In Tokyo, I draw cards and become a big demon

"Okay." Uesugi Che took out his phone and showed her the time. "Actually, it's because you slept too long, and ordinary methods didn't seem to be able to wake you up, so I resorted to this desperate measure."

Lilizi stared at the time and thought about it briefly, realizing that more than twelve hours had passed.

The girl was startled because she had originally planned to sleep for only five hours before getting up to continue practicing - generally speaking, if one is not seriously injured after a battle, the benefits of practicing immediately afterwards are huge.

But her subjective time had only passed by one or two hours. How could her biological clock, which had never been wrong, actually fail?

In this case, if it weren't for Uesugi Tetsu waking her up with those devilish words, she might really have slept on the ground for many days and missed such a big event as the first wave.

Lilizi was speechless for a moment.

So, I actually blamed Uesugi Tetsu wrongly?

Instead, I should be thanking this guy?

Mad, so angry.

After figuring out the whole thing, Lilizi was still angry, but she still had to express her gratitude.

One yard owned by a yard.

She patted her chest twice and tutted unhappily: "This is my responsibility. To make up for it, I'll let you touch the breasts that can only exist in Xiao Chu Nan's fantasy!"

Uesugi Tetsu looked left and right, pondered for a long time, and finally asked doubtfully: "Where is it? Where is it?"

Seeing this, Erchi Daren came over with small steps and shook his hands behind his back proudly.

Lilizi was furious. She picked up the bamboo sword beside her and beat the master and servant out.

……

After being driven out of the door, Uesugi Tetsu touched his aching forehead and looked up to see Shizuma Manfuyu, whose face was still pale and leaning against the wall as if waiting for someone.

Shizuma Mafuyu, who had changed into school-style clothes, looked at the two disheveled people who had been kicked out of Ririko's room and laughed dryly, "Good morning, Uesugi-kun. Isn't Miss Tokugawa coming out yet?"

"It's already afternoon."

Uesugi Tetsu understood the look in her eyes, so he slapped the proud little head of Ershaku-sama down and said, "I think Lilizi is too tense, so I'll tell her some hell jokes to relax her."

Although Shizuma Mafuyu didn't believe it, she still pretended to believe it and nodded: "Oh oh!"

"—Speaking of which, Ms. Shizuma, aren't you going to work?"

"Uesugi-kun, you're even more of a 'silent, just working' devil than Nanjo-sama..."

Shizuma Mafuyu sighed weakly, "My injury hasn't healed yet. I'm going to rest for a day, so I want to continue learning the health-preserving breathing method from Ms. Tokugawa."

Oh, I see.

Leaving the disobedient Ershaku-sama aside, Uesugi Tetsu chatted with Shizuma Mafuyu intermittently until they had finished tidying up, and then Ririko, dressed in a fragrant scent, walked out of the room.

"Ah, it's Sister Manfuyu."

Ririko smiled, and left Uesugi Tetsu aside like a big man, and walked forward affectionately holding Shizuma Mafuyu's hand.

Then, she turned around and stuck out her tongue at him and made a face.

Shizuma Manfuyu sighed twice, thinking that this was not right. When did her relationship with Tokugawa Ririko become so good?

Uesugi Toru is not in a hurry.

Because sooner or later Lilizi will be unable to resist her curiosity and run to him to ask questions.

……

Sure enough, when they reached the entrance of the Kendo Hall of Sakurato High School, Ririko finally couldn't hold back the hundred questions in her mind, slowed down her pace and came to Uesugi Tetsu's side.

She coughed and asked, "Hey, how come you suddenly have so much more spiritual power?"

You...

Uesugi Che raised an eyebrow, but he was a man with a lot of things in his head that didn't bother him like a normal kid, so he casually replied, "I felt something last night, so I ran out and sucked in some spiritual energy, and that's how it turned out."

Ririkos narrowed her eyes - could it be that in addition to the techniques of contracting the Shikigami, Uesugi Tetsu also practiced other Yin-Yang techniques and broke through while she was asleep?

Otherwise, there is no reason for the spiritual power in the body to increase by dozens or even hundreds of times...it should be.

She said calmly, "So, Uesugi-kun, which branch of the [Four Paths and Five Elements] do you practice?"

Four paths and five elements?

What's that? It sounds pretty good.

Uesugi Che took out his phone and searched, only to find that all that popped up were related terms and searches that seemed nonsense, mixed in with a bunch of small advertisements.

