Beichuan Si couldn’t be bothered with Ihui Guangjiu.
He slid the door shut and retrieved from his sleeve sothing he had just discovered in the ancient manuscripts.
"This is..." Beichuan Si’s gaze swept over it.
What was sandwiched between the covers was a vertically-folded letter paper.
This didn’t seem to be sothing very ancient.
Beichuan Si unfolded the letter paper.
On the smooth surface of the paper was a line of striking handwriting.
"I know that I might beco Ihui Island’s unforgivable great sinner, right? As the chosen witch, I should not hold any confusion about the upcoming ritual."
"But the act Lord Nailuo wishes to do is simply too contrary to reason."
Upon reading this, Beichuan Si’s thoughts stirred slightly.
Lord Nailuo?
Could this be referring to Ihui Nailuo?
Beichuan Si continued reading.
"Admittedly, Lord Nailuo is the Shrine’s Great Heavenly Person who has been around for the longest, but to grasp the power of the Divine Tree and liberate all people on the island from their physical bonds to beco heavenly beings..."
The words broke off here, as if the writer themselves were startled by Ihui Nailuo’s audacity.
Beichuan Si kept reading along the break.
"This may sound like a very wonderful thing. The island residents would be free from illnesses, hunger, and toil...beco heavenly beings. But this is surely sothing that cannot be done. The power of the Divine Tree cannot be so easily grasped by Lord Nailuo."
"Sacrificing myself for the islanders is not a big deal, but leading all islanders to death... I, as the current Ihui Witch, cannot and will not agree with this act."
"For this Ihui Day’s plan, Lord Nailuo has also prepared other witches...those witches are all believers who trust Lord Nailuo... In this way, even if Lord Nailuo’s ideas fail, the Ihui Day ritual should be able to proceed smoothly, right?"
"I hope that after I leave Ihui Island, Lord Nailuo can break free from the shackles of the previous Great Heavenly Person. That is my prayer."
"But my representative form is still within Izumi Shrine, after leaving this ti, I might die soon, right? When that ti cos, my Spiritual Body might be drawn back to Ihui Island due to the effect of the representative form... I suppose I would be confined to the space between representative forms, right? Subject to the endless tornt of Yellow Springs Water..."
"Space between representative forms..." Beichuan Si muttered this new term that suddenly ca up, his gaze flickering slightly.
The representative form, as the returning place for the souls of the deceased Yihui Island residents, now seed to also have an effect in pulling the Spiritual Body.
So, the question arose.
Is the person who left this letter still alive?
They also ntioned in the letter that they would be tornted by the endless Yellow Springs Water.
This could be the islander’s punitive asure for the heavenly beings who commit sins.
Finding the space between representative forms might reveal sothing.
But clearly, that was not a place a stranger like Beichuan Si could just casually inquire about.
Beichuan Si continued to read.
"Leaving this letter was also to remind you, of the Ihui Main Family. If Lord Nailuo persists in the ritual of Ihui Day, please stop her... The Divine Tree must not fall into her hands."
At the end was a very familiar na.
Sanseiyuan Tenzi’s mother, Ihui Shenzi.
Everything connected at this point.
Beichuan Si began to sort through from the beginning.
Twenty years ago, Ihui Shenzi, not trusting Ihui Nailuo’s mad plan, chose to leave Ihui Island, and afterward, Ihui Island welcod Ihui Day.
Even as Ihui Shenzi predicted, Ihui Nailuo’s plan failed. As a result, Ihui Nailuo sacrificed half the islanders and lost both Izumi Shrine and the Divine Tree, the two most crucial places for the ritual.
Two years later, Ihui Shenzi died of total exhaustion, leaving behind her child Sanseiyuan Tenzi, born to her and Sanseiyuan You.
And now, Ihui Nailuo still wishes for Beichuan Si’s help, clearly still imrsed in the dream of turning all Ihui Island residents into heavenly beings.
