One Hundred Ways to Beat the Ghost King [Onmyoji]

Gently put clear water on the tatami soft quilt, Jiu Tun got up and closed the window, the oncoming wind and snow brought a coolness to his face, and also made his drunkenness subside a bit.

Sitting beside her silently, Jiu Tun raised his eyes to look at her, and remained silent.

"What's the matter, are you still quarreling with me because of the Yimulian matter?" Qing Shui softened her tone, leaning into his arms and coquettishly.

"No." Jiu Tun shook his head inexplicably, and said softly, "I'm just blaming myself."

After the words fell, his big hand gently stroked Qingshui's white and tender neck. Under the action of the demon power, the tiny scar had already healed itself.

But any wound on her body, no matter how small, was like a sharp knife cutting through his heart.

"It's my fault, I failed to protect you." On the surface, he was annoyed that Yimulian prevented him from capturing the Kusanagi sword, but in fact he really blamed himself for his negligence.

Qing Shui's heart softened, gentle waves rippled in her heart, she slowly stretched out her hand to cover Jiu Tun's big hand and held it tightly, "What nonsense are you talking about, Kusanagi sword was obviously beaten away, It will be safe to have you by my side anytime.”

It was she who failed to protect herself.

Thinking of this, Qing Shui frowned slightly, and suddenly straightened up from Jiu Tun's arms.

"What's wrong?" Jiu Tun asked subconsciously, and lifted the quilt to cover her body.

Qing Shui pursed his lips, and there was a slight worry between his brows, "Jiu Tun, do you feel that my demon power seems to have weakened?"

Especially when fighting against Ezaki Junpei's dark fire, this feeling became more and more obvious.

Although she is afraid of fire, she is not so vulnerable to a single blow. When she first met Hoshiguma, she was burned by the other party's ghost fire before, but it was far less than when she was burned by Ezaki Junpei's ghost fire today. pain.

Although Ezaki Junpei's ghost body is powerful, it is not to the extent that it can compete with Hoshiguma.

"How come, is there?" Jiu Tun's expression changed, and he felt it carefully, and found that she had indeed become weaker.

With a distressed look in his eyes, Jiu Tun said in a slow tone: "You must be tired from the continuous fighting recently. I have advised you not to be too persistent in cultivation. Excessive force will hurt your body."

"It can't be because of this..." Qing Shui shook his head, the eyebrows still not stretched.

Recently, she felt that the recovery speed of her monster power has slowed down a lot. Manipulating the power of the forest for too long will start to struggle, and the long-lasting characteristics of the power of the forest generally do not cause this kind of situation.

To put it bluntly, although her monster power is not very aggressive, her battery life and recovery ability are first-class.

"My uncle said that as long as I'm here, I will always protect you. Why do you always work so hard?" Jiu Tun felt helpless about her obsession with cultivation.

"Did I say it... I don't want to be your weakness, I think I can protect myself even when you're not by my side, at least I won't worry you."

"I understand what you think." Jiu Tun's expression softened, and his tone slowed down, "I'm not forcing you to hide behind me forever, it's just that you don't push yourself too hard when it comes to cultivation, and I will feel bad too .”

Seeing that Shimizu was still a little sullen, Jiu Tun took her into his arms and pulled the quilt up.

"In two days, I'll take you to Fenghuang Forest to make swords, and I'll get a piece of Fire Rat Fur by the way, so that you won't have to work so hard." With the Fire Rat Fur, Qing Shui will no longer be afraid of fire.

Qing Shui's eyes lit up when she heard that she was going to forge a sword. Just as she was about to say something, Jiu Tun pressed his finger on her lips and coaxed softly, "Since I said it, I will definitely take you there." , so now you don't want to think about anything, and sleep with my uncle obediently."

The way she dozed off tiredly during the dinner just now did not escape his eyes.

The lantern went out at the sound, and under the night, the two embraced each other and fell asleep.

