My personal opinion on Gensokyo

Given Kikyo's weak body at the moment, Manxian was already struggling.

"Put down the Four Souls Jade and get out of here! Youkai!"

"Sorry, that's not possible."

Shang Yang still had a blank expression on his face, and his tone showed no change in emotion at all.

"Whether I want to take the Four Souls Jade or completely destroy this village along with you, you have no power to stop me."

Following these cold and indifferent words, Shang Yang grasped the deep purple Four Souls Jade, which was already filled with terrifying demonic energy, in his right hand and casually raised it lightly.

Not far away, after Shang Yang restrained his terrifying aura, the strange clouds gradually dissipated, the howling wind gradually disappeared, and the village that had gradually become peaceful suddenly broke out in a raging fire.

Crackling... crackling...

In the village, the roofs of countless houses covered with dry straw, and the piles of straw stacked in every corner of the village, all suddenly caught fire.

The crackling sound of dry straw in the fire was carried to the shrine by the gentle breeze.

The entire Maple Village seemed to be completely engulfed by the sudden and raging fire in an instant...

"Since it's so hard for you to give up, then destroy everything you've been protecting."

Another flowing magic-breaking arrow drew a beautiful arc in the air.

"Why bother?"

There seemed to be a hint of boredom and laziness in Shang Yang's indifferent tone.

"No matter how much you try to stop me, it's useless."

With a gentle wave of his hand, he effortlessly deflected the magic-destroying arrow that was like a meteor streaking through the night sky.

"That's enough, Kikyo. You don't have to bear any responsibilities anymore."

"If you find it difficult to convince yourself to give up your responsibilities and allow me to take the Four Souls Jade..."

"Then I will take you to the other side."

PS1: Yes, I deliberately wanted to post this on the evening of Qixi Festival. (Nods)

Volume 5: The Miko of the Warring States Period: Chapter 306: Passing

The raging fire in Maple Village was spreading rapidly at an unimaginable speed, fueled by the dry autumn and winter climate and the biting north wind. The sky, covered by layers of dark clouds, seemed to be dyed a fiery red by the raging fire, like a large patch of fire clouds under the setting sun.

Crackling... crackling...

The withered straw burned in the flames, and the villagers who had been staying in their houses worriedly because of Inuyasha's warning could no longer hold back.

Although no one has been burned by the fire so far, if the fire is allowed to continue burning, the entire Maple Village will be engulfed by the raging flames and burned to ashes.

Not only the houses, but also the winter food stored in the houses by the villagers will be burned. The cold winter is coming, and the houses can be rebuilt after being destroyed, but if the winter food is burned by the fire, then all the farmers in Maple Village will starve to death in the cold winter when no grass grows.

Shouts for firefighting rang out one after another in the village, and the farmers in the village hurriedly shuttled between their houses and the village wells, drawing buckets of well water again and again and pouring them on the burning houses.

However, no matter how hard the villagers tried to put out the fire, the raging fire seemed to be completely unafraid of the water that could restrain it. It burned more and more fiercely. In just a short while, the raging fire merged into one, and the whole village was filled with the glow of the burning flames...

Seeing the villagers in the village ignoring their own safety and risking their lives to put out the fire, Kikyo's heart became more bitter and painful as the raging fire burned.

Just for the Four Souls Jade, just for... this kind of thing!

The weak and dizzy feeling became more and more severe. Her body had long been weak to the point of being exhausted. Kikyo understood this very well.

With such a body, it is impossible to hinder the slightest action of the ancient great monster who is the master of all the ghosts and monsters in the world and is respected as the commander-in-chief of monsters in the world.

It was not just a matter of physical weakness. Even if she was still at the peak of her spiritual power, facing the master of all the monsters in the world, she could not do anything with her weak strength as an ordinary human priestess.

Kikyo, who had used the second magic-breaking arrow and was breathing lightly and struggling to suppress the weakness of her body, also understood this point.

but……

Can not give up……

If the Four Souls Jade is allowed to wander in the hands of monsters and humans who desire to obtain it, countless lives will become victims of this magic jade, and countless humans and monsters will be killed because of this magic jade.

The dispute surrounding this magical jade will never stop.

...We must try to prevent such a tragic future!

Even though he noticed the hint of determination beneath the shrine maiden's forcedly cold expression, the Lord Commander of Monsters in the World didn't seem to take it to heart.

The slightly raised hand, as if to use the terrifying power of the Lord of Monsters in the world to easily end the life of the witch, seemed to be paused because of some other unusual movements.

"Heh...it's Inuyasha."

