Chapter 89 Goodbye after more than ten years.

Before getting up and leaving, Jiang Lai asked a few more questions about [birth].

Although he heard the other party say that he would send him to [Yuan] before he fell asleep, he subconsciously thought that [Sheng] was staying with [Yuan]. He was a little surprised when he woke up and didn't see him.

"He is probably traveling. I don't know exactly where."

Travel? Jiang Lai was slightly stunned. Hasn't the other party always been far away from the world?

Gu Shu probably guessed what Jiang Lai was wondering about, and continued to explain in a gentle voice: "His travel is just a travel. He has no contact with the people in the world. He just travels around the mountains and rivers and enjoys the flowers and grass."

So that's how it is. Jiang Lai understood. After all, staying in the same place all the time would make even a god-like [being] who was in harmony with nature feel bored.

To wander freely in the world and not stay in one place is the way of life [of birth].

"You never know, you might run into Him."

"What about you?" Jiang Lai tilted his head and asked, "Do you want to go out for a walk? If so, maybe I can help?" His words were very sincere, and his brown eyes were as warm as water.

[Source] Hearing this, he seemed stunned for a moment, and then he shook his leaves softly and laughed:

"You are a very good child. It's okay. I voluntarily transformed my body into an ancient tree. It's nice for me to stay here and watch the clouds roll in and out and the world change."

"However, after hearing what you said, I have the urge to visit other places - so please take this with you."

A branch of the ancient tree's lush green leaves drooped down, and magically swirled and transformed, eventually turning into a small rectangular plaque that fell out, with an unknown talisman painted on it.

...It's a locust wood tablet! Jiang Lai recognized it at a glance.

"It may not be able to sense anything, but this is actually a small part of my true self." The old tree said with a gentle smile, "Please take it with you and travel to various places."

Jiang Lai paused for a fraction of a second, then naturally reached out to take it, and said, "Okay."

At the same time, thoughts were running through his mind.

——It turns out that this locust wood pendant was received from [Source].

No wonder the future soul body Fushiguro Shigeki can rest in it, because [Source] is the beginning and end of everything, the destination of all things, and He generously embraces everything.

In this case, perhaps the fact that I left the locust wood tablet to Gojo Satoru at that time would be interpreted as [I was about to enter the next dormant period, so I asked Gojo, who had grown into a high school student and was in his youth, to temporarily carry the locust wood tablet to see the scenery].

Or it could be interpreted as [realizing that Wu might be dangerous, he gave him the amulet as the last talisman before the astral plasma mission].

After receiving the locust wood pendant, Jiang Lai made a red rope for himself, strung it together and hung it around his waist.

Then, he bid farewell to the ancient tree [source] and walked out of the mountains.

Jiang Lai was not in a hurry to leave. Before returning to the human world again, he planned to see if there was any explanation of the situation in the comics.

He opened his book (mobile phone), looked down as he walked - there was a space spell to assist him, so Jiang Lai didn't worry about stepping on empty air.

From the comics, Jiang Lai saw the sequel to his departure under the moon that year.

As expected, Ryomen Sukuna, who was casually abandoned, was furious because he felt that he was tricked and was not going to let it go.

Perhaps he guessed that Jiang Lai would go find Gojo after leaving, so he input a large amount of magical power and used the space spell to shorten the distance to Kyoto.

And on the night when Jiang Lai arrived at the opening ceremony, he also rushed to Heian-kyo.

The long-haired Gojo Satoru and Ryomen Sukuna, who met again, had a fierce fight in the middle of the night. Naturally, the movement of the fight between the two could not be concealed.

The three families of Gojo, Zenin, and Kamosu in Kyoto all sent people, and Ryomen Sukuna was the last to withdraw.

However, this incident also exposed Xiu Ji, who possessed ten kinds of shadow magic abilities.

Nagaha Gojo's original plan to ask his two good friends to help take care of him and raise him outside the Gojo family until he reaches adulthood was shattered.

After all, although Long-haired Gojo was a powerful, potential, and arrogant Rokugan, he was just a teenager after all and could not beat the various veterans who joined forces.

What's more, he was the only one who was considering the child as an individual, while everyone else was thinking about the family's interests - Changfa Gojo was taking a lone stand.

In the end, the Gojo family and the Zenin family reached an agreement. The Zenin family gave a "thank you fee" and took away the monk who possessed ten kinds of shadow magic.

However, under the threat of the Rokugan, the Zenin family had to establish a restriction, stating that in the future the family "will protect and respect the wishes of the owners of the ten shadow spells."

Thus, this matter has come to an end.

Later, the comic begins to transition through time. It does not describe the specific situation of the past ten years in detail, but only uses a few neat and beautiful storyboards to summarize the scene ten years later:

[A man with long white hair and blue eyes, wearing a gorgeous householder's attire, stands in a garden full of cherry blossoms. Beside him are two familiar faces of friends who are not shown.]

[The black-haired monk who has grown into a teenager gestures to summon a giant nue, and a girl holding a short-handled hammer stands beside him.]

