I, Wang Ha, the Three Red Unparalleled Assassin

Around noon, after some attempts to resuscitate her, Lady Fujiwara was once again brought to a stop, but she also fell into a complete coma and lost consciousness.

Despite his worry about his wife's illness, Fujiwara no Fuhito, burdened with heavy responsibilities, had no choice but to throw himself into his demanding work, hoping to temporarily numb himself with anxiety.

Fujiwara no Mokou was still fast asleep in Kaguya Houraisan's room, and resting with her was Himari, who had been busy all night chasing and killing the thieves.

"Sister Ari, I wonder how Lady Fujiwara's condition is? In this vast Heian-kyo, there should be enough doctors and physicians with superb medical skills to find."

Kneeling on the soft cushions in the room, Kaguya Houraisan fiddled with the tea set while softly asking Hieda no Rei, who was sitting opposite her, a hint of sorrow on her beautiful face.

Although Kaguya Houraisan had never seen Lady Fujiwara since she settled in the Fujiwara residence, this did not prevent the young girl from worrying about her illness.

Putting aside the fact that Fujiwara no Mokou and she have become very close recently, just considering Fujiwara no Hiroshi's willingness to stay overnight and his practice of turning away all suitors and admirers without complaint.

Regardless of whether Fujiwara no Fuhito's actions were sincere or were simply out of consideration for his father, Suzuki Satoru.

Kaguya Houraisan would naturally acknowledge this kindness and remember it in her heart.

Although Kaguya Houraisan often mocked herself for being a sinner, she was not a heartless woman who would forget kindness. If she had the ability to help, she would certainly not hesitate to do so.

"Alas! Lady Fujiwara's illness is quite old. I don't know exactly how long it has lasted, but according to the butler, it's not looking good."

Hieda Rei's tone was also sad as she answered, and her usually smiling face had lost its vitality. She reached out and took the hot tea that Houraisan Kaguya handed her.

Watching Kaguya Houraisan calmly and leisurely prepare the tea utensils, she couldn't help but feel a little puzzled and asked:

"A-Zhu, where did you learn such skillful tea ceremony? I don't remember ever teaching you any of these things."

"what?"

Kaguya Houraisan was slightly startled upon hearing this, her hand holding the teacup paused for a moment, and a fleeting look of surprise appeared on her pretty face.

Only then did she realize that she had not learned any relevant knowledge since arriving on Earth, and upon seeing the tea set, she subconsciously began to arrange it according to what she had learned in the Lunar Capital.

But the girl's quick thinking in smoothing things over was remarkable; after concealing her expression, she casually replied:

"Of course, it's thanks to Father's teachings; he loves drinking tea. By the way, Sister Ali, do you know what illness Lady Fujiwara has?"

Hieda no Rei did not doubt what Kaguya Houraisan said.

After all, a hermit like Lao Shanweng, whether he likes to drink wine or tea, seems to perfectly match his identity, and even better fits the image of a reclusive sage in people's minds.

"I really don't know about that. Why would I bother asking about these things? But a disease that can leave the imperial physicians helpless must be a very difficult and complicated disease to cure, even if it's not a terminal illness."

Just after saying that, Hieda Rei, who was sipping hot tea to warm herself up, seemed to have thought of something. She leaned forward and anxiously asked Houraisan Kaguya:

"Wait, where is Suzuki Satoru? Does Suzuki Satoru know medicine? In various legends, these reclusive masters are said to have medical skills that can bring the dead back to life and heal the wounded."

Kaguya Houraisan slightly raised her head and saw the expectation in the other person's eyes, but after recalling the aura of death she had felt from the Old Man of the Mountain, she shook her head.

"Father's strength seems to be of no use in treating the illness, otherwise I would have already told Fujiwara-sama to try to seek medical help in the bamboo forest."

Upon hearing this, Hieda Rei's face fell. He felt that his last hope, which might have been useful, had been broken, and he slumped helplessly onto the low table in front of him.

After arranging the teacups and teapot neatly, Kaguya Houraisan turned her head to look at the sky outside the window. Although it was still daytime, she could still vaguely see the outline of the moon.

The girl, who used to hate studying, now felt a pang of regret and sighed inwardly:

"If only I had been more diligent and studious back then, Eirin's medical skills are so superb, he would definitely have been able to cure Lady Fujiwara's illness."

Chapter 114 Eirin Yagokoro's Transformation

The Central Temple of the Lunar Capital.

Wearing a blue and red Taoist robe, Yagokoro Eirin walked into the temple, carrying a beautifully carved mahogany box in her hands, while Tsukiyo Mikoto sat on the main seat in the temple, resting his head on his hand and waiting.

