Kanazaki is close to the border between Echizen and Omi.
This is a difficult terrain formed by dense forests and towering mountains. The mountains are rugged and steep, and only animal trails can prove the existence of people who still travel here.
But on this night, the moon was looming behind the dark clouds. Taking advantage of the darkness, three uninvited guests broke into the forest.
"Is the old man just going here and never coming back?" Riding on a tall and strong black horse, he stretched out his hand to gently caress the horse to comfort him. Gu Mo stared at the extremely dense and towering mountain forest in front of him. The deeper he went, the deeper he got.
The more I feel the darkness and depression.
Mountains are the dividing line between the world of humans and monsters. This kind of rarely visited mountainous wilderness is completely an undeveloped wilderness. The dangerous geographical environment has become a natural barrier. It is not uncommon for wild beasts to appear. Among them, there are
If you're a big guy, that's normal.
Even as we went deeper and deeper into the forest, even the horses began to feel obviously uneasy.
The instinct of animals is sharper than that of ordinary humans. The faint evil spirit that permeates the mountains and forests makes the horses feel afraid and cower, almost stopping in their tracks.
"It is said that this is here. My father probably didn't want to disturb Echizen, so he quietly entered the mountain through this trail..."
The second young lady said with a tired look on her face. She originally thought that her father was staying well at Lushan City, but she didn't expect that he still couldn't take any time off. He actually came directly to the mountains and fields in front of her for some unknown reason, and then he
He left and never came back, and there was no news.
By the time Inabayama Castle got the news, some time had passed.
Hidechiyo also looked worried, and the atmosphere seemed particularly dignified along the way.
"Let's search along the way. According to the divination results, the situation is not that bad..." Gu Mo comforted him calmly, but at the same time he was a little speechless.
The old man just needs to take good care of himself, why should he be so unwilling to admit defeat?
He could probably imagine what was going on. Before coming to Mino, he had asked Saito Douzan about the whereabouts of the former demon slayer organization. Because the plot about contemporary "ignorance" was not triggered, in Taotao
I met no one in the blacksmith village on the other side of the mountain.
But it happened that Chuhaha Yamaru's sword was in that woman's hand.
So Gu Mo was wondering if his father-in-law, the former "Wu Ming" of the previous generation, had any way to contact Chu Ye Shizhong.
Naturally, there was no way out. The old man had long lost contact with the former Demon Slayer Organization. Unknowingly, decades had passed, and he was still unable to do anything to help with this matter...
Originally this was the end of it, Gu Mo thought that he would just find another opportunity later.
But I didn't expect that the old man would set out directly to come here, either because he refused to admit defeat or because he recalled what happened in the past.
Looking at the dense mountain forest in front of him, the steep mountains in the distance looked like giant beasts across the land at night. He sighed in his heart. He actually knew something about this place. The former village of Chu Ye Yizhong was indeed located here.
Deep in the mountains, but it has long been abandoned.
The old man’s information is even less informed than his own…
I searched for it as soon as I patted my head, but fell into it...
Continuing forward, the mountain road becomes more rugged and winding, winding forward like a snake. On one side is a deep gorge shrouded in clouds and mist, which looks like a dark abyss under the moonlight. I don’t know what is below, but on the other side is an incomparable
In the dense mountain forest, there are strong and broken trees lying on the roadside.
I don’t know what broke it, and the traces left behind are extremely shocking. It must be a huge and heavy behemoth.
"Get off your horse, there is no way to pass by on horseback."
Seeing the road ahead from a distance, Gu Mo took the lead in reining in the reins and slowing down, then turned over and dismounted. Even if the horse was not frightened by the increasingly strong demonic aura, the road ahead had already become very dangerous.
Falling from such a high place is no joke, the horse will fall to death...
But there is no problem with people, and the world where only horses can get hurt is over.
The two girls remained silent and dismounted one after another, tying the horses to the nearby trees like him. The three tall and strong horses snorted uneasily and kicked their hooves back and forth.
The dark environment around them makes them uneasy.
Gu Mo took out three talismans from his sleeves and flicked them gently.
The originally light talisman was like a sharp dart, flying out with a whoosh and disappearing straight into the darkness in three directions.
There was no abnormal phenomenon, but Gu Mo just made a temporary defensive position. After the magic talisman, he took out a cut paper figure and hung it on a nearby branch as if casually, and then clapped his hands:
"Okay, let's go into the mountains."
The two identical twin girls looked at each other and followed suit silently.
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The night is getting darker.
Especially in this mountain forest, for some reason, it seems to have become a completely isolated dark world. Being invisible is not an exaggeration. The moonlight seems to be completely unable to shine through the gaps in the dense forest, and there is no light at all.
No.
Depressed.
Extremely depressing.
The three of them didn't say anything. They just continued to walk through the mountain forest where there was almost no way to find the road. They seemed not to notice that after they traveled for a while, the surrounding environment became more and more abnormal.
I noticed it but didn’t express anything.
"Chongxiao..."
Walking in the darkness, Gu Mo whispered the name. Amidst this powerful evil spirit and the shroud of Chang Dark, he remembered the identity of the Lord of Chang Dark entrenched in this scene. That was a
A huge owl-like strange bird that can create darkness.
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Not long after entering this mountain forest, it seems that I have entered the realm of this powerful monster.
He now feels as if he is trapped in a deep black sea, surrounded by pure darkness. His ordinary visual ability has lost its meaning. Only by cooperating with other forms of perception can he continue to act normally and be aware of the surrounding environment.<
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The second lady in the back heard his voice very keenly, frowned in the darkness and asked: "Do you think it is Chong Xiao? I have heard of this kind of monster..."
