Winter goes to spring, and it's another time of year when the cherry blossoms are in full bloom.

Kotokui Kawada stood beside the cherry blossom tree in the courtyard and quietly watched as the dew on the petals of a flower was about to drop.

He suddenly reached out and let the dew drip on his wrist. The water droplets fainted, and it was a little cold.

Vaguely, there was some pain in the wrist. He seemed to remember a wound on his wrist many years ago.

How many years ago?

I can't remember.

A person's life is like a stone in the water, and the flowing water of fate flows around him, bringing some people and taking away some people, and I don't know whether it is fate or sin.

But there will always be times when some scars will be added to the stone, and it may be smoothed out again after a long time.

But is the imprint really gone?

Or is it unforgettable?

Kawada flipped his wrist, opened his palm slightly, and then slammed it back together.

But nothing was caught.

……

"The head of the Kawada family is so Yaxing." Mr. Li's hearty voice came from behind Kawada, "Your fortunate Tokui family and the eight most powerful masters in our organization are working hard to strengthen the seal behind us, but as the head of the family, you are here to enjoy the cherry blossoms, will it be too leisurely?" ”

"There will be rain tomorrow, and this cherry blossom should fall." Kawada didn't look back, his hands were behind his back, and he looked at Sakura and said lightly.

Mr. Li walked up to him, also with his hands behind his back, and said with a smile: "I mean, such a beautiful view, you should invite me to watch it together." I'm also an idler. ”

"This seal needs to be strengthened again every once in a while, and so on and so forth, it takes three years. During this period, Mr. Li was also tired of running around a lot. ”

"The head of the Kawada family is polite, your manor is full of scenery, and there are surprises every step of the way, which really makes me forget to return." Mr. Li's words were dripping, "Not to mention that I am deeply honored to be able to witness such a grand event as sealing most of Japan's demons and ghosts. By the way, I've always had a question for the head of the Kawada family. ”

"But it doesn't hurt to say it."

"It is said that this seal is also in front of Tamamo, one of Japan's three major demon kings, I don't know if it's true?"

Kawada was silent for a moment, took a deep look at the cherry blossoms, and then turned back to the corridor beside him.

"Yes, it's true. Among the three demon kings, the drunken swallowing boy has already been conferred, and Emperor Chongtoku, who has incarnated as a great tengu, has also been worshiped and sacrificed by future generations, and his resentment has disappeared, and the world has been lost. The most powerful monster that still exists today is this Tamamo front. He said to Mr. Lee, who had followed him to sit down in the hallway.

A maid brought a tea tray and a small stove, and stayed quietly to boil water to make tea.

"Is this Tamamo really a nine-tailed fox in front of him?"

"Well, it's the nine-tailed fox who brought disaster to the country and the people and mutilated the living beings, speaking of which, she still crossed from your Huaxia East. At the beginning, it was also in your Huaxia to bring disaster to the world, and a good end of the Shang Dynasty died because of her, right? ”

"This kind of thing is just a story." Mr. Li took the teacup, tasted the tea carefully, and said with a smile.

"In short, the Daji she incarnated was expelled and chased in China, and fled to India for refuge in the middle of the journey, but she still did not change her life, incarnated as a beautiful woman in the capital of Magadha, and was recruited into the palace by the then Prince Ban, named the princess and given the name Huayangtian, and then naturally indulged in lust and ignored the government, causing the people of Magadha to wither and eventually lose the country."

"Then why did you come to Japan?"

The nine-tailed fox returned to China, only to find that her notoriety was spreading everywhere in the vast world, and there was almost nowhere to go. So in the Tang Dynasty, I came to Japan with my country's envoy Kibi Shinbei, and relying on her beauty, she once again stood out from the female officials who were dedicated to the court, and was deeply favored by Emperor Toba, and was given the name Tamamo Mae. Later, Emperor Toba was seriously ill and summoned the onmyoji Yasushi Abe to inspect it, and Tamamo was forced to reveal the prototype. Emperor Toba was furious, and sent Miura Yoshisumi to lead the army to crusade, and the fierce battle lasted for two days and two nights, and the defeated nine-tailed fox finally turned into a killing stone, and was beaten into gravel by a generation of high monk Yuan Weng Xinzhao, which eliminated the disaster. ”

"But she's not really dead, is she?"

