Question, Understand, Become a Holy Lord

"What are you going to do?" Harumi said tremblingly, raising his head with difficulty to look at Kikyo's cold eyes, "For the living, their time is still moving forward, and they can create a new era. But for you who are dead, time has stopped. This is a fact that cannot be changed..."

"How sad..." Before he could finish his words, there was no sound.

"You actually said I was...pathetic?" Kikyo found it ridiculous to see this pathetic monk in front of her who clearly knew nothing but tried to define her according to his own will.

Rustling.

Kikyo suddenly heard a noise coming from the bushes nearby and turned to look with sharp eyes: "Who is it?"

But she only saw Xiaoye falling to the ground trembling, looking at her fearfully.

The fierce aura emanating from Kikyo disappeared in an instant, and she looked at Xiaoye helplessly: "Xiaoye... did you... see everything?" Her voice sounded so helpless and fragile.

Xiaoye was speechless and trembling on the spot, looking at Kikyo with fear in her eyes as she walked up to her.

Kikyo squatted down and looked at the frightened girl in front of her, "Xiaoye." She stretched out her hand to comfort her, but when she saw Kikyo reaching out for her hand, Xiaoye closed her eyes and turned her head away in fear.

Seeing this, Kikyo took her hand back, placed it on her chest, lowered her head and said apologetically: "I'm sorry for leaving you with terrible memories."

After saying that, he stood up, turned around quietly and walked towards the forest.

Xiaoye heard the sound of Kikyo leaving, opened her eyes, looked at Kikyo's departing back, stood up subconsciously, and murmured, "Lord Kikyo."

Kikyo heard Xiaoye's call, turned around and took a last look at the girl who once loved her the most: "Sorry, goodbye." Her expression was so sad that she seemed about to cry, and then she never looked back.

All the anger and resentment towards Harumi disappeared with the appearance of Sayo, leaving only sadness.

Walking alone in the woods, Kikyo realized that she could no longer deceive herself. The dead and the living are different after all, and there is no place for the dead in the world of the living. The peaceful life she longed for was nothing but a bubble that would be shattered by the slightest disturbance.

"What is that?!" Kikyo felt that there seemed to be something near her. There was no breath of living people, no demonic aura, and even no sound, but she had a feeling that she was being spied on.

He turned suddenly and looked at the treetops behind him. A shadow flashed across the tree and fled into the distance.

"Is this, a shadow?" As an excellent archer, Kikyo's eyesight is naturally excellent. However, in the dark night, she could not tell what it was. However, Kikyo did not sense any malice from it.

"Is there still a place for me in this world?" Confused, Kikyo disappeared into the darkness.

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Inuyasha and his crew stopped by a stream to rest and solve the problem of lunch.

"Hey, let's go, we have to rescue the souls of those girls." Kagome said to Inuyasha.

"Where should we go to rescue them?" Inuyasha didn't really want to take care of these trivial matters.

"How should I know..." Kagome didn't know how to answer this question.

"Because the monsters that stole the souls of the dead have all disappeared at once." "There's nothing we can do even if we return to the mansion." Shippo and Miroku sang in unison.

"Speaking of which, I heard a rumor from the city lord that most of the bandits in a place not far away disappeared within a day. Someone even found the corpse of a monster. The remaining bandits also fled the area. Why don't we go investigate?" Maitreya said.

"I think you just don't want to go back. I think that lady seems to be fascinated by you." Qibao exposed mercilessly.

"This unusual thing is most likely caused by the Four Souls Jade. Anyway, the clues about the monster that steals the souls of the dead have disappeared, so let's investigate first." Seeing that Inuyasha was in a bad mood, Kagome continued with Miroku's words.

"Speaking of the Shikon Jade, this is what makes me the most angry. You just gave the fragments of the Shikon Jade that we collected with so much effort to the guy who deceived us!" Inuyasha was furious as expected.

