My personal opinion on Gensokyo

Listening to Inuyasha proudly talking about his 'plan', Shang Yang's mouth twitched with a frown, and in the end he could only encourage him speechlessly.

"Then you should work hard..."

Before hearing Inuyasha's plan, Shang Yang thought that Inuyasha, who had hit a wall so many times, would be able to come up with something beyond his expectations. After all, even a fool may make many mistakes, but it turns out that human proverbs do not apply to dogs.

...Actually, if you think about it carefully, it's already quite remarkable that Inuyasha could think of competing with Kikyo for lifespan and who can last longer...

Although Shang Yang himself did not want to comment on Inuyasha's plan, after Inuyasha proudly stated his "plan", he glanced at Shang Yang dejectedly.

"However, you are a half-demon, so this trick of mine will not work on you."

"Although I don't know what you're up to, I will never let you take the Four Souls Jade!"

"Anyway, Inuyasha, I do understand where you're coming from."

Shang Yang continued Inuyasha's words somewhat helplessly and asked another question.

"But even so, you don't have to stay in this village every day, right?"

Hearing this, Inuyasha glared at Shangyang unhappily.

"...What's wrong? I'm staying here if I want to. What's your opinion?!"

"I don't have any opinions."

Shang Yang spread his hands casually.

"I've been seeing you around the village lately, so I just asked. The villagers said you seemed quite happy to play with the children, so I wondered if you, Inuyasha, were also happy to stay in this village."

"...Huh? Are you happy to play with those brats?"

Hearing this, Inuyasha immediately sneered.

"You're kidding! Who would be happy with those brats always pulling my ears? I'm only here so I can keep an eye on the miko and you, who's up to something?"

Hearing Inuyasha say this, Shang Yang shrugged indifferently.

Although Inuyasha said this, he was probably really planning to stay in Maple Village for a long time.

After all, in this land, there is probably no other village or town that can accept him as a monster like the villagers in this village, and Inuyasha's identity as a half-demon also means that it is unlikely for him to integrate into the monster community.

Inuyasha, who has lived on the edge of the human world and the monster world for two hundred years since his birth, now really wants to rest in this quiet village for a while and enjoy some peaceful days.

Although he knew that Inuyasha was too concerned about his reputation, Shangyang had no interest in exposing him.

Shang Yang naturally enjoys exposing Shana's tsundereness and appreciating her shyness, even if he is chased by an angry Shana. However, when Inuyasha insists on saving face, Shang Yang has no interest in exposing him. Anyway, it doesn't matter what he says.

But when it came to this, Inuyasha seemed to suddenly remember something, and asked Shangyang with a puzzled look.

"...By the way, the witch's sister seems a little strange lately. I don't know why, but she's been avoiding me lately... What happened?"

When Inuyasha asked this question casually, he found strangely that the young man with gray hair, who had always had a "hypocritical" smile, showed a very rare, strange expression after hearing this question, which seemed helpless and relieved.

"... Xiao Feng, it's not like anything happened."

Hearing Inuyasha's casual question, Shangyang sighed, his tone relieved.

"...But, I can't say that everything is fine."

"...Huh?! I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about..."

Hearing Shangyang's strange answer, Inuyasha didn't think much about it and still crossed his hands and hid them in the sleeves of his fire rat fur.

"Forget it. I don't care anyway."

Hearing this, the young man with gray hair smiled casually.

"Yeah, that's good too."

Volume 5: Miko of the Warring States Period: Chapter 298: Intertwined

After chatting with Inuyasha about some unimportant topics, Shangyang left the "residence" that Inuyasha had dug out for himself. It seemed that Inuyasha planned to live in this pile of dry straw this winter.

Shang Yang was quite surprised to hear from Inuyasha that Xiao Feng had been acting strangely recently. He was not surprised by Feng's strange behavior, but he was surprised that Inuyasha was actually observing the people living in the village carefully. In this way, Inuyasha was really careful and even noticed these small details that would be inadvertently overlooked.

Shang Yang was not surprised by Feng's strange behavior. These days, Feng was just following the instructions of her sister Kikyo. From time to time, she would deliver food to the wild ghost spider that Kikyo accidentally rescued at the bottom of the valley, and take care of the ghost spider that had become completely disabled.

Late in the night more than a month ago, Shang Yang stopped a group of bandits named Luosha Guikanzhu from breaking into Fengzhi Village to plunder. After killing most of the bandits, Shang Yang let the remaining bandit leader Luosha Guikanzhu and several bandits flee in panic.

Then, Ghost Spider, who had originally instigated Rakshasa Gui Kanzhu and his gang of bandits to plunder Maple Village in the hope of killing all of them and robbing them of the money and food they had previously looted, was naturally retaliated by the bandit leader Rakshasa Gui Kanzhu and his gang of bandits who hated him to the core. After being burned into a motionless cripple by the raging fire, he was thrown off a cliff by Rakshasa Gui and his gang of bandits.

