Zong An was referring to a tree more than three meters tall, with a thick trunk, dense branches and leaves, and leathery elongated oval leaves with pointed ends that seemed to shine when the wind blew.

There was a horse standing under the tree, unlike the two members of the Eight Horses I had seen before, this horse did not have the feeling of being strong and tall, it was about one meter and a half tall, with a slender neck, a high head, slender limbs, and a beautiful body, which looked noble and light.

But I couldn't see its color, and I couldn't feel its magical power.

Neither Flip Feather nor Zong An spoke, there was only a shallow sound of wind in their ears, and the horses under the trees were motionless, no matter what they said, it was too quiet here.

"It's... What's going on?" I couldn't stand the strange silence and asked.

"As you can see," said Feather, "under the loquat tree is the fifth of the eight horses, Yu Hui." ”

"I'm not asking about this," I said, "what the hell is going on?"

The horse under the tree is not a living horse, but a cold sculpture.

"It used to be my mother's horse," Soan took a few steps forward, stopped next to the sculpture, and put his hand on the back of the "horse", "It is said that it has always accompanied my mother, from the time she was born until she left, I knew that it was not an ordinary horse when I was a child, but I didn't know that it was one of the eight horses, I only thought it was a powerful monster." ”

"I'm sorry. Thinking of Zong An's past, I couldn't help but apologize, my mother's matter should not be a memory that he was willing to mention, "So Yu Hui is your mother's..."

"Contract youkai. Zong An interrupted me, "Mother is an excellent demon slayer, but I am afraid that it is not just because she is excellent that one of the Eight Horses can sign a contract with herself." ”

"Feather told me it came here to find its companion," I said, looking at the sculpture in front of me, "but... It's not a monster anymore. ”

"Well, it brought back the body of her mother after she left, and she was buried under this loquat tree - it was a sapling at the time, and now it has grown so big, and then Yuhui stood under the tree every day and watched the tree grow day by day, sometimes for a day, until one day, everyone found that it had become what it is now. ”

"I sensed that this guy's demonic power was starting to weaken, so I looked for it everywhere, and finally found it in the Zong family, when it had turned itself into a sculpture. "I was originally worried that the Zong family would throw it away as garbage, after all, a stone is useless, not to mention that it is still a family of demon killers, how can there be a sculpture of a monster at home, so I came to recycle Yu Hui, but I didn't expect that this kid actually left a sculpture, and also built a courtyard to maintain it carefully." ”

Flip Yu looked at Zong An, and there was uncontrollable approval in his eyes.

"It was a part of my childhood memories, it was inseparable from my mother and me, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it was my teacher, it taught me a lot, especially about seals. "It also taught me how to look at youkai and humans, although later... Hehe. He smiled wryly, "I should have done to leave it behind." ”

... Zong'an actually said that a monster is his teacher, oh my God...

"Seal?" Flip Feather raised an eyebrow, "Yu Hui actually taught you the skills of housekeeping?" ”

"I don't know, maybe. Zong An looked down at his hands.

“... What are you talking about?" I couldn't help but interject.

"Oh yes, you don't know. Feather nodded, "The current situation is probably that the sculpture in front of you is not just a sculpture, it is just a shell, and Yu Hui has used the strongest seal on himself - sealing himself into this sculpture, in the sculpture it does not feel the change of time, or rather, everything in this seal is completely still, but it does not mean that it does not exist, maybe it is to escape the sadness of the owner's departure? ”

"That is to say... If you want to break this seal, you need another person who has mastered this seal," I looked at Zong An, "and that person is you?"

"Correct. "It's just that this is not in my plan, if I know that the kid in front of me has mastered the seal, I don't have to bring a ghostwriter." ”

"I can't break the seal alone. Zong An said.

"Huh?" the flipped hooves stomped back and forth, "Didn't you say it was your teacher?"

"There is a premise for this seal," said Zong'an, "the user must own other species that have signed a contract with him, and both parties to the contract must be present during the sealing or unsealing process, otherwise it will be impossible to find the intersection of demonic power and time." ”

"What should I be, what's so difficult about this, aren't you a demon killer, the contract monster is sure..."

"It's true that I'm a demon slayer," Zong An didn't care much, "but I don't have a contract monster." ”

"Clams?" Feather forced her way out of my hand.

"No youkai want to make a pact with me. ”

“... Do you have a bad personality?" asked Feather again.

“... Probably. Zong An was not angry.

"If you can't break the seal directly, what is the other way?" I quickly digressed, "You brought me to prove that you have another way to break the seal." ”

"There is a way, but it's a bit troublesome. "You are a ghostwriter, if the rumors are correct, you should be able to open the paper spirit space." ”

I didn't deny it.

"The key to the seal of the Transcendent is to find the intersection of time and demonic power, and to connect these intersections clockwise with the demonic power is the seal, and counterclockwise is to unseal," said Flip Feather, "and your paper spirit space, or protective space, has no concept of time, in that space time is stagnant, that is, the space itself is also a space similar to the seal of the Transcendent." ”

“... You don't want Yak to synchronize time with Yuhui in his own space and wake it up. Zong An's tone seemed to say something very dangerous.

"Probably so," said Feather Flip, "but it shouldn't be that simple, after all, it's been sleeping for too long, and it probably takes a lot of space to find it." ”

"Ye Ke has not been a ghostwriter for a long time," said Zong'an, "and he has not yet reached the level of mastery of his own power, whether it is to open the door or use the space, it is still too difficult for him." His tone was completely devoid of the friendliness he had just now, "As the Eight Horses, it's impossible for you not to know this. ”

"Don't worry, boy," said Feather, "of course I do. Its wings spread slightly, as if threatening, "Of course I know how dangerous this is." ”

"Now that you know, don't continue. Zong An had already taken out the spell in his hand, "Returning to no man's land is just your unilateral selfish consideration. ”

"If I'm not right, what if we insist. "The demonic power of the feather began to expand, gradually filling the courtyard where we were, and the sense of oppression was full, and it is estimated that the rest of the sect family also felt this power, and there was a commotion outside the courtyard.

"It's just you at the moment, not you. Zong An's hand holding the charm slowly raised to his chest, almost at the same time, the four corners of the courtyard where we were and the charm in Zong An's hand lit up at the same time, Zong An didn't know when he pasted the charm in the courtyard, and the light of the charm formed a large net, wrapping the demonic power of the feather expansion from the periphery, and this big net was still shrinking, and there was no intention of retreating in the face of the power of the feather.

"If you insist, then I can't let you out. There was no trace of panic in Zong An's words, "I can only seal you here." ”

(End of chapter)