My personal opinion on Gensokyo

The dusty and domineering lady, Hoshiguma Yugi, was also leaning against the broken tree trunk. She had finished her wine and felt a little listless.

"Really..."

Rubbing his temples, the young man with gray hair also felt a headache and sighed.

"If you are satisfied, we will go back quickly..."

PS: Thousands of years ago, the Four Heavenly Kings of the Ghost Clan hadn't yet forged their own paths; they were all just generic templates of the Ghost Clan's power. I've read "Eastern Cigexian," but it's an old story from several years ago, so it's hard to edit now. So, just understand it as them not yet cultivating the path of immortals. I'll complete the story later based on Cigexian's content.

PS2: The immortals in Gensokyo feel a bit like Indian immortals (complaint)...

Volume 2: The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter: Chapter 55: Morning at the Hot Spring Resort

Also leaning on the shattered debris of the rock, the young man with gray hair turned and looked towards the east, and found that the sky in the east had already turned pale, and the dawn was slowly covering the earth.

"It's already morning."

Ibuki Suika hadn't known when she sat down on the broken rock that Shang Yang was leaning against, looked up at the sky that was turning pale, and happily took another sip of wine.

Jing Jie Luo, a girl from the ghost tribe with a personality very similar to that of a boy, came closer and patted Shang Yang on the shoulder.

"Please, please, compete with us, Shang Yangjun. I can clearly see the way forward."

Shang Yang came to his senses and didn't care.

"It's okay, as long as you have something to gain."

"Thank you so much for joining us in this battle, Shang Yang-kun."

Xingxiong Yongyi also walked forward. The generous drunkard had filled Xingxiong's cup with wine without her knowing when. She also came to express her gratitude to Shangyang. As she spoke, she also took a sip of wine and said with a smile.

"I'm truly impressed. Your use of your innate abilities and mana is no longer superficial like ours. You've delved deeper into the nature of things."

"Everyone's path is different," Shang Yang explained. "My method is to delve into it and combine the different directions of the Yin-Yang force. As I go along, I become more familiar with the more complex Yin-Yang rotations. When combined with mana, they become surprisingly effective."

"However, my approach may not be suitable for you. How to move forward depends on your individual circumstances."

Hearing Shang Yang say this, the two girls, one mature lady and one young lady, nodded slightly, and seemed to agree with Shang Yang's statement.

"Shangyang-kun, perhaps it's a little sudden to say this now," Ibaraki Huashan was silent for a moment, then spoke softly, "Thank you for your help to the four of us all the time. No matter what the other ghost tribes do, the four of us will always be your friends."

When the other three heard Hua Shan say this, they looked at Shang Yang seriously and nodded.

The young man also nodded slightly to show his agreement.

Afterwards, Shang Yang said goodbye to Ibuki Suika, Hoshiguma Yugi, Kinkaru and Ibaraki Kasen at the foot of Mount Kaguya. Shang Yang returned to Mount Yoshino, and they returned to Onido.

During the day, Ghost City looks like just a pile of ruins with broken walls and broken walls, and it looks eerie and scary even in the daytime. But this does not mean that Ghost City does not exist in the daytime. During the day, Ghost City is hidden in the shadow of the ruins of Fujiwara Kyo. At night, Ghost City overlaps with the ruins of Fujiwara Kyo.

You can also enter the Ghost City during the day. As long as you use a special method to pass through the south gate of the ruins of Fujiwara Kyo, what appears before your eyes will still be the prosperous monster city - Ghost City.

Yoshinoyama, hot spring resort.

The young man with gray hair returned home after using the key to open the locked door.

The door was locked. Besides being triple-blocked by Shang Yang's Yin-Yang power, the Divine Lady's causal power, and Kaguya's eternal power, the entire hot spring villa was also enclosed by a strict barrier. Ever since the Hell Spider's ambush fifty years ago, the gray-haired youth and the Divine Lady had maintained an exceptionally cautious approach to security.

Walking up the porch and into the main hall, the young man saw Her Royal Highness the Moon Princess lying on the kotatsu in the main hall, watching TV with her head propped up.

