long way home

When He Si woke up, it was already afternoon.

Putting on the clothes prepared by Shikigami, He Si followed Abe's servants to the main house.

The late summer sun shines warmly on the body, making people feel a little lazy.

Abe Seimei and Mikazuki Munekin were sitting opposite each other under the porch, playing Go leisurely.

Most of the nobles living in the Heian period were versatile. Influenced by the ethos of the Tang Dynasty, things such as piano, chess, calligraphy and painting were highly respected in the upper class.Therefore, Abe Seimei is quite a good player.

On the other hand, Mikazuki Zongjin, although he was also born in such a period and has a long history, is not good at playing chess.

In fact, He Si doesn't know how to play chess, but his calculation ability can be called heaven defying.So even though the black and white pieces on the chessboard are still entangled with each other at this moment, and the situation is not clear, he can still easily see the defeat of Sanri Yue Zongjin.

The two of them were just playing chess to pass the time, and Abe Seimei didn't use all his strength to play chess for so long.

At this time, the servant came to He Si with the food and asked, "This is the lunch the master ordered for you. I wonder if you plan to eat it inside or here?"

He Si felt that basking in the sun was also good, so he replied, "Let's eat here!"

The servant took out a low table, laid cushions on the porch, and bowed to leave after arranging everything.

Because he didn't know when He Si would wake up, all he prepared were simple and convenient cold food, accompanied by a pot of hot tea.

He Si quickly finished his belated lunch, holding a teacup and slowly sipping.

Suddenly, a light and shadow swayed around him, and the wind that he had seen last night made Taiyin appear beside He Si.

The girl with twin ponytails looked at He Si curiously, hesitated for a moment, but still asked out the doubts in her heart, "Qingming's guest, I am Taiyin. I heard from Liuhe that you have a way to prolong Qingming's life?"

Before He Si could answer, another general appeared in front of him.

As soon as Shui Jiang Xuanwu appeared, he slapped Taiyin on the top of his head, and scolded him expressionlessly: "Idiot Taiyin, how can you directly inquire about other people's secret arts like this?" After finishing speaking, he bowed his head to He Si apologetically .

"It doesn't matter." He Si waved his hand to indicate that it doesn't matter, "This is not a secret technique that cannot be taught to others. However, there will be some troubles in the actual operation. If you are really interested, I can slowly explain it to you."

"You still say I'm an idiot? I think Xuanwu is the one who has too many worries! This is a big matter about Qingming, of course I will be anxious!" Taiyin is worthy of being a general of the wind attribute, and his personality is straightforward.Hearing that He Si was willing to tell them, he immediately looked at He Si with shining eyes.

He Si didn't have the slightest resistance to this kind of eyes full of thirst for knowledge, and immediately turned on the professor mode to explain to them.

Although only Taiyin and Xuanwu showed their bodies, there were still many gods who were hidden and listening to the lecture.In fact, apart from Red Lotus, who followed Abe Masahiro to Guichuan Mountain to fight against gluttony, and Sky, who can easily leave the other world, all the generals are here at the moment.

The other half of Abe Seimei's blood comes from the Tianhu family in Middle Earth. The Tianhu has the power to reach the sky and is equivalent to the status of a god.Logically speaking, he shouldn't have been born, aged, sick and died like ordinary people.

However, the human body cannot withstand the power of the sky fox, which is so powerful that it is comparable to the power of the gods. In order to prevent the body from collapsing, the power of the sky fox in his body fell into a deep sleep, allowing the other half of the blood from humans to gain the upper hand.Therefore, although Qingming's spiritual power is far superior to that of ordinary people, he is still an ordinary human being in essence.

If he wanted to get rid of the short-lived fate of human beings, he had to activate the Sky Fox blood in his body, which was actually not difficult to implement.

The real difficulty is how to make this huge power of the sky fox work for him instead of eroding his body.

Abe Seimei didn't know what to do, but He Si was very experienced in it.

The friend Hes mentioned before - Salazar Slytherin purified the blood of the Feathered Serpent in his body by mistake, thus completely improving the system.

