Lin Shanhai took two steps closer to Tang He.
Mu Wan wanted to pull him away, but guessed that he had plans, so he didn't stop him. He saluted and spoke in a slow and calm tone. He spoke like this to everyone.
"Young Master Tang," he said, "I'm sorry for the offence. We came here to find the two six-path impermanence. I wonder if you have seen them before? What is your purpose in coming to the Dead Man's Swamp?"
"Hey, who does he know besides that monster?" Mu Wan mocked coldly and spat on the ground.
Ignoring this impolite girl who almost died under his own knife without realizing it, Tang He put the knife back into its sheath. Shan Hai was not sure whether he could regard this as the sincerity of the conversation. We are both Onmyoji, so since we can come here, we have a plan; since we have a purpose, it's not like we can't talk about it.
Where are all the ghosts?
Tang He would not ask this directly. He knew that Lord Kuchtsuki's words contained elements of speculation, but whether what Rin Shanhai said was true remained to be verified. There was no need to beat around the bush, he said straightforwardly:
"Look for Wan Guizhi."
"..."
This time it was the three people's turn to be silent. What Tang He saw on their faces was real confusion. He firmly believed that Lord Kotsutsuki had other ways to know the whereabouts of Wankishi besides snooping into the dreams he obtained, even if it was just speculation. There are too many realms of death and life, and the Zangtou River is just one of many possibilities. Since he can be allowed to visit, at least there is some certainty. But obviously, Lin Shanhai and the others didn't know.
On the one hand, Shan Hai felt that Tang He had no need to lie to them, but on the other hand, he was shocked by it. He remembered that Mankishi might exist in a place like this, but he didn't expect it to be here. Is this statement true? Shan Hai has no idea how confident Tang He is. What about taking a step back? If they were really here, should they prevent those two people from getting the Mankishi?
This probably counts as robbery. His "Tao" cannot give the answer. Shanhai both wishes it was here and wishes it wasn't there.
"Are you going to stop me?"
Tang He raised the question directly. And the meaning contained in that tone clearly meant something else.
can you stop me?
"Then it depends on what you do with it." Shanhai said frankly, "And I guess you are probably employed by someone. You shouldn't do it for money, and what Xueyue-kun can do is not It’s never just a number.”
"You are a smart man." Tang He looked at him, "What are you going to do?"
"The property returns to its original owner."
"That would be boring."
"I didn't know that you were also a fun-seeking person, just like the one with the six realms of impermanence."
"Not really. It's just that what he does with Wanguizhi has nothing to do with me. I just want to get paid."
Having said this, Shan Hai probably had the answer in his mind. The so-called "reward" might be consistent with Shi Wuqi's motivation. Scroll through it and find what you want. But this was too simple... He always felt that behind this person, there was something deeper, something terrifying, something indescribable. Otherwise, he would never join forces with that kind of monster who seems incompatible with him at first sight.
Shan Hai looked back at Mu Wan, her eyes still full of hatred.
There is no room for negotiation. If it weren't for the gap called Yan Muxue, they might still have a chance to cooperate. However, you need to be careful when working with such people. His "terrible" is quieter and silent compared to Lord Kutsutsuki, not so intense, but has the coldness and suffocation to choke people in the water.
"He said he wanted a sacrifice." Tang He added.
Needless to say, everyone can think of who this “he” is. In fact, Shan Hai also had such worries in his heart. Dai Luan and Mu Wan behind them were obviously alert.
"The sacrifice will allow the Desolate Skeleton to break through the seal." Shan Hai said, "Shi Wuqi escaped from here. At that time, General Shi was in a state of awakening... and there was no need for a sacrifice. Besides, there would be no benefit in letting him wake up. "
"Ah... Shopkeeper Shi."
Tang He's tone was thoughtful. But he did not ask how he escaped or returned to the world. From the beginning, he felt that this person would not confess to someone so easily... In other words, he was destined to die. He and Kutsutsuki-kun can probably fight for a while. And it happened that the Master of Hundred Bones knew some - a very small part of his secret. But it doesn't matter.
Now this secret is known to all three of them.
"You probably can't summon the Tengu either."
Mu Wan stared at him closely, his eyes full of sharpness. She has never forgotten what happened to her senior sister, and this kinship that was clearly related but so ruthless that she couldn't bear it. It all made her feel sick.
"Indeed. Do you want to avenge your senior sister now? In the Dead Man's Swamp, you can indeed join the ranks of those who hate me. But I don't think that fighting here is the result you and your companions want."
Mu Wan was going crazy.
"calm."
Shan Hai grabbed her sleeves and said sternly: "Shangmen lives in Zhen Palace in the east. Zhen Gua takes the initiative, and it is easy to get hurt if it moves."
In the past, Mu Wan might not have bothered to care about this mess of rules, even though she was also an Onmyoji. She is much more rational now, not to mention that the Demonic Umbrella Ye Yinlu is just a decoration now. Any wooden stick that has been soaked in water is stronger and more capable of beating than it.
"We have plenty of time to settle this account..."
But now to get out.
"Are you surprised?" This time, Tang He said to Lin Shanhai, "Although you know that the gate is actually open at Xiumen, you don't know the reason. You missed some things."
"……Appreciate further details."
"time."
"time?"
"Xiumen is prosperous in winter - especially Ziyue, which is in phase with autumn, rests in spring, imprisoned in summer, and dies in the last month of the four seasons."
It's like a huge boulder smashed into a pond of quiet thoughts, causing ripples to rise layer upon layer. He ignored this problem. The door is not necessarily "dead", it can be "living", how to live, how long to live, and change with time.
Again, this leads to another problem - there is more than one door.
So can Lord Kuchtsuki destroy the barrier with confidence and boldness?
