Ihui Nailuo blinked in confusion, and then subconsciously reached out to touch her own face.
Her face was covered with a mixture of resentful spirits’ sickly yellow and black stinking liquids, and so pieces of flesh that were still carrying these fluids had even flown into her mouth.
A wave of intense nausea almost turned Ihui Nailuo’s face green.
But as a Spiritual Body, she could neither vomit nor turn pale; her complexion just looked especially unsightly.
Such a grueso state of this Spiritual Body could only be caused by Beichuan Si, the only one among them using heavy weaponry.
"No need to thank ," Beichuan Si said calmly as he retracted the Death Energy Giant Hamr.
Thank you?! Ihui Nailuo’s fingers trembled slightly.
Yet, it was precisely at such a mont that Ihui Nailuo had to muster a pleasant expression to thank Beichuan Si.
After all, it seed on the surface that it was indeed Beichuan Si who had rescued her.
She forced a smile to thank Beichuan Si before turning her head to suggest, "Shall we rest for a bit?"
Ihui Nailuo wanted to wait until all the filth on her Spiritual Body had disappeared before continuing to explore further.
"That sounds good. We’ve been in here for about four or five hours anyway."
Beichuan Si agreed with Ihui Nailuo’s suggestion.
Although Beichuan Si wasn’t too tired, in this spiritual realm filled with malice, Ihui Guangjiu and Ihui Ju Xu, who were guarding him from behind, had exhausted a great deal of energy to protect themselves. If they continued like this, the two wouldn’t be able to keep up with the others.
So it seed wiser to rest here for a while.
Beichuan Si found a relatively clean spot, took out so jerky from his backpack, and began to eat it with water.
On the other side, Ihui Guangjiu and Ihui Ju Xu silently took out the flatbreads they had brought with them.
Seeing that everyone had settled down to rest, Ihui Nailuo took the opportunity to speak up, "We have been walking for more than four hours, and it’s about a two-hour journey to officially reach the outskirts of our abandoned village. You must have noticed that the deeper we go, the more wild and evil entities we encounter."
"Under the influence of Yellow Springs Water, islanders who weren’t entrusted to the Divine Tree have all turned into resentful spirits. The numbers will only beco more terrifying when the Yellow Springs Gate becos agitated. Therefore, instead of spending the night in the outskirts, it’s better to directly enter the village to rest. We will continue forward in the dayti."
Following Ihui Nailuo’s explanation, Beichuan Si also ca to understand the secrets of this spiritual realm.
This vast spiritual realm had ford the concept of ’day’ and ’night.’
This didn’t refer simply to the light and dark of the sky itself.
It ant that during a certain period, the resentful spirits’ ferocity would intensify, and that period was referred to as ’night.’
Beichuan Si and the others had entered Mikami Forest during its ’dayti,’ and they were about to enter ’night.’
Under the influence of the Yellow Springs Gate leaking its aura during night and Ihui Day, these resentful spirits would only beco more terrifying.
Thankfully, Beichuan Si had rescued Shinkai Mirai’s parents a few days earlier. If it had been delayed until today, it’s likely they would have already died here.
Ihui Nailuo suggested finding an empty house near Izumi Shrine to rest. It seed that since the resentful spirits were afraid of the Divine Tree’s aura within Izumi Shrine, that place was relatively safe.
After spending the night, they would directly enter Izumi Shrine and finish all the tasks before midnight.
Reboot the Shrine, and awaken the Divine Tree.
Having said this, nobody stood out to object.
Even Beichuan Si rely glanced at her and agreed to her suggestion.
Whether awakening the Divine Tree or rebooting Izumi Shrine, both required his power, and Ihui Nailuo, already in his watchful gaze, couldn’t stir up any trouble.
After resolving the issue of night, Ihui Nailuo turned her attention to Beichuan Si.
More precisely... to Nishijou Kurenai on his shoulder.
The little doll seed to notice Ihui Nailuo’s gaze, pulled out a hamr from behind its rear, and bared its teeth at her.
