When the earth-shattering thunder rumbled, the blue-purple lightning chains in the sky illuminated the entire Jingnan Mountains, and the people in the capital city stared into the distance with their eyes wide open in the howling cold wind. To swallow the entire Jingnan Mountain.

The shocking picture made people tremble and fear, and some people knelt down on the ground and trembled.

"The gods are angry! The gods must be angry!"

Heaven's Punishment fell from the vast night sky, mercilessly smashing heavily on the enchantment above the courtyard, making a deafening crash, and the speed was so fast that no one had the slightest chance to react.

Xia You's heart was beating every time following the heaven's punishment that fell down.

In a daze, she thought, if Huang hadn't asked her to set up a barrier around here in advance, all the monsters here would be wiped out the moment the thunder fell...

In the wooden basin filled with warm water, the two newborn children were startled by the thunder, and they both cried uneasy, searching for their mother's scent by instinct.

Xia You quickly came back to her senses, wrapped her sister in a soft towel and hugged her in her arms, and patted her gently to coax her.

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, dear..."

The nine heavenly punishments fell one after another, without giving anyone any chance to breathe.The enchantment cover trembled constantly under the force of the impact, and became more and more transparent at a speed visible to the naked eye. Seeing this scene, Xia You felt an unprecedented sense of crisis in her heart.

Three divine punishments fell in one breath, and in less than three seconds, the last divine punishment, which was more terrifying than all the previous heavenly thunders, finally fell.

This divine punishment hit the barrier heavily, but it seemed that it was stubbornly unwilling to disappear with anger, as if it wanted to fight the opponent to the end.

Seeing that the power of Heaven's Punishment was getting weaker and weaker, and the strength was less than half of the original thunder. Just when Yin Yangtou was frightened and angry, the strange barrier was shattered first. He was slightly startled, and his eyes immediately Bursts of ecstatic light.

The sky and the earth seemed to stand still for a moment, and then, the stationary time gear started to rotate rapidly again.

Without the obstruction of the enchantment, Heaven's Punishment rushed towards Yuzao with a force that swept everything in an instant.

"Do not--!"

This is what Nadeko saw when she heard the sound of Tianlei and walked out the door with her exhausted body holding on to the wall.

The Heaven's Punishment, which carried the power of the gods, was falling mercilessly towards the person she loved the most.

On her pale face, her pupils opened slightly.

The brain didn't have time to do any thinking, and the weak body that had just given birth burst out with unprecedented strength at this moment, and rushed towards Yuzao recklessly.

At this moment, no one saw a lavender light flashing at Yuzaoqian's feet at an extremely fast speed.

The young woman in thin underwear fell heavily into Tamamoqian's arms like a ruined puppet, and he choked back a few steps and fell down in the icy snow due to the impact.

Seeing this scene, everyone froze in shock. Xia You saw this scene through the window, and her original exclamation was lost at this moment.

Everything was caught off guard, and no one expected the mutation to happen.

Yuzao's mind was blank, he stared wide-eyed at the dark and frightening night sky, his big hands slightly trembling caressed the side face of the woman on his chest, the temperature was colder than the ice and snow under his body.

His body trembled uncontrollably, but he couldn't utter a word with his slightly moving lips, and finally hugged Nadeshiko tightly in his arms, who had lost consciousness and vitality.

Inside the house, the two children, who seemed to have sensed something, let out an even more heart-piercing cry again, which made those who heard it worrying.

Xia You was shocked, and quickly handed the child in her arms to Granny Jiu, and rushed towards the courtyard outside the house in a panic.

"Master Yinyangtou!" In the courtyard, seeing this scene, Maki also opened his eyes wide and covered his mouth in horror.

Yin Yangtou stood on the spot with a stiff expression, as if he hadn't reacted to the situation in front of him.

"Nadeko... is dead?"

How can she die?Damn it was Tamamo-mae!Nadeshiko is dead, what will the sacrifice priestess do the night after tomorrow?

