[Onmyoji] Deep Sea Girl

The separation is only short, and the day of reunion will come eventually.

This afternoon, Qiong Lang put aside the chores around him, and chatted with Qingming in the study for a long time.

Being able to talk to her like an old friend has long been expected in Qingming's heart for a long time, and now his wish has been fulfilled, there is a smile from the heart on the corner of his lips, even if it is the upcoming parting, he can no longer use sadness impregnate him.

The warm spring sunshine sprinkled on the floor and the dark wooden desk from the courtyard, dyed this picture of time with tranquil and gentle colors, deeply engraved in his heart, and became an indelible memory.

It wasn't until dusk, when the afterglow of the setting sun shone in the courtyard, covering the spring green with a layer of light orange warm gauze, that Qingming said goodbye to Qiong Lang.

Qiong Lang personally sent him out of the courtyard, and three days later it will be the beginning of April, she will go to Nazhi Mountain to hold a wedding with Datengu, Qingming also needs to take advantage of this time to pack up her things.

Although there is nothing around him, except for Xue Nu who has been with him all the time.

In Yukino's heart, she will always only identify herself as Kuro Seimei's shikigami, not Abe Seimei.Because the one who saved her was Qingming who had pity for monsters. For her, after Hei Qingming was no longer Hei Qingming, her pursuit lost its meaning.

Qingming knew this very well, so instead of letting Xue Nu follow him back to the capital, he left her in Luochahai and entrusted her to Qiong Lang.

"When I'm away, you will do your best to help Qionglang and the others for me in Luochahai."

Xuenv didn't quite understand that Seimei would no longer be the pure "Black Seimei" after this departure. She only knew that no matter what order Seimei gave, she would definitely try her best to do it.

"Don't worry, Xuenv will stay here until the day Master Qingming returns."

She spoke word by word, her originally flat and unwavering voice, against her extraordinarily serious appearance, seemed like a promise.

Qingming looked at her, couldn't help but smile slightly, and let go of the last concern in her heart.

*****

After sending Qingming away, it was rare for Qiong Lang to stroll around the courtyard under the setting sun alone before getting off work.

This was the first time in a hundred years that she had such a sad parting, which made her feel sentimental.

80 years may be just a moment for monsters, but for human beings, it is everything in life.Fortunately, Qingming is a half-demon, otherwise such an agreement would only be an excuse to comfort each other.

But how many 80 years can monsters have?In the blink of an eye, the first 80 years belonging to the monster Qiong Lang have disappeared.

Qiong Lang raised her eyes to look at the sunset, the golden-orange sunlight was a bit dazzling, she couldn't help but raised her hand to cover her eyes, the light sprinkled on her palm, as if she could touch the temperature of the sunset.

Even if a big monster with powerful demon power can often live for a thousand years, Qiong Lang still feels that it is far from enough.

Should it be that she is too greedy?

For monsters who have attachments and fetters around them, and have direction and purpose in their hearts, life will never be too long.

But all things will eventually perish, and you will not leave regrets when you hold everything you have in your hands.

Qiong Lang was strolling in the courtyard in Nuanchun, and unknowingly walked to another courtyard in the corner, and there seemed to be faint giggles and laughter in the distance.

Subconsciously, she followed the laughter and walked through the corner of the corridor, and saw Jinyu Ji and Tiaomei and other little radish heads teasing Tansheng under the watchful eye of the clam spirit.

There was also a slender and tall figure in the courtyard, dressed in a blue and white priestess costume, it was the eight hundred bhikkhuni.

The children seemed to be playing some chasing game, jokingly dodging Tan Sheng's hug, and Tan Sheng was flapping his little wings cheerfully, with happy saliva flowing from the corners of his mouth.

Although he hasn't learned to walk yet, when he flaps his little wings, his feet are slightly off the ground, and he can fly a short distance of one and a half meters. He really wants to learn to fly before he knows how to walk.

Qiong Lang didn't disturb the children, leaned against the wall with folded arms and watched them play with a smile on his face.

"These children are so energetic. Just looking at them makes me feel very happy."

A deep, slightly hoarse female voice came from beside her, Qiong Lang turned her head, and saw Babai Khuni standing beside her at some point, smiling and looking at the children in the distance beside her.

Qiong Lang quietly looked at her for a few times, his eyes fell on her beautiful eyes, paused for a moment, and then smiled slowly: "Yes, it is this group of little guys who are so carefree every day, It's enviable."

The woman beside her had a clear and warm smile on her face, but her eyes were as deep as a bottomless pool, without a single wave or emotion.

