My wife's name is Platycodon

Kikyo answered irrelevantly: "Feng, I have realized it!"

Upon hearing this, Grandma Feng seemed to want to say something, but when she saw Kikyo's extraordinary face, she felt she couldn't say anything.

Grandma Feng felt heartbroken.

Why should we resurrect our sister? Her mission has been completed. Why should we let her face the cruel world alone? Why shouldn’t we let her be truly free?

Can't you let my sister rest forever?

Grandma Feng's already old face looked even more tired.

Life and death are two different paths, this is a boundary that cannot be crossed.

Kikyo seemed to see what Grandma Feng was thinking. She smiled slightly and said, "My mission is not yet completed. I have not yet led the Hades Shura to the right path. Before that, I will not have the idea of ​​​​liberation."

"Don't tell me, Feng, do you want me to die with regrets?"

At this point, Kikyo has already given a very stern warning, and no matter what Grandma Feng says, it will be of no use.

She could only ask Kikyo to be careful of the Shura of the Underworld, and if things couldn't be done, then just give up the agreement.

"It's impossible for him to hurt me. He looks deep and dangerous on the outside, but he's actually pure and simple on the inside. Although he can see through people's hearts, he always stays away from the crowd, just like a hedgehog..."

Kikyo couldn't help laughing when she talked about this.

Granny Feng hesitated to speak, and for the first time she began to doubt Kikyo's judgment. Can that guy Shura of the Underworld really be described as naive?

The old priestess had a strange look on her face, but she didn't say much. The scene of Hades Shura and Kikyo looking at each other and leaving kept appearing in her mind.

"Underworld Shura, is it really because of your promise that you agreed to live here?"

Granny Feng thought she asked a very simple question, but Kikyo couldn't give an answer.

She looked out the window.

Yes, she didn't know the answer either.

Was that Hades Shura, who seemed so difficult to approach, really forced to agree to my request for psychological reasons of recovery?

However, Kikyo felt that the guy seemed to have an answer to his behavior.

……

Yes, he did fall in love with Kikyo.

Hades Shura is very good at reflection and summarizing. He will review every battle until he finds all his mistakes and makes up for them in the next battle.

He has a typical strong mindset. His first reaction when encountering a problem is not to escape, but to look directly at the problem. He will first judge the nature of the matter, and then make a decision in a very short time, cutting the Gordian knot and leaving no room for trouble.

On that day in the demon-killing village, he first determined that if those monsters were not killed in one blow, there would be very serious consequences. In addition, those monsters were generally brainless and had no idea what was going on, so they actually dared to gather together to fight back.

The Asura of Hades seized the opportunity, assessed the situation, and suppressed it at the cost of self-mutilation, killing 80% of the monsters with one punch, causing his right arm to almost lose sensation.

But the Asura of the Underworld believed that it was worth it, because there were too many monsters. If they were unable to defeat him by the time they reacted, they would definitely flee when disaster struck.

It would take a long time to catch hundreds of monsters. After they escaped a certain distance, even if you chased them by yourself, you could only kill half of them at most.

Moreover, this kind of character of his is not only reflected in battle, but also in his style of doing things.

For example, don't procrastinate, do things directly and cleanly, and do it when you say it.

When you identify the other party as an enemy and have the intention to kill, your body will act synchronously.

Chapter 49: Tree of Ages

When Kikyo found Hades Shura, she discovered that he was walking in the jungle.

He has this habit.

Kikyo had discovered before that wherever the Asura of the Underworld arrived, he would survey the environment in his own way and eliminate dangerous factors.

So in Kikyo's eyes, Hades Shura is a person who has no sense of security. He is wary of monsters while also being wary of humans.

He seems careless and unconventional, but he is actually surprisingly meticulous.

However, in the eyes of outsiders, Hades Shura is just a synonym for terror and killing. He has no emotions and no human heart.

Kikyo and Hades Shura were very close. She stood in front of Hades Shura and said with a smile, "Are you hungry? I asked Feng to make some food."

She spoke softly and in a whisper, which made Hades Shura's ears itch, but when he rubbed his ears, he found that the itch did not go away.

Her black hair fluttered in the wind, giving off a faint fragrance that might have been an illusion. In the eyes of the Asura of the Underworld, the petite body under the witch's costume looked so fragile that it seemed like she could fall to the ground at any time.

He eliminated a lot of ideas.

