【Natsume Doujin】Cool summer

???? Ignoring Madara's anger, Cheng Kei raised the corners of his mouth, and said half-jokingly, "Although... Natsume, you are far behind Reiko, but you're at it."

???? "No!"

????Before Natsume could answer, he was startled by Madara's roar behind him. After he regained his composure, he turned his head to look at Madara, his eyes full of puzzlement.

???? From puzzlement to firmness, based on Madara's usual experience, Natsume seems to be in charge of this nosy matter.

???? "It's okay, I can protect myself."

????Humans are really troublesome.

???? On the side, Cheng Xun smiled and watched silently, not paying much attention to the communication between Natsume and Madara, as if he knew the result early in the morning.

???? In fact, little Natsume is somewhat similar to Reiko, also stubborn, but more gentle. "meditation."

I'm afraid it's not simply meditation, Madara hugged Natsume and took a few steps back, looking warily at Naruto with a smile on his face.

???? Natsume opened his mouth and said, "Teacher, don't worry, isn't there still you?"

???? For a while, Madara didn't know how to react, but gradually let go of the hand that was imprisoned around Natsume's waist.These days, it's really hard to be a bodyguard.

????The silvery white eyes slipped down the corners of the eyes, covering the expression, only the corners of Madara's raised mouth can be seen, charming but evil, no longer stop.

???? There are many different talisman papers hanging on the big tree arranged in hexagonal stars. They are old and yellowed, but none of them are damaged. The breeze blows and gently sways.

????The monsters of various colors in the Chengdun Hundred Ghosts Night Parade stood on the periphery, holding weapons in their hands, and were on full alert. Several monsters dressed in hats and scepters stood by the tree with skull beads in their hands, chanting words.

???? Natsume sat in the center of the six-pointed star with his eyes closed.Perhaps it was the summer wind, which also carried the sultry heat, the tips of Xia Mu's hair swayed slightly, and beads of sweat slid down the corners of his forehead.

???? Madara's gaze was locked on Natsume, and his brows were slightly frowned.

???? What will happen, even Cheng Xun doesn't know. The seal back then was set by Lu Shan, and that monster disappeared afterwards. In the past 50 years, I have asked many times, but Lu Shan seems to have disappeared. It's normal, there is no news at all.Just looking at Gu Shan and Reiko's secretive appearance at the beginning, I'm afraid it won't be easy to solve the seal.

Natsume actually didn't understand how to meditate, but when he closed his eyes, there was suddenly no sound around him, and he couldn't feel the wind, sunlight, or Madara's breath.As if isolated in another world, Natsume was plunged into the darkness, but he didn't feel afraid, instead, he felt a sense of peace of mind, very comfortable, without the sweltering heat of a summer afternoon.

???? I could vaguely hear the sound of water, which seemed to be the gurgling sound of spring water in the mountains, which was very pleasant.Natsume walked forward, in front of him was a place of light, with a deep stream, clear and transparent.Due to the distance, Natsume couldn't see clearly, but there was a person sitting by the water, paddling the flowing water back and forth, and there was a faint green light emitting from his body, like the glimmer of a firefly, appearing in the darkness. Very beautiful.

???? "Tao Li..." Natsume called tentatively.

???? The man raised his head and looked in Natsume's direction.

???? "Reiko?"

???? "No, Reiko is my grandmother."

???? Natsume stepped forward, and Tao Li looked exactly as Cheng Xun described. He had never seen such a beautiful monster, pure and beautiful.

???? "You're not Reiko..." Taoli stood up, her dark green hair still dripping with water, "Has it been a long time?"

???? "Cheng Xun asked me to come to you, it has been 50 years."

???? "It's been so long!" Tao Li said with emotion, shaking her hair lightly.

???? "..."

???? "Has Cheng Xun come back? But, I'm afraid I can't leave here. My dear grandson of Lingzi."

????"here?"

???? "Do you mind if I tell you a story?"

???? Again, story?

???? As if seeing Natsume's doubts, Taoli smiled and replied lightly: "It's just a very simple story, about me, and the story about the former mountain god. It won't be long."

???? "En." Natsume agreed, and he really didn't know how to leave here.

???? "He and I were conceived naturally. Our strength comes from this mountain and river, but we are also destined to protect this world. This is our responsibility. But the yearning for the outside world also follows The passage of time became more and more intense, and finally one day, he ignored this responsibility and went to the outside world."

????Tao Li looked at Natsume's expression, and continued: "I don't know what happened to him, but when he came back, he was already very weak and weak. I and many monsters thought of many ways to save him, but he It seems that he didn't want to survive, and in the end, we couldn't save him. He really turned into the wind, turned into dust, and merged into the mountain water."

????"he……"

???? "He, in human terms, is probably trapped by love." Tao Li smiled, not too sad, "I was born with him, I know him, he should not regret it. Later, I The hearts of the outside world gradually faded, but hundreds of years passed peacefully until Cheng Xun appeared."

Natsume could clearly see the happiness on Tao Li's face when he mentioned Cheng Xun, but he also wondered why Tao Li was so cold and didn't want to leave when he mentioned Cheng Xun came to look for him.

???? "I have confidence in myself, and I also have confidence in Cheng Xun. It's just..."

???? Looking at Natsume's expression of "Is there anything I can do to help you?", Taoli couldn't help sighing silently in her heart that Reiko's grandson is much more interesting than Reiko.

????Tao Li shook his head helplessly. In fact, Fang Shenjian really existed in reality, and it was only sealed at the beginning.If something goes wrong in the process of breaking the seal, let alone a slight earthquake is inevitable, it is more likely to cause mountain torrents and mudslides. My duty is to protect this place, so how can I do things that will destroy this place because of my own selfish interests? ?Back then... I was too self-willed, and Cheng Xun was also implicated.

???? Natsume was silent for a moment, then slowly said: "Don't you want to see Naruto?"

???? Sighing lightly, Tao Li raised her head, water dripped from the hair on her side, fell into the darkness, and turned into nothingness.

????"think."

Natsume with a gentle expression rarely became serious, and said: "Although monsters have a much longer lifespan than humans, it doesn't mean that they can be wasted. If you don't even try, so what?" Are you worthy of Cheng Xun's hard work?"

???? Before Taoli left, he touched Natsume's pale golden hair.

???? "In the beginning, I used him, but now, I chose not to see him again. In the end, I failed him. Say sorry to him on my behalf. I miss him very much."

????Suddenly, there was a faint natural fragrance, and Natsume slowly opened his eyes. The summer sun was a bit dazzling.

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