Chapter 11: Darkness

In the courtyard shop, Ibuki squatted quietly to the side, looking at the bowl that Sister Hopping pointed to.

I probably think the price of that bowl is too low.

Ibuki didn't even bother to introduce it.

"Do you want to buy it? Just a very ordinary bowl, but certainly good. ”

Ibuki looked at Chen Beibei and asked him.

"Hmm."

Chen Beibei replied.

"Little sister, take it away. That bowl will be yours from now on. ”

Ibuki looked at Sister Hopping and said to her.

Sister Hopping happily picked up the bowl, and Chen Beibei saw that his gold coin balance changed.

Balance Change Notification ......

Chen Beibei didn't look carefully, after all, the price of this bowl was marked on the shelf, 50 gold coins.

This is the cheapest commodity Chen Beibei has seen so far.

"Hopping three brothers and sisters, do you have anything else you need to buy? You're welcome, if you want something, just say it. ”

Chen Beibei looked at the jumping brothers and sisters and said to them.

The three of them had been shopping in the mall for a long time, but they had only bought one bowl.

"Master, I want to buy this ......"

Brother Hopping pointed to a stuffed panda on a shelf and said to Chen Beibei to the end.

"Well, let's just take it down."

Chen Beibei looked at Brother Jumping and said to him.

Brother Jumping has always looked a little silly, but Brother Jumping is really kind-hearted.

Chen Beibei knew that the plush panda must have been bought back by Brother Hopping and given to Sister Hopping.

Everyone continued to walk around the mall for a while.

Although Chen Beibei can see that the three brothers and sisters have some things they like. But after asking them, they all said they didn't want to buy it, and Chen Beibei could only follow them.

Probably because the three brothers and sisters felt that they didn't do anything for Chen Beibei.

So you shouldn't spend Chen Beibei's gold coins casually.

"Master, let's go back. If you spend too much time here, it's not very safe for the owner. ”

Brother Hopping looked at Chen Beibei and said to him.

After Chen Beibei entered the courtyard, his physical body remained in the outside world, because the courtyard was a different dimensional space. Only some spirits are allowed to come in, and what Chen Beibei can come in is only consciousness.

The physical body remains in the outside world, in a state of emptiness.

The physical body alone does not possess the ability to perceive its surroundings, nor does it possess the ability to think.

Generally.

It's about the same as being dead.

In this case, even a rat can easily injure its own flesh.

"Well, in that case, let's go back today. If you have anything you want to buy, just tell us. I'll buy it for you then. ”

Chen Beibei looked at the three brothers and sisters and said to them.

The garden is full of colorful goods, and when you are inside, you will feel that you have forgotten the existence of time.

When Chen Beibei and the others walked out, the sun rose high overhead.

"Looks like it's been two or three hours in the mall."

Chen Beibei looked at the sun above his head and said slowly.

"It's because I'm so happy that I can't feel the passage of time."

Sister Hopping said with a smile.

The hopping sister jumped up and down on the grass full of withered yellow grass.

From time to time, a few grasshoppers will fly out of the grass in a panic because of the passing of the jumping sister.

The Shikigami were indeed very happy.

Even those who don't know the fire are rarely humming some light melodies, and even if they are only hummed, even if there are no lyrics, they can make people feel a strange feeling.

It was a feeling of joy, like a child receiving a gift.

It's like a boy who takes the hand of the girl he likes for the first time.

That joyful emotion naturally flowed from the melody and filled everyone's heart.

……

Not far away, the cherry blossom trees bloom with dark green leaves, the river flows slowly, and there are some withered lotus leaves in the pond.

It's winter season in the garden.

In winter, the cherry blossom trees still have a lot of green leaves, which makes them feel very good.

At least it won't let Shikigami, who lives in the courtyard, feel the desolation of autumn and the dead silence of winter as soon as he goes out every morning.

Green.

It's always a color full of life, and it's also a color that makes people feel hopeful.

"Let's come to the room where I don't know the fire, I have something good for you to see."

Chen Beibei looked at the Shishen in the courtyard and said to them.