And where is it compared to winter? Shangmen and Dumen. In other words, there is another door here and in the southeast. Now is the perfect time to escape. But……
In the mist, the figure of the fifth person gradually became clear.
"In such a deserted place, these few are really rare guests."
The voice was clear and cold, yet had some weight and was full of deep meaning. This unique tone is simply too familiar to Dai Luan. She suddenly turned around to look for the source of the sound, and saw the owner of the sound walking towards her. Others also looked over in unison.
Lord Ruyue was still arranging her light Suiyun bun, and the light powder on her face was a bit richer in the skylight. The forbidden step was pressed on the curved train printed with six flying flowers. She didn't have the box with the paint on her hand, so she probably stored it away.
"Ruyue-kun?" Shanhai seemed to grasp the life-saving straw of his thoughts, "Are you from Shangmen?"
"You are very smart and know that there is a way to this place. But unfortunately, from here, you will probably be hundreds of thousands of miles away from the present world when you came..."
Her tone was drawn out, like a lingering despair. She suddenly raised her hand and threw several small bottles to both sides. Everyone caught the bamboo bottle that suddenly appeared, including Tang He. He looked at it, observing the slightly thin and short bamboo section, which was blocked by a wooden plug. He could hear the sound of water inside when it was shaken gently. But the amount is small.
"I don't recommend that you inhale the miasma here for too long. This medicine can decompose the poison."
Tang He put away the medicine, but it was of no use. Dai Luan ran towards Lord Ruyue - even though this move also brought her closer to the enemy, the mountains and seas could not pull her back - she hugged Lord Ruyue and then looked to the other side.
"That guy said that Mankishi is here? Is this true? What should you remember... Liangyue-kun said that you were the one who painted his illusory case scene at that time. Do you have a good relationship with him? To Mangui Zhi, how much do you know?"
Faced with these problems, Lord Ruyue's expression seemed to have changed slightly, but not at all. Like the surface of a lake under a gentle breeze, one cannot see whether any shadows are actually passing over it. No one knows whether the shadow is a bird in the sky or a fish under the lake.
Then, the face with a hint of shadow turned slightly towards Tang He's direction.
"I know about you." She did not answer Dai Luan's question.
"Yeah. I know everything about the six paths of impermanence."
They didn't know how much of the response was mocking, but it didn't matter.
"You want to make sure that your Tengu is famous on paper. If it is a pure monster, it does not have the soul of Tang Yu, but you also need the appearance that it can change. If it does not have a name, then Tang Yu You will find a way to refine the remaining soul fragments of the owl. But no matter what the result is, it and the child will die."
The three of them all vaguely felt that they had learned some kind of terrible information. Because it was too huge, they could not digest the weight of these words for the time being, but precisely because of its hugeness, they all clearly realized that this was a plan that simultaneously abandoned the principles of human ethics and the benevolence and justice of demons.
It is a silent secret hidden beneath that seemingly ordinary human skin. But he was clearly more terrifying than the demon. Even though he was far away, a chill could still pierce through his quiet brows, like an iron horse on a glacier.
savage? Inhumane? Moral bankruptcy? Losing all conscience?
He couldn't find a suitable word... It was as if he was not born bound by these idioms used to describe human beings. Perhaps fundamentally, he and Lord Kutsutsuki are the same species.
But from this point of view, this idea may have come from Lord Kotsutsuki, and it is indeed in line with his style of ignoring the constraints of the world. The current Kisaragi-kun is narrating so calmly, maybe he already knew it.
"Are you here to hinder me too?"
"I really... don't quite understand."
Lord Ruyue showed a troubled expression, with a kind of pitiful sadness. This look in his eyes made Tang He feel very uncomfortable, as if he was using extremely cold water to extinguish a red-hot iron, but the water never boiled. It was still so cold, so cold.
"What don't you understand?"
His tone was extremely impatient. This kind of confusion was unprecedented before Lord Kisaragi appeared.
"Let people die, and let people live." She said slowly, "There is no need to put yourself in others' shoes, kill at will, create at will, and do not delve into the things of death and life. But it doesn't matter, everyone has their own way of survival. . It’s just that I really don’t understand... Human beings are destined to die, and as long as they have lived, it is not in vain. But there are always people who disobey the eternal way of heaven, overturn Yin and Yang, reverse life and death, and want the dead to suffer more than they want to live, and those who die naturally cannot want to die. More What's more, what we are pursuing is the tiresome way of eternal life... I don't understand, just like I still don't understand that the alchemists devote themselves to cultivating Taoism and become immortals, so what's the benefit? Living? Just living? It sounds very boring, and I am already tired of it..."
Kisaragi-kun doesn't seem to be a talkative person, and her remarks were indeed made with emotion. Perhaps in her mind, these problems have really troubled her for a long time, but she has never been able to get rid of them. Everyone was confused, but Tang He pulled out the knife and pointed it directly at her face with a tired smile.
"Wanguizhi——"
"Here, right here." Kisaragi-kun suddenly revealed a terrible secret, "It's hidden somewhere in the Swamp of the Dead. However, I don't want you to get it at all, and it has nothing to do with Kisaragi-kun's position. .”
He jumped up in an instant, his dark figure like the afterimage of an arrow. He was too fast. Even though this move was within Shan Hai's expectation, he never thought that Tang could be so fast.
"Bang——"
A unique metallic sound. Dai Luan hid in Ru Yuejun's arms in fear, but did not feel the attack. She turned her head slowly and cautiously and opened one eye slightly.
In front of him, in addition to the horizontal knife blocked at the edge of his field of vision, there were two parallel shadows, intersecting each other like a black and white cross.
A strange man's voice rang in his ears.
"you are too slow."
