Chapter 13 Qingxingju
Small shop.
The otaku young man with glasses enthusiastically took out a few other hundred ghost night records for Su Ziyu to see, at present, there are really a lot of comic singles out of the green line lamp wearing a vest, but the protagonists are some famous monsters, and now the otaku is holding the "Nine-Tailed Fox Chapter", "Gu Won Bird Chapter", "Snow Girl Chapter", "Wine Swallowing Boy Chapter", among which the worst sales are Wine Swallowing Boy Chapter, probably because the protagonist of the comic is a man.
After learning his lesson, Qingxing Lantern began to focus on drawing a manga version of female yokai.
"Huh?"
"You look a bit like the toad spirit in the Snow Maiden! …… It's the big toad that is very funny and likes to gamble, and the name after turning into a human form seems to be called Shota Inoshita! ......" This otaku turned his gaze to the big fat man on the side at this time.
At the beginning, the comics were in Su Ziyu's hands, and he thought he had found someone with the same interests, and his attention was on Su Ziyu.
Hearing the other party's words, the big fat man next to him suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.
Su Ziyu squinted his eyes slightly and glanced at him, glanced at the comics opened by this otaku, and nodded: "It does look quite similar." ”
Shota Inoshita wiped the cold sweat with a nervous face, and whispered: "That toad is not bad, at most he likes to bet two." ”
"Hmm. But that guy was. The otaku smiled and said, "I actually dare to peep at the snow girl taking a bath." ”
"I didn't expect to be frozen into a lump of ice."
The big fat man's cold sweat broke out even more, and he glanced at the Suziyu next to him a little weakly.
"Let's go." Su Ziyu stood up and said.
He casually returned the comics in his hand to the otaku and asked, "Where is the comic shop?" ”
"Over there." The otaku looked very happy and said happily, "Are you going to buy it?" There's a discount today! ”
Missionary success.
This otaku is full of joy, and he believes that as long as the sales of the manga are good enough, maybe Keiko Aoyuki will draw the book faster.
"Follow me." Su Ziyu glanced at Shota Inoshita beside him.
This toad essence is still a little eye-catching, and he hurriedly checked out and paid the bill and followed, but he was a little weak and afraid, and the cold sweat on his head never stopped.
"Is there any money?" Su Ziyu walked out of the small shop and said.
"Yes...... Yes! ......" Shota Inu quickly took out a large handful of Japanese coins and handed them over.
"Hmm." Su Ziyu flicked his fingers, threw a gold coin into the other party's hand, and then walked towards the comic shop on the other side of the street.
Qingxing Lantern doesn't seem to be just drawing comics to pass the boring time.
When Su Ziyu was reading these comics, the spirituality in his mind suddenly appeared the outline of "Hundred Things", and he felt that Qingxingdeng might be doing something, and the part as a hobby pastime was at most half.
There are a lot of people in the comic shop.
Keiko Aoyuki's comic book is placed in the most eye-catching position, and it looks like it is selling quite well, and a lot of it has been sold.
"Keiko Aoyuki's comics, give me a copy of them all." Su Ziyu said to the owner of the shop.
Comics in hand.
Su Ziyu flipped through it carefully, and it was determined that Qingxing Deng's comic book was definitely related to the story of a hundred things, because the characters and monsters that appeared in it, including the cameo An Pei Qingming and so on, almost all of them had a seven- or eight-point resemblance to himself.
"Haven't you finished the story of 100 things?"
"Or is it something that Qingxinglan wants to collect with the help of comics?" Su Ziyu said secretly.
Then, he put away the comic book in front of him, turned his head to look at the honest Shota Inoue next to him, and said in a deep voice: "Have you ever seen the Qingxing lantern?" ”
"Huh?" Shota Inoshita was stunned for a moment, and said cautiously: "I have been fortunate to meet Lord Qingxing Lantern a few times before. ”
Really.
Su Ziyu immediately said, "Take me to her." ”
Shota Inoshita broke out in a cold sweat when he heard this, and whispered: "Lord Qingxingdeng doesn't like to be disturbed. ”
Although this person around him is ruthless enough.
But Qingxing Lantern is also notorious among monsters, and he feels that he is probably half cold now.
"It's fine." The corners of Su Ziyu's mouth hooked up a mocking smile, and said slowly: "I just happened to have something to look for her." ”
"Let's talk."
Fuck.
It's an itchy skin, right?
Su Ziyu felt that it was necessary for him to go to Qingxinglan for a long talk.
"Yes."
"Please follow me." Shota Inoshita thought about it seriously, and between being cold now and waiting for it to be cold, he decisively chose the latter.
He went out and hailed a taxi and quickly reported an address.
