The biggest proof is that the West Journey Master planted a cherry tree in Shengchi Temple. This cherry tree grew at a speed beyond human common sense. In just a few years, it grew into a towering giant tree, with one of its trunks. Rugged, the towering trees are simply a living miracle, and human beings stand under it, only feeling that they are insignificant.

Sakura is a flower that symbolizes death, and it can make a cherry tree almost turn into a monster and grow into such a greatness. In the eyes of others, this West Journey Master really has the true meaning of'death'.

"I hope to die under the cherry blossoms in the spring and watch the moon."

The Wakamura of Master Xixing is still circulating, and this amazing cherry tree that exudes endless death is gradually being called-Xixing Sakura!

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Xixing Mage, who is honored as "Song Sheng", is very famous throughout Yamato, and he also has many close friends, not just some famous poets.

The so-called talk and laughter have Hongru, and there is no white Ding in communication, it is nothing more than that.

Although Master Xixing has been a monk, there are still people visiting Shengchi Temple from time to time. Master Xixing is kind and does everything he can to entertain those who visit. Gradually, the rumors of Xixingying spread farther and farther. There is a habit of viewing cherry blossoms in spring and holding a banquet under the cherry blossoms. This rare cherry tree naturally attracts countless people to come and watch it.

Different from the short-lived flower age of other cherry trees, this cherry tree called Nishixingzakura is striving to bloom with its coquettish appearance throughout the year, whether it is hot summer or snowy winter.

Master Xixing has a daughter. Except for the family of Xixing Temple, the world does not know her name, but she is called the daughter of Xixing Temple. The daughter of Xixing Temple has been living in Shengchi Temple since she was born. There is almost no record of going out, even if she visits Shengchi Temple frequently. Many of the dignitaries and dignitaries, and few people have seen her face, as if the entire Xixing Temple family kept secret from her.

However, this is not something that interests the nobles of Kyoto. Some people say that the daughter of the Westwalk is ugly and unsightly. Therefore, the Xixingji family hides her in snow and prevents her from coming out to see people, but this rumor allows those who have seen the daughter of the West. People sneered at her, saying that she was beautiful and charming, and even compared it to the peaceful and prosperous age of "living" in Liangyiluosuo, the master of Taketori Monogatari, Kaguya Ji, who was spread between the people and the nobles.

Those nobles who have not seen the daughter of the westward line naturally do not believe this rumor. The Emperor Kaguya who let the power to overwhelm the world and the Great Onmyoji who ruled Yamato obsessively propose to him, but he can have someone at will. Comparison?

These rumors gradually became everyone's chat after dinner, and gradually lost interest in the affairs of the Westbound Daughter. After all, this is the housework of the Westbound Temple, and outsiders like them do not need to interfere.

Pushing cups and changing lights under Xixing Sakura continued, joy and laughter always appeared in Shengchi Temple, countless poems were made under Xixing Sakura, but no one found out that all those poems were singing the praises of death. .

Until one day, after Master Xixing wrote the last sentence of his life, ‘I hope that after my death, those who sacrifice me can worship me with cherry blossoms’, he passed away under the cherry blossoms.

The death of the Xixing Mage drew countless people’s astonishment. They did not expect that this powerful monk would pass away at such a young age. Some onmyojis said that the Xixing Mage failed to study the soul-returning technique and was backlashed by the dead. He lost his life at a young age. Regardless of whether this statement was correct or not, Master Xixing was indeed dead.

Following his last wishes, the friends of Master Xixing before his death, and the entire people who admired him in Yamato, brought the cherry blossoms to the hanging offering, and the hanging offerings under the Xixing cherry blossoms.

And this supposedly sad story became strange and terrifying unconsciously.

All the people who came here to sing the offerings to the Mage Xixing, and everyone who wanted to take a look at Xixing Sakura, under the guidance of Mingming, committed suicide under the Xixing Sakura. More and more people came here to commit suicide. This cherry blossom tree has great magic power, attracting people to death. This weird and inexplicable, terrifying thing finally caused people to panic. There are powerful onmyojis and monks from Kyoto to investigate here, but even if it is onmyoji and The monks couldn't resist death's call to them, and committed suicide feverishly under the xixing cherry blossoms.

More and more blood is flowing, and the flowers of the western cherry blossoms are becoming more and more beautiful. This once amazed countless people, and the cherry tree for which countless people wrote poems slowly changed its name. No one ever called it the western cherry blossoms. Instead, it is called the Westbound Demon-the cherry blossom of the demon that induces people to die!

No one hopes to die under the cherry tree for no reason. Fortunately, Shengji Temple is far away from the main city of Heian, and is located in the deep mountains and forests in the outer suburbs of Kyoto. People began to avoid this cherry tree, and no one talked about it. It was once flourishing. The Shengchi Temple in this way gradually declined, and this deep mountain and old forest was also unattended.

It seems that everyone has forgotten, forgot the daughter of the Xixing Master who has been living in Shengchi Temple.

No one cares about her life or death, and the Xixing Temple clan, intentionally or unintentionally, began to bury all the news about her.

But even so, it is still noticed by those who care about it, and here again, uninvited guests are ushered in.

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Shengchi Temple is located on the top of a mountain, surrounded by lush woods. There is only a bluestone brick path leading from the foot of the mountain. This path was opened by the westward mage back then by mana for people to come and worship. However, since the legend of the Westbound Demon spread, very few people have come here. The cracks between the bluestone bricks are also covered with grass. If you don't look carefully, you can't tell that there will be a trail here.

On the top of the densely forested hill, there is a large-scale courtyard, but although the courtyard is large, the first thing people notice is the huge cherry tree in the middle of the courtyard.

Here is the Shengchi Temple that was once built by the Master of the West.

