I'm a thankful fox in Tokyo

Chapter 324: A Dream, the Sky-Blue True Sword
The old priest's words did not make the little priestess blush or feel shy. She just knelt on the side, opened her dreamy eyes, and looked at him with a bright look that she had never seen before.

Since I have nowhere to go, it seems like it would be nice to stay at the priest's house.

There was wind blowing outside the window, and the light and shadow were bright enough to be dazzling. The study was silent for a long time, and then Dong Yeyu's voice was heard.

"If Miss Miko."

Time seemed to be speeding up. Dong Yeyu only felt a trance, and the two of them held their wedding in front of the gods. Relatives raised their glasses, guests had a great time, and after the noise, there was extreme silence.

The candles in the room were very bright, and both Higashino Yu and the little witch felt a little intoxicated. In the island country, people also drink the cup of wine together, but not in the bridal chamber, but during the wedding banquet.

Generally speaking, as far as Dong Yeyu knows, the local wedding customs are quite strange. The groom has to come to the bride's house in the middle of the night, and the ceremony and bridal chamber are all held in the early morning. He has to go home at dawn, and this lasts for three days. The wedding banquet to entertain guests is held on the third day.

It was quite troublesome, and Dong Ye Yu had nowhere to go.

Fortunately, the old priest didn't seem to care about these things. Apart from the strange practice of requiring rituals to be held in front of the gods, everything else was simplified.

Some customs may be similar, yet seem to be true.

After a series of tedious ceremonies, the guests and relatives were seen off. Because it was summer, the sky was still bright even at seven or eight o'clock in the evening, but after a while, it darkened at a speed visible to the naked eye.

For some reason, Dong Ye Yu seemed to be a little talkative tonight, but he was sent back to the bridal chamber after just a few words with the old priest.

Even the air in the bridal chamber seemed quiet. The candle flames flickered cautiously, illuminating the room brightly.

The little witch was still in her dress, kneeling behind the screen, leaning against a small table, and seemed to be talking to something outside the window.

Shiromuku doesn't look good, but the little witch looks good in it.

Dong Yeyu walked over with a smile and sat down.

"Is it a fox?" Dong Ye Yu asked.

"It's Xiaoci, a monster." The little witch answered seriously, then got up and brought a basin of cold water for Dong Ye Yu to wash.

After she left, Dong Yeyu stretched his neck to look, but saw nothing. He only heard some tinkling sounds and hurried footsteps. The footsteps were very small, like a cat running.

"Cat?"

"It's Xiaoci."

The little witch corrected her, she came back with a basin of water and carefully washed Dong Ye Yu.

With the help of candlelight, Dong Ye Yu looked very carefully at the little witch's face, and found that her originally small face, which was only the size of a palm, did not seem to have changed much at this time.

Compared to when I was a child, I'm just a little taller and have a better figure.

But the face is still so cute and small.

She was considered to be married late. In those days, most local women got married at the age of twelve or thirteen, and the little witch got married at the age of eighteen.

I am the one who is getting married. Dong Yeyu felt a little embarrassed when he thought of this, but as a vagrant, it was good to have such a result. After all, the hierarchy was strict at that time, and ronin had a lower status than the loach in the field - loach could at least be eaten.

Dong Yeyu slowly approached and met the pair of innocent eyes full of curiosity, "Close your eyes, Miko."

"Why?" asked the little witch, as if she wanted to observe the process carefully.

"Because it's not romantic if you open your eyes while kissing."

"No."

The little witch was always stubborn about some inexplicable things, and Dong Ye Yu had long been used to it, so he just gave in to her.

Therefore, the atmosphere of the night changed from a blushing pink to some funny physiological knowledge explanation and practice, with occasional exclamations from the little witch, who didn't seem to be shy at all.

More than an hour later, the two were lying on the bed exhausted and sweating. The sweaty little witch's skin was also slightly cold. Dong Ye Yu hugged her in a daze.

Sometimes time passed very slowly, and sometimes it passed by inadvertently. The little witch grew up, and he married her, but he never saw the white fox she talked about.

And those monsters.

where is it?

Dong Ye Yu's thoughts jumped quickly, and in a blink of an eye he stopped thinking about gods and ghosts, and suddenly said.

"Let's plant some plum trees."

"Does Tono Nissan want to eat plums?"

"It can be used to make plum wine, so we can pick them every year, and the extra ones can be given to the believers who come to worship, which will be very interesting."

"Then I have to tell the monsters not to cause trouble!"

"Are there really monsters?"

"Yes!"

