After walking through the Lake of Mist, a little further on, you will find Mt. Yokai.

Since Kenya had been here before, he was able to find his way forward clearly in the fog.

The nearby mountains were gentle, but the two of them walked a little slower than before, and finally completely broke through the fog and came to a torii gate.

Kenya took Ihime's hand and stopped at the foot of the torii gate, looking at the bluestone bricks that led to the shrine at the top of the mountain. The days of chasing River Castle Nitori half a moon ago and the scene of the battle with Inugotsu came to mind.

Then I thought of the current situation where the life and death of the dog were unknown, and I suddenly felt a pain in my heart. Yiji, who felt Jianya's mood, put her other hand on Jianya's back and did not speak.

Kenya shook his head with a wry smile, bit the lid of the gourd with his mouth, poured a few drops of wine on the ground, and then poured himself another big sip.

After a while, Yiji's worried voice sounded in his ears: "Sir. 」

"Ichi. 」

What really surprised Mianyue Yiji was that Kenya suddenly looked back at her.

There was no joy or sorrow on his face, and the only thing Yi Ji could feel was a kind of plausible, ethereal temperament emanating from the other party—it seemed to be about to be discovered.

He said.

"I've always thought that a sword can be invincible, but now I've realized that there are many things that can't be solved by a single sword. There are really gods and Buddhas in this world, and if there is such a thing as karma, I hope that these retributions can only fall on me, and have nothing to do with others. 」

Ihime carefully groped for Kenya's temperament, and when she wanted to mention a point or two, she suddenly heard the melodious sound of the pipa in the shrine on the top of the mountain.

The two followed the sound and looked towards the top of the mountain, and saw a few feet away from the two of them, a girl as green as the green leaves on the side of the road walking slowly.

It was obvious that the girl was followed by two huge tengus, but they did not walk side by side with the girl because of awe or other reasons, and only dared to stand behind her......

A gust of wind blew, and the girl's long green hair fluttered slightly, and the hair ornament on her head emitted a strange light accompanied by the melodious sound of the lute, which seemed to be much more powerful than the two big tengu behind her.

But in Kenya's eyes, she is more like a weak girl.

After a few days, she lost a lot of weight.

……

……

Looking at the sword that stopped at the torii, a look of joy appeared in the girl's eyes, and there was a hint of struggle, and then all of them turned into flatness.

Kenya didn't notice the complicated look in Sanae's eyes, he just saw Sanae's obviously tired look, and the two big tengu behind her, he could guess what would happen next.

Mianyue Yiji didn't speak, and silently pressed one hand on the hilt of the sword of the Budu Imperial Soul.

I don't know if it's because Izuki Izuki's strength is jealous, or if I have some other purpose, when the two big tengus approached Mizuki Ihime at a certain distance, they stopped, and let Sanae of Dongfeng Valley walk towards the sword alone.

At this time, Sanae of Dongfeng Valley had calmed down a lot, and looked at Jian Ya with a solemn look that he had never seen before, saluting.

Kenya looked at the two big tengu behind her, then at Sanae, and finally nodded in return.

Sanae Dongfangya looked at the gauze wrapped around Kenya's body and asked in a calm tone.

"Does it hurt?"

"It used to hurt, but now it doesn't hurt. 」

The atmosphere was suppressed for a long time, and in such a serious tone, he finally just asked such a question, which made others seem a little nonsensical.

But Kenya breathed a sigh of relief.

He said with a smile.

"Dr. Yonglin's medical skills are very good, and with Miss Yiji's dressing change, I am no longer in pain now. 」

Listening to this sentence that was obviously a lie, Sanae of Dongfeng Valley couldn't help but feel a pain in her kind heart, but even so, she still forcibly maintained a serious expression and nodded to Mianyue Yiji on the side to thank her.

Iki still didn't speak, but her eyes drifted in the direction of the sound of the lute, as if she was thinking about something......

"Ahem. 」

The Iizuna Otengu behind Sanae in the East Wind Valley frowned, coughed lightly a few times, and proposed that the wind time at the Shouya Shrine was running out.

Sanae felt the depression in the sound of the pipa, and said in a slightly trembling tone.

"I'm sorry. 」

Unable to calm down any longer, she said in a slightly trembling voice.

"If you leave this land, leave this mountain...... Kanako-sama, they're gone. 」

"So if Mr. Kenya is willing...... I can ......."

