novelraw Chapter 108 Journey to the Underworld
Chapter 108 Journey to the Underworld
Some rough palms rubbed against Fran's soft and smooth cheeks, and the strange aroma of wine around her made people feel strange and familiar.
"Shuten-douji?" Fran asked tentatively.
"Ah."
The palms blocking her eyes left, and the first thing Fran saw was a few strands of red hair falling from the top of her head.Pushing aside her red hair, Fran stood up from the round stool and turned to look.
The tall red-haired male demon stood behind the round stool with his arms around his chest, his devilish purple eyes were half closed, and his gorgeous blood-colored long hair was not tied up as high as he remembered, but was casually draped over his shoulders and back. It added a bit of softness and charm to his originally handsome face.
"... Jiu Tun, long time no see. You just woke up..." Fran paused, suppressing the embarrassment to the bottom of her heart, and just greeted casually like an old friend she hadn't seen for a long time.
"Ah, no, I just finished taking a bath." Shuten-douji raised his hand to gather up his long hair at the sideburns as he spoke, and tied it into a ponytail casually. Then he stood with his arms folded and looked at Fu orchid.
Fran retorted in her heart: "You still smell of alcohol after taking a bath, that's nothing... Speaking of which, why did you come to Ibaraki's bedroom after taking a bath?" ! ' Then, not knowing what to say, she felt her scalp go numb while Shuten-douji was watching quietly.
Embarrassment spread in the silence.
"Cough... Shuten, it was Ibaraki who brought me here, he just said he was going to find you, did you see him?" After staring awkwardly at each other, it was Fran who spoke up and started a topic.
Shuten-douji still looked at Fran quietly, just when Fran thought he would not answer her question.Shuten-douji suddenly said: "I know, I felt his breath going towards me, so I just came from another direction."
'So you're hiding from Ibaraki Doji? !Finally, it is an operation that I feel very familiar with! '
However, Fran didn't know what to say. She didn't have much contact with Shuten, and the time spent with him was not as good as Ibaraki's, and she basically didn't have any good memories. It was even embarrassing to say it.
'Ibaraki Doji!You should come back quickly!Your best friend is here! Fran couldn't help crying in her heart, eagerly hoping that Ibaraki Doji could return to fight his best friend soon, and stop letting himself stare at Jiu Tun here.
Unexpectedly, Shuten-douji seemed to see through what Fran was thinking, and said in a hoarse voice: "Ibaraki didn't come back so soon, he should have gone to steal my demon wine again, I'm not there, he has to find it first try to find."
"Okay..." Fran said resignedly, "Juten, I heard...you were injured before, are you recovering well now?"
Jiuten-douji's expression remained unchanged, and he still said flatly: "Ah, it's already healed." Jiuten-douji didn't say much, but asked instead: "What about you? How have you been all these years?"
"Uh..." Fulan lowered her eyes slightly, and replied with a smile: "I went overseas before, and I just came back for a few years. I really didn't expect that the Yin and Yang realms have been completely separated. At that time, I was really not used to it.”
Shuten-douji nodded, but didn't answer. He looked noncommittal, and he didn't know whether he believed it or not.
"Hey..." Fran sighed, not wanting to drag on like this any longer.She raised her eyes to Shuten Doji, and said directly: "Juten, thank you for helping me just now. Let me tell you directly, this time I came to Yinjie to ask Seimei about something. Ibaraki introduced me to Regarding the affairs of the underworld, I especially reminded me to be careful of Seimei. And you avoided Ibaraki to come to see me, what's the matter?"
Shuten-douji first shifted his gaze to the snowflake hair ornament on Fran's temple, and then turned back to Fran's face after a while. He was silent for a while, then took out something from his pocket, spread his palm, and handed it to In front of Fran's eyes.
"This...what is it?" Fulan looked at the small and delicate crystal gourd in Jiu Tun's hand. The small purple gourd was covered by a red rope, and the translucent gourd contained a gently swaying liquid.
