Inner Destroyer

　"I am always twice as happy with you as I am with you."

　This statement is a bit too lethal.

　For a moment, Qi Xing didn't know what to say. The words were as quiet as the moon in the water, as light as a feather, yet they weighed heavily on Qi Xing's heart.

　Changing the world is much more difficult than two, three, four or five women.

　But it is not easy to bear the feelings of a woman who loves you.

　Rather, look at those strong magnetic field men next door who are tormented to death by women. Maybe the strong are most afraid of emotional problems.

　"okay, I get it."

　Finally, Qi Xing nodded.

　"Anyway, the matter of Lin hasn't even started yet. It's too early to talk about it now."

　"You just said you received news from the Papal Council. Is there any new intelligence development regarding the True Buddha Society?"

　Anyone could tell that Qi Xing was trying to change the subject very abruptly.

　It is also possible that he was upset and wanted to find some more evil to beat up to vent his psychological pressure.

　Elaine didn't expose him, but simply continued the conversation: "I compared all the Satanic cults recorded by the Vatican and found seventy-nine pieces of information that may be related."

　"From the Mediterranean coast, to Iran and Iraq, to ​​the Caucasus, to India, and along the eastward spread of Buddhism into Japan... along this route, we can vaguely see some distribution."

　"What distribution?" This question finally piqued Qi Xing's interest. "This 'True Buddhism'?"

　However, Elaine shook her head. "It's not 'true Buddhism,' but a secret religion that worships the 'Peacock' and the 'White God' in various forms. It has a history of at least 1400 years."

　Shirakami?

　Elaine has previously introduced the term "Black God." The fusion of Christianity and primitive religions began at least in the 5th century, to the point that people in West Asia and the Caucasus viewed God as the "Black God."

　So if God is the "Black God", what is the corresponding "White God"?

　"In the Caucasus, or rather north of the Caucasus Mountains—in Georgia and Ossetia—there's a kind of Ustinianism."

　"The Black God of Ustinia, like the Black God of Armenian Aryanism, is our God. However, Aryanism considers the Black God to represent destruction, chaos, and punishment, while Ustinia believes the Black God is the supreme god representing goodness."

　"In contrast, the White God is a false god who represents deceit and deception."

　Even the Ustinian religion considers Bartras, the steel hero from Caucasian mythology, to be Christ's godson (adopted son). This is because the flaming sword he wields, Dezquilla, means "Black God."

　"Let me briefly summarize and explain the specifics to you."

　Do you call this a concise summary?

　But the term "White God" still made Qi Xing's heart tremble slightly. Because he suddenly couldn't help but think of the disgusting "unborn White King" that was sinking in the sea of ​​human unconsciousness...

　isn't it?

　"To put it simply... the worship and mythology of the White God, as well as the mythology of the 'Peacock God,' originated from the Persian dualistic religion of Zoroastrianism."

　"The good god Ahura Mazda in Zoroastrianism is the god of light, the only true creator, and the source of all good things; while the evil god Angra Mainyu represents "all the evil in this world", representing darkness and death, as well as all the crimes and deceptions in the world.

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　"However, in ancient Persian (now Iranian) beliefs, the evil god Angra-Mayu created the peacock to prove that he, like the good gods, could also create beautiful things. Thus, in ancient Iran, the peacock became a symbol of the evil god Angra-Mayu."

　"On the other hand, in ancient India, which borders Iran, the peacock is a sacred bird representing the god Vishnu."

　"The worship of peacocks influenced the Scythians, another Indo-European people. They were a nomadic people who worshipped swords as gods and were the first to keep and ride horses. As the Scythian nomads moved across the Eurasian steppes, some of their beliefs and myths entered Japan via the Korean Peninsula..."

　"As a result, Japanese mythology actually contains some elements shared with Indo-European peoples. For example, the "Three Sacred Treasures" and the "Three Noble Sons," which symbolize the three professions of priesthood, military affairs, and production...

　Qi Xing still remembered that the elders of the Guitou family had said that "True Buddhism" believed that the Peacock King was the root of all gods and Buddhas, and interpreted the Shinto figures Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi, and Susano as the three great manifestations of the Buddha Mother. They said that the Peacock King's "three heads and six arms" were the incarnations of the three noble children.

　The peacock, considered a sacred bird and the mother of good gods and Buddhas in one place, is considered a symbol of evil gods or a fallen angel in another. This is not a big deal.

　But when he thought of Sasa, Qi Xing felt terrible.

　Who are these guys who worship the Peacock God, believe in the "White God" and think that he is the creator god, and what do they want to do?

　088: Will you win?

　March 7th.

　The elite team of demon exorcists from the Central Onmyoji Bureau has arrived in Aomori.

