Chapter 23: Western Journey, I'm going to move you again...

  The high-hanging sun can't withstand the ravages of time, slowly inclining towards the western mountains. Chen Yi, who had been distracted for a long time, also came back to his senses.

  Watching the sun that was about to set, Chen Yi hastily bid farewell to Youyouzi who was still reading, and by nightfall, he couldn't leave even if he wanted to...

  When Chen Yi left, a white-haired imperial sister also rushed out of the yard, and the two exchanged a glance, everything was in their eyes.

  Although she's a half-human, half-spirit, the power of Youyouzi doesn't have much effect on her, but that doesn't mean there's no danger. Knowing full well that Youyouzi's power peaks at night, and still staying there like a fool, isn't called guarding, it's courting death!

  Chen Yi and Ling Hun followed each other to a dense forest far away from Youyouzi's residence. Ling Hun didn't even bother with Chen Yi, walking straight into a small wooden hut and warning him with a glance as he closed the door.

  My goodness! You've even prepared a house for me! And what's with that warning gaze of yours? Are you afraid I'll snoop around?! Chen Yi was momentarily stunned and had a divine expression.

  You think you're invincible just because you have a house?! Find a sturdy tree with a thick trunk, and pull out the weapon from behind it.

  Sorry, Big Tree, you're really sturdy when you sleep, said Chen Yi with a dishonest apology as he started digging holes in the tree.

  From bottom to top, Chen Yi hollowed out a large tree and conveniently opened a skylight. Using local materials, he also made a door.

  Get into the tree hole! Close the door! Damn it, can't lie down...

  Even if Chen Yi dug a hole in this tree, he still couldn't lie down and sleep.

  Helpless, Chen Yi kicked the door open with one foot and left two legs outside.

  Just one night, tomorrow I'll build a house for myself, Chen Y thought.

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  The next day, Tatsuya didn't go to Yuyuko's place again. The reason was that Yakumo Yukari came and when she went to Yuyuko's place, she deliberately passed by Tatsuya's place and pulled out Tatsuya who was having a dream from the tree hole.

  Warning: Chen Yi is not allowed to sneak a peek or disturb her and Youyouzi's two-person world. Leaving behind a sleepy-looking Chen Yi who had just woken up...

  Chen Yi rubbed his eyes and looked at the sun rising slowly, then lay back down in the tree hole he had made for himself to sleep, as for the house... that's a problem for tomorrow.

  From then on, whenever Yuyuko came, Tenshi would go to sleep, and when Yuyuko didn't come, Tenshi would go to Youmu's place to brush up her good impression.

  As for building a house, have you heard the story of the swallow? If you've heard it, I won't explain...

  After entering winter, Yui's frequency of coming to Yuuko's place increased, and in the end, she didn't leave at all.

  Idle Chen Yi had no choice but to find his old neighbor, Ling Huai, to chat with and relieve his emotions.

  Kokoro Musubi has been feeling down lately. Every time Yuyuko comes, Youmu always finds a reason to shoo her away. Now, whenever Yuyuko arrives, Kokoro Musubi habitually leaves without needing Youmu to say anything...

  Without so much as a knock, the door to Yōki's small cottage was kicked open. "Yo! Yōki, I've come for you again!"

  "Soul demon! Can't you just open the door properly for once!" Soul demon Xi looked at the door covered in footprints (from Chen Yi's kicks) with great resentment.

  "It's okay, just kick it and replace it. The materials have been ready for a long time." Chen Yi pointed to the small house with a layer of wooden boards piled up with snow.

  “……”

  …………

  Chen Yi and Hun Bo sat on the snowy ground, indifferent to the cold around them.

  Accepting a cup of sacred grape wine handed over by Chen Yi.

  "I'm really curious where you put all these things, seeing you drink every day but never finish them."

  "Where to put it? Of course, here!" Chen Yi inserted his hand into his belly and pulled out a piece of chilled mutton, which he began to eat.

  “……”

  "Gotcha." Seeing the green face of Soul Devouring Demon, Chen Yi hastily explained: "I have a portable space, what I said earlier was just a joke, don't believe me? Take a look then."

  Chen Yi stretched out his hand, and after inserting it into the void, he took out a cup of grape wine.

  "Look! That's how it is." After using the item bar for a long time, Chen Yi finally discovered that items in the item bar can be taken out from any position, as for the belly, it was just a default position...

  "Don't play such a disgusting joke next time! Soul demon." After hearing Chen Yi's explanation, the complexion of the soul demon improved slightly.

  ……

  ……

  Cooling mode, start...

  The two of them silently started drinking.

  "Recently..." The soul of Youmu Nishiki spoke up again, "It seems that the young mistress's mood hasn't been good lately... She only smiles when Yakumo Yukari comes..."

  Chen Yi put down the wine glass in his hand: "As a demigod, I can also slightly sense Lord Zi's emotions. Lord Zi has been looking very troubled lately."

  He drained his cup and continued, "Spring is just around the corner."

  "...... Yeah." The soul of the demon looked at the gray sky, "Not far from spring..."

  The two naturally knew what the arrival of spring meant.

  Compared to the mood of Soul Calming, Chen Yi was obviously much better. After all, he knew that after sealing the Western Wandering Demon, Youyouzi would not truly die, but instead be reborn as the Undead Princess.

