Chapter 33: The Evolution of Youyouzi...

  "Huh? Chen Yi looked at Yatsumaki's Universal Soul in her hand, 'Does Milady need this?'"

  "Hmm." Yakumo Yuko nodded, "As the times change, humans have begun to deny the existence of youkai, and with the development of civilization, the human population is growing at an incredible rate. I think it won't be long before youkai become mere legends among humans."

  Is Yakumo Yukari planning on setting up a large barrier now? But isn't it a bit too early for that? Tewi thought.

  "Hmm, I actually have quite a few of these, how many does Lord Purple need?"

  "About seventy or eighty."

  Chen Yi: "......"

  "Too many? Thirty-four is fine..."

  Purple mom, are you going to make a meal out of this?

  "Ten is enough."

  "Whoa! This is dropping too fast, isn't it? Chen Yi took out twenty cosmic souls and handed them to Yatou Murasaki. He asked with a knowing tone: 'What's the point of taking these things, Lord Murasaki? Although they contain an enormous amount of spatial energy, it's just too stable.'"

  "That's right, it's precisely because the spatial power inside is extremely stable and has a huge storage capacity. If this crystal is used to make a seal, by using special methods to guide the power out and infuse it into the seal, the stability of the seal can be increased by several levels."

  It seems that a large boundary is indeed going to be established, "Is Lord Purple going to use the Cosmic Soul to establish the boundary?"

  " Soul of the universe? That's the name of this crystal." Yakumo Yukari gazed at the Soul of the Universe in her hand.

  "In the several hundred years you've been asleep, Chen Yi, you may not know how rapidly human development has progressed. Over 300 years ago, I was worried that the growing number of humans would disrupt the balance of yōkai, so I established the 'Boundary between Fantasy and Reality' in Gensokyo, continually luring yōkai from the outside world to come to Gensokyo, which is how the power of yōkai reached a state of equilibrium."

  "But human growth and development far exceeded my imagination, and now humans have begun to reject the existence of youkai, so I thought of establishing a great barrier to completely separate Gensokyo from human society."

  "Huh? Lord Purple plans to establish a large boundary now?" Isn't this too early? Is it the butterfly effect?

  "What? How is that possible, the Grand Boundary's establishment is still in the conceptual phase now, it'll take several decades to actually implement it, Chen Yi, you're currently the only other person who knows about this besides me."

  "Alas... should I feel honored?" Looks like this little 'butterfly' of mine has failed miserably.

  "Ah, Tenshi, thanks for the 800 years ago thing." Yakumo Yukari unfolded her fan and covered half of her face.

  "Huh? Lord Zi is referring to that matter, it's fine now (the ones who were affected were the main gods). Chen Yi recalled how he was deceived by the main god back then and couldn't help but feel resentful."

  "At the time when I led many monsters to retreat from the Moon Capital, we found that the space channel opened up for some reason was actually shrinking. Originally, we thought we would be trapped on the moon, but the space channel was forcibly propped open countless times."

  "At that time, I clearly remembered the strong smell of blood by the lake." Yui's finger slid across Taro's face, leaving a bloody mark. Yui added a bit more blood to her finger.

  "It's this taste, although I don't know how you found out about my invasion of the moon, but forcibly opening a space channel must have cost you quite a bit, right..."

  "Uh, this... Lord Purple..."

  "Just call me Zi, after all, I only forced you to be my Shiki because I wanted to know your secret back then. Now that you're not completely mine, just calling me Zi is fine."

  "Alas?... Alright." After all, having a mouthful of "Purple Senior" was also quite awkward for Chen Yi.

  "Alright!" Chen Yi slapped his palm, "Zi, I want to take a look at human society."

  Yakumo Kishi found Taro Ito's idea very strange. "What's the point of going to human society? You know, there are hardly any youkai in human society these days."

  "After all, I've been asleep for 800 years. Now I really want to go and experience human society. According to Zi's words, humans have almost made demons into non-existent beings, right? This is perfect for me to go and experience human society." Chen Yi said with a face full of longing (pretended).

  "Alright, but before that, let me take you to see someone, and I'm sure you'll be greatly surprised." Yakumo Yukari said as she opened a gap and pulled Tenshi in.

  In the gap of Yakumo Yukari, Tenshi looked around and saw that except for the red eyes, everything else was also eyes. Dizzy, dark waves rippled in her eyes... probably not based on this fake one, right?

  ……

  ……

  The Underworld, White Jade Pavilion.

  Chen Yi looked at the stone steps in front of him that were enough to run someone to death and said, "By the way, Zi, can't we just teleport up there?"

  "Of course not, Chen Yi, you're here for the first time and should show some guest etiquette, I'll go ahead and wait for you upstairs."

  Yi Yunzi left Chen Yi standing there and immediately flashed away after opening a gap...

  Looking at the long staircase in front of him, Chen Yi felt a wave of dizziness, how long would it take to run up this many stairs? Not being able to fly was really a disadvantage. Chen Yi sighed and suddenly appeared 100 meters away.