"Yes, hundred-legged worm, dead but not stiff. This nine-tailed demon fox hid in the rubble, although he lost his soul and two souls, and became an ignorant little fox with no memory, but he still couldn't suppress the evil thoughts in his heart...... The former head of the Kotokui family, my father, was killed by her. So after I took over as the head of the family, I have been cultivating retainers and constantly collecting shards of killing stones, just to seal her. ”

Kawada put down the tea soup and looked at the cherry blossoms in the courtyard again, and the wind blew and the petals were scattered.

There wasn't much joy on his face, but a feeling of exhaustion that couldn't be dissolved.

Mr. Li drank tea and enjoyed the flowers, and asked lightly: "Does the head of the Kawada family really believe in those demon fox legends?" ”

"Why do you say that?" Kawada was a little sluggish as he held the tea.

"The world said that Emperor Xin of the Shang Dynasty was cruel and unkind, and after welcoming Daji, that is, the nine-tailed demon fox, he became a wine pond and a meat forest and persecuted Zhongliang, which directly led to the demise of the Shang Dynasty. However, in the current historical research, more and more scholars believe that Di Xin was an emperor of great ability, who ran the southeast and unified Dongyi and the Central Plains, which promoted the development of history. It was only after the war of warping that the national strength was consumed a lot, and there were many prisoners, and the king of Zhou took advantage of the situation and the captives defected, so the country was destroyed. ”

"I see, it seems that I am not good at what I have learned." Kawada was silent for a moment, and finally said softly, "But my father, there are still many clansmen who did die at the hands of the demon fox. ”

"If it weren't for that, I'm afraid the head of the Kawada family wouldn't have spent decades of hard work to accomplish this feat." Mr. Li stroked his palms and boasted, "Even the most potential witch in the family has thrown herself into the seal...... You know, in our forum, there are still stories of the 'Miss Black Cat' who suddenly rose and disappeared. ”

Hearing Mr. Li mention the smile, a trace of sadness flashed in Kawada's eyes, who had not had much expression all along.

"My daughter, like me, has had big aspirations since she was a child...... This time the seal is a thousand years old......"

He said this very softly, and his voice was a little ethereal, as if the breeze would disappear with a trace.

"Speaking of 'Miss Black Cat', I think of another young man who has suddenly risen in the forum for most of the past six months, who was introduced by 'Miss Black Cat' back then."

"Oh, that young man named Qi Zihuan?" Kawada listened to some reports, and although he was not very impressed with Qi Zihuan, he still remembered the name after all.

"Yes, after your family brought back the 'Miss Black Cat', he and the cat demon who stayed in Huaxia began to do tasks frantically, and the completion speed is getting faster and faster, and the difficulty is getting higher and higher, and now he is an amazing little guy." Mr. Li suddenly laughed as he spoke.

"Oh? How great can it be? Kawada didn't really care about the young Huaxia man, but just asked in passing.

"You invited the three masters for this seal, and you spent a lot of forum points, right?"

"Yes, three years of accumulation." Kawada nodded yes.

This mysterious forum began to expand its business in Japan more than three years ago, and after Kawada initially learned about the terrifying power of this forum, he leaned a considerable part of his family power to spend a lot of manpower and material resources on the task of the forum, and only saved points that could invite three masters.

"That young man, ......," the smile on Mr. Li's face grew.

"His points in the past six months have probably been able to exchange for three years of a master."

Kawada's eyes froze.

The teacup in his hand was broken.