One Hundred Ways to Beat the Ghost King [Onmyoji]

Now is not the time to disturb the two, the danger has been eliminated, and Ibaraki backed out calmly.

The enchantment of Dajiangshan was touched, and all the monsters sensed the abnormality and dispatched one after another. Soon the fainted monsters in front of the temple were taken away for treatment.

The smell of wine in the hall finally dissipated completely, Chi Qingqing no longer felt weak, and quickly helped the weak Jiu Tun up, and asked worriedly, "Did you drink that wine?"

Jiu Tun took a deep breath, then returned to his usual expression, hugged her and comforted her: "Don't worry, I just took a sip."

His somewhat pale face did not escape Chi Qingqing's eyes. After hearing this, she immediately frowned, "What kind of wine is so powerful?"

"Rather than wine, it's more appropriate to say blood." Jiu Tun stood up, took two steps forward and picked up the sleepy civet cat, sensing its demonic power.

"Those wines are brewed with the blood of monsters, which have the effect of eroding the power of monsters and falling asleep. The aroma will also disturb the mind of monsters."

Jiu Tun's furrowed brows loosened slightly, "I don't care about that bit of toxicity, it's just this stupid civet cat, I don't know when it will wake up."

Liu Ji, who had low demonic power, was still asleep, but Banruo had already woken up leisurely. Seeing the mess in the hall, she was startled, "Master Jiutun!"

Needless to say, they also knew that they had fallen into the trap of those evil monsters.

"Take Liu Ji and this civet cat away, is Ibaraki back yet? My uncle wants to discuss things with him."

Prajna nodded and did as he said, and Dajiangshan's enchantment was also removed after maintaining it for a while, but this night, the monsters in Dajiangshan were all boiling.

The ghost king was almost caught in a human conspiracy and fell into danger. Ibaraki Doji's right hand was also cut off by humans!

Suddenly seeing Ibaraki with a broken arm, Chi Qingqing was startled, "Who cut off your hand?"

Ibaraki's expression remained unchanged, as if he didn't take this matter to heart, "I met a few humans, it's just a moment of carelessness."

"Where's your right hand? Didn't you get it back?" Jiu Tun's expression straightened, and there was a trace of solemnity between his brows.

Generally speaking, human swords cannot hurt monsters like Ibaraki. His right hand can be cut off, and that sword is absolutely extraordinary.

Ibaraki frowned slightly, and said in a deep voice, "That human sword has a monster aura on it, and that monster aura is exactly the same as the monster you and I have been investigating recently."

"After I killed those humans, the monster suddenly appeared and led me away. After I chased after it, I realized it was just a puppet."

At this time, a spark flashed in Chi Qingqing's mind, and she suddenly remembered a fragment in the legend of ghosts, and asked subconsciously: "Is the person who cut off your hand called Watanabe Tsuna?"

"I don't know his name, but I saw him and a few humans camping sneakily at the foot of Mt. Dajiang. The leader is Minamoto Raimitsu."

Chi Qingqing's expression moved slightly, and he said quickly: "These are the people who sneaked into the mountains and rivers to offer wine tonight. Master Qingming told me with a sound transmission paper crane, that's why I rushed back."

"Is that pedestrian alive?" Hearing this, Ibaraki's expression changed slightly.

The three of them exchanged information quickly with a look in their eyes.

After a while, Shuten narrowed his eyes slightly, and suddenly stepped forward to inspect Ibaraki's wound.

"This matter is weird. There is a smell on your wound, which is exactly the same as the aroma of the demon wine. Those humans must have used demon wine to cast weapons, so they were able to cut you."

"But they are only human beings. It is impossible to kill so many monsters in such a short period of time and collect blood to brew poisonous wine."

"To be able to escape from Ibaraki's black flames, there must be someone behind them helping them."

Chi Qingqing tilted her head slightly, looked at Ibaraki's wound and said solemnly, "Their knives have been cast with poisonous wine, and the evil spirit on Ibaraki's wound is exactly the same as that monster hiding in the dark, which means...that A monster wants to borrow a knife to kill someone!"

The three of them looked at each other, and they all smelled an unusual aura.

"Every time I show up as a puppet, it seems that that monster is very cunning." Jiu Tun's eyes drooped slightly, and a dangerous light flashed through them, "I dare not confront my uncle face to face, that's a shame." It means that the monster's strength is very weak."