*****

Qing Shui slept deeply. When she woke up the next day, she subconsciously glanced at the world in the courtyard of the system. It was already past ten o'clock.Normally, she would not wake up so late after sleeping. It seems that the monster power and spiritual power were indeed consumed too much in yesterday's battle.

There is silence on the top of Nachi Mountain, only the whistling sound of the wind blowing across the snow field, the whole world is pure white and lonely.

Xu Shi is well aware that the big tengu likes to be quiet, and the monsters in the mountains never make any big movements. Even a monster as strong as a small hillside can walk in a quiet catwalk in the original snow.

The arrival of Shuten and others made this pure white world dyed with a color like a raging fire, but Ootengu didn't hate this feeling.

At least, Shimizu's cooking is really good.

Ootengu, who has always had a light taste, had to admit this after tasting the unknown object in the pot.

"Hey, stupid dog!" Jiu Tun patted him on the shoulder unceremoniously, picked up the wine gourd and raised his eyebrows and said, "I haven't seen you in so many years, are you interested in fighting with me?"

"...What is your purpose?" The big tengu saw through Shuten's thoughts at a glance.

Since Otengu asked directly, Shuten cut to the point and said, "If I win, how about you give me ten of your hardest feathers?"

There was no mention of what would happen to him if he lost. Obviously, Jiu Tun was determined to win.

Without agreeing or refusing, Datengu's expression moved slightly, and he raised his voice and said, "What do you want my feathers for?"

"Of course it's a symbolic way to curry favor with that woman, Phoenix Fire..." Jiu Tun fully revealed his purpose, "Qingshui's monster power is afraid of fire, my uncle is going to Fenghuang Forest to find that guy who wants to cut off the fire mouse fur for her." clothing."

Phoenix fire has a well-known hobby, that is, it likes to collect beautiful feathers of various colors.The big tengu's feathers are as black as ink and as smooth as satin, but they are as hard as steel. They are both beautiful and practical, and Phoenix Fire has never forgotten it in the early years.

Hearing this, the big tengu was silent for a while, and then suddenly said: "It's really not like your temper."

Yi Jiu Tun is domineering and flamboyant, and he always threatens with his strength when he wants anything. Unexpectedly, he also learned how to lure him one day.

Jiu Tun coughed lightly, and said without changing his face: "Qing Shui said it, it's better to ask others for help."

He still wants to ask Fenghuanghuo to help him forge the sword. If he offends her, it will be a dead end.

"You..." Big Tengu paused slightly, and then sighed after a long time, "I haven't seen you for ten years, and you really have changed a lot."

Lian Yimulian smiled and said to him: Sometimes, Jiu Tun is childish in front of Qing Shui, like a child.

"If one day you meet that person, you will change unknowingly." Jiu Tun replied flatly, then raised his eyebrows and patted the wine gourd behind him, "After talking so much nonsense, what are you talking about?" Are you going to fight or not?"

After finishing speaking, Jiu Tun leaned over and whispered, "Are you scared? Don't worry, even if you lose badly, I promise not to say anything."

Hearing this, the big tengu glanced at him indifferently, and shook his wings slightly to drop ten smooth and beautiful feathers, "It doesn't need to be so troublesome, just take it if you want it."

Clenching the ten black feathers in his hands, a look of surprise flashed in Jiu Tun's eyes, and he said in an inexplicable tone: "...You stupid dog, you are really unexpectedly generous, thank you..."

"Take it as a return gift from last night's dinner." Speaking of this, Datengu seemed to remember something, and suddenly smiled at him, "After all, I met Qing Shui earlier than you, so it can be regarded as It’s a friend, and I’m not stingy with a few feathers.”

Hearing these words, Shuten's face turned black.But the big tengu smiled slightly on the corner of his lips, and left the empty and deserted snowfield happily.

This guy is really jealous, as long as he mentions things about Qing Shui, he can change his face.

Thinking of this, Datengu, who was dissatisfied with being called "stupid dog" one by one, finally felt that he had found a technique to turn the situation around.

