On the banks of the Santu River.

The black water of the river is like stagnant water, and if you don't look closely, you can't even notice that the water of this river is actually flowing.

At this moment, Smoke and Enma are riding in a small boat, on the Santu River.

I once chose this place in hell, and it actually has a certain relationship with the Santu River, after all, this river is difficult to cross.

And it is untouchable, whether it is a human or a ghost, as long as it comes into contact with the water of the Santu River, it will quickly corrode away.

That's why.

Enma would think that after crossing the Santu River, the world over there would be a safe place.

[A seven-year-old girl wearing a bright kimono with a butterfly pattern, and the color of her pupils is bright red, and she looks taciturn. Standing beside her was another smaller girl, who looked more wild and cheerful than her.

They are the former Enma and Smoke.

"Smoke, do you think we can cross the river?"

The girl with a cold face asked. The voice of the voice is without a trace of emotion, she was originally just an ordinary little girl, but now she is not.

"I can't get by. Everyone says that the water of this river is highly poisonous, and if you touch it, you will die, so people will stay away from here. ”

Smoke replied.

"I want to cross the river."

Enma said.

Later, Enma made a boat and crossed the Santu River by boat alone, reaching the other side of the river, which at that time was not called Hell.

It was just a barren and nameless place.

The name Hell is the name that Enma gave to the land that carries her long-cherished wishes.

The Enma returned again, and then took Smoke to the land, officially deciding to make this place their future life. 】

However, the bridge and the Sansheng stone are a matter of the future, and of course, they also have their own stories.

It's like the flowers of hell that have just bloomed.

"Lord Enma, I'll be here soon."

Smoke said.

If Smoke doesn't take the initiative to speak, Enma can probably be silent for hundreds of years, so in front of Enma, Smoke will always look for some words to break the silence at will.

Even if it's just something inconsequential, saying it can make the atmosphere a little lighter.

"Hmm."

Enma replied softly.

"The flower on the other side may stay in hell in the future, and it will become one of the most beautiful scenes of our hell. It is quietly placed on the edge of the desolate Santu River, so that the souls of the dead who have entered hell can see the beautiful scenes that do not exist in the world. ”

Smoke continued.

"Is it really beautiful?"

Enma asked, although it was a question, but from the tone of Enma's voice, it was not audible that she was interested in such a thing.

Smoke understands Enma.

She's always been like this, even when she cares about things, she treats them with a cold attitude. I don't want to bond with anything, because it will be painful to break the bond.

[If you are destined to leave, then don't love him, because these loves will eventually turn into pain.] 】

This is Smoke's understanding of the Enma mentality.

Although it seems to be wrong, it is only wrong for normal ordinary people.

Because normal ordinary people have not experienced what Enma went through.

Everything in the world is destined to leave.

So.

There is no need for such a thing to exist......

……

Qinghe Town.

When Gu Houniao walked across the stone bridge in Qinghe Town, the sun was already hanging on the mountains to the west, and the air was full of autumn cold.

There are too many things in the past, and they float away with the flowing river.

Indeed, it will never be forgotten.

Gu Huoniao put the veiled hat back on her back and continued to walk towards Chen Beibei's house, she was only here to be able to determine whether Qinghe Town was safe first.

After all, it has been a long time since they left here, and no one can be sure what Qinghe Town will become now.

Soon.

Gu won the bird and went to Chen Beibei's house.

This is the house that Chen Beibei chose by himself, the door is a wooden door, painted with red paint, the yard is very large, and there are many rooms inside.

"Is anyone there?"

Gu Xuaniao knocked lightly on the door a few times and asked.

The veiled hat was always worn on her head, and Gu Xuanniao did not take it off, because she did not want some unrelated people to disturb her.

This kind of thing will make Gu Bird feel bored.

"Hmm."

A girl's voice sounded, and then footsteps came from inside the house, very hurried.

The door opened.

The girl looked at Gu Yuniao wearing a veil hat and looked puzzled.

"Who are you?"