At this moment, Yin Yangtou immediately fell into a state of frenzy and panic.

These words resounded in the silent air, and the person who was immediately stimulated was shocked all over.

"no, I can not……"

The beloved was lying pale on the snow, Yuzao's eyes were scarlet, and the eyes seemed to be burning with monstrous hatred and anger, and the fox fire in his hand frantically moved towards Yinyangtou and his group, killing the two in an instant. Devoured by the enchantment that the Onmyoji struggled to support.

Without the spiritual barrier, Onmyoto, Maki and his party were instantly exposed to danger.

Nuliang Huapiao held the tachi tightly, and immediately made an attacking posture.

However, Yinyangtou's reaction was faster, and it was reflected immediately after the shock.He looked at the fox fire attacking again in front of Yuzao, a stern look flashed in his eyes, and he quickly pushed out the two young onmyojis beside him.

A shrill scream rang out.

The next moment, Yin Yangtou seized the opportunity, grabbed Maki who was beside him, and used all his spiritual power to drag the body injured by Ibaraki and others to the foot of the mountain in an instant.

"I can't escape..."

Trapped in grief and madness, Yu Zaoqian had already lost all reason, but when he desperately chased after him, Xia You behind him stopped him loudly.

"and many more!"

"Nadeko, she's still alive!"

Hearing these words, Tamazamo was shocked all over, the bloody look in his eyes faded immediately, he turned around and rushed to Nadeshiko staggeringly.

"What did you say?"

"She's still breathing."

Tamamomae hastily put his fingers under Nadeko's nose, and finally felt Nadeko's faint and almost imperceptible breathing again, and hugged her tightly in his arms with red eyes.

Before handing Nadeshiko to Yuzao, Xia You just went deep into the snow to search for something, and then instinctively retracted her hand as if she touched something hot.

Very hot.

The snow in this area was almost gone, and she felt something was wrong just when she was beside Nadeko.

Regardless of the burnt hands, she used the wooden branches on the ground to push away the snow, and just saw the talisman paper she buried there in the afternoon, but now it has turned into a mass of ashes.

"This is?" Ibaraki stepped forward and asked with a frown.

"It was the barrier formation eye sent by Huang. It should have been this talisman that protected Nadeshiko at the end."

Everyone came to their senses, and hurriedly hugged Nadeshiko, who was wearing thin clothes exposed in the snowy night, back to the room, ignoring the escaped Yin Yang.

"Get out of the way, let me come, my old lady." The Jiu Granny, who knew the art of medicine, pushed aside the monsters gathered around, and looked at Nadeko's injury with a serious expression.

Xia You stood aside nervously, looking at the red-eyed Yuzao who said nothing, everyone dared not make a sound, even Nuliang Huapiao stood there for a while, not knowing what to do.

At the foot of the mountain, Yin Yang clamped Maki and quickly teleported to the intersection where Yin Yang helped.

"Master Yin Yang!"

Onmyosuke looked startled, and immediately followed several onmyojis around him to meet him nervously.

Yin Yangtou was obviously seriously injured, but at this moment he waved his hand and said with a distorted expression: "Leave me alone, everything has been arranged here?"

"It has already been arranged!"

"What about Abe Seimei and those yin and yang students who don't know?"

"Master Yinyangtou, don't worry, I will send them back to Beijing after the matter is settled."

"Okay..." Yin Yangtou breathed a sigh of relief, and then he looked ferociously, glanced at the middle of the mountain with cold eyes, and said coldly, "Burn Jingnan Mountain, let's go!"

"What about... Fu, Nadeshiko?" Yin Yangzhu was startled and asked uneasily.

Do you want to kill the target person they came this time too?

"That woman voluntarily blocked the punishment for Yuzao, and now she is buried in Jingnan Mountain. Don't ask so many questions, let's talk about it when I go back!"