Shuten-douji lowered his eyes and said calmly, "This is for you."
"For me?" Fran was a little surprised, she didn't quite understand what Shuten-douji meant, and she didn't reach for the gourd pendant.She felt a little puzzled, although she was very grateful to Jiu Tun for going to Hei Qingming to save herself, but she didn't seem to be that familiar with Jiu Tun, let alone take his things for nothing.
Shuten-douji directly grabbed Fran's wrist, and stuffed the small gourd into Fran's hand.
"Hold it. This is a special demon wine. Drinking a little can greatly improve your strength in a short period of time, but it has side effects of weakness. Use it with caution."
After saying this, Shuten-douji paused for a while, before Fran had time to refuse, Shuten-douji continued to say: "Put it away, don't let others know, including Ibaraki."
Fran tightened her grip on the gourd, she frowned slightly, and asked, "Why? Are you and Ibaraki having trouble?"
Shuten-douji smiled lightly: "Where did you think... I gave you this just in case. Since Ibaraki brought you to the underworld, I should have thought it through. But you have to understand..."
Shuten-douji bent down slightly, and stared at Fran with his magical eyes, and his voice was a little low: "...This is the underworld. I trust the words of ghosts and spirits with all my heart, but it is easy to be trapped in the palm of my hand." of…"
Fran's heart trembled, she looked straight into Shuten-douji's eyes, and asked, "What about you? Shuten, do you think I can trust you?"
"Hehe, whatever you want..." Jiu Tun Douzi held the shallow wine cup he took out from somewhere, drank the clear liquid in one gulp, then turned around coolly, and walked towards the door.
Halfway through, he stopped suddenly and asked without looking back:
"Lan, can you do another dance for me?"
Before Fran could answer, Shuten-douji chuckled a few times before striding away, leaving only a sigh:
"Forget it, I'm probably really a little drunk..."
Fran frowned and looked at Shuten's back, feeling that after 500 years, she really couldn't keep up with the development of things.Ibaraki told himself not to trust Seimei, Jiu Tun hinted that he should be careful of Ibaraki...
'The underworld, is it that cruel?Even the friendship between Shuten and Ibaraki should be wary of each other? '
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After a while, Ibaraki Doji came back and saw Fran sitting in the small side hall with his chin resting on his back, so he sat down beside Fran carelessly, put a jar of demon wine on the table, and said with a smile: "Oh, I didn't find Jiu Tun, so I took it from his private storage, this time his demon wine is really well hidden."
As if nothing happened, Fran joked with a smile: "Ah, Ibaraki, do you often steal the wine you swallow?"
Ibaraki Doji said generously: "Ah, in fact, I don't drink too often. It's just that since the seal of the Heian capital, Shuten has become a little addicted to drinking, and he is muddled all day long. Raikou and his gang cheated and drank the ghost poison wine, and almost died. Since then, I have often taken away the fine wine stored by Jiu Tun, and I hope he can drink less."
After hearing Ibaraki's words, Fran's expression became softer: "Well, you are really a good friend. I hope Shuten can understand your painstaking efforts."
Ibaraki shrugged his shoulders, and then said: "Shuten has gotten much better these years, probably Minamoto Raimitsu taught him a lesson, but he is not so addicted to drinking, and has gradually recovered the domineering and kingly demeanor of the past. But... "Ibaraki laughed, and his tone was a bit narrow: "The problem of him secretly hiding wine is still there, but who is this uncle, I found it every time by intuition!"
Looking at the frightened Ibaraki, Fran felt that he was like a simple white-haired large dog, wagging its tail triumphantly.Fran couldn't help but want to touch his soft and fluffy white hair.
