juvenile onmyoji

Lizi unplugged the small bamboo tube and glanced inside.It was pitch black inside, and nothing could be seen clearly.

Suddenly there was a rustling sound from inside, a pointed mouth stuck out, followed by two fluffy ears.The junior pipe fox is like an elongated fox.With small round eyes open, he stared at Pear curiously.

"I'll help you." He Mao Baoxian said.

"I'll do it." Qingming said while pulling out a wind-controlling talisman from the talisman bag.Let go of your fingers, and a gust of wind immediately surrounds you.

Qingming twisted the wind blade, and pushed up Lizi's sleeve, "Hold on, although it will hurt, but Guanhu is a good helper at any time. Even if you come out of the kingdom of hell, you will be useful place."

The moment the wind blade was attached to the skin, Li Zi suddenly retracted her arms.The heart has been prepared, but the body still responds honestly.

"Don't be afraid," He Mao Baoxian said with a grin, "you'll be fine soon."

Qingming grabbed Lizi's arm, lowered her gaze, and swiped quickly.Lizi took a sharp breath and looked back.It was as if a red line had been drawn on the pure white arm, and traces of blood were oozing out.

Guanhu smelled it, and immediately moved his mouth along the blood line.In just a second, it disappeared out of thin air.

"It's already gone in." Qingming released the healing talisman that he had prepared, and Lizi's arm was as clean as ever.

She shook her arm unnaturally, "Is it in my body now?"

"Well," Qingming nodded, "you just need to call it out. It will go back to the bamboo tube by itself."

"How do you call it?" Lizi said with her lips close to her arm, feeling a little silly.

"Guanhu?" As soon as Lizi's hesitant voice fell, she felt an itchy arm and swollen fingers.A puff of smoke came out from between the fingers, solidified in the air into the shape of a tube fox, and then went back into the bamboo tube with a "whoosh".

He Mao Baoxian nodded, "That's right. Now that everything is ready, I'll make a way to the land of the underworld now."

"Okay." Qingming quickly formed a bond with Guanhu.Lizi frowned and watched him cut open his skin expressionlessly.He suddenly felt a dark wind on his face, raised his eyes, and the color of the surrounding Fenglin instantly disappeared.But farther away, you can still see the blue sky and green trees.

He Mao's constitutional protection is just a small area of ​​the Yang world and the underworld propped up with an enchantment.If you stand on a high place, you will see that the entire forest, the middle part has no color.

"Then, we're going to enter the kingdom of the underworld now." He Mao Baoxian said while completely letting go of the barrier.

The cold hit quickly, and the pears suddenly felt that they had entered late autumn from summer.They hurriedly changed into the winter clothes they carried.This is the scenery is completely different from before.The surroundings are gloomy, with a huge dome overhead.The entire kingdom of the underworld is surrounded by a deep dark blue.There are dead trees and jagged boulders everywhere.

Lizi was looking around intently, when the voices of Kamo Baoxian and Seimei came from beside her, "I think father and the others should also enter the kingdom of hell from this place."

"Then let's move forward." Qingming said, "There is another problem, we still have the aura of strangers on us. If we are bumped into by ghosts, I'm afraid we will be reported soon."

"Sorry, I forgot. All I was thinking about was looking for my father and sister." He Mao Baoxian took out two translucent orbs from his pocket and handed them to Lizi and Qingming respectively.

"Put this in your pocket, and it will block our smell. Although the skin color looks the same as that of a living person, the new ghosts still look like a living person when they first arrive here. When asked, they just died."

With a smile on her lips, Li Zi took the beads and put them in her pocket, "Do the residents of the land of the underworld also live like living people?"

"Of course," He Mao Baoxian said, "but not all new souls can get the chance to be reincarnated. Only people in the yang world can give birth to new lives before they have the chance to be reincarnated. Ghosts that don't make it will be in the underworld. Life in the land of the country. Although life is difficult, but every year during the Meng Lan Pen Festival, come to this world to get some filial piety from your descendants, and you can live well.”

If that's the case, is it possible for her to meet grandma here?Thinking of this, Lizi immediately felt a surge of excitement in her heart, "Lord Baoxian, does the kingdom of the underworld have a capital?"

"Yes, we are going to the capital of the kingdom of the underworld." He Mao Baoxian said, "I hope my father hasn't arrived there yet."

"You want to find your grandma?" Qingming asked softly.

"Well, after I find Mr. Zhongxing, I hope to find grandma." Lizi said.

"I'll accompany you when the time comes." Qingming agreed.

He Mao Baoxian led them forward with a compass in hand, muttering while walking, "It's strange, isn't it in this direction? The needle of the compass turns a little fast."

"Let me take a look." Qingming took it and stared at it for a few seconds, "It seems that the worldly things are a little hard to use here. It should be that the kingdom of the underworld has some kind of aura that affects it."