It seed the little guy still hadn’t forgotten the incident a few days ago when Ihui Nailuo suddenly erged to restrain her.
Ihui Nailuo didn’t care about Nishijou Kurenai’s actions and looked away, asking, "Speaking of which, Beichuan Mage, aside from this little doll Celestial Being, don’t you also have a Shinra Bell shrine maiden Celestial Being? Why do I only see one today? Where is the other?"
"Whenever we need her help, she will naturally co out. You don’t need to worry about it."
Beichuan Si didn’t even bother to make up a reason, simply replying directly.
"...Is that so?"
Ihui Nai Luo narrowed his eyes and, after a good while, finally said, "Then I’ll look forward to it with great anticipation."
"Indeed, you should look forward to it," Beichuan Si replied after touching the Shinra Bell on his back, following up the other’s remark with a aningful tone.
Ihui Nai Luo turned his head.
Everyone had almost finished resting, and it was ti to set out again.
They stood up and pushed on into the depths of the dense forest.
Another two hours had passed during this period.
It even made Beichuan Si sowhat admire Shen Gu Jiro and Shen Gu Chiharu, wondering what thods they had used to explore the surroundings; such a distant, ancient, abandoned village could be discovered by them.
Even with Ihui Nai Luo leading the way, it had taken quite so ti.
It was hard to imagine how Shen Gu Jiro and Shen Gu Chiharu, without anyone to guide them, managed to find this hidden village in the dense forest within the short span of three or four days.
"We’ve arrived," Ihui Nai Luo, who had been leading the way, suddenly stopped.
This prompted Beichuan Si, Ihui Guangjiu, and Ihui Ju Xu following behind him to halt their steps as well.
They arrived at the edge of a high cliff.
About four hundred ters away from the cliff, an open plain ca into everyone’s view.
The first thing that t their gaze was a series of ridges.
The ridges divided the uncultivated fields, with dry streambeds weaving through them.
Looking further back, one could see an ancient and quaint village, weathered and abandoned.
Plastered white walls, wooden beams and columns... a considerable number of houses had collapsed due to lack of maintenance. These hos were sparsely distributed, giving an indescribable sense of desolation and grandeur.
Civilization.
Human civilization.
From this completely declined village, one could sense the pulse of civilization—Yihui Island residents’ labor on Ihui Island, passing down culture, surviving continuously...
That’s why folk studies and archaeology have such a fascinating appeal.
Seeing this extraordinary scene, it’s no wonder Shen Gu Chiharu and Shen Gu Jiro were willing to venture into such a dangerous place.
"That is our village... the lost village..."
The voice of Ihui Nai Luo drifted over eerily:
"In that distant place, beyond the reach of knowledge."
"My holand..."
Ihui Nai Luo murmured to himself.
Now, to let you regain your forr prosperity...
Yet in his eyes flickered a glint of madness that sent shivers down one’s spine.
...
From this high cliff, there was indeed a main path leading down.
At the far-right end of the cliff, they saw a road overgrown with weeds.
Beichuan Si, Ihui Guangjiu, and Ihui Ju Xu pulled branches from the ground to use as probing tools.
After all, with so many weeds in the mountains, if their view were blocked, a misstep could send them tumbling into oblivion, possibly costing them their lives.
In their cautious exploration, they finally reached the bottom of the cliff after half an hour.
From there, it was all level ground across to the other side, which would not take any ti at all.
"This ti, we owe a great debt of gratitude to Beichuan Master for his help. Usually, it takes at least nine to ten hours to co to this place by myself. And even upon reaching the bottom of the cliff, having almost exhausted all my good will, I would not dare to explore further," Ihui Nai Luo said, offering his thanks at the right mont.
To which Beichuan Si simply waved his hand: "Let’s go into the village."
According to what Ihui Nai Luo said, it should now be the ’night’ phase, and continuing to stay outside would an danger for Ihui Guangjiu and the others.
"Okay," Ihui Nai Luo, unfazed by Beichuan Si’s attitude, agreed to his suggestion and then, with a nostalgic look, led the way into the village.
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