Chapter 804: Temporary Stay

Yuyuko leaned lazily against the side of the low table, her gaze filled with a hint of astonishment as she looked at Lingyun.

"You mean to say, you had a fight with the Saigyou Ayakashi?"

"That's right, though this Saigyou Ayakashi is truly quite formidable; I almost capsized in the gutter!" Lingyun picked up the tea at his side, took a sip, and said indifferently.

Sensing the terrifying Death Qi lingering on Lingyun, Konpaku Youki, who was standing behind Yuyuko, could not help but have his pupils constrict. The Death Qi entwined around Lingyun was extremely terrifying; even as a half-human, half-spirit, he felt extreme discomfort. Moreover, this kind of Death Qi was likely not something the Saigyou Ayakashi could release, so who exactly was Lingyun fighting last night?

Furthermore, he had clearly seen a sword mark appear on the trunk of the Saigyou Ayakashi, and that sword mark even made him feel a sense of horror. Intuition told him that this young man of unknown origin was very dangerous.

"Then, will the Death Qi on your body now have any effect on you?" Seeing a trace of grayish-white appear on Lingyun's face, Yuyuko asked with some concern.

"It will be fine; I just need to find a place to properly heal my wounds. I wonder if Miss Yuyuko would allow me to stay here for a while?" Lingyun asked with a smile.

"You can!"

"You cannot!"

Two completely different voices rang out almost at the same time.

"Well, it's fine, Youki. I haven't sensed any malice from this gentleman!" Yuyuko said with her eyes half-closed.

"But Miss, this person is of unknown origin, has suffered heavy injuries, and is also a man; it is truly not safe to keep him here. What if people from the main family come here and see him? What should we do then?" Youki said with a worried expression.

"But, aren't you a man too, Youki? Besides, haven't people from the main family not come here for a long time?" Yuyuko blinked her eyes, her tone becoming somewhat dejected as she finished speaking.

"But, this..." Youki was still somewhat hesitant, but when he saw Yuyuko's pitiful appearance, his heart could not help but soften. "Very well, this place is ultimately yours to decide, Miss. Since you have chosen to let him stay, it is not my place to overstep my bounds."

"Don't worry, Youki, I am very powerful!" Yuyuko said, waving her small hands. "In this courtyard, no one can hurt me!"

A trace of helplessness appeared on Youki's face, and in the end, he nodded. After glaring fiercely at Lingyun, he led Lingyun to a room.

"I warn you, if you have any bad intentions toward my mistress, I will absolutely hunt you to the ends of the earth, I swear it in the name of the Konpaku Family!" Youki said, glaring at Lingyun.

"Rest assured, I have no malice toward your mistress." Lingyun shook his head with a smile.

"You had better remember what you just said!" Youki snorted coldly, then turned and left.

Lingyun closed the door, and a pallor surged onto his face once more; a trace of fresh blood spilled from the corner of his mouth. As the blood dripped onto the floor, wisps of aura from the Underworld actually appeared in the room.

Lingyun's expression turned solemn, and lines of Array Pattern spread out from his hands, enveloping the entire room. The moment all the Array Patterns took shape, an invisible Barrier shrouded the room, completely isolating it from the outside world.

After finishing all this, Lingyun sat cross-legged on the tatami mat, and golden flames surged from his body, wrapping him into a giant fire cocoon.

"Youki, has Mr. Lingyun still not come out of his room?"

In the living room, Yuyuko put a dumpling in front of her into her mouth and asked Konpaku Youki beside her.

"Yes, it has been four days since that person entered the room, and he has not come out." Youki nodded and said.

"Four days without coming out? Four days without eating, is Mr. Lingyun not hungry?" Yuyuko put the last dumpling into her mouth and asked with some confusion.

The corner of Youki's mouth could not help but twitch; he felt that his mistress's focus had gone completely astray. Was now the time to be concerned about whether the other party had eaten?

Suddenly, Yuyuko's eyes flickered; her hand felt around on the plate, but she touched nothing.

"Youki, the dumplings, they're gone!" Yuyuko said in a soft, sweet voice.

Looking at the empty plate, a trace of helplessness appeared on Youki's face. His young mistress didn't have any special hobbies, she just liked to eat. There had been a large plate of dumplings here just a moment ago, and now, in the blink of an eye, they had all entered Yuyuko's little belly.

"Very well, I will go make some now." Youki said with some indulgence.

"But, it seems there are no ingredients left in the house!" Yuyuko kindly reminded him.

Youki's figure could not help but pause. His mistress's appetite seemed to have increased again during this period, which directly resulted in the household ingredients being consumed particularly quickly. The ingredients that should have lasted a few more days had been completely exhausted.

"I understand." Youki nodded. "Miss, I will go to the city to buy some ingredients; you must be careful while you are home alone."

"I know." Yuyuko nodded with a somewhat vacant look in her eyes.

However, Youki did not notice the abnormality in his mistress's gaze; he had already begun to ponder what ingredients he should buy once he reached the city.

After Youki left, Yuyuko immediately bounced up, then trotted over to a room that was usually unoccupied and gently pushed open the paper door.

"Yukari, I'm coming in!" Yuyuko poked her head into the room and said in a low voice.

After saying this, Yuyuko slipped into the room.

In this room, there was actually a person who did not belong to this courtyard.

It was a young girl with brilliant golden hair, and piercing, sharp light flashed within her purple pupils. The girl wore an oriental-style Daoist robe, with the Eight Trigrams pattern embroidered on it. If anyone who knew the girl saw her, they would certainly be somewhat shocked, because this person was none other than the legendary and famous Sage of Youkai, Yakumo Yukari.

However, the current Yakumo Yukari did not possess the powerful posture of the Sage of Youkai from before; instead, her aura was weak, as if she had suffered heavy injuries.

"Yukari, have your wounds not healed yet?" Yuyuko scurried over to Yakumo Yukari's side and sat down beside her.

"Cough, cough, Yuyuko, you don't need to worry about me; this injury will heal very soon!" Yakumo Yukari revealed a gentle smile toward Yuyuko.

If any Youkai who knew Yakumo Yukari saw her like this, they might gouge out their own eyes, wash them with water, put them back in, and look again to confirm if their brain had malfunctioned. Was this state of Yakumo Yukari still the legendary, ruthless, and terrifying Sage of Youkai?

"Stop lying to me, how could this kind of injury heal so quickly." Yuyuko reached out and touched Yakumo Yukari's face. "The Death Qi on your body hasn't dissipated much at all!"

"You don't need to worry about this matter; I am the famous Sage of Youkai, after all!" Yakumo Yukari smiled and changed the subject. "By the way, how is that person who caused such a big commotion earlier doing now?"

"I don't know; Mr. Lingyun has been hiding in his room for several days and hasn't come out at all." Yuyuko shook her head and said.

"Hiding in his room and hasn't come out?" Yakumo Yukari's eyes rolled, wondering what she was thinking.