My wife's name is Platycodon

The catalpa bow is extremely useful to shrine maidens and is not uncommon in shrines, where it is often used in sacrifices to spirits and gods. It is also used in the art of transformation and subjugation - a term that means to exorcise evil spirits.

She took it out, and then handed the Zi bow to Jia Luo: "It contains the will left by Kikyo when she was alive. It is also an extremely rare spiritual bow. It can help Kikyo share the pressure at this time."

Jialuo didn't ask it how it knew Kikyo's current situation. It could even call out its own name, which made it seem very unfathomable.

But such an elf has not moved for fifty years because Kikyo placed a bow here.

Looking at this zelkova bow, Jialuo for the first time had the thought of wanting to know what Kikyo was like when she was alive.

At that time, she must have been extremely beautiful and brilliant, like a dazzling star across the sky, stunning the years, as short as a flash in the pan, but illuminating this era in this extremely short time.

Mingyue was there, Zeng Zhaocai returned.

Chapter 54: Past and Present

Jialuo got the Zi bow, but did not leave immediately.

He stood there, silent and silent.

The Zishan Elf asked, "Why don't you leave?"

This is an extremely powerful human being with endless potential, but the dragon is currently hiding in the abyss, and it has seen some clues. It does not want to be its enemy, so it would be better if he leaves quickly.

"Is there no trial?"

Upon hearing this, the Zishan Elf looked very strange. This was the first time that someone took the initiative to increase the difficulty.

But its trial is only for ordinary people, and if the target is Gala, then the next step will be its trial.

The Zishan Elf shook his head, intent on getting rid of him: "You don't need this."

Jia Luo hesitated again and asked, "Will taking the bow away have any impact on the people here?"

"Kikyo and I had an agreement..." But Kikyo, the incarnation of the Azusa elf, suddenly frowned, realizing that Gala seemed to have other intentions.

"What on earth do you want to say?"

Since her thoughts were seen through, Jialuo stopped pretending and asked, "What was she thinking at the time?"

Kikyo was slightly stunned, but this incarnation of its was derived from Kikyo's spiritual power, and therefore it also inherited some of Kikyo's wisdom when she was alive, and its personality and preferences were also more like hers.

She understood immediately and laughed, "Jia Luo, you don't want to know about Kikyo at that time through me, do you?"

What an awkward human being.

But it's very interesting, even more interesting than Platycodon.

"I thought you wouldn't be interested."

Jialuo snorted. He was indeed not interested in it before. Feng Yan mentioned it to him, but he refused. He always believed that the current Kikyo was a different person from the past. However, he had read so many books these days, and although he just memorized them, many things in them triggered his thinking.

Can a person who has been reincarnated really return to this earth?

Seeing that he was silent, the Zishan Elf did not continue to speak, but asked: "Do you think that Kikyo now is different from her in the past?"

She stopped talking halfway and laughed, "Oh, sorry, I forgot. You don't know the old Kikyo."

I don’t know if this can be considered as sarcasm, but Jialuo couldn’t help it.

"Do you want a fight?" This is not the real Kikyo, and she actually dared to tease him.

And Platycodon smiled, not knowing what was going on, she suddenly had the urge to tease Jialuo. She found it very interesting to see Jialuo looking depressed.

The Zishan Elf felt that it was influenced by Kikyo's will, but it did not reject it.

The love and hate between elves and humans are not mutual, it just feels very novel.

Kikyo pointed at the Azusa bow and said, "Instead of asking me, why not ask it? Kikyo has to accept Hitomi's soul and everything in her past. Without a strong soul, she can't maintain her self. So she needs the help of the Azusa bow. The will on it is Kikyo's real regret."

Jia Luo glanced at the red bow in his hand and said, "So Kikyo is now relying on the power that he left behind when he was alive?"

The Zishan Elf shook his head: "It can't be called borrowing, it can only be said to be recycling. That bow has great power and self-will, which is very helpful for Kikyo to stabilize herself."

Kikyo will be affected by Hitomi's soul, just as although she is an elf, she will also be affected by Kikyo's strong will. The result may be good or bad, and will highlight her potential personality.

But the only thing that is certain is that once the two souls merge, even if Tongzi offers them voluntarily, Kikyo's temperament will still change drastically.

