In Genshin Impact, I'm really not Muzan.

The former is General Thunder's weapon, and the latter is a famous sword bestowed by General Thunder upon his subordinates.

It's impossible to get Dream Heart for the time being, and the whereabouts of Mist Cutter's Return are also currently unknown. Although it's Ayaka Kamisato's exclusive weapon in the game, it doesn't exist in reality.

The Mist-Cutting Reflection is indeed excellent, but Suzumiya Yuu can't possibly search the entire Inazuma world for it, so she still has to forge one herself.

In Inazuma, when it comes to forging weapons, the first thing that comes to mind is definitely Tatsumara.

The Tatakasago is located in Kannazuka, occupying nearly half of the area, and contains a device called the "Mikage Furnace".

Although the exact purpose of this device is unknown, the raw materials for forging weapons for the Shogunate army were all obtained from the sand.

Therefore, if you want to forge weapons, you must go to Tasha and find suitable materials there.

"I'm afraid I have no choice but to go."

Suzumiya Yu murmured to himself that he would not entrust this kind of task to Utagawa and the others, so he planned to go there himself.

There's not much to worry about on Narukami Island. With Inazuma Castle rebuilt and the scattered soldiers missing, the shogunate and the fools have no time to deal with him.

Unlike before, Ayaka Kamisato now prefers to stay here rather than go back.

With no worries about the future, Suzumiya Yu quickly set off.

It took him almost a day and a night to reach Kannazuka. The defenses of Kujo Jinya and the shogunate army were much looser than before, so he encountered basically no trouble along the way.

After taking a detour through the nine gatehouses and passing the seven statues of the gods in Kannazuka, Suzumiya Yu quickly arrived at Futsuna.

In the game, Mikage Roshin went out of control due to interference from the Fatui, causing the entire Tatakasa to be covered with dense lightning element. Anyone who gets even slightly close will suffer damage, and ordinary people simply cannot withstand it.

It seems that Tasha is still relatively normal now. It appears that after the plan succeeded, the Fools did not choose to visit this place.

As soon as she entered Futsuna, Suzumiya Yu saw many boxes filled with ore around her. These ores were used to forge weapons for the Shogunate army, which was hard work for the sword forgers.

The ores in the box were mostly ordinary iron ore. No matter how much this kind of ore was refined, the weapons forged from it would not be very good. So Suzumiya Yu only glanced at it and then ignored it.

Weapons forged from white iron ore are decent, but their potential is limited. Unless there's absolutely no better ore available, Suzumiya Yu would never use white iron ore to forge weapons.

Crystal ore and magic crystal ore are considered high-quality ores, but they are quite rare. You can't find much of it here either, and even if you could, it would probably have been mined away long ago.

Unable to find special ores and uninterested in ordinary ones, Suzumiya Yuu clearly desires a famous sword more than forging it herself.

Speaking of which, there seems to be a four-star weapon in the game called [Tenmoku Kagekatana], and the forging blueprint was found on Blade Link Island.

The reason it's called "Tenmoku Kageu" seems to be because it's a shadow form of a famous sword, named after "Tenmoku."

In reality, the Tenmoku Kage-uchi sword was owned by the Shibamon family of Konta Village. It seems that their ancestors had done a favor for the owner of that famous sword, and thus the sword was given the name Kage-uchi.

Should we go back to Narukami Island? What a hassle. We came all the way to Kannazuka and have to go back without doing anything.

However, there's nothing that can be done about it. After all, there's nothing special about Tatakasa. It's not some ancient ruin, and even the Mikage Furnace Core was only created in recent years, and the designer is a foreigner.

......

After circling around the sand dunes and finding nothing noteworthy, Ryou was about to leave when she suddenly spotted a cave.

The entrance to the cave was not obvious and faced downwards; one could easily fall in and be smashed to pieces if one wasn't careful.

Suzumiya Yu had some recollection of that cave; it seemed she had visited it during a certain world quest. Because the place was difficult to find back then, that's why she remembered it.

