Onmyoji Shikigami Don't Cry

Chapter 223 Big Fish 5
The river water that had just melted still carried a hint of chill.

In the cold water of the slowly flowing river, the blue-white mist-like cold air slowly rises.

Chen Beibei and the others stood on the bank. The big fish that were in the river had already disappeared.

"Master, what should we do now?"

Xue Nu looked at Chen Beibei and asked him.

"Let's go to Grandpa Wenliu's house. Since the big fish has disappeared, it won't help if we continue to wait here."

Chen Beibei looked at Xue Nu and said calmly.

The river was flowing silently, and Li Qiqi stood aside blankly, looking at Chen Beibei and the others.

The Nightmare Eater is the only shikigami that does not appear in human form.

So before Li Qiqi looked at her, the nightmare-eating tapir turned himself into an invisible phantom.

Nightmare-eaters can pass through walls directly, and any physical damage can't harm them. Nightmare-eaters are originally a kind of monster without a body.

The reason why Chen Beibei and the others can see the dream-eating tapir is just a false entity deliberately transformed by the nightmare-eating tapir, and it is just the appearance of the dream-eating tapir composed of several different and impenetrable colors.

That's just a look.

Although you can see it, if you touch it, you won't have the real feeling of touching it.

By changing the color to the same color as the air, you can completely hide yourself.

Of course, there is another method of invisibility.

That is to let oneself blend into the environment, trees, stones, flowers and plants, as long as they can be perfectly blended in, they can create an illusion of invisibility.

The nightmare-eating tapir uses the first type.

For the nightmare-eating tapir, this is a very simple matter.

What Li Qiqi saw was a group of people.

At least in her own heart, she thought so.

However, at this time, even if Li Qiqi saw Chen Beibei and the others, she did not dare to come forward.

After all, just now I witnessed a boy's head being taken off by a monk.

That kind of scene is really unacceptable for an ordinary girl.

Li Qiqi has now slowly recovered.

In terms of mental endurance, it is actually considered good.

"Who are you?"

Standing at a position far away from Chen Beibei and the others, Li Qiqi asked them.

Obviously, at this time Li Qiqi did not dare to fully trust Chen Beibei and the others.

Even if Li Qiqi knew Chen Beibei.

"I am a Taoist priest from Qinghe Township, and they are my friends."

Chen Beibei looked at Li Qiqi and said to her.

When Chen Beibei spoke, his eyes kept looking at Li Qiqi's, with a more sincere feeling.

There is only one Taoist priest, Chen Beibei, in Qinghe town, and because he has indeed solved some things, he has been known to everyone a long time ago.

Even if they were not from Qinghe town, people would often come to Chen Beibei for help, and Li Qiqi had naturally heard of Chen Beibei's name.

After all, Li Qiqi's cousin's son was named after Chen Beibei.

"Just now... just now, a person was killed here..."

Li Qiqi said slowly.

The mood that had finally calmed down became agitated again.

When speaking, because I was too excited, it was a little blurry, but I could still hear clearly.

"Li Qiqi, it's all right now, let's take you home."

Chen Beibei looked at Li Qiqi and said to her.

"How do you know my name?"

Li Qiqi couldn't help becoming cautious, and she also looked suspiciously at Chen Beibei.

Li Qiqi took a few steps back, putting herself in a safer position.

"Because you are also from Qinghe Town. I heard your cousin tell you about you before."

Chen Beibei said.

Because Chen Beibei mentioned her cousin, Li Qiqi felt a little relieved.

After all, Li Qiqi also knew about Chen Beibei through her cousin.

"So... what about the person who died just now?"

Li Qiqi asked.

That boy obviously came out with Li Qiqi, and the relationship between the two is probably relatively close.

It is understandable for Li Qiqi to ask.

"It has been eaten by that monster. You can't go out at night. Have you forgotten this? Go home quickly, it's not safe outside now."

Chen Beibei looked at Li Qiqi and said to her.

The taboo of not going out at night has actually been broken by many people.

