Chapter 23: Steps Closer to the Truth
"Grandma Fuchun, let's go out first......" I wanted to say hello, but I found that she left at some point, and she walked so lightly.
"Rain, bring the mica!" Tsuiko was already shouting outside the door.
"It's coming!" I picked up the mica and went out.
It's really a world of difference between the outside and yesterday, yesterday the lifeless decoration style is terrifying, there are unpleasant black spiders everywhere, today there is obviously popularity and vitality, the most important thing is that there is no wind and sun at all today, there is no difference from ordinary villages, and you can see the mountains in the distance. Along the way, there were people who had just come to thank Tsuiko, everyone was building houses, and when they met Tsuiko, they immediately stopped working and bowed, and some took the initiative to talk.
"Mistress Tsuiko, are you going to save the rest of the people?"
"Hmm."
"Then please, I have a son who hasn't come out yet, so don't worry about it."
“......”
Is this the attitude of normal parents towards their children in distress? It wasn't picked up by the biological one, right?? Shouldn't the normal way of opening it be to cry with Cuizi and beg her to save the child??? There is also leisure to repair houses here and do handicrafts??!!
"This uncle's heart is too big, and he doesn't worry about his own child at all." I whispered to Tsuiko.
"It's not a big heart, it's obviously abnormal." It seems that Tsuiko and I want to go together, this is not the performance of a parent, the normal reaction is to treat Tsuiko as a lifesaver and then follow Tsuiko to the swamp with her. Although they seem to be sensible now, it doesn't make sense.
"I also have some in my house that haven't come out of it."
"Me too."
"I have two in my house."
...... The people next to me started talking about it, as if they were discussing what you had eaten today. I seriously doubt that they have been in the swamp for a long time and their heads are stupid.
"Let's work hard, and when Mistress Tsuiko rescues our family, the family will be reunited!" Someone shouted loudly, and everyone responded energetically, and the person just now took the lead and blew Cuizi's rainbow fart in unison.
"Long live Mizuko-sama!"
Everyone: "Long live Mizuko-sama!" ”
"Mistress Tsuiko is amazing!"
Everyone: "Mistress Tsuiko is amazing! ”
"Mistress Tsuiko is doing well!"
Everyone: "Mistress Tsuiko is so good!" ”
In our village, Tsuiko is respected, but it is far from this level, and everyone will not be so enthusiastic. Cuizi is not used to such an atmosphere and can't interject, so she had to take me over quickly, and it is the first time I have seen such an uneasy Cuizi.
"Mistress Tsuiko has gone all the way and returned triumphantly!"
Everyone: "Lord Cuizi has gone all the way and returned triumphantly!" ”
"It's really hot-blooded, they really like you." I looked at the villagers behind me waving their arms and said to Tsuiko.
“...... Well. Tsuiko spoke differently than before, and I looked up to see that her ears were a little red.
“? Tsuiko, why are your ears red? I asked this question stupidly, and then suddenly a white light flashed in my head, is Cuizi embarrassed?! By the time I realized what was too late, Tsuiko had already gathered her emotions and returned to her senses, and the red of her ears had receded, as if it were just my delusion.
"You're mistaken, let's hurry up and check the situation over there, it stands to reason that they can't be resurrected."
"But the truth is, they really came back to life."
"If you think about it, even the most powerful healer can't cure a terminally ill patient overnight, and even if he does, he can't recover so quickly. You see, their faces don't look like those who have been under the attack of evil for fifty years. ”
It makes sense, one night is too fast, but will there really be such a powerful person, after all, this is not a world that can be explained by science. "Is it possible that a particularly tall man passed by the swamp last night, spotted the villagers and cured them?"
"If that's the case, why impersonate me? It's so puzzling that such a great merit is given away, and the rescued villagers all know me and know where I live. "Tsuiko denied my opinion.
"It's like you really did it." I'm confused about what clues we're missing. "Or did someone erase your memory, didn't you say that the fog had weakened your vigilance when you first came here?"
"I'm saying the fog is so thick that I can't perceive what's going on a little farther away, not that someone can do something to me and I don't notice it."
Yes, yes, I don't know anything about your power. "Then it's possible that you've saved them from 'splintering.'"
"Splinters?"
"...... accidentally flew out of his native language, and he didn't know how to say it in Japanese." It's a temporary amnesia that consumes too much spiritual power. ”
"Your ideas are getting more and more outrageous."
