IW: Chapter 250 - Inuyasha Bai Ye, you are invincible, Kaguya!
"You seem to know a lot."
Tsukuyomi looked at Bai Ye with a smile. Why did it feel so natural for these words to come out of Bai Ye's mouth?
Was he that knowledgeable?
"I'm just saying."
Bai Ye asked about Naraku because he wanted to know about Miroku's grandfather.
Kaguya was sealed by Miroku's grandfather in this era, so if Naraku appeared, his time would be relatively short.
Once sealed, it would be difficult to find her again later.
"I don't think I would."
Kikyo hold back for a long time, and finally only said this sentence.
Even though she inwardly agreed with what Bai Ye said.
She did sometimes feel that she was always treated as a miko by others, not just an ordinary woman.
Aside from her identity as a miko, she seemed to be just an ordinary woman.
"Don't worry about the shikon jewel anymore. The shikon jewel can't orchestrate anything else."
Bai Ye was actually quite curious. If Kikyo truly fell in love, would she still die from Tsubaki's curse?
After all, once she fell in love with someone else, she would die an unnatural death.
Her death was related to the curse and the shikon jewel.
"Then why are you still saying these things?"
Tsukuyomi muttered, feeling that he didn't seem to intend to talk about this matter from the beginning.
"Then where do we find Kaguya?"
Tsukuyomi didn't continue to dwell on the problem. The most crucial thing now was Kaguya.
"No hurry, a demon has already gone to look for her for me."
Saying that, Bai Ye slapped the back of his neck, and Myoga felt a dizzy spell.
"Young Master Inuyasha Bai Ye, I've got the information you wanted this time!"
Myoga was not well after he recovered.
He had managed to get this intelligence this time.
He couldn't even suck a drop of blood!
Even without sucking blood, the powerful demonic energy in Bai Ye's blood made Myoga secretly feel uncomfortable. If he could suck a mouthful, it would be even better.
"You found Kaguya?"
"Of course, Young Master Inuyasha Bai Ye, don't you know my ability to find people? I was almost discovered!"
Myoga was almost discovered earlier. If he hadn't run fast enough, he probably wouldn't have seen Bai Ye.
As he spoke, he also hoped that Bai Ye would let him suck some blood.
After all, the blood of a great demon was a great tonic.
"Is that so? Then take me there."
"..."
No?!
Was that the answer he wanted?
Myoga felt a pang of discomfort, though deep down he knew that Bai Ye actually understood everything.
"Young Master Inuyasha Bai Ye, that woman is very sinister."
Myoga reminded him. He thought that he would tell Bai Ye the information about the other party, and then he wouldn't go with him.
After all, if he went with him, Bai Ye might not necessarily protect him.
So he wanted to run away.
"You just need to tell me the location."
"Mm-hmm!"
Good!
Bai Ye didn't force him to go with him, which made Myoga breathe a sigh of relief.
After telling Bai Ye Kaguya's location, Myoga scurried away.
Seeing Myoga like this, Tsukuyomi couldn't help but ask, "Is Kaguya really that terrifying?"
"She's immortal."
Actually, immortality still needed a question mark.
After all, everything absorbed by the Wind Tunnel should logically die.
However, he didn't have that ability. Was Kaguya really that powerful?
Her power lay in that mirror and the robe.
She herself was like Naraku, just with a more perverse recovery ability than Naraku, and even if she encountered Sesshomaru, who possessed the Bakusaiga, she might not be able to survive.
After all, being cut by it was irreversible.
"And that demon is one that can gain the abilities of others by devouring them. You also need to be careful. Once she devours you, she will also possess spiritual power."
Bai Ye reminded them that Kaguya was even more capable of devouring than Naraku.
"I understand."
Tsukuyomi and Kikyo also became more vigilant, but they also had a question in their hearts: "What kind of demon is this? How can it even devour people from Takama-ga-hara?"
And she wasn't even afraid of miko.
"I think it's most likely related to souls. After all, she doesn't swallow people whole, but directly occupies their bodies. So, most likely, she devours souls or directly traps the other person's soul in a certain place and occupies that body herself. Otherwise, how would she dare to swallow a miko?"
If you dared to swallow a miko, the spiritual power of some powerful miko would erupt, and that would be more than just talk.
So, she must take the soul route. This demon is most likely skilled in soul matters, unlike Naraku, who directly swallows the body.
"Is that so? Then souls aren't that easy for her to swallow."
Tsukuyomi suddenly relaxed. Her soul was very strong.
"That's true."
Kikyo was no longer afraid either.
"That's true. When it comes to souls, a miko's soul is very strong."
A look of understanding flashed across Bai Ye's face. He seemed to have underestimated them just now.
One was a person whose soul could become the shikon jewel, and the other was the strongest miko before reincarnation. In terms of spiritual power and soul, Kagome was simply no match for the two of them.
Kaguya might not even be able to safely swallow Kagome, let alone these two.
Looking at it this way, there didn't seem to be anything to worry about.
According to Myoga's information, they also set off to find Kaguya.
