My wife's name is Platycodon

That's fine, there's no need to go any further, there's no point.

Dust returns to dust, ashes returns to ashes, what is gone will still be gone. The heavier the shackles, the more sorrows will be added.

What she wanted was to give Hades' Shura eternal peace of mind, so that he would not degenerate after she disappeared, whether he stayed by her side or had some other destination - Kikyo had been working towards this, and it had paid off, as Hades' Shura had indeed changed because of her.

He fell asleep with strange emotions.

On the second day, Kikyo still did not leave the shrine. Only Asuka and Butterfly were doing chores such as chopping wood, cooking, and making furniture.

A cute little girl is chopping wood with an axe in one hand. Her posture is elegant, as if she is arranging flowers. The rise and fall of the axe is clean and simple, without any unnecessary steps.

This scene is indeed very discordant.

The Hades Shura leaned against the door frame, feeling like a vicious landlord exploiting child laborers.

"Flying Bird, right?"

As the bird followed the voice, he immediately put down the axe in his hand, put his hands in his pockets and bowed, saying: "Good morning, Lord Shura! The food is ready and placed over there."

She pointed to the right. Kikyo and Hades Shura's shrines were on the right side of the shrine, and further to the right was the forest. In the open space under the shade of the trees, there was a stone table and several stone benches, which were polished very smoothly without any edges or corners.

There was warm food on the stone table. It smelled like miso soup made with mushrooms and wild vegetables as the main ingredients. The rice was brown rice, which was not completely shelled. It was okay to make tea after processing, but it was not good as rice. It had a hard texture and was very sticky. However, Shura of the Underworld had already gotten used to it.

Although the food is not very sumptuous, it is very thoughtful.

Shura of the Underworld also noticed at the first moment that there were some changes in the surrounding living environment. Although not much, he inexplicably felt that the originally empty place had become a little crowded, but he did not reject it too much.

He was a little curious and asked, "Why are you doing this?"

Asuka looked indifferent and answered honestly: "It's because Lady Kikyo has always wanted to make this place more lively!"

Oh, yes, that woman seemed to have always longed for an ordinary life.

If someone else had this idea, Hades Shura would die of laughter, but if it was Kikyo...

Well, it’s a very simple idea, pointing directly to the essence of practice, returning to basics, and moving to a higher level!

As he was speaking, a butterfly flew in from the sky, using its spiritual power to land over here, holding a bunch of mushrooms in its arms.

Butterfly greeted obediently: "Good morning, Master Shura!"

Although the resources were abundant in ancient times, they still had to rely on the mountains for food. There were no wild animals nearby, as they had long been hunted by the people of Maple Village. Although there were some small animals, Butterfly did not kill them and picked a bunch of mushrooms.

Platycodon is well versed in pharmacology and familiar with medicinal herbs, and even has relevant knowledge about butterflies, so there is no need to worry about not being able to recognize poisonous mushrooms.

While they were eating, Asuka and Butterfly stood aside waiting for instructions. Hades Shura suddenly understood why Kikyo created these two Shikigami for him. Apart from anything else, just having them take care of his daily life in every detail was already a great enjoyment.

At least Kikyo couldn't provide such meticulous service, after all, she was not a servant, nor a tool. However, Hades Shura was not the type to live a life of luxury, and he was very resistant to the corrupt life of having everything handed to him - he had the capital to abuse his power, but he didn't do so, which proved it.

So far, he has only asked Kikyo for food.

"I hope to revive Kikyo. Do you have any suggestions?"

After dinner, Hades Shura asked Asuka who was still chopping wood.

He stepped forward and took the axe from Fei Niao's hand, then chopped it casually. Without much effort, the axe followed the grain of the wood, perfectly avoiding the knots, and easily split a sawn tree trunk into two halves, falling to the left and right sides without even flying out.

Hades Shura picked up the second half again and turned it into a fourth.

He knew how to chop wood, and he was very skilled at it. Before the system was fully loaded, he relied on these odd jobs to support himself, selling and chopping firewood to make a living, but he didn't starve to death on the streets.

Now that he is stronger, he actually uses less strength to chop the wood. He doesn't use more strength, and the force is just right to split the wood without causing it to fly away.

Chopping wood is a one-person job because it is dangerous. Whether it is an axe that slips out of your hand, splinters of wood that fly out, or a log that flies away without being chopped, they can all pose a potential threat to the surrounding area.

But Hades Shura would not let others think that this job was dangerous. He really had talent in this area, and his gestures were smooth and flowing without any awkwardness. He could do the simple work in a fluent and natural way, and he kept repeating the process, which made people addicted to watching him.

Hades Shura asked for a long time but didn't get any answer. He turned around and found Asuka staring at him blankly. She was different from Butterfly. Butterfly represented the gentle side of Kikyo, while she was the cold side.

She could see how amazingly Hades Shura controlled his power, not to mention that from the look of him, it seemed like he was just doing it casually and didn't take it to heart.