It’s not so much luck as it is that Ghost Spider “miraculously” survived because it was not yet time for him to die, and was rescued by Platycodon who came to the valley below the cliff to pick herbs.

Shang Yang naturally knew the reason why Xiao Feng had been hiding from him and Inuyasha these days. It was probably because she followed her sister Kikyo's instructions not to tell Shang Yang and Inuyasha about rescuing Onigumo.

Ghost Spider will not live long. This is the unquestionable judgment made by the witch with excellent medical skills after observing Ghost Spider's burns. The large area of ​​burns has burned most of Ghost Spider's internal organs. Now Ghost Spider is still alive. No matter what the reason is, he is still struggling to survive. No matter what, Ghost Spider with severely damaged internal organs will definitely not be able to survive the cold winter.

Shang Yang was not surprised to hear from Inuyasha about Kaede's strange behavior. Although he felt helpless, he didn't care. After all, this was just a matter of time and he would have to face it eventually.

Maple Village, Shrine.

When Shang Yang left the village and returned to the shrine, he saw that Kikyo had also finished cleaning the shrine and was sitting in the middle of the shrine with her eyes gently closed, as if thinking about something.

The sound of the gray-haired young man returning naturally could not be hidden from the sharp-eyed shrine maiden. The moment the young man walked into the shrine, the shrine maiden gently opened her eyes, stood up, and stared quietly at the somewhat confused young man with her clear eyes like a spring, her tone light.

"Shang Yang, I have something to ask of you."

Jie Geng's direct request made Shang Yang, who was about to say something first, a little confused, but then he asked casually without any concern.

"Uh...what is it?"

Hearing Shang Yang's question, Kikyo did not show any other expression, and spoke softly with a calm expression.

"I hope you can also co-host this year's festival."

After whispering her request, the cold and indifferent witch continued to gaze calmly at the extremely confused young man, quietly waiting for his answer.

"...festival? That doesn't seem appropriate?"

Hearing Kikyo's sudden request, Shang Yang was stunned for a moment, and his face showed a look of confusion.

"As for the festival, only you, as a miko, or other priests or monks can preside over it, right? If I were to preside over it, the villagers of this village would probably feel uneasy, right?"

"It's okay. I just want you to join me in some rituals."

Kikyo shook her head slightly and explained softly.

"It won't be a problem."

"Well... since you've said that..."

Upon hearing this, Shang Yang looked thoughtful, but he quickly made a decision.

"...That's fine, I agree."

Hearing Shang Yang's agreement, Kikyo didn't say anything more, but just nodded slightly.

Although Kikyo didn't show any other expression, Shang Yang could see that Kikyo seemed to feel more at ease after he agreed.

……

The next day, outside a cave at the bottom of a valley not far from Maple Village.

The dim cave in front of him was really unpleasant, especially from the entrance, he could sense an aura hidden in the cave that Shang Yang hated extremely.

The intensity of abnormal causality is ridiculously high...

After making a judgment in his heart, the young man with gray hair raised his head, squinted his eyes and looked at the clear sky with high clouds and light clouds.

Shang Yang glanced at the bright sun in late autumn and early winter. Although it was as bright and dazzling as ever, it was hard to feel much warmth. He shifted his gaze to the entrance of the deep cave again.

And it was at this moment that a girl's voice, with a hint of worry in her tone, sounded directly in the young man's heart.

"This is it..."

As he spoke, a crimson lotus flame suddenly ignited in the young man's heart. The crimson lotus flame broke away from the young man's heart, slowly fell to the ground, and burned violently.

A petite girl with flaming red hair appeared in the crimson flames.

As the crimson flames disappeared, the fiery red hair that Shana had when she appeared also lost its fiery red color and turned into soft, inky black hair.

After appearing here, Shana also looked at the deep and dark entrance of the cave and spoke softly to Shang Yang.

"My causal power is too sensitive. In order to avoid the abnormal causal forces gathered here, my current body only retains a very small amount of causal power."

Although the petite girl's tone was calm, she couldn't hide a hint of concern in it. Shana understood very well the decision Shang Yang had made after she had discussed it with him several months ago. And precisely because she understood the significance of this decision, Shana was a little worried, but she still finished what she wanted to say.

"However, when the need arises, I can also recover all my strength in an instant."

Hearing Shana's concerned and worried words, Shang Yang naturally understood Shana's concern.

However, this is also a good thing. It is something that needs to be faced and solved, and it is not advisable to delay it any further.

Therefore, Shang Yang just thought about it for a moment and nodded slightly.

"Okay, that's no problem."

