I Am a Heroic Spirit

Hearing that he couldn't find even a clue, Minamoto Boya was extremely angry. He loosened the bowstring in his hand and three evil-killing arrows shot towards the hair-eating ghost in an instant.

"what!"

"Ding!"

The hair-eating ghost let out a scream, waiting for death to come, but after waiting for a few seconds, he did not feel any pain, but instead heard Abe Haruaki's voice.

"Boya, don't mess around."

The moment Minamoto no Boya took action, Abe Haruaki sent out five talismans in succession, knocking away all three arrows that Minamoto no Boya shot at the hair-eating ghost.

"Seimei! What do you mean?"

Minamoto no Boya looked at Abe Haruaki angrily.

"Calm down, Boya. Every wrong has its perpetrator. Kagura was not killed by the Hair-Eating Demon, and the Hair-Eating Demon itself is not a man-eating monster. How can you kill him casually?" Abe Haruaki said with a sullen face, reaching out to pull Minamoto Boya off the Hair-Eating Demon.

Although he was also worried about Kagura, this was not a reason to implicate innocent people. Although the Hair-Eating Demon captured Kagura, it was Kagura who brought it upon herself. Moreover, the Hair-Eating Demon did not harm Kagura and had never eaten humans. As an Onmyoji who guards the order of Yin and Yang, he would never allow Minamoto no Boya to kill the Hair-Eating Demon like this.

This is a matter of principle.

"Impossible, if he hadn't captured Kagura, Kagura wouldn't have disappeared!"

"Don't forget, Kagura disappeared nearly ten years ago."

"That's why I will never allow hope to turn into despair!"

Abe Haruaki and Minamoto no Hiromasa confronted each other. One wanted to save the hair-eating ghost for the sake of principle, while the other wanted to kill the hair-eating ghost to vent his anger. Neither of them was willing to back down.

Zhang Luo and Yaobikuni just sat on the side and watched, looking at Abe Haruaki and Minamoto no Hiromasa coldly, each with his own thoughts in his mind. Xiaobai was so anxious that he circled around Abe Haruaki, but he was unable to persuade the two to stop arguing.

After half an hour of arguing, Minamoto no Hiromasa was finally persuaded by Abe Haruaki.

"Go away, Hair-Eating Ghost. If I see you doing evil again next time, I will definitely destroy you," Minamoto Boya said to the Hair-Eating Ghost in a vicious voice.

"I know, I know. I didn't do anything really bad." The Hair-Eating Ghost stood up from the ground and, while tidying up his long hair that had become messy from the fight, he complained, "My hair is damaged, my skin is dirty... and my clothes are torn. I'm so unlucky today."

While complaining, the hair-eating ghost ran away as fast as he could, looking as if a tiger was chasing him.

After solving the problem of the hair-eating ghost, the four of them set out again to find Kagura. They spent more than an hour searching the outskirts of Kuroyoru Mountain, but found nothing.

After some discussion, everyone decided to go deep into the Dark Night Mountain.

The deep mountains at night are not a safe place, especially the deep mountains like the Black Night Mountain which are full of thick smoke and gloomy energy. There are monsters like the Hair-Eating Ghost on the periphery, and there will be no shortage of big monsters in the depths.

Even an Onmyoji like Kamo Tadayuki would not dare to venture into the depths of the Dark Night Mountain at night. Only Abe Haruaki and Minamoto no Hiromasa were young and vigorous, the Eight Hundred Bikkhunis were immortal, and Zhang Luo could summon Servants at any time, would they dare to venture into the depths of the Dark Night Mountain.

The group hurried all the way from dusk to early morning, during which they encountered hundreds of monsters, even a few big monsters, and finally arrived at the deepest part of the Night Mountain.

At the foot of a hillside, everyone with exhausted looks on their faces stopped. Eight hundred bhikkhunis supported their bodies with their staffs, gasping for breath.

Abe Haruaki leaned against a huge rock, stroking his chest with his hand to calm his rapidly beating heart.

As martial artists, Minamoto no Boya and Zhang Luo were not as miserable as Abe Haruaki and Yaobikuni, but after experiencing many battles, their bodies felt a little heavy.

"Hey, Haruaki, are you still taking it?" After resting for a few seconds, Minamoto no Hiromasa asked Abe Haruaki.

"It's okay, I'm just a little tired." Abe Haruaki forced himself to stand firm and said with a wry smile.