"There are reasons for this, and Master Shinto doesn't seem like a bad person. He really needs the Four Souls Jade to save his life." Knowing that she was in the wrong, Kagome said to Inuyasha with a wry smile.

"Anyway, now that we have clues about the suspected fragments of the Four Souls Jade, let's go and take a look." Maitreya stepped forward to smooth things over. After all, he was there at the time, and if he insisted, he was partly responsible for the loss of the Four Souls Jade.

"In that case, let's go!" Inuyasha and his crew therefore set out on a journey to investigate the strange incidents among the bandits, and passed by Harumi's disciples.

Chapter 19 Platycodon

"Is this the place?" Poking the barrier in front of him, Bai Hen was very interested in this skill that played a role in almost the entire story.

One of Naraku's special skills is the barrier. With the help of the barrier, Naraku has escaped death countless times. If he could master the barrier, then hunting Naraku would surely be a lot easier in the future.

The barrier in front of him was just set up by Kikyo to conceal his own breath. Although it has a certain defensive ability, it is completely unable to stop Bai Hen's footsteps.

"!" Kikyo, who was resting with her eyes closed, was suddenly awakened, "So weird, but such a huge evil energy!" And this evil energy was moving towards where she was without any confusion.

"And within this evil energy, there is also a strong aura of the Four Souls Jade, and it is coming towards me!" Kikyo was on full alert, waiting for the enemy to arrive.

As for running away? When facing the monsters that needed to be exorcised, Kikyo never had the option of running away. Even though she was now just a dead person, she still had the pride of a shrine maiden.

"Here it comes!" Kikyo felt that the opponent's breath was very close. At this distance, she might be attacked at any time. Unfortunately, she didn't have a bow and arrow with her, so she could only act carefully.

The newcomer was not in a hurry to launch an attack, but he did not stop either. His figure gradually appeared in Kikyo's eyes.

The man was wearing a black brocade suit. The base was mainly white, and the collar was bright red. It was loose inside and tight outside, and looked very slim. There were gorgeous coiled dragons embroidered on the black silk. His shoulder-length black hair was casually draped behind him, and two small and delicate dragon horns broke through the coverage of the hair and stood on both sides of his head.

The most eye-catching thing was his pair of scarlet eyes. The red light emanating from those eyes seemed to blur his face.

Bai Hen also looked at this ill-fated priestess. Although she looked very similar to Kagome, there was a big difference between the two upon closer inspection.

Kikyo's long hair falls down like a waterfall, it is typical long black straight hair, and the hair in front of her forehead is bangs, while Kagome's black hair has a fluffy and energetic feeling, and her bangs are also different from Kikyo's.

The distance between Kikyo's two beautiful Chang'e eyebrows is narrower, giving people a compact and delicate feeling. In comparison, Kagome gives people a more lively and cute feeling, and her eyebrows are not Chang'e eyebrows but willow leaf eyebrows.

Kagome's skin color is a healthy and energetic wheat color, but it is not too obvious due to her congenital constitution. Kikyo's skin color is as white and flawless as porcelain.

Kikyo's face looks very small. Compared with Kagome's big round eyes, her eyes are relatively narrower and longer, and her whole face gives people a more delicate feeling.

Kagome has a normal girl's face shape, and her eyes are slightly bigger than Kikyo's. It's easy to feel the vitality of an adolescent girl from her.

If the difference in appearance is to the extent that it is difficult to tell at first glance without careful observation, then the difference in temperament between the two people can be said to be a world of difference.

Kagome is a typical high school girl from a modern happy family. Her liveliness and cuteness can be felt at first glance.

What can be felt in Kikyo is the fortitude honed in battle, and of course the gentle heart beneath that tough shell, as well as the courage and kindness that exist in both of them.

If Bai Hen were asked to decide who is more beautiful between the two, he would vote for Kikyo without hesitation. Kikyo's standard shrine maiden costume adds a lot of points to Bai Hen.

The white top is matched with a red kimono skirt. Although there are no gorgeous decorations or exquisite patterns on it, the simple clothing can better bring out Kikyo's cool and gentle temperament.