Onmyosuke was startled, and then realized the seriousness of the matter, nodded quickly to drive Shikigami to leave quickly with the injured Onmyotou and the rest of the onmyoji.

But at this moment, on the bare tree trunks at the foot of Jingnan Mountain, a light blue flame began to ignite, winding towards the halfway up the mountain without haste.

People in the capital had to travel a long distance to look at the tall Jingnan Mountain, which seemed to be lit up with a faint will-o'-the-wisp.

In the hut halfway up the mountain, the two children had gradually stopped crying, and were held tightly in the arms of the haggard-looking Tamamo.

"Temporarily out of danger, but her injuries are a bit serious, her body is extremely weak, and her spiritual power is also very disordered." Granny Jiu wiped the sweat from her forehead and said in a deep voice, "Tonight, we will go back to Dajiangshan with us overnight. In a ghost town, the old lady's medical skills are limited, and she needs to be treated by the gods of the earth."

Nadeko fell into a severe coma and was unable to nurse, Xia You was pulling the clumsy Ibaraki to make milk powder for the two children.

Fortunately, she had already prepared such things as baby bottles and milk powder.

After handing the bottle to the earlier, Xia You temporarily took a breath, and then she inadvertently looked out the window, and immediately noticed that there seemed to be a jumping light in the distance with sharp eyes.

Xia You was slightly taken aback, and quickly rushed to the courtyard to look down the mountain.

"Xia You, what are you doing?"

Seeing her rushing out suddenly, Ibaraki was slightly startled, and then followed up uneasy.

Xia You looked towards the foot of the mountain in the courtyard, and immediately looked like she had seen a ghost. She grabbed Ibaraki's arm and shook it crazily, and her voice changed because of panic.

"Look... look! Is there a fire?"

At the foot of the mountain at night, the place that was apparently dark is now as bright as the lights of a city.

Ibaraki took a closer look, and his expression also changed dramatically, "That's bad."

Jingnan Mountain caught fire, and the fire slowly spread from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain, as if it had been planned long ago, and the tongue of flames twisted and circled like a poisonous snake along a drawn route and approached here.

On a snowy night in such a cold wind, thick snow accumulated on the branches, and it was impossible for ordinary flames to spread easily. Xia You quickly noticed something was wrong.

"It's a spiritual fire! Someone deliberately put a fire-inducing charm on the mountain to bring the spiritual fire here!"

Before winter, Huang once taught her these things, telling her that an onmyoji who knows how to use the fire charm will not freeze to death even in the heavy snow in winter.

After realizing that this must be Yinyangliao's handwriting, Xia You was shocked and angry in an instant.

Are these humans crazy?

In order to get rid of Yuzao, he did not hesitate to set the bell on fire?

You know, there are still many human hunters and countless little monsters living in the huge Jingnan Mountains...

Ibaraki's eyes sharpened, he pulled Xia You behind him, and said in a tone that could not be refuted: "You go back from the closet now, immediately!"

"Bullshit!"

How could she leave Ibaraki and Nadeko and his wife and escape at this time?

Xia You glared at him angrily, and quickly said in a deep voice: "Why panic, the spiritual power of the spell is limited, and the spiritual fire will automatically go out when the spiritual power is exhausted."

"There must be a lot of fire talismans stuck on the trees outside. Let's find out the talismans and tear them off carefully, so the fire won't spread."

Hearing Xia You's explanation, Ibaraki immediately rushed towards the forest without hesitation.

"Stay in the house obediently and don't come out. If there is something wrong with the fire, just leave quickly."

Seeing him leaving him alone and walking towards the dangerous sea of ​​flames, Xia You immediately twisted her nose angrily, picked up the lantern from the house and put on a coir raincoat, and hurriedly followed.

Seeing the spreading flames, the monsters of the Nuliang Group also fell into a panic, "It's over! General, it's on fire on our way back to fetch it. Are we going to be burned to death by the onmyoji here?"

