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"Of course, all this happened a long, long time ago."

Huojinshen sighed slightly. "Ever since that lord suddenly disappeared, the rate of casualties among the walking dead has increased by several orders of magnitude, and fewer and fewer walking dead can enter the walking gatherings."

"Until this world is separated from the eternal world, no one can enter again."

"You are the first living being to enter here since then, and perhaps the last."

Her voice was cold and calm, without any fluctuation in her tone, as if she was just a bystander who had nothing to do with the matter.

Huojin Shen asked, "So if you don't mind, Changshi Xingzou, could you tell me your name?"

Uesugi Tetsu answered truthfully.

"Uesugi... Che. I'll remember that."

After following Huojinshen for a long time, the two climbed hundreds of steps and arrived at the wide circular square at the bottom.

The square is empty, but there is a passage leading to an unknown place at the edge.

The Goddess of Fujin placed Uesugi Tetsu's shrine on a pillar next to a small blood-red altar. She said calmly, "Until I die, your shrine will not be damaged in any way."

Uesugi Che opened his mouth and wanted to ask a lot of random questions.

But he finally said, "Thank you."

Huojinshen shook his head and spread out his jade-white hands.

The next moment, a faint white light flashed above her palm, and a bone key fell into the hands of Huojinshen.

“This is the key to history.”

The God of Mizu extended his hand toward him, handing him the bone key. "Before disappearing, that lord instructed me to give this key of history to the [first Eternal Walker I met after my long sleep]."

She loosened her grip, letting the key to history fall into Uesugi Tetsu's hands.

"I think it's you."

Tip pops up——

[You have obtained the Key of History (special item)! ]

When Uesugi Tetsu saw the four words "Key to History" with the same bright red color as the mythological material "Dissociation of Love", he took a deep breath and his hand holding the key trembled slightly.

Key to History (Special Item)

[Effect: After use, you will enter the era designated by the Key of History.]

【——? ? ? .】

【Note 1: Can only be used in the ordinary world.】

【Note 2: Temporarily unavailable.】

But unfortunately, the usage and effects of the Key of History are somewhat unclear.

Seeing his expression, Huo Jinshen added, "Don't be nervous. This [Key of History] isn't particularly valuable. It's been used more than once by many immortals in the past."

Not a particularly valuable mythical item?

Uesugi Tetsu nodded silently, put the Key of History into his storage backpack, and then saw the apologetic expression of the small Huojin God in front of him.

"Uesugi Zouko, other than personally handing this key to history to you, I can't offer you any more help."

Huojin God looked at the square and the countless broken shrines beside the steps, and lowered his eyes in disappointment.

"It's very difficult for me to even maintain my own existence right now, so I don't have the energy to grant you even the most basic blessings. I'm sorry."

"Your Excellency, God of War, do not blame yourself."

Uesugi Tetsu shook his head: "If you hadn't existed, perhaps the walking gathering would have disappeared long ago."

"Thank you."

Huojin God pursed his lips and sat on the small blood-red altar, the scarlet spells on his skin glowing with a captivating glow.

A feeling far more terrifying than the previous one slowly emanated from her body, causing the hairs on Uesugi Che's body to stand up.

If you stay any longer, something ominous will definitely happen.

"Uesugi Tsuneyo, please return if you have nothing else to do. Please do not enter any walking gatherings for at least seven days."

Uesugi Tetsu understood that what would happen next in the walking rally was no longer something he could witness intact.

……

In the dojo, Uesugi Tetsu opened his eyes.

"call……"

Uesugi Tetsu breathed a sigh of relief. He touched his back and found that it was soaked with cold sweat.

It seems that the pressure I was under when facing the God of Huojin just now was extremely great.

This is also normal.

Oyazu Sun God is the god of misfortune and disaster in mythology and legend, also known as "Oyazu Sun God".

It is said that the god Ukutsu was born from the "filth" that was contaminated by Izanagi-no-Mikoto, the "father of the gods" in mythology, during a purification ceremony.

Its existence symbolizes the embodiment of human sins and disasters.

He is undoubtedly a genuine god from the Age of Gods, and even a god representing disaster.

So even though the appearance of the relative of the God of War, her behavior and language have clearly shown that she is a friendly force on the same side, Uesugi Tetsu still can't help but feel nervous.

It's like an ordinary human standing in front of a domesticated African elephant.

Even if you know that there is a 99% chance that an African elephant will attack you, you will still worry about the less than 1% possibility.

There is no other reason, it’s just that the power gap is too big.

Sitting there, listening to the shouts of Ririko who was still practicing Zangzemaru, Uesugi Tetsu sorted out his thoughts.

Although many new questions arose when entering the walking gathering this time, there were also several questions that I didn't have time to ask Huo Jinshen.

But on the other hand, Uesugi Tetsu also obtained some information that would be impossible to obtain in the outside world.

One is that, whether in the ordinary world or the present world, the number of walkers should be very small, and he is probably the only walker who can obtain the rally token and is still alive.

"But Huojin God has always told me to walk in the eternal world. Could it be that there is any fundamental difference between having the word 'eternal world' or not?"

