Crossover: A Different Inuyasha.

Chapter 88: Kaguya Taken Away, the Main Heiress's Methods

Inside the palace, candlelight shone brightly, and a figure sat upright on a high platform. The hem of her robes draped down the jade steps, forming a deep purple still lake, like a night-blooming cereus still blooming in the ice.

The person wore a fan-shaped hair ornament, with black and white prayer beads hanging down his neck, and long black hair cascading down his shoulders and back.

Her features were delicate and refined, with slender eyebrows, slightly upturned eyes, and light-colored lips, resembling a white lotus on a high mountain—cold, elegant, and noble.

But at this moment, those clear, cold eyes were surging with barely suppressed indignation.

"Without the Mirror of Life, without the Feathered Robe of Heaven, and with the seal broken by human hands, there is no chance of redemption—how hateful!"

"I never imagined that after Naraku was captured, I would end up like this too."

Kamiya's expression was gloomy.

She recalled the entanglement between the Wind Cave Master who sealed her away and Naraku, and the news that Naraku was cornered by the Leopard Cat and eventually captured in Rashomon, and now there was no news of him at all.

As expected, Naraku, who coveted his own body, is already dead.

At that time, Kaguya wanted to wait and observe for a few years. Her long lifespan made her reluctant to break free of the seal.

I never expected the leopard cat to come knocking on my door, and I don't even have a single usable magical artifact to fight against the giant ice cat outside.

"Should we abandon this physical body and escape as a soul?"

As a special kind of yokai that can devour other yokai to gain power, Kaguya devoured the celestial maiden and inherited everything from her.

Now, suddenly having to give up the celestial maiden's power of immortality, he simply couldn't bear to part with it.

Suddenly, a chilling coldness approached, and thin ice spread up the jade steps of the palace gate.

At this moment, the Yamata no Orochi outside had stopped roaring. Only the sound of footsteps on the frost-covered jade bricks could be heard, unhurriedly, as if the master was walking towards his courtyard.

Wearing her spiritual attire, Donglan stepped in through the moonlight and chill outside the door.

She stood in the center of the hall with her arms crossed, her slightly raised eyes falling on Shen Jiuye, who had suddenly stood up, and spoke directly.

"Are you the owner of this place?"

"Indeed, I am Kagura, the princess of the Heavenly Palace!"

Shen Jiuye let out a breath and was about to ask what their purpose was when Dong Lan raised her hand to interrupt her.

"Enough with the nonsense, my deity wants to see you. Come with me."

Shen Jiuye lowered her eyes to look at the dashing and domineering Dong Lan, her eyelids slightly raised, her gaze lowered as she suppressed her anger.

"Your Excellency is so rude; aren't you worried that your shrine has come to invite me?"

These words made Dong Lan, who had originally intended to freeze the other party and then take them away, raise an eyebrow.

She recalled that Inuyasha hadn't actually said whether the other party was an enemy or not; he only asked them to unseal the Dream Castle and take away the Heavenly Palace Princess.

Chunlan and Xialan, along with several leopard cat tribesmen, filed in and heard Shen Jiuye's cold question.

Chunlan couldn't help but look up at the celestial maiden demon on the stage. She paused for a moment, and her small mouth unconsciously uttered, "

"That woman is really beautiful."

Xia Lan followed behind, thinking of the lecherous Inuyasha, and muttered to herself.

"Perhaps the Divine Lord really sent us to invite her?"

"Should we be a little more polite?"

Upon hearing this, Chunlan's cat tail snapped straight up for a moment before drooping back down.

She looked down at the back of her feet, then sized up Shen Jiuye, and said defiantly, "What's with the formality?"

"Am I, Chunlan, inferior to her?"

One of the leopard cats behind him chuckled softly, but was immediately nudged by the elbow of the person next to him and shut his mouth.

Xia Lan didn't respond to Chun Lan's words, but just tilted her head and stared at Shen Jiuye, then turned to Chun Lan and shrugged.

"—This is incomparable."

Lies don't hurt, but the truth is the sharpest knife. Chunlan jumped up in anger, "Xialan, I'm not playing with you anymore!"

Why?

Xia Lan was puzzled, "It's not just you and me, even my eldest sister is more competitive—"

A cold gaze sent a chill down Firecat's spine, and the noisy hall immediately fell silent under Winter Breeze's watchful eye.

Feeling like a monkey being casually commented on, Kagaya suppressed her anger.

"plz follow me."

