A comic book, but a librarian

When the girl heard the word "mother", she seemed to fall into sadness in an instant. She lowered her head and began to cry silently, and no longer answered Uesugi Cheng's words.

Uesugi Cheng did not ask any further questions. He turned around silently, picked up a few stones from a distance, and placed them on the stone tower. Then he heard a deafening roar coming from behind him.

He looked back and saw a huge evil ghost running out angrily, its red eyes staring at Uesugi Cheng, as if he was some kind of treasonous sinner.

Behind Uesugi Cheng, the figure of the little girl with a satisfied smile gradually became illusory.

"Brother, this is... Fengshi. They say this is the last stop for the dead. I should leave soon. If I have another chance in my next life, I will go and repay my mother. I am really sorry for her for getting sick like that."

The huge evil ghost tried in vain to stop the girl, but when he saw that his actions had no effect, he simply attacked Uesugi Cheng.

Then its head was cut off neatly.

Uesugi Sumiko put his mirror and flashlight back into the bag he carried with him. Although the light from the flashlight is indeed not as good as natural light, it is enough for a lamp immortal to construct a spell with considerable destructive power.

"Speak up. I know you are not dead. You can speak, right?"

Uesugi Cheng simply stepped on the evil ghost's head. If it continued to pretend to be dead, Uesugi Cheng didn't mind recalling his magic more and using this big head as his training material.

So the huge head that had been motionless and pretending to be dead just now suddenly opened its eyes. It subconsciously wanted to threaten or scare the person opposite, but after seeing the ghost shadows appearing behind Uesugi Cheng, it honestly admitted defeat, showed a begging expression, and opened its mouth.

"My Lord, what do you want to know?"

"Everything you know about this place, and... where is the Demon Goddess."

……

Huandengheyingduolang opened his eyes. He vaguely felt as if he had traveled a long way and came to an unknown place...

Before he could come to his senses, a huge, dilapidated house appeared in front of him. The rickety door seemed to be able to be opened with a slight push, as if welcoming his arrival. Not only that, he also heard a frivolous voice.

"Brother... you are actually a human. How rare it is that a human would come to a place like this... Come in, brother. I don't know why you are here, but you are very interesting."

The door was open, which made Ying Duolang a little at a loss. He knew nothing, so how could he dare to take a step forward?

"Well, that's it, little brother. It's fine if you just stand there and want to chat with me, but I have to remind you that it's not safe outside the house."

After hearing this, Ying Duolang was even more afraid to go in. He simply sat down on the spot and forced himself to calm down.

He must find his companions as soon as possible. Not only him, Yingdalang felt that others must think the same way.

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Chapter 326 Children of God.

Of course, although Yingduolang’s idea cannot be said to be wrong, it is definitely not completely correct.

"In other words... this place called Fengshi is actually the last section of the journey for the dying to enter the realm of the dead, right?"

Uesugi Cheng sat down facing the huge head. The other party seemed to be so frightened that he spoke with trembling hands. This also saved Uesugi Cheng from spending time and energy to pry the truth out of its mouth bit by bit.

"Yes... Many dead people have obsessions and resentments before they disappear. When I was born, Fengshi had already absorbed and accepted such existence. I don't know when Fengshi appeared."

The evil spirit continued to add what it knew.

"As for the existence called Guizi Mushen you are looking for, I'm sorry, I really don't know anything about it. I'm just an evil spirit that punishes those who feel guilty about themselves on this river beach. I have never left this area."

The head closed its eyes, quietly waiting for its own death. In fact, it was already very satisfied. It pushed down stones day after day, and could hardly find a second existence with which it could communicate. The spirits that stacked the stones would run away whenever they saw it, leaving it unable to say a word.

It was already very satisfied that it could say everything it wanted to say in its life this time. As for which evil spirit would be reborn from this responsibility or who would take over this position, it didn't care at all.

