737: Chapter 150: Gradual Separation 737: Chapter 150: Gradual Separation The screams began.
The broken blade still possessed the capacity to wound, especially when enhanced by Mo Xiaofei’s “Gravity”.
However, Nagato Saburo didn’t know that at the moment he thrust the blade into Nagato Munachika’s back, it was not by his own strength.
Warm blood splattered out, covering Nagato Saburo’s face.
He stopped, maintaining this singular posture, pletely still.
Nagato Saburo, after years in the military, had learned many killing techniques.
The blade pierced through Nagato Munachika’s heart from the back.
Not only that, but Nagato Saburo also twisted the blade, tearing Nagato Munachika’s heart apart.
“You worthless man…
it’s impossible to kill…
kill…”
Nagato Munachika’s hand lifted briefly before it was pressed down again, eventually growing still.
Yet his eyes were wide open, seemingly unwilling.
Nagato Munachika wanted to say something in his final moments, but Nagato Saburo didn’t need to hear it.
He suddenly wiped the blood off his face, bewildered, “I killed him…
did I really kill him, my brother?”
“Yes, you successfully killed him,” Mo Xiaofei said calmly.
“The one who ruled over your Nagato House, making you all live in misery.
Nagato Saburo, you personally freed the Nagato House from Nagato Munachika’s grasp.”
Nagato Saburo was silent for a long time before finally shaking his head, “No matter what, I am already guilty of fratricide.
The sin upon me can never be absolved.”
Mo Xiaofei then suddenly walked to Nagato Munachika’s side and lifted his body.
Nagato Saburo frowned, “What do you intend to do?”
“We can’t reveal that Nagato Munachika is dead yet,” Mo Xiaofei said sternly.
“Or do you think that with his death alone, Zaodao Village’s curse will be pletely resolved?”
Nagato Saburo’s face turned pale, whether from the act of killing or the torment of the curse, “I am also an acplice to this curse…
What do you want me to do?”
“Ensure that those who know this secret will keep it forever,” Mo Xiaofei took a deep breath.
“Only if this secret remains buried forever…
will Zaodao Village’s curse be considered lifted, and the women of Zaodao Village can find the courage to live on.
Nagato Saburo, let this vile curse remain forever buried beneath your Nagato Family Mansion.”
Nagato Saburo felt a shock in his heart, and finally sighed, understanding the samurai’s intention.
Secrets are only safe with the dead, and within the Nagato House, apart from the already dead Nagato Munachika and himself, there was only one other person who knew…
and that was Nagato Shinji.
“I am already guilty of fratricide,” Nagato Saburo looked at Mo Xiaofei and said in a low voice, “So I don’t mind adding the sin of killing my nephew.”
Mo Xiaofei said nothing.
Whether he acted or let Nagato Saburo act, it was the same nature.
After experiencing such a long time in Zaodao Village, some of his thoughts had changed.
Mo Xiaofei couldn’t tell if such changes were good or bad; he simply understood that nothing in this world is perfect.
If something is flawed, someone must bear it.
He began to feel that there was truth in a certain saying, and he resonated with it deeply.
You cannot see the darkness only because someone is blocking it for you.
“I’ll handle Nagato Munachika’s body,” Mo Xiaofei said calmly.
“You handle the matters of the Nagato House.
I trust that if you’re not drunk, you’re still sober.”
With that, Mo Xiaofei lifted Nagato Munachika’s body skillfully, opened the mechanism leading to the dungeon, and walked directly inside.
Seeing this, a hint of doubt flashed in Nagato Saburo’s eyes.
Why was this mysterious man so familiar with everything about the Nagato House and Zaodao Village?
But now was not the time for him to ponder further…
Nagato Saburo took a deep breath, wiped clean the bloodstains with a cloth, and turned to leave.
Mo Xiaofei carried Nagato Munachika’s body all the way until he arrived at the end of a passage beneath the dungeon and finally stopped.
At this moment, Nagato Munachika’s body suddenly underwent a bizarre change.
His flesh began to crack open, and wriggling meat buds seemed to want to emerge from Nagato Munachika’s body.
“Such tenacious life force.
It’s no wonder that fox demon’s heart has survived for so many years,” Mo Xiaofei shook his head.
“Unfortunately, all of this ceased to exist long ago.
No matter how resilient your life force is, it disappears in Nagato Tsuruko’s nightmare…
vanish.”
