Whose personality mask's power comes from the heroic spirit?

This has been confirmed by Tachibana, the highest-ranking person in Huanmeng Village and the shrine maiden who maintains the barrier protecting the village, and Tsuyoshi, the shrine maiden in the sacrificial hall who is responsible for strengthening the connection between the samurai and the spirits.

In other words, Huanmeng Village will no longer be able to replenish "new combat power" in the future, and even the existence of the Ghost Mansion that has lasted for a thousand years may be replaced by a new order one day in the near future.

Just when everyone was in despair and even planned to look for powerful beings like Rachel and Kasumi, who had no special abilities but whose strength was beyond their understanding, to serve as the village's 'new combat power' and change the form of existence of the 'ghost house', Taichi, who had the consciousness of a heroic spirit mask in his head, appeared.

The power of the personality mask has nothing to do with the soul.

But in this diametrically opposed situation, the personality mask can converge with the soul.

After all, they are all spiritual forces.

And they can provide the host with 'special abilities'.

It's just that the way they exist is slightly different.

But for Sakura and the others, this was like opening a window.

As for winning over Rachel and Xia, he had no choice but to do so.

After all, inviting them to join the battle system of Dream Village is tantamount to overthrowing the value of the existence of the "Ghost House Warriors" that has been maintained for thousands of years.

But Yamato, the highest-ranking of the Onifu samurai, and Sakura, the second-highest-ranking, both agreed to do so, and the others had no way to continue to oppose it even if they were reluctant.

The appearance of Taiyi, a special existence, is like both parties finding a point that they can accept at the same time.

The orthodoxy and tradition that have continued to this day allow them to easily accept Taichi, who can barely be compared to a "Ghost Warrior".

After all, who would want to lift the ceiling when they can open the window?

As for the witty remarks between Yamato and Taigong Wang, it is no longer important now.

If it can be verified that Taichi has something in common with the 'Ghost House Samurai', then it is not impossible to let the Dream Village join this new world system that they can accept a little.

After all, in the Dream Village of the new world, whether it is war or life, we have to rely on the capital accumulated in the past.

The Dream Village is no longer self-sufficient in terms of food, drinkable water, and minerals to maintain weapons.

And if there is one, there will be two...even if Taiyi is from another world different from everyone present.

But as long as you keep looking, you can always find new reinforcements.

So, under everyone's eager gazes, Taiyi followed Xu into the sacrificial hall.

Tai Gongwang hopes that Taiyi can use his "miraculous" ability to pull the Huanmeng Village, a force with a unique combat system and relatively strong individual strength, into the camp of the expeditionary army.

As for Yamato and the others... they simply want more villagers to survive in this new world.

To do this, they must find an "outsider" who is acceptable to the villagers to establish interpersonal contact.

There was a warehouse in the backyard of the sacrificial hall, and Xu took Taiyi straight to the warehouse.

When the wooden door was opened, the scene in the warehouse was presented to Taiyi.

A thick dark curtain divides the warehouse into two areas.

But in each of these two areas, there is a huge wooden barrel that is half full of water and has a lid on it.

"This is the 'bath water' I use when I'm working to strengthen the connection between the souls and the samurai." Tsuyoshi explained, "Originally, we were supposed to use the waterfall in the back mountain, but after the village was transferred to this new world, the waterfall stopped flowing."

"I also tried my best to collect the remaining 'bath water'."

"Bath water..." Taiyi looked at Xu in a daze, "You're not going to let me soak in... this bath water that has been used by who knows how many times, right?"

"Don't worry. Before using the bath water, the warriors have to clean their bodies in advance." Xu replied, "Also, it is not used many times. After all, we have not been in this world for a long time. At most, each person has used it once."

"...If you really have a mental block, I can lend you the bath water that I treasure for myself." Xu lowered his eyebrows slightly, "I have only used that bucket of bath water twice, and I also cleansed my body before soaking in it."

"Okay, use yours." Taiyi would of course choose the former since it had been used twice by one person and shared at least once by three or four people.

The most important thing is that Taiyi was too embarrassed to ask her which bucket was for girls only.

After putting the wooden cover back on, Xu took Taiyi back to the sacrificial hall.

The area of the sacrificial hall is not very large and there are few rooms. Apart from the main hall which looks like it is used exclusively by the shrine maidens and is therefore decorated in a very solemn manner, there is another room on the side.

Of course, after the door was opened, Taiyi discovered that there was not just one room next door, but two rooms divided by a thin wooden board.

The one on the left is the bedroom.

Taiyi saw the bedding used by Ling and several spare shrine maiden costumes.