*****

In the snowy courtyard, Shimizu and Yayoi Abe were sitting drinking tea together.

"I haven't seen you in a few months, and I feel that Mi has grown a lot." Qing Shui took a sip of the steaming tea, and the steam that came out made her face a little misty, "Suddenly seeing you who are so mature and steady, how can you still be so mature?" It really made me feel a little out of place.”

Yayoi Abe lowered her head and laughed, "Is that so?" Sure enough, in her heart, she always regarded him as a boy who couldn't grow up.

"Why did Yayoi choose to leave Kyoto and come to Daitengu?" Shimizu asked curiously.

"Of course I'm working hard for my ideal!" Yayoi Abe blinked her eyes playfully, as if she had returned to her sunny and healthy appearance. I have almost practiced, and if I want to improve my level, I still have to rely on continuous practice."

"Yayoi's ideal?" Qing Shui's heart moved, thinking of the letter paper left by Abe Yayoi before he left in the dorm in Wakayama Prefecture.

She smiled softly, with gentle waves in her brows and eyes, "Do you want to become an onmyoji like Master Seimei? Then Yayoi has done a very good job. When Shuten and I came to Wakayama County, we could always listen to human beings. Let us tell you about you."

"No...my ideal is no longer like this." Abe Yayoi smiled, with a slightly melancholy look in her eyes.

Facing Shimizu's puzzled eyes, Abe Yayoi explained: "There is only one thing I want to do now, and that is to do our best to maintain the relationship between humans and monsters, just like the dream of grandpa and Ootengu. .”

"I think... if the gap between humans and monsters is not so deep, tragedies like An Zhen and Qing Ji will be reduced a lot."

And as a half-demon, in such an awkward situation, she might not be hurt so deeply by humans again.

Hearing him mention the long-lost Yixiu Anzhen, Qing Shui's face also faintly showed a little sadness, "Yes..."

"Sorry, I accidentally brought up something sad again." Yayoi Abe showed an apologetic smile, and changed the subject, "Shimizu has also changed a lot. The days in the mountains and rivers should be very happy, right?"

Every time she saw the red-haired figure, her brows and eyes would involuntarily overflow with happiness and tenderness, which was a picture he had never seen before.

"Yes." Qing Shui nodded with a smile, and chatted with him about the daily chores in the great rivers and mountains.

Yayoi Abe listened quietly and patiently, and her originally somewhat disappointed mood was gradually infected by her joyful appearance.

"I am also very satisfied that Shimizu can live so happily." The voice was inaudible, and the arc of Yayoi Abe's mouth deepened, and her smile became a little brighter.

Fortunately, during the parting that night, You Jiu Tun reached out and left her behind.

What he wanted to do, what he couldn't do, what he didn't have the courage to do, there was another monster who did it.

What he wants to say, what he can't say, what he doesn't have the courage to tell her, he will always keep it in his heart, don't add trouble to her in vain.

The warm conversation between the two was interrupted by Jiu Tun.

When Jiu Tun happily returned to the courtyard with a handful of black feathers, what he saw was this scene, and his face collapsed immediately, and he looked at the two with a resentful expression.

Feeling the resentment of Jiu Tun, Abe Yayoi knew that she should not stay longer, so she hid the faint reluctance in her heart, got up and said goodbye to Shimizu.

"This afternoon, I also promised to go to a family under the mountain to get rid of evil spirits. It's getting late, so I have to go first."

"What are you in such a hurry for? My uncle has just come here. What's good about tea? Would you like a few glasses of wine?" Jiu Tun raised his eyebrows and tapped the wine gourd on his waist.

Yayoi Abe's complexion changed slightly, and she waved her hands with a little shame: "No, no...Thank you, I'll go first!"

Afterwards, Qing Shui could only watch as his fleeing figure disappeared from sight.

Suddenly, a heavy force was placed on her body, Jiu Tun wrapped his hands around her shoulders and neck, leaned his chin on the top of her head, and let out a soft snort with a displeased expression.

