[Onmyoji] Set a small goal first

After resting in this small town for one night, Gui Xuliu took the shikigami to the neighboring village in the early morning of the next day.It is said to be a neighboring village, but it is actually several tens of miles away from this township. There are many mountains in this area, and most of the densely populated towns and villages are gathered at the foot of the mountain. It is surrounded by mountains on three sides and facing water on one side, and is located in a remote place. Passers-by usually take official roads or waterways to bypass the mountains and villages, and then go west and the road will gradually open up as the mountains slow down.

Yijin Zhentian and Vampire Ji won't have any doubts about Gui Xuliu's decision. They are simple and pure, and once entrusted with trust, they don't even answer questions. This is sometimes a headache.Gui Xuliu was often worried that if she made a wrong decision and would implicate these two, they would probably find out that they might end up with an unreliable master until the end of the matter.

So before this trip into the mountain, she hesitated whether she should pay attention to her little friend waiting for her outside, but in the end, she was strongly opposed by the two young ladies, so she had to give up.

Yijin Zhentian told her solemnly: "Master, I will definitely protect you."

Although the taciturn Vampire Princess didn't make a statement, the affirmation in her eyes already explained everything.

In this regard, Gui Xuliu had no choice but to tell the girls equally seriously: "The first thing you have to protect is yourself. I summoned you here, not to send you to die."

While Yijin Zhentian and Vampire Ji were slightly stunned, Gui Xuliu sorted out all the props on his body, refusing the embarrassing incident of the spell being stuck in his pocket when facing danger.In her heart, the best person to protect herself must be herself, relying on others may not tell when she will overturn, so the real great Onmyoji should be the existence of one person killing the entire team on the opposite side!

After the group meeting, the three of them entered the mountain like this.

The moment I stepped into the mountain forest, the wind blows across my face, and the wind is full of thick and humid moisture.

The ground is covered with thick old green fallen leaves. I don’t know how many layers. The towering trees grow overlapping oil-green canopies. The lines on the dark brown trunks form deep ravines, and bright green moss spreads from the inside to the outside. One piece and one piece.The emerald color that entered the eyes was heavy and mottled, but it was connected everywhere, and finally formed a dark green that spread to all directions.

It may take hundreds of thousands of years to form such a forest.

The further you go in, the taller the trees are, and the sunlight slides down the gaps in the leaves, forming a slightly dark light and shadow atmosphere underneath, as if you have entered a fairyland, with hazy and thin mist and thick and humid air everywhere. greenery.The aerial roots of some trees grow horizontally and stretch out high and low, resembling the lazy and comfortable appearance of people stretching their bodies. The small swamps or mires passing by from time to time also present a sticky dark green, quiet and deep dark green slurry Like a large piece of solidified pectin soft crystals, the fallen leaves float on the liquid surface without causing any waves, and the broken branches are half exposed, sinking at an extremely slow speed, until they walk away, it still has a small piece of dark The branches are upward.

"It's so wet in here."

Yijin moved her wings uncomfortably, her feathers had a waterproof layer, but the moisture in the forest had already formed a layer of crystal clear water droplets on her wings.The vampire princess poked her wings curiously, and the small water droplet stuck to another small water droplet, merged and grew bigger, and slid down along the texture of the feather.

Indeed, the wind here is full of moisture, and if you stay for a long time, you will have the illusion that you will absorb water even when you breathe.

Gui Xuliu's right eye was deep and difficult to see, as if he was looking into an unknown distance.

The thick dampness in the wind is like thick sadness that cannot be melted away.

In the dark green depths where the moss spread, the dilapidated and decayed wood was wrapped in layers of foggy clouds, and the moment the clouds and smoke revealed the gap, the flames jumped——

The miserable golden dragon scales and green feathers flashed past.

...Looking blankly at the last eye that lost its eyeball.

"Keep the sauce?"

"Liu sauce, what's wrong with you?"

Gui Xuliu came back to his senses only to find that she had stopped, and the vampire girl and Yijin Zhentian, who were two steps ahead, turned around and looked at her suspiciously.

"...No, nothing."

She lowered her head in a trance, holding a piece of dark golden dragon scale in her hand that was soaked in moisture and exuded a white brilliance.

After seeing the truth with the right eye, have you been able to touch the truth?

This is very similar to the telekinesis spell.

Gui Xuliu didn't know how she did it, but now was not the time to study it, so she put the dragon scales away and signaled to continue on the road.