The girl's body shrank involuntarily and asked vigilantly. Probably because of Gu Huoniao's dress, she was a little scared.

"Has anyone come?"

Then, a mature woman who looked charming walked out, and the woman walked up to the girl and asked her.

"It's me."

Gu Xuanniao took off the veiled hat and revealed his appearance.

Gu Won Bird is not good at saying some emotional words, even in a sensational scene such as a reunion after a long absence, although there will be some ripples in Gu Won Bird's heart, but the words spoken and the body movements will still be very calm.

"Ah...... It's a bird......"

Chen Yan saw Gu Huoniao's appearance, and hurriedly shouted happily, and the three-tailed fox was the same.

"Well, Chen Yan, the three-tailed fox, the master and they will be there soon."

Gu Huoniao said.

When Gu Xuaniao said this, a smile appeared on his face, although it was not obvious, but it did come from the heart.

Chen Yan and the three-tailed fox looked the same as before, and nothing had changed.

That's the best-case scenario.

……

Three Ways River.

"Those...... Is it the flower of the other side? ”

Enma looked at the sea of fiery red flowers on the edge of the Santu River and said in a daze.

"Yes, Enma-sama."

Smoke looked at Enma and replied to her.

Enma sat on the boat, and since he saw the boundless flowers on the other side, he began to have some mental trance.

It's as if caught up in some thought.

That boundless sea of flowers, which looked like a sea of fire, was a lingering nightmare in the heart of the Enma.

The fire burned the entire village.

The ignorant villagers wailed to death in the fire, and the only one who survived was the boy who had promised to protect him.

These memories were too long ago for Enma.

Even though it has been covered with thick dust, it now appears clearly in my mind, and this feeling is not very good.

"Enma-sama, what's wrong with you?"

Smoke looked at Enma and asked with some concern.

"Nothing."

Enma looked at the sea of flowers on the other side and replied softly.

Once the Enma lived in a closed village, the village believed in the legend that the mountain gods could bring good harvests.

Send seven sons.

It is a tradition of this village.

Every seven years, a seven-year-old child is sacrificed to the mountain god in prayer for good weather and a good harvest for the next seven years.

Enma was the sacrificial child.

A boy could have hid the Enma, and over the next few years, the harvest in the village happened to be poor, and the people took their anger out on them.

Enma's parents were killed, and the boy's was reprimanded by his own parents.

At last.

The villagers told the boy to bury the Enma with his own hands, and when the boy swung his shovel, the seven-year-old girl was devoured in despair.

When the little girl woke up again.

Her pupils had turned red, and she sang a ballad to send her seven sons as she used her awakened power to unleash flames and incinerate the entire village......

【When do the cherry blossoms bloom?】

When will it open in a small village in the mountains?

When do cherry blossoms smell?

Laughing seven-year-old child while playing.

When do the cherry blossoms fly?

Singing seven-year-old child while falling asleep.

When will the cherry blossoms wither?

When a dead seven-year-old child ascends to heaven.

- Send seven sons]

"Lord Enma, let's go up and have a look."

Smoke looked at Enma and said to her.

At this time, Smoke and Enma had already arrived at the place where the flowers of the other side were blooming, and the sound of Smoke called Enma back again.

"Hmm."

Enma replied.

Enma had completely gotten rid of that thought at the moment, but the emotions in that thought still made Enma have some palpitations.

Despair, pain, sadness, helplessness......

What kind of feeling of being reborn when it has been completely consumed by anger, but now the Enma knows that it is not a new life.

It's as if Michimitsu Ashiya, who was dressed in tattered clothes, had spoken.

"The iniquity you have created is greater than theirs."

……

Qinghe Town.

After Gu Huoniao stayed at Chen Beibei's house for three days, Chen Beibei and the others also returned, and it was three or four o'clock in the morning.

Chen Beibei's knock on the door made Gu Xuniao quickly sober up.

"Is Chen Beibei back?"

Chen's voice rang out in the next room, followed by the sound of getting dressed, then the sound of walking in slippers.