“Gravity” descended.
The emerging meat buds, along with Nagato Munachika’s body, were directly crushed into a mass of flesh…
Mo Xiaofei’s face also appeared somewhat pale at this moment.
Such cruel means, he might never have conceived before.
But since he intended to be the one to stand before the darkness, he must make himself stronger.
As long as the heart remains unchanged, these are merely external methods.
Finally, after dealing with Nagato Munachika’s body, Mo Xiaofei opened the door that had long held the fox demon’s heart under the Nagato House.
The stone chamber looked the same as when he and Zhuifeng had last visited.
The only difference was that there was no longer the goddess being devoured.
He walked to the pit filled with viscous black sludge and reached out his hand.
From within the pit, a massive, still-beating heart rose slowly.
“Explode!”
Boom—!
The heart instantly burst, turning into countless pieces of flesh.
Mo Xiaofei watched as the blood and flesh lost vitality, then thoroughly destroyed everything there.
He looked at the place that several generations, even a dozen generations of the Nagato House had painstakingly built and finally shattered the entrance mechanism pletely.
“I hope Nagato Saburo can really succeed…” Mo Xiaofei murmured to himself.
He didn’t leave the dungeon immediately; distributing medicine to the women of Zaodao Village wasn’t difficult.
But he went towards where Narukami Haru was imprisoned.
Mo Xiaofei felt it necessary to take another look at this tragic woman.
He just didn’t know if this time, it would once again trigger the reset condition, bringing everything back to the beginning.
…
——[Ah Xiu had already fallen asleep from exhaustion.]
For some reason, upon reading this, Miki smiled slightly.
It was a heartfelt smile, but the moment she realized she had laughed, Miki immediately closed the book in her hands, “Don’t disturb me!!”
She slammed it forcefully on the ground, and a flick of her hand sparked the Demon Fox Fire, but after thinking about it, Miki finally crouched down and silently picked up the book again.
This time, she didn’t continue reading further.
Instead, she frowned, issuing a cold laugh, “No wonder you are the one Arex favors, acplishing so much while seemingly unnoticed.”
Miki’s expression suddenly turned grim—she realized that after reading that book, she had somewhat relaxed her management over all the nightmares within herself.
Suddenly, Miki sighed.
Now that Yan Wuyue had bee a part of her, whatever happened in that nightmare didn’t matter anymore.
“If, if someone like you had e to Zaodao Village back then, then there wouldn’t have been so many…”
Miki shook her head, “In vain.”
She walked slowly to Arex’s side.
Arex was still wrapped in the roots, slowly absorbing the nightmare’s power to heal himself, but had not regained consciousness.
Miki was not too anxious, just rested her head on his chest, looking serene.
But Miki quickly opened her eyes because she felt Arex moving.
“Master Arex, you’re awake!” Miki said happily.
Arex reached out and touched beside him.
The box Miki had retrieved was placed there.
He sighed but still didn’t open his eyes, “Miki, thank you for your hard work.”
“Master, your eyes…” Miki frowned.
Arex shook his head and said, “Ambushed by Yamata no Orochi, it seems like it won’t heal easily.
But it’s nothing major.”
With power at his level, seeing everything wasn’t limited to just the eyes.
Besides, being a Dream-Eating Tapir, he naturally had less need for them.
“Though Yan Wuyue World is just a Fragmented World, Izanami at least managed it.
It should have some Spiritual Objects that might heal you.
Let me search,” Miki said urgently.
Arex shook his head, “Don’t waste them.
Whether it’s the Spiritual Objects of this Fragmented World or True Souls, they won’t regenerate.
The growth limit of this Fragmented World is already set.
Besides, you’ve already paid me a large amount of True Souls, severely depleting the origin of this Fragmented World.
Consuming more would only lower its ‘rules,’ and that would be a loss.”
He lifted his head, facing Miki, and said softly, “Anyway, even if I can’t see, could you be my eyes?”
“I am your eyes!”
Your one and only eyes.
“Can you fully control Yan Wuyue now?” Arex suddenly asked.
Miki replied, “I still need some time.
I need to slowly digest all its powers.
Besides, Yan Wuyue’s True Soul has been absorbed into my nightmare world, considered Pseudo-Souls naturally born here.
We now essentially have an endless source of nightmare power.”
