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

Yuan Dongshi was only taken aback for a moment, then Seimei turned around and trotted away along the gravel path, she came back to her senses again, but could only see the corner of his clothes as straight as grass, with luxuriant branches and leaves in summer, eyes full of verdant eyes cutting the sunlight into spots Mottled, the color of his clothes was reflected in the emerald green, and soon disappeared.

The dogwood that fell into the pool floated on the water again, shaking slightly, causing circles of ripples.

Yuan Dongshi stood where he was, Seimei's golden pupils were still in his mind.

Pure and free of impurities, exactly the same as the pair of eyes that reflected her appearance.

Shouldn't the golden animal pupils belong to Hei Qingming?What went wrong?

Yuan Dongshi took a step forward, and out of the corner of her eye, she saw the fiery red as if it had been given life, and jumped into her sight. A blue-purple butterfly flew from behind her, and the butterfly's wings brushed past her. The side of her face felt extremely light, as if the wind was blowing past her ears with broken hair.In the next moment, the fiery red color spread in her field of vision, and the butterfly flapped its wings and flew forward.

Without any hesitation, she trotted forward following the butterfly, and after an unknown amount of time, a voice came from her ear. The voice was immature, and it should belong to a young child. Listening carefully, it was somewhat familiar.

Yuan Dongshi was thinking about it, when he suddenly heard the whirring of the wind carrying flames.

Her heart tightened, and she quickened her pace until the redness dissipated, and another redness hit her eyes.

It was a burning, flowing flame. Just seeing the dancing flame, Yuan Dongshi's muscles tensed reflexively. She took a step back, just stepping on a tree that was being swallowed by the flame. on the branch.

This is the Sintai forest fire 20 years ago.

She stood in the flames, a little at a loss, even though she knew that all this was just a memory illusion created by Ge Ye's butterflies, she was still instinctively afraid of the fire, just watched the flames burn the still green branches black, and then climbed Then, she recalled the memories of being burned alive twice. Those memories were so painful that her limbs trembled uncontrollably.

While the fire roared, the boy's voice came again.

She paused in her backward steps, hesitated for a moment, then followed the direction of the voice and walked over.

Although she also knew that in the illusion created by the butterfly, she could do nothing.

The more and more intense fire danced and passed through her body. At the moment when the tongue of fire touched, Yuan Dongshi still felt the pain of the fire sweeping across her body along her fingers. She shook her arm slightly, and then bit Grinding his teeth, he forced himself to endure the fear and walked forward. The child's miserable howl became more and more clear, but weaker and weaker.

She quickened her pace and saw a small figure inside the fire wall. Before she could see clearly, she heard a person behind her shout "Qingming".

When Yuan Dongshi heard the voice, her footsteps suddenly stopped, her eyes widened, she turned her head slightly, and saw a tall woman wrapped in a single dress full of scratches, barefoot, stepping on the ground. The flames rushed towards the wall of fire.

Yuan Dongshi's body trembled slightly, eyes widened, watching the woman rush through the wall of fire, throwing aside the single clothes covered in flames, holding the boy's shoulders in the wall of fire with both hands, and called Seimei.

All that was left on her was a dirty, flimsy undershirt. Her feet were bare, covered with scratches from branches and gravel, and marks of burns.Yuan Dongshi felt that this embarrassed woman was a little strange, but there was an indescribable familiarity, until the woman held Qingming in her arms, raised her head, and looked in Yuan Dongshi's direction, her gaze passed through her, and she looked at The onmyojis behind her were already busy setting up formations to rescue them.

Yuan Dongshi looked at her, looked at her fox-like eyes under her bangs, watched the tears slide down from her eyes, brushed the corners of her slightly raised mouth, and landed on the boy in her arms face.

Dongshi has seen that face countless times, on the water, in the mirror, and in Qingming's eyes.

It was herself.

She watched as she threw Qingming towards the onmyoji who was rushing over, and the flames almost engulfed her whole body in the next moment, only a faint human figure could be seen in the fire.The onmyojis caught Qingming and wanted to save her, but they were forced back by the increasingly fierce flames. The young Qingming opened his eyes wide and looked at the dancing wall of fire without moving. One of the onmyojis said Saying "If you don't leave, it will be dangerous", she stepped forward to pull him, but she couldn't pull him no matter what.

A majestic middle-aged man with a beard in a straight red dress, wearing a tasseled crown, stepped forward and pasted a piece of talisman on the back of his head. His eyelashes trembled slightly, and he fell backwards on the In the arms of the middle-aged man.

"Go back." The middle-aged man said in a deep voice, "The woman who rescued this child cannot be saved."

"But..." The other onmyojis looked at Qingming who was unconscious in the middle-aged man's arms, "This child is so young, he witnessed his savior die in front of him, and he didn't respond to the outside temptation just now, I'm afraid..."

