My personal opinion on Gensokyo

“…So you’ve already noticed it.”

Upon hearing this, Shang Yang was stunned for a moment and gave Kikyo an apologetic look.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hide it."

"I know."

She answered softly without caring. Although her expression was calm, there was a hint of doubt in her clear eyes.

"You, are a half-demon?"

"I feel guilty. II?〣IF 8⑥ Ah...it doesn't count..."

Shang Yang couldn't help but rub his hair and sighed.

"It's a long story..."

"Is it……"

Hearing that the young man seemed unwilling to explain for the time being, the witch, who didn't take it too seriously, made a light suggestion.

"If you have nowhere to go, you can stay in the village where I live for the time being and leave after you recover from your injuries."

"Uh?"

Shang Yang was stunned when he heard the witch's suggestion.

"...Aren't you afraid that I'll catch you off guard and eat all the farmers in the village?"

"It's okay. I can see that you are not a man-eating monster."

PS1: Recommended book, the Fantasy of Gensokyo by Guoba Julao. "The Trivial Daily Life of Gensokyo"

PS2: I love this book so much.

Volume 5: The Miko of the Warring States Period: Chapter 245: The Four Souls Jade

In the remote countryside of the East, around Musashi.

Walking on the rugged road covered with thick snow, looking at the white earth in front of him, Shang Yang, who originally wanted to use Tang Dynasty poetry to express his feelings about the snow scene and improve his own status, quickly gave up this idea.

Poetry and verses and the like, the witch who was walking in front of him probably wouldn't be interested in them.

He sighed a little depressed, but he didn't expect that his movement was a bit too big. The pain caused by the pulling of the abdominal injury made the young man take a breath of cold air with a "hiss..."

"Oh my god...it seems like I went a little too far..."

Up ahead, hearing Shang Yang's gasp, the witch who was wearing a straw hat and a straw raincoat and walking carefully on the snow also stopped, turned around and asked softly.

"what happened?"

Originally, Kikyo wanted Shang Yang to wear her straw raincoat, but Shang Yang decisively pushed it back to her.

His injury was fake, and although it was a bit too much to pretend, Shang Yang already felt a little guilty.

Besides, it would be a blow to my self-esteem.

"Ahem, it's okay."

Shang Yang waved his hand to indicate that he was fine, and explained with a little reluctance.

"Maybe it pulled the wound a little bit."

"I see……"

Hearing this, Kikyo nodded slightly, as if thinking about something.

"It seems that the demon poison is more difficult to deal with than expected."

"Yes...I really underestimated it."

Shang Yang shook his head dejectedly.

"I thought that with my recovery ability, the wound would be healed overnight. I didn't expect that because of the demon poison, the wound only stopped bleeding, but it didn't heal at all."

Although Shang Yang seemed to be depressed about his wound, he was actually thinking about other things at this time.

Mistakes, the current body is a little too fragile. Although it is taken into consideration, it is true that the recovery ability should be strengthened.

However, this can be considered as my bad luck. I found a little monster, but the one I encountered happened to be a monster that is good at venom.

Hearing Shang Yang's sigh, Platycodon understood and asked calmly.

"Do you want to take a break? If you keep moving, the wound might bleed again."

"No, no need."

His thoughts, which had been slightly distracted, were pulled back by the cold voice of the witch. Hearing this, Shang Yang subconsciously refused.

"It's not a big deal. Besides, it's been delayed for a long time. If you delay any longer, the people in the village will worry about you."

Hearing Shang Yang's words, Platycodon's clear eyes like water glanced at Shang Yang lightly, turned around, walked up to Shang Yang, and took out something from his wide sleeves.

“…Hold it in.”

"Uh...what?"

Seeing Platycodon's strange behavior, Shang Yang, puzzled, subconsciously opened his mouth to ask questions. At this time, Platycodon took out a white talisman from her sleeve and quickly stuck it on the wound before Shang Yang could react.

Shang Yang's face turned pale as the sound of sandpaper rubbing against each other was heard when spiritual power clashed with the demonic poison. When Platycodon put the talisman on him, Shang Yang felt as if his wound was being branded by a red-hot iron.

The fact that Shangyang didn't howl was a testament to his great concentration...

However, this feeling only lasted for a moment. When the pain disappeared, the dull pain in the wound also disappeared.

"It temporarily cuts off the feeling in the wound."

Taking back her fair jade hand, Kikyo explained lightly.

"This way it won't hurt while you're on the road. I'll deal with it when we get to the village."

...Is it really okay for you to mistreat the injured like this, Miko-sama?

About an hour later, they arrived at a remote village in the countryside of Musashi.

This is a remote country village called Maple Village. Due to years of war, the management of these remote villages by daimyo from all over the country has declined significantly. Relying on the output of the village's fields, although it cannot be said that the villagers have enough to eat, they will not starve to death. Although life is hard, at least they can still survive.

Although many villages are not as lucky as Maple Village...

Platycodon and Shangyang walked along the rugged road covered with snow to the entrance of the village. At the same time, the weather, which was originally "sunny", began to snow again.

