This Japanese Monogatari Isn't Lame
Chapter 536 - 344. Reliable People (4000 words)

Chapter 536: Chapter 344. Reliable People (4000 words)

The air around had fallen silent, and the area surrounding the Divine Tree was quiet with not the slightest stir.

Beichuan Si and Ihui Ju Xu hid behind the Divine Tree, wordless.

It was unknown where Ihui Nai Luo had gone, for there was still no sign of her.

"Why is she so slow?" Ihui Ju Xu murmured softly.

She and Beichuan Si indeed were a ’bit’ ahead in progress, but Ihui Nai Luo shouldn’t be this slow.

It seemed as though he heard her muttering, so Beichuan Si turned and glanced at Ihui Ju Xu.

"Sorry, Beichuan Master."

Although she did not understand what she did wrong, feeling Beichuan Si’s gaze made Ihui Ju Xu want to apologize.

"I do not mean to blame you," Beichuan Si casually replied, before asking, "How much longer until midnight?"

Ihui Ju Xu reflexively glanced at the delicate sandglass she was cradling in her hand.

Only the last quarter of the sand remained.

"It looks like there are only two or three hours left," she calculated and replied.

After receiving her response, Beichuan Si nodded and did not continue the conversation.

More than being concerned about time, Beichuan Si gently caressed the tree’s thick trunk, eyes squinting slightly.

From this Divine Tree, Beichuan Si felt an indescribably vigorous vitality.

Yet beneath this brimming vitality... lay a starkly different sensation.

Cold, rotten, and lifeless, an aura was stirring beneath the ground.

Perhaps this was the Divine Tree’s effect in suppressing the Gate of Yellow Springs, for the flow of those rotten, lifeless auras was exceptionally slow.

But this was merely a surface calm; according to Ihui Nai Luo, if the Divine Tree was not awakened today, everything would end.

Seeing Beichuan Si engrossed, Ihui Ju Xu also deemed it appropriate to ask, "Is Beichuan Master contemplating how to suppress the Yellow Springs Gate?"

Hearing Ihui Ju Xu’s question, Beichuan Si shook his head, then reached out to pat the Divine Tree.

After a long moment, he said slowly,

"I am wondering, what would it be like if the Divine Tree were cut down."

Ihui Ju Xu stood by Beichuan Si’s side, smiling and tilting her head, "Huh?"

Beichuan Si shot her a glance and repeated, "I want to try felling the Divine Tree."

"Ah?" Ihui Ju Xu blinked in delayed reaction and tilted her head again.

She watched Beichuan Si, and he looked back at her seriously.

About three minutes passed before Ihui Ju Xu’s voice trembled, "You, you’re joking, right? Beichuan Master."

That joke wasn’t very funny.

To cut down the Divine Tree that had been passed down for generations, sheltering Ihui Island? That seemed a bit too...

"Do I seem like I am joking?" Beichuan Si countered.

Gulp.

Ihui Ju Xu swallowed, and silently shook her head.

Beichuan Si’s expression indeed did not seem to be in jest.

"But taking down the Divine Tree would be senseless, we would lose our means to resist the Gate of Yellow Springs," Ihui Ju Xu replied with a twitching smile.

Beichuan Si asked flatly,

"Do you truly believe that?"

Do you really believe that...?

His question seemed to confuse Ihui Ju Xu.

If the Divine Tree—the most important ’pillar’ suppressing the Yellow Springs Gate—were to be felled by Beichuan Si, without a doubt the wicked beings would overrun the entirety of Ihui Island.

As Ihui Ju Xu was about to speak again, she saw Beichuan Si suddenly raise a finger, whispering softly, "Silence, someone is coming."

Someone coming?!

Ihui Ju Xu’s expression tensed, and she turned to look toward the Sando Gate.

Quiet returned to the surroundings.

Two minutes later, Ihui Nai Luo finally appeared by the gate.

Only half of her body remained, her Spiritual Body emitting a faint light.

Even Ihui Ju Xu could tell at a glance that the state of her Spiritual Body was very poor.

Sacrificing half of her Spiritual Body seemed to have deeply drained her.

Following behind this weakened Ihui Nai Luo was a short figure.

Ihui Guangjiu.

Seeing her own sister, Ihui Ju Xu’s eyes narrowed.

She made no sound, merely scrutinizing Ihui Guangjiu’s condition.

All was well.

Ihui Nai Luo seemed to have treated Ihui Guangjiu, the sacrifice, with care, for there were virtually no wounds on her.

Upon reaching the Divine Tree, Ihui Nai Luo surveyed the surroundings and burst into laughter upon not finding Beichuan Si behind it:

"I beat Beichuan to it! Hahaha!"

Her loud laughter was filled with a distorted smile.

All was proceeding as she had anticipated; Beichuan Si had not yet arrived, and she was a step ahead of him.

Indeed, as it should be.

Perhaps the Earth Spirit from the five trials had momentarily delayed Beichuan Si?

"Beichuan, your power is indeed much stronger than I imagined, but even you now have absolutely no chance of turning the tides, right? The long-cherished wish of the Ihui Main Family, to be fulfilled entirely by me—Ihui Nai Luo."

Ihui Nai Luo looked half-satisfied, and nine parts zealous.

She pulled up Ihui Guangjiu, staring into her terrified face, a rare flicker of compassion crossing her gaze.

Ihui Guangjiu, Ihui Ju Xu.

These two young women were the Ihui Witches she had personally raised and mentored.

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