The man is a monk in the inside, and he starts by giving his wife a crown.

As she drove to Xiuyuan's villa, she couldn't help but think of her unforgettable close contact with Xiuyuan.

"Master Xiuyuan." In front of the villa door, Mitsuko bowed slightly.

"Thank you for your willingness to pray for my father."

Xiu Yuan was wearing a simple cassock and had a calm expression: "Master Gao Liu is unwell, and Buddhist disciples should do their best to help."

He glanced at Mitsuko's delicate makeup and kimono, but remained calm.

This time he chose to go to the Takayanagi family alone, and he left Rinko Akiyama to take care of the two sisters Akizuki Airi and Akizuki Marina, and to protect their safety.

On the way to the Gao Liu family's ancestral home, the car was so quiet that only the slight hum of the engine could be heard.

Xiuyuan suddenly received a call. It was Qiuyue calling on behalf of Huazi.

"Ms. Dai Huazi, thank you for the invitation, but I'm afraid I can't go to your house today."

Xiu Yuan said gently, "I have agreed to perform a prayer ceremony for Patriarch Gao Liu... Next weekend? Sure, we can discuss it in detail then."

After hanging up the phone, Xiuyuan turned his attention to the scenery passing by outside the car window.

The hustle and bustle of the city is gradually replaced by the tranquility of the fields, and the fallen cherry blossom petals on both sides of the country road are flying like light rain curtains.

"The Gao Liu family has been here for over three hundred years."

Mitsuko explained softly, pointing to the large building complex looming ahead:

"That's my father's ancestral home."

Xiuyuan looked into the distance and saw a typical Edo-period style mansion with high walls, thick tiles, and towering ancient pines beside the vermilion gate.

Such buildings are rare in modern life.

The car stopped in front of the house, and two women were already waiting at the door.

The elder man was about thirty years old, well-maintained, and wore a purple kimono. His eyes and eyebrows revealed a mature charm.

The young woman was about ten years old, wearing a light pink dress, youthful and beautiful, but with eyes full of longing, as if she was worried.

"Master Xiuyuan, I have long heard of your great name." The older woman nodded slightly.

"I'm Takayanagi Sumie, and this is my daughter, Takayanagi Fumio."

"Nice to meet you, Mrs. Gao Liu." Xiu Yuan clasped his hands in return.

He keenly sensed the subtle abnormal fluctuations in the two women's auras, which were subtly different from those of ordinary humans.

Mitsuko walked forward and talked quietly with Mrs. Takayanagi. The three women of the Takayanagi family stood together, forming a harmonious picture.

These three are the women of the Takayanagi family.

Mrs. Takayanagi is about the same age as Mitsuko, but because of the difference in family generations, Mitsuko has to call her "mother."

Takayanagi Sumie is wearing a purple kimono, and her every move exudes the elegance and charm unique to a mature woman. The fine lines at the corners of her eyes just perfectly outline the traces of time, but do not diminish her charm at all.

"Master Xiuyuan, it's great that you can come~ˇ"

Madam Gao Liu bowed slightly, her voice soft but with a hint of urgency:

"My husband's condition is getting worse. The doctors are at their wit's end. I can only put my hope in Buddhism."

Xiu Yuan nodded in greeting:

"Don't worry, benefactor. I will do my best."

Mrs. Gao Liu made a "please" gesture and led Xiu Yuan across the courtyard.

The courtyard, dotted with towering ancient trees and dotted with stone lanterns, exudes a traditional Japanese atmosphere. Xiuyuan walks on the gravel path, his footsteps echoing crisply.

"My husband has been bedridden for a long time," Mrs. Gao Liu explained as she walked.

"At first it was just a persistent cough, but later it became difficult to even stand up. I consulted the best doctors in Tokyo, but they couldn't find the cause."

Mitsuko followed and added:

"Father has been dreaming about his ancestors a lot lately, and we're worried it's a bad omen."

Xiu Yuan looked calm as his eyes swept across every corner of the courtyard.

On the surface, he was just admiring the architectural style of this old house, but in fact he was secretly observing the surrounding environment.

When he entered the gate of the mansion, he did not notice anything unusual, but as he went deeper, a vague sense of incongruity gradually emerged.

