Chapter 186

The next day, Ao Ling woke up from behind the hard armor on Sesshomaru's chest.

The dampness and alcohol on the black puppy disappeared completely, and the whole dog was dry and refreshing, and there was a smell of grass.

Ao Ling was accustomed to Sesshomaru tucking him behind the hard armor on his chest—as he had often done when he had wandered around with Sesshomaru before.

The wine brewed by the monster was very vigorous, and when Ao Ling woke up, he was humming and chirping, and his head hurt terribly.

A large hand carried him out of the warm, narrow space, and the cold air of the early spring morning, covered with morning mist, soaked in the cold of the night, and made the black puppy shiver.

His four paws were curled up, and he was carried around the back of his neck, his ears and tail were shrunk, and his two front paws covered his little head, and from time to time he brushed the fluff on his head.

The little black milk dog is in the hands of the silver-haired canine demon, like a fluffy ball.

Sesshomaru put aside Ao Ling, who was making a faint chirping sound, and pulled the door open, looking down at the evil opinion waiting outside with a bowl in his hand.

The future leader of the Western Kingdom condescended to the dignity, brought the bowl in the hand of the green-skinned little monster, and handed it to Ao Ling, who landed on the ground and formed a ball again.

"Drink it." He whispered, his voice cold, but with a hint of gentleness.

The black puppy tried the taste of a hangover for the first time, and he looked up at the silver-haired canine demon with drooping eyes, and his mouth was grunted aggrieved.

"Headache."

Sesshomaru didn't speak, but just pushed the bowl in his hand in front of Ao Ling.

The black puppy sniffed, leaned over to the bowl of soup, and stretched out its little pink tongue to lick the soup in the bowl one by one.

While drinking, he commented: "It's not delicious." ”

The silver-haired dog demon who was watching him quietly on the side didn't say a word, and the cold golden beast pupils seemed to have a sparkle in the light of the sky outside the door.

Sesshomaru was hesitating to turn yesterday's question back up and ask Ao Ling again.

The puppy in front of him doesn't seem to remember what he said last night.

In the end, the bowl of decanting soup bottomed out, and Sesshomaru couldn't ask.

- Forget it, forget it.

He thought.

"Sesshomaru, are you here to find Dao Dao Zhai?" Ao Ling finished drinking the soup and smashed his mouth, squatted in front of the bowl and looked at the big monster sitting cross-legged with his little head up.

Sesshomaru bowed slightly.

Ao Ling asked again: "What about your arm, what should I do?" ”

"The reason is not clear." Sesshomaru said calmly, he paused, thinking about Ao Ling's angry appearance yesterday, groaned slightly, and added, "But it's okay - it doesn't have much impact." ”

After all, the one holding the knife is still the right hand.

When Ao Ling heard this, his two little paws overlapped each other and stepped on it, and the soft meat pad fell on the tatami mat with a slight coolness.

Sesshomaru was a little uncomfortable with Ao Ling's silence.

Because they get along, most of the time Ao Ling is the one who keeps talking, and Sesshomaru listens quietly most of the time, occasionally giving his own opinions.

For Ao Ling's wordless silence, as the future leader of the Western Kingdom, Sesshomaru didn't know what to say for a while to alleviate this atmosphere.

The two big demons looked at each other speechless for a long time before Ao Ling stretched out his claws and scratched the tail that the killing pill had landed on the tatami mat.

He said, "Nu Liang said that you have the number yourself." ”

In fact, there are not many killing pills: "......"

"I can't find you an arm to pick up ......" Ao Ling paused halfway through speaking, a pair of black eyes widened, and he sighed lightly, "Can you use my arm?" ”

The silver-haired dog demon was slightly stunned, and before he could react, the black puppy in front of him turned into a human form, with a cloak of hair, and came to his side to compare the difference between their arms.

After such a comparison, Ao Ling realized that his human form was one size smaller than that of Sesshomaru.

Naturally, his arm was also one size smaller, and he grabbed Sesshomaru's empty left sleeve in a sneering manner, "Uh...... Mine is a little thin and a little short, but I feel like it can still be used if I make it live? ”

Sesshomaru frowned slightly and shook his head, "No. ”

"My arm can grow out if it's cut off, just eat more, you ......"