　In the name of searching for cults, they began to suppress the disobedient local magician families.

　Those noble families who had already submitted to the "Guardian of the North" god Gorin and the central authority, of course, just had to bow their heads and let them pass.

　Some magician families who were originally on the sidelines and had not yet obeyed actually still have a chance to choose.

　However, Northeast Japan has been a place with many local powerful families since ancient times, and there are just enough people who are unwilling to obey the control of the central court.

　The first one to be sealed off was the Hisayoshi family in northern Iwate.

　Dozens of demon exorcists in uniform with official numbers broke the protective barrier of the Kuga clan under the glow of the fiery red sunset.

　The divine instruments used for generations were sealed, frozen and rendered ineffective. Holding the talismans from the Onmyoji Bureau, the exorcists entered the house and forcibly registered the curses sealed in the bloodlines of the aristocratic sorcerers one by one!

　very scary!

　Just like the "descendance of the grandson of heaven" and "the expedition of divine might to the east" in mythology - these "legitimate messengers" coming from the central court, carrying gods and laws, are about to suppress the disobedient people, just like a replay of ancient mythology.

　If these local families obey the central government and give up power, they can still survive.

　If you resist, then just look at history and you will know what kind of name you will leave in the history books.

　Tsuchigumo, Ryomen Sukuna, Arochi-oh... These are all derogatory terms used in ancient times to refer to those people who refused to submit to the king and those local tyrants who were unwilling to submit to the royal power of the Yamato court.

　They have all been recorded in history as demons and monsters.

　Perhaps there isn't that much difference between humans and demons and monsters.

　"too fast."

　On the day the Kuga family was sealed off, the heads of the six remaining magician families in the Northeast who still refused to submit to the king immediately gathered together through magic and held an emergency meeting.

　The venue for the gathering was chosen to be a cave in the mountain behind an abandoned old shrine at the northernmost tip of the Tsugaru Peninsula.

　This shrine, called Tsukigakushi, was abandoned after World War II due to a decline in faith. All that remains are the broken torii gates and the collapsed frame of the worship hall.

　The only place that still retains its spiritual energy is the "Imperial Cave" behind the mountain. The depths of the cave are cold and damp, and the surrounding rock walls are long covered with moss. Only the six-pointed Platycodon seal painted on the ground using ancient rituals is still clear.

　At that moment, six bright lamps burned within the cave, their flames dim. Six heads of sorcerer families, defying the king's rule, gathered there in the form of half-corporeal, half-spiritual projections.

　The atmosphere was heavy, a mixture of anger and panic.

　"Without any prior warning, they just came in with the talisman and searched the house. They didn't give us any respect at all!"

　The one who spoke was the head of the Shiyao family, Shiyao Zongyuan, a thin old man who was good at secret magic and well versed in the principles of medicine and poison. His family had been guarding the sacred mountain of Tsugaru for generations and collecting hundreds of medicinal herbs.

　He twirled the rosary in his hand, his voice hoarse, but suppressed anger burned in his eyes.

　"I've already made a list and prepared to catch the chickens one by one. Why should I give you face?"

　The one who answered was Yukiyo Tanxue, a white-haired, childlike sorceress with an extremely calm demeanor. She was the oldest, but very charming, looking no more than thirty years old. She sat beneath a gold-embroidered cloak, taking a leisurely puff from her pipe.

　"They just haven't been waiting for a reason, so this time they're using the incident at Guitou's house as a pretext, under the guise of 'searching for a cult.'"

　"You bastard! We've spent hundreds of years suppressing the sacred mountain and sacred cave on our ancestral land. How many people have we sacrificed?"

　The speaker was Chitose Kamigaki, a sharp-looking man in his thirties, neatly dressed, with eagle-like eyes and a voice filled with gnashing resentment.

　Their family's most specialized secret technique is the art of spirit summoning, and they also have a unique technique that can tamper with contracts with non-human beings. For hundreds of years,

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　They rely on this to make other members of the family sacrifice when entering into a contract with a price.

　That’s right, the “others” in the family.

　For centuries, they've killed countless children born to slaves and servants, or even children sired by lowly concubines! They've "created" these children, consumed generation after generation... What a sacrifice for our entire clan! Damn it! We've sacrificed our own families! How dare you, the central government, come and confiscate our assets now?

　"So what should we do now? Resist? Like Kuga Ryoie?"

　This sentence came from the outer palace Xuanmen. He was short and fat, and came from a family known for its Feng Shui. He was originally quite shaken, and now he was covered in cold sweat, his voice trembling.

　"This is state violence, a total crushing of the central government. We simply cannot resist it."

　"If you want to surrender, go by yourself."

