I'm a thankful fox in Tokyo

Chapter 357: Painting of the Countryside
Seeing that she had fallen silent, Dongye Yu didn't say anything. He just smiled, wiped Yu Zi's hands gently, washed the towel and hung it up, sighing with some nostalgia.

"Just like that time, even though only a few days have passed, I still feel like I've been away for a lifetime."

Miko looked into Higashino Yu's eyes: "But it's not just the two of us anymore."

Higashino Yu was unable to respond to Miko's words. After all, it was his fault anyway.

The atmosphere suddenly became silent. Miko pursed her lips, put bottles of cleaning agents back in place, stood at the door and waited for Higashino Yu to come out before turning off the lights.

The Ayasezaka shrine is located on a higher ground, and there is often wind at night, so it is not as stuffy and humid as when I lived in the Sakashita residential area.

The light in the corridor was dim but not invisible. The light on a midsummer night on this island is very beautiful. Although the stars are not obvious due to the city lights, the moon is still bright.

The moonlight dripped on the waxed wooden floor like flowing mercury. The two of them walked side by side in the corridor as if they were taking a stroll. The heavy sound of their footsteps echoed on the wooden floor, and their steps were almost synchronized.

Miko didn't say anything, but she felt inexplicably at ease, and even had a faint sweetness and joy, simply because her pace was in sync with his.

"After eating the pear, Yuzi seems to be in much better shape?" Dongye Yu had noticed this a long time ago and asked with concern, "Is she completely healed?"

"It won't have any effect if you walk slower." Miko replied softly.

Does it mean it's still a bit inconvenient?
Dong Yeyu was a little surprised. What kind of congenital disease was so stubborn? Even Cao Huan Dan plus Jiao Li couldn't completely cure it?

Is it because I didn’t eat enough pears?

Higashino Yu rubbed his chin, preparing to wait for Yuko to digest the pear and advance to the Yin God realm before giving her another one. Perhaps she would be completely cured.

And her meridian problem also needs to be solved, otherwise even if her life is extended by hundreds of years she won't be able to cultivate into a Yang God.

However, I have never heard of a doctor who can cure this kind of congenital deficiency. I guess only a practitioner with high cultivation and medical skills can do it. Such a person would basically be a medical saint in ancient times. Maybe Yuan Jun knows him?
Dong Ye Yu pondered for a moment, and the image of Yuan Jun sitting on the altar with his cheek propped up and dozing off, or chewing on a brush out of boredom appeared in his mind, and he became a little suspicious.

Does this housewife dragon really have such connections?
Arriving in front of the study, Yu Zi raised his eyes and looked at the young man in front of him for a moment. Seeing that he subconsciously bit his lips with his teeth, he knew that he was worried at the moment.

So he pulled Dong Yeyu's sleeve and asked softly, "Dong Ye Nissan hasn't said whether he wants to practice with me."

"what?"

Dong Yeyu came back to his senses, then reacted, smiled and touched Yu Zi's head: "Yu Zi, wait for me in the study for a while, I have to go back to my room first, I have something to do."

He planned to go back to his room and carefully look at the information about Oeyama sent by Hiiragi Kagami - Sanae and the others were in the study before, so it was not convenient to check it carefully.

Regarding my investigation of Oeyama, I don't want Sanae, Miko and the others to get involved. After all, their abilities are limited, and there is no point in knowing about this matter other than worrying about it.

Especially Sanae, if she takes the initiative to help, it might make things more troublesome in the end.

Miko blinked, remembering what Sanae said about Higashino Yu wanting to run away, and said seriously: "If you have any troubles, you can tell Miko."

Dong Yeyu looked into the girl's starry eyes and smiled: "I understand."

Upon hearing this, Yu Zi nodded slightly, and without asking any more questions, he turned and walked into the study. When he walked around the screen, he heard a humming tune coming from behind the screen.

I think Miko will accept herself.

Dong Ye Yu took a deep breath and thought to himself, although it was shameless to persuade the girl to accept his greedy ideas, he still couldn't help feeling a little happy.

I am indeed not a good person.

Higashino Yu felt somewhat sad that his moral standards were not as high as he had imagined, and what was even sadder was that his morals were not completely rotten.

It would be fine if it was all rotten, I could do these things without any psychological burden.

However, the situation he was in now was the most disgusting one, neither up nor down.

Intellectually, we know that it is immoral and that it harms others and benefits oneself, but emotions can overwhelm rationality, and even the heart of Tao or the original mind stands on the side of emotion. When we do this kind of thing, our heart of Tao becomes clearer.

It’s like morality is making sense, and then the heart and emotions are laughing and saying, “I don’t want to listen.”

It is a really uncomfortable feeling to have to do immoral things while suffering the whipping of conscience.

But I felt happy when I saw that Miko was finally beginning to accept me.

I tested myself and wondered if I was this kind of person.

Dong Ye Yu felt surprised, as if he had witnessed his true dark and greedy side - or perhaps he had always known what kind of person he was, but had never encountered anything that would reveal his true nature, so he chose to ignore it.

But compared to those monsters that eat people at every turn, I just want a few more wives, children and a warm bed. Such a simple wish. Bullshit!

Higashino Yu walked towards his room with mixed feelings. When he passed by Sanae's room, he heard the voices of the two sisters coming from inside. He subconsciously turned his head to look over, and the two sisters' Yin spirits just came out from the wall.

Dong Yeyu was stunned for a second and asked, "Where are you going?" Liuli stood behind Sanae and blinked, and greeted softly, "Good night, Sir Knight."