Shang Yang slowly withdrew his hand, and his tone seemed to return to the gentleness he had before when he was the "half-demon Shang Yang".

However, even so, even Inuyasha, who was hiding in a secret corner not far away, could hear that in this seemingly casual and gentle tone, there was no trace of gentle emotion, and he still maintained the indifference that was revealed from the nature of the ancient great monster.

"Even though you sensed my presence, you still insisted on coming here to find out..."

"Your courage is admirable, but it's too reckless and foolish."

"What?! Who are you calling reckless and stupid?!"

He was unhappy, very unhappy. This was even more than contempt, and it seemed that the other person didn't care about his contemptuous tone at all, which made Inuyasha very unhappy.

Since he was discovered, Inuyasha jumped out from his hiding place and snorted in dissatisfaction.

"I just took advantage of the witch's unpreparedness and seized the power of the Four Souls Jade. What are you so proud of, Shang Yang?"

Even with such disdainful sarcasm, Inuyasha's expression was full of vigilance.

Although he was discovered just after he reached here, Inuyasha was very skeptical whether the Shikon Jewel had such tremendous power that it could allow a "half-demon" who was not much stronger than himself before to undergo such a transformation.

Such a terrifying evil spirit is extremely dangerous.

"Seizing the power of the Four Souls Jade... Hmm, that's an interesting theory."

Shang Yang thought for a moment, then said lightly, after glancing at Kikyo who seemed to want to warn Inuyasha to leave but was still breathing softly and had no extra energy to do so.

"Then, Inuyasha, I will allow you to gain the power of the Shikon Jewel as well."

Before he could finish his words, Shang Yang casually threw the Four Souls Jade, which had already turned completely dark purple in the palm of his hand and was overflowing with demonic energy, at the stunned Inuyasha.

The Four Souls Jade drew a semicircle in mid-air. Before the stunned Inuyasha could react, he instinctively raised his hand and caught the precious gem he had longed for...

Then, in an instant, Inuyasha's consciousness fell into the depths of darkness...

"Uhhhhhhhh!!!"

Shang Yang was not surprised to see the demonized Inuyasha whose eyes turned red and purple demonic patterns appeared on his face the moment he caught the Shikon Jade with his hands, and who was howling madly towards the sky.

It was obvious that the half of the monster blood in Inuyasha's body was directly stimulated and exploded by the dark evil energy of the Shikon Jade.

A stream of light cuts through the air!

puff!

The sealing arrow shining with warm spiritual light pierced the heart of the demonized Inuyasha who was raising his flag to the sky and going crazy. The arrow was so powerful due to the spiritual power that it knocked the demonized Inuyasha away without him having any time to react!

Inuyasha's body was nailed to the sacred tree next to the shrine.

As Inuyasha was nailed to the sacred tree, the blood-red color under the demonized Inuyasha's red eyes gradually disappeared, and the purple demonic patterns on his face also gradually disappeared.

As if unwilling to fall asleep, Inuyasha tried to lift his eyelids with all his might, but in the end, he could not resist the sleepiness that came over him and slowly closed his eyes.

The Shikon Jade held in Inuyasha's palm also fell from his palm to the side of the sacred tree.

After a sealing arrow nailed Inuyasha, who had just come into contact with the evil energy of the Shikon Jade, to the sacred tree, Kikyo, who was already gasping for breath, seemed even weaker, her face became paler, and her thin body seemed to be on the verge of collapse.

This is the most effective method. Even though Kikyo is extremely weak now, it is still enough to deal with a half-demon like Inuyasha. But if Inuyasha is allowed to come into contact with the Shikon Jewel, which is now full of evil energy, for a period of time, then with Kikyo's current weak spiritual power, it will be difficult to control the demonized Inuyasha.

“A decisive and exceptionally correct decision.”

When Shang Yang saw the mad demonized Inuyasha being nailed to the sacred tree by the weak Kikyo with a sealing arrow, a hint of regret seemed to appear in his cold and deep eyes.

"Kikyo, if you were a monster, it would only be a matter of time for you to reach the pinnacle of the monster clan - the realm of the great monster."

Hearing the ancient great monster's rather regretful comments, the pale and beautiful face of the witch revealed a bitterness that was almost ironic, but also almost relieved.

What if I were a monster...

...Then, Shang Yang, what if you were an ordinary human being?

Or, if you're just a half-demon like you said back then...

The pain transmitted from the heart is still extremely painful, and the hand still cannot hold the bow.

However, even though he was so weak, he still placed the fourth demon-destroying arrow on the bow, and pulled the full string little by little.

