Flame, burning everything.

The smoke enveloped him, and he felt his body whine in pain.

That was his nightmare... In the battle of Osaka Castle, he and his younger brother were burned in the flames of war.

It's been a lingering nightmare ever since...

It's hard to tell the difference between reality and dream.

The pain of being burned is so real, is he... going to be destroyed in the fire again?

"Wake up." Someone called him.

Is it retreat and bone?his brothers.

'Brother phase one. 'They showed a look of fear:'How did you become like this! '

"Brother Yiqi, we also escaped from the Honmaru where we were originally born. '

'It's the god judge who transformed me into an enemy dagger.But Gu Gu escaped. '

Black flames wrapped around him, burning his soul bit by bit with the words of his younger brothers.And he couldn't move.

Can only look at it, engulfing him.

"Wake up."

Don't call him anymore, he can't turn back.

Cool drops of water fell on his face, and the burning heat that was everywhere in the nightmare seemed to be dispelled a little.In the first phase, his eyelashes trembled slightly, and he finally felt someone shaking his shoulders constantly.

He opened his eyes, and in the darkness, a pair of clear eyes were staring at him. She raised her hand, flicked her fingertips lightly, and sprinkled cool drops of water.

Yizheng finally came back to his senses: "Ji Jun?"

He raised his hand and caressed his cheek, the tentacles were icy cold, and fine drops of water kept sliding down.

"you're awake."

The girl sitting in front of him moved away, a ray of skylight fell, and then she raised a banana leaf to cover his head.

The pattering drops of water hit the plantain leaves, and after a while, he realized that he was leaning against a boulder, in front of him was a wilderness, the sky was hanging low, and the continuous rain woven into a thick curtain, in the dim light , the girl sat beside him and said softly:

"You kept talking about 'fire', and you couldn't wake up, so I sprinkled some water on you..."

One issue, one shock: "..."

"Here," she handed over the banana leaves, "it can keep out the rain."

Yiqi Yizhen looked at the banana leaf that was obviously just picked, and after a while, he stretched out his hand to take it.

"Thank you... I will trouble Ji Jun."

After taking over the first issue, under his gaze, Lu Qiaoqiao stood up, and pulled out another banana leaf from the top of the boulder...

She held up the banana leaves like an umbrella, and carefully shook off the accumulated water on the leaves.

"...Ji Jun, what's going on here." Yiqi Yizhen followed Lu Qiaoqiao's appearance and held the banana leaf, but even so, he made the same movement very gracefully: "We How come here?"

"I remember, I fought Tsurumaru Palace, and then the ground cracked," said Yiqi Yizheng, "After that, did something happen again?"

"I don't know either." Lu Qiaoqiao said, "I was here when I woke up, and then I found you."

"But this shouldn't be Honmaru, right?" She motioned Yiqi Yi to stand up: "Look behind."

Behind the boulder is a wilderness, where the corpses of soldiers are lying all over the ground. It seems that they have just experienced a big battle, and the broken knives and halberds fall randomly on the ground.

The fire was burning, not completely extinguished even in the rain, and the wind across the moor brought an unpleasant smell of burnt objects, mingled with a faint sulphur.

This scene is all too familiar.

"This is... the battlefield?"

Most of the corpses that fell on the ground were wearing rattan armor, and some were even wearing only commoner clothes. At first glance, they were farmers conscripted by the daimyo city lord from nearby.

But there were also some generals in armor, whose dead horses and their masters lay down together, and their sabers fell to the ground and were submerged in blood.

The flames scorched everything, and from time to time weapons were engulfed in the flames.

"I didn't find any living people," Lu Qiaoqiao said, "They... look like soldiers from the Warring States Period."

The blue-haired young man was silent, and after a while, he said softly, "Yes."

As the rain intensified and the flames subsided, Lu Qiaoqiao said, "This is not a place to stay for a long time. I am going to find a way back to Honmaru. Do you have any plans?"

"You don't seem surprised at all," the blue-haired youth sighed, "I was surprised even when I saw this scene."

"I just woke up earlier than you." Lu Qiaoqiao shook her head, "I've just calmed down."

In any case, since she can serve as the god judge of the abnormal time and space "Honmaru", it is not particularly strange to suddenly fall into a battlefield suspected of the Warring States Period.