"What are you doing...you're dead, get up!"

"Do not."

He learned this trick from the ghost girl Hongye, not to mention it's quite comfortable.

Although he said no, hearing her annoyed figure, Jiu Tun still eased some of the pressure on her back, and said in an inexplicable tone, "My uncle is running around for your affairs, and in the end you are sitting with this bastard." Relaxing in the garden."

Upon hearing this, Shimizu knew that he was jealous again, and said helplessly, "I just catch up with Yayoi."

"Didn't you say enough at dinner last night?"

"You made him unconscious with a glass of demon wine, what do you think?"

"..."

Well, his scheming turned out to have been seen through long ago.

"No matter what, you can't be alone with this kid in the future." Jiu Tun said sullenly, "Otherwise I will be unhappy, and I want to beat someone when I am unhappy."

"Vinegar jar..." Qing Shui muttered a few words in a low voice.

Jiu Tunquan pretended he didn't hear it, seeing that she didn't refute, he continued to intensify his demands: "I can't even look at that guy."

"Why do you drink the vinegar made by anyone? There is nothing between Yimulian and me. Your request is too much..."

"I'm just upset. Is Yimulian important to you?"

Shimizu sighed deeply again, trying to dispel Shuten's resistance to Yimulian, "Master Yimulian, like you, is the one who helped me when I was most helpless, what do you think?"

"Wh, what do you mean! Can that guy be compared with my uncle?" Hearing this sentence, Jiu Tun suddenly raised his voice and shouted, obviously with some internal injuries.

Qing Shui turned his head and rolled his eyes at him, then snorted coldly and said, "Who told someone to almost kill me? If it wasn't for You Mu Lian, I'm afraid I would have lost my mind."

"..."

Hearing this, Jiu Tun hummed and chirped in a low voice with some guilt, "It's obviously all Ibaraki's fault, no matter how bad the source is, it's that fellow Huang, how can you blame me..."

Seeing him throwing the blame wildly while the two of them were away during the conversation, Qing Shui couldn't help but rolled his eyes, then suddenly thought of something, smiled at him and said: "Okay, I promise you, I won't be alone with them in the future .”

"Really?" Jiu Tun snapped his eyes, his lavender pupils were filled with joy.

"Of course, I will invite both of them to drink tea at the same time in the future."

"..."

Jiu Tun's face was as black as the bottom of a pot, while his body was stiff, Qing Shui struggled slightly to escape from his bear's embrace.

"Okay, don't eat flying vinegar casually anymore, why are you holding a big tengu's feather in your hand?" Noticing this, Qing Shui suddenly changed his face slightly, and looked at him strangely, "Did you just take advantage of it?" So we didn't find out and beat him up secretly?"

Does this idiot even eat the vinegar of the big tengu?

The corner of Jiu Tun's mouth twitched, he stood up straight and said angrily, "I wouldn't do that kind of thing. This is a stupid dog's feather. That fellow Phoenix Fire has always wanted it. I plan to use this to fight with you." She changes the fire mouse fur."

"Speaking of which, Phoenix Forest is not far from here. Since everything is ready, let's hand over the ghost horn to her first. Forging a sword is not so easy. We may have to wait patiently here for a while."

Qing Shui's eyes sparkled, and he clapped his hands and said, "Okay! Then let's set off now!"

*****

After saying hello to Ootengu and Ichimoren and other monsters, Shuten quickly passed Nachi Mountain with her on his back like the wind, and arrived at the Phoenix Forest before it was dark.

In the Phoenix Forest, although it is winter, the leaves are still as red as fire, and every tree seems to be burning with bright red and yellow flames.In the depths of the hidden fire forest, there is a sacred and ancient shrine.

The phoenix fire is the flame left in the human world when the phoenix was nirvana. Over the long years, they gradually gave birth to a new life from a chaotic and unconscious flame, and finally became the incarnation of the fire bird.

