Chapter 187

Then Ao Ling was beaten by Ba Wei, who remembered what he was here for.

Two large youkai fought an earth-shattering battle far away from the human city, scaring away a large group of small monsters that lived around the city.

Ao Ling grinned and rubbed his buttocks, which was taken care of, and aggrievedly confessed everything he knew about Ba Wei five hundred years later.

- Did he really forget to tell Ba Wei about Nana Taoyuan in the first place?

And who knew that the things he stuffed Nana Momozono that could hide the aura of the gods on her body were hidden from Ba Wei.

Ao Ling felt that he was really innocent.

"I think in a few days, those idle monsters should spread that false news again." Ao Ling looked at the empty woods around him and sighed.

Ba Wei looked at Ao Ling condescendingly with his chest hugged, and squeezed out a soft snort from his nose.

"It may be written that the Lord of the Western Kingdom and the Demon Fox Ba Wei turned against each other, and after the fierce battle, the Lord of the Western Kingdom was defeated, and the Demon Fox Ba Wei chased after him, and finally sealed the new partner around him in the Yellow Spring...... and so on. ”

Ao Ling said while rubbing his buttocks, and complained about whether Ba Wei could not beat his buttocks.

After all, it is much more elegant to rub it than to rub it on your buttocks.

The demon fox who was choreographed by the black-haired dog demon raised his eyebrows, catching a trace of abnormality from Ao Ling's words, "Huangquan? ”

Ba Wei raised his eyebrows, "You're going to Yellow Springs?" ”

Ao Ling nodded, and said cheaply: "I'm going to meet your old lover, and by the way, I will have a deep exchange with him about new love and old love." ”

Then he was beaten again by Ba Wei on the ground.

This time, Ba Wei really didn't spank, and the result was that Ao Ling's whole body hurt as much as his buttocks.

The demon fox snorted and stroked the dog's head, "Say it sentence by sentence, say it well, you know?" ”

Ao Ling: "......"

Get out!

Although his heart fluctuated so fiercely, Ao Ling still didn't show it on the surface.

He rolled over on the ground, his tail curled up and he took him into his arms, "Inuhime suggested that I go to the Yellow Springs and meet Izanami. ”

Speaking of Huangquan, Ba Wei immediately realized the purpose of Ao Ling's going to Huangquan.

"For that King of Asakura Leaves?"

Ao Ling nodded, let go of his tail and grabbed Ba Wei's, showing an interesting and flattering smile, and looked at the demon fox in front of him flatteringly, "I think it shouldn't be easy to meet the great god Izanami - in my absence, the Kyoto area depends on you!" ”

The object of the flattery did not appreciate it, and covered the face of the dog demon in front of him with one hand, "I'm not prepared to stay in the West Country forever." ”

Ao Ling was stunned, "Hey......?" ”

"Originally, after I got it from Kyoto, I was going to leave for a while."

Originally, he was going to take care of the offspring of Xuelu wholeheartedly after he was done - this is a time that is too dangerous, and Bawei has to be careful with those who are too fragile to be able to do it.

But after listening to Ao Ling's explanation, coupled with Abe Qingming's divination, Ba Wei is not ready to continue to squat on the snow road.

"I'm going to get along with that Shadow God." Ba Wei withdrew the hand covering Ao Ling's face, "If it goes well, probably the spar of the High Dragon God will be able to return it to you." ”

The implication is that he is ready to follow history and become the messenger of the Shadow God, and use the Shadow God to block the curse of the Shadow God.

"What has the Fallen God cursed you?" Ao Ling asked.

Ba Wei hesitated, but still did not hide it from Ao Ling, "He said, I can never be with the person I love, otherwise I will be weak and die." ”

"Then you can get away with it for at least five hundred years." Ao Ling said.

Ba Wei nodded, looking at Ao Lingyin's expectant eyes, and couldn't help but sneer, "I know, I'll help you watch Kyoto when I have time - I also know that you want to kill the feathered fox." ”

Ao Ling laughed twice, let go of the hand holding Ba Wei's tail, and stood up.

Ever since he left the western country, he has been walking in the direction of Izumo, although he is collecting some strange things while walking, but with Ao Ling's tutorial, the place where he is now is not very far from Izumo.

Unlike the new generation of gods led by Amaterasu in Takamagahara, Bawei and Izumo's gods are familiar with the occasional conversation.

The premise is that Izumo is not in the middle of the Divine Month.

That's why Ba Wei was able to discuss with the gods of Izumo to throw the King of Evil Luo into the Yellow Spring.

But what's the matter, it won't be much comfortable for the monster to stay in the place where the gods are shrouded, so Ba Wei didn't bother to give Ao Ling such a ride.

After learning Ao Ling's whereabouts, he simply patted his buttocks neatly, beat him up and left.