"Are you going to Akihabara?" The taxi driver was a woman in her thirties, with short hair, lean and capable, with a little tattoo visible on her exposed forearm, but she covered it well.
After Su Ziyu sat down, he felt something, and looked up at the back of the taxi driver.
- "Vision." ”
In Su Ziyu's line of sight, on the shoulders of this taxi driver sat two spirit cats, one black and one white, and when Su Ziyu saw them, they also saw Su Ziyu, and meowed softly very well-behaved and flattering.
This is the cat spirit.
A very weak guardian spirit.
It is said that if a cat that has been treated well to the end of his life is grateful, he may become such a guardian spirit after death, and will follow his master until he dies and enters the underworld.
This type of guardian spirit doesn't have any special abilities.
It is estimated that when you encounter the ghost night ghost in the middle of the night, you can help the owner scare them away, or protect the owner from harm.
In the face of youkai, this kind of guardian spirit is useless.
They are essentially similar to the druid's animal spirits, and if they have any adventures, they may be able to get away with turning into kind cats, which are a more powerful youkai.
"The gap between the two planes is really big." Su Ziyu said secretly.
As he retracted the effect of his vision, the figures of the two cat spirits, one black and one white, gradually disappeared.
In the plane of the nocturnal movement of the hundred ghosts, even if they enter the modern civilized society, there are still many supernatural existences, and some ordinary people may be accompanied by such spirits.
The taxi driver was quite talkative, and he talked to Shota Inouchi about a lot of things along the way.
He also talked about some supernatural events that he encountered while driving.
Because she drove the night bus.
Su Ziyu listened silently all the way, and gave a little more tip after getting off the car, and the other party was not polite, but thanked him softly.
A woman in her thirties who works as a night shift taxi driver must have a story to tell.
"Your Excellency."
"Lord Qingxinglan lives in front." Shota said cautiously.
Ahead is an upscale neighborhood.
Within Su Ziyu's sight is a small western-style building with exquisite decoration, and there are some flowers and trees planted outside, which looks like Qingxing Lantern is quite enjoyable.
"Hmm." Su Ziyu nodded and said, "You can go." ”
When Shota Inoshita heard this, it was like an amnesty, so he quickly turned around and ran away.
These two can't afford to offend, so it's better to slip away as soon as possible.
- "Qingxingju." ”
When Su Ziyu came to the front of this small western-style building, he saw a small sign in front of the door, on which there was a wisp of mana left by the green lamp, if it was an ordinary monster approaching, he would naturally be scared away.
"Formation?"
Su Ziyu had just pushed the door in, and the scene in front of him automatically changed, the original small western-style building became a green bamboo forest, and in front of it was a green bamboo house like a world of calligraphy and painting.
Illusion?
Wrong!
It's kind of like a world in a picture.
"It seems that in the past thousand years, the strength of Qingxing Lantern has also improved a lot." A ray of spiritual light flashed in Su Ziyu's eyes, and he directly closed his eyes to perceive the illusionary space in front of him.
- "Psionic teleportation." ”
Su Ziyu didn't bother to pay attention to the things in the illusion, and he had already returned to the real world with one step.
At this time.
He was already standing in the small courtyard outside.
"Stop coming!"
"This is the residence of Lord Qingxingdeng, and you are not allowed to enter without the permission of the adult!"
On both sides of the small courtyard, lanterns that were originally just decorations suddenly lit up, and then a wisp of mist appeared, and two maids wearing white grimace masks appeared in Su Ziyu's line of sight.
There are many such maids under Qingxingdeng.
"Don't you know me?" Su Ziyu's brows furrowed slightly, it seemed that these grimace maids should have been subdued within a thousand years.
The two maids wearing white grimace masks glanced at each other, stopped directly in front of Su Ziyu, and said in a condensed voice: "No entry!" Quickly retreat! ”
"Isn't Qingxing Lantern at home?" Su Ziyu frowned.
It doesn't look like it's there.
Otherwise, it would never have been just two grimacing maids to show up.
- "Spiritual suggestion! ”
Su Ziyu's eyes looked at the two ghost girls in front of him, a flash of light flashed in his eyes, and he said slowly: "I am a friend of Lord Qingxingdeng." ”
"Let me in."
The voice fell.
The two maids wearing white grimace masks were in a trance for a moment, then retreated into the lamplight on their own, and said respectfully before disappearing, "Your Excellency, please come in." ”
Su Ziyu smiled and pushed the door directly.
There is a rotating gilded staircase in the center of the hall, facing a large row of soft sofas, full of pillows, and some miscellaneous snacks and fruits, and there is a room on each side, one with a piano and one with a guzheng, which looks like it hasn't been touched for a long time.