　Shiyao Zongyuan glanced at him coldly.

　"Don't drag us down with you."

　"That's easy for you to say! How can you hide it on your tiny plot of land? If the Shiyao family's medicine collection falls into the hands of the Yin-Yang Bureau, do you think your insane experiments and research won't be investigated?!"

　Waiguan Xuanmen refuted almost hoarsely.

　At this point, some might find it strange that while so many aristocratic families surrendered after Kamigorin's rampage across Northeast China, these diehards refused to surrender. Even now, with a search warrant in hand for the cult, the Onmyoji's central government exorcists refused to surrender.

　The answer is actually very simple.

　Because what they did was particularly outrageous.

　This absurd world can be powered by desire. Therefore, most of Japan's demon-hunting families actually use some dirty tricks that will make Qi Xing want to kill people - but on the other hand, even if it is just masturbation, there are of course different levels of severity.

　Simple dual cultivation, group sex, sex tonic and the like, generally speaking, as long as it is not a malicious operation such as kidnapping and rape, the government actually does not care at all. Even some righteous sects will use it to some extent.

　This is why Qi Xing often finds many people displeasing, yet he can't possibly kill them all—they might engage in double-█ or even group-█, but it's all mutually agreed upon, without coercion... So why are you, "Master Leipu," interfering with us? If Qi Xing really kills them, who will maintain local magical order? Who will be responsible for those even worse evil ways?

　That's why Qi Xing likes Lin so much because she really has control over a piece of land that is about the size of one or two provinces.

　Therefore, after surrendering to the central government, the Onmyoji Bureau and the Ministry of Divine Affairs basically let it go for those local magician families whose magic was not too extreme, and would not bring up old scores with each family one by one.

　But if you upgrade from R18 to R18G, or even something more exaggerated, for the sake of internal competition and more power... then you can't expect the court to continue to pretend not to see it.

　The Shiyao Clan has been refining medicine in the mountains since ancient times, and they also use insects and monsters from the mountains to breed. If they only used insects and monsters to breed, it would be fine. But it is clear that they don't only use insects and monsters...

　Things of this magnitude are not uncommon in demon-exorcising families.

　The six families present—the Juyaku, Tsuneyo, Kamigaki, Gaidate, Yukishiro, and Arushi—nearly all had something they couldn't bring to the court. Furthermore, because they knew each other so well, they knew their backgrounds, making it difficult for them to backstab or escape.

　"What's the noise?"

　Arushi Seimaru, who had remained silent until then, finally spoke angrily. He was the head of the Arushi family, a mountain warrior clan from Fukushima. He excelled at refining his spirit and using his divine sword to fight directly, demonstrating his immense bravery.

　As soon as he spoke, the atmosphere in the cave suddenly became stagnant.

　Although they are brave and valiant, their family has a dark history of allowing the contracted beast demons to ██ their young descendants in battle, forcibly using demonic energy to stimulate ██ their bodies and minds to enter a state of selflessness, so that they can reside in the spirit energy from a young age to enhance their fighting power when they grow up.

　At first glance, it seems like the harm is minimal, and they believe it's all for the child's future. However, in the child's mind, there's probably no such thing as "willingly being raped."

　This is the terrifying thing about the internal circulation of the █ ...

　"No matter which of our families surrenders, none of us will survive! In the best-case scenario, our skills and inheritance will be burned, and we will be reduced to ordinary people! Can you endure this?"

　As soon as Huang Jiu finished speaking, everyone fell silent.

　Indeed, those who possess supernatural powers will never give up easily. Strength, power... it is something more difficult to give up than power and money.

　"What are you going to do?"

　The speaker was Tsuneyoshi Kihiko, the current head of the Tsuneyoshi family. He was wearing a black hunting robe and had a face as stern as a statue of a god.

　As the name suggests, their family practices a common ritual, seeking a groom from another land to marry a deceased shrine maiden in order to gain the powerful power of a Jinchū. This type of ritual has been banned by the Onmyoji since the 20th century. Past offenses are forgiven, but future ones are prohibited. However, how could someone who has experienced such powerful power truly give up completely?

　"Jointly raise an army? Give the central government another label of 'Northeastern Rebellion'? 'Collaborating with foreign cults to overthrow the government' is already troublesome enough, isn't that bad enough?"

　"If we don't gather now, the six of us will be defeated one by one."

　Shen Yuan Chitose said in a deep voice,

　“You must understand that today

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　Heaven is Kuga Liang, tomorrow is you and me!"

　Having said this, the entire cave fell into a low-pressure silence again.

　——Surrender or resist. There is no third way.

　Each of them knew that if they rebelled, they would no longer be treated as human beings by the court, but would be directly attacked as demons!