I didn't expect you to be such an onmyoji.

It was snowing lightly on that day in Lidong, and Minamoto Raikou learned that Daitengu was in Mount Kuroyue, so he immediately came to Seimei’s residence and asked how to go to Mount Kuroyer, just because Daitengu once said, “If it was me before, that girl might still be there.” alive".For Minamoto Raimiko, as long as there is a slight possibility, he will not give up.

And after that day, Heian-kyo experienced extremely abnormal wind and snow for several days in a row.

Gentoshi and Ichimolian looked at each other for a moment, and then stretched out their hand towards the torii gate. The moment their fingertips passed through the torii gate, it was as if they had passed through some barrier and reached another world. The body was still full of spring. , but the other side only felt the biting cold, she retracted her hand, and saw a few snowflakes in her palm melting rapidly.

She looked at Ichimulian and Xiaolunan, and asked, "After the torii gate, is the severe cold caused by the snow girl?"

"Yes." The little deer man took a few steps forward, "This is Lord Yimulian's residence, so it won't be affected."

Yimulian's residence will not be affected by the snowstorm created by the snow girl, so why did he appear in the snowy Heiye Mountain the night before?

Yuan Dongshi looked at Yimulian again, this time she saw some wet marks on Yimulian's shoulders and clothes corners, she looked down at the few drops of water in the palm of her hand, what was left after the snow melted.

But at this time, Yimulian had turned around and walked down the stone steps slowly. His steps were so light that he could hardly hear the sound. When Yuan Dongshi raised his head again, all he could see was his dark green hair disappearing into the low Among the woods, the red dragon hovered beside him, emitting a deep dragon cry.

Gentoshi turned his head and looked at the vermilion-painted torii gate, feeling a little embarrassed. The majestic and majestic Tianjin Shrine many years ago now only has an old and decayed torii gate, like the overlord of the mountain, he is already very old at this time .

She turned her head again, looked at the little deer man, and said: "After the snowstorm, Master Yimulian often goes to Heiye Mountain through this gate, looking for any human beings who got lost in the heavy snow?"

The little deer man blinked: "How do you know?"

"I was also rescued by Master Yimulian." Yuan Dongshi smiled.

She simply sat down on the ground, listening to the rustling of the wind blowing the leaves, occasionally mixed with a few pleasant birdsong, the afternoon sun was warm but not scorching hot, the little deer man took a few steps beside her, and then sat sideways on her around.

"I was also rescued by Master Yimulian." The little deer man said, he put the small drumsticks in his waist, and said, "The first time I saw Master Yimulian, he was about to disappear."

"Disappear?" Yuan Dongshi frowned.

"That's right." Little Deer Man nodded, "As a god born out of human's prayer, after losing its believers, it will slowly lose its mana and then disappear."

Gods were born in response to human beings' prayers, and there is no need for gods without believers.

Over the years, Shinta Forest is still full of vitality, but the shrine in the forest has become more and more old due to the erosion of the years, together with the Fengshen originally enshrined in the shrine.

"At that time, Master Yimulian often sat here." The little deer man turned his head to look at the torii gate behind him, "It seemed that he was waiting for someone. Later I realized that what he was waiting for was everyone who needed him."

"The seniors in the forest told me that there have been no human beings here for a long time. As a god, Yimulian will disappear soon, and then no matter whether it is Xintai Forest or Heiye Mountain, there will only be monsters. In the future, if someone inadvertently enters If you enter the Xintai forest, then there will be no gods to protect you.”

Yuan Dongshi hugged his knees with one hand, and turned his head to look at the little deer man: "Don't you just hope that there will be a place where humans will never appear again?"

"But I also don't want Master Yimulian to disappear." The little deer man said, lowering his eyes, "Compared with a place where no human beings will appear again, I still prefer a world where Master Yimulian exists."

Yuan Dongshi smiled: "Master Yimulian is very kind to you."

"He is very kind to all creatures, no matter they are humans or demons." The little deer man narrowed his eyes and smiled, the wind picked up his hair, fresh and gentle.

