Kyoto Shenyin Love Story

Chapter 370 Huangquan Hall
On the ninth day of falling into the underworld, Zong Gu was able to stand still with Hong Zi's support, barely walking a few steps.

On the morning of the tenth day, after waking up, Soya tried it and stood up by himself.

Walking slowly, without supporting anything, he walked in a big circle around the ruined wall that had been lying there for several days.

Although slow, but independent walking is no longer hindered.

"In two days, it will probably be fine..."

And when he returned to the vicinity of the broken wall, Hongzi, who couldn't see anyone else after waking up, was crying loudly.

"I'm still here."

"Woo... Soya!"

"Sorry." Soya stopped in front of her, "I want to see how far I can go."

She sobbed, "Is it all right?"

"Well, let's just go fast."

"Why didn't you wake me up?"

"I thought I'd be back here before Hongzi woke up...sorry."

Wiping away his tears, Sogu touched her cheek again: "What do you want for breakfast?"

She glanced at him, "Fried salmon."

"No salmon."

“Clam Miso Soup.”

"No clams and miso."

"Beef rice bowl."

"No beef and rice."

"Anything but steamed buns."

"Hongzi is a bit picky about eating."

"……You're so naughty."

He brought two steamed buns for breakfast, and after eating them, Soya continued his rehabilitation training, Hongzi also accompanied him.

She was delighted to see him walking evenly.

After walking around this area, Sogu looked at another ruined wall not far away, and said, "Let's go there."

"sure."

The two came empty-handed, and there was nothing to pack, so they left as soon as they said they would.

On the way, Hongzi asked, "Where did these ruins in the Yellow Spring come from?"

"I don't know either. Maybe the gods did it conveniently when they created the underworld, and then they found it unpleasant and destroyed the original created things." Soya guessed.

"The gods are really capricious... so is the one who escaped from the underworld." Hongzi said, and looked around again, "I will not be heard by Lord Izanami if I say bad things."

"I wish she could hear..."

After walking to the ruined wall, Soya was only a little out of breath.

"Can I go again?"

"Ah."

"Then let's go to the next ruin."

"Wait a moment."

Zong Gu motioned her to wait in the ruins for a while, and then stood by the broken wall to wait.

He carefully selected the spirit bodies outside for a long time before talking to one of the spirit bodies and asking for the direction of the Netherworld Hall.

"Hell's Hall? I remember it's this way." The spirit body of the middle-aged man casually pointed in a direction.

"Thank you."

After he left, Zongya found another spirit body to confirm as he did when he asked for directions for the first time.

After getting the same answer and a reminder not to get too close, he called Hongzi and set off.

"Why do you have to ask twice, do spirit bodies in Huangquan like to lie?" She asked.

"Lying is only one aspect of it. For various reasons, the spirits here often say things that they cannot understand."

Soya thought for a while, and then said: "You can think of this as a super-large mental hospital, but normal people, mild, moderate and severe patients are all mixed together, and it is difficult to distinguish them without careful observation."

"What's more troublesome is that some of the patients are also very aggressive and like to eat other patients..."

Therefore, when he is still unable to resist, he needs to be extremely careful and cautious.

Hongzi looked at him, and found that after his body recovered, his usual calmness returned, "Sogu has been wandering in this place for two years, has he become a 'doctor'?"

"It can only be regarded as half an intern."

"How humble."

He looked forward, "After all, the place I have walked is probably less than one percent of the entire Huangquan."

Walking in the direction of the Netherworld Hall, Zonggu walked slowly, and he didn't go far for a long time.

Hongzi was not in a hurry, and followed beside her, feeling relaxed, enjoying the long-lost outing for a few days.

"The man just said that it will take about a day to walk here. According to our speed, it will probably not arrive until tomorrow."

"Hmm. Want to take a break?"

"Not yet."

Sogu turned to look at her, "If you're tired, you can only ask Hongzi to carry me on your back."