Sesshomaru raised his tone, and his voice was lowered to look solemn and serious, "No, Ling." ”

Ao Ling touched his nose, his eyes fell on the empty bowl he drank, and he didn't speak again.

He wanted to do something for Sesshomaru.

Sesshomaru was kind to him, Ao Ling was very happy, and always thought of something in return - he once said that he would accompany Sesshomaru to find his father's grave, but in fact, Sesshomaru went to the grave of the dog general alone.

He wanted to give Sesshomaru a blade to take advantage of, but found that he didn't have any sword on his body other than the demon knife that Yoshida Matsuyo handed him.

In the end, Sesshomaru still had to find the blade himself.

Now that Sesshomaru is in trouble, he still can't think of any place he can help him.

- or rather, Sesshomaru is unilaterally rejecting his help.

This fact made Ao Ling feel a little depressed.

Sesshomaru sensed Ao Ling's loss, but he didn't understand where his loss was—on this point, he was not as good as King Asakura Ha, who had spiritual vision.

"Then you can handle it yourself." Ao Ling hugged the tail of the killing pill and rubbed his head against it, and finally decided to skip the matter.

Sesshomaru wrapped his tail around the big demon holding his tail and nodded slightly.

"I've already taken Kyoto down and given it to the wolves." Ao Ling explained the ownership of the Kyoto area, "Ba Wei should stay in the Kyoto map for the time being to help govern." ”

As the future leader of the Western Kingdom, Sesshomaru still understands the issue of the domination of his own territory.

"To the wolf?" He frowned a little disapprovingly.

The Kyoto area has always been the territory of the feathered fox, and with the Abe family hiding behind the feathered fox, the youkai have hardly thought about the possibility of including the Kyoto area in their own territory.

However, there is no doubt that the Kyoto area is a vast area, and as a place where human power is centralized, the population and trade are also very prosperous.

The large number of people means that there will be more ghosts and demons in people's hearts, which means that these human beings can continuously deliver fresh blood to the forces that rule this region.

For example, the Evil King of Luo, an immortal ghost, was brutally slaughtered by a city on the border of the Kyoto area. Killed in the midst of the village was born.

Demons born of strong resentment and hatred are so fanatical about blood and death.

If the feathered fox had been there, there would have been eight out of ten kings. The Nine Guilds were taken under her command at the beginning of their birth.

In other words, having a larger population and more territory means that most of the ghosts and demons born in the territory will be included in your command.

Don't underestimate these, with a little training, they are all combat power that can be used.

And Kyoto, a place that has been eye-popping for hundreds of years, Ao Ling actually said that he would send it, which really surprised Sesshomaru.

- Although he did know that Ao Ling was not interested in developing forces or anything, he really didn't expect it to be able to be neat to this extent.

"Wolves, they can't hold Kyoto." Ao Ling waved his hand, "I must ask our Xiguo for help - I heard Inuhime say before, I feel that the Xuanwolf clan is separated from the Western Kingdom, and they only listen to me, and they don't like to listen to Inuhime, so they simply give them Kyoto, and they will definitely rely on Xiguo before they grow up completely." ”

"In this case, the Xuan Wolf and their clan will owe the Western Kingdom, and it will also allow them to have more integration with the Western Kingdom."

The wolf nature is always lonely.

Being able to make this group of wolves loyal is purely because Ao Ling's blind cat bumped into the dead mouse at the beginning, but since the strength has been formed, of course, there is no reason to let it go.

After Inuhime complained to him once, Ao Ling took this matter to heart.

When he first started fighting Kyoto, Ao Ling was thinking about who to find to take over.

You have to know that you don't mind your relationship with the Abe family, and you have to have a close connection with the western country.

Ba Wei's kind of drunk and dreaming of death on Flower Street when he has nothing to do is definitely not good, and in the end, after thinking about it, Ao Ling simply decided to throw Kyoto to the Xuan Wolf.

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Being able to find a pot can also increase the combat power of the Western Kingdom, no matter how you think about it, it is a good deal.