Chen Beibei said so.

Although on the surface there was a hint of blaming Li Qiqi, but in fact, it was to make Li Qiqi believe that what happened just now was actually done by a monster.

In this way, Li Qiqi can easily accept what happened just now.

Only accepted.

The impact of that incident on her will be minimized.

Monsters are originally a kind of thing that can kill people, and in the impression of human beings, it has always been like this.

Not long ago, many people died at the hands of ghosts.

What Chen Beibei said now could be easily believed.

Ghosts have come to this world.

This has been accepted by everyone, and it is no surprise that ghosts kill people.

"So this is ah……"

Li Qiqi said softly in her mouth, her voice was so small that she could hardly hear it at all.

After Li Qiqi finished speaking, she squatted on the ground and began to cry.

The posture lying on her knees looks very helpless, Li Qiqi is just a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl.

"Li Qiqi, go home."

Chen Beibei walked behind Li Qiqi and said to her.

The big fish had disappeared now and was not subdued by Chen Beibei, so it would be more dangerous to stay here now.

Chen Beibei was naturally worried about leaving Li Qiqi here alone.

"Sister, let's go. I don't know where that monster is hiding now. If you stay here, if you meet that monster, it will be very dangerous."

Zashiki Doji walked up to Li Qiqi, squatted up, and said to her.

When Zashiki Warji spoke, his voice carried a healing power.

And it sounded like kindness.

Hearing Zashiki Doji's words, Li Qiqi slowly raised her head, her face covered with tears.

And his face turned pale, probably because he was frightened.

Zashiki Doji took out a very soft handkerchief from his arms, and wiped Li Qiqi's face: "Sister, let's go."

"Ah."

Li Qiqi nodded slightly, then stood up from the ground.

After sending Li Qiqi home.

The night is already deep.

Walking on the streets of Qinghe Town, everything is so familiar.

It's just that this kind of familiarity makes people feel a little worried.

If only a strange place, if only strangers.

Then even if it is destroyed.

Even if it is completely gone.

It won't be particularly uncomfortable, but this place and these people are all important in my heart.

……

Visited Grandpa Wenliu's home again late at night.

After people get old.

The quality of sleep will deteriorate. Even if you have fallen asleep, you will still wake up easily as long as there is a slight disturbance.

Chen Beibei just knocked lightly on the door a few times.

There were footsteps inside.

"Chen Beibei, have you met that big fish?"

Grandpa Wenliu looked at Chen Beibei and asked him.

It seems that Grandpa Wenliu also cared about Big Yu. After Chen Beibei left, he must have been thinking about Big Fish.

"Meet it, but let it go."

Chen Beibei told the truth.

"come in."

Grandpa Wenliu let Chen Beibei and the others in, and then closed the door.

Moonlight falls on the courtyard.

Things like vegetables glowed with a faint green light.

A butterfly landed on a cabbage leaf, flapping its wings slowly.

The body of the butterfly seems to exude a dim white light, perhaps because the moonlight falls on the butterfly, which always gives people an unreal feeling.

"Sister Zashiki Doji, look...that's the butterfly during the day, right?"

The bride Xiaoluo pointed to the butterfly standing on the cabbage leaf and said to Zashiki Doji.

"Ah."

It seems that it is really the butterfly in the daytime, at least it looks exactly the same.

But it could just be a similar looking butterfly.

Zashiki Warji still has no way to distinguish clearly.

Ordinary butterflies rest at night, or sleep.

After all, ordinary flowers bloom during the day.

Butterflies are a kind of animal that sucks nectar for a living, so when they are looking for food, they are usually in the daytime.

"The butterfly hasn't slept yet, so it can't...it's fake. It doesn't look so real."

Guan Hu whispered in Chen Beibei's ear.

Chen Beibei looked at the butterfly. With a faint light, the butterfly kept flapping its wings at a fixed frequency, very leisurely.

"Maybe it's just the spirit of the dead butterfly."

Chen Beibei glanced at Grandpa Wenliu, and then said softly.

