Chapter 26: The Past (Part II) (1st Update)
Life and death, yin and yang, are the two sides of the world, and the taboos and powers touched in them are not at all touchable by mere 'humans'.
And the Xixing Temple family broke this taboo, and at the same time brought unbearable 'bitter fruits'.
Although in the last moment, they reluctantly stopped the arrival of 'death' at the junction of the Netherworld.
But that is only a stopgap measure, and no matter how much it is delayed and how it is remedied, the upset balance cannot be restored.
One day, when the scales are completely out of balance, life and death will be completely reversed. And in the next spring, when everything recovers and awakens to life, the cherry blossoms that have come to the present world from the underworld will bring endless silence and end.
That's how it should be......
But the 'miracle', or 'ominous', suddenly appeared......
It was also in that year that a new 'life' was born in the Saiyuki temple family.
In the not-too-distant future, this will be a very 'beautiful' child, and everyone will have to admit it when they see the newborn.
However, it will also be the most 'terrifying' existence......
Just because, at the moment of seeing each other, everyone, all those who have experienced that incident, naturally realized one thing, ah, this 'child' is actually 'that'......
They don't understand how this happened, and they don't understand how their pathetic 'survivors' understand it. But there is no doubt that this 'child' is the biggest 'sin' and the deepest 'fear' of their Xixing temple family, and the other 'half' that they call the 'Xixing Demon'.
Is it reincarnation? Or projection? Or is it just that his newborn is connected to the being called the 'Westward Demon' due to some unknown accident?
It didn't matter, the moment they saw the 'child', they fell into madness. Such an 'ominous', such a 'monster', should not let her exist in this world at all!
They want to destroy this 'ominous' ......
However, at the moment when they took direct action, 'death' struck......
All those who were present at the time and had malicious intentions against her were taken away by the invisible 'death' in an instant, without exception.
Whether it was the 'protection' from the Westward Demon, or the 'self-defense counterattack' that a simple life should have, these are no longer important.
What really matters is the conclusion that has been drawn since then: it is not only an 'ominous' existence, but also an existence that they cannot directly intervene to cause harm.
Not only can you not make a move, but even if you just sense the presence of malice or other threats around you, the 'death' will be released and directly take away the lives around you.
Just throw it away? After all, it's just a 'baby', and without adult care, it won't take a day to 'die' on its own......
Of course, they have had such thoughts. Thankfully, at least that didn't happen. Just because, at least, in this family, there are still people who are unwilling to give up 'her'. That is the person who has the most inseparable connection with 'her' in life, the one who is willing to do everything to care for 'her'.
In the end, they were driven to live in the 'other courtyard', far away from the crowds, along with the most faithful attendants.
Of course, this is also the final 'rational' judgment of the Xixing Temple family after recovering their ability to think a little after going crazy:
Since this 'child' is an existence with some kind of inexplicable connection with 'that', can the 'Westbound Demon' be re-sealed back into the underworld through 'her'?
In that case, let the 'child' be left for now, they judged.
In this way, as the years passed, the 'child' was slowly raised like an ordinary person. And in these long years, after many observations and researches, the Xixing temple family finally came to some clues and conclusions.
There is no doubt that 'she' has a deep, deep connection with 'Westward Demon'. As for why there is such a connection, they can't know the specific reason, they can only guess that when they broke the balance between life and death, they also broke the balance between life and death of the 'Westbound Demon' itself.
As a result, the 'Westward Demon' was completely transformed into the dark side of 'death'. Only the endless 'dead silence' remains, and what it brings to the world is naturally only endless 'death'.
However, where did the sunny side that belonged to 'life' go?
Ah, that's a question that doesn't need to be asked, is it?
Being in the yang world, turning into a living being, the other side of the mirror of life and death, just like the netherworld and the yang world, is not right in front of their eyes!
It's like two 'figures' in a mirror. Since one is responsible for the manifestation of the yang side of life, the other will naturally appear as the yin side of death.
Then, the next conclusion is natural.
Since because of their previous actions, the two sides of 'life and death' have been reversed. So this time, wouldn't it be okay to turn the mirror upside down again?
Let the 'yang side' return to 'death', then the 'yin side' will naturally return to 'vitality'!
As long as 'she', as long as 'Yuyuko of Xixing Temple' dies as the 'yang side' of the Xixing Demon and becomes the 'dead side', then the mirror surface will be flipped again, and the body of the Xixing Demon that has turned into the 'incarnation of death' will naturally return to the 'living side'.
At that time, the balance of life and death will be restored, and the gap between the netherworld and the yang world will be erected again!
How simple, how wise! Only one person's 'life' needs to be sacrificed to 'save' thousands of 'lives'!
Mo's footsteps stomped heavily on the ground, crushing a dead branch under his feet, and making a crisp clicking sound. He slowly raised his head, crossed the mountain road, crossed the barrier, and standing here, he slowly raised his head and looked into the distance.
The huge, huge, huge, the figure of the cherry blossom tree named 'Westward Demon' finally appeared in his field of vision.
This time is in late autumn, close to early winter, which is the season of slaughter. It is also the time of the year when life is deep and dead and silent.
But it is precisely because of this that the incarnation of the Netherworld, which is reversed from the 'Yang World', the Westward Demon Tree, is at the most threatening time at this time. Or it can be called its slumbering period at this time.
And when spring comes, when everything recovers and vitality awakens, the westward demon who turns life and death upside down will once again completely awaken with the appearance of 'life', and bring endless 'death' with endless 'cherry blossoms'.
Mo looked at the huge 'Westbound Demon' from afar, his eyes flickered twice, and then he continued to take steps and move forward......
…… To be continued......