Kanazaki is close to the border between Echizen and Omi.
This is a complex terrain formed by dense forests and towering mountains. The mountains are rugged and steep, and only animal trails can prove the existence of people who still travel here.
But on this night, the moon was looming behind the dark clouds. Taking advantage of the darkness, three uninvited guests broke into the forest.
"Is the old man just going here and never coming back?" Riding on a tall and strong black horse, he stretched out his hand to gently caress the horse to comfort him. Gu Mo stared at the extremely dense and towering mountain forest in front of him. The deeper he went, the more The more I feel the darkness and depression.
Mountains are the dividing line between the world of humans and monsters. This kind of rarely visited mountainous wilderness is completely an undeveloped wilderness. The dangerous geographical environment has become a natural barrier. It is not uncommon for wild beasts to appear. Among them, there are If you're a big guy, that's normal.
Even as they went deeper into the forest, even the horses began to feel obviously uneasy.
The instinct of animals is sharper than the perception of ordinary humans. The faint evil spirit that permeates the mountains and forests makes the horses feel afraid and shrink, and almost stops moving forward.
"It is said that this is here. My father probably didn't want to disturb Echizen, so he quietly entered the mountain through this trail..."
The second young lady said with a tired look on her face. She originally thought that her father was staying well at Lushan City, but she didn't expect that he still couldn't take any time off. He actually came directly to the mountains and fields in front of her for some reason, and then He never came back and there was no news from him.
By the time Inabayama Castle got the news, some time had passed.
Hidechiyo also looked worried, and the atmosphere seemed particularly dignified along the way.
"Let's search along the way. According to the divination results, the situation is not that bad..." Gu Mo comforted him calmly, but at the same time he was a little speechless.
The old man just needs to take good care of himself, why should he be so unwilling to admit defeat?
He could probably imagine what was going on. Before coming to Mino, he had asked Saito Douzan about the whereabouts of the former demon slayer organization. Because the plot about contemporary "ignorance" was not triggered, in Taotao No one was encountered in the blacksmith's village on the other side of the mountain.
But Chuhaha Yamaru's sword happened to be in that woman's hand.
So Gu Mo was wondering if his father-in-law, the former "Wu Ming" of the previous generation, had any way to contact Chu Ye Yazhong.
Naturally, there was nothing we could do. The old man had long since lost contact with the exorcist organization. Unknowingly, decades had passed and he was still unable to do anything to help with this matter... This was the end of it originally, Gu Mo thought that he would just find another opportunity later.
But I didn't expect that the old man would set out directly to come here, either because he refused to admit defeat or because he recalled what happened in the past.
Looking at the dense mountain forest in front of him, the steep mountains in the distance looked like giant beasts across the land under the night sky, and he sighed in his heart. I actually know something about this place. The former village of Chu Ye Yizhong was indeed located deep in the mountains, but it had long been abandoned.
The old man's information is even less informed than his own...
I searched for it as soon as I patted my head, but fell into it...
Continuing forward, the mountain road becomes more rugged and winding, winding forward like a snake. On one side is a deep gorge shrouded in clouds and mist, which looks like a dark abyss under the moonlight. I don’t know what is below, and on the other side is an incomparable In the dense mountain forest, there are thick and broken trees lying on the roadside.
I don't know what broke it, and the traces left behind are extremely shocking. It must be a huge and heavy behemoth.
"Get off your horse. There is no way to pass by on horseback."
Seeing the road ahead from a distance, Gu Mo took the lead in reining in the reins and slowing down, then turned over and dismounted. Even if the horses were not frightened by the increasingly strong demonic energy, the road ahead had become very dangerous.
Falling from such a high place is no joke, the horse will fall to death...
But the world is complete where people are okay and only horses can get hurt.
The two girls remained silent and dismounted one after another, tying the horses to the nearby trees just like him. The three tall and strong horses snorted uneasily and kicked their hooves back and forth. The dark environment around them made them uneasy.
Gu Mo took out three spiritual talismans from his sleeves and flicked them.
The originally light talisman was like a sharp dart, flying out with a whoosh and disappearing straight into the darkness in three directions.
There was no abnormal phenomenon, but Gu Mo just made a temporary defensive position. After the magic talisman, he took out a cut paper figure and hung it on a nearby branch as if casually. Then he clapped his hands: "Okay, let's go into the mountains."
The two identical twin girls looked at each other and followed suit silently.
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The night is getting darker.
Especially in this mountain forest, for some reason, it seems to have become a completely isolated dark world. Being invisible is not an exaggeration. The moonlight seems to be completely unable to shine through the gaps in the dense forest, and there is no light at all. No.
Depressed.
Extremely depressing.
The three of them didn't say anything. They just continued to walk through the mountain forest where there was almost no way to find the road. They seemed not to notice that after they traveled for a while, the surrounding environment became more and more abnormal. He was aware of it but didn't express anything.
"Chongxiao..."
Walking in the darkness, Gu Mo whispered the name. Amidst this powerful evil spirit and the shroud of Chang An, he remembered the identity of the Lord of Chang An who was entrenched in this scene. That was a A huge owl-like strange bird that can create darkness.
Not long after entering this mountain forest, it seemed that he had entered the realm of this powerful monster.
He now feels as if he is trapped in a deep black sea, surrounded by pure darkness. His ordinary visual ability has lost its meaning. Only by cooperating with other forms of perception can he continue to act normally and be aware of the surrounding environment.
The second young lady at the back heard his voice very keenly, frowned in the darkness and asked: "Do you think it is Chong Xiao? I have heard of this kind of monster..."