The way he squints and smiles is very different from Qingming. If Qingming is a fox with malicious intentions, then he is a simple and kind deer.

Yuan Dongshi wanted to pat his deer's butt again.

She coughed twice, and then said, "Since Mr. Yimulian still exists, then..." She paused, thinking of Yimulian's biography.

Yi Mulian, who was the god of wind, finally degenerated into...

"A monster." Xiao Lu said, "Master Yimulian finally became a monster."

Originally, it was to protect human beings from being disturbed by monsters. In the end, the gods degenerated into monsters themselves.

The little deer man saw the astonishment in Yuan Dongshi's eyes, and said with a smile: "If Master Ichimulian hadn't become a monster in the end, then I wouldn't exist here today, and here." Green, "The last place in the Xintai Forest where there is life will not exist."

Gentoshi followed his hand and looked into the distance. At this time, the clouds floated leisurely above the clear sky, from which he could still feel the slow and gentle speed of the wind.

"Ichimokuren-sama fell into a youkai in order to save Shinta Forest."

The god who was about to disappear watched the forest that had been protecting him for hundreds of years be devoured by the fire, but he was helpless. The wailing of the trees and the howling of monsters could be heard in his ears. He, who had always regarded "protection" as his creed, finally chose to degenerate into a monster and continue to protect him. This piece of troubled forest.

Human beings are alive, and forests are also alive.

He was born to "guard", whether as a god or as a demon.

Yuan Dongshi thought for a while, and then asked: "Then, what about the man you said earlier, who was taken away by the Snow Maiden?"

The little deer man came back to his senses, blinked his eyes, and said, "Oh, you said that fierce man."

Yuan Dongshi wanted to laugh out loud, but felt that it was not very good, so he had to hold back and nodded.

Vicious, it seems that Minamoto Raimitsu is right.

"A few days ago there was a man who went to Mount Heiye. You must know that no humans have set foot here for many years. He told Master Yimulian that he was going to find his sister who was kidnapped by a monster. Master Yimulian also went with him on the dangerous mountain. The situation was difficult, but he still insisted on going up the mountain. You must know that there is a very powerful big monster on Heiye Mountain, and he has no mercy for human beings." The little deer man said, "Later, he disappeared with the monster Snow Girl in the mountain, and Yimulian adults can rest assured. If they don’t go down, they often go out of the torii gate and look for it in the Black Night Mountain.”

Yuan Dongshi nodded.

Therefore, she should have met by chance when Yimulian was looking for Yuan Laiguang in the Black Night Mountain.

Yuan Dongshi was lamenting that she was picked up by the way, when she suddenly thought of something, she turned to look at the little deer man, and asked: "Muen Laiguang... is that fierce human man, how could he be with Xue Nu?" Missing?"

"I don't know about that." Little Deer Man shook his head, and thought for a while, "But it was indeed after the Snow Girl and that man disappeared that the weather in Heiye Mountain became abnormal."

Yuan Dongshi frowned and thought for a while, "What kind of monster is that Snow Maiden?"

The little deer man shook his head and said, "I've never seen her before. Lord Yimulian told me not to step out of here. But it is said that she is a very cold little girl without a trace of emotion."

A cold, emotionless little girl.

Yuan Dongshi thought about it again and again, only to think that the fierce Mr. Minamoto Raimiko probably found his own spring here.

Although his spring is a bit cold.

Yuan Dongshi followed the deer man down the mountain.

He and the little deer boy stayed in front of the torii for a long time, and it was almost evening when they went down the mountain. Although the four seasons here are like spring, the morning and evening of the day still come according to the law, and a piece of green grass is dyed with a thin layer of golden sunset glow , dragging a long shadow behind the person.

She walked to the tree stump where the guard was hung and looked down, only to see a small dandelion in the grass.

She bent down and folded down the dandelion, and blew it lightly, the white fluff like spider silk drifted away along the wind, looking into the distance, the little deer man ran to reach the fluff fluttering in mid-air with the drumstick in his hand, she smiled He laughed and followed suit.

