This time, I brought the Night Demons with me mainly for this purpose. For this purpose, Li You also borrowed a large amount of hemp rope from the warehouse of Ashina Castle. Of course, Li You did not forget to ask the Night Demons to dig out Kawana's fingers from the belly of the Lion Ape. After asking the Night Demons to move the headless Lion Ape back to the dungeon, Li You then led everyone through the Lion Ape's lair and came to the Misty Forest. The Misty Forest is not marked with a place name in the game, but in the research and analysis of players, it is generally believed that the Misty Forest is the Usui Forest where the Owl and the Phantom Butterfly came from, or a part of it. When Wolf was young, he also did ninja training here. When he came here, Wolf looked at the forest shrouded in thick fog and whispered: "... I didn't expect to be back here again." After Li You asked him, Wolf answered truthfully that he did do ninja training in this forest in the past, but not in this area, but in an area with a lower altitude. And according to him, the horror of the Misty Forest is not the fog that makes people unable to see the direction and the phantom ghosts in it, but some trees and even land are condensed phantoms. After passing through once, they may no longer exist next time, which will make people lose their way. Li You was secretly shocked after hearing this, after all, the Misty Forest in the game does not have such characteristics. Then he took out the Dream Awakening Bell.
With the crisp sound of Dinglingdang, the group of people passed through unimpeded. In the Buddhist temple deep in the Misty Forest, a palace noble wearing a red robe, who has mutated into a half-fishman, is guarding in front of the Buddha statue and playing the flute. He is the strongest elite monster in all wolves, the Mist Hidden Nobleman. The Mist Hidden Nobleman has four arms and four tails. The skin of the whole body is like a dead fish with scales peeled off, revealing a lifeless pale white. On the beam behind him, Li You, Wolf and Aggie were squatting on it, watching him play the song continuously. While listening, Li You took out a pot of wine and poured a glass for Lang and Aggie. As for Yuzu, he couldn't come up and was now guarding the main gate. Lang and Aggie held their small wine glasses, both of them confused. Only Li You took a sip and listened to the Mist Hidden Nobleman playing the flute below with appreciation. Speaking of which, the Mist Hidden Nobleman played "Lanling King's Battle Song". After listening quietly for a while, Lang couldn't help it and asked in a low voice: "Lord Li You, what are we doing..." Li You looked at him and smiled: "Don't you think the song played by the person below is very nice?" Lang: "..." Aggie's mouth twitched: MD, Li You is sick again. Li You originally planned to let Yuzu break in and deal with the Mist Hidden Nobleman, but after hearing the flute sound inside at the door, Li You felt that he still had to respect the strongest elite monster of Sekiro. So he took Lang and Aggie to the second-floor window and sat down on the beam to listen to the music. Not to mention, Wuyin Nobleman played really well. Lang couldn't help but say: "... Although this guy's skills are really good, but... He has played the same paragraph for the third time." Li You was stunned: "Ah? Is that so?"