[On the scorched earth burning with hellish flames, a four-armed man with muscular chest and black lines stands, and the ground is full of corpses.]

"..." So much time has passed. Jiang Lai lowered his eyes, thoughts flowing in his mind.

However, from the comics, we can only see such simple silhouettes, and cannot really understand the specific situation of our friend - I don't know how Gojo Satoru's dream of "overthrowing Rotten Orange and rewriting the rules of the world of curse" is progressing.

However, my first priority right now is to find Ryomen Sukuna, and then try to get some clues about the noose from him.

Speaking of which, from these storyboards you can see the characters corresponding to reincarnation.

The two people next to the long-haired Gojo must be Geto Suguru and Ieiri Shoko from a thousand years ago, and the girl next to Shuki (Megumi) is most likely Kugizaki No Rose from a thousand years ago.

...Then, what about Yuji Itadori a thousand years ago? This question popped up in Jiang Lai's mind involuntarily.

A thousand years later, the birth of Yuji Itadori was partly controlled by the noose (brain flower). Could it be that he still had some relationship with brain flower a thousand years ago?

Or maybe the opponent is still in the vast crowd and it is not time for him to appear yet. Maybe he will not appear until Ryomen Sukuna is sealed.

Before he knew it, Jiang Lai, who was performing the magic, was walking very fast and had walked a long distance.

At this moment, after passing several uneven mountain roads, it seems that we are about to walk out of the mountains and reach the outside world.

From afar, Jiang Lai's sharp eyesight that belonged to "existence" caught a glimpse of a wisp of smoke, and his heart paused slightly.

Our current location is not yet the village, but rather the outskirts of the village. There are still mountains and forests all around, but there are slightly fewer trees.

Is anyone barbecuing outdoors?

Thinking randomly in his mind, Jiang Lai stepped forward, put on the mask and planned to ask passers-by where this place was and whether they had seen the four-handed man.

As I pushed aside the dense bushes that blocked my view and prepared to step out, a sharp icy streak suddenly struck me!

Clinking and cracking sounds rang out one after another, and the ice hit the space barrier and exploded, with ice chips flying in all directions.

The one who used this ice-type move was a boy with a blonde haircut. At this moment, his eyes were sharp, and he was staring at him with vigilance and murderous intent.

In front of him was a boiling pot filled with meat and bones.

"..." Jiang Lai looked around and noticed the remains of a wild boar on the side.

It looked like wild boar was cooking in the pot. He breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

If there were not only traces of wild boar and no human clothes or remains at the scene, he would have almost thought that the pot was filled with human flesh and bones.

Before the two of them made their next move or spoke, there was the sound of bushes breaking from the other side, and at the same time, a nonchalant male voice rang out:

"Limei, is it cooked?"

Li Mei?! Jiang Lai immediately remembered the name when he heard it.

The opponent is the chef who cooked delicious meals for Ryomen Sukuna thousands of years ago. He has ice skills and can reverse spells. He is a subordinate of Sukuna!

Jiang Lai did not recognize the other person at first because the boy in front of him had pure black hair, not the white hair with red veins that he saw in the original comic a thousand years later.

However, if you think about it carefully, it makes sense.

The hair color of Ume a thousand years ago is different from that of Ume a thousand years later. Perhaps because of this, in the original novel, Ryomen Sukuna a thousand years later did not recognize Ume at first, and it took him a while to react before calling out her name.

At this time, while Jiang Lai's thoughts were flowing, Ryomen Sukuna also slowly walked out from there.

The sturdy cherry blossoms trampled the low trees on the road without a care, and their height of more than two meters was particularly oppressive.

His upper body was naked, revealing his chest and abdominal muscles. The contours of his four arms were smooth and contained tremendous power.

"Lord Sukuna." Rimei stood up straight with a respectful attitude.

Then, he quickly assumed an attacking posture, facing the black-haired young man on the other side alertly, ready to counterattack the masked Jiang Lai at any time.

Ryoumen Sukuna's scarlet eyes swept over the towering dark blue figure. He raised his head slightly and squeezed out a low, rising voice from his throat: "Oh - it's you."

He said this slowly, with a drawling tone.

Jiang Lai raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard that. He took off his mask and looked back calmly and frankly with his brown eyes, carrying a speechless power.

He did not reply immediately, because he knew that Ryomen Sukuna's opening remarks would not be so simple, so he silently mobilized the space technique around his body, ready to counterattack at any time.

Rimei's expression looked a little surprised. He didn't expect that Lord Sukuna and the black-haired young man in front of him actually knew each other.

But he didn't say much. He just retracted his attacking posture, stood quietly to the side with his sleeves folded, and turned his attention back to the boiling pot.

Ryoumen Sukuna stared at the black-haired young man in front of him, his lips curled up, revealing his sharp canine fangs, and he pulled out an inexplicable smile. He laughed happily from low to high voice:

"——Isn't this just in time?"

He put his hand on Li Mei's shoulder and snorted, "Look ahead, Li Mei - what do you think of this top-notch ingredient?"