Chapter 26: Origami-style God
As far as Xu Ke's sword qi could reach, the "broom ghost" was split in half in an instant, the broom head rolled down to the ground with a gurgle, and the broom handle was also scattered into a piece of dust. When the ghosts saw this, they were shocked and angry, and the one-eyed ghosts, lantern ghosts, and faceless ghosts next to them immediately copied them from the three breads. Xu Ke raised his sword and shouted: "Swing the fire", and the fierce sword qi struck out from all sides, like a fire in the plain, like snow in the sky. The three ghosts couldn't avoid it, and they were all pierced by the sword qi, and they were poked to pieces in an instant, and after falling to the ground, they turned into a pool of blood......
"Ghosts are intangible things, they are tangible and qualitative, they are nothing more than demons, but they are pretending to be ghosts here! Look at the sword!" Xu Ke reprimanded angrily, the long sword stepped forward, and he shouted again: "Break the gold and cut off the water!" The sword aura burst into the group of ghosts.
At this time, Xu Ke, people borrowed the intention of drinking, moved with their hearts, and felt angry, a fierce sword qi swayed vertically and horizontally, and the blockers were all invincible, only killing the dozens of ghosts and monsters, and almost scattered and fled......
"Let's all go up together! We must kill him and eat him! Puffer fish monster, you poison him......" The big-headed ghost shouted at the back of his voice. He is like the leader of this group of youkai, and he has never suffered such a big loss in Kyoto since the "Hundred Ghosts Night Walk". Therefore, he must find face no matter what, and he will not run away. It's just that although his shouting at this time was loud, the command was out of order, and the demons fought separately, almost killing Xu Ke at all. The puffer fish monster heard the cry of the big-headed ghost, and hurried to the front, the fish mouth wide open, ready to release the poison.
Zhu Wuneng saw that Xu Ke was killing hard, and was originally watching the battle leisurely on the side, but at this moment he suddenly saw a huge puffer fish rushing out, his eyes lit up immediately, he swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and hurriedly took out the green Jingxing pot from his arms, threw it into the air, and recited the spell in his mouth, "Taishang Xuanyuan, anxious as an order, the demons and ghosts in front of me, all for me, collect!"
The body of the Jingxing pot instantly swelled several times, and the mouth of the pot was aimed at the huge pufferfish. The poor puffer fish monster didn't have time to spray poison, and his whole body had already turned into blood, and all of them were sucked into the pot by the Jingxing pot......
"Demon refining pot! Run!" As soon as the "big-headed ghost" saw the Jingxing pot appearing in the air, he suddenly saw a ghost, and he was so frightened that he ran away. When the demons saw the leader fleeing, they all fled with him. There were more than 20 demons that were injured by Xu Ke's sword qi, and they couldn't escape, and all of them turned into broken blood and were put into the pot by Jing Xingju.
Jing Xingju had been unfavorable to the Yaqi Snake before, and at this time it seemed to be in a hurry to make up for it, and when it saw the demons scattering and running, it then chased after it, and inhaled more than ten monsters in a row before giving up.
This trip to the "Hundred Ghosts Night Walk", a total of more than 60 monsters gathered, after Xu Ke's drunken battle, the dead and wounded, and finally sucked in most of them by the Jingxing pot. The vitality of the Kyoto demon world was greatly damaged, and the demons heard that the demon refining pot suddenly appeared in Kyoto that night, and the "monster" was extremely terrifying, and they no longer dared to parade at night at will. After this night, the demons were in trouble, and there was no more haunting in Kyoto......
Xu Ke wielded his long sword, and was killing vigorously, when he suddenly saw that the demons had disappeared without a trace, he felt that he was still not happy, and turned around and said: "Second brother, can't you release your Jingxing pot later?"
Zhu Wuneng said: "Big brother, those are all good things, especially the puffer fish monster, the taste is very fresh! What if I am half a step too late and he escapes!" After that, he shook the Jingxing pot a few times, feeling that he had inhaled a lot inside, so he raised his neck to the spout and drank the demon spirit in the pot in one gulp. After he finished drinking, he smacked his lips and sighed, "It tastes great!"
"Second brother, you won't leave me a mouthful?!" Xu Ke smelled the aroma of the demon spirit in the Jingxing pot. He remembered that in the cellar of the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion Courtyard before, he inhaled the demon spirit of the white wolf monster, and the taste seemed to remain between his lips and teeth, it was really strange, and he couldn't help but stretch out his hand to Zhu Wuneng, and he also wanted to ask for a taste.
"Big brother, it's not that I won't let you drink it, these demon spirits are not good for your cultivation!" Zhu Wuneng stopped Xu Ke's hand and said.