"Envy?" Eight Hundred Bhikuni repeated softly, then she seemed to have thought of something, slightly raised her head to look at the sky, and said with a chuckle, "Actually, I am more envious of this sunset than these little guys. "

Qiong Lang also raised his eyes to look at the sky. The golden-orange sun just now has turned into a blood-colored setting sun, dyeing the white clouds in the sky red, and reflected on the sea, it seems that even the entire Raksha Sea will be burned. up.

With a poignant heroism that seems to burn the last life.

"envious?"

"...Well, maybe Master Qiong Lang doesn't understand, maybe I should change a more appropriate word." Babai Kuni brushed her hair that was blown by the evening wind behind her ear, and smiled at her, "I really I love the sunset, it's really beautiful."

"Moreover, after the setting sun disappears, it will bring more beautiful things." Eight hundred bhikkhuni looked at the bloody setting sun that was gradually sinking into the sea, and said to himself, "After the setting sun disappears, night will usher in, and only when At night, you can see the stunning epiphyllum that only blooms for a moment."

"After the epiphyllum fades, you can see the morning dew... Mr. Qiong Lang hasn't looked at it carefully, has he? In fact, the inconspicuous morning dew is also a kind of beauty without losing sight of the setting sun."

Eight hundred bhikkuni said in a warm voice, a hint of longing appeared in the deep black eyes that had not fluctuated originally.

Qiong Lang still looked at her quietly, and smiled slightly, "It seems that Miss Babai is an emotional person."

"Morning dew epiphyllum and sunset are all fleeting things. Although they are beautiful, I prefer the stars in the sky. Whether it is day or night, they will hang there forever."

Eight Hundred Bhikkuni nodded slightly, but the smile on her face slowly disappeared. Compared with fleeting, she was more tired of and hated eternity.

"Perhaps most people think this way. After all, whether it's humans or monsters, they always yearn for what they can't get."

On her chest is a hanging knotted rope made of three short phoenix feathers, which gently swings in the air as the evening wind blows.

Hearing what Babai Khuni said, Qiong Lang's eyes moved slightly, and he suddenly asked curiously: "I heard Qingming said that Miss Babai had some adventures, and then she was different from ordinary people in some aspects. I am very curious about it. Can you tell me a thing or two?"

Eight hundred bhikkhuni knew what she meant, after a moment of silence, she just shook her head with a smile and said, "Where is this adventure, it's just an accident."

It's just a curse of a weird monster.

Speaking of this matter, she looked leisurely towards the direction of the human fishing village on the Raksha coast, and said suddenly: "In the fishing village to the north, there is a shrine dedicated to Lord Qionglang, and the Raksha sea has calmed down a lot these years. "

"Compared to hundreds of years ago, the changes here are really great." Speaking of this, she seemed to think of something, and then smiled at Qiong Lang, "Speaking of which, my hometown is there, and it's pretty close to Lord Qiong Lang. It's a little fate."

"That was a long time ago..." Eight Hundred Bhikkuni took a long breath, "There has been a legend in the village by the sea since ancient times, that eating mermaid meat will keep you immortal."

Qiong Lang had been listening quietly, but after hearing her mention this matter, his eyes moved slightly.

"One day, a mermaid ran aground on the coast of a fishing village, and the villagers accidentally got a whole mermaid meat, so they started arguing over who should eat the mermaid meat." Speaking of this, Babaichuni shrugged, "But it's just a quarrel. No one dares to touch it. After all, unknown creatures of unknown origin are the scariest. Humans have always been cowardly creatures..."

"However, there was an unlucky fool who accidentally ate mermaid meat under the teasing of his companions, and thus gained the power of immortality."

Speaking of this, the eight hundred bhikkhuni's face faintly showed a bit of gloomy, which disappeared in a flash.

She smiled brightly at Qiong Lang, "Mermaid meat is really delicious. I have never eaten such delicious food after living by the sea for more than ten years. After I took the first bite, I couldn't stop. I still can't stop. Do you remember the taste?"

Qiong Lang was silent, his lips moved but he didn't utter a word.

Is it delicious?She only remembered the bloody and sour and bitter taste in her mouth.

But for people who are about to starve to death, it is not too much to say that such food is delicious.

"But it was a blessing in disguise. I accidentally obtained the immortality that countless human beings want to have. Even if I stuck a kitchen knife in my chest, fell off a cliff, or burned my body, I couldn't destroy my body." Eight Hundred Bhikkhuni narrated calmly.

Although she looked calm, Qiong Lang felt that she had really done that.

As if to make the undulating voice sound a little lucky, she happily added: "This body can keep a beautiful posture forever, this is what many girls yearn for... I am really very happy, after all, everyone is afraid of death."

At first, she thought that it must be a wonderful thing to live forever, but...

Both people and things will usher in decline, and immortality means being forever abandoned outside the flow of time.As time went by, after she realized this truth, there were already no familiar people and things around her.

