Tokyo: My Hundred Demon Scroll

But ever since Abe no Shoaki returned, the sorcerers of Tsuchimikado have all come out of the mountains.

They were captivated by the young man's personal charm and were willing to lend him a hand for the honor of their ancestor, Lord Seimei.

“There used to be a courtyard called Huakai Courtyard, which I was on good terms with.”

The Kakaiin mentioned by Nurarihyon is a descendant of Ashiya Dōman, and belongs to the same family as the current Uncle Dōma.

However, Uncle Domo is from the main family, while Hanakain is from a branch family.

The relationship between the two is more like that of a direct descendant and a collateral descendant.

In short, Ashiya Dōman's descendants are Uncle Dōma and Nanami, while the ancestors of Keikain were Dōman's cousins.

This is why the Kakaiin clan was not cursed and can still practice magic.

Ashiya Dōman and Abe no Seimei fought to a standstill, resulting in both the Ashiya and Abe families being wiped out.

However, the Huakaiyuan Clan was unlucky. Two hundred years ago, they encountered a major crisis that ultimately led to the mass killing of many members of their clan, causing them to drop out of the top ten clans of that time.

"So what's the deal with these two?"

Gu Yun couldn't help but complain, "Is it really necessary to curse the other party for a thousand years, causing even their descendants to suffer terribly?"

"Who knows, hahaha."

Nurarihyon treats these matters as mere gossip within the world of Onmyoji.

The two, young and old, are now completely relaxed. Nurarihyon is sharing all sorts of gossip, while Gu Yun is happily enjoying the gossip.

Nura Rihan would occasionally add a few words, expressing his own opinion.

It must be said that the Nurarihyon clan truly possesses extraordinary personal charm, allowing Gu Yun to feel as if he had found a kindred spirit and speak freely.

Even if I say something wrong occasionally, it doesn't matter, because neither the old rogue nor the handsome guy will mind.

There's no such thing as a sin in the story of the slippery ghost.

Eating without paying and taking food and drinks for free at other people's homes—that's the tradition of slippery devils!

"What I'm trying to say is to tell you, Xiao Gu Yun."

Nurarihyon said seriously, "Humans and yokai are not enemies."

In every era, bridges like Abe no Seimei emerge among humanity, connecting the worlds of humans, gods, and demons, and maintaining balance.

So when Gu Yun proposed the Gensokyo Project, Nurarihyon considered it carefully for a long time and finally chose to support his son's idea and follow in Gu Yun's footsteps.

"Besides the Kakaiin family, the Tsuchimikado family has always had a good relationship with us."

At this moment, Rihan Nura spoke up: "That kid, Yako, invited me to have a drink at the Hidden World last week."

Tsuchimikado Yoko, the previous head of the Tsuchimikado family.

However, like Kuro Seimei and the shaman of the Asakura family, he possesses the ability to control his own reincarnation.

Yako and Rihan met during the Taisho era and were both fans of military overcoats.

At that time, they were both enemies and friends.

They had been rivals, but also cooperated to drive away demons and monsters from the West, thus forging a deep friendship.

"Decades ago, Ye Guang exhausted his remaining lifespan by using a forbidden technique, and had to be reincarnated."

He returned to the Tsuchimikado family and continued to use the name Yoko.

This reincarnation was very successful. Tsuchimikado Yako did not lose any memories and quickly regained all the power from her previous life from birth.

“The Night-Shining Man is quite nice,” Nura Rihan said with a smile. “I’ll introduce you to him sometime.”

"Okay."

Gu Yun said, "When we go into seclusion, I'll treat you to a meal!"

Tsuchimikado Yoru, Gu Yun had heard of this name before.

In addition, this is also a character from a work called 'Tokyo Ravens' that Gu Yun had seen in his previous life.

Unlike in the anime, Tsuchimikado Yakou was not reincarnated as Tsuchimikado Harutora. Instead, he was born in the 1980s and is now a twenty-year-old young man.

'I've never heard of the Twelve Divine Generals in this world.'

Of the ten prestigious families, only seven remain, leaving three spots vacant.

This was achieved after Higa Kotoko spent four years visiting people in the countryside and bringing out some reclusive masters.

For example, the Asakura, Ubuyashiki, and Daigo schools are among the newly established Ten Famous Schools.

The original families, for various reasons, chose to retire.

Or rather, it was the withdrawal of a number of families that put Kotoko Higa under considerable pressure.

Therefore, it is necessary to find enough skilled individuals from the general public to make up for this lack of expertise.

