Chapter 7: The Tale of 100 Things
Nine Lives Cat?
Su Ziyu looked up at the nine-life cat demon that had taken off nearly thirty meters in front of him and landed directly on the wall. The monsters all have their own specialties, for example, the Qingxing Lantern is a soul-binding lamp, the three-tailed fox is charming, and the nine-life cat in front of him is extremely amazingly sensitive.
"Meow!"
"Are you also a soul-attracting messenger of Hades now?" The nine-life cat in front of him squatted on the wall like a real cat, touched his little beard with his little paws, threw the soul-attracting card in his hand and said, "Meow! Do you want to follow Ben Meow? ”
"Ben Meow is a very powerful monster!"
How can a big monster not have followers and subordinates?
The man in front of him looks quite powerful, and if he is accepted as a follower, it will definitely be a very face-saving thing.
As soon as he thought of this, the eyes of the Nine Lives Cat in front of him looked at Su Ziyu even more eagerly.
"Messing with you? Big monsters? Su Ziyu's hand that was originally on the hilt of the sword was retracted, and he couldn't help laughing when he heard this: "What's the benefit of messing with you?" ”
He used to have cats too.
What is the nature of the cat Su Ziyu knows very well in his heart, and the other party doesn't seem to have any malice, it's completely naughty and funny by nature. He still remembers when he used to sleep, the fat orange he raised jumped on his stomach in the morning, and it felt like being beaten by someone, but in fact it was just bored and wanted to find someone to play with.
This nine-life cat is still far from the big monster!
She didn't even finish transforming a pair of cat claws, the tail behind her, the cat ears on her head, the small beard on her face, and many places on her body still retained the characteristics of a cat demon.
"Benefits?"
"Meow! What benefits do you want? Hearing this, the Nine Lives Cat tilted its little head and looked at him, his expression was slightly hesitant, and then he said in a weak tone: "As long as you promise to be my follower!" Can I give you a touch on the head? ”
It's quite attractive.
Su Ziyu almost couldn't hold back a smile, and forcibly shook his head and said, "It's better like this." ”
"It just so happens that I'm missing a follower."
"How about we make a bet? Whoever loses will be someone's follower? ”
Hearing Su Ziyu's words, the nine-life cat in front of him suddenly became excited, and said loudly: "Meow! What to bet on? ”
"That's not right!"
"Do you have some conspiracy? Ben Meow is very smart! ”
Her expression gradually became suspicious, the suspicion of cat monsters is still very serious, and they will not be deceived so easily.
"What do you bet on, how about it?" Su Ziyu asked with a smile.
"Good!" The Nine Lives Cat was happy again when she heard this, she rubbed her head and thought about it, "Meow! Then we'll catch more goblins than anyone else! How about meeting at Suzaku Avenue at this time tomorrow? ”
"Yes." Su Ziyu smiled and nodded.
The Nine Lives Cat looked at the look of being full of confidence and victory, and threw the soul-attracting card in his hand back to Su Ziyu quite proudly, and said loudly: "Then it's decided!" ”
A dark shadow disappeared into the night sky.
This cat demon is indeed a bit powerful, her jumping ability and action speed are quite amazing, and she is extremely good at stealth and hiding, Su Ziyu didn't find her trace at first.
Su Ziyu casually caught the soul card in his hand, he weighed it in his hand, turned around and walked towards the outside of the imperial city.
There is still a lot to gain today.
At least he'd already triggered the main quest in the current world after seeing Enma, and it didn't look like he could complete it alone. If it is to kill some demons and monsters, it may be easier for Su Ziyu, after all, it is just to fight the boss, but the requirements of the task are - 'Reorganize the world of yin and yang, and reshape the way of reincarnation.' ’
It's not like a task that can be done by simply killing monsters.
It is estimated that he will have to rely on the power of the underworld, so Su Ziyu will agree to become a soul messenger so simply.
Regardless of whether the main quest can be completed or not, the source power value still has to find a way to brush it.
However, the rules of this world seem to be quite special, and many ghosts and monsters do not have pollution values on them, which means that they are like 'legitimate' creatures in this world like humans. Most of the source power value comes from monsters that are repelled by the laws of the plane, and Su Ziyu has not encountered a pollution source that the system actively prompts so far.
