I loaded the ghost talk game

Tonight.

A little earlier.

During this time, Fukuji had not yet met the golden bear who saved her, and was still near the Changshi area of ​​Iyo, playing "Speed ​​Race" with Dangoro and the raccoons.

At this time, in the border area of ​​Iyo, in the territory controlled by the fox clan——

The several bodies of the little old man were keeping a close eye on the movements of Fox Shiroro as instructed by Kamiya Kawa.

And through the main body, they continuously reported the facts of the fox demon to Kamiya in the real world.

After following for a long time, Fox Shiroro did not do anything unusual.

Until night fell, a full moon of normal size rose above Iyo. At this time, Fox Shiroro went to the ruined ancient city alone.

The whole ancient city was shrouded in a very strange and strong atmosphere.

According to current speculation, the reason for this may be that the ruined ancient city is related to the sacred object "Da Mingyue" of the "Moon Palace Worship" of the raccoon and fox clans.

And with the strength of the little old man's body, he couldn't follow it inside.

So after Fox Shiliulang entered the ancient city, the surveillance on him was temporarily interrupted.

Kamiya Kawa did not act rashly because of this.

From his perspective, even if the "Great Moon" was really in the ruined ancient city, even if the fox clan had actually controlled the once lost "Great Moon", so what?

If Fox Shiliulang's little calculation was just like this, then Kamiya would be more confident in him.

After all, this kind of thing does not affect the plan of the Takama-hara forces to operate and take over the Iyo region.

Again, the issue of the ownership of the "Great Moon" is just an internal conflict between the raccoon and the fox clan, and there is no need to intervene too much.

As long as the raccoon and the fox clan do not consume each other's excellent labor, everything will be fine.

And even if Kamiya Kawa is really interested in the "Great Moon"...

When I take the position of the lord of the Iyo region in the future, no matter whether this treasure belongs to the fox clan or the raccoon clan in the end, it is still easy to borrow it to take a look, or perhaps study it.

For this reason, Shen Gu only asked the little old man to use his outer body to watch the surroundings of the ruined ancient city.

When Fox Shiliulang came out, he would report the situation again.

…

In the ancient city.

Fox Shiliulang waved his folding fan and walked towards the center of the huge ruins.

Among the foxes, except Shiliulang, no other foxes could approach this ancient city.

The energy of the breath contained here is difficult for ordinary monsters to resist.

Since occupying this ancient city, the high-level people in the fox clan have always known that Fox Shiliulang is exploring this place in a planned way.

The treasure Da Mingyue may be in the ancient city, and those foxes also know it.

After exploring this ancient city for so long, Fox Shiliulang's explanation to his subordinates has always been-

"The exploration is not yet complete."

"The center of the ancient city can never be approached."

"I'm still trying to find a way."

This statement is basically accepted by the high-level foxes.

After all, everyone knows that this ancient city is not simple.

Maybe there is more than just "Da Mingyue" in it.

But the other foxes were too far away to help the leader. All they could do was hope that Fox Shiliulang could complete the exploration of the ancient city as soon as possible, and it would be best if the fox tribe could regain control of the "Da Mingyue".

But what is the reality?

In fact, Fox Shiliulang had already completed the exploration of the ruins of the ancient city.

He knew the structure of this town too well.

The structure here is exactly the same as the former Matsuyama Castle. Although it is largely abandoned, the structure is the same.

Fox Shiliulang knows Matsuyama Castle very well.

"Takama-hara... Kamiya River..."

The handsome fox leader walked while recalling and thinking about what happened today.

The Takama-hara forces came too quickly and caught them off guard.

And it seems that they are planning to control Iyo in a gentler way without bloodshed.

It's really a headache.

If they could come later, even a few days later.

Fox Shiliulang has felt that he is being watched these days, and this feeling of being watched is usually not noticeable at all.

Only when he approaches the ruins of Matsuyama Castle, he can sense something with the help of the power in the ruins, and he can't find the source of the spying vision no matter what.

And when he enters the ruins of the ancient city, the feeling of being spied on will disappear.

Having officially contacted the forces of Takama-hara today, Fox Sixteen can conclude that it is probably the people of Takama-hara who are secretly monitoring him.

If it is those people, they will definitely be able to do such a thing.

"In the ruins of Matsuyama Castle, there are the Great Moon, the Killing Stone, and the power of the Demon King Xiaochui. The aura and energy here are intricate, and it took so long to really control them."

"The ears and eyes that Lord Kamiya placed in Iyo probably also noticed a little clue, so he didn't approach rashly. This is still my home ground, and it is still safe for the time being."