The one on the right holds two wooden barrels, one of which is empty and the other is covered and half full of bath water.

"Please use this wooden barrel to cleanse your body." Xu pointed to the empty wooden barrel and said to Taiyi, "The steel pipe on top is used to put water into the barrel... Of course, it is ordinary spring water, after all, the remaining amount of bath water is not enough to cleanse your body. And I will stay to help you wipe the back... the place you can't reach, so please keep it confidential that I intercepted some of the bath water for my own use."

Chapter 48: Miss Xu has her own little secret

"Hiss - this thing called bath water is really fucking useful." Taiyi, who was squatting in a wooden barrel half full of bath water and whose back was rubbed red by Miss Xu's brute force, couldn't help but gasp.

Although Taichi could not sense the changes in his body's strength, he could feel that his connection with Minamoto no Raikou, Jeanne d'Arc, and Achilles, who were in the meeting in his mind, had become closer.

If we use gaming terms to describe it...skill enhancement, additional skill enhancement.

It’s a pity that Mordred is not here, otherwise one part of the bath would bring four parts of the harvest.

By the way, it’s a pity that Achilles arrived late and missed the opportunity to use the Night Spring Water, which resulted in Taichi being unable to use the power of his personality mask in this world for the time being.

By the way, if this thing is used together in a bath, can it greatly enhance the connection between the soul and the host?

Taiyi glanced at the still clear bath water and shook his head to get the thought out of his mind.

Let’s forget about sharing a bath, there’s only so much water…

When Taiyi felt that he could not go any further, he slowly wiped the water off his body, changed his clothes and came to the main hall.

Miss Xu was sitting on a futon holding the imperial coin, and opposite her was another futon.

Miss Xu didn't say anything, but just pointed at the cushion in front of her and motioned Taiyi to sit down.

Of course, it is impossible to sit on your knees, you can only sit cross-legged.

Miss Xu didn't have any strict requirements for this. After Taiyi sat down, she slowly stood up and stood in front of Taiyi, then slowly shook the imperial coin above his head.

This is a ceremony to strengthen the bond between the soul and the samurai.

As the faint fragrance entered his nostrils, Taiichi felt that the voices of Minamoto no Raikou, Jeanne d'Arc and Achilles suddenly lingered in his ears, becoming clearer and clearer.

Well, this is probably because the bond level has been raised.

[“I know! It’s the spice! That woman must have applied some special spice on her body, which made the connection between us and the Master closer.” Achilles shouted excitedly.

"I think it should be some kind of special energy. I feel the connection between me and the Master is closer... well, it's like I'm holding the Master in my arms and loving him well. Hahahaha——" Minamoto no Raikou's infatuated voice made Taichi shudder.

"The things in this village are really special." Jeanne's voice followed closely, "I feel that if we persist for a few days, the Master will most likely be able to use our Noble Phantasms directly and continuously in this way, instead of using them once and then our power will return to the Master's subconscious."

"Tsk, it's just that I came a little late, otherwise the Master could have used my power and the Noble Phantasm." As the only one in the mental meeting who could do nothing but shout a few times, Achilles was a little dissatisfied. ]

Miss Xu slowed down the waving of the imperial coins in her hand a little.

At the same time, for the first time, her eyes, which had remained calm even when she was wiping Taiyi's back, showed some emotional fluctuations.

Oh my god, this is the first time she heard the voice of "Yuhun"!

Although it was so vague that it was like noise and could not be heard clearly, this was the first time in her life that she felt a bond between herself and the "warrior".

The imperial coin finally slowly stopped in front of Taiyi's forehead.

"The ceremony is over." Miss Xu's unmotivated voice sounded, "How do you feel now?"

"Well... the effect is very significant. I feel that my skills have become stronger." Taiyi replied in an affirmative tone.

He felt that if he used the Vajra's energy storage mode now, the 20% energy storage would be able to catch up with the previous 25% energy storage power.

The power of the skill is increased by one twentieth.

"It's just that there is no change in physical strength. Is this normal?" Taiyi leaned his upper body back, then looked up at Miss Xu and asked.

"...The strength of your body should have changed as well, but it's too subtle, or maybe your original physical strength was already exaggerated, so it feels like there's no change." Miss Xu pinched Taiyi's shoulder as she spoke, "From my touch, the muscle density on your body is slightly smaller than before."

"Can I come here again and borrow Miss Ling's bath water in the future?" Taiyi asked with a blink.

"...Okay." Miss Xu's eyebrows trembled slightly, and after hesitating for a moment, she nodded and agreed.

