The sky was slightly bright, and a ray of dawn shone on Sanke Town.
The residents who had been frightened and afraid to sleep last night saw the ray of sunlight shining on the windowsill. The fear in their hearts dissipated slightly. It was also the first time they longed for the arrival of the day.
The hundreds of evil spirits that appeared last night had really frightened them.
Even if there weren't any casualties, the terrifying shadow that it brought would be engraved in the hearts of the residents of Sanke Town for a long time. Every time they held a ceremony, they would probably feel a lingering fear.
The residents slowly appeared on the streets. They gathered in groups of three to five, discussing the horrifying night they had just experienced. However, more residents were bathing in the sun, closing their bloodshot eyes in peace, and peacefully falling asleep.
At the same time-
In a guest room in the Earth Imperial Sect's estate.
Lying on the bed, Suzuka of the Dalian Temple was like a helpless little girl who had been eroded by nightmares. She hugged everything tightly with her hands, and cold sweat seeped out of her fair forehead. She was calling out helplessly in a low voice.
"Big brother, big brother…"
It was not until the rays of sunlight shone through the window onto her flawless and small face that her tightly furrowed brows relaxed after feeling the warmth and brightness.
After a while-
Suzuka's long eyelashes trembled. She opened her eyes and subconsciously raised her jade-like hands to block the dazzling sunlight. Then, she sat up from the bed and looked around in confusion, tracing the last memory in her mind.
"I remember that I successfully performed the Lord Ritual of Mount Tai Prefecture on the Imperial Mountain Altar…I summoned an unknown existence from the Netherworld…Brother has already…"
Dalian Suzuka recalled everything that had happened yesterday. Despair and sadness flashed across her eyes. She knew that her brother, Daitenji Rishi, could no longer be resurrected. All her years of hard work had been in vain.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
At this moment, a knock on the door interrupted Dalian's thoughts.
"Suzuka, it's me. You're awake.”
Yuan's voice came from outside the door.
"It's a white fox."
Suzuka looked at the door with a complicated expression. She knew that if it wasn't for the White Fox Source, she wouldn't have been able to stay here safe and sound.
To her-
White Fox Yuan was her collaborator, the person whom the other Onmyoji compared themselves to, and also her close friend. Now, she was her savior, her " comrade-in-arms "…
"Please come in. I'm already awake."
Crack!
Yuan came in with a bowl of steaming porridge.
"Yesterday, you used up too much ling power when you performed the Mount Tai Prefecture Lord Ritual. This bowl of porridge contains herbs that can help the body recover ling power quickly.”
Yuan handed the congee in her hand to Suzuka.
"Thank you."
Suzuka did not refuse. Instead, she took the congee from Yuan's hands and picked up a wooden spoon to chew it slowly. In just a short while, she finished it all.
"How do you feel?"
"It's alright. At least when I just woke up, the pain in my brain from time to time has decreased a lot.”
Dalian Suzuka said frankly.
This was a sequela caused by overuse of spiritual power. Normally, even if one did not recuperate and adjust, they would be able to fully recover in ten days to half a month. It was just that it would take a little longer.
"In that case, we are still in the Earth Imperial Sect.”
Dalian Suzuka placed the empty bowl in her hand on the table next to her and said indifferently.
"That's right."
Yuan nodded.
"Come to think of it, it makes sense. The two of us have wreaked havoc in the Earth Imperial Sect and Sanchao Town. The Earth Imperial Sect is a Yin-Yang Master family that has been around for more than a thousand years.”
Dalian Suzuka had already made up her mind.
She was the one who had caused this incident, so she naturally had to step forward and bear the main responsibility. As for the White Fox, she was prepared to do her best to deal with it so that she could get out of this dispute safely.
" Actually, things are not as pessimistic as you think…" Yuan said with a strange expression,"" The Earth Defense Sect doesn't seem to have any intention of holding us accountable. They even helped us suppress the bad news of touching the forbidden art, the Lord Sacrifice of Mount Tai Prefecture, to a controllable extent. Even Senior Thousand Crane personally went to the Yin Yang Hall to explain the whole story. Even if there's a punishment, it's at most a severe warning to the White Fox Law Firm. As for you, you should be locked up for a few days to reflect on it.”
Immediately, the eyes of the Dalian Temple's Suzuka widened in disbelief.
It was as if such a punishment had never happened. After all, the two of them had touched the great taboo of the Yin Yang Dao. They had performed the Mount Tai Prefecture Lord Sacrifice without caring about the safety of others. Even if there were no serious consequences like a spiritual disaster after the incident, they should not have let it go so easily.