"Princess, you're up."

Glancing at the TV screen, the young man asked casually.

"You've already gotten up...Ah, what are you doing, Shang Yang?"

Before Kaguya could finish her answer, the princess felt her body being pulled up by the young man, who immediately started to make a threatening move.

"Don't lie down while supporting your head while watching TV. It's bad for your cervical spine."

He held the princess's soft waist and pulled the princess, who was as petite as Shang Yang and was ferocious, out of the kotatsu, allowing her to sit up properly.

"Even if your cervical vertebrae are broken, they can grow back. That's not a reason to develop bad habits."

"... Ugh, that's really strict," the princess, who had been dragged out of the kotatsu, pouted her lips in dissatisfaction and laid down on the kotatsu table again, complaining, "Why is Shang Yang's style overlapping with Eirin's?"

"Anyone who has prepared the best food for you will do the same." The young man walked towards the kitchen and asked, "Princess, what would you like to eat in the morning?"

"Xiao Ai said she'll cook this morning," Her Royal Highness's lazy voice came from the main hall, "Shang Yang, come over and wait with us."

"Uh, that's it..."

Hearing the princess's answer, the young man ruffled his hair and turned back to the main hall from the kitchen.

The ultra-thin LCD TV in the main hall was playing a new anime. Her Royal Highness the Princess was watching with great interest while greeting the young men.

Seeing Shang Yang coming back from the kitchen, the princess immediately turned sideways to greet the young man after she had tucked her lower body into the kotatsu.

"Come watch it with me first, and listen to my complaints about the plot."

The willful princess who arbitrarily decides other people's actions said this to the young man.

"It's okay to watch anime so early in the morning."

With a sigh, Shang Yang didn't bother to be polite with Kaguya. They had lived under the same roof for fifty years. Both of them had very casual personalities and were used to each other's presence.

Shang Yang walked over to Kaguya and sat down as well. The wooden floor of the house was covered with warm and soft cashmere carpets.

Seeing Shang Yang sitting down next to her, Her Royal Highness the Princess lifted the quilt covering her lower body towards Shang Yang, revealing Her Royal Highness the Princess's ivory-smooth and white calves curled up in the quilt, and she smiled secretly with her hands covering her mouth.

"Come and sit down. It's quite cold today. I'll share half of the kotatsu with you."

Shang Yang was used to this slightly intimate behavior. After covering himself with the kotatsu quilt and sitting on the same side with Kaguya, Shang Yang asked.

"Why, Ai hasn't watched it with you lately?"

"Xiao Ai is too considerate," Her Royal Highness said with some distress upon hearing this question. "Even if Xiao Ai has opinions about the plot of anime, she wouldn't express them without hesitation like you and I."

"...That's right." Shang Yang nodded in understanding, and then casually asked, "Ai wants to cook again?"

"I can't help it," Her Royal Highness shrugged, "I offered to help, but Ai wouldn't let me."

"Well, it's good that Ai is interested in cooking."

Shang Yang thought this was a good idea.

Fifty years ago, after meeting the young man, the girl became interested in cooking because of the delicious food the young man provided her. After living together in Yoshinoyama Hot Spring Resort, the girl had plenty of time and has been practicing her cooking skills for the past fifty years.

Ai is not very talented in cooking, but as the saying goes, practice makes perfect. After fifty years, Ai's cooking skills are naturally top-notch. If a person practices for fifty years and still makes terrible dishes, then it is definitely not a problem with the person, but a problem with his personality.

Shang Yang was looking forward to it. If he continued like this, after hundreds or thousands of years of learning cooking, maybe one day he would become a cooking god. Then he would be happy.

Just as Shang Yang and Kaguya were huddled on the same side of the kotatsu, watching the new anime together, the wooden door of the main hall was opened from the outside.

"Ah... welcome back, Shang Yang."

The black-haired girl who had just gotten up and gone downstairs was combing her long black hair like a waterfall with a wooden comb, and happily greeted the young man with gray and messy hair who was sitting on the same side of the kotatsu with Her Royal Highness the Princess.

"No need to trouble Miss Lord God today. I will prepare the food."