That's why you hide in the dark and devour the same kind, do you want to gain stronger demon power?

With a loose brow, Jiu Tun comforted: "Don't worry, it's just a monster playing tricks and tricks, I will find it out and smash it to pieces!"

Of course Chi Qingqing believed in Jiu Tun's strength, she nodded slightly, but she felt something was wrong in her heart, but she couldn't remember what went wrong for a while.

"You chased so fast, why didn't you even take your own hand back." Chi Qingqing couldn't help asking.

Jiu Tun put his arms around her shoulders and comforted her, "Don't worry, the monster's self-healing ability is very strong, and his arm will grow out by itself in a short time."

*****

Minamoto Yorimitsu and Watanabe Tsuna fled back to the city. Although they were not able to kill Shuten-douji, they cut off Ibaraki-douji's hand unscathed. .

"The group of evil spirits must be scared!" Yin Yang shook his head and stroked his beard and said, "Miss Ikeda was sent back to the gate of the city by the monster. The lady has started."

Yin Yang Quanzhu also nodded and said in agreement: "Although the evil spirit failed to be killed successfully, but the other party made a concession, then the purpose of our trip has been achieved."

The people in the court held this point of view, thinking that the monster had made a concession on its own initiative, so they did not ask the emperor to order Shuten-douji to be expelled again.

Although everyone said this verbally, everyone knew in their hearts that even a strong general like Minamoto Yorimitsu could not hurt Shuten-douji in the slightest. There is probably no one among humans today who can punish them.

Unless the Great Onmyoji Master Abe Seimei personally takes action...

However, Abe Seimei, as the power camp of Mr. Fujiwara, has always advocated first to deal with internal troubles and disputes in the court, rather than to crusade against monsters.

Ikeda Eri was not in danger, and the matter of expelling monsters was left alone.

Among the paralyzed and self-whitewashed people, only the cold-faced Yin Yangzhu closed his eyes with displeasure, covering the cold light that passed through his eyes.

Watanabe Tsuna dedicated Ibaraki's broken arm to Minamoto Yorimitsu, and Minamoto Yorimitsu asked Abe Seimei to divination for it.

After feeling the evil spirit above the broken arm, Abe Seimei said: "Take back the severed hand and let him perform the seven-day taboo. Maybe ghosts and gods will come to take it away within seven days."

After seeing off the group of people, Abe Seimei's eyes became solemn.

"Grandpa, is there something wrong with this?" Yayoi Abe asked suspiciously.

Withdrawing his eyes, Abe Seimei turned around and walked into the house, saying, "I have fought against Ibaraki Doji before, and I am very familiar with his demonic power. However, the evil spirit on that broken arm does not belong to Ibaraki. I know what happened to Watanabe Tsuna and the others during the crusade."

"If it is true as they said, the gods of the shrine helped them, then... why is Onikiri's arm cut off, but there is a strange evil spirit on it..."

Abe Seimei murmured and fell into deep thought, and it took a long time before he said in a deep voice: "I suspect that some monsters have already stretched their hands into the court..."

"You mean, there's something wrong in Yinyang Liao?" Abe Yayoi's expression moved, and she quickly realized what Abe Seimei meant.

However, the struggle in the Chaotang is fierce, but the Yinyang Liao is divided into two factions, one faction advocates security inside, and the other faction advocates the enemy's foreign affairs, and they quarrel every day.

"If that's the case, does it mean that there are monsters who want to use our hands to get rid of Shuten-douji?" After pondering, Abe Yayoi continued, "Perhaps not only that, the people behind it also want to provoke a war between humans and monsters."

Hearing his words, Abe Seimei did not refute, but frowned deeply, "Another evil spirit is about to move in the dark. Once the war between monsters and humans is provoked, the consequences will be disastrous."

"At times like this, I really miss Boya..."

Hearing this, Abe Yayoi also fell into silence, her fists clenched slightly.

Once his dream was to be an onmyoji as powerful as Abe Seimei, to eliminate harm and protect human beings, but after experiencing many things, his thoughts are slowly changing.

Although monsters are evil, there are also good ones. Although human beings are weak, they are as fierce as monsters.

If the relationship between humans and monsters deteriorates further, then from the perspective of her identity, it must be very difficult...

Thinking of this, Yayoi Abe closed her eyes and said in a deep voice, "It would be great if we could maintain and improve the relationship between humans and monsters."

