Chapter 367 An Unexpected Gathering
Chapter 367 An Unexpected Gathering
"At least there was a sign outside that room, but why is there no sign in front of this cave? General, what's down there? Do you remember?"
The general, who was being questioned by Xu Ning, was also deep in thought.
"I had a feeling earlier that the portal wasn't here, but that person walked too fast... Oh, I remember now, it's over here."
General Shi led the two to the side wall, where there was an inconspicuous little door with four characters engraved on the side.
"The evil spirits are about to depart!"
"It seems this is the one. Let's wait for that young master. We might as well make the most of such a good tool."
Before long, D'Artagnan came running in from behind again.
"They actually threw me outside. Luckily, I dodged quickly and didn't get seen by the shogunate soldiers at the gate."
D'Artagnan walked over to Xu Ning and the others and said with a smile, "I was thinking of coming back quickly to remind you, but I didn't expect you to have even found the real portal."
Xu Ning pointed at the small paper figure while holding the wine gourd, "Naturally, it's all thanks to General Shi. How about it? Before I left this time?"
D'Artagnan strode out with a nonchalant air, "It's alright, I'll go first."
Named "Evil Spirits and Wandering Paths," it is actually an incredibly complex maze.
If you take the wrong path, you'll eventually end up back where you started.
Once you find the right path, you'll have to face the monsters guarding the nodes.
This made the group of people keep hoping to encounter monsters as they walked.
Finally reaching the end of the hut, we found another rubbing of Shiki Daisho's work.
Shiki went off to play "sticky" on his own, while the little fox Yae stood on Xu Ning's shoulder, looking at him with disdain as he struggled to stand, his legs unsteady and unable to support himself on the pillar.
Xu Ning felt nauseous and wanted to vomit, and even after drinking several mouthfuls of "Qianfeng" (a type of herbal drink), he was still unable to suppress it.
"I never... I never knew that going around in circles could be so disgusting, ugh... This is too morbid, I've been drinking for years and I've never felt this nauseous, damn it, I'm quitting the game!"
After absorbing the memories, General Shiki turned to Xu Ning with pity and said, "If we go back now, we'll have to walk the same path again and endure the torment once more. It's better to keep moving forward."
"Although there is a room on each side, as long as we go through the middle room, we can reach Harunosuke Yuugami's room. There, I will definitely be able to return to my original state, have complete memories, and control the entire Onmyōryō. Then I can easily send you out."
Xu Ning waved his hand, "I was just saying that out of anger. How could I give up halfway through before seeing the end? Have you remembered anything else?"
General Shiki nodded and said, "I was created by Harunosuke Yuugami as a partner of the samurai. As the head of the Onmyōryō (Bureau of Yin and Yang), I was created in countless copies to accompany the samurai during training and then go out to intercept and kill monsters."
"While you're at it, collect and record information about the monsters, and then return to the guild to recreate rubbings of the monsters for the new samurai to use in their training."
Kujo Sara nodded and said, "So, this place is actually a training ground built to fight against monsters."
As they journeyed along, Kujo Sara gradually came to trust Shiki Daisho and had little doubt about him anymore.
But for Xu Ning, this was not what he wanted.
"You haven't heard anything about her from Harunosuke Yuugami at all?"
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