"Didn't you also drink so much, what would happen?!" Xu Ke drank too much wine after all, and he was drunk and smoked at this time, so he didn't have a good airway.
"Big brother, I am the god of the heavenly court, the spiritual blood of these goblins, I only drink it as soup, the more I drink, the more I can nourish my vitality. You're different, you're just a mortal body right now. Since the ancient demons are different, although these demon spirits are greatly supplemented, they are unbearable for you, the **mortal fetus! If you accidentally eat some of them, it will damage your vitality at the least, and you will give your life at the worst! In the future, the eldest brother must not inhale the demon spirits at will, remember to ......" Zhu Wuneng patiently explained and solemnly admonished.
"I know, long-winded!" Xu Ke waved his hand and interrupted. At this time, between his chest and abdomen, the wine surged up, like the tide of the sea, swept in, and he couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable, opened his mouth and wanted to vomit, but he couldn't vomit anything.
Tonight, he drank heavily with the north of the mountain, and he really drank a little too much......
"Stop, come over to me!" Xu Ke suddenly pointed his long sword in front and shouted. A "ghost boy" who was no more than two feet long and looked like a child ran over tremblingly.
The ghost boy had mistakenly received the order of the big-headed ghost and fled like a gust of wind, but he didn't want to, but he was blessed by his mistake and escaped the fate of being sucked into the pot by the demon refining pot. At this time, he quietly turned around again, and was discovered by Xu Ke as soon as he appeared.
"Big ...... Uncle, Rao ...... Spare my life! I ...... I've never eaten anyone, and I've never done anything bad!" said the ghost boy, trembling.
"Who is your uncle?" Xu Ke said angrily.
"Big brother, please, spare me!" the ghost boy blinked his big eyes, looking pitiful, but rather cute.
"Do you know this place?
Take us over!" Xu Ke took out the note from his arms and showed it to the ghost boy.
The ghost boy looked at it for a long time, but he still shook his head.
"You don't even know this place?!Aren't you a ghost in Kyoto?How can you not know the streets of Kyoto!" Xu Ke said with a disgusted expression.
"I ...... I don't know how to read!" the ghost boy said aggrieved.
"Why didn't you say it earlier!" Xu Ke couldn't laugh or cry.
"I ...... I'm afraid you'll scold me!" the ghost boy was still trembling.
"Kyoto West Market, Houwei Street, by the Golden Bird Bridge, White House!" Xu Ke read into the note.
"Oh...... I know there, it's Kamo-sama's house!" the ghost boy hurriedly replied. It seems that the onmyoji He Mao is already quite famous in the Kyoto demon world, so much so that his residence is also unknown to no demons.
"Lead the way!" Xu Ke commanded.
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The ghost boy carefully led Xu Ke and Zhu Wuneng, and after walking northwest of Kyoto for half an hour, the two saw a row of white-walled houses appear in front of them. That row of courtyard walls, the outer wall is whitewashed white, under the bright moon, it is very eye-catching, and it is like a white crane standing in a flock of chickens in a pile of gray wall tile houses, standing at the entrance of the street, you can see it at a glance.
The ghost boy took Xu Ke and Zhu Wuneng outside the house, and he didn't dare to go forward. Xu Ke admonished the ghost boy again, and told him not to do evil and hurt others in the future, so he let him go.
Xu Ke walked to the door of the white house, raised his hand and knocked on the door, but as soon as he touched his hand, he saw that the door had slowly opened. He led his second brother and stepped into the door, only to see that the front yard was full of all kinds of flowers and plants. Vines climb the walls, weeds grow vigorously, and flowers of all colors bloom one after another. Among these flowers, there are purple alfalfa flowers, white hyacinths, pale pink hibiscus flowers, light blue irises, pink and white bellflowers...... Although it is winter, the flowers and branches in the courtyard are very bright, swaying in the wind under the bright moonlight, which is very beautiful!
The moonlight is so enchanting, and the flowers are so delicate. Although it is still a cold winter day outside the courtyard gate, the courtyard is already full of flowers and plants, and it is full of vitality......
In the faint fragrance of flowers and plants, a woman dressed in white Qiluo floated in the moonlight. As soon as she saw Xu Ke, she bent down and saluted: "Your guest is here, my master has been waiting for a long time." ”
"Your master, you already know that we are coming?" Xu Ke scratched his forehead and couldn't help but wonder.
"Please come with me!" The woman in white led the way, leading Xu Ke and Zhu Wuneng through the spacious front yard and in front of a delicate house in the middle.