"That's not so good." He Mao Baoxian put away the compass and looked around, "Let's ask the locals for the direction to the capital. Ah, there is one there."

He Mao Baoxian ran towards the big tree in front of him. Under the scorched tree, there was a blue-skinned ghost standing in a daze.

"Brother, do you know how to get to the capital?"

"The capital?" The ghost looked at them suspiciously, "Are you new here? Why is there no ghost to guide the way?"

"Ahem, there are too many people attracted by the ghost, and the three of us were pulled down without paying attention." He Maozhong said.

"Has something happened in Heianjing again? So many people died all at once?" The ghost asked in surprise, "Is it made by Yamata no Orochi again? I just ate red mirror pancakes to death. Because too many people died in Heianjing these few times, reincarnated The team lined up five years later."

"Haha, almost," He Mao Zhongxing said vaguely, "Well, the direction of the capital?"

"Oh, you keep walking in the direction of my right hand. Stop when you see two huge rocks close together. Wait there for the tornado."

"tornado?"

"Yes, that wind can take you to the capital, just like taking a bullock cart is convenient."

"I see." He Maozhong thanked him, and the group walked towards the direction the ghost said.

"Are ghosts so lively?" Lizi asked.

"Ghosts are also changed by us. Basically, they don't encounter major changes. They are what they were before and after they were born. The kind of ghosts in the stories are made up by people themselves. That kind of evil ghosts, don't talk about people. Even the ghosts are afraid when they see it." He Mao Baoxian said.

In the wilderness of the kingdom of the underworld, there is a feeling of helpless burnout and despair everywhere.Even though He Mao Baoxian tried his best to maintain a relaxed tone, he still couldn't change his increasingly solemn mood.

There is only one black sun in the cloudy sky.Because there will be no rain, there is no grass growing here, and all you can see are rocks and sand covered with cracks and unevenness.

"Brother Baoxian, there is something ahead." Qingming suddenly said.

Two meters in front of them, copper pots, quilts and ingredients were scattered.

Qingming squatted down and picked up a handful of gravel mixed with uncooked rice, "These are not from the kingdom of hell. They were brought in by living people."

He Mao Baoxian's face turned pale, "Did you encounter something? These must be the salutes that my father and the others carried. Because except my father has the Qiankun cloth. The other juniors are carrying bags on their backs. Who made this?" Woolen cloth?"

"Teacher will be fine. He is the best master. Onmyoji. The juniors also know how to use Onmyoji." Qingming comforted him.

"But my father is old, and my juniors are too young." He Mao Baoxian said.

Not far away are the two boulders that the ghost said.It looked as if Homo Kamo was going to the capital from here, but was attacked by something.

"Maybe it's not a human being." Lizi said thoughtfully.

"What?" Both of them looked at her at the same time.

Lizi frowned slightly, pointed forward, "Look."

A huge whirlwind hit them silently in the distance.The gravel hit the face, like invisible thorns pricking the skin.Before he had time to escape, the cold and heavy wind blew over.

"What is this?" "Xiao Li." Before He Mao Baoxian and Qingming finished their words, they were swept in by the whirlwind.

Lizi was blown by the whirlwind and couldn't stand for a while, almost falling to the ground.At this time, a familiar breath came from behind, and the other party stretched out his arm and easily wrapped her waist around her, pulling her back from the edge of the whirlwind.

The whirlwind disappeared instantly, as if it had never appeared before.

Lizi was choked by the wind just now, bent over and coughed a few times.When the chest pain is no longer so painful, turn around and look behind you.Seimei in black was standing there with his usual half-smile, arms crossed.

"Tsk, how embarrassing. Why is it like this every time I see you?" the black-clothed boy mocked.

"Huh, you came out?" Li Zi said in surprise, "Ah, yes, you will come out whenever you encounter a particularly strange occasion."

"What strange occasion?" The boy was a little upset.

"For example, the country of mirrors, such as dreams."

"I told you that I can walk in the dark." Heiyi Qingming said lazily, his eyes turned slightly to look at Lizi, "Speaking of which, you and that guy have already made a private decision for life?"

"What is a private life?" Lizi was slightly annoyed, "Because I couldn't find my brother..."

"If you say something nice, maybe I'd like to tell you a little bit of the inside story." The boy in black raised the corners of his lips.

"What's the inside story?"

"You know, in Qingming's body, I can hear what he hears and see what he sees. Qingming is far less transparent than what you see. He hides many things from you."

"What are you hiding?" Lizi asked, but the other party was lazily leaning on the boulder, his face full of wanting to hear something nice.

Lizi's lips moved slightly, and there were a few compliments in her mind, but when her eyes touched the face that was exactly the same as Qingming, she couldn't say it immediately. "You know I've been fighting with him lately, right?"