"Babai Bhikkhuni, how are you? Do you need to rest for a while?" Zhang Luo also asked Babai Bhikkhuni.

"It's better than Qingming. After all, I have lived for so long and I also know a little about the samurai's breathing methods." said Yaobikuni.

"Lord Haruaki, Lord Zhang Luo, Lady Yaobikuni, Lord Minamoto no Boya, let's take a break. This is already the deepest part of the Black Night Mountain. We may encounter big monsters at any time. In our current state, we are no match for them." Xiaobai lay at Abe Haruaki's feet and made a worried suggestion.

"Xiaobai is right. Let's take a break. Even a monster might not be able to withstand a long journey of three or four hours." Seeing Xiaobai's opinion, Abe Haruaki immediately agreed.

Although he said that he was just tired, he could not walk far now. After all, the mountain road was not flat. As an Onmyoji, the fact that he could walk here showed his perseverance.

What Xiaobai said made sense. If they encountered a monster due to exhaustion, they would not have the strength to resist.

Minamoto no Boya also understood this logic. Although he was worried about Kagura's safety, he agreed.

After everyone rested for five minutes, Abe Haruaki said to Yaobikuni, "Yabikuni, please, take this opportunity to divine whether Kagura is still at Kuroyoru Mountain."

This was the second divination since entering the Dark Night Mountain. The last time was three hours ago, or six hours ago. After walking around the periphery of the Dark Night Mountain, the eight hundred nuns made a divination. The result of the divination was still only the name of the Dark Night Mountain, without a more detailed location.

"Okay, the seal of divination."

The eight hundred nuns did not refuse. They raised their staffs and cast the divination spell.

"There's a result. Kagura is deep in the Kuroyoru Mountain, which is in this area." Yaobikuni gave the detailed location for the first time. However, it was only detailed compared to the previous divination, because the area of ​​Kuroyoru Mountain was not much smaller than Kyoto, and this area meant an area of ​​at least 500 square meters.

But after all, there was a specific location, which was equivalent to hope. Everyone's spirits were lifted, and they didn't rest any longer and continued to search for Kagura's whereabouts.

A quarter of an hour later, everyone suddenly heard a sound. Listening carefully, they found that the sound was a very beautiful and moving melody, which seemed to be the music of a flute.

"Hmm...? What's going on? It seems like the sound of a flute comes from somewhere." Xiaobai looked around in confusion. It was too strange to stand in such a gloomy mountain, but hear this beautiful music that could only be heard at the royal banquet in Kyoto.

"What a beautiful sound... Just listening to it makes me feel calm." The nun Yaobi couldn't help but admire it. Although she had lived for a long time, she had rarely heard such wonderful music.

"Such a beautiful flute sound, could it be from a hermit living in the mountains?" Abe Haruaki subconsciously ignored the possibility that the owner of the flute sound was a monster, and thought of the hermit he met in the Phoenix Forest.

"I know an old wizard who is good at music, his name is Chanwan. It is said that he is a master at playing the pipa, and he even knows the secret songs "Liuquan" and "Zuomu" that no one can play today. But I haven't heard that the wizard Chanwan also knows how to play the flute." Zhang Luo also spoke.

"I have visited Master Chanmaru before, and I have heard his pipa sound. This is not the sound of the flute. Could it be... that guy?" Minamoto Boya's expression moved, his face relaxed, and his words revealed a hint of joy.

"Who is it? Lord Boya, do you know the owner of this flute sound?" Xiaobai asked Yuan Boya.

"Of course, that guy is my friend and he is very good at playing the flute! You will never forget the sound of his flute once you hear it." Minamoto Boya said proudly, very proud of his friend.

"Boya, did you hear correctly? Why is your friend in the depths of the Dark Night Mountain?" Abe Haruaki frowned and reminded Minamoto Boya that the depths of the Dark Night Mountain late at night are not a place that ordinary people can enter.

"My friend is not a human, but a great Tengu." Minamoto no Hiromasa explained to Abe Haruaki as he followed the sound of the flute.

"Otengu? I remember it was a very powerful monster, at the pinnacle of monsters. And you are from the Genji clan, who are related to the royal family." Abe Haruaki asked suspiciously. The gap between their identities was too great to be believed.

Zhang Luo had no doubts. He knew the Great Tengu in Onmyoji. He was indeed a friend of Minamoto no Boya. Moreover, according to the biography, this Great Tengu seemed to be a member of the royal family of noble birth.