"But if Kamiya Chuan wants to come here in person..."

Fox Sixteen knows that Kamiya Chuan must have noticed that there is something strange in the ruins of Matsuyama Castle.

But he probably didn't expect the situation inside to be so complicated, so he chose to wait and see for the time being, and didn't come to explore forcefully.

But who knows if he will come suddenly?

Just like the sudden visit to Iyo.

The time left for Kitsune Juroku is running out.

"Oh, and Inao Heitaro, I thought I had killed him. What a trouble, how could he be on the side of Takama-ga-hara..."

"But he didn't recognize me. Haha, after all, he is just a samurai with a lot of blood and is easy to fool. After so many years, it seems that there is no improvement."

Kitsune Shiroro continued to move forward.

As he gradually went deeper into the ruins of Matsuyama Castle, crimson-purple glowing mist gradually appeared in the surrounding air. The mist sometimes rolled, sometimes condensed, and wandered through the ruins of Matsuyama Castle like a living being.

The outlines of the buildings in the distance were all shrouded in vagueness.

And those buildings with vague shapes seemed to be constantly moving, looming.

They seemed not to be static stones and bricks, but flowing liquids, or leaping flames, constantly shuttling and changing in space, pressing against each other and separating. The broken walls suddenly emerged from the mist and rushed into the sky; and suddenly disappeared in the thick fog, as if they had never existed.

This scene is somewhat similar to the live fish hotel controlled by Kamiya River.

Fox Shiliulang did not care about the obstruction of these strange things and continued to walk forward.

The "light miasma" produced by the killing stone and the spatial turbulence derived from the power of the demon king Xiaochui.

In the ruins of Songshan Castle, for Shiliulang, these things are all controllable.

He seems to be the master of the complex energy hidden in this ruin.

Stepping into the light miasma, Fox Shiliulang's appearance changed.

Although he was still wearing a white robe, his white tail and ears became bright red, but he still maintained the characteristics of a fox.

And on his face.

Fox Shiliulang originally had a pale scholar's face, but at this time his face showed a strange glow, covered with thick and exaggerated oil paint.

His face seemed to be a carefully painted ukiyo-e, with rich and layered colors, and more feminine. The oil paint is based on dark blue, dotted with dazzling patterns carved with gold foil, which is complex and exquisite, flowing with a gorgeous and weird beauty.

The eyes are cleverly outlined, and the oil paint around the eyes is smudged with light pink, and the lines at the corners of the eyes are raised, cunning and alert.

Such facial changes make it difficult to tell whether he is wearing a mask or taking it off.

"Of course, it is normal that Samurai Ino can't recognize me. After all, the old raccoon Yaoba Tanuki didn't see anything unusual. Humans say 'foxes change eight times, raccoons change nine times'. It's as if the raccoon cat's ability to change is really better than that of foxes. It's really ridiculous."

"Fox Shiliulang" laughed in a shrill and feminine voice.

If Yaoba Tanuki was at the scene at this time, the old raccoon cat would react in surprise-

The so-called "Fox Shiliulang" it came into contact with was not the youngest son of its mortal enemy Xuanhu Jun at all.

But a completely unfamiliar fox demon that had "never been seen before".

That's right. The current leader of the fox tribe in Matsuyama is not Fox Juro.

The real Fox Juro probably died with his father a long time ago.

The fox demon who replaced the leader of the Matsuyama fox tribe is not even a fox from Shikoku, but came to Iyo from Shimotsuke a long time ago.

His name is "Killing Pillar".

Not only did the raccoons not notice this, but even the Matsuyama fox tribe itself was still kept in the dark and had no idea.

This shows that the Killing Pillar's ability to transform is far greater than that of the local raccoons in Iyo.

And his strong transformation skills can be said to be innate.

The Killing Pillar was born from the "Killing Stone".

The so-called "Killing Stone" has a great origin. It was transformed from the famous big monster Tamamonomae after his death.

It is said that Tamamonomae is a peerless beauty transformed from a white-faced golden-haired nine-tailed fox. She is knowledgeable and beautiful. She entered the Japanese Imperial Palace and tried to get close to Emperor Toba and cause trouble in the world.

Tamamonomae's intention was discovered by the great Onmyoji Abe Yasuchika at that time.

Abe Yasuchika was the fifth-generation grandson of Abe Haruaki, and the ancestor of the later Tsuchimikado clan.

At the time of the Tamamonomae incident, although Abe Haruaki was no longer in the human world, he was still the true leader of the ghosts and gods on Takamagahara.

The great war of gods that led to Haruaki's fall and completely separated the world of the living and the living had not yet officially started.

