The flying speed of the dead soul insect is not very fast, but after all, it travels in a straight line without considering terrain factors, and Maple Village is not particularly far away.
The two set out in the evening and rushed in the same direction non-stop, without resting for even a quarter of an hour... The same was true for the Death Soul Insect. Although it was very weak, it was still a monster after all, and its physical strength was extraordinary. The journey also doesn’t require much rest.
Of course, after such a starry night journey, at about eleven or twelve o'clock in the night, the two finally arrived at a place located at the foot of the mountain, surrounded by dense forests and silent rivers, like a paradise under the moonlight. village.
At this moment, in the dead of night, everything is silent.
The river surrounds the village, and the silent river gurgls in the dark night. The forest in the distance is filled with miasma that is invisible to the naked eye. In Gu Mo's eyes, it is the forest that is blooming with fluorescence. At first glance, it looks like... The luminous vegetation environment of Pandora is quite beautiful.
"you……"
Standing on the outskirts of the village, Kikyo felt a little emotional, and then seemed to remember something. She turned back and looked at the person next to her, frowning slightly as if she didn't know what to say.
"Go ahead, I'm just wandering around outside..."
Gu Mo smiled very understandingly and said this proactively. It just so happened that he really needed some time to implement his plan.
His eyes quietly glanced in the direction of the miasma-filled night forest. It seemed that the incredibly magical bone-eating well was inside, as well as a particularly magical age tree. The former was created from the wood of the latter. , seems to have the magic power to travel through time and space because of this.
"...That's fine."
Kikyo looked at him deeply, nodded slightly, and said softly.
During the journey, the witch didn't ask anything, such as the true origin of the other party, what she knew about him, etc. It's not that she didn't believe it at all or didn't care, but she had her own plan and was going to check it out first. Let’s talk about the things we care about most.
——Try to do it in her own way without being influenced by this person.
Now, she is going to see her sister. Since Higurashi Kagome can so confidently say that she had a hidden secret fifty years ago, and it doesn't seem like she is lying, then what is best for her The way to confirm is indeed to ask your sister.
For now, that is the only relative she can continue to trust in this world.
The miko walked into the quiet and sleeping village alone in the darkness, and walked directly to the front of a wooden house not far away. Maple lived here, and she could sense his aura... Speaking of which, it had been fifty years. It passed. She had mixed feelings in her heart for a moment, and she didn't know what kind of complicated feeling it was.
Kikyo subconsciously looked at a hill behind the village, which was where the shrine of Maple Village used to be. The Shikon Jade was enshrined there, and as the miko of the village at that time, she also lived there with her sister.
But now, since even Kaede has moved into the village, the Back Mountain Shrine must have long ceased to exist...
It was really hard for Feng. When she died, she was still very young, but in the end she had to take over the responsibility of her incompetent sister alone, pick up the bow and arrow and continue to protect the village... She has persisted until now, which is really, really amazing. , at least much better than myself.
Standing in silence in front of the door curtain, the miko lowered her eyes, wondering what she was thinking.
After a long while, she turned around and found that the man's figure was still standing there not far from the village, looking patiently and quietly, even though his whole body was cast by the dark clouds in the night sky. It was shrouded in shadows, and for a while it was hard to see clearly in the darkness.
She turned around again, gently lifted the door curtain, and walked into the house.
In the fire pit inside the house, the charcoal fire is burning. Although it is not so blazing and hot, it still gives the house a little red firelight. It is not pure and complete darkness. The light of the charcoal fire also brings warm heat and reflects the light at the same time. The outline of an old woman sleeping not far from the fire pit was revealed.
Kikyo's movements were very light and she didn't make any sound when she came in, but the old woman woke up immediately. When she opened her eyes, she also stretched her arm towards the bow and arrow that was right next to her.
But after seeing who came in clearly, she was shocked.
"Feng, long time no see..."
Kikyo looked at her old sister carefully, sighed softly, and spoke.
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The other side.
Gu Mo watched the figure of the witch disappear behind the door curtain, and without any further delay, he turned around and walked straight across the field towards the foothills over there, where was the large forest.
