"What about the other members of the guild? Is the vice president of the guild still coming?" Gui Gui asked.
Qiu Shui's smile froze. What would she do if her fellow guild members tried to steal her points again? But she couldn't stop them if they came.
Thinking of this, she quickly led her shikigami a hundred meters away to avoid being caught in the crossfire.
A short while later, a handsome Onmyoji arrived from the foot of the mountain with Ootengu and Kacho-maki. Seeing them from afar, Qiushui compared their photos with the master's. "That's right, it's him. But there's another figure behind him. Who is that?"
The hair-eating demon squinted and said, "I can't see clearly. It must be an Onmyoji who's just passing by."
Qiu Shui felt relieved. With the light of the blue lantern illuminating the sky, she saw a four-star demon king appear over there, leaving only Shuten-dōji. All the smaller monsters had been eliminated.
“Look at that, let’s go play it and get some points,” she said.
Qiushui led the shikigami there.
Upon arriving there, Qiushui found no attacking Onmyoji, only Kaguya-hime timidly watching them.
Where are your parents?
"I'm going to buy tea."
What are you doing here?
"Keep an eye on the Ghost King and don't let him escape."
"Okay," Qiu Shui replied. "As long as you're not forbidden from killing the Ghost King, that's fine. Now, begin the battle!"
"Sister Aoandon, I beg you." Ara clasped his hands together and looked at Aoandon with piety.
"You've got a bonus today, keep it up~" Aoandon said with a smile.
A while after the battle began, the handsome Onmyoji suddenly walked towards them.
"It's not over yet... Why is he here?" Qiu Shui thought to herself.
"Um, is anyone else fighting the Demon King?" the invited Onmyoji asked.
Thinking of the invitations she had sent out earlier, Qiu Shui said guiltily, "...I don't think so."
“Okay…” he said with a complicated expression.
"You might run into one of my dorm mates who wasn't here before." To avoid any misunderstanding, Qiu Shui explained.
"He stole the kill, that's a lot of points... I'm speechless."
Qiu Shui looked towards the direction of the Demon King and saw a vice president of the guild leaving happily with his shikigami.
"I'm sorry," Qiu Shui said, somewhat embarrassed.
"It's alright, it happens all the time. I've left the rest of the loot over there for you, let the shikigami take it."
This big shot was very generous, and then left.
When Qiu Shui arrived there with her shikigami, she found that she still had a lot of points, shikigami fragments, and barrier lamp wicks.
"This big shot is really nice."
Qiu Shui gave him a heartfelt thumbs up.
"Have you finished taking down the four-star enemies over there?"
"We're done fighting." The Snow Woman returned with her spoils. "Father, let's go."
"Um."
They carried their spoils toward the Liaodong Peninsula.
Princess Kaguya watched them leave, then quickly gathered up the remaining spoils on the ground.
Five minutes later—
"Little princess, we've arrived!"
An Onmyoji ran over with his shikigami, saying, "These are some newly bought tea leaves, Kaguya-hime, please have a taste."
"Kaguya, aren't you scared being here all alone?" The fox spirit smiled and handed her some tea leaves.
"Wait!" The Onmyoji exclaimed in disbelief, "Where is the Demon King here?!"
Princess Kaguya looked at them, almost in tears, "A Yin-Yang Master just came here and helped us defeat the Demon King..."
"Why didn't you stop him?" the Guhuoniao said angrily.
"He brought a desolate creature with him, a desolate creature is terrifying..." Princess Kaguya's eyes were red.
"As expected, they have a powerful force to contend with; we can't afford to offend them," the fox spirit said dejectedly. "Never mind, let's go back. It's late."
"He took so many things, we're losing out big time!!" the Onmyoji said with heartache.
The group of people, looking dejected, slowly descended the mountain and headed towards Heian-kyo.
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The next morning, Qiu Shui was having breakfast in her dormitory when Xu Yu knocked on her door.
"What's wrong?"
Xu Yu glared at her angrily, "You promised to stay up all night and wait for me, but I pressed the doorbell for twenty minutes straight and no one answered!"
"I'm sorry." Qiu Shui invited her into the house. "I was really too busy last night. I'm sorry."
"What are you busy with?" Xu Yu asked, looking at her curiously.
"Playing a game..."
What game?
"Onmyoji, a full-immersion online game. Are you interested?" Qiu Shui's eyes lit up as she spoke.
Xu Yu stared at her intently. "You've become much more cheerful since winter break. Is it because of this game?"
"Maybe, I've made a lot of friends there," Qiu Shui said with a smile.
Just then, a call came into the electronic bracelet.
"You have a missed call!" The butler handed her the bracelet.
"I'll excuse myself for a moment." Xu Yu stood up and walked to the side to look at her study.
"Hello?"
When the call connected, a pleasant male voice came from the other end, comparable to the voice actors in TV dramas.
Are you the beauty of autumn waters?
This time, an excited voice came through the conversation. Qiu Shui smiled and said, "I am Qiu Shui, and you are Mu Xue?"
"Uh... my name is Haitang, you can call me Haitang."
"Hmm, Haitang. Have you found the traveler?" Qiushui asked, getting down to business.
“Found him. I was too busy to notice before. Xingke and his guild are going to the Peace Gathering in May this year, in Hughes City offline. During this time, Xingke has been making money online and offline to raise travel expenses, so he wasn’t here. He’s very angry when he found out about the system auctioning his shikigami,” Haitang said.
"I see." She knew about that offline meetup too. "Does your department participate in offline events? Hughes City is in the Chinatown area, not far from various cities, and the cost of living is within most people's budget."
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