Chapter 49: The Snow Maiden

On the second day, Yihao and Hongling went to Lingfeng where the demon fox was entrenched as planned, collected demons, and had a night's sleep replenishment experience, Hongling seemed to be in good spirits, but Yihao seemed to have something on his mind, and he was always absent-minded. Drunken Dew Academy

Standing at the foot of Lingfeng, he was also in a trance, and he didn't enter the combat state at all, seeing him like this, Hongling finally couldn't help but catch fire.

"Hey! What the hell are you doing? Hongling grabbed Yihao's collar and shook it violently. Next, we're going to go to the demonic realm! Do you look like you're going to fight? It doesn't matter if you don't take your life seriously, but I don't want to be dragged to death by you! If you don't have the heart to fight, stay here and I'll go in alone! ”

“…… What are you kidding, can you eradicate all the demons here? Yihao let out a long breath and seemed to regain a little energy.

"It's better than being dragged down by you!" Hongling said angrily.

"Okay, okay, I know! Wouldn't it be okay to get serious? It's really troublesome, it's not the time to do this kind of thing......" Yihao said to himself.

"Isn't that the time to do this kind of thing?" Hongling cast a puzzled look at him, but Yihao walked forward deafly.

The terrifying coercion of the demon god he saw in the Sea of Consciousness last night still left a trembling shadow in his heart, but what he couldn't forget was the giant who slept in the Sea of Consciousness. After the Demon God's provocation, the giant was undoubtedly closer to awakening than before. Yihao felt that the existence of giants was far beyond the limits of what the world could contain, and its awakening also meant the destruction of the world. However, he is the only one who perceives this crisis, and even if he discusses it with others, he is afraid that he will only be treated as a psychopath, and more importantly, Yihao himself is not sure if this feeling is nervous, so he has been troubled since last night.

Compared to the troubles related to the giants, the spirit peak where the demons in front of him were entrenched was a trivial problem at all.

"Speaking of which, that fox's lair is on top of this spiritual peak, right?" Yihao suddenly thought of this. It's like a person who is about to drown and suddenly grabs a life-saving straw, and Yihao takes it for granted that since it is a big monster that has survived since ancient times. Then you should know that the information about the giant is the worst, and it can also provide a little clue to get him out of this clueless situation.

"What are you talking about? We're here to defeat that demon fox...... Aren't you? Hongling looked at Yihao's strange behavior, but in the next second, the man who was originally entangled in troubles suddenly burst into a strong fighting spirit.

"Good! The target is the demon fox's lair! Yihao waved his hand to the peak of Lingfeng and announced. Drunken Dew Academy: "Let's go!" ”

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In fact, the so-called "Lingfeng" was originally just an ordinary mountain called "Taro Mountain", until a certain demon fox suddenly settled here not long ago, it was a barren mountain that had not yet been opened. The demon fox suddenly appears and chooses Taro Mountain as the location of its lair. Not only did he smash boxes of gold, hire helicopters and engineering teams to build luxurious villas on the top of the mountain, but even used demonic power to move the leylines that originally did not pass through the Taro Mountains. As a result, Taro Mountain, which was originally unattended, suddenly became a rare spiritual peak in Japan.

Except for the occasional play, the demon fox spends his days leisurely on the mountain. However, the aura from the leylines and the demon fox as a big monster mixed together, making this spirit peak emit a smell that the monsters especially liked, and the monsters within a radius of hundreds of miles were attracted by the spirit peak. At first, I knew that the owner of Lingfeng was a big monster in ancient times, and all the monsters who were attracted to it only dared to wander on the edge of Lingfeng and did not dare to approach the territory of the demon fox. But with the first daring earth youkai settling at the foot of Lingfeng. And after living quite nourishingly, the monsters continued to imitate him and settled at the foot of Lingfeng Mountain.

The demon fox also seems to be happy to see the lively appearance of his territory, and adopts a rather tolerant attitude towards the monsters. In this case, the youkai naturally became bolder, and in order to show their superior status, several black tengu quietly moved their residences to the mountainside, but this move angered the demon fox. On that day, the bold tengu were wrapped in fox fire and thrown down, and their hands and feet were cut off. Only the body and head were left to bear the scorching heat of the fox fire, and its dying wail made all the youkai at the foot of the mountain creep.

