This is not the right choice.
Taki Miao didn't want to get involved with them - it was not difficult to kill or outrun the two girls, but he obviously underestimated their abilities. He felt panicked, a familiar feeling emerging with uncontrollable power. There is some swelling and pain on the shoulder blade, as if something is crawling under the skin and trying to break out.
Then, something sharper and sharper was still ready to move inside the body.
Sister Yun noticed something strange and wanted to change the melody to another one.
"Girls, wait a minute."
Stopping in front of the embarrassed Long Miao, Lord Jiyue raised the Huangquan Bell. Sister Yun's hands were pressed on the strings, and the rhythm disappeared in an instant. They looked at each other and saw clearly who was coming, but after only hesitating for a moment, they plucked the strings again.
This time it was an extremely harsh sound, making one wonder how they used the harp and pipa to produce such an effect. Even Lord Jiyue covered his ears to reduce the pain.
The girls are so shameless that they even dare to confront the Six Paths of Impermanence, Lord Jiyue thought to himself.
He had heard from Shan Hai that these two people most likely accepted the reward offered by Miss Zhu Tong before taking action against Long Miao. But knowing his identity, he still has no intention of stopping... If he dares to ignore the dissuasion of Liu Dao Wuchang, there can only be one kind of organization in the world.
"Are you from Zuojinmen?"
It will soon be dark, and the clouds in the west are covered with a brilliant red. It will be good weather again tomorrow.
This is a quiet alley. People on the noisy street began to close their stalls and go home one after another. Some people doing evening market business had just come over with their belongings and were slowly packing their things. Relatively speaking, it was too quiet here, and no one would take a second look at this remote and gradually dimming corner.
The intricate alleys paved with stone bricks in Wule City are a remnant of the old times. They were gradually forgotten as new, wider avenues were paved. Only playful children and animals like to walk here, but adults always warn them that these places are too dangerous and they must go to bright and wide roads, otherwise they will be captured by monsters hiding in the dark.
Today, there may not necessarily be a monster here, but there is a man in black walking past silently.
No one noticed him, except... the woman in the distance.
The woman is on a high and distant attic. Below was a crowd of people laughing, but she was alone, staring closely at the target walking in the shadows, and slowly pulled out the bow rope.
For the Six Paths Impermanence, you can kill a few monsters or people without being punished - this is still a privilege.
She raised her birch bow slightly, deflecting the arrow as the target moved slowly. There was no wind today, and the sun's rays gave her some time to adjust. It was a good time for hunting.
If he disappears.
As long as he disappears.
"You can't kill him."
Ye Yuejun was shocked, but her hands did not tremble at all. Perhaps her years of experience had formed the physical memory of holding the bow stably. It's not that she didn't feel someone coming, but the weak breath was ignored by her as an illusion. She was too focused, and the aura of the visitor was well hidden. Even if she was completely unaware of it, it was not impossible.
But she clearly noticed it, but chose to ignore it. This made Ye Yuejun very dissatisfied with himself.
But she was even more dissatisfied with the visitor.
"You can't kill him either." Lord Xueyue continued.
Ye Yuejun didn't move his hand at all, nor did he look at him. She said calmly:
"Do I still need to ask you for instructions on who I am going to kill? Or do you think I have regressed?"
"Oh, I didn't mean that." Lord Xueyue waved his hands repeatedly and took a step closer. "I just hope that your target is not him. Otherwise, I will be very troubled."
This time, Hazuki-kun looked at him. She turned her head, but the bow and arrow in her hand remained steady and did not waver. Kuchuki-kun's tone felt familiar to her. This was not the first time she heard similar words in the past few hundred years. The tone was like...a child who got a new toy, or a hunter who found a new prey.
A bit of both, probably.
"You mean, I'm not allowed to take action against Tang?"
"Well, you can try it."
"Since when did you like to hang out with humans? Or is it the same as before, just..."
"It's the same, but it's not the same." Lord Kutsutsuki raised his finger. "He is more... special, more useful, and much more interesting. Don't you find it interesting? Human beings struggle with what they are obsessed with. That scene Even I will be moved."
"Hmph," Hazuki-kun mocked, "Only you would find it interesting."
"You will definitely find it interesting...ah, I mean, you in the past. You are not interesting at all now. Giving up a long life and becoming a lowly and weak species like human beings. Well...not necessarily, you You have indeed gained a longer, almost endless time, so giving up the demon bones and becoming a mortal body is just a talk. Is this your purpose?"
It has gotten a lot darker. If you don't aim at the target, you may miss the last light of the day. But at this time, Ye Yuejun's bow and arrow moved very smoothly, aiming directly at the owner of the noise. On the horizontal surface, the weapon in her hand did not move at all. She only twisted her upper body, but remained as still as a rock below the waist. So does her expression.
"I'm really sorry. You did realize your wish, but... can you be called a human being like this?"
Ye Yuejun suddenly smiled.