The time that followed seemed to have been accelerated, everything was very specific and detailed, and everything happened very quickly.

When Dongye Yu was sitting in his study room one day in deep thought, the old priest and his wife had passed away, and he became the head of the priest's family.

He was already in his forties at this time, with a pair of children by his side. He had grown a beard and looked much more stable, dignified and mysterious.

The prostitutes who came here to worship the gods no longer dared to flirt, and the noble girls and ladies also became quite polite, although of course flirting was inevitable.

Looking back on the time when I first arrived at Inari Shrine, it feels like it was just yesterday.

Dong Ye Yu thought in his heart with a worried look. He actually had a special feeling recently, as if everything he had now would be lost soon.

I took many measures, such as inquiring whether there were any wars or political changes in the Edo area recently, but the news I heard was all about peace and prosperity, or it could be said that it was dead.

There was a dense drizzle outside the window, not heavy but drizzling. Compared with a downpour, it was like an endless stream of urine, making people feel uncomfortable. There were the sounds of children playing and fighting in the courtyard, and the lingering scent of plums made Dong Yeyu's heart move.

It's summer again, with a field of tobacco and the whole city filled with catkins.

It rains when the plums are yellow.

"Tono Nissan, the plums are ripe, let's--"

The little witch walked into the study happily with a paper umbrella in her hand. Compared with her increasingly majestic husband, she seemed not to have changed much. After giving birth to two children, she still looked like a girl.

However, when she saw Dong Yeyu for the first time, she stopped, looking a little lost, put the umbrella quietly by the door, walked to Dong Yeyu and leaned on him.

"What's wrong?" Higashino Yu was surprised. Although Yuko was usually a little unpredictable, she had never had such a drastic change in her emotions.

She didn't say anything, just shook her head slightly, smiled and pulled Dong Yeyu's hand again, "Let's go pick plums?"

"Now?" Dong Yeyu glanced out the window, "But it's still drizzling."

"Come on, come on. If you don't go now, it will be too late." "You are already a mother. I really can't do anything about you."

So the two of them came to the muddy courtyard, where two children were holding small bamboo strips, Higashino Yu was lying on a tree picking plums, and Yuko was also there, but she was giving the orders.

"The one on the Dongye Nissan is so big!"

"And here!"

"Tono Nissan is awesome!"

In the following days, Dong Yeyu's feeling of losing everything became stronger and stronger, until one day, after holding a routine small sacrifice, Dong Yeyu stood bored in front of the worship hall, and the copper bells on the eaves were blown by the wind, making a crisp sound.

Hearing this voice, Dong Yeyu's expression was dazed for a moment, and then his eyes became clear.

The dream sword also became clear with this moment of enlightenment.

Is this the Dream Sword? It's really amazing. Although it's because I let my mind go and was not on guard, the teacher is just a mortal.

If one were to perform this magic on oneself, an ordinary mortal would probably be trapped in the illusion and unable to extricate himself.

Dongye Yu was lost in thought, and when he looked up, he saw the little shrine maiden holding a broom standing not far from the worship hall. She was still wearing the white dress and red hakama that she wore when they first met that day. Her skin was as white as the tender and crystal flesh of a peach, and her hair was very thick, slightly curly brown-red, and simply combed together and tied with a red ribbon at the end.

She looked at herself with an innocent and brilliant smile, her amber eyes filled with joy.

"Tono Nissan woke up so quickly, are you leaving now?"

"Well, I'm leaving." Dong Ye Yu didn't know what to say, so he just nodded slightly.

Miko came over, put the broom aside, and straightened the collar and sleeves of Dongye Yu.

"Miko actually wants to stay with Touno Ni-san for a while longer, but there are very bad things out there, and Touno Ni-san has his own responsibilities, so Miko can't be willful anymore."

"Miko is very happy with her time with Tono Ni-san."

"Please go and fight, Tono Nissan. Miko will always be waiting for Tono Nissan at the Inari Shrine."

After she tidied her clothes, she took two steps back and retreated into the bright sunlight, with her hands behind her back, smiling happily.

Without waiting for Higashino Yu to make a choice, she disappeared on her own initiative, and the entire shrine suddenly became extremely quiet.

Higashino Yu fell silent. Although the Princess in front of him was probably a reproduction of the Princess in his memory, at this moment, even if it was a dream, he could truly feel the emotion that was hard to let go.

In other words, it feels like a knife is cutting my heart.

Is the Dream Sword really that powerful?
I am really impressed. Why did you have to create this dream? Are you messing with me?

Dong Ye Yu suppressed the uncontrollable sadness in his heart, gritted his teeth, turned around, and the world in front of him shattered in an instant.