Despite already facing failure once, this Great Heavenly Person had not learned from the lesson, and on the contrary, had sunk even deeper into their obsession.
Beichuan Si flicked his finger, and after thoroughly understanding these events, he reached out and gently patted the Shinra Bell placed beside him.
...
Ihui Guangjiu was kneeling outside the door, staring intently at the shadows within the room.
Almost half an hour later, the sliding door was suddenly opened, revealing the face of the young man.
Beichuan Si... Beichuan Master.
This was the person Ihui Nai Luo... the Great Heavenly Person wanted her to monitor.
He looked so young...
Ihui Guangjiu shifted her diminutive body back slightly, "What does Beichuan Master need from ?"
"I have sothing I want to discuss with Ihui Nai Luo."
A familiar icy tone ca from above, accompanied by a sharp gaze that was utterly unmasked.
Ihui Guangjiu felt her body tremble and her breathing involuntarily grew heavy.
Such oppressive force, she had never even felt it from the Great Heavenly Person.
"Alright, please co this way." Ihui Guangjiu looked at Beichuan Si, her expression respectful.
She quickly led Beichuan Si away around the corner.
And at the precise mont they disappeared, a pale golden current of air slowly flew out.
"Let investigate among the human-shaped vessels, and to think that Beichuan would co up with such an idea," Shenzhu Shihui watched the empty corridor and couldn’t help but shake her head.
The plan of Beichuan Si was simple.
Beichuan Si would entangle with Ihui Nai Luo, and while he occupied Ihui Nai Luo’s ti, Shenzhu Shihui would take the chance to search for the person who possessed the Spiritual Body of the Ihui Shenzi, that is, to find the human-shaped vessels.
As for Nishijou Kurenai...
After all, Kurenai’s ntal maturity was not on par with Shenzhu Shihui, and at such tis, it was still best to be as concealed and secure as possible, so they had Nishijou Kurenai stay in the room for the ti being.
And just as Beichuan Si had said—
Inside the human-shaped vessels flowed the Yellow Springs Water, which tornted the Spiritual Bodies of sinners.
And to detect the Yellow Springs Water, as good spirits, they were naturally more sensitive than Beichuan Si.
She simply closed her eyes and carefully sensed, detecting sothing off about the atmosphere.
"Is this the scent of the Yellow Springs Water?"
When she first arrived, she did not focus her entire heart and mind to sense, but now, with a re concentration of spirit, she could detect a certain rotten and decayed scent in the air.
This was the scent of rot and decay coming from above the Spiritual Body!
Shenzhu Shihui found that direction, and fully dematerialized her body, quickly passing through the wall—
On the other side, Ihui Nai Luo watched Beichuan Si walk in, a flicker of surprise crossing her gaze.
She had not expected Beichuan Si to actually seek a eting with her of his own accord.
After all, she knew that Beichuan Si definitely had his own agenda.
The more they t, the more would be exposed.
That’s how it should be...
"Does Beichuan Master have sothing important?"
Ihui Nai Luo sat down and asked Beichuan Si.
"It’s about the plan to go to Mikami Forest, there’s sothing I don’t quite understand, so I ca to ask." Beichuan Si sat down unconcernedly, facing the other’s wary gaze.
"Don’t quite understand?" Ihui Nai Luo tilted her head.
Beichuan Si nodded, then stretched out his hand towards Ihui Guangjiu, who stood outside the door:
"On the way to such a dangerous place, why bring along a little girl of only eight or nine years old? Isn’t that just purely a drag?"
Indeed, Mikami Forest had already beco a spiritual realm, bringing Ihui Guangjiu along, a girl of rely eight or nine years old who could hardly be of any use at all.
So why did Ihui Nai Luo insist on bringing them?
Beichuan Si’s gaze pierced intently towards Ihui Nai Luo.
Although he knew that Ihui Nai Luo wouldn’t honestly reveal the reason, as long as he delayed her here, Shenzhu Shihui would have more ti.
He only needed to buy ti.
That was all.
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