"Do you really think so?" Suddenly, Abe Seimei turned to look at him and said seriously, "Are you willing to work hard for this?"

Yayoi Abe was startled, then nodded, and said with serious eyes: "This is the goal I want to work hard to achieve."

The air froze for a moment before Abe Seimei eased his face, and said gently: "If you are not afraid, just let it go. If you really want to do it, then go to him."

After the words fell, Yayoi Abe clenched the black feather handed over by the other party.

*****

The order in Dajiang Mountain slowly returned to normal. After a few days passed, Ibaraki's arm did not grow back as expected.

Not only that, but his wound suddenly began to feel biting frequently, which immediately attracted the attention of Jiu Tun and Chi Qingqing.

Jiu Tun frowned and stretched out his hand to feel his broken arm, and said solemnly after a while, "There is evil spirit on it, that knife is different from poisoned wine, there must have been some kind of manipulation during casting."

At that time, he only took a sip of wine. Although he became very weak at that time, he quickly recovered his demon power after two days.The civet cat drank too much poisonous wine, and after the leech essence helped it suck out the poison, it slowly woke up. Only the evil spirit above Ibaraki's broken arm was eroding his demonic power.

That monster was indeed sinister and vicious. Not only did it brew poisonous wine, but it also tampered with weapons. If the monster was cut by it, it would definitely be extremely painful.

Regardless of whether the broken arm can be regenerated, the first problem is to get rid of the evil spirit on Ibaraki's wound, but any monsters in Dajiang Mountain who are good at healing and refining poison are helpless, and Jiu Tun suddenly has a headache.

"I'm fine, you don't have to worry." Seeing Oeyama's monster worrying about him, Ibaraki said calmly, "Even if I only have one hand left, I can protect Oeyama."

Hearing this, Jiu Tun's eyes were filled with two points of anger, and he punched the cherry blossom tree behind him with a fist, and the cherry blossom tree immediately fell down.

"Wait for my uncle to pull out that bastard and tear it up!"

"...Don't worry, maybe there is a solution." Chi Qingqing frowned slightly, and drew a circle around Ibaraki's hideous and neat wound with her slender fingers, feeling the evil spirit carefully.

Jiu Tun's expression changed, "Did you find anything?"

Withdrawing her hand, Chi Qingqing said slowly: "I feel that this group of evil energy is like a parasite. Have you noticed that the power of this group of evil energy has always been like this, neither getting stronger nor disappearing, as if it is It's like living by relying on the demon power that devours Ibaraki. Moreover, Ibaraki's demon power is too domineering, and it doesn't feel good."

"I think that this group of evil spirits may need to be attached to monsters to survive, so those potions and healing spells won't work. To deal with this evil spirit... maybe we can lure him away with a more attractive demon power."

Hearing this, Jiu Tun frowned, "Then what should I do, find a monster stronger than Ibaraki's monster as bait?"

"Well." Chi Qingqing nodded, "But this is just my guess, I don't know..."

"Don't worry about it so much, let me try it." Jiu Tun said, and was about to inject his own demon energy into Ibaraki's body.

Chi Qingqing hurriedly stopped him, and gave him a slight look, "What's the hurry, let me see if it's useful first."

Evil energy can be transferred, how could she be willing to let the corrupted person become drunk.

"What are you going to do, let alone use yourself as a bait? It's better to forget it." Hearing this, Ibaraki refused her at first.

Chi Qingqing frowned, not taking his ignorance to heart, "My demon power is different from yours..."

She not only has demon power in her body, but also has the spiritual power that filth is the most disgusting.

The power of the forest is given by Xiaolu. This kind of demon power is gentle and harmless, and it can form a perfect balance with her own spiritual power. It has strong self-healing and growth abilities.

It's like cutting off the stems and leaves, but the seeds of power are still there, and they will grow again.

As for monsters like Shuten and Ibaraki, their demon power is their origin, and cutting off their demon power means weakening their own strength.

After saying this, Chi Qingqing tried to transform into a smooth vine, which tightly wrapped Ibaraki's wound.With the delivery of the demon power, the vines emitted a faint green light and grew a few tender leaves.

Although her demonic power is weaker than that of Izuku, but she can't hold back the harmless delicacy of Sen Zhili, her evil aura is like a gu worm ready to move, trying to swallow her demonic power as well.

