When he carried this box to Chao Ji's rented house, he saw that there were already many people blocking the door.

"Uncle, what are you doing here?" Hua Jiuxi looked at the person in front of him, he was wearing a felt hat and a pair of sunglasses on his face, looking a little obscene.

The uncle saw a hairless young man coming over with a little girl, and thought that he should be a novice in the demon slaying circle, and his attitude suddenly appeared.

"You were sent by your master?" Uncle asked Hua Jiuxi.

"Ahh Hua Jiuxi responded casually.

It turned out that these people in front of him were all disciples of exorcists or exorcists, and they had come together to discuss business distribution with Chao Ji. There are many of them, and they feel that even if they start to do it, they will definitely not suffer.

"Not an opponent." Hua Jiuxi pulled the corner of Xiang Ling's sleeve to the depths of the alley and said to Xiang Ling: "If you really have the ability, you would have started your own sect a long time ago, who would go through the streets and alleys to exorcise demons like this?" Therefore, these miscellaneous people in front of him, if they are rude, they will be cleaned up by that person. ”

"So, who are we going to help?" Xiang Ling asked.

"Xiangling, why can't you think of it at this time, of course we won't help anyone anymore - let's see what Chao Ji has to do." Hua Jiuxi said.

Xiang Ling nodded.

Just said that these people are also well-cultivated, so they silently crowded in front of Chao Ji's door, waiting for him to go out. When it was almost noon, they called some dishes from the nearest restaurant and ate them in groups.

Chao Ji smelled the aroma of food and came out.

Because they were so hungry that many people saw that their target was coming, they didn't look at him and ate on their own. It took several minutes before someone greeted Chao Ji.

"You're glad you met—" Chao Ji said.

"Phew! You Oriental devil, what the hell is the idea in your heart? Someone immediately jumped out to accuse him, and then someone said something that was nonsense like he abducted a child to refine medicine.

Chao Ji frowned: "It's true that none of these things have been done in Xia - besides, I'm not trying to rob your business, I'm too poor, I don't have any other skills except exorcism Xingbu and the like - but your country is really interesting, and you have your own genre and black language." ”

"That's it, broad and profound, how can you learn it from outside the world?" Someone replied.

"But I've earned enough money lately, and I won't be out of the mountain for at least three months, so everyone can disperse." Chao Ji arched his hand.

But they dispersed like this, and everyone was still a little unwilling, so they had to let the other party give in. immediately relied on his own large number of people, and asked Chao Ji to sign what documents, which seemed to stipulate which places could not be exorcized.

Chao Ji was very happy, and those people were bored to go back.

When everyone was far away, Chao Ji walked to the end of the alley and said, "You two can come out." ”

Hua Jiuxi and Xiang Ling walked out slowly, and said as they walked: "I thought there would be a big war in a while—but I was disappointed." ”

Chao Ji smiled and said, "It's not easy to make a living, I don't want to hurt them, and I don't want to make a big deal." What's the matter with me this time? ”

"We really have something to ask for your help." Hua Jiuxi's expression was solemn, "Are you ready to go to war with your own people?" For the sake of justice...... "He felt that what he said was so weak.

"Your own people? Do you mean a youkai from the big island of the East? Chao Ji said, "I said that although I served in their court before, it was a thousand years ago. As for the sake of justice, this reason for entering the war is sufficiently sufficient. ”

"Then you said yes?" Hua Jiuxi asked.

"Tell me what's going on." Chao Ji said.

"Well, I thought you knew it all." Hua Jiuxi said, "I guess you're tracking those people's whereabouts, right?" ”

"I'm indeed tracking an Oriental youkai, but that may not be what you said." Chao Ji said, "And she is now being held by me in this hut, do you want to see her?" ”

Hua Jiuxi thought that this was an inconsequential trivial matter, but it was not easy to refute the other party's meaning.

Seeing that Hua Jiuxi and Xiang Ling had no objection, Chao Ji entered the house silently, and after a while, the two saw Chao Ji take out a girl, and the other hand held a scroll.

The girl surprised the two of them.

"Day, Himiko?" Hua Jiuxi said loudly.

The girl's dress and appearance were better than the previous two Himiko, of course, she had never seen the men and women in front of her, and tilted her head: "You are-"

"Oh, it should be one of Himiko's many doppelgangers." Hua Jiuxi patted his head and said.

"Who are they?" Himiko looked up and asked Chao Ji, in an egalitarian tone, not like a captured prisoner, but like a wayward sister.

"I can't explain that." Chao Ji smiled and said, "Do you two also know about the existence of 'Himiko'?" ”

Hua Jiuxi muttered: "Count, count." However, the main reason why we know about this person is that there is a series of yokai named Himiko who are against us. Their energy is not small, and they have caused us a lot of trouble. ”

"Well, even then, you can't blame this little girl in front of you. I found her a few months ago, and she's been there for me for a while, and she hasn't done anything bad. How much do you know about this youkai called 'Himiko'? Chao Ji said while looking at Himiko.

Himiko seemed to sense some kind of danger and quietly walked behind Chao Ji.

"It's definitely not as clear as you are, so don't sell it." Hua Jiuxi shrugged and said.