Following the crimson carpet laid out in the main hall, Yagokoro Eirin walked to the steps, took a few steps up the stairs, came to Tsukiyo Mikoto's side, and placed the box in her hand on the table.

Tsukiyo Mikoto, who was resting his head in his hands and deep in thought, slowly opened his eyes and winked at Yagokoro Eirin after seeing her.

In the past, to demonstrate the divine deity's bearing, the Moonlit Venerable would nod slightly when greeting people, but this habit has been forcibly changed in recent decades.

Eirin Yagokoro nodded in response, then reached out and began to untie the gauze wrapped around Tsukiyo Mikoto's neck. The gauze was wrapped very thickly to prevent Tsukiyo Mikoto from accidentally losing his head and causing a tragic head injury.

"Yonglin, this medicine has been used for decades. How much longer will it take to completely complete the treatment?"

Eirin Yagokoro wasn't surprised at all when she heard Tsukiyo Mikoto's question, because the other party would always ask this question every time she changed her medicine.

She carefully examined the gruesome wound on Tsukiyo Mikoto's neck, touched it to feel the lingering death energy, and quickly made a mental estimate.

"At the current pace, it will probably take another month. Once you get rid of all this death energy, you should be able to fully recover."

Upon hearing that he only needed to wait another month for the day of the head-raising ceremony, Tsukiyo Kenshin's face showed a rare hint of joy. At that time, he could once again seriously go into seclusion to break free from the shackles of the gods.

Although he could no longer suppress the urge to cultivate, Tsukiyo Kenzun suppressed his excitement. After all, he had endured decades like this, so what difference would a few more days make?

"However, we still haven't been able to identify the attackers from back then. It's a disgrace to us! To allow someone to break into our territory, slaughter us at will, and then escape unscathed is something we haven't done in thousands of years."

Although decades have passed, for Tsukiyo Mikoto, it feels as if it happened just yesterday.

I recall that figure, his body wreathed in blue-black ghostly flames, his half-closed eyes beneath a pale white skull mask flashing crimson light, as he raised his jet-black greatsword to strike amidst the tolling of bells.

Tsukiyo Mikoto's body even trembled uncontrollably, the scene of almost having his head ripped off in a few moves resurfacing in his mind, like a nightmare that wouldn't go away.

"We've inquired around in the underworld, and there's definitely no one who possesses such a powerful death force."

"They probably came from the West. Different pantheons don't interact much. We've only ever heard about things there, but we don't really know the specifics."

As Yagokoro Eirin cleaned the ointment left on Tsukiyo Mikoto's wound, she shared her guesses.

"If I could, I wouldn't want to face that guy a second time. It really felt like I was about to die. I wonder where Toyohime teleported him away to."

"Hmph! It would be best if it were somewhere in the deep sea, tens of thousands of meters below the surface, or in the magma or lava beneath the earth."

Tsukiyo Mikoto cursed in annoyance, but he knew in his heart that these seemingly harsh and extreme environments could not actually cause fatal damage to the strong.

Seeing this, Yagokoro Eirin smiled, took out the newly prepared medicine from the wooden box, applied it to Tsukiyo Mikoto, and re-bandaged him. Then she prepared to take her leave.

"Wait, Eirin. There's something else I need you to do."

Tsukiyo Mikoto called out to Yagokoro Eirin, who was about to leave, and picked up a document from the table and handed it to her.

"Kaguya has been exiled to the filthy land for breaking taboos for several months, and her sentence is about to end. When the time comes, you, as the messenger of the moon, will lead people to escort her back."

Eirin Yagokoro's expression turned complicated upon hearing this, but she quickly concealed it and returned to normal. After taking the document and glancing at it a few times, she asked:

"So what's the next step? Will the sentence be lifted upon completion of the sentence?"

Upon hearing this, Tsukiyo no Mikoto chuckled, resting his right arm on the armrest of his chair and propping his head up with it, replying casually:

"How is that possible? She has violated the taboo and is now tainted by filth, just like that guy who came from the moon. All that awaits her is endless confinement."

After Tsukiyo Mikoto finished speaking, he waved his hand to signal Yagokoro Eirin to leave. He could tell that the other party wanted to plead for him, but there was no room for negotiation on this matter.

Although the laws of the Moon Capital do not contain detailed provisions regarding the Elixir of Penglai, any act that violates the taboos of the Moon People is considered a heinous crime, worthy of utter condemnation.

Unless all the Moon People can forgive Kaguya Houraisan's crimes, no reduction of sentence is possible, let alone release upon completion of her sentence.

