The pheasant fell into a deep dream, and she returned to eight years ago, when her twelve-year-old self was walking alone and helplessly in the Forest of Death.

The cold wind pierced through the cracks in the trees and swept through the bare skin, and a chill reached the bottom of my heart.

The young pheasant walked through the trees one foot deep and one shallow, her frightened eyes looking around, and the sound of even a leaf falling on the ground would make her flee like a frightened fawn.

She didn't know what she was going to do in this vast forest, and her father only said one word before sending her into the forest.

"Accept your fate. ”

What fate is, the twelve-year-old pheasant is not yet completely incomprehensible, she just feels deep fear.

This forest sea is like a greedy beast, never letting go of any creature that enters it, and the more desperately it tries to escape, the deeper it falls.

"Where the hell am I and who will save me......"

The pheasant choked in a crying voice in the depths of the dark forest, but there was silence all around, and the only thing that replied to her was the cold wind that passed through the gaps in the trees.

Knock ——!

A dull crash sounded behind him, and the ground seemed to tremble slightly, and the young pheasant turned his head to look behind him in shock.

In the depths of the dimly lit dense forest, a huge shadow appeared at some point, more than three meters high, and its stocky body looked like a small mountain.

Knock ——!

Footsteps rang out, and the huge shadow moved forward.

The young pheasant let out a scream of surprise and turned and ran desperately into the depths of the forest, but his feet were tripped by the protruding roots, and the whole person threw himself forward and fell to the ground.

This time the pheasant was smashed to the ground, and it took a lot of effort to stand up on the ground, but she turned her head and was horrified to find that the huge monster had come behind her!

Up close, the giant monster looked even more ugly, its entire body made of rock and dirt, covered in a thick black-brown moss that exuded a strong smell of corruption.

The short and thick limbs, the stocky body, and the huge head seem to be directly attached to the chest, and the neck is completely visible.

The monster's moss-covered face barely made out the outline of its features, and two red rays of light flickered in its two deep eye sockets.

"Mountain...... Mountain ghosts!"

The great fear caused the young pheasant to freeze in place and lose the courage to escape.

The monster raised its thick arms and slowly stretched out to the pheasant, and the young pheasant shuddered and closed its eyes, ready to accept the arrival of death.

In a great panic, she felt something creeping up on her back, making a rustling sound, and her back tickled, like countless insects crawling on it.

With a bang, something fell on the ground in front of him.

The young pheasant took a deep breath to calm herself, and she slowly opened her eyes to see a long black knife emitting a chill from her feet.

"Ghost Cut ......"

The pheasant raised his head and looked at the monster that was lying down, and the two of them looked at each other, less than a meter apart.

The red light flashed in the depths of the monster's eyes, and the pheasant felt a voice ringing in the depths of his head.

- Slay with this knife, and when you have drunk your soul, bring it back to me.

......

"Ah——!h

The pheasant screamed violently and woke up from its coma.

The voice of his father, Takahiro Fuji, came from his side: "Are you having a nightmare when you return to your hometown?"

The pheasant shook her head, trying to regain her consciousness, the wound in her leg was still tearing and sharp, and she barely raised her head to look around.

She was now lying on Takahiro Fuji's shoulder, being carried by her father to the depths of the jungle.

"Here...... Is it the Forest of Death?"

Fuji Takahiro's voice was cold: "Yes, I made the decision to send you into this forest back then, and now I will bring you back here to correct the mistakes of the year, the ghost is related to the luck of the Fuji family, I will never let you destroy the entire family because of your own selfishness!"

The pheasant laughed: "The luck of the family...... You're mistaken, the ghost cut has nothing to do with those. ”

Takahiro Fuji sneered, "Did you recall anything after you entered the Forest of Death?"

"That's right...... I remembered everything from the beginning. Onikiri is not a treasure that guards the Fuji family, but a tool used by mountain ghosts to collect spirits. ”

Fuji Takahiro did not respond to the pheasant's words, but continued in silence, and after a moment his figure stopped: "That's it!"

Taka Fuji held himself in the middle of a glade and threw the pheasant on his shoulder to the ground.

The pheasant felt his limbs gradually begin to regain his instincts, and it seemed that the leg wound was bleeding profusely, and the toxins were expelled from the body.

However, she still pretended to be unable to move, lying on the ground and watching from side to side.

"Father, is this the final place you chose for me, it doesn't seem like it's deep enough into the forest?"

Fuji Takahiro's face was cold: "Going too deep into the forest sea is disrespectful to the mountain ghosts, and returning the ghost here is enough!"

With that, he reached out and pulled out a short knife from his waist and threw it in front of the pheasant.

"Cut your belly, this is the last dignity that your father left you. ”

In the Toei culture, only the upper class such as samurai were able to use the method of shaving their abdomen, which represented a kind of glory of death, so Taka Fuji's words also made sense.

Unfortunately, the pheasant didn't think so, and she let out a staccato chuckle: "Father, your stupidity is simply laughable. I've remembered everything back then, the Fuji family was just a puppet used by mountain ghosts to collect spirits. ”

Fuji Takahiro's face turned cold: "Stupid, you think you know everything? It's really ridiculous that you! You don't know anything about our family's history and the origin of this imperial city!"

Feeling the limbs gradually regain sensation, she knew that she had to buy more time for now, so she lay down on the ground and looked at Taka Fuji.

"Tell me all the secrets of the Fuji family, Father, and fulfill my last wish before I die. ”

Fuji Takahiro snorted coldly: "This is a secret that only the successive sect masters of the family can know, and when I say it, you will understand the origin of the Fuji family and the value of your life!"

The pheasant originally intended to delay time, but when he heard Fuji Takahiro's words, he couldn't help but hold his breath and quietly waited for the following.

In the dark forest, Fuji Takahiro looked at the pheasant who fell to the ground: "The suzerain of the Fuji family has never set up shadow warriors, do you know why?"

The pheasant was stunned, this is indeed a tradition that has been passed down since ancient times, but she really hasn't thought about it carefully.

"Could it be to prevent the Sect Master's Shadow Warrior from rebelling and causing huge losses to the family?"

Fuji Takahiro shook his head, his face cold: "For nearly a thousand years, the sect master of the Fuji family, including me, has all been one-man shadow warriors!"

The pheasant was shocked on the spot: "This ...... How is that possible, who is that person?"

Fuji Takahiro's face showed a look of piety: "He is the true sect master of the Fuji family, a ghost god who has survived thousands of years ago to the present, and is omnipotent-mountain ghost!"

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