Chapter 109: The Deal Between the Youkai Sage and the Five Great Elemental Kings
A new chapter!
She pushed open the wooden door and walked into a room filled with the fragrance of lilies, carrying a basin of clear water.
In the room, on the nanmu wood sofa, Bayun Mo was quietly lying on it.
Dazzling black hair covered the entire soft couch, and some even fell on the tatami mat.
"You should take a break too."
Lan placed the wooden basin beside the bed and said to Akane beside her while wetting a towel.
Meirin didn't say a word, she just looked at Yakumo Sukehiro on the bed with a pale face and shook her head.
"Can I come?"
Holding a damp towel in his hand, ready to wipe down Yakumo Mokuto, Ao stared at Akane in shock.
"Whatever." After handing the towel to Akiraka, Aoi took another glance at Yakumo Sukima who was still asleep and shook his head as he walked out of the room.
After Yakumo Mukuro absorbed almost all of the darkness in the deepest part of the Great Spirit Temple, he fell into a deep sleep.
It's been half a year since I was brought back to Gensokyo by Byakuren from that world.
For half a year, Bachyun Mo had been lying in bed.
If it weren't for Murasaki's constant reassurance that Yaichi was okay, Akane would have collapsed long ago.
In the courtyard, under the cherry blossom tree, Zi Zheng looked at the five people in front of him with a serious face.
The warrior wielding a burning sword - Fire Spirit King Volcanic.
The gentle-eyed youth --- The Wind Spirit King Bevaru.
Wielding a massive iron mallet, the giant - Rod Gias, King of the Earth Spirits.
The woman embracing a water bottle in front of her chest - Water Spirit King Isaria Tsuwa.
The old man holding a heavenly balance and a tin staff - Saint Alexander, the spirit of holiness.
After the incident at the Great Shrine of the Elemental Spirits, the five Great Spirit Kings regained their sanity and unleashed a burst of power. With the help of Yakumo Yukari's spiritual seed in her mind, the realm of the elemental spirits and Gensokyo were miraculously connected.
And the connecting point is the center of the magical forest.
A high mountain suddenly appeared in that place, with a cave halfway up the mountain. Passing through the cave can enter the Elemental Spirit Realm.
This thing has been occupying the headlines of Wenwen News for a long time.
Although Lingmei was extremely annoyed by such a drastic change in Gensokyo, many of the youkai in Gensokyo were instead delighted at the prospect of chaos.
Especially Marisa, who loves to go on adventures (stealing), has also brought many little youkai into the Elemental Spirit Realm for exploration.
However, the five Great Elemental Kings, although they regained their sanity, had their powers weakened to a very frightening degree after years of erosion. As the foundation of the Elemental Spirit Realm, the realm itself also shrunk into a small world.
Consequently, the mundane world where Kreis and others lived also underwent a violent upheaval.
Fortunately, the Elf King had regained his sanity, and under their edict, the turmoil in the mortal world soon came to an end.
Rubia's misunderstanding was finally cleared up, and she shed the title of "Calamity Spirit Maiden" to become a spirit maiden serving the Fire Spirit King.
However, the matter of the Elemental Spirit Realm has been resolved, but the matter of Yún Mò has not been resolved.
"Bang!"
Opening the folding fan, Zi said to the five Great Spirit Kings: "This time, if it wasn't for my Moe sacrificing herself to save you, your world would have been finished long ago. So, isn't my request reasonable?"
Faced with the somewhat overbearing Zi, the five elemental spirit kings looked at each other in dismay.
This is indeed their fault.
Because of absorbing too much darkness, the sapling born from the fantasy seed in Yakumo Sukehiro's spiritual sea is transforming its energy with all its might.
Although this can make Yayoi Sumi's strength explosively increase, no one knows if there will be any aftereffects.
Bao Bu Zhun's eight cloud ink will go mad like the previous Elf King due to the erosion of darkness.
The requirement put forward by Tewi is that the five Great Elemental Kings use their powers to help Yakumo Yukari counter the darkness, and at the same time, utilize their ability to directly control the roots of the five elements to maintain the stability of Gensokyo's Great Barrier.
In this way, the recovery of the Five Great Elemental Kings' powers will become a distant and unattainable goal.
