In Tokyo, the dungeon master

"Because our family has declined... I think I need more possibilities."

Gu Meng looked intently at Shihōin Kyoka and couldn't help but feel a sense of admiration for her talent.

In his past life, Gu Meng admired those heroes, even those who were just nascent heroes and couldn't become high-sequence powerhouses before the apocalypse.

Kyoka Shihōin is the kind of person who was born into the "kingdom".

Even in their previous lives, such people would be geniuses who would be recommended to various magic academies. If they didn't perish along the way, they would almost always become important figures in the extraordinary world.

As for the difficulty of practicing this system?

How could it not be difficult!

Even magical girls have to fight desperately!

Difficult! Difficult! Difficult! The Tao is most mysterious; do not take your destiny lightly. Without encountering a sage to impart the secrets, empty words will only leave your mouth weary and your tongue dry.

The higher the mountain, the harder it is to climb. In his previous life, Gu Meng only had two paths to heaven. Looking down on all other magic arts, he originally wanted to try the path of immortality, but the empire had already ascended, and there were no immortal arts in the world.

That leaves only this last path, which is also the most difficult.

Gu Meng naturally paid a price in order to gain strength beyond his level, making it more difficult for him than for other climbers.

As Gu Meng's apprentice, allowing Jing Hua to only follow the regular Tree of Life path was already a sign of valuing talent.

In his previous life, Gu Meng was a grandmaster who could grow both upwards and downwards. He was a reverse-growing tree that grew normally upwards, and at the same time, he also grew a tree that grew upside down, with two opposite trunks from the same root.

When it erupts, it merges positive and negative energy, and the Buddha's Fury Lotus delivers a single blow that explodes, destroys, wreaks havoc, and creates the world. Even someone one level higher cannot unleash such power.

Gu Meng explained this system using the mindset of immortal cultivation: following the natural order leads to mortalhood, while going against it leads to immortality; the only difference is in the middle. Going against the natural order allows one to cultivate demonic arts. Including himself, the Tree of Life system only has two and a half immortals, and no demonic ancestor has yet proven his Dao. Gu Meng believes that cultivating both righteous and demonic arts doesn't qualify him as a demonic ancestor; that's roughly his feeling...

Having already attained this kind of spiritual fruit in a previous life, and having attained it once and for all, one need not come back in this life to use that opposite power at the same level, thus saving a lot of trouble.

In Gu Meng's kingdom, "The Ideal Land of Seclusion," his primary representative is a young man on the throne, not a young woman of normal primary nature. This is the remnant of reversal and the key to activating that power.

Dying once isn't all bad. If this experience is seen as the Tree of Good and Evil, Gu Meng's journey will undoubtedly be more fulfilling.

It's like resetting your skill points. In my previous life, I messed up the skill points to get the ultimate technique, and I didn't achieve the perfect part. This time, I don't have to go down the wrong path again. I can go further. I don't have to pay the price I've already paid again... Gu Meng could only comfort himself with this thought that he hadn't lost out.

Although theoretically, reaching the tenth rank doesn't necessarily require passing through the Tree of Good and Evil, and Gu Meng in his previous life was also just a step away from succeeding, if he had been given more time—but judging from the results, now all beings who can be called tenth-rank beings have the qualifications, it's truly…

Is this system inherently flawed, lacking a distinction between the tree of good and evil, and therefore truly incapable of becoming a god?

……

"What does that mean? Has the family fallen into decline?" Jinghua didn't quite understand. Could it be that the magician was finally going to start playing the role of a riddle teller?

"Master, can we tell Kyoka?" Shirakawa Manka asked, puzzled. Wasn't it supposed to be a secret?

"It's alright, she's my apprentice, not an outsider."

Gu Meng thought to himself that although he sometimes liked the way Manka was a bit brainless, strictly speaking, he was now closer to Shihouin Kyoka.

"Oh, oh, oh..."

Shirakawa Manka suddenly realized, could it be because the Shihōin family had been smoking, drinking and getting their hair permed for the Shirakawa family for generations, and even today, Kyoka was still loyal to her as her little sister, so she had also gained the approval of the family patriarch?

The ancestors of the Shihōin family, if they were alive, would surely be pleased with this.

Speaking of which, the ancestor really gave me face, both recognizing me and giving me a chance... Could it be that this is also a reward for my excellent performance?

hey-hey……

Shirakawa Manka wanted to give a sweet smile, but because Kyoka was also there, she maintained her goddess demeanor and refrained from making a sound.

The old ancestor was truly gentle and considerate, and also very capable...

Although she's a bit older, she looks very young and has a great figure and demeanor.

"You should explain this to her quickly."

Gu Meng didn't care what Bai Chuan Wan Hua was thinking again, and asked her to explain the situation to Jing Hua.

Shirakawa Manka further explained her understanding of the situation, stating that it was as follows...

It was about how Qian Yuna's ritual accidentally released a demon, and it also revealed Gu Meng's identity.

Shihōin Kyoka was shocked: "Ah? You're actually the old one—"

They even made Gu Mengtu kneel down on the spot, which can be described as very feudal.

"Keep calling me mentor!"

Gu Meng raised his hand and lifted Jinghua into the air.

"My apologies, mentor..."

It took Shihouin Kyoka a long time to calm down before she asked about other things.

"So, the current situation is that a monster will attack you soon?"

"Yes, yes, danger is approaching."

"What about Chiyana?"

"Master said that he has already set up misleading measures with Chiyana, and the other party will definitely come to us first."

"is that so."

Kyoka Shihōin understood the situation.

Although she was a bit smarter than Shirakawa and her daughter, the gap in intelligence was too great. She knew almost nothing about the extraordinary world and had even less information than Shirakawa Wanhua. Naturally, she couldn't possibly discover the truth of the matter out of thin air and was kept in the dark just like everyone else.

In addition, Gu Meng's special status directly exerted great pressure on Kyoka, who had served as a retainer of the Shirakawa family for generations.

Moreover, as long as the information that "Shirakawa Manka is in deep danger" still exists, Shihōin Kyoka's rationality will also decline.

In their brief encounter, Gu Meng had already figured out how to manipulate this female student.

He's got guts; he's confident he has a million ways to fool Jinghua.

Sometimes he also felt... did he really have the potential to be a villain?

This association came to mind naturally, but Gu Meng quickly dismissed it.

What a joke! He's a righteous man, the Sun Saint Lord! No, the sun is just a golden prodigy under his crotch. Gu Meng is going to climb to the top step by step.

Jinghua was unaware that Gu Meng had seen through her underwear. She thought she had concealed her wife's ulterior motives well and was about to ask if there were any other things to be careful about, but just then—

A chill ran down my spine.

Shirakawa Manka and Shihōin Kyoka both shivered, sensing something ominous.

This feeling is like a human instinct, similar to the instinctive focus when encountering a venomous snake. The difference is that this instinct belongs exclusively to people with extraordinary qualities.

The two women exchanged a glance, seemingly without prior arrangement.

Could it be that some evil force has its eye on this place?

"Not bad, they both have high spirituality. Manka is already a first-tier magical girl, so it's not surprising that she acted on a whim... Kyoka, you really are something else, hehe..."

The chilling sensation was undoubtedly due to Gu Meng's power, proving that they were indeed in danger.

"Master/Mentor, what should I do now?"

The two of them asked Gu Meng the same question at the same time.

"Don't worry, this is just an individual recovery. The demons won't dare to fight me head-on until they've all recovered."

Gu Meng answered calmly, while using the anxieties and fearful fantasies fed back from the two seeds to add to the still-generating dungeon monsters, ensuring that these were monsters that could frighten them.