  Chen Yi's figure kept flashing, looking at the top that was getting closer and closer, Chen Yi accelerated again.

  Ding!

  The advancing Chen Yi immediately drew his weapon and blocked the sudden slash.

  "Oh? It's been a long time since I've seen you, Yougui."

  "Are you... Chen Yi?"

  Seeing that it was someone he knew, Hún Pò Yāo Jì also put away his weapon. "I heard you've been missing for a long time, how did you find this place?"

  "Oh, so you're here too, Zi Dai. You said you wanted to meet up with some acquaintances, but since you've appeared here, I suppose Yu Yu Zi should be around somewhere as well." Chen Yi said.

  "Huh? You already knew? Because of the special circumstances surrounding Big Sister, she was reborn as an undead soon after sealing away the Western Demon King, but... Big Sister had completely lost all memories from her past life."

  "Hmm, so that's how it is... You can't just leave me hanging here forever, right?"

  "Come on, follow me, I'll take you to see the young lady." Ling Huai walked ahead of Chen Yi, leading the way.

  When Chen Yi arrived at the White Jade Building, Ba Yunzi was already sitting with Youyouzi and brewing tea. "Chen Yi, you're really slow, the tea is already brewed."

  After seeing Tsubakura arrive, Yakumo Yuko said.

  You have a gap in ability, who dares to say they are fast in front of you? Does Kakarot count as one?

  "Ah, so this is the Chen Yi you were talking about." Youyouzi looked at Chenyi and said, "I don't know why, but after seeing you, I feel a sense of familiarity just like with Zi, yet we've never met before."

  Chen Yi smiled wryly and although he knew that Youyouzi had already lost her memories of her past life, he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. "Alright then, let me introduce myself, my name is Chen Yi."

  "Hmm, I'm Saiin Kiyoko, the owner of this White Jade Pavilion. Would you like to come in for a cup of tea?" Kiyoko invited Tatsuyu.

  "Then thank you." Chen Yi didn't stand on ceremony, directly sitting down and looking at the table in front of him that only had tea on it. Chen Yi immediately took out a few golden holy communion wafers from his inventory and placed them on the table.

  "This fruit, I remember it didn't have any taste when I ate it." Yatsume said as she looked at the Golden Eucharist that Tenshi had placed on the table.

  "Really? Have you seen this fruit before, Yuzuru?" Tsubaki was curious about the fact that this fruit had no taste.

  "...I picked up a few before, but they didn't have any taste when I ate them so I threw them away."

  Everything picked up is casually eaten, guts are quite fat.

  "This fruit is magical, when you eat it, as long as you think of a certain food, the taste of the fruit will change to that food." As he said this, Chen Yi picked one up and started eating.

  Yunzi listened and followed Chenyi's example, picking up a fruit to eat as well. Chenyi glanced at Youyouzi, originally the full plate of fruits beside Youyouzi was now less than one-third left...

  Chen Yi looked at Yao Ji standing aside and handed another golden holy bread to her, "Yao Ji, you eat too."

  "This isn't good..."

  "What's wrong with it, I'll give it to you." Chen Yi put the golden holy communion in Yao Ji's hand.

  When Chen Yi turned around, he found that his golden holy communion had only an empty wooden plate left...

  Chen Yi looked at the naturally stupid Youyouzi beside him, as well as Yakumo Yukari who was trying to reach into Chen Yi's body to find something, and let out a sigh. Chen Yi once again took out several Golden Holy Communion wafers.

  Wooooo!

  So fast! Chen Yi looked at his empty hands...

  "Ah~, Chen Yi, I really want to find that portable space of yours and see how many good things are inside, but unfortunately, I just can't seem to find it... what a pity..." Yakumo Yukari said while eating and complaining.

  Let you find it and look at you, is it bright?

  Yu Yu Zi said beside him: "It's really a wonderful fruit, I didn't expect that eating it can bring out so many flavors. Say, Chen Yi, do you have any more?"

  Chen Yi couldn't help it, and once again took out a few pieces of golden holy bread, only to have them instantly swept away...

  "Anything else?" Same question again.

  "Hey, Chen Yi, we're already good friends now, you won't be so petty, will you?"

  The relationship progressed so quickly, Chen Yi couldn't help it, and once again took out a few pieces of Golden Holy Communion. On the side, Yatsumi Purple began to search around Chen Yi's body once more...

  ……

  Chen Yi looked at the empty plates stacked high in front of Youyouzi, who was sweating profusely. Was it really that difficult to take care of him? Although Huang Jin Sheng Can (Golden Sacred Fruit) was a fruit, its ability to satiate hunger far surpassed other meat products. Could eating so much in one go really be okay?

  After Youyouzi finished the last fruit, she elegantly took a sip of tea and said after a while: "Zi, Chenyi, now that we've finished our tea, shall we go appreciate the cherry blossoms together? We can also have some snacks along the way."

  No! I think admiring cherry blossoms isn't the main thing, eating snacks is the key purpose.

  It seems like you've already started evolving into a glutton, Youyouzi...