In order to find a way to change this immortal body, she began to search for a way all over the world, but she couldn't find it anywhere.

People began to think that this immortal girl was too scary. She no longer had a companion and was lonely for a hundred years.Loneliness and loneliness are the most unbearable tortures for human beings, but for her, even the resting place does not exist anywhere.

The so-called blessing in disguise is actually the curse of monsters...

Although Babai Kuni's voice was excited, Qiong Lang couldn't hear a message from her heart. She looked at this woman and was a little lost in thought for a while.

Coincidence?

Hundreds of years separated her from the eight hundred bhikkhunis, and they both ate mermaid meat in the fishing village of Luochahai, but...she did not obtain the powerful body of the other party that was immortal.

Although she has a strange and powerful healing ability after eating mermaid meat, she can't be as invulnerable as her.

Qiong Lang could feel that Babai Kuni had no heartbeat, no breath of life in her body, and even time seemed to have stopped on her body.But she was different, her heart was beating all the time, glowing with extremely powerful vitality.

When she first heard the story of Babai Bhikuni, Qiong Lang was a little confused for a while, and the strange task of the system suddenly appeared in her mind, which made her upset.

"Lord Qiong Lang is surprised, right? I never thought that a human being like me can have a longer lifespan than a monster." Seeing that she was silent, the Eight Hundred Bhikkuni couldn't help but chuckled softly, "What I have is exactly Lord Qiong Lang loves eternity, but I want to tell Lord Qiong Lang that eternity is actually not a good thing."

Qiong Lang didn't have the heart to answer her words. At this moment, various distracting thoughts were intertwined in her mind, and it seemed that there were some important points that should be grasped in the confusion.

Her eyes fell on the priestess costume of Babaichuni, a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in her mind, and she asked abruptly: "How did you become a priestess, does mermaid meat still have such effects?"

"Is it about my identity?" Eight Hundred Bhikkuni looked at the token in his hand and smiled faintly, "It's just to escape from a guy who always haunts me."

"The lingering guy?"

"Yeah...Speaking of which, mermaids are really scary creatures." Eight hundred bhikkuni took a deep breath and raised her eyebrows slightly, "Probably because I knew that I ate it, so the soul treats me a little bit more. Be jealous."

"Its soul always said to me without emotion, 'You are a monster now', not only that, but also always urged me to leave the village, saying that this place does not belong to my world anymore."

With a slight movement of Qiong Lang's fingers, his eyelids began to jump up involuntarily.

"I was terrified at the time. The soul of the mermaid haunted me for a long time. In the end, my parents invited the only Miko-sama in the village, hoping that she could help me get rid of the evil. I was fortunate enough to become Miko-sama's disciple, Finally managed to escape from that demon spirit."

"I have been practicing since then, until the appearance you see now." Eight hundred bhikkhuni spread her hands, the smile still on her lips.

During the conversation between the two, Babai Khuni told Qiong Lang all her stories frankly, and her originally reserved and distant operation expression became closer and more natural. The image seems to be an illusion.

Qiong Lang was always vigilant, no matter how natural Babai Khuni looked, she still smelled something unusual.

It's just that her thoughts are in chaos at this moment, Qiong Lang folded her arms, and the fingers in the cuffs were slightly tightened, vaguely feeling that some unknown secret seemed to be about to surface.

At the moment when she was about to guess the truth, Mussel Essence came over with Tan Sheng in her arms, and said with a warm smile, "Why are you two adults standing here all this time? It's time for dinner!"

Qiong Lang was suddenly interrupted by her, and the thoughts gathered in his mind were instantly disrupted, and Tan Sheng also cried out to throw himself into her arms.

Hearing his son calling for him, Qiong Lang subconsciously took Tan Sheng, who immediately rubbed against her neck affectionately, his soft pale golden hair tickled her.

She looked up, only to realize that the setting sun had already fallen into the cradle of the sea at some point. At this moment, the sky was dim, and lights had already begun to light up in the palace corridor.

"Ah - ah!" Tan Sheng saw it coquettishly, turned his head and saw eight hundred bhikkhunis inadvertently, and suddenly flapped his wings and screamed.

His eyes fell on the blue-purple phoenix short feather knot around the neck of Eight Hundred Bhikkhuni, and he scratched the feathers on his own wings, which seemed very novel.

Seeing this, Eight Hundred Bhikkhuni lowered his eyes slightly, smiled and took off the knotted rope around his neck.

"It seems that Tan Sheng likes these feathers very much. If so, I will give them to you."

Eight hundred bhikkhuni hung the knotted rope around Tan Sheng's neck, and gently touched his cute little head.

