I Am a Heroic Spirit

"Do you want to go, or not?" the boy asked again.

"Oh, well..." King Makura pretended to be hesitant and hesitated to make a decision.

"What do you want?" The boy got angry again. His hair stood on end, his eyes were wide open, and his eyeballs were twice as big as before. He turned into a devil again.

"What do you want? Do you want to let people pass, or do you not want to let people pass?" King Ma Cang Ye asked back, throwing the boy's question back.

"What did you say?!" The boy's voice became hoarse and turned into an adult's tone.

"I'll do as you say. Please tell me, do you want me to go over or not?" Ma Cang Ye Wang said deliberately.

"No, I don't intend to do what I said." The boy objected loudly.

"Then will you do as I say?" King Makura Ye showed a determined smile.

"No," the boy objected again.

"You said you would do as you are told." said King Makura Ye.

"I never said that!" The boy's mouth suddenly opened, revealing his huge tongue and fangs.

"Oh, what should I do?" Ma Cang Ye Wang pretended to be distressed.

"You are here to play a trick on me!" The boy no longer pretended to be a child. Although his body was still very small, he looked like a devil.

The boy jumped off the tree stump and pounced towards King Makura Ye.

King Ma Cang Ye was not in a hurry. He calmly faced the boy who rushed towards him, stretched out the index and middle fingers of his right hand towards it, gestured in the air, and chanted spells.

Then, the boy suddenly froze and soon his body twisted and turned, and he fell to the ground with a plop.

This is the Koshin Mantra, which Asakura Yeo found in the library of the Asakura family before coming here. Shingon Buddhist sculptors chanted this mantra while carving the Four Heavenly Kings.

The reason why King Makura Ye thinks those Onmyojis are stupid, arrogant, incompetent and greedy is because of this spell.

A careful investigation, tracking the whereabouts of the trunk above the stump, would reveal that the ancient cypress had been taken from the Gokoku-ji Temple four or five years earlier as material for the Four Heavenly Kings statues. Further investigation, using the techniques of an onmyoji, would reveal the truth hidden by the Buddha sculptor, Xuande.

However, upon learning that the ancient cypress had been cut down years ago, the arrogant Onmyoji of the Asakura family lost interest in investigating further, simply believing that the tree trunk, which had been cut down years ago, had nothing to do with the recent events. As a result, a problem that could have been easily solved ended up costing dozens of lives.

King Ma Cang Ye walked forward and looked down, only to see that the fallen boy had turned into a wooden evil ghost.

It was exactly the same look as when Guangmutianyu stepped on it, with its body crossed in two and lying face down on the ground.

Picking up the evil ghost statue, King Ma Cang Ye bit his finger and used the blood from his fingertip to draw a strange rune on the statue. The rune emitted a bloody glow on the statue, but did not look evil, and then it completely merged into the statue.

"Oh? Still alive?"

Putting away the evil ghost statue, King Ma Cang Ye approached the tree stump and touched the wood grain along its edge...

"I hope you won't be chopped off and taken away and used by humans again."

Asakura Ye Wang's tone was very gentle. After experiencing so many things and seeing so many people's hearts, Asakura Ye Wang had almost lost his good feelings towards humans and turned to place his hopes on the simple creatures of nature.

Ma Cang Ye Wang placed his hands on the tree stump and chanted a spell in a low voice. He chanted for a long time, so long that he could even clearly feel the hazy moon gradually tilting.

Finally, after chanting the incantation, King Makura Ye removed his hand from the tree stump.

At this moment, at the edge of the tree stump that Asakura Ye Wang had let go of, a green sprout so small that it was almost invisible to the naked eye raised its head.

"A thousand years later, there should still be a towering tree standing here, but I won't be here by then." Ma Cang Ye Wang muttered to himself, looking up at the sky.

The fog that obscured the moon had now dispersed, and the faint blue moonlight from the sky quietly fell on Ma Cang Ye Wang.

"That's hard to say."

At some point, a figure appeared silently on the hill. The hazy voice carried a hint of kindness, and its sudden appearance seemed a little unfathomable.

King Ma Cang Ye turned around indifferently, and a figure in a white robe with black stripes fluttered in the wind, with a handsome face and standing with his hands behind his back, appeared in King Ma Cang Ye's sight.