Walking into the forest, he didn't notice that the pervasive miasma brought any debuff to him. This miasma invisible to ordinary people did not have properties such as poisonous gas or corrosion, but more like a diffuse scattered demon. Qi and Qi machines do not appear to be mixed, nor are they emitted by many different monsters.
It must be that the village has brought the corpses of killed monsters here for many years to be disposed of. And Kikyo, who once guarded the Shikon Jade, has killed countless monsters. After so many years, the corpses of the dead monsters The remnants and essence turned into the miasma that enveloped the entire forest.
Because the essence is ownerless demonic energy, the harm is not necessarily too great. It is probably that if ordinary people stay in the forest for a long time, they will be easily confused.
Of course, there was no threat to Gu Mo at the moment, and he consciously searched for the source of the miasma, going to places where the miasma became thicker the deeper he went, in order to penetrate deep very quickly. In the forest, I found a dry well hidden among the tangled trees, vines and grass.
He lay on the wellhead and looked inside. It was pitch black inside, not particularly deep.
The source of the heavy miasma is here. The corpses of monsters that have been thrown in over the years will soon disappear. The situation is like the well swallowing up the corpses thrown in, and it will never be full. Hence the name - "Bone-Eating Well".
In fact, it is because this well was built using the wood of the nearby Godly Tree. The wood of the Age Tree has special power, and the well is right next to it. Perhaps it is also connected to the power of the Age Tree, so it has the ability to travel through time and space. Strange abilities...
It should not be unlimited. It probably only covers the day when the well was built to the last moment of its existence in the future——
In this period of time and space, there has always been a historical period when this well existed, so that time and space can be connected...
And there are probably other conditions to be able to use this well to transfer back and forth between two specific times and spaces... As for that condition, Gu Mo thinks it should be because of the Jade of the Four Souls, but also Not entirely sure.
Because the representation of this well in his memory was really idealistic and subtle.
Kagome Higurashi initially brought the Shikon Jade with her, so that she could move back and forth between the Warring States Period and the later time and space of 1996. After losing the Shikon Jade, there was indeed no way to use the well to return to the Warring States Period for a period of time... …
Inuyasha was seriously injured at the time and was being targeted by Naraku again, so while Higurashi Kagome was relaxing, he unexpectedly snatched the Shikon Tama from her body, pushed her back to the real world, and planned to face the next battle alone... Higurashi Kagome was worried, but she really couldn't go back to the Warring States Period until she sensed the breath of the Shikon Tama.
It was during the battle that the Four Souls Jade carried by Inuyasha was knocked down by the enemy and fell into the well.
And because of the special nature of the Bone-Eating Well, five hundred years later, Kagome felt the presence of jade and ran into the well again. Seizing this opportunity, she was able to return to the Warring States Period... It was also this time , the two secretly expressed their feelings to each other.
——And based on the time, it seems that this plot happened not long ago.
But that is the case, but in the early stage, Kagome Higurashi returned to the modern world with the Shikon Jade, and Inuyasha also easily traveled through the past without the Shikon Jade, and came back easily... This This kind of thing happens not once, but multiple times.
Also, in the finale, Naraku was eliminated, the Shikon Tama disappeared completely and forever, and Higurashi Kagome was sent back to her own time... I thought that our fate was over and we would never see each other again, but three years later Afterwards, the Well of Bone Eaters miraculously reconnected to the Warring States Period.
——These situations are completely unreasonable, so it is difficult to say what is a real round-trip ticket.
Gu Mo thought seriously, picked up a small stone, threw it into the well and listened to the echo, confirming that it was indeed about four or five meters high.
He looked around, then turned over and jumped into the well.
"..."
"..."
The forest was quiet, with the occasional night breeze blowing, and unknown summer insects chirping happily, but it became even more silent. The figure who jumped into the well did not appear again, as if he had just disappeared into the well.
Until the miko in white clothes and scarlet hakama frowned slightly, followed the traces all the way to this place, and stood in front of the well mouth and looked in confusion, Gu Mo's figure did not appear again.
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For those involved, the experience of traveling through time and space is not novel at all.
There were no gorgeous light and shadow effects, the ground at the bottom of the well did not emit light, and there was no long space-time tunnel in front of him. His body seemed to be falling continuously in it without gravity... none of the above, he was just innocent. Jump into the well and keep your feet on the ground.
