My wife's name is Platycodon

Kikyo bit her lip lightly; her expression at the moment was hard to see in the darkness.

Because of this, she didn't want to say these words, thinking of keeping them in her heart, and letting the Hades Shura misunderstand her.

But in reality, how could she do such a thing that would benefit the Asura of the Underworld without telling anyone just for her own selfish reasons?

Kikyo said coldly: "Then you can think so."

Then she looked at Mingjia and said to it, "If you want to come in, you must be prepared to fight against the Four Souls Jade."

After saying that, she no longer paid attention to anyone, and remained silent like a block of ice, silently following the road ahead, heading deep into the cave.

The road is long and dark with very low visibility, and along the way one can encounter the corpses of horrific monsters scattered all over the road.

Kikyo walked alone and silently in the darkness.

There was a sudden noise behind him. The Asura of Hades was approaching with steady steps. He came to Kikyo's side and then slowed down.

"are you angry?"

"Kind of."

"No wonder."

As Kikyo spoke, she suddenly covered her mouth with her hand and smiled. Her eyes and brows were like crescent moons, and in an instant she revealed all kinds of charm.

She thought no one would see her in the dark, she thought...

After advancing about a hundred meters, visibility gradually improved, the number of stalagmites and stalactites also increased, and the corpses of monsters became more and more numerous, and the terrifying appearances of those that had become stone statues were lifelike.

Finally, the road came to an end, and before us was an open space illuminated by a mysterious light.

The space was vast, filled with countless monster corpses, piled up into a small hill.

They had already been petrified and fixed there, but their postures looked as if they were still alive and fighting.

Chapter 44: A Miko with a More Unfortunate Fate than Kikyo

This is a shocking scene with a strong sense of epicness.

Countless corpses of monsters piled together, their bodies combined. Although they could no longer move, they still made fighting gestures and attacked a stone statue standing on the top.

The stone statue has a good-looking face, with long loose hair, and a flower ornament on the forehead that adds a bit of nobility and holiness.

She was wearing a skirt and armor, holding a long sword, with a beautiful figure, stepping on countless corpses. But at this moment, she seemed to be asleep, with her eyes closed.

This war-like woman was Cui Zi from hundreds of years ago.

The bodies of many monsters such as evil spirits, wild dragons, earth spiders, centipedes, etc. are intertwined together, and their original appearance is almost unrecognizable. One can only identify their prototypes from some features, and they are entangled in Cui Zi's body.

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Kikyo stepped forward and paid homage with a humble attitude, her expression peaceful, and she said, "I am here, Kikyo, to meet the Miko Tsuiko!"

Naturally, there was no answer, but Kikyo remained calm. She came here just to worship this respectable priestess.

Without even turning her head, she said, "Miko Tsuiko lives in difficult times."

The Hades Shura listened carefully.

"Hundreds of years ago, when this land was ruled by nobles, due to natural disasters, man-made calamities, wars and chaos, countless monsters were born, aggravating the suffering of the people."

Platycodon tells the story.

Fuzhi, Yunmu and Mingjia also came here at this moment. While they were shocked by this scene, they did not disturb Kikyo and let her continue to explain.

It was an era far more desperate than it is now.

Full of chaos, death, and monsters.

Although there are magicians and Onmyojis guarding humans, the results are minimal as they are no match for those powerful demons.

Cuizi appeared at that time and purified the souls of many monsters, allowing those who had suffered to rest in peace.

But in the end, because they were feared by the monsters, countless monsters attacked, including many powerful monsters who desperately joined together as one, but they were outnumbered and led to their own destruction.

At the last moment, she sacrificed her own soul and dragged all the monsters who participated in the siege to be buried with her, ending that chaotic world.

Later, the Four Souls Jewel, which gathered the souls of Tsuiko and many monsters, appeared.

"Underworld Shura, do you know the Four Souls?"

The Hades Shura observed the Cuizi stone statue and seemed to be able to understand the cruelty of the battle. He said, "I don't know anything about this."

Kikyo smiled and said, "Yeah, with your personality, if you don't tell me, it will be hard for you to understand it."

The Hades Shura said indifferently: "I just need to make sure I am strong."

He really didn't care much. The training of the shrine maidens and wizards was not suitable for him, and the profession of priest would not be passed on to outsiders.