Hades Shura still had some patience with her and repeated it again. Fei Niao immediately withdrew her gaze, pondered for a moment, and then shook her head slightly. She was very pessimistic about Hades Shura's idea.

Asuka looked indifferent and advised: "You don't have to waste your energy. Lady Kikyo's fate is predetermined."

She is Kikyo's shikigami, and if nothing unexpected happens, she will die together with Kikyo.

The Hades Shura asked, "Destination? What is destiny? What does destiny mean?"

The bird said: "The destination is where all living things go. It is at the end of all life!"

Butterfly came back after washing the dishes and said, "Lord Kikyo's fate was determined fifty years ago."

The Hades Shura shook his head: "If the past cannot be changed, then change the future. I don't believe in destiny, nor do I believe in fate!"

Chapter 75: The Story of Tessaiga and Its Pendant

The bird and the butterfly looked at each other and were not surprised.

It would be strange if Hades Shura followed their advice.

The common problem of the strong is not to succumb to fate. This is normal. Even Inuyasha has similar thoughts - he has always wanted to personally cut off the cause and effect brought by the Four Souls Jade. His starting point is good, but his own strength is too weak and he seems powerless. This is in sharp contrast to the Hades Shura who has always been unrestrained and free to act.

It’s just that Hades Shura now has concerns, but this bond may make him stronger.

He was very confident that he could possibly defeat fate. In his eyes, what Kikyo believed in as a destiny was not even as good as a piece of blank paper. He could tear it if he wanted to, but it depended on whether he did it or not.

In the past, he also thought that Kikyo’s life would not last long. After all, she was a dead person, and her weak soul could not continue forever. Like a burned-out candle, she would exhaust all her vitality and eventually go out.

But this witch has always seemed indifferent to life and death and detached from the world.

The Asura of the Underworld could not sense Kikyo's desire to survive - she did not even make any attempt to save herself, as if she was trapped on a deserted island, watching the tide swallow her without being moved.

At that time, he would feel regretful, lost, and even sad, but that would not stop Kikyo from making her own choice.

But now the two shikigami gave him new information, and he suddenly realized that Kikyo also wanted to live.

And decided to intervene in Kikyo's life.

"You just need to answer the question, is there any way to revive her?"

There is an intellectual glow on the butterfly's tender face, which is very similar to Platycodon, and has a sense of compassion.

She looks very young and has a petite figure, but you can't really think of her as a child. As Kikyo's boy, she can now understand Hades Shura very well.

Only the power of protection is the strongest. She was happy that Hades Shura could make such a decision. She felt that her master could meet Hades Shura. If she died in his arms, she would not feel lonely when she fell into eternal sleep.

"I have only inherited some of Kikyo-sama's wisdom, and I am sorry that I cannot answer your questions!"

Butterfly felt very apologetic and thought that she was unable to help. She was just a defective product and could not compare to the more advanced Platycodon.

Asuka said something shocking at this time, coldly: "The resurrection of Lady Kikyo is inseparable from a fresh life and a complete soul. Lord Shura, if you bring Kagome here and let Lady Kikyo replace Kagome's consciousness, then Lady Kikyo will be reborn on this basis."

"Lady Kikyo won't accept it. She would rather die than do this." Butterfly said solemnly. She also knew this method, but she had never mentioned it to Hades Shura because it went against Kikyo's wishes.

There are similar methods in ancient times that can bring the dead back to life, which are called taking over another's body and resurrecting by borrowing another's body.

Fei Niao looked indifferent: "I just said the method with the highest success rate and the most effective one."

However, Hades Shura would not do such a thing. Not to mention the relationship between Kagome and him, he felt that Butterfly's words made sense. If Kikyo really wanted to do it, she could just do it herself. Inuyasha and the others could not stop Kikyo.

He then asked: "Is there any other way?"

Fei Niao shook her head silently. In fact, she knew less than Butterfly, but she was more emotionally cold than Butterfly, so she could come up with this method.

The butterfly told him that Kikyo's body was very strong and she would not be hurt even if she fell off a cliff. What was truly fragile was Kikyo's soul, which could be harmed even by a breeze.

She talked about a past event, "The soul of Lady Kikyo ascended to heaven fifty years ago and is no longer in this world. She has already been reincarnated. She was not supposed to be resurrected by Rito. The body made by the demon girl was just an empty shell. But no one expected the variable of Kagome to appear."

Butterfly knew all about the past. The ghost girl dug out Kikyo's ashes and tried to manipulate the power of the Shuyu priestess to collect the four soul fragments for herself.

However, since Kikyo's soul could not be found, the empty shell with only spiritual power was useless and had to be discarded.

Just when the demon girl was disappointed, Kikyo's reincarnation Kagome appeared. Inuyasha brought Kagome to search for the demon girl's whereabouts, but was caught by the demon girl. She used secret medicine and demon magic to induce Kagome's soul out of her body and injected it into Kikyo's body.