  Apart from sympathizing with Youyouzi's tragic fate, Chenyi also has a knot in his heart...

  Damn it! The good impression I worked so hard to build up!!

  ……

  The snow has started to melt, and spring is not far away.

  Yakumo Yuko should be because spring is approaching, the reason for the inner conflict, and the number of times to visit Yūyū's residence has also decreased.

  Chen Yi still went to Youyouzi's residence as usual and started doing chores.

  One day, Yatsume didn't come, and Taro sat on the high platform at the entrance, sunbathing.

  Looking at Youyu who was staring at a book with a worried expression, Chenyi couldn't help but speak up.

  "Hey! Youyouzi, if I can resolve the Xī xíng yāo matter, would you be willing not to become a sacrifice to seal away the Xī xíng yāo?"

  "Ah?" Seemingly surprised by Chen Yi's words, Youyouzi's originally calm face revealed a look of astonishment.

  "Zhen Yi, your strength is clearly not as strong as mine, how can you possibly achieve this?"

  Chen Yi's face immediately turned gloomy, even if my strength isn't as strong as yours, you can't say it out loud, it hurts people's feelings!!

  "I'm telling you, it's true!" Chen Yi said again.

  "......Even if Chen Yi can do it, the price is very high, I'm afraid that even if Chen Yi succeeds, he will pay with his life." As she said this, Youyouzi's originally worried face also broke into a smile at Chen Yi.

  "Let me handle the matter of Xī Xíng Yāo alone, I don't want more people to sacrifice because of it. Chen Yi, thank you."

  ……

  ……

  At night, Chen Yi sat in the tree hole, looking at the night sky, thinking about what Youyouzi said during the day, and threw the wine cup in his hand far away.

  Western demon! I want to move you again!!!!

  Although he knew that Youyouzi would be reborn, facing the current Youyouzi, Chen Yi still felt unwilling to accept it. The urge in his heart to stop this from happening had not dissipated and instead grew stronger.

  Everyone knows about Chen Yi's innate ability, he can fully control his own strength, and for external forces, Chen Yi can also control 80%.

  When Chen Yi first came into contact with Xī Xíng Yāo, he was invaded by the death aura of Xī Xíng Yāo and had an idea.

  Chen Yi just wanted to take the death aura of the Western Expedition's demon and let it flood into his body, then use his own abilities to send it back out along the original path, causing an explosion.

  Of course, doing so may result in:

  The first one, Chen Yi's body couldn't withstand the dead spirit's power, and after rebounding it back, Xi Xing Yao didn't even get a scratch, but Chen Yi ended up dying from the invasion of the dead spirit's power.

  The second is that the amount of demonic energy of death is too abundant, and Chen Yi's ability can't keep up, and he is directly blown up.

  The third, Chen Yi accidentally succeeded, killed the Western Traveling Demon, but because he couldn't fully control the external forces, Chen Yi was eroded by the residual death demon power and hung out with the Western Traveling Demon together.

  The fourth one, Chen Yi directly killed the Western Wandering Demon... This was him dreaming.

  Just because of this, Chen Yi couldn't make up his mind to do anything to Xixing Yao.

  ……

  The weather has started to warm up, spring is just around the corner.

  Youmu always stays with Yuyuko for a long time whenever she comes, and even though Youmu rarely goes out, when Yuyuko arrives, she takes her out to play, as if not wanting to leave any regrets.

  After Yiyunzi left, Youyouzi became melancholic again. After Chenyituo tried to comfort her in vain, she finally made up her mind.

  It's not long before one dies, I haven't died for anyone else yet! This is also the first time in life.

  Maybe we're lucky and not only didn't die, but also greatly increased in strength. Even if we died, let's be a bad person next life... Tch, Chen Yi is so entangled, who let all otaku have a common problem - soft-heartedness.

  When others ask for something, although they say reluctantly this and that, most of the time they end up doing it anyway...

  She deliberately chose a day with strong sunlight, Youyouzi was sharing her demon power with Xī Xíng Yāo, since her strength would be halved during the daytime, then Xī Xíng Yāo's strength should also be weakened during the daytime.

  Arriving at the location of the Western Wandering Demon, although the power of the ghosts and gods has not recovered, a small amount of use is still possible.

  Chen Yi came back in front of the Western Demon Tree after Chen Yi opened a hole in the boundary set by the Western Demon who was shrouded in a cage.

  At this time, the Western Journey Demon had bloomed with cherry blossoms, and a strong death demon power was emanating from it, bringing wave after wave of pressure to Chen Yi's spirit.

  Chen Yi hesitated for a moment before placing his right hand on the trunk of the Western Journey Demon's tree.

  "What's wrong with you, Nima! I made such a big decision for nothing, and now you're not cooperating again!" Chen Yi cursed inwardly.

  Does the power of death only react to Ghost Hand?

  Taking a deep breath, Chen Yi withdrew his right hand and slowly stretched out the ghostly hand towards the trunk of the western demon's tree.

  The ghost hand had not yet approached, and the Western Wandering Demon's greatly enhanced Death Demon Power immediately stirred restlessly, causing Chen Yi to curse the Western Wandering Demon for being a glutton.

  Then... the back of his head hurt, and everything went black in front of him.

  I'm going to...! Someone's launching a sneak attack! My resolve!!! The last thought of Tatsuya Shiba......