The afterlife blew up Gensokyo

While he didn't have many skill points allocated to the bamboo flute, people are capable of anything when they're bored. Coincidentally, as an immortal, he had the most time among all his possessions.

However, this kind of thing clearly requires talent, just like a math problem; if you can't solve it, you just can't solve it! I'm honest! I'm proud!

Imagine this: he volunteers to play the flute for a little girl, but the music is so mediocre it makes you want to cover your ears... This could shatter his image as a heartthrob in her eyes!

Shi Bai still remembers one thing: when he was young, he had a crush on the most beautiful girl in his class and secretly vowed to treat her as his goddess and protect her for life. Then one day, he witnessed his goddess walking out of the toilet, and the image of his goddess was shattered in less than a day.

—How could a goddess possibly need to go to the bathroom?! (Sound of shock)

Similarly, how could I possibly not be able to play the bamboo flute well?! (Thunderous shout)

A man should never, under any circumstances, say that he is incapable!! (Shouting)

Actually, he does have a musical instrument he's good at, but the instruments he's good at are all extremely niche. After all, if he were in this kind of environment, casually taking out an erhu and starting to play "Erquan Yingyue," or taking out a suona and starting to play it cheerfully, or even taking out a gong and drum and banging it frantically... just imagining it is a completely unbearable sight!

The scene was so beautiful that he dared not look at it.

Yes, that's right. He's best at the erhu, second best at the suona, and third best at... gongs and drums.

Using a mobile phone to play something like Castle in the Sky might seem a bit underhanded, but since it's his phone, the music playing on it is naturally the music he played.

So, bro, no problem.

However, for some reason, Shi Bai always felt that he had vaguely forgotten something... But if he could forget it, then it probably wasn't that important, right?

Shi Bai thought this made a lot of sense, so he didn't think about it anymore.

—So Lady waited and waited, but no one came back, and she waited alone at the table all night.

As dawn broke, accompanied by the little girl beside him, Shi Bai witnessed a magnificent sunrise.

This solitary rock by the Heavenly Lake is the most scenic spot on the Monster Mountain. Facing the sunrise, someone's heart, which had been filled with excitement for a long time, even felt like singing.

For example—the light of the righteous path shone upon the earth…—

...He hadn't had this experience in a long time.

After bidding a friendly farewell to Lord Hirain, the Tengu clan's demon lord, and making an appointment to visit him another day, Shi Bai happily descended the mountain and returned to the "Human Village".

Lady, who had slept on the table all night: "???"

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"I kindly brought you to the Monster Mountain for a banquet, and you just left me there all alone!?"

Looking at the person in front of her who seemed to be busy with something, Lady, who had come to demand an explanation, spoke with a hint of gritted teeth.

Actually, she usually seems a bit aloof, but the problem is that first, her reserved boyfriend was forcibly stolen away, then she was inexplicably left alone, and finally, her existence was completely forgotten by the other person... No one could tolerate this kind of thing, right?!

"Ahem, I accidentally forgot for a moment... But no Kansai!! I'm a completely different person now!!!"

Shi Bai threw the Tessaiga, which he had finally managed to find, at the other party, his face full of anticipation.

"Let's put those things aside for now. Try this knife out and see how it feels to you."

"Knife?"

Lady looked at the unremarkable, broken, rusty knife in her hand with a look of disgust.

"Why are you giving me this piece of junk?"

"This is no broken sword. You'll see once you infuse your demonic power into it."

Shi Bai nodded with a deep expression.

"To infuse demonic power into the blade?"

With a slight frown, Lady poured her demonic power into the blade. As a great demon, her demonic power was naturally unfathomable, so this expenditure was nothing.

To her astonishment, as demonic power flowed into her body, the tattered, rusty knife in her hand instantly transformed into a majestic Fang Sword.