There was no change for a while, and Chi Qingqing was not in a hurry, and fed it little by little with demon power.

Soon, the other party was like a group of conscious creatures, following the instincts of foraging and survival, they entangled on the vines reassuringly and greedily.

A large area of ​​the green vine withered in an instant, and the leaves on it also dried up along with the branches.Seeing the withering speed getting faster and faster, following the vines to her hands, Chi Qingqing decisively cut off the vines with her own spiritual power.

The vine fell to the ground and began to wither and turn yellow.

"Are you okay?" Seeing this scene, Jiuten asked a little nervously, and he was relieved only after finding that nothing happened to her.

Feeling the absence of the biting sensation at the wound, Ibaraki's expression moved slightly, "The evil spirit has disappeared."

"Cut off the vines with spiritual power, and this ghost thing won't be able to cling to you with demon power." Jiu Tun rubbed his chin, suddenly realizing.

"... Your demon power?" Soon, he frowned again, feeling that Chi Qingqing's demon power had weakened a lot.

"I'm fine." Chi Qingqing waved his hand and kicked away the group of withered vines. Without the feeding of the demon power, the evil spirit began to dissipate slowly, "Although my demon power is not strong, my self-healing ability is faster than yours. There are many."

This part of the lost monster power can be restored to the current level after practicing diligently for a period of time.

Strength is what every monster desires most, but the other party does not hesitate to hurt his monster power to help him heal his injuries.

Hearing this, Ibaraki's eyes changed, and there was a lot of frosty look in his eyes when he looked at her. He said in a calm and sincere tone: "Thank you, I will remember this favor."

"Ding", Ibaraki Doji's favorability towards you has increased by 50 points, and the current favorability is 30.

The favorability is finally not a negative number, which is really rare...

Chi Qingqing twitched the corners of her mouth, waved her hands and said, "You're welcome, as long as you don't hit me indiscriminately and for no reason, I'll be content."

"..."

"...Can't it grow back after being corroded?" Jiu Tun rubbed his chin, raised his eyebrows and said, "It seems that you should go and get your hand back."

"I know." Glancing at his broken arm, Ibaraki nodded, turned and left.

When there was no one around, Jiu Tunzai hugged her tightly with a bit of anger and distress, and said sullenly: "If the other party is not that guy Ibaraki, my uncle will never agree with you to do this."

Chi Qingqing snorted softly, "If it wasn't for your sake, I wish I could beat that guy up."

Jiu Tun said softly, "Stay with me, you can hit whoever you want, and if you can't, I'll help you."

Just about to answer, Jiu Tun quickly interrupted her, "No matter what your answer is, this time, I won't let you go again."

"..." Chi Qingqing's eyes moved slightly, and she fell silent.

Soon, after getting back his arm, Ibaraki found that because the severed arm was also eroded by evil spirits, it could no longer fit perfectly with himself.

His right hand after fusion was not sensitive, he frowned, and threw the severed arm away again, and the black flame quickly burned it to ashes.

Chi Qingqing sighed, "Can't you take your hand back?"

"One hand is enough." Ibaraki said lightly, and turned his head away.

While the three of them were talking, Prajna stepped forward to report, "My king, Master Huang is here."

"Huang?" Jiu Tun frowned, and said in surprise, Chi Qingqing was also taken aback, and she felt that Xuan Ji in the Jade of the Dragon Head became excited instantly.

*****

In the palace, many wine gourds were placed crookedly around the low table.

"You bastard, why did you come to my uncle suddenly?"

A handsome man with short purple hair sat at the banquet, tilted his head slightly when he heard the words, and stated his purpose seriously and honestly, "I'll come and see if you're dead or not."

The corner of Chi Qingqing's mouth twitched, "..."

Seeing Huang for the first time, she quietly looked at this SSR-level monster.The other party was very tall and thin, and exuded a mysterious aura all over his body.

"Are you looking for..."

Before Jiu Tun finished speaking, the Dragon Head Jade on Chi Qingqing's chest suddenly emitted a pale light, and Xuan Ji's translucent figure suddenly appeared in the air.

"Lord Huang!" Xuan Ji shouted loudly, with indescribable excitement in her tone.

Huang put down his wine glass, raised his head and gave her a faint smile, "Xuan Ji, I haven't seen you for hundreds of years, I knew you were still alive."

"Who is this monster?" Ibaraki frowned and asked in a low voice.

