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Chapter 127: Walking in the World! The Lost Walking Gathering (7.2k, monthly ticket requested!)
The cool and soft touch was almost fleeting, and it was over before Uesugi Tetsu even realized what had happened.

By the time he reacted, Ririkko had already clenched the bamboo sword in her hand and made the classic three-step charge stance of the Tennen Rishin-ryu towards the samurai Zansemaru.

Uesugi Tetsu reached out and touched his cheek.

Because it was so sudden and short, he didn't feel anything real.

He just thought that Lilizi's self-control ability and mentality were too outrageous.

This kind of thing, which is equivalent to breaking the barriers between friends, would make most people toss and turn for two or three sleepless nights afterwards, but at least they would have to worry about what would become of their relationship after it was done.

As a result, Lilizi just finished kissing and picked up the sword to try to kill in the next second.

Uesugi Tetsu stared at Ririko, whose eyes were shining, and sighed in his heart.

But it’s better this way. At least we don’t have to worry about Ririko’s intelligence suddenly decreasing due to love-sickness.

——But in this case, can this stable yet fragile relationship between them as teacher-student and friends continue to be maintained?

Lilizi said nothing.

The girl simply slowly exhaled a tangible pure white hot stream from her lips, which first hit the warrior Zhan Cemaru's body and dissipated in all directions bit by bit.

Uesugi Che stopped thinking about those things. He stared closely at Lilizi's rising and falling chest, sensing the flow of energy around her body, and wondered in his heart,
"The Zhou Tian never stops?"

The endless circulation of Qi is the third level of breathing method after strengthening the five internal organs and circulating Qi through the four poles.

In other words, Ririk's corona... no, it should be said that the "Ririko Breathing Method" has reached the mastery level.

Once a breathing technique practitioner reaches this level, the internal energy in the body can become as hard as "Gang".

At the same time, these energies will be poured into every part of the body, and after reaching the smallest corners, they will connect with each other to form an unbreakable and integrated round circle.

It can not only speed up the practitioner's future practice of breathing techniques, but also transform into a Qi shield without weaknesses, greatly enhancing the practitioner's defense capabilities.

Of course, the difficulty of these qi leaving the body is much simpler than the qi leaving the body in the Qi He Jutsu that Uesugi Che had practiced before, and the effect is much more obvious.

——His Coronal Breathing Technique hadn’t even reached half the proficiency required for upgrading, but Lilizi had already broken through.

She was born to do this...

Moreover, Uesugi Tetsu also remembered that Ririko had been conducting scientific research on her own sleeping time a few days ago.

Now that I think about it, it should have been successful. I wonder how many minutes she sleeps a day now.

call--

In the quiet silence, Lilizi suddenly drew her sword without any warning, and retracted it in a flash.

Only three pure white sword auras remained in the air, which separated from each other and then merged into one.

The secret of the natural rational flow: the sword of ignorance!

Even Uesugi Tetsu, while maintaining his normal human form, could only see a vague white afterimage passing by, and then he saw the samurai Zhan Cemaru leaning back slightly.

"Slashing force, 3,782 kan—"

After leaning back for a moment, the warrior Zancemaru righted himself and spoke slowly and seriously, "Your swordsmanship is truly exquisite, but unfortunately your strength is still lacking. Perhaps you could improve your basic physical training. Seventy-five points."

After hearing the signature slashing force reading, Lilizi couldn't help but look delighted: "It turns out that Zancemaru can really accurately report the force!"

Uesugi Tetsu raised his eyebrows.

——This Zhan Ce Maru from his family can actually give a brief comment and score the sword, which is different from other Zhan Ce Maru and deserves praise.

Samurai Zancemaru stared at Lilizi, who was watching and taking pictures of it. "Master Swordsman, may I know your name?"

"In this way, if I am killed by the master or you in the future, it will not be in vain."