"Distinguished guests, please come in!" the woman in white opened the door for them, and disappeared again.
Xu Ke walked into the room, the room was very empty, and a person sat in front of a low table in the center, raising a glass and drinking slowly. I saw that he was dressed in a green robe, about twenty-five or sixteen years old, and it was the onmyoji He Mao who fought the big snake with him on the night of the full moon.
"Come, please take a seat!" He Mao greeted Xu and Zhu warmly. The official words he spoke at this time were more authentic than Yi Helong, as if he had grown up in Chang'an since he was a child.
Xu Ke and Zhu Wuneng walked to the side of the dwarf and sat down, and Xu Ke asked, "Brother He, how did you know that we would come to the door late at night?"
"It's all up to her!" He Mao replied with a smile as he pointed behind Xu Ke.
Xu Ke looked back, but couldn't help but be startled, I don't know when, the woman in white had floated behind Xu Ke, she came and went silently, as if she didn't touch the ground.
"Michiko, go get two jugs of good wine for the guests, and some more ...... to eat," Kamo commanded.
"Yes, master!" Michiko nodded and walked away.
"Take a little more food!" Zhu Wuneng next to him easily did not speak, and almost all of what he said was related to eating.
Xu Ke watched Michiko dressed in white, floating away like a cloud, and couldn't help but ask He Mao: "Brother He, Michiko, she, is not a ...... People, huh?"
He Mao smiled: "Brother Xu really has good eyesight! Michiko, she is one of my Shikami." ”
"Shishen, what is Shishen?" Xu Ke asked.
"Hmm...... Well, to put it simply, it is to cast a spell with the help of special utensils to make it transform into a human form and use it for my use...... This is Shikigami!" replied Kamo.
While the two were talking, Michiko had already pushed open the sliding door, walked indoors, and brought some food and drink to Xu Ke and Zhu Wuneng. He Mao poured a glass of wine for Xu Ke, made a "please" gesture, and said: "Brother Xu, Kyoto is not as good as Chang'an, and there is no 'Fenyang' that you like to drink, so you can only drink a glass of water and wine." ”
Xu Ke smiled and asked, "Brother He, do you even know our Chang'an's famous wine 'Fenyang drunk'?"
A few years ago, I went to Qianguo as an envoy and lived in Chang'an for several days. I still remember the smell of Fenyang drunkenness!"
Xu Ke said: "It turns out that Brother He has been to Chang'an, no wonder I speak the official language, you speak so fluently!"
He Mao took a sip of wine, looked at the west, as if he was reminiscing about the past, and only heard him sigh leisurely: "Chang'an, it's a good place! There is a Xuandu Temple there, and the owner of the temple is named Li Chunfeng, I don't know if Brother Xu has ever known it?"
Xu Ke smiled and said: "The famous Li Guan Master of Chang'an City, how can I not know him? I am still good friends with him!"
He Mao bowed his hand to Xu Ke on the seat and said: "It turns out that Brother Xu is still a friend of Li Zhenren, He Mao is disrespectful! Li Zhenren is supernatural! He has been dialed to me several times, counting, I have learned a lot of skills from him, and Li Zhenren is also half of my master!"
Xu Ke asked, "Cover Mo...... Brother He, your divine technique was also taught by Li Zhenren?"
He Mao smiled: "This style of divine art is my native learning in the Sang Kingdom. It's actually a spell. ”
While talking alive, he slowly slapped his palm three times at Michiko, who was standing on the side, and chanted a spell in his mouth, and Michiko, who was dressed in white, disappeared in an instant, turning into a thin piece of paper in He Mao's hand.
"Speaking of which, the spell is actually derived from the talisman of your Qianguo, and from this point of view, it is not ......an exaggeration to say that the magic of the style god is taken from your Qianguo," He Mao added with a smile.
Zhu Wuneng was obviously quite curious about the piece of paper in He Mao's hand, he took the piece of paper, looked left and right, and looked at it, it was an ordinary piece of paper. After watching it for a long time, Zhu Wuneng said in an urn: "Give me this piece of paper, I want it!"
He Mao shook his head and said with a smile: "It's useless, Brother Zhu, the piece of paper in your hand will always be a piece of paper!" After that, he took out a piece of white paper from under the short side, linked his hands, folded it into a human shape, and recited a spell in his mouth, blowing at the paper figure. I saw that the humanoid piece of paper flew into the air, shook slightly, and turned into a woman in white standing beside her, which happened to be the Michiko from before.