Such monsters are no longer monsters. In people's eyes, they are more like gods.

Because of the special nature of the fire of Nirvana, the Fenghuang Forest, a forest that breeds firebirds, has gradually developed into a weapon manufacturing center in the world of monsters. It forges weapons.

Fenghuanghuo and Jiutun seem to be old acquaintances. As soon as they met, they told Fenghuanghuo all the purpose of coming, "Of course, in order to thank you, I naturally brought what you want."

Huoshuqiu's matter is small, and it is not easy to forge a demon sword. Just when Fenghuanghuo was hesitating whether to agree to the other party, he saw Jiutun handing over a black and beautiful feather.

Based on her hobby of collecting feathers for hundreds of years, she could see the extraordinaryness of this feather at a glance, "This is... the feather of a big tengu!?"

Jiu Tun raised his brows, nodded, and the green eyes of the phoenix fire suddenly lit up. He held the black feather of the big tengu in his hand as if afraid of his repentance, "deal! Then, the materials you used to make the sword give it to me."

"Thank you!" Qing Shui couldn't help showing a smile, and hurriedly handed Hoshikuma Boy's white ghost horn to her.

Taking it in his hand, Fenghuanghuo looked up and down, and sighed: "It's really a good material, it can definitely be forged into a powerful sword. I will give the ghost horn to Tie Weng, but it will take about five days. to complete."

"Where do you forge weapons, can I go and see?" Shimizu asked curiously, she had never seen how monsters forge weapons.

Hearing this, Fenghuanghuo glanced at her abdomen and frowned.

"...Is it not possible? Sorry, I offended."

"No." Seeing that she had misunderstood him, Phoenix Huo shook his head, "This ghost horn is very powerful, and it is full of evil spirits when it is refined. I don't recommend you to get close to the sword house, otherwise it will not hurt the child in your belly. alright."

Hearing this sentence, Qing Shui was dumbfounded, and subconsciously touched his flat belly, "... huh?"

"What!?" Jiu Tun's body was shocked, he took a sudden step forward and grabbed Fenghuanghuo's sleeve, and said with a distorted expression: "The child in the belly?"

Phoenix Fire was taken aback by his distorted expression due to shock, and involuntarily took two steps back, and stammered, "Don't you all know?"

"That's right... it's just been conceived not long ago, and it's normal for ordinary monsters not to notice it." Fenghuanghuo withdrew his composure, pulled back his sleeves and said, "But I didn't lie to you, it's true. of."

"Our firebird family was born in the fire of Nirvana, and we are the most sensitive to new things." This is why she immediately noticed the little life in Qingshui's belly.

After explaining, Fenghuanghuo smiled slightly at Jiu Tun who was still standing in a daze, and said sincerely: "Congratulations, Lord Ghost King."

Monsters are different from humans. Although humans are weak, their ability to reproduce offspring is beyond the reach of other races.On the contrary, monsters are more powerful, the more difficult it is to give birth to offspring, which is also the balance of heaven in a sense.

For a big monster like Jiu Tun who dominates one side, even if he has no heir Phoenix Fire for a hundred years, he wouldn't be surprised.

The author has something to say: Fenghuanghuo: Girl, I see that your eyebrows are beautiful, your face is rosy, and it is clear in people's eyes. This is a pregnant face!

Jiu Tun (face grim & distorted & vibrating): stunned.

Shimizu (⊙o⊙): I was dumbfounded.

Gouzi: mmp, can you speak well!

Yayoi: Come on! !The baby daddy and nanny group is ready!

Xiaolu & Lianlian & Xingxiong: Here! ! !

Xuan Ji & Peach Blossom & Cherry Blossom: Here! ! !

Huang: Shall we join in the fun?

Ibaraki: ...Be careful of being beaten to death.

******

Slowly, slowly, approaching the end of the plot...

If I am diligent enough, it should be finished around the end of the month, but it may be a few days later than expected.