."

"But that's just a legend!"

"The dead are gone... and you should move on from the past and live a good life..."

Jing Ye carefully considered his tone and wanted to persuade Kikyo.

"I can't get out of this," Kikyo looked at Jing Ye sarcastically, covering her face with a weird smile, "Aren't you the same?"

"I……"

Jing Ye was suddenly stunned.

"Besides, as you know, my story is also a legend, isn't it?" Kikyo said with a smile.

“…That’s different.”

Jing Ye retorted subconsciously.

"Is there any difference? We are all pathetic people who are played around by fate."

"You..." Jing Ye looked at Kikyo in surprise, narrowing his eyes slightly, "You are not an ordinary person, who are you..."

"Me? No, you're wrong, I'm just an ordinary person, but..." Kikyo looked at Jingye and said slowly,

"My mother was a witch, but as a witch, she broke a taboo -

She fell in love with my father and escaped from the shrine, fled to this remote little village, and married my father.

After marrying my father, my mother lost her divine powers, became an ordinary woman, and gave birth to me.

That story was told to me by my mother.

She won't lie to me. The legendary Crow's Eye of Blood can bring the dead back to life!"

"This..." Jing Ye was completely stunned.

"You are a kind child," Kikyo stood up and took a last look at Jing Ye. She said something inexplicable.

“We are the same, we are all destined to suffer disasters, that is, natural disasters.

But I have been bound, Yura is my doom. But the difference between you and me is that you are not bound yet. "

"What on earth do you mean?!"

Jing Ye jumped up in shock.

But Kikyo didn't say anything more and turned and left.

-

The hot steam was no longer coming out and the tea on the table had gone cold.

"Dong dong dong..."

Jing Ye didn't wake up until someone knocked on the door.

"Please come in."

"Oh no," the shop girl hurried in, "Dear guest, please hide for a while, those bandits...those bandits have broken into the village again!"

"Bandits?!"

Well, Kikyo...

He vaguely recalled the words Kikyo said when she left... and the look she gave him at the last moment...

What is she going to do?

No!

He has to stop Kikyo!

Besides, he still had questions for her!

Hastily pushing open the door of the Japanese-style room, Jing Ye took out the special kunai with spells written on it.

——I hope it’s not too late.

……

cliff.

The kunai left under the tree disappeared out of thin air, and Jing Ye appeared where the kunai originally existed.

The entire cliff was surrounded by bandits. They were holding swords and other weapons, staring at the unarmed woman standing at the end of the cliff.

"You're still here."

The wind blew up the pure white wedding gown. Kikyo brushed away the messy hair on her face and looked at Jing Ye with a gentle smile.

"I...have some more questions for you."

Ignoring the bandits who were pointing their weapons at him as if they were a formidable enemy, Jing Ye walked forward.

"Back off!"

Several long swords blocked Jing Ye's way, but they shattered instantly when they got close to Jing Ye.

"you……"

The bandits screamed and retreated, holding their weapons in front of them and looking at Jing Ye with bluffing.

"do not come,"

But what really made Jing Ye stop was Kikyo's scolding.

"I told you, you can stop me once, twice, but it's useless. Give up, you can't save me."

"But..." Jing Ye opened his mouth with difficulty, but didn't know what to say.

"Do you know the meaning of Platycodon grandiflorum?" Platycodon grandiflorum suddenly asked him this question.

"What?" Jing Ye was stunned.

"That legend is true. The Eye of Blood and Crow's Tears can bring the dead back to life."

Kikyo lowered her head and murmured, "But maybe my heart is not pious enough, and my love is not deep enough..."

With a sad and lost look in her eyes, Kikyo turned her head and looked at Jingye, with an inexplicable light flashing in her eyes.

"A world without him has lost all meaning to me!"

"Hey, what are you going to do?" The look in Kikyo's eyes made Jing Ye inexplicably uneasy.

The next second, this inexplicable uneasiness came true——

"Lakyo!"

Amid Jingye's exclamation, Kikyo crashed into the samurai sword in the bandit leader's hand.

Blood splattered,

At that moment, the whole world became quiet.

-

Legend has it that when happiness comes, gentian flowers will bloom.

White gentian represents eternal and hopeless love, but it is also desperate love and hopeless love.

And what does the withering of Platycodon grandiflorum represent?

The long sword was pulled out of the body, Kikyo staggered back, stepped on empty air, and fell straight down the cliff -

"Kikyo!" Jing Ye pushed away the bandits blocking his way and jumped off the cliff.

The wind lifted up his sleeves, and the Fire Cloud Robe with a black background and red clouds fluttered in the air. Jing Ye stretched out his hand, trying to grab the falling Platycodon.

"Maybe I was wrong from the beginning. My love was destined to be hopeless."

The pure white wedding dress was stained with blood.

Looking at Jing Ye, Kikyo smiled, and her crystal tears floated in the air, blurring her eyes.

A blinding light suddenly burst out from Kikyo's pierced chest.

The white platycodon was dyed with a deep red color, becoming a red platycodon.

——Red gentian flowers represent love that will never be forgotten.

"Yura, my love... In the next life, I will still remember you and cherish the love we had in this life. We will not forget each other in the next life."

The red gentian petals floated across Jing Ye's outstretched palm, stayed for a moment, and then flew away.

"Hey--"

Under Jing Ye's incredulous gaze, Kikyo's body turned into flying blood-red petals, withering and drifting away...

At some point, many crows flew over, circling in the air, as if a black storm was brewing.

The falling feathers seem like God's will.

under the cliff,

Black crow feathers fluttered down around him. Jing Ye raised his head, as if he was a black-feathered angel abandoned in the world.

But he is a fallen angel.

A crow flew over and landed on his arm.

Jing Ye opened his clenched hands, and in his palm was a blood-red crystal, like tears of blood.

This is the Blood Eye.

After the Platycodon grandiflorum petals fell, a "blood eye" was left behind.

It turns out that legend is true.

The Eye of Blood and Tears of Crows does exist.

So……

Crows weep blood, the Yellow Spring flows backwards, flowers bloom on the other shore, and the dead return...

The beloved person that I have been waiting for and yearning for is no longer here, so will the person on the other side of the underworld ever come back?

"what……"

The black crow made a long cry and tilted its head to look at Jing Ye.

"Sorry," After a moment of silence, Jing Ye closed his eyes slightly and clenched the "Blood Eye" in his hand tightly.