However, this shape...
"That's a spider lily, it only blooms where death energy is abundant." The cat saw Yin Zhu staring intently at the flower and couldn't help but remind her, "Don't touch it. Although that thing is very attractive to you, it may not actually be good for your health."
Yin Zhu nodded, finally remembering what the familiar shape was.
Isn't this Lycoris radiata?
This thing can be found in many places in China. It likes a warm and humid environment, so it is also planted in the courtyard of Haicheng where Yin Zhu lives.
Online and in many works, it seems that the appearance of this flower is particularly consistent with the Manjusaka described in ancient books, a flower of the underworld in Buddhist records, with needle-like petals as red as blood, which can guide souls who yearn for reincarnation.
Most importantly, this flower has a poignant story—it blooms for a thousand years, withers for a thousand years, and the flower and leaf never meet. Love is not bound by cause and effect; fate determines life and death.
However, upon seeing the picture of the flower, Yin Zhu fell silent: Isn't this the plant called Dragon Claw Flower in her hometown?
Moreover, judging purely from its appearance, some people call it "a thunderclap from a clear sky" because it blooms without leaves, and its filamentous, curled, bright red petals look just like a burst of thunder.
However, it is indeed forbidden to touch it, as it can cause poisoning if ingested.
Therefore, Yin Zhu nodded quite sincerely to Mao You, even standing at attention and using an exaggeratedly serious expression to tell Mao You that she would absolutely not touch that thing.
The cat stroked Yin Zhu's head again: "So obedient."
"This little brat's hair is so soft, it feels so good to touch. I might as well touch it again," the cat thought righteously.
In fact, even if Yin Zhu hadn't asked to go out today, Mao You was already planning to go out and ask his friends if they knew about the rules that had inexplicably appeared in the Ghost Realm.
Not all ghosts can create rules.
In common sense, only powerful demons and monsters can create rules to restrain other monsters.
Before the Onmyoji created the demon realm, demons could increase their power by devouring other life forms. However, at that time, there were no rules or supernatural tales, and humans simply feared demons and relied on Onmyoji for protection.
Until that day, the strange tale of rules descended.
As everyone knows, the Unspeakable is a very fair boss, so one day, when randomly selecting the chosen one, he unexpectedly drew a ghost.
Ghosts and monsters are not simply material life forms like humans. Some are born from complex emotions, and thus, these beings, closer to the origin of life, inevitably learn a small amount of the power of rules. Although not comparable to the unspeakable power of control, it is enough for them to establish their own territory in the human world.
This incident did not cause much trouble for the unspeakable.
This world is called the Spirit Sphere, the spirit that embodies the spirit of all things. Although it is unspeakable that the spirit does not rule this world, as the power of the rules increases among the ghosts and monsters, powerful Onmyoji suddenly appear in the human world.
That Onmyoji created the demon realm and gradually weakened and sealed the demons within it.
What happened to the human world after that?
The cat doesn't know.
Her memories of the outside world are limited to this point, and this is based on the fact that she was once a messenger of the gods. The memories of other ghosts and monsters will only be eroded even more severely.
These newly sealed little devils have no memory of the outside world at all.
The cat glanced down at the little creature beside it, which was looking around while staying close by, as if afraid of being caught and eaten by another ghost if it lagged behind.
So cute.
Unlike many little ghosts, some are gloomy and some are irritable... she must be a kind of ghost that has become a spirit.
As for Yin Zhu, who calls himself "Bamboo Cutter Boy", Neko didn't know much about him and only deduced his background based on their daily interactions. However, she always felt that something was not quite right. She would swallow the words that were about to come out of her mouth and couldn't figure it out for the time being.
In short, she's just a harmless brat.
Cat is just a big cat, and quickly gave up on the brain-taxing behavior of thinking. In fact, they arrived at the first destination together.
This is the home of a cat's friend.
Like many country villas in Japan, this courtyard is filled with maple leaves, and at this time the branches are also adorned with a large expanse of bright red leaves.
Beautiful piano music drifted from inside the room. As for the specific instrument, Yin Zhu wasn't a professional in this field and couldn't tell. She could only tell that it was very beautiful, but it carried a distinct sense of sadness, as if the performer was feeling very sorrowful.
The cat gently knocked on the door again: "Red Leaf?"
Soon, the door opened, and inside was a stunningly beautiful woman dressed in a kimono printed with red maple leaves. She politely invited the person and the cat into the house.
"Honored guest." Hongye smiled slightly and politely poured tea.
Having promised the cat but unable to speak, Yin Zhu had nothing to do, so she just kept drinking cup after cup of soup.
"Did you know? New rules have appeared in the Demon Realm." The cat demon's expression was grave. "It's very likely that a new great demon has been sealed into the Demon Realm. If it has any ulterior motives, the Demon Realm will probably descend into chaos again."
"Is that so?" The female ghost with red leaves spoke sparingly.
"These are the rules we follow here. If it really is a powerful monster, you'll probably have one in your house too." The cat pushed another slip of paper over.
At this moment, Yin Zhu, having drunk too much, needed to use the restroom and pointed to the doorway.
Cat was focused on discussing with Hongye, so he waved his hand and told Yinzhu to go find the toilet herself: "Hongye's house is very safe, just be careful of the toilet god."
After Yin Zhu left, the cat knew it could talk about some "inappropriate" topics again. Pointing to the rules on the note, it said, "Do you remember the great demon who established the rules last time?"
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