Volume 5: Miko of the Warring States Period: Chapter 299: Evil Nature

Just as Shang Yang and Shana were about to enter the cave to 'visit' a disabled bandit who had "miraculously" survived a disaster, a little girl in a coarse kimono walked out of the deep and dark cave entrance.

When the girl saw the young man with gray hair and the petite girl with long black hair standing outside the cave, she couldn't help but be stunned.

Feng was naturally familiar with Shang Yang's words. Sister Kikyo also told her not to tell Shang Yang and Inuyasha in the village about the bandit hiding here. However, Feng was extremely unfamiliar with the girl next to Shang Yang.

Feng was naturally startled when he suddenly saw Shang Yang and Shana, and subconsciously wanted to scream. However, before Feng had the chance to scream, Shana raised her hand almost at the same time and pointed her index finger at Feng.

Feng was frozen in place. Before Feng could scream, his body was fixed by Shana. His hands and feet could not move, his mouth could not open, and his throat could not make any sound.

Although Kikyo was not nearby, both Shang Yang and Shana could sense that Kikyo had set up a protective barrier at the entrance of the cave. In addition to the protective barrier, Kikyo probably also left Feng with a talisman or something to notify her. Therefore, the moment she saw Feng, Shana took action to lock Feng's cause and effect and imprisoned her in place.

Looking at Feng who was directly imprisoned by Shana's causal line and could not move, Shang Yang sighed, and Shana withdrew her right hand, passed by the imprisoned Feng, and walked into the deep and dark cave.

Although unable to speak or move, Feng, still conscious, watched Shang Yang and a girl he didn't know walk into the cave. He couldn't help but feel anxious. Sister Kikyo had warned him not to let Shang Yang find them. Now, Shang Yang was here. Was he here to cause trouble for the bandit in the cave?

Although Feng herself hated that disgusting bandit who refused to repent even after being burned like that, but in that case...

Although Feng wanted to take out the talisman hidden in her sleeve, she was imprisoned by Shana's causal line and could not resist Shana's power. She could only pray secretly in her heart that Shang Yang and the girl she had never met would touch Sister Kikyo's protective barrier and attract Sister Kikyo's attention.

Unfortunately, Feng's prayers were soon in vain. Even though the power Shang Yang could currently use was extremely limited, it was not too difficult for him and Shana to use the power of Liang Yi to pass through Kikyo's protective barrier.

Not long after walking in the deep and dark cave, a faint light dispelled the darkness. On the flat ground of the cave, there was an oil lamp filled with lamp oil. On the cave floor illuminated by the faint firelight, there was a straw mat. On the straw mat, lay a "person" wrapped in linen, like an Egyptian mummy.

The ghost spider was burned into this tragic state by the fire and thrown off the cliff, but still survived.

A Tang Dynasty proverb goes: "Those who survive a great disaster will surely enjoy good fortune in the future." But both Shang Yang and Shana knew that this despicable bandit was a scourge, a scourge that could never be redeemed.

After stopping Shana and signaling her not to go over, Shang Yang casually approached the ghost spider lying on the straw mat.

"Who are you?"

Although it was burned into such a miserable state by the fire, the hearing of the wild thief spider was still sharp. He heard that the footsteps were not those of the priestess Kikyo's sister who had just left. The spider's unpleasant voice, which seemed to be burned by the flames or choked by the thick smoke, slowly sounded in this dark cave.

"I am Shang Yang."

Shang Yang had no intention of beating around the bush with Ghost Spider, so he sat down cross-legged and spoke casually without caring.

"I am the indirect person responsible for your current miserable state."

"what?!"

Wrapped in white linen, with only his eyes exposed, the ghost spider's eye sockets suddenly revealed a sinister hatred.

"...You are the monster living in the village. You deliberately let the Rakshasa ghosts escape..."

"Well, that's true."

Shang Yang shrugged his shoulders. He was not surprised that Ghost Spider could think of this reason, and his tone was still casual.

"It's a shame, you're so lucky. Even in this state, you're still alive. Although your time is running out, don't you think you're disgusting even if you're barely alive like this, Ghost Spider?"

"Haha! It's not that easy to kill me!"

Hearing this, Ghost Spider, who was wrapped in linen, let out a creepy laugh in a hoarse voice.

"You're here to wipe out the roots, right? Hehe, I never thought that even with my half-dead state, a monster would come to this dirty cave to kill me. I'm really annoying, hahaha..."

Listening to Ghost Spider's extremely arrogant and hoarse laughter, Shang Yang remained calm and casual, calmly looking at the source of all tragedies.

"Haha, come and kill me, monster!"

After laughing wildly, Ghost Spider began to shout arrogantly in his extremely disgusting hoarse voice.

"However, I, Spider-Ghost, was saved by that witch. Although in her eyes, I am also an unforgivable villain, if you kill Spider-Ghost like this, you, the monster living in that village, will definitely be hated by that pure-looking witch..."