He Si, who watched the process from the sidelines, naturally knew how to safely awaken Qingming, who also had a strong alien blood, to awaken the Sky Fox blood.

As He Si said before, although it is a bit troublesome to actually do it, it is indeed a practical method.

After hearing this, Taiyin cheered, and shook Xuanwu's shoulder excitedly, "That's great! Qingming doesn't have to die!"

After speaking, Taiyin rushed towards Seimei like a gust of wind.

Xuan Wu was dizzy from being shaken by her, and there was no time to stop her.

With Mikazuki Zongjin's chess strength, although Qingming didn't take it too seriously, he was almost unable to hold on at this point.Seeing that his white sons were retreating steadily, Sanri Yuezong was about to make a direct throw and admit defeat. At this time, Taiyin rushed over, with such great momentum that he overturned the chessboard.The black and white pieces were scattered all over the ground, and it was impossible to tell whether it was a winner or a loser.

"Hahaha, very good, very good! It seems that God is helping me, thinking that I shouldn't lose!" Sanri Yuezong clapped his hands and laughed.

Qingming always treats Taiyin like a child, so naturally she won't blame her for it, instead she reaches out to support Taiyin who tripped over the chessboard, "What's the matter? You Taiyin, it's really time to get rid of this bluffing problem !"

"Qingming! We just learned how to prolong your life!" Taiyin flung herself into Qingming's arms and said coquettishly, "This way Qingming can always, always be with us!"

Qingming looked in the direction where Taiyin was coming, and saw He Si was nodding and smiling at him while holding a teacup.

"Hey, why are you bothering?" Qingming sighed, and he also knew that the gods had been worrying about him ever since he figured out that his life was approaching.After all, after spending most of his life together, the gods and generals are attached to him, and Qingming is reluctant to leave them.It's just... "Life and death have their own destiny, but changing one's destiny against the sky does not know what kind of changes will be caused in the world."

At this time, several other god generals who were hidden aside also appeared.

Taishang shook his head, expressing his disapproval of Qingming's point of view, "Even if there will be any changes, with you and us, can't it be resolved?"

"Hmph!" Qinglong snorted coldly, "You just think too much! Isn't it enough to accept our kindness honestly?"

Taiyin was even more tearful and pretended to be pitiful, "Could it be that Qingming doesn't want to be with us anymore?"

The gods and generals surrounded Qingming, trying to persuade Qingming to change his mind.

Sanri Yuezong wisely left the space for them, and walked leisurely on the veranda with his hands clasped, then sat next to He Si, took the teapot on the low table and poured himself a cup of tea.

"My lord, if you tell them these things, you won't worry if Mr. Seimei really uses your method to prolong life and change history?"

He Si put down the teacup in his hand, tilted his head to look at Sanriyue Zongjin's expression, and found that although he said that, he didn't mean to question himself.

"How do you know that what is recorded in history must be true?"

"Oh? This is really an interesting question." Mikazuki Zongjin squinted his eyes and asked with a smile, "Could it be possible that your lord knows something inside that we don't?"

"When we went to the capital of time that day, I felt an unusual fluctuation of spiritual power. It was also because of this spiritual power that I had a new evaluation of the strength of the government of time." He Si He was talking about what happened when he and Tsukimune Sankami were led by Foxnosuke to the core area of ​​Toki no Kyo. "It wasn't until I watched the scene where Seimei purified Fujiwara Keiko's soul yesterday that I didn't realize that the spiritual power I felt at that time was very similar to Seimei's spiritual power!"

"What do you mean?" Sanri Yue Zongjin opened his eyes wide in surprise and looked at He Si.

"Although we can't be sure yet, the high-level officials of the Government of Time are indeed inextricably linked with Seimei." He Si added a common sense that everyone knows, "After all, spiritual power reflects a person's essence. , will not change easily.”