"Please let me act together with you," said Yiqi Yizheng, "Our goals are the same."

He was a little melancholy: "I'm worried about my brothers."

So Lu Qiaoqiao brushed off the water on the banana leaf: "Then, let's go?"

"Please wait." Yiqi Yizheng said.

"what happened?"

"Your feet..."

The girl was barefoot, and Bai Shengsheng's feet were stepping on the dirt.She seemed taken aback: "Ah, sorry. I forgot."

She walked back to the boulder, reached out and stroked the top of the boulder, and then pulled off a pair of straw sandals.

Just like banana leaves, the straw sandals are obviously newly woven, and the workmanship is very poor, barely making the shape of a shoe.

"Could you please turn around?" she said.

"It's a due courtesy not to peep at a lady's change of clothes," Yiqi turned around immediately: "Where... where are your original shoes?"

"broken."

Yizheng asked in the first issue: "Can Ji Jun know how to weave straw sandals?"

"No, it's all based on imagination, and it's just barely made into the shape of a shoe."

"However," the blue-haired young man seemed worried: "The sandals are rough, you..."

"I'm finished, you can turn around now." The girl said softly, interrupting him.

As soon as Yiqi turned around, she saw her gently tapping her toes, and after a little testing, she took a step forward.

"It's actually quite comfortable." Lu Qiaoqiao said softly.

Holding on to the banana leaf, she walked into the rain curtain and smiled at him: "Let's go."

"Find the way back."

……

…………

Yiqi Yizhen is a world-renowned knife.

Plentiful and elegant, royal imperial possessions.

It seems that elegance and humility are engraved in the bones;

Even at times like this.

Phase [-] Yizhen held banana leaves in his hands and walked in the winding mountain forest. They were about to walk out of the battlefield, but traces of war could still be seen everywhere.Faint blood lingers in the air, lingering.

"Are you okay?" He stopped and looked back at the girl.

In the gray rain, her face looked even paler.The ground is not flat, there are gravels all over the ground, and there are often broken armor and broken swords.Need to be avoided carefully.

Lu Qiaoqiao wore those rough straw sandals and walked along with a very calm expression.

"Huh?" She raised her head and looked up at Yiqi Yizhen, as if she was a little puzzled by his question: "I'm fine, thank you."

"Thanks for your hard work," Yizheng said gently in the first phase: "It is almost out of the scope of the battlefield. As long as you walk on the road, the road will not be so rough."

Lu Qiaoqiao: "(⊙v⊙) Yes."

"It seems that it's almost nightfall," Yiqi Yi said.He looked up at the sky: "I have to find a place to spend the night."

The wild at night is much more dangerous than during the day.

"Your Excellency, there seems to be something over there." Lu Qiaoqiao said.

Phase [-] lifted his head, and saw a corner of red in the verdant forest. He hesitated for a moment before asking in surprise, "Torii?"

There is actually a shrine in this mountain.

"Shall we go and have a look?" Lu Qiaoqiao asked, "Maybe someone will be there."

She waited for a while before hearing the blue-haired youth whisper: "...Yes."

The voice was a bit sluggish, but soon he smiled again with an impeccable expression: "In this way, you can also take a break."

"Please let me guide you."

The shrine was not far away, and Lu Qiaoqiao soon saw a row of red torii gates, but it was only when she walked in that she realized that this shrine seemed to have been deserted for a long time.The verdant trees almost drowned it.

"There seems to be no one here." Lu Qiaoqiao pushed open the door, and a layer of dust was immediately stained on her fingers: "First phase Yizheng Your Excellency, come in first to shelter from the rain."

She waited for a while, but did not hear an answer. Lu Qiaoqiao turned around in surprise, and saw the young man standing in front of the shrine, looking at the shikigami statue that had collapsed on the ground.

"One phase, one shock, Your Excellency?"

The blue-haired young man raised his head, and with that gentle smile on his face again, he expressed a proper apology: "Sorry, I lost my composure."

He paused, took a step forward, and then stopped again, just in front of the statues of the two shikigami.

Half of the hideous sculpture was buried in the soil, only half of it was glaring, as if it was staring viciously at the blue-haired youth.

Yiqi Yizhen lowered his eyes, smiled at the corners of his mouth, his eyes lightly passed over Shikigami, and then he stepped over.