Aggie couldn't bear it anymore, and pulled out the hand cannon X on Li You's waist, aiming at Wuyin Nobleman below and shot! Li You was shocked: "Wait!" But it was too late, the high-powered bullet of hand cannon X tore Wuyin Nobleman's head apart with one shot! Aggie was still a little confused: "... Died already?" When Wuyin Nobleman died, a thick white smoke burst out of his body immediately, and everything around him was shrouded in smoke. When the white smoke dissipated, the small Buddhist temple, which was not luxurious but solemn, suddenly became dilapidated, the top was broken and decayed, and even the Buddha statue in the middle was gone. Not only that, the fog that covered the entire Bojing Forest outside the Buddhist temple also dissipated. Yuzu, who was waiting at the main gate of the Buddhist temple, poked his head out, looked left and right, and was still wondering why the environment changed all of a sudden. Wolf also looked outside the temple, extremely surprised: "...The source of the fog in the Bojing Forest is actually this guy? What on earth is it?" Li You replied: "It is a noble from the Palace of Source. They used a special method to cover the Bojing Forest to prevent outsiders from contacting the people of Shuisheng Village." Wolf understood a little: "Because Shuisheng Village also hides the secrets of the Palace of Source?" "Almost, you will understand when you see the details." After a while, Wolf stood beside Li You, looking at the strange scene in Shuisheng Village, unable to understand. "…Why is it like this? Isn't this…the place closest to the fairyland?" Aiji also felt a little creepy, but Li You smiled and said, "Is the so-called fairyland necessarily good?" "Let's go, what we are looking for is in the deepest part of Shuisheng Village." Shuisheng Village is adjacent to the Usui Forest, similar to the lion monkey drinking place, and is the place closest to the fairyland in Ashina. Even the sedan chair returning to the fairyland is arranged in the cave at the end of Shuisheng Village. The original Shuisheng Village was one of the earliest villages to worship the source of water, and it was also a very important place in the eyes of Ashina people. But as the priests of Shuisheng Village were bewitched by the belief in the Sakura Dragon and wanted to become "capital people", and distributed wine made from water contaminated by the power of immortality to the villagers, the villagers became twisted immortals and fell into madness. The Shuisheng Village, which was supposed to be beautiful and simple, has also turned into a ghost village with no sun, dead bodies everywhere, and even trees twisted. Now, there is no one left in the entire Shuisheng Village... Oh, there is also a lucky man named Zhengzhu, who did not go crazy because he drank too much and vomited, so he is the only normal person. In the game, he will hide in the house, shrink in a basket, talk to the wolf, and tell the wolf what happened in Shuisheng Village. If you come back later, you will find that Zhengzhu finally couldn't stand the temptation, drank the priest's wine, and became the same as other villagers. For Shuisheng Village, Li You has nothing to visit. This broken place is really not worth staying. So he took his companions and pushed straight through. Most of the villagers in Shuisheng Village are not dead. The twisted power of the Sakura Dragon makes them resurrect in the form of half-human and half-corpse after a while even if they are chopped and killed. What's more, they will simply bury themselves in the soil and attack the ignorant living passing by. But after all, Li You has Edge on his side, and the perception ability of the Night Demon makes all the enthusiastic villagers hiding in the soil invisible. However, considering that the villagers are unkillable, Li You did not waste time and led his men to break through quickly.
Li You ignored other things on the road, whether it was Shuisheng Zhilin who was pulling the shamisen on the side of the road, or the priest in the shrine at the end of the village, all of them were ignored by Li You. Shuisheng Zhilin was because Li You thought that when the guards of Ashina were free, he could let the samurai brother come to find her himself. As for the priest, he was simply too lazy to pay attention. After he beat the phantom monk, he would come back and chop this guy with a knife, and take away the dragon spring and fish scales on his body. Along the dirt road in front of the shrine, Li You and his party came to the huge rock gate in the deepest part of Shuisheng Village. There is a small open space here, and the tall rock portal is built on the opposite mountain wall. Behind it is the sedan chair that can go to the Palace of Source. After finding all the materials for the incense, we will come here and go to the fairyland. However, the sacred rock gate is not unguarded. As Li You and Lang approached, a tall monk with a cassock, a Prajna mask on his head, and a long-handled naginata in his hand gradually emerged. That is the guardian of the rock gate of Shuisheng Village, the Phantom Broken Monk. As the name suggests, the Broken Monk is like a phantom shrouded in mist. In addition, the Phantom Broken Monk is extremely burly, with a height of three meters, much taller than Yuzu. Lang stared at the Phantom Broken Monk: "This is... the guardian of the rock gate!" Li You also nodded, and then took out the Dream Awakening Bell, Ming Seed, and Ashes. As we all know, the Broken Monk will not fight back. Looking at the mess of props in Li You's hand, Lang's face was full of question marks, and then turned into amazement in the next battle. The battle began, and the Broken Monk approached quickly, and the naginata in his hand was about to chop down! "Ding-ling-ling--" Li You shook the Dream Awakening Bell, and the body of the Phantom Broken Monk immediately fluctuated, and the attack also stopped abruptly. A moment later. The Broken Monk shouted, holding the naginata with both hands, and swung it like a windmill! "Ding--!" Li You crushed the Ming Seed, and the body of the Phantom Broken Monk flashed again. Fortunately, the Broken Monk in front of him was just an illusion. If it was the real person, he would be so angry that he would curse in the street at this time. Despicable outsiders have no martial ethics! However, after testing, Li You found that the effect of the Ashes on the Broken Monk was relatively limited, which was a pity. But in short, under Li You's strong suppression, the Phantom Broken Monk only made five strikes from beginning to end, and was beaten back by everyone and pressed to the ground. The Broken Monk wanted to struggle, but Wolf had already pulled out the Undead Slash and pierced her body with one knife! Li You even stepped forward and cut off the Broken Monk's illusory head! The body of the Phantom Broken Monk faded away, and Wolf's expression changed and he was stunned.