"Okay, let's go inside." Chao Ji went upstairs by himself after greeting him, and the little girl said very enthusiastically at the moment: "Brother and sister, come here." ”

"Xiangling, it seems that every Himiko's personality is different. The two before were the more annoying. Hua Jiuxi whispered to Xiang Ling behind him.

"Because the human soul is also divided into many parts, some gentle, some violent, some reckless, and some clever - and the Nimiko in front of me inherits the lovely part." Xiang Ling replied.

Chao Ji's hut also adopts the shrinkage method, so you can see that the inside is very wide. A huge bookcase stood there, and Chao Ji said to Hua Jiuxi in advance: "These books can be read at will—but they can't be taken away." ”

Hua Jiuxi thought that this was a child who owed herself, but she still couldn't suppress her greed for books, and began to quickly flip through some of the books she was interested in.

"Dragon Maiden, take a look too." Chao Ji said, "There should be something you like." ”

Xiang Ling shook his head: "Time is precious. ”

Chao Ji laughed, and motioned for them to sit down, and the four of them faced each other.

"I'll tell you, Himiko, someone may have come out by hearing this name. He is a very famous ancient person in Japan. Chao Ji said.

"Is it more famous than you?" Hua Jiuxi asked, "I really want to guess who it is." ”

"Yes, she's not just a wizard, she's a queen at the same time. It is written in your annals. Fifty years ago, she quietly came to the mainland. At that time, I was already here searching for something about herself, and I saw her coming, and wondered what this man wanted to do. So he followed all the way. Chao Ji replied.

"So what is the purpose of her trip?" Hua Jiuxi asked.

"It seems to be looking for some kind of devastating weapon." Chao Ji shook her head and said, "But I don't know exactly what it is—because the place she went to was a sacred building in the west called Shaoguang City. There was a strong barrier around the city, and I could get to the periphery—but men were not allowed to visit the center. That's the end of my pursuit of the Queen. ”

"And then?" Hua Jiuxi asked eagerly, but he didn't expect this matter to involve a place name that he was familiar with.

"Later, a conflict broke out between her and the people of the city." "The battle was fought in mid-air, and it was spectacular. I've witnessed many battles of gods and demons in my life, but that one was in the top three. Both sides of the war were women, and the queen was fought by a pair of fox fairy sisters - a pair of golden nine-tailed foxes. Although the queen's spell was strong, under the attack of the two sisters, she quickly fell behind-"

"That's for sure, because I've seen them as well." Hua Jiuxi knew that the two golden nine-tailed foxes in Chao Ji's mouth were Zhu Shi and Zhu Yin sisters.

"Yes, but the queen came up with a very strange way to save her life." Chao Ji said, "At the moment of her defeat, she released her spiritual power—more than a hundred copies in total, scattered all around, and then, leaving herself a corpse or a body." ”

"Awesome." Hua Jiuxi said, "The witch's power comes from spiritual power, and if the spiritual power is not destroyed, then she has the possibility of making a comeback - it's just that why hasn't the corpse been destroyed?" ”

"Well, it's really impossible. Later, according to those fox fairies, they had only planned to imprison them. Because this queen is one of the most proud disciples of the Queen Mother of the West, and only the Queen Mother of the West has the ability to destroy her body - or use a terrible weapon called 'Tianli', but they don't have that authority. ”

"So that's the case-" Of course, Hua Jiuxi knew more about these things in Shaoguang City than Chao Ji.

"However, the people of Shaoguang City ignored this matter after dealing with her, as if they would only take action when they threatened their own city—they were obviously so powerful. So I took on the task of searching for the scattered spirits, because none of them could grow on their own—that is, if they came together again, they would form a stronger force. If this happens, then there really is no one who can deal with it, you know, she came to the mainland with the purpose of destroying you. Chao Ji said.

This was a terrible thing, and Hua Jiuxi would not allow it to happen, so he said, "As far as we know, a Himiko has joined the camp of our enemies. This group was sent by the Oriental Imperial Court to carry out subversive activities. ”

Chao Ji seemed to have expected this kind of thing, and immediately said: "Yes, then this Rimiko can't survive, let's do our best to eliminate it." Truth be told, the spirit of that thing is more difficult to destroy than her physical body, so my job is to keep finding these clones and then sealing them. When I meet gentle individuals, I will allow them to merge on their own. ”

"Sister up." Hua Jiuxi said.

"It's hard to find a seal container that meets the criteria." Chao Ji suddenly got up, took out one of the scrolls from his collection of calligraphy and paintings, and spread it out in front of Hua Jiuxi and the others.

"Unveiling the Bowl." Hua Jiuxi and Xiang Ling said the name of the painting in unison, and the two immediately looked at each other: You know it too!

Chao Ji looked at the two people with a very high synchronization rate, and their appearances were surprisingly harmonious, and continued: "That's right, but of course this is not the real work, it's just a relatively early copy. ”

The so-called "Unveiling the Bowl" is a kind of picture scroll on the theme of Buddhist scripture stories: legend has it that there is a Yaksha woman in India called the Khali Emperor, that is, the ghost son and mother. She devoured human children every day, and Buddhism hid one of her children under her bowl in order to educate her. The devil tried her best, but she couldn't lift the bowl. In the end, it was the Buddha who let the devil mother take refuge in my Buddha as a protector before releasing her child.