However, it did not wait for its own disappearance. When it opened its eyes, its body had already lifted up its head and was ready to piece the cut parts back together. And Uesugi Cheng had disappeared, as if he had never appeared at all.

"How long will I stay here?"

The huge evil ghost looked at the unchanging Styx and sat down alone, waiting for the next stone tower to be knocked down. Perhaps those who were punished on the river bank were not only the children who were punished for dying young, but also this evil ghost.

"From the feeling, this place is no different from the alien space at the beginning... In other words, in fact, the hell, underworld, and spirit world collectively referred to in this world are actually a huge alien space like the inner S area?"

Uesugi Sumiko reviewed the information given by the evil spirit. Of course, this space called Oisei is more in line with the hell in Japanese mythology. After all, even the Sanzu River has appeared, as well as those links in the folk tales. So what's next?

"Is the demon god coming here because she is about to die? Or... No, if she is on the verge of death, we would not be here. There are many abnormal situations here."

Uesugi Cheng did not encourage his spiritual consciousness to conduct a large-scale search. On the one hand, this space was indeed wide enough and he did not think he could explore it to the end. On the other hand, he still respected the existence of this world. God knew whether this sweep would cause him some trouble that he should not have.

"Then let's go ahead and gather everyone according to the planned method."

Uesugi Cheng took out a piece of paper from his bag and quickly folded it into a thousand paper cranes. He then poured a certain amount of [Gui Zi] on it without any feeling of pity. The purple-pink liquid blended into the paper cranes, making the paper look as if it was born to be this color.

"Take me to find... the friends who have entered this space with me and whom I know."

Uesugi Cheng compressed the target range as much as possible, then watched the paper cranes fly up and begin to flap their wings and followed.

The only drawback of this simple but effective spell to find people is that the materials it consumes are relatively precious. However, it just so happens that Uesugi Cheng lacks everything except these materials and props.

……

"Is this the city of evil spirits?"

Bao Yue Ye Xiao felt that her knowledge was still too shallow. Even though she had personally trained so many graduates, she had never heard that the evil spirits would have such a large town. It was as if they were living in another world.

The doll in her arms was restless, as if it wanted to find something, but it couldn't go there because Baoyue Yexiao was there.

Baoyue Yexiao looked around curiously. The spirits here did not seem to be that aggressive, and their personalities seemed more like ordinary humans. Of course, there were still many spirits full of resentment, and they were staring at Baoyue Yexiao with malicious eyes when he entered here in the form of a living person.

"We have to find Yongzi and Yingduolang first. Their means of protecting themselves may not be very effective here..."

Baoyue Yexiao quickly found her first target, and she had to find that person as soon as possible.

"Haha, a living person... a living person!"

The irrational roar coming from behind made Baoyue Yexiao show a helpless expression. Turning around, the vicious headless evil spirit raised his butcher knife. Judging from his clothes, he looked like a beheaded bandit.

The butcher knife was blocked by the huge axe. The being she called the transitional spirit easily blocked the opponent's attack with her own axe and directly suppressed the opponent with her momentum.

"It's so troublesome. We have to deal with them first. Let's make it quick."

……

"Child of God, you are undoubtedly a child of God. Those eyes...return to God. Please follow me."

Yotsuya Miko followed a shrine maiden whose face was covered with a white cloth. She looked no different from a living person. The only skin exposed was her slender pale hands. The traditional shrine maiden costume she wore made her look more holy. The melodious sound of the Kagura bell in her hand drove away the evil spirits around her, as if she wanted to bring Yotsuya Miko to the god she served.

At this moment, Yotsuya Miko looked like she was half asleep, and she followed the shrine maiden in a somewhat dull manner, as if she was bewitched by something.

"This is really troublesome. I don't know if I can catch her..."

She thought helplessly that she had no curiosity at all about the gods and children that the witch talked about, but she really didn't know how to leave the cobblestone road so she could only follow her.

In her hand, a slightly old-looking baseball was ready to go. Just when she was about to take action, she heard a strange sound.