"Ah! I forgot about that." Ririkozaki straightened up and extended her hand to the samurai Zancemaru. "My name is Tokugawa Ririkozaki. Zancemaru-kun, please give me your guidance in the future."

The girl was stunned for two seconds before she realized that the warrior Zang Cema seemed to be round and had no arms, so she turned her hands into palms and patted the other's round body.

"Also, we will be training partners together in the future."

Lilizi elbowed the samurai Zancemaru and said seriously, "So I won't kill you."

Uesugi Tetsu said from the side: "But if the sword force exceeds the limit of Zancemaru, it will explode."

"Ah! Is that so?"

Lilizi looked at him and asked with a smile, "What's the upper limit of the penetration force that the Samurai Zancemaru can withstand?"

"One hundred thousand kan." Uesugi Tetsu replied without hesitation.

"—Then after I become stronger, I will control the power of each sword to 99,999 kan. Wouldn't that make it okay?"

Lilizi raised her finger as a matter of course.

"as long as you are happy."

Uesugi Tetsu spread his hands.

If an ordinary person said this, it would probably be overestimating their own abilities, but when it came from Lilizi, it didn't feel out of place.

And this is also a good thing. Even if they don’t need this Samurai Slash Maru in the future, they can give it to others.

For example, Lady Erchi - look at her thin arms and legs, she doesn't usually think about exercising, so I guess her fighting ability is very impressive when she is alone.

This is not okay.

A Shikigami cannot rely solely on rank advancement to improve its combat effectiveness. It is time to put the plan of arranging training courses for Ershaku-sama on the agenda.

Samurai Zansemaru stared at the man and woman in front of him, who were completely different from anyone he had ever come into contact with.

partner.

It was the first time it heard someone call a Zhan Ce Maru like this.

"Master, Master Swordsman."

Samurai Zancemaru leaned forward slightly, as if bowing his head: "Please do not use me without the slightest mercy."

Uesugi Tetsu nodded.

Lilizi burst into laughter and picked up the bamboo sword and banged it against the Samurai Battlefield Maru: "Then you'd better be prepared to stay awake for 24 hours!"

After saying that, Ririkko continued to "play" with the samurai Zancemaru with an excited smile, but during this play, bamboo swords with a force of thousands of kan fell every second.

It seems she forgot what I told her before about sparring...

Uesugi Tetsu didn't say anything to disturb Ririko.

It's not a big deal anyway, and there's no harm in practicing it later.

Since there is nothing to do for the time being, I might as well take this opportunity to take a look around this huge villa and see what facilities are on the other floors and underground.

Uesugi Che walked up the solid wooden stairs to the second floor.

He peeked out from the second-floor entrance and discovered that the dojo on the same floor was similarly furnished. The second floor was a whole gym area, with countless silver-black fitness equipment lying bare.

Treadmills, Smith machines, overhead presses, battle ropes, free squat racks... and piles of huge barbell plates and dumbbells lie quietly in the corner.

It can be said that whether you want to train the coordination of the whole body or simply want to do special exercises, aerobic and anaerobic exercises can find suitable equipment to adapt to their own training.

Of course, we also did not forget to install huge full-view mirrors on the surrounding walls to allow trainees to check whether their movements are correct.

"Not bad……"

Uesugi Tetsu thought that maybe he could let Nishaku-sama come there to train in the future, and he could get the phone only when he completed the training plan.

Alas, I didn’t expect that I had unknowingly become that annoying adult who “won’t give you a phone until you finish your homework.”

Keep going up.

After arriving at the third floor, Uesugi Tetsu finally saw the normal home furnishings - living room, study, king-size bedroom, twin bedroom, and bathroom, but the area was slightly larger.

Summoning Ershaku-sama, Uesugi Tetsu patted the girl's hat and said, "This will be our new home from now on. Pick any room to use as a bedroom."

"po?"

Lord Erchi was stunned for a moment before realizing that this seemed to be the interior of the villa he had just seen from outside.