Today's Platycodon grandiflorum originated from this.

The ecstatic ghost girl misjudged Kikyo's faith and will. Even though she had just been resurrected and was controlled, she was still able to kill the ghost girl.

But when the enraged soul was about to kill Inuyasha, Kagome's consciousness awakened, and her soul left Kikyo's body, leaving only the last bit of her soul.

Now this soul has become the source of Platycodon's survival.

But the power of the soul will also be consumed and cannot be regenerated, so Kikyo drives the dead soul insects to search for the girl's soul for her.

The dead souls are the scattered energy after a person dies, which can greatly extend the lifespan of Platycodon's soul.

Hades Shura felt very strange. He had also learned about this incident from Kikyo, but not as detailed as Butterfly said. He discovered a crucial point.

"Did Kikyo's soul really go to the underworld?"

Butterfly was very sure: "Yes, before his death, Lady Kikyo took the Four Souls Jade to the underworld until his reincarnation."

Asuka continued: "The new reincarnation will also be born with the Four Souls Jade!"

The Hades Shura thought for a moment, "Are you sure there is only one Four Souls Jade?"

The two nodded firmly again. The Four Souls Jade was the crystallization of Cui Zi's death and it was unique.

According to these two boys, Kikyo's reincarnated body will not be lost among all living beings. It will be born with the Four Souls Jade and will definitely have the talent to suppress the Four Souls Jade. It is naturally the nemesis of the Four Souls Jade.

The evil light of the Four Souls Jade is as bright as stars in the eyes of monsters and it is impossible to cover it up.

The eyes of the Hades Shura are deep.

"Kagome is the reincarnation of Kikyo, but she comes from five hundred years later. Kikyo's soul and the Four Souls Jewel should still exist in this era!"

The two boys were speechless for a moment. The ghost girl Li Tao had resurrected other people before resurrecting Kikyo. Her ghost magic could communicate with the underworld, so she wouldn't cause such a misunderstanding.

"Unless, Kikyo's soul was not in this era from the beginning, and her soul went to other places with the Four Souls Jade..."

The more Hades Shura thought about it, the more he felt it was possible. He originally wanted to find a way to resurrect Kikyo, but he accidentally uncovered Kagome's origins.

No wonder nothing would go wrong for her - this girl has no self-awareness and is very carefree. Not only did she bring modern tools such as flashlights and first aid kits, she even brought a lot of modern books to study during the Warring States Period. These books are full of epoch-making knowledge. If they fall into the hands of someone with ulterior motives and are deciphered, the consequences can be imagined.

He had intentionally reminded her before, but Kagome didn't seem to take it to heart. Now she felt that she had touched the truth. What she changed was not the history of her own world.

Of course, there may be other possibilities.

For example, Kagome’s time travel is itself part of history, but the possibility is too low, so Hades Shura remains on the sidelines.

"What do you understand about the underworld?"

"In this mysterious world, all the dead will embark on the underworld." Butterfly.

"A place that people in this world can never reach!" Asuka.

It is an absolutely unknown place. No one has ever returned alive. People only have legends about the underworld, but they are not accurate, quite confusing, and naturally mysterious.

Butterfly advised: "I hope you don't set your sights on the underworld. Even if you are extremely powerful, you can't harm real creatures from the underworld."

The Shura of the Underworld was surprised. Are there any living creatures in the underworld?

Asuka: "They are messengers from the underworld who take souls away. Whenever a wise life dies, those messengers will appear and lead the souls of the dead to the underworld."

According to her, these messengers from the underworld are not mortal beings, and even highly skilled mages cannot detect them. One needs a specific talent to see them.

Coral continued, "There is a legend that says that you only need to kill the messenger of the underworld to bring the dead back to life, but each life can only be saved once. This is the mercy of the underworld."

Can kill?

The eyes of Hades Shura suddenly became fierce, and he was ready to rub his fists and try to kill a few people to see if he could get new talents and save Kikyo's soul.

Butterfly was very delicate and discovered the plan of Hades Shura, and hurriedly said: "Lord Kikyo is not within the jurisdiction of the underworld. Even if you can kill the creatures of the underworld, you cannot save Kikyo."

After saying a lot, the question returned to the original point. The two boys fell silent one after another, feeling that this question was very tricky.

The Shura of the Underworld was not discouraged. There were no roads in the world originally, but when more people walked on it, roads would appear. This world was vast and all roads led to all directions. It was impossible to block the roads. There would definitely be a way.

Even if it's dark ahead and no one is exploring the way, he just needs to be the first one.

Having made up his mind, he was completely excited and was about to go all out to take charge of everything, but suddenly a mooing sound came from the sky.

The sound of a cow.

The source of the sound is from above, is it a monster?

The Hades Asura and the two boys looked up and saw a three-eyed bull flying across the sky. It was black with two feet on its head. On its back sat an old man with copper bell eyes, goatee, dull face, and a black and green home robe. He was carrying an iron hammer with a handle that was two meters long.