"Xuan Ji is my shikigami." Chi Qingqing replied in a low voice, "She and Huang are old acquaintances."

Hearing this, with a wave of Huang Xiuchang's big hand, there were many fragments of dragon head jade on the table immediately, "Since the catastrophe fell that day, I guess you must have slept in a certain piece of jade. For hundreds of years I've been looking for you, but I can't find the last piece of jade."

"Now it seems that everything is an arrangement of fate."

Huang sighed softly, then suddenly turned his head to look at Chi Qingqing, and said with a slight smile, "You are the trace of life in Jiu Tun's prophecy, right?"

As soon as he mentioned the prophecy, Jiu Tun seemed a little displeased, and said coldly: "You unreliable guy, didn't you say that my uncle's death was born at the southern end? Why did you suddenly change your mind now?"

"Do you know that because of your prophecy, I was almost punched to death by that bastard Ibaraki." Chi Qingqing said with gritted teeth.

"Unreliable? My predictions never go wrong." Huang chuckled lightly, and said in a serious tone, "She is your death and your life, isn't it?"

"No... Or, without her, Lord Ghost King would not have been able to avoid this disaster. But remember what I said back then? You... may not survive the fall of this year."

"Before that, I had a glimpse of your inevitable death. It was her appearance that added a little life to the intractable death."

After the words fell, Jiu Tun was silent for a while, "What do you mean?"

"Fate is originally something difficult to understand." Huang laughed happily twice, and drank the demon wine in his cup. "Some things are bound to happen, but the results are different. Even if there is no clean water, it will happen.”

"So, if Ibaraki didn't go south to kill Shimizu, how could she meet you so soon?"

Huang didn't say anything later, but everyone understood.

If it wasn't for Ibaraki's pursuit, it would be impossible for Chi Qingqing to be rescued by Yimulian and come to Nara Heirajo to meet Shuten.If Yimulian hadn't sent her to the foot of Mount Nazhi by mistake, it would be impossible for Chi Qingqing to become a half-demon because of Yayoi Abe because she wanted to obtain snow lotus.

If she doesn't become a half-demon, she won't be squeezed out by humans, and she will eventually choose the camp of monsters.

Nai'an City is thousands of miles away from Kyoto. If there is no Yimulian wind, by the time Chi Qingqing arrives in Kyoto on her legs, it may already be autumn.

In other words, without Ibaraki's pursuit, she might miss the encounter with Shuten, let alone have that kind of relationship with her.

This is an endless cycle.

After a while, Ibaraki said lightly, "Since this is the case, please don't look at me with that kind of eyes in the future."

Chi Qingqing glared at him, and snorted coldly, "Impossible, you made me suffer so much, do you want to write it off like this?"

"It's all because of Huang's prophecy, and it has nothing to do with me." Ibaraki turned his head away and said expressionlessly.

Huang raised his brows and said innocently: "Of course it's none of my business. Didn't Jiu Tun himself ask me to predict his death?"

"..."

Jiu Tun, who was drinking, immediately paused, he obviously didn't say anything, why did he suddenly become the culprit?

Xuan Ji listened quietly, and suddenly couldn't help laughing.

Seeing Xuan Ji, who is an old friend, Huang's expression was rarely tender, "I have collected all the dragon head jades, and you should be able to restore your original appearance."

"Thank you, Lord Huang." Xuan Ji nodded and turned her gaze to Chi Qingqing.

Chi Qingqing understood, and immediately took out the dragon head jade from his chest, and the fragments soon began to slowly fuse together, becoming a complete dragon head jade.

Perhaps understanding her intentions, the restored Dragon Head Jade automatically turned into a jade mirror.

Chi Qingqing picked up the jade mirror and saw Xuan Ji's face appeared in the jade mirror. Her face was no longer blurred and ethereal, but a real entity.

At this moment, she, who was connected with her soul and soul, immediately felt that her ability to control illusions had improved by more than one level.

Finally got the complete Dragon Head Jade, Chi Qingqing couldn't help being a little excited.

Then she couldn't wait to open the task panel of the system in her consciousness to check, and she froze immediately.

The progress of the task of collecting Kaguya Ji's information has not changed at all.

Her eyelids trembled, and her heart began to plummet, feeling a little uneasy.

"What's the matter?" Noticing her strangeness, Shuten immediately asked nervously.