"Sanae. 」

Kenya didn't let Sanae continue to say that, looked at the other party's face that was even more haggard than a few days ago, and said.

"I know you've helped me a lot, and I'm grateful to you and Kanako-sama. If it weren't for you, I'm afraid Huiyin and I would have gone crazy. I will remember these kindnesses for the rest of my life. 」

Holding Mizuki Ihime's hand and listening to the sound of Kanako's pipa in the shrine, it was as if he had returned to the days when he climbed Mt. Youkai a month ago, Kenya raised his head proudly and said.

"It's not about success or not, it's about doing your best. If the future is destined to be so sad, then I hope you can smile now. 」

He reached out and wiped Sanae's tears away.

"I thank you for standing up for me today, you are a very good girl, I like you very much, for me, meeting you friends is the happiest thing I have ever been in this world. 」

Sanae listened to him silently, looking at the deep scar on the hand in front of him, a little distracted, thinking about the rumored battle with a huge gap in the world.

I always felt that the other party's calm expression hid something that she couldn't understand at her age.

"So then, it's up to me to help you. 」

"Do it. 」

Iizuna Otengu commanded with a gloomy face.

Strong winds blew over the shrine.

The sound of feathers rubbing against the air is like the rustling of leaves.

Just fanning the wings, there is such a big hurricane and sound.

What appeared in Kenya's eyes was an unprecedented night.

The sky was bright.

But their eyes were black.

The ravens joined together, and the whole mountain seemed to be covered in darkness.

Mianyue Yiji looked at the black of the sky in silence, just at the moment when the Budu Imperial Soul Sword on her waist was about to be pulled out.

The sound of the lute stopped......

The drums beat.

Black Elimination.

It's dark.

Drums, not the sound of drums.

It was the heavy falling sound of the black tengu in the sky falling on the stone brick floor.

"Who gave you permission to fly?"

Jian Ya felt the majesty of heaven and earth, the familiar atmosphere, very close. As familiar as he had been when he first came to the mountain.

She is powerful and proud but disdainful of domineering, she looks down on the common people but disdains the sky.

Kenya took a deep breath, respectfully bowed to the other party, and then withdrew with Yihime......

And the two big tengu behind Sanae could only watch them leave.

For their footsteps could not move a single step, and it seemed as if the whole mountain was entangled in him.

Just in time, another immature but equally majestic figure stood on the top of the mountain.

"I want to say goodbye without saying goodbye...... Youkai Mountain is too domineering, isn't it!?"

Suwako squinted her eyes and said as she looked at the tengu who was trapped by the power of the entire mountain.

You who have twisted the leylines of a mountain to trap people are the most domineering ones.

The bitter rice gang Otengu with bitter corners of his mouth replied stubbornly.

"What's the point of the two of you doing this? Are you really going to be the enemy of Mt. Yokai? I remember that the Moriya Shrine promised not to stop any action by Mt. Yokai. 」

"There's a rule, and I'm not going to break it. 」

At the top of the mountain, a cold, magnetic voice could be heard.

"But. 」

Hearing only Yasaka Kanako's voice fall, the two great tengus, who had been unable to maintain their figures, suddenly fell to their knees, and there seemed to be a huge force on their shoulders that suppressed them, making them unable to use any force, not even the slightest.

What really shocked them was that while maintaining this powerful suppression, Sanae Dongfenggu, who was not far from them, had nothing to do with it, and seemed to be completely unaware of the pressure.

"Though the spring is warm, it will not burn your heads. 」

"You don't really think that Moriya Shrine is a place where you can come and go whenever you want, do you!? 」

"What's the point of you doing that!?"

Hikoyama Taitengu shouted angrily.

"From the moment you let go of Kenya, it is equivalent to announcing the fact of the reincarnation of Yakuya of Eight Meanings to Gensokyo!"

"Hahaha. 」

Yasaka Kanako looked up to the sky and smiled, silent.

Although Lingshan is high, it is not very dangerous.

Although the river is urgent, it is not very narrow

Although the morning frost was heavy, it was not very cold

Although the mountain flowers are gorgeous, they are not very numerous.

On that day, Sanae of the East Wind Valley knelt respectfully at the foot of the mountain, admiring the makeup of her twin gods.

She was sure that such a god was indeed worthy of her lifelong belief, and naturally worthy of her unreasonable, unreasonable pride in her chest, from her knees to the top of her head.

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PS: I said okay to ask for leave, I still updated, and sure enough, I was honest.