When Pei Ziyun's footsteps stepped into the inner courtyard, the light visible to the naked eye flashed in front of him, and then he appeared in a dense forest.

Towering trees, a sky obscured by trees, dim light, and ...... A group of beasts surrounded by ferociousness, with a faint demonic aura, are they half-demons?

"......" Pei Ziyun looked around, a little speechless, and suddenly, several half-demons pounced.

"Poof", although he knew that these were phantoms, he didn't ignore them, the sword flashed, and several demon beasts that rushed up were immediately killed, while the remaining half-demons were afraid of ferocity, and when they looked over, they couldn't help but slowly retreat, making a whining sound.

The next moment, they turned around and fled, as if they were real creatures.

Not only that, but the smell of blood in the air is so real, the person who made this phantom array is indeed amazing, and the difficulty can also be adjusted.

"A great illusion, if it weren't for the divine sense, I wouldn't have felt that this was an illusion array. Stretching out his hand, he could really feel the wind blowing in the forest, bringing a slight coolness, and the experience of becoming a god made Pei Ziyun have far more experience and views than before.

The real level of the immortal path is still worse, in a broad sense, between people and gods, and the gods who are slightly higher, do not need the so-called exercises, and have their own true eyes - illusion is meaningless.

But for mortals, it may not be possible to get around it in this life.

"If it weren't for hostility, I'd like to discuss it with Abe Haruaki. ”

"It's a pity that even if Abe Haruaki is not one of the masterminds behind the scenes, it is difficult to be on my side in this world. ”

"The best outcome is that we don't have to be really enemies. Pei Ziyun thought clearly, and the next moment, the wooden knife flashed, and he collected the knife again.

A crack appeared in the air, and then with a clicking sound, the entire space cracked into a cobweb, and shattered with a "boom".

The surrounding scene has been restored to its original appearance, and it was originally located in the courtyard before entering, and you can see the rockery not far away.

"Yamada-kun!" The young man finally caught up at this time, touched a cold sweat that didn't exist, and said to Pei Ziyun: "You walked so fast, you almost didn't keep up!"

Seeing Pei Ziyun staring at one place, he hurriedly explained: "Please don't misunderstand, the illusion was automatically activated just now, you also know that recently, there have been more and more ghosts walking at night in Heianjing, and many ministers and nobles want to invite the lord, and the lord is annoyed, so there is this phantom array, just to block people and get a little quiet." ”

"I understand, has there been more and more night walking in the hundred ghosts recently?" Pei Ziyun asked a little curiously.

"Yes, there weren't many such things in the past, just by accident, but in recent decades, there have been more and more monsters and ghosts of all kinds, and even the work of the Lord has increased greatly. The young man scratched his face, said distressedly, walked through the rockery at will, arrived at a place, and said, "When you arrive, the Lord is in front." ”

His eyes lit up, and Pei Ziyun saw that he was under a verandah.

Japanese architecture is mostly wooden, the eaves are very long, and the floor is along the eaves, forming a semi-sheltered platform that is open to the courtyard against the room, which is the eaves verandah - at this time, facing the courtyard, there is a person making tea, the sun is shining under the snow, and a quail flies to the flower branch and leisurely forages for food.

The man knelt down, looked at Pei Ziyun, smiled in his eyes, and said, "Yamada-kun, I'm really sorry for the disappointment, please take a seat." ”

Pei Ziyun said: "That's right, as soon as you enter the door, you broke one of your formations, which is really rude." ”

As he spoke, Pei Ziyun knelt opposite Abe Qingming, and the two of them collided with each other, and they both smiled.

"No wonder it is said that it is the offspring of the fox demon, and it really looks like a fox when it laughs. Pei Ziyun thought secretly, slandering the other party's character, and asked a little unceremoniously: "I wonder if Qingming Gong has any opinions about me?"

"It's Yamada-kun who has some opinions about me. Abe Qingming poured a cup of tea and offered it, smiling: "Otherwise, you won't refuse to lead the way and choose to break in." ”

Pei Ziyun shook his head and smelled the fragrance of tea: "I just don't understand that Qingminggong invited me to be a guest, and I think Qingminggong may want to test my ability, since this is the case, it is better to be direct." ”

"Oh, didn't I hear about you and be curious, and invited you to be a guest?"

"Or do you believe what some people outside say, thinking that I am the son of the white fox, and I am ruthless, even if I invite guests to the door, I will be rude?"

If it were someone else, if he was questioned by the master like this, he would probably feel guilty, Pei Ziyun only raised his eyebrows, and replied with a smile: "Won't you?"

"So that's what Yamada-kun thinks?" Abe Harumi also replied with a mysterious smile, but said: "The temperature of the tea is suitable, please drink tea, this is still the tea shipped by Tang Guo, I finally asked Lord Da Nayan to get it." ”

Pei Ziyun listened, tasted the product, and felt that there was nothing rare, but this is normal, there is no tea in Japan, and it was only introduced in the time of Tang Dezong, and later although the royal tea garden was opened, the quality was inferior, and everyone did not like to drink, so they had to import it to the mainland, and it was not until the Song Dynasty that the varieties were improved.

It is common sense that Japanese tea is not good in this era.

But taking advantage of this, the two invariably diverted the topic and talked about the recent affairs of Heiankyo.

Listening to Abe Qingming commenting on some nobles in a playful tone, Pei Ziyun also said a few words.

"Qingminggong's divination skills should be very powerful, right?" When the other party talked about divination, Pei Ziyun asked.

"It's just for your own amusement. Abe Haruaki smiled.