"Forehead ......"
"Besides, I'm sure it's not me, no matter how strong my spiritual power is, I don't have the ability to bring the dead back to life, there's no doubt about that."
"Coming back from the dead? Are they already dead? ”
"I'm afraid yes, the human body lives in the swamp for decades, how can you survive without eating human food."
"But ......" I want to find a reason to refute, just now they are so energetic, they are all real flesh and blood people, although a little more cheerful, but with a positive attitude to face life, isn't it good to face suffering? Now that Tsuiko is telling me so categorically that they won't live, I really don't want to accept it.
"What you see is not necessarily true, you have to learn to judge the truth of things and don't be confused by illusions, rain, you think things are too emotional."
"I understand, but isn't that also my case? It's impossible to be reasonable, but I just survived, and I might live for a long time. "I was a little excited, Tsuiko wanted to say something but didn't say it, and it went along with my wishes. When I calmed down, I realized that I had spoken too loudly and apologized to Tsuiko.
"I'm sorry I shouldn't have said that to you."
"It's okay, I can understand you, I was in this mood when I first became a witch, this is the stage that every cultivator must go through."
"Thank you, Tsuiko."
To be a qualified practitioner, one must be able to restrain his feelings more than ordinary people, and hide all his emotions in the bottom of his heart, even if he will be misunderstood by others, even if he cannot enjoy the life of ordinary people. I think of Kikyo's moving expression when she saw the sleeping bone die again in Bailing Mountain, she saw the fate of the sleeping bone like seeing her own future, she also wanted to give the sleeping bone a chance, and also wanted to let the reborn him have a good ending, but, he who does not belong to this world will eventually leave, he is still dead, looking at him like this, Kikyo thought of his own destiny, so sad, unwilling, confused, helpless.
I guess the same is the case, not so much arguing for them as for myself, the same body that has been dead for a long time, the same life again, the same happy and cheerful face of the new world, why can't we give ourselves a little hope if we work so hard?
The swamp is just outside the village, and it has also undergone earth-shaking changes, the first time I saw it, it was a feeling of black mist and cloudy wind, and now the white clouds and blue sky are slightly bent, and there are dragonflies and frogs or something alive and jumping, with the surrounding birds and flowers, green mountains and green waters, it is simply a wetland park.
"Doesn't seem like there's anything to purify." The air here is fresh, and the spring breeze is blowing, so what's evil?
"No, there's no bad smell at all." Tsuiko and I both circled the swamp several times.
"Didn't you say that there are still villagers who haven't changed back, why don't you see a shadow, you won't crawl away?" Aggie had said that she had set up a fog barrier to prevent them from going out, and now that the fog was gone, it would be terrible if they went to another village and injured people and were killed.
As I was worried, the mud of the swamp arched one by one, and the spiders hiding underneath were exposed and coming towards us.
"They're coming!"
Are you going to fight with such a large group of black spiders later? No, they're uglier than phantom, can I slip away? Tsuiko drew her sword and stood in front of me.
"Rain, make the mica bigger and send you to the sky." It should be sent to the air, and if it is sent to the sky, isn't it sending people back to the west.
"Hmm!" Just waiting for your words! I was about to carry out the practice that someone suddenly appeared and called Tsuiko.
"Mistress Tsuiko."
Aggie was standing behind us and I was dumbfounded again, but this time not because of how good-looking she was, but because she wasn't that good-looking. Now she has no charm atmosphere, her face is not white like a dozen layers of foundation but a normal white color, her lips are pale pink, and the whole person looks like a very refreshing feeling of lead washing. I can't help but wonder what the hell happened that night? If it weren't for the shape of her face, I wouldn't have been sure she was Aggie.
"Mistress Tsuiko has the ability to really turn them back into humans." Looks like she already knows, but I'd love to say don't you patronize and talk to us, don't you see we're going to be attacked by a swarm of spiders? I looked into the swamp, and they had stopped on the shore, kneeling on their eight-legged legs with a pleading look. Is this going to eat us?
"Listening to your tone, it seems strange that I didn't think I could do it, isn't that what you expected?"
"Of course that's my wish, but I'm talking about something else." Aji stretched out his hand, "My strength is completely gone, what did you do to strip Lord Shen Ji from me?" ”
It turned out that it changed because there was no monster possession.,Actually, it's pretty good.,It's much more pleasing to the eye.。
"Why do you think I did it?"