The woods are slowly thinning, as if to remind people that the village is close at hand.Standing on the hillside, you can see the fields and the continuous adobe brick houses below.It should be the autumn harvest season at this time, but no one is working in the fields, and the whole village looks empty, revealing a desolate and desolate atmosphere.

"It stinks."

The Vampire Princess suddenly wrinkled her nose and said.

Yijin Zhentian also sniffed, confused: "Does it stink? I really don't smell anything..."

However, there was a trace of anger in the golden eyes of the vampire princess, and she stretched out her thin hand and waved it as if trying to drive away some disgusting smell.

"Smelly! Disgusting!"

Gui Xuliu held her icy hand, and the warm body temperature made the anger in Vampire Princess' eyes gradually subside. She looked at Gui Xuliu unhappily and a little bit wronged, her big eyes were watery, and she shouted: "Liu Sauce……"

"Be good, the vampire girl will wait for us in the forest," she said after a pause, her eyes slightly distant, "the wind in the forest will protect you."

She smiled at the restless vampire. This child feeds on blood and is especially sensitive to smells. It must be very tortured for her to bring her into such a village.Seeing that the vampire girl was reluctant to leave him, Gui Xuliu stroked her smooth hair and said:

"Go, the wind in the woods is so gentle, don't let it be so lonely."

Rubbing Gui Xuliu's hand, a gust of wind blew by, and the petite red and white figure disappeared into the devastated thick green.Saying goodbye to the vampire princess, she took Yijin Zhentian to the village. After entering the village, it was Yijin Zhentian's turn to cover her nose with her wings uncomfortably.

"It turns out that the vampire princess smelled this smell...it really stinks!"

Gui Xuliu knew what the stink they were talking about was. When it came to her, this stink existed in the form of a strange lavender mist. She would not really smell this smell, because it could not be contaminated at all. to her body, but she could see that these qis contained strong malice.

Thin green scales covered the thick, round and soft columnar body. The column body was suddenly curved and elongated. The scales undulated like small bumps. There were also women's hair and scarlet letters...

"Who are you guys!"

A loud drink interrupted her gaze, and Gui Xuliu looked away without paying much attention. Basically, she already had some understanding of what happened in this village.Turning his eyes to the person who came, it was a tall man, but his face was covered with a layer of black lifelessness, his complexion was very bad, at the same time, it seemed that his skeleton could hardly support the weight of his body, and his whole body was thin. It was so bad that even his cheeks were sunken.

His voice was hoarse for no reason, his eyes were bloodshot, and he looked at Gui Xuliu and Yijin Zhentian, who was obviously a monster with wings, very alert and hostile.Men very similar to him in appearance and spirit poked their heads from every house behind him, slowly approaching this side, and they all held iron tools such as hoes in their hands.

Yijin Zhentian stepped forward to block Gui Xuliu, but was stopped by her. When the young lady saw these humans, anger and hostility flashed in her eyes.

Gui Xuliu pointed to the hunting clothes on her body, revealing the exquisite sun and moon embroidery, she raised her chin in an arrogant arc, and said coldly: "I can't tell, I am an onmyoji."

The man in the lead seemed to be stunned for a moment, and then there was a mixture of fear and ecstasy in his eyes. The shovel in his hand fell to the ground with a muffled sound, and the dust scattered.The others were not much better, and their reactions were highly similar to his.They fell to the ground one by one, the man's dark arms were bulging with veins, and he cried out hoarsely:

"Master Onmyoji! Please save us!"

Faced with so many beggings, Gui Xuliu finally sighed and said, "You can get up and talk properly, is there any other use for you besides looking ugly?"

In her calm voice, people gradually regained their senses, and no longer cried and shouted like a group of disaster victims who saw the rescue by the city government.Gui Xuliu was respectfully invited to the home of the most influential person here, and it is said that the oldest old man here.

The house is very simple, and the area that was originally not too big looks empty because it is full of empty rooms. The unpopular house is lifeless, which is very consistent with the atmosphere of the whole village.

The old man only left behind three or four young men, and among them was the man who was the first to discover Gui Xuliu.Everyone's complexion was not good, and the old man was even more hunched over, as if he had suffered a huge blow and was depressed.He originally wanted to salute Gui Xuliu, but Gui Xuliu refused of course, and it took him a long time to get to the point.

"We are located in a remote place, and the adults in Yinyang Liao rarely accept our commissions, but fortunately, the weather has been good for hundreds of years, and our ancestors have lived a stable life for generations," the old man rambled slowly, "but no one expected it. Well, a strange thing just happened.”