At this time, Zhang Luo had the air of a superior. Although he was a little young, Zhang Luo believed that he could scare Ma Cang Ye Wang, who could not see into his heart.

"What do you mean?" After all, King Ye of Asakura was not an ordinary person. He was not panicked when he found that he could not peek into Zhang Luo's heart. Instead, he was a little surprised. Few people could resist his spiritual vision, except for Kamo Tadayuki whom he met a few years ago, and even the head of the Asakura family who was also a great Onmyoji could not do it.

"The Sacrifice to the Lord of Mount Tai is the highest secret of Yin and Yang. It can resurrect the dead and control one's own reincarnation, that is, manipulate one's own life at will. If you learn this, it will not be a problem even if you live longer." Zhang Luo said lightly.

"Why are you telling me this? Who are you?" King Ma Cang Ye narrowed his eyes, moved his hand holding the evil ghost statue, but still did nothing.

Zhang Luo had no intention of attacking King Ye of Ma Cang. Not to mention the subsequent impact of killing King Ye of Ma Cang, even whether he could be killed was a question.

After all, the fact that he could see King Makura Ye a thousand years later meant that King Makura Ye did not die before he became a great Onmyoji and learned the Taishan Lord Ceremony. That is to say, even if he took action, King Makura Ye would escape for various reasons.

"Why? ... There's no reason. Perhaps it was a spur-of-the-moment decision. I suddenly encountered an Onmyoji whose talent is comparable to Abe Haruaki's, but who is a generation younger than him. I just felt a little sad." Zhang Luo pretended to be surprised, and then said, "You are a little different from Abe Haruaki. You are not the kind of person who would quietly die at the end of his life. Sooner or later, you will look for someone who can live longer."

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Chapter 191 Hei Qingming

A quarter of an hour later, Zhang Luo and Asakura Ye Wang passed through the Tsuchimikaze alley and arrived at the gate of Abe Haruaki's residence.

The door was open as always, and it had nothing to do with whether there was anyone inside, because no one except enemies and friends would enter the Onmyoji's house at will, even if the door was open.

After entering the gate, I saw only Qingxuande and Yaoqinshi in the courtyard. One was sitting under the double cherry blossoms and the other was sitting on the double cherry blossoms. No other people or Shikigami were to be seen.

"Qingming and the others haven't come back yet?" Zhang Luo looked up and asked Qingxingdeng.

"Not only that, Lady Yaobikuni and the cherry blossom demon also left just now." Qingxuande flew down from the cherry blossoms and answered softly.

"Who is this child?"

Qingxuande turned his gaze to Makura Ye Wang, looked at Makura Ye Wang, and asked.

The power of the ghost, could it be that he is a half-demon like Qingming.

Qing Xingdeng thought to himself.

Asakura Leaf King saw what Aoandon was thinking and said calmly, "I am Asakura Leaf King, and I have come to visit Lord Abe Haruaki."

"Amasura Yewang, the demon child brought back by the Asakura family a few years ago?" Qingxuande asked in surprise. The news that the Asakura family had found a child with talent comparable to Abe Haruaki caused a lot of uproar. Almost the whole Kyoto knew about it. Even the monsters near Kyoto and big monsters like her had heard of it.

However, that was only ten days or half a month, and then there was no news about the child of the Makura family. They thought that Makura Ye Wang had died.

"Seimei will probably welcome you very much." Qingxuande gave Makura Ye Wang a kind smile.

"Thank you."

Asakura Ye Wang's expression also eased, partly because Qingxuande was not a human, and partly because he did not see any malice in Qingxuande.

"Would you like to hear a story? I have collected a lot of stories here, although some of them are tragedies." Qingxuande asked Makura Ye Wang.

There are many stories collected by Qingxuande, but one-sixth of them are fabricated, like the love story between Abe Haruaki and the cherry blossom demon made up by Wanwan. Three-sixths are full of malice, such as the incident of the Gyuto bird being framed, which caused Abe Haruaki to split his yin and yang. Another one-sixth is the story of Kyoto nobles hunting for beauties. The last one-sixth is the story of monsters and humans hunting each other and ghost stories.

