Tokyo: My Hundred Demon Scroll

Chihiro seems more suited to learning magic than Japanese magic.

And there just happened to be a suitable candidate: Granny Qian.

Gu Yun retrieved the seal for Granny Qian and curbed Granny Tang's ambitions, thus ensuring peace and stability in the Japanese region in the afterlife.

I helped Granny Qian with something, so it's not unreasonable for her to help me in return, is it?

"Alright, Chihiro, Miss Lin."

Gu Yun invited the two to take a seat: "The food at the bathhouse is really good, you should try it too."

"Thank you for your hospitality."

"You are welcome."

Gu Yun summoned a fox spirit and asked her to prepare new seats for the two girls.

"Xiaoyu, you can let Grandma Yu in now."

The matter has been resolved satisfactorily. Gu Yun no longer needs to be wary of Granny Tang. It's time for her to know who she has offended and what kind of punishment she will receive.

"My lord, are you willing to see me?"

Outside the door, Granny Tang followed Yu Yao with a look of fear on her face: "Ah, my lord has summoned you, it is your honor."

"Yes, yes, it is my honor, a great honor."

After being repeatedly attacked, even her seal was taken away, and she was no longer the arrogant person she had been before.

Soon, Granny Tang was brought before Gu Yun.

The figures sitting around them, emanating a faint aura of holiness, silently proclaimed their divine status.

In terms of divine status alone, Yubaba is not much more noble than Osaki Inari.

In the afterlife, in a world influenced by capitalism, if it were the realm of gods or the human world, Yubaba wouldn't even be able to become a god.

If we divide the hierarchy of deities into six levels from highest to lowest, Old Zasa and the World Will are the highest-ranking beings, equivalent to creator gods.

The second level consists of the god-kings in a mythological system who rule a civilization or nation, such as Izanagi, the previous god-king of Japan, and Amaterasu, the new queen.

Then there are the powerful figures who govern a region.

Inari Okami Miketsuhime, Tsukuyomi, Susanoo, Ōkuninushi, and others can be considered as the third tier.

Below that are the followers of Miketsu, who are secondary deities who have some of her duties but have separated from the divine hierarchy.

When Gu Yun first met Kong Huan, Miss Tianhu was already the fourth rank of Japanese deities.

Take agriculture as an example.

The concept of agriculture is associated with the supreme deity or chief deity in a pantheon.

However, the agricultural gods of Kanto and Kyushu are considered secondary gods or subordinate gods, with a status equivalent to that of the Heavenly Fox Konghuan.

Essentially, the old river god is the chief steward of Japanese rivers, and he should be considered a great god.

But Kunitsu-gami has always been of a lower status than Amatsu-gami.

In addition, there is the founding father of Japan, Ōkuninushi, who is the great god who governs the land, mountains, and rivers of Japan.

The Old River God is below the Great God of the Nation, therefore he is considered to be in the fourth rank.

In this hierarchy, Yubaba is at most at the fifth level, which is the level of a servant of the gods.

Similar to the assistants of Inari, the 'Misaki Inari' are of higher status than ordinary divine messengers. They have the authority to be dispatched to a shrine to oversee a small area.

In short, a deity must be enshrined in a proper shrine, not just a small shrine, to qualify as the fifth rank.

As for the lowest level, which is the bottom line of the true gods recognized by Takamagahara in Japan, it is the messengers of the gods who serve the gods and are granted divine status.

There are two types of divine messengers: one is a contractual divine messenger, and the other is a divinely appointed divine messenger.

What is meant by divine status and divine messenger?

Just like the Inari God Messenger, the prefix 'Inari' signifies a divine bestowal.

In contrast, if a land god or mountain god has a shrine and is recognized by Takamagahara, then that land god or mountain god will become a fifth-rank deity.

However, the messengers of the gods who serve them are not considered to be of the sixth class.

Because the divine qualities of these deities are insufficient to evoke a divine resonance and thus warrant rewards.

"Almost all of them are true gods..."

Granny Yu secretly looked around and found many fox spirits standing in the room.

Inari God Messenger, a deity of the sixth stage.