She could vaguely hear the voice of the 'Soul' residing in Taiyi's body, and she wanted to study this situation further.

By the time Taiyi and Miss Ling left the sacrificial hall, it was already late outside.

But Miss Sakura and Miss Naki were still waiting outside.

"Xuan, what's the situation?" Sakura looked at Xu impatiently and asked.

"The ceremony went very smoothly." Miss Yu nodded and replied, "Although Mr. Raikou still insists that 'it's not the soul, but another ability', from our understanding, it can still be called the 'soul'."

"So, Mr. Raikou has also been confirmed to be a samurai?" Namu looked at Taiyi with some joy, his eyebrows curved in smile.

"Although he still refuses to admit this fact." Miss Xu nodded in response.

"Maybe it's just a different name, but in essence it's the same goal." Sakura said in words that Taichi could accept as much as possible.

"Anyway, please come with us to report the situation to Yamato, or do you have any questions?" Sakura asked Taichi for his opinion.

"That's all, let's go." Taiyi replied, shaking his head.

……

Miss Ling told Yamato everything she knew about Taichi, but she concealed the fact that she vaguely heard a voice that was suspected to be Taichi's "Soul".

"So, Brother Raikou's abilities are similar to those of our Onifu Samurai?" Upon hearing this, Yamato's expression relaxed a lot.

"Since the results on his side are out, have you come to a conclusion on what we discussed before?" Taigong looked at Taiyi and nodded, then looked at Yamato and asked.

"…Personally, I am very happy to communicate with you and reach a cooperation agreement." Yamato turned his head and looked at Sakura, "But the final conclusion still needs to be decided by the witch of our Dream Village."

"Hatsuho has gone to call Tachibana." Sakura replied, and expressed her own wishes by the way, "But my personal opinion is the same as yours, Captain Yamato."

"If sister agrees, then I have no problem with that." A soft voice came from behind Sakura.

Chapter 49: Taira no Kiyomori has also set his sights on Huanmeng Village?

Tachibana is the highest-ranking shrine maiden in Dream Village.

With the art of barrier, the Dream Village was well protected from the claws of 'ghosts', 'demon army' and 'puppet army'.

I don’t know whether it was because Taiyi’s appearance gave the warriors of Huanmeng Village hope, or because they thought that the food reserves in the village were really running low, but Taigong Wang’s second negotiation with Huanmeng Village went very smoothly.

Yamato agreed to allow the village's 'samurai' and 'blacksmiths' to join the expeditionary force.

The expeditionary force must provide clothing, food, water and minerals to the Dream Village within a specific time.

Although more in-depth discussions could not be held for the time being, discussing this point was enough to satisfy both parties.

The expeditionary army gained some strong warriors, as well as a blacksmith who had disappeared since the war, so the weapons finally had someone responsible for maintaining and rebuilding them.

The Huanmeng Village, which had been suffering from a lack of supplies, also regained a new source of survival supplies.

"I have no objection to inviting me to join the expeditionary army." Rachel looked at Taiyi who came to persuade her to join with a little worry and said, "But if someone attacks me again because I conquered their acquaintances in the enemy army, I will fight back without mercy."

"Just fight back, I can even help you fight them." Taichi patted his chest and replied, "Since Taira no Kiyomori used the puppet technique to manipulate many generals and soldiers from various countries, many of them have been killed by their own hands."

"No one is qualified to use this excuse to attack you."

"So, if we meet the ungrateful person who backstabbed you again in the future, I will help you if you want to fight him."

"Hey, I like what you said." Rachel patted Taiyi on the shoulder, "Okay, for your sake, I will join the expedition."

Just as everyone was discussing various matters while chatting and laughing, Kasumi and Ayane suddenly appeared in the main hall of the ghost mansion using the movements commonly used by ninjas.

"The situation is not good, the enemy is attacking!" Xia said seriously.

"The enemy is attacking? Are there many of them? If there are many, then let's hide in the village first." Tachibana asked Kasumi and Ayane with a somewhat depressed look on her face.

"The guys leading the human army don't look like they are being manipulated by puppetry." Ayane shook her head and sighed, "I think they must be the human troops who defected to Taira no Kiyomori before."

"Ms. Miko, can your barrier block normal humans?" Ayane looked at Tachibana and asked.

Juhua shook her head with a conflicted look on her face.

The art of barrier was originally designed to target ghosts.

After coming to this world, although for unknown reasons, the barrier could even block the "demon army" and the "puppet army", ordinary humans could not stop them.

This was the reason why Xia and Rachel were able to break into the village without permission.