Since then. The demon fox was worshiped as a leader by the monsters. The youkai live a peaceful and disciplined life at the foot of the mountain, and as more and more youkai hear the news, they gather here. In fact, an independent society has been formed at the foot of Taro Mountain, with yokai as the main body. This situation made the Japanese government uneasy, so it did not hesitate to use the army to try to solve the monster colony with the demon fox as the monster, but it far underestimated the power of the demon fox, and as a result, suffered heavy casualties.

It is said that before being formally commissioned, the agency's demon slayer master had personally visited this place to investigate, but somehow did not do anything to eradicate the demons gathered here, and affected by her attitude, the institution was not particularly enthusiastic about this matter, and the Japanese government sent envoys for help several times, but it was only recently that Yihao, who had recently joined the punishment force, was sent over, plus an observer, Hongling, which was very perfunctory.

Regardless of the purpose of the organization, the two of them were sent over, but Hongling's attitude towards the task was quite serious, and Yihao would not be passive in his work for the sake of high remuneration. Drunken Dew Academy, but not long after the two stepped into the Spirit Peak, they began to have strong doubts about whether they could complete the task smoothly......

"Little brother, do you want to try it? Freshly picked mountain fruits! A stone wrestler with cracked skin like a rock handed Yihao a red juice.

"Ah......h Thank you. Yihao thanked him, took the mountain fruit stone, and laughed heartily, striding forward with the basket, each step made the ground tremble.

"What the hell is this......" Yihao looked at the fruit in his hand with a wry smile, and the mountain fruit still with dew seemed to be extremely delicious, but for some reason there was a deep sense of powerlessness in his heart. He looked at Hongling with an inquiring gaze. "What do you think?"

"It's a conspiracy! Absolute conspiracy! Hongling's tone was quite resolute, as if he couldn't accept it if he didn't say so. Their purpose is to paralyze us, and your fruit may be poisonous...... Not absolutely toxic! ”

“…… Pretty sweet, huh? Yihao took a bite of the mountain fruit, and his comment drew an angry look from Hongling.

"In short, be more vigilant! I don't know what sinister traps await us! Hongling glared at Yihao fiercely

And took the lead.

Walking through the rugged mountain road, the horizon suddenly opens up at the end of the mountain road. In front of the two of them is a retro-style village, whether it is a waterwheel that rotates with the stream. Or the ploughing cattle working in the fields, or the crowd chatting on the side of the road, all give people a feeling of being in a paradise without contention. Walking on the road with cherry blossom trees, Yihao couldn't help but have the illusion of going backwards in time, and the red ridge next to him seemed to be stunned.

"Do you still need to be vigilant?" Yihao confirmed to Hongling.

"Of course!" Hongling replied angrily, as if to vent his anger, kicking the stones on the side of the road. The stone arced in the air and fell into the nearby river, followed by a scream that seemed to have hit something.

"Who? Who threw the stone? "A kappa with a plate-like thing on its head floated up from the river. The voice was old but full of energy.

Kappa glared at the two people on the riverbank with a vicious gaze, and Hongling immediately shrank behind Yihao, only to be pushed out, Yihao had to scratch his head. Clean up the mess in front of her for her.

"Uh, I'm sorry, uncle, I don't know if you really didn't mean to be in the water......"

"You threw rocks on the ground? Hum! It's really young people who lack social morality recently! Young man, didn't your parents teach you how to write the four words 'respect for the old and let the virtuous'? Listen. I'll tell you ......," the old kappa seemed to catch the topic and preached endlessly, and since Yihao had taken the place of Hongling and carried the black cauldron, he could only shrug his head at this moment, listening to the old kappa's lengthy complaints, and trying to suppress the idea of punching the stinky old man in front of him away.

“…… In addition to social morality, it is also important to care for the environment! It's because you humans are destroying the natural environment everywhere that our monsters are living more and more difficult......"