"I know."

"Then you should understand that I can't say nice things."

The young man raised the corners of his lips, "It's a pity." His eyes wandered over her face, as if he was looking at something that made him attached.

Unlike the previous few times, he seemed to be very gloomy, as if he was being pressed down by something, cold and lazy.

Lizi quietly put her hand into her pocket to get Guanhu.Qingming in black gave a short laugh, and reached out to press the back of her hand, "Don't try to use that skinny fox to inform Qingming. If you want to see me tear it in two immediately, just take it out."

"How do you know?" Li Zi slightly opened her eyes.

"I know what you want to do. Although there is a slight deviation, it is basically the same." Hei Yi Qingming stood up and said, "Let's go, I will take you there."

"where to?"

"Aren't you going to the capital of the kingdom of the underworld? The whirlwind just now is the way to go to the capital. If you stand inside, you can follow along."

"Aren't you obstructing me?" Lizi said.

The boy in black smiled faintly, "I want to borrow you from that guy for a while. Because I can't figure out some things."

"What can't you understand?" Lizi asked.

Qingming in Heiyi was silent for a while, "I can't tell you something."

"Since you can't tell me, why do you leave me behind? I thought I could help you think about things."

"You don't have to think for me, just stay by my side for a while." Heiyi Qingming smiled and diverted the conversation, "By the way, aren't you going to the capital to stop the teacher? Now there is no whirlwind, we have to Go another way."

"In what way?" Pear asked.

"Sit on the dirt spider."

"Soil spider?" Lizi couldn't help shaking slightly when she thought of the centipede spider she saw in the Valley of Memories.

Half an hour later, the huge soil spider quickly crawled to the capital of the underworld with them and a few ghosts on its back.This is Huangquan's special mode of transportation.

Along the way, Lizi didn't dare to look at the densely packed eyes and huge double claws of the soil spider.He is even terrified of spider silk tied to his body as a seat belt.But anyway, the soil spider is fast enough.But in a moment or so, they arrived at the capital of the underworld.

The spider silk tied to his body was loosened, and Qingming in black, like other ghosts, took out a few copper coins from his pocket and put them in the cloth bag tied to the spider's leg.Only then did the pear slide off the soil spider.

"Where did you get the money?" Lizi asked softly.

"Speak to a ghost you know, and give me half of the paper money after burning him." Heiyi Qingming said relaxedly, "He has no family, and Meng Lanpen can't get the sacrificial items. The reincarnation team is nowhere in sight. We After entering the city, you can go to his house to spend the night."

He looked at the surprised Lizi and said, "Don't you think that you can finish your business and return to Heianjing after you just arrived today?"

"Of course not. I'm ready to stay for several days." Lizi patted Qiankunbu, "I also brought a lot of food." Thinking of this, she frowned, a little worried that Qingming had nothing to eat.

"Don't worry about that guy," Hei Yi Qingming saw through her thoughts at a glance, "I will take you to him after we finish our business. I also have questions I want to ask him."

"What are you doing?" Pear asked.

"It's what kept you alive." The boy in black said lightly and walked towards the city gate.

Lizi blinked her eyelashes lightly, and caught up with him.

The capital of the kingdom of the underworld is almost the same as the general urban planning.The streets are evenly distributed like a chessboard.Except for the dim light and the pale faces of the residents, they generally looked no different from Heianjing.The souls of the dead are also struggling to live.

There are many shops on the street.There are clothing stores, soba noodle shops, and wagashi shops.

Lizi was a little curious about how the ghosts ate, so she walked very slowly.Seimei in Heiyi caught a glimpse of her movement, and also slowed down.

Outside a soba shop, Riko sees two ghosts sitting opposite each other at a low table, breathing heavily at the night's steaming soba noodles.The ghost at another table picked up a few noodles with chopsticks, put them under his nose, and smelled them intoxicated.

"Are these real foods?" Lizi asked.

"It's real food," Hei Yiqingming said. "Generally, new souls who have just died will visit this kind of shop. But ghosts who have been dead for a long time will like to eat exclusive food. Look at that wagashi shop."

Riko looked in the direction of Black Clothes Seimei's finger.A quaint-looking wagashi shop is filled with beautiful desserts in different shapes.But on closer inspection, those snacks are a bit unreal, more like made of smoke.

For everyone who goes in to buy wagashi, the shopkeeper will carefully use a shovel to scoop up the insignificant wagashi and put them on the jute paper.

The ghost who bought wagashi lowered his head and ate the smoke and confectionery in one bite.A look of satisfaction appeared on his face.

"Have you seen the tributes placed at home when sacrificing ancestors?" Qingming in black asked.

"Yes." Lizi nodded, "Those tributes will be removed after a few days and given to the descendants to eat. It is said that they will be blessed by the ancestors."

