If Qiao Xi hadn't determined that this was an illusion from the beginning, just judging from the exquisite pavilions, carved beams and painted buildings, it would have looked like the legendary fairy mountain on the sea - but she didn't know if there really was anyone living in this fairy mountain.
With the immortal.
The two pairs of brothers/couples reunited after a long absence were chatting together, while Qiao Xi looked around at the attic of the palace not far away.
While I was thinking about it in my mind, Yamabuki Otome came over with Nuliang Liban.
"grown ups."
Yamabuki Otome held Nura Liban's hand tightly with one hand, called Qiao Xi softly, paused for a few seconds, turned back and showed a gentle smile to Nura Liban, and then said to Qiao Xi:
"This should be an illusion cast by monsters on the sea. What you see in front of you are all illusions generated by what you think in your heart - people or objects."
When she said this, the smile on her face gradually faded, and her voice became softer. Her fingers still kept tightly grasping Nuliang Liban's palm.
Her eyes were filled with unspeakable sorrow, and Qiao Xi couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.
He was stunned, and Saburo, who happened to come over to talk to Qiao Xi but heard this statement, also froze in place subconsciously.
Nura Liban blinked blankly, glanced at Qiao Xi, and then looked at Yamabuki Otome: "What are you talking about? Why did you say that suddenly?"
Yamabuki Otome's hand grabbed his wrist and squeezed it hard, then suddenly let go, raised her feet and took a step closer to Qiao Xi.
Saburo didn't understand what this young lady, who was taciturn but also gentle and amiable, meant. He just intuitively felt that her words might cause some very terrible things, so he refused to listen and refused to speak.
Think about it.
He suddenly took several steps back, and when he did so, he did not forget to pull Tailang beside him. His face was facing Qiao Xi, but his eyes avoided his sight in a panic.
"Well, Brother Taro and I haven't seen each other for a long time. Brother Taro said that there are many interesting things here and he wants to take me to see them. I'll go there first so I won't disturb Mr. Onmyoji and my sister."
He talked a lot, and even he himself didn't know what he was talking about. After finishing his words, he turned around with Taro and tried to run towards the palace.
But before he took a few steps, he was stopped by Qiao Xi.
"Wait a moment!"
Sanlang paused for a moment, his eyebrows slightly lowered, and without looking back, he only asked in a very soft voice:
"Is there anything else? Mr. Onmyoji. I'm very curious about what Brother Taro said, so I want to go and have a look quickly."
While he was talking, Taro beside him kept looking at him with a strange expression.
Qiao Xi glanced at each other intentionally or unintentionally, then stared at Sanlang's back for several seconds, then smiled slightly:
"That's it. Xiaosheng is also very curious about the palace here. Can you take Xiaosheng to see it together?"
Yamabuki Otome, who was expressionlessly listening to Nura Liban's explanation, heard these words and said: "I am also very curious, so please be sure to take me for a ride."
"..."
After a long silence, Saburo, who had his back to them, nodded slightly and said softly, "Yeah."
Several people/monsters walked towards the palace without saying a word, and the atmosphere gradually solidified.
When they arrived at the entrance of the palace, Xu felt that the atmosphere was too depressing, and Taro suddenly pointed at the palace and laughed.
"Look, this is the attic where we live. I heard that the adult built it bit by bit himself."
Qiao Xi raised her eyebrows and asked her question very cooperatively: "Who is that adult?"
When Taro saw someone responding, he smiled even more heartily. He really looked like Saburo's brother.
Although they are brothers, Taro and Saburo are obviously not of the same type - more to the point, they are more like father and son than brothers.
Unlike Saburo who is cheerful, probably because of his age, Taro always seems to be extremely reserved, and at first glance he looks a bit stern.
But when he smiled like this, Qiao Xi instantly remembered the look on the beach before he went out to sea, when Saburo smiled and ran towards the bamboo raft when he learned that he could take him out to sea with him.
"That gentleman is our benefactor. I heard that he is an eminent monk who has become a Buddha through cultivation and has many supernatural powers that ordinary people cannot see. At that time, I encountered a storm at sea, and the gentleman saved me and let me stay on this island.
, I was lucky enough to survive."
With a sigh on his face, he talked a lot about various things that "that lord" had done to save people. Nura Liban, who was listening in, occasionally added something during the pauses between Taro's words. Not long after, they were taken to the attic.
As soon as he was asked to sit down, the image of an enlightened monk with a gentle, compassionate and kind-hearted character was perfectly portrayed by the two of them.
Qiao Xijiu: "emm..."
He pondered for a moment and made a longing expression in a good-natured way: "It's funny to say that, I haven't studied Yin Yang for a long time, but I have been interested in Buddhism since I was a child. It's a rare opportunity to meet an eminent monk today.
I wonder if you two can make some recommendations for me?"
Taro was pouring a cup of tea for each of them. Qiao Xi held the tea cup in her hands, but did not drink it. Instead, she said this.
Taro was stunned: "This..."
Being interrupted by him, Saburo, who was about to drink tea, also put down his tea cup and looked at Taro with bright eyes: "Brother Taro, I also want to meet the gentleman you mentioned, and I want to thank him for his kindness.
Where is your life-saving grace?"
Taro: "..."
He looked at Nuliang Liban with a hesitant look, and then Nuliang Liban calmly pushed the plate with snacks towards Saburo, and said with a smile:
"It's not impossible to introduce him, but I'm busy with everything, so I'm not sure whether I'll have time to see you."
Qiao Xi looked at Sanlang and stretched out his hand to get some snacks. He turned sideways as if unintentionally, and the folding fan in his hand shook and fell to Sanlang's feet.
So Saburo turned his hand, bent down and got under the table to pick up the fan.
Qiao Xi only made a gesture of bending down, and when she saw Sanlang went to pick it up, she simply looked at Nuliang Liban and said: "It doesn't matter. You can convey a message to Xiaosheng, but with that adult's character, he will definitely not
Are you going to refute my little wish? - Thank you very much."
After he finished speaking, Sanlang crawled out from under the table and handed the fan over, so Qiao Xi nodded to him with a smile and thanked him, which earned Sanlang a big smile.
Nuliang Liban: "..."
After thirty seconds of silence, he stood up and said: "In that case, please wait a moment, I will go and report to your Excellency."