"Good morning, I'm back. I heard from the princess that Ai is going to cook."

Ignoring the Lady Goddess who was muttering in her mind, "But I'm the one who prepared the ingredients...", the young man with gray hair was also happily concerned about the girl.

"Then let me help you?"

"It's okay, I can do it myself," Ai said as she walked towards the kitchen after finishing her hair. "Shangyang, just keep an eye on Kaguya and don't let her mess with me."

Then, ignoring the princess's protest of "How could I have that?", Ai walked into the kitchen like a gust of wind and prepared breakfast for the three of them.

This is how a typical day at the hot spring resort begins.

PS1: Actually, when I was writing the book and didn't have any good ideas, I loved writing about everyday life. Later, readers gave me feedback that the daily life content actually became one of the highlights of the book. (Yuanmu)

PS2: I had some urgent matters yesterday and today, so I made fewer changes. I will make more changes tomorrow.

Volume 2: The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter: Chapter 56: Preparations for Becoming a Great Monster

It was winter in 754 AD, the 13th year of the Tianbao reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty and the 5th year of the Tenpyo Shoho reign of Emperor Koken of Japan.

On this day, dozens of days had passed since Shang Yang and Ibuki Suika and the others competed at Mount Xianggu. During these dozens of days, the Tang monk Jianzhen and his entourage who had landed in Hakata had already arrived in Heijokyo and met with the current Emperor Koken of the Yamato court.

As the ruler of Japan, Emperor Koken solemnly accepted the imperial edict entrusted to him by the sage of the Tang Dynasty, Jianzhen. After reading the contents of the edict and enshrining the Diamond Sutra copied by the sage Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, he told Jianzhen in front of all the ministers and nobles, "From now on, the teaching of the precepts will be in the hands of the monk." He ordered the Yamato court to respect Buddhism as the state religion and entrusted all religious affairs in the country to Monk Jianzhen and his disciples. He also conferred the title of "Grand Abbot" on Jianzhen, allocated money, and sent more people. He entrusted the management of the most magnificent and important Todaiji Temple built by the Yamato court in Heijo-kyo to Monk Jianzhen and his disciples, as well as a large number of Tang monks who came with him.

With more than ten times more resources available than in the original world line, Japan's Tang Buddhism, under the leadership of Monk Jianzhen, quickly began to squeeze out local Buddhist sects and Shintoism. The countless gorgeous, exquisite, or magnificent Buddha statues and treasures brought by Tang monks from the Tang Dynasty opened the eyes of the common people. Not only ordinary people who originally had few faiths, but even many people who originally believed in Shintoism gave up their local Buddhist sects and Shinto beliefs and converted to Tang Buddhism. Tang Buddhism quickly swept the country.

Buddhist monks have always been masters at integrating local culture to weave myths and legends. Even in the early history, the myths and legends of monsters were mostly related to Buddhism, not to mention the influence of the Tang Dynasty monks who have come east, whose numbers far exceed those of Japan's native Buddhist sects and Shintoism. Perhaps in the future all Japanese myths and legends will be colored by Tang Dynasty Buddhism.

Countless myths and legends are being born, and cultural beliefs are being guided. The ghosts and monsters in Japan will soon be blessed by myths and legends and the power of faith. The phenomenon of "a huge explosion in the number of gods and monsters" that was originally caused by the maturity and perfection of Shintoism and Japanese Buddhism in the Heian period will occur ahead of time.

It is worth mentioning that it is not just Tang Buddhism. Some of Japan's original Taoism that spread to Japan from the Central Plains during the Sui Dynasty also began to operate against the backdrop of the large-scale prosperity of local Buddhist sects and Shintoism, which was squeezed out. Taoism, which has a long history of coexistence with Tang Buddhism, is naturally not as sharp as the opposition between Tang Buddhism and local Buddhist sects and Shintoism. Moreover, the Taoist belief in ancestor gods and the Shinto ancestor deification also have a certain degree of similarity, which has led to some people beginning to believe in Taoism. Perhaps in the future, there will be monsters with Taoist legends.

