Heiankyo love story

The same shikigami who can fly, the speed of the ghost car and Fengjiang Taiyin are completely incomparable.Leaving aside the issue of ride comfort, if you only pay attention to speed, the wind from Heianjing to Izumo will take only two minutes at most, and the ghost car will fly for more than an hour. Still whimpering, dominated by the illusion of "I can fight back" several times, tried to shake the only human passenger in the car, but was pierced through the floor of the car by an ice sword, accompanied by "If you make trouble again, you will fall apart!" "The threat honestly flew to Izumo.

Compared with Heian-kyo, which has lost the guardianship of the four gods and has become a paradise for hundreds of ghosts, "Izumo", which is still the "Izumo Kingdom", is obviously not a place that ghost cars like. As soon as it reaches the boundary of Izumo, it starts humming again Haw, in the end Jiang Xue saw that the ghost car would not go any further even if she wanted to dismantle it, so she reluctantly allowed the ghost car to land.

At the end, the ghost car had "unbelievable" written all over its face, shouted "Are you a ghost?!", and finally disappeared with a groan.

Jiang Xue clapped her hands and replied calmly: "Go and reason with RPG players."

Fist is the truth.

Besides, she never promised that "as long as she is sent to Izumo, she will not get rid of ghosts", ghosts these days are still too sincere.

Leaving aside the monsters, ghosts and ghosts are vulnerable in front of the "Black Dragon God Son". look ahead.

It is winter now, and there is nothing obvious in Heian-kyo, but snow has already fallen in Izumo, the sky is gray, and the fine snowflakes are swirling in the wind like fluffy feathers, spiraling lightly Falling down, sometimes when encountering trees or stones, they will circle around a few times before sticking them on, covering the whole land with fluffy silver.The snow on the ground was more than half a foot thick. Presumably, it had been snowing for a long time. Coupled with the fact that there were few pedestrians, all traces of human activities were quickly submerged.

Unlike the bustling Heian-kyo where people come and go, Izumo is closer to the "original ecology" situation. Now that it is covered by heavy snow, even the originally inconspicuous roads are completely invisible. A large piece of white self.

Jiang Xue jumped onto a nearby tree. Even though her movements were light enough, she still stepped on the snow on the branches during the ups and downs. By the way, the tree seems to be bald.Fortunately, the tree has not yet become a spirit, otherwise Jiang Xue would feel embarrassed.She stood on the top of the tree and looked into the distance again. No matter which direction she looked at, she was blinded by whiteness. Maybe she would suffer from snow blindness after staying in this place for a long time.

"so troublesome……"

This game doesn't have a built-in map, it's really unfriendly!

She has only been to Izumo a few times in total, and it was not when it snowed in winter. Now it is better. She didn't know the terrain of Izumo at first, and with the interference of heavy snow, she became completely blind. , I don't know which direction to go is the way to "reverse the Tao".

I'm so angry!

Could it be that she came all the way here and was going to be pissed off by such a heavy snowfall in the end?

Jiang Xue angrily jumped down from the tree, and stepped on a shallow footprint in the snow. She was stunned for a moment, and then took a few steps forward, and there were a few more footprints in the snow.

"Yeah, footprints..."

Abe Seimei only set off half an hour earlier than her. Even if he came earlier, it would not be as fast as teleportation. Now that he has not subdued the twelve generals, there will be no Taiyin and Baihu working for him , Judging from the snow accumulation in Izumo, it must have been falling for a while. Even if the falling snow will cover the previous footprints, there will still be traces left after walking. These are things that are difficult to catch with the naked eye but do exist.

Jiang Xue smiled and said softly, "Track."

Under the touch of the keyword, the "tracking" skill is directly activated-this is a skill from Aincrad, and it is a higher-level evolution product of the basic skill "search for enemies". At the very beginning, the skill "Search for Enemies" only allows players to detect enemies at close range. After continuous practice, the range of "Search for Enemies" will expand, and the player's field of vision will be improved, and the focus of gaze The location will improve the resolution. When the proficiency is high, the player can perceive distant enemies across terrain obstacles, and can even be accurate to the location and number.This basic skill that does not belong to the combat system will also generate new skills when the proficiency is high, that is, "tracking". "Tracking" allows players to explore the traces of other players' activities.