Spiritual fire is different from ordinary flames, it is what monsters fear most.

Hearing the words, Shui Yu immediately transformed into its original form, increased several times in an instant, and said to Nuliang, "Don't be afraid, general! Jump on my back quickly, and I will take you out!"

Nuliang Huapiao's face turned black and then blue, and finally gritted his teeth and said angrily: "Whoever flies, go find the spell and destroy it!"

He yelled at this voice, and the demons immediately flew away like birds and beasts. Nuliang Huapiao sighed, put the sword back into its sheath, and rushed down the mountain.

After the fire talisman is pasted, no one will notice the abnormality around them if they don't take the initiative to sense it.

Although it is hidden very well, it is still not difficult for the big monsters with super perceptive abilities.After a while, Ibaraki found dozens of spells from around and destroyed them.

Xia You's leg strength was inferior to that of a monster, and she chased Ibaraki away in just two steps.Seeing this, she simply held a lantern and approached the sea of ​​flames cautiously, concentrating on finding a fire starter near the fire, so as to effectively prevent the spread of the fire.

The little monsters living at the foot of the mountain are running away like crazy at this moment, because the fire started to ignite from the foot of the mountain, blocking the way out, so they all can only flee towards the mountain.

Now Jingnan Mountain is in chaos, those little monsters can resist the cold winter wind and flee in the snow, but the wood spirits who can't move have suffered.

A fire burned the forest, and the beautiful snow-capped mountains in the past are now full of flames in the dark night, like a terrifying purgatory.

Xia You could not help turning pale and trembling slightly when she heard the mournful and strange wailing of the wood spirits in Jingnan Mountain.

For the first time in her life, she felt that humans were so terrible.

After tearing off a talisman, a terrified call for help came from not far away, accompanied by a "squeak", it seemed that some monster was in trouble.

Xia You tore up the fire talisman, and quickly followed the sound of the lantern and walked over the snow. Through the lantern and the firelight, she vaguely saw a little squirrel monster running away in the distance, and was caught by a hunter in a panic. The beast clamp clamped the foot.

Just as she was about to go to rescue the poor little guy, another tall and thin figure reached the side of the trap before her.

Seeing that the hunting clothes on the other party were the style of Yin Yang Liao, Xia You couldn't help but let out a slight exclamation, and quickly hid aside.

Now, as long as she sees people from Yin Yang Liao, she can't help thinking that they are villains.

Qingming squatted down, quickly untied the trap on the little monster's feet, and gently patted its head.

"Thank, thank you...!"

The little guy didn't expect an onmyoji to save it, so he thanked him tremblingly, and ran away in a panic.

Qingming sighed slightly, then stood up, and looked in the direction where Xia You was. Behind the thick tree trunk, the corner of the red skirt was faintly exposed.

"There's a fire here. If you don't run away quickly, what are you doing here?"

Tonight, he always felt that Yinyangliao's behavior was weird. After Yinyangzhu sent him and the rest of the people back to the city, he just found a reason to leave the team, and went back to Jingnan Mountain.

During the period of groping in the mountains, Qingming found many pre-posted fire-starting charms in hidden places.

No matter what the people in Yinyangliao wanted to do, he knew that such a disaster could not be left behind, so he started to clean up the nearby fire talismans.

However, it didn't take long for the expected forest fire to burn.

Xia You hid behind the tree, saw that this strange boy seemed to be about the same age as her, and rescued the little monster again, he didn't look like a villain with Yin Yangtou.

She hesitated for a moment, then slowly raised her foot and walked out, her expression still vigilant.

Xia You said coldly: "Onmyoji? What are you doing sneaking around in Jingnan Mountain at such a night? Could it be that the fire that burned the forest has something to do with you?"

When she walked out, Qingming was slightly taken aback.

Under the light, the strange girl had a pretty face and was beautiful and elegant. She was wearing a priestess costume whose clothes were as white as snow and whose skirt was as red as flames. When she looked at him, she seemed to be looking at some heinous person.

