It took half an hour for the shikigami to merge with Mu Liuguang.
As the five talismans disappeared until only one remained, Kurikawa approached Mu Liuguang, ignoring the defensive barrier formed by the talismans.
She cut her finger with a dagger, then touched Mu Liuguang's right cheek with her index finger, drawing a six-pointed star of blood-red runes that flowed with golden light.
I command—
"The body of this shikigami is yours to use."
Wu Yue looked at Old Madam Xiang, her expression pausing slightly.
On the old woman's body was a young girl dressed in yin-yang attire, like a phantom clinging to her.
The girl had long, dark blue hair tied into a long braid with a red silk ribbon. Her almond-shaped eyes were slightly narrowed, and the light in them was mysterious, as if she were holding a river of rising sun.
She possesses a confident, resolute, and convincing strength.
The girl quickly disappeared from her sight, like a fleeting mirage.
Was that what Madam Xiang looked like when she was young? Wu Yue wondered.
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Mu Liuguang stood in the darkness for a long time, unable to find her way. Even the sky was pitch black, with not a single star in sight.
After an unknown amount of time, a blood-red chestnut shimmering with golden light appeared out of nowhere in Mu Liuguang's field of vision.
The chestnut sprouted wings as thin as cicada wings from its sides. As it fluttered its wings, golden phosphorescence turned into starlight and fell, but before it could reach the ground, it had already disappeared in mid-air.
Mu Liuguang ran barefoot, her feet treading on the darkness. Step by step, she ran up the steps of history, and in places she couldn't see, the past flashed by like a slideshow.
"Flowing Light!!"
"Child, go on, don't look back."
"Your Highness! This servant will see you off!"
"Fleeting light, fleeting light... I have wronged you in this life, I can only repay you in the next life."
The voices she had heard before and those she hadn't kept echoing in her ears, jolting her confused consciousness back to reality.
Mu Liuguang did not stop running.
She didn't know why she was there, but she remembered one thing.
That means don't stop, you can't stop.
Something was waiting for her ahead—
The whispers around her grew louder, and she involuntarily slowed her pace.
Until a clear, unfamiliar voice drowned out everything.
I command—
"The body of this shikigami is yours to use."
Mu Liuguang suddenly opened his eyes and began to move.
run!
We can't stop! We must keep running forward!
Looking at the now-different girl, Wu Yue's dark eyes flashed with joy: "Liu Guang?"
"..."
Mu Liuguang slowly came to her senses, as if she were in a dream. She raised her head and slowly covered the wound from her self-inflicted slit with her hand. Then she lowered her head and looked at her palm again; it was as white as jade, and there was nothing there.
Heavy, sorrowful—
It all seemed to have quietly slipped away from the depths of her heart.
Mu Liuguang was stunned and lost in thought.
Kurikawa, barely managing to stay upright, retreated to the chaise lounge, his face ashen, his hands trembling uncontrollably as he cast the spell on his lap.
Are you alright?
Wu Yue withdrew her gaze from Mu Liuguang, quickly walked towards Li Chuan, and took her hand, "Madam, I apologize for the offense."
Then, gentle spiritual energy flowed from her palm and slowly poured into Kurikawa's body.
"..." Wu Yue touched the old lady's wrist, and after a few breaths, she raised her head in disbelief, her expression complicated.
Li Chuan forced a weak smile at her, "Wu Yue, the Xiang family, I'm entrusting Xiang Xinian to you."
Wu Yue looked at her and seemed to see that determined girl again.
The spiritual energy that originally surrounded Madam Xiang, that clear and luminous spiritual energy, was slowly disappearing.
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