As a time traveler, he knew everything about the Takayanagi family's wives, and he also knew that the head of the Takayanagi family was pretending to be sick and playing with the women of the Takayanagi family.

But in this chaotic world of anime, I don’t know what kind of changes will happen to the Takayanagi family.

After passing through a corridor, Mrs. Gao Liu stopped in front of a sliding lattice door:

"My husband is inside. Please be prepared, Master. He might look a little scary."

Xiu Yuan nodded slightly. Before stepping into the room, he quietly activated his magic power and opened his Dharma Eye.

In an instant, the surrounding scene became completely different. On the walls of the originally ordinary house, dark red lines could be vaguely seen, spreading like blood vessels; the air was filled with an ancient and evil aura, which was the trace of demons.

"Interesting." Xiu Yuan thought to himself, but did not show any expression on his face. "It seems that the Gao Liu family must be related to demons."

But this is not surprising. The island country claims to have eight million gods, but in fact, they are eight million demons.

These ancient families are more or less related to demons.

Either you have demon bloodline or you serve demons.

That's all it is, just some evil heresy.

Gao Liu Xun remained silent, but Xiu Yuan noticed that the young girl looked at him with curiosity from time to time.

When their eyes met, the girl quickly lowered her head, a complex emotion flashing in her eyes.

"Please come in, Master." Mrs. Gao Liu pushed open the door, and a strong medicinal fragrance mixed with some indescribable smell hit her face.

As Xiu Yuan entered the room, the scene before his eyes became clearer—this was the source of the evil spirit, and the dying old man on the bed. As Xiu Yuan entered, the room was dimly lit. An indescribable smell of decay permeated the air.

On the bed, the head of the Gao Liu family was lying in the thick bedding, his face was haggard, his cheeks were sunken, and his eyes were dull.

His skin was an unhealthy grayish-white, like a plant that had not seen the sun for a long time.

At this moment, Xiu Yuanfa could clearly see that there was energy flowing in the old man's body that did not belong to human beings - a dark red aura like ink was winding through his body.

"This must be the Master Xiuyuan that Mitsuko mentioned, right?" The head of the Gao Liu family said in a hoarse voice, and every word he said seemed to consume a huge amount of energy:

"Thank you for coming all this way to perform a ritual for a dying man like me."

Xiuyuan clasped his hands together and responded calmly:

"Amitabha, Mr. Gao Liu, you are too kind. Life and death are determined by fate, but the Buddha's teachings are boundless. Perhaps I can alleviate your suffering a little."

Patriarch Gao Liu raised his bony hand with difficulty and beckoned to his wife:

"Madam, please treat Master Xiuyuan well. I can't fulfill my duties as a host in this state."

Mrs. Gao Liu Chengjiang took a few steps forward, gently held her husband's hand, and a tacit understanding flashed in her eyes that only the two of them knew.

She turned to Xiuyuan, her purple kimono outlining her graceful curves under the light, and a proper smile on her face:

"Master, rest assured, I will do my best to entertain you."

"How dare I trouble you, Madam? I just need a quiet place to chant sutras and worship Buddha."

Xiu Yuan's eyes were calm, seemingly observing a patient, but in fact he was secretly investigating the true condition of the head of the Gao Liu family.

Chengjiang looked at Xiuyuan's tall figure, and a strange emotion surged in his heart.

Her body, which had been trained by her husband for a long time, had an instinctive reaction to the young and handsome monk in front of her.

She felt something stirring inside her body, an irresistible instinct after being injected into her bloodline.

"Father, you need to rest."

Mitsuko stepped forward to tidy up the bedding and said considerately.

"Let the master settle down first, and I will perform the ritual for you tomorrow morning."

The moment the door closed, the dying figure on the sickbed disappeared without a trace.

The head of the Gao Liu family sat up from where he was, letting out a sneering laugh, his old face twisted into a ball, his eyes flashing with greed and fanaticism.

He licked his cracked lips, recalling the touch of his daughter-in-law Mitsuko's soft hands wandering over his body as she tidied his bedding.

"Mitsuko, you are still so innocent after all these years." The head of the Takayanagi family murmured to himself, running his fingers across the bedding.