Because most of her stories were not good, no one in Abe Haruaki's house listened to her stories. Kagura, the only child who loved listening to stories, never accepted Aoandon's invitation because of Abe Haruaki's instructions.

Qingxuande was not interested in telling stories to the little monsters outside, and no big monster would waste time listening to her stories. As a result, Qingxuande collected so many stories, but had not told many of them yet.

Now that she finally has a young guest who is not afraid of ghosts, how could she let him go easily?

"sorry to bother you."

Seeing clearly what Qingxuande was thinking, King Makura Ye's expression froze, but he still agreed.

Half an hour later, Abe Haruaki and the others still had not returned, and Asakura Yewang was still sitting under the Yaezakura, listening to Aoandon telling the stories she had collected. The darkness in her heart became more and more intense, and her malice towards humans became more and more serious.

The demon musician seemed to be cooperating with Qingxuandeng. Although the music he played was still beautiful, it made people feel depressed.

Looking at King Asakura Ye, whose expression remained unchanged but gave people a gloomy feeling, Zhang Luo couldn't help but have some guesses. Maybe it was because he brought King Asakura Ye to Abe Haruaki and heard too many dark stories from Qingxuande that made King Asakura Ye determined to destroy mankind.

Another quarter of an hour later, Abe Haruaki, with a bad complexion and gloomy eyes, finally came back with Kagura, Yaobikuni, and Xiaobai.

"You guys are back, why are you so late?"

Zhang Luo hurried forward and spoke loudly, interrupting Qing Xingdeng's story and the demon musician's music.

"Something happened."

Abe Haruaki's voice was hoarse and deep, as if he was hiding something painful that he couldn't express. =2=.

Kagura kept pulling at Abe Haruaki's sleeve, looking very worried.

The eight hundred bhikkhunis remained silent, deep in thought.

刂-犭

Xiaobai also quieted down and was not as active as usual.

"The person who wouldn't kill Sakura Fairy's husband is really you before you lost your memory, Qingming." Zhang Luo asked Abe Haruaki with a surprised look.

Killed the Sakura demon husband? Lost her memory?

When Abe Haruaki and his companions entered the courtyard, Asakura Yohō also noticed them. However, not only was Kagura's thoughts unclear, he was completely unable to see through the thoughts of Abe Haruaki and Yaobikuni.

However, just from Xiaobai's thoughts and Kagura's unclear thoughts, Asakura Ye Wang already knew what had happened, and the look in his eyes when he looked at Abe Haruaki was not very good.

"I don't know, but the person in Sakura Fairy's memory has the same aura as me." Abe Haruaki's face turned ugly, but he still told the truth.

Isn't this already proven? How could the breath from the soul deceive people?

Asakura Ye Wang thought so, and this was indeed the case. Whether it was Abe Haruaki or Kuro Haruaki, they were the same soul after all. Even if they went to Yama, the cause and effect they were involved in could not be divided into two.

"It's getting late, I should go back." Ma Cang Ye Wang stood up, nodded to Qingxuande and Yaoqinshi, then walked across the grass and came to the path in front of the door.

"Who is this?" Abe Haruaki only then noticed the presence of Asakura Ye Wang. He forced himself to cheer up and asked Asakura Ye Wang.

"I am King Ye of Ma Cang. I am here as a guest at the invitation of Master Zhang Luo." King Ye of Ma Cang did not mention his original plan at all, but just coldly stated Zhang Luo's invitation.

"Ma Cang Ye Wang? Is he the devil's son of the Ma Cang family?" asked Yao Bikuni in surprise.

Abe Haruaki and Kagura had long lost their memories and naturally did not know Asakura Hawang. When they saw Yaobikuni knew Asakura Hawang, they looked over in confusion.

"Master Qingming, Xiaobai knows that the Asakura Leaf King was a child that the Asakura family brought back from outside a few years ago. He has a strong spiritual talent and is said to be able to surpass you sooner or later. He is called the son of a demon, and you are called the son of a white fox. Both of you are half-demons, so you were often compared to each other in the past."

While Xiaobai was telling Abe Haruaki the information he knew, he was glaring at Makura Ye Wang with dissatisfaction.