Moreover, he was a high-level demon hunter, so he didn't really care about the weapons and armor made by demon hunters.

Instead of delving into an inheritance that is dispensable to you, it is better to kill more monsters and gain strengthening points.

Kikyo could not deny it. She smiled and said, "Long ago, the ancient sages proposed the concept of the four souls - the wild soul, the strange soul, the harmonious soul, and the lucky soul."

Although that's what she said, Kikyo told Hades Shura not to memorize these words specifically, as that was meaningless. He just needed to know that the so-called four souls constitute a complete mind of a life.

"If the soul is upright, it can be called a straight spirit; if the thoughts are evil, it is a crooked spirit."

"The Four Souls Jade is evil because Tsuiko's straight spirit has always been at a disadvantage and suppressed by the curved spirits of these evil monsters."

Kikyo's words were concise and to the point, and with just a few words she revealed the essence of the Four Souls Jade.

The Hades Shura said, "Then you really know a lot."

Kikyo didn't care about the irony of Hades Shura. She smiled slightly: "Don't you think they look alike?"

The Asura of the Underworld looked over in confusion.

Kikyo raised her head and looked at Tsuiko's petrified body. She was a little absent-minded and said, "Tsuiko had the ability to purify the souls of monsters. She eventually died because of this and formed the Four Souls Jade. And your body can absorb monster blood and suppress the souls of monsters. Will you be unable to completely suppress the souls of monsters in the future because you have killed too many monsters?"

The Hades Asura said unhappily: "Are you warning me?"

Kikyo pressed her palm down, signaling Hades Shura not to think too much.

She sighed softly, knowing that Hades Shura would not stop this behavior just because of a word, so she said: "I just speak my mind."

Having said that, Kikyo thought of more things at this moment.

In the inner world of the Hades Shura, a realm that he himself cannot set foot in, above the mountains of corpses and seas of blood, there is a gentian flower blooming.

However, when the gentian withers, what will appear on it will be the same scene as the one before our eyes.

He was entangled by the bodies of countless resurrected monsters, but he still held his head high, like an unruly king who had never died.

……

The Asura of the Underworld was somewhat dissatisfied. Every time he was baptized by the blood of monsters, his body would gain a certain bonus.

This talent comes with the system, but due to the strange characteristics of this world, when he kills everyone and bathes in the blood of monsters, the souls of the monsters will also be integrated into himself because of the monster blood.

After all, the monsters in this world are a kind of very strange creatures. Not only do their blood contain soul components, but even their bones, skin, teeth, and other parts also have soul characteristics.

But this is the only way for him to become powerful. Although he can avoid contact with monster blood and naturally will not absorb monster souls, Hades Shura feels that he is at a disadvantage.

This is because not all monsters in this world have monster blood. Low-level monsters such as ghosts and goblins only have turbid liquid in their bodies, which is useless except for disgusting people.

Those who can awaken their own demon blood are generally monsters of a certain race. For example, the demon blood in Inuyasha's body is of an extremely high level, which is rare in life. It even makes the body of Hades Shura actively produce the desire to hunt.

However, because of Kagome, he suppressed his murderous intent.

Those wild monsters are destined to be cannon fodder. They have low intelligence and are almost the same as wild beasts. Unless they are lucky enough to devour the body of a monster with a higher life level, thereby improving their own life level, they can awaken their monster blood.

He has killed so many monsters, but there are actually not many powerful monsters with monster blood, less than one-tenth of them, and a large part of them are related to Naraku.

If it weren't for Naraku's instigation and the several sieges designed against the Hades Shura, he really wouldn't know where to find so much monster blood.

The greatest gain was when seventeen elite monsters attacked together. After the battle, the body of Hades Shura was directly upgraded to a higher level, and he also gained 9 strengthening points.

Although I had a narrow escape from death and was forced to sleep for five days, after all, fortune and wealth are achieved through risk, so there was nothing to complain about.

Closer to home.

After paying her respects to Tsuiko, Kikyo stood up and was about to leave.

Fuzhi asked from the side: "Excuse me, Master Kikyo, have you found anything?"

The Demon-killing Village has experienced several interruptions in its inheritance. Although it has been rekindled and preserved many times, it has lost a considerable amount of knowledge inheritance.

