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Chapter 335 Memories Come Like a Tide
Yae no Miko shook his head slightly, his expression somewhat solemn.
"The small purification you performed under the Divine Cherry Tree last time bought some time for the Great Divine Cherry Tree Purification, so now we can start to consider some of the more pressing crises."
Xu Ning sighed helplessly, knowing that he wouldn't be working just one job here.
But what could be more urgent and important than the Great Exorcism of Kami-Sakura?
"The Beast Realm Wolves have appeared on the beach."
Upon hearing this name, Xu Ning immediately recalled the dreamlike experience he had in front of the Divine Cherry Tree.
The last thing I saw in that world was a scene where countless beast wolves covered me.
"Where do they all appear in concentrated areas?" Xu Ning asked again.
The Eightfold Divine Child remained standing, then turned around and pointed to the desolate sea to the northeast and north. "There, several scouts have already sent back messages, but these Beast Realm Wolves are still wandering around, and we don't yet know what their purpose is."
"Then I'll go check out the desolate sea first!"
Xu Ning casually agreed and leaped down from the northern foot of Yingxiang Mountain.
This moment, so similar to the scene before him, reminded Xu Ning of the time he jumped from here in a dream hundreds of years ago.
He escaped from here with the Divine Child, the Master Ji, and the black cat, but failed at the last moment when they were near the edge of the desolate sea.
I must have died back then!
There should have been no chance of survival under those circumstances, and if one were to die, it would prove that it was all an absurd dream.
But why do I always feel that it was something that actually happened?
Xu Ning used the protrusion of the cliff to jump down to the foot of the mountain, and knocked on the gourd to summon Master Ji.
"Master Ji, when was the first time you met me?"
Master Ji, still resembling a child, scratched his head in confusion and asked, "I can't remember which day it was, but it was in the evening when you came up the mountain, and Xiao Pan and I..."
Xu Ning interrupted, saying, "This is the time we meet now. Didn't we meet four or five hundred years ago?"
Master Ji shook his head again.
“Master Ji can’t remember things from so long ago, but he feels very familiar with Xu Ning.”
Xu Ning was silent for a moment, then suddenly remembered something and called Qingyi out again. Shen He followed her out.
Do you remember when I drained you dry?
Qingyi looked at Xu Ning strangely, "What, you've lost your memory? Wasn't it you who played the time-travel game at the Divine Cherry Tree a while ago and drained my life force from five hundred years ago?"
"Later, to prevent such things from happening, I dug several more wine pools. Otherwise, why do you think the cave would have turned out like this?"
Xu Ning hadn't expected to get such an answer from Qingyi.
"You mean I did go back to the past? Then I died on that deserted island? If I died, how could I possibly come back?"
Qingyi looked at Xu Ning and helplessly spread her hands, "I don't know about that. I floated away back then, so I don't know what happened after that."
Xu Ning was a little confused about the back-and-forth relationship, so he sent both Qingyi and Master Ji back to the cave.
Shen He looked at Xu Ning and asked, "What happened?"
Xu Ning shook his head. "I have some doubts about the past. Shen He, what I'm going to do in Inazuma this time might be a bit unbelievable. I hope you can watch me the whole time and find out if there are any changes in me."
"Is what you're about to do very dangerous?" Shen He asked Xu Ning seriously.
Xu Ning scratched his head and thought for a moment, "It shouldn't be dangerous, but some things seem to be beyond our understanding, so we need to figure them out carefully."
Shen He glanced down at the red string tied to the gourd in Xu Ning's hand, "I will always be watching over you."
Xu Ning led Shen He and ran towards the desolate sea, closing his eyes to sense the messages carried by the surrounding winds as they ran.
As Xu Ning's understanding of the wind element deepened, he felt his connection with the flowing winds around him becoming even stronger.
You can even use some functions similar to the wind elemental authority, such as eavesdropping on the little fox spirits' conversations in the Guardian Forest, or sensing the surrounding atmosphere like this.
"Go this way."
Xu Ning suddenly sensed a malevolent aura in the flowing wind, a feeling akin to discovering a trace of ink in a clear mountain spring, distinct yet abrupt.
This aura was filled with a hateful will, like a strong desire to destroy all the beautiful things in front of him. This was the aura of the beast wolves that Xu Ning had seen before.
