Hundred Ghosts Journey · Life is like summer flowers

In the middle of the night, the last candle in the study room was flickering, and the goose-yellow light illuminated the place faintly. When Huayuan Wushi returned the books he found to the bookshelf in order, he pushed a wheelchair behind him and approached his Caobi Yuanshi and spoke. Said: "Don't these tasks be handed over to the servants?"

"No, and sorting out these books is one of my favorite things to do." In fact, seeing that Iori's purification ceremony is approaching, Kawain Goshi is actually very worried that another accident will happen again.Before, he had privately said to Abe Shingon, wouldn't it be better if a sealing array was set up outside the barrier in Kyoto?

But he soon realized that the ordinary seal of a monster like Shuten-douji was useless to him at all.Only the legendary five-element seal...

The five-element seal that Abe Seimei himself reformed is not an ordinary seal like that used to deal with resentful spirits, but it takes a huge amount of power to complete it.So at that time, it was said that Abe Seimei used it to deal with the big tengu. Although he completed the seal excellently, it was only a formality...Because he used too much power of onmyoji, half of Abe Seimei's power turned out The state of demonization - it is said that his mother is a nine-tailed fox like the former Tamamo.

Abe Seimei is actually considered a half-demon, but after he became a demon, he couldn't use onmyoji.But as for why he can return to his original appearance, there is another rumor that his mother Ge Ye once told his wife Kamo Sara in a dream: "There is only one way to get rid of his demon nature."

Faced with Abe Seimei, she was afraid that she would see her demonized appearance behind closed doors, so she quickly agreed to Ge Ye's words - "If that's the case, I'm willing to die..."

That is, transfer the blood of both parties.

When Sara ran to him and told him about it, Abe Seimei resolutely refused.If the blood of the two parties is exchanged, then Sara's own monster blood will flow in her body, which will continue to torment her—spiritual, physical...even consciousness...

But Lero was quite firm, and she never let go of the chance to make Abe Seimei recover.Seeing that she couldn't compromise with Abe Seimei, she could only run into the deepest part of Izumi - Shinta Forest to pray for Ge Ye, so when Abe Seimei was unwilling, Sara took his hand and kept smiling and said, "It will be fine." '—transfer each other's blood.

So in the end, Abe Seimei returned to her original state, while Sara's body began to be tortured continuously because of the blood of the monster.In fact, on the day the conversion was completed, Abe Seimei never saw Sara again. Even if he searched the entire Shinta Forest, he could never find her again.

As for Ge Ye, she just said a sentence left for him instead of Lero: "This life is enough." A month later, Abe Seimei received the news of Lero's death...

It is also because of this incident that Abe Seimei gave up the research on the Five Elements Seal afterwards, put it aside and never thought about it again.But the five-element seal has not been completed yet, and the onmyojis of all families wanted to complete the seal in the later stage, but they didn't have complete results. Until the end, the chiefs of each onmyoji included it in the mysterious array, and no one cares about it ever since. , immersed in the river of history never raised again.

But now, actually want to use Abe Seimei's unfinished five-element seal, Hanain Wushi is actually very disturbed.He didn't know how much power the Onmyoji needed, and he didn't even know what the risk was.He read the book for a whole day, and Caobi Yuanshi was constantly looking for the formation and attention points about the five-element seal - facing such a mysterious formation, he still remembered seeing Chitose Ashiya's apprentice summoning him on the sealing tower. It happened...but it seems that due to some accident, Shuten-douji failed to be sealed.

"Five Elements Seal..." Huayuan put the last book on the bookshelf at this time, looked up at the dim cold moon above the opened bamboo curtain, and sighed so lightly that it could not be heard.

Under the same sky, in a certain jungle just a few miles away from Kyoto, Ibaraki Doji stood alone on the top of a tree and looked at the blackness flying in the sky. His figure blended into the night sky and it was not easy to see. The silvery white around her is particularly conspicuous, as if supporting that she is the same as Leng Yue tonight.

"Zashiki-douji..." It was a surprise that Ootengu led a large number of tengus to the direction of Kyoto. Ibaraki-douji immediately drew out his sword and stood in front of him—he was afraid that Ootengu was going to kill those who turned into humans. Shuten-douji, and Ibaraki-douji will never let any monster approach or kill him until he finds Shuten-douji.

"...Ibaraki Doji..." Daitengu stopped in mid-air, and the blood-red eyes no longer showed the sarcasm and sharpness before. At this time, the red eyes were dim, and the domineering smile did not appear on his face: "What a surprise...I didn't expect to meet you here." Ibaraki Doji thought that Ootengu would mock him for a while, and then drew out his sword to fight him, but...

"What are you going to do to Shuten-douji...?" Suddenly seeing that silvery figure was Zashiki-douji, Ibaraki-douji's eyes widened in surprise: "Why... are you here?"

"..." Zashiki Warou looked at him and slowly lowered his eyes.

"Aren't you unable to leave that human's home? Where is that Zashiki Doji?!" Thinking of the silver-haired monster, Ibaraki Doji suddenly had an ominous premonition in his heart—"Brother is dead..." Zashiki Doji said softly, and something came to mind the moment he died.And Ootengu sighed at this moment, raised his head and looked at Ibaraki Doji.