Under the cherry blossom tree, a wall covered with moss moved unconsciously, and then a pair of eyes emerged from the moss: "Hmm......"

Chen Beibei heard the slight sound made by Tu Bi, and turned his head to look at Tu Bi: "Tu Bi, you can come along." ”

"Hmm...... Hmmm......"

The moss-covered walls slowly turned into a humanoid form, but only a very rough human form.

It looks like a human clay figure made by a child out of mud, with only the outline of a person, no hair, no mouth and nose, and no clothes.

Painting the walls.

It's probably the weakest monster in Chen Beibei's gods.

Even though I've been taking Tubi for almost two years.

Tu Bi still can't transform into a human form, perhaps, Tu Bi has never been able to do it.

After all.

Tu Bi, a weak monster, may not have the transformation period at all.

"I don't know the fire, I said...... Was the Liren Pavilion really burned down by you? ”

Chen Beibei looked at Shiranui and asked her.

Because the geisha hall wallpaper is about to be used, Chen Beibei still wants to determine whether this geisha hall wallpaper is as precious as Ibuki said.

"Well, I did burn it out."

Shiranui replied.

However, decades later, an official in Yoshiwara seemed to have been tasked with imitating the Leaver Pavilion.

Yoshihara was really noisy for a while.

It took about ten years for them to complete their mission......"

Zhihuo looked at Chen Beibei and said to him.

"Ten Years ......"

Chen Beibei said to himself.

Chen Beibei knows what this decade means, and in the legend of Shiranui, Shiranui will appear once every ten years.

"Those who were in charge of building the Pavilion were locked up in a dark room under the Pavilion because they saw me. Thankfully, those people were fine. ”

Shiranui said.

From what Shiranhuo said, Chen Beibei could feel that Shiranhuo was grateful to those who imitated the Liren Pavilion.

"Although it is an imitation of the Leaver Pavilion, it is actually very good.

Those people are really serious.

Ten years.

Many craftsmen died, and many craftsmen were sick because of their day and night labor.

On the night when the imitation of the Leaver Pavilion was completed.

It was another ten years of crescent moon night when I appeared on the high platform of the Liren Pavilion.

It's like going back to the old days.

Those people looked at me stupidly, without fear in their hearts, as if they had forgotten that I was a big monster and didn't know fire.

Or rather...... It's because they have worked hard to complete the imitation of the Liren Pavilion, and now that Shiranui has appeared in the Liren Pavilion, let them feel that their construction has been recognized.

On that day, I danced for them on the high platform of the Liren Pavilion......

I guess it's a thank you to them.

At last.

Or can only let them fall into a deep sleep as before. Because I don't want a steady stream of people to come to Yoshiwara in the days to come looking for me and Yoshishin Kamo.

Of course.

At that time, I was still afraid of human beings......"

Shiranui's gaze kept looking at the forest in the distance, his gaze not focused, obviously caught in the memories of that year.

What kind of existence is the Liren Pavilion for Shiranui.

Chen Beibei is not clear.

But.

Chen Beibei knew that since he could remember, he had lived in the Liren Pavilion.

Never left in my life!

"Let's go in, the real appearance of the Liren Pavilion, in fact, I am very much looking forward to it."

Chen Beibei gently patted Shiranhuo's shoulder.

Shiranui came back to his senses from his memory, and then showed a very beautiful smile: "Well, master. ”

……

The wooden house looks very simple, but it is very neat and clean.

Shikikami sleep in such a house every night.

The house that does not know fire is considered a separate house, and there are no other houses adjacent to the house that does not know fire.

This was chosen by Shiranui himself in the garden.

Probably the hundreds of years of hiding from humans with Kamo Yoshishin made Shiranui completely accustomed to that lonely life.

Although the house does not look very large, the geisha hall wallpaper still has the ability to turn the house into a detached pavilion.

The 'dark' will cling to those walls and will also enter the dirt, changing the surrounding terrain.

Even the earth and rocks under the ground were used to build walls, platforms, eaves, and columns.

Darkness though is a substance.

But.

