Looking at the scattered human face fruit on the ground, Retsu's expression shifted, and a cold sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth.
"It must be here." He suppressed the guess in his heart and looked up at the top of the cliff. Although obstructed by mist, he could vaguely see a large, lush tree growing there, which was the demonic tree that bore human face fruit in the story.
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"Let's go, it's up there. I'll take you up." Retsu said, then bent down to pick up Kikyo.
"You... you can just carry me on your back." Kikyo tried to stop him, but Retsu ignored her refusal, directly extended his arms, and steadily scooped her into his embrace.
"..." Kikyo was about to speak, but when she looked up and saw the mischievous smile in his eyes, she instantly realized he was doing it on purpose.
She gave him an exasperated glare and simply stopped talking, snuggling obediently in his arms, though a faint blush quietly spread across her cheeks.
Retsu chuckled triumphantly twice, quickly gathered Chakra in his feet, leaped up, and his feet firmly adhered to the steep cliff face. His body was perpendicular to the cliff, yet he walked steadily upwards as if on flat ground.
Originally, he planned to climb directly to the top of the cliff, but as he approached the summit, he suddenly discovered a winding stone staircase on one side of the cliff face. Looking up the stairs, he could vaguely see a structure embedded in the cliff wall at the end.
Seeing the staircase, Retsu, holding Kikyo, leaped lightly and landed steadily on the stone steps, carefully setting her down.
"Is this the Peach Blossom Spring?" Kikyo reached out to tidy her wind-blown clothes, her gaze falling on a stone tablet beside the steps ahead. The three characters for "Peach Blossom Spring" were clearly carved upon it.
"It seems so." Retsu looked at the ancient-style buildings at the end of the stone steps, his eyes sharpening. "Come on, let's go in and see." With that, he took the lead and ascended the steps.
The two quickly reached the end of the stone steps, where an entrance to a building half-embedded in the cliff face appeared before them.
The stone steps at the entrance sloped slightly downwards, indicating that the interior space was underground.
Perhaps not expecting anyone to trespass at this cliffside entrance, the entrance was not closed, and the interior could be seen clearly from outside:
Several ceramic pots were stacked in the corner, and in the center of the room, a huge square bonsai was placed on the ground, almost occupying all the indoor space except for the aisle.
Seeing this scene, Retsu understood. This was exactly where Kagome and her companions had broken into in the story.
The bonsai in the room was the "microcosm" used by Peach Fruit Person to raise humans.
This bonsai was quite magical; under the enchantment of a spell, humans who entered would shrink in size and live within the bonsai, as if trapped in this bonsai world.
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