"...Dead..." Ibaraki-douji's brain went blank again. First, Shuten-douji's mountains and rivers were captured, then Shuten-douji became a human and his life and death in Kyoto were uncertain, and now Zashiki-douji died again. ? "What are you doing..." Ibaraki Doji tightly clenched the sword in his hand, an uncontrollable anger burned in his heart: "How much do I have to lose before I give up!" He roared, and the big tengu also saw it Ri deeply regrets the death of Zashiki Warji.But he was also very surprised that he would actually think of avenging Jiuten-douji... That guy, Hua Piao, just killed his thousand-year-old competitor--Juten-douji... It wasn't me who killed you?

"I... want to kill the guy who killed Shuten-douji." Daitengu took a deep breath at this moment, and a dark sharpness gradually appeared in his eyes: "That guy Shuten-douji, how could he lose to that guy?" Kind of nobody? A joke..."

"..." Ibaraki-douji was inexplicable when he heard his words, Shuten-douji died?But I heard that Tamadoji and the others said that Shuten-douji just became a human being... Could it be that... Zashiki-douji's prophecy didn't predict this? Shuten-douji died, but it was him who died as a monster, not him human being...

If the big tengu guy didn't know that Shuten-douji was dead, then who was the guy he said killed Shuten-douji?

"..." Ibaraki-douji didn't tell Otengu Shuten-douji about it, because he felt that there must be some misunderstanding.What's more, what will happen if Ootengu hurts Shuten-douji when he finds out that he has become a human being: "We must keep this secret..." Ibaraki-douji told himself in his heart, but soon thought of the death of Maezashiki-douji, "I said..." He raised his head and looked at Zashiki Boy in front of him: "How did your brother... die?"

"Everything is a conspiracy..." Zashiki-douji lowered his voice, and said slowly, "Everything was as he expected, Shuten-douji's death, brother's death...including—" Ibaraki-douji looked at A strange light flashed in those crimson pupils at this moment: "Xing Xiong Boy's death."

——Today, there are still eight days before the purification ceremony——

"...Going to Kyoto?" Shuten Doji was very surprised when he learned from Xia Hua that he was going to Kyoto early in the morning. He heard Xia Hua tell him that someone seemed to want to see him, so he rushed there as soon as possible.

"Well...Actually, I don't know...Why did Iorihime want to see me..." Xia Hua lowered her head, looking at the rosary in her hand: "Actually, I... am afraid to go to Kyoto—" At this moment, a pair of hands broke into her Xia Hua only felt that her hands were surrounded by a burst of warmth: "It's okay, there in Kyoto...it must be fine." Shuten Doji stretched out his hands to hold her hands tightly, and pressed his forehead against hers to see. down.In fact, Shuten-douji had nothing to worry about.He cherishes every time spent with Xia Hua, and understands that Xia Hua will not return to Mingdou and the others, that's enough.

"..." Xia Hua was stunned for a moment, then raised the corner of her mouth slightly and said softly, "Would you like to go to Kyoto with me?"

"En." Shuten Doji let go of her, and waited with her until Ming Dou's bullock cart came to pick them up, and the two got into the bullock cart together. "..." Ming Dou looked at Jiu Tun-douji who was accompanying her, frowned and sat up together: "Xia Hua, do you know Iori Hime?" He asked directly from his heart, Ming Dou Dou really couldn't understand why Iori Hime paid so much attention to Xia Hua.

"...Iori Ji?" Xia Hua was stunned for a moment, then nodded silently: "When I was helping Yu Dao Yin to find Yu Dao An... I saw her once."

"..." As soon as the name of 'Yudaoyin' was mentioned, Ming Dou felt another burst of pain in his heart.A pain named Yudaoyin, I'm afraid it will remain in my heart forever, and I will never forget it.

"..." Shuten Doji and Ming Dou were sitting on the right side of the bullock cart, and at this moment he looked at Ming Dou as if he seemed to be thinking about something—"Iori Hime... who the hell is it?" He suddenly said After asking, Ming Dou and Xia Hua suddenly fell silent.What should I say?Someone with strong spiritual power?The central figure in the purification ritual?Or is it a hostile relationship with him in the past?

But to the human Shuten-douji, this is not important anymore.

"I'm just a friend." Xia Hua Qingmao lightly wrote, thinking that the current Shuten-douji doesn't need to know those meaningless things.

The bullock cart slowly drove from outside the town to Kyoto, and the timing was well arranged by Chitose Ashiya.Usually there are only a few onmyoji and samurai guarding outside the barrier in Kyoto from early morning to noon, so the journey seems to be going smoothly.Gradually, the ox cart drove into the streets of Kyoto, and the sounds from all around made Shuten Doji curiously stretch out his hand and slightly opened the bamboo curtain, watching the people of Kyoto passing by outside the ox cart.

"This is Kyoto..." Shuten-douji looked outside in surprise, he was full of curiosity about this place, both Mingdou and Xia Hua saw it in his eyes.