Except for the statues of Buddha enshrined in the main hall upon entering, the rest of Shengchi Temple is like an ordinary Japanese mansion. It is more like a home for people than a temple, with traditional sliding doors and a clean and tidy entrance. , The clear lotus pond and the bamboo tube ding dong with the current.

It's just that if you look closely, you will find that this rather large house is very quiet, not only without people, but also the small animals and insects that often appear in the grass.

"Squeak..."

The little hand, which had been as white as jade, appeared on the wooden door and gently pushed the door open.

"Demon Ji?"

The owner of the house’s voice was suspicious, and his voice was soft and soft, soft and sweet like a cherry blossom in full bloom, a cherry blossom falling in the wind, it happened to fall on the woman’s white palm, the pink cherry blossom against the pale skin, inexplicably giving People are sad and sentimental.

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"Is it a demon?"

The tall girl is like a willow tree by the river, giving people the feeling of a fragile eldest lady. Her beautiful cherry-colored eyes seem to be frowning, and her fingers are as thin as green jade pressed on the door frame, and her pale pink kimono touches her. The thin and delicate body hides it, making it impossible to see the rugged and good figure under her clothes.

Although the girl wore a large kimono and only exposed her hands and the top of her neck, her faint, glass-like translucent skin was smooth and delicate like fragile jade.

There was no echo outside the house, and the quiet courtyard was still quiet and weird. A spring breeze blew by, and the whistling wind made the green grass in the courtyard sway his body, and poured the chill of the tender body from the neck. Let the girl shrink her neck.

Cold wind, silence, courtyard, no one, all of these are like ghost movies in modern TV.

If it was an ordinary lady of the noble family, she would have screamed in fright at this time, but the girl had long been accustomed to this scene, as if this environment like a ghost is the most suitable for her abode.

She is Youyouzi of Xixing Temple, the daughter of Master Xixing Temple, the eldest lady of the Xixing Temple family, and a prisoner of the Xixing Temple family.

Everyone in the world is ignorant and thinks that Xixing Sakura was planted in Shengchi Temple by Master Xixing. They did not realize that this temple was built first with Xixing Sakura.

After becoming a monk, the West Journey Master once looked for a place to build a temple near Kyoto, but in this deep mountain and old forest, he accidentally found a place with a strong atmosphere of death.

When Mage Xixing came here, what he saw was a small cherry blossom tree, and the power of the dead emanating from the tree.

This tree is connected to the underworld, and the knowledgeable Xixing Mage judged it this way.

In order not to let this breath of death radiate and harm people, the monk tried his best to destroy this cherry tree, shatter the nether realm, so that the underworld is not connected with the present world, but the mighty power that breaks the nether realm, Not a mortal can do it. In desperation, the Westwalker found members of the family, sealed the monster cherry tree together, and built this temple with the cherry tree as the center in order to prevent it from exploding disasters. .

Xixing Mage lives here, and has not left, but the monster cherry still starts to grow at a terrifying speed. It does not need sunlight or water. The only thing it needs is the death energy of the netherworld, and it is connected. In the underworld, it is the most lacking of this ghostly death aura.

While guarding this cherry tree, Master Xixing got married and gave birth to a daughter. He was surprised to find that for some reason, the monster cherry had contact with his daughter. This one has survived in the underworld for an unknown amount of time. The monster tree, which seems to be even more terrifying than the ancient monster, shared with her own daughter, so that Yuyuko, who was just born in Xixing Temple, gained power that humans can't imagine, but at the same time, she He also got the same ability as the monster cherry tree that the world hates-to induce people to die!

The girl couldn't control her power. Her existence itself is a moving humanoid disaster. As long as it is not well controlled, natural and man-made disasters will come, and the demise of mankind is not just a joke.

The Xixingsi clan who discovered this wanted to let her die when Youyuzi was still a child, but the Xixing Mage, the patriarch of the Xixingsi clan, couldn't bear to kill his own child.

What's more, perhaps because of sharing his own huge and boundless demon power, after the birth of Xixing Temple Yuyuko, the growth of Xixing Sakura began to slow down. It was for this reason that Mage Xixing persuaded the other elders of the Xixing Temple family to let them Leave You Youzi a way out and give her a chance to live.

Mage Xixing hid Youyuko in the deepest part of Shengchi Temple, and easily prevented her from meeting people to prevent her ability to induce death. At the same time, he tried his best to teach Youyuko, hoping that she could do her best. Suppress this monster cherry and prevent it from growing.

Things backfired. With the passage of time, as You Yuko grew up, the demon power of the Westward Demon began to expand again, even more terrifying than before. Even the Westward Mage gradually couldn't resist the temptation. On a full moon night, I made the last Japanese song and died under the demon of the west.

Since then, there is only one young girl left here. She lives alone in this unmanned hell, keeping in mind the mission that her most respected father taught her-to stop the demon!

Xixingsi Youyouzi, she is a tragedy that shouldn't have been born. After she descends into this world, she has the only mission, a mission that must be completed until death.

A girl like a cherry blossom never complains about her own life experience, never resents the injustice of this world to her, even if she can only sit on the corner of the bed and cry alone, even if she can only mutter to the air alone, even if she can only be alone Looking at the books alone, dreaming about the beautiful colorful world outside, she still endured the most desperate horror for mankind-loneliness and loneliness.

And just today, You Youzi, who was sitting in the house reading a book to pass the time as usual, suddenly heard the commotion from the courtyard.

I thought it was my own garden master who was cleaning the courtyard, but I remembered that Yaoji would like to tell me every time before cleaning, the curious You Yuko finally opened the door and spilled his doubts in this deserted courtyard. .

It was empty and empty as before, but You Yuko didn't think she had auditory hallucinations before, and she did hear quite loud footsteps.