Anime Crossover: My Cheat Code is Myself

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"Heh~, do you know who she is?" Xia Yan said with a playful smile, pointing to Ling Yue Fairy standing next to Phoenix Fire.

Phoenix Fire honestly shook its head.

"She's my wife."

"!!?"

Upon hearing this answer, Phoenix Fire was struck dumb, revealing an expression of disbelief. Then, as if seeking confirmation, she looked at Fairy Lingyue beside her.

Those pitiful little eyes seemed to be hoping that Lingyue Fairy would refute Xia Yan's statement without hesitation, and then give him another sharp rebuke.

But all she received was silence from Fairy Lingyue.

Although Lingyue Fairy is always sarcastic towards Xia Yan, it's only because she's not good at expressing her emotions and has an awkward personality. In reality, she almost unconditionally supports Xia Yan.

They were extremely proud of their identity and therefore naturally couldn't refute it.

The fact that she didn't laugh out loud already shows that she's in a stable state of mind.

However, this tacit acceptance deeply hurt Phoenix Fire's innocent and fragile girlish heart.

At that moment, Phoenix Fire felt that her silence was deafening.

Chapter 340 Bullying the Honest Man

After receiving Lingyue Fairy's tacit approval, Phoenix Fire's expression changed several times.

The initial shared hatred vanished instantly, replaced by shock, disbelief, grief, and finally, the same hostility directed at Xia Yan.

It felt as if I had experienced a shameful betrayal.

Like a child, all their emotions were written on their faces.

This behavior made Lingyue Fairy understand immediately.

Phoenix Fire doesn't seem to be very bright or clever.

Unlike the carefree and clueless Yuanjie Shen, Phoenix Fire is not very bright, mainly due to a lack of life experience and a stubborn personality.

Therefore, even though he had a good impression of Lingyue Fairy, after learning her identity, he still categorized her as Xia Yan's camp and became hostile towards her.

Seeing this, Xia Yan crossed his arms with a grin, adopting an attitude of indifference.

Lingyue Fairy rolled her eyes in annoyance.

The reason I stepped forward was to help him recruit subordinates, but instead of helping, he deliberately sabotaged me.

Afterwards, he actually stood there watching the show.

05 is clearly intentional!

Oh well, it's the man I chose, what else can I do...?

Just pamper her.

As her thoughts raced, Lingyue Fairy's expression remained unchanged, still as ethereal as a fairy, her dark golden eyes gazing calmly at Phoenix Fire like the moon reflected in a lake.

"Don't be hostile towards me. Although I am the wife of this scoundrel, what I just said came from the bottom of my heart."

Phoenix Fire's hostility faded slightly, but it still turned its head away, only glancing sideways at Lingyue Fairy.

Kids are so easy to fool...

While internally complaining, Lingyue Fairy said calmly on the surface:

"Although I can't stand his behavior, there's nothing I can do to help you move the shrine back. After all, even great yokai rarely have such strange abilities."

This statement is, of course, a lie.

As an ability derived from the essence of Nurarihyon, "Oni-binding" is divided into two stages.

The first stage is reinforcement.

He transforms the demons who resonate with him into their essence, carries them on his back, and borrows their demonic power to strengthen himself. However, he merely carries them on his back; it is equivalent to borrowing them.

Similar to doing addition, it achieves the effect of 1+1=2.

The second stage is integration.

When they merge into one, they can freely use each other's abilities, and even their appearance will change accordingly due to the fusion.

Two completely different demonic powers, or even the essence of a demon, merge together, resulting in an exponential increase in strength.

As an ability that extends further from "Ghost Entanglement", "Reverse Ghost Entanglement" is naturally divided into two stages.

The only difference is that one uses other monsters to strengthen himself, while Xia Yan reverses this process, sharing his own power to strengthen others.

Normally, if there are other slippery characters, even if they could do it, it would only be one-on-one at most.

Xia Yan was able to do this mainly because he used cheat codes.

As the only great demon in Okusanyama who has reached the second stage and can freely start the "Reverse Demon Entanglement: Mirror Flower Water Moon" state, Lingyue Xianji can use most of Xia Yan's abilities.

This includes ninjutsu, magic, and the ability to use a substitution jutsu...

Moving house is a piece of cake for them.

However, Phoenix Fire could not possibly know these things now. Seeing that Fairy Lingyue spoke sincerely, his hostility towards her lessened a bit.

"Since there's no way to move the shrine back, why don't you stay in Okusanyama for now? After all, the most important thing for you is the shrine itself, not its location, right?"

"Anyway, even if you were in that forest, you would probably just stay at home or wander around the area at most. Wouldn't it be the same here?"

