Mu Wan looked at the mud stains carefully. They were a little hard, and they had a scratchy texture when they were gently scraped with nails, but they could not be removed at all. Dai Luan looked up and down in front of her for a long time, and said a little incredulously
:
"What happened to your hands...and legs?"
Kapok raised her hands and looked around. Her fingers became thin and long, and there were even more than five - each finger grew "out of joint" and sprouted green buds. The fingers exposed on her white stockings
The legs also turned a strange brown color, which made people wonder how the mud fell on the legs through the socks.
Shanhai had a bad association. Recalling that when she walked towards them, she staggered, as if she would fall down at any time. Lord Ruyue looked at her and said with some regret:
"She is a monster... The barrier here will isolate the monster. Her remaining magic to maintain the human form is fading. This child must be a tree demon, right? If she doesn't get out soon, she will become an immobile prototype in the Dead Man's Swamp.
, without seeing the sun all day long.”
Kapok was still explaining. After they went down, when did Shi Wuqi come back, who came, who left behind, and when Shi Wuqi went back. But it had been a long time since they came down.
, the little girl - named Jiang Doudou, had no choice but to stay with her, but she didn't dare to run around. Fortunately, she didn't eat much, so she asked some old bird friends to bring some fruits.
"But she's sick... I guess people can't just eat one thing. I have no choice but to come down here to find you."
"Why is time so messed up?" Mu Wan looked at Ruyue Jun and asked, "Why was it that Wu Qi came... not very long?"
"Because there is no movement between different palace gates. Once the space is crossed, time will be slightly disturbed. It won't be too long. Some impermanent people don't like to go here because they are willing, and it will delay things. Unless the time is controlled well.
...Usually going to the Dead Man's Swamp is just to save trouble, but it doesn't really save time. The time it takes to reach the destination is not much different from the actual time it should take."
"We have to save her, and Miss Jiang."
Dai Luan's words can only represent a wish, but it may not really come true. The child has nothing to do with them, but when they think of Ru Yuejun's previous words and that she might die, they can't sit idly by. And now they are so far away from Qing Lize
It's not that far away, so I don't dare to delay the two tasks of treating the poison.
"It's still too late now," Kisaragi-kun said, "before she completely turns back into a tree."
The deforestation was intensifying. They could almost see with their naked eyes that the skin of the bark was slowly spreading. There were roots that burst through her socks, extending out like tendrils and piercing into the ground. She took a step forward,
It can stir up some mud and produce an obvious dragging feeling. Her hair has become very hard, like buds. Even her fingernails have turned into young leaves.
"It's so scary here..." After meeting them, Kapok seemed to let out all the grievances he had been holding back. "I feel very bad. I seem to be able to see my friends in the poisonous fog. They are all phantoms, and some of me
I don’t remember...it’s weird, I don’t like it.”
They suddenly remembered that along the way, they would occasionally see dead trees or fallen wood, most of which were rotten and moldy. There were also driftwood in the quagmire. Where did these wood come from...? The Swamp of the Dead is between the cracks.
In a place that has been independently developed, there should not be any native things. And these miasmas, maybe it is not what Lord Gaoyue did back then, but these woods...
He didn't dare to think about it anymore, he didn't want Kapok to see it.
Seeing his worry, Lord Ruyue sighed softly and lowered his voice and said:
"When the Dead Man's Swamp was first formed, even though all the entrances were connected to the realm of death and life, as a buffer, the world was still barren... The Burant Head Riverside was not like this. It was also a dense forest, with red flowers and green trees.
Born here, many beautiful demon spirits also live here. But... they all left later, and we can no longer live here. Including your mother."
"my mother?"
Shan Hai looked at her in surprise. Today - who knows how long it has been in this world - he has received too much information. If those things before were not directly related to him, but Ru Yuejun's seemingly casual words,
He was extremely shocked. Although strictly speaking, his mother's affairs had nothing to do with him. He only knew that the desolate land was his mother's hometown. Maybe he had stepped into his mother's life at some point.
place.
"What kind of person is she? In your opinion?"
"Well, I don't know her well. I only know that she is a miserable person."
"Misfortune?"
Lord Ruyue looked at him and asked: "Have you ever heard this sentence? 'Why are the crimson flowers so gorgeous, and for whom do the crimson flowers bloom?'"
"I don't seem to have any impression... Ah, could it be a ballad? I heard it sung by others when I was a child. It was sung by a traveler and came from a very far away place. We don't have this song locally."
The scarlet flowers fly, the scarlet flowers fly.
The crimson flower has no one to accompany it, and the crimson flower has no one to watch it.
Why are the crimson flowers gorgeous?
For whom do the crimson flowers bloom?
"Yes, it is a song that spreads from this area. It was not written by humans, but was sung by forest fairies, and spread among the people. There is a second half to this nursery rhyme. Maybe it was spread too far and was not brought over.
"
The scarlet flowers bloom and the scarlet flowers fade.
The crimson flower sky mourns itself, the crimson flower sky weeps.
Who is buried under the crimson tree?