There are some calligraphy and paintings hanging on the wall, most of them are pavilions, mountains and rivers, and the most striking thing is a poem, which is actually Bai Juyi's "Song of Long Hatred".
"There are so many snacks piled up." Suziyu casually picked up a pack of shrimp crackers, looked at it, and tore it open and tasted it.
It's a bit salty.
He got up directly and came to the second floor, the right side should be the boudoir of Qingxing Deng, Su Ziyu didn't go in, and walked directly to the second room on the left.
This is the study.
Su Ziyu pushed the door and saw a large number of drawings, as well as a large pile of waste paper thrown in the trash.
He picked up a sketch and looked at it, sure enough, it was the outline of Qing Ji, but it was the kind without clothes, and the sketch was only about a third of the way completed.
"Huh?"
"Still locked?" Su Ziyu looked down at the locked drawer in front of him.
Flick your fingers.
The drawer in front of him was directly shaken open, and then Su Ziyu took out a large stack of original paintings from inside, most of the protagonists are Gu Won Birds, it seems to be a work that is about to be completed, the clothes are basically only a little bit, the posture is slender and beautiful, a bit like the painting style of body art. Su Ziyu flipped underneath and saw the original painting of the Snow Girl, but it was nothing, what really shocked Su Ziyu was the original painting that was pressed at the bottom.
"This! ……”
"Is this an Enma? ......" Su Ziyu snorted and looked up and down at the original painting of the Enma in front of him.
Qingxing Lantern still wants her dog's head, the original painting of Enma is just less dressed, more interesting, and not clean and slippery, and there is only this original painting at the bottom, it seems that she doesn't dare to come nonsense.
Don't want the lamphead?
Su Ziyu's fingertips lit up a wisp of sparks, and directly burned these sketches.
The green lights are not here.
She must have been out for a while.
Su Ziyu walked around the study, and also saw the sketch of the ghost girl red leaves, which seemed to be some of the characters she planned to draw next.
Next to the room is a wardrobe and shoe closet.
Su Ziyu raised her hand and waved it lightly, opened it and looked at it, the wardrobe on the left is a kimono, the wardrobe on the right is modern clothes, and there are mostly some high heels in the shoe cabinet, she seems to prefer cyan blue, and many clothes are similar colors.
The third floor is special.
The decoration is that classical Japanese style, there are many wooden cabinets, and in the center is a pool, in which there are two pieces of jade, one black and one white, and some strange things are placed around.
"This should be the Eye."
Su Ziyu looked at it casually, and did not destroy the contents inside.
"The Tale of 100 Things" is not here.
Qingxing Lantern should be carried with her, and Su Ziyu still wants to see what she wants.
Back to the first floor.
Su Ziyu lay on the sofa very casually, reached out and took an orange over, and then picked up the remote control and turned on the TV.
But just when he was bored flipping the stage.
Suddenly.
There was a slight cold snort outside, followed by a cold female voice: "I've only been away for a few days, and a rat dares to come to my house?" ”
The corners of Su Ziyu's mouth hooked up slightly, and he stood up directly and said, "Mice are not so bold. ”
"You should say that it is a pleasure to have friends from afar."
Hey?
A puzzled female voice came from outside, and then wisps of faint blue ghost fire appeared, after all, it has been more than a thousand years, Qingxing Lantern hesitated a little, and then he heard who the owner of this voice was.
But then, her voice grew gloating.
"Kiyohime~!" Qing Xingdeng's voice was very narrow, with a hint of malice, and he dragged the tail note hatefully, and said with a smile: "The man you have been waiting for for more than a thousand years." ”
"He looks like he's in there! ……”
Moment.
Suziyu was a little panicked.
Originally, he came to ask Qingxing Dengxing Master to ask for guilt, but as soon as he heard the other party's words, he himself panicked inexplicably.
Su Ziyu stood in place and gritted his teeth, and finally walked out.
"Kiyohime...... Listen to me! ……”
Su Ziyu, who walked out of the room, couldn't help but be stunned, then frowned, stared at the smiling Qingxing lamp not far in front of him, and scolded angrily: "! ”
"How dare you tease me! ……”
There's no Kiyohime outside.
There was only one beautiful girl in a kimono sitting on a dark blue lamp, and she was looking at a joke on her face at this time.
Cracking sound.
A trace of pale golden arc jumped, Su Ziyu's figure disappeared in place in an instant, and the next moment, Qing Xingdeng's face changed, and he hurriedly begged for mercy: "Master Su!" ”
"This is a misunderstanding! I'm just kidding! ……”
"Ahh ……”
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