Zhu Wuneng saw that the woman in white looked beautiful, and he was quite envious in his heart, so he begged He Mao repeatedly, teaching him how to blow on the piece of paper, how to recite incantations, and so on. He Mao just smiled and shook his head, even saying that this type of divine technique, Zhu Wuneng couldn't learn it anyway......
Xu Ke saw that this divine technique was so magical, and he couldn't help but sigh: "In ancient times, there were beans to become soldiers, and now Brother He Mao folds paper as a person, and it is really amazing!"
He Mao listened to Xu Ke's praise, and he was very proud in his heart, and couldn't help but quickly slapped his palms twice in the air. A woman in green suddenly appeared in the house.
He Mao turned to the woman in green and asked, "Zhu Qianyu, how is the situation over there?"
The woman in green replied, "Back to the master, the man went upstairs and entered the room of the bonmahime, and he has not come out yet......
"Okay, you go, come back and tell me what's new!" With a wave of the wide sleeve of his robe on his right arm, the Shikigami named "Bamboo Thousand Feathers" had disappeared.
Zhu Wuneng stroked his palm and smiled: "Is this Zhu Qianyu a Shikijin again?Wow! Lao He, how come the Shikijin you made looks so good!" With that, he stood up again and walked straight towards Michiko, stretching out his hand to hug Michiko. He thought to himself, since this woman is made of a piece of paper, I might as well treat her like a piece of paper and play with her in my hand for a while......
Unexpectedly, although Michiko is a kind of god transformed by a piece of paper, she seems to be quite resistant to Zhu Wucan. Zhu Wuneng opened his arms and hugged it, but he hugged an empty one, and Michiko's shadow was five steps away in an instant. Zhu Wuneng made another tiger leap, and almost hugged Michiko. His hands tightened, but his arms were still empty, and Michiko had already floated to the door of the room.
"Second brother, don't be rude!" Xu Ke reprimanded Zhu Wuneng. That Zhu Wuneng's busy for a while, he didn't get anything cheap, and the boss in his heart was unwilling, so he had to touch his belly at this time, and sat down in front of the low table.
Xu Ke asked He Mao again, "Brother He, who are you letting the green-clothed god target just now......?" Is it the north of the mountain, the son of the mountain?"
He Mao replied with a smile: "Who am I staring at, Brother Xu will know in the future." Brother Xu came here tonight to deal with that big snake, right?"
Xu Ke hurriedly responded: "Exactly! Dare to ask Brother He, what is the best plan?"
He Mao said: "That big snake is really powerful, on the night of the fifteenth day of the first month, if it weren't for Brother Xu's help, we would have been defeated and returned! I and Yi Helong were lucky to be able to escape, but General Liu Sheng was probably already buried in the belly of the snake...... Speaking of this, He Mao suddenly got up again and bowed to Xu Keshen to show his gratitude.
Xu Ke hurriedly got up and returned the salute, and after the two sat down again, He Mao said:
"According to Yi Helong's proposal, let me try to prepare forty jars of good dragon anointing wine. This dragon anointing wine is the royal thing in our palace of Sang Kingdom. Forty altars are almost all the treasures in the palace. Even if I ask Your Majesty for it, Your Majesty may not be willing to do so...... I'm afraid this matter is not so easy to handle, I have to call General Yanagi and talk to His Majesty. And ye shall dwell with me these days......"
Xu Ke couldn't help but say: "You emperor, you are also stingy, aren't you? It's just a few dozen jars of wine! This is to kill the basilisk and save the people of your Sang Kingdom!"
He Mao smiled bitterly: "Brother Xu doesn't know, in addition to the very complicated brewing method of our Sang Kingdom's dragon paste wine, it must be brewed with the well water in a black dragon well in the palace. It is said that the black dragon well has dragon gas hidden in the well, and the bottom of the well is not bottomless, and it can go straight to the North Sea. However, the well water can not be used more, and if it is used more, the wine will lose its mellowness...... Therefore, the number of liquor made in the palace in a year, the best dragon anointment wine is only twenty jars at most. This wine is mainly used to entertain foreign missions, and His Majesty even drinks one or two jars at most on his own birthday. If you ask him for forty altars at once, do you think he can agree?"
Xu Ke scratched his head and said with a smile: "This ...... I didn't think about it...... Okay, then we'll wait! If this dragon anointing wine can really help deal with the basilisk, I hope Brother He must think of a way!"
He Mao said: "Brother Xu, there is another way to kill the Baqi Snake directly, but I don't know if Brother Xu is willing?"
When Xu Ke heard this, he immediately raised his eyebrows, his eyes lit up, and he asked urgently: "If you can get rid of the basilisk, of course Xu is willing! What kind of method is it? Brother He, please tell me quickly!"