This is also the reason why she wants to take back the Zi Gong.

Zigong can allow Platycodon to remain pure and live independently.

This bow comes from ancient times and has a very deep history. Even if it is not attached with Kikyo's regret, it is a divine artifact in itself and can be considered a sacred artifact for the shrine maiden.

But unfortunately, the power of Zi Gong comes from the same source as the power of the elves, so it has no effect in suppressing Zishan.

"Why would Kikyo give up such a powerful bow?" Jialuo said. If Kikyo still had the Azusa bow in her hand at that time, she might not have died.

The Azusa Elf said, "Don't you understand? Kikyo had no rivals in her time. She was invincible at that time. No one could easily defeat her. But the higher the status and the more powerful the power, the more likely it is to push her to the edge of the cliff, because she is an imperfect human being, not a perfect god."

"She died because she was too stupid to indulge in lust, which is fine, but she put her trust in the wrong person. Inuyasha failed to protect Kikyo who lost her strength and will. The strongest miko fell from the clouds and was fooled by Naraku in the end. Poor miko, everything is her own fault."

After hearing this, Jialuo should have been angry. He didn't care about his own reputation, but only cared about what outsiders thought of Kikyo.

But today, her status is so high that no one dares to point at Kikyo and say she is not.

Now Zishan Elf is the only one who dares to say such words. Garo was not angry because he sensed waves of sadness in the elf's words. He has the ability to see through people's hearts and can recognize that it is a silent and deep sorrow, like a elegy, which makes people feel a faint sadness in their hearts.

The Zigong bow moved slightly in his hand, and Kikyo's remnant of thoughts attached to it resonated with it, emitting waves of mournful tremors.

Jialuo was very surprised to see this.

The divine bow is spiritual and can choose its own master, but it is moving strangely now, which means it has encountered its master.

But the witch is dead.

He suddenly looked at Kikyo, the incarnation of the Azusa spirit, and found that the emotions on her face were sincere and unshakable, as if she was criticizing herself.

Jialuo was stunned for a moment. Is this really the incarnation of the Zishan elf, and not the Kikyo in her lifetime?

But the elves of Zishan soon realized that something was wrong. The person they transformed into was too strong, their emotions were too deeply invested, and they were using too much force.

She raised her hand and covered her face with her wide sleeves. When she put them down, she changed her face and became a faceless person.

This is its true form. Although it appears in thousands of different forms, they are all illusions.

She regained her composure, but her Ji-style hair remained the same, hanging down to her waist. Her face without facial features did not give people a sense of fear, but instead made people feel ethereal and peaceful.

The Zishan elf regained his composure, but he was sweating coldly in his heart. He looked towards the west inadvertently and met a pair of eyes a hundred miles away.

The disguise was too excessive, which led to being discovered and attracted the gaze of the original owner.

The elf's scalp tingled and he looked away.

This is the prototype of supernatural powers, the ability to see the three realms, which only Buddhas and gods have.

The current Kikyo has completely surpassed her in her lifetime, but she is limited by her residual soul and cannot exert her full strength.

If this kind of Platycodon goes one step further, it will become an existence at the level of gods, Buddhas, and saints.

"Sorry, I lost my composure. Please leave now," it sighed slightly, not wanting to say more. It glanced at Garo who knew nothing about this and felt very sympathetic towards him.

Jialuo came down the mountain in a daze, feeling something was wrong.

The Zishan elf asked him to ask Zigong, but although the bow had will, Jialuo could only sense the vast spiritual power on the bow. He could not activate the residual thoughts left by Kikyo on it, so naturally he could not ask.

And it would be useless to activate it, because Kikyo didn't know him at that time, and it was already a broad-mindedness of her not to slay the demon immediately.

Chapter 55: One Third of the Soul

Zishan is just a place Kikyo has been to. She left her bow here, and there are other deeds happening here. But fifty years have passed, and these things have been smoothed over by the earth. It is too difficult to dig deeper, and it would take a lot of time and energy.

He doesn't have that spare time.

But that's not a problem.

There is still a lot of time in the future, so he kindly gave half of the infinite future to Kikyo.

It's a pity that the witch was ungrateful and kept teasing him.