Then he raised his head and saw that the night sky above the well was no longer the forest night sky, but instead turned into a dim roof beam.
Unknowingly, the times have changed. It is an unimaginable weird phenomenon... Gu Mo was amazed at this. It seems that the Jade of Four Souls is indeed one of the tickets, at least it affects the well to open the space-time channel. important factors.
He quickly left the dry well. The building around him was a sealed room, an ancient wooden building. The bone-eating well was sunken underground, with stairs leading to the top...
This must be the ancestral hall of Higurashi Shrine, Gu Mo made such a guess, walked up and gently opened the door with his hand. The door that seemed to be tightly closed opened when he reached out and pushed it open, but it was not locked at all.
It was probably because the Higurashi family made it easier for Higurashi Kagome to travel between two different eras, but this family was indeed very generous. They were so confident that a junior high school girl would face such a thing, and even helped her take leave to cover it up. Allowing her to travel through the Warring States Period without any distractions, and embark on a journey to find jade and eliminate demons.
In a sense, it's really magical.
Gu Mo walked out of the ancestral hall and first took a look at the sky. It happened to be late at night in the modern world.
The towering tree not far away stood quietly in the night wind. His eyes lit up and he quickly walked forward and looked at the era tree. It's just that he didn't feel any power from it, no spiritual power, and no demonic power. If he hadn't known about the power of this sacred tree, he probably wouldn't have thought it was so remarkable.
"Emmmm...let me think about it."
His eyes wandered back and forth on the branches of the Age Tree. Gu Mo thought about where to start. It would be better to cut some wood and take it back... This is definitely an extremely precious material. After passing this village, there will be no such store.
Just in time, a gust of night wind blew and the trees rustled.
"Huh?" Gu Mo calmed down his expression slightly, tilted his head and stared at it for a while, not sure whether this thing was spiritual.
But this matter can be put aside first. He turned around and looked around. Higurashi Shrine was a bit big, but the open space occupied most of the area. The main hall of the shrine and the Higurashi family behind it were the main ones... What he was looking for, It should be in the house of Higure's family.
After all, it is a two-story house. After excluding the living space for a family of four, there is not much room left to put things.
But having said that, the entire family has been robbed by him. Isn’t that not good? Gu Mo thought as he walked towards the house.
He quietly entered the house and quickly found a storage room. It was probably the utility room used by Grandpa Higurashi to store his various "treasures". There are quite a lot of ancient antiques piled up together, in this box and in that box.
The mental power spread out like invisible spider threads, quickly spreading throughout the storage room. In the blink of an eye, everything was filtered through. After sifting through the limited space, Gu Mo easily found what he wanted. Something to get.
He moved the boxes one by one, found a big box in the corner, and gently took out the sundries inside. Finally, he got his wish and saw a simple straight knife lying quietly at the bottom, with a simple wooden sheath. , slightly monotonous, with a pale white bead the size of a table tennis ball inlaid on the top of the handle, as if it were carved from stone.
Cong Yun Ya...
A magic sword that could be said to be the most powerful in the storyline was simply given away, gathering dust here and being pressed at the bottom of a certain box.
Gu Mo reached out and picked it up gently, and the triggered identification function also told him that it was a piece of gold-level equipment... No, it should be said to be two pieces, because even the scabbard itself was a silver-level piece of equipment. equipment, but there is a significant difference in the color and gloss of the words displayed between the two.
——"Cong Yunya (seal)."
The name of the magic sword is a brilliant golden color, extremely shining. This pure shining golden color is almost close to the mask in his hand.
——"Cong Yunya's scabbard."
The name of the wooden sheath shows that it has a very dull white-silver color, with a mottled feel, and there is even a trace of very fine gold remaining on the edge that is almost impossible to confirm.
The system seems to simply classify the quality of equipment and props of the same quality level through the difference between color depth and purity. Gu Mo pondered for a moment, and his eyes became a little regretful. Could it be that the scabbard itself is gold-level equipment?
It seems very possible. After all, General Dog died seven hundred years ago, and after his death, Cong Yunya's magic sword could not be controlled by anyone at all, and could only be sealed by the scabbard.
