CHAPTER XLIII

What's more sad than finally passing through the well, only to find that he is in a shrine, and the well is still sealed, and he can't leave it at all and can't go back at the same time?

Some.

When I was lying on the edge of the well, I saw a white fox sitting opposite a very powerful onmyoji, and one person and one fox seemed to be plotting something.

Ao Ling looked at the Onmyoji and the White Fox in front of him, and only felt that the belly that was sticking to the wall of the well was poked a little painfully by the Killing Pill plugging his teeth.

I always feel that the next step may be to kill the dog.

Ao Ling, who fell into the seal without warning, was calm in his heart, and he felt a little tired when he looked at this person.

The white fox's narrow eyes looked at it lightly, and he looked at Ao Ling for a while before standing up.

Her steps were graceful and light, and her figure rose and lengthened with the steps she took, and finally she became a beautiful and bright lady, dressed in luxurious twelve singles, standing outside the note rope by the well in the moonlight, looking down at the monster lying on the edge of the well and unable to get out.

"Is this what you're talking about, Harumi." The lady dressed in twelve orders looked at Ao Ling carefully, and after a while, she covered her lips and chuckled, her voice was as gentle as water, "What a lovely child." ”

The handsome onmyoji holding the bat fan leaned against the vermilion pillar of the torii gate, covered his lips with the fan, and his narrow eyes carved out of the same mold as the white fox were slightly curved, and his gaze fell on Ao Ling, "Don't scare him, mother." ”

As soon as the words fell, Ao Ling saw that the onmyoji gently threw out a few rune seals and cut off the Zhulian rope that maintained the seal by the well.

Ao Ling looked at the white fox who was watching him by the well, the other party's smile was very soft, and his eyes were full of love.

There is no evil aura unique to youkai on her body, but a more pure and holy aura than this shrine, just a trace of leakage makes Ao Ling feel a little uncomfortable.

The noble lady who turned into a white fox seemed to sense his uneasiness, and more carefully restrained her breath, and then leaned over to pick up Ao Ling, who was stiff because of her approach.

- That's right, it's a hug! Rise! Come!

Ao Ling, who was forcibly turned back into a milk dog by others for the first time, looked confused, and the book in his arms, the jade of the four souls, and the beast teeth fell to the ground crackling.

“…… Hey? The white fox looked at the falling things in amazement—the aura of those things was very obvious, the fangs of demons, the jade of Shinto, and the books that belonged to humans that were ordinary and unremarkable.

It's normal for a youkai to have demon teeth on its body...... But the latter two ......

It's amazing.

The white fox took Ao Ling, who was waving four small short legs and wanted to break free from her, into his arms, picked up all those few things, and returned to the Onmyoji with Ao Ling in his arms.

She directly handed everything to the onmyoji who was gently watching her, and then slightly raised the little black milk dog that was struggling with its legs in her arms, and smiled at the handsome onmyoji: "Cute, right?" ”

Onmyoji smiled and nodded, and the bat fan in his hand gently brushed over a few things in his hand, and finally turned into the appearance of a small jade plaque, which was engraved with the emblem of the pentagram, and under the emblem was written Abe Harumi.

Seeing that everything was gone, Ao Ling snorted anxiously twice, stretched out his paws and was about to scratch the Onmyoji, but was easily stopped by the white fox holding him.

The Onmyoji took Ao Ling from the white fox's hand, Ao Ling stared at the Onmyoji in front of him and strung a pitch-black rope exuding a special aura on the little jade card, hung it around his neck, and then gently rubbed his head, "Your things are all collected here, and they haven't disappeared." ”

Hearing this, Ao Ling looked up at this onmyoji, and indeed felt the warmth of the jade of the four souls from the jade card, and gradually calmed down.

- Actually, it is useless to resist, his power has been greatly suppressed in the shrine, and he has been turned into the most resistant-free cub by the white fox, and even stretching out his claws can be easily stopped.

"Since I'm waiting for the guests, I'll take my leave, mother." The Onmyoji said goodbye to the white fox with the little milk dog in his arms, and turned around and left the shrine under the reluctant gaze of the other party.

The night outside the shrine is very quiet.

