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#5

Xiongshou Town, afternoon.

A melodious sound of the flute came from outside the house, the snow boy who was guarding Tianqing raised his head and caught the emerald green slender figure outside the house.

"who is it?"

Xue Tongzi frowned and asked, because the other party didn't have murderous intent, so he wasn't overly vigilant, but he was afraid of disturbing his master's rest.

The handsome man with a figure as elegant as a bamboo came in from the door, and his long and narrow gaze passed over Xuetongzi and placed on Tianqing's body.

I saw that she was wearing pure white single clothes, with long, smooth black hair hanging down to her neck in left and right parts, her fair and small melon-shaped face with closed eyelids, she looked as harmless as a child when she was asleep.

"...What's the name of this little girl?"

Wannianzhu didn't answer Xuetongzi's question, but instead fixed his gaze firmly on Tianqing.

"I cannot tell you my master's name."

Xuetongzi didn't feel any malice from Wannianzhu, but because Wannianzhu was not the master's shikigami, and the master happened to be out of convenience, Xuetongzi still stood vigilantly in front of Tianqing.

Wannianzhu raised his brows, and he didn't really have much opinion on Xuetongzi's words.

After all, "name" and "form" have always been important things to monsters. Once the name and form are taken away by someone, even if they are unwilling, they may become that shikigami from then on.

Youkai will not tell others their names casually, and similarly, they will not ask others to tell their precious real names.

But...he had heard of that girl's name.

At the beginning of the white bird.

He slowly approached Tianqing, his slender figure bent slightly, and his long black hair slanted down from his shoulders.

He looked down at Tianqing, looked at her beautiful facial features, and murmured: "But even if I don't say it, I don't think she looks like Bai Niaochu. If you look closely, the difference is quite obvious."

Although Yukidouji didn't make any response to Shiratori's soft words, Foxnosuke's eyes widened.

"Do you know our God Judge?" Foxnosuke wagged his tail very quickly: "Master Ah Chu!"

"...Ah Chu." Wannianzhu murmured and repeated the long-standing name, and then set his eyes on Fox's help: "That's right."

It's acquaintance... is it acquaintance?Because only he knew her name, and he never told her his own.

That doesn't count as knowing each other.

That day he watched the girl with the same black hair as the girl in front of him kicked her legs and sat on a round stone in the bamboo forest, clapping her hands silly after he finished playing a song. On that day, he saw white hair on her clothes. Bird's family crest, also know that her name below is "Chu".

Then there is no more then.

"...Where is Bai Niaochu? Do you know her? Fox."

When Wannianzhu came here, he was curious about this question.

"Ah, no, to tell you the truth..." Honosuke stood not far away, explaining to Wannianzhu: "Master Ah Chu has disappeared for a long time."

When he said this, Wannianzhu's stern face seemed to be shaken, but it didn't seem to change.

Foxnosuke patted Tianqing's mattress with his short paws, and explained to Wannianzhu: "The one in front of you is the... daughter of Lord Achu I found."

"Her daughter?"

Wannianzhu looked at the sky, the cold lines on his face did not show any waves.

Neither Yukidouji nor Foxnosuke could see what was going on in his mind, and the atmosphere fell into silence for about half a minute.

Wannianzhu seemed to have spent a little time getting to know the current situation, during which time he also looked down at the bamboo flute he had been wearing.

The past afternoon that made him feel special seems to have really become a thing of the past.

After a period of time, the girl named Ah Chu never appeared in front of him again, and he even met her offspring.

Wannianzhu didn't go to the bottom of how and why Ah Chu disappeared, after all, the life of a monster is like this.

Even, in the depths of his heart that he himself noticed, when he heard "Ah Chu is gone", there was an inexplicable sense of relief and relaxation in his heart.

Just like a question that has been hanging in his heart has been answered in another way, Wan Nianzhu knows that he doesn't need to care about it for the time being, and he doesn't have to worry that that person's reappearance will disturb his peace of mind.

The problem is...the "daughter" in front of me is very similar to Ah Chu.

Wannianzhu focused his attention on the two clothes hanging in the corner of the room, which were embroidered with the family crest of the Shiratori family, and the monsters nearby could recognize them.

His Adam's apple rolled up and down his long neck, and he asked another question: "If she is the daughter of Shiratori Chu, why did she appear here alone? I remember that the onmyoji of Shiratori's family was very strict with the juniors." , she is an underage girl, it is impossible for her to appear here to kill ghosts alone."

Apparently, Wannianzhu also knew what happened last night.

He felt strange about the fact that the daughter of the Shiratori family who had not left the court alone was killing ghosts in a poor village, and he was keenly aware of something.

Sure enough, once asked about this, both Foxnosuke and Yukidouji's expressions were a little wary.

This further confirmed Wannian Zhuxin's speculation.

He simply sat on the tatami mat in the room, raised one leg in a smart manner, with a cold expression: "If I guessed correctly, you are sneaking..."

"What do you want to know?"

