Kakuichi looked nonchalant, but in fact he glanced nervously in the direction of the bamboo house and said:
"Sixty-one years ago, I was caught in a turbulent time. In my efforts to save more lives and accumulate more merit, my methods were inevitably somewhat biased, causing Master Ruyi and Master Luzhi to misunderstand me. Actually, I've always wanted to apologize to them both. I wonder if they are doing well? By the way, we've been here for so long, why haven't we seen Master Ruyi?"
Qingshan remained expressionless, but sneered in his heart:
Apologize? I think you're asking about Ruyi and Luzhi's whereabouts!
"Ruyi ah——" Qingshan deliberately dragged out the sound to whet Abe Kakuichi's appetite. Seeing him gulp and swallow his saliva, Qingshan felt amused:
It seems Ruyi has given Wang Jue a lot of food in the past. After all these years, this old guy still looks apprehensive when he mentions Ruyi! Well done!
"He loves to play. He always disappears. Who knows where he's hiding reading a book right now? What's going on? Do you need something from him? How about I call him out for you?"
Abe Kakuichi, oh no, should be called Wang Jueyi, heard Qingshan said that Ruyi was not here at the moment, and showed an expression of "as expected" and said with a grin:
"Hehe, little kid, I don't think Ruyi is playing around, but is in some trouble and can't come!"
Qingshan remained calm, raised his eyebrows, and asked, "Oh? Why do you think so?"
"Humph! That little bastard Ruyi is so stingy! I only took some of his spiritual pond water to make an elixir, but he flew into a rage and told me not to come back. But what about you? All those spiritual herbs in this medicine garden should be spiritual seeds from the bamboo house, and he was willing to give them to me. It seems he really likes you! If that's the case, why wouldn't he show up to save you when I captured you? The only explanation is that Ruyi himself is imprisoned, and he can't save himself even if he tries to cross the river. Am I right? Hehehe!"
Although Wang Jueyi has evil intentions, he is definitely smart enough, otherwise he would not have been chosen by Luzhi among millions of people to be the successor of the medicine bracelet.
"Wang Jueyi, you're half right. Ruyi can't come, but he's not in danger, he's advanced!"
"Advanced?"
Qingshan rolled his eyes at Wang Jueyi and continued:
"Do you think he'll always look like a child? After I got the medicine bracelet, I accumulated a lot of merit, so Ruyi has grown up too! In fact, he has been in seclusion for a long time. Calculating the time, it's time for him to come out. He may appear at any time. What do you think - if he sees you, will he pluck out your eyebrows too?"
In the past, Ruyi had mentioned to Qingshan when they were chatting that his method of teasing Wang Jueyi was to apply the juice of a poisonous herb from Xuan Huizi's medicine cabinet on Wang Jueyi's head, causing all his hair to fall out and never grow back in his lifetime. Thinking of Ruyi's smug look at that time, Qingshan couldn't help laughing.
Wang Jue's face was twisted with anger, his eyes flashing with resentment. He finally tore off his fake smile and said hatefully:
"Hmph, showing up is the best. With Muramasa and Rika-sama here, I'm not afraid even if that old witch Midori comes!"
Back then, Wang Jueyi lost the spiritual pond water to refine the elixir, and the Yi Guan Dao could no longer operate. When the tree falls, the monkeys scatter. Without the support of his believers, Wang Jueyi was as anxious as a stray dog. Lv Zhi, who came after him, cut off his left hand and took back the medicine bracelet.
After Luzhi got the bracelet back, she had no intention of letting Wang Jueyi go and was determined to get rid of him. The reason why Wang Jueyi was able to save his life was all due to good luck. When he was being chased by Luzhi, he happened to meet Tsuchimikado Dosuke, the 30th generation head of the Jiujiu sect.
Wang Jueyi was an extremely intelligent man. He had learned fluent Japanese from somewhere. He lied that he was a Japanese who had drifted into China, named Abe Kakuichi, and was being hunted by a Chinese magician. He begged Tsuchimikado Dosuke for help.
Tsuchimikado Dosuke had no suspicion and used the twelve shikigami to force Midori away, rescued Wang Jueyi and accepted him as his disciple.
This is how Wang Jueyi left China, pretending to be a descendant of the Abe family's branch who had been stranded in a foreign land since childhood. With his intelligence and talent, he gained profound attainments in astrology, feng shui, and shikigami techniques. Eventually, he took over Tsuchimikado Dosuke's mantle and transformed himself into Japan's number one Onmyoji.
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