[Onmyoji] Deep Sea Girl

"It is said that mermaids have the most beautiful singing voices in the world. Their voices are enough to confuse all things in the world. My name is Qiong Lang. Although I am fortunate enough to be blessed with a natural voice, it is not one-tenth as good as mermaids."

Huang nodded slightly, Qiong Lang's voice was the most moving he had ever heard, which often made people ignore her beauty.

"It is said that this kind of monster will confuse fishermen with its singing in the sea and prey on them." Having said this, Qiong Lang looked a little moved, "Because the mermaid is also a monster, so no one in the village dares to eat it, and intends to use it as a food." offerings to the sea god."

The village head invited the only witch in the village to preside over the ritual, and cut off the meat from it and distributed it to each household for worship at home, and her parents got a part of the mermaid's heart.

In this era, the food that humans living by the sea can find is very scarce, and there are dangerous monsters everywhere in the mountains, jungles, rivers and seas.

Before her father and the villagers returned from fishing, Qiong Lang had been hungry for a long time, and the hunger that time made her lose her mind, so she couldn't help but secretly ate half of the mermaid heart enshrined at home.

Even if he was poisoned to death by monsters, it would not be more uncomfortable than being starved to death, Qiong Lang thought so.

Fortunately, not only was she not poisoned to death, but she even gained the power of a demon and gained immortality. However, she somehow lost her voice and became dumb.

Liang Qi, a child of the same age from the neighbor's house, saw her stealing mermaid meat, and the other party accidentally slipped his mouth. The villagers even thought that the mermaid was a terrible sea monster, and stepped up preparations for the sacrifice.

"On the day of the sacrifice, there was a sudden tsunami in the Raksha Sea without any warning, which swallowed up the entire village. At that time, I thought, whether it was the loss of sound or the tsunami, this might be the curse of the mermaid."

"But now it seems that God has always loved me. A god passed by and saved the village. I survived by luck. Not only did I not die, but I also recovered my voice shortly after, just like the voice of a mermaid."

When Qiong Lang said this, Huang understood the ins and outs of everything almost instantly.

Because he has become a monster and is no longer fit to live with humans, he left the village and threw himself into the sea of ​​Rakshasa.

Qiong Lang didn't mention anything about the system to Huang, but simply talked about his experience in Luochahai these years, including the matter of the mother Jiao.

At this moment, Huangcai finally understood the reason why Qiong Lang had been unwilling to tell others what his body was all these years.

Now that Qiong Lang said everything, Huang felt a little at a loss.By doing this, it was equivalent to letting Qiong Lang tell him all his deadliest and weakest vitals.

What kind of trust can make a person so unreserved?

"Sorry, I..." If he had known it would make Qiong Lang difficult, he would not have been obsessed with it before.

Seeing his comprehensible but annoyed expression, Qiong Lang couldn't help but smile slightly, "What did you just say? Huang, we should never say the word 'sorry' between us."

Huang's body shook slightly, his eyes fixed on her tightly, "Well... I will keep your secret, and I will also protect you."

The atmosphere was silent for a moment, Qiong Lang responded lightly, and the two walked side by side again.

"So all these years, I have been trying to find the person who saved the village, at least say thank you in person."

That was the one who gave her a third life.

Huang nodded, as long as he recalled how cold and desperate the sea was, and how Qiong Lang stretched out a hand to him in the darkness, he would be able to fully understand Qiong Lang's state of mind at that time.

Qiong Lang didn't describe much about the past in the Raksha Sea, but Huang could feel her hardships in these years, which made him feel more determined to protect her.

Compared with Qiong Lang, he is really much luckier.

Thinking of the dream Qiong Lang mentioned that he often had, Huang's expression changed, and he said slowly: "Maybe I can help you divination to where that person is."

"Huh?" Qiong Lang stopped and stared at him immediately.

"I have had prophetic dreams since I was a child, but over the years I have gradually mastered how to divination for others."

Divination for others requires a medium. Qiong Lang obviously does not have any tokens about that person, but if Qiong Lang is willing to let him dream, he can predict where the other party will appear.

After listening to his explanation, Qiong Lang nodded and returned to the palace with Huang, and let Huang enter her dream without any hesitation.

Qiong Lang's dream was dim, accompanied by all kinds of noisy voices in his ears, Huang seemed to be in the scene.

But her vision was blurred, and Huang couldn't see everything around her clearly. She just vaguely noticed a gust of wind slowly approaching, and then gradually disappeared.

With a twitch of his heart, remembering the feeling of this dream, Huang closed his eyes and exited Qiong Lang's dream.

Qiong Lang was still in a deep sleep, seeing how she was breathing evenly, Huang did not wake her up, but sat aside quietly behind her forehead, patiently closed his eyes and fell asleep again to predict for her.

When Qiong Lang woke up, it was already the morning of the next day, and she slept soundly and soundly this time, without any weird dreams to disturb her.

Huang had been guarding indoors all night, but he had already woken up at this time, sitting on the bank holding a teacup and waiting for her to wake up.

"I foresee where that person will appear."

