The other shore flower could not answer Yin Zhu's question.
After all, it's just a small flower.
However, Yin Zhu didn't expect a flower to suddenly grow big eyes and fiery red lips; that scene would be far more frightening than the monsters in the world of ghosts.
Over the past two days, while gathering various intelligence, Yin Zhu learned something from the casual conversations of the indigenous people:
[Don't let her diary be compiled; it will cause a lot of trouble in the ghost realm.]
This was what the slippery ghost told Yin Zhu. Although the content was ambiguous, Yin Zhu could not only listen to the theory but also put it into practice. So she easily found the second diary, put it together with the one at home, and threw it into the neighbor's yard.
If the neighbors knew about this, they would definitely point their fingers at Yin Zhu and ask her, "Are you being polite?"
However, the monster next door was unaware of this.
Not long after throwing the paper away, Yin Zhu noticed that there were significantly more spider lilies near her neighbor's house than near her own.
Great, we have a control group now.
However, the two diaries were progressing too slowly, and it was unclear if there were any other problems. Yin Zhu didn't plan to ask the think tank; she would save the hints for the next person. She already had some guesses.
The number of spider lilies is related to the diary, and they grow by absorbing death energy. Therefore, the "human aura" in the diary is essentially the "aura of the dead."
Furthermore, considering that the diary's atmosphere is even stronger than the real person's...
Yin Zhu stared at the red light flowing within the petals, sensing a difference between this flower and the red spider lilies of Blue Star. At least those flowers only needed soil; these, however, seemed more like demonic creatures that nourished themselves by sucking blood, built upon white bones.
The diary carries not only the scent of the dead, but the scent of many dead people.
The owner of the diary is probably not just an ordinary human girl who accidentally entered the ghost realm, but a great demon who has killed countless monsters. Although she has lost her memory, the strong human aura on her body is enough to make other demons feel that something is wrong.
Compared to humans, yokai are more sensitive to scents and danger, which is why no yokai would attack her.
However... it's a woman again.
In this dungeon, there are always more female monsters than female ones.
Back when Lanxing was learning about the culture of the Sakura Kingdom, Yin Zhu had already noticed this, so she took extra care to understand the origins of most monsters, rather than just their ordinary stories.
An Zhi naturally supports whatever Yin Zhu wants.
Therefore, a book analyzing the myths and legends of the Cherry Blossom Kingdom was quickly delivered to Yin Zhu, and even the author was sent along with it.
The book's author is an older scholar who specializes in this field. He meticulously answers any questions Yin Zhu may have, gradually unveiling the mysterious history of the Cherry Blossom Country behind the magical story in casual conversation.
"Most of the ghosts in the Land of Cherry Blossoms are women and children," Yin Zhu said, flipping through the book. "Do you think this is because many women and children died in ancient times, causing others to feel guilty and afraid?"
The scholar nodded and said, "That's right. Women in ancient times had very low status. Japan, in particular, made its own 'reforms' based on Confucianism to facilitate class rule. But no matter how much reform was implemented, the common human emotion could not be erased—the fear of the unknown and death."
He also wrote this in his book.
Yin Zhu found the summary in the table of contents and turned to that page. She subconsciously read it aloud: "Human beings' fear of ghosts and gods makes them habitually seek a reasonable explanation, such as ghost revenge. And those women and children who were killed by feudal society became the perfect container for this explanation."
The scholar added, "Whether it's the land of cherry blossoms, the land of dragons, the land of romance, or the land of the beacon... no matter the country, many of humanity's ideas are the same."
Silently flipping through the catalog, Yin Zhu looked at the string of ghosts and monsters whose names contained the characters "姬" (Ji), "婆" (Po), "女" (Nu), and "童" (Tong), and sighed inwardly:
The land of cherry blossoms truly has a spirit in everything.
However, these souls all originate from humans (or animals) who died tragically.
Women and children, these vulnerable groups in ancient times, were oppressed and disciplined while alive, and even after death they were turned into ghosts and subjected to the extermination of "righteous messengers"—the Onmyoji.
Fortunately, there are no demons or monsters on Earth.
It's a pity that there are no demons or monsters on Earth.
Looking at the spider lilies in front of her, Yin Zhu suddenly pulled her hand into her sleeve, wrapped the spider lily's stem with her extra-long sleeve, and snapped it off sharply.
Click.
The upright flower stem was snapped off, and red liquid flowed from the gap.
The pollen was scattered into the air during the violent shaking. Although the amount was small, it still made Yin Zhu sneeze: "Achoo!"
The pollen was blown directly into the distance.
Holding the spider lily, Yin Zhu returned home confidently: "Sister Cat Demon, look, I brought back a little flower!"
Hearing Yin Zhu's voice, the cat came out of the house again, looking at Yin Zhu warily, with a bad feeling in its heart—in this world of a hundred ghosts, apart from the spider lilies at the door, where do these little flowers usually come from? Could it be... a spider lily?
Upon seeing the cat, Yin Zhu smiled and loosened her sleeve, revealing the spider lily inside.
However, there were only dried flower petals inside the sleeve.
It seemed that the flower died the moment it broke, and it dried and aged rapidly, turning into a brown, withered flower in just a few steps.
Fortunately, the cat was very knowledgeable and could vaguely recognize it from the shape:
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