She first glanced down the stairs, then turned around and asked with her mouth opened, "I only realized how big it is after coming in... Master Che, is this place all ours from now on?"

Uesugi Tetsu nodded: "Yes, of course."

Lady Erchi was in a daze. The hundreds of years she had spent in the dilapidated temple in Arakawa Village were still deeply engraved in her memory.

For such a long time, her living situation had hardly changed.

But now, after only following Uesugi Tetsu for a few days, he actually lived in such a big and luxurious house, which was better than the house of the landlord or village chief in the past.

Lady Nishaku subconsciously clenched her fists and found that choosing Uesugi Tetsu seemed to be the only right choice she had made in her life.

At this moment, Lilizi's powerful shout came from the dojo on the first floor.

The expression on Erchi's little face changed slightly, and he asked, "Master Che, does that airport have to stay in our house too?"

Uesugi Tetsu rubbed the girl's head and said soothingly, "Lilizi is my swordsmanship teacher. I can't do without her. Besides, she also promised to provide three meals a day. Isn't this a generous offer?"

We can't do without her.

Nishaku-sama repeated these words in his mind, and suddenly realized that these five words did not seem to apply to Uesugi Tetsu when applied to himself.

At this point, she is only one and a half stars, while Lord Che seems to be able to kill three-star monsters.

So...it seems like she can't help Lord Che anymore?

This is indeed the case - every time she was seriously injured after a battle, Lord Che would call her out to heal her.

Although Lord Che now cares for and loves her very much, this is when she is the only Shikigami.

And how could a powerful and extraordinary person like Lord Che be able to contract only one Shikigami, her?
I haven't contracted a second Shikigami yet, probably because I look down on those ugly ones.

A sense of urgency rose in Erchisama's heart.

She didn't make any more unreasonable demands about Lilizi, but nodded obediently, picked the smallest children's room on the third floor and said that she would live in this room.

"Oh……"

Uesugi Tetsu originally thought that Ershaku-sama would choose a room with a king-size bed and then come over to harass him every day.

It seems that my Shikigami has become sensible.

Next, Uesugi Tetsu took Nishaku-sama to the fourth floor and underground to take a look.

The fourth floor is a spacious utility room with a partial open-air terrace. The basement has a hot spring bath, a standard swimming pool, and a large sauna room that can accommodate dozens of people.

It can be said that most of the functions of this villa were created for spiritual practice.

“Fortunately, I don’t have to pay for water and electricity myself…”

Uesugi Tetsu had no idea how much rice he had to pay to operate so many facilities in a month - but fortunately, the Special Affairs Office helped him bear the expenses.

Uesugi Tetsu returned to the first floor alone - Lady Nishaku said she wanted to experience what it was like to take a hot spring bath.

She said she had heard for decades that soaking in hot springs was very relaxing, but she had never actually tried it herself.

Uesugi Toru just let it go.

"Still practicing."

Uesugi Che looked at Ririko from afar, who was sweating profusely, with half of her Taoist robe sticking tightly to her body. He did not say a word, but sat in the corner and closed his eyes.

It was just right that he could take advantage of this time to go to Edo Castle and complete his walking identity mission.

The water pressure, far greater than before, came from all directions.

After a long time, Uesugi Tetsu woke up in a thatched hut filled with damp and moldy smell.

He rubbed the tip of his nose. He hadn't been to Edo Castle for a long time and was still a little uncomfortable with the humidity here.

"And the water pressure just now...was it a coincidence?"

The water pressure had increased, there was no doubt about that.

If it were the original Uesugi Tetsu, he might not even be able to withstand this wave of water pressure and might have returned to the real world.

Uesugi Che was more cautious in his heart, but he didn't think too much about it at the moment.

He took out the [Broken Walking Token], and this time he didn't even need to aim it in the right direction. It began to buzz and emit a faint light in the dark thatched hut.

"It seems that I can indeed go and hand in the task."

Uesugi Tetsu transformed into White Prajna, and after wearing Kaga Kiyomizu, he walked out of the thatched hut where he was born.