It can't be found at all.

Uesugi Che stuffed his phone back into his pocket, lowered his head slightly, and asked, "Teacher Lilizi, may I ask what you mean by the four paths and five elements?"

For a long time, no sound came out of Lilizi's mouth.

Uesugi Tetsu raised his eyes tentatively and found that Lilizi was staring at him intently.

Feeling Uesugi Tetsu's gaze, Lilizi immediately restrained her micro-expressions that were pouring out: "Don't know?"

Uesugi Tetsu shook his head: "I don't know."

"I don't know! It's normal."

Lilizi's tone of voice rose and fell.

She took a deep, hard breath and wanted to speak immediately, but when she saw Shizuma Mafuyu next to her, she asked another question: "Mafuyu-sister, do you know?"

Shizuma Mafuyu nodded repeatedly: "Isn't this basic knowledge? We all learn it during our induction training."

Yeah, the basics.

Lilizi chewed the air in her mouth - but Uesugi Tetsu didn't even know this, so how did his spiritual power increase?

Something out of nothing?

It couldn't be that he was practicing those incompletely inherited [unorthodox methods] or the [great Yin-Yang magic] that only existed in the ancient Yin-Yang master family, right?

"But that's not right, Uesugi-kun. If you were the heir of an Onmyoji family, would you have been nearly bitten to death by a fox, dog, or raccoon dog?"

Like a famous detective, Ririkko pushed up her nonexistent glasses and pointed at Uesugi Tetsu.

"--So! Uesugi-kun, you're practicing some unorthodox Onmyojitsu, right? Tell the truth, or you'll kill yourself!"

Upon hearing this, Shizuma Manfuyu also came over and said seriously, "Unorthodox practices... in the end, you either become half-human, half-ghost, or you sacrifice many people in blood, or become the nourishment for a powerful Onmyoji who practices this Onmyoji."

She suggested, "Uesugi-kun, it's not too late for you to stop training now."

Oh my god, is this some kind of underworld world of cultivating immortals?

Uesugi Che was stunned, but he shook his head: "I have never learned these strange Yin-Yang arts that you are talking about. It is better to say that I have never been exposed to Yin-Yang arts at all."

This is a lie.

——The Fragment of the Great Yin-Yang Art·Controlling Spirits is of course also a Yin-Yang Art, but it was taught to him by netizens on the forum, so it is better not to talk about it casually.

Judging from Lilizi's tone, the so-called Great Yin-Yang Art is the Yin-Yang Art that only the descendants of an ancient Yin-Yang master family can learn.

If he said here that he had practiced the Great Yin-Yang Technique, wouldn't it be equivalent to stabbing the other party in the back?

Although he didn't know the consequences of what would happen if the family behind that office worker netizen found out after he said it - but the other party was so generous, Uesugi Tetsu couldn't do such a thing.

What's more, his spiritual power did not increase dramatically due to practicing Yin-Yang magic.

Ririkko and Shizuma Manfuyu looked at each other. The latter was full of confusion. She couldn't understand Uesugi Tetsu's logic at all and felt that he was treating them like fools.

——Since you haven’t practiced Yin-Yang magic, how can your spiritual power increase?

But Lilizi has already gotten used to it.

——Even Uesugi Tetsu seems to have “felt something”, so what other Yin-Yang magic does he need to practice?

It would be strange if the spiritual power did not increase rapidly, vigorously, and explosively because of this!

This is the degree of perversion and outrageousness of the genius she admires, and no other unnecessary explanation is needed!

But no one expected that Uesugi Tetsu was not only extremely talented in swordsmanship and breathing techniques, but even Yin-Yang magic was no problem for him at all.

Ririkko glanced at the confused Shizuma Manfuyu and fell silent...and someone like Manfuyu just had no talent in any area.

No matter how hard you practice, you will never be able to reach the level of an ordinary swordsman or Onmyoji in your entire life.

Pushing Uesugi Tetsu into the gym, Lilizi closed the door, clapped her hands, and sat down cross-legged: "In that case, let's add one more lesson temporarily."

The girl, who had memorized all this knowledge word for word, said to Uesugi Tetsu, "Regarding Yin-Yang magic—the unorthodox ways, the four paths and five elements, the great Yin-Yang magic, and... well, that's all."

