"I... am already feeling sleepy."
The warrior... no, he should be called Jinza, lowered his head and never lifted it again.
Jun Hei took half a step back and watched Jinza for a moment.
"Your story, I will always remember it in my heart, and I will always strive to live with sunshine."
Whoosh~~
Taking a long breath, Jun Hei emerged from his brief sadness, replacing it with his usual optimism and cheerfulness, and headed straight for the sacrificial grounds.
"To be honest, their story is a bit sad, but there's a touch of poignant beauty in the sadness. Many friends have guessed correctly, Mibu's Water Daughter is Jinza's mother, born from Arin and Lord Sakon. And I think there's a reason why Sakon couldn't reach Arin. The path to Mibu Village is the secret forest, and the fog there is too dense, with illusions. It's impossible to get out or in. If we hadn't broken the illusion, Jinza might have spent his entire life trapped within it."
"Alas..."
He sighed heavily and mused, "Fortunately, mother and son were reunited in the end, which is a good ending."
"This is one of the reasons I enjoy playing Sekiro with such attention to detail. In fact, the character stories within it are quite rich and profound. If one were to just mindlessly kill and clear the game, many touching stories would likely be missed."
Jun Hei's detailed and thorough playstyle was favored by many patient viewers. While at work, they could sneak in some live stream viewing to pass the time. However, impatient viewers would lose patience and choose other types of streamers.
Following the swift stream, Jun Hei swam upstream and soon arrived near the sacrificial grounds.
Here, more and more Taro soldiers carrying large gourds and villagers glowing green appeared. They were fighting amongst themselves. After startling these individuals, Jun Hei stood aside to watch the show.
When the two sides, mindlessly fighting like zombies, were almost done, he would reap the benefits.
Easily dealing with the remaining zombies, Jun Hei arrived before a well-decorated wooden house.
Before even stepping into the room, he heard the sound of drinking from within.
"Gulp... gulp... gulp..."
"Drink it... How is it...?"
"So good... It's integrating, it's starting to fuse... Ugh oh oh..." Entering the room, he saw a thin old man squatting in the corner.
Wearing a red ceremonial robe, he knelt before the bonfire, drinking alcohol with a devout expression, murmuring to himself.
"Gulp... gulp... gulp..."
The priest drank his alcohol with such gusto that it made Jun Hei feel a bit thirsty.
This was somewhat different from his expectations before arriving. He had thought the priest was the source of evil, but at this moment, he clearly lacked fighting power and was no different from the villagers, having an almost fanatical craving for this strange liquor.
"Hey."
Jun Hei tried to greet him, his fingers tightly gripping the hilt of his sword.
"Gulp... gulp... gulp..." The priest continued to drink obsessively, as if he hadn't heard.
"Hey, what are you doing?"
"Drink it... How is it...? Oh oh... So good, it's starting to integrate... but it's not enough, pour more... pour it full."
Suddenly, the priest raised his bowl with fanatical fervor, "Come, everyone! Come, drink! I invite everyone for drinks!"
"Come... everyone together... let's become citizens of the capital... Ah... please let me join too..."
His obsessive demeanor almost captivated Jun Hei himself.
"This isn't a pyramid scheme, it's more like leading by example. No wonder you could bewitch the entire village to invest in drinking and become 'Capital Lords.' Though, speaking of which, being a 'Capital Lord' is indeed different."
This remark instantly resonated with the viewers, who expressed their envy in the bullet comments.
'Hey, Capital Lord!'
'Become a lord of our capital!'
'Honestly, it's true.'
'Sarcastic and tragic.'
'Don't underestimate the villagers of Mibu. What seems magical might be more magical in reality.'
'Are you trying to die, what are you saying!'
'Happiness, I'm happy, isn't that enough!'
'I get it, they're drinking Douzhi!'
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"The priest is also quite mad, clearly he's a victim too. The true culprit, I suspect, is in the Divine Realm. I don't know what people there told the priest to make him so obsessed."
Jun Hei did not engage with the sarcastic remarks in the bullet comments, cleverly changing the subject.
"Ah... it's empty..."
The priest licked the bottom of the bowl and muttered, "This water is still too weak. It's impossible to integrate with it like this... I can't become a [Capital Citizen]... Ugh ah ah... Oh oh... I need to fill the bowl with water from the capital. Fill it... fill it to the brim..."
Still ranting deliriously, Jun Hei had lost patience and ended his suffering with a single strike.
"Wow, the world is much quieter now."
"Wanting to become one of our old Beijingers, just drinking Beijing wine isn't enough. I suspect those from the Immortal Realm in the Divine Realm told him. Don't ask why, because only two city names have appeared in the entire game. This old guy looks down on Ashina, so the answer is clear."
"And I think this matter is inextricably linked to the Mist Noble. From the information obtained after his defeat, the Mist Noble was originally from the Immortal Realm. After sealing off the path to Mibu Village, the people of Mibu Village were controlled by them, indirectly becoming experimental subjects. I suspect the entire rumor and everything that happened in Mibu Village is an experiment, a large-scale human trial, the process of transforming ordinary people into undying beings with the Water of Immortality."
"To some extent, they have succeeded in the transformation. After all, the villagers of Mibu Village have achieved eternal life in a sense, but they have lost their souls and become walking corpses. As for the pathetic Ichiro, he ate the concentrated dregs of the Water of Immortality, barely achieving eternal life while retaining his sanity. I don't know if there are any more successful products of the Water of Immortality. We'll take it one step at a time."
Emerging from the dense houses, Jun Hei scoured along the stone steps, but had yet to find the ingredient known as 'Origin Incense,' a stone, nor had he encountered any bosses.
Lost in thought, at the end of the stone steps ahead, a colossal phantom appeared, like a 3D projection from a projector.
The projection looked tall and majestic, with a string of Buddhist beads around its neck. Its weapon appeared to be a combined weapon welded from an iron rod and a long sword, giving it a fearsome appearance.
Jun Hei immediately dropped his smile and stared at the projection with a serious expression.
That's right,
The PhantomNOWLED Monk had appeared!
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