A thunderbolt swept across the sky, bringing a heavy tremor.

The blue-haired young man walked up to Lu Qiaoqiao, and calmly put away the banana leaves.

The sky gradually dimmed, and the heavy rain did not show any signs of abating. Fortunately, although this shrine was abandoned, it was not too long ago, and the construction was still in good condition.

Lu Qiaoqiao dug out the saltpetre in the locker, built a fire with great pains, and just sat down to rest for a while, when she saw Yiqi Yizhen walking over with something.

"I found this in the shrine." The blue-haired young man sat down beside her, lit two candles, and placed them on the candlesticks on both sides, and the hall suddenly became brighter.

Some faint sandalwood fragrance drifted into the air with the burning of the candle, dispelling the wetness of the rainy day.

"This is the unique soothing incense of the shrine," said Yiqi Yizheng, "Ji Jun, are you still used to this smell?"

"It smells good." Lu Qiaoqiao said.

The light of the fire danced faintly, and he took off the knife at his waist one by one, and slowly wiped the water drops on the scabbard: "Ji Jun, although it is a bit presumptuous, but... how did you become a god judge?"

"I can't answer this question myself." Lu Qiaoqiao was a little embarrassed: "In short...it's all the fault of being addicted to furry poison."

The blue-haired youth laughed aloud: "It seems that Jun Ji really doesn't know anything about the 'God Judge'."

Lu Qiaoqiao: "..."

"The so-called god judges can distinguish between true gods and false gods, and listen to the words of mountains, rivers, elves, evil spirits...all powerful things." The words and deeds of things are the judges of God."

"It's more important than the shrine maiden."

"...sounds amazing."

"That's true," the blue-haired young man lowered his voice, "Not just any human being is qualified to be a god judge."

With a crisp sound, Yiqi Yizhen pulled out the knife.

The sharp blade reflected the flickering candlelight, Yiqi put the knife on his lap, and looked sideways at Lu Qiaoqiao: "Ji Jun, are you interested in hearing my story?"

Before Lu Qiaoqiao could answer, he continued speaking on his own.

"In the Honmaru where I was before, the God Judge was a tyrannical person."

"Because of his low birth, he was extremely angry with the world. By chance, he was chosen as the judge of the gods...so he immediately got a channel to vent his grievances."

"He was so powerless against the wrath of the world, so he turned to hate what is called in the sword—the noble born."

"such as me."

Lu Qiaoqiao was startled: "He bullied you?"

Yiqi smiled lightly, but did not answer.

Lu Qiaoqiao rubbed the center of her brows. She always felt that there was a phantom in the first phase. She shook her head and tried to sit upright: "I, too, became... a god judge."

She stammered and seemed to be struggling: "I will..."

Before she finished speaking, she suddenly leaned back, fell softly to the ground, and slowly closed her eyes.

"I will... work hard." The girl muttered to herself, her voice getting smaller and smaller.

She closed her eyes, breathed peacefully, and fell asleep.

The flames were dancing, and the girl's expression was peaceful.

The smile disappeared, he stared at Lu Qiaoqiao quietly, and said softly: "Ji Jun, the so-called calming incense is something that is enshrined to the gods, making them relax, sleepy, and easily driven by humans. .For humans with strong spiritual power, it has the same effect."

Lu Qiaoqiao fell asleep peacefully and could not answer him.

Yiqi stood up and walked up to Lu Qiaoqiao step by step.

He slowly recalled: "...the god judge who summoned me, he didn't dare to face my blade, so he tortured my younger brothers. Beat them, let them keep going out, even if they are seriously injured Not allowed to stop."

"I used to kneel on the ground without dignity, begging the judge to let my younger brothers go. As long as my younger brothers can survive, it's nothing more than kneeling."

The blue-haired young man said to himself: "It's just like this, I can still endure it."

Yes, even living so meekly.He also wants to live with his brothers.

Royal property?World Famous Blade?So what is it?

After a long time, the god judge got a sword with a more "noble" origin, and finally he was not so concerned about humiliating his dignity, and began to send him on an expedition.

The days went on slowly like this.

"But one day, when I came back from an expedition..." Yiqi Yizhen looked up at the pitch-black zenith: "I found out that my younger brothers had already been abandoned on the battlefield by him during a battle."