Ao Ling could smell the faint smell of decay in the air, a smell that Ao Ling was familiar with, and he could often smell it when he followed Sesshomaru to find a well that would allow him to leave, and when he was close to human villages and cities.

- The smell of ghosts.

It's a little lower than a monster.,An existence born of evil thoughts in the hearts of humans.。

Onmyoji lowered his eyes to look at the monster he was holding in his arms, put it down, and raised his eyebrows as Ao Ling turned into a human form and tightly grasped the handle of the knife the moment he broke free from him.

"Youkai who don't belong to this era."

Ao Ling was stunned for a moment and frowned slightly.

From the moment he found out that the well actually had a seal, Ao Ling knew that he probably didn't succeed in returning to the place where there was Teacher Songyang - after all, there was no Shinto existence in that world, and even those shrines were not able to suppress his pure qi.

But this onmyoji can actually see at a glance that he does not belong here...... This is quite surprising.

Ao Ling thought of what the white fox had said to this onmyoji, and paused slightly, "When you say guest, do you mean me?" You know I'm coming? ”

Onmyoji opened the fan and nodded with a smile.

Ao Ling tightened his hand gripping the hilt of the knife, "That...... Do you know how I should leave? ”

"I'm afraid you'll have to stay here for a while." Onmyoji looked at the monster in front of him, the pair of pitch-black beast ears above his head were erecting alertly, and the tail behind him was also hanging down, and the whole demon looked very tense, "But you have a fate with this place - you can't leave here until the fate is over." ”

Ao Ling, who had not communicated with the Onmyoji, was dazed for a moment, and only understood what the handsome black-haired Onmyoji said, "Stay here for a while, you can't leave", and felt that the whole dog was about to explode.

- Mr. Matsuyo is still waiting for him!!

Abe Qingming watched the hair on the monster's tail explode instantly, looking like he was about to pull out a knife and cut people, and sighed lightly with a fan: "What you are worried about will go well, don't be impatient." ”

Ao Ling forcibly suppressed the emotions surging in his heart, raised his eyes to look at him, and pursed his lips, "What I'm worried about ......"

The only thing he was worried about was Teacher Songyang and Yinshi.

Among them, Mr. Songyang, who is about to die, is the most important.

Although Ao Ling has not had any communication with the Onmyoji, he knows that the best thing for the Onmyoji is stargazing and divination, among which the powerful Onmyoji can rely on the Shikjin, and even rely on his own body to retreat and kill demons and monsters, but there are very few such excellent Onmyoji, and most of them are good at the first two.

And the onmyoji in front of him, whose spiritual power is stronger than that of the bellflower, I don't know how many times, obviously belongs to the latter.

The words spoken by such an onmyoji are usually established facts.

- unless the other party intends to deceive.

But Ao Ling felt that he would divinate his arrival, and he deliberately went to the shrine to squat at his powerful onmyoji, how could he not use such a low-level means as lying.

What's more, before he mentioned his own affairs, people directly appeased him, which can be regarded as expressing sincerity.

Ao Ling hesitated for a while, staring at this handsome onmyoji for a long time, making sure that the other party's qi was always as calm as ever, and then slowly let go of the hand holding the hilt.

Onmyoji looked at the youkai in front of him who gradually loosened the handle of the knife, smiled and lightly tapped his chin, "We are probably going to get along for a while, so it is better to introduce ourselves." ”

"I'm Abe Haruaki, an onmyoji." Abe's long and narrow eyes were bent, reflecting the moonlight as if they were flowing with water, "En...... Eighty-four years old. ”

Ao Ling was stunned, looking at Abe Harumi's current appearance, he didn't look like an eighty-four-year-old human - it didn't smell like any special blood, just a pure human being.

Oh no, he seemed to call that white fox his mother just now.

"It's the Soul Separation Art now." Abe Qingming saw the black-haired monster's doubts, smiled and waved his hand, "The body is already a bad old man." ”

Ao Ling, who didn't know what the soul separation technique was, was at a loss, and after raising his eyes to meet Abe Qingming's gaze, he paused, "I'm Ling, it's a dog demon......"

"Dog demon?" Abe Qingming looked at the monster in front of him and shook his head slightly, his appearance did look like it, but this devouring aura full of danger was definitely not a dog demon.