Uesugi Tetsu kept this question in mind and planned to ask it the next time he entered a walking gathering.

Secondly, although walking and walking rallies seem to have declined, their background seems to be terrifyingly huge.

This can be seen from the fact that Huojin God, the god representing sin and disaster, has been guarding the walking gathering.

Moreover, the group seemed to be affiliated with the former Lord of the Eternal World—this was also revealed in the previous words of the God of Mizu.

Unfortunately, the former Lord of the Eternal World has long since disappeared, and the God of Huojin is also deeply troubled by unknown forces, which prevents him from entering the walking gathering at will.

Otherwise, the walking gathering can completely serve as a super safe house - whenever encountering an insurmountable danger, Uesugi Tetsu can escape into it.

"Pity."

Uesugi Tetsu sighed slightly and took out his bamboo sword from his storage backpack.

At the same time, he used Requiem Incense Ash (Small) on himself.

In an instant, the world around him became clear in every detail. Even if Uesugi Tetsu closed his eyes now, he could use his hearing to completely picture the entire villa in his mind.

This includes Ririko who is sweating, and Nishaku-sama who is humming a song while taking a bath underground.

But the weird thoughts that popped up last time, like eating mushrooms, did not appear again this time.

"It seems that after the Willpower attribute reaches 31 points, using the Requiem Incense Ash (Small) is no longer a problem."

Uesugi Tetsu stood up, tiptoed, held his breath and walked behind Riliko, swinging the bamboo sword at her.

Snapped!

The two bamboo swords intersected.

Uesugi Tetsu stared at Lilizi's chest, which was rising and falling violently, and praised her: "You are quite alert."

"It's Uesugi-kun, you underestimate me!"

Lilizi exerted force with both hands and shook the bamboo sword away with great effort.

Glancing at the still slightly swaying Samurai Zancemaru, Uesugi Tetsu took two steps back and asked, "How about we wait until you've rested enough before coming back?"

"No need."

Lilizi rushed forward with a bamboo sword in hand.

"——I want to see how far you can push my potential and limits!"

……

Forty minutes later.

Lord Nishaku had a delightful soak in the hot spring and was happily walking to the dojo on the first floor to report to Uesugi Tetsu how wonderful the hot spring was.

However, after walking out of the stairs, Lord Erchi's expression couldn't help but stiffen.

Because in the center of the dojo, a disheveled man and woman were struggling on the ground, panting heavily and dripping their sweat onto each other.

"Uesugi-kun... I didn't expect your jutsu skills to be quite good!"

Amidst the struggle, Uesugi Tetsu, restraining his strength, glanced at the proficiency bar and asked, "When practicing ground techniques, my breathing technique seems to improve faster than usual."

Because Ririkos arms had become weak from swinging her sword at the samurai Zangzemaru too many times before, she was still not satisfied and asked to practice her ground skills.

Uesugi Tetsu readily agreed.

Generally speaking, it is very rare for a swordsman to abandon his sword and use ground techniques to subdue the enemy - therefore, even though the natural style includes jutsu, not many people practice it on a daily basis.

But for Uesugi Tetsu, it would be a serious waste to slack off before the effect of the requiem incense ash has ended.

And this time, there was a small surprise in the judo training with Ririko - except that the proficiency of the natural rational flow remained almost unchanged, the proficiency of the Corona Breathing Method and the Five Thunder Method: Qi He increased rapidly.

If the latter two urgently need to be improved in the future, a lot of jujitsu training can be used...

——Lord Erchi doesn’t think so.

She felt like her teeth were about to break.

I don’t know how much that flat-chested girl took advantage of Lord Che with this opportunity.

Angry.

However, although he wanted to punch Ririkiko away in his heart, on the surface, Nishaku-sama maintained a smile and sat aside very honestly without saying a single extra word.

The two's judo training came to an end only when the effect of the requiem incense ash disappeared.

[Your skill, Natural Rational Flow proficiency +61! ]

[Your skill, Coronal Breathing proficiency +166! ]

[Your skill, Five Thunder Method: Qi Combination Proficiency +189!]

Lilizi slowly moved to the side to drink water.

Uesugi Tetsu lay exhaustedly on the ground in a "big" shape, looking up and scanning through several of his skills.

Among them, the Spirit Control Technique and the Five Thunder Technique are about to be promoted to the next level.

[Spirit Control Technique (Proficient 442/600)]

[Five Thunder Method: Qi He (Beginner 494/500)]

"Before entering Kisaragi Station next time, I'll first max out the remaining proficiency in these two skills."

This is how Uesugi Tetsu made his decision.

After all, the next time he enters Rugetsu Station, he will most likely have to clear it in one go, and there is also a possibility that he will confront the Snow Girl.

Therefore, it is necessary to do all the preparatory work before this.

Just as his thoughts finished flowing, Uesugi Tetsu discovered that the presence of Ershaku-sama suddenly appeared not far away.

——Won’t these two guys start quarreling again?

Uesugi Tetsu quickly turned his head, but was surprised to find that Nishaku-sama was smiling as he unscrewed the water cup and handed it to Ririko.

Lilizi took the cup without comment, said thank you and started drinking.

There was a harmonious atmosphere between the two.