"That is to say, the Seimei Guild existed in a certain way thousands of years later, and it is a fact that has not been recorded in history." Mikazuki Zongjin sighed, "Oh, I didn't expect that we would discover such a secret during this trip. "

On this side, Sanri Yuezong was nearly refreshed by He Si, and on the other side, Diarmuid, who was going to crusade against Taotie, also had a new understanding of this old opponent.

Guishen Shrine is an ancient shrine located in the north of Heianjing and at the west foot of Mount Kurama.

Guichuan Mountain is still some distance away from Heian-kyo, so although everyone set off at dawn, they did not arrive at Guichuan Shrine until noon.

When he was at the foot of the mountain, Abe Masahiro could still feel the pure and peaceful divine power coming from the Guichuan mountain.However, the further up the mountain, the more turbid and filthy the surrounding atmosphere became.

"It seems that this place is indeed occupied by monsters as a lair!" The little monster in the form of Red Lotus sneezed uncomfortably, covering his nose to cover his overly sensitive sense of smell.

Chang Hao nodded solemnly, "It just happened to be a worthwhile trip!"

"Hey! Changhao, can you do it?" Hong Lian upset him, "I think you are the weakest here, so don't hold back for a while, Qingming's grandson!"

"Don't call me grandson!" Chang Hao's dignified aura, which he managed to show with great difficulty, was immediately shattered.But with such a flexible and energetic appearance, it is like the him that Guren usually knows.

The two of them were playing and fighting, and followed the pace of Diarmuid and the sword men.

After entering the range of Guishen Shrine, the surroundings suddenly became dark, not like daytime at all.

Everyone walked along the mountain road, and there were endless wooden lamps on both sides of the stone steps.Candles flickered in the lampshades, lighting the path beneath their feet.

Figures suddenly appeared not far away, and they couldn't be seen clearly against the candlelight, but their movements were staggering, which looked very strange.

Yaoken Fujishiro rushed to investigate first, and found that they were a few people dressed as monks.No, maybe they can no longer be called "people".

After approaching, Changhao also recognized the costumes on their bodies, "These are monks from Guichuan Shrine?"

"Be careful! These people are already dead, they are corpses manipulated by demon power!" Honglian saw the weirdness of these "people" at first sight based on experience.

"Since he is already a dead person, there is no need to worry about it!" Hidekiri narrowed his eyes, drew his sword out of its sheath and slashed at him, followed closely by Keimaru.

Yamabuchi Kunihiro and Mutsu Mori Yoshiyuki also joined the battle.

Originally, Changhao also took out the talisman, but Honglian suddenly reminded him: "Changhao, look at the god trees around you!"

Chang Hao took a closer look, and saw that the tall and strong sacred tree in the shrine was nailed with ominous nails. "This is?!"

Honglian no longer lay on Changhao's shoulders, jumped to the ground and turned into its original shape, stretched out its hand to touch the nail on the god tree, but was blocked by a twisted black barrier, "These should be what Qingming said contains The nails of Keiko Ji's resentment. These are the gods who sealed your ship."

At this time, the controlled corpses around had been cleaned up, and Diarmuid also came over and asked, "What's wrong?"

Chang Hao apologized to Diarmuiduo: "These nails have sealed the God of Gao Yin, I want to use magic to remove them, and I can't follow you to the top of the mountain."

Diarmuid waved his hand and said it was nothing, "If that's the case, you can stay at ease. Leave the monsters to us!"

Hong Lian also stayed behind to protect Changhao, bid farewell to the two of them, and Diarmuid and the sword men came to the altar on the top of the mountain.

As expected, this place has become the lair of monsters. In the darkness, countless pairs of ominous red eyes stared at the few people who came to the top of the mountain.

Taotie came out from the shadows, his huge body carrying a strong sense of oppression.It seemed to have regained its spirit, and it was no longer timid in the face of Diarmuid, who had brought him a deep shadow. "Hahaha! You actually came to the door by yourself? It's just in time. I'm no longer in a weak state when I just got rid of the seal! Today, let you experience the true power of the ancient beast!"

As he said that, Taotie lowered his head, pointed his long pointed horn at Diarmuid and rushed over.