"How dare you throw away your own weapon. Is this still considered a master?"

The blue-haired young man smiled: "So I...killed him."

Killed the judge.

When the blade cut his face, the expression of the god judge was full of disbelief.

"You are very strange, as Fusangshen, why am I not affected by the requiem incense?"

Because he is no longer a 'god'.

Fu Sangshen is actually more like a monster than a god.Ever since he pulled out his knife and killed the God Judge, he had already fallen towards monsters.

... There is no turning back.The black flames had long entangled his soul, dragging him into the boundless darkness.

Yiqi lowered her head and stared at Lu Qiaoqiao's face. The girl fell asleep unconsciously, and a strand of black hair slipped from her jade-like cheek and disappeared into her collar.

"...At first, I thought that in another Honmaru, my younger brothers might live happily."

However, he saw the appearance of Tui and Gu Gu!

Yiqi Yizheng's expression was a bit complicated, he lowered his voice and said to himself:

"Ji Jun, you have seduced the heel bones, and made them become dependent on humans again after being treated like that. This is very dangerous..."

"But you are really too powerful. You can call back the heart of a bone that is on the verge of degeneration with just spiritual power, and you can even forcibly infuse a body back."

"Your strength made me dare not act rashly. I thought... I would have to wait carefully for a while. I didn't expect that there would be such an opportunity."

"You said, is this, fate?"

The blue-haired young man stared at the girl expressionlessly, holding the handle of the knife with both hands, and slowly raised it up.

His movements were so slow that he seemed to be suffering.

He finally raised the knife.

The blade fell suddenly, but the girl didn't realize it. She seemed to have dreamed of something to be happy about. She had no expression, but it made people think that she seemed to be smiling.

The tip of the knife rested on her skin.

Frowning slightly, he let go of his left hand and slowly turned his wrist.

There was a burnt mark on his sleeve.

Along the way, because the location was on the inside of the elbow, he hadn't noticed the scorching mark until he held the handle of the knife with both hands and raised his arm high.

——This is the trace of being burned by the flames.

"..."

Yiqi Yizhen let go of his hand and removed the tip of the knife. He frowned, his expression suddenly flustered.Then he stood up abruptly and began to search around for his clothes.

The back collar, cuffs, corners of the clothes... all kinds of places that are not easy to detect, there are some traces of burnt black.That's not the dust that got on it, but what was left after it was actually burned.

Flames, flames... The fire surrounded him and seemed to consume everything.

Yiqi covered his head in disbelief: "...Isn't that a dream?"

And then...then what happened?How did he come out of the fire again.

Yiqi Yizhen suddenly dropped the knife and reached out to support Lu Qiaoqiao's foot.

The girl seemed to be feeling a little unwell, she turned over in her sleep, and the crumbling straw sandals on her feet broke because of this, and she took them off easily with a quick shake.

A strand of dark red blood immediately stained his white gloves.

The soles of Lu Qiaoqiao's feet were covered with large areas of burns, and the blood blisters were rubbed against by the rough straw sandals, which had worn out long ago.The blood was mixed with grass juice, exuding a faint smell of blood.

The blood energy that has been lingering nearby did not come from the battlefield.

"..."

Gently stroking the soles of her feet, the girl shrank immediately, her five toes curled up tightly.

How did she endure such severe pain along the way?

Yes...that was not a dream.He fell into that weird battlefield, into a sea of ​​flames.The memory of being burned in Osaka Castle is entangled with reality.He was entangled in pain by the nightmare.

Then the girl broke through the flames and rushed in.

"Your Majesty, one issue at a time," she seemed relieved: "You are here."

"Don't worry, I'll carry you out... Oops, I can't carry you."

She dragged him, walking in the fire with difficulty, the hot molten iron flowed over the soles of her feet, burning her shoes, and in the end she could only step on the red broken iron with bare feet, slowly carried him out.

"It's so heavy... I'm almost exhausted from eating only fruit these days."

"It's all right, it's already out. There's no fire."

The cool thing that dispelled the burning nightmare was not water, but spiritual power.

'That adult... is so gentle, he stroked the tigers and gave me spiritual power to make me look like this. '

'Brother Gu Gu was also saved by her. '

'Brother Phase One, I will definitely get better this time. '

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