Almost instinctively, she swung her knife at the house in front of her. With a loud bang, a deep trench appeared in the ground. The property that someone had just bought less than half a year ago was instantly cut in half and turned into ruins. The trench extended for dozens of meters before gradually disappearing.

"A casual slash like that possesses such power..."

Lady looked down at the tooth knife in her hand, completely bewildered.

"My house, you died such a terrible death!!!"

Just then, a wail came from someone beside her.

【Name: Tessaiga】

[Type: Weapon]

[Usage: Ultimate Technique "Break Barrier", Ultimate Technique "Wind Scar", Final Technique "Explosive Stream Break", capable of slaying a hundred demons with a single swing.]

[Note: This is a fang-like sword renowned for its ability to manipulate demonic energy. It can perfectly control demonic energy and absorb the demonic power of powerful demons, even those from other demonic swords.]

Because of the anomaly here, the situation in his courtyard was quickly discovered by the other humans living in the Human Village. So, to avoid conflict, Shi Bai had no choice but to run away with Lady in a very unfortunate way.

They ran straight to the Lake of Mist.

"...You definitely did that on purpose, didn't you!?"

On the shore of Lake Mist, looking at Lady with a curious expression as she examined the Tessaiga from all angles, Shi Bai's words carried a hint of gritted teeth.

"Ahem, I accidentally forgot for a moment... but it's okay!! Now that I have this knife, I've been completely transformed!!"

Lady retorted quite confidently, returning in full what someone had said to her not long ago.

"But there's no Kansai!!" instead of "But it doesn't matter!!" The former has a bit more presence than the latter... So, what do you think of this sword?"

Silently raising his head to look at the sky, Shi Bai was speechless.

"A very powerful treasure that can make the holder's strength leap several levels. And it seems to be specially made for monsters. It can not only absorb the demonic power of powerful monsters, but also perfectly manipulate demonic power."

Reluctantly handing over the Tessaiga, Lady looked on in amazement.

"What, did you make this knife?"

"The Tessaiga possesses more than just what you've mentioned... but basically, they're not that different."

After receiving the Tessaiga, Shi Bai looked at the other person with a very serious expression.

Do you think this sword would be popular among yokai?

"Of course."

Lady nodded firmly.

“Take me for example. I’m a great demon now, but among all my collections, there’s not a single thing that can be called a treasure. If this sword were to be taken out, it would definitely cause a fight among the demons.”

"Hmm... So, I'll use this sword as a prize and have all the monsters help me find the person. What do you think the chances of this succeeding?"

After pondering for a moment, Shi Bai asked Lady in front of him.

"Would any monster be willing to help me find someone?"

"Wait a minute, you said you're going to take this knife out? You're just going to casually give away a treasure of this caliber as a prize?"

Upon hearing this, Lady looked slightly dumbfounded.

"Such a powerful treasure..."

"Just tell me, are the monsters willing or not?! If the prizes aren't enough, I can add more!!"

With a rather extravagant wave of his hand, the man's face clearly conveyed the message that he was rich beyond measure.

"There's nothing I can do about it, being rich means you can do whatever you want!!"

"........."

P.S.: Bonus chapter for "Ah ...

Chapter Seven: Eirin Yagokoro's Letter

Finding people is definitely a skill.

Especially when wandering aimlessly, the possibility of finding someone's trail is extremely slim. In addition, in this era there was no internet, no telephone, and no surveillance, so it was normal for transportation and information to be blocked.

After some thought, Shi Bai came up with a solution: mobilize the masses. All they had to do was find someone to get the treasure, and the monsters would be very interested in that.

He even sought Lady's opinion on this, but he never expected her to turn around and chop up his house...

After receiving Lady's affirmative answer, within half a month, all the monsters in the vicinity of Monster Mountain, regardless of their strength, learned of this news.

If you can find clues about any one of the three people provided by the Monster Mountain, you can obtain a powerful weapon-type treasure.

Those who can be called great monsters generally have a large number of monsters under their command, unless there are special cases like Lady. Otherwise, this is generally the case.