Given the arrogant and self-centered attitude of most of the Moon People, it would be impossible for them to voluntarily exonerate Kaguya Houraisan.

Seeing Tsukiyo Mikoto's attitude, Yagokoro Eirin understood the situation perfectly. She took the documents and left quickly, feeling lost about the increasingly desolate Lunar Capital.

Stepping out of the temple, Eirin Yagokoro slowly walked along the streets of Lunar Capital towards her residence, her gaze sweeping over the modern metropolis filled with cold steel.

Although a long time has passed, Yagokoro Eirin still vividly remembers the bustling scene when the Lunar Capital was being developed and built.

The people of the moon are like brothers and sisters, helping each other and uniting everyone's strength to build such a magnificent city on the moon from scratch.

But now, thousands of years later, the feelings of the past have long been worn away by the torrent of time. The coldness of the Moon Capital is not cold in a natural sense, but coldness in people's hearts.

The Moon People, who survive solely on the pristine, unpolluted surface of the moon, are ultimately just ordinary humans, not immortal beings.

Just as Yagokoro Eirin was immersed in her memories, a sudden commotion around the corner pulled her back to reality.

"Hey! You lowly rabbit, can't you watch where you're going?"

"Sorry, sir, there was an order here that needed to be relayed to the camp as soon as possible, so I accidentally slipped while running..."

Before the rabbit soldier could finish speaking, the Moon People, who felt offended by the lowly creature, drew their sidearms and pulled the trigger.

As the gunshots echoed through the empty city, the rabbit soldier's words caught in his throat, his wide eyes filled with shock and disbelief, and he collapsed into a pool of blood, lifeless.

"Pah! Explain, I'll let you explain!!"

The Moon People spat twice at the rabbit soldiers, still feeling unsatisfied, so they kicked the fallen corpses several times while cursing.

"How dare you lowly rabbits, who are only fit to crawl on the ground, dare to challenge the great people of the moon? Those who do not know the difference between superior and inferior deserve to die. Humph!"

After venting their rage, the Moon People turned and left, not even bothering to pick up the military order that the rabbit soldier was clutching in his hand.

In his mind, maintaining his nobility and dignity was of paramount importance; everything else had to take a backseat.

"Is this the new generation of Lunarians? It's truly disappointing."

Eirin Yagokoro approached the rabbit soldier, crouched down, and picked up the document bag containing the military orders. The rabbit soldier, who had been shot in a vital area, had no time to let her help him.

She stood up, glanced at the departing figure of the Moon People, and sighed softly:

"I thought that what happened decades ago would wake these guys up from their dream, but I didn't expect them to become even more morbid than before."

"Is this still the Lunar Capital I envisioned and built, full of hope and a bright future? It's truly disappointing."

After the general's order was delivered to the local authorities, Yagokoro Eirin returned to the Sage's Abode with the document granted by Tsukiyo Mikoto and sat in her laboratory, lost in thought.

After a long while, a hint of determination appeared in Eirin Yagokoro's icy blue eyes, indicating that she had clearly made her choice.

"Perhaps it's time to leave. Putting everything else aside, we absolutely cannot let Kaguya come back to suffer such inhuman pain."

Having made up her mind, Yagokoro Eirin carefully read through the document and discovered that there was still about a month left before Kaguya Houraisan's exile period was over.

The timeframe isn't particularly tight, but it's not exactly ample either.

However, Yagokoro Eirin did not act immediately. Instead, she took a piece of white paper from the table, folded it into the shape of a paper crane, and sent it out with a little magic.

"But let's try to see Kaguya first and see what her plans and thoughts are. After all, the matter of the Hourai Elixir was ultimately caused by my negligence."

Driven by magic, the paper cranes that were sent away left Eirin Yagokoro's residence and flew towards a certain direction in the Lunar Capital, which was the location of Toyohime Watatsuki's residence.

Of course, Yagokoro Eirin did not write anything specific on the paper crane, but only used the excuse of needing to temporarily check Watatsuki Toyohime's homework completion.

It was only early afternoon when, after receiving her teacher's summons, Watatsuki Toyohime obediently rushed over with her books and notes.

Although Watatsuki Toyohime didn't learn things as quickly as her younger sister Yorihime, she wasn't as lazy as Houraisan Kaguya either, so she wasn't too afraid of the teacher's spot checks.

Although Yagokoro Eirin trusted Watatsuki Toyohime, she was always meticulous in her work and would never reveal even a fraction of her plans to her disciple.

However, after Watatsuki Toyohime completed the assessment, she casually mentioned that she had recently encountered difficulties in her medical research, and that the missing medicinal materials could only be found on the ground.