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Hearing the question asked by Kikyo with some hesitation, Shang Yang looked at the witch with a little surprise, thought for a moment, and nodded again.

"...Yes, but it will be difficult. It will require you to fully return to the human world. In your current state of a residual soul, it will be difficult to see."

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Volume 6: Thoughts Across Time and Space: Chapter 395

"…Return to the human world?"

After repeating these four words softly, the witch seemed to be somewhat resistant to this matter.

"Can the long-dead return to the human world from the afterlife?"

As a shrine maiden of human origin, Kikyo finds it difficult to accept that the dead can be reborn.

If the dead could regain their lost lives at will, the world would never be at peace.

As she said this, Kikyo turned to look at the Bone-Eating Well in the distance, where she saw a beautiful girl being tightly embraced by a silver-haired dog half-demon.

"And...that girl is already..."

“Don’t worry, it’s not that the dead can’t be reborn, but the rituals for the dead’s resurrection must follow the rules of the other world.

"If we follow the rules of the other world, even the Yama of the 'Hall of Right and Wrong' in that world will find it difficult to prevent the return of the dead."

Hearing the witch's concerns, the young man with gray hair, the master of the Cloud Courtyard who understood the essence of this world and the other world, replied indifferently.

"Hundreds of years ago, Inu no Taisho left his eldest son, Seshomaru, the Blade of the Other World - Tensugami. It is a sword that can bring back the dead."

"For me, this kind of thing is more casual."

Having said that, Shang Yang paused for a moment under the slightly puzzled gaze of Platycodon, ruffled his hair, and spoke casually.

"However, Kikyo, your difficulty is that now you only have a remnant of your soul left."

"If I were to extract Kagome Higurashi's soul, erase her will, and allow your remaining soul to merge with Kagome Higurashi's soul again..."

As he said this, Shang Yang also observed the cold face of the witch without leaving any trace.

As expected, when Shang Yang talked about extracting Kagome Higurashi's soul, a feeling of rejection and resistance emerged in the depths of the shrine maiden's clear eyes.

Obviously, Kikyo would not agree to sacrifice Kagome Higurashi in exchange for her own life.

"...This is the safest method. In this way, you can restore your identity as a living person and complete the ritual of resurrection of the dead. However, the unacceptable price of this method is that it requires the actual killing of Miss Higurashi Kagome."

"...In other words, you won't agree with this method."

After stating this fact, under the confused gaze of the shrine maiden, Shang Yang sighed, raised his hand, and pointed at Inuyasha and Kagome Higurashi who were hugging each other tightly beside the Bone-Eating Well in the distance.

"Besides, Er Gouzi won't agree to it."

At the same time, as Shang Yang's helpless words fell, at the Bone-Eating Well in the distance, Inuyasha, who had been hugging the girl tightly for a long time, gritted his teeth and made up his mind to pull out the small piece of Shikon Jade hidden in the clothes of the dazed Kagome Higurashi.

Those were the fragments of the Shikon Jewel that were formed from all the fragments of the Shikon Jewel that Inuyasha and Kagome had collected in recent days.

"I'll keep this from now on!"

After snatching the fragment of the Shikon Jade from Kagome, the silver-haired dog half-demon had a complicated expression and shouted orders to the stunned girl.

"Don't come here again!"

After saying this, Inuyasha hardened his heart, gritted his teeth, and pushed the stunned Kagome into the deep bone-eating well...

That is the only way to reach the era five hundred years later, where Kagome was born...

"what?!"

Not far away, Master Miroku, the little fox demon Shippo and the young girl Saya who were hiding there were all shocked when they saw the dazed Kagome suddenly being pushed into the Bone-Eating Well by Inuyasha. The little fox demon Shippo was the first to scream, jumped out and rushed towards the Bone-Eating Well.

After a few steps, he arrived at the Bone-Eating Well and Master Maitreya, who was also terrified, asked loudly.

"Inuyasha! You! What the hell are you doing…"

However, before he could finish his words, the young Master Maitreya was stunned.

As far as the eye can see, there is no one in the deep depths of the Bone-Eating Well.

"Ms. Kagome, disappeared? Inuyasha!"

"...Inuyasha-sama?"

She lowered her little head and glanced at the deep Bone-Eating Well. Saya, the young girl who was rescued and brought back to Maple Village by the kind-hearted girl Kagome Higurashi, liked Kagome Higurashi very much after spending time with her in the past few days, looked at Inuyasha with a complicated look in her eyes.