Faced with Donglan's invitation once again, Shen Jiuye met the other party's unyielding gaze, took a step, and walked down the jade steps.

A captivating fragrance wafted over.

The three-headed female leopard cat couldn't help but feel a different kind of pressure.

In the room of the Ruri Shrine, Kikyo stood in front of the mirror, holding a feather robe in her hand.

Heavenly Feather Robe.

It was one of the items brought back from a nobleman, its texture as light as a cloud.

She draped the feathered robe over her shoulders, the fabric sliding down the curves of her shoulders and neck, swaying gently around her hands and waist.

Inuyasha sat cross-legged, arms crossed, carefully observing the priestess dressed in a feathered robe.

"It doesn't look good on you; it's too light and doesn't suit your style."

Kikyo glanced at Inuyasha and pursed her thin lips—didn't the fact that the dog said that meant she wasn't ethereal enough?

But Inuyasha was no ordinary man; he was a seasoned veteran in matters of the heart. His tone shifted smoothly, "However, if the priestess were to sleep in her feathered robes tonight—"

"hey-hey."

The unspoken implication shattered Kikyo's cool composure. She turned her head and glared at him, "Vulgar!"

While cursing, she took the feather robe off her shoulder, carefully folded it, and put it into the drawer that belonged to her underwear.

This made the man's eyes light up, and his gaze met that of the priestess who had looked up. A delicate blush appeared on her cool face.

Clearly, the two, who knew each other well, were thinking of the same thing.

On the other side, in front of a low table, Feng was sitting cross-legged, with a round yellow mirror lying across his lap.

She flipped the mirror over to look at the back, then flipped it back over, and then looked up, her gaze falling on Inuyasha.

"Inuyasha, didn't you say that Kaguya was sealed inside the Mirror of Life?"

"Why is there an energy fluctuation and a dream castle appearing over Mount Fuji?"

Mount Fuji is only about a hundred miles away from Ruri Shrine. Inuyasha used the power of the earth's veins to project the movements there, from the roar of Orochi to Kaguya leaving with Touran and returning to the shrine before turning off the image.

"I'll answer that."

To stop Inuyasha from overthinking, Kikyo took over the conversation and began to explain.

"That mirror is just a medium, not the actual place of the seal."

"The true place of the seal is the Fuji Five Lakes—the mirror is the lock, and the lake is the door."

"The unsealed treasure was thrown into the lake, and the door opened."

"I see."

Feng nodded slightly, then looked at Inuyasha, his eyes slightly raised, "So, what do you plan to do with Kagaya?"

She said meaningfully, "Such a peerless beauty, I feel it's a bit of a waste to kill her, don't you think, Inuyasha?"

"Hmph, let him make his own decision."

Kikyo was unhappy when she heard this, and got up to leave with her sister.

Inuyasha reacted extremely quickly, leaping over and grabbing the two sisters' legs without any regard for appearances. He held Kikyo's ankle with his left hand and wrapped his right arm around Kaede's knee.

He kept shouting under his breath.

"We agreed that as husband and wife, working together would be invincible, so why did you just leave when something happened?"

"open."

Kikyo lifted her foot, but finding she couldn't break free, she looked down at Inuyasha with considerable disdain, "You have a harem of wives and concubines, who knows who you truly love?"

Inuyasha immediately looked to Kaede for help, and Kaede looked down to meet his gaze, giving him a helpless look.

On the issue of "xenophobia," the two sisters are adamant in their stance.

Even when Inuyasha was handed over to them, the priestess Kanade from Hourai Island, Kikyo, and Kaede deliberated for a long time and were unable to decide whether to truly revive him.

Beware of fire, theft, and your best friend.

A battle of wits and courage against the mistress.

Protect your home!

If it weren't for the fact that Inuyasha really had no interest in lolis, Kikyo would have wanted to build another shrine academy specifically to house little priestesses.

When Inuyasha saw that his kind words were useless, he rolled his eyes and simply resorted to shamelessness, using both hands and feet, even doing shameless things like pulling down the priestess's pants.

The two sisters finally couldn't take it anymore. Their ears turned red, and they both squatted down, glaring angrily at the dog's smug face.

"mean!"

"Shameless!"

Two voices rang out simultaneously, one cold and annoyed, the other ashamed and indignant, but neither could hide the ripples of unease in their eyes.

"Thank you for the compliment."

Inuyasha stood up proudly, and the moonlight cast his shadow over the huddled figures of the priestess sisters.

