Chapter 62: See You on a Moonlit Night

Qi Xuansu looked at the shrine in front of him again, but he didn't speak for a long time.

Xiao Yin asked in confusion: "Why don't you speak? Are you stupid?"

Qi Xuansu said: "For some reason, I always feel that I have been here. There is a cave behind the shrine. After passing through the cave, we will see an identical village, but the village inside is intact and has not become a ruin."

Xiao Yin was skeptical: "Since you have been to Suzuka Mountain, were you acting when you were startled just now?"

Qi Xuansu smiled bitterly: "That's not what I meant. I have never been to Suzuka Mountain. It's just that I feel very familiar here, just like I have been here in a dream."

Xiao Yin said: "Is there such a thing? Do you have a 'fate-seeing'? Never mind, just tear off all these ghost paintings and open the door to have a look."

Qi Xuansu did not hesitate and opened the door directly, revealing the cave behind the door.

Xiao Yin was shocked.

Qi Xuansu walked in first.

The cave was still pitch dark, and even the gods could not see through the darkness. It was very quiet again, with only the sound of dripping water.

Drip, drip, all the time.

"Aren't you afraid of hitting a wall?" Xiao Yin asked, following Qi Xuansu.

Qi Xuansu replied, "This is a straight road."

When the two walked out of the cave in the dark, Xiao Yin was so surprised that she couldn't speak.

Because Qi Xuansu had told her in advance, she could tell at a glance that the village inside was exactly the same as the ruins outside.

Xiao Yin looked at Qi Xuansu with a look similar to seeing a ghost: "Do you really have 'fate reading'? This is an incredible supernatural power. You can often predict the future in dreams. 'Telepathy' can't compare at all."

Qi Xuansu shook his head: "I often dream, but I don't dream about Suzuka Mountain, but Lingshan."

"The legendary ancient witch ancestral home?" Xiao Yin looked at Qi Xuansu again, "No wonder grandpa and others value you so much, you have a lot of secrets."

Qi Xuansu continued: "There is an onmyoji named Tsuchimikado Tadataka in the village."

Xiao Yin took the lead and soon found Tsuchimikado Tadataka who was wandering around.

So far, all of Qi Xuansu's "prophecies" have come true one by one.

Xiao Yin didn't know what to say.

Qi Xuansu stepped forward and asked: "Tsuchimikado Tadataka, you came to Suzuka Mountain to pay homage to Suzuka Gozen on the order of the Prime Minister's Office, why did you stay there?"

Tsuchimikado Tadataka was stunned.

After a long while, Tsuchimikado Tadataka replied, "I can't leave this place."

Qi Xuansu asked, "Why can't you leave this place?"

Tsuchimikado Tadataka replied, "Because we met someone from the Jingu."

Qi Xuansu's heart moved. This answer finally broke through the limitations of the "dream" and did not make Tsuchimikado Tadataka crazy, so he continued to ask, "Tell me clearly, did you meet someone from the Jingu on the way to Suzuka Mountain? Or did you meet someone from the Jingu on the way out of Suzuka Mountain? This is very important."

Tsuchimikado Tadataka answered honestly, "We were ambushed by the Jingu on the way to Suzuka Mountain. The leader was a Jinguji, but when the Jingu found us, we were not far from Suzuka Mountain. In the end, we fled to Suzuka Mountain and asked for the protection of Suzuka Gozen."

Qi Xuansu finally verified his guess.

The Onmyoji of the Tsuchimikado School are not only incapable of accomplishing things, but also full of failures. They were not discovered by the Shrine on their way back, but were discovered by the Shrine before they arrived at Mount Suzuka. They also led the Shrine's pursuers to Mount Suzuka, completely exposing their intentions.

This is not to alert the snake, but to invite the wolf into the house.

Then the ruins outside can be explained, and it is likely to be the work of the Shrine.

In this case, how could Suzuka Gozen meet them? If Qi Xuansu was Suzuka Gozen, he would have wanted to kill this group of people.

No wonder they dare not explain the truth. They also tried to save some face in the end and escape punishment.

It's no wonder that Qingwei Zhenren gave them an evaluation that they were useless.

Qi Xuansu pondered for a moment, and finally asked: "What happened here?"

Tsuchimikado Tadaka held his head with both hands again, and Qi Xuansu subconsciously clenched the "Qingyun" in his hand.

However, this time, Tsuchimikado Tadataka did not turn from a human into a ghost, but showed a fearful expression: "The people of the shrine summoned the gods."

】

"Gods." Qi Xuansu repeated softly, "It was a god descending."

Then Qi Xuansu asked: "Which god is it specifically?"

There are three main gods in Fenglinzhou, namely: Himiko, Susanoo, and Tsukiya-ken.

Because Tianmen is still in a very primitive stage of natural worship, the three main gods all symbolize a specific existence, rather than a symbol of an abstract concept like the Taoist and Buddha, nor are they the only gods and supreme wills believed in by the Western Holy Court.

Among them, Himiko symbolizes the sun. Legend has it that when Himiko hides, a solar eclipse will occur, and the world will be dark. She is the head of the three main gods, in charge of the day, the sky and the high heaven, and is the eldest sister among the three siblings.