Li You knew at a glance that he had learned the aquatic breathing technique again, right? But I killed the Phantom Broken Monk, why did he learn the breathing technique... Suddenly, Li You's mind moved, and a flash of light appeared in his mind, forming a pattern. Li You looked at it, wasn't that the aquatic breathing technique? Li You was happy at first, and then a little strange. If he had learned the aquatic breathing technique now, then Wolf...? He turned around and saw that Wolf was meditating with his eyes closed, and then suddenly opened his eyes! He rushed back to the shrine without saying a word, grabbed a villager and stabbed him with a knife. Then, when drawing the sword, Lang turned the wedge pill, and the blade seemed to generate a suction force, sucking the blood of the villager onto the blade! Blood Sword Technique! When Li You followed him out, he saw Lang waving the blood sword and sending away several villagers in front of the shrine one by one. Aggie was also a little surprised and asked in awkward Japanese: "What is this...?" Lang looked at the wedge pill in his hand, and the blood color on the wedge pill had faded at this time. He replied: "It was a move I thought of temporarily. Let's call it... Blood Sword Technique." Li You asked: "Did you learn the aquatic breathing technique from the phantom monk just now?" Lang shook his head blankly. Li You understood, so I had to teach him! Fortunately, the aquatic breathing technique was not absorbed into a skill by the soul pendant, but directly entered his mind, so that he could teach it to Lang. Coincidentally, he was also very interested in the wolf's blood sword skills. Not only the blood knife technique, blood smoke technique, and puppet technique, he was also curious about them. So then it’s time to have fun collecting. Li You led the wolf into the rock gate and took away the knot stone enshrined here, which was the last material to generate the incense of the source. Then, he taught on the spot and passed on the aquatic breathing technique to the wolf. Li You immediately led a group of people back. He broke into the shrine, beat the priest violently, and took away the dragon spring and several fish scales from him. He went to the other side of the river and got the smoked rosin used to strengthen the prosthetic hand of Ninja. In the end, he bought another pot of Longquan, a purple-spotted crooked-mouthed gourd that could resist terror attacks, and a few treasure carp scales from the memorial gang who set up a stall at the entrance of Shuishui Village. Fortunately, the newcomer's early friends, the Solitary Shadows of Aquatic Village, were not here, otherwise they would not have been able to escape the murderous hand. Li You and his party then returned to the misty forest and eliminated the leaderless people in the forest, and the soul pendant was strengthened again. As for the other elite monster in the forest, Tokujiro Niuyin, Li You did not intend to cause trouble with him. After all, he had no conflict with him, and there was no such thing as a Buddhist bead in this world that could increase the upper limit of life. But unexpectedly, Niuyin Tokujiro seemed to be attracted by the fragrance of Longquan wine on Li You, and ran out on his own. Although this guy was tall and strong, he had a naive look on his face. When he saw Li You, he originally wanted to rob him, but after seeing the group of them clearly, he felt that he might not be able to defeat him, so he angrily offered to trade with his wine. Li You was already amused by him, so he asked him if he would be willing to give him a pot of Longquan in exchange for serving Wei Ming.