But when faced with Zi, they also had no way out.
Not to mention their current strength has greatly decreased, even in their heyday, they wouldn't dare guarantee a stable win against this realm's demon.
That is a powerful demon who has already touched the realm of God.
"Your request, we can agree to."
As the earliest liberated spirit king, the water spirit king Iska spoke up.
After regaining her sanity in this body, Elsa's physical appearance also changed from a 10-year-old girl to a tall and slender beauty.
"We also have one requirement."
"Originally, the position of the Spirit King was fixed. As long as we exist, there can't be a second one among the five Great Spirit Kings. However, the Dark Spirit King had already fallen previously."
"Although there is a demon king who has inherited his power, the throne itself is empty."
"After my younger brother absorbed the darkness from another world, we discovered that he actually resonated with the throne of the Dark Spirit King. Therefore, we hope that he can come to take on the role of the Dark Spirit King in the Elemental Spirit Realm!"
"You want to take away our little brother!?"
Zi Yanran was enraged, his demonic powers bursting forth, and in an instant he forced the five Great Elemental Kings back several steps.
"No, no, no! You've got it wrong!"
As the original leader of the Five Great Elemental Kings, the white-haired and venerable Holy Elemental King Alexander stepped forward.
"We hope that our younger brother will become the Dark Elf King, only to avoid the resurrection of the original Dark Elf King, otherwise it will inevitably lead to another war among elves, and countless lives will be lost."
"After becoming the Dark Spirit King, my younger brother does not need to reside in the Elemental Spirit Realm; he can still be in Gensokyo."
Thousands of years ago, the Elf War was a war sparked by the rebellion of the Dark Elf King.
To counter the Dark Elf King, the five Great Elf Kings would give birth to a savior saint in the mortal world every time a Demon King appears, so as to counter the Demon King who inherited the power of the Dark Elf King and prevent the awakening of the Dark Elf King.
As the fundamental element, once Yīyún Mò became the Dark Spirit King, the original Dark Spirit King would never be able to reincarnate again. This way, it would also be possible to forever avoid the outbreak of another Spirit War.
"Aren't you afraid that Mo Er will turn against you just like the previous Elf King?"
His face turned slightly purple.
"We believe him!"
Isha's tone was very firm.
In fact, the Five Great Elemental Kings are also helpless in this situation.
Their current strength has suffered greatly, although as the Demon King of this generation, Fūjin Shinjin doesn't seem like someone who would destroy the world, but they also can't guarantee that Fūjin Shinjin won't bring back the Dark Elf King.
They no longer have much strength to deal with this matter.
Zi quietly looked at the five elemental kings, thinking about the pros and cons of this matter for her younger brother Jun.
If it's not necessary to stay in the Elemental Plane, becoming the Dark Elemental King and controlling a large elemental foundation is undoubtedly a very worthwhile thing.
It's also possible that these five guys who look like they're about to collapse right now will recover later and become a powerful force, and then I can pull them in as natural allies.
That's okay too.
"Add one more condition."
However, as a youkai sage, Shiki would absolutely not let go of such a good opportunity to kill someone.
"You said."
Alexander lowered his posture very low.
The current strength of this monster sage is enough for him to put on such an attitude.
"The youkai of Gensokyo can come and go as they please to the Elemental Spirit Realm, but people from your side must obtain Mokou's and my approval in order to enter Gensokyo."
"That's no problem."
The spirit kings who had already gained a general understanding of the youkai in Gensokyo did not dwell on this matter too much.
The spirits of the Elemental Spirit Realm and the youkai of Gensokyo are fundamentally existences of two different power systems.
Moreover, apart from those few top-notch war powers that also made them feel fearful, the general strength of the youkai in Gensokyo was not valued by the Five Great Elemental Spirits.
There is also the fact that although there are many youkai in Gensokyo, they can't compare to the elemental spirits of the spirit world.
Of course, this is because they simply judged based on the strength of the energy contained within the Youkai.
If they knew about the various strange and peculiar abilities possessed by those monsters, it's unknown whether they would still agree or not.
"It was nice working with you."
Zi finally revealed a smile, but that smile made the five Great Elemental Kings feel uneasy.