Kikyo stayed where she was, waiting for Baihen's next move, while Baihen also stopped and observed Kikyo carefully, "The serious expression and cold eyes are so beautiful. Kagome is obviously Kikyo's reincarnation, but the difference between the two is really big."

Kikyo also took the opportunity to observe Baihen, "Is he a half-demon? But there is no demonic aura on him, is he hiding it in a special way?"

Baihen's aggressive gaze made Kikyo feel disgusted, so she gave up the desire to communicate and decided to strike first. With a wave of her hand, she summoned a group of dead soul insects to surround Baihen.

Baihen didn't care about the monsters that used these tools. Instead, he wanted to know what kind of fighting methods Kikyo would use without a bow and arrow.

Apart from the ability to collect dead souls, the Dead Soul Bugs are not as good as the Black Shadow Legion in terms of combat power, and their auxiliary capabilities are far inferior to the Black Shadow Legion. However, they do have an advantage in that they can fly, which is something that Baihen's white-board Black Shadow Legion cannot do now.

Under the cover of the dead soul worm's body, Kikyo quickly drew a magic circle on the ground. With the stone in the center of the magic circle as the core, a huge stone puppet appeared in front of Kikyo. (There are too few scenes of fighting without a bow in the original work, almost none, so I added it myself. But since the original work can make wood escape, it is reasonable for me to make a stone man here.jpg)

Looking at the stone man in front of him, Bai Hen's eyes lit up. It would be exciting to tear apart this kind of solid big guy with bare hands.

Bai Hen was just about to take a step forward to fight, but he found that tree roots that had emerged from the soil at some point were binding his feet. Although Bai Hen was only trapped for a short moment, the stone puppet had already taken advantage of this gap to rush in front of Bai Hen.

"It's all the same, good thing you came!" Bai Hen excitedly swung his fist to meet the huge stone fist that was smashing down on him.

"Hmm, how can it be so fragile?" Without feeling any resistance at all, Bai Hen's fist easily smashed the stone puppet's arm into pieces. This was just a false bait used by Kikyo to confuse Bai Hen. The real killer move had been laid from the beginning.

Kikyo took this opportunity to uncover the trap she had set. Using the stone at the core of the stone puppet as a lure and the tree roots under Baihen's feet as a base, a barrier emitting a holy light was thus opened.

"Purification barrier? Unfortunately it doesn't work on me!" There are only a few major types of barriers. Although Baihen couldn't tell which barrier Kikyo used, it wasn't difficult to guess.

Bai Hen simply ignored the barrier and planned to approach Kikyo first, but as Kikyo opened the barrier to cover him, a burning pain enveloped Bai Hen in an instant.

Chapter 20 The Influence of Evil Spirits

"What's going on? Why does her purifying power work on me?" Bai Hen didn't care about the pain brought by the purification. He had long been accustomed to this level of pain during the time he fought with the Holy Lord. The biggest question now was why the purifying spiritual power had an effect on him?

Baihen had already tried to use Kagome to test whether the purifying spiritual power could have an effect on his fire demonic energy. That was why he felt at ease ignoring Kikyo's purifying barrier.

As for the evil spirit on the Four Souls Jade fragments? The Four Souls Jade fragments on him were all purified fragments taken from Kagome, so they should not be affected. So where did the pain he was suffering from come from?

Bai Hen could feel that his entire body had been baptized by purification, which meant that he had been completely penetrated by the evil spirit.

Bai Hen stopped rushing towards Kikyo and began to review what he had done during this period of time.

Hmm... it seems that there is nothing wrong with it, right? He just killed some bandits to eliminate harm to the people, and killed the monsters that blocked the road along the way. After that, he got the information about Kikyo and came here directly to fight with Kikyo.

Although the scenes created for experimentation and growth were a bit bloody during the process, Bai Hen asked himself if he had done anything wrong, and it seemed that the erosion of evil spirits was not serious.