After all the great demons personally experienced the immense boost that the Tessaiga brought to their strength, all the demons mobilized their subordinates to begin the search.

After all, this kind of thing seems simple, with generous rewards and no apparent danger. In the world of yokai where strength is paramount, very few yokai would choose to refuse.

As for the Hakurei Shrine that Shibai planned, it was quickly established with the help of the Tengu clan on the Youkai Mountain. As for the Hakurei Shrine maidens, the Tengu were used as a temporary substitute in the early stages until qualified human shrine maidens were trained.

Anyway, all Matara Okina wanted was to spread her faith so she wouldn't be exorcised as a yokai anymore; why care about anything else...

Everything went smoothly, and with both sides playing along, the fame of the Hakurei Shrine spread in less than a month.

Shibai was initially quite pleased with this, but after making some inquiries among the humans and hearing about the Hakurei Shrine's various titles, such as "Yokai Shrine" and "shrine maiden who worships an evil god," he returned to Yokai Mountain with extremely mixed feelings.

Hmm... I hope Matara Okina won't kill herself?

Why did I use a question...?

Not only that, the bounties he asked Hirain Hana to issue among the yokai did not bring him any surprises.

Over the course of several months, not a single clue the monsters submitted was correct, causing him to make several wasted trips... It's a sunflower field, not a man-eating flower field! Can't you monsters understand human language, you bastards?!

Just when he had almost given up hope, one morning when he climbed to the top of his monster form to watch the sunrise as usual, a figure he had never expected appeared in front of him.

The world is never lacking in beauty, but rather in eyes that can see it. After all the human emotions returned to him, he became passionate about watching the sunrise and experiencing things he had never previously overlooked.

However, when he got up early as usual and went to the top of the Monster Mountain, he found that there was already a figure standing in the place where he used to watch the sunrise.

Upon first sight of the other person, he immediately took out his phone and snapped several photos with lightning speed.

"You don't seem surprised that I came to find you."

Turning around, Chunhu narrowed her eyes slightly as she looked at the man in front of her who was frantically taking pictures of her with his phone.

"Surprised? Of course I'm surprised! Look at my surprised expression right now."

He pointed to himself with his finger, his face serious.

"Strictly speaking, I have a lot of questions I'd like to ask you. Could you please answer them for me?"

"Great! I happen to have a lot of questions I want to ask you right now. How about we take turns asking each other one question?"

A luxurious high chair appeared behind her at some unknown time. Chunhu gracefully sat down in the chair, supporting her head with one hand on the back of the chair, her right foot slightly placed on top of her left, completely unconcerned that a large expanse of her snow-white skin was exposed to the air.

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In terms of sheer presence, Chunhu exudes an overwhelming aura, resembling a queen interrogating her subjects in the current situation.

"Uh……"

Seeing Chunhu's behavior so different from the Heng'e he remembered, Shi Bai suddenly began to doubt his own deduction about her true identity.

After thinking for a moment, he took out a small stool, placed it on a relatively flat open ground, and then sat down casually.

"Should you ask first or should I?"

"You go first, what do you want to know?"

His pure red fox eyes revealed no emotion whatsoever.

"Was Huo Qing'e able to become an immortal in such a short time because of your help? What was your purpose in helping her?"

After a moment's thought, Shi Bai asked the question that had once made him doubt his teaching ability.

"That's right, it was me. I'm the one who made Huo Qing'e an immortal. These are two questions, I'll only answer the first one."

Chunhu glanced at him, his expression noncommittal.

"Then it's my turn. You are an immortal being, right? Even if you are destroyed and only a single hair is left, you can be reborn. What is the principle behind this?"

"I feel like answering this question is a bit unfair... Why did you ask it?"

"All you need to do is answer."

"...Talent, or rather, ability. The body is just a shell, the soul is eternal and indestructible. Nothing can destroy me, or rather, I haven't found anything that can destroy me yet."