Question, Understand, Become a Holy Lord

During Kikyo's investigation, this breath and the evil energy had already mixed together and were indistinguishable from each other. They were flowing together in Bai Hen's body. This was also the reason why the evil energy in Bai Hen's body filled his entire body and he was unaware of it.

At the same time, it was because of this power that Bai Hen did not completely lose himself under the influence of the evil spirit. Judging from his previous performance, he was only slightly affected in his mind, and now he has perfectly maintained his self. Although he may be more indulged in desires under the influence of the evil spirit, he is much better than those who are devoured by desires.

"Are you referring to the demonic energy of fire? Or you can also call it black energy." It was clear that there were some white marks on his body, so the only thing Kikyo was asking about could be black energy.

"Fire demonic energy? Black energy?" Kikyo chewed over these two unfamiliar words, "Where do they come from and what are they."

"This may be complicated to explain. How about we sit down and talk slowly?" Bai Hen asked the Black Shadow Army to take out two chairs from the shadows and place them on the ground.

"Is this the shadow from that night? No wonder he was able to find me." Kikyo recognized the black shadow army that followed her that day at a glance. Because the evil spirit in Baihen was too strong, she had never noticed that the black shadow army was hiding in Baihen's shadow.

"I don't think I have introduced myself yet? My name is Bai Hen. I was not born in this land. I just passed through here while traveling." After simply giving himself an identity, Bai Hen began to process the story of the Holy Lord and the devil.

"Kikyo's sitting posture is also very beautiful." While Kikyo was thinking, Baihen admired Kikyo's posture again.

"Are they special giant monsters that exist on the other side of the sea? In order to defeat them, you pretended to sign a contract with them, but in the end you were cursed by them because of the backlash of the contract. By chance, you obtained a part of the original power from one of them, the fire demon that corresponds to the "Li" hexagram in the Bagua rune - the fire demonic energy, which is the black energy. Is that right?" After a brief thought, Kikyo eliminated Baihen's self-boasting and sorted out the useful information.

"Everything can be divided into yin and yang. This is the theory of yin and yang. Qi is a dual-sided existence - yin and yang, darkness and light, evil and righteousness. Everyone has yin and yang qi, and the black qi represents the evil and dark power." Although Kikyo probably knows about yin and yang, Baihen still gave a general explanation so that Kikyo could make a better judgment.

"I already roughly know what the problem is. You said you need the power of the Four Souls Jade to maintain your life. Is it because of the curse from the demons?" Kikyo asked the last question.

"Well, no. I accidentally obtained some of their power other than black energy in the final decisive battle, but this power was not complete, so they lost balance in my body, and I relied on the power of the Four Souls Jade to maintain the stability of the power and save my life." It was indeed an accident, otherwise it would not be a part of the power.

"There's no need for you to say this kind of thing. Weaknesses must be hidden." Knowing that Bai Hen had fallen to this state because of his efforts to exorcise demons, Kikyo's attitude towards Bai Hen improved a lot.

"There are only two of us here. Will you hurt me?" As Bai Hen spent more and more time with Kikyo, he wanted to get closer to her, wanted her to feel emotionally unstable because of him, and wanted her to care about him more.

Now he even has the urge to get her. If this is the only negative impact brought by the evil spirit, then Bai Hen thinks there is nothing wrong with it.

Chapter 22 Dark and Evil

"Whether it's the black energy in your body or the evil energy in the Four Souls Jade, although their external manifestations and properties are different, there is no doubt that they are both evil forces and have similarities in essence."

Kikyo naturally felt Baihen's increasingly fiery gaze, but this was not the first time she had experienced this. Even now, when she faced things other than Inuyasha, she was still the strongest guardian of the Four Souls Jade who once suppressed a group of monsters.

“Now the evil energy of the Four Soul Jade has resonated with the black energy that originally existed in your body. The two are entangled with each other, so the evil energy in your body is difficult to eradicate. Unless the Four Soul Jade is taken out and the evil energy in your body is slowly purified, and the power of the Four Soul Jade can no longer be used, once the Four Soul Jade returns to your body again, the evil energy will definitely appear again under the traction of the black energy.” Kikyo was a little embarrassed about this result.

