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Chapter 110 Departure and Arrival

There were two other people walking along the winding road along the river bank, a modern young man in casual clothes and a cold woman in a priestess costume, but they were walking in another direction.

Wisps of morning light shot towards the earth like sword arrows, gently disintegrating the remaining breath of the night. No matter what happened last night, the sun will rise as usual, and it seems that there is nothing that can't be overcome in the end.

"Let me ask you something first... Are you going to collect the jade fragments of the four souls?"

The witch goddess looked calm, and seemed to have recovered from the blow last night, at least not on the surface.She walked quietly in front while asking questions like this.

"It depends on the situation. If I encounter it, of course I will collect it..." Gu Mo's thoughts turned rapidly, and he still gave such an answer. He actually didn't want the jade fragments of the four souls very much. It's just that at this time it's not very suitable to say that I have no interest at all.

Although Kikyo is definitely willing to hear such words, but it also means... she won't even have the only reason to go together.

"You want to use their power?"

The Miko's expression remained unchanged, and she continued to ask while walking ahead.She had already asked this question before, but the question she asked again now was obviously different from her previous intention.

Gu Mo pretended to think seriously for a while, but shook his head: "If possible, I don't want to take the risk. You also said that each piece of fragments will bring more powerful power, but after that What will come will be even more terrifying evil pollution."

He blinked, and added intentionally or unintentionally: "I don't necessarily need to collect other fragments, but if I don't collect them, someone will definitely come to me with other fragments in the end... ..."

The witch who was walking in front nodded slightly. This reason is reasonable, not to get more, but to take the initiative to prevent others from threatening... If the purpose of this person to collect other fragments is so simple, then I and he The underlying positions do not appear to be in conflict.

Of course--

As for whether the other party's statement is true or not, she needs to verify it herself later, and she cannot trust it unconditionally just because of a few questions and answers.

"Speaking of which, Kikyo, can you sense the other fragments of the jade of the four souls?" Gu Mo let out a sigh of relief, and then asked again.

"Yes, but it can't be too far away, it must be nearby..." The witch nodded lightly.

As long as her location is not far from a certain piece of jade fragment of the four souls, she can detect the existence of the four soul fragments by virtue of her own induction.Unlike the situation where demons and ghosts sensed the active power of the jade and were attracted to it, even if the piece of jade of the four souls was just dormant, no one noticed it.

Its power has not been used by anyone, and it doesn't matter if it doesn't have any power or aura to escape. It should be impossible for anyone to detect the situation, and it will be directly sensed by Kikyo to the exact specific location.

This is a special ability that no one has. It is probably the strange ability that she acquired when she reincarnated with the jade of the four souls and reincarnated together again after 500 years... From such a perspective, Higurashi Kagome also Possessing this strange ability, the protagonist group also relies on it to travel around the world and collect scattered debris.

Gu Mo nodded thoughtfully, and then said no more. He could also use the connection to divination the location of other fragments because of the jade fragment of the four souls he held in his hand, but that was a general and vague Fuzzy results, it is difficult to pinpoint a specific location in this way.

It is estimated that there are quite a few mages and monsters who can do this kind of thing. After all, they always have a general direction to look for, and it is impossible to just wander around, find a needle in a haystack, and collect fragments purely by chance... But Even so, it's pretty tough to collect.

To be honest, if you really want fragments, it would be good to ambush Inuyasha and the others now... At this time, they have collected a lot of fragments, which seem to be as small as a small piece of jade, which is about one-third of the full version One's pieces, if you grab them directly, you will get rich.

Gu Mo was thinking like this, and stopped talking, and the air between the two became quiet again unknowingly.

In fact, from late last night to now, the two parties have already walked all night, but they have not spoken more than twenty sentences to each other... Along the way, neither of them discussed what happened last night, nor did they talk about it. Didn't say anything else, and seemed to form a wordless tacit understanding——

As if because of Gu Mo's previous invitation, Kikyo also made up his mind to leave, and the two went on the road together logically.

——But it may also be that Kikyo was in a bad mood at the time, did not think carefully, and made a decision that was influenced by the mindset...