Who is buried under the crimson tree?
...Who is buried?
"Sakusaki Momona was a beautiful girl during her lifetime. When she was young, her parents thought she was a girl and threw her into the flower forest. The flower forest was full of flowers, especially peach blossoms, and was called 'Utopia' by travelers from afar.
', it's just remoteness... They said that a monster took away my daughter.
Panic arose. As for her, she was raised by the monsters of the peach blossom tree and grew up under the care of the spirits of plants and trees. She looked fresh and cute. A few years later, a demon hunter came and the villagers asked him to kill those monsters. They never thought that
The child was brought back alive. Hua Lin was injured and some monsters died, including her adoptive mother."
The other three girls were silent and quietly listened to the story.
"Her parents had a younger brother at that time, and they took him back with reluctance. When she grew up, they forced her to marry a rich man who was passing by for a stay. She refused, and was killed by the rich man and buried in Taoyuan.
Under the cherry blossom tree, she was filled with spiritual power and could not let go. The flower forest reminded her of the weak truth of her childhood.
Therefore, under the instigation of a spirit, she killed the rich man and her biological parents. They both died on the bed. When she woke up the next day, their bodies were covered with branches and leaves, and the ground was covered with blood, like falling flowers...
The crime of parricide is particularly serious, and no matter what, her hands stained with blood cannot be washed away."
Your mother is a murderer. Kisaragi-kun seemed to be telling him this. He had no other feelings, he was simply stating the facts.
Shan Hai felt a little sad in his heart. Although he had never been involved in his life, the thought of such a blood connection and the beating of his heart at this moment also made him extremely sad.
"Ah, I remembered." Kapok suddenly said, "Yingyue-kun... yes, Yingyue-kun often comes to our place. She is very kind and does not look like a murderer at all. I was still young, so I heard this story from other monsters
That's what she said. She frankly admitted that she was appointed to be an impermanent person, not only for the sake of the world, but also to recognize her own mistakes. But, no matter how you think about it, I don't think it is her fault."
Her voice was a little hoarse, like a dry friction sound. It became difficult for Kapok to even open her mouth, her speech was inaccurate, and her facial skin was very stiff. Mu Wan quickly stopped her and wanted to pick her up to prevent her roots from getting stuck. But she was too
It sunk like a big tree.
"Rules are rules, and I don't want to set any precedent. Of course, she didn't support Ye Yue-kun's love affair back then... It wasn't until Hong Xuan Qing Nu was shattered by this that she vaguely understood something. Your father is a great man.
Ruyue Jun looked at Shanhai, "He is an ordinary person. Qingnu opened the door for your mother, and your father took her out."
"Then who is my mother...that adult..."
"No. That gentleman kept his promise and kept his promise to the former Koshitsuki-kun. With the help of your father, your mother found the spirit that instigated her to kill...and got rid of it."
"What kind of monster is that?" Dai Luan asked.
"It's her heart that was cut open." Lord Ruyue took a breath, "Your mother wanted both love and freedom. She didn't want to let go of your father. Your father just said, 'Go and choose what you really want.'
For hundreds of years, you have suffered'. To her
Yan Ben didn’t care that it would only take a human lifetime, but his lover’s family and the townspeople strongly opposed it and obstructed it in every possible way. Your father didn’t care at all, but Yingyue Jun was heartbroken. She didn’t want her lover to suffer from love, so she chose two
human freedom."
She didn't want her lover to suffer from love, so she chose freedom for the two of them.
Lin Shanhai was so uncomfortable that he could not speak. He had always believed in the past that the Lord of Naraku always looked at the overall situation, could always see what ordinary people could not see, and could always make the most correct choice among many decisions. Until now.
, and he had no doubt at all.
But it's so impersonal, so impersonal...It's so cold, like ice that never melts all year round.
This is the struggle and melting of rules and emotions. He can understand it, but it is not inconsistent with him being sad about it. But this sadness cannot last long, because someone is coming.
"It's so touching!"
The soft ground swallowed up the sound of clogs, and there was a burst of stiff applause in the air. Lord Ruyue frowned slightly, looking at the person walking towards him through the miasma, tightening his lips and saying nothing.
There was a soft feeling in Shanhai's heart, but suddenly he felt as if he had hit a stone, his body was broken into pieces, and he slowly sank. He couldn't tell the color of the person who came - Lord Xueyue. After all, his clothes were this color.
Or was it dyed with something else? Perhaps the faint smell of rust told him the answer.
"Where is Wu Qi?" Dai Luan murmured.
Lord Xueyue did not answer him. His bloody face was extremely vivid, more colorful than any of his friends here. He was coquettish, cunning, sinister... In addition, all the chilling temperaments neutralized this
It feels like his demeanor is more in line with a monster emerging from the sea of blood.
He opened his hand, and half-solidified reddish-brown liquid slowly dripped from his long nails.
"I'm a little tired...but it doesn't matter, it's about to end."
After saying that, he suddenly flashed in front of Kapok. This was an agility that was completely different from the tired tone, like a flowing fire.