"I can't carry it!"

"Didn't Hongzi walk so far behind my back before? I kind of miss that time."

"I don't miss it at all..."

Hongzi curled her lips, "The few days when Zongya was unconscious was probably the most desperate time in my life. I didn't know what to do or where to go, so I could only carry Zonggu on my back and go numbly. Go forward...ah, I can't bear it anymore."

She struggled a little, but Zong Gu just hugged her from behind without pressing down.

"Thank you, Hongzi."

"..."

Putting her hand on his arm, she leaned back a little, rolled her eyes for a while, and then said, "Zongu is so heavy, my waist is still sore."

"I'll give you a massage when you rest later."

"Is it just a massage? My legs are also a little sore."

"Anything more will cost you."

She turned to look at him, "How to bill?"

"Ten thousand yen..." Soya stared at her lips, "No, just a kiss."

"..."

Hongzi lowered his head, and when he raised his head again, his kiss fell.

"Well……"

She closed her eyes, stood on tiptoe, and hooked his neck, because she was inexperienced, dazed and flustered, and finally complied passively under his guidance.

After kissing for a short while, he parted temporarily, looked at her and licked his lips.

Hongzi opened her mouth slightly, the corners of her lips were moist, and she was still a little confused, so she leaned closer again.

"Again……"

The two kissed for a while before breaking up and moving on.

"For me, this is the first kiss." Hongzi walked ahead, her ears still a little red.

"My first kiss with Soya." She added.

Soya took her hand, "Does it count as being with Kirino?"

"Of course." Hongzi turned her head and smiled at him, "That's a friendly kiss."

Soya didn't want to spoil her mood, so he just smiled.

After walking for a long time, Hongzi stopped abruptly, and subconsciously wanted to hide behind Zonggu.

"fine……"

He comforted, and was a little surprised.

There was another ruin not far ahead, and in front of the ruins, a Huangquan army stood alone, holding a halberd, as if guarding something.

It was the first time for Hongzi to see this kind of non-human spirit body, tall and big, and holding a weapon, he was startled.

You can't even see the shadow of the Netherworld Hall here, and Zonggu didn't understand why it appeared here, so he asked Hongzi to wait where he was, "I'll go and have a look."

"What kind of spirit is that..."

"Huang Quanjun." Sogu walked over, "If you are lucky, it will be my 'food'."

"Eh……"

Going straight to the still standing Huang Quanjun, it didn't respond.

Zongya looked at the ruins behind it again, it was no different from any broken walls and ruins he passed by, there was nothing there, and it seemed that it was not guarding, but seemed to be waiting for him specially.

After walking around it, but still didn't find anything, Sogu raised his hand, "Then I won't be polite."

After absorbing this Huangquan army, it should be able to restore a lot of physical strength for him.

It's just that before the palm fell, he suddenly had another idea.

[Squat down. 】

Huang Quanjun, who was one foot high, immediately squatted down obediently.

The divine power in his body was dormant, and Zonggu was not sure whether Huang Quanjun would obey his orders, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

"what."

Hongzi watched from behind, dazed and worried about the sudden move of the tall spirit body, and then saw Sogu crawling onto its shoulder.

【past. 】

Huang Quanjun stood up and walked towards Hongzi.

"..."

She immediately took two steps back.

"Don't be afraid." Sogu smiled at her, "I am controlling it."

"Eh?"

In a daze, Huang Quanjun had already walked in front of him, and then squatted down again.

"..."

Hongzi gasped, the Huangquan army in front of him was more like a ball of cold blue light, without substance, only restrained by the ancient armor on his body, he took human form.

"Come up." Soya greeted, "Sit on your shoulders, you won't fall."

"Is it okay..." Looking at the shoulder armor that seemed to be floating out of nowhere, she still held his hand.

"It seems that there is no problem at present. Next, we have to rely on it to send us to the Palace of the Underworld."