Kikyo looked at Bai Hen, who was in the purification barrier and receiving spiritual purification, but stopped moving. A hint of surprise flashed through her mind, but she still did not let her guard down and was ready to launch a new round of offensive at any time.

"I came here to seek help because of the Four Souls Jade." Bai Hen thought about it and decided that the biggest suspect was indeed the Four Souls Jade. He also came looking for Kikyo just for the Four Souls Jade. Although they had a fight just now, oh no, it couldn't be considered a fight. Bai Hen was just beaten unilaterally.

Kikyo frowned slightly. The man in front of her did indeed smell a strong scent of the Four Souls Jade. He should have quite a few fragments on him. The barrier she had set up was designed to target the evil spirit of the Four Souls Jade.

However, without direct contact with the Four Souls Jade, the power of purification is ultimately limited, and Kikyo's purpose is only to temporarily suppress Baihen.

Bai Hen's body was flowing with the evil energy of the Four Souls Jade. Kikyo originally thought that he had been completely controlled, but unexpectedly, while the evil energy was still rampant, Bai Hen's consciousness regained clarity. It seemed that his situation was very complicated.

"If you attack me again, I will not show mercy." Kikyo waved his hand to withdraw the barrier. The suppressed evil energy in Baihen's body became more boiling, and Kikyo was ready to attack again.

Although Bai Hen was not quite sure why he had to fight with Kikyo just now, he now knew very well that most of the problems he had would have to be solved by Kikyo. Even if the desire to fight arose in his heart again, Bai Hen would not offend her again because Kikyo had already given him a clear warning, although Bai Hen was confident that he would be the winner in the end.

Bai Hen raised the French military salute and walked towards Kikyo step by step. Although Kikyo didn't quite understand the specific meaning of Bai Hen's raising his hands, she probably guessed that he no longer had the desire to attack. His originally scarlet eyes now looked much clearer, so she let him walk in front of her.

"I came here to seek the power of the Four Souls Jade." Bai Hen's first words made Kikyo want to take action again. Fortunately, Bai Hen spoke without breathing heavily. "This was my original purpose, but now it seems that I have been affected by it unconsciously. I now want to seek your help to eliminate the influence of the evil spirit of the Four Souls Jade on me."

"I can't give up the fragments of the Four Souls Jade in a short period of time. I still need the power of the Four Souls Jade to help me survive." Bai Hen quickly added a sentence after predicting what Kikyo might say.

"..." Kikyo did have the idea of persuading him to give up the Four Souls Jade, but after hearing Baihen's words, she gave up the idea.

Although she still didn't know whether what Bai Hen said was true or not, she, who had just been questioned about why she lived in this world, obviously couldn't let others give up hope of living because of some possibilities.

"Of course, if you only take it out for a short period of time, there should be no problem, um, probably." Although Bai Hen's luck has never been bad, it is hard to say about things like probability. After all, luck always fluctuates. Being able to draw gold in a single draw does not mean that you won't get the big guarantee.

"I understand." Kikyo nodded slightly, "I need to use my spiritual power to observe your body, but because your whole body is full of evil spirits, the process may be very painful. If you trust me, come forward."

Having said that, Kikyo actually didn't have much hope. Although Bai Hen looked very rational now, he had a sinister aura. The Four Souls Jade had already had a profound impact on him under this level of erosion. Kikyo's words were almost equivalent to asking Bai Hen to put his life in her hands.

Since Bai Hen knew her identity, he must also know that she was just a dead person driven by resentment. The possibility of her agreeing to it was very slim.

"Do you need me to lie down?" Bai Hen, who had given up thinking due to the evil spirit in his mind, had no idea that so many twists and turns were flashing through Kikyo's mind. Bai Hen, who knew Kikyo's character through the animation and comics, knew very well that Kikyo's dream was to become an ordinary girl, but the reason for this dream was because Kikyo was extraordinary. She was a girl who was almost a saint.