Niuyin Tokujiro was still a little entangled at first, but after seeing the Longquan wine jar shaking in Li You's hand, he finally couldn't bear it anymore and roared: "I, Tokujiro Tokujiro, will never rely on others! Unless..." “Unless the drinks are all-inclusive!” Li You clapped his hands: "Deal!" As a result, there was another bandit who looked ferocious but was actually naive in the group returning. But he is also an elite after all, and his strength is pretty good. Li You believes that if he hands him over to Genichiro and Kigatabu, they will have plenty of ways to discipline him. But it was not without surprises along the way. When the group returned to the Lion Ape's lair, Li You was surprised to find that a familiar ghost figure had appeared in the lair. Samurai with Seven Faces. In the game, the Lion's Lair will originally contain a Seven-faced Samurai, which will drop Sichuan Chan's relic, the Crybaby's Ring. But what surprised Li You was not its existence, but why it appeared at this time? Originally, in the game, the Seven-faced Samurai would only appear after the Lion-Ape was completely killed with the Immortal Slash, and the resentment in this place gathered. So Li You originally thought that he would not see this resentful spirit this time. Unexpectedly, it still appeared. Li You was a little confused, but since it had appeared, it was actually a good thing. This means that when they go back this time, they can complete the strengthening of the finger whistle. So, Li You asked everyone except the wolf to wait outside the den, and he and the wolf jumped into the lion ape's den. The wolf pulled out the wedge pill, Li You put the knife on his waist, and a sniper rifle appeared in his hand. The two of them sprinkled the divine flying snow in tacit agreement at the same time, then Li You raised his gun and fired, and the wolf rushed out quickly! I have to say that fighting with teammates like Wolf is really reassuring. Even Li You feels the same way. The wolf has excellent strength, firm will, excellent fighting consciousness, and instinct for danger. In addition, he has immortality. How can such a teammate make people worry? And the cooperation between the two, after experiencing so many battles, has become very close. Therefore, this seven-faced warrior, who was transformed from the resentment of Chuan Chan and others, was quickly solved by Li You and Lang together, without any danger. After the Seven-Faced Warrior turned into ashes, an old and blood-stained ring fell to the ground. The soul pendant did not respond. It seemed that the remaining soul of the Seven-Faced Samurai was of no use to it. Li You picked up the ring and took a closer look. After seeing clearly the word "Chuan Chan" engraved on the inside of the ring, he was sure that it was the ring of the crybaby. Li You immediately put away the ring and called out Yuzi, Ai Ji and others: "Let's go back." …
After returning to the city, Li You and Lang went to an abandoned Buddhist temple. When the Buddha carver saw the two people coming, he just snorted and was about to continue carving the Buddha. But out of the corner of his eye, he saw the slender knuckles in Li You's hand, and he couldn't help but trembled. The Buddhist carver turned his head, with a rare fluctuation in his eyes, and asked Li You: "...Where did you find that finger?" Li You answered truthfully: "It was found in the belly of the lion ape in Collapse Canyon." The Buddhist sculptor was silent for a moment and then said: "...Really?" "It turned out to be in the belly of the ape, no wonder..." Li You thought for a while and said, "In addition, we also got this." He took out the ring. The Buddhist carver was stunned for a moment. He looked at the fingers and rings in Li You's hand and was silent for a while before saying: "...You have found all that guy's relics." "There are traces of resentment on this ring..." The wolf said: "Buddha carving master..." The Buddhist sculptor waved his hand: "I understand, it doesn't matter. Give them to me, and I will put them into your Renyi hands." Lang glanced at Li You, who nodded to him and handed him the knuckle and the ring. Lang then handed the two items to the Buddhist carving master, watching him take out the tools, slightly modify them, and put them into Ren Yi's hand. After finishing, the Buddhist carving master looked at the extra knuckle on Ren Yi's hand and was lost in thought for a moment. Then, he patted Ren Yi's hand and said, "Okay, you go." Lang stood up and said nothing more. After a simple farewell, he was about to leave. But before he left, the Buddhist carving master still reminded him, "...I'm talking to you." "That finger whistle will definitely make a very sad...but extremely moving sound. "...Make good use of it. " The wolf did not turn around, but nodded silently, and then left with Li You. The Buddha carving master looked at the direction where the two left, and was in a trance for a while, then he was silent and continued to carve the Buddha. ... The night came quickly, and the moon was on the branches, and the light was cold. The Buddha carving master sat in the Buddhist temple, and fell asleep with his head resting on the wooden stake he used to carve the Buddha. Just like every night in the past, tonight, the Buddha carving master still endured the burning of the fire of resentment, and he could not escape even in his dreams. Being entangled by the flames day and night, even a person as persevering as him could not help but reveal a look of pain between his brows.
