The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 787: Enemy in Honnoji Part 6 ()

Xingchang looked at Qian Xiaoyi as if he were a monster, and yelled, "Hey, hey! Are you kidding me? You must be kidding me. What the hell is this? You haven't even used half of your strength? Have you been fighting alongside us in this state all along?"

"Namo San... How outrageous..." Liuliyuan Hongming also showed a shocked expression. Although he had only fought side by side with Qian Xiaoyi a few times, every time he faced a strong enemy, it was Qian Xiaoyi who grasped the point of breaking the situation and then turned defeat into victory. Such a person now actually said that he had not used his full strength...

Qian Xiaoyi said helplessly: "It's not that exaggerated. Haven't you noticed? My fighting style has always been to find the enemy's weakness and then break it. Except for the trouble and the need to use your brain, it is time-saving and labor-saving in other aspects. Think about it, is there any battle that I have relied on absolute strength to crush the enemy?"

After Qian Xiaoyi said this, Xingchang recalled and found that it was true, but he still maintained a strange expression, staring at Qian Xiaoyi and asked: "So, in the usual battles, you are actually in [Energy Saving Mode]? Thinking back, it seems that there were several times when you were the one behind the scenes giving orders, leaving us to fight the strong enemies in the front..."

"Almost." Qian Xiaoyi spread his hands: "I'm working hard too. You don't want to have problems on my side before the enemy is defeated in the middle of the fight. Why don't you release a more powerful guy?"

Thinking of that scene, Xingchang shuddered. He patted Qian Xiaoyi on the shoulder and said seriously, "Forget it. You just command from the back. Compared to those visible enemies, I don't want to face unreasonable things like the Slit-Mouthed Woman."

"Isn't it~" Qian Xiaoyi said shamelessly.

Reidou Kisuke said, "So this is why you dare to challenge that old guy? Excuse me, it's not enough. You know, since he built that izakaya, no one can hurt him. Although I personally support you to teach him a lesson, I will not let Yanci go with you. Although he works hard, his strength is very poor and he is not as good as you."

"Grandpa..." Lingtang Yanci didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "I'm not that bad, am I? What's more, this is a crisis for the entire exorcist community, and I think our shrine needs to do its part."

Houdo Kisuke glared at him fiercely: "You are still far from it! Anyway, our Houdo family will not send anyone to participate in this matter. The water is too deep. When we can't tell who is the enemy and who is the friend, we are too small to deal with a behemoth lurking in the dark. Maybe in the future we will, but not now."

Qian Xiaoyi said: "I know this is a very dangerous thing, so we are not here to ask you to join the Exorcist Alliance."

"Pretty smart." Reidou Kisuke sneered, "That kind of meaningless alliance might fall apart at any time. Only a fool would participate...Okay, tell me, what do you want?"

Seeing that the other party was so straightforward, Qian Xiaoyi did not hesitate and said, "We need to bring the [Rebirth Ksitigarbha], the cursed object at the Iwama Shrine, into the Yellow Spring House."

Yan Ci in the mourning hall showed a look of enlightenment: "I see, so this is what you are planning. What's the excuse? What excuse will you use to bring him in?"

"Special training!" Xingchang Rang said, "We are currently strengthening the overall strength of our exorcists, so we need some opponents for actual combat training. On the surface, Huangquan House is the safest place for us exorcists. If we add the evil spirits attracted by [Rebirth Ksitigarbha], it will be a perfect training place."

Reidou Kisuke thought for a while, then said, "If it were someone else, I would never lend out such a dangerous cursed item, but you guys are much stronger than I was when I was young... Let me make it clear first, if anything goes wrong, you must solve it by yourselves, and Iwama Shrine will never bear this responsibility."

Liuliyuan Hongming nodded: "That's what I should do!"

"Come with me, I'll take you there." Lingtang Xijie turned around and said, "Yanci, go get the key."

"Yes, Grandpa." Lingtang Yanci hurried over. The three of them looked at each other and stood up. They didn't expect this trip to be so smooth. They thought it would take some time to talk.

They followed Kishuke Ryoudo to the back hall, opened the chained door and filed in.

The interior of the house was decorated in typical shrine style, with a thick shimenawa rope across the room in front of them, like a cordon used by police when they discover a murder, separating the two worlds.

On the altar behind the Shimenawa, there is a black lacquer box with some white talismans stuck on it. It should be the container that seals the Ksitigarbha.

"Come in." said Ryoudo Kisuke.

He led everyone into the space behind the shimenawa. Several people stood in front of the altar. Ryoudo Kisuke walked over and stared at the box, muttering, "I really miss it... This thing was sealed together with that old guy."

As he said this, he picked up the box.

The mourning hall Yan Ci watched his movements and asked, "Grandpa, are you going to open it today?"

The box is opened only on the summer day of the Ullambana Festival every year, because on that day the gates of hell are open. Even if the deceased Ksitigarbha makes some noise, the special nature of this day can be used to eliminate the harm. However, it is different on other days.

Once the gathered evil spirits cannot find the path to rebirth, they will become more manic and dangerous.

"What are you worried about?" said Ryoudo Kisuke. "It hasn't been long since the last memorial service. The evil spirits around here have been cleared. Even if you open it, nothing will happen. And if I don't show it to them, how can these young people prove to me that they can use it safely?"

Xingchang Rang smiled and said, "Do you want to test our abilities? Come on, old man. It's time for you to see how much we have grown. We are no longer the ignorant kids we used to be."

"Please believe that we can handle this cursed object properly." Liuliyuan Hongming also said.

"I hope so." Reidou Kisuke turned around, looked at the box and said, "Then, please ask one of you to open this thing. Who will come?"

The three of them looked at each other. In theory, the person who opened the seal was equivalent to establishing a connection with the cursed object, which was a dangerous job. Liuliyuan Hongming took the initiative and said, "Let me do it."

He took the lacquered wooden box from the hands of Kisuke in the mourning hall.

(End of this chapter)