Xu Ning originally intended to go directly to the Desolate Sea to find these beast realm wolf packs, as instructed by the Eightfold Divine Child. However, he did not go very far before he led Shen He westward and returned to the foot of Shadow Mountain.
If the information given to him by the Eightfold Divine Child is correct, then it means that the target of these beast realm wolf packs has been Yingxiang Mountain from the very beginning. They just don't know why they appeared in the desolate sea, and now they have come here.
"What kind of monsters are these? I don't think I've ever seen them in Liyue."
Shen He was extremely sensitive to the aura of these demonic creatures. He saw several wolf-like monsters attacking a tree root-like object from afar. He turned to Xu Ning and asked.
Xu Ning shook his head and sighed, "Of course you won't see it in Liyue. Our Great Sage of Demon Extermination patrols around the clock. Even a young beast would probably be exposed by He Puyuan before it even grows up."
"Unlike that certain homebody girl, who didn't even realize her toe had been bitten by a dog..."
As Xu Ning spoke, he concentrated the aroma of alcohol into his fist, preparing to let these guys experience once again who the real "Linrong" was, just like five hundred years ago.
"Wu Nian, cut it off!"
A bolt of lightning suddenly swept across the long road, instantly piercing and killing the several beast-like hunting dogs in front of it.
Then, as if the voice from before had arrived belatedly, it rang in Xu Ning and Shen He's ears.
As the lightning dissipated, the several beast-like hunting dogs in front of him had already turned into black mist and vanished. At the spot where they had attacked, the purple-haired, long-sword-wielding Thunder General looked at Xu Ning and slowly said, "I thought you had already returned to your country."
Xu Ning, who had just been gossiping behind people's backs, reached out and pressed down on Shen He, who was already fully alert and had taken out the Disaster Relief Elixir. He asked somewhat guiltily, "I went back to visit my family. Um, are you Lei Yingdian or Lei Dian General?"
"Is there any difference?"
The Thor in front of him carefully observed the location where the beast-like hunting dogs had attacked, and casually replied, "However, if the general had obtained information about these hunting dogs, he might not have chosen to take action at all."
Upon hearing this tone, Xu Ning immediately confirmed the true identity of the person in front of him: the current Thor of Inazuma—Thunder Movie.
Xu Ning dared not joke anymore and said seriously, "After I returned the day before yesterday, it was Lord Yae no Kami who instructed me to come here to investigate the details."
Lei Yingdong snorted coldly, "She found out again? Why doesn't she come out and clean up these wild beasts herself?"
Xu Ning smiled inwardly, but didn't respond to Lei's words.
Perhaps in our eyes, Inatsuma is just Inatsuma.
But in Yae no Miko's eyes, Inazuma was just one of those few people.
Without them, Inazuma became an empty shell, a prison, a playground for amusement.
Lei examined the target of the beast hounds' attack—a section of tree root.
The tree roots were torn open with countless wounds, and a faint mist was rising from them.
"What are these things? Are they evil spirits?" Shen He suddenly asked.
After the mist dissipated, it quickly formed stiff corpses on the ground.
Many of the corpses were dressed in the uniforms of Inazuma soldiers, while others were dressed as samurai.
Seeing Lei Yingdong turn to look at Shen He, Xu Ning quickly gave a brief introduction to the two.
"This is Shen He, the apprentice of the Liyue Immortal. This is the current Thor, Lei Yingdian."
Xu Ning knew that Shen He had an innate aversion to things formed from mist, so he quickly explained to her, "These tree roots are branches that extend from the Divine Cherry Tree on Shadow Mountain. They can absorb and purify the filth and memories on the Inazuma land, allowing it to return to the earth's veins for reincarnation."
"This place was torn apart by those beast-like hunting dogs, causing the filth inside to leak out and reform into a physical form."
Lei Movie seemed to have not expected that Xu Ning also had a deep understanding of Shenying.
"These impurities should have been purified and are not aggressive. They will dissipate and reintegrate into the earth's veins in a short while."
Lei Yingdian also offered an explanation, then stood up and prepared to move on to the next location.
But just as she took her first step, her body suddenly stiffened for a moment, then paused in her forward-moving posture before finally taking a full step.
Shen He frowned, as if he had noticed something, but seeing that Xu Ning was just watching calmly, he suppressed his questions.