Gu Mo, who still feels that this unfolding is a little unreal, walked on the rough road, felt the air where the witches in front of him passed by, and there was a faint scent of medicine left behind for a short time, so thinking in his mind As he spoke, a strange thought popped up.

After all, he didn't expect to become like this. In fact, just yesterday, he had already given up his original idea and was ready to set off on the road by himself.But he didn't expect that just one day passed, and the situation took a drastic turn.

Although he had actually considered this possibility when the old monk came out, he never expected it to go so smoothly... Especially when Kikyo said "Let's go", he almost didn't respond The words that came over were spoken to myself.

Because he knew that Kikyo might be prompted by this incident to make her make up her mind to pick up her long bow and arrow and embark on a journey to the Warring States Period.But he didn't have much hope for her to join his team, because in the original trajectory of fate, the witch chose to be alone.

Even in the face of Inuyasha and others, she did not choose to go with her... Although there must be a reason for Kagome Higurashi's existence, it can also be seen from it that Kikyo's behavior style.

——So it's not surprising that Gu Mo has such thoughts and doubts right now.

——After all, Kikyo can go on the road by himself, just like the original trajectory of fate.

But, it is always easy for people to fall into a misunderstanding, that is, when facing a certain problem, if someone gives some specific choices for this problem, the thinking of the person concerned will seem to be limited, and subconsciously feel that he must Decide among the specific options given.

Either choose this, or choose that, you have to choose one...

He totally forgot that besides these choices, there may be more room for free operation, and he doesn't have to choose among them.

This may be the case for Kikyo. From Gu Mo's point of view, she was probably shaken by the old monk's words first, and then because of the instinctive fear shown by Xiaoye later, it exacerbated her melancholy mood at that time. state of mind, thus prompting her to hastily make up her mind to leave.

In the end, it was the invitation that Gu Mo sent out before, and it was also a subtle influencing factor——

She refused the invitation because she didn't want to leave the village, and when she wanted to leave the village, she didn't have to accept the invitation.It's just that the witch's mood was probably wrong at the time, too sad and hasty and melancholy, so she didn't think about it so much, and subconsciously chose between "stay in the village" and "accept the invitation to leave"...

Trying to analyze Miko's psychological activities at that time, Gu Mo looked thoughtful.

But at this moment, the witch who was walking in front suddenly stopped and stood where she was.

Gu Mo, who was walking behind, was careless for a moment, and kept walking absent-mindedly, almost hitting him directly, but fortunately he reacted in time at the last moment and stopped the car.The witch turned her head and frowned at him a little strangely, but she didn't say anything, but pointed to the river next to her—

"Look at the one in the river." She said lightly.

Ok?
Gu Mo blinked his eyes, and looked in the direction that Kikyo was pointing. He saw a dark object fluctuating in the crashing waves of the rushing river ahead, just passing by the two of them. .

After seeing clearly what it was, he immediately snorted, "Eh? Wait, is that a human head? Did something happen in the upper reaches of the river?"

He watched that person's head bobbing up and down on the water, but then there was a flash of inspiration in his mind, as if he had thought of something, he shook his head repeatedly to deny his subconscious first reaction just now: "No, this seems to be a fruit of human face. "

Kikyo opened his mouth and was about to explain, but found that this person had already reacted in time. She was not surprised, but nodded slightly: "It's a human-faced fruit... There must be such a demon tree growing upstream, I don't know how far it has grown, It may have eaten a lot of people."

As she said this, her delicate brows were tightly knit together.

Because I saw several "human heads" drifting down from the upstream river one after another, and there seemed to be some that continued to drift down behind.

These fruits are the size of a football, with human facial features on the surface, the skin is the same color as the skin, and even hair grows on the top...

If it is not without any wounds and bloodstains, it really looks like a beheaded human head... At this moment, such "human heads" are drifting down from the upstream one after another...

Kikyo couldn't help raising his eyebrows. The fruits of the human face fruit are all shaped like human heads, hence the name.

But if it wants to achieve results, it must eat people.Because it is a man-eating demon tree, those who are eaten will be transformed into human fruit... It is not ruled out that occasionally someone dies near the demon tree, so that this demon tree can bear fruit in twos and threes, but right now There are so many ripe fruits flowing down...