Ao Ling looked at the back of the demon fox, and deeply felt that he should have an in-depth exchange with the King of Evil Luo on the topic of "how to make Ba Wei deflated".

……

It has been five years since Ao Ling last came out of Huangquan.

On the outskirts of Izumo, the torii gate of the Seal Road Contrary Stone is surrounded by circles of suke ropes, and the ropes hang neatly in the unsullied knots of paper, gently floating in the wind blowing in the distance.

The torii gate is surrounded by green grass and trees, and you can occasionally see finches with feathers detached from the branches, and you can occasionally hear a crisp and melodious chirp.

The wind brought the fragrance of cherry blossoms, and a few pink and white petals were blown by the wind and fell lightly on the grass under the torii gate and the injuren rope.

The green meadows were dotted with petals blowing from afar, and the dew rolling from the blades of grass in the early morning was still on them.

It's a beautiful scene.

Ao Ling stood outside the Zhulian rope, sniffing the fragrance of flowers all over the world.

Then he grabbed the little youkai that tried to run past his feet.

It was a monster that looked like a rabbit with a daisy on its head, but it was the size of a palm, wearing a small light cyan robe, and a pair of red eyes widened in horror but never dared to look at the big demon who grabbed it, and the whole demon trembled in Ao Ling's hands.

The frightened black-haired youkai raised his eyebrows and shook the cute little furry youkai in his hand, "Just asking you a question." ”

The daisy on the top of the rabbit monster's head shook, and with great care, it gently touched Ao Ling's hand holding its back collar, and then suddenly retracted.

Ao Ling put it on the ground, looked at the little monster who was trembling and didn't dare to move, and asked, "Isn't this the place to seal the Dao Reverse Stone?" Why is it different from before? ”

——The place where the stone of the sealing path is sealed, there is always a thin layer of Yellow Spring Qi, although it is countless times shallower than the outermost underworld of Yellow Spring, but for the living beings, it is still a catastrophe.

Even if it is just grass and trees, it is difficult to survive in a place that is shrouded in the breath of the yellow spring all year round.

Therefore, in Ao Ling's memory, the place that sealed the entrance to the Yellow Spring was always barren.

But now it's alive and well.

There are even small yokai that can survive here.

Ao Ling poked the trembling rabbit monster, "I'll let you go when I'm done, and I'll eat you if I don't say anything." ”

The rabbit monster shuddered, and his voice was tender with a cry, "Please don't eat me!" ”

Ao Ling clasped his hands to his chest and snorted pretendically.

"It's not clear whether it's small or small - the small one originally lived in the mountains outside of Izumo, but in the past two years, the yellow spring gas in Izumo has gradually faded, and even the gray snow has not fallen again, and then I heard a friend say that Izumo no longer has the existence of the yellow spring qi, so the family moved over......"

After hearing this, Ao Ling let go of the rabbit monster as promised, and couldn't help but reach out and touch the soul jade hanging around his neck.

He thought of the large amount of Yellow Spring Qi that would come out every ten days in the past few years.

- If it weren't for the fact that he was prepared to deliberately control and devour it every time, those Yellow Spring Qi would have easily destroyed a large number of living beings.

At the very least, it's okay to destroy the small half of Kyoto.

When these yellow spring qi first came out, if it weren't for Abe Harumaki's presence, at least half of the people staying in Abe's main house would have died.

Even an onmyoji who has been practicing for many years may not be able to resist it, let alone an ordinary person who is not determined in his own heart.

And such a large amount of Yellow Spring Qi ......

Ao Ling said unceremoniously that in the past five years, he had eaten at least as much Yellow Spring Qi as there were two underworld spaces.

The black-haired youkai raised his foot and stepped over the Zhulian rope that sealed the Dao Contrary Stone, stopped under the torii of the suppressed Dao Contrary Stone, and was about to turn out the spar of the high dragon god from the beast's tooth and beg the Dao Contrary God to open a side to let him in, but he saw that a gap suddenly opened in the space in front of him.

Behind the gap is the scene of Huangquan, which Ao Ling is not unfamiliar with.

Hades.

Ao Ling looked left and right, and after noticing no other existence, he finally walked in.

The path of the underworld has changed a lot.

It's like the change on the outside of the Reverse Stone.

As the outermost underworld of the Yellow Spring, the aura of the Yellow Spring that permeated here was so thin that it was almost imperceptible.

The sky was still dark, but there was a faint glow.

These rays of light come from the brilliance that blooms when the sinful souls on both sides of the underworld are exhausted, and they continuously supply the light source above the underworld.

The souls with sad faces and gloomy faces in the impression were also full of happiness at this time, and they even talked to each other about their own experiences in life - they were no longer even afraid of the underworld creatures staring at them.