Sanae floated higher up, raised her head slightly and looked down at Higashino Yu, and said in a cold voice: "The Moon Witch is about to inspect her moonlight forest."

"Moonlight Glade?" Dong Yeyu was stunned for a second, then reacted: "Guardian Forest?"

When did the Guardian Forest become yours? Let Inahoji know, she must
Higashino Yu thought about it and felt that even if Inaho-hime knew about it, she probably wouldn't do anything.

This is a gentle god. Even if he knows that Sanae's words are slightly disrespectful, he will probably just smile, as if he is watching a child playing house.

However, Higashino Yu was worried that Sanae might gradually fall into the abyss of arrogance due to her improved cultivation and her second year of high school, so he reminded her, "This is Inari Shrine, guarded by gods, Your Highness should be careful about what you say and do."

After thinking for a moment, he added: "The Moon Witch will show her due generosity even when facing mortals, right?"

"You've crossed the line." Sanae frowned slightly and said this in a cold voice, then landed and stood next to Higashino Yu, "But I accept your advice."

Dong Yeyu smiled and then reminded: "You can walk within the shrine, but don't leave the shrine. Do you need me to accompany you?"

Dongye Yu did not stop the two of them. Liuli finally got the power to break free from the cage, and she must want to run around the world at this time - in fact, let alone her, who was like a deceased person who had been a 'human-bound spirit' for six or seven years and was suddenly freed.

Even if ordinary people obtain the supernatural powers of Yin Shen practitioners, they will find it difficult to resist the urge to travel late at night.

I had similar thoughts after I reached the Yin Shen realm. There must be something wrong with this realm. It seemed that all cultivators, once they reached this realm, immediately turned from otakus into travellers, just like they were poisonous.

"Your Excellency the Knight, you don't need to come this time. The discussions among the Moon Witches are not something you can accept for now. The huge amount of information flow may cause you to become distorted." Sanae said seriously.

"Is that so?" Dong Yeyu frowned and hesitated for a second, then nodded: "Okay."

After the two of them left, Dong Ye Yu called out to the woods outside the courtyard.

"Xiuji?"

Just as he finished speaking, there was a sound of flapping wings from the branch of a maple tree outside the courtyard. In an instant, a gray-white dove larger than an owl came down with the strong wind into the courtyard planted with flowers and plants outside the veranda. Its wings shone with a cold metallic light in the moonlight, and there was a unique cunning in its sharp eyes. The demonic aura was far more prevalent than before and had become a force to be reckoned with.

It is normal for a little demon like Xiuji to change greatly after eating Jiaoli - after all, there is already a lot of room for improvement, and a little progress will be a huge improvement.

At present, these are just slight changes brought about by the initial advancement of cultivation. Once Jiaoli has completely absorbed it and he practices hard for a period of time to allow his soul and body to be truly sublimated, he will probably be able to enter the ranks of great monsters who have cultivated for a hundred years.

Xiuji has been practicing for more than 40 years, and he has also been blessed by the super moon. Now he has eaten a small piece of Jiaoli Pear, and added the Qi-refining technique that he taught him. However, he is still not as good as the monsters that have practiced for a hundred years. It is better for him to retire and return home as soon as possible.

Xiuji bowed slowly, lowered his head, and said in a hoarse and old voice, "I am an old minister here. What do you want from me, my lord?"

If someone who doesn't know the film heard this, they would probably think that this is the filming of a historical drama or a costume drama.

Originally, although this bird had the serious demeanor of a loyal old minister on the surface, it would occasionally reveal itself to be more like a funny clown. Recently, after learning about the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, it has become more restrained - probably from being exposed after three sentences to being able to hold its own within five sentences.

"Sanae and Ruri want to stroll around the shrine. You, as their guard, must protect them. The area is limited to the inside of the shrine. If they leave the shrine halfway, you must stop them. If you cannot stop them, you must inform me in time." Higashino Yu reminded.

Although there are many cat spirits roaming around in the shrine, Feiyi is guarding it, and Haruhara is in charge, and Inahohime is on the top, Xiuji is still one of them, and she can be notified the fastest if anything happens.

"I obey your command." Xiuji responded solemnly, then flapped his wings and flew into the forest, turning into a black shadow and disappearing.

The next second, as if sensing something, Dong Ye Yu looked up in the direction of the Guardian Forest. A pair of bright eyes in the forest were staring at him.

It’s Fei Yi.

"Please help protect them." Dong Ye Yu said softly.

"Ah."

The night wind blowing through the forest brought the girl's response. She was holding a lantern and walking deep into the forest with a few cat spirits following behind her.

Night patrol is quite tiring, but for a monster like Feiyi who longs for recognition, it would be reassuring.

Dongye Yu thought to himself, went back to the room, sat at the desk, took out his mobile phone and carefully looked through the photos that Hiiragi Jing sent him in the afternoon.

They are all detailed descriptions of the Oeyama monster. This kind of leader-level monster will not be replaced for hundreds of years unless something serious happens, so the information is considered valid.

There are no accompanying pictures. Hiiragi Kagami said that it was originally in the Ukiyo-e style, but the style is abstract, so there is basically no difference with or without it.

After reading it twice, Higashino Yu had a better understanding of the situation of Mount Oe. The Mount Oe where Shuten Doji is now is no longer the mountain around Kyoto, but is inside a magic weapon.

To be precise, it is in a painting.

(End of this chapter)