However, Shuten's words still made Fran feel a little wary. She looked at Ibaraki with a smile, and couldn't help but ask herself:
'Is Ibaraki really who he is? '
'Merlin also looked cheerful and sunny, but he did those things secretly. '
'Ibaraki who claims to protect me...will it hurt me? '
"Lan, what's wrong with you?" Ibaraki Doji asked after noticing Fran's running spirit.
Fran, who came back to her senses, smiled and shook her head, and replied, "It's nothing, it's just... Shuten just came over."
Ibaraki-douji scratched his hair and said, "Ah, I said where did he go, so he came here." Ibaraki tilted his head and asked, "Did Shuten make things difficult for you? Probably not, he ...Since you have already met, then I don’t need to inform Shuten.” After speaking, Ibaraki stood up and said with a smile: “Why don’t I take you for a stroll, there are some interesting places near Mt. Oe ah."
"But Seimei's side..."
"Don't worry, I've sent someone a letter, and I should receive a reply within a few days."
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A few days later, it was not Seimei's reply letter that arrived at Dajiangshan, but Seimei himself.
"Qingming..." Seeing the person approaching not far away, Fran could not help but whispered softly.
The man who came walking on the wind was the same as before, dressed in a light blue hunting suit, with long silky silver hair fluttering in the wind, wearing a black hat on his head, and holding a folding fan with a blue background inlaid with gold in his hand. It was the one that Fran gave him back then.Under the breeze blowing, the handsome young master's clothes are in the wind, he is chic and graceful, with a gentle and elegant smile on the corner of his mouth.
As if 500 years had not left the slightest trace on him, in the chaos of time, the magnificent white fox son of Ping'an capital walked slowly.
"Seimei!" Fulan was about to go forward, but Ibaraki Doji gently grabbed her wrist by her side.
'how? Fran turned her head to look at Ibaraki Doji, but saw that his brows were slightly wrinkled, and his face was a little dignified.
Seeing this, Fran didn't insist on going forward, but just gently broke free from Ibaraki Doji's hand, and stood there waiting for Qingming to come.
"Lan Ji..." Qingming stood still in front of Fulan, with a gentler and sweeter smile on his face: "...It's been a long time."
Fran took a step forward, and gave Qingming a bright smile back: "Qingming, long time no see. Ibaraki just sent you a message a few days ago, and I thought it would be a while before I saw you! I didn't expect you to come so soon Come on, what a surprise!"
"Send a message?" Qingming glanced at Ibaraki Doji, and then said, "Oh, I found out that my old friend came to the underworld through divination, so I found it according to the clues I got, but I didn't receive any news... "He evoked a bewitching smile, and added softly: "...Maybe I just missed it."
Fran didn't notice the eyebrow-eye lawsuit between Seimei and Ibaraki. She looked Seimei up and down seriously, and said with some relief: "Great, your soul fusion is perfect. I've been worried that after you and Hei Seimei fused, There will be repercussions."
Seimei replied gently: "There were indeed some problems during the initial integration, but they were solved one after another in the following decades." He looked at Fran with a smile, and then said: "I have also developed a lot of interesting How about Yin Yang, is Ji Jun interested?"
Fran nodded affirmatively, and said, "I also have some new research and ideas, but I may not be as good as you in the direction of Yin-Yang Art. However, speaking of Yin-Yang Art, I remembered one thing..."
"Huh?" Qingming, who was listening to Fran with a smile, looked at Fran tenderly, waiting for her next words.
Fran spoke with a smile on her face, but the smile at this time was a bit ferocious: "Qingming, I went to your family's shrine to pay homage to you..."
"So can you explain to me about your wife 'Langie' dying in childbirth?"
"Uh..." Qingming stopped shaking the fan for an instant, and the smile on his lips froze.
Ibaraki, who was standing with his arms folded and looking at the sky, reacted instantly, staring at Seimei and said:
"What?! Seimei Abe, do you want to be ashamed?!"
The author has something to say: Rolling and rolling, this chapter is written late, Nishang wants to sleep zz, so comment and reply, there is no small theater, run away~