"I guess so."

Gu Huoniao replied.

At this time, even Gu Xuniao was not sure whether it was Chen Beibei or not outside the door, so he replied like this.

Chen's mother left her and her father when she was very young.

Then.

Last year, Chen Yan's father, Chen Jianye, fell into a dry well and fell to his death, so Chen Yan followed Chen Beibei to Qinghe Town.

Chen Beibei is an elder brother and a dependent.

This kind of dependence is not material, Chen Yan does not need Chen Beibei to provide her with food, nor does he need Chen Beibei to give her money.

Because these Chen Yan can earn it by herself, she is already twenty-one years old.

Chen Yan's reliance on Chen Beibei is psychological, the kind of feeling that as long as he is there, then he will feel at ease and fearless.

When Chen Yan ran out to open the door, the three-tailed fox looked at Chen Yan's back and smiled lightly.

It looks a little helpless.

Gu Bird followed the three-tailed fox to the yard.

"Squeak."

The door opened......

Outside the door is the returning Chen Beibei, the elder brother Chen Yan has been waiting for, with a bright smile, and the cold of the late night has been dispelled.

"Shouldn't you be happy to be back?"

Chen Beibei stretched out his hand and put it on Chen Yan's shoulder, and then shook it gently.

"Crying for what?"

Chen Beibei said.

Chen Yan shook his head, wiped away his tears with his arm, and then turned sideways to let Chen Beibei come in and said to him, "Welcome back." ”

……

On the banks of the Santu River.

Enma and Xun walked up together, and came to the place where the flowers on the other side were blooming, and those red flowers on the other side looked extremely enchanting.

"Strange...... The previous aroma is gone......"

Enma whispered.

"What did you say?"

Smoke looked at Enma and asked her.

Instead of answering Smoke's question, Enma squatted down in front of a flower and sniffed the scent of the flower.

There is no special smell, not even ordinary floral scents.

Before, when passing by the Santu River, Enma could clearly feel that he smelled a charming aroma.

Afterwards.

That passage about the past clearly emerged.

Now the aroma was gone, so Enma felt a little strange, but Enma didn't intend to express the doubts in his heart.

After all.

That's how Enma's character is.

"Lord Enma, let's go see the Great Youkai Flower on the other side."

Smoke looked at Enma and said to her.

Smoke is still very grateful to the flower of the other side, after all, if it was not for the flower of the other side to agree to come to hell, then such a spectacular scene in hell would not have happened.

Smoke would not have been able to accomplish the task of making hell grow plants.

"Hmm."

Enma didn't refuse.

She also wants to see that other side flower, what kind of monster is it, it should be very beautiful and powerful.

The two of them soon came to the cabin of the flower on the other side.

The door is closed.

But as soon as they arrived, the other side flower opened the door and came out, as if knowing their arrival, the other side flower leaned against the door frame.

Charming appearance, with a slight sense of surprising beauty.

"Smoke, what did you bring?"

The other side looked at Smoke and asked her.

A trace of vigilance can be seen in the eyes of the other side of the flower, probably the other side of the flower has already sensed that the woman next to the smoke is not an ordinary monster.

"It's Enma-sama, this place was built by her slowly."

Smoke looked at the flower on the other side and said to her.

"Oh."

The other side nodded, a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, but the original vigilance was still there, and it did not weaken a bit.

"Flowers on the other side, you are beautiful, welcome to hell!"

Enma looked at the flower and said to her.

Although Enma was still a little confused about the previous aroma, anyway, Enma was still very happy to have such a powerful youkai in hell.

"Hmm."

The flower replied.

The other side of the flower didn't say much.,It's not like when I'm with Smoke to show myself.,Probably in the heart of the other side of the flower.,Smoke is just a child.,That's why you can tell your own stories unscrupulously.。。

And the Enma is the one who stands in the same position as the other side flower.

The other side flower is a little indifferent to the Enma, and in this regard, the other side flower and the enma still have some similarities......