Although he solved the problem easily, the final answer left him a little overwhelmed.

Knowing it is one thing, and how to deal with it is another.

This is not a battle. He can kill his way through this era with a single blow of his sword, but now he feels hesitant. For the first time, he feels that being fast at solving problems is not a good thing.

At least, before he knows it, he can still deceive himself.

He should have been cold-blooded and indifferent to life, doing what he thought was right, living a real life at the top, ignoring all the rules in the world, and breaking free from all constraints and shackles.

So, he thought very deeply about why he fell in love with Kikyo.

But then he discovered that it was really natural for him to fall in love with this witch.

Or rather, it would be surprising if I didn't fall in love with her.

He faced Kikyo and had thousands of words to say. The weather was changing, and white clouds floated in the blue sky, blocking the sunlight and casting a faint shadow. A strong wind blew through the forest, and the leaves rustled and fell between the two of them, and then fell quietly.

At the moment the leaves fell to the ground, Hades Shura said, "I'm not hungry."

Kikyo pursed her lips and smiled: "You really have the physique of a monster."

She had been walking side by side with Hades Shura for the past two days and noticed that he didn't eat much, so she asked Feng to cook some mushroom soup, but now it seemed that it was not necessary.

Hades Shura could not deny that he had consumed a lot of energy in the past two days, but because his body was stained with the blood of several monsters in the Monster-Exorcising Village and he absorbed some monster energy, he still had plenty of strength.

"That's fine." Kikyo said with relief, and then pointed to the forest, "Underworld Shura, what do you think of this place?"

"Not bad." It's leisurely and quiet, with birds singing and flowers blooming. Also, there isn't much danger. Wild beasts and monsters have been eradicated.

The shrine maiden named Feng is Kikyo's sister, so it is normal that she learned some tricks from Kikyo.

"Then let me take you for a walk," Kikyo talked to herself, leading the way without asking for the opinion of Hades Shura at all.

But he didn't say much and followed obediently.

The two walked forward a hundred steps, deeper into the forest. The environment became increasingly remote, deep and primitive, with few human traces.

Kikyo's steps were steady, like a saint guiding the world, without confusion or hesitation. She led the Asura of the Underworld to a place and then stopped.

The two looked forward together, and saw a big tree with lush branches and leaves standing in front of them.

Its trunk is thick and round, with a diameter of two meters. Old roots on the ground are twisted and bulging, and hidden veins are visible. The root system is extremely developed, with many vines entwined around it from all directions, but they can no longer climb up two or three meters. The crown of the tree is like exploding fireworks, covering the sky. The leaves are green and the branches are complex. It is unknown how many years it has been growing.

Kikyo stood in front of the tree, gently stroking the tree's hard old bark, and murmured, "This is the Tree of Ages."

Hades Shura's eyes changed slightly as he remembered what Kagome and Kikyo had said before.

The Tree of Ages has the power to travel through time and space and stop the years. Even Kagome travels back and forth by relying on the Bone-Eating Well built with the logs of the Tree of Ages.

When he thought so, Kikyo's voice came from beside him: "Why, Hades Shura, are you shaken?"

She looked at Hades Shura, a soft color in her eyes, and said softly: "If you want, I will definitely find a way to let you return to Kagome's time."

The eyes of Hades Shura became fierce, and he replied unyieldingly: "I also said that I don't need your pity and kindness."

Kikyo smiled slightly, and that smile had many meanings: "You are really stubborn, Hades Shura."

"I come from an era more distant than Kagome. If I want to go back, I shouldn't go back to that era." Hades Shura answered calmly, "And my obsession with it is not something I can't let go of."

"Okay then." Kikyo didn't say much. She pointed to the ruins on the hillside in the distance. It had been abandoned for many years. Nothing could stand on it. It was no longer recognizable. "We can just live here from now on."

Hades Shura frowned slightly, "What is that place?"

"It was originally a shrine. When I was alive, I gathered the villagers to build this shrine, designated the Tree of Ages as the sacred tree, and enshrined the Four Souls Jade inside to purify its evil spirit."

"You want to live in a former shrine? Interesting. As a miko, is this really okay for you?"

Kikyo looked particularly nonchalant: "The greatest purpose of the existence of gods is to carry the faith and expectations of mankind, so that they will not fall into darkness? I only have the most basic respect, but I don't have to kowtow and obey the arrangements of gods."