Even in the sixth stage, he was a true god.

In Japan, a country where all things are believed to be spiritual, good and evil gods don't even qualify for the sixth stage. There are also some Ara-tama and Ara-gami born from human beliefs, who are not worthy of being evaluated in these six stages.

To put it bluntly, the ranks of Duke, Marquis, Earl, Viscount, and Baron correspond to the numbers one through five, respectively.

Those Inari messengers are lords, knights, and nobles among the gods!

Despite Yubaba's domineering presence in the bathhouse of the afterlife, once she's in the human world, she's no different from these knights and lords.

"The manager of the bathhouse humbly pays homage to the divine being!"

Granny Tang was terrified by this scene. She quickly knelt down in front of Gu Yun and bowed to him with utmost humility.

“Lift your head up.”

With Gu Yun's permission, Granny Tang finally looked ahead.

"Ok?"

Before her sat a boy of about fourteen or fifteen years old, his face calm but his eyes filled with mockery.

The other party was none other than the young human sorcerer who had visited him earlier.

"this…"

Yubaba wasn't stupid; her mind raced, and almost instantly she understood the whole story: "How could this be? You, you're not human..."

"presumptuous!"

At this moment, Yu Yao, who was standing behind Gu Yun, saw that Granny Tang was speaking rudely and immediately stopped her. He even used a powerful incantation to suppress Granny Tang to the ground in an instant.

'How...'

This wasn't the first time Granny Yu had witnessed Yu Yao's magical powers.

No matter how many times she witnessed it, this suffocating sense of oppression still left Yubaba in disbelief.

too strong.

It's really too strong!

Yubaba knows that Yuyao is the Inari God, which is analogous to a nobleman and equivalent to the rank of viscount.

嗏

Is he really just a mere 'viscount'?

Granny Tang felt that even the old river god she had encountered before, who was also ranked in the fourth tier, would probably have difficulty lasting a single move against Yu Yao.

The silver-haired celestial fox before them possessed strength that clearly reached the level of the main god of Takamagahara.

And yet, such a powerful being treated with such respect as a human boy…

"That's fine, Yuyao."

Gu Yun slowly spoke, instructing Yu Yao to release the spell, before saying to the still-shaken Yubaba, "We meet again, Yubaba."

"you…"

"Ok?"

"you!"

Seeing the hostile looks from Yu Yao and the other Inari warriors, Yubaba quickly changed her tune: "Who exactly are you? Since you possess such power, please explain beforehand. How could I dare to detain Chihiro?"

Yubaba had already seen Chihiro and Lin standing to the side.

Although the two girls lowered their heads after seeing her enter, Yubaba still noticed them at a glance.

Yubaba quickly guessed Gu Yun's purpose: he had mobilized such a large force to rescue Chihiro.

Chapter 177 Arrangements Completed

"It's not just for Chihiro."

After Gu Yun finished speaking, Yu Yao clapped his hands, and a figure appeared in front of Granny Tang. It was none other than her sister, Granny Qian.

"Oh it's you!"

The two sisters were naturally at odds. When Yubaba saw the elder sister, she was reminded of all the events that had transpired and immediately flew into a rage.

Grandma Qian showed no reaction to this, seemingly unconcerned about her sister's incompetent rage.

"quiet!"

Yu Yao used her incantation again to stop Yubaba's commotion. Her face darkened, and her beautiful eyes were full of displeasure: "You must not be presumptuous before my lord!"

"..."

Granny Tang realized what was happening, glared at Granny Qian resentfully, then turned back to Gu Yun and Yu Yao with a fawning smile.

"I'll return the seal to you."

"Lord God?"

When Granny Qian saw Gu Yun handing them the two seals, she said with some concern, "These seals are useless to us, you should keep them..."

"Lord God!"

Yubaba interrupted her sister, saying, "Don't worry, I've realized my mistake. I'll manage the bathhouse properly from now on and I'll never have any other thoughts again."

Granny Tang knew that her plan had definitely been leaked to Gu Yun by her sister.

She has been exposed.

So, what Yubaba said was true; she did indeed give up on letting the wolf into her house.