Although she can't see much now, and relies more on hearing, breath perception, and slight vibrations on the ground to confirm the precise position of the two people in front of her, she still looks around habitually. At the same time, he whispered softly:
"But it is said that this kind of thing is formed by the gathering of a large number of undead souls, and it looks like an owl monster. How could such a thing appear here?"
"It's normal. It means there are conditions for birth here..." Gu Mo replied, "Otherwise you would think that Mr. Dao San came here to look for something. He walked out from here in the first place."
The original headquarters of Chu Ye Yanzhong was located here, but now the village in the deep mountains has been abandoned, leaving only the ruins of the past.
Naturally, the demon slayers were not willing to give up their base camp, but the monsters came to their door and almost killed them. The countless innocent souls who died here also gathered into the current Chongxiao... But being able to create such a vast dark realm, Covering the entire mountain forest, this strange bird may be stronger than imagined.
Gu Mo was also observing carefully, trying to find the only light in the darkness. If three giant blood-red eyes appeared in the sky, it should be Chong Xiao's location.
Just didn't find it——
I don’t know if it’s because his experience comes from the game mechanism, which is not how it is performed in the real world; or because the Chongxiao’s Ever Dark Domain covers a huge area, and now it’s not that it’s targeting him and others, but just him and others. into its territory.
"Father……"
The second young lady frowned. Did her father walk out from here?
Wow! !
At this moment, there was a particularly obvious movement in front, as if a strong wind with a strong smell of orangutan was blowing, or something was rushing through the forest, knocking open countless vine branches, and slaying out fiercely, followed immediately by ...everything came to an abrupt end.
Hidechiyo who was walking in front did not stop at all, as if his progress was not delayed at all. There was only a slight impact of sheathing the sword.
The two people walking behind didn't care at all and just walked past the huge corpse that fell in the darkness.
They weren't even interested in seeing clearly, and there was no need to see what it was that just rushed out. Except for the Chongxiao, which would be a little troublesome, the other demons and ghosts could not be called threats. The thoughts and attention of the three of them were more on finding traces of the old man.
Not long after, the three people's actions stopped again.
"The clue here has been broken again..."
Gu Mo sighed: "The weeds grew too fast, and we didn't arrive in time. The traces left by the old man's trek in the forest were not obvious to begin with. After this period of time, it will naturally become more difficult to find..."
"..."
"..."
Both girls were a little silent.
They also knew this and suddenly felt a headache.
"The old man's character is really troublesome. Or maybe he has wanted to come back for a long time..."
Gu Mo tried to guess the logic of the old man's actions, and thought that it was probably like this. People always feel homesick when fallen leaves return to their roots. Saito Douzan said that it was really his questions that brought back memories, and finally made such a decision. , on the contrary, it is not very possible. I am afraid that he himself has long wanted to come back.
It's just that in the past, he still shouldered the heavy responsibility of governing Meinong and could only think about it. So until now, after the transfer of power, the old man's existence is no longer indispensable to Meinong, and he can only Only in this case can we get away.
Can't help but shake his head, Gu Mo can probably understand.
It's like he can't leave now. He's just learning the matryoshka behavior of the Flower Magician. Now he's a shadow in the mountains of the Kanazaki area...
He originally just wanted to check the situation by himself first, but the two Miss Saito really couldn't wait, so the three of them rushed here quickly.
"The traces are broken here...but it can be seen that there was a battle here before, but the evil spirit has dissipated." The second lady said worriedly. Surrounded by the thick darkness, she relied on her powerful perception to retrieve Check out the surrounding situation.
My father's whereabouts ended here. It seemed that he had encountered some danger. Although the surrounding vegetation showed extremely tenacious vitality, it could also be seen that there had been a collision and confrontation of very powerful forces at that time.
After that...
There are no clues left.
"Don't be anxious. Believe in my divination results. Any misfortune will be turned into good luck, and any misfortune will be auspicious. The old man will definitely be fine..." Gu Mo comforted him, "If you don't believe it, I can do the calculation again..."
As he said this, he habitually looked up at the sky, but found that because it was shrouded in the dark realm, what he saw was also darkness, and he could not see the stars at all.
It was pitch black, and I couldn't see my fingers.
Gu Mo twitched the corner of his mouth and cursed secretly.
Well, this unlucky owl still needs to be dealt with.
…………
Somewhere in an extremely dense mountain crevice, inside the ruins of a deserted village.
With tears in his eyes, Saito Michizan walked tremblingly in the long-abandoned village. Looking at the ruined village that had long since lost all vitality, he felt a mixture of emotions in his heart. He had been away from here for a long time, but when he came back this time, he didn't expect to see such a dilapidated scene.
"Master Daosan, please be careful. There are still some demons and ghosts lingering in the village. I saw that they had no complaints or sins, so I didn't clean them up. However, they may still hurt people..."
Next to him, a handsome young man supported him and said so.
"I know..."
The old man nodded, looked around, and then couldn't help but look at the young man——
"Lord Yoshitsune, what you said before...is all true? Can a peaceful world really be realized?"
"It's natural, Lord Daosan, you don't have to doubt it." The heroic young man smiled calmly and nodded in admission. He looked towards the cliff in the distance. The bright moon in the sky loomed behind the dark clouds. This era is still the same. It was so chaotic, but he had already seen how glorious the real peaceful world was.
Great Wall of Stars...
Lunar base...
"My guardian spirit can travel through time and space. I have already seen the golden world described by that gentleman..."
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