Instead, it was replaced by a doomsday-like world, the ruined Fukuchiyama Castle, a lead-black sky with dark clouds and raging electric snakes, a flood that submerged everything, and giant ghost warriors roaring as they fought against numerous giant snakes.

The giant snakes that were once so powerful have now become scattered, and it seems that the power of the god is running low.

The teacher's surprised voice came to my ears: "It hasn't even been a breath of time, Ayu, you have understood it so quickly?"

Dong Yeyu rolled his eyes: "The breath you mentioned took me fifteen years. I really experienced marriage, childbirth, separation and death."

"Ah?" The teacher was silent for a few seconds and muttered, "What went wrong?"

Dong Yeyu: ".What do you mean by that?"

"Teacher, I am just a mortal. Now my soul is on the verge of collapse. How can I have the strength to make you, Ayu, experience so many years in just one breath?"

"I just took you to Heian-kyō for whoring based on my own memories."

"Ah?" Higashino Yu stood there in a daze. There is a huge difference between going to Heiankyo to prostitute and spending half of your life in Inari Shrine.

Moreover, I wonder, is it right to solicit prostitution?
Seeing Higashino Yu's expression, Arima Tadayoshi coughed and said, "She is a very beautiful courtesan. I am only taking you to talk about poetry and prose with her. Don't think wrongly."

"Teacher, you should practice more before using it."

"There's no time to practice more."

So I'm the guinea pig, right? Dong Yeyu was speechless.

Shi Fan smiled awkwardly, then said seriously: "Let's not talk too much. Now that you, Ayu, have comprehended the Dream Sword, you have completely inherited my legacy. From now on, it's up to you to carry forward the Sky Blue Sword Style. Go, defeat the evil spirit, and let me rest in peace."

As soon as the voice fell, the teacher fell silent.

Did the normal school also leave?

Dong Ye Yu frowned slightly and recited the Sutra of Purity to cut off the sadness and worries that kept pouring out of his heart. Then the magic power in his body surged and a strange power emanated.

The Dream Sword is said to be swordsmanship, but in fact it is close to Taoism. Whether the swordsmanship is powerful or not depends only on the sword holder's understanding of the world, time, life and Taoism.

Bang!
The corpse demon crushed the head of the last giant snake, then suddenly looked up at the white fox high up, as if he felt the strange power of the Dream Sword and showed an incredible look.

"How could it be?! Even he doesn't know how to use this sword, how did you master it?"

“Of course, it’s taught by the Normal School.”

The corpse demon was stunned for a second, then suddenly laughed: "Are you crazy? I have already swallowed your incompetent master. As long as I complete the final digestion, I will be invincible! He has died, twice. How can a dead man teach you!"

"Crazy fox, watch me swallow you up and reunite you two, master and disciple!"

Although the corpse demon said this, he did feel something was wrong in his heart and immediately launched the first attack, crouching down, bending his knees and hips, then leaping forward, breaking free from the flood and slashing forward with a roar, the blade in his hand flashing with boundless and unusually sharp.

Dong Yeyu lowered his eyebrows and said, "The talent of the teacher is beyond your imagination. If the teacher had not been in his old age, how could a demon like you have the opportunity to act so recklessly?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the world before his eyes changed instantly, from a city and wilderness to a temple with endless boundaries. The huge calligraphy and painting in the center of the temple was as huge as the legendary Nantianmen Archway.

There are four words written in a flamboyant style on the calligraphy and painting: "Stop war, be strong."

Dong Ye Yu, who was a white fox, also transformed into a swordsman wearing white swordsman clothes. He easily dodged the attack of the corpse demon and stretched out his hand.

In the distance, everyone who was looking at the drastic changes in the surrounding environment in doubt suddenly looked in front of them at the girl in luxurious clothes. The sword in her arms was making a harsh metallic buzzing sound and kept shaking.

It seemed to want to fly somewhere.

Is it a demon's magic?
Liuli held the knife tightly to prevent it from flying away.

Yu Shi looked down and explained with a smile: "Spiritual swords will give birth to simple intelligence to help people defeat the enemy. I once saw a sword of a Shenzhou sword immortal transformed into a human form with great magical power. So you don't have to panic, little girl. This is not the work of a demon. It is its master calling it, let it go."

Upon hearing this, Liuli hesitated for a second, then let go of her hand. The exquisite ivory-white sword, along with its scabbard, instantly flew in the direction of the battle between the white fox and the corpse demon. The speed was so fast that only a white shadow could be seen.

(End of this chapter)