It gives the impression that an evil villain is forcing a good woman into prostitution.

"But seriously—Kamikuya is indeed a rare talent. His Yin-Yang techniques are superb and his strength is extraordinary. There is currently no one like him in the Eastern Country."

In the original storyline, the fully-formed Kaguya, draped in the Heavenly Feather Robe and wielding the Mirror of Life, was even able to cast a time-stopping spell in the Dream City.

Time is king, space is king.

With such extraordinary power, if he hadn't intercepted the feather robe and mirror beforehand, it would have been uncertain whether Dong Lan's trip would have gone smoothly.

Under Kikyo's gaze that seemed to say, "See, he really did reveal his true nature," Inuyasha remained unfazed and accepted her gaze without flinching.

"The safest way to win over such a person is to become intimate with her, make her shy, and conquer her heart and soul."

""

Feng shook his head and sighed helplessly, "—You really do make your reasons for having a harem sound so righteous."

"I carry the weight of the world on my shoulders; even if it's just sexual desire, it's not an ordinary family matter."

Inuyasha's words make perfect sense.

Kikyo wanted to refute him but couldn't find a point to refute, so she could only turn her head away in frustration, leaving him with a tall, aloof profile.

Seeing this, Inuyasha squatted down and leaned close to Kikyo's ear.

"I know I also have my faults, so I'll leave Kaguya to you for now, after all, you are the rightful wife."

His gaze fell on Kikyo's earring, which was gradually turning red, and he couldn't help but gently bite it. A soft moan escaped from the shrine maiden's lips, like a petal being crushed in the night wind.

Inuyasha's lips curled slightly as he continued in a low voice, "I'll reward the Fighting Club with a piece of spirit armor. I'm going to the Western Country to deal with the ley lines there. I've rested for about ten days, it's time to get down to business."

Before getting up, he didn't show favoritism and turned around to whisper the same words in Feng's ear.

Feng's ears turned a faint blush at a visible speed, and with her eyelashes lowered, she only let out a soft "hmm".

Inuyasha then stood up, his figure flickered, and he disappeared into the moonlight.

The two sisters sat there, their faces still flushed.

Kikyo glanced at Kaede, and Kaede also happened to look up—the two gazes collided for a moment in mid-air, and they both spat lightly, as if to spit out their previous embarrassment and annoyance.

"That bastard."

"that is."

Despite their verbal grumbling, the two stood up and walked towards the main hall of the shrine without prior arrangement.

The moonlight stretched their shadows into two long streaks as they walked side by side, like two flags fluttering in the same wind.

Judging by the time, the Tobu members and Kamiya, who have been flying all the way, should be arriving soon.

Inside the hall, candlelight flickered, and Kikyo and Kaede sat side by side at the head of the table, their white robes and crimson trousers looking pristine in the lamplight.

Like two plum trees growing side by side under the moonlight, one pure and cold, the other gentle and warm.

Donglan led Chunlan, Xialan, and Qiulan in, stopped at the foot of the steps, and bowed in greeting.

Kaguya stood at the end of the line, her posture ramrod straight, her eyes lowered, her expression unreadable.

Kikyo nodded slightly, her gaze sweeping over Donglan's face, her tone gentle.

"You've had a hard time on this trip. The seal on Dream City is no small matter. To break it so decisively and cleanly, the strength of the Leopard Cat Clan is truly remarkable."

Feng continued, "The reward of the spirit dress has already been prepared by the shrine by the priest."

"Donglan, you can bring your people and come with me. There's no need to linger here."

A glint flashed in Dong Lan's eyes as she suppressed her joy. "Thank you both, priestesses."

She turned around, waved to Chunlan and the others, and followed Feng with light steps.

As Chunlan exited the main hall, she couldn't help but glance back at Shen Jiuye, only to be grabbed by the back of the neck and dragged away by Donglan.

Xia Lan grinned and whispered something in Chun Lan's ear, earning herself an elbow strike. The figures gradually disappeared into the distance under the moonlight, and the commotion subsided.

Kikyo stood up and addressed Kami Kuya, her voice noticeably lacking the gentleness she displayed when speaking to the other cats.

"Come with me."

Kagura, who had been silent all along, responded and followed Kikyo along the corridor toward the backyard.

The moonlight bathed the cobblestone path, and the low bamboo on both sides rustled in the night breeze.