Holding Diarmuid's Great Rage Sword in his hand, he boldly rushed forward.

The surrounding monsters no longer held back, roaring and pounced on the men with swords.

During the interval between the battles, Keimaru took the time to ask, "Didn't you say that there is another big monster, Qiongqi?"

"It doesn't look like they're here!" Mustache evaded the encirclement of the two monsters, "But these little monsters are tough enough, they just keep popping up!"

There is a tacit understanding between the Higakiri and Kemimaru brothers, so even though there are a large number of monsters besieging them, they will not be in a hurry.

Yamabashi Kiri Kunihiro and Mutsu Mori Yoshiyuki are also at each other's corners, and they cooperate seamlessly when you come and go.

Yaken Toshiro deftly shuttled among the monsters with a short knife in his hand, and from time to time he took a cold shot to make up for it.

Relying on their excellent combat experience, Jiren dealt with a group of monsters that far outnumbered them without losing the wind, but gradually evened out the gap in numbers.

However, Diarmuid unexpectedly fell into a bitter battle.

Although He Si had reminded him before that the power of Taotie was not what it used to be, but he did not expect that Taotie in its heyday would be so ferocious.

Although Taotie is a huge monster, his movements are not clumsy at all. Every time his four hooves step on the ground, they will make deep holes, and then use his strength to leap forward.The two claws and the sharp horns on the top of the head are its weapons, and when it collides with Diarmuid's Great Fury Sword, it brings a great impact.

Seeing that his subordinates were almost wiped out by the men with swords and swords, Taotie shook his head violently, pushed Diarmuid away who was confronting him with his sharp horns, opened his mouth wide and roared: "Swallow the world!"

Diarmuid intuitively told him to dodge quickly, but there were mustaches and others behind him. Once he dodged, the men with swords and swords behind him would not be able to resist Glutton's move at all.

In the blink of an eye, Diarmui sank into his dantian, raised his sword in front of him with both hands, and shouted: "Moralltach!"

Diarmuid released the real name of the Noble Phantasm, and the sword in his hand burst out with strange brilliance, and he swung down at the enemy in front of him with great force.

The golden sword aura collided with the black monster aura, instantly overturning everything around. Sand and rocks flew on the top of the mountain, and it was impossible to tell where it was for a while.

"General!" After the dust and smoke cleared, Yaken Toshiro immediately rushed to the place where Diarmuid's strength was before, looking for him anxiously.

"Ahem!" The altar on the top of the mountain had been shattered by the explosion just now, and Diarmuid stood up from the pile of rubble.

"General, are you okay?" Yaken Toshiro hurried to him to check.

"It's okay." Diarmuid waved his hand, only then did Yaken Toshiro notice that blood was oozing from his hands holding the sword, obviously injured in the impact just now.

Yaken Toshiro took out the medical kit he carried with him, and wrapped up Diarmuid's injured hand with a bandage.

The other few blades also came over, while guarding against the remaining monsters, while looking at Diarmuid's injuries.He was slightly relieved to find that his hands were only injured due to excessive force, and other places were not injured.

"Where's Taotie?" Yamabashi Kunihiro scanned around the top of the mountain, but he couldn't see the huge figure of Taotie.

"I saw it, it was just knocked down from the top of the mountain by the lord!" Mutsu Mori Yoshiyuki happened to see the scene where Taotie's black energy was defeated by the sword energy of the Giant Fury Sword, and he was hit on the head and knocked down from the top of the mountain.Therefore, he guessed: "With such a serious injury, he should be dead, right?"

"Not sure yet!" Diarmuid shook his head, "Everyone, don't let your guard down! Gluttony's characteristic is devouring. Once he gets the chance, he will devour everything around him to replenish his strength."

Sure enough, before Diarmuid could finish speaking, a huge black shadow jumped up from the edge of the cliff.

Even so, Taotie was indeed seriously injured, one of its claws was cut off by Diarmuid, and the horn on the top of its head was also broken, and purple-black blood was gurgling from both wounds.