Kikyo has her own ideas. She is a human shrine maiden, not a shrine maiden of gods. Her abilities are given by God. She can worship the nature of heaven and earth, and respect ancient sages like Tsuiko, but she will not kneel down to worship gods.

"Underworld Shura, do you think I'm a pedantic shrine maiden?"

Moreover, a shrine is a place to enshrine gods, but the shrine that Kikyo had people build did not enshrine any gods, it just retained the appearance of a shrine.

In other words, the reason why a shrine was built was because Kikyo needed it to carry the power of the Shikon Jade and to facilitate the setting up of a barrier to protect the Shikon Jade.

Any building that meets the standards of a shrine has a natural purification ability and creates a magical environment that prevents monsters from invading.

In the past, when Kikyo was exorcising demons, she never worried about losing the Four Souls Jade.

Even if she is not a witch but a wizard or a monk, a building like a demon-subduing tower will be built here.

Unfortunately, this place eventually fell into disrepair. After she died, she took the Four Souls Jade with her, and there was no need for this place to exist anymore.

Not to mention the Asuras of the Underworld, who don't even have the most basic respect for the gods.

He was just curious, if this kind of life he had never seen before, would it drop a power that was completely different from the monster's power?

Chapter 50: Confession

They were chatting here, and Platycodon seemed to have opened up. Although every tree and blade of grass here was unfamiliar, there was a sense of familiarity in the unfamiliarity.

After a not-so-long period of time had passed, Maple Village seemed to have never changed.

Kikyo stretched out a finger and pointed at the ruins of the shrine. Spiritual power swept out of Kikyo's body, fluctuating violently.

She seemed to be casting a special spell. She kept making hand seals with her hands while releasing her spiritual power. Her movements seemed slow, but were actually unpredictable. In just a few seconds, she evolved into more than a dozen hand seals.

Following Kikyo's actions, the shrine that had originally decayed and collapsed seemed to be resurrected, standing up from the ground. All the broken wood seemed to have vitality, gluing itself together again and returning to its original position.

The simple wooden torii was thus restored to its original state and stood on the hillside, looking as new as new.

Everything seemed to have never happened.

Looking at the miraculous scene, Hades Shura was stunned for a moment. Does Kikyo still have this ability?

"Are you scared?" Kikyo looked at the surprised face of Hades Shura with an inexplicable smile, "After all, I once cast a barrier on this shrine with my own hands. After such a long time, it seems that it still responds to me."

In the past, Kikyo had set up a large barrier with the shrine as its base and the Tree of Ages as its sacred tree. The tree itself had a powerful spirituality and the ability to stop time, allowing the shrine to reappear.

"However, this little trick can shock you so much. It seems that you know nothing about my power."

"Tsk!" The Asura of the Underworld curled his lips in dissatisfaction. He was actually tricked.

He didn't say anything. Now Kikyo was obviously very proud. Although it couldn't be seen, Hades Shura was sure that Kikyo was very proud now.

Damn witch!

Kikyo didn't continue speaking, but took the lead and walked towards the shrine. Without her calling, Hades Shura followed him.

In fact, he was also very curious about what Kikyo's residence was like back then.

After passing the Torii gate and walking along the approach for a dozen steps, we arrived at the shrine.

This is a rather simple shrine.

There are nine wooden steps and sixteen pillars that support the bottom floor. It has an open layout, pointed roof and upturned corners, a wooden frame and a thatched roof, and deep eaves. The specifications are rigorous and simple. There is only one room, standing here alone.

The Hades Asura climbed the stairs and came to the door. Kikyo pushed the door open. It was a familiar layout, with six fire racks on both sides and an altar facing the door, with nothing on it. Other than that, the room was empty.

The Asura of the Underworld revealed a rather subtle look.

Kikyo noticed that Hades Shura seemed to be hesitant to speak, and asked curiously, "Why, you seem to have something to say?"

"I just think this place... well, the shrine is small and exquisite, and the interior layout is generous."

The Shura Road of the Underworld.

Kikyo heard the hidden meaning and explained with a smile.

"After all, in the beginning, this place was not intended for living, but was built for the purpose of suppressing the Four Souls Jade."

The Four Souls Jade is too dangerous to be kept in the village.

Basically no one comes here on weekdays. Even she only comes here every once in a while to purify the evil spirits and keep watch over the jade. Otherwise, the shrine will not be able to block the evil spirit of the Four Souls Jade and will attract more monsters.