The Four Soul Jade concerns Bai Hen's life. Bai Hen cannot get rid of the influence of the Four Soul Jade until he finds a new solution.

If it was just black energy, it would be fine. According to Bai Hen, the black energy in his body did not seem to have as strong a bewitching power as the evil energy. However, the evil energy and black energy were entangled together and would subtly influence Bai Hen's consciousness. As long as Bai Hen could not get rid of the Four Souls Jade, the evil energy would continue to be generated. If this continued, sooner or later Bai Hen would be completely swallowed up by the evil energy and become a puppet of the Four Souls Jade.

One option is a time bomb, and the other is a chronic poison. No matter which one he chooses, it seems that Baihen cannot escape the fate of death.

"Do you believe me?" After a period of silence, Kikyo asked Baihen this question.

Bai Hen gave Kikyo a surprised look when he heard this: "Why are you asking such an obvious question?"

"Isn't it obvious?" Trust, a simple yet heavy word.

When she just woke up, Kikyo didn't listen to Inuyasha and her sister Tsubaki because of her inner resentment. Thinking back, what happened back then might not be as simple as it seemed. If she and Inuyasha had trusted each other more, would the outcome be different?

But there is no use talking about this now.

She had died long ago, and time had stopped at the year she was eighteen, but Inuyasha was still alive. The half-demon who could only keep each other warm with her back then now had new friends and new bonds.

Kagome, the girl who was reincarnated from his own soul, now firmly occupies Inuyasha's heart.

She hated Inuyasha, but was even more jealous of Kagome. After a lesson, Inuyasha would surely cherish the girl named Kagome even more, but this lesson was due to the lack of trust between them, and finally her death...

"Hey, Kikyo, why did you suddenly freeze? The jade has been taken out, and then what?" Bai Hen shook the fragment of the Four Souls Jade in front of Kikyo.

Kikyo came back to her senses and looked at the fragment of the Four Souls Jade in front of her. She took it and looked at Baihen with complicated eyes.

"Let me check your physical condition again." As he said that, he once again stretched out his slender hand and placed it on Bai Hen's chest.

This time, Platycodon really made a new discovery. Baihen's aura was no longer stable, and the power in his body was obviously chaotic. His body was in a strange balance where it could be injured and then repaired at any time. The reaction between Platycodon's spiritual energy and the evil spirit after it penetrated deeper into his body exacerbated this process.

"Hiss~" This time Bai Hen's performance was more than just sucking in a breath of cold air, it was at least to the extent of sucking in a mouthful of cold noodles.

Fortunately, desire is the source of all human behavior.

Being able to appreciate the beauty of Platycodon up close again made Baihen feel both sad and happy.

It’s a pity that Kikyo didn’t show that disdainful look again. Baihen really wanted to see it again, but Kikyo with softer eyes was just as great.

"Keep the Four Souls Jade." Kikyo stretched out her jade-white hand and handed the purified Four Souls Jade to Baihen.

"I feel like I can understand Kira Yoshikage now." Putting the Four Souls Jade back into his body, Bai Hen looked at Kikyo with some reluctance and took his hand back.

"I'm sorry, but I don't have any good solution for your situation." What happened to Baihen was a little beyond Kikyo's ability.

In fact, a few days ago, Kikyo still had a way to solve the problem, which was to expel the black air and evil air from Baihen's body, and then purify the pollution on the Four Souls Jade. Although this could not cure the disease, at least there was no option of chronic death.

But the bad thing is that when Bai Hen was digging deep into the power of the talisman, he gave priority to the dragon. Then the fire demonic energy was attracted by the dragon's power and merged with it, becoming a part of the fragile balance in Bai Hen's body.

In other words, the evil energy is not just colluding with the black energy, but is also indirectly connected to the power of the talisman. Once its fragile balance is broken, the fragments of the Four Souls Jade cannot be saved at all.

However, collecting more fragments of the Four Souls Jade to maintain balance means a bigger and stronger evil spirit, as well as a more complete will of the Four Souls Jade, which completely falls into a vicious cycle.