"Did you send Sister Kagome home?"

Facing the questioning gazes of the three people, the silver-haired dog half-demon lowered his head to gaze at the deep Bone-Eating Well, the corner where the girl disappeared, and spoke slowly with loss and determination.

"...The other end of this ancient well is Kagome's true home."

In the face of Inuyasha's lost but determined words, Master Miroku, the little fox demon Shippo and the young girl Saya, who rushed to the Bone-Eating Well together, all remained silent.

At the same time, in the distant mountains and forests.

Following Shang Yang's direction, the shrine maiden sighed softly and felt relieved when she saw Inuyasha resolutely sending Kagome back to five hundred years later.

It is indeed as Shang Yang said, Inuyasha's feelings for the girl are extremely serious and pure.

Similarly, Shang Yang, who witnessed this "original" plot, also felt some emotion.

Having lost the Four Souls Jade, the coordinate for traveling through time and space, it would be difficult for Kagome Higurashi to return to the Warring States Period five hundred years ago on her own.

Fifty years ago, Inuyasha was controlled by the greedy nature of monsters and desperately desired the power of the Four Souls Jewel, turning into a real monster. Fifty years later, in order to protect Kagome, he did not want to see her die in front of him, and for the first time in his life he learned the meaning of "giving up".

For hundreds of years, Inuyasha, who was far inferior to his brother Seshomaru in everything, finally surpassed his brother Seshomaru in spiritual "cultivation", who was still obsessed with the sword left by his father Inu no Taisho.

From this moment on, Inuyasha, the second son of Inuyasha, began to see the foreshadowing of the "axis in his heart" in the depths of his soul.

However, he did not expect that he would become the opportunity for Qi〒互尔山林死學棋 to make such a firm decision for Inuyasha.

However, this was also an opportunity for the two to understand each other's feelings.

A thousand years ago, Shangyang, who had the unshakable "axis in his heart", had no intention of stopping Inuyasha's actions.

"Don't worry... Even if Kagome doesn't seize the opportunity to return to five hundred years ago, I will bring her back."

Shang Yang noticed a hint of worry in the clear eyes of the witch, and understood what Kikyo was worried about, and comforted her lightly.

"This is also an important opportunity for those two people. There is no need for you or me to stop it."

"As for you, Kikyo, it's impossible to retrieve your soul from Kagome's body. In this way, the ritual of resurrection of the dead to regain life and become a living person will be useless."

Looking at the cold-faced witch in front of him, the master of Yunzhongting said lightly.

"Then other methods are needed."

"That is, to abandon one's human life essence, transform into a non-human being, and be born again into the human world."

Volume 6: Thoughts Across Time and Space: Chapter 396 Answers

After making this explanation, Shang Yang looked at Platycodon in front of him, leaving the witch some time to think about his proposal.

As the carrier of consciousness, the human soul represents the essence of human life.

The most important reason why the dark monster Naraku is still a half-demon clan mixed with humans and monsters is that before Naraku was born, although the soul of the spider thief was infiltrated by evil spirits and polluted by the evil thoughts of monsters, the essence of its soul still retained the basic characteristics of the human soul.

Naraku longs to obtain the contaminated Shikon Jade, which means he needs to use the power of the Shikon Jade to completely distort the soul of the Spider Demon and transform him into a true dark monster.

In addition, there is another way for Naraku, which is to devour Saya, the half-demon who was born with him.

As a half-demon born from the fusion of the spider demon and the bodies of hundreds or thousands of evil monsters, Saya is different from Naraku who usurped the remains of a large number of evil monsters. She only obtained the remains of a small number of monsters and gained a trace of power from her creator, Shangyang.

As the "incarnation of heaven", the essence of Shang Yang's power transcends the characteristics of all things and has the terrifying power to distort everything.

If Naraku could usurp the power of Shangyang that devoured Saya's body, he could use this power to sublimate the essence of his existence and even become a monster clan that has never appeared before.

The same is true for Saya.

Saya, a half-demon who was born without most of her essence, will be able to transform into a true monster with the help of the little power left to her by Shang Yang after she devours Naraku's body.

However, the current situation of Platycodon grandiflorum is different.

The soul of the miko had already been reincarnated and was born as the human girl Kagome Higurashi five hundred years later.

All that was left to Kikyo was her own independent consciousness and a remnant of her soul that could barely carry her consciousness.