"How?" Ao Ling looked at Sesshomaru with pride on his face, his tail dangling behind his back, and he almost didn't write the three big words "praise me" on his face.

Sesshomaru was silent for a moment, looking at Ao Ling's happily shaking ears on the top of his head, and finally raised his hand to rub Ao Ling's head, which was not tied up in a ponytail.

It feels like velvet to the touch.

was touched, and Ao Ling's tail wagged happily.

Sesshomaru's cold golden beast pupils looked at the black-haired monster in front of him with a happy face, and nodded affirmatively, "Not bad." ”

Ao Ling's tail wagged more cheerfully.

He squinted and enjoyed the comfort of being stroked for a while, his ears drooping from the temperature above his head, and his eyes squinted, looking extremely comfortable.

Sesshomaru looked at Ao Ling like this, and wondered if he had this kind of expression when Yehime held him in his arms and rubbed him.

"Sesshomaru." Ao Ling, who had enjoyed enough, avoided Killing Pill's big hand and sat up straight against the pair of cold golden beast pupils, "Are you still going to continue to look for Dao Daozhai here?" ”

The silver-haired canine demon lowered his hand and nodded.

"I'm going back to the West." Ao Ling said, "There are some things I want to ask Inuhime." ”

Speaking of this, Ao Ling stopped, waiting for Sesshomaru to follow his words and ask, and was also ready to inform the other party of the existence of King Macang Ye if Sesshomaru asked what was the matter.

- He felt that what Nu Liang said last night made sense, and when he couldn't make up his mind, he should listen to the opinions of his elders.

can be called an elder.,It seems that the only one left is Yahime.。

But at the same time, Ao Ling is not ready to continue to keep Sesshomaru in the dark because of his shyness.

Although he was still a little shy to say it, Killing Pill might not be very happy about this matter, but King Ye is now in Huangquan!

Even if Sesshomaru is not happy, it is impossible to kill in the depths of the Yellow Spring to teach others!

Ao Ling thought so, but found that the silver-haired dog demon in front of him did not react to his words.

Sesshomaru didn't even mean to ask him at all.

At this moment, Ao Ling was suddenly a little embarrassed and didn't know whether to say it or not.

Seeing that Ao Ling didn't speak, Sesshomaru didn't quite understand why Ao Ling suddenly fell silent again.

He felt that this meeting with Ao Ling had changed a lot - he had become ...... It's more lively.

It should be said that Ao Ling was too well-behaved in the past, and what he knew and understood was far beyond that of monsters of the same age - Killing Pill knew very well that Ao Ling's real age was just a babbling cub in a big monster like them.

To be honest, Sesshomaru is happy to see this.

The silver-haired dog demon quietly stared at the black-haired monster in front of him, and he still couldn't find a topic to pick up on Ao Ling's previous words.

Ao Ling has something to ask Inuhime...... Does this have anything to do with him?

Sesshomaru was puzzled.

Ao Ling looked at Killing Pill's slightly confused expression, and silently swallowed the existence of King Macang Ye back into his stomach.

"This." Ao Ling pointed to Sesshomaru's arm, "What should I tell Inuhime?" ”

Seeing that he skipped this topic, Sesshomaru breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and replied calmly, "That's what he said." ”

……

The first thing Ao Ling did when he returned to the hidden place of the Western Kingdom was to go straight to the Cloud Palace.

Inuhime seemed a little surprised by Ao Ling's sudden return.

She thought that Ao Ling would stay by Sesshomaru's side for a while more - after all, Sesshomaru sounded like he was not lightly injured.

"Sesshomaru doesn't need me." Ao Ling knelt opposite Inuhime, holding a soft cushion in his arms, "He needs a knife more than me." ”

Hearing this, Inu Ji chuckled, "Ling, are you angry with the Killing Pill?" ”

Ao Ling shook his head, and Inuhime didn't continue, only feeling that his incomprehensible son deserved it.

"Then you rushed back in such a hurry......" Inu Ji stopped in the middle of speaking, and looked at Ao Ling's flushed face in surprise.

The beautiful beast pupils that were exactly the same as the Sesshomaru stared at Ao Ling, and finally couldn't help but reach out and pinch the red cheeks of the black-haired monster.