"Sure enough, he is a person who does not belong to this world. Even I can't predict anything from Qing Shui." Huang who had been keeping his eyes closed for a long time suddenly opened his eyes and said something meaningful.

Chi Qingqing's hair stood on end all at once, he stared at him warily, and his fists tightened slightly.

This person... actually told her biggest secret so bluntly!

Hearing this sentence, Jiu Tun's expression changed slightly, and he asked in a low tone: "What do you mean by this sentence?"

"It means literally." Huang folded his arms and said in an inexplicable tone: "I have always been curious about what changed your original fate. The moment I saw Qingshui, I finally understood."

"Only an outsider who is not bound by the rules can change the way things should have happened."

"Did Master Huang also see it?" Xuan Ji in the jade mirror said happily, "Xuan Ji also thinks that Master Qing Shui seems to come from the world that Master Kaguya Ji has gone to. Master Qing Shui has always wanted to find the way back. Method, Master Huang, is there any way?"

Hearing these words, Jiu Tun's expression changed drastically, and he subconsciously grabbed her hand, while Chi Qingqing felt a surge of fear for no reason.

"How can traveling through time and space be an easy task?" Huang shook his head and said, "There are countless time and space, even Kaguya Hime, who has become a god, may not be able to go to the world she wants. .”

"What's more, she came to this world and has already participated in the karma here."

"I can't predict her, but I foresee her existence in the future of you and Shuten, so it is impossible for her to return to that world."

"……What did you say?"

It is impossible for her to return to that world.

These words rang clearly in her ears, and her mind suddenly buzzed, and her thoughts went blank.

Holding the jade mirror tightly, she flung Jiu Tun's hand away, and fled the palace in a panic.

"Qingshui!" Jiu Tun looked startled, and immediately dodged to chase after him.

*****

The wind passed by her ears, and Chi Qingqing rushed into the flower forest panting heavily, and fell to the ground as if she had lost all strength, her face was pale, and her body trembled slightly.

That's right... In fact, she should have thought of it long ago and suspected it.

The condition for returning home is to light up all the shikigami illustrated books, among other things, but how will she attack the monsters from the underworld?

By the time she saw those monsters, wasn't she already dead?And, let alone Kaguya Hime, who no longer exists in this world...

After getting the Dragon Head Jade, she accidentally started Kaguya Ji's mission, and after hearing the news from Xuan Ji, she was already uneasy.

She thought that as long as she collected all the legendary things that belonged to Kaguya Ji like the Fire Rat Fur and the Dragon Head Jade, she would be able to light up the illustrated book in other ways.

But now the Dragon Head Jade has unexpectedly become complete, but the system tasks have not changed at all.

It's not that she hasn't thought about such a problem, it's just that she is too scared to think deeply about it.

This is the only goal that supports her to keep moving forward after she came to this world.If she didn't have such a belief, how could she be strong until today?

What's the point of all her struggles if she can't go back?Even if it was to numb herself, she didn't dare to think about it.

However, Huang told her this cruel answer without any concealment, and the goal she had been striving for all this time suddenly turned into a bunch of illusory bubbles.

That's right... The system only said that she could be reborn, but it never guaranteed to let her go home. It has been lying to her all along!

Thinking of this, Chi Qingqing's heart seemed to be tightly squeezed by a big hand, trembling and unable to breathe.

She didn't want to accept it at all, and couldn't accept this fact!

Sensing her extreme confusion, Xuanji was startled, and quickly appeared from the jade mirror, and supported her shoulder worriedly, "Master Qingshui..."

Jiu Tun's breath was slowly approaching, but Chi Qingqing was not in the mood to face anyone at the moment, she was immersed in the jade of the dragon's head in a trance, and hid herself evasively.

"What's the matter with her!" Seeing Chi Qingqing lying on the ground unconscious, Jiu Tun hurriedly stepped forward to hug her tightly, screaming in panic.

Xuan Ji bit her lip and said worriedly: "My lord hid in the dragon head jade and hid herself."

Jiu Tun frowned, hugged Chi Qingqing tightly, and brought her back to the palace.

*****

Chi Qing lay quietly in the jade mirror, looking up blankly.

This is the place where she and Xuan Ji practiced illusions on weekdays. When there is no illusion, there is no light in Yuzhong.

Such darkness and silence made her feel fearful and uneasy. Subconsciously, she relaxed and presented the picture she most wanted to see in her mind.

