The body of this willow monster is this willow tree, and it doesn't take long to give birth to spiritual intelligence, but he is quite obsessed with cultivation, and although he grows up on the stone bridge where people often pass by, he doesn't care at all about what happens on it.

In addition, when he first gave birth to consciousness, he was almost cut by humans a few times, and after he was lucky not to be cut, he only wanted to cultivate immortals (not ...... Unintentional mundane things.

So he racked his brains to think and think, but he didn't think of anything, and he knew that the old man Sato had indeed been here.

Qiao Xi: "......"

- What do you want!

He couldn't help but sigh deeply.

The fact that Old Man Sato has been here has been confirmed, and the Willow Youkai is just a little more sure, but what matters is where he went next.

- Whether you were eaten by a youkai or where you ran away by yourself, that's the point.

Qiao Xi was very depressed, and thanked him like a willow monster, and went deeper along the stone bridge to the deeper part of the mountain forest.

The willow monster quietly watched Qiao Xi's breath gradually fade away until it disappeared, and after a long time, he shook the branches.

The blue-haired monster emerged from the water, looked at it for a long time in the direction where Qiao Xi disappeared, turned his head to the willow tree and showed a grateful smile, and said softly, "Thank you." ”

The willow tree was silent for a few seconds before shaking its branches in the air with the breeze and said in a deep voice, "No, you just need to remember to give me what I want." ”

The blue-haired monster smiled, didn't say anything more, and quietly sank into the depths of the pool.

The sun shone on the water in a small and shining light, and suddenly nothing happened.

Qiao Xi didn't see the episode on the stone bridge, he took a turn deeper in the mountain forest.

At this time, the sky was already dark, and the monsters in the mountains and forests all came out to wander around, foraging for food, and some of them invited Qiao Xi to come along.

So most of the day passed, and he didn't gain anything.

— or rather, the harvest had nothing to do with what he was trying to investigate, such as a feather of a nice color or a small rock of interesting shape.

Late at night, the moonlight is very bright, and the mountains and forests are very lively.

Qiao Xi slowly walked down the hill along the path, and after a while, when he looked up, he saw the willow tree standing by the stone bridge.

He paused.

- It's kind of strange to say, he always feels that something is wrong here.

But I couldn't see what was wrong.

Qiao Xi squinted at the quiet stone bridge from afar, and a glimmer of light flashed on the water in a trance made him feel stunned in his heart.

The surface of the water was quite calm, and the appearance of the moonlight shining on it actually looked shiny all the time, but the flash that flashed by Qiao Xi just now was sure that it was different from the color of the moonlight.

- Qiao Xi had a gut feeling that if he walked over now, he would know something very important to him.

But he stood still and did not move.

- There was a subtle emotion that prevented him from passing, an emotion that was stronger than the importance of the matter itself, and made him care more.

Be...... Who?

The youkai in the pool......

Who is it?

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Qiao Xi returned to the house with nothing.

Mr. Sato came to visit again.

He was very enthusiastic about holding a bunch of unknown things, Qiao Xi glanced at it a few times, probably some food and money or something.

"Master Qiao, thank you for bringing Mako back, this is a thank you gift I prepared, please accept it."

Mr. Sato respectfully sent the tray with the things to the kikin maid who was kneeling under the porch.

The maid looked at Qiao Xi and took the tray, and Mr. Sato breathed a sigh of relief, with a slight smile on his face, and sat down to talk to Qiao Xi.

He babbled on and on about what happened after Mako came back, and it took a while before he mentioned Old Man Sato.

Qiao Xi thought that he was here to ask about the old man Sato, and said a little embarrassed: "I haven't heard about the trace of Mr. Sato yet, it's really ......"

When Mr. Sato heard this, he smiled and waved his hand and said, "Lord Qiao is kind and willing to help, and our family doesn't know how grateful we are." But adults don't have to bother anymore, my father was sent back early this morning. ”

Qiao Xi raised his eyebrows in surprise: "Oh? The old gentleman has returned? ”

Sato Ken paused, suddenly lowered his voice, and his face also brought a strange meaning, leaned slightly in the direction of Qiao Xi, and said in a low voice: "It was sent back by a monster...... I heard that the youkai on the mountain over there in Hachihara ......"

Mr. Sato told Qiao Xi about the legend of the monsters in the vicinity with a nervous expression, and his voice was so low that it was almost inaudible - Qiao Xi was very suspicious that if it weren't for his different ear power, he would only be able to hear the first two words he said.

As soon as Ken Sato opened the door early this morning, he found that his old father was sleeping heavily against the door, so he quickly helped the person back, and after waking up and asking, the old man mentioned the monsters of Ishibashi and Yahara in a chattering manner.

After listening to Mr. Sato's whispered story about youkai as if telling some secret, Qiao Xi's gaze couldn't help but drift subtly.

- Youkai are not only near Hachihara, not to mention far away, there are several little monsters playing under the cherry blossom trees in his yard right here.

If Mr. Sato knew that there was a youkai kneeling behind him and quietly pulling his hair, he would only think that the wind was blowing, and he didn't know how it would react.

Thinking so, Qiao Xi coughed lightly,

"It turns out that there are still such rumors...... Xiao Sheng has only been living here for a short time, but he has never heard of it. ”

- It's weird.

The monsters over there in Yahara can be regarded as living under the protection of their own Fengyue God.

When Mr. Sato heard this, the look of wariness and sneakiness that had just been made by mentioning the youkai seemed to change slightly, and it became a kind of expression mixed with cringe.

It was like being able to hear such a noble young master in front of him admit that he didn't know as much as himself, which was something that made him feel very proud.

Qiao Xi: "......"

- With such a big heart, I have to say that Mr. Sato is also a talent.

Qiao Xi looked at Mr. Sato's expression, and praised him for being kind and good—such as being well-informed, and praised him for telling all the legends of the youkai in the vicinity with enthusiasm.

"In the west side of town, legend has it that every late at night there is an unknown song and an eerie laugh of balabala......"

"I've heard that there are youkai in the south, and they eat people every month......

"On the way to Kyoto, there is no mountain that has been shrouded in clouds, and the hall has never been lit up, and I heard that it is also a balabala conjured by a youkai......"