However, among the Eight Great Tengu of Japan, only Sagami Daisen Tengu was the incarnation of Emperor Sutoku, and this Emperor Sutoku was supposed to be born a hundred years later.

There is also the spirit of the samurai, who was a follower of Watanabe Tsuna, and was killed at Gojo Ferry by Ibaraki Douji who transformed into a woman. However, when Abe Haruaki was this age, Watanabe Tsuna was not yet born.

It seems that this world, and even the timeline of Onmyoji, is indeed very chaotic.

"Don't worry, even though he's a big monster living in the mountains, he's definitely not an evil monster. I've even fought alongside him to defeat evil spirits."

Chapter 185 Untitled

"It's Lord Kagura!" Xiaobai exclaimed in surprise.

"Le!" Abe Haruaki walked quickly towards Kagura.

"Sister!" Minamoto no Hiroya recognized the familiar figure at a glance. He rushed to Kagura before Abe Haruaki and hugged her. The bold and strong man's eyes were filled with tears.

Kagura was not awakened by Minamoto no Boya's actions and was still unconscious.

"I found her unconscious in the Hair-Eating Ghost's cave earlier, so I rescued her and brought her here," Daitengu said calmly. "It seems her soul has been attacked. Although it's not serious, she will need some time to recover before she wakes up."

Abe Haruaki hurriedly checked Kagura and found that just as Daitengu said, Kagura had not suffered any physical injuries, but her spirit was atrophied and she needed a long period of hibernation to recover.

When Yuan Boya heard the news, his heart, which had been lifted up in the air, finally calmed down.

Daitengu stood under the tree, staring at Minamoto no Boya, his expression indifferent but his eyes extremely complicated.

A hint of doubt flashed in Zhang Luo's eyes. There seemed to be something wrong with Kagura, as if... something had separated from Kagura's body.

It must be an illusion. From the surface, Kagura was unharmed. From the inside, Kagura's powerful but imperfectly controllable power did not disappear.

It was indeed an illusion.

Zhang Luo thought to himself.

At this time, Minamoto no Hiromasa carried Kagura on his back and walked over with Abe no Haruaki, saying goodbye to Daitengu: "Good brother, the yin energy of Kuroyoru Mountain is too heavy. I need to take my sister back to rest. See you next time."

Da Tengu nodded slightly without saying anything, but his eyes became more and more complicated, with a flash of guilt in them.

"Boya!"

However, when everyone was about to leave, Daitengu suddenly called out to Minamoto no Boya.

Minamoto Boya stopped, turned around, faced Daitengu, and asked in confusion, "What's wrong, Daitengu?"

Daitengu's lips moved, but he still didn't say anything. He just looked at Minamoto no Boya silently, looking hesitant.

"What happened? Daitengu, if you need any help, just tell me." Daitengu's appearance naturally aroused Minamoto no Boya's suspicion, and Minamoto no Boya asked worriedly.

Abe Haruaki also said to Daitengu with gratitude: "If there is something that monsters are not suitable to solve, we can provide you with help."

"Do not……"

Daitengu lowered his eyes and spoke in a clear and firm voice, as if he was making a difficult decision.

"Nothing, but something, it's time to make a decision..."

After he finished speaking, Daitengu's gaze lingered on Minamoto Boya's puzzled face for a few seconds, then he turned around resolutely, flapped his black wings, and flew into the distant sky.

"What's going on?" Minamoto no Boya frowned, his heart full of confusion. It was the first time he saw Daitengu like this.

"It should be a decision that no one else can interfere with and only he can make. It's okay for him to figure it out himself." Abe Haruaki said calmly.

Could it be that Kuroo Seimei has already found Daitengu, and Daitengu is now worried about Kuroo Seimei's invitation? However, in the original plot of the Kurooye Mountain section, Minamoto no Boya has never met Daitengu, and it is not known whether today's encounter will affect Daitengu's decision.

Zhang Luo touched his chin and looked at Abe Haruaki with a strange look. He said he was so calm now, but he wondered if he would still be so calm when Daitengu and Hei Qingming really colluded and came to attack him.

"What's wrong? Why are you looking at me like that?" Abe Haruaki noticed Zhang Luo's gaze and asked in confusion.

"It's nothing. We'd better leave quickly. Dark Night Mountain is not suitable for a wounded person." Zhang Luo pointed at Kagura and changed the subject.