The reason why he did not transform into a four-tailed fox was because the terrain of Edo Castle was relatively complex and there were many unknown monsters and ghost stories.

If he transforms into a four-tailed fox with high attack and low defense, he may be killed instantly by the sixth demon in the dark.

Bai Prajna is still better. She can’t die even if a big hole is stabbed in her chest.

Uesugi Che walked quickly on the muddy path in the heavy rain.

With his previous experience, he needed less than half the time to bypass the demons and enter the mansion's area of ​​influence through the small path. "It's just that... the homeless people seem to have disappeared."

Uesugi Che narrowed his eyes, recalling how he hadn't encountered a single homeless person along the way, not even a corpse. "This isn't a good sign for the modern world."

Because it is impossible for so many homeless people to disappear out of thin air.

Where else can we go?

In this world!
When he arrived at the door of the mansion he had been to last time, the broken token in Uesugi Tetsu's hand immediately burst into a light far exceeding its previous brightness.

Silently walking past the two stone sculptures of kittens, Uesugi Che changed back into human form and gently pulled the door cymbals twice.

A moment later, without any fluctuation of spiritual power or trace of mechanism, the extremely heavy paint-chipped wooden door slowly opened to both sides.

What is the principle?
Uesugi Che stepped over the threshold and looked to both sides of the door, but did not see any Shikigami or wandering souls.

This door is indeed just an ordinary wooden door.

——It seems that the owner of this mansion, the nameless swordsman, may be more capable than he imagined.

Maybe it's another ghost-like figure.

Exhaling lightly, Uesugi Che walked straight towards the house opposite the gate with the broken walking token in his hand - the wooden door there was ajar, with a gap deliberately left.

The furnishings inside the mansion are simple and ordinary, and it looks no different from an ordinary Edo-period courtyard.

Perhaps Uesugi Tetsu could easily find three or four houses of similar quality in Edo Castle.

When he arrived at the door, Uesugi Tetsu's attention was attracted by the wooden plaque hanging on the side.

The writing on it was still eroded by years of rain and time, but Uesugi Tetsu could still barely make out the three words on it.

"Flowers and water..."

There are only these three words.

Uesugi Tetsu read it out, and before he could turn his eyes around, the half-closed wooden door in front of him suddenly opened to both sides.

Behind the wooden door was the furnishings of the house that Uesugi Tetsu was very familiar with.

Dojo.

A thin figure wearing a conical hat sat with his head lowered in the middle of the dojo filled with a rotten smell.

He slowly looked up and saw Uesugi Tetsu standing at the door, holding a glowing and broken walking token in his hand.

After a brief silence, he spoke, his voice as hoarse as the friction of pig iron.
"Long time no see..."

Uesugi Tetsu didn't reply, but bowed slightly respectfully: "I am the walker who is responsible for delivering this token. Please accept it, sir."

Uesugi Che could feel the indifferent gaze falling on him, and felt that the other party was looking at him for a long time.

"Walking...huh."

The figure suddenly smiled and stretched out the five fingers of his bony right hand from his old, dull, coarse cloth robe. "Then hand over this token to me."

Uesugi Che nodded, took off his muddy shoes, walked step by step to the figure, squatted down, and placed the token on the skinny hand with both hands.

pat.

The light on the broken walking token suddenly dissipated, as if it had finally completed its mission.

But Uesugi Tetsu could still feel the pair of eyes behind the bamboo hat staring at his face, and that gaze made him feel both curious and confused.

Uesugi Tetsu was waiting for the nameless swordsman's question.

But he waited like this for a long time, until the curiosity and doubt in those eyes gradually dissipated with the passage of time, and he didn't hear even a single word from the nameless swordsman.

It was as if these curiosities and doubts were no longer important, so there was no need to ask anymore.

Since the mission has been completed and the hidden mission seems to be unavailable, Uesugi Che is not going to stay here and waste any more time.