Kaguya glanced at Kikyo's back, then moved to the side and front—there was a side room at the back. She could feel those two familiar auras: Mirror of Life and Feathered Robe of Heaven.

They were in that direction, like two pearls faintly glowing in the darkness, quietly waiting to be revived.

"This is truly a delightful surprise!"

Kamiya's fingertips curled slightly, and her hand, covered by long sleeves, slowly clenched.

Her gaze fell back on Kikyo's vest. The slender figure was walking unguarded in the moonlight, and even the rhythm of her steps was unsettling, as if she, Kagura, were an insignificant, invisible person.

The arrogance of a victor? Ha, as long as I take her—

Kagami lowered his eyes, the corners of his lips curved slightly, then quickly flattened, a cold glint flashing in his eyes.

Once I capture this high-ranking priestess, I can reclaim everything. Mirror and Feather Robe, Dream Castle—they will all return to my grasp, and then I will slaughter this world!

The world was quiet and still, the moonlight was bright, the bamboo shadows swayed gently on the ground, and everything was as still as a pool of water about to freeze.

The celestial maiden demon formed a secret hand seal with her fingertips within her sleeve, silently gathering spiritual power in her palm and condensing it into a dark purple talisman.

The edges of the talisman shimmered with a faint light, like a venomous snake coiled between fingers, silently protruding its fangs.

step.

Two steps.

With a flick of her wrist, Shen Jiuye released the talisman silently, without a sound or a trace, like a wisp of night wind slipping from the bamboo tips, heading straight for Kikyo's vital point on the back of her neck.

This witch is nothing special.

She wore a victor's smile.

But just before the talisman touched Kikyo's skin, the shrine maiden stopped in her tracks.

Kikyo glanced back casually.

Under the moonlight, Yi Luejian's clear, autumn-like eyes remained calm and undisturbed.

That single, indifferent glance caused Shen Jiuye's exquisite face to freeze instantly.

She felt as if her talisman had crashed into an invisible wall, and before she could even make a crisp sound, it shattered from the center into scattered fragments of light.

Immediately afterwards, a force she couldn't comprehend surged from directly in front of her.

Vast, formless, and irresistible, like a torrent cascading down from the mountaintop, it crashed mercilessly into her chest and abdomen.

Like a kite with a broken string, her body was tossed high into the air by that force, flying backwards through the moonlight and bamboo shadows above the world, tracing a clumsy arc, and then—

"thump--!"

Water splashed skyward, exploding into countless shimmering fragments under the moonlight, like a suddenly blooming epiphyllum, before gently falling back onto the pond's surface, rippling out in layers of waves.

In the center of the pool, Shen Jiuye was half-submerged in the water, his clothes completely soaked.

Her long, dark hair clung messily to her cheeks and neck, and water droplets slid down her chin.

The excruciating pain spread like vines from my chest and abdomen to my limbs, each breath a dull, tearing pain.

Her fingertips, hanging underwater, trembled slightly, but she gritted her teeth and didn't groan.

She awkwardly raised her head, looking at the figure in white robes and crimson trousers in the corridor. In addition to the lingering pain, her eyes were filled with disbelief and confusion, as if she still did not understand how that casual glance had sent her flying.

"What kind of power is this?"

"The power to kill you at will."

Kikyo gazed at the curvaceous Kamiya, then looked away and continued walking forward, her voice light and casual, as if she were advising a guest who had gone astray.

"Hurry up and catch up, or it won't just be a matter of falling into the pool."

Shen Jiuye bit her lower lip and tumbled out of the pool, her wet footsteps leaving a trail of water stains of varying depths on the bluestone slab.

The two walked one after the other along the corridor and turned into an inconspicuous side path.

The shrine maiden paused at the end of the stone steps, then raised her hand and pressed it forward.

A faint ripple spread across the air around her fingertips, and then an invisible door slid open to the sides, revealing a landscape completely different from the world beyond.

A narrow, long stone-paved passageway, with dark copper lamps embedded in the stone walls on both sides, their lights remaining perfectly still in the windless passageway.

A barrier?

A demonic aura emanated from behind. What exactly is this shrine maiden planning?

Shen Jiuye silently crossed the barrier.

The ripples closed behind her, like a curtain being drawn back, shutting out the chirping of insects and the sound of bamboo in the academy.

The passageway was not long, only about ten steps.

At the end was a plain wooden door, with no decoration on the frame or pattern on the door panel, except for a round copper bracelet inlaid in the center.

"arrive."