"I see, it seems that meeting you has used up all my luck." Is there no hope? Then just let go a little more. The love words may be a bit corny, but Kikyo has probably never heard of them, right?

"You..." The sudden confession made Kikyo fall into confusion for a moment. She opened her mouth slightly and looked at Baihen, but her good qualities as a miko allowed her to quickly adjust: "But I have an idea that might work."

"So there is still hope for me? Meeting you is indeed my greatest luck." Although Bai Hen was not so afraid of death, the hope of survival made him more excited.

Kikyo, who had just experienced it once, was not shaken by Baihen's words this time, "Black Qi. Although black qi also symbolizes evil power, it is much purer than evil qi. If you can rely on black qi to suppress evil qi or even devour it completely, you may still have hope of survival, but I don't know what will happen after that."

"Black air? The evil energy of the Four Souls Jade comes from the desires and dark sides of humans and monsters, so it will trigger desires and darkness in people's hearts. As for black air, although those who use black air seem to be villains, it does show that black air will affect people's will to a certain extent, but black air belongs to the yin of yin and yang, and it symbolizes the opposite of things. It is not purely evil. Compared with the evil born from the human heart, it seems that it is not a big deal?" Bai Hen quickly weighed the feasibility of this method in his mind.

"Kiyana, as expected, it's so great to meet you!" Bai Hen sighed for the third time.

Even though Miss Miko's heart was strong enough, it was difficult for her to maintain her inner peace after receiving three such straightforward confessions in a short period of time.

Chapter 23 Reward

"However, this method may take a long time. It is almost impossible for you to stay sane by yourself during this period, so you need to find a method that can help you purify the evil spirits for a long time." Although there were waves in his heart, Kikyo's face remained expressionless.

"Okay, Ms. Kikyo, where is our next destination? I don't care where we go. The remaining fragments of the Four Souls Jade will definitely come to us anyway."

Bai Hen has always been a man loyal to his desires.

In the world of "Jackie Chan Adventures", because he longed for the power of the Holy Lord, wanted a group of useful errand runners, and wanted to have fun, he took a long detour. Although there were some unexpected results in the end, he still succeeded in getting what he wanted.

When Bai Hen first arrived in this world, he, who was in the sage time, had no idea about this chaotic era. His only thought was to lie down and live a peaceful life.

But since Bai Hen is now destined to be drawn into the center of the vortex for the power of the Four Souls Jade, Bai Hen will never be afraid of the challenge. The influence of black air and evil energy further magnifies Bai Hen's desire.

Having said so much, it can actually be summed up in one sentence - Bai Hen is a despicable man, he covets Kikyo's body!

Now that he had a suitable excuse to follow Kikyo, Bai Hen naturally took advantage of the situation.

"I can help you purify the evil spirit in a short period of time, but you also have to find a long-term and stable method as soon as possible." Although she saw Bai Hen's thoughts, Kikyo did not refuse. Anyway, she would leave after completing her revenge.

"There is one more thing. Although you need the power of the Four Souls Jade to survive, this is not a long-term solution. The power of the Four Souls Jade can be used, but you must never trust it." Kikyo added.

Hearing the familiar beginning, Bai Hen almost thought that his father had come, but Bai Hen kept Kikyo's warning in mind.

After all, I have been fooled once without realizing it. If I don’t listen to the doctor again, wouldn’t that be courting death?

What's more, although Kikyo may not have thought it through yet, the reason why she has fallen to her current state is because she was involved in the cause and effect of the Four Souls Jade. When Kikyo began to purify the Four Souls Jade, the wheel of fate had already turned, and Kikyo fell into the abyss.

"I understand, Your Highness Kikyo." There is a preliminary solution to the biggest landmine on his body. Although this is a bit different from Bai Hen's initial idea of seeking to make greater use of the Four Soul Jade, staying alive is always the top priority.

"Well, Kikyo, as the fee for this consultation, I would like to trouble you to keep an eye on my condition when I come back. Please accept this as a thank you gift and reward."

"I don't save people for reward." Kikyo refused directly.

"Plantago, your approach may not be right. Have you heard the story of Zilu receiving the ox?" Although Platycodon can be said to be well-read, she has basically been preparing to exorcise demons and evil spirits since she was a child. What's more, Confucianism is not applicable here, and Platycodon really doesn't understand it very well.