It's getting late.
Su Ziyu thought about it and prepared to return to Yangshi to rest a little, he hadn't had a good rest in the two days he had been here, and he just went back to take a nap at this time.
This time he didn't take Suzaku Avenue again.
However, the Suzaku Road is still very lively, you can see a lot of ghost fires from afar, and there are all kinds of demons and monsters laughing and playing, and the captured flying heads have not affected their interest, they are still trying to find a way to do things, and the most they discuss is how to run to the yang world.
"Master Su, please stay!" At this time, a cold female voice came.
Su Ziyu stopped, and he saw a maid wearing a grimace mask, who seemed to be the one next to Qing Xingdeng.
"This is what Lord Qingxing Lantern ordered to send you." The ghost maid carefully handed over a book.
Given to me?
Su Ziyu took it casually and glanced at it, and actually saw three Chinese characters - Hundred Things!
Strange storytelling?
Su Ziyu glanced at it, and soon saw the names of the two girls, the mountain boy, the snow girl, the kappa, the big tengu, the dog god, the ignorant fire, the inchite weasel, and so on, and drew their general appearances, as well as some brief introductions.
"Thank her for me. I love it. Su Ziyu put the book away.
The ghost maid in front of her leaned over slightly and said, "Okay." Then I'll quit. ”
A wisp of smoke dissipated in front of him.
Su Ziyu flipped through the words of the hundred things in his hand and walked towards the location of the ghost gate.
There are more than a hundred kinds of ghosts and ghosts recorded on it, and there are also various pictures, as well as many stories about them, Su Ziyu turned to the last few articles, and actually found a story related to Qingxing Lantern.
The story is mutilated, though.
In the story, Qingxing Deng was originally just a girl in the mortal world, and she loves strange stories very much, whether it is listening to stories or telling stories, it is her favorite thing to do. Gradually, however, as she collected more and more strange tales, people gradually became afraid, and she was warned that she should not continue to do this, because it would be a hundred things to continue.
That's going to be terrible.
But the girl didn't pay any attention to all this, she was still collecting all kinds of strange stories, and even invited others to come over at night to tell the strange stories she encountered, and there was an oil-paper lamp in the room.
At first, she encountered humans.
But I don't know when it began.,The guests who received her invitation were no longer only humans.,The protagonists of those weird stories have gradually changed from humans to monsters themselves.。
The girl didn't care about this, all she cared about was the interesting stories.
Ninety-nine days passed, and I don't know when it began, and there were no more humans among the guests she entertained that night.
Last day.
The girl did not wait for any guests, so bored, she took out a mirror and told her story in front of a lighted oil-paper lamp.
And then.
She turned into a green lantern, never saw the sunrise again, and could never leave the burning green lantern again.
This is the story of the Qingxing lantern.
After reading it, Su Ziyu slowly closed the hundred things in his hand, I don't know why he actually felt a little creepy, the guests entertained by the girl changed from humans to monsters, but she didn't have the slightest fear, and she didn't feel anything wrong, but she was completely addicted to the wonderful and grotesque stories.
It's all obsession.
This girl also turned into a monster in the end, she is Qingxing Deng, but she also finally completed this "Hundred Things".
There was a slight movement in the flow of data in my head.
The next moment.
In Su Ziyu's hand, wisps of ghost fire actually appeared on the "Tale of Hundred Things", and then his vision appeared a little blurred, and he saw some illusions of the past, which was once a human Qingxing lamp, a very beautiful aristocratic girl, she was holding a book in her hand, and a dark green oil paper lamp was lit next to it.
Time changes little by little.
In front of the girl, all kinds of people appeared, either men, women, old people, or children, they were telling the strange stories they encountered with expressionless faces, and the girl was holding a pen in front of her and quickly recording the strange stories one by one.
I don't know when it started.
The girl's hair gradually turned a light white, her skin became paler and paler, and wisps of dark green ghostfire appeared beside her.
Storytellers are gradually changing.
From the beginning of the human race gradually turned into a variety of demons and monsters, there are samurai ghosts, there are ghosts in the shadows, there are zombies with talismans, and many hideous monsters, and finally the girl in front of her gradually turned into the appearance of the current green lantern, she is surrounded by a large area of ghost fire, and the green lantern has also turned into some kind of unknowable strange thing.