Of course, these are not important to Shang Yang, as long as Tang Buddhism can be effectively spread and the "monster mass production plan" can be completed.

Yoshinoyama, hot spring resort.

No matter what changes this land is undergoing, Shangyang's daily life remains unchanged as it has been for decades.

It was winter, and in the mornings, after the three of them had breakfast Ai had made in the main hall, Kaguya would lazily turn sideways to watch anime on TV or play Sony's Four Princesses. Ai would go to the courtyard hot springs, sit on the wooden steps, remove her shoes and socks, and bury her delicate, white feet in the warm white sand by the hot springs, heated by the hot springs' geothermal system. Then she would quietly read a book. Sometimes Ai would hug Kaguya and watch anime together. Shang Yang would usually catch up on some sleep or go out to practice his magical powers, but of course, he would also watch anime with Ai and Kaguya.

When noon approaches, Ai will get up to prepare lunch. Shang Yang and Kaguya will usually go along to help, but most of the time they will be beaten up by Ai with a frying pan.

After lunch, the three of them acted according to their own preferences. Kaguya would sometimes continue watching anime, sometimes plug in a controller to play games, and sometimes use her computer to go to the forum. In short, the Princess of the Moon City was never seen doing any serious work.

But the strange thing is that Kaguya's eternal power is not inferior to Shang Yang's two-yin power in the slightest. From the perspective of mastering the eternal power alone, it involves the level of being free from the constraints of objective laws.

In the afternoon, Ai would spend most of the time playing with Kaguya, and sometimes she would write something in her room, not sure if it was a diary or something else.

　》①企刘伊〤沾（二）貳A玖?|〉〞Japanese merchant Yang would spend most of the afternoon online, reading novels and playing online games.

At night, the three of them would carry the table to the white sand beach next to the courtyard hot springs. Although the winter chill wouldn't harm them, Shang Yang still used his power to seal off the area. The hot spring resort's geothermal system, powered by the underground hot springs, would warm the white sand beach to a scorching heat. The three of them would usually sit on the white sand beach, admiring the moonlight and the Milky Way while eating dinner. After dinner, if they felt tired, they would soak in the hot springs for a while.

By the way, except for Shang Yang being driven away first and Ai and Kaguya taking the hot spring first, there are occasionally mixed bathing times. However, although it is mixed bathing, for Shang Yang, there is basically no feast for the eyes. Shang Yang has proposed "being honest with each other" many times, but unfortunately Ai disagrees.

...In fact, if it were just Shang Yang and Ai, Ai might have agreed, but when the three of them were together, there was also Her Royal Highness the Princess of the Moon City, so Ai always insisted on wearing yukatas when the three of them took a hot spring bath, and also asked Shang Yang to wear a yukata when taking a hot spring bath.

Shang Yang naturally wouldn't be too serious about such things. He would just wear a yukata. He loved taking baths in it anyway. If the yukata got wet and stuck to his delicate body... well, I can't go into details about that.

As for Kaguya, she usually doesn't change her clothes. She usually jumps in her beautiful clothes directly...

In short, it’s basically what I said above, but today is different.

Early this morning, Shang Yang told Ai and Kaguya that he was going out for a while, then left home and walked along the forest path towards the foot of Mount Yoshino.

On the way down the mountain, Shang Yang felt the restlessness of his yin and yang as he walked, and sighed. Has this day finally come?

Dozens of days ago, when Shang Yang was fighting with the future Four Heavenly Kings of the Ghost Clan, he told them that he would be promoted to a big monster within twenty years. This was not a lie, and it was indeed the case. Since a year ago, the speed of the power of the two yin and yang has been getting faster and faster, eroding the objective laws of the world. The magic power has also been accumulating more and more, and gradually began to flow poorly. The phenomenon of quantitative change leading to qualitative change is about to occur. These are all signs of becoming a big monster.

Although the signs of promotion have appeared, the actual promotion time is still twenty-two years according to the calculations of Miss Lord God, with an error of no more than one year.

However, just like the Saiyans continue to grow stronger in battle, this phenomenon also exists among the demon race, making breakthroughs in battle.