When he talked about strange things, the faces of several other young people showed a mixture of fear and despair.

The old man sighed deeply, showing pain on his face, and said: "About two months ago, a strange disease appeared in the village. No one knew why he contracted the disease, and there was no cure for this disease. Once contracted, only You can wait to die. Moreover, this disease will infect people around you, at least half of the people in the village have died, and now the only surviving men are those you have seen, my lord.”

Gui Xuliu asked, "Since it's an infectious disease, why didn't you leave the village?"

The old man waved his hands helplessly, with a bitter smile, "Of course, people die one after another, and everyone wants to escape. However, those villagers who tried to flee... died as soon as they left the forest. Those who fled with them were so frightened that they had to I escaped back again, but what is the use of escaping? I would just wait to die if I escaped back.”

His face was deeply wrinkled, and his eyes were filled with stagnant water, showing a numb expression.

"Later, when everyone was in despair, a master Onmyoji came suddenly. He told everyone a solution, because this place lacks the protection of gods, and the onmyoji is inconvenient to manage, so in order to solve the epidemic, We have to ask a new god to protect us."

The old man was a little tired and continued after a short break, "He brought us a new statue, and we enshrined it in a temporary shrine, and carried sick people to worship..."

As he spoke, he coughed heavily, his old and frail body trembling like a candle in the wind.The first man Gui Xuliu saw had no choice but to take the old man's words and continue to explain to Gui Xuliu what happened at that time.

"As a result, the miracle happened, and the sick people gradually recovered, even if it was such a serious illness... In short, they all recovered!"

There was joy that couldn't be hidden in the man's voice, but it was as fleeting as a flash in the pan, and the pain once again occupied his expression.

"At first we thought everything was over, but we didn't expect all the disasters to come back again! People who got well died suddenly before being happy for a few days, and then new people got sick, and this time the epidemic came even faster , death also becomes faster.”

In the end, his expression became as numb as the old man's, "We really have no choice but to gather all the sick people together and set them on fire."

In the room so quiet that the sound of breathing could be heard, Gui Xuliu asked quietly, "Even if some people are still alive?"

There was a crack in the man's numb face, and there was boundless pain and resentment underneath. In the silent room, his breathing suddenly became thicker, and he said vaguely with sobs: "...Even if some people are still alive."

In the silence, the old man's old voice sounded faintly. He patted the man's leg, and his toothless mouth was a little unclear.

"Actually, there is no way to do this. Who made us lose the protection of the gods...we were originally protected by the gods."

Hearing this, several younger generations present looked at him suspiciously, and someone asked, "Uncle, why haven't we heard of any gods worshiped in the village? There isn't even a shrine on the mountain."

The old man shook his head and said: "I also heard what my grandfather said. Originally, there was a shrine on the mountain, and the village at that time was much bigger than it is now, but many people left here to go to other places. The village is too old and too closed."

After listening, everyone was speechless for a moment. The old man said that even his only son had gone to the neighboring town to open a restaurant, and his letters often mentioned that it was much more lively than here.

After Gui Xuliu listened, she traced the development of the matter in her heart. She accepted an entrustment from the owner of the restaurant in the neighboring town and came to this village. think.His source of news is the correspondence with his father, and it so happens that his father is the old man, the two are in harmony, and there is not much discrepancy in his rhetoric.

It's just that she still has some questions that need to be answered after reading something.

Gui Xuliu said in a strong tone that was hard to refuse: "I want to take a look at your newly invited Buddha statue."

The old man obviously didn't expect her to make such a request, but he still nodded in agreement.However, Gui Xuliu's next request made them all turn pale.

"Also, I have to go and have a look at the place where the sick people were burned."

After a long time, her words attracted the old man's tactful persuasion with hints of anxiety: "But, the master Onmyoji who helped us... He said that no one should be allowed to approach the burning place..."

"Oh?" Gui Xuliu raised his eyebrows and asked, "Did that Onmyoji give his name?"

The old man and the young men looked at each other, and in the end, the old man hesitated and said, "How could Master Onmyoji tell me his name? All I know is that he is wearing a black hunting suit..."

Suddenly, in the depth of Gui Xuliu's right eye, a figure of a man's back floated up, which suddenly coincided with him.

The man was wearing a black hunting suit, and his breath was ominous and gloomy.

The author has something to say:

Alas, I wrote it so hard that I couldn't make it appear again and again, the dog belt [waving