A lone path passed through a Village.
The people here seemed to be discussing something.
"Everyone, why are you here?!"
Kikyo looked at the people here with some confusion.
Upon hearing Kikyo's words, the people who were originally praying now turned their heads and looked over.
They hesitated somewhat.
This matter should not have been spoken of.
It's just that...
The bewildered people had no other choice at this moment.
They just followed what that holy man said.
"We are waiting for Hakushin to pass away."
Children don't think as much as adults. Seeing Kikyo ask, he spoke bluntly about Hakushin.
The mother beside him, hearing her son say this, her face changed instantly. She quickly got up and pulled the child behind her.
Although their actions were indeed waiting for Hakushin to die...
"I apologize for making you laugh."
An old man walked out from the crowd, a hint of shame flashing across his face.
Then he told Bai Ye and the others about Hakushin.
The original Village was desolate and hungry, but Hakushin's arrival changed everything. The people's faith to survive was Hakushin.
Some time ago, even a highly virtuous monk like Hakushin contracted a disease and was critically ill. He was expected to die soon.
This also made them feel a little lost. They didn't know how to survive.
And at this moment, Hakushin proposed to become a Buddha, saying that even after his death, he could still protect this place.
Then the Village chief and others followed Hakushin's instructions and placed him in a wooden barrel, and the faint sound of bells coming from afar indicated that Hakushin was still alive.
"A person of great resolve!"
Tsukuyomi and Kikyo exchanged glances, and they both saw a hint of shock in each other's eyes. They had not expected Hakushin to choose this method to achieve Buddhahood.
To allow himself to continue protecting this place even after death, just quietly waiting for death to arrive?
It was indeed admirable.
"His heart is already in turmoil."
As Bai Ye's words fell, the bell suddenly paused, then began to ring again.
"You are wondering why you, who have done good deeds all your life, must die? Why can't those who respected you because of your help consider you? Your heart has wavered. If this is the case, you are destined not to become a Buddha."
Bai Ye said indifferently.
Hakushin, in the end, was still human. As a human, he would fear death, especially when he knew he was going to die and was just waiting for the time of his death to arrive.
No matter how you look at it, this was a torment. As time passed, Hakushin, who was waiting for death, would only feel more and more psychological pressure.
"No way?!"
"But..."
Hakushin hadn't spoken yet, but the other villagers were already discussing animatedly.
"Shut up!"
The Village chief's face was flushed, and then he looked at Bai Ye and asked, "Is Hakushin really thinking that way?"
"Yes."
"Let Hakushin come out. If Hakushin is unwilling, then what's the difference between this and murder!"
The Village chief's words made a hint of shame flash across the faces of the people around him.
They originally wanted to say that Hakushin was already on his last legs.
And this matter was proposed by Hakushin.
But just as the Village Chief said!
If Hakushin didn't want to die, and they didn't let Hakushin come up, wouldn't that mean they forced him to die?!
If it hadn't been for Hakushin back then, they would have all died long ago. Hakushin was their savior.
"Quickly!"
The Village Chief glared at the villagers, who then frantically prepared to dig Hakushin out.
Just as they were about to start, Hakushin's weak voice, which had been silent all this time, reached everyone present: "No need to dig me out, it's just... I have some questions..."
Hakushin admitted that he had wavered.
He had some questions he wanted to ask Bai Ye.
When everyone else believed that he was still willing to sacrifice himself even now, Bai Ye could see at a glance that his heart was not so willing.
He no longer wanted to come out.
Because of his fear of death, Hakushin now felt a sense of ugly fear.
Moreover, the attitude of the Village Chief and others made Hakushin feel a bit ashamed.
If the Village Chief and the others had still held the thought of letting him die, Hakushin would not have been like this now.
"I'm thinking, why have I, who have done good deeds all my life, ended up like this?"
This was Hakushin's doubt.
He had been pondering it, and the more he pondered, the more he feared, the more he dreaded death.
"Commit no evil, do all good, purify your mind; this is the teaching of all Buddhas."
No bad deeds should be done, and good deeds should be done with all effort. As long as one removes all their deluded thoughts, that is the true meaning of Buddhism.
Bai Ye was not a Buddhist practitioner, but he had some understanding of Buddhist teachings.
Buddha is Tao, Buddha is Tao.
Whether one cultivates the Tao or cultivates Buddhism, if they do not want to go astray, isn't it about trying not to do bad things, but to do meritorious deeds?
Hakushin murmured to himself, then continued to ask: "If I had never descended the mountain and had always practiced on the mountain, could I have become a Buddha?"
His meaning was simple: if he did not get involved in worldly dust.
Would he be able to achieve fearlessness of death by diligently cultivating his mind on the mountain?
"Bodhi originally has no tree, nor does a clear mirror have a stand; originally there is nothing, so where can dust alight?"
Originally there is nothing, so where can dust alight?
Hakushin murmured, a look of relief flashing across his face: "Thank you."
"You're welcome."
Bai Ye replied softly. The moment his voice fell, the shaking of the bell abruptly stopped.