Dozens of days ago, in the battle between Shang Yang and the four future kings of the ghost clan, the "two-yin fluctuations" he used last had already involved changes to the objective laws of the world. Under the stimulation of this move, Shang Yang's two-yin power began to advance spontaneously, constantly eroding the objective laws of the world.

Shang Yang has been trying to find a way to suppress it during these few dozen days, but unfortunately, the power of the two yin and yang has been strengthened to an advanced level. Once the magic power is condensed to the same level, it will irreversibly evolve into the level of a big monster.

Due to their different strengths, the process of a demon clan ascending to the Great Demon level varies. Some demon clans focus on mana. When the accumulation of mana can break through the constraints of the objective laws of the world, the nature of this mana will leap to the Great Demon level, which will then drive the leap of the nature of their innate abilities. On the other hand, some demons focus on innate abilities. When their abilities can interfere with the objective laws of the world, they will also cause a leap, which will then drive the leap of the nature of their mana.

But even so, the danger still exists. When either of these two aspects leaps forward and is not controlled, they will also go out of control, eventually causing the monster to lose a lot of power, and it will be difficult to reach the level of a big monster.

Shang Yang is even more different. He practices the power of both yin and yang and the soul blue lotus at the same time. The soul blue lotus is the essential incarnation of Shang Yang. Practicing it itself includes the practice of magic power. This is why Shang Yang can quickly reach the pinnacle of the monster level. Other monsters use one aspect as a guide to drag the other forward, but Shang Yang uses both to advance at the same time, and there is no experience of either dragging each other down.

This causes Shang Yang's monster level to leap up, which is very dangerous.

Shang Yang himself follows the path of complementarity between the power of Liang Yi and the soul blue lotus. He uses the power of Liang Yi to act on the objective laws, achieving a leap in the nature of the power of Liang Yi itself, and at the same time completing the leap in the nature of the soul blue lotus, achieving a double leap. Not only does he have to face the backlash of objective laws, but he also faces the backlash of his abilities on the soul blue lotus, and the backlash of the soul blue lotus on the power of Liang Yi. These three difficulties are:

According to the main goddess's inference, the worst consequence of this backlash is that Shang Yang will have to be chopped off and retrained.

Moreover, the meaning of cutting and retraining is different from the general meaning of cutting and retraining.

It's not just him who is retraining. When the historical causal changes caused by Shang Yang lose the support of Shang Yang's power, the abnormal historical causal structure will correct the historical trajectory. Love has an unknown state of being highly resistant to objective laws. Historical causality cannot anchor the fate of love again. Kaguya is at the top of the monster level, not inferior to Shang Yang at all. The eternal power of Her Royal Highness the Princess can effectively restrain the power of historical causality. Under the cover of the eternal power, the abnormal historical causality cannot anchor the fate of Kaguya of Penglai Mountain.

However, the law of causality of abnormal history will correct the eastward voyage of Monk Jianzhen. Monk Jianzhen will still arrive in Japan, but it will be corrected to the eastward voyage fleet that originally arrived in Japan in history. Monk Jianzhen will not quickly master Japan's religious management affairs, the Anshi Rebellion will still occur, and the Tang Empire, which was in its heyday, will still suddenly decline as it did in original history. Monsters and gods will not have myths and beliefs, and the originally anticipated outbreak of gods and monsters will be delayed to the Heian period.

This is absolutely unacceptable to Shang Yang. The first lunar war started less than a hundred years ago. Not to mention whether Shang Yang could cultivate to the level of a great monster again before the first lunar war, even if Shang Yang was gifted and achieved the level of a great monster within a hundred years, he would not have time to consolidate his power at the great monster level. Then he would be of no use at all in the first lunar war. Coupled with the weakening of the overall strength of the monsters in this land, the outcome of the first lunar war would not change, and Shang Yang's subsequent plans would all be ruined.

Therefore, for Shang Yang, this leap to the level of a big monster must be successful.

"I didn't tell Ai about this, and I broke the promise I made to her when Fujiwarakyo was on fire..."

The young man rubbed his gray hair and sighed.

...I'm afraid I'll be beaten to death by love when I come back.

[……Fool.]