[Comprehensive] Traveling through Liaozhai with a hundred ghosts

That night, Xu Hang bid farewell to Yuzao in advance.

Yuzao heard that he was going to help Qingming, so she said: "If you are not in a hurry to leave tomorrow, you might as well wait a little longer, and I will arrange a hazy car for you."

Xu Hang didn't think it was necessary, so he shied away, "You don't need to go through so much trouble... I know the art of shrinking the ground, and it's only a few steps to go hundreds of miles away."

Yuzao made a "tss" in front of him, and said, "Then how can it be the same? The car is comfortable anyway. After leaving Ping'an Jing, do you think you can still see such a prosperous capital? You are also a prestigious person anyway, don't be like wine That drunkard Tuntong is just as unkempt!"

At this moment, Shuten Doji, who was getting drunk in an unknown corner, suddenly sneezed.

Jiu Tun muttered, "Could it be that Hong Ye mentioned me?"

Tamazamo, who has always enjoyed luxury and good food, is obviously very proficient in the way of enjoyment, and is very disdainful of the living standards of ordinary people.

Tamamo said: "Besides, those frogs have been with me in Heian-kyo for some time, and it seems that they haven't given them a holiday yet, so let's just treat them as a holiday. After all, I am a generous boss, and I treat my subordinates very well." looked after."

Xu Hang: "..."

Thinking of the pitiful little deer boy with a soul painting on his head, and Yan Mogua, who fell from the cloud and failed to apply for a job transfer, and was miserable every day, Xu Hang decided not to comment on Yu Zaoqian's words. .

However, he remembered that Yuzao trained such a group of frogs to come out, but for a certain plan.

Xu Hang didn't really want to owe favors, and struggled: "Won't this delay your business? I remember that they seem to cooperate with you to accomplish a certain purpose."

Yuzao smiled slyly and said, "It's not that time yet, but when you come back, you can enjoy the moment when the plan starts with me."

Seeing this, Xu Hang no longer shied away, but he had a hunch that it might not be possible for him to stay until that time.

Xu Hang, who knew that he was only going back to the past through yellow rice, had an intuition that it would take about a month for him to wake up and return to Liaozhai.

The next day, Xu Hang went to have a detailed discussion with Qingming.

Qingming wanted his shikigami demon sword girl to accompany Xu Hang as a helper, but Xu Hang had already planned to take the oboro car arranged by Yuzaoqian, and Qingming couldn't tell Qingming what happened before Yuzaoqian. In order to conceal this, Xu Hang declined Seimei.

Finally, based on the currently known information, Xu Hang decided to go to Yamato first, which is the Nara area of ​​later generations.

The distance between Nara and Kyoto is very close, only about eighty miles away. In fact, even ordinary people can get there in a day if they walk quickly.

However, traveling in a hazy car is indeed much more comfortable on the road, and after arriving at the destination mountain forest, although there is no village in sight, there is no need to sleep in the wild at night.

It didn't take long for the oboro car to stop in the mountains and forests of Nara, when Xu Hang felt a monster approaching.He took a closer look at his surroundings, and heard a few voices chattering in the nearby bushes.

"Hey! Brother Ichitaro, are we really going to go? The guy in the oboro car doesn't look easy to mess with!"

"Nutaro, how can you say such despondent words! Don't forget that we left our hometown in order to become world-renowned youkai! This is a big youkai who has recently been on the cusp of the limelight. Wait a minute Our three brothers use the combined skill..."

"Brother Ichitaro... before, before..."

"Santaro, don't interrupt me and say——uh!!!"

Xu Hang was speechless watching the three Weasel Brothers under the cloak in a mess, pulling each other back, but just happened to see the monster in the mountain, so he simply asked them first.

So Xu Hang approached, and when he was about to lift off the cloaks on them, suddenly a voice came from the side.

"No, you are not allowed to bully the animals in this mountain!"

Xu Hang heard the sound and looked over. It was a monster with a human upper body and a deer lower body. He knew it was a little deer man at a glance.

Seeing that the little deer man's hind legs were kicking the ground non-stop, and he might charge towards him with his antlers at any time, Xu Hang quickly explained to him: "I don't mean to bully them, I just want to ask them about something."

Then Xu Hang added: "I came out to help Qingming investigate the impact of the recent leak of Yin Qi on places outside Ping'an Beijing."