The Dream-Eating Tapir devours dreams across the world.
Yet dreams are generally only created when people sleep.
But Yan Wuyue World’s current situation is different…
All the living creatures here have been devoured into the Sakura Tree, slumbering, equating to them being constantly in dreams, creating a ceaseless stream of dream power.
For Arex, the Dream-Eating Tapir’s true form, and Miki as the vitreous container, it’s like having an infinite power extractor.
As for this world fragment of Yan Wuyue World, it’s naturally a precious rarity.
Arex knows the club is genuinely pleased using this fragment to contemplate what they’d purchase in due time.
“Then temporarily close off Yan Wuyue, eject all the main-world human consciousness,” Arex nodded, “Also, send out Mo Xiaofei, Zi Xing, and Zhuifeng.”
“Master, Mo Xiaofei is an excellent source of power, wouldn’t it be such a waste to let him go?
As for Zhuifeng and Zi Xing, it hardly makes a difference…” Miki seemed a bit reluctant.
Arex shook his head, “Mo Xiaofei’s soul has long been marked by the club.
His soul belongs to the club.
If I keep it secretly, there won’t be any good repercussions in the future.
As for Zhuifeng, it’s probably similar, having had dealings with the club.
Zi Xing…
could stay, but given her relationship with Mo Xiaofei and Zhuifeng, it would only cause potential trouble.
Better to eject them all.”
Miki was silent for a while and then suddenly said, “Having mastered Yan Wuyue, and being the Fragmented World’s master, but when facing that maid called You Ye, I still feel fear.
Master Arex, who exactly is she…”
“You Ye?” Arex sighed and shook his head, “She’s the Holy Maiden who holds the flag of freedom.
In the main-world perspective, she’s still revered at least as a national saint, not just you; even for me, if she gets serious, we wouldn’t stand a chance.
But she won’t be our enemy.
To be precise, she and the club have never opposed anyone.
So, as long as we’re under the rules, there’s nothing to worry about.”
“What about outside the rules?” Miki instinctively asked.
“It is the rule,” Arex said indifferently.
“The boss?”
“The sole spokesperson,” Arex said indifferently.
“In this world, unless of their own accord, the club spokesperson is practically indestructible.”
“Indestructible, that’s a real god already!” Miki exclaimed.
Arex shook his head, “God…
just stronger, somewhat luckier beings.
Don’t overrate them.
With your mand over Yan Wuyue, you essentially are a god already.
Anyway, eject the main-world human consciousness quickly.
The main-world instinctively retrieves the world fragments.
Every piece of the main-world human consciousness is marked with the origin of the main-world.
Over time, it’ll alert the main-world origin about its missing fragment, which would be a loss for us…
Or, the main-world origin has already noticed and just hasn’t acted yet.
This time, by extracting the main-world human consciousness through the movie, I was overly hastily, but high risks also yield high rewards.
Now it seems worth it…
Miki, I need to continue sleeping to absorb dream power to recover.
The rest is up to you.”
Before sleeping, Arex embraced the old box again, once more absorbed by the Sakura Tree—now called the Divine Tree’s roots—as he slowly sank into the massive trunk.
…
…
Shrine, the shrine where a young Mrs.
Witch had always stayed.
Now that the young Mrs.
Witch had passed away, this shrine had bee somewhat desolate.
Maid was sweeping the shrine’s courtyard, appearing surprisingly adept.
She swept the fallen leaves into a pile and then set them ablaze, making the Yan Wuyue World appear unusually serene—since this world, nearly in its entirety, could be said to have fallen asleep.
Da Zhe looked at the bonfire, suddenly tossed in a few sweet potatoes he had dug up from somewhere, and then said, “There are some for you, don’t worry!”
You Ye just smiled and turned to walk towards the shrine’s main hall.
Luo Qiu was in the shrine’s main hall, in front of something enshrined in that main hall.
An ancient Embroidered Box…
Over recent years, this Embroidered Box in the Yan Wuyue World was said to have the bizarre power to purify monster bloodlines.
Boss Luo opened the Embroidered Box, looked at the contents inside, and mused, “Between dream and reality…
Might this too create another.”
“Master, the cleaning is done,” the Maid gently approached.
“You and Da Zhe take Izanami out,” Luo Qiu suddenly said, “I plan to visit the initial layer of the dream once more.”
User Comments
0 comments from readers