After the skill was turned on, Jiang Xue's field of vision changed slightly, and the position she was looking at would be presented in front of her eyes more clearly than before, and any tiny clue would not be missed.In front of him, there is still white snow besides white snow, but there must be some differences.

The girl in white and ice was galloping in the snow in Izumo, looking down at the ground from a height, looking for any tiny clues. After she ran for a few kilometers towards the center of Izumo, she found herself on the ground. Saw light green footprints.

——If the "tracking" skill is removed, there will be nothing on the ground covered by heavy snow at this moment. This is the "remnant after someone walked by" that can only be captured during tracking.

Green is friendly units, red is hostile units.

There is more than one mark on the ground, in addition to human footprints, there are obviously several marks that do not belong to humans.

Jiang Xue jumped down from the tree, stood beside those slightly messy footprints, followed the footprints in her vision and drew the same footprints in the snow with her hands, and then held her chin to think about what would happen.

There are a lot of cobblestone-shaped marks, and there is a long trace on the ground that drags into the distance.

What myriads crawl along?

When Jiang Xue thought about it, she immediately thought of "centipede".

Of course, ordinary centipedes can't be this big, and each footprint can catch up with a child's fist. However, in the place of Izumo, there are indeed centipedes that big. !

Jiang Xue frowned and recalled the previous time when she was in the clouds. At that time, she had not broken with King Ma Cang Ye. She was invited to come to Ma Cang's house to congratulate her. , the guardian demon came to convey the invitation of the anti-witch, and asked the two to help repair Qian Yinpan's seal.

If it was the guardian demon of the Taoist Sanctuary, it should not appear for no reason, nor would it hurt people at will.

Jiang Xue followed the footprints on the ground and looked forward. The human footprints were always accompanied by the traces of the centipede, which indicated that it was not that the guardian demon encountered the Izumo residents who came out to collect firewood by chance, but found someone on purpose. Walking with her herself—it is true that the guardian demon of the Taoist Sanctuary may have invited other people, but at this point in time, it was too coincidental, and she had to think that the invited person might have just arrived in Izumo "Abe Seimei".

The footprints on the ground appeared suddenly, and there was no sign of coming nearby. It probably fell from midair on a shikigami, and the guardian demon was waiting here directly.

In other words, the direction of the Guardian Demon must be against the Sanctuary!

That's enough!

Jiang Xue's spirit lifted, even if the person invited by the Guardian Demon was not Abe Seimei, Tadashi Kamo said that Abe Seimei wanted to ask the Taoist witch for a way to "send her home", so Abe Seimei had to go to the Tao Anti Sanctuary!

Hmph, with a destination, are you afraid you won't find anyone?

Jiang Xue cheered up and chased after the footprints. As time passed, the color of the footprints on the ground gradually became thicker, gradually deepening and brightening from light green, and she became more confident.

Of course, the "tracking" skill cannot be used unlimitedly. If you can find traces from a long time ago, then it is not called "tracking" but "archaeology". There is a time limit to track the remaining footsteps of others, the fresher it is The more bright and vibrant green the footprints are in view, the more they fade and fade away over time, before disappearing entirely.

The color of the footsteps becomes brighter, which means that Jiang Xue is getting closer to the person being tracked—in other words, the speed of her tracking is faster than the speed of the person in front and the guardian demon, otherwise the footprints will only be in sight. There was no change, and if she was too slow, the footprints would even fade, and eventually she would have to stop for lack of clues.

The wind and snow in front of us was stronger than that at the border. At the border of Izumo, the falling snow like fine feathers has turned into heavy snow like goose feathers, and the light wind blowing on our face has turned into a biting cold wind.

For ordinary people, this may already be difficult.

Jiang Xue tidied up her neckline subconsciously, feeling more and more thankful that she is now in a soul posture—otherwise, according to the physique of "Fujiwara Yukihime", she would have to wrap up several layers of clothes, and then she would not even mention tracking others, she would just paralyze Pour it by the fire.

It's great that the soul isn't cold.

It's great that her skills were all added to "speed" at the beginning.