As soon as she reached the village entrance, Kikyo frowned slightly.

"There are so many footprints. And there are also horse hoof prints..."

Shang Yang also saw a large number of messy footprints and horse hoof prints appearing nearby, heading towards the village, and his eyes narrowed slightly.

"...Are they horse thieves?"

"do not know."

Kikyo shook her head slightly, her tone calm.

"However, if it's a horse thief, it shouldn't matter. Before I left, I set up a barrier at the shrine that can be activated at any time."

"If there are horse thieves or monsters, the villagers will immediately evacuate to the shrine, and my sister will open the barrier that can block both monsters and humans..."

As soon as Kikyo finished speaking, Shang Yang and she saw several villagers jogging from the direction of the shrine towards the village entrance. When they saw Kikyo standing at the village entrance, their slightly nervous expressions seemed to relax a little.

"Lord Kikyo, you are finally back."

One of the middle-aged villagers ran to Platycodon and Shangyang, panting and explaining to Platycodon.

"Early in the morning, a large group of demon hunters who claimed to be from the demon-killing village came to the village. They said they had something important they wanted to entrust to Lord Kikyo."

"Important things..."

After gently repeating these words, Kikyo asked calmly.

"Where are they?"

"Everyone is gathered at the shrine. Master Kaede is negotiating with them!"

Nodding, Kikyo immediately walked quickly towards the village shrine. Shangyang, with a look of "as expected", shrugged his shoulders and followed with the villagers.

Maple Village, Shrine.

"All! Said! Twenty-nine Tears, Three Thousands (Six)"

Standing outside the shrine, a girl in light yellow clothes, with her long black hair also tied with white sandalwood paper, stood with her hands on her hips and explained impatiently to the villagers in strange clothing standing at the bottom of the steps.

"Sister Kikyo received a commission two days ago and went to another village to exorcise demons! She hasn't come back yet, so please come back another day!"

"That won't do, Master Feng."

The head of the demon-hunting village, a middle-aged man, spoke with embarrassment.

"This thing cannot be left in our village. It must be handed over to Lady Kikyo for safekeeping today..."

"You guys are so stubborn!"

Feng also looked embarrassed and explained loudly again.

"This matter can only be decided by Sister Kikyo..."

Before Feng could finish, a cold and gentle voice sounded outside the torii gate in front of the shrine.

"Feng, it's okay, let me handle it."

Hearing this gentle voice, Feng couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then he showed a look of joy.

"Onee-sama! You're back..."

"Ah, Lady Kikyo!"

Turning around as well, he saw the calm-looking shrine maiden. The demon-hunting village chief also showed a look of joy on his face, and bowed respectfully to Kikyo.

"I have been waiting for you for a long time."

"Please don't do that. I already know what's going on."

Hearing this, Kikyo asked softly with a calm expression.

"So, what is that important thing?"

"Ah, that's it."

Upon hearing this, the village chief hurriedly opened the treasure box behind him, took out something and presented it to Kikyo.

"Please accept it."

Lying quietly in the palm of his hand was a jade bead emitting a pink glow.

Seeing the jade bead, Shang Yang, who was standing next to Platycodon, narrowed his eyes, and there was a rare indifference in his deep black eyes.

...Four Soul Jade.

The core of all cause and effect.

PS1: Book recommendation, the author is crazy about the new book of the minister. "The Ever-changing Male God in the World of Feminism"

PS2: I've rarely read novels about women's rights, but since the author is a well-known and experienced author with many completed novels, I'm sure it will be very interesting. (Nods)

PS3: I won’t reply to the book reviews of the Youth is Back series posted by readers in the book review section (because there are too many)... Sorry, I will reply to the other book reviews as I see fit.

PS4: I haven't been reading the posts carefully lately, but I just took a quick look and found that many new readers have raised some interesting questions, namely, who is the mistress in Shang Yang's family? (laughs)

PS5: Actually, when I wrote this book a few years ago, the four heroines had their own distinct "heroine" roles: Ai as the "wife," Kaku as the "lover," Kaguya as the "girlfriend," and Shana as the "childhood sweetheart." While the other three heroines mostly just write about ambiguous, pure love stories, their roles are definitely those mentioned above. (laughs)

Volume 5: The Miko of the Warring States Period: Chapter 246: Kikyo's Decision

It is indeed the Four Souls Jade, the source of all cause and effect.

Looking at the Four Souls Jade in the palm of the demon hunter village chief, Shang Yang's eyes were full of indifference.

It can be seen that the young man with gray and white hair has no good feelings towards the legendary treasure - the Four Souls Jade.

Although Shang Yang is not here in person now, his cold gaze still makes the chief of the demon-killing village feel as if he has fallen into the legendary extremely cold hell.

Of course, Shang Yang's indifferent look only lasted for a moment. The next moment, Shang Yang showed a very interested look and observed everything with amusement.

Looking at the jade bead, Kikyo frowned slightly. The moment she saw the Four Souls Jade, she realized the danger of the Four Souls Jade.

This thing contains two completely opposite forces: a kind and warm aura, and a deep, dark evil hidden within...