In the lightning flash, without the slightest hesitation, Lord Ye Yue's arms suddenly turned around, drew the bow with lightning speed, and released the arrow. That direction did not belong to Kuchtsuki-kun, but the previous target. However, during the time lost in this conversation, she had calculated the distance the target had to walk, as if her eyes had been staring at it. This arrow was always pointed at that person, accurate to a millimeter, and powerful enough to penetrate a granite wall.
She didn't even need to look, she knew that the arrow would definitely hit the target - if nothing unexpected happened.
Of course, the accident happened right in front of her. Lord Xueyue disappeared in front of her almost instantly, turning into a red flame and chasing the bursting arrow. The living fire wrapped around the arrow body flexibly, twisting around it. Looking from a distance, one could see a burning fire arrow speeding, and a bright red trail cutting a ferocious crack in the dark sky, and the crack was still spreading crazily.
In an instant, the horizontal sword was unsheathed, adding a moment of cold light to the dim night. Immediately afterwards, a huge flame exploded beside the knife holder, like thunder, like rushing flood, like the shaking of mountains and the earth.
"take it easy."
The wanton black hair was intertwined with the flames, shaking him so hard that he could hardly open his eyes. He frowned in displeasure, and after the fire dissipated, he could clearly see that Lord Kotsutsuki, who was standing side by side with him, was holding a burning wooden arrow tightly in his left hand. The hot fire turned the wooden arrow body and tail feathers pitch black, gradually turning into a handful of carbon powder, which slipped from his fingers.
The tip of the arrow had already sunk into his hair. He carefully took it out and flicked it to the side.
"...Who is it?" Tang He turned around and asked.
The archer in the distance has drawn three arrows from the quiver, turned the bow sideways, and put them on the string.
"besides."
That still happened in a moment - before the lingering sound of the bowstring subsided, three sharp arrows dropped from the sky and struck head-on. The two reacted almost instinctively and were not hurt at all. Lord Kutsutsuki instantly turned his face, and his long hair was thrown aside from his shoulders. When Tang He looked at his turned face, he was holding the center of the arrow in his mouth; the other arrow was still caught by him with one hand, without any suspense.
The last arrow penetrated deeply into the wall behind Tang He, and it did not cause any cracks or ripples, just like water. But looking at the tail end, the arrow was clearly split into two vertically by the lightning-fast blade.
Lord Xueyue exerted a little force, biting the hard wooden branch with his sharp teeth like knives, and the arrows in his hands and mouth were broken into two pieces at the same time. Four broken arrows fell to the ground, but he didn't take a second look.
"It's a long story, it's an old acquaintance."
Tang He sheathed his sword with a sarcastic look on his face: "There are too many friends, but the road is still difficult."
"Well, let's go to each other." Lord Kutsutsuki spat out the sawdust in his mouth, "I have no enemies, but my friends all hate me."
After this conversation ended, Hazuki-kun's bowstring was still trembling slightly.
She put her bow back on her back and left the high ground. The result of failure was within her expectation, and she didn't really want to get rid of the onmyoji who was getting in the way. There were many ways to make him calm down, but she didn't expect that this would definitely include Hongxuan Changye's...some kind of "preference".
Things are getting more and more troublesome.
First she was going to Fangchunyuan, where an old friend of hers lived. Not surprisingly, her partner should be waiting for her there too.
Tang He just went to a remote area to have a meal. That area is farthest from the Yamen and closest to evil talk.
Without Hanying Tower, many good people gathered in this place. People underestimate it here, saying that there are rumors that the case of Long Mansion in Cangyi City next door was caused by a monster, so the Yamen could not close the case and arrest anyone. There are also some rumors saying that it is not a monster, but a rare half-demon.
The proprietress of the cosmetics shop in the depths of Flower Alley, which had not been open for ten thousand years, came back at some point and said she would run it for a while. Anyone who understands knows that she is buying the blood of half-demon at a high price. As for the identity of the murderer in Long Mansion, it was also the news she released.
But from what he heard, there was no news he needed. He already knew most of the content, many of which he heard personally from Miss Zhu Tong. He still has a lot of money on hand, and he has no shortage of it. It is a waste of time and energy to hunt down an unpopular half-demon who may actually be weak. He needs more other valuable information.
For example, Wangui Zhi.
Human beings knew very little about Wangui Zhi. After hearing the news from here, he actually had no hope. He just wanted to stop by for dinner. Compared to the gossip that was widely known to everyone, this incident made no noise at all. If you want to really inquire about it, it would be more cost-effective to ask the monsters - after all, this is the memory of the deceased monsters. Its impact is no less than saying that Yama's book of life and death has been thrown into the human world, and whoever finds it can cross out his or her name like the stone monkey.
However, the words on Wangui Zhi cannot be easily changed. Those bloody inks will cause incalculable consequences. This doesn't seem to have anything to do with Tang He, as long as Lord Xueyue can do it. But the problem is that he cannot accumulate so-called "hope" bit by bit on others. The more you add, the more serious the injuries will be if the car overturns.
In other words - he will not play a game that he is not sure of, even if the mistake is one in ten thousand.