Maybe someone is feeding that demon tree, or maybe that demon tree has become a climate.

"emmmmm... this thing is really curious."

Gu Mo was already squatting by the river, he took out a long metal fishing rod from his jacket pocket, hooked a fruit with the cast line, and dragged it back.

Throwing aside the fishing rod made by projection magic, he grabbed a tuft of hair, picked up the fruit, looked at the human facial features growing on it, and with his closed eyes, he felt a strange illusion in his heart for a moment, like It was he who really beheaded someone, and he was holding the other person's head in his hand to check.

This feels so kinky.

"The human face fruit is the fruit of the demon tree. Although eating it can gain strength for a short time, it will cause you to lose your mind..." The witch behind him watched quietly and said calmly.

"Don't worry, I don't want to eat this kind of thing..." Gu Mo twitched the corners of his mouth, he was not so frantic yet, this is not the ginseng fruit of Immortal Zhenyuan, how confident he must be to dare to grow into such a shape !
After taking a look at the attributes marked by the system, it is basically what Kikyo said.

Throwing away the fruit in his hand, he turned and looked in the direction of the witch: "Then let's go and have a look, anyway, we just happened to be going this way."

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On the other side—

In the previous village, Higurashi Kagome and his team had followed the clues to this place, but they were in vain, because their target left overnight in the middle of the night last night, and now they don't know how far they have gone. The distance, naturally will not meet.

"Miko-sama is really a good person..."

"Why didn't you say a word to us and just left!"

"I didn't see Ms. Kikyo going out today, so I felt something was wrong, and Master Mo too..."

"It's all the fault of those two monks from yesterday! It must be their fault! Damn it! I should have broken their dog legs at that time!"

Faced with the visit of Inuyasha and his party, and found that they were asking about the whereabouts of the beloved Miko, the villagers who were already mad at first thought that they were coming like those two hateful bald donkeys yesterday, and couldn't help talking It was so turbulent that it almost rushed up with a hoe and a dung fork.

After finally explaining clearly, the misunderstanding was cleared up, and the villagers also vomited their bitterness, explaining that the mistress had left overnight last night. While lamenting and sighing, some people gritted their teeth and hated the profession of monk.

After all, in their minds, the two bald donkeys from yesterday were not good!Otherwise, my dear Miss Kikyo won't leave!
"Why do I always feel like they want to kill me..."

Master Maitreya had a stiff smile on his face, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead. The villagers in all directions were very unfriendly to him, which made him feel a lot of pressure.

Wearing a red fire mouse fur, the silver-haired half-demon with a pair of dog ears on his forehead was silent, silently looking at the village in front of him.

"Inuyasha..." The girl in the sailor suit at the back didn't know what it was like in her heart. When she got the clues from the two monks in the early morning and was about to find them, Inuyasha wanted to come here by herself and didn't want them to intervene...or should I say , I don't want her to intervene.

Taking a deep breath, she was about to say something when she realized that Inuyasha had already walked forward.

Several people looked at each other in blank dismay, looked at each other a few times, and followed closely.Not long after, he came to a house on the edge of the village. Although it seemed different from other houses in the village, there was a faint medicinal fragrance in the air. Higurashi Kagome suddenly realized, this is Kikyo's previous residence?
"Who are you?!"

Just at this time, the curtain of the house was lifted, and a little girl who was a little bit out of her wits came out from inside, followed by a group of other ghosts, all of whom seemed to be in low spirits and quite depressed.

When I went out, I saw several strangers standing in front of the house. The little girl immediately became vigilant, and asked cautiously. After all, the opposite party was either a strange costume, or a half-demon or monster with demon-like characteristics, and she didn't see the other party negotiating with the villagers. They will naturally take precautions subconsciously.

Without saying anything, Inuyasha glanced at the empty room through the window, and sighed: "Let's go... Kikyo has already left here, and will never come back."

"You're talking nonsense! Sister Kikyo will definitely come back!"

When the little girl heard the words, she immediately blurted out angrily and shouted loudly.