Just then. A desolate, sad, but moving whistle sound came from outside the temple, from far to near, lingering endlessly. The whistle seemed to contain thousands of words, and it seemed to be just a smile of relief when an old friend met again. In the echoing whistle, the Buddha carving master's frown finally slowly stretched. Under the moonlight, this cold and desolate Buddhist temple finally had a hint of warmth. … Castle Tower. Li You sat in his room, flipping through the ancient books that Yingma had found. These books contain records of rituals in ancient times for the land gods to absorb the fire of resentment. Unfortunately, as Yingma said, most of the contents were incomplete, and the specific measures could not be identified at all. Li You just flipped through them, gave up, and put them away. After that, he took out the military intelligence that Genichirō had sent him not long ago and began to read it. The reinforcements from the inner court are about to arrive. It is said that after the two armies merge, the number of soldiers will be as many as 10,000. But the Ashina side is not fully prepared. So Li You is also considering that some things may have to be done in advance. At this time, there was a knock on the door, and after Aggie opened the door, he found that it was Yingma and Lang who came together. Li You looked at the expressions of the two people and understood: "Just came back from the Buddhist temple? " Yingma nodded and sighed, but said nothing. Lang was silent. Li You did not mention what they were going to do, but just said: "Lang, I promised before that I would help you find the way to the fairyland. Now, we have gathered the keys to open the gate of the Palace of Origin. " Hearing this, Yingma and Lang were both refreshed. Li You then said: "But now there is another problem in front of us." The two were stunned. Li You handed over the military information. Yingma took a quick look and understood: "The reinforcements of the inner court... have actually arrived so close." "It seems... a big war is about to start." Li You also said: "Yes, so now we have two problems that need to be solved urgently." "First, the strength of Ashina is still insufficient, and it is difficult to resist the attack of the inner court army. Even if we rely on the advantages of the terrain, we can greatly weaken the number advantage of the inner court, but this will not change the situation of our lack of soldiers and generals.
"Second, if the war begins, the Buddha sculptor will definitely... no longer be able to suppress the fire of resentment. At that time, he will turn into a ghost." Yingma and Lang looked at each other, both with a solemn look in their eyes. Yingma said: "Then we..." Li You nodded: "There is no time to delay, let's go to the Palace of Origin immediately! In any case, at least solve one problem first." Yingma immediately stood up: "Lord Jiulang has not rested yet, I will go to him." Li You and Lang followed: "Let's go together!" The group then found Jiulang in Qingzi's room. I heard that the keys to the fairyland had been found, and Jiulang, who was a little drowsy, immediately became energetic and said happily: "What are you waiting for? Let's burn incense now!" During this time, Jiulang had nothing else to do, so he could only read ancient books and search for information in the castle tower. With Yingma's help, he now has a clear idea of how to go to the fairyland. Li You took out the fragrant water lotus and the stone of knots, took a small part of each, and put it in the incense burner in the room of the castle tower. Lang pulled out the Immortal Slash and handed it to Jiulang. Jiulang gritted his teeth, stretched out his hand and pressed on the blade of the Immortal Slash, and his hand was immediately cut and blood gushed out. After he dripped blood on the broken stones and petals in the incense burner, a cherry blossom-colored smoke suddenly rose from the incense burner. Li You and Lang stepped forward to touch the smoke, and then they both heard a voice echoing in their minds. The voice chanted to them: "Source Palace..." Li You clapped his hands: "Very good! Next, just go to the sedan chair in Shuisheng Village and you can reach the Source Palace." Lang nodded: "Let's go." Li You said: "No hurry, there