The ghost who used the dark to create the wallpaper of the geisha hall had already designed everything when making the wallpaper of the geisha house.

In a sense.

As long as you give the geisha hall wallpaper a container, the geisha hall wallpaper can be turned into a building that is exactly the same as the Lijin Pavilion.

Chen Beibei: They have all entered the room where they don't know the fire.

"Master, let's get started."

Sister Hopping said with anticipation.

"Hmm."

After Chen Beibei finished speaking, he took out the ancient wooden box containing the wallpaper of the geisha hall.

On the top of the box was a white note with a crooked word "seal" written on it.

This is the simplest type of sealing talisman, which only needs to be torn apart and the seal will be lifted.

Chen Beibei tore open the note on the wooden box, and then opened the box.

The original geisha hall wallpaper.

Inside the wooden box, it looks like some moving smoke.

Colorful darkness floats in wooden boxes.

"Wake up!"

Chen Beibei looked at the darkness and said slowly.

The darkness in the wooden box gradually left the box, and originally it looked like it was just a small lump of darkness. It spreads out in the air, like drops of colorful ink falling into water.

The darkness quickly dissolved into the colorless air, and the whole house became colorful.

Leaving the Pavilion.

It is a building with a lot of colors, especially in the main hall of the Liren Pavilion, where every table and chair has its own unique color.

From a distance, it looks like a desperate ukiyo-e painting.

This is Chen Beibei's impression of the Liren Pavilion when he saw the Liren Pavilion imitated by Yoshihara.

A real out-of-the-box pavilion.

It's probably about the same. At least it's the kind of colorful set.

In a word.

Chen Beibei is looking forward to it more and more......

……

"Ah, the ground is moving!"

Sister Jumping pointed to the ground under her feet and said to Chen Beibei.

The ground has indeed begun to move, and the hard touch that used to be on the ground has completely disappeared.

Now it feels like stepping on a cloud.

"Sister Hopping, don't be afraid, it's okay, the ground should still be there, but it's been invaded by the dark."

Chen Beibei touched his sister's head and said to her.

Darkness is indeed a very magical substance, and the soil on the ground seems to have been gradually assimilated by darkness.

When Chen Beibei started, he thought that the dark would arrange and combine the soil and rocks according to the shape that the dark needed.

"It's amazing."

Guan Hu, who had been quietly watching the changes in the room, had already sighed involuntarily at this moment.

"Since the surrounding matter has also become the same substance as itself, the darkness is really amazing!"

Guan Hu continued.

The dirt on the ground was soon completely assimilated by the darkness, and the entire ground appeared to be a colorful cloud.

It's a wonderful feeling to stand on it.

I always feel unsafe in my heart, afraid that I will fall, but I can still stand in place.

Even the darkness under the soles of the feet is constantly floating.

"Guan Hu, do you know anything about hell?"

Chen Beibei looked at Guan Hu and asked her.

Earlier, Ibuki said that this geisha hall wallpaper was made by imps in hell.

And darkness is also a substance that only exists in hell.

At this time, when he saw the magical appearance of the substance dark, Chen Beibei couldn't help but have some curiosity about hell.

"I don't know much about it. Hell is a place where ghosts live, and ordinary youkai are not allowed to enter it. ”

Guan Hu said.

"In short, Hell is also a very powerful force. The ghosts in Hell are all under the orders of the Enma, but the Goblins in Hell rarely come to the world to cause trouble. Therefore, for thousands of years, there have been only a small number of legends about the ghosts of hell. ”

Guan Hu continued.

"yes, I see."

Chen Beibei looked at Guan Hu and replied to her.

The ghosts in hell are indeed much more peaceful than other monsters.

After all.

They are a very organized group.

Enma has led the ghosts of Hell to lurk in Hell for thousands of years, and it can be regarded as the most mysterious and unpredictable force in the entire world.

The darkness in the room has become more and more, and the walls have completely disappeared. Chen Beibei felt that he had been completely surrounded by darkness.

Those brilliant colors of darkness, floating in the air, look very chaotic, but very orderly......