She was frightened last night. After all, she was still a child, and she couldn't blame her instinctive reaction at that time.But after the two of them left, she realized that she was filled with regret and annoyance. Even though she was immature, she still vaguely understood that it was probably her behavior at that time that made Sister Miko leave sadly.

However, even adults find it difficult to look directly at their own problems, evade reality, and deny the facts, let alone a child.

So Xiaoye also stubbornly believes that the witch sister will definitely come back, and so will the big brother!Now hearing the resolute words of the stranger opposite, she couldn't help it any longer, and retorted loudly: "Sister Kikyo told me that she would not leave, and after she and big brother get married, she will stay here forever. In the village!"

That's what the village chief grandpa said!That's what everyone said!
absolute!That's absolutely what it looks like!Xiaoye stubbornly thinks so!She couldn't accept the fact that those two had just left the village.

"You... what did you say!!"

Inuyasha didn't care about the anger of such a little devil at first, he turned around and was about to leave, but now he turned around all of a sudden, his eyes widened!

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the other side.

The surrounding fog is misty and misty, and the visibility is very low. The sides of the river bank are no longer rocky beaches or barren open spaces, but have become layers of uneven rock walls. A deep valley where the sun doesn't shine.

"Ah!"

Rubbing his nose casually, Gu Mo looked up at the big tree in front of him, and said, "Is this the one? Human face fruit tree?"

This is a big tree with luxuriant branches and leaves, exuding a sweet and greasy fragrance. It grows on a protruding shoal by the river bank. The tree is covered with fruits the size of a human head. peaches, but in fact they are all "human heads".

The two of them found this place along the upstream direction where the fruit drifted, and saw the source as they wished.

"This is it……"

The witch stepped forward, looked up at the human-headed fruits on the tree, frowned, and said softly: "This demon tree grows in such a remote place, how could it have the chance to eat so many fruits?" people, and... it is not a monster."

The demon tree is full of spirituality, but it has not transformed into a real monster, it is still just a plant.It can't jump or run, and it can't leave the place where it took root, and it has always grown here.

"Someone is feeding it..."

As if looking up, Kikyo's gaze followed the uneven rock wall and entered the hazy mist. Although she couldn't see what was going on on the mountain, she could feel it. get something.

"There is a piece of jade on it." The witch said calmly.

"Ha, this is really talking about Cao Cao, Cao Cao..." Gu Mo chuckled, he cleared up the plot in his mind, and recalled where this place is.

It seems to be a fairy hermitage called Taoyuan Township, but now it is full of smog, and the old fairy is plotted against by his disciples without any precautions. The ruthless disciple who eats human face fruit to gain power and plot against his master is the Taoguo man who is currently occupying this place.

There seems to be a lot of good things here, excluding crooked things like human face fruit, the original legacy of the old fairy alone is a very rich legacy.

Gu Mo remembered that there was a bonsai in the courtyard, which could create a landscape and a cave, allowing people to cultivate and live in this small world. It was originally used by the old immortal to hone the will of his disciples and let them practice hard. It is a place to breed humans as meat animals for their own consumption.

In addition to this magical bonsai cave, there is also an ancient vine staff that can make people or monsters bigger and smaller at will, which can suck people in, and a gourd with independent space inside, etc.

In short, they are all very good treasures, and they play a very strong role in conjunction with the cruelty of the Taoguo people. I remember that the protagonist group and others are in a mess here, and they are almost beaten to death... Wait, why do they always feel like this? Did it look like it was almost wiped out?

Gu Mo thought about it, and said casually, "Should we cut down this tree first?"

Kikyo shook his head and pointed upwards: "Go up and see the situation first, don't startle the snake..."

She waved her hand lightly, and with light spots appearing around her, she summoned a few flying snakes with slender bodies and graceful postures, as if they were going to fly up the mountain directly on the dead soul insects.

Gu Mo watched from the side, and raised his hand like a primary school student: "That——can you give me a ride, Kikyo?"

Facing the gaze cast by the witch calmly, looking straight into the eyes of Qiushui, he acted very calmly, and said without any guilt: "I can't fly."

(End of this chapter)