Xue Tongzi became wary of Wannianzhu, he took off his human disguise, took out a famous sword from his chest without saying a word, and pointed at Wannianzhu's face.

"...Calm down first." Wannianzhu said calmly.

He cleared his throat and said calmly: "I just want to remind you that if the Shiratori family is your enemy now, you are about to be overtaken. This little girl has a spell mark on her body, although she has She fled ten miles away from my family, but once she has used her spiritual power, it is still quite easy for the celebrities of the Shiratori family to find her."

There was a flash of panic in Xuetongzi's eyes.

"So, you must leave the village immediately."

Wannianzhu lowered his eyes to explain, Xuetongzi, who was holding Xuezou tightly, retracted his cold air, knowing that Wannianzhu could not lie, and his worry was on the surface.

"...Master Xuetong, what should we do?"

Foxnosuke next to him also entrusted the decision-making power to Yukidouji, and Yukidouzi frowned and made a decision.

"Then let's set off immediately! We must not let the master be caught up!"

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After Xuetongzi made up his mind, he left Tianqing wearing the gorgeous coat in Xiongshou Town, carried Tianqing who was still sleeping on his back, and took his master away from the simple thatched hut.

Wannianzhu made way for the two and one fox to leave. He planned to watch them go away, but suddenly a warm inspiration came from the knife on his waist, which attracted his attention.

——Intuition told him that the meaning of having a knife was to let him follow.

"Why is this?"

Wan Nianzhu was puzzled, but the will in his heart at the moment was indeed biased toward Ah Chu's daughter in front of him.

He was very curious about why this girl related to Ah Chu appeared beside him, and what kind of story this reconnected fate represented.

The monster's life is so long, he has cared about Ah Chu's affairs for ten years, and now it seems that a new road has emerged, and he wants to explore in this direction.

Wannianzhu stood up slowly, pressed his slender fingers on the handle of the knife, pondered for a moment, and stopped Xuetongzi: "... Which direction are you going to go?"

Yukidou and Foxnosuke looked at each other, the latter pursed his lips, and said hesitantly: "The bell is guiding us to go south."

Wannianzhu's eyes were still calm and even indifferent, but the thin lips that were lightly parted revealed information one by one.

"The busiest street in the south is Tranquility Town. It would take ten days to walk there by human roads. You don't have carriages and panchuan, so you can easily be overtaken by the Shiratori family."

Wannianzhu looked at the girl who was sleeping sweetly, and felt some hazy emotions in his heart that he couldn't explain himself.

"But if you walk into the cracks in the demon world, I know a safe route that can reach Tranquility Town within three days."

"The cracks in the demon world!" Xue Tongzi's icy eyes slightly rounded: "This is a good suggestion, the cracks in the demon world are mixed with evil spirits, even if the celebrities of the Shiratori family think of going into the cracks to track the master's whereabouts, it will not be easy."

In particular, there are rules in the cracks in the demon world, that is, onmyojis are not allowed to make moves or use onmyoji easily in the cracks.

The Bainiao family can't just look for someone inside, Tianqing will definitely be able to escape in a farther direction safely.

That is... Xuetongzi is not a monster living near Xiongshou Town. It is difficult to find a safe cracked entrance. Once they find the wrong entrance, they and the whole group will become the focus of the crack, and the identity of Tianqing's human being will be targeted immediately. Minutes can be dangerous.

If you want to go through safely and soundly, you can only rely on the Wannianzhu with Xiongshou Town as its territory.

There is also the possibility of Serenity Town as a foothold.

"...Your Excellency Fox, what do you think? Will the base of the Government of Time be near there?"

"Sounds like it should be around there!"

Foxnosuke laughed, wagging his tail foolishly, as if he had decided to go in this direction.

Wannianzhu also nodded slightly, and pointed in one direction: "Then if you want to go through the crevice entrance I created personally, go this way."

The black-haired man in emerald green walked gracefully towards the bamboo forest, with Tianqing on his back, Xue Tongzi also asked curiously: "What did you turn into a monster?"

"Wannianzhu." He gave Tianqing a faint glance. Since he wanted to talk to them, his name would be revealed sooner or later, so he simply declared his identity.

"Your Excellency Wannianzhu, is that cracked entrance an entrance that only you know about?"

Wannianzhu lowered her eyes and thought for a while, another little banshee sitting on the bamboo appeared in her mind—that childish demon who always appeared with the clear light, and she seemed to have seen him come out of that entrance.

But she always didn't say anything, just sat on the bamboo and listened quietly to his performance with round eyes.

Sometimes she listened to all his tunes, and sometimes she left before he finished playing the tune.

He remembered that when they met for the first time, he seemed to be playing "Kaguya Ji".

She also doesn't seem to have been around here for ten years.

Wannianzhu didn't answer, and Xue Tongzi also knew that this lonely monster didn't like to talk, so he didn't ask any more questions.

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The author has something to say:

Wannian Bamboo is listed~ The next chapter will enter the gap between the demon world qwq