When the little deer man heard that he was helping Qingming, he became less nervous and walked towards Xu Hang.

The three Kamaitachi brothers probably felt that they had lost face in front of outsiders, and after finally standing up again, they said: "We will come back to challenge you!"

Then it slipped away as quickly as the wind.

The little deer man said embarrassedly: "They are just naughty, and they have no bad intentions."

Xu Hang said: "Well, they are quite interesting monsters, I don't blame them."

Then, they got back to business.

The little deer man told him: "Recently, even the adults are worrying about Yin Qi. The increase of Yin Qi is not a good thing for us monsters. The places with strong Yin Qi have already corroded the land, making it impossible for vegetation to grow. If this continues If so, it will definitely affect everyone’s survival.”

Hearing what he said, Xu Hang felt that the matter was a bit serious: "Can you let me visit Xiamulian?"

In fact, the little deer man didn't need to guide him, Yimulian sensed the arrival of the big monster when the car landed, and then rushed to this side.

Yimulian used to be the god of wind. Although he was later transformed into a monster due to the loss of faith, he still guards this place.

When Yimulian saw Xu Hang, he saw the golden light of faith surrounding his body, and almost thought that the other party was a god, but soon, he realized that Xu Hang had not absorbed these beliefs, so the other party was not yet a god.

But this still makes Yimulian a little surprised, because since ancient times, there have been many people and monsters who hoped to gather faith and become gods, but they failed.

Now that Xu Hang has been worshiped and believed in by human beings, but he is unwilling to absorb the faith to become a god, this is really... I don't know whether to make people lament that things in the world are made to make people good, or envy the other party's unmoved mentality.

Withdrawing his extra thoughts, Yimu Lian said, "I heard that you were commissioned by the Onmyoji in Ping'an Jingli to investigate the leakage of Yin Qi."

"Yes." Xu Hang bowed his hands to Yimulian, "Xu Hang, you are Fengshen Yimulian, right?"

Yimulian waved his hands and said: "I am no longer a god, now I am just a member of the monsters in this mountain."

Xu Hangdao: "No matter what, this mountain forest is still thanks to your protection."

Yimulian looked a little happy.

After saying hello, Xu Hang asked about the yin qi: "I heard from the little deer man that there is already a place here that has been affected by yin qi and no grass can grow. Can you let me have a look?"

"of course can!"

Then Yimulian and Xiaolunan took Xu Hang to the place with the most yin energy, only to see that this area was lifeless and lifeless.

Yimulian said with a serious expression: "The Yin Qi here is temporarily trapped by me with an enchantment to prevent it from spreading to the surrounding area, but it is not the solution. If the cracks that generate Yin Qi cannot be sealed, the Yin Qi will still be destroyed." increase, sooner or later the barrier will be corroded."

Xu Hang saw that there was indeed a faint barrier separating the Yin Qi area.

Because he is no longer a god now, and he is a guardian type, so Yimulian's ability to deal with Yin Qi is limited.

Xu Hang recalled the sealing spell he had mastered, maybe he could solve the problem here, provided the cracks were not too big, otherwise he could only be powerless and didn't have enough strength to perform a large-scale sealing spell.

When Yimulian learned that he knew the relevant sealing spells, he was very happy immediately, but when he heard Xu Hang expressed that he was worried that he was not strong enough, Yimulian couldn't understand: "Why don't you use the power of faith to complete it?"

Xu Hang was stunned for a moment, and said, "I don't want to be a god."

Yimu Lianzao had doubts about this, so he took advantage of the situation and asked: "How many people want to become a god but can't find it. You have the opportunity to become a god now, why give up?"

Xu Hang said: "This kind of god who relies on human beliefs to maintain its own existence is too passive. I want my destiny to be in my own hands. It's not that I don't want to become a god, but if I want to become a god, it must rely on My own strength breaks the samsara imprisonment, and will not be affected by external factors to my own god."

After hearing what he said, Yimulian's expression was terrified: "You, you want to stand shoulder to shoulder with the third noble!"

Xu Hang knew that it was difficult to understand the matter of cultivation based on the concept here, so he didn't intend to say more.

Yimulian calmed down and said, "Your idea is so arrogant! But after hearing what you said, I suddenly became curious and wanted to see what kind of existence you would become if you succeeded."