As a result, it wasn't until half an hour later that the old kappa was still preaching, but Yihao's patience was already approaching its limit.

"I said uncle. I've already deeply reflected on my behavior, so how about I stop here? Otherwise......" Yihao struggled to control his tone. Although barely squeezing out a smile. But behind him, there was a burst of dark killing intent. Sensing the danger of his life, the old kappa shook his head with a look of unfinished business. Dive in.

Looking at the ripples spreading on the water, Yihao exhaled a long breath and punched the cherry blossom tree next to him. The cherry blossom tree trembled violently, and a large number of petals fell from the branches, spilling all over his body.

"Ahhhh Damn it! Why do I have to carry the black pot for that woman! ”

Yihao shook off the petals on his body and turned back to settle accounts with Hongling, but saw that the observer of the agency had long been missing.

Yihao searched around angrily, but the sound of Hongling greeting came from the other side of the river. Yihao turned his head to look at it, and he was suddenly so angry that he couldn't hit a place. Hongling was beckoning to him, and the place where she was sitting seemed to be a roadside teahouse, which also bought snacks such as rice balls in addition to herbal tea. When Yihao was preached by the kappa, Hongling sneaked to this teahouse, drinking herbal tea and nibbling on rice balls, watching him and the old kappa entangled there.

"Ah, is it over? It's really hard work. "To the angry Yihao Hongling, I diligently served the herbal tea and rice balls I had just ordered." Let's have a cup of tea to cool off, and the rice balls here are also quite delicious! If I'm treated, you can eat it! ”

"You woman who is causing trouble everywhere......" Yihao sat down unceremoniously, picked up the teapot, drank all the herbal tea in it, and then glared at Hongling viciously.

"Hey, hey! What was going on just now? Why do I have to be preached by that stinky kappa for you? ”

"What...... What, aren't we companions? Since it's a companion, it's supposed to take care of each other, right? Men should be magnanimous and not take small things seriously! ”

"You'd better find me such an idiot man to come out and see!"

Yihao showed a fierce look at Hongling, but there was no other way to take her, and after a long exhale, he turned his attention to other things. The owner of this teahouse is a short old woman, her wrinkled face is simply a copy of the monster mother-in-law in the ghost story, and Yihao does feel the existence of the demon spirit from her, and it is not only this teahouse, according to his observations along the way, it seems that the inhabitants of the whole village are monsters.

Youkai with a farm......

There are hunting monsters......

There are youkai who buy things......

There are youkai who have nothing to do......

All the yokai live their lives here, and the yokai who are regarded as the source of terror by humans live a life that is completely out of terror here.

(I see...... So Lan Cai can't make a move here...... Yihao nodded secretly and seemed to notice his gaze, and the monster mother-in-law of the teahouse owner showed him a kind look, and Yihao also responded with a gentle smile, but her heart was troubled. (But in this way...... What should I do? If it's a traitor, it's fine, but in the face of these harmless monsters in front of him, Yihao is really ruthless, and he can't summon demons to wreak havoc.

(Is it still the only way to find the fox...... Yihao sighed in his heart, and the only way to do this was to negotiate with the mirror and ask her to promise to restrain these monsters. Although I don't know if the demon fox will agree, but he has to go to find the mirror anyway, so it's not a special detour. (But the question is where the fox's nest is...... )

Yihao began to worry about this question, and seeing his frowning appearance, Hongling chuckled.

"What are you thinking? Your life is really full of troubles! ”

"Shut up! I don't want to be lectured by you! Yihao replied rudely to Hongling. If you have time to talk about it here, why don't you help me ask where the fox's burrow is! ”

"That...... Excuse me......" A low voice sounded next to him. "The fox you are talking about is difficult...... Could it be the Kitsune-sama? ”

“…… Kitsune-sama? Yihao turned his head to look and saw a woman in a kimono standing next to him, holding a plate of tea and water in both hands, looking at him timidly.

The woman's skin was as white as snow, her eyes and head were blue, her head was dressed in a plain kimono, and she could feel a chill coming out of her body.

"Are you ......" Yihao blinked in surprise and said in disbelief: "Snow Girl? ”

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