It is not a long story to say why the Red Pearl is in the hands of Lord Shuoyue instead of Lord Uoyue.
As early as the day she met Mao Yuejun, Long Miao, Shi Wuqi and Kong Lingbei, this day was destined to come. In the illusion where Utsuki-kun used the Kagura Bell to recall her, Shuoyue-kun clearly learned about the conversation between Liangtang and Xue Miyin, and also understood why she was attacked by Miyin, who was as close as her sister.
Liangtongue used her words to cast a curse on the remaining blade of the Demon-Sealing Blade she obtained. Although what she said to Miyin back then was true, there were deliberately distorted parts and unfinished parts that were full of subjective assumptions. But that's not important. This is just an opportunity for Xue Miyin to listen and start to believe. As long as she listens to those whitewashed words, the magic of the Demon Sealing Blade will take effect. The other part of the spell is completed by another part of the Demon Sealing Blade - the wakizashi in his hand. After the blades resonate in pairs, Miyin's emotions will be amplified, and his actions will be dominated by emotions instead of thoughts. Regardless of whether she believed Liang Tongue's words or not, this knife would definitely cut open her skin and cut off her own flesh and blood for various reasons. At that time, this magic will be amplified and parasitize in Miyin's mind in an invisible way like a seed, secretly directing her actions.
Leaving the waiting place, meeting other people, looking for Yun Waijing, until finally meeting Liang Tongue again... Although these are not directly controlled by Liang Tongue, they are indeed the result of the influence of magic. The content of this magic is that no matter what she goes through, she will get close to Liangton again and meet her. Of course, in this process, the two tongues will also move closer to her. And everything Xue Miyin experienced before they met again will catalyze this magic. At this point, it's not an exaggeration to say it's a vicious curse.
Mr. Shuangyue knows all this, so naturally he will not sit idly by. Lord Uoyue is a kind person, and she proposed to exchange the magic weapons held by both parties with Lord Shuangyue. Utsuki-kun took Lan Bao to find Mutsuki-kun who was seriously injured and helped him restore his soul. Lord Shuangyue took this red pearl that could read people's hearts and came to Wanren Mountain to look for Xue Miyin, and tried to communicate effectively with her to talk everything out and end this absurd farce.
But now that the matter has come to this, Mr. Shuangyue has to admit that he made a miscalculation. She didn't expect that deep in Xue Miyin's soul, to some extent, he actually recognized the sorcery of Two Tongues. These two points complemented each other internally and externally, fueling her resentment and depression. In other words, she has been harboring grudges for a long time, and I am afraid that without the two tongues getting in the way, something else would have happened, making the relationship between the two people develop to the point where they are incompatible with each other. However, it might not be as ugly as it is now...
It's time to praise the two tongues, this is a brilliant magic.
Also as vicious as a snake.
"I know what this is..." Xue Miyin was fascinated, "Chizhen Pearl. When did you get it?"
"Not long ago."
"What if I say I don't believe it?" She looked suspicious.
Maybe you figured out my thoughts a long time ago and shaped my personality... turning me into what I am now. It's just that I'm out of your control, so you regret it. You just want to keep controlling me, just like you did before. But how can free-range livestock be obedient? You should have realized it earlier.
Lord Shuangyue felt a bitter taste in his throat, and his internal organs felt like burning after taking arsenic.
She didn't know why things had developed to this point, to the point where... Mi Yin would think of her like this.
What's even more sad is that she may have had such thoughts before she reunited with Liangtongue. Otherwise, the expansion and growth of ideas would not be so fast anyway. And the two tongues showed joyful eyes, lying comfortably under the tengu's paws, like a demonstration and a provocation.
"Okay, no matter what happened in the past... As of now, you are using a magic weapon to monitor my heart."
"I didn't - I just wanted to get to know you better. But, I didn't realize until now that even if I knew what you were thinking at this moment, I couldn't say or do anything."
Do you want to know me now? late.
Yes, Mr. Shuangyue knows, it's too late, too late.
Even so, she still wanted to turn the tide. Although she regretted it a little, maybe with Lan Po, she could have a direct psychological dialogue with her, as frankly as if the two parties had been cut apart. But she soon realized that she might not be able to use that special amber yet, and Xue Miyin's psychological defense was far harder and thicker than she imagined.
"I'm telling you openly and honestly because I don't want to hide anything from you." Shuangyue Jun's tone was full of sorrow. As for the blame part, he could only blame himself. "I have no choice, I admit it. No matter what happens now, it is my fault that you have become like this. I'm sorry... I must apologize to you. I admit my failure and my incompetence. You don’t need to accept it, you just need to know it, just... listen to me."
Xue Miyin looked a little surprised. She probably didn't expect Lord Shuangyue to admit it so frankly. Lord Shuangyue took a step forward, but she didn't feel repulsed and had no intention of retreating. She even saw Lord Shuangyue bending his knees slightly and about to kneel down to her.
"Ouch!" Miaomiao suddenly screamed, "It hurts... I feel so much pain! Miyin, help me!"