Thus, Higa Kotoko found the Asakura family in Osoreyama and invited the Ubuyashiki family and the Daigo family, who were said to be cursed by demons, to become members of the new Ten Famous Families.

Originally, the Iijima family was also among those invited by Kotoko Higa.

Unfortunately, Qinzi was severely beaten by Gu Yun, yet she also received a great debt of gratitude.

Therefore, I really couldn't bring myself to ask and cause them any more trouble.

Chapter 118 Kill Yuanxing Temple First

"The new ten sects created by that rebellious witch are truly full of talented people."

Nurarihyon has lived for a thousand years, and Rihan is over four hundred years old.

Their knowledge was no less than Yu Yao's.

Even they had never seen such a prosperous era.

“In the past, a strong person like Tsuchimikado Yako would be considered a once-in-a-century talent.”

But now, there's Miyako right next to Gu Yun alone.

Decades ago, there were self-taught individuals like Reiko Natsume.

"A yin-yang master from a thousand years ago, a shrine maiden from eight hundred years ago, a swordsman from five hundred years ago, and a sorcerer from two hundred years ago."

Nurarihyon sighed, "Nowadays, they're all called exorcists."

"The situation of sorcerers is exactly the opposite of that of us monsters."

On the human side, there are strong individuals at the top, such as Higa Kotoko, Tanigumo, and Miyako, but there is a serious lack of strong individuals in the middle ranks.

There are far more than one living god with a spirit level of over 50 in this era.

However, there are very few warlocks with a spirit level between 5 and 50.

A spirit level of 5 or higher is required to cast spells, and a spirit level of 40 or higher allows one to fight against special-grade demons, become a human god, and rival great demons.

There is a sufficient number of high-end combatants, but there is a severe shortage of sorcerers in the Exorcist Association.

Most people are just psychics who can see monsters, which is the same level as ordinary people like Tamaki Iijima.

Such individuals are generally referred to as folklorists within the field.

Of course, there is a large group of folklorists who don't even have psychic abilities; they can't see ghosts or monsters at all, yet they insist on squeezing into the paranormal circle.

"When faced with ghost stories, humanity is destined to be at a disadvantage."

Finally, Nurarihyon made a statement that Gu Yun had never heard before: "Humans need monsters!"

There are too many ghost stories.

With the continuous development of the internet, the future is foreseeable.

It's not just one or two, but thousands or tens of thousands, with hundreds or even thousands of strange tales being born every day.

Faced with such numbers and growth rate, even if Higa Kotoko and Gu Yun were incredibly powerful, they couldn't eliminate them even if they ran themselves ragged.

The monsters are different.

First, monsters themselves have a way of restraining ghost stories.

The former can absorb curses and devour ghost stories as food.

Although this process generates tremendous negative energy, causing a drastic change in the mindset of the monster, it is not without a way to reverse it.

“A thousand years ago, gods and monsters were not as distant as they are now,” Nurarihyon said. “Back then, gods were like doctors to monsters.”

"Whenever we are tainted by a curse, we can seek out the gods to purify our body and mind."

Monsters are also a kind of living beings in the world. The purifying power of the gods will only dispel the evil power on them, and will not harm them.

The process is definitely quite painful.

But since we've already chosen to go to the hospital, getting an injection and taking some medicine isn't unacceptable.

The only problem is that monsters carrying huge curses have a high probability of dropping in level due to purification.

They can fall from a high-ranking demon to a lower-ranking one, or even become a minor monster.

Success and failure both stem from curses.

The Nura Clan's attitude towards curses is that they can be used, but there must be limits.

Monsters are those who control curses, and it is intolerable for them to be controlled by curses.

Therefore, within the Nura Clan, the yokai have been learning how to control the power of curses, and the mastery of 'fear' is the result of this research.

"Fear, dread, shock, panic, terror, dread..."

These special demonic powers that constitute the power of the curse became nourishment for the demons, and the rulers born from them were the end of the third path—the great demons.

Nurarihyon obtained 'Fear', the tanuki of Shikoku obtained 'Fear', and Hagoromo Gitsune walked the path of 'Fear'.

Such an existence, once surrounded by a large number of monsters, can cause the heavens and earth to weep, becoming a powerful being feared even by the will of the world.

"Is this the law that the lords of demons and monsters seek?"

Through his conversation with Nurarihyon, Gu Yun learned about the changes in the relationship between humans and yokai over the past thousand years.

Five hundred years ago, due to the massive human deaths, resentment and curses could not be vented, causing the miasma and resentment in the mountains to merge and give birth to countless mindless demons.

In other periods, monsters and humans have always kept to themselves.