He stood up, said goodbye to the nameless swordsman who was still sitting cross-legged on the ground, and walked towards the entrance of the medium-sized dojo.

It wasn't until Uesugi Tetsu stepped onto the threshold that the hoarse voice behind him came again.

"You're practicing Tennen Rishin-ryu, right?"

declarative sentence.

Uesugi Tetsu stopped walking, turned around with a puzzled look, and asked, "How did you know that? Just from the brief observation I just made?"

The nameless swordsman laughed and said, "Of course I recognized you by the sword at your waist."

He said, "The blade is 72 centimeters long... The katana you wear at your waist is called Kaga Kiyomizu, right?"

hum.

Kaga Kiyomitsu's sword vibrated in the scabbard, indicating that you admitted your mistake.

——I am who I am, don’t lump me together with that guy in history!

Uesugi Tetsu opened his eyes wide in surprise.

The unknown swordsman could actually recognize Kaga Kiyomitsu through the scabbard, which must mean he knows Okita Souji very well.

So he asked, "Your Excellency, do you also know Okita Souji and admire him?"

The rain fell for a while, and the nameless swordsman seemed to be thinking, and seemed to be hesitating.

He finally said,
"Well... that's right."

Suddenly, the nameless swordsman asked, "Zuo Xing, what's your name?"

"Uesugi Tetsu."

Uesugi Tetsu announced his name, and the dojo, which was filled with a strong smell of decay, fell silent again.

But this time, Uesugi Tetsu was particularly patient.

Because the questioning from the nameless swordsman just now was undoubtedly a sign of the hidden events unfolding.

——This is also thanks to Kaga Kiyomitsu around the waist.

Uesugi Tetsu touched its hilt as a token of appreciation.

"Uesugi Tetsu, Uesugi Tetsu..."

Uesugi Che heard the nameless swordsman repeat his name several times before he suddenly looked up, and a piercing gaze met his face.

The nameless swordsman laughed happily.
"Uesugi Tetsu, when you have mastered the profound meaning of the Wuming Sword, come back here to find me. I will then teach you the most powerful moves of the Tianran Lixin Style."

A prompt suddenly popped up in front of Uesugi Che's eyes——

[Secret of Secrets: After reaching the "Expert" level in the Natural Rishin Flow and mastering the Natural Rishin Flow's Secret Technique, the Unknown Sword, please come to Edo Castle to find the Nameless Swordsman. He will teach you techniques even more powerful than the Unknown Sword.]

Look, the hidden event has popped up, and the rewards for completing it are extremely generous.

"A profound meaning even more powerful than the Wuming Sword."

Uesugi Tetsu murmured in his heart, then bowed slightly towards the nameless swordsman and said in gratitude, "I would like to thank you in advance for your generosity."

After saying that, Uesugi Tetsu put on his shoes and left the mansion, which was empty except for the nameless swordsman, and returned to the ordinary streets of Edo Castle.

He found a thatched hut that didn't leak rain, killed the resting wanderer inside, and sat down to check the task completion prompt.

[The nameless swordsman has received the "Broken Walking Token"! ]

[Your "Walking" status promotion mission has been completed! ]

[Your status "Walking" has been upgraded to "Eternal Walking"]

Three prompts flashed by, and the annotation of Changshi Walking popped up.

[Walking Through the Eternal World: You've personally surveyed the vast expanse of the eternal world. It's time to plunge into the tidal wave of history. Effect: Significantly increases the probability of triggering hidden events. Also possesses an unknown hidden effect.]

[Your item "Walking Token" has been changed to "Walking Arrow."]

Walking command?

Uesugi Tetsu took out the walking token from the storage backpack...now it is called the walking command arrow.

A heavy silver-black command arrow lay quietly in his palm.

Compared to the previous one that was covered with dust and rust, the current walking token can be said to be brand new from the factory.

The front of the command arrow was engraved with the word "walk" in clear and flowing calligraphy. Turning it over, the back was engraved with a large number of fine and strange patterns that Uesugi Che could not recognize.