Stepping on the breastplate, Hongzi climbed onto Huang Quanjun's right shoulder, and then held onto its head...or the helmet.

[Go to the Palace of the Underworld. 】

Zongya issued an order, and Huang Quanjun under him stood up again, turned around and strode forward.Hongzi was tense, and it took a while to relax slowly.

Huang Quanjun didn't seem to be walking fast, but each step took him farther, and his actual speed was still much faster than the two of them walking alone.

"Why does it listen to Soya?" After finding that she couldn't fall, Hongzi began to worry about other issues.

Soya supported the other half of the helmet, "Probably because of the divine power of the Eight Thunder Gods on me."

Hongzi thought for a while, "Can it send Sogu and me away from the underworld?"

"..."

Sogu was startled, then shook his head again.

"Only in very special circumstances, the Underworld Army will act together with the daughter of the Underworld. The former is responsible for destroying the spirit body and repairing the torn boundary gap. The latter can open the passage and go to the world to capture the spirit body that escaped from the underworld. In other words, without the daughter of Huangquan, under normal circumstances, the Huangquan army would not be able to leave Huangquan... and after returning to Huangquan, I have not seen a daughter of Huangquan until now."

What's more, even though he possessed divine power, he was still opened by the daughter of the underworld and thrown into the underworld. Zonggu didn't think that the daughter of the underworld would follow his instructions and open the passage to let him out.

"Ok."

Hongzi didn't hold much hope, and looked down for a while.

"No footsteps at all..."

Carrying two people on their shoulders, the blue spiritual body floated forward, as if it was outside the sky.

Huang Quan's army was tireless and rushed all the way, and several hours passed, seeing the tall shadow in the distance, Sogu's spirit was lifted.

"Is that the Netherworld Hall?"

Hongzi also looked over there, and first noticed the dense array of Huangquan troops in front of the main hall, "There are a lot of Huangquan troops... just like the Terracotta Army of the First Emperor."

"They are not funeral objects, they are all moving."

"yes……"

After walking forward for a while, Soya gave the order to stop when he came to the formation of the Huangquan Army.

"Shall we go in?"

"No, I have to confirm whether they will attack Hongzi first."

"Eh?!"

"They are guarding here to prevent outsiders from entering the Palace of the Underworld."

Asking Huang Quanjun to put himself and Hongzi down, Sogu held her back and slowly approached the array.

When they reached a certain distance, the nearest Huang Quan army raised their halberds in unison.

"..."

Zonggu was sweating profusely, and immediately pulled Hongzi back two steps, while Huang Quanjun still looked ready to fight.

He regained his composure quickly, and tried to issue commands to them.

[Do not attack her. 】

And Huang Quanjun really put away their weapons.

"Should this mean that I won't be allowed in?" Hongzi was also taken aback, all she could see was herself backing away, and then the Huangquan Army put away their weapons.

"It's all right."

Zonggu asked her to wait on the spot, then walked up to a Huangquan soldier alone, and put his hand on it.

With the thought in his mind, the tall Huang Quan army instantly turned into the purest power of Huang Quan and poured into his body.

Feeling the renewed strength in his body, Soya clenched his fists.

"I knew that when I was chasing and killing Da Lei, by the way, let a team of Huang Quanjun follow me..."

Walking back to Hongzi's side again, his steps became much lighter.

"Let's go in."

The two sat on the shoulders of Huang Quanjun again, and walked towards the Huangquan Hall behind the formation.

Under Soya's order, none of the Huangquan soldiers raised their weapons again, but they still reacted to Hongzi's intrusion.

Huang Quanjun on both sides held halberds, and slowly turned their heads as she went deeper, as if they were staring at her.Under the ancient helmet, there was nothing to see, only a cloud of blue and transparent light, which made Hongzi shudder, and squeezed Soya's hand tightly.

Walking through for a while, walking from one side of the array to the other, the Huang Quanjun below him took the initiative to stop, no matter what he commanded, he did not take half a step forward.