When Grandpa Wenliu heard Chen Beibei's words, he didn't look back, but walked into the room.

"Grandpa Wenliu, do you have any news about that big fish?"

Chen Beibei looked at Grandpa Wenliu and said to him.

"What I know is the same as what you know..."

Grandpa Wenliu replied.

As for the big fish, although Grandpa Wenliu had heard some stories, he had even seen it with his own eyes.

But that's all there is to it.

Sitting in the yard, there was a small table between Chen Beibei and Grandpa Wen Liu.

On the table is a pot of tea and two cups.

For those people around Chen Beibei, Grandpa Wenliu already knew what they were.

So there is no need to prepare teacups for them.

Moonlight fell on the yard.

The heat of the fragrant tea rises slowly, quiet and peaceful, everything seems to slow down.

"When I thought I caught it, it suddenly disappeared..."

Chen Beibei said.

When Chen Beibei was talking, he looked at the butterfly standing on the cabbage leaf.

"Haha."

Grandpa Wenliu laughed softly, as if he heard something interesting.

The disappearance of the big fish.

For Chen Beibei, it was not a good thing. When Grandpa Wenliu laughed, Chen Beibei was a little puzzled.

"Why are you laughing?"

Chen Beibei asked.

"Because it's fun..."

Grandpa Wenliu said while drinking fragrant tea.

"interesting?"

"Well, isn't it?"

Gu Huo Niao and Inu Shen stood quietly beside Chen Beibei, while Xue Nu leaned against the door frame, looking at the crescent moon in the sky.

Pure white, bright and quiet.

"Grandpa Wenliu, do you know something?"

Chen Beibei picked up the teapot and added a new cup of tea to Grandpa Wenliu: "If it is, please tell me."

"Actually, what we know is the same, but you haven't analyzed it yet. From the information you have already received, analyze the true identity of the monster."

Grandpa Wenliu looked at Chen Beibei and said to him.

"analyze?"

"Yes, think about it, why did that big fish suddenly disappear?"

"Because it's a monster, it has this ability..."

Chen Beibei replied.

"Monsters generally have entities. If they disappear suddenly, they will leave something behind. It can be its original form, or it can be its possession. In short, it usually leaves something behind."

Grandpa Wenliu looked at Chen Beibei and said to him.

After the big fish disappeared, Chen Beibei and the Shikigami carefully checked the river water.

There is nothing strange in it.

The big fish seemed to disappear out of thin air in an instant, without leaving a trace.

"That big fish left nothing behind."

Chen Beibei said.

"Then what is that big fish?"

When Grandpa Wenliu was speaking, he looked at the moon in the sky, and then stretched out his hand.

The moon cast the shadow of Grandpa Wenliu's hand onto the distant wall.

Grandpa Wenliu's hand moved slightly.

The shadow on the wall also moved, almost exactly the same movement.

"Ha ha……"

Grandpa Wenliu smiled and retracted his hand, then picked up the teacup and continued to drink tea.

The shadow that was projected on the wall before also disappeared.

Not a trace was left.

Chen Beibei supported his head with his hands, and fell into deep thought. Grandpa Wen Liu must be hinting at something by doing this.

"When the hand is retracted, the shadow disappears..."

Chen Beibei thought secretly in his heart.

"Could it be the same with that big fish...?"

Chen Beibei said softly.

Grandpa Wenliu didn't speak, but was still drinking tea with a faint smile on his face.

The butterfly that landed on the cabbage leaf suddenly disappeared without knowing when.

Probably flew away.

"Is that big fish also an illusion? Like a shadow, it was projected by something? So it can disappear in an instant?"

Chen Beibei looked at Grandpa Wenliu and said slowly.

"Ah."

"But, this is wrong. That big fish turned into a monk and killed that boy."

"Murder does not necessarily require a physical body. As long as the illusion is strong enough to have power, it can produce a special kind of monster. This kind of monster is like air, fragrance, and language. It is nothingness. But it is really exist..."

(End of this chapter)