Jialuo returned to Tongzi's shrine and handed the Azusa bow to Kikyo with a stern face.

Kikyo took it, looked at Jialuo, and then smiled slightly and said, "Thank you for your hard work."

"What's up with that Azusa spirit?"

Kikyo replied: "Don't pay attention to it. The Azusa spirit only has a physical body and no image of its own, so it likes to use other people's appearances."

Jialuo understood, as expected Kikyo knew the situation over there.

"Then who did it turn into when you went to Zishan before?" Jialuo was a little curious. At that time, Kikyo had not yet become a jade-guarding priestess, but she had completed her training. She didn't know what face the Zishan elf would use to see her.

Kikyo also remembered this incident and pursed her lips, "Are you sure you want to listen?"

Seeing Jia Luo nod, Kikyo pondered for a moment and said, "It's me."

This answer was unexpected.

"How did you do it?"

"It's very simple. Enter a state of emptiness and clarity, with nothing in your mind. Then you can glimpse your true self." Kikyo is very peaceful now, but she was not like that before. Although she appears to be taciturn on the outside, she is extremely proud and high-spirited on the inside.

It's just that she is good at being reserved, neither humble nor arrogant, so outsiders can't see it.

She felt that if Jialuo had not met her, she would probably have seen another self in Zishan.

Because Jialuo is very similar to her past self.

But Kikyo has gone through many hardships and has passed that high-spirited psychological stage.

Now, not only has Jialuo changed, but even when she goes to Zishan again, she can't find the confidence she had in herself again.

If she wanted, the Zishan elves would most likely let her see Jialuo.

She doesn't like fighting now, but prefers a peaceful life.

After prosperity, everything returns to normality.

Jialuo was stunned. This answer was different from Kikyo and Jing's usual personalities, but she felt it was in line with her identity as the strongest priestess.

"The so-called strongest means you want to see me?" Jialuo pondered and felt that Kikyo's words were very meaningful.

He seemed to have realized something. He had already reached the tenth level of spiritual enlightenment. His thoughts were clear and he felt at ease. For no reason he felt as if he had grasped some truth.

"The true meaning of practice..." Jialuo muttered something that ordinary people could not understand, while leaving the shrine and walking down the mountain.

The bird and the butterfly looked at Kikyo, both pairs of eyes filled with confusion.

But Kikyo didn't explain much. Jialuo was very intelligent, so she didn't even need to give him much instruction. He only needed a few pointers, and he was able to find the way on his own. He also had a natural talent for error correction, so there was no need to worry at all.

"What do you think, Hitomi?" Kikyo looked at Hitomi again.

Tongzi looked calm. She understood the truth, but she just couldn't do it.

Azusa is not far from here, but she has never been there and rarely goes anywhere else. Living in a corner and protecting a place is already her limit. She doesn't even come out of the shrine on weekdays.

There are only a few shrine maidens like Kikyo who travel back and forth to various places to seal and purify powerful monsters, because they not only have to endure physical fatigue, but also have to resist the burden on their hearts.

But she couldn't even do the latter. She was extremely exhausted after all these years. As a result of her practice, she was able to keep her spiritual power from declining, but she couldn't go any further.

If she really went to Azusa, she would only be able to see Naraku, who had traumatized her childhood.

But these things have nothing to do with her anymore. Entrusting her soul to Kikyo, helping her senior is her last bit of strength.

Tongzi said to Kikyo, "Please follow me."

Her temperament is very elegant and quiet, but also kind of lifeless, just like the sun that has lost its vitality. Although it is still hanging in the sky, it gives people a feeling of decadence.

Kikyo looked at her for a while and sighed softly.

Tongzi has extremely strong spiritual power and is far superior to other witches in terms of defense. This is her talent, but unfortunately her mind is unstable and she is easily invaded by external evil.

Kikyo followed Hitomi and found a clean room. Asuka and Butterfly worked together to set up a barrier to protect the two of them inside.

The two of them sat opposite each other, and Kikyo placed the Zigong in front of him.

Soul fusion is an extremely dangerous step. Any slight mistake will lead to serious consequences. For an ordinary person, they need to choose an auspicious day, adjust to the best state, and then take various preparatory steps to do so.