Chapter 98: The spiritual flower blooms, and the demon-sealing sword spirit returns!
Seeing Yasuo fall silent, he smiled softly, "You can stay or go as you like."

After leaving an intriguing remark, he turned and left.

Yasuo was stunned for a moment, then he reacted and muttered to himself:
"Is it?"

Then, he followed with big strides.

"What is the Soul Blossoming Festival?"

"do not know."

"Looking at the conversation between Yasuo and the old man, it should be a festival to commemorate the dead."

"Then the question is, why does this old man know Yasuo?"

"Hey, it's scary to think about it."

"Curious! I thought it ended here, but I didn't expect there would be more to come."

"Do you want to reveal Yasuo's final destination?"

"Late at night, in the mountains."

"Surrounded by clouds and mist, it is quiet and serene."

Yasuo followed the short old man, walked through the soft soil, and came to a stream.

Here, ancient trees are towering with lush branches and leaves, and the stream is like a winding silver ribbon, shining with bright white light under the moonlight.

Yasuo stepped on the rocks to cross the river.

“It’s been many years.”

"The spirit flower has finally bloomed again."

The old man pointed to the blue-pink blossoming flowers blooming by the stream.

"If the earth is about to heal, then the same will happen to you?"

Yasuo sniffed, and the faint floral scent lingered in his nose, refreshing his heart.

“Is this the right way?”

He did not answer the old man, but half-knelt down in front of a bunch of glowing spiritual flowers.

After watching in silence for a while, he turned around and whispered, "Old man, flowers, hope."

The old man caught a petal of the blooming spirit flower that was falling in the wind, "Maybe having hope is enough."

Then, he watched it fly away from his palm and fall onto the water.

"Maybe." Yasuo sighed.

Then, as the old man murmured a prayer, he took off his robe and metal shins and immersed his entire body in the flowing stream.

“Dip into the Waili River.”

"The waves cleanse the dust."

“Running water purifies the mind.”

“The past is revisited.”

He closed his eyes and held his sword across the water. The ripples on the sword were like long snakes. The water gently brushed over his body, taking away his tiredness and dust.

He suddenly recalled the days when he was a child with his brother.

They ran together in the mountains and fields, and practiced and sparred in the kendo field together.

I recalled it again.

The scene on the eve of the war, when his brother told him to stay in the village and protect Elder Suma.

[You should stay here with Elder Suma.]

[The elder taught me martial arts so that I could fight in battle! ]

[What you should do is to protect the sword school, your master, and Ionia. ]

【Then I should fight bravely. 】

[I won't be wrong, Yongen.]

[The mistake has been made, and I cannot shirk my responsibility.]

【.】

Wait till midnight.

The night is as dark as ink, and the stars are twinkling in the sky.

Yasuo held a blooming spiritual flower in his hand, knelt beside the stream, and quietly bathed in the moonlight. At this time, he had changed into a brand new Taoist robe.

The flower hatched in the palm of his hand, emitting a faint fluorescence in the night, and the faint glow reflected on his face.

"Please use!"

The old man came over from behind and handed him a cup of tea sprinkled with spiritual flowers. "Drink it all, it can help you communicate with spirits."

Yasuo looked back and said slowly, "What's in the cup can never make up for the sorrow."

The old man held the cup in both hands, hiding his face as much as possible under the huge cloak, "Sometimes, we must face our inner demons."

Yasuo hesitated for a moment.

But in the end, without thinking too much, he took the bamboo cup and drank it all.

However - just when he was about to say something to the person behind him.

His pupils suddenly shrank.

As the tea went down my throat, a strange energy instantly surged throughout my body, as if something was surging and awakening in my body.

"Bang" sound!
The bamboo cup fell to the ground and broke into several pieces.

Yasuo fell to the ground, holding his throat with a painful look on his face. The scene that he least wanted to recall emerged in his mind.

For a moment, pain and regret gushed out like a tide, uncontrollable.

behind him.

The old man chuckled in a low voice, "Sometimes the inner demon will come to you."

As he spoke, he pressed down on Yasuo's shoulders with force, his face ferocious and his eyes shining with green light.

He let out a terrifying roar, and three sharp spikes burst out from the flesh on his back, and a dark purple mist swirled around his body.

At this moment, Yasuo fell into a state of illusion and delusion. He looked ahead blankly, "Brother."

When the half-human, half-monster old man heard this voice, his face suddenly changed.

He looked up ahead in panic.

Ding sang——

A loud bang!
Accompanied by a deafening roar.

"Uh-"

He screamed, was blown away by a strong force, and fell to the ground in the distance.

——Those were the devil’s eyes from hell, and the double-sword slashing motion surrounded by red flames.

Yasuo sat up with his head covered, trying hard to stay awake.

Then, he looked back and saw an evil spirit with red flames burning all over its body floating in the air facing the fallen old man.

next second.

He saw the evil spirit was about to swing his knife at the old man, so he dodged at the speed of light and blocked the attack with the unsheathed sword in his hand.

He exerted force suddenly, cutting off the light and slashing quickly.

The evil spirit was blown away by him, and its figure disappeared at the end of the stream in the red whirlwind.

"Your Excellency, please show up!"

Yasuo held the sword in both hands and stood in front of the old man, looking around vigilantly.

At that time, on the water in the distance.

The evil spirit figure reappeared, and as the two swords were swung crosswise in front of him, the red flames burning on his body gradually dissipated.

"I'm not here for you!"

His voice was low and decisive.

After saying that, he stepped sideways and leaned forward, with two swords in his left and right hands, one in front and one behind, in a swirling posture, one with a cold and sharp light, and the other flashing scarlet.

Then, he spun around and shot out.

Yasuo also rushed out, and the two men's swords collided violently.

There was a dull sound of swords clashing, and Yasuo was instantly knocked flying, with the sword in his hand falling to the ground in mid-air.

"Hehehe"

At this time, the old man laughed sinisterly again.

As early as the first time he was knocked away by the evil spirit, he had already transformed into a human form.

and this.

This is also the reason why Yasuo did not notice anything unusual and instead guarded him closely.

Facing the slowly approaching evil spirit, he bent his waist and stepped back, with his hands in claws, staring sinisterly at the other party to find his position.

"Killing me won't help. As long as he's alive, I can come back."

His voice was like that of a demon from the abyss, making people shudder.

However, what responded to him was still a series of swift and fierce double-sword slashes.

He dodged by jumping up and down flexibly, trying to find an opportunity to attack the man who fell to the ground.

But this time.

Yasuo stood up from the ground.

A whirlwind slash.

Repel the evil spirit more than ten meters away.

The two men clashed their swords again, and their swords collided violently.

However, Yasuo was slashed by the two swords again and flew out.

It was at this moment that the old man completely transformed.

He transformed into a giant monster and leapt behind Yasuo.

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(End of this chapter)