Hundred Ghosts Journey · Life is like summer flowers

——Ega · Ashiya Honke——

In the courtyard, a shikigami in the form of a woman served a bowl of hot tea, and the voice from his mouth was particularly pleasant: "Master Chitose, please enjoy." And the man sitting under the shade stretched out his hand to take it. , took a deep sip: "Sure enough, this is the life I want." While he sighed, the Shikigami beside him wanted to cry without tears: "Master Chitose, please cheer up."

"..." At this moment, he closed one eye, and the other eye was looking at his shikigami with unknown thoughts, and he said after a while, "I said Ai, or I won't be an onmyoji anymore. Alright." Stretching out his hand to take off the black hat on his head, this handsome man in a light blue safari was smiling happily at this moment, with the long hair on both sides of his forehead hanging straight down, he couldn't help but look a little seductive.

"Hmm——" the shikigami known as Ai blushed at this moment, and couldn't help shouting: "Please be serious about your work! Chitose-sama!"

"Haha!" When Chitose Ashiya laughed and was about to say something, a voice came from behind them: "You should also listen to Shikigami's advice."

Turning their heads, they saw another man in a white safari suit standing in the courtyard, with a gentle smile on his gentle and handsome face, holding a folding fan.The garden is full of greenery, and everything seems to be in a painting, so beautiful that it cannot be expressed in words.

"Brother." Ashiya Chitose's face was surprised at first, but was soon covered by disappointment: "You come to persuade me again."

"Haha, my younger brother is like this, Ayi." The man smiled slightly, and Ayi seemed to understand the meaning of his smile, so he backed away silently.

"..." Watching Ayi leave, Ashiya Chitose's face became more and more gloomy, until, when the elder brother had already come in front of him, he turned his gaze to the lotus pond beside him.It is midsummer at this time, and the lotus flowers in the pond are all blooming. The white is pure and flawless, and the pink is delicate and delicate. Both of them are set off by the lotus leaves, giving people a kind of spiritual tranquility.

"..." Chitose Ashiya looked at these, and he also yearned for the spirit of getting out of the mud and not being stained: "Brother, you know, I don't want to be an onmyoji."

"I understand." After finishing the words, Ashiya Chitose glanced at him.

"Monsters and such have nothing to do with me... There are good monsters, why should they all be considered extreme?" Chitose Ashiya said here, and gave his own reasons: "The days when I was forced to practice , I saw not only good monsters, but also many monsters who wanted to live with humans..."

"That's because the thinking of the seniors is too absolute...so we also..." He said here, showing a faint smile: "As expected of my younger brother Ashiya Chitei, he is really more sentimental than imagined."

"...Stop talking nonsense." Chitose Ashiya stood up unhappily when he heard this, and turned to him and said, "How is the matter of the rosary going? Have you finished it yet?"

"Yes." He took out a string of black rosary beads from his cuff, and the beads glowed with a faint light green light under the sunlight, which could not be seen unless he looked carefully.

"It seems to be successful." Chitose Ashiya looked at the rosary and couldn't help showing a satisfied smile. After reaching out to take it down, he continued: "This is a rosary made by you and me. Protect yourself at critical moments, and don't be eroded by evil spirits."

"You want to give this to Xia Hua?" Ashiya Chiting frowned at this moment: "She already has a bunch? Why do you need to give her another one?"

"In terms of onmyoji, Xia Hua is far above Ming Dou, but Ming Dou's potential far exceeds hers. Maybe in a few years, Ming Dou can surpass Xia Hua and become a unique onmyoji." Ashiya When Chitose said this, she looked down at the rosary in her hand: "She will need it."

The sunshine under the blue sky is so warm, but also has a touch of uneasiness.At this moment, Ashiya Chitose's heart is as complicated as an overturned five-flavored bottle.

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On the other side, in the dark mountain forest that is not exposed to the sun, a gloomy palace stands in the forest.The purple flames in the palace illuminate the surroundings, and hideous and terrifying faces are about to appear.The monsters in the palace are going to the main hall one after another to meet the king who has not been seen for nearly a thousand years.

The hall is as eerie and terrifying, with blue ghost fire floating back and forth in the hall.The monsters who arrived first vaguely saw the figure sitting in front of the hall in the light of the will-o'-the-wisp, with fiery red hair, slender ghost horns, and sharp golden eyes.The powerful demonic aura emanating from the hall is all due to this monster in human form.

Suddenly the will-o'-the-wisps stopped, and they lined up in two rows, instantly illuminating the hall brightly.The incomparably handsome face, the golden pupils are indifferent and sharp at the moment, condescending, looking down at the figure of all monsters, the symbol of red hair and ghost horns.At this time, all the monsters knelt down one after another, willing to surrender to it.

The dark age thousands of years ago is finally coming again, and the selfishness of human beings trapped their kings in the seal and pain of thousands of years.And on the day of return, there is bound to be a "heavy" return.