"Besides, you've probably gotten tired of seeing the same scenery for decades. Why not change the scenery? Maybe your beloved Phoenix Lord will come and see what's going on when he sees that the shrine has been moved?"

"After all, it's higher and more obvious here, isn't it?"

Lingyue Fairy used a fact-based and reasoned approach to deceive Phoenix Fire. Her distorted and misleading rhetoric impressed Xia Yan, who was watching the scene unfold.

The reason she was able to understand Phoenix Fire's thoughts was because she used Xia Yan's ability to secretly spy on Phoenix Fire's inner thoughts.

To put it bluntly, they're just taking advantage of Phoenix Fire's honesty.

Upon hearing Lingyue Fairy's words, Phoenix Fire, who had been holding back a fire in her heart, suddenly felt that what she said made some sense.

She especially loved the saying, "Change your environment, and maybe the phoenix will fly back."

But something seems off.

What exactly is wrong...?

Phoenix Fire tilted its head and pondered for a moment, then chose to give up thinking.

"Hmph, I'm definitely not going to join your ranks, you despicable sly devil, and become one of your hundred demons!"

After saying that, 567 Phoenix Fire glanced at Xia Yan, then walked into the shrine with its head held high as if it had won a battle, and slammed the door shut.

Lingyue Fairy and Xia Yan, who had gone from being the parties involved to just watching the drama unfold, were left looking at each other in bewilderment.

"Heh, looks like you failed. It seems your underhanded tricks didn't work."

Lingyue Fairy covered her mouth and chuckled softly, her tone slightly teasing.

A barrier enveloped the entire shrine, clearly indicating that Phoenix Fire did not intend to leave anytime soon.

Clearly, although Phoenix Fire was tricked into staying at Mount Okusan, she astutely grasped the key point of the conflict, which was Xia Yan's initial purpose in coming to her—to invite her to become one of the Hundred Demons under his command.

"It's alright. We're already here. Do you think I'd let her get away? You really underestimate me."

Xia Yan simply shrugged indifferently.

Although Phoenix Fire currently has almost no good impression of me, sometimes good and bad feelings can transform into each other.

Love can turn into hate, and hate can naturally give rise to love.

It just needs a little bit of a trigger.

At present, Phoenix Fire obviously won't leave Mount Aosan anytime soon. Being close to the water gives it an advantage, and there's plenty of time in the future.

Chapter 341 News from Afar

"Heh, as expected of a despicable and shameless slippery devil. Was this also part of your plan?"

"No, I'm just really confident in myself..."

As he spoke, Xia Yan had already walked behind Ling Yue Xian Ji, gently embraced her, and inhaled the fragrance from her shoulders and neck.

"However, I didn't expect you to take the initiative to do this for me."

"Hmph! You little thief who is neither here nor there, how could I be so intolerant!" Lingyue Fairy rolled her eyes, cursing Xia Yan, but her body was quite obedient as she leaned against her lover's arms.

They were very cooperative with his little gestures.

Although Lingyue Fairy had some reservations about Xia Yan's selection of all the female demons who were exceptionally beautiful, which was like choosing concubines for her, she had to admit that the quality of the demons Xia Yan had chosen was indeed top-notch.

Especially the Phoenix Fire.

You should know that those who can become great demons, regardless of their personality, are at least all cunning and treacherous.

Even someone as reckless as Ibaraki-dōji, who only knows how to play with glue with his best friend every day, is just doing it out of interest. He may not be good at scheming, but he is wise in his foolishness.

You probably couldn't find another great demon as silly as Phoenix Fire... well, so simple-minded, you couldn't search the entire island nation for another one like it.

I don't know where Xia Yan was dug up from.

Others such as Enmusubi, Ubume, and Itsumade each possess exceptional talent. If allowed to grow freely, they would at least reach the level of Hoshiguma Doji, the second-in-command of Mount Oe.

It even has the potential to challenge powerful demons.

Although I don't know why Xia Yan wanted to form such an extravagant group of demons, as his lover, I will naturally support him wholeheartedly.

As for the idea that getting married meant settling down, Lingyue Xianji initially believed it.

Now, well, let's just listen to it for fun.

Judging from the quality of the demons Xia Yan has gathered so far, he doesn't even need many more. If he finds five or six more of the same level and develops them, they could all be used to attack Heian-kyo.

Is this some kind of "seeking stability" attitude?!

Xia Yan didn't tell her directly, and she wouldn't ask; she would just offer her silent support.

Xia Yan, sensing Ling Yue Xian Ji's thoughts, didn't speak, but simply hugged her even tighter. The two stood on the mountaintop, which was somewhat muddy after the snow melted, enjoying the tranquility of the moment.

A moment later, Xia Yan, who was preparing to proceed to the next step, suddenly paused.