Chapter 132: Is There a Demon Realm?

  It seems that using the sealed card at the last moment wouldn't be a loss, right? Jiǔ Mìng thought to herself... Speaking of which, this kind of promise is more effective than any apology.

  "What about today?"

  "I wonder if I should just silence him," Yakumo Yukari said with a sly smile, "You know, I've never made promises to many people."

  Don't make promises easily. If they do, they will fulfill them once and for all. It's not like some people who always hang their promises on the tip of their tongues. Some things lose their meaning when said too much.

  You can refer to some... 'Don't leave after school!' 'Do you want to die!?' 'Believe it or not, I'll beat you to death!' 'Be careful, I'll find someone to beat you up!' and so on.

  My ears have grown calluses from listening too much.

  "Cough, don't say that, I'm scared." Jiǔ Mìng coughed lightly twice, and the stiff atmosphere that had been shrouding this place also dissipated.

  Today... Jiǔ Mìng realized something and turned his head towards Bā Yún Lán, "That great fox spirit, what time is it now..."

  The fox's calculating ability is incredibly strong, so it can be used as a 'biological clock' to ask the time.

  "...just passed, using your timing method, that is, just three seconds have passed. And don't call me Big Fox!"

  "Ah, ah, ah! So that's how it is." Jiǔ Mìng's mouth twitched slightly. Bā Yún Zǐ had indeed grasped the timing accurately this time. He too had only just reacted after suddenly seeing the sky outside the window. The moon was about to disappear, which was because the speed of the moon's orbit had been adjusted. It was still early before sunrise.

  "Boss of the small shop, would you like to see the proof of the boundary establishment?"

  "Barrier?"

  "Well, I haven't thought of an official name yet."

  "Hmm, if the time is short...” Jiǔ Mìng felt the repulsive force on his body, and this world seemed to have given him a lot of leeway, but it wasn't infinite. After accumulating to a certain point in time, he would either leave on his own or be kicked out forcefully. "That's completely fine."

  "Ah... for us, it's not that long either. Adding the preparation time, ah, just about 500 years."

  "Cough, cough!" The intense coughing fit lasted for two sounds. Five hundred years!? Hey! What kind of joke... Utsuho's expression was supposed to be serious, wasn't it a joke? "I can't wait that long, in just a few days or at most ten-odd days, I'll be forcibly kicked out of this world."

  "Haha~ This is really a joke. The serious expression suddenly thawed, Yakumo Yukari smiled and said to the embarrassed Kokoro, "Although it will also take several years..."

  This is still considered fast, the important foundation has been obtained, and the remaining follow-up work can also be started. The barrier she wants to establish is not ordinary, so the things that need to be prepared will be quite numerous and complicated. It will take some time to fully absorb the knowledge obtained from the Moon Capital.

  The writing of the lunar people is different from that on earth, and she obtained knowledge to recognize their characters through some means, but only recognized by hand... basically just like barely understanding classical Chinese, it's still easier to understand vernacular Chinese.

  This problem, now she doesn't need to worry too much. If nothing else, going to Jiǔ Mìng's place as a guest isn't the best shortcut? The special rules there, words and whatnot are completely unrestricted.

  "It's been several years, after all. Life is made up of many such years... Ah, I suppose I shouldn't be so sentimental." Nine Lives shook his head as he spoke, his current existence was fine as long as nothing unexpected happened. There were still many years to come, "What kind of seal are you going to make? Something like a miniature version of the Moon Capital?"

  "No, the Moon Capital is not suitable for Earth. I want to create a boundary that all supernatural beings can recognize, and make it the primary gathering place for yokai, so that their activity level will recover again."

  The activity of yokai has decreased. Many reasons are due to the increase in human population, and as the number of powerful humans increases, so does the number of yokai being eliminated.

  The first two words that come to mind are Demon Realm...

  "Huh, there's no demon realm in this world, right?"

  "What's the Spirit Realm?" Yakumo Yukari shook her head. "I know a thing or two about Heaven, Hell and Makai."

  Hesitation... Slightly. There are actually three realms now, will there be no Devil Realm?

  Yakumo Yuko is essentially a local deity of this world. If she doesn't know, then the Youkai realm probably doesn't exist. Sigh, it's a bit of a shame, isn't it?

  "If you want to know, I can tell you. Yakumo Yukari smiled, "The Heavenly Realm, where the heavenly people live... Some vengeful spirits who attain Buddhahood also go there, but their words are not worth paying attention to, as for the Netherworld..."

  She glanced at Youyouzi, "It's her home anyway, you can go visit anytime if you want."

  "What about the demon world?"

  "Makai... A world created by a powerful demon god."

  "What the...?!" The teacup in Jiǔ Mìng's hand almost fell out, and suddenly felt that this world was also very dangerous, what to do?!

  "Hmph! Don't be so shocked." Yakumo Yukari smiled lightly and unfolded the folding fan in her hand, fanning herself, "I've heard some rumors, apparently the gods of the demon world are quite pleasant to get along with... yeah, that's right."

  Is that all?