"Inuhime, I—I've been confessed." Ao Ling's voice was small, if it weren't for the big monster opposite him, he might have missed his words.

Inuhime's hand pinching Ao Ling's cheek paused, and after carefully looking at Ao Ling, who was so shy that he wanted to burrow into the ground after finishing speaking.

She was surprised.

Inuhime never thought that a junior would be embarrassed to come and talk to her about this kind of thing - even Yahime, who has always been very obedient, is the first to cut and then play in this kind of thing, and she simply can't do it.

Aside from this feeling of surprise, Ao Ling's reaction was ......

The beautiful and dignified demon smiled, and the demon lines on his face bloomed more beautifully because of his happy mood.

Inuhime didn't ask Ao Ling who he was talking about, but asked directly, "What does Ling think of himself?" ”

Ao Ling was silent for a while, "...... I don't know. ”

Inuhime thought for a while and said, "Will there be that feeling of being at a loss if you lose the other party, your heart will be empty?" ”

The black-haired monster's nervously pricked up ears twitched slightly, and after a little thought, he simply nodded.

"If you can't see each other, you will feel uneasy, and you can't help but miss?"

Ao Ling nodded again.

"Will you speculate for a long time because of the other party's words, and your heart is uncertain?"

Ao Ling shook his head at first, thinking of the uneasy mood after King Macang Ye said that he wanted to be with him, and nodded hesitantly.

The face was even redder.

Inuhime smiled and pinched his ears, "Ling has grown up." ”

Ao Ling's eyes widened, "Huh? ”

"If you're tempted, don't hesitate - in short, you can get along first, and if you can't do it, you can separate."

Inuhime kneaded the soft and fluffy ears under her hands, and couldn't help but reach out and hug Ao Ling's tail as well, combing it like a smooth hair.

"Separated?" Ao Ling was stunned for a moment, "How can we separate?" ”

Inuhime snorted in question.

"If you agree, you can't be separated." Ao Ling said with a serious face, he couldn't imagine that he felt uncomfortable after falling in love with King Macang Ye, and then broke up.

…… This will definitely trigger some terrible side quests.

Ao Ling instinctively didn't want to think about it.

"Inseparable?" Inuhime was slightly stunned, "Ling, where is the monster who showed love to you now?" ”

"In Yellow Springs." After Ao Ling finished speaking, he corrected: "It's not a monster. ”

Inuhime couldn't help but fall into deep thought, she thought about it seriously, being in Huangquan, it was not the existence of a monster that could make Ao Ling inseparable after saying this kind of thing together.

The beautiful and dignified banshee was silent for a while, and after a while, she asked with difficulty, "Is it the great god Izanami?" ”

Ao Ling's eyes widened, "How is it possible!" ”

Inuhime let out a long sigh.

"It's a human being—an onmyoji I knew in the Heiankyo era."

Inuhime's breath suddenly stuck there.

Heiankyo period, Onmyoji - If she remembers correctly, the Onmyoji of the Heiankyo era were all held by men.

Ao Ling opened a pair of dark eyes, looking at her with anticipation and trust.

Inuhime sighed, "Tell me about him, Ling." ”

The black-haired youkai nodded, thought about it seriously for a while, and then crossed his fingers to tell Inuhime about his fate with King Makura Ha.

King Asakura opened a warehouse in his mansion for him, which was specially used to hold the flesh and blood of the monsters for him to eat.

King Asakura always took good care of him and gave him a place to stay during the Heiankyo period.

King Asakura was killed by the Feathered Fox and Fujiwara and Asakura because of him, and the corpse capital was used to the fullest.

King Macang Ye created that soul jade for him.

In order to reach an agreement with him, King Macang Ye struggled alone in the Yellow Springs for five hundred years.

In order to perfect the soul jade, King Macang Ye chose to be reincarnated in pain after learning about the existence of the psychic to inquire about the psychic king, and was still killed by the people of the Asakura family.

Ao Ling was silent when he said this, and he looked a little sad when he lowered his eyes.