After walking a few steps, she saw a solitary figure standing on a raised stone on the grass in front of her. The man was facing the setting sun with his back to her, and the sunset glow covered his body with a layer of gold. His dark green hair fluttered with the wind, and the red dragon wrapped around him put its head on his shoulder.

He turned his head and patted the red dragon's forehead with his hand.

Only then did Yuan Dongshi know why Yi Mulian, who was flat and indifferent when they first met, would be an extremely gentle god in the mouth of Xiaolu Nan.

It is not only the smiling person who is gentle.

She walked forward, and before she got close, she saw Yimulian turned around slightly, and his intact left eye was looking at her. She wondered if the sunset was too bright, and his original cold blue eyes also had a slight twinkle. Moving soft light.

At that moment, Yuan Dongshi thought of the night when she and Qingming held hands for the first time.

It was also the first snow that day, and light snow fell on his shoulders one after another. Apart from the sound of footsteps and snow falling beside them, only his low murmur remained.

She couldn't remember everything he said at that time, but she only remembered that the darkness of the night could not cover up the light in his eyes. Only then did she understand that every time she saw herself in his eyes, what she felt was those eyes The master of the son is rare and gentle.

This smiling person is actually not a gentle person.

But his gentleness made Yuan Dongshi see it.

Looking back, the tenderness reflected in his eyes by the rays of the sun is fleeting.

The little deer man's laughter came from afar, like a stream flowing in the mountains.

After becoming a monster, there should be no difference, except for the Shinta Forest he is familiar with, there is only such a small corner left.

"Miss Dongshi, it's too dangerous outside, don't leave here for now."

After a long time, Yuan Dongshi heard that plain and elegant voice.

She tilted her head: "Do you know my name?"

Yimulian didn't answer, just nodded.

Yuan Dongshi was a little curious. When she was rescued by Yimulian, she was already unconscious. She probably wouldn't be able to introduce herself in an orderly manner. After she woke up, she didn't have a chance to tell him her name.Is it possible that, just like the deer boy, Yimulian knew her name naturally because he was once a god?

Yuan Dongshi was about to ask Yimulian how he knew his name, when suddenly, the sun, which was only half bright on the horizon, trembled violently. Before she could react, Yimulian had already turned her head and looked up. In the distance, Yuan Dongshi also turned his head to look, but saw a burst of colorful lights in the direction of the torii gate of Tianjin Shrine.

"Someone has come to the enchantment."

Yimu Lian said in a deep voice, he waved his hand, and the red dragon hovering beside him roared, blowing around with a gust of wind, Yuan Dongshi stretched out his hand to block her eyes, and when the wind subsided, she looked up again, But I saw Yimulian riding the enlarged red dragon and flying straight to the torii.

Someone broke into the torii enchantment of Mulian?

Who is it?

Yuan Dongshi hurriedly ran towards the torii, and the little deer man who was fluttering butterflies in the distance also chased after Yuan Dongshi with all four hooves. Yuan Dongshi just turned his head to look at him, but saw him arch with his antlers , Yuan Dongshi was wondering, and was picked up by the pile of antlers on the little deer man's back.

Yuan Dongshi desperately grabbed the little deer man's waist, and screamed: "Xiaolu, can you be gentle!"

The little deer man said excitedly while running: "This is the first time I have carried people!"

Yuan Dongshi, whose stomach ached from being bumped: "...what?"

This is actually a novice driver on the road for the first time?

"Yimu even the adults didn't let me carry it!"

Yuan Dongshi: "..."

She couldn't imagine Yimulian being carried all over the grassland by the little deer man.

The little deer man ran to the foot of the mountain with Yuan Dongshi on his back, and Yuan Dongshi climbed off the little deer man's back limply. Before he could catch his breath, he heard the little deer man excitedly say: "It's your turn."

Yuan Dongshi stared at him: "What should I do?"

The little deer man blinked his eyes: "I'll carry you to the flat ground, and you carry me up the stairs." He said, wagging his short tail, his eyes full of expectation.

The soft-handed Yuandong Persimmon: "..."