And the originally desolate area was now as if baptized by something sacred.
Hakushin, who had originally feared death, now calmly faced his demise.
The moment his heart's knot was untied, his life came to an end, and he indeed became a Buddha, as he had said before.
"He became a Buddha."
Tsukuyomi sighed with emotion. If it weren't for Bai Ye, it seemed Hakushin would have been doomed, right?
"Yes, it's very normal to feel fear when facing death."
Even if he was so afraid of death at the end, it seemed very normal.
Kikyo also thought this was human nature; perhaps she would also be afraid when she was about to die?
[Ding! Changed Hakushin's fate, rewarded one lottery chance.]
A soul that had originally fallen into evil had now become a Buddha.
In Bai Ye's view, his confusion during his life was also a very normal thing.
No one can calmly face their own death, even he himself is the same.
Before he died, no one told him whether what he was doing was right or wrong.
He had always been thinking in his heart whether what he was doing was worth it, and why everyone else wanted him to sacrifice.
Perhaps after he learned that these people would not let him wait for death here if they knew he did not want to die.
He also understood.
Use.
Bai Ye silently thought in his heart.
[Ding! Used one lottery chance, congratulations on obtaining: Spiritual Power.]
Spiritual Power?!
What is this?
Bai Ye looked at the introduction of this ability, and a hint of shock flashed in his heart.
As a demon, he would be able to use Spiritual Power from now on.
That sacred power in his hand.
"How do you have Spiritual Power?!"
Are you kidding me?!
Spiritual Power is the bane of demons. Generally speaking, very few humans possess a Spiritual Power physique.
And Bai Ye, as a demon, actually possessed such sacred Spiritual Power.
"I don't know how to explain it, but I can use Spiritual Power now."
Suddenly having a new energy in his body, Bai Ye actually had some weaknesses before.
After all, if he were hit by a sword or by Spiritual Power, the injuries would be multiplied.
And now with Spiritual Power, he could also use Spiritual Power barriers and a series of abilities that a miko should possess. Bai Ye, as a demon, could even restrain other demons.
"Could it be that... that thing... also has this effect?!"
Tsukuyomi thought, this isn't right!
It wasn't something she gave, and besides, is that really possible?
"Hey, isn't what you're saying problematic!?
What do you mean that thing has an effect?
It feels like ever since she had the child, Tsukuyomi has been even bolder than before.
She dares to say anything out loud now.
"Isn't it? Otherwise, how do you explain this?"
The main thing is that Bai Ye having Spiritual Power is simply too bizarre.
No matter how unwilling she was to believe it, wasn't the truth just like that?
Every time through that matter, her Spiritual Power would secretly assimilate with Bai Ye's?
"I'm still here."
Kikyo really wanted to remind both of them that she was still there. Couldn't they avoid her if they wanted to say something or other?
"You understand?!"
"I'm a normal person... Although I didn't understand at first, I figured it out later."
Kikyo actually wished she didn't understand this matter.
After all, if she didn't understand, she wouldn't care what they said.
"Don't mind it, I was just talking, let's hurry up and go!"
A hint of awkwardness flashed across Tsukuyomi's face, and she immediately indicated that they should not continue talking about this matter.
No matter how Bai Ye obtained this power.
If she continued talking, she felt she would never be able to face Kikyo again.
Bai Ye, on the other hand, was somewhat surprised.
He had thought Kikyo didn't understand anything, but he didn't expect Tsukuyomi's subtle innuendo to be caught by Kikyo like that.
"Actually, it doesn't matter what you say, I can pretend I didn't hear it."
Perhaps seeing Tsukuyomi's embarrassment, and also realizing that she shouldn't have exposed them earlier.
Kikyo added.
"Don't!"
Tsukuyomi waved her hands repeatedly. If she really did that, she couldn't bring herself to do such a thing.
"Really?"
"Really."
Although both of them said so, an invisible awkwardness spread throughout the entire group.
The three chatted on and off along the way, finally washing away the somewhat absurd awkwardness between them. According to Myoga's information, Kaguya should be in this vicinity.
"There seems to be a legend about a Celestial Maiden nearby."
After some inquiries, Bai Ye and the others learned about the Celestial Maiden.
After her robe was stolen, the Celestial Maiden, in a fit of rage, directly slaughtered all the villagers of the man who stole her robe.
Many people witnessed the Celestial Maiden's terror, and this matter also spread within a small area.
"In other words, her robe has already been stolen..."
Without her robe, Kaguya's strength was not particularly formidable.
This was also why Miroku's grandfather could seal Kaguya; if Kaguya had her robe, Miroku's grandfather would most likely have been sending himself to his death.
Although there was some suspicion of taking advantage of the situation, Bai Ye didn't care about that now.
If he didn't find Kaguya quickly, he would most likely be sealed.
They quickened their pace in searching for her. In a palace, Bai Ye and the others found Kaguya, who had devoured everything of the Celestial Maiden. At this moment, upon seeing Bai Ye and the others arrive, she was somewhat surprised and puzzled, and also a little uneasy.