The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 647: Intensive Special Training (10)

"Teacher Qian, I... I think I understand what you mean." Terao Yu bit his nails and said anxiously, "You want me to see clearly how big the gap between me and Hiruda is, right? I'm afraid I can't bear even one tenth of that kind of malice, but Hiruda was able to control it before he went crazy... The gap between our talents is too big."

Terao Yu thought he understood Qian Xiaoyi's meaning, which was to make him see how arrogant and impossible the goal he set was, and to make him see the reality.

"... Wrong, I think you don't understand what I mean at all." Qian Xiaoyi scratched his head and said, "The power of that curse is basically unbearable for a normal person. Even me is the same. The reason why Hiruda can have such a strong curse power is because of the protection of her mother, Miss Terao Keiko. Those curses were also collected by her. Compared with Hiruda... she is the madman."

Terao Yu looked up in astonishment and said angrily: "Mr. Qian! What are you talking about? Even you can't say such things!"

"Calm down, calm down~" Qian Xiaoyi waved his hand and said, "You saw it too, right? If it were a normal person, would it really be possible for them to withstand a curse of that intensity? No matter what emotion it is, positive or negative, as long as it reaches a certain extreme level, it is a psychological problem, such as... love."

Terao Yu argued: "How can love be a psychological problem? Miss Keiko is so gentle!"

Qian Xiaoyi said: "Negative emotions are not necessarily wrong, and positive emotions are not necessarily right. Disgust, hatred, cold-bloodedness... these emotions are the genes that humans have relied on for survival since ancient times. It is precisely because of these emotions that humans can live longer. As I said, as long as it is within an appropriate degree, any emotion is normal, there is no distinction between good and bad, but once it exceeds this limit, then it will cause problems."

Regardless of Terao Yu, Qian Xiaoyi continued, "Ms. Keiko is obviously a very good person, because she is very philanthropic and cannot tolerate any suffering around her. This is of course good for others, but what about herself? Her love often ignores herself. Just look at Hiruda and you will know how much she sacrificed to gain this ability to suppress the curse... So, what you see is not Hiruda's strength, but the sacrifice of Miss Keiko."

Terao Yu opened his mouth, speechless.

"So now you understand, right?" Qian Xiaoyi said, "The reason why there is such a big gap between you and Hiruda is not because you are not talented, but because you are a normal person with a normal mind, so you cannot surpass the other party in this aspect. Even in the whole of Japan, I am afraid that the [Cursed Witch] is the only one."

Terao Yu was a little frustrated: "I understand... The goal I set now seems like a complete joke. I will give up this goal."

"Who told you to give up this goal?" Qian Xiaoyi looked at him strangely.

"Eh?" Terao Yu was stunned, and gestured with his fingers: "That... Teacher Qian, isn't this why you brought me to visit Hiruda? To make me face reality, give up surpassing them, and become more realistic..."

Qian Xiaoyi shook his head, then changed the subject and said, "Before, you told me three ways to control the power of the curse: greater malice, sealing, and positive emotional love... You are all right, but I think there is another way that you didn't say."

"What else?" Terao Yu asked anxiously, "What is it?"

The two methods passed down by the Terao family are the above two. The method of "love" was something he came up with himself. He didn't know that there was another one.

Qian Xiaoyi handed him the book he had read before and said, "There is also [Reason]. Because of reason, human beings can suppress all kinds of emotional impulses and make more correct decisions. When encountering something they don't understand, people will first be afraid, but if they suppress their fear and use reason to study, then people will find that those things are nothing big, and they will get used to it and then make use of it." Terao Yu opened the book given by Qian Xiaoyi and widened his eyes.

——It turned out to be a notebook, with all kinds of weird patterns and lines drawn on every page. The patterns were mixed with some dried bloodstains, densely packed, without any rationality, only pure malice, like a pair of hands with sharp nails stretched out from it, fiercely grabbing Terao Yu's head and scratching it.

"Ah!" Terao Yu quickly closed the notebook and looked at Qian Xiaoyi in surprise: "This is..."

Qian Xiaoyi said: "This is the notebook written by Hiruda after he went crazy. It records the [shapes] of all the curses on Hiruda in a completely disordered and abstract way. I call it the "Curse Book"."

"Reason..." Terao Yu completely understood the purpose of Qian Xiaoyi bringing him here. He asked incredulously: "You mean... let me study the principles of these curses and malice! Let me understand them and decipher their codes?"

Qian Xiaoyi nodded: "That's right, you have to be the master of the curse, not its carrier or host. You have to completely override the curse, use reason to study it, analyze its existence, and make it work for you. This is the only way for you to surpass Miss Keiko and Hiruda. I brought you here so that you can intuitively feel what is recorded in it."

Terao Yu stared at the plain-looking notebook in his hand, like a small shrimp in the martial arts world who saw the peerless martial arts secrets in the martial arts world, revealing a look of surprise and greed.

In the eyes of others, this notebook may just be a book of creepy scribbles, but Terao Yu knows that every page in it contains the principle of a powerful curse! If you can study it thoroughly...

This is simply a sorcerer’s treasure!
He asked excitedly: "Teacher Qian! Are you really going to give this book to me?"

Qian Xiaoyi patted his shoulder and said, "After all, you are a relative of Hiruda, so this kind of thing is just right for you... But I hope you can remember your original purpose and not be contaminated by the curse in the notebook and go astray."

Terao Yu woke up from the excitement of obtaining the secret manual of peerless martial arts. He said solemnly: "Please rest assured, Teacher Qian! I will not only study how to use these curses, but also how to break them to help those who are troubled by the curse! Teacher Qian, please watch, I will definitely not let you down!"

He bowed deeply to Qian Xiaoyi with a very serious expression.

Qian Xiaoyi nodded. After several contacts, he felt that although Terao Yu was a little immature, his character was quite good in Qian Xiaoyi's opinion.

Although it's a bit second-rate.

(End of this chapter)