"It would be a shame not to train such good material."

He stood up with steady steps, not at all as weak as he had been just now.

He walked to the window, opened it a crack, and followed Xiuyuan's figure in the courtyard.

In the moonlight, the tall and straight monk's figure looked even more aloof and detached.

There was a red light flashing in the old man's eyes, full of greed. What a young and beautiful body!

"I've trained that bitch Chengjiang well. Mitsuko is still quite pure, but Xun is a naturally charming girl."

The head of the Gao Liu family paced around the room, thinking about the best solution.

"Three different types of women, one of them will surely break this monk's vows."

"Little monk Xiuyuan, do you think you are here to perform rituals to ward off disasters? In fact, you are here to give me a snack."

He stretched out his left hand, and his nails gradually grew longer and blacker in the candlelight, sharp as blades.

"I not only want your body, but also your Dharma, your cultivation, and everything you have!"

"When you fall, that will be the day I am reborn."

At the same time, Chengjiang led Xiuyuan through the corridor, and with every step he took, the heat in his heart increased a little.

She remembered the task her husband had given her - to seduce this Buddhist disciple and make him break his vows and fall into depravity.

For her, who had completely accepted the transformation into a succubus, this should have been an easy task. However, facing Xiu Yuan's eyes as clear as morning dew, she felt a hint of guilt and hesitation.

"Master, what are you looking at?" Gao Liuxun suddenly asked, breaking the silence.

Xiu Yuan smiled and responded, "I was just admiring the architectural style of your house, which is quite reminiscent of the Edo period."

Chengjiang's heartbeat quickened slightly, and he secretly adjusted his breathing, preparing for his next seduction plan.

She knew that her husband's illness was all a pretense.

Gao Liu Chengjiang feigned worry, her brows furrowed slightly, and she sighed softly from time to time, acting like a wife worried about her husband's illness. She kept an eye on Xiu Yuan's reaction, hoping her disguise was convincing enough.

Xiu Yuan had already seen through this farce.

His divine eyes penetrated the surface and saw all the secrets of the Takayanagi family.

The patterns of the formations spread all over the mansion were clearly visible to him, interwoven into a sophisticated network, whose essence was nothing more than a large formation for reincarnation and possession.

"This formation has a history of at least three hundred years."

Xiu Yuan pondered in his heart, his eyes sweeping over every detail in the room without leaving any trace.

"I'm afraid this isn't the first time the Takayanagi family has performed this ritual."

The old man lying in bed pretending to be sick is not as simple as he seems.

Xiu Yuan has realized that the blood flowing in his body is not that of an ordinary human, but a mixture of some ancient demonic energy.

This so-called "head of the Takayanagi family (Nohao)" is most likely the first head of the Takayanagi family from hundreds of years ago, who is continuing his life through some kind of evil magic.

"No wonder the head of the Takayanagi family died in the fire in the original novel, while his youngest son, Takayanagi Mitsuji, had all the women in the Takayanagi family, and he even had the same smile on his face as the head of the Takayanagi family." Xiuyuan recalled the plot he had read before he traveled through time, and the puzzle gradually became complete.

"At that time, Koji had been possessed by another body, becoming his father's new vessel. This secret technique, passed down through generations of the Takayanagi family, is nothing more than reincarnation achieved through a decadent ritual between a man and a woman."

Chengjiang led the way in front, swaying his waist and walking gracefully.

Xiuyuan noticed that she would subconsciously look back every few steps, with a light in her eyes that was both tempting and a little confused.

"Master, what do you think of my husband's condition?" Cheng Jiang suddenly stopped, turned to face Xiu Yuan, and spoke in a voice as soft as water.

"Don't worry, benefactor. I will do my best." Xiu Yuan responded calmly, while secretly observing her reaction.

"Really?" An imperceptible complex look flashed across Cheng Jiang's eyes. She seemed to be expecting her husband to recover, but also seemed to be hoping that he would be bedridden forever.

She had no idea that Xiu Yuan had already seen through all of Gao Liu's secrets.

Even the secrets that she herself didn't know were known by Xiuyuan.

Xiuyuan nodded slightly, but he understood in his heart.