Hearing these words, Qiong Lang's pupils shrank, and the remaining trace of drowsiness immediately disappeared without a trace.

"where is it?"

Under the mountains and rivers, the peaceful and tranquil human villages are crowing and dogs barking, and the three characters "Shouyue Village" are engraved on the stone tablet.

However, the people in the dream seemed to be arguing about something around an unusually luxuriant giant tree. In a trance, a figure hidden in the wind descended lightly.

Shouyue Village.

Qiong Lang memorized the name, learned the location of this human village from the wandering Shuweng, and then prepared to leave immediately.

Huang's predictive dream dreams about things that will happen in the future, and he can roughly predict the time range. Qiong Lang must rush to Shouyue Village before that to wait for that person to appear.

Originally, he wanted to leave Huang in the Raksha Sea and go alone, but Huang insisted on going with her.

Qiong Lang thought for a while, Luochahai is now stable and orderly, Shuweng and Huibisu are sitting in the palace, and Yasha leads troops to patrol and garrison at the border.The barrier of the territory is unbreakable, and the Lord of Arakawa next door has some friendship with her, so it will not be a problem to leave for a while.

Coupled with the fact that Shouyue Village is not too close but not too far away, he nodded and agreed to Huang's request.

Shouyue Village is located near Mount Nachi in Wakayama Prefecture. The terrain is close to Kyoto. To go directly from the Rakshahai Lake, you have to climb several peaks, but if you take the Arakawa Swamp, you can reach it overnight by water.

Qiong Lang had never been there, but she had heard about some other big monsters. For example, the famous Shuten-douji's power in the ghost clan was in the Dajiang Mountain area, which was very close to Nazhi Mountain.

But this time, she wants to let go of the Luochahai diplomatic issue for the time being and settle her own private affairs.

Uncle Arakawa's face was cold and kind, and with a wave of his hand, he allowed her and Arakawa to go through Daozeyu.As a sea monster, Qiong Lang has a strong ability to control water, and Huang arrived at Wakayama County after driving at high speed on the water in one day.

The two concealed their unusual eye pupils, hair color and sharp ears, and turned into the appearance of ordinary noble young men.

Qiong Lang exchanged a round and plump white pearl with a local rich man for some copper coins, and then stayed in a dormitory in Shouyue Village at dusk.

As shown in Huang's dream, there is indeed a huge tree in Shouyue Village.

The local people call this tree the Royal God Tree, its trunk is so thick that five or six people can hold it together, now the white flowers on the tree have faded, and it bears two emerald green fruits, which are about to be ripe.

Qiong Lang saw through the secret hidden on that giant tree at a glance.

"No wonder when I stepped into the vicinity of Shouyue Village, I always felt a resistance. It seems that this tree has an enchantment."

Huang also nodded, set his eyes on the fruit of the Godly Tree, and his expression changed, "This tree is not simple, and those two fruits contain very powerful spiritual power."

It's just that the humans in Shouyue Village didn't seem to notice the unusualness of Yushenmu.

Qiong Lang waited patiently for that person to appear, without a dream all night.

The next day, the two were alarmed by a strange noise in the village. Qiong Lang and Huang looked at each other and quickly walked to the vicinity of the Yushen Tree.

Sure enough, there were many humans holding axes and surrounding the Shenshen Tree with unclear expressions, as if they wanted to cut down the giant tree.The gray-haired old village head held a torch and stood solemnly in front of the Shenmu, muttering something.

Qiong Lang stopped a local villager and asked, "What happened here?"

Seeing Qiong Langyu's face and brocade clothes, the young girl couldn't help but feel a little feverish, and her expression was also dazed for a while because of the deep and neutral voice, and she was absent-minded for a moment before she came back to her senses.

Seeing that Qiong Lang was waiting for her without a trace of impatience, the girl said with a little embarrassment: "Aren't you locals?"

"In the past few nights, people on the edge of our village have always been attacked by monsters. The mage passing by here said that this is because the god tree in the village is about to become a spirit, so it will attract nearby monsters."

"The mage said that in order to protect Shouyue Village, the sacred tree must be burned. The village chief is planning to do so."

Hearing this, Qiong Lang exchanged a glance with Huang, both frowning slightly.They could clearly sense that the barrier of the Godly Tree was clearly protecting the village.

"Hey...! What are you doing, stop!"

At this time, a clear and clear male voice sounded anxiously, which attracted Qiong Lang's attention.

It was a handsome human youth, dressed as a samurai and carrying a bow and arrow. He looked about in his twenties.Beside him was a blue-spotted panther, and several children were scared and hid behind the adults.

The young man's brocade clothes are far from the coarse linen clothes of the villagers, and he has an extraordinary demeanor, as if he was born in a noble family.

The old village chief frowned and glanced at him, and said in a low voice: "My lord from outside, please don't interfere with the affairs of Shouyue Village, this is an ominous tree that will attract monsters!"

As he said that, he was about to order the villagers to cut down the giant tree. The young man was startled, stopped in front of the Shenshen Tree, and said anxiously, "Impossible! Did you make a mistake? A century-old sacred tree!"