The light of the magic-destroying arrow is like the light of the morning star in the sky.

However, this dazzling ray of light was as short-lived as a shooting star across the night sky.

After the dazzling meteor streaked across the night sky, the deep night sky once again fell into deep and boundless darkness.

Quiet, dead silence.

Volume 5: The Miko of the Warring States Period: Chapter 307: The Long River of Time

The magic-destroying arrow, shining with spiritual light, cut through the air and passed over the expressionless face of the young man with gray and white hair.

With a bang, the magic-destroying arrow shining with spiritual light nailed into the outer wall of the shrine behind the young man.

As if he had seen through the trajectory of the magic-destroying arrow, or as if he had known long ago that there was no way this arrow could penetrate his heart, the expressionless young man with gray hair put one hand behind his back, without a single movement, allowing the arrow to pass by his side of the face and be nailed to the outer wall of the shrine behind him.

In the next moment, the young man with gray and white hair suddenly disappeared from the spot. After raising his hand to hold the bowstring, the weak witch seemed to have lost all the strength to support her weak body and slowly fell down.

He raised his hand, touched his cheek, and left. What caught Shang Yang's eyes were his own slender five fingers and the eye-catching dark red bloodstains on them.

The demon-destroying spiritual power attached to the demon-destroying arrow cut a tiny wound on Shang Yang's cheek, and a little blood seeped out.

"In the end, no one was able to make up their mind..."

Casually wiping off the dark red bloodstains on his slender fingers, the young man with gray and white hair showed a hint of helplessness and a touch of emotion on his expressionless face.

Looking at the pale, weak face with closed eyes lying in his arms, Shang Yang sighed deeply.

“It’s really ugly…”

Although, half of Shang Yang's words were spoken to himself, and the other half were spoken to the witch in his arms.

However, no matter what, Kikyo could not hear these words...

After the first magic-breaking arrow, Kikyo's weakened spiritual power was no longer sufficient to launch a second magic-breaking arrow.

In fact, from the second magic-breaking arrow onwards, the magic-breaking arrows that shone with spiritual light had already consumed Kikyo's life...

Dark red blood oozed from the palm of the hand that was supporting the shrine maiden's delicate shoulders, gradually staining the shrine maiden's pure white robe dark red.

Those were the scars left by the young man with gray and shaggy hair, who subconsciously dug his five slender fingernails into his palms in order to maintain his unsustainable indifference.

Crackling, crackling...

The fire in the village was still burning fiercely, and the villagers were still running around in a hurry to put out the fire. However, by now, the villagers had also realized that something was wrong. The raging fire had been burning for such a long time, but until now, no one had died from the fire.

Not only did no farmers die in the fire, but even those who accidentally came into contact with the raging flames while fighting the fire were not burned by the seemingly extremely hot flames.

This is understandable. After all, the person who ignited the raging fire had no intention of burning the entire Maple Village.

Bending down, letting the body of the deceased witch half lean in his arms, Shang Yang casually raised his hand and waved gently in the direction of the village.

The originally blazing flames dissipated with Shang Yang's movements, turning into tiny sparks that flew into the air and disappeared.

In this fire, the only things that were burned to ashes were the piles of useless dry straw piled up in the village. Even the roofs of the villagers' straw had only a little bit of straw burnt, which did not affect the roofs themselves at all.

The villagers looked at each other in amazement as the fire that was burning fiercely a moment ago disappeared in an instant, completely unaware of what had happened.

However, just as Shang Yang waved his hand to disperse the fire, an obscure aura that was extremely familiar to Shang Yang appeared under the sacred tree.

The Four Souls Jade, which fell from Inuyasha's hand, which was nailed to the sacred tree by the sealing arrow, slowly floated up and flew above the young man with gray and white hair who was holding Kikyo, and turned a few times.

With the passing of Kikyo, the rich "fate" cause and effect hidden deep in Kikyo's soul also dissipated.

Destiny's mission has been accomplished.

Kikyo, the shrine maiden who guarded the Four Souls Jewel, has passed away.

Kikyo's soul was affected by the fate of the world, and she left the Warring States Period, traveled through the long river of time, and drifted to the distant future five hundred years later.

The rich "fate" cause and effect lurking deep within the Four Souls Jade must also take the Four Souls Jade away and reincarnate with Kikyo's soul into the distant future five hundred years later.

The dark purple Four Souls Jade, which exuded an evil aura, was spinning slowly in the air, and a sense of complacency emanated from the depths of the Four Souls Jade.