"The Earth Defense Sect is definitely helping us, but why are they doing this?”
Suzuka asked in confusion.
Even Yuan was confused. He had already prepared himself to apologize.
"Just take it that the Earth Imperial Sect's Lord is magnanimous.”
"Yes!"
Dalian Suzuka could only nod hesitantly. There must be no better explanation.
"Rest well and we will be able to return to Tokyo tomorrow or the day after.”
Yuan said.
To him, the purpose of this trip had been completely achieved, and it had even achieved results that far exceeded his expectations.
"…White Fox."
Dalian suddenly looked down and said,""You already knew about my big brother, didn't you? You knew that he couldn't be resurrected, and even if the Lord Ritual of Mount Tai succeeded, it would only summon an ominous existence from the Netherworld.”
She had heard of this possibility from Yuan before.
If the soul of her brother Dalian Rishi, did not return to the Underworld and was broken, even the forbidden technique of the Taishan Prefecture Ritual, which reversed the cycle of life and death, would not be able to revive him.
After all, the soul was the origin of all living things.
Even the origin was gone. There was no possibility of resurrection at all.
Yuan hesitated for a moment before saying,""Previously, I only had a guess in this regard. I wanted to let you prepare yourself mentally in advance.”
"I see."
Dalian nodded.
"Sigh!"
Yuan sighed in her heart.
Although the truth was a little different, it was not much different. It was just that it was too cruel and completely negated all the efforts and meaning before.
From the moment he saw the body of Dalian, he could see the traces of the Yin-Yang Art on it. They were all from the ancient soul research, and the clearest trace was an ancient soul sacrifice.
In other words, not only did the Dalian Temple's Zhi Dao experiment on his son's dangerous soul technique, but he even cruelly sacrificed him in the end. The target of the sacrifice was the unknown existence that was summoned by the Great Circle Temple's Suzuka last night using the Mount Tai Prefectural Lord Sacrifice. The summoning medium was the remnant of the Great Circle Temple's Rishi's soul that was left on his body.
This was also why Yuan had said that the Taishan Prefecture Ritual performed by Tairenji Suzuka was a success. After all, the remaining soul of Tairenji Rishi had indeed been summoned.
After chatting with Dalian for a while, Yuan left the room with an empty bowl.
……
Not long after Yuanyumo walked out of the courtyard where Suzuka was staying, she bumped into Natsume of the Tsuchiyomori Sect.
"Mr. Yuanyu, how is Suzuka?”
She had just heard about what had happened to Suzuka in the Dalian Temple from the people of the Earth Imperial Sect, such as Kuan Ying. She had never thought that there would be such a cold-blooded father in the world.
He actually used his own children to experiment with the Yin-Yang technique.
He had imposed those dark and cruel Yin-Yang Art experiments on that young body that were worse than death.
It was simply insane and infuriating.
Many onmyoji apprentices of the same age as her envied Dalian's talent. She had become one of the Twelve Divine Generals of the Yin-Yang Hall at such a young age, but only now did she realize how expensive and terrifying the price of such strength was.
"She's still a little mentally unstable. After all, this time's blow to her was a little.”
Even though Dalian Suzuka pretended to be calm in front of him, the grief and pain in her heart could not be easily concealed.
"I hope that she can walk out of this as soon as possible.”
Natsume glanced at the guest room where Suzuka of the Dalian Temple was and said to Yuan,""Mr. Yuanyu, Uncle Kuan Ying just told me to inform you that the ? Decisive Divination ? has been released and can be borrowed at any time.”
" A Strategy for Divination?!"
Yuan was stunned.
He had already given up on the possibility of borrowing the book.
After all, he and Suzuka of the Dalian Temple had caused so much trouble at the Earth Imperial Sect. It was already magnanimous of them to forgive them now. They even wanted to borrow the book," Decisive Divination ". Did they really think that the Earth Imperial Sect was an honest person who was easy to bully?
But now…
"That…Uncle Vast Eagle said that the Earth Imperial Sect had promised Mr. Yuanyu the chance to borrow the ? Divination Strategy ? and would not easily take it back. Otherwise, it would be our Earth Imperial Sect going back on our words.”
Hearing Natsume's words, Yuanyumo was confused.
Is that so…
He somehow remembered that there was a time when a certain strategic arrangement in the Yin Yang Hall angered the Earth Defense Sect and directly deprived them of the quota to borrow the " Strategy of Divination ".
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