  The more I listen, the less reliable it feels.

  Jiǔ Mìng shook his head. Let's not talk about whether they get along or not, just the other person's identity is already intimidating, ordinary people would be nervous and fearful when seeing them, right?

  "Never mind, let's not talk about this anymore." After talking so much, Jiuling felt relieved. He didn't like to dwell on one thing and be overly concerned with saving face in such matters. If it couldn't be resolved, then it was better to just drop it and move on, why bother being so particular?

  "Will you help me take care of this flower for a while?"

  Kunmei stared at the unknown flower sealed in a damp soil block, looking worried. The wind saw Yuka, oh, so that green-haired girl was called Yuka, and this flower was left by her! Before leaving, she especially asked him to take good care of 'this child'!?

  Hey! A flower, won't it be able to produce some flower fairy? Hehe... thinking about it, it doesn't seem bad either?

  It's obvious that this flower is extremely sensitive, and if you don't take good care of it, it can kill you just by coming to your door. You'll even have a reason to fight back - who let you take care of this flower poorly?

  "What? Such a beautiful flower! You're also a 'flower lover', shopkeeper, why are you pushing this kind of thing out?"

  Yakumo Yukari was smiling with a teasing expression.

  Nine lives with a bitter face, "I'm already busy taking care of people, how can I take care of this flower? It will definitely be over-watered to death."

  For the next two days, Jiǔ Mìng slept soundly, catching up on a long-overdue rest. When he woke up, his eyes met a pair of lingering fox eyes, as well as those eerily sharp teeth that seemed even more menacing due to their proximity to his face!

  "Hmm... even if you want to 'sneak attack' me while I'm sleeping... if you turn into a human, I might consider pretending to be asleep."

  "...get up quickly once you wake up!"

  The big fox growled in a bad tone, and when he saw her body tremble, the fluffy thing that was supporting his nine lives directly flung him to one side. Ah, it turned out to be a tail, and he had thought it was some kind of high-grade pillow, soft and gentle.

  After shaking off the nine lives, the big fox didn't even glance at him, turned around and left. If it wasn't for Master Zi saying not to disturb him while he was sleeping, otherwise when he was sleeping and passing by, taking advantage of the opportunity to grab her tail as a pillow, the big fox indicated that his sharp claws had been itching for a long time!

  If she wasn't harboring some sort of resentment in her heart, she would have taken the opportunity to sharpen her teeth.

  On the third day, Jiǔ Mìng was amazed at how big Tǔ Háo's house was. He didn't expect Yōu Yōu Zǐ's house to be so big... really big. Jiǔ Mìng had nothing to say, it was truly exhausting for the soul servant to sweep and clean here every day...

  Then his attention was placed elsewhere, well, for example... it turned out that most of the ghosts in this world were not cute girls like Youmu, but rather existence like mashed potatoes without hands or feet.

  By the side of the Soul Spirit Witch, there was a roughly similar one. Sometimes, Jiǔ Mìng would, out of curiosity, want to touch the thing called Bān Líng next to the Soul Spirit Witch, and almost got cut down by her furious sword.

  I don't even know what kind of knife she has, but being cut nine times would hurt for half a day, even if it's just a scratch.

  "Hmm, this tree?" Jiǔ Mìng looked at the huge tree in front of him, which only had a trunk... Could this be considered a cherry blossom tree? The White Jade Pavilion, also known as the home of Yōu Yōu Zi from the Western Temple, was once again emphasized to have an extremely large house with a considerable number of cherry blossom trees, among which some were demon cherry blossom trees.

  Compared to those cherry blossom trees, the one in front of Jiumeng was like a crane standing out from a flock of chickens. Although it only had a tree trunk and no cherry blossoms on its branches, its massive size still caught people's attention at first glance.

  "The Western Demon, a sealed demon cherry blossom tree." Hachijo Tsurugi quietly spoke up beside Kurenai Yuu.

  "Oh, I see." The ninth nodded slightly, without asking too much about why the cherry blossom tree was sealed. When Yakumo mentioned this cherry blossom tree, it seemed to carry a hint of sadness?

  He didn't want to touch on the secrets that others didn't want to recall, so he simply stopped talking. Maybe it was because he too had died before, but standing here, he always felt a familiar presence under this cherry blossom tree.

  Very faint, like Youyouzi?

  "Will this tree not bloom?" Jiǔ Mìng touched the trunk of the Western Journey Demon's tree, which should be a demon cherry blossom tree, so the trunk was unexpectedly hard. After slightly probing it, Jiǔ Mìng was shocked to discover that the hardness of the trunk had reached an unbelievable degree, even surpassing steel.

  What a big cherry blossom tree! The scene when it blooms must be absolutely magnificent.

  "Hmm... I used to be able to, though." Yakumo Yukari seemed to recall something, folding her fan and covering her cheek with it as she said, half-closing her eyes, "It was very pretty..."

  "Hmm... sounds like a pity." Jiǔ Mìng shook his head, "Fortunately, I'm not some kind of sentimental guy who likes to appreciate flowers either."