Therefore, the Abe clan at that time still had strong spiritual power.

However, Tamamonomae was really strong. According to the legend, Abe Yasuchika united a group of Onmyojis at that time and finally killed him with a magic mirror.

It is said that in the Shimotsuke area where Tamamonomae died, her body, ambition and obsession turned into a poisonous stone called "Killing Stone", waiting for the opportunity of revenge at all times.

The so-called Killing Stone will spit out poison. Whether it is an insect or a bird, once it comes into contact with this stone, it will die soon, so where the Killing Stone exists, no grass will grow.

There is still a "Killing Stone" on the mountain in Nasu Town, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan.

And it is worshipped and visited by people.

But of course it is not real.

If it is really that dangerous, it would not be placed on the mountain.

Those are just porous stones produced by the internal activities of the volcano. Because they are soaked in sulfurous acid and hydrogen sulfide gas ejected by the volcano, they become poisonous, so this legend is attached.

As for the Killing Pillar, although it is not Tamamonomae, and its initial ability is also very different from Tamamonomae, it can be regarded as inheriting some skills of the former great demon.

He brought the fragments of the Killing Stone all the way from Shimotsuke to Iyo.

His purpose was to obtain the Great Moon that would help the fox demon practice.

With the help of his unparalleled ability to change, the Killing Pillar replaced the lord of Matsuyama Castle at the time and stirred people's hearts. Using the convenience of "being the lord of the castle", he secretly summoned some onmyojis and samurai to attack the raccoon tribe.

But he never thought that the fox tribe in Matsuyama would suddenly assist the raccoon tribe.

That's why the Killing Pillar lured Ino into the game, and a series of things happened afterwards.

…

"Ino Heitaro himself didn't realize that he had sealed the eight hundred and eight raccoons and the Great Moon together. It took me so long, so long to regain control of these things. I'm only one step away from becoming a hollow fox, just one step away."

The monster that attacked Ino was the Killing Pillar that showed its original form.

He originally wanted to completely take away the Demon King's hammer and try to unseal the Great Moon. Unfortunately, things didn't go as he wished, and he only took away part of the energy of the treasure hammer.

As for today at the Tanuki Palace, the Killing Pillar did not lie to Kamiya River.

The "Matsuyama Fox Tribe" did not attack Ino.

After all, at that time, the Killing Pillar was still the "castle lord" of Matsuyama Castle.

"Takamagahara... Takamagahara..."

It's very interesting to say.

That Lord Kamiya claimed to be from Takamagahara and was the master of Takamagahara.

Although there are at least two gods under his command, his original body...

When facing Kamiya River, the Killing Pillar can indeed feel a sense of oppression.

That Lord Kamiya is very special.

How to say it?

Fox demons are best at using their own charm to seduce people, and even using words alone can stir up disputes.

The Killing Pillar was born from the Killing Stone, and now it is a celestial fox, a leader among fox demons, so naturally it is very good at this.

The once stable Matsuyama Castle was thrown into chaos by him.

But after formally contacting Lord Kamiya, the Killing Pillar can feel that his tricks probably won't work on him.

This is the intuition of the fox demon.

In terms of bewitching people, the Lord of Takama-hara may be better than himself.

I really can't figure out who is the fox demon.

But even so, the direct sense of oppression that Kamiyagawa gave to the Killing Pillar did not reach the level of God.

"He is the master of Takama-hara, but he is not a God? Even if what he said is true, then the current Takama-hara is probably no longer the real high and mighty God's residence."

The Killing Pillar was very keenly aware of this.

But he still had no intention of fighting against Takama-hara and Kamiyagawa.

In the Gotan Palace, the Tengu who intimidated the raccoon and fox tribes, and the figure in the red and black dress.

Those two existences are too terrifying.

They are definitely real gods.

The Killing Pillar will not be stupid enough to seek death and become enemies with God.

Even if he has to take risks, he has always only done things that have a chance of winning, and his calculations are only for those who have a probability of being defeated.

So unless Takama-hara has hope of being defeated, even if this possibility is very small...

But it cannot be zero.

If conspiracy and trickery cannot fill the gap of absolute strength, it is better to be more sensible.

He who knows the current situation is a hero.

Facing Kamiya River, the best choice is to surrender, or simply escape from Iyo.

But the Killing Pillar must give up everything that is within reach in Iyo, and let go of the opportunity to become a "Sky Fox" right in front of him.

How can he be willing?

Sky Fox.

Above the Sky Fox.

As long as you become a Sky Fox, you will be a god in the true sense.

This is an achievement that Tamamonomae has not really achieved.