"Isn't it obvious, who else here has such a skill but you?" Aji smiled unkindly, "Quickly return Lord Shen Ji to me!" ”
"No matter what you think, I didn't do it."
"You still want to deny it? What's in it for you to catch Lord Shen Ji?! Aggie began to question.
"I repeat, this has nothing to do with me." The calmer Tsuiko's voice is, the more unhappy she is.
"Since you don't know what to do, don't blame me for being rude!" Aji quickly attacked and fought hand-to-hand, but how could she beat Cuizi without strength, and sure enough, Cuizi didn't even move her sword and knocked her away, and Aji fell not lightly.
"Ahem." Ah Ji exhaled a few bloodshots in it, and she staggered to her feet, "I will save Lord Shen Ji sooner or later!" "I'm leaving.
"You wait." Tsuiko pointed to the swamp, "What about the villagers inside?" ”
"Aren't you amazing? I thought to myself, hahahaha......" Aji laughed a little crazy, and the eyes that looked at us at the end were also ill-intentioned.
"What should Tsuiko do now, where are we going to find them?"
"If I'm not mistaken, these spiders are the villagers."
“?! No, Aggie didn't say they became spiders. ”
"Then you'll have to ask her why she lied to us."
We all looked at Aji, she didn't expect Tsuiko to be so smart and guess it right away, her face was pale. I'd like to know why, but it's hard to ask how you look at this situation.
"And how are you going to save them?" Cuizi herself doesn't remember what she did to save people, even if she knew where the villagers were, what should she do?
Tsuiko also had a hard time, "Why don't you try it in the same way I used to purify." ”
Tsuiko walked to the front of a spider, it looked at Tsuiko very docile, Tsuiko hung her hand on its head, and pure light entered its body like this, and something magical happened! It slowly grew smaller until it took on a human form, and it worked! Tsuiko looked at her hand for a moment, and didn't seem to think that this would be the case. Equally shocked was Aggie.
"How is this possible?!"
Aggie couldn't believe that it was so simple and Tsuiko turned it into a human. Tsuiko ignored her and continued to walk towards the other spiders, and in a short time several people were saved. Aggie was anxious to see the spiders turn into humans one by one, and rushed over to stop them. Mica jumped out of my hand and grew bigger and blocked her, and she could only watch as Tsuiko finished all the purification.
The people who have just woken up are not fully awake, but they look at their hands and feet and don't seem to react to the fact that they have changed back.
"Mistress Tsuiko! Mitsubi-sama! "A few villagers came with a lot of clothes.
"What are you?"
"When we first woke up, we didn't have any clothes to wear, I'm afraid that I will stain your eyes again, so I quickly called someone to hug me, you go to rest and we can do the rest!" The eldest brother said this heartily, but the listener was a little embarrassed, and I saw that the corners of Cuizi's forehead were sweating. I have a bold guess that Tsuiko didn't want to remember this paragraph so she erased her memory so that everything could be explained, haha it would be funny if that was the case.
"Ah, Lord Shen Ji, you're also there." The eldest brother just saw Aji talking to her heartily, but Aji ran away as if he was disgusted and scared, and the eldest brother didn't know what was going on and froze in place. "What's wrong, my lord?"
"She doesn't seem to want to see you, is there something going on between you?" Tsuiko asks her eldest brother about things.
"It's the first time we've met, how can anything happen."
"For the first time? Didn't you call her Lord Shen Ji just now? "Is this an impostor?
"Every adult in our village is called Shen Ji, and she is dressed very similar to the previous one, so I guessed it." The eldest brother thought carefully, "Especially the appearance is almost the same as the one fifty years ago, but it's impossible, Fuchun has become old, and that one may have passed away." ”
It turned out that he thought it wasn't Aji just now, "It's the adult you said just now, and she hasn't been old." ”
"This, she ......"
"She used her demonic powers to preserve her youth, so think about what happened to her with you fifty years ago."
The eldest brother was silent and his expression was solemn, "If it's her, then something really happened." ”
"What's the matter?"
"This ......" The eldest brother gave the clothes to the others, let us go to the village first, and we people who stayed in the swamp here were embarrassed to come out. Cuizi coughed and left quickly, without waiting for me, but the mica still humped me over. I didn't expect Cuizi to have such a side, and she gained a lot this time.