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Chapter 327: Assembly.

That was the sound of a thousand small paper cranes flying over. It was obvious that neither Yotsuya Miko nor the shrine maiden had expected that such a thing would appear in this place. The shrine maiden shook the Kagura bell, and her movements looked more and more flustered.

"Please, please leave this place with me immediately. An untouchable being is about to descend here. Only the Lord God can protect your safety."

"No... To be honest, your pick-up skills are really terrible, so can I ask, who is the god you are talking about?"

Yotsuya Miko finally couldn't bear it anymore. The other party was obviously planning to teleport her away. If she succeeded, she would probably not have any ability to resist. As for the thousand paper cranes and what it represented, Yotsuya Miko had already seen it clearly with her own eyes. It was clearly a piece of draft paper full of words. She knew the source of that kind of paper. It was sold in the canteen of Tonghe High School.

[Secret of Plague] was unleashed on her hands, and the spiritual witch was surprised to find that her body began to become heavy, just like... the disease she faced before death when she was still alive many years ago.

"No...you can't!! Oh God!! Please help me!!!"

The shrine maiden let out a sharp scream, and the aura of the evil spirit burst out again. She looked at Yotsuya Miko angrily, and the white cloth covering her face seeped bright red blood, forming a strange pattern, which seemed to be a symbol of some special existence.

Then the next second, the witch's voice stopped abruptly, or she had lost consciousness and the ability to move, as if she were solidified amber, fixed in place.

"See you? What's going on?"

Uesugi Sumiko's voice came from afar, but Yotsuya Miko did not waver at all. She bent down slightly, ready to pour out everything she had learned at any time. Although she could feel that the attack that had stopped the miko was probably from Uesugi Sumiko, she would never let down her guard until she was sure that she was safe.

"What is this thing... Is it an appendage of a being similar to Tai Sui?"

Uesugi Sumiko was not in a hurry to destroy the other party. He just slightly incapacitated this strange priestess. After all, he was not in a familiar place now, and he did not dare to kill rashly.

"I don't know. She just said that I was a child of God and that she was going to send me to God... It was scary. I thought I was going to be sent there."

Yotsuya Miko relaxed her tense body, walked towards Uesugi Sumire, and then simply leaned on him. It seemed that after she was sure of something, she simply hugged Uesugi Sumire's hand with peace of mind.

The pair of bright golden pupils made the girl's face even more beautiful and eye-catching. Even Yotsuya Miko herself did not notice that her eyes seemed to be activated after entering the world of Fengshi, flashing with a mesmerizing golden light. Her spiritual power seemed to begin to increase at a speed that should not exist for ordinary practitioners.

"It's okay... Let's go find someone first. I'll take her away first. We'll ask after we find someone."

Uesugi Sumiko sighed and collected the picture book that the shrine maiden was carrying. Although he was not proficient in this, he could still perform this basic method of trapping evil spirits quite well.

Then Yotsuya Miko beside Uesugi Sumiko let go of the hand that she was holding on Uesugi Sumiko. Although she also wanted to rest for a while, the focus now was to get out of here and preferably find clues about Kishimokami. As for these things, there would be plenty of opportunities and time to do them in the future.

……

"Hahahaha, it looks like those guys are in big trouble after all. Little ghost, haven't you been testing me all along, wanting to know what happened to that pathetic guy called the Devil Mother Goddess?"

Hearty laughter came from the dilapidated house. Ying Duolang, who was sitting opposite, was already sweating profusely. He felt that his eyes were about to fall out of his body due to the pain.

"Just consider it as a reward for you spending so much time chatting with me. The Demon Goddess did not fall into the world of Fengshi. Or rather, the space she is in is between the world of Fengshi and the present world. She is damned but not dead. She is still barely supporting the little space that belongs to her. But if you can't find her, she will be completely swallowed up."