King Makura Ye could tell at a glance that Xiaobai had no ill will towards him, but was just dissatisfied with him, the Onmyoji who was claimed by the Makura family to be able to surpass his master. Compared with those Onmyojis of the Makura family, Xiaobai's little complaints were nothing.

After hearing what Xiaobai said, Abe Haruaki finally understood. He was about to say hello to Asakura Ye Wang, but he heard Asakura Ye Wang's farewell words.

"It's getting late. I have to go back. I'll visit you next time." Asakura Ye Wang calmly said goodbye to Abe Haruaki. Without saying anything to Abe Haruaki, he walked past Abe Haruaki and left the courtyard.

Abe Haruaki turned around and watched Asakura Ye Wang leave. He wanted to ask him to stay, but when he thought of his own troubles, he did not say a word.

A group of people entered the main room, sat down on the tatami, and began to talk about their experiences that night.

"What on earth happened? Why are you all like this?" Zhang Luo asked directly.

"We went to the cherry blossom forest before and met the cherry blossom demon's husband Zhongyi and the cherry blossom demon's friend Taohua demon. However, before we could investigate anything, the cherry blossom demon went crazy and chased us to the cherry blossom forest. Then we defeated the emotionally out-of-control cherry blossom demon and made her return to normal. We got some information, and then the cherry blossom demon met Zhongyi for the last time, and left with the Taohua demon, and we came back." Abe Haruaki said something briefly, but he didn't get to the point.

"If that's all, you shouldn't be like this. Is there something wrong with the information you got?" Zhang Luo asked.

"..."

"According to the Sakura Fairy and the Peach Blossom Fairy, the Onmyoji who killed Zhongyi and caused chaos among the monsters in the cherry blossom forest looks exactly like me, and his aura and power are exactly the same. The only difference is his clothing, which is an ominous black color, giving people a gloomy and terrifying feeling."

Abe Haruaki was silent for a moment before he spoke, his tone full of fatigue and pain.

He didn't want to believe that he was the one who did all this, but it turned out that it was very likely that he did it.

"Hmm..." Zhang Luo thought for a moment, then asked seriously, "So do you think that person is you?"

Hearing Zhang Luo's serious tone, Abe Haruaki straightened up immediately and said, "Of course not!"

"There's no way Seimei would do those things!"

"That's right! Whether before or after losing his memory, I have always been by Lord Qingming's side. I can prove that Lord Qingming has never done such a thing."

"I believe in Qingming's character."

Kagura, Xiaobai, and Yaobikuni also spoke one after another.

"In that case, if you want to prove your innocence, you can start with time." Zhang Luo's eyes swept over Abe Haruaki, Xiaobai, Kagura and Yaobikuni, then fell on Abe Haruaki and offered a suggestion.

"Time?" Abe Haruaki asked thoughtfully.

"That's right, it's the time. When did the black Onmyoji appear in the cherry blossom forest, and what were you doing at that time?" Zhang Luo said a method that for some reason Abe Haruaki and the others had not thought of.

"The exact time when the Black Onmyoji appeared is unclear, but it should have been ten days ago. As for the time when the Black Onmyoji attacked Sakura Fairy's husband Tadayoshi, it is very clear, just a few days ago. At that time, I should have been..." Abe Haruaki calculated in his mind.

"It was the day after Kagura disappeared and was found!" Yaobikuni spoke first.

"That's right! This can prove Lord Qingming's innocence. After Lord Kagura was found, Lord Qingming stayed at home every day and never went out." Xiaobai said happily.

"That's right, that's right. Xiaobai, Yaobai Bhikkhuni, Boya, and you can all testify for me."

A smile appeared on Abe Haruaki's face, and the previous gloom was swept away.

Seeing the happy expressions of Abe no Haruaki, Haku, Kagura, and Yaobikuni, Zhang Luo maintained a stern expression. He perfectly poured cold water on everyone, or rather, reminded them: "But you forgot. Even if it wasn't you who killed Zhongyi, it had a lot to do with you. The same aura and power, but revealing an ominous black aura. Didn't you think of anything?"

The mood of Abe Haruaki and others became depressed again, because what Zhang Luo said was absolutely right. Even if they were unwilling, they had to admit that the black Onmyoji must have a very close relationship with Haruaki.