Uesugi Tetsu also sat down, pretending to listen attentively: "Please give me some advice, Teacher Lilizi."

Lilizi: "I won't go into details about unorthodox methods and the Great Yin-Yang Technique. Uesugi-kun, you're not stupid either. You should be able to understand the general idea after listening to what I just said."

"——Let's avoid contact with these two things if we can."

"The former has many pitfalls, and one wrong step could lead to eternal damnation. Even if you stumble upon the latter, it's best not to practice it, because you never know when a family that masters this great Yin-Yang technique might come knocking on your door."

Uesugi Tetsu nodded.

"It's mainly the [Four Paths and Five Elements]. This is also the best and most common choice for Onmyojis besides the techniques of contracting Shikigami - at least that's what I've seen."

Lilizi held up four fingers: "The so-called [Four Paths] refer to the Path of Yin and Yang, the Path of Astronomy, the Path of Calendar, and the Path of Clepsydra."

"The Five Elements are the five elements of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth. Most ordinary Yin-Yang masters choose one of the four paths, and then choose one of the Five Elements, thus determining the direction of their future cultivation.

Among the [Four Paths], Yin-Yang Path has the widest scope and the most methods and techniques.

Astronomy observes the stars and can set up invisible formations and barriers.

He was good at predicting good and bad luck and was good at divination.

The last clepsydra seems to manipulate time and is mysterious and unpredictable."

"You can just look up the meaning of the five elements online." Lilizi paused, "Sounds pretty simple, right?"

Uesugi Che understood - this is equivalent to playing a game, choosing a race and profession on the initial interface, and then starting to level up.

It sounds simple indeed.

Lilizi sneered, "But in reality, no one stipulates that Onmyojis can only master two of these. So I heard that most of the great Onmyojis today know three, four, five, or six. Some people know all of them, and it seems that mastering them is not a legend."

All, all? All hardworking?

No, it's unlikely anyway.

Uesugi Che was shocked. Others couldn't improve their proficiency as hard as he did. Isn't this the legendary "having a wide range of knowledge but not much expertise"?

Then, Lilizi answered his doubts.

"——Because the tide hasn't arrived yet, the spiritual energy between heaven and earth is too thin. No matter how hard I practice, I can't break through the upper limit. So I can only give up focusing on one thing and turn to practicing more."

She spread her hands. "But I don't really feel anything. Breathing techniques dig deep within oneself, while Yin-Yang techniques draw on the power of heaven and earth. So whether or not the end of the law is the end of the law has nothing to do with us musclemen who can only swing swords!"

Uesugi Tetsu fell into deep thought.

According to Lilizi, many great Onmyojis have already reached the upper limit of their current level of cultivation and are unable to improve any further, so they have to compete to see "who knows more".

Is this also one of the reasons why modern times are calmer than ancient times? Everyone's strongest fighting power is about the same, and no one will gain any advantage if they fight, so the balance is maintained.

But if the wave comes... I'm afraid there will be a huge shock and reshuffle soon.

As for the fact that there is no upper limit to breathing techniques for the time being, the reason why they have not been able to replace Onmyojis and become the mainstream of this era is probably very simple.

Firstly, it not only requires talent, but the speed of practice is so slow that it makes people speechless. Often, after practicing for several months, there is not much progress, and the probability is that one is still an ordinary strong person.

As the saying goes, a master leads you to the door, but the practice is up to you.

This point is completely surpassed by the Onmyoji who can easily contract strange and bizarre Shikigami in a short period of time under the guidance of others and achieve immediate results.

And following the path of breathing techniques requires more than just practicing breathing techniques.

To go with it, you have to spend the same or more time practicing swords, spears, halberds, fists and feet. Otherwise, you won't be able to fully utilize your strength.

These two points alone are enough to dissuade most people from becoming Onmyoji.

Needless to say...

Uesugi Tetsu asked, "Lilizi, Coronal Breathing is a common technique, right?"

"What else?" the girl asked.

——Even common goods cannot be spread casually, which is far from the [Four Paths and Five Elements] that anyone can study on the other side.

The practice of this breathing method is extremely strict and difficult. If you compare it to the 81 difficulties in the journey to the West, only those who can learn it are gods.

Tokugawa Ririko, one of the gods, shook her head and said, "Uesugi-kun, if you want to learn Yin-Yang Jutsu, go find someone else. Let's get back to the topic."