Jiang Xue quickened her pace and galloped forward against the cold wind.

The cold wind was bitter, and because of the complicated terrain, there was a strange wind blowing from time to time, which directly brought a cloud of snowflakes to people's faces. Jiang Xue reacted quickly enough and was smashed once or twice. It interfered with the field of vision. Fortunately, after the "tracking" skill was activated, there was a corresponding visual correction. The green footprints in such a vast white also successfully delayed the possibility of snow blindness.

Jiang Xue flew across a large deserted snow field, and watched the footprints spread towards the snow mountain, so she had to sigh and catch up. At this time, the footprints in her field of vision were already very bright and bright green, presumably she was far away from being tracked The goal is very close.She had just thought this way when she saw a black dot in front of her.

Jiang Xue looked over, and the "tracking" skill immediately corrected the clarity of the focus position of her eyes, allowing her to clearly see who it was.

The centipede demon standing upright, and the young onmyoji in blue and white hunting clothes walking beside the centipede demon.

Got it.

Jiang Xue couldn't help chuckling triumphantly, and shouted to the front: "Abe Seimei, why don't you keep running one by one?

It was hard not to hear such a loud shout suddenly in the quiet snow mountain. The guardian demon in front stopped immediately. Abe Seimei turned around and looked at Yukihime who was supposed to be recuperating at Tsuchimikado with surprise on her face. .

"Xue Ji, why are you...in Izumo?"

Jiang Xue rushed over in three steps and two steps, and slapped Abe Seimei in the face.

"Abe Seimei, you want to abandon me and decide my future on your own? Tell you, don't even think about it!"

Ever since the two met, Jiang Xue had never treated Abe Seimei so rudely, not to mention hitting him in the face, not even scolding him with a blushing face, so that Jiang Xue's sudden anger made Abe Qingming didn't expect it at all, or he didn't want to avoid it, so he just received this slap.

"Sorry, I usually don't slap people in the face, but this time you have gone too far. Even if it's for my own good, I don't accept someone making decisions for me."

After Jiang Xue slapped her, she immediately laughed, as if she had never been angry.

However, because you are 'Abe Seimei', I forgive you this time, and only this time.

Abe Seimei lowered his head and said after a while: "I understand. But Xue Ji doesn't have to chase Izumo for this."

"You still don't understand, just because I may never go back if I don't go back, I have to come to Izumo to see you."

Jiang Xue completely ignored the guardian demon next to her, looked into the boy's eyes without blinking, and expressed her thoughts clearly.

"I like you, Seimei."

In an instant, the blood on Abe Seimei's face completely disappeared, as if he had heard something extremely terrifying.

The two stared at each other for a long time in the snow before the boy squeezed out a cold answer from his throat.

"Sorry, Your Highness Xue Ji, I cannot respond to your wishes."

"is it?"

Jiang Xue was able to laugh when she said this, she didn't even know what it was.

The excitement, joy, and apprehension of coming here and following the footsteps are completely cooled at this moment, just like the wind and snow at the moment of Izumo, leaving only the whistling emptiness.

"Sorry for bothering you all this time."

"Please go back, Your Highness Xue Ji." Abe Seimei said coldly, "You and I are not from the same world."

Jiang Xue clenched her hands subconsciously, and said with a forced smile, "Don't worry, I won't pester you endlessly. Since you said so, I'll leave immediately."

She did what she said, and immediately turned around, never looking at the indifferent and alienated expression on Abe Seimei's face.

She has got the answer, it's time to end this delusion.

If you continue to entangle, it will only make people laugh, and leave with your head held high, at least to keep your self-esteem.

She thought so, and did so.

Abe Seimei said to Daoban's guardian demon: "It's not too late, let's go to Daodan sanctuary immediately, there is no time to delay."

This sentence made the guardian demon who was still trying to persuade her shut up.

Compared with the entanglement between a girl who has never met and Abe Seimei, of course, the matter of Dao anti-princess is more important-if there is no help, Dao anti-princess will not be able to guard the seal of Huangquan.

Abe Seimei and Jiang Xue were running opposite each other in the snow, their faces were equally cold.