High-rise neon buildings, bustling streets, a campus where lovers walk hand in hand, and a living room with a table of home-cooked food.

Every picture is what she longs for and longs for day and night.Fortunately... these memories are still in her heart and have not been forgotten by time.

If possible, she would be happy to live in such an illusion for the rest of her life.

At first, I just wanted to see such a picture because of nostalgia and comfort to my soul, but gradually, as time passed, it seemed that she also lived here together.

Every voice, every picture is so real.

There are friends and relatives she misses here, and she doesn't want to leave.

I don't know how long the time has passed, and she slowly began to get lost, as if all the time travels were just a dream, and this place is the real reality.

There is no night, no fear, the sun will never set, and the summer wind blows on the face so warmly.

******

"Why isn't she awake?" Jiu Tun sat beside her, slowly holding her cold hand tightly, his voice trembling.

It has been three full days, and she has been sleeping quietly and obediently in the dragon head jade.

Shuten had never seen her look like this, nostalgic, relieved, and relaxed.

On the contrary, his mood began to become heavy and tense.

Xuan Ji paced back and forth beside the two, feeling the illusion in Yuzhong, frowned and said worriedly: "My lord is immersed in the illusion created by myself. If this continues, she will definitely get lost in her own world. I can't wake up either."

Hearing these words, Jiu Tun immediately squeezed her hand tightly, pinching her fair fingers until they turned red.

"Aren't you the monster in Dragon Head Jade? Can you wake her up?" Jiu Tun took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.

Xuan Ji nodded slightly, but bit her lips and said: "Although Xuan Ji can wake up Lord Qingshui, the Lord rejects me in the illusion. Her mood has been unstable for a long time, and Xuan Ji is worried that she will forcefully break the illusion. Shimizu-sama's emotions will be unbearable."

Ever since the day she confronted Ezaki Junpei at the Kinkakuji Temple, her mood has been in turmoil.

Hearing these words, Jiu Tun suddenly turned his head to look at her, and said in a deep voice, "She will be fine with me! Wake her up quickly, and don't let her get lost in the illusion!"

The fingers in Xuan Ji's sleeves tightened slightly, she nodded with a disturbed expression, and disappeared in place.

This is the only way to do it now, if the illusion is completely closed, there is nothing she can do to wake up Chi Qingqing.

Soon, under Xuan Ji's interference, the false picture in the Dragon Head Jade began to become distorted until it slowly dissipated.And Chi Qingqing's soul was directly ejected by Xuan Ji forcefully.

As if a sleeping person was suddenly awakened by a nightmare, Chi Qingqing sat up sweating profusely, panting heavily.

Seeing her wake up, Jiu Tun's somewhat haggard eyes flashed a gleam, he suddenly took her into his arms, and said in a trembling and joyful tone: "...Are you awake?"

Hearing this unfamiliar yet familiar voice, Chi Qingqing's figure instantly froze.

She raised her head slowly, looking at the picture in front of her with a faint expression.

It is not a warm and narrow living room, nor is it a university campus with people coming and going.

In the gorgeous palace, gold and silver are the walls and jade as the ground, which is as beautiful as a fairyland.

There was a moment of silence in the air, and she broke down and burst into tears instantly, her hoarse voice was full of indelible despair and panic.

Jiu Tun was shocked by her shrill cry, and immediately embraced her and comforted her softly: "Don't cry...don't cry."

But Chi Qingqing's crying did not stop, but became more and more desperate and painful. Jiu Tun and Xuan Ji were trembling when they heard it, and even Ibaraki and Hannya outside the palace came here worriedly .

As if feeling something, Xuanji was shocked all over, and shouted in panic: "Oops! My lord, she has a demon in her heart!"

Hearing these words, Jiu Tun's face turned pale immediately, and he quickly stroked her face to see that the original green eyes were really scarlet.

"Ah——" Chi Qingqing in her arms suddenly screamed sharply, and fell into Jiu Tun's arms with a pale face.

At this moment, her heart seemed to be tightly pinched by a big hand and could not beat, and her whole body was panting like a stranded fish.Beads of sweat slipped from her forehead, mixed with tears and wet Jiu Tun's naked chest.

"Jiu Tun...I'm in so much pain..." She struggled impatiently, and at some point her fingers with sharp nails also dug hard into his shoulder.

"Don't think about it, nothing