"King Ye is still deep into the filth of the Yellow Springs for me—and I'm just because I can block the spiritual vision for him."

Gaining is not proportional to what is given, and Ao Ling is upset and frustrated because of this.

Inuhime didn't ask what the Onmyoji was going to Huangquan for, she just listened to Ao Ling's babbling, and she realized the preciousness of this feeling.

"This Onmyoji holds you very dear, Ling." Inu Ji stroked Ao Ling's tail, lowered his eyes, and said softly, "The most rare thing is that he is so affectionate as a human being, and he also has the ability to accompany you until the death of your life." ”

The most shocking and sad part of the relationship between humans and youkai is lifespan.

It's always the youkai who are left behind, and the ones who spend the rest of their lives in loneliness and sadness are also youkai.

"Just obey your own heart." Inuhime's movements slowed, and she seemed to be thinking about something.

"Or, you can go to Yellow Springs again and ask to see the great god."

Ao Ling was stunned.

"It stands to reason that Izanami is the same as the gods...... King Macang Ye should have been together for a very long time, this onmyoji has been wandering in the Yellow Spring for hundreds of years, perhaps because he was treated differently by that great god - you were not blamed for breaking into the Yellow Spring before, and the Yellow Spring filth that frequently emerged from the soul jade after leaving should also be from the hand of this great god. ”

On the whole, it seems that the character of the goddess of Huangquan is not as bad as recorded in the classics.

"Let's go and meet the great god, maybe you can be more sure of your feelings?"

……

When Ba Wei followed the western news all the way to find Ao Ling, it had been a month since Ao Ling left the Kyoto area.

When he finally found Ao Ling, the big monster was squatting in the backyard of the City Lord's Mansion in a human city, watching the City Lord and his wife roll the sheets with a serious face.

Relying on the fact that the humans could not see him, he sat on the floor with a loud horn, and looked at the two people rolling on the bed with a serious and upright expression.

The demon fox looked blank, and even forgot what his purpose was for coming to Ao Ling at this moment.

He asked, "What are you doing?" ”

"I'm looking at how humans express love between each other......" Ao Ling said and was silent for a moment, the expression on his face was a little tangled, "Why didn't these two people say some love words or something?" Aren't they husband and wife? ”

"Husbands and wives don't necessarily have love words." The demon fox rolled his eyes unceremoniously.

When the black-haired monster heard this, his face was full of regret, and he stood up while muttering unhappily and patted the dust on his body.

He stood up, and Ba Wei noticed that Ao Ling was still holding a bound pamphlet in his hand.

There are many contents written on the booklet, but the ugliness of the words is that at a glance, you can know that it is from Ao Ling's hand.

- Ba Wei, who always took over the paperwork for Ao Ling and threw it aside when he disposed of it halfway, was extremely impressed by this real dog crawling character.

The demon fox raised his eyebrows and pointed to the book in Ao Ling's hand, "What is this?" ”

Ao Ling stuffed the small book to Ba Wei and complained: "I don't think these things have any reference value at all." ”

Ba Wei paused, opened the book and endured the ugly words with spicy eyes, and finished the whole book without much effort.

"Songs and poems?" He handed the book back to Ao Ling, "What are you copying these for?" ”

"It's not copying." Ao Ling put the book away and said to Ba Wei in an academic tone, "I came out of the Western Kingdom, and along the way I was collecting information such as showing love and confession between human beings. ”

"Why do they always chant poetry?!"

In addition to poetry, courtship is to roll the sheets! Interesting!

The illiterate nightmare lord Ao Ling was very unhappy.

"Humans think that it is a very elegant thing to express love with regard...... Ba Wei felt that it was a little difficult for Ao Ling to understand these elegant things, so he simply stopped talking, "So, what are you collecting these for?" ”

"......" Ao Ling lowered his head and blushed.

The demon fox raised an eyebrow.

The tail behind the black-haired dog demon swept uneasily, and his voice was like a mosquito, "I...... Ready to learn to ...... with Ye"

Halfway through speaking, he swallowed back the words and spoke again, confidently: "I'll learn it in case I need it!" ”

Ba Wei: "Oh. ”

Dead boy, now you don't blush when you lie??