"Zilu is a disciple of Confucius. He once redeemed someone in another country, but did not accept compensation from the country. After learning about this, Confucius taught Zilu not to do this. Platycodon, do you know why?" Bai Hen asked Platycodon.

Although he didn't know much about Confucian culture, he knew the name of the sage Confucius. He did a good deed for free, but the sage thought it was wrong. Was Bai Hen saying that he should receive his reward? "Should Zilu accept the compensation?"

"That's right. The purpose of a country setting up compensation is to encourage people to redeem their own citizens. However, once the news of Zilu saving people without asking for anything in return spreads, others will be embarrassed to accept the compensation. In this way, people will gradually become unwilling to do something that might have been a good thing to do, redeeming people. This is exactly the mistake that Zilu made." Bai Hen continued to guide Kikyo.

"Morals that go against common sense and human nature are the most evil things in the world. Raising the moral standard infinitely or treating personal morality as public morality will only lead to one result, which is to embarrass morality and make ordinary people turn pale at the mention of morality and stay away from it."

"I'm sorry, I was indeed too arrogant. In that case, I will accept your thank-you gift." After listening to this, Kikyo felt that the realm of the saint was indeed unfathomable, so she no longer refused Bai Hen's gift.

Extending her right hand, Kikyo took the octagonal rune with a mouse pattern from Baihen's hand as a thank you gift.

"What is this?!" As soon as the talisman was put into use, Kikyo felt a force running through her body, and then she found that her world had changed.

The breeze blowing gently on her face seemed to have warmth, the smell of nature in the air became clearer, and even the shrine maiden costume she was wearing brought her a long-lost sense of familiarity.

More importantly, she felt something that her clay figurine body should never have - temperature. She was no longer a cold clay figurine, but had actually turned into skin with temperature.

"How about it? Do you like my thank-you gift?" While Kikyo was still not reacting, Bai Hen poked Kikyo's little face, which looked a little dazed due to shock, and teased.

"It's soft and warm. Although Kikyo's cold little hands feel good, it's even cuter now." Bai Hen sighed after taking advantage of her.

"This...what is this?" Kikyo's voice was a little choked. Bai Hen looked at Kikyo's face, her eyes were even a little moist.

"Although its power cannot resurrect you, if it can just let you experience the happiness of being a living person again, then it can even allow you to live forever." Seeing Kikyo showing an expression that had never appeared in the original work, Bai Hen felt his hand moving again.

"Just?" Kikyo whispered.

Even though this was just a possibility, she had never dared to hope for it before. The peaceful and happy time spent with Xiaoye and the others was already the happiness she had always dreamed of. But now someone told her that she still had the chance to experience the happiness of being a living person again.

No! He didn't tell her, but gave her this opportunity directly, allowing her to feel the happiness of being alive again, to feel the warmth of being human again, and even to have the right to shed tears.

"Thank you, Baihen."

Chapter 24 Kanna and Kagura

"Shinto, where on earth did this guy come from?" Naraku, who was wearing a white kimono, angrily punched the floor.

Shendu, this guy who suddenly appeared completely disrupted Naraku's plan.

In Naraku's original plan, he should have quietly observed the fighting power of Inuyasha and his group in the dark that day, instead of showing up.

But who would have thought that because of Kagome, who looked very similar to Kikyo, he accidentally exposed his aura, and was then suppressed by a set of smooth combos from Shendu, leaving him breathless. In the end, he had to escape in a panic. The most important thing was that the fragments of the Four Souls Jewel of Inuyasha and his crew also fell into his hands.

"However, since he let me go that day with obvious murderous intentions towards me, it means that he was not sure he could defeat me, or even entangle me. Otherwise, with his speed and ability to ignore miasma, if he joins forces with Inuyasha, the situation will become very bad." Naraku thought about the details of the battle and found that Shendu seemed unwilling to get close to him. No matter what the reason was, this would definitely be a breakthrough to defeat him, but more tests would be needed.

But there is still a problem facing Naraku, that is, he cannot find the whereabouts of the capital of God.