They are all scabbards made of the same material, but the scabbards of Tie Suiyang and Tiansheng Ya have no consciousness of birth. Only Cong Yunya's scabbard has spirit, and not only is it so unique, it also suppresses this magic sword by itself. Seven hundred years... It's a pity that such a long seal probably exhausted the power of the scabbard.
With a gentle breath, Gu Mo suppressed the regret in his heart, held Cong Yunya's knife handle, and lifted it up.
At this time, the wooden scabbard gently bloomed with light, as if Aladdin's magic lamp was rubbed, and the genie inside emerged from the mouth of the lamp. A strange light group was suspended on the inscription of the scabbard, and at the same time there was An old voice sounded: "Monster, are you here specifically for this sword?"
"no."
Gu Mo was not frightened, and at the same time replied very simply: "I just happened to be passing by, accidentally entered here by mistake, and happened to find this sword. I was curious and picked it up to take a look."
"..."
"..."
The scabbard was immediately silenced by him. This person didn't follow the routine at all in picking up his opening remarks, leaving him at a loss as to how to pick up the rest of his lines... and this was obviously an act of telling lies with his eyes open. It almost makes it difficult to evaluate.
Although all the power is suppressing the magic sword, it is not completely ignorant of changes in the outside world. This person went into the family's house at night, accurately found the storage room, and then moved from one place to another with a clear purpose. Cong Yun Ya was accurately found in a large pile of boxes...
What kind of thing is this just passing by? Accidentally entered by mistake?
And he happened to find this magic sword?
After a pause, the light group continued to make a sound: "Monster, are your demon power strong enough? If you are not sure, immediately take me and Cong Yunya to find powerful monsters nearby, or take us out of here immediately to find some uninhabited places. The more remote the place, the better..."
"Eh? Shouldn't you have warned me? Why don't you object to me taking this thing?" Gu Mo looked a little surprised.
"Why do you object? I wish someone could share the pressure. Cong Yunya's seal has reached its limit now. I don't know how long I can hold on..."
The old voice was full of helplessness and exhaustion.
"Still the same question, monster, is your demonic power strong enough? If you come here specifically, you should know what kind of magic sword this is. Do you think you can suppress it?"
"Well, it's hard to say. I think it depends on the situation..."
Gu Mo thought for a moment and shook his head. Practice is the only criterion for testing truth. It is difficult to draw a conclusion even if he talks empty words. As far as his current demon power is concerned, it is probably a little stronger than Ergouzi, but not much more. However, he has two trump cards in his hand that are not inferior to Cong Yunya.
However, their side effects are also obvious...
Probably no less side effects than this demonic sword that wants to kill the living and turn everything in the world into ashes...
"who!!"
There was a sudden loud shout, and the door of the storage room was suddenly opened.
The light of the flashlight shone directly in. A somewhat thin old man opened the door, nervously took the broom next to him, and stared into the storage room.
He got up at night to go to the bathroom and heard voices coming from the storage room. He immediately concluded that there was a thief in the house, but now he was stunned. Because the old man saw a young man inside, who had no conscience at all, sitting carelessly among the debris, talking to a sword.
"You, you..." The old man felt that his brain was a little unable to react.
Is this a thief? Or a mentally ill person with a brain problem?
"Ah hahahaha, sorry, sorry, did we speak too loudly?" The young man scratched his cheek in embarrassment. When he turned to look, he also took the initiative to apologize, "I'm really sorry. , didn’t pay attention to the time, and we didn’t realize it was so late..."
"As long as you know……"
It seemed that he was quite self-aware and a person who was easy to talk to. Grandpa Higurashi took a long breath and his serious expression softened slightly, but he still kept a straight face and stared straight into the other person's dark eyes. , teaching this ungrateful young man a lesson steadily.
"Don't even look at what time it is now, we all have to sleep!"
"Remember to speak in a lower voice!"
"Don't make any more noise next time!"
After a lecture, the young man opposite could not even lift his head. The old man finally felt satisfied. He put down the broom and warned him a few more times to pay attention to his voice. Then he closed the door in the utility room. Open the door, and then go back to your room Shi Shiran.
"Okay, where did we just talk?"
Seeing the door being closed, Gu Mo finally looked away. He was still sitting in the utility room of Higurashi's house with his big sword, and asked to the wooden sheath in front of him.
"..."
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