"Ah!" Tan Sheng called out, as if thanking her.

Qiong Lang subconsciously wanted to reject her, but suddenly he felt a sudden touch in his heart. The vigilance came from Jing Ji, and Jing Ji was protecting him with the miniature jade mirror hidden at Tan Sheng's waist.

Her complexion changed slightly, and her eyes darkened instantly.

However, she realized that there was no danger in front of Tan Sheng, she seemed to know nothing, and smiled at the eight hundred monks calmly, "Thank you for the gift, the child is naughty, please forgive me."

"It's getting late, everyone go back to the house and have dinner."

The eight hundred bhikkhuni nodded with a smile, and before parting, he said softly: "Is it time to go to Nazhi Mountain in three days? It seems that I won't be able to stay in Luochahai for a few days. To be honest, the food here is delicious. I miss you so much."

"Yeah, I'm going to Nazhi Mountain to hold a wedding in three days, time is very tight!" Mussel nodded, and smiled at Babai Bhikuni, "But it's okay for Babai to come to Rakshahai at any time. Problem!"

Eight hundred bhikkhuni helped Luochahai in the battle against the earth spider, so the clam spirit was very polite to her.

Hearing this, the Eight Hundred Bhikkhuni smiled, turned around and disappeared into the corridor.

Time was very tight, so she had to do it as soon as possible.

*****

After the [-]-year-old bhikkhuni left, Qiong Lang's expression darkened immediately, she didn't bring Tan Sheng to dinner, but instead ordered the clam spirit to send a message to the big dog to look for her, and then she carried her son back to the dormitory quickly.

As soon as she stepped into the room, she immediately took off the bright and beautiful knotted tail feathers on Tan Sheng's neck, and looked at it with a serious face.

Although Tan Sheng also wanted to play with the tail feather knot rope, but seeing his mother holding that thing and not intending to give it to him, he obediently sat in the crib and played with his little toy without making a fuss.

Qiong Lang looked left and right at the knotted tail feathers, he could vaguely feel the fluctuation of spiritual power on it, and there was nothing special about it.

Is she overthinking it?

But Jingji's vigilance just now was not fake, it was an instinctive warning to her when she encountered something dangerous.

"Qiong Lang, what's the rush to call me at dinner time?" Da Tiangou hurried over after receiving the clam spirit's message.

Walking into the room, he hugged Tansheng first, and then came over curiously, "What are you looking at?"

With a sullen face, Qiong Lang handed the knotted tail feathers to the big tengu, and told him all about what the eight hundred bhikkhuni did and Jing Ji's reaction just now.

"Let me see!" Hearing this, the big tengu's face changed suddenly, and he quickly took the tail feather knot rope over, and looked at it with a gloomy face.

While he was examining the knotted rope carefully, Qiong Lang took a deep breath, and temporarily turned his attention to the eight hundred nuns.

What was she trying to do with this sudden move, and why did she do it?

Having just been slapped by the clam spirit, at this moment Qiong Lang once again stared at the doubts that he had pondered for a long time.

—Speaking of which, mermaids are really scary creatures.Probably knowing that I ate it, so the soul is jealous of me.

——Its soul always said to me without emotion, 'You are a monster now', not only that, but also always urged me to leave the village, saying that this place does not belong to my world anymore.

The words of Babaichuni echoed in his mind repeatedly, which made Qiong Lang unconsciously open the interface of the system in his mind.

The last main quest was still hanging there, and the words "Completed" were displayed, but Qiong Lang, the strange fruit that was rewarded, hadn't been claimed for a long time.

— But, are you tired?Tired of the day-to-day toil?Tired of the long and never-ending life?

……

——When you once again get a breakthrough in your own strength, I will fulfill the promise I made to you at the beginning, maybe that will be the day when we parted.

- But, you will get everything you want.

……

——It can help you complete the final step of transforming into a god and gain stronger mysterious power!Including what you've always wanted but couldn't have.

……

The strange words with unknown meanings from the system still appeared in her mind, Qiong Lang's heart was pounding, she stared at the lines of small words, and an absurd guess uncontrollably appeared in her mind.

She forced herself to calm down, and quickly thought about the same but different experiences of the eight hundred bhikkuni and herself, as well as the opposing identities of the two as monsters and witches.

Looking back at the main task required by the entire system, Qiong Lang's heart gradually calmed down, and finally fell into silence.

She couldn't help submitting the task, and the golden fruit that radiated warmth like the sun appeared in her hands out of thin air.

Seeing this strange fruit with attractive aroma, Qiong Lang slowly closed his eyes, and opened them again after a while.

"I understand……"

She understands the secret of mermaid meat and everything the system has painstakingly done.

The so-called reward for becoming a god was just a cover from beginning to end.