Unlike Inuyasha and his crew who had a fixed route, Naraku had not received any news about the capital since that day. Only some bandits who were eliminated were suspected to be the work of the capital, but he disappeared again after that.

"Kanna, you continue to monitor Inuyasha and the others to see how Sango's mission is going. Kagura, you go find him out, kill him if you have a chance, and take back the Four Souls Jewel!" After that, Naraku left the room. (Originally, Naraku should not have created a clone at this time, but I plan to speed it up. Although Naraku originally started to create clones after getting the fragments of Inuyasha's Four Souls Jewel, he now has a lot of fragments, so I'll just assume he can, because I created a clone in advance because of the sense of crisis)

"Yes, Lord Naraku." The woman wearing a gorgeous yet elegant kimono and having eyes of the same color as Baihen responded gracefully to the empty room. She was Naraku's second clone - Kagura.

"Sister, I'm leaving." Kagura said goodbye to Kanna. Although Naraku said it lightly, Kagura felt that she might be in danger on this trip.

"Be careful." Shenwu, who was born from Naraku's body but has not been stained by the world of mortals, held a round mirror in his hand and warned Kagura in an uncharacteristic way.

"Sister... I will come back safely, I definitely will!" Kagura's ruby-like eyes revealed a determined look.

Bai Hen's blood-red eyes faded and revealed a hint of surprise: "Kikyo, I didn't expect you to be a foodie?"

Platycodon's eating manner is not ugly at all, but full of elegance and beauty. However, its speed is not slow at all. All kinds of food disappear in Platycodon's mouth at an extremely fast speed.

Hearing Baihen's words, Kikyo stopped what she was doing and a slightly embarrassed expression appeared on her face.

"I still have a lot here, don't worry." Bai Hen, leaving precious images in his mind again, took out another pile of food.

Although Bai Hen did not have the legendary portable space that time travelers could carry with them to preserve fresh things, relying on the capabilities of the Black Shadow Corps, Bai Hen stored a lot of things in his own shadow.

After making up his mind to get involved in the mess of the Four Soul Jade, Bai Hen had the Black Shadow Corps fill the shadow space with all kinds of easy-to-preserve foods, snacks, desserts and seasonings overnight. Now it seems that it was indeed a wise decision.

"Have you found the trick to devour the evil energy? If not, purify the evil energy in your body again now." Kikyo changed the subject stiffly.

Kikyo died with hatred and unwillingness in her life. The reason why Kikyo, who had lost her soul after her resurrection, could still stay in the world was because of the strong hatred in her heart. It can be said that Kikyo existed for revenge after her resurrection.

But after accepting the power of the Rat Talisman, Kikyo's situation has changed dramatically. Now Kikyo is closer to her state before death than a ghost thirsting for revenge.

Now, she is free from the constraints of her previous responsibilities and lives more freely. She is curious about all new things, likes delicious food, and her emotions and expressions are richer.

However, this does not mean that the resentment in Kikyo's heart has disappeared. On the contrary, Bai Hen is very worried that Kikyo will burst out with resentment in her heart.

After all, after Bai Hen told Kikyo about Naraku, Kikyo's reaction was a little too calm, so calm that Bai Hen was a little scared - that's right, Bai Hen found an opportunity to tell Kikyo the truth about fifty years ago in detail, and it was not an abridged version to fool Inuyasha, he even told her about the Spider Demon.

Kikyo's initial reaction was indeed in line with Bai Hen's expectations. The chill emanating from her body was much more intense than when the Holy Lord was betrayed.

But soon, Kikyo seemed to return to normal, and even looked more like an ordinary girl than before. However, the more Kikyo was like this, the more uneasy Baihen felt.

Bai Hen laughed awkwardly, "I'm trying harder, I'm trying harder." He seemed to have no idea how to start.

Once again enjoying Kikyo's close-range exorcism service, Baihen felt much better this time than last time, not only because he had become accustomed to this kind of pain, but also because the warmth of Kikyo's palm was transmitted to Baihen's body through his clothes, which was completely different from the cold feeling last time.

"Let's go, let's go find Inuyasha." Kikyo, who had completed the work of purifying evil spirits, calmly proposed this goal.