There is a legend about the fairy mountain on the sea, which is called "mirage".

Guess what, is it real or false?

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Qiao Xi took the young man out to sea together.

The level of naming in the young man's family is really very concise and concise, and he is the third child, so he is simply called San Lang.

- By the way, the one who once went to sea and disappeared was his brother, the eldest in line, called Taro.

- The way humans sometimes come up with names is surprisingly simple.

The sea is such a thing, when you have never seen it, always have all kinds of longings, imagine how magnificent it is, and how majestic it is.

But when you actually spend a while on the sea, you think, the sea, that's what it's all about.

Saburo and Yamabuki Otome are both going to sea for the first time, and a human and a youkai have shown considerable interest in the first few days.

Yamabuki Otome even avoided Saburo's sight with great interest, teasing the fish insects underwater with demonic power.

Although San Lang was a little worried about the operation of Qiao Xi and the two of them going to sea with bamboo rafts, he quickly became excited after seeing the endless blue sea.

The sun rises and the moon sets, and after three or two days or five or six days, in addition to water or water in the sight, all that can be seen in the past is the sea, which makes the first novelty of the past Saburo and Yamabuki Otome quickly feel bored.

- Yamabuki Otome is okay to say, she is a youkai, and she has always known how to best pass the time, but she is bored, and she doesn't find it so difficult.

But as a human being, Saburo is really tormented.

Their tools for going to sea are really very rough, and they eat and sleep on a large bamboo raft - speaking of this bamboo raft, Saburo originally thought it was small, but when he got to the sea, he didn't know why, he always felt that it was much bigger than before - Saburo privately thought it was his own illusion - but it also made Saburo feel a lot more relaxed.

In the past few days and nights, several people have eaten and slept on the bamboo raft, and there is only the most basic food and water on the bamboo raft (or Qiao Xi specially took it out for San Lang, who is a human being), and when he rested, he only held a curtain to separate each other, and there was nothing left.

All in all, the equipment is simple and can not be more simple, and the conditions are difficult and can not be more difficult - especially for San Lang, so, a good young man, just a few days, the degree of wilting is simply visible to the naked eye.

On this day, Qiao Xi sat cross-legged on one end of the bamboo raft supporting the oars - Mingli was supporting the oars, but he was actually in a daze.

Yamabuki Otome didn't know where to find a piece of cloth cut tailoring and didn't know what she was doing.

And Saburo was lying on the other end, submerging his entire palm and arm in the water, fiddling with it without a match.

Suddenly, a thick mist shrouded the bamboo raft, and in an instant, it dispersed.

The fog appeared for a short time, so short that it was almost an illusion.

Qiao Xi couldn't help but blink, and in the next second, San Lang, who had always looked weak, suddenly jumped up.

"Brother Taro!"

Qiao Xi turned his head sideways and looked at San Lang.

The boy looked very excited, and his eyes were brighter than the sunlit sea, and the folds seemed to glow.

He stood up and waved his hands vigorously in one direction while shouting:

"Brother Taro! It's me! Look here! Brother Taro! ”

San Lang called happily, and there was really a response from the other side: "San Lang? Is it Saburo? ”

"It's me! Brother Taro! ”

San Lang, who got the response, was simply ecstatic, and couldn't help jumping on the bamboo raft to make the bamboo raft sway, and didn't forget to turn back to greet Qiao Xi:

"Look, Onmyoji-sama, this is my Taro-go! I really found him! ”

He turned around and threw down such a sentence incoherently, and shouted and waved at Taro in the distance.

Qiao Xi was very calm in his heart.

- There is no doubt that this is an illusion.

Although the "Taro" on the other side seemed to have no flaws in terms of breath or anything, Qiao was extremely sure that he was just an illusion.

Thinking like this, Qiao Xi turned his head to look at Yabuki Otome.

Originally, I wanted to ask her opinion, but I didn't expect to turn my head and see Yabuki Otome covering her mouth and opening her eyes wide, her black eyes were soaked with tears, and she looked like a shining black gem.

Qiao Xi subconsciously froze for a moment, and then followed the gaze of Yabuki Otome.

- is a slave carp companion.

Well, now it's even more certain that the thick mist just now is really the key to unlocking the illusion.

Both Koi and Taro stood on a small island not far away, with towering palaces dotted around them.

The bamboo raft gradually approached the land, and the appearance of the two people standing on the edge of the island became clearer and clearer.

Saburo jumped off the raft first, stepped on the shallow water, spread his feet, ran to Taro and threw himself into his arms.

Yamabuki Otome, on the other hand, floated down from the raft and walked a few quick steps on the beach, stopping when she came to Nura's kotoban.

The left and right sides are in pairs, and only the middle one is left: "......"

He touched his chin and couldn't help but fall into deep thought: So, Saburo has Taro to pick it up, and Yamabuki Otome has Nura Koi to pick it up, so the question is - why didn't anyone or youkai come out to greet me?

It's a good question, but Joe has no desire to explore why.

- What is there to explore?

Illusions, left and right, are nothing more than the deepest desires of the hearts of people/monsters.

If you don't want anything in your heart, you won't be deceived by illusions.

- It sounds great, but it can be a little sad at times.

Therefore, Qiao Xi has always been reluctant to have such an inquiry.

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This illusion is very real.

If it weren't for Qiao Xi's determination that this was an illusion from the beginning, only judging from the exquisite pavilions, carved beams and paintings, it would look like the legendary fairy mountain on the sea - I just don't know if there are really immortals living in this fairy mountain.

Two pairs of brothers/lovers who had been reunited for a long time chatted together, and Qiao Xi took care of himself and looked at the attic of the palace not far away.

While she was thinking about it, Yamabuki Otome came over with a slave carp companion.

"Your Excellency."

Yamabuki Otome held the hand of Nuliang Carp Companion tightly with one hand, and called Qiao Xi softly in her voice, paused for a few seconds, turned back to Nura Carp Companion and showed a gentle smile, and then said to Qiao Xi:

"This is supposed to be a fantasy cast by a monster on the sea, and what you see in front of you is an illusion generated by what you think in your heart—people, or things."

When she said this, the smile on her face gradually faded, and even her voice became more and more slight, and her fingers still kept tightly grasping the palm of Nu Liang Li's hand.