Although Xu Hang didn't intend to absorb the faith, he was reminded by Yimulian's words that he could indeed try to use the power of these beliefs to complete the seal.

Because these were other people's beliefs in him, Xu Hang tried it, and soon found that even if he didn't absorb it for his own use, he could still drive and use it.

Xu Hang suddenly had an idea, he simply gathered these beliefs in his hands and condensed them into runes.

As the scattered power of faith gathered together, they gradually turned from imaginary to real, and a golden light visible to the naked eye bloomed in Xu Hang's hands.

The little deer man next to him let out an exclamation.

Xu Hang said to Yi Mu Lian: "I think I have found a way to seal it, you might as well let me go into the barrier to try."

Yimulian was also shocked by the transformation of faith power in the other party's hands just now. After recovering, he reminded him: "Then you have to be careful, if you feel something is wrong, come out."

Then let Xu Hang pass through the barrier.

After Xu Hang entered inside, he immediately felt a piercing chill, which was caused by too much Yin Qi, and he couldn't help frowning.

If you were an ordinary person, you would fall ill soon after just a little exposure to Yin Qi, let alone walking in Yin Qi. Fortunately, Xu Hang is not an ordinary person.

But walking in it for a while made him feel uncomfortable all over, and the only thing that could bring him warmth was probably the power of faith in his hand that turned into runes.

Xu Hang also didn't want to stay in this environment for too long, so he decided to make a quick decision.

Soon, he found the place with the strongest Yin Qi, which was also the source of the Yin Qi and the location of the crack.

Xu Hang punched the runes into it while pinching out the magic formula. After spending about a cup of tea, the crack was finally sealed, and the rest was to dispel or purify the yin energy here.

If you want to restrain yin qi, the corresponding thing is naturally the most yang thing.

Xu Hang took out the cinnabar, and simply did it here. It didn't take long for the Yin Qi in the enchantment to be dispelled. If the weather is sunny these days, it will be back to normal after being exposed to the sun.

Yimulian and Xiaolunan were waiting outside the barrier, and when they saw Xu Hang coming out, they hurried forward to inquire about the result.

Xu Hang reported the situation inside: "The crack has been successfully sealed, and the Yin Qi inside has been almost dispelled by me. It will no longer affect the living beings. Your barrier can be removed."

Unexpectedly, the problem that had troubled them for many days was finally solved, and both Yimulian and Xiaoluman showed joy on their faces.

That night, the monsters in the mountains of Nara held a banquet to celebrate this. In addition to celebrating, they also thanked Xu Hang who came from Heianjing to help.

The little monsters didn't know many things, but they were carefree, thinking that everything would be fine.

But knowing that the source of the matter was the loosening of Yamata no Orochi's seal, Ichimokuren and the others did not relax.

Xu Hang asked them a little bit, and his guess was confirmed. Such gaps did not only appear in Nara.

"I communicated with the Lord of Arakawa before, and the same problem also appeared in the river basin under his jurisdiction." Yimulian said worriedly, "The waters polluted by Yin Qi not only make it impossible for creatures to survive, but what's more troublesome is that the water is inherently If you drink water that is polluted by Yin Qi at the source, both humans and monsters will get sick, and if you are weak, you will even die."

After hearing what he said, Xu Hang's expression turned serious. It seemed that the matter was more serious than expected.

So he folded the letter into a paper crane and let it send the message back to Seimei in Ping'an Jingli, Xu Hang decided to rush to the Arakawa Valley.

After paying homage to the Lord of Arakawa, Xu Hang came to the source of Yin Qi. As Yi Mulian said, due to the fluidity of the water, the impact of Yin Qi on the Arakawa River Basin is far more severe than that of Nara's forests.

After using the same method to seal the cracks in the Arakawa River Basin, Xu Hang inquired about several similarly affected places.

Due to his personality, Xu Hang couldn't sit idly by when he was able to handle the situation, so he went out for more than half a month, but he also made acquaintance with many monsters during the period.

By the time he has sealed all the cracks where he can go and is about to return to Heianjing, the Hyakki Scroll is almost as good as the Complete Picture Book in his previous life.

Xu Hang had a premonition that the day when he would leave this era was getting closer and closer.