"..." At this moment, Ming Dou folded his arms in thought, his eyes did not look at Xia Hua in front of him, but at his feet: Jiu Tun-douji... can't go back to that time...

He wanted to say that it was good for Xia Hua to stay by his side...but he didn't want to accept this reality.Even knowing that Xia Hua once said to him that Shuten-douji who killed her parents no longer exists, and Hua Piao also said that Shuten-douji is dead... But now that Xia Hua is with him, I feel sad and heartbroken , and even a lot of guilt surfaced in his heart at the same time - Ming Dou knew that he was not qualified to stand by her side, but even if he decided to protect her, he couldn't help but start to fall into his own world at this moment and let himself face her. to reality.

The ox cart crossed the wooden bridge, stopped beside a locust tree and did not move forward.

"Here we are..." Ming Dou stretched out his hand to lift up the bamboo curtain, saw another bullock cart on the other bullock cart Ashiya Chitose nodded towards him.

"Then I'll wait here." After Shuten Doji finished speaking, Xia Hua and Ming Dou got out of the bullock cart.As if returning to Kyoto again, Xia Hua felt a sense of disobedience to this capital. She looked at the bright scene in front of her, small bridges and flowing water, passing pedestrians and mansions surrounded by green trees, as if she was returning to the capital. It's the same as in the past.

"This is actually the back door of Iori Mansion..." Ashiya Chitose walked down from the bullock cart, and said to Xia Hua who was about to go up from behind: "Time is short, try to keep your stories short."

"Yes..." Xia Hua looked at Ming Dou, nodded and got on the bullock cart.After the bamboo curtain was quickly pulled down by Ming Dou, Xia Hua saw the figure sitting in the bullock cart: "..." The woman in front of her was dressed in a gorgeous light blue dress with white patterns on it as decoration. Her fair skin was supported, her long black hair was scattered around her body, and a gleam of joy appeared in her bright purple pupils: "Xia Hua!"

"...Iorihime..." Xia Hua smiled, and sat down beside Ioriji: "It's been a long time."

"So you're fine...I'm really worried about you..." Iori Hime held her hand tightly and said, "At that time...you were taken away by Shuten-douji, I was afraid that I would never see you again It's not you."

"..." Xia Hua froze for a moment, unable to accept Yi Zhi Ji's words.But at this moment, she thought again that Iori Hime happened to see herself in the tower when she was on the sealing tower: "Well...you can worry about me like this...I feel very grateful." She lowered her eyes slightly, thinking of Kyoto Before that, Mingtou told himself quietly that Iorihime didn't know about Shuten-douji.

"By the way, it will be the day of the purification ceremony soon." Xia Hua was about to continue, but Yizhi Ji stretched out her hands to hold her face—"..." Xia Hua was stunned, she looked at the Iori Hime didn't know what she was going to do, but just for a moment, she saw a trace of unbearable flashing in her eyes.

"Originally... I wanted to tell you later..." Iorihime looked at her, pursed her lips and put her hands down, sat upright and looked at her: "Your mother...is her name Kasahara Natsuki?"

"..." Xia Hua was stunned for a moment, she didn't even tell Ashiya Chitose and Ming Dou about her life experience, why would the person in front of her know?

Suddenly there was a feeling of blood coagulation, Xia Hua felt that her body was frozen and could not move.

"You... What you said is..." Xia Hua pulled her lips, and she looked at her in disbelief.

"Kasahara...Have you ever heard of the name Kasahara Kana?" Iorihime's eyes were filled with bleak sadness, until then she slowly opened her mouth and said, "Natsuka... Actually, I am..."

Shuten-douji was sitting on Mingdou's bullock cart at this moment, slightly opening the bamboo curtain to look at the outside world.For him, although Kyoto makes him curious, the place with Xiahua is what he really yearns for.And he glanced at the bullock cart next to him, and found that Chitose Ashiya and Mingtou were talking there.

"..." Shuten-douji took a deep breath at this moment, he looked at the ground for a long time, but for some reason the scene he was watching just now had a feeling of deja vu.

"Send this child to a monastery to be a monk."

"The mage said that this child was born with powerful evil thoughts, so he didn't want to accept it at all."

"Then kill the boy."

"What about the princess?"

A strange picture appeared in his mind, Shuten-douji frowned slightly at this moment, and covered his head with his hands—"The princess is so pitiful, that person left her and just left."

"Who? That guy is a monster!"

"Poor princess, I really didn't expect the child she gave birth to be a monster as well."

"Those eyes are disgusting..."

"It's so noisy..." Shuten Doji shook his head, and immediately reminded himself not to think about it.And the moment he turned around, he suddenly saw an ancient mirror floating in front of his eyes, and he was shocked: When did it appear?

Shuten-douji was surprised to see the withered vines on the ancient mirror wrapping around the mirror, and the black flame emanating from its whole body was burning slowly. "What is this..." Seeing his own shadow cast on the smooth mirror, Shuten-douji felt that his vision was gradually dimming, and his whole body seemed to be drained out quickly, unable to exert any strength: "... ...Xia..."——Gu Jing stretched out a black hand to surround him, and slowly dragged him into the mirror...

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