Ao Ling wagged his tail and sighed at the changes in front of him.

By the way, I touched my little belly, I really never expected that my food would be like this.

- On top of that, he hasn't had enough to eat.

Ao Ling suddenly had the confidence to eat up the filth of Huangquan.

Standing at the entrance of the underworld and watching for a while, Ao Ling turned around under the surprised gaze of those dead souls.

He didn't know how to find the abode of the goddess in the vast Yellow Spring.

So after a very humble and neat bow to the gods, he shouted out the name of Izanami's life, which scared the surrounding creatures of the underworld.

But after that, there was silence all around.

Ao Ling did not get a response from the goddess of Huangquan.

The big monster didn't feel anything wrong at all, and under the mocking gaze of those revenant souls and underworld creatures, he continued to bow to the gods and shouted the name of the goddess of Huangquan again.

He pondered in his heart that if he didn't respond to the goddess of Huangquan three times, then he would directly ask the gods to descend to the gods.

As if he knew what was in his heart, at the end of the third salute, as soon as the name of the god fell, a narrow and crooked path suddenly spread out next to the underworld that led to the end.

It's like a path on a ridge in the countryside, but instead of weeds and rice paddies on both sides, there is an abyss and a thick darkness.

Ao Ling tidied up the robe on his body a little nervously, rubbed his face vigorously, took a deep breath, and embarked on the road that seemed to be full of ominous meaning.

After losing his figure in front of them, the quiet group of souls began to stir.

"If you follow that path, will you be able to meet the great god?"

A short underworld creature rolled its eyes, "The one who went to pay homage to Izanami is a great youkai, he came to the Yellow Springs five years ago, and it is said that he walked back and forth in the Santu River safely without any punishment. ”

The souls of the dead who didn't understand the horror of the Santu River ignored him, pounced on each other, and rushed to the road that had not disappeared while the underworld creatures guarding them were not paying attention.

"If you can see the gods, it's worth it!" The revenant said, stepping down the path.

In the next moment, before the excited expression on his face faded, he saw a huge hand stretched out from the darkness on both sides of the underworld, grabbing him and dragging him into the darkness.

The spirits of the dead who were about to move fell silent in an instant.

Ao Ling, who was walking on the path, glanced back at the faint commotion, shook his head, and continued to walk forward.

His steps were a little hasty, but the road seemed to have no end, the front was hidden in the darkness, and the retreat behind was also fading away as he advanced.

Ao Ling couldn't, so he had to bite the bill and continue to go down.

Fortunately, he could clearly feel that the Huangquan Qi around him was getting stronger and stronger as he advanced, which made Ao Ling feel a little bit more confident in his heart.

He's really moving forward.

After realizing this, Ao Ling relaxed his heart slightly and quietly buried his head forward.

……

Buried in the dark, I don't know how long it is.

Ao Ling sat down on the path again to rest - the continuous flow of yellow spring qi made him feel more satisfied than ever, although he never felt full, but he did not feel like he was in this life, occasionally feeling hunger eroding his spirit.

The black-haired youkai hugged his tail and tried to reason with the goddess of Huangquan for the eighth time.

"Izanami, you let me go this way, you can't just want me to clean up some of the filth of the Yellow Springs for you, right?" Ao Ling pursed his mouth, "I know that I did something wrong about breaking into Huangquan before, you see, I can be regarded as having dealt with the filth for you for more than five years, and I can be regarded as having lost the credit?" ”

There was silence in the darkness, not a single sound.

Ao Ling straightened his tail hair, sighed, and looked down at the darkness on both sides of the road, wondering what would happen if he just jumped in.

"Izanami, I'm honest, I just wanted to come to you......" he said and paused and smiled a little, "just to talk to you." ”

Chat with a goddess who is rejected by the gods.

Ao Ling suddenly felt that he and the dog who suggested that he come here were really brainy.

However, it is true that as Inuhime said, the temper of the goddess of Huangquan is not as bad as recorded in the classics.

Otherwise, according to the "murderous and irrational" statement in the classics, Ao Ling would have been killed or thrown out of the Yellow Spring during his first worship.

The black-haired monster sighed again, thinking about the fact that he had been put in while standing in front of the Dao Contrary Stone.

He continued, "Since you have let me in, what about seeing me? ”

…… Can't the mother of the gods be ugly enough to see the light and die, right?

Ao Ling thought of what Inu Ji told her about the goddess Huangquan being rejected by her husband because she was contaminated, and couldn't help but fall into silence.

For most gods, this kind of thing can be washed away.

After washing it off, it's a good god, so why won't it be disliked, right?

Maybe he was disfigured because of his filth.

Disfigurement is really embarrassing, especially for gods who are generally white-skinned and have beautiful legs.