Jiang Xue opened the favorability interface for the last time and took a look. Abe Seimei's favorability was still 40.

She really thanked him for not losing any favor because of her confession.

In fact, it doesn't matter if it is reduced, so what if it is reduced to zero.

Anyway, there is no difference between "not liking enough" and "not liking". The conclusion is that this is just Jiang Xue's unrequited love.Cheer up, start all over again, change the route, and be a hero again.

Jiang Xue kept comforting herself like this, but she still couldn't help feeling bored in her heart. Finally, she raised her hand and wiped her eyes, and she simply didn't leave. She just sat down in the snow and let the snowflakes fall all over the place. body.

Anyway, she was about to disappear, and she didn't know how to "go back", where would she go?

Are you going to Heian-kyo?

The current "Fujiwara House" is not a place she can go back to, and Abe's house can't go any more. Going to Kamo Tadayuki's place seems to be suing someone.

As a result, "Jiang Xue" has "nowhere to go" in this era.

The north wind howled and the snowflakes flew, soon half covering the girl on the ground.

I don't know how long it has passed, Jiang Xue suddenly felt a tremor, and she jumped up reflexively, shaking off the snow all over her body, feeling her feet still shaking, and cracks appeared in the surrounding snow, and then, a wave of extreme A cold wind blows from a certain direction, black miasma soars into the sky, tearing out black beams of light in the snowy sky.

The situation was so terrifying that Jiang Xue was stunned for a moment, and it took her a long time to come back to her senses, and she said in a daze, "The... miasma of Huangquan?"

How could the miasma of the underworld rush out so violently?

They should be sealed in Huangquan by Qian Yinpan, and it is impossible for them to appear outside the Taoist sanctuary.

Unless, the seal of Huang Quan is broken.

So, what will happen to Abe Seimei who should go to the guardian demon to rebel?

The Taoist priestess once said that if too strong aura of the underworld enters the human world, it will take away human life in an instant.

At this distance, Jiang Xue could feel the horror over there. If it was in the center of the miasma, in the sanctuary of Taoist rebellion, she couldn't imagine what it would be like. I am afraid that there is already a hell on earth. One by one, if the seal of Qianyinpan is really broken, the monsters that were sealed in Huangquan will come out together.

A dark voice in Jiang Xue's heart said: Whatever happens to him, Abe Seimei doesn't like her anyway, so let's just die if she dies.The current Taoism is not a good place. Anyone who goes there will die, and it will just take an extra life, which is meaningless.

She stood where she was, without making a sound for a long time.

She valued her life immensely -- she'd known it since that damning night long ago when the lives of her own and those of her loved ones were in the balance.Apart from freedom, there is nothing more important to her than life, because death is death, and there is nothing left.Even if it is a game, she doesn't want to sacrifice her life for no reason, because it is "not worth it" to her.

Rational analysis, since the seal of the underworld is broken, the Taoist sanctuary must have become a mess. If the Taoist priestess and Abe Seimei fail to solve the problem, it is even more difficult for a soul that is about to disappear to change anything. A senseless death.From the most utilitarian point of view, she should return to Heian-kyo immediately and ask Ka Moo Tadayuki to take action to solve the Taoist incident. Whether it is from the responsibility of the onmyoji or the relationship between him and Abe Seimei, it is the most important thing to come forward people.

But is this really possible?

The dense miasma has become a guidepost, clearly pointing out the location of the Taoist sanctuary.

Jiang Xue looked in that direction, her mind was full of thoughts of "it's useless to go", she still stepped towards that direction.

From a slow walk to a brisk walk, and finally into a gallop again.

All rational thinking was expelled, Jiang Xue gritted her teeth, she just wanted to run faster, and then faster—the decisive point reached Daofan, to confirm with her own eyes what had become there, and whether there was any left. live!

Abe Seimei, you won't die here, will you?

It shouldn't be like this.

Abe Seimei should live until his hair turns gray, teasing his grandson in Heian-kyo, instead of dying in Izumo at such a young age.

but……

Another voice said in Jiang Xue's heart: If it wasn't for her, Abe Seimei would not have come to Izumo at this time.

If Abe Seimei's fate is changed because of her, how can she feel at ease?