"I'm leaving first, hurry up."

Minamoto no Hiroya was worried that Kagura would be harmed by the yin energy, so he casually said something and quickly ran away from the Black Night Mountain. Zhang Luo, Abe Jingming, and the eight hundred bikkhunis quickly caught up.

In the blink of an eye, three days passed, and Kagura still did not wake up. Because Abe Haruaki rejected Minamoto no Hiromasa's proposal to take Kagura back to the Minamoto family, Minamoto no Hiromasa had to come over twice a day. This also allowed Minamoto no Hiromasa, Zhang Luo, Yaobikuni, and Abe Haruaki to finally become familiar with each other and become good friends.

That afternoon, Zhang Luo and his group, who had killed the fox demon that liked to make young girls into specimens and then brought together a couple, had just returned to the mansion. Before they could rest, they saw Xiaobai, who was left in the mansion to take care of Kagura, running out of the room.

"Lord Qingming, Lord Boya, Lord Bhikkhuni, Lord Zhangluo, good news, Lord Kagura has woken up!" Xiaobai happily told everyone the good news.

"What? That's great!" Minamoto no Boya was surprised at first, then happy, and ran quickly towards Kagura's room.

Abe Haruaki was not willing to be left behind, and he and Minamoto no Hiromasa entered Kagura's room at the same time.

When Zhang Luo and Yaobikuni slowly walked into Kagura's room, they saw Kagura weakly sitting up with the help of the tatami. Abe Haruaki had already sat down next to Kagura, supporting the weak Kagura.

Minamoto no Hiromasa seemed to be homesick, standing not far away, staring at Kagura in a daze.

"Seimei? This is... I'm back?" Kagura looked at Abe Seimei in a trance.

"Well, we found you. Kagura, why did you end up at Kuroyoru Mountain?" Abe Haruaki asked with concern. "It took us a long time to find you. Everyone was very worried about you."

"I felt someone calling me, so I ran outside alone. Then I was accidentally grabbed by that strange monster and lost consciousness," Kagura said embarrassedly, "I'm so sorry for making you worry."

"It's okay. Remember to tell us next time. It's safer with someone accompanying you." Zhang Luo sat down on the tatami, glanced at Minamoto no Boya who was standing uncomfortably, and then comforted Kagura.

"Well, I understand. But I didn't know what happened at that time. I went to Kuroyoru Mountain in a daze." Kagura said blankly, recalling her experience before she fell into a coma.

"Let's not talk about that, Kagura, look, do you know him?"

Seeing Kagura's confused look, Abe Haruaki temporarily skipped the topic, but kept it firmly in his mind, then pointed at Minamoto no Boya and asked Kagura.

It was not until this time that Kagura noticed Minamoto no Hiroya standing on the other side. Minamoto no Hiroya became excited when Kagura's gaze fell on him.

"He is?" Kagura was stunned for a moment, then shook her head and said to Abe Haruaki, "I don't know him."

Suddenly, Yuan Boya's body froze.

"You really have no impression of him at all?" Abe Haruaki asked.

He didn't think that Minamoto no Hiromasa was lying. The Minamoto clan had a high status, and a Kagura was not worth the Minamoto clan members making up lies.

He also didn't think that Minamoto no Hiroya had recognized the wrong person. If Minamoto no Hiroya hadn't confirmed it, how could he have entered the depths of Kuroyoru Mountain in search of Kagura?

Kagura looked at Minamoto Boya and thought about it carefully, then shook her head and said affirmatively: "I don't have any impression at all."

"Is that so..." After receiving a positive answer, Abe Haruaki looked at Minamoto no Hiroyasu, "Horama?"

"Since she said she doesn't know me, let's just take it as that." Hearing the meaning in Abe Haruaki's words, Minamoto no Hiromasa turned his eyes away from Kagura, clenched his fists, and said with a bit of self-deprecation.

"Do you know me?" Kagura asked doubtfully. Minamoto no Boya's words and tone made it impossible for people to believe that he and Kagura did not know each other at all. Even though Kagura was young and ignorant, she had a vague feeling about it.

"No, I just know someone who looks like you!"

Minamoto no Boya felt very aggrieved, but not only could he not vent this depression, he had to suppress it forcibly, at least not show it in front of Kagura.

"Since you are awake, I will go back first and come back tomorrow." After saying this, Yuan Boya quickly walked out the door.

"He's so strange."