That world quest seemed to be related to one of Inazuma's sword styles, but Suzumiya Yuu couldn't remember the specifics. She only knew that there was a fairly strong monster in that cave.

Moreover, that sword style seems to be related to the true fighting style of the Tenmoku Kage-katana.

Thinking of this, Ryou jumped into the cave and found a simple tent inside, with a layer of thatch inside. It was clear that someone had lived there, but the person could not be seen now.

There was a book in the tent. Suzumiya Yu glanced at it and found that it contained the following: A kendo school was being hunted down by the shogunate for some reason. The school had fewer than ten members, and they were all wanted criminals by the shogunate.

The name of this swordsmanship style is Iwazo-ryu.

Iwakura-ryu was a relatively famous kendo school in Inazuma, and it once had a significant connection with the Kujo family. However, it gradually declined over time and eventually became what it is today.

Chapter Sixty-Three: The Decline of Swordplay Schools

The Tenmoku Kage-katana has a close connection with the Iwazo-ryu school, because the true katana of the Tenmoku Kage-katana is the weapon wielded by each successive head of the Iwazo-ryu school.

The current head of the Iwazo-ryu school is named Iwazo Kozo, and the true katana of the Tenmoku Kage-tachi should be in his hands.

As she was reading this, Suzumiya Yu suddenly heard the sound of a weapon being drawn from its sheath behind her.

With lightning-fast reflexes, he immediately drew his weapon from his waist and swung it to block the opponent's attack.

At the same time, he also saw that the other party was a middle-aged man.

"Are you someone sent by the shogunate?"

During the standoff, the other party suddenly asked a question.

“No,” Ryoumi said. “But I have a question. You’re a disciple of the Iwazo-ryu school, aren’t you?”

"So what?"

Upon hearing this answer, a smile immediately appeared on Ryou's lips.

"Where is Iwazo Mitsuzo? Or rather... are you Iwazo Mitsuzo himself?"

"If you want to know where the sect leader is, then defeat me first!"

With a forceful pull, the middle-aged man created distance between himself and Suzumiya Yu. Just as he was adjusting his breathing and preparing to fight again, he felt an unbearable sharp pain in his abdomen.

Looking down, he saw that his body had been pierced by the blade, and Suzumiya Yu had unknowingly appeared behind him.

His eyes were full of surprise; clearly, he didn't want to believe this was real, but even in a dream, the pain wouldn't be this intense.

"You lost, so... tell me, where is Iwazo Mitsuzou?"

Suzumiya Yu looked at him with an emotionless gaze. After hesitating for a moment, he took out a map and a token symbolizing his status as a disciple of the Iwazo-ryu school from his pocket.

"If you want to see the sect leader, you must defeat all the disciples of the Iwazoryu School. Their locations are marked on the map. Only when you collect all of their tokens will the last person you defeat tell you the sect leader's whereabouts."

As soon as he finished speaking, the middle-aged man lost his last shred of life.

Suzumiya Yu glanced at the map, then at the token, and clicked her tongue.

"It's quite mysterious."

After that, he went to all the locations marked on the map, including the Wuming Fortress and the Head of the Serpent God on Hachiyū Island, as well as the White Fox Field and the Wild Sea on Narukami Island.

He defeated the remaining four disciples of the Iwazo school, and then learned the whereabouts of the sect leader, Iwazo Mitsuzo, from the last one.

To his surprise, even though his disciples were all wanted by the shogunate, the sect leader, Iwakura Mitsuzo, was a member of the shogunate's army and was now serving as a swordsmanship instructor at the Kujo Jinya.

After three days of going back and forth, Suzumiya Yui returned to Kannazuka, preparing to go to Kujo Jinya to find Iwakura Mitsuzo.

I wonder if that guy is still alive. Maybe Iwakura Mitsuzo was already dead when he first visited Kujo Jinya.

......

At the top of a hill next to the Kujou Jinya, a figure dressed in shogunate armor stood gazing into the distance, his face full of sorrow, occasionally letting out a soft sigh.