【Walking Command Arrow (Special Item)】

[Effect: None]

[——A symbol of identity for walking in the world, holding the command arrow means walking! ]

Holding the command arrow means walking?

And this hand?
It seems that the status of this person who has become an ordinary person has been greatly improved.

Uesugi Che rubbed the smooth surface of the walking command arrow with his fingertips. Instead of waiting for the reward prompt, he received a task prompt.

[——Walking in the World, please quickly find the "Walking Gathering Token" to enter the "Walking Gathering" and light up your own shrine.]

It turns out that it is best to light up the walking rally token and enter after the walking identity is upgraded.

Uesugi Che understood, no wonder the divine fortune stick had given Sueyoshi the number before.

It’s better to do it now than to wait for a good day. The cooling of the divine fortune stick is over, so I will shake the fortune stick again to see if it is a good time to enter the walking rally.

Taking out the divine fortune stick from the storage backpack, Uesugi Che closed his eyes, cleared his mind, and began to shake the fortune stick.

In less than two seconds, a slender divine fortune slipped out from the small round opening of the fortune stick tube.

Uesugi Tetsu stopped and found that this time it took much less time than before.

He bent down to pick up the divine fortune stick that had fallen to the ground, turned it over, and saw the bright red word "Ji" (good luck) written on it.

【God's Lotus Lucky】

【——If you don’t enter now, when will you?】

Uesugi Tetsu smiled. He put away the divine fortune stick tube and the fortune sticks and took out the round cake-like [Walking Rally Token].

A prompt immediately popped up in front of his eyes.

[Do you want to consume 100 soul ash points to permanently light up this rally token? ]

"Yes."

After 100 soul ashes were consumed, the rally token in Uesugi Che's hand began to vibrate slightly as if it had been enlightened.

Fine lines of light bloomed from the center of the rally token in all directions.

In a short while, the assembly token transformed from a simple round cake that looked like stone into a bronze mirror engraved with exquisite patterns.

Uesugi Tetsu looked up - the mirror was surrounded by densely packed ghosts and monsters, patterns of humans, demons, ghosts and gods were all engraved on it, and the light patterns were winding and encompassing everything.

After staring at the rally token in his hand for a while, Uesugi Che silently inputted spiritual power into it.

After about five seconds, Uesugi Che felt dizzy and his vision went dark again.

When Uesugi Che opened his eyes again, a blood-red prompt suddenly came into view, making his originally confused thoughts instantly clear.

[Dear Changshi Walker, you have entered the "Lost Walker Gathering". Please be careful with your words and actions, and light up your shrine as soon as possible.]

Uesugi Tetsu took a deep breath silently and found himself sitting at the top of a series of circular steps.

He quickly looked around.

Towering pillars with a diameter of up to ten meters rose from the ground on both sides of him, but most of them were broken into pieces, leaving only a few dozen meters or even several meters in height.

Looking down, you can see hundreds of steps extending all the way to the ground, which is the flat ground in the center, but many of the steps are covered with bloodstains of various colors.

Uesugi Che narrowed his eyes and seemed to see a blurry, motionless figure in the middle of the plain.

The prefix "lost" was suddenly added before the walking rally, which always feels a bit bad.

Uesugi Che once again input spiritual power into the rally token in his hand, wanting to leave first before making any plans.

But a blood-red prompt popped up again.

[It is currently impossible to leave the "Lost Walking Rally"! ]

Uesugi Che pondered for a moment, stood up and wanted to explore the surroundings and collect information first.

But before he could take two steps, two blood-red prompts popped up in front of him again.

[Dear Changshi Xingzhe, please light up your shrine as soon as possible! ]

【Please light up your shrine as soon as possible! 】

At the same time, as if some terrifying existence was awakened, the breath that made Uesugi Tetsu almost breathless gradually spread to the square of the walking rally.

(End of this chapter)