No! This is another trick of hers, a way to win her sympathy! She also suppressed Miaomiao and used her as a hostage to threaten herself! If being soft doesn't work, she's going to be hard!
Xue Miyin suddenly came back to his senses and "awakened" again.
Lord Shuoyue turned his head and looked at the Tengu in surprise. But she immediately read an idea from the Tengu's heart: it didn't strike hard, and it was even confused. It seems that this is another trick of the two tongues. But if you tell Xue Miyin like this, she will definitely not believe it. Lord Shuangyue felt unspeakably at a loss. It was clear that neither of them had done anything wrong and neither of them deserved to be punished. However, things had developed to such an irreversible level, and the reality made them both bear Lingchi's pain.
"Stop playing tricks! Let Miaomiao go!"
"Why are you still so stubborn?" Shuangyue Jun's tone was on the verge of despair, "She is clearly just a monster who provokes you and me!"
"Then which sentence of hers is wrong?"
"Varied……"
"Six Paths of Impermanence is so powerful. If you can find this place and say these words, you must already know what happened between us." Xue Miyin suddenly became terrifyingly calm now, "Then tell me, everything she said , which sentence is wrong?"
Is the so-called estrangement really just a estrangement?
No - Shigeyuki-kun wanted to blurt it out so much. But she desperately found that the words in both tongues were impeccable, and she was completely unable to refute from Xue Miyin's perspective. She could start from her own direction, pierce the whitewashing of facts by both tongues, and tear open the layer of hypocrisy. But what about Miyin? All she knew was that she had turned swords on her best friend and even taken her life. This is an indisputable fact that even Mr. Shuangyue himself cannot deny. No matter what explanations are made, it is futile. No matter how much one defends oneself, it is meaningless. No matter what facts are reviewed, what happened happened. Put yourself in someone else’s shoes: If she were Mi Yin, she would also feel that all this is enough to explain the problem.
Seeing her silence, Xue Miyin continued to say aggressively: "You always said that she was provocative, but now you can't tell the reason. It's you instead. Didn't you save her? Do you dare to say that you didn't hurt her? Didn't you kill her? You said she was hopeless, why did she come back to life and now she is in front of us? Tell me!"
"It's me, I can't save her, so I..."
"You ended her suffering, didn't you? Hahaha, you're going to say that again, you always say it. It makes you look kind and more humane than anything else. You were wrong, you killed her, Use your own arrogance.”
Lord Shuangyue felt that his mouth no longer belonged to him. She just explained in vain, stiffly and helplessly: "That day I discovered that Miaomiao was eaten by a snake that was transformed into a mountain stone spirit called a sprite... and was used as a bait by the sprite snake to use her voice and smile. Kill more people. I had to make a choice! If I didn’t do this, countless people would die in the belly of the snake demon. What I didn’t expect was that Miao Miao, who stepped into the gate of hell with one leg, actually It reached a contract with the snake demon who had reached the last moment of his life. When the snake demon had only one breath left, it used its own body to reshape Miaomiao's limbs, and passed on all its demonic power to her, allowing her to inherit his essence. .The dying snake demon came back to life and lived with her in the world..."
Wonderful. If he hadn't been too far away, Wei Donglin would have stepped forward to applaud.
It's a pity that these words can't move the current Xue Miyin at all.
"Why is it her?" Miyin's eyes were red and she was shouting hoarsely, "Why should she be sacrificed by you! Who do you think you are? Can you judge good and evil and decide life and death like the demon Yama? Why did you deprive her of her? The right to live? She just wants to live!"
Yes, yes... Mr. Shuangyue cannot refute, the human instinct to survive is so terrible. Although, maybe Miaomiao was still innocent at that time, and she didn't expect that things would turn out like this. But no matter what, she doesn't care now.
That Miaomiao has completely transformed into a demon and inherited the demon's will.
"...She, she is really just a monster now, she is not-"
Lord Shuangyue murmured, his voice so soft that he seemed to be speaking to himself. But her words stopped short. Because there was something blocking her throat, preventing her from saying anything. If anyone used the Chizhen Pearl to peer into her heart, they would probably only hear these monotonous words repeated meaninglessly.
Why?
Why is this happening?
Why? Who will tell me?
"Until now, you only think she is a monster. Although you claim to be an Onmyoji, you still think you are superior to monsters - you don't even have any knowledge of yourself!" Xue Miyin paused to emphasize her tone, "This is even more hateful. !Unforgivable!”
"I'm not, I..."
"I'm a human, so save me." Miyin took a deep breath. The cold wind wanted to scratch her lungs, but she didn't feel any pain.
"I only saved you because——"
"If I were a monster, I would have been killed by you long ago. You have always been like this, only saying nice things. But this time, I won't believe you anymore."
"How can it be?!"
"I really wish I was a monster. Would you be sad? Would you be in pain? Would you regret saving me?"
——Will you repent?
——Will you pay the price?
For yourself?