"Okay! Very good! You actually hurt me like this! I must eat you!" Following the roar, Taotie scanned the surroundings with blood-red eyes.Noticing that the men with swords were on guard, its only remaining claw actually sucked through its subordinates, regardless of their wailing, opened its bloody mouth and swallowed them all!

Glutton, nourished by the flesh and blood of the monster, soon grew another claw, and the broken horn on the top of his head was also repaired.

"Isn't this too foul?" Unexpectedly, Taotie was so anxious that he even ate his subordinates. Seeing the enemy revive with full blood in an instant, Mutsu Shoujixing couldn't help feeling a little anxious.

"It's just right without these monsters making trouble!" Xiwan stepped forward, "Brother, let's meet this big guy!"

Hikiri narrowed his eyes, "It's just what I want!"

"Stand back!" Diarmuid stopped them, "Your weapon is your body, once touched by Taotie, your spiritual power will be sucked away instantly."

Speaking of which, Diarmuid picked up the Giant Fury Sword again, and walked in front of Taotie, "Come again!"

"General, your hands..." Yaken Toshiro discovered just after bandaging that both of Diarmuid's hands had been cracked, and it would be extremely unfavorable for him to continue fighting.

But as Diarmuid said, these Fusangshen of swords can't help at all at this time.

Taotie Jiejie smiled strangely, "I wonder if you can perform that move just now?"

At this critical juncture, Abe Masahiro ran to the top of the mountain holding the mob incarnate by Red Lotus.

Before Honglian protected Changhao, he was injured by a hidden monster in order to protect him.

"Give the Taotie to me!" Chang Hao put the little monster aside, and began to make seals with his hands.

"It's up to you?" Taotie cast a disdainful glance at Changhao, but soon it won't think so.

Chang Hao recited a series of mantras, "I am honored to be ordered by all the Buddhas! The stars that ward off disasters! The third Yasha Mingwang descended from the east! The great virtue Yasha Mingwang of the west! The southern Jundali Yasha Mingwang! The Northern Vajra Yasha Mingwang! Subdue! Purify! Destroy! Smash the shackles of the curse! Come out! High Dragon God!"

After the incantation was finished, the whole Guichuan Mountain shook, as if something was breaking through the ground.

The light suddenly returned to the sky, and the clean and peaceful air covered Guichuan Mountain again, dispelling all the filth.

Taotie suddenly wailed "No!" in pain, its skin and flesh were ripped open, and its whole body was covered with wounds.

A huge white dragon hovered over the mountain top, holding a radiant orb in its front paws, it was the light of this orb that stabbed Taotie.

"I am the god Gao Yun. Children of human beings, thank you for breaking the seal for me!" Bailong didn't speak, but his voice reached the ears of everyone present. "As a thank you, I can grant you one wish."

Changhao immediately said, "It's what I should do to break the seal, and I dare not ask you for anything extravagantly. But if you are willing to heal the wounds of my companions, I will be grateful!"

"It's nothing." Gao Yunshen appreciated the attitude of this human youth not taking credit, so he agreed to Changhao's request.The orb in his palm radiated light again, instantly healing the wounds of Diarmuid and Honglian.

Taking advantage of Taotie being overwhelmed by the dragon god's air, Diarmuid released the treasure once again, and this sword slashed Taotie immediately.

Seeing that the culprit had already been put to death, God Gao Yun also dissipated and disappeared on the top of the mountain.

Although Qiongqi was not found, but the elimination of Taotie was worthwhile.

After resting for a while, everyone went down the mountain and left.

The author has something to say:

In "Young Onmyoji", Qingming's mother Tianhu Jingxia did use her own dzi to renew Qingming's life, but the price was her life.So originally Seimei would transform from a half-human, half-fox to a sky fox. The setting here is that Qingming did live for a thousand years, not because He Si changed his destiny.Just using He Si's method, his mother didn't have to sacrifice her life to save him.

Director: Taotie, here is your bento, take it!You're done!

Taotie: Bah, the film crew is so poor, there is not even a chicken leg in the bento.