is one last thing." ... Late at night, in the main hall of Xianfeng Temple. Ronaldo, the armored warrior, looked at Li You and was a little surprised: "Master Immortal Peak?" Li You nodded: "To be precise, it's the contemporary Immortal Peak Master. He has what I need, so I rushed to find him." Ronaldo nodded and said, "I understand. If you need anything, you can call me anytime." Li You also nodded in greeting, and then took Aiji and Yuzi into the secret passage behind the main hall. At the entrance of the secret passage, the night demons transformed by Guying and Tai Daozu were waiting for them. Seeing Li You and his party appear, Tai Daozu lowered his head slightly and motioned to follow him. Li You and his party came to the deepest part of the wombai torii, where the body of the Immortal Peak Master in purple monk robes was laid. In addition, there are actually many corpses of white-robed monks possessed by insects. They are all in a sitting position and are piled under the stone walls on both sides.
These corpses of monks are actually "incarnate Buddhas", that is, Buddha-like existences transformed from living people. The last time he came, Li You ignored the monks around him, but this time, he came for them. Under the guidance of Tai Daozu, Li You came to one of the Living Buddhas. He first looked at the body of the Living Buddha, which was the same as any other, and then said: "Master Immortal Peak, you made it easy for me to find you." The Buddha did not respond. Li You chuckled: "Ignore me? That's okay. Then I will move all the Buddhas in the cave out and line them up one by one to kill them. See if you react?" After he said this, the instant Buddha, which originally looked completely dead, finally moved and raised its head. He sighed and said in an extremely hoarse and unpleasant voice: "...this donor, no matter what you ask for, there is nothing here that you are looking for." "These Buddhas are all victims who sacrificed everything for the pursuit of truth. Please do not damage their golden bodies." Li You didn't bother to beat around the bush with him and said directly: "You must know what I'm looking for. Tell me, where is the Hei Bu Shou Zhan Gate?" The stiff body of the contemporary Immortal Peak master trembled, and his voice also fluctuated: "...You are looking for the Black Immortal Slash? Why? Didn't your companion already get the Tears of Worship?" "If you want to cut off immortality, it is enough. Why bother opening the door?" Li You said matter-of-factly: "There is only one thing like the Immortal Slash, and it can only be in the hands of specific people. How can it be enough?" "Compared with worshiping tears, opening the door has different characteristics, but it is more convenient. Because it does not require the holder to have the power of immortality to use it, right?" Master Xianfeng was silent. Li You said: "I know you may be worried about me abusing the power of opening the door, but think about it, I am a companion with this generation of Long Yin Qingzi, and I support him in severing his life." "If I really abuse opening the door, won't I be hostile to him? So you don't have to worry. I want to open the door, but we are going to Fairyland soon, so I want to ensure the combat effectiveness." Master Xianfeng was silent again, and then sighed: "Forget it, let me see if you have the ability to open the door." "Please reach out." Li You stretched out his hand as instructed, and Master Xianfeng tried hard to reach out his right hand and touched Li You's hand. In an instant, the Master of Immortal Peak was trembling all over! He fell back suddenly and let out a scream! Li You was shocked: "Are you okay, old man?" Master Xianfeng struggled to get up, stretched out his hand tremblingly, and said: "Open the door and store it in the secret compartment on the top of the five-story pagoda! Just go and get it!" Li You was a little surprised and didn't know what he was doing, but now that he knew where the door was, he didn't worry too much. "Thanks, old man." Li You immediately took Yuzi and Aiji and left.
After they left, Master Xianfeng looked at the hand he had just touched Li You, and it was still trembling. "What are those lights that fall on him..." Thanks to the book friend "Powder pp" for the 20-month pass⊙▽⊙