Ao Ling took it for granted, "Yes." ”

Abe looked at him for a while, almost wondering if there was something wrong with his worldview.

After a long time, he came back to his senses and nodded slowly, "Well, what's next?" ”

Ao Ling was silent, wanting to skip over the age question, but found that the handsome onmyoji in front of him was staring at him with burning eyes, and finally reluctantly said, "Six years old." ”

"......" thought that the boy-like youkai had to be at least a few hundred years old Abe Haruaki, and I felt that my worldview had been seriously shaken.

Ao Ling looked at the onmyoji with a stiff smile, "What's wrong?" ”

"No...... It's nothing. Abe Harumi withdrew the fan, leaned over and rubbed the head of the black-haired dog demon, "It's still a child......"

The two beast ears on the top of his head were pressed to the sides by the big hands of the Onmyoji, Ao Ling did not refute the other party's words that he was a child, but reached out and touched the jade plate hanging around his neck, "What is this?" ”

"It's used to store some small miscellaneous things, just use demonic power on it." Abe Qingming lowered his eyes and looked at the emblem on the jade plate and his name, "After all, you have a special identity, so you can temporarily act as my family dog during this time." ”

Ao Ling didn't have any special feelings about pejorative adjectives such as wild dogs and domestic dogs.

"And when can I leave?" Ao Ling was still more concerned about this, even if the Onmyoji told him that things would go well, he couldn't completely settle down in his heart.

"I'll let you know when the time comes."

As soon as Abe Qingming's words fell, Ao Ling nodded dryly, "That dog is a dog." ”

Onmyoji sighed at the obedience and simplicity of the monster in front of him, and he was so obedient without any means, and he was really a little ghost who didn't understand anything.

- If youkai are related to onmyoji, they will be regarded as Shinto lackeys and will be rejected or even attacked by other yokai.

"Since you are a family dog...... "Abe Harumi pinched two handfuls of Ao Ling's ears, and then took out a few books and handed them to him, "Then please do one thing for me, give these books to King Asakura Ye in Jingxi." ”

"I don't know the way." Ao Ling took the book and glanced at the words on the cover.

"Dividing the Situation".

I don't understand.

Even the name of Onmyoji's book is puzzling.

"The purest and strongest place in the west of the city is the Macang Mansion." After watching Ao Ling take the book, Abe Qingming tapped the jade plate on his chest with a fan, "Don't take off this jade card, hang it, if something dares to stop you, just beat you to death, it's okay to die." ”

"You can come back to me after sending it over."

Ao Ling touched the warm jade plate on his neck, nodded to Abe Qingming, and watched the figure in front of him gradually become faint, before raising his feet and walking to the west.

……

The smell of decay in the air grew heavier as the night deepened.

Ao Ling chose to walk in order to familiarize himself with the place where he might stay for a while, but the demonic aura and rotten ghost aura that gradually diffused made him frown.

Ao Ling looked at the team of monsters who were facing him face to face on the street with the fierce wind and music walking slowly, met the gaze of the leading monster, was silent for a while, sighed, and under the disgusted gaze of the demons, he stuffed a few books exuding a pure aura in his hand into the dog tags...... Oh no, stuff it into the jade plaque.

First of all, we know that what the Onmyoji says is generally not false.

Secondly, we know that Onmyoji will not warn easily.

In the end, we know that Abe Harumaki told Ao Ling before leaving that if something stopped him, he would be killed directly.

- Abe Harumi knew early on that he would encounter these monsters, and had already expressed his wish that he would kill them.

Ao Ling stretched out his right hand and grabbed the hilt of the knife at his waist.

Even if Abe Harumi doesn't take the lead, he is not ready to let go of the big monster that is rare in front of him.

Because of the relationship between the killing pills, Ao Ling had never encountered any powerful big monsters during the previous period, and he had always relied on the soothing of a large number of small monsters and the jade of the four souls to suppress his hunger.

Now that he finally met someone who can have a good meal, he won't let it go.

Especially after the experience of being forcibly transformed back into a juvenile by that white fox, Ao Ling was especially eager to eat a big meal to improve his strength.

Ao Ling faced the big demon with the female appearance in front of him, took out the demon knife in his hand and licked his lips.

- It's best to be able to eat it straight to get him out of his childhood, that's just the best.