The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 653: The Journey to the Mountain of Osorrow (6)

"Ah, is this Mr. Qian?" Outside the mountain gate, a middle-aged woman saw Qian Xiaoyi, walked over, bowed slightly, and said, "I'm so sorry to have kept you waiting for so long?"

Since Mount Osorezan is located in a remote area and is not within the service area, they cannot contact with the outside world by mobile phone and can only communicate with the outside world through the old way of landline, so they can only make an appointment to meet in advance.

"It's okay, we just arrived." Qian Xiaoyi turned around and introduced: "This is Granny Tao's niece, Ms. Naraku Huazi."

"Nice to meet you, please take care of me. I'm Naraku Hanako, you can just call me Hanako... Master Kidou, long time no see." Naraku Hanako first bowed to everyone, then said to Kidou Ryukou, who politely returned the greeting.

Qian Xiaoyi had seen this lady before. After the last incident in the mansion, when he and Ashiya Yoshisuke went to the hospital to visit Granny Momo, the person who took care of her was Naraku Hanako.

Naraku Hanako said, "When the grandmother knew that you were coming, she was very happy. Please follow me. The dojo is nearby."

They walked along the mountain road towards the depths of Mount Osorezan. According to Naraku Hanako, it would take about half an hour to get to the dojo from here.

"This kind of place is really inconvenient." When Suzuna heard that she had to walk again, she looked at her open-toed sandals and sighed, "Don't we have a car? Otherwise, how can we go out to buy things?"

King Kong said indifferently: "Even if there is a car, there is no road for it to go here."

Naraku Hanako said: "If everyone wants to go outside, they usually go to Bodhi Temple to take a bus, or borrow the temple's car to go down the mountain."

King Kong laughed and said, "That's very convenient. It's much better than my hometown."

Terao Yu turned his head slightly and looked behind him, and asked, "By the way... Mr. Qian, what's going on with Heitaro and the others behind? Those are his classmates, right? Is it okay for them to follow us?"

Qian Xiaoyi said, "Heitaro brought his classmates here to have some fun and see the world. Don't worry about them. Miss Huazi, you guys also receive tourists, right?"

"Yes." Naraku Hanako smiled and said, "We also have to consider food, clothing and daily necessities. Of course we will receive tourists, but only guests who are introduced by acquaintances will know about our dojo. Normally, tourists who are just here for sightseeing will not come. In fact, our dojo is quite welcoming to guests."

"That's not bad either." Qian Xiaoyi said.

With everyone chatting, the oppressive atmosphere that was everywhere in Mt. Osore seemed to become lighter. Although the road was still filled with small hills of various stones with windmills on them, and statues of Jizo of various shapes could be seen from time to time, everyone was a knowledgeable psychic and had adapted to it in just a short while.

But it wasn't so easy for the group of high school students behind them.

Xiao Maeda Yui grabbed the corner of Kawasaki's clothes and asked with some fear: "It feels like this place is getting more and more desolate. Where is Teacher Qian going to take us?"

Ono Haruna asked, "Aren't we supposed to follow them ourselves?"

Kawasaki said, "Don't be nervous, Mr. Qian has noticed us a long time ago. They must be going to meet other exorcists! Even Suzuna-chan is still wearing regular clothes instead of shrine maiden clothes, which means there is no danger ahead! So there is no need to be afraid."

After this analysis, even Kawasaki himself believed it and became bolder.

Sato said awkwardly: "But Minister... don't you think this place is depressing?"

Kawasaki laughed and said, "Sato, how come you are even more timid than a girl? Even Suzuki-san didn't say he was afraid."

Sato looked at Suzuki: "Don't you feel anything? I always feel like there are ghosts wandering around us."

"What?" Suzuki looked confused. To be honest, except that this place was indeed desolate and the scenery was monotonous, she did not feel any so-called oppression. Komaeda Yui complained: "Don't talk about ghosts! What if it really attracts one?"

Kawasaki held the camera in his hand and said excitedly: "Then we will be rich! Where is the ghost? Where is the ghost?"

"..." Ken held his nose and floated around Inuyama Heita, then shook his head and said to Inuyama Heita: "This guy is totally hopeless."

The corner of Inuyama Heita's mouth twitched. These people all had amulets from the Iwama Shrine. Even if they tried to commit suicide like before, they probably wouldn't get into any trouble. Brother Otoshi really took great pains to prevent Kawasaki from causing any trouble.

After walking in the mountains for half an hour, they finally arrived at their destination. The surrounding scenery gradually changed from barren to lush and green. On a flat ground between the mountains and forests sat a house. On the doorplate were written four big characters "Naraku Dojo" in clear and vigorous brushstrokes.

"We're here." Naraku Hanako said, "Our dojo has been very busy lately."

As soon as they entered the yard, they saw many people chopping wood, making fire, and repairing the wall. In short, it was really lively and bustling.

Terao Yu widened his eyes and said in surprise: "Mikazuki, Kondo, Honda...what are they doing?"

He recognized that these guys doing odd jobs were all his fellow practitioners who came here to practice.

Naraku Hanako smiled and said, "This is the training arranged by my grandmother. She said that we should exhaust our physical body to the limit so that we can better perceive the spirit and train our spiritual power."

Ling Na showed a look of relief: "Fortunately I didn't choose this place... otherwise I would be exhausted. I thought that if I came to Granny Tao to practice, I would only do basic training. I didn't expect that I would have to do this?"

King Kong said, "But it sounds reasonable, just like Mr. Qian training me."

Qian Xiaoyi shook his head silently in his heart: "No, it's completely different..."

——He felt that Granny Tao just wanted these guys to do hard labor and teach them how to practice, but he had no evidence and did not dare to speak carelessly.

Terao Yu said: "I thought the training here was the easiest, but now it seems that the training is not easy anywhere."

According to the information he got from communicating with other exorcists, those who go to Ashiya Yoshisuke will face the hell of books, where the books they have to recite and copy every day can crush a person to death.

Those who go to Xingchang's house have to face fierce competition, with more than a dozen people fighting for a cursed item.

Qian Xiaoyi was not having an easy time either. Although he hadn't arranged anything, he was almost going crazy just reading the "Curse Book" left by Hiruda. Judging from the other people's expressions, they were probably not having an easy time either.

On the contrary, Liuliyuan Hongming, who was previously thought to have the most severe conditions, only meditated and chanted scriptures every day, which was considered the easiest.

"Please come this way, my mother-in-law is inside." Naraku Huazi said to Qian Xiaoyi.

Qian Xiaoyi nodded and said to the others, "I'll go say hello to Granny Tao first. You guys can just walk around. If you're interested, you can work with them."

Ling Na said: "No way!"

Qian Xiaoyi smiled and followed Naraku Huazi into the house.

(End of this chapter)