Tomiji hopes to learn some key information from Kikyo this time, such as how to collect the fragments of the Four Souls Jade and how to purify the evil spirit in the jade.

When Kikyo heard this, she was silent. She naturally understood Fuzhi's thoughts.

However, the Four Souls Jade is too dangerous for them and can easily attract the covetousness of monsters.

In fact, if there were not five fragments of the Four Souls in the village, it would be impossible for Naraku to provoke such a large number of monsters to attack the village.

After thinking it over, she decided to be honest and said, "I did find something, but the truth is too heavy for you, and it doesn't help the current situation, so I won't tell you."

After saying that, Kikyo bowed forty-five degrees in a salute, hoping to be understood.

As she was explaining, Hades Shura glanced at Fuzhi from behind her and said, "Kikyo, let's go."

Fuzhi suddenly shuddered violently, feeling that death was approaching. He looked up and saw Hades Shura looking at him expressionlessly. Fuzhi's face was distorted, and he said in panic, "No, no, no, Master Kikyo, I was too rude. Your decision is correct, and we have no objection."

Fu Zhi spoke very quickly, and finished all in one breath. He wanted to kneel down on the spot and confess from the bottom of his heart that he had no intention of overstepping the line.

In fact, even if there was no Shura of the Underworld, he would not have been able to interrogate Kikyo because this knowledgeable and gentle shrine maiden had already conquered Toji.

Kikyo naturally noticed that Fuzhi was different. She didn't turn around, but closed her eyes and sighed, "The Asura of the Underworld!"

The latter yawned out of boredom and didn't reply.

The bandages on his arms had been removed, but his right arm could not move normally yet, and drowsiness due to energy loss was inevitable.

Kikyo nodded slightly to Fuzhi: "I'm really sorry."

I don't know whether this apology is due to the fact that I cannot provide any valuable information or because of someone's rudeness.

Fu Zhi naturally didn't dare to accept it and bowed instead.

There was nothing Kikyo could do.

The group quickly left the cave. When Kikyo walked out of the darkness, she couldn't help but look back.

Her originally clear eyes became deep, as if they had penetrated through layers of darkness and saw the priestess Tsuiko again.

The witch died while maintaining a fighting posture. She was noble and beautiful. Even though she was on the battlefield, she seemed to be sleeping, with a calm and peaceful face.

But Kikyo knew that Tsuiko's soul was still fighting and would never stop.

That was a witch whose fate was even more tragic than mine...

Chapter 45: Am I blocking your way?

They returned to the demon-hunting village. The villagers had not woken up yet, so the two people on duty came forward to greet them.

At this time, Kikyo said goodbye.

Naturally, Fuzhi was reluctant to let this powerful miko leave. "Lord Kikyo, please stay for a while longer and let the village repay you more."

Kikyo smiled elegantly and said, "I am already dead. No amount of gratitude can bring me back to life. I appreciate your kindness. But if you really feel that you cannot repay me, then promise me that no matter what happens next, you will not lose hope for the future."

She nodded slightly, and then said to Meiga, "Since you are here, Inuyasha will probably be here soon. Give him these pieces of Shikon fragments. Kagome has the power of the purification jade, so ask her to keep them safe. Also, tell Inuyasha that Naraku was severely injured by me and Meifu Shura, so he will probably be hiding very well. With their abilities, they will not be able to find Naraku anyway. So ask them to collect the remaining Shikon jades as soon as possible, and don't give Naraku any chance."

"And you should ask Kagome to pay more attention to Naraku's conspiracy. He is a half-demon with extremely high intelligence. Inuyasha can't beat Naraku with his brain."

She handed the four soul fragments emitting pure light in her hand to Mingjia, arranged everything, and turned around to follow the footsteps of the Hades Shura who was already going away.

Fuzhi watched the gradually disappearing figure of the priestess Kikyo, but he suddenly felt uneasy when he remembered what Kikyo had said to him at the end.

……

Not to mention what happened after Kagome, Inuyasha and their group arrived at the Demon-Exorcist Village.

The two have left the deep mountains.

"This is the ill-fated demon-killing village. Their leader will never come back."

Kikyo and Hades Shura walked side by side, and she sighed softly.