Ao Ling, who was sitting on the road and running the train with his head in his head, couldn't help but be full of sympathy for the goddess he wanted to worship.

This compassion brought him back to his feet, and he continued on his way.

"Actually, I brought Abe's cherry blossom cake with me." Ao Ling tried to feed Amway to the goddess who would always exist in the legend, "It's a must in Heiankyo, the entrance is soft and cool, with the fragrance of cherry blossoms, and a bite is fragrant on the lips and tongue." ”

"I also brought red bean steamed buns from Edo and tea fried by Kyoto Kibune!"

Ao Ling said as he walked, and by the way, he also rummaged through the stored grain in the beast's teeth, "There are also Jinping sugar and Japanese fruits." ”

As soon as he flipped through it like this, Ao Ling was very sad to find that the useful treasures in his pocket seemed to be stuffed into the King of Macang Ye, and now in the beast teeth, there was only food, food, and food.

…… Forget it, it's good.

At least King Ye's safety has a few more guarantees.

Ao Ling rummaged through the contents of the beast's teeth, took out a piece of jerky and stuffed it into his mouth.

As soon as I chewed it, I chewed it twice, and the scene in front of me suddenly changed.

The seemingly endless path was transformed into a staircase paved with several layers of bluestone slabs.

There are about a dozen steps on top of each other, followed by a courtyard gate and white walls.

Behind the fence, a faint green pokes its head out.

That's the fragrance of plants.

Ao Ling's eyes widened in surprise, and then he reacted immediately, happily stepping on the stairs of the bluestone slab, his steps flying, walking and jumping.

He stood in front of the courtyard gate, stuffed the jerky into his mouth and swallowed it, arranged the hair and clothes on his body with great seriousness, and knocked on the gate of the courtyard with a serious face.

The door opens as soon as there is a knock.

Ao Ling gently stepped into the courtyard, and he saw the flowers of the yellow spring all over the garden, and there were some vines and plants growing near the wall, which were verdant and verdant, and Ao Ling did not know them.

He walked down the path among the flowers in the courtyard, and occasionally one or two ice-blue ghostly fires approached him, and then retreated as if frightened.

This courtyard is not large, but it isolates the thick filth of the Yellow Spring from the outside.

The footsteps of the big monster stopped outside the eaves of the courtyard porch, and after looking left and right for a long time, I couldn't see where the main entrance was.

In the end, I had to bow again and respectfully ask to see the Mother of the Gods.

The door was opened, and the two children who opened the door, a man and a woman, with delicate and lovely appearances, were looking at Ao Ling with curiosity on their faces.

Ao Ling thought about it for a while, and gave each of them a large handful of gold flat candy as a bribe.

The two children happily rushed into the house with the golden candy, and forgot to close the door.

Ao Ling looked at the open door in front of him, and felt that this was probably the meaning of the goddess of Huangquan allowing him to enter, so he simply walked in.

The interior of the house is very spacious, and the structure is very similar to the mansion of King Macang Ye in Ao Ling's memory.

Even the position of the hanging bamboo curtain is exactly the same.

Ao Ling felt that King Macang Ye was really powerful, and he actually became the interior designer of the goddess of Huangquan.

The Great Youkai knelt down in front of the falling curtain and glanced at the shadow reflected in the curtain.

It was a woman who thought she was sitting upright on her knees, combing her hair in a bun, and the tassels hanging down from the hairpin swayed slightly.

The goddess of the Yellow Springs, the mother of the gods, and Izana.

Ao Ling lowered his eyes and sat on his knees. body, once again made a big gift.

There was an indeterminate chuckle behind the curtain, like the sound of a spring on a high mountain falling on the ice, clear and cold.

"The Nightmare Lord of the Western Kingdom is here for King Macang Ye, right?"

Ao Ling pursed his lips and curled his eyebrows, "Great God Mingjian." ”

"I kind of hate him." The goddess said.

The big monster was stunned, raised his head suddenly, and just looked at the figure on the curtain in a daze.

"This human obsession is like a sarcasm for me." She said this in a calm tone, so calm that it was impossible to tell whether she was happy or angry.

Ao Ling listened and tried to discern what he meant, but in the end he failed.

- He didn't understand why King Asakura Ha's obsession satirized this great god.

The big monster said honestly, "I don't understand what you mean. ”

"Don't understand?" The voice of the goddess of Huangquan mentioned slightly, "My husband resolutely abandoned me because I was filthy, and sealed me here—Ma Cang Ye Wang is just a human being, but he is willing to go deep into the unreachable dark depths of Yellow Spring for you!" ”

Ao Ling looked at the reflection above the curtain in astonishment, and finally understood what the goddess Huangquan meant.

Her voice was as cold as ice.

"You and King Macang Ye are really jealous."