"Let's go with the General to wipe out these annoying dogs."
Lei Yingdian glanced at Xu Ning and nodded slightly.
When clearing out the second pack of beast wolves, Lei Yingdian's movements seemed to become even more stiff.
If it weren't for the power of the longsword in his hand, he would have been injured by the claws of the beast hound in an instant.
"General, are you a little tired? Would you like to sit down and have some dessert first? I'll take care of the next batch."
Xu Ning looked at the sluggish movie and asked cautiously.
Lei Yingdian's face showed a slight look of helplessness. "General Leidian doesn't particularly like desserts. But that's fine. You can take care of the rest."
Xu Ning nodded, took a sip of wine, and walked towards the beast-hunting hounds below that were desperately gnawing on the roots of the Divine Cherry Tree.
These beast-like hounds seemed to harbor a natural hatred for all living things. Upon seeing Xu Ning approach, they immediately abandoned the tree root in their mouths.
Several beast-like hunting dogs traversed the void, swiftly and gracefully approaching Xu Ning.
However, it is unclear whether they damaged the roots of the nearby cherry trees severely enough, or whether their roars triggered some kind of latent will.
A large cloud of mist, as if alive, billowed out and blocked the way for the beast hounds, then transformed into several warriors wielding long swords.
The leading samurai, who wore a lightning-type Divine Eye at his waist, shouted to the samurai beside him, "They're attacking again! We must hold on! Strong reinforcements have arrived on the mountain. Maybe we can hold out until the general returns."
Just as Shen He was about to follow Xu Ning to deal with the Beast Realm Hounds, he saw these warriors and asked Xu Ning, "Are they phantoms of the group that fought against the invasion of the Dark Army a long time ago?"
Xu Ning looked at the leading warrior, sighed, and murmured, "To me, they are more than just phantoms!"
Xu Ning took a few steps forward and entered the area shrouded in a large cloud of fog.
The leading lightning-attribute warrior greeted Xu Ning with a loud laugh as he approached, "This powerful young man, you've come down too? That means everyone at the summit is safe now, right?"
Xu Ning nodded and said, "Yes, with Lord Huzhai Palace's barrier in place, they will naturally be fine. Moreover, General has also returned."
Xu Ning had seen almost all of these warriors before.
In that absurd dream, whether real or not, Xu Ning and the others once stood together at the Narukami Shrine, which was devoid of the sacred cherry tree, to defend the remaining women and children against the invasion of the beast pack.
After arriving and resolving the crisis on the mountain, the samurai led the group down the mountain to support others.
Upon hearing Xu Ning say that the general had returned, the group of warriors turned around in surprise and were overjoyed to see Lei Yingdian standing behind them.
The leading samurai burst into laughter.
"The general has returned, so there's nothing to fear anymore. General, please go up the mountain. All the survivors are there, and when I came, I heard that many others are hiding in other places in Inazuma. I believe that once we defeat these monsters, we can bring them all back."
"Victory is just around the corner! Everyone, let's fight together! Hey buddy, wanna fight one more round with us?"
Xu Ning took a sip of wine, smiled and nodded: "Of course, no problem. Also, just call me Xu Ning!"
"My name is Fujiki, nice to meet you!"
Xu Ning and the others shouted and charged towards the pack of beast wolves in front of them.
Shen He stopped behind, watching Xu Ning and the group of warriors work together seamlessly to kill the beast-like hunting dogs in front of them.
The smile on his face made it seem as if he had truly fought alongside everyone many years ago to defeat the invasion of the Dark Army and protect everyone.
The few beast hounds in front of them were quickly killed.
"Xu Ning, please escort the general back as soon as possible so that he can reunite with everyone. I believe that everyone's morale will be greatly boosted when they know that the general is back."
Xu Ning looked at Fujiki and the soldiers around him, "And you?"
"Of course we'll stay here and keep those monsters at bay. Don't worry, with our brothers united, we won't let a single monster get past. The Way of Heaven is vast and majestic, the spirit of the gods is eternal!"
"The Chang Dao is magnificent, and the Ming Shen is eternal!"
Fujiki and the group of samurai gradually became blurred in the mist, and eventually disappeared completely.
Xu Ning stood silently for a moment, then tilted the gourd in his hand, spilling a drop of wine onto the dust.
A tribute to my former comrades.