Ying Duolang raised his head desperately. He finally heard what he wanted to hear. His hot brain suddenly calmed down. He pricked up his ears, not wanting to miss any information.

"That's not necessary. You just need to know that the pathetic guy will die soon. He will die in the cracks and become the nourishment of this world. But that little guy... or the reincarnation of that old guy who came from nowhere, may have a way."

The sound gradually faded away, and Ying Duolang fell to the ground drowsily. Then he seemed to be turned into a puppet by something and walked into the dilapidated house, falling headfirst beside a pillar.

"I really didn't expect that there are still so many talented people in the world today? It seems that many old guys will be disappointed. But meeting is fate, so I will give this outdated thing to you, little guy."

The voice disappeared again, and in Ying Duolang's ears, countless voices sounded and stopped, as if trying to teach him something.

Ying Duolang himself didn't know how long he had slept. When he woke up, he saw Baoyue Yongzi and Baoyue Yexiao appeared in front of him, as if they were trying to wake him up.

"Etc., etc!!!"

Ying Duolang waved his hands subconsciously, and what he didn't expect was that he actually summoned out a barrier, a barrier made of spiritual power.

"Hotarou!?"

Baoyue Yongzi's expression was like that of a college roommate who was thinking, "You actually secretly reviewed for the final exam behind my back."

"Eh?"

This is the confused Yingduolang.

"Hina Doran, what happened to you?"

Baoyue Yexiao hugged the doll and looked very curious.

"I should have fallen in front of a dilapidated house..."

Ying Duolang looked back and saw no dilapidated house. There was only a blank, white, new tombstone standing next to it. With his posture, it looked as if he was about to be buried.

"Anyway, we finally found you, and then it's... Uesugi-sama's place. I hope they have some clues."

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Chapter 328: Underlying Logic.

"Wait, what about Uesugi and that Yotsuya-san? Where are they now?"

Hotarou soon discovered something was wrong. Although his brain was in great pain due to the excessive amount of information, he still realized the problem. Standing in front of him were only Baoyue Yexiao and Baoyue Eiko, and the other high school boy and girl did not appear.

"I don't know, what happened to Yingdalang here? We didn't see anything, only you lying here."

Baoyue Yexiao was very helpless. When she was relying on the doll to locate herself, she found Baoyue Yongzi who was hiding. It must be said that Yongzi really understood her position very well. She obediently found a place to hide and did not encounter anything else.

Of course, it may also be because Baoyue Yongzi does not have much inspiration and talent. Even if she wants to communicate something with Fengshi, she will probably have to spend some effort.

"My head hurts. I met a strange guy. He didn't say who he was, but he said he knew where the Demon Goddess was..."

Baoyue Yexiao's eyes lit up. Either this mysterious man or the Demon Goddess could be her target. As long as the combat power at hand was appropriate, Baoyue Yexiao did not think that she would be at a disadvantage. However, now that the Demon Goddess had disappeared and released clues, she had to handle these clues with extreme caution, so as not to lead herself into a death trap.

"He said that the Demon Goddess is now caught between the world of the past and the present, and will soon become the nourishment of the world of the past. If no one pulls her out of there."

Ying Duolang felt the spiritual power flowing in his body. He had to admit that although that strange guy not only spoke in a veiled manner but also liked to suddenly laugh and scare him, the knowledge he left for Ying Duolang before he left was just right for him. At least now he finally understood why he was so easily targeted by evil spirits.

"Did he tell us how to save the demon mother god?"

Baoyue Yexiao continued to ask, the gap between the present world and the next world, she had never studied this kind of thing, maybe the omnipotent Uesugi Cheng would know where that place is, but she, a martial artist who was devoted to improving the combat effectiveness of evil spirits, did not have such knowledge.

"No, he said that Uesugi Cheng who came in with us might have a way, but it was just a possibility. Then he left and left me... this tombstone."

Ying Duolang entered a state of clairvoyance in silence, and saw a sentence appear on the tombstone where there should be no words.