Although she can't see much now, and relies more on hearing, breath perception, and slight vibrations on the ground to confirm the precise position of the two people in front of her, she still looks around habitually.
At the same time, he whispered softly:
"But it is said that this kind of thing is formed by the gathering of a large number of dead souls, and it looks like an owl monster. How could such a thing appear here?"
"It's normal. It means there are conditions for birth here..." Gu Mo replied, "Otherwise you would think that Mr. Dao San came here to look for something. He walked out of here in the first place."
The original base camp of Chuye Yazhong was located here, but now the village in the deep mountains has been abandoned, leaving only the ruins of the past.
Naturally, the demon slayers were not willing to give up their base camp, but the monsters came to their door and almost killed them. The countless innocent souls who died here also gathered into the current Chongxiao... However, being able to create such a vast dark field,
Covering the entire mountain forest, this strange bird may be stronger than imagined.
Gu Mo was also observing carefully, trying to find the only light in the darkness. If three giant blood-red eyes appeared in the sky, it should be Chong Xiao's location.
Just couldn't find——
I don't know if it's because his experience comes from the game mechanism, which is not how it is performed in the real world; or because the Chongxiao's Ever Dark Domain covers a huge area, and now it's not that it is targeting him and others, but just him and others.
Entered its territory.
"Father..."
The second young lady frowned, did her father walk out from here?
Wow!!
At this moment, there was a particularly obvious movement ahead, as if a strong wind with an orangish smell was blowing, or something was rushing through the forest, knocking open countless vine branches, and slaying out fiercely, followed immediately by
...everything came to an abrupt end.
Hidechiyo, who was walking in front, didn't stop at all, as if his progress was not delayed at all. There was only a slight impact of the sword being sheathed.
The two people walking behind didn't care at all, and just walked past the huge corpse that fell in the darkness.
They were not even interested in seeing clearly what was coming out just now, and there was no need to do so. Except for the Chongxiao, which would be a little more troublesome, the other demons and ghosts were not a threat. The thoughts and attention of the three of them were
More focus is on finding traces of the old man.
Not long after, the three people's actions stopped again.
"The clue here is broken again..."
Gu Mo sighed: "The weeds grew too fast, and we didn't arrive in time. The traces left by the old man's trek in the forest were not obvious to begin with. After this period of time, it will naturally become more difficult to find..."
"..."
"..."
Both girls were a little silent.
They also knew this and suddenly felt a headache.
"The old man's character is really troublesome. Or should I say that he has wanted to come back for a long time..."
Gu Mo tried to speculate on the logic of the old man's actions, and thought that it was probably like this. People always feel homesick when fallen leaves return to their roots. Saito Dosan said that it was really his questions that brought back memories, and finally made such a decision.
, on the contrary, it is not very possible. I am afraid that he himself has long wanted to come back.
It's just that in the past, he still shouldered the heavy responsibility of governing Meinong and could only think about it. So now, after the transfer of power, the old man's existence is no longer indispensable to Meinong, and he can only
Only under such circumstances can we get away.
Can't help but shake his head, Gu Mo can probably understand.
It's like he can't leave now. He's just learning the matryoshka behavior of the Flower Magician, and now he's a shadow in the mountains of the Kanazaki area...
He originally just wanted to check out the situation by himself, but the two Miss Saito really couldn't wait, so the three of them rushed here quickly.
"The traces are broken here... But it can be seen that there was a battle here before, but the evil spirit has dissipated." The second lady said worriedly. Surrounded by the thick darkness, she relied on her powerful perception to search.
Learn about the surrounding situation.
My father's whereabouts ended here. It seemed that he had encountered some danger. Although the surrounding vegetation showed extremely tenacious vitality, it could also be seen that there had been a collision and confrontation with very powerful forces at that time.
After that...
There are no clues at all.
"Don't worry, you have to believe in my divination results. Any misfortune will be turned into good luck, and any misfortune will be auspicious. The old man will definitely be fine..." Gu Mo comforted him, "If you don't believe it, I can do the calculation again..."
As he said this, he habitually looked up at the sky, but found that because it was shrouded in the dark realm, what he saw was also darkness, and he could not see the stars at all.
It was pitch black and I couldn't see my fingers.
Gu Mo twitched the corner of his mouth and cursed secretly.
Well, this unlucky owl still needs to be solved.
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Somewhere in an extremely dense mountain crevice, inside the ruins of a deserted village.
With tears in his eyes, Saito Michizan walked tremblingly in the long-abandoned village. Looking at the ruined village that had long lost any vitality, he felt a mixture of emotions in his heart. He had been away from here for a long, long time.
When I came back this time, I didn't expect to see such a dilapidated scene.
"Lord Daosan, please be careful. There are still some demons and ghosts lingering in the village. I saw that they had no complaints or sins, so I didn't clean them up, but they might still hurt people..."
Next to him, a handsome young man supported him and said this.
"I know..."
The old man nodded, looked around, and then couldn't help but look at the young man——
"Your Excellency Yoshitsune, what you said before...is all true? Can a peaceful world really be realized?"
"It's natural, Lord Daosan, you don't have to doubt it." The heroic young man smiled calmly and nodded in recognition. He looked towards the cliff in the distance. The bright moon in the sky loomed behind the dark clouds. This era is still the same.
Such chaos, but he has already seen how glorious the real peaceful world is.
Great Wall of Stars...
Lunar base...
"My guardian spirit can travel through time and space. I have already seen the golden world described by that gentleman."