Last day.
The girl sat upright, looking at herself in a mirror, and slowly told her own grotesque story.
On that day, a big youkai was born!
"Whew!" Su Ziyu finally woke up from this illusion, and he found that his palms were full of sweat at the moment.
Some data streams are emerging.
"Strange Things: The Tale of a Hundred Things."
"Rank: Legendary."
"Effect: A book containing magical powers, recording the true stories of hundreds of demons and monsters, and receiving the blessing of the power of ghosts in the ritual of Hundred Things. Soul binding characteristics, plane gaps, and nocturnal walking of a hundred ghosts. ”
It's actually a legendary-level strange thing!?
At this time, Su Ziyu found that the book given to him by Qing Xing Lantern was a little hot, because he didn't expect that this would be a strange thing at all, and it was also a legendary-level strange thing.
"Is this the book she wrote in the first place?" Su Ziyu muttered.
This gift is too valuable.
It may be that today's incident made Qing Xingdeng feel a little guilty, after all, she planned to use Su Ziyu to deal with the wine swallowing boy, but she didn't expect that she would give Su Ziyu such a valuable gift because of guilt.
To accept or not to collect?
Su Ziyu's expression hesitated slightly, and finally put away this "Tale of a Hundred Things".
I just accepted the gift, and it's not good to return it.
Just wait until tomorrow night, he still has to return to Ghost Kyoto anyway, as a soul messenger he also has some tasks to complete, and he also promised that the nine-life cat will meet tomorrow on Suzaku Avenue.
After leaving the underworld, it was still dark outside.
It's about dawn.
Su Ziyu's figure took off directly into the air and took off to the location of Kyoto, and then quietly returned to the hotel where he was staying, closed his eyes and took a nap.
Daylight is coming.
When Su Ziyu woke up, it was already morning, he had eaten a little bit, and then got up to go out for a walk.
Just out of the house.
Su Ziyu felt the clover emblem move slightly, and then he saw a flashing figure on the side of the street in the distance, wearing a light red dress with a pattern of cherry blossoms printed on it.
"Youkai?" Su Ziyu frowned and followed.
Wisps of faint special fragrance.
Su Ziyu followed for a while, and suddenly lost the trace of the other party in front of him, on both sides of the road are cherry blossom trees, and in front of him is a torii gate, which seems to be a shrine, but I don't know who is enshrined.
Wait a minute!
That witch looks familiar!
Su Ziyu pretended to pass by and glanced at it, and soon found out that this witch had seen it herself, and that day near the collapsed Rashomon Gate, Su Ziyu had seen this witch in the Onmyoji who came over later.
The other party was meticulously cleaning the shrine, as if sensing Su Ziyu's gaze, and looked up at him slightly.
The youkai disappeared here.
But this is a shrine, Su Ziyu observed and saw a lot of cherry blossom trees, but there was nothing else to find.
Su Ziyu secretly made a note of this place, and then turned to leave.
"So you're here!" A faint male voice came.
Just when Su Ziyu passed through an alley, a male voice came from behind him, and then the figure of the black and white ghost envoy appeared in front of him, and the black ghost envoy raised his hand and handed over a pair of chains and said, "We have been looking for you for a long time." ”
"It's your soul hook!"
"The judge said that you should be in charge of Suzaku Avenue today!"
During the day, it seemed that it had no effect on the black and white ghost envoy, Su Ziyu reached out and took the heavy black chain, nodded and said, "Got it." ”
"We're going to Mt. Tambo. I'll leave it to you tonight. The black and white ghost envoy disappeared in front of him after speaking.
After leaving.
The white ghost envoy looked at the black ghost envoy next to him and asked, "Suzaku Avenue has the most youkai!" Can he do it alone? ”
"I guess so." The whispered, "Otherwise, the judge wouldn't have left that to him." Besides, there is a bone girl nearby to guard her, she was the daughter of a samurai when she was alive, and she is also a very powerful youkai. ”
"Let's go."
"The trouble in Tamba Mountain is getting bigger and bigger!"
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