"Then you invited me over, but because ...... What did you calculate?" Pei Ziyun held the cup in his hand, looked at the pattern casually, and asked slowly.

Abe Qingming smiled, sat upright, and said calmly: "Yamada-kun, I invited you over because Yamada-kun is a great samurai, and I do have something to trouble you." ”

"Is it related to monsters?" Pei Ziyun slowly took a sip of tea and put the cup down.

"Yamada-kun is really smart. Abe Qingming smiled and tapped the palm of his hand with the handle of the fan, and the narrow fox eyes flashed: "It is indeed related to monsters." ”

Abe Harumi glanced at the courtyard, and although it looked like there was nothing, there was a hint of reassurance.

Pei Ziyun knew that in this mansion, there were many weak monsters and Shikami, and the boy who led the way should be one of Shikkai.

Abe Qingming retracted his gaze at this time, and saw that Pei Ziyun was not a person who liked to go around in circles, so he didn't talk about other topics anymore, and got straight to the point: "I don't know Yamada-kun, what do you think of monsters?"

"Monsters?" Pei Ziyun said casually: "Although it is a bit extreme, most of the monsters are killable. ”

As soon as this sentence fell, it was obvious that the surrounding atmosphere was stagnant.

Abe Harumi didn't show annoyance, but continued to ask: "Oh? Yamada-kun actually treats youkai like this? But it's not easy for youkai to cultivate into a human form, so it's a pity to kill it directly." ”

"Actually, I didn't discriminate too much against youkai, but most of them have a lot of blood on their hands, and they hurt and eat a lot. Pei Ziyun said seriously, glanced around, and looked like a smile: "If you are not of my race, your heart will be different, many people think that this is extreme, but people and people conflict with each other, let alone people and demons?"

"Monsters eat people, or like people eat pigs and cows, they think it's normal, but on the other hand, as a human being, what's the pity of killing monsters?"

Many people like youkai, but it's a pity that it's a moe youkai, a real youkai, and there are almost no cannibalism.

Abe Harumi nodded heavily and continued to ask: "Yamada-kun's intentions, I do understand - what about the monsters that don't harm people and don't eat people?"

Pei Ziyun said lightly: "Then don't kill." ”

Abe Harumi got the answer, smiled a little more sincerely, narrowed his narrow eyes, and nodded repeatedly: "Yamada-kun is really a benevolent and righteous person, a great samurai." ”

"However, your trip to Heianjing this time has been a big disaster, which is a pity. ”

"But it's not that there is no way to crack it, if you stay and don't go out again, you can spend it in peace, I don't know if you would like to be a guest here, drink tea and drink with me?"

Abe Qingming motioned to Pei Ziyun to look at the house: "You see, I am very big here, the environment is quiet, and I just want to discuss the yin and yang technique with you - I have written a new book "Divining Matters and Deciding Things", and I also ask Yamada-kun to give me advice." ”

As soon as these four words came out, the courtyard immediately fell silent, and the young man not far away showed surprise, this is Abe Qingming's lifelong practice of yin and yang, and even Abe Changhao has not passed it down, how can it be read by outsiders?

The young man was about to speak, but he was swept sideways by Abe Harumi's eyes, and he immediately took a step back and didn't dare to speak.

Pei Ziyun glanced at it, but refused very simply: "Thank you Qingming Gong for reminding me, but I'm not a person who will avoid trouble, if it wants to come, it's okay, I'll be waiting for it at any time!"

Then he said goodbye, and didn't even mention "Divining the Matter", but walked a few steps, stopped, and asked the smiling fox: "By the way, Qingminggong, before I came, I heard something about you." ”

"Oh?" said Abe, raising an eyebrow.

"I heard that you were appointed by the imperial court?" Pei Ziyun looked at and asked.

Abe Qingming was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "How is this possible, I am not the Fujiwara clan, not Gen, Ping, Tachibana, etc., how can I get from one?"

"By the grace of the Lord, Minister Zuo (Fujiwara Michicho) carried him, worshiped the four, and was worthy of being among the courtiers, and enjoyed 500 stones. ”

"I see. Pei Ziyun listened, bowed down to thank him, and left Abe's house, but he just went out, and his expression suddenly became cold.

"Abe is well known (Note 1), and there are many temptations to do so. ”

In fact, what is asking about the attitude towards monsters is to test Pei Ziyun's reaction, and Pei Ziyun slashed the illusion world with one sword, in fact, he showed his attitude.

Asking if it was seclusion was just Abe's ultimatum.

"The so-called misfortune, isn't it because Prince Zun's life is not long? Once this person dies, the black cauldron will definitely be detained on me, and at that time, the entire court will be surrounded and suppressed. ”

"If I become the de facto retainer of the Gen family or Abe Harumi, this black cauldron may not be carried back, but once I accept it, it will be equivalent to an oath and gradually assimilated by this world. ”

"If I don't accept it, I'll be the enemy of the world, and it won't give me much respite, and I must quickly strengthen my strength-"

Pei Ziyun looked around, the original task was to kill the four big demons, according to Pei Ziyun's hunch, he could become a god in this world, the same as the Daxu world and the Greek world.

But with the evolution of strength, he will not be too stubborn, and he will gather enough resources to become a god, and he will not be confined to the big demon.

"It's relatively difficult to kill the big demon, but it's okay to kill more small demons, I have to find a target. ”

After all, even if you kill the little demon, you don't have to attack the monster who is not at fault and is too weak, Pei Ziyun's eyes turned and looked at one place, there was a bridge over there, and there was a well-known monster underneath - Qiao Ji.

"She's a good fit. ”