A witch living in Jingnan Mountain?

Seimei had only heard of Nadeko, but the girl in front of her was clearly not the right age, but she must be someone close to Nadeko.

He could feel that the other party had a very strong power, such a profound spiritual power was really rare among his peers.

Qingming bowed to the other party calmly, and said in a warm voice: "Abe Seimei, from Heian Jingzhong, passed by the foot of Jingnan Mountain when returning to Beijing tonight, and found that the foot of the mountain was ignited, so I came to find out."

Seimei Abe?Could it be the Abe Seimei she knew?

Xia You froze in place, thinking quickly in her mind, based on the current date records, the age and appearance of the person in front of her was indeed similar to the person recorded in the history books.

Qingming saw that she was frozen in place and did not speak, a faint doubt welled up in her heart.

This girl is so strange.

Glancing at the fire that was still spreading, Qingming sighed slightly, and said seriously again: "I see that Miko-sama has high spiritual power, would you like to join hands with me to pray for rain to extinguish the spiritual fire in Jingnan Mountain?"

It was not an option to tear off the talismans one by one. He had already seen many monsters burned to ashes by the spirit fire halfway along the way.

"Pray for rain? Do you have a way to put out the fire?" Hearing what he said, Xia You asked anxiously.

Ordinary fire is difficult to extinguish the spiritual fire, but since Abe Seimei said it, she believes that the other party is confident.

"That's right." Qingming nodded and smiled slightly, "Come here and give me your hands, let me use your strength, and together we will pass the voice of prayer to the Lord of Arakawa."

Xia You hesitated for a moment, Lord of Arakawa?It seems that Shuten mentioned it before, isn't that a monster that is regarded as a god by human beings?

I heard that he is a tyrannical river king who never pays attention to human offerings and sacrifices. He only cares about regulating his own river, and occasionally protects some human beings who are good at water conservancy.

Qingming seemed to see her doubts, and explained: "Arakawa is an inland river, and the river at the foot of Jingnan Mountain also flows into Arakawa, so it can be regarded as the territory of the Lord of Arakawa."

"The fire is so big, if the snow in Jingnan Mountain melts and flows into the river, it will definitely affect the Arakawa River Basin, and he will not sit idly by."

Hearing this, Xia You nodded silently, and handed him both hands.

These are a pair of warm and strong hands with thin calluses.

The two looked at each other, they both put aside the howling cold wind in their ears and the terrifying sea of ​​fire in the distance, slowly closed their eyes and prayed quietly and sincerely together.

After a while, the night sky was covered with dark clouds again, and the originally gloomy sky became even darker. There was faint thunder and lightning flashing across the sky in the distance.

In a trance, Xia You heard a deep and deep voice from a strange man snorting coldly, showing indifference.

After a few breaths, the pattering rain began to fall from the sky, almost at the moment when the night rain fell, the fire in the forest died down.

Xia You was accidentally poured a chill, and began to shiver all over in the cold winter night.

"You..." Qingming looked at her slightly worried.

"I'm fine, thank you." She shook her head, her teeth chattering.

Taking a complicated look at the young man whose clothes were also wet in front of him, Xia You pursed her lips, took off the coir raincoat and threw it to him.

"Since the fire has been brought under control, you should leave quickly. The mountains at night are very dangerous. Since you are an onmyoji in the capital, be careful not to be discovered by monsters looking for revenge."

After finishing speaking, she picked up the dying lantern and hurried away towards the hut in the middle of the mountain.

Qingming was startled, and opened her mouth to call her, but Xia You's figure quickly disappeared into the snow, leaving only footprints of different shades.

He still doesn't know the other party's name and origin.

After being stunned for a moment, Qingming pursed her lips and put the coir raincoat on her body.

Actually...he doesn't need this.

The fire in the mountains has become smaller, and it will be completely extinguished in a while, and the forest will be completely dark by then.

