The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 396 Huang Quan Invitation (2)

The motorcycle stopped on the brightly lit street. From here on, they had to walk. Any exorcist who had been to the Yellow Springs House knew that there was no fixed route to the Yellow Springs House. As long as there was an invitation letter and the psychic kept repeating "Yellow Springs House" in his mind, no matter which intersection he walked from, he would reach his destination. Without an invitation letter, it would be basically impossible to find that place.

The two took off their motorcycle helmets, found an alley and walked into it, arriving in the ghost realm. They soon found the familiar izakaya with ease.

However, the Yellow Springs House that appeared in front of them this time looked a little strange. The lanterns on both sides of the door that should have emitted warm light were now extinguished, and there was no lively sound of toasting and clinking cups from inside the door, only dead silence, just like a haunted house.

"Hey, Inuyama, I don't think it's very nice inside." Ken whispered in Inuyama Heita's ear, "It feels very dangerous if we go in, why don't you tell Brother Otoko not to go in?"

"Brother Yi, this is..." Even if Ajian didn't say it, Inuyama Heita could feel the ominous aura coming from inside. He looked at Qian Xiaoyi and asked him what he meant.

Qian Xiaoyi was not as nervous as Inuyama Heita. He stroked his chin and looked at the strange Yellow Spring House, then nodded and said, "I understand... Heitaro, give me the amulet of Iwama Shrine."

Inuyama Heita took out the amulet he got from Yan Ci in the mourning hall from his arms and gave it to Qian Xiaoyi. Although he didn't know what he wanted it for, it must be useful, right?
But unexpectedly, after Qian Xiaoyi put it away, he said, "Okay, let's go in. Be careful later and don't embarrass yourself."

"Eh? What do you mean..." Before Inuyama Heita could understand Qian Xiaoyi's meaning, Qian Xiaoyi lifted the curtain and walked in.

Inuyama Heita could only hurry to catch up, saying, "Wait for me, Brother Otoko."

But when he lifted the curtain and entered the Huangquan House, he found that Qian Xiaoyi had disappeared and the environment here had also changed. The original bar was empty and the interior was extremely dark.

"Wow! What happened? Brother Yi's aura suddenly disappeared!" Ah Jian said with some fear: "This place looks bad at first glance! How about we go back?"

Inuyama Heita shook his head: "I can't go back."

He turned around and saw that the entrance behind him had now turned into a wall. They were trapped here.

Ah Jian yelled in panic, "It's a trap! What should we do? We are separated from Brother Yi by this room! We are isolated and helpless now! Ahhhhh ~ We are doomed!"

"Mr. Ken, calm down." Inuyama Heita said helplessly: "Brother O's previous attitude has already shown that this may just be a test from Mr. Ashiya for the exorcists, not a trap."

"A test?" Ah Jian was very puzzled: "But didn't we already have a test the first time? We successfully found this place, why do we need another test?"

Inuyama Heita said: "Maybe the test that time was about the ability of the exorcist to find the target, but this time it's something else, such as combat ability..."

"Eh? Fighting?" Ah Jian said, "Then I can't help you. Bye~"

After saying this, he hid deep inside the jade pendant and became silent.

Inuyama Heita was also speechless. He had not expected Mr. Ken to play any role in the battle, but wasn't this guy running too fast?
He formed the Bagua Seal and looked into the darkness through the empty window with one eye. At the end of the darkness, two lanterns suddenly lit up, burning with a faint green light, which made people shudder.

In the center of the two lanterns, there is a Japanese double-opening paper sliding door (shoji door). Then, the door automatically opens to both sides, revealing the shoji door inside. It opens one by one step by step, like infinite reflections between mirrors, leading to an unknown place.

Inuyama Heita swallowed his saliva and walked deeper into the passage. He walked like this for an unknown amount of time without anything happening along the way. Then he finally saw the end. The shoji door at the end was tightly closed, and in front of the door, an ancient warrior in armor was kneeling on a cushion. If it weren't for the hole under its helmet with a white talisman stuck inside, Inuyama Heita would have thought it was a person kneeling there.

And just when Inuyama Heita appeared in front of it, the samurai armor moved. It slowly stood up, and a blue will-o'-the-wisp suddenly ignited under the helmet. With a "swish", the samurai sword at the waist was pulled out and pointed at Inuyama Heita's face, as if waiting for him to attack.

"It seems that we can't move forward unless we defeat this guy." Ajian said, "Be careful, this guy has a strong killing intention."

Inuyama Heita understood and said, "No wonder Brother O took my amulet away. Did he want to test my strength?"

He carefully observed the ghost armored warrior in front of him and instantly gathered a bunch of information: "It looks like this is a shikigami. The body is not the talisman, but the armor. It is more similar to the Fusangjin like Nuhuomaru. Even if the talisman is removed, this guy will probably be able to continue to move. It will be difficult to destroy it... Wait!"

Inuyama Heita suddenly discovered a fact: "It seems... I don't need to destroy it at all, I just need to break it up! Then take advantage of the gap when it splits up and walk into the door behind it. So what is tested here is the ability to defend against enemy attacks, and the ability to break the armor with one blow?"

After making up his mind, Inuyama Heita took an attacking stance, facing the enemy like a boxer.

"The enemy is a Yin-evil ghost, and the Yang fire of the human body should be useful against it." Inuyama Heita thought silently: "Brother Yi once said that for a young beginner like me, the most powerful weapon is the Yang energy carried by the human body."

It seemed that seeing that Inuyama Heita was slow to attack, the samurai armor became a little impatient. It swung in the air, then raised the blade high, rushed towards Inuyama Heita, and slashed at him.

But Inuyama Heita was waiting for this moment!
He concentrated his mind and took a heavy step forward. Fierce flames exploded under his feet, like a wave of flames, rushing towards the enemy.

The warrior in armor slashed the blade at the flames, and with the sound of wind, it cut through the flames, revealing a scene of emptiness behind.

"Take that!" The voice of Inuyama Heita came from behind it.

It turned out that after stepping out of the flames, Inuyama Heita used the boxer's footwork skills and took advantage of the flames to quickly move behind the enemy.

At this moment, a ball of fire condensed on his right fist, tightly covering his fist like a shining glove.

"Concentrate!" Inuyama Heita's eyes flashed, and he changed his cognition, shrinking the flames. His right fist was now like a bright red iron block, emitting a dangerous red light.

"Break!" Before the opponent could react, Inuyama Heita punched the samurai's armor at the back, where the connection was weak.

With a dazzling burst of fire and explosion, the warrior's armor crackled and fell apart, turning into various parts and falling to various corners, and the ghost fire inside the helmet went out quietly.

Then, he heard the sound of a door opening behind Inuyama Heita. He turned around and saw that the last shoji door had been opened, so he walked in without hesitation.

After Inuyama Heita left, the door closed again, and the talisman stuck to the inside of the samurai armor lit up. The parts scattered on the ground flew up and gathered together again. In just a few seconds, the samurai armor knelt on the cushion like before, returned to its original state, and waited for the arrival of the next challenger.

(End of this chapter)