"Then let him forget it for a while." The middle-aged man hugged Qingming, "When the time is right, he will naturally remember."

"Master Zhongxing, will he be able to bear it at that time?"

"The cycle of cause and effect, no matter whether he can bear it or not, this is what he owes that woman, and he must pay it back."

Yuan Dongshi stood where he was, and when he heard He Mao Zhongxing's helpless voice, he felt his eyes suddenly become moist again.

So this is ah……

So Seimei doesn't remember.

She watched as He Mao Zhongxing slowly walked into the sea of ​​flames holding Qingming, who had fallen into a coma, and something gleaming with blue-purple luster slipped out of Qingming's arms. , Said: "The most difficult thing in the world to repay is the love debt."

The blue-purple light in Qingming's arms suddenly became hot, and the hot Yuandong Persimmon's eyes hurt. She stretched out her arms to cover her eyes. After the light faded, she exhaled and heard a very weak moan. .

She froze for a moment, put down her arms, and looked around, only to see that the fire was still raging around her, but it was no longer the place where Qingming was rescued just now.

She wiped the water from the corners of her eyes, walked towards the place where the groan came from, stepped over the flames and stumps, and then saw the boy surrounded by flames.

The boy was wearing a bun and was wearing a straight black suit. He was lying on the ground, and the flames had already shot up his sleeves.

He opened his eyes and looked at the approaching flames. The corners of his mouth curled up slightly, with a hint of contempt that didn't match his age. His golden animal pupils were half-closed, as if he had reached the extreme of fatigue.

Hei Qingming.

It turned out that Hei Qingming did not escape safely, but fell into a sea of ​​flames and was dying.

Yuan Dongshi watched him slowly close his eyes, and said in his mouth: "She didn't come to save you, no one will come to save you."

That's what Yuan Dongshi said to him in the fire.

Yuandongshi's fingers trembled slightly, and he felt like a knife was being twisted in his chest.

No one knows better than her, deep in the sea of ​​fire, looking forward to someone to save her, and no one knows better than her, the tongue of fire licking her skin, waiting until she dies slowly, and there is no despair waiting for a savior.

She regretted saying such a sentence to Hei Qingming.

Hei Qingming had passed out at this time, and the flames slowly shot up his body along the corner of his clothes hanging on the ground.

A white figure suddenly flashed in the flames, Yuan Dongshi felt that the shadow flickered in front of her eyes, and then she jumped over the wall of fire and came to Hei Qingming's side.At this time, Yuan Dongshi could see clearly that the one running from the fire was a huge white fox. Most of its beautiful white fur had been scorched by the flames, and the parts not covered by the fur were shocking. of burns.

It lowered its head, gently held Hei Qingming in its mouth, and then jumped out of the fire wall. The flames wrapped around its hind feet. It didn't care about it, and took a few steps forward with the unconscious Hei Qingming in its mouth.

Yuan Dongshi followed a few steps forward, and then saw the white fox put Hei Qingming on the periphery of the flames. She was wondering when suddenly the white fox opened its mouth and showed its sharp fangs towards the void in front of it. She nodded, biting something, and a brilliant red light flashed in the air, as if the barrier had been touched by her.

At this time, Yuan Dongshi had already understood.

This white fox is Ge Ye, and what she is biting is the restriction of Heiye Mountain.

The ban on Mount Heiye was set up by Emperor Huanwu when he summoned all the monks and onmyojis in Beijing. It was so stable and powerful. While Ge Ye was biting, he also suffered the counterattack from the enchantment. Big mouthfuls of black blood flowed from the corners of his mouth. Yet it did not give up.

It gasped for a moment, looked down at Hei Qingming who had fallen into a coma, whimpered a few times, and when he looked up again, his eyes became extremely firm.

She stretched out her sharp claws, combined her fangs, seemed to have exhausted all her strength, and let out a roar, finally tore a hole in the barrier, and it spit out another mouthful of blood, which stained the fur on its neck red, it was not too He didn't care too much, but before the flames spread, he pushed Hei Qingming to the other end of the barrier with his pointed kiss.

After doing all this, she seemed to lose all her strength and fell heavily to the ground.

Yuan Dongshi stood behind the white fox Ge Ye, watching the fire slowly spread along the broken branches all over the ground, burning Ge Ye's beautiful tail hair, and then gradually wrapped its whole body in it, it only struggled a little, and then No more moving.

When the fire reached the edge of the barrier, it stopped and devoured forward. Across a transparent barrier, this side is the purgatory on earth, while on the other side, the vegetation is still verdant and full of vitality. Hei Qingming is lying behind the barrier, leaving Ge Ye was only an inch away, but he didn't know that his mother had been buried in the flames.

He finally waited for the person who came to save him, but he never knew it.