"Master Qingming, it seems that there is no serious problem here."

Not far away, two children with wings, a man and a woman, flew over. These were his shikigami boys and girls.

"Well, let's go back." Qingming nodded slightly, then took out a spell with complicated and messy characters from his arms, and disappeared into the forest with a faint blue light.

When they landed again and stood firm, Seimei and Shikigami were already standing outside the gate of Heian-kyo.

Using such a long-distance teleportation technique twice in a row in just one day, even with a powerful spiritual power like him, is a bit overwhelming.

Qingming rubbed his sore forehead wearily, and headed towards his courtyard, silent all the way, with deep eyes.

What he saw tonight gave him too much shock.

It seemed that until now, the miserable cries of the wood spirits were still echoing in his ears, hitting his heart.As long as he closes his eyes, he can see everything in the fire.

Isn't it said that monsters are the most cruel and terrible creatures?

But the monsters in Jingnan Mountain usually just steal food from the villages outside the city, fool humans, and rarely hurt them.

In order to protect Kyoto, does Yinyangliao have to do this?

Is it...too cruel and ruthless.

What is Yin Yang head thinking, and what secrets are hidden in the New Year sacrifice?

The young Qingming was in a heavy heart, and the thoughts and determination that had been instilled by Yinyang Liao began to waver.

****

In the dark Jingnan Mountain, the fire has been extinguished, leaving a mess.

Ibaraki was holding Xia You and hurried towards the mid-level hut with an annoyed look on his face.

"I clearly told you to stay in the house obediently and not come out!"

He was almost trapped in the mountains because the lanterns went out and he couldn't find his way. Fortunately, he smelled his body.

"It's not that I can't see the way without a lantern..."

Spirit vision can allow humans to see clearly at night, but it takes a little effort.

"You still talk back!" Ibaraki was also annoyed, the mountain was so messy at night, the thick snow made it difficult to walk, and she was still wearing such thin clothes when it was raining, it was really going to piss him off.

This was the first time in Ibaraki's history that he lost his temper with her. Xia You huddled in his arms and shivered from the cold. She was tense all night and was frightened for a long time, but now she felt aggrieved.

"If I hadn't come out, I don't know if the fire can be extinguished."

"Before Nadeshiko gave birth, I was so nervous that I was dying. Then there was thunder and fire. I was scared to death. You know that you can't get along with Nuliang, and you want to kill me..."

She has lived for more than [-] years in her two lifetimes, and she has never encountered such a terrible thing.

Especially when she saw Nadeko lying lifelessly in the snow, Xia You's mind was spinning.

She couldn't bear to watch the lives of those close to her die with her own eyes. Fortunately, the sliver of reason she had left allowed her to discover the fact that Nadeshiko's breath was still there.

Hearing the crying voice in Xia You's words, Ibaraki panicked immediately, but didn't know how to coax her, so he hugged her tightly and hurried back to the house to avoid the rain.

Nadeko's condition has stabilized for the time being, and Tamamomae is watching over her, taking care of her newborn son and daughter together with Grandma Jiu.

The two of them are now holding the diaper Xia You bought over and over again, and they don't know how to wear it.

Nuliang Huapiao took the lead and brought his subordinates back here. At the moment, he was hiding from the rain under the eaves of the corridor and did not enter the room.

Seeing Ibaraki returning to the courtyard with Xia You, who was sobbing and crying, his expression immediately became a little subtle, and he looked at them calmly.

At this moment, Ibaraki finally didn't have the time to argue with his old friend, and he was busy clumsily trying to coax Xia You.

After sobbing, Xia You snorted at him, ignored him, went to Granny Jiu and taught her how to put diapers on two full children, then picked up the clean clothes and walked into the room to change.

Ibaraki was shut out of the room, his body froze immediately, then he touched his nose, and stood outside the door guarding her without saying a word.

Seeing this scene, Nuliang Huapiao narrowed his eyes slightly.

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