And the main hall is close at hand.

Zongya understood that the next road could only be walked by himself.

"Is this the Netherworld Hall..."

Hongzi looked up at the majestic temple in front of him. It was hundreds of meters high and more than a thousand meters in length and width.

"Real Japan can never build such a temple..."

The huge stone pillar in front of the temple was endless, and a small groove on it was a little wider than her body.The whole temple is completely natural, filled with the atmosphere of ancient times.

"Shall we go in?" Hongzi looked at Zongya again.

"If you can get in." Zongya also looked at it for a while, then took her hand and stepped onto the wide square in front of the main hall.

He didn't know how to leave Huangquan, so he could only try as much as possible, and the first thing that came to his mind was the hall of Huangquan that he had never entered.

The square is wide, and it takes a lot of time to walk to the temple. Hongzi glanced back, and soon began to miss the "car" just now.

"Is such a wide square used for holding festivals?"

"Then someone has to come to hold the ceremony." Soya said, "Perhaps it was like this before the officials of Huangquan were killed."

"What was Huang Quan like at that time?"

"Only Izanami-sama knows that."

Across the square, under the temple, is a long flight of steps.

Looking up, Hongzi didn't really want to climb up, but he was worried about what would happen to him if he was left alone, so he had no choice but to follow him.

Thinking of herself and others, she thought of a certain fragment in the myth.

"Through such a large square, there are still hundreds of steps to climb. No wonder Izanagi-sama got impatient when he came to Huangquan to chase after Izanami-sama."

"..."

If the teacher came to rescue him at this time, if nothing else, just hearing her mention Izanagi and the past, probably wouldn't be happy, so Soya quickly turned around to remind Hongzi not to talk nonsense.

"Be careful what comes out of the temple and eats you."

She followed quickly, hugging his arm tightly.

"do not scare me……"

After climbing for a while, I finally reached the top of the steps.

Hongzi was out of breath and didn't want to say a word.Perhaps it was because of "eating" a Huang Quanjun, but Zong Gu felt that it was okay.

"Hongzi wait for me here." Asking her to sit down on the steps, Sogu walked to the gate of the tall hall alone, looking up.

The two palace doors, which were made of unknown materials, were tightly closed. He raised his hand to touch it, his fingertips were cold, and the feeling was inexplicably familiar.

"I don't know if I can push it away."

Pressing on the door, Sogu tried to use some strength, and with a dull sound, the palace door actually opened a gap.

"It can really be opened..."

【"It can really be opened..."】

Without any warning, some fragments of memories suddenly popped up in his mind, as if he had been here a long time ago, and said the same words when facing these two high gates.

【"Don't you want to go in and have a look?"

"is it okay?"

"certainly."】

"..."

Zongya was startled, let go of the hand holding the door of the palace, and the fragments in his mind disappeared without a trace.

"The teacher's voice... the teacher brought me here?"

He was not impressed.

Is it something that happened when I was a child, or is it his delusion?
Zongya raised his hand and pressed on the door again, but the clips just now did not appear again, not only that, he soon couldn't remember what he just remembered.

"what happened……"

After standing blankly for a while, Soya was awakened by Hongzi's voice.

"Soya—"

She sat on the steps and looked back at him: "Can't you open it?"

"..."

Zonggu came back to his senses, looked at her, and pushed the palace door again.

It seemed to be blocked by something inside, and there was only one gap to open. He tried, but squeezed into half of his body at most.

Maybe Hongzi can get in...

Through the crack of the door, looking at the pitch-black hall, this idea just popped up, but was suppressed by Soya himself.

Killing and destroying again, the Orange Emperor wreak havoc here before leaving Huangquan, there should be nothing left in it...

Thinking in this way, Sogu withdrew from the side of the body that was squeezed in, watching the palace door slowly close and re-seal it.

"..."

Seeing the closing of the hall door, someone on the high platform in the deepest part of the hall closed his eyes.

(End of this chapter)