"Then you must know that none of the offerings lost their taste and became very unpalatable."

"Oh, really." Lizi's eyes widened slightly, "The tributes really have no taste after the offering. You mean, those smells drifted to the kingdom of the underworld, and became the smoky food you saw just now ?”

"Yes," Heiyi Qingming said with a smile, "For example, the owner of that wagashi shop ran a wagashi shop during his lifetime. After his death, his descendants hope that he can still run a wagashi shop underground. Just tie a wagashi shop with paper. The store burned it for him. Usually, wagashi is used as a sacrificial offering for him. That’s why there are so many wagashi sold.”

"Is that so?" It was amazing.Lizi couldn't help but raised the corner of her mouth, "Then those shops that buy clothes and cloths were also burned by the descendants with paper?"

"Well, it's not different from the material we usually wear." Seimei in black said, "The Land of Underworld is a special place. It's almost all formed by thoughts, and it's hard to explain."

"Where are we going now?" Lizi asked, "I think I should tell Lord Qingming that I have arrived in the capital of Huangquan. Besides, I also want to know if they have found He Mao Zhongxing."

"It doesn't really matter whether you find it or not." Hei Yiqingming said, "Because what Izanami wants is just an excuse to flood Heianjing. Even if no one takes the life stone away, he will find other excuses of."

"How do you know?" Pear asked.

"Come with me." Hei Yi Qingming didn't answer her, reached out to hold her hand, and turned towards a dark box. "Let's go to Izanami's palace to get the remaining half of the crystal."

"The remaining half of the crystal?" Li Zi was pulled forward by him quickly, "You mean the crystal that Yamata no Orochi condensed with memory fragments, which was taken away by Izanami and given to Genhato Yu? "

"That's right, it's in Izanami's bedroom. Anyway, it's Yamata no Orochi's stuff, so instead of making Yuan Chuyu cheaper in the end, why don't we bring it here first."

Seimei in black suddenly accelerated his speed.Lizi felt her body suddenly turn cold, her eyes went dark, and the alley just now disappeared.Instead, there is boundless darkness.

"Don't be afraid, in order not to let the earth spider see. Let's go through the wall to the palace." Qingming in black said softly.

Lizi felt as if her body was flying, being pulled by the other party to shuttle through the dark space.Out of the corner of the eye, narrow or spacious rooms pass by from time to time.Occasionally, ghosts can be seen eating or working.

Heiyi Qingming didn't stop until his eyes opened up again.

At this time, there was only another maid in the hall doing sweeping.They wore earth-orange kimonos with no feet underneath their skirts.

Outside the main hall, there are two huge earth spiders guarding it.The eyes on the top of the head are scattered, half staring at the inside of the hall, and half staring at the outside of the hall.

Pears and black-clothed Seimei hid in the wall.Qingming in black touched Pear lightly, pointed to the soil spider outside the door, pointed to the satchel on her body, and finally pointed to the huge copper mirror and low cabinet in the corner.

Lizi immediately understood that what the other party meant was that the crystal was in the low cabinet beside the bronze mirror.There are soil spiders outside the door and they can't get out of the wall, so she sent a little paper man to get it.

She thought for a while, then slowly took out two small paper figurines from her satchel, and handed them to Qingming in black.The latter lightly scratched a hole in the dark wall with his fingers, and pushed the little paper figurine out through the slit.As the little paper man slid down the wall, the thin seams closed.

The little paper man walked quickly along the walls and curtains.From time to time, I lie down and pretend to be waste paper.Just like that, with one step at a time, he slipped under the low cabinet under the eyes of the soil spider and the maid.

Li Zi stared closely at the little paper people in the wall.When she took out the little paper figurine before, she drew out a trace of spiritual power and attached it to the little paper figurine.Tell them how to get the crystals.

I saw a little paper man slipping in through the gap of the low cabinet.After a while, it got out and waved its hand, as if it had found the crystal.

Two little paper figurines stepped on the other's shoulders, pulled the handle of the cabinet door, and gently opened the cabinet door a crack.However the cabinet doors appear to have not been oiled in years and some parts are rusted.There was a soft creaking sound.

At this moment, the maid in the hall and the soil spider outside the hall cast their gazes over at the same time.The moment their eyes were fixed, a mouse quickly walked through the hall.The maids screamed in horror and hugged each other.

A spider silk flew over, wrapped up the mouse, and dragged it to the soil spider.The soil spider unceremoniously used the big claw to pinch the mouse, and the mouse instantly shattered into paper foam and was blown away by the wind.

Just as the soil spiders looked at each other, the little paper people successfully got the crystals and quickly returned to the bottom of the wall.

A slender and beautiful hand stretched out from inside, and grabbed the little paper figurine and the crystal back together.