The corners of the mouth are raised, and the golden eyes are more frighteningly sharp and cold.And Ibaraki Doji next to him looked at all the monsters at this time, but he frowned when he didn't find a trace of a monster among them.

"Forget it, Ibaraki." The cold and charming voice rang in his ears at this moment, and Ibaraki Doji looked at him at this moment, "Anyway, that monster probably won't be with me."

"But... Shutendouji-sama..."

"'Jiutun' is enough... You are still so reserved after thousands of years." Jiuten Douzi couldn't help sneering twice at this time, as if he felt a little helpless that this companion who followed him devoted himself to him.

"Yes..." Ibaraki Doji nodded, and continued to look at the demons: "Before defeating Yuzao, I believe your demon power has recovered a lot."

"Ah... yes." Shuten-douji put out his hand to cover one eye at this moment: "Abe Seimei, a human being, sealed all my demon power...so that I will not be able to appear for a thousand years. The demon power is far from enough, as long as I get a big Tengu...then I can become the king of all monsters again." Having said that, Shuten-douji suddenly thought of something: "Where is that child? I didn't find her."

"I'm afraid he's already dead." Ibaraki-douji answered here, and then he heard Shuten-douji's voice without any emotion: "Well, it would be better to die."

There was an unspeakable pain in my heart to think of her, as if hollowed out—for she would be like their shadow, because she was their child.Thinking back carefully, the laughter and laughter that followed me was also deprived by myself...all of it came from it, the betrayal that Shuten-douji hated the most.

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After walking a few miles away from Kyoto, Xia Hua and the others were already in the withered forest on the other side of the mountain forest when they stopped to rest. Although they encountered many monsters on the road, Xia Hua Mingdou hardly had to worry about it.What's more, there are these two - powerful fox demons by my side? !

"Ah~~ I'm so exhausted, I'm so tired from walking." Yu Daoan was the first to sit by the tree and massage her feet, while Xia Hua raised her head to see the branches of the dead tree covering most of her top , but only the moonlight shines through the gap, and the spots on the ground make Xia Hua really have the urge to rush back to the hut in Kyoto to sleep again.

"I really won't be sleeping outside tonight..." Xia Hua hugged her arm. To be honest, she had never slept outside, and she was still in such a dark and depressing place.

"Ah? Are you scared?" Ming Dou seemed to have a malicious smile, but was soon entangled by Yu Daoyin again—"Husband~husband~hug me~~~" "You...you Don't lean over here, hey!!!" Barely blinking, they 'fight' into a ball again, only Yu Daoan stayed silently at the side and massaged her feet.

"Really, I don't even have to leave in the imperial city." Yu Daoan complained to this point, Xia Hua said to herself: I didn't ask you to come...

"Okay, okay! Since we are going to sleep overnight, let's sleep together today." Yu Daoyin suddenly pulled Ming Dou and ran in front of Xia Hua and Yu Daoan.

"Sleeping together?" Xia Hua was startled for a moment, turned her head to look at Ming Dou, and took two steps back vigilantly.

"?" Ming Dou didn't understand the reason for her reaction for a moment, but Yu Daoan on the side laughed.

"Ah..." Yu Daoyin soon understood, so she pushed Ming Dou a few steps away and said, "I have changed into my original form, so you can sleep on my back." Everyone's gaze——"Ahem..." Xia Hua closed her eyes and coughed twice, and couldn't help saying, "Yu Daoan and I sleep on one side, and Ming Dou sleeps on the other side, no problem."

After the green smoke dissipated, a huge fox was sitting on the ground, and a lot of dead branches on it fell because of her sudden increase in size.

"..." Ming Dou finally understood what Xia Hua was thinking before, and nodded silently.

In this way, the first night to Yinghe began in this awkward atmosphere.And just after Xia Hua and Yu Daoyin both fell asleep, Yu Daoyin discovered that Ming Dou not only did not sleep, but started stargazing instead.Because of the fall of the dead branches before, they have a line of sight like a patio above them.In the middle of the night, the starry sky is brilliant, and the little twinkle of stars implies various things.Ming Dou just looked at the starry sky, not noticing that Yu Daoyin was actually awake for a long time.

At this moment, Yu Daoyin suddenly said softly: "You like Xia Hua, right?"

"Huh?!" Ming Dou was stunned for a moment, turned to look at Yu Dao Yin, only to find that she was already asleep—talking in sleep?Or hallucination?

Ming Dou didn't know what to do at this moment, maybe it was really his hearing hallucinations.

Thinking of this, Ming Dou felt as if he was playing tricks in his heart, he couldn't help but smiled wryly, then quickly closed his eyes and prepared to fall asleep.At this time, Yu Daoyin opened one eye again, and looked at Ming Dou secretly, with his eyes closed now, he couldn't help exhaling softly...