Because of her natural powerful spiritual power, she became a famous shrine maiden at a very young age. In order to purify the Shikon Jewel, she completely lost the qualifications to be an ordinary girl. Although she gave up her life at the age of eighteen because she was caught in the whirlpool of the Shikon Jewel, she still gave her all to destroy the Shikon Jewel and Naraku fifty years later. In the end, she gave up revenge in order to save the lives of others and chose to believe in Inuyasha and Kagome.

This was the great life of the shrine maiden named Kikyo according to her original destiny.

Moreover, even if the Kikyo in front of him is different from the Kikyo he knows, as long as the Four Souls Jade is still in Baihen's body and the dog's divine power can be exerted stably, Baihen will never die.

"No need." Kikyo gently placed her hand on Bai Hen's chest, and the spiritual power entered Bai Hen's body through her palm.

The conflict between spiritual power and evil energy in Bai Hen's body was more intense than the reaction in the previous barrier. Even Bai Hen couldn't help but gasp when facing the pain coming from within his body.

Chapter 21 Master Bai

However, Bai Hen quickly adapted to the pain, not only because of the long-term training with the Holy Lord, but more importantly because of the reassuring smell on Kikyo.

It was a very faint smell, and only when the two were so close could they smell the faint fragrance emanating from Kikyo. This smell made Bai Hen feel calm, and even gave him a sense of security in his heart.

"So close, at such a close distance Kikyo's face looks even smaller and more delicate." Bai Hen stared at Kikyo's beautiful face. Under the moonlight, Kikyo's skin was so white that it was almost transparent.

At this moment, Bai Hen also understood why the Japanese said that the back of the neck is the sexiest part of a woman. Although Bai Hen could not see the back of Kikyo's neck, Kikyo's neck, which was not covered by the shrine maiden's clothes, was delicate and beautiful, with a long neck and a white neck. Her beauty was unmatched, and the collarbone underneath that seemed to be exposed made Bai Hen linger.

There was also that cold look with a hint of disgust. Although Bai Hen was not a masochist and did not have any special fetishes, he still felt that Kikyo's expressionless and delicate face combined with that look of disgust gave him an inexplicable sense of excitement.

Of course, Bai Hen emphasized again that he was not a pervert and did not have any special fetishes.

Wait, something seems wrong, eyes? If Baihen hadn't been so blinded by the beauty that his memory was wrong, Kikyo seemed to have closed her eyes just now...

"Have you seen enough?" Kikyo withdrew her hand and said without emotion.

"I was wrong." Bai Hen apologized at the speed of light, "But I really haven't seen enough."

But an apology does not mean change.

Platycodon: "..."

"There are some things I haven't figured out about the evil energy in your body, and I want to ask you some questions." Skipping the previous topic, Kikyo got down to business.

"What are you?" When seeing Baihen for the first time, Kikyo subconsciously thought that Baihen was a half-demon, but he had a special way to hide his demonic aura.

But after the examination just now, Kikyo overturned her own guess. There was no trace of demonic aura on his body. It was a bit of a stretch to say that he was a human. Whether from the perspective of his body or his aura, Baihen had already deviated from the scope of a normal human being.

"Ah? Do you mean I've been expelled from the human race?" Bai Hen understood what Kikyo meant, but the implication behind it really surprised Bai Hen. He didn't expect that a little bit of black energy would make Kikyo doubt his human identity. He just had a change of color in his eyes and a few horns on his head, right? You couldn't even tell without a close look.

...A little bit of horn. Bai Hen touched the two horns on his head. Well, it’s not just a little bit anymore. Although it’s still not big, it’s big enough to be seen by people at a glance.

"I think I should be a human being, right?" Feeling the sharpness of the horn tip, Bai Hen said uncertainly.

Kikyo glanced at Baihen who was playing with the horns, she didn't expect that he didn't even understand his own status, or was this a recent change and he didn't notice it under the influence of the Four Souls Jade?

"Then the second question is, what is that ominous aura from you other than the evil spirit?" The previous question was actually irrelevant, but this question is crucial.