Chapter 849: Visitors from the Moon

At night, Kaguya leaned against the bedside, gazing at the moon in the sky, and fell into silence.

"Eirin, the time is almost here, isn't it?" Suddenly, Kaguya spoke up.

"Yes, the time is almost here." Yagokoro Eirin's tone carried a hint of helplessness.

"I kind of don't want to leave this place!" Kaguya sighed and said.

The few years of life in the Bamboo House were the most vivid period of time in her long, long years of existence. At this moment, she suddenly felt a bit of regret; if she hadn't become Lingyun's student back then, perhaps she wouldn't be so reluctant to leave now.

"Princess..." Looking at Kaguya's appearance, a sudden impulse surged in Yagokoro Eirin's heart; perhaps it was time to pay a visit to that Sage of Youkai.

"Eirin, I remember when you were making the Hourai Elixir, there was one portion left, right?" Kaguya said.

"Yes, Princess. Are you planning to leave the Hourai Elixir behind? But I don't think Lingyun needs such a thing!"

"This Hourai Elixir isn't for Teacher!" Kaguya said with a smile.

"Not for Lingyun? Wait, what do you mean? That girl named Fujiwara no Mokou? But, she..." Yagokoro Eirin's tone held a trace of hesitation; she did not know if the matter of eternal life and immortality would be a good thing for her.

"Mokou is my sister. Besides, I am only leaving her a choice; whether she wants it or not is up to her," Kaguya said.

Yagokoro Eirin was silent for a moment, and then a small jade bottle appeared before Kaguya. Kaguya raised her hand, and layers of Arrays enveloped the porcelain bottle.

At the same time, Inaba Tewi in the Bamboo Forest looked at the moon in the sky and couldn't help but frown slightly: "Today's moon seems to be absurdly large!"

"Has it come?" Seeing the increasingly intense moonlight in the sky, Kaguya said. "It's a pity Teacher isn't here today!"

"It seems it's too late to go find him now." Yagokoro Eirin always felt that Kaguya's return this time would not be so peaceful.

The moon, which had been hanging in the sky and was unreachable, was suddenly pulled closer at this moment, descending above the Bamboo Forest. If one looked closely, it seemed to be a phantom projection of the moon cast here, yet it also seemed to have some slight differences.

Just at this moment, the center of the full moon began to ripple like the surface of water. From within the ripples, a young girl wearing a red dress and possessing long, pale purple hair stepped out first. Following her, several people wearing different attire appeared behind the girl. Finally, a team of people with rabbit ears followed behind them. However, these people with rabbit ears should perhaps not be called humans, but rather Moon Rabbits.

"I didn't expect that it would be you who came to pick me up, Sister Yorihime." Kaguya walked out of the room, looked at the woman before her, and spoke slowly.

"Kaguya..." Looking at Kaguya before her, Watatsuki no Yorihime's tone held a hint of complexity.

Standing from the perspective of an older sister, she also cherished her younger sister Kaguya very much. However, she found it hard to let go of the fact that Kaguya had actually worked with Eirin, the master she respected most, to create the forbidden Hourai Elixir and become a sinner of the Moon Capital.

Because of this matter, many people in the Moon Capital still held deep malice toward Kaguya to this day. In fact, she was not the one responsible for welcoming Kaguya back to the Moon Capital this time, but in order to prevent certain people from doing something uncontrollable during the process, she still took on this task and stepped into this filthy land that the people of the Moon Capital detested.

"The exile is over, then." Kaguya's tone held a hint of inexplicable melancholy.

She naturally felt the malicious gazes of certain people following behind Watatsuki no Yorihime directed at her. But what did all this have to do with her? She was the Princess of the Moon Capital; those people, aside from being able to trip her up in secret and make her feel disgusted, would absolutely not dare to act recklessly in the open.

Thinking that she was about to return to the Moon Capital, Kaguya still felt a bit of regret in her heart; part of it was because she hadn't had time to say goodbye to Lingyun, and the other part was because she hadn't yet gotten her hands on that Game Console Lingyun had left on the table.

Suddenly, a voice carrying a hint of surprise rang out abruptly: "Sister Kaguya, who are they?"

Kaguya turned her head in astonishment; behind her, Fujiwara no Mokou was looking at the people present with surprise.

"Sister Kaguya?" Seeing Fujiwara no Mokou appear, a hint of surprise also appeared in Watatsuki no Yorihime's eyes. How did Kaguya end up with an extra sister?

Her gaze fell on Mokou, and there was a hint of amazement in her heart. The young woman before her was not very old, but judging from the aura on her, she already possessed the ability to contend with an ordinary Great Youkai, which was extremely rare among humans.

"Mokou, why did you come out?" Kaguya asked in surprise.

"Sister Kaguya, who are these people?" Fujiwara no Mokou's gaze fell on Watatsuki no Yorihime, and a hint of gravity flashed in her eyes.

She felt an extremely heavy pressure from Watatsuki no Yorihime; intuition told her that in front of that woman with pale purple hair, she had almost no power to fight back.

Just at this moment, a sudden change occurred. A Moon Envoy suddenly lashed out: "Filthy surface human, how dare you call yourself sister to the Princess of my Moon Capital! You are courting death!"

That Moon Envoy suddenly drew the katana at his waist and slashed down toward Fujiwara no Mokou. The blade light instantly tore through the air and swept rapidly toward Fujiwara no Mokou.

"Stop!"

Watatsuki no Yorihime's expression changed drastically. Although she knew that among the Moon Envoys who came with her this time, there were bound to be those dissatisfied with Kaguya, she never expected that someone would dare to make a move in front of Kaguya, and the target was someone who called Kaguya sister.

"You dare?"

Kaguya's expression also became extremely ugly. He naturally knew the sinister intentions of that Moon Envoy. Since he was hindered by his own status and could not make a move on him, he would make a move on those around him. The vast majority of the people of the Moon Capital were cold in heart and mind, despising the humans on the surface. In their eyes, a lowly surface human was just that—if they died, they died; it was nothing of importance.

Facing the incoming lethal blade light, a hint of astonishment appeared on Fujiwara no Mokou's face. Immediately, crimson flames gathered in her hands, transforming into a firebird that roared toward the direction of the blade light.

A violent booming sound resounded throughout the entire Bamboo Forest. Fujiwara no Mokou's figure flew backward amidst the explosion, crashing heavily against the wall of the Bamboo House. A mouthful of blood was spat out from Fujiwara no Mokou's mouth; her hands had become bloodied from blocking the residual force of the blade light. Although her strength was already enough to contend with an ordinary Great Youkai, she was still a bit too immature in front of a Moon Envoy who had lived for who knows how many years.

"What a truly tenacious ant. If one slash doesn't kill you, then how about another!" A cruel smile appeared on the face of that Moon Envoy.

"You are seeking your own death!" Suddenly, a furious voice rang out in the scene, and a tyrannical aura crashed down from the sky.

A figure suddenly appeared in front of that Moon Envoy, grabbed his face with one hand, and smashed him heavily into the ground.