"Yanagi, Okazaki, Mifune, why did you leave me?"

He sighed softly, as if describing a tragedy.

Just then, a gust of cold wind blew from behind him. He turned around and saw a young man walking towards him.

Suzumiya Yu found Iwazo Mitsuzo, took out the tokens of the five Iwazo-ryu disciples from his pocket, and threw them at the other's feet.

"I have already learned from the disciples of the Iwazo-ryu school, and now only you, as the sect leader, have not yet been challenged."

"I see."

Iwazo Mitsuzō looked at the five tokens at his feet. There was no anger in his tone, and he seemed completely indifferent to his disciple's death.

He picked up the five tokens, gently wiped away the bloodstains, and put them back in his pocket.

"Sir, may I ask who your teacher is? Is it Tsuchimon of the Myokyo Shisui-ryu school? Or the Shibukawa school? Or perhaps a direct disciple of Narukami?"

"I don't need to answer your question. If you want to know, then first show me the strength that will make me take you seriously."

Ryou Suzumiya drew the sword from his waist. He didn't want to waste words with Iwakura Mitsu, because his only goal was to obtain the other party's ancestral sword.

"Alas... The name of Yanzang has declined, but if you are so sincere in wanting to learn from me, then I have no choice but to accept."

With a helpless sigh, Iwakura Mitsuzo reached for the hilt of his sword at his waist. The atmosphere between the two instantly became tense, and both remained motionless, waiting for the other to make a move.

Iwakura Mitsuzo made the first move, drawing his weapon from its sheath as he approached Suzumiya Yuu at an incredible speed.

"Thunder Breathing - First Form: Thunderclap Flash!"

Suzumiya Yu had no intention of showing any mercy. He activated Thunder Breathing and his figure transformed into a bolt of lightning as he rushed out.

A loud sonic boom echoed through the air, accompanied by bursts of golden lightning. Ryou Miyabi slashed out with her sword, aiming straight for Iwazou Mitsuzo's throat.

Unexpectedly, his attack was blocked.

With incredible reflexes, Iwakura Mitsuzo parried the weapon in front of him. Although he was blasted away by the powerful impact, he was not fatally injured.

Ryou Miyabi was somewhat incredulous. Her attack just now was absolutely flawless; even Uya and the others might not have been able to block it, yet Iwakura Mitsuzo had managed to do it.

What does this mean? It means that his strength is not weak at all, and is even much stronger than imagined.

Moreover, when Suzumiya Yu looked down at the weapon in her hand, she discovered that there was a nick on the blade.

That was cut down by Iwazo Mitsuzou. Even if he was only passively defending, such a situation could still occur if there is a significant difference in the quality of the weapons used by both sides.

Thinking of this, Suzumiya Yu looked up at the katana in Iwazo Mitsuzo's hand.

The handle is striped with black and purple, and the gold and black tsuba extends all the way to the bottom of the blade.

The blade is white, while the back is black, giving it a fairly aesthetically pleasing appearance overall.

That is the true katana of the Tenmoku Kage-tachi, and also the famous sword that Inazuma has been known since ancient times—【Hakuen Manko Tenmoku】.

There are many legends about that knife. It is said to be so sharp that it can even sever the bonds between people. To this day, its sharpness has not diminished and is even as good as it was back then.

Otemon Arataki, Inoue Iwazo, Nagaja Kitain, and Kirigiri Takane are the four most famous samurai in Inazuma's history.

Among them, Kirigiri Takane is the master of Kirigiri's Reflection. And Ino no Iwazo is the first head of the Iwazo school, and also the first master of Hakugen Manko Tenmoku.

What does this mean? It means that in the history of Inazuma, the Hakuen Manko Tenmoku was a famous sword on par with the Kirigiri no Kaiko.

Chapter Sixty-Four: The Vanished Iwakura Stream

Thinking of this, Ryoumi couldn't help but lick her lips. Wasn't this the kind of weapon he needed?