The second is Tsukiya-ken, as the name suggests. He symbolizes the moon, controls the night, the netherworld, and replaces his mother to manage the underworld. He is the second brother among the three siblings.

The last one is Susanoo, who symbolizes the sea and controls the ocean, the human world, and Awahara. He once wanted to open the gate of the underworld to welcome his mother back, but was exiled. He then caused a big disturbance in Takaten and was exiled again. Finally, he killed the Yamata no Orochi. He is the third brother among the three siblings.

The last time Toyotomi Hideshige was assassinated, it was the human incarnation of Himiko.

Tsuchimikado Tadataka was silent for a long time, and then whispered: "It's Tsukiyomi-kun."

Because Tsuchimikado always needs a long time to recall slowly, time passes, and the sky is already full of colorful waves.

Qi Xuansu subconsciously looked up.

Just saw a bright moon quietly peeking out half of its face from behind the strangely colored dark clouds.

The bright moon was reflected in Qi Xuansu's eyes, like the moon in a well.

At this moment, as if touched by some kind of opportunity, Qi Xuansu's "Heart of the Immortal Stone" began to work, and scenes flashed through his mind, including the shrine, caves, villages, Tsuchimikado Tadashi, the peak hidden in the clouds, the colorful sky, and the bright moon hiding behind the clouds.

Those vague memories that seemed to be seen in a dream suddenly became real and clear.

It was not a dream at all, but his personal experience, which was repeated three times. Although there were differences in details each time, each time it ended with the appearance of the bright moon and then began with him preparing to enter the shrine, as if it was a circle, repeating continuously.

The reason why Qi Xuansu would retain some memories every time he ended, but Xiao Yin could not retain the memories, was because Qi Xuansu had the "Heart of the Immortal Stone".

This special creation that changed Qi Xuansu's fate not only continued Qi Xuansu's vitality, but also preserved Qi Xuansu's soul. When Zi Guang Zhenjun used Qi Xuansu as a vessel for divine descent, Qi Xuansu relied on the "Heart of the Immortal Stone" to remain unaffected. It is reasonable that the "Heart of the Immortal Stone" can help Qi Xuansu retain his memory at this time.

If there is no "Heart of the Immortal Stone", Qi Xuansu will be lost in the repetitive cycle, and he will not know anything until he dies from the three corpses and sits down at the end of his life.

Just as Qi Xuansu recovered his memory, the bright moon in the sky became brighter and brighter, and the endless moonlight swallowed everything.

The third cycle ended.

Qi Xuansu stood in front of the shrine for the fourth time.

This time, Qi Xuansu retained all his memories and knew exactly what happened in the previous three times.

The key now is how to get rid of this endless cycle.

Qi Xuansu carefully recalled the previous three experiences. Each restart was related to the moon, and the time when the moon appeared seemed to be fixed. In other words, no matter what Qi Xuansu did, whether he killed Tsuchimikado Tadayoshi or not, as long as the fixed time came, it would automatically restart, and it would go back and forth endlessly.

With Qi Xuansu's realm and cultivation, he could not touch the moon.

To put it another way, Qi Xuansu must find the point to break this cycle within a limited time.

So where is this point?

Qi Xuansu first tried to go back and leave this place. As a result, he encountered the situation in the first cycle. That time, he and Xiao Yin tried to fly to the top of Mount Suzuka, but they fell into a situation of looking at the mountain and running to death. They looked so close, but they could not reach it. Finally, time ran out and they started to go back and repeat. This time was the same. The ruins seemed endless and they could not get out until the bright moon appeared and the next backtracking began.

The fifth cycle.

Qi Xuansu directly demolished the shrine and destroyed the talisman on the shrine.

There was no change.

Qi Xuansu could only enter the cave again.

Xiao Yin was dumbfounded.

Because she had no previous memories, in her opinion, Qi Xuansu, who had always been very careful, suddenly changed his nature. He didn't care about any danger or weirdness. He dismantled the shrine without saying a word, and walked into the cave without saying a word.

Xiao Yin was stunned for a while, and hurriedly followed behind.

The sound of dripping water was still repeated in the cave, which made Qi Xuansu a little irritated.

He quickened his pace and almost rushed out of the cave, without wasting any time, and he no longer had the interest to recall "Peach Blossom Spring" when they first met. He entered the village and found Tsuchimikado Tadayoshi.

Qi Xuansu asked directly: "Tsuchimikado, what did Tsukiyomi-no-zun do?"

Because too many processes were omitted, Tsuchimikado fell into a long silence, and then answered: "Tsukiyomi-no-zun brought down divine power here."

Qi Xuansu asked again: "What about the talisman in the shrine outside?"

Tsuchimikado asked back: "What talisman?"

When Qi Xuansu destroyed the shrine, he left a talisman and held it in front of Tsuchimikado.

Tsuchimikado's eyes were dazed for a moment: "This is, this is Tsuchimikado's talisman."

Qi Xuansu looked at the talisman in his hand again, and sure enough, there was a pentagram mark in an inconspicuous place, which was the mark of Tsuchimikado.

In other words, the onmyoji of Tsuchimikado sealed the shrine when he left. No wonder Tsuchimikado said that he was abandoned by his companions?

But why did the onmyoji of Tsuchimikado escape from this place? Why did he leave Tsuchimikado here?