If she wants to complete the ritual of resurrection of the dead as a human being and regain life as a living being, she needs to extract Kagome Higurashi's soul and allow Kikyo to obtain her own soul.

The kind-hearted Kikyo would not agree to sacrifice Kagome Higurashi in exchange for her own rebirth, even though strictly speaking, Kagome Higurashi's soul originally belonged to her.

On this issue, the witch is extremely stubborn.

However, this does not seem to be a bad thing for Shang Yang.

In Shang Yang's opinion, the witch who regards the responsibilities she bears as everything, and the mentality of Kikyo, who has experienced the "betrayal" relationship fifty years ago, is a very important issue.

Shang Yang was worried that after experiencing all this, Platycodon might develop an unconscious "self-destructive" mentality.

This was not an unreasonable concern. Late one night a few days ago, the witch, who had realized that Shang Yang wanted to kidnap her, even made a terrible move by holding a short blade against her throat, forcing Shang Yang to be cautious and unable to deal with it.

The witch's extreme behavior did make Shang Yang quite worried.

If the short blade with the magic-breaking spell cast on it were to really pierce the throat of the shrine maiden, the magic-breaking spell of the short blade would immediately purify Kikyo, who was already dead.

The witch's soul will be shattered and she will die completely.

As far as Shang Yang knew, the short blade with the magic-breaking spell was still kept in Kikyo's clothes.

Even though there are some signs of "reconciliation" with the witch, the master of the Cloud Courtyard still has concerns.

If Kikyo is allowed to be reborn as a human being and return to the human world, she will still be subject to the limitations of human life.

In this world, it is difficult for ordinary humans to achieve immortality by relying solely on spiritual practice.

Shang Yang found it difficult to deny the possibility that Platycodon would choose to end its life and rest forever after human life ended.

Given the shrine maiden's mentality and ideas, this possibility really exists.

Therefore, letting Platycodon return to the human world in a non-human body was Shang Yang's original plan.

The body of the shrine maiden frozen in the underworld of the other world, and the "Liang Yi Fa" engraved in the seal of the shrine maiden's body, which transforms the shrine maiden's body into an inhuman being, are all prepared for this purpose.

As for whether the witch would stab Shang Yang again after discovering his concealment, that is another matter.

The owner of Yunzhongting, who had gray and shaggy hair, didn't seem to care about this matter.

If you live long and cannot die, you can be willful.

…transformed into something inhuman, and reborn into the human world.

Facing the indifferent gaze of the young man with gray and shaggy hair, the witch, somewhat bewildered, softly repeated this suggestion in her heart.

The witch recalled a scene from fifty years ago.

On that winter day fifty years ago, facing her desperate obstruction at the cost of her life, Shang Yang once sighed that if she were a monster, with her talent and ability, she would soon achieve the lofty realm of an ancient great monster.

At that time, Kikyo also had a sad dream, if he was not the master of the monsters, but a weak ordinary human...

The witch recalled this scene strangely, and with a strange look on her face, she drove this scene from her thoughts and shifted her attention back to the suggestion made by Shang Yang at this moment.

Platycodon subconsciously felt some resistance to Shang Yang's suggestion.

After obtaining Shang Yang's memories, in addition to verifying the authenticity of Shang Yang's memories in every way she could imagine, Kikyo also felt a little confused.

It is Shang Yang's wish to give her the possibility of choice.

But after knowing everything, what kind of life should she "choose" next? This is also a question that will make the witch, who has been bound by responsibilities all her life, feel confused and hesitant.

Moreover, the change from a shrine maiden who protects people to a monster that people fear will indeed cause some resistance and rejection to Kikyo.

Kikyo has always known that monsters can be good or bad, just as weak humans can be divided into good and evil. However, when faced with the choice of whether to become a monster, the shrine maiden still feels at a loss.

Even though Yiyiqi now has a pottery doll as her body, the witch has long believed that she is actually a "monster".

Although Platycodon still had some "concerns" and "alienation" when facing Shang Yang, she could be sure that the proposal made by Shang Yang was indeed made for her consideration.

Therefore, even if she did not intend to reject Shang Yang's kindness, Kikyo did not know how to respond to him correctly.

And when faced with the cold and aloof witch who pursed her lips and remained silent after hearing his proposal, the gray-haired young man who had been paying attention to her attitude sighed softly in frustration...

Really... it seems a bit too hasty.

"...Oh, there's one thing."

Faced with Kikyo's silence, Shang Yang, who was not disappointed, took the initiative to change the subject.