Su Ziyu had indeed intruded into Rashomon last night. If someone were to pin the blame of last night's nocturnal march of a hundred ghosts on him, Su Ziyu might struggle to clear his name for quite some time. Thus, he took the initiative and instead pinned the blame on Abe no Seimei, using this to divert the attention of others and simultaneously undermine Abe no Seimei's influence.

Su Ziyu's words immediately changed others' expressions, and Master Jieyi looked at Abe no Seimei, who was beside him, with a face full of seriousness and inquiry.

Abe no Seimei remained silent, his expression seemingly showing a hint of difficulty.

"As far as I know, the black-clad Seimei originates from the evil demon from Abe no Seimei's body," Su Ziyu decisively pursued the advantage and said, "Could it be that it's Abe no Seimei's Heart Demon causing trouble?"

"The disappearance of Yama from the Netherworld is also greatly related to him."

"It's precisely because of Yama's disappearance that the Netherworld was infiltrated; without the Underworld's constraints, these demons and ghosts have all started to wreak havoc in the Mortal World!"

Take this blame and bear it well!

Su Ziyu now appeared in a manner accusing with righteous indignation, naturally making others more inclined to believe him, plus Master Jieyi seemingly believed what he said as well, making others start to discuss fervently, all turning their gaze towards Abe no Seimei. At this point, even Abe no Seimei's two sons dared not speak, and had no chance to mention Su Ziyu's two intrusions into Rashomon.

Abe no Seimei finally couldn't withstand it and said softly to the two, "Please follow me, I will explain everything to you."

These words were practically an admission.

The Yin Yang Masters around immediately burst into an uproar, with many monks also looking increasingly serious.

However, Su Ziyu did not continue to accuse Abe no Seimei at this moment, instead stepping back, and said softly, "Alright."

To solve the issue here, Abe no Seimei's power is crucial.

He shifted the blame merely to facilitate the acquisition of discourse power. Truly offending Abe no Seimei is inadvisable, the compromise stemmed mainly from his own fault, after all, Black Seimei did indeed emerge from him.

This initiative quickly established Su Ziyu as an authoritative figure.

The three rose and headed towards the shrine's backyard.

Master Jieyi's expression was extremely serious, there were things Su Ziyu mentioned that he hadn't known; if Su Ziyu hadn't exposed them, Abe no Seimei might still be concealing them.

Within the shrine.

Abe no Seimei waved off everyone around him, even his two sons were driven out.

"It's a long story," Abe no Seimei's expression bore a slight trace of bitterness, he said slowly, "Things started over twenty years ago."

It turns out.

Over twenty years ago, Abe no Seimei experienced a bottleneck in his cultivation and sought a breakthrough method. He was originally the son of Fox Immortal Ge Ye, born with mana far surpassing ordinary people, naturally advancing swiftly at the beginning of his cultivation, but as his cultivation became deeper, certain troubles gradually emerged.

Because Abe no Seimei was a half-demon, the offspring of a demon and a human.

As a Yin Yang Master, he practiced magic originating from Central Earth, which were cultivation methods meant for humans; initially, this problem wasn't apparent, but due to the impure bloodline and presence of demonic energy in his body, it became increasingly difficult for Abe no Seimei as his cultivation progressed.

In pursuit of a breakthrough, Abe no Seimei took a daring step and sealed away the part of his spirituality belonging to the demon inside him.

This did indeed help him breakthrough the bottleneck, making him the most powerful Yin Yang Master of the era.

To further transcend the realm, Abe no Seimei also cut off part of his evil thoughts and sealed them within the demonic part, but he hadn't anticipated it would lead to the emergence of a second Abe no Seimei, akin to a dark second personality, secretly lurking in Abe no Seimei's shadow.

Matters erupted once Abe no Seimei encountered his mother, Fox Immortal Ge Ye again.

But it was unexpected that his mother was actually impersonated by someone else, her true identity being the Nine-tailed Fox; the Nine-tailed Fox aimed to control Abe no Seimei, underestimating this Yin Yang Master's strength, as the most powerful Yin Yang Master of the era, the Nine-tailed Fox failed to successfully control Abe no Seimei's mind but managed to bring out his second persona, Black Seimei.

Upon emergence, Black Seimei transformed into a demon, similar to a heart demon, able to anticipate his every move and thought, repeatedly appearing to create chaos.

Abe no Seimei had considered eliminating him but failed due to external assistance towards Black Seimei.

"Abe no Seimei, this is your heart demon causing havoc!" Master Jieyi's brows furrowed, placing his hands together in response after hearing this.

Su Ziyu remained silent upon hearing this.

Abe no Seimei was more thorough in his telling than Aoandon, yet, some details he seemed reluctant to share, especially on how he separated and sealed away the spirituality of evil thoughts.

This method is likely the key to Black Seimei's appearance.

"There is indeed a part of the responsibility that lies with me! Seimei shall spare no effort to eliminate this threat!" Abe no Seimei slightly bowed to the two, saying, "But regarding the matter of the heart demon causing trouble, I ask that the two of you refrain from sharing this."

Su Ziyu and Master Jieyi exchanged a glance, and upon nodding from the other, agreed slowly, "Regardless it won't resolve the matter; now the issue is restoring normalcy to the Netherworld."

The Netherworld seems to have been occupied.

Ghost Capital has become the enemy's lair, located in the Underworld; merely using barriers to seal Rashomon won't suffice, the root of pollution continues spreading within the Underworld, and without addressing this source, ghosts will continue pouring out incessantly. At the ongoing pace, within three to five days, Kyoto will genuinely transform into a ghost city.

So many people perished overnight in Kyoto, those unjustly deceased souls entering the Netherworld might become polluted into evil spirits.

This constitutes a vicious cycle for the enemy.

Continuing to release ghosts to harm humans results in decreasing live persons and increasing ghosts, those dying unjustly with resentment becoming demons and spirits; once most of Fusang's population perishes, this area basically turns into a ghostly land.

Just last night, tens of thousands of vengeful spirits were added that the Fusang monks couldn't transcend.

In this era, Fusang's population is limited, Kyoto being the most densely populated capital; once lost, it essentially dooms a large part of Fusang.

The mortal ghostly land, the current world Netherworld.

Once Fusang turns into a mortal ghostly land, it may not immediately affect Central Earth, but Korea will surely be endangered, small nations in Southeast Asia might vanish completely; currently, war rages on Huaxia Land, Celestial Dynasty considers Central Earth as the world center, and by the time they realize, Southeast Asia may be thoroughly devastated.

At that point, it likely becomes more than just moderate pollution.

Su Ziyu's companions remained silent, the enemy resides in the Underworld where they are somewhat powerless, given many methods falter across the divide between the mortal and underworld realm.

"Mr. Su!" Abe no Seimei, being a formidable character, contemplated for a moment and said gravely, "If we open the Ghost Gate, and lead a group into the Netherworld to eliminate the evil demon and restore balance to Yin and Yang. Do you think it feasible?"

That would likely result in many casualties.

Su Ziyu glanced at Abe no Seimei, and said slowly, "Regular soldiers can't enter the Netherworld; only this handful of Yin Yang Masters and monks might not even suffice for those demons!"

"No worries. The Imperial Family has already ordered the gathering of all Yin Yang Masters and monks nationwide to Kyoto," Abe no Seimei slightly squinted his eyes, saying calmly, "in less than three days, Kyoto can converge thousands of Yin Yang Masters and monks."

You're planning to send them as sacrifice to pave way, huh!

Su Ziyu deliberated and nodded, saying, "This plan may work!"

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