She was also the one who called out to Yang Xiying.

"A very unfamiliar face, who are you?" After Yang Xiying stopped, she continued to speak, seemingly the leader of the checkpoint.

The name itself isn't exactly ordinary either; Ming Luo sounds familiar...

"Oh, hello everyone, my name is Yang Xiying. I am a human who just came to Gensokyo from the outside world and was guided here by the Hakurei Shrine Maiden."

Although she was a little puzzled by the name above the purple-haired female warrior's head, Yang Xiying decided to first introduce herself and Reimu Hakurei's name.

Although she was guided by Yukari Yakumo, she could tell from the city gate sign that this was a human settlement—the Human Village.

So Reimu Hakurei's name is better than Yukari Yakumo's, anyway, this girl originally planned to bring me here.

"...The guidance of the Hakurei Shrine Maiden," the purple-haired female warrior nodded thoughtfully after hearing Yang Xiying's words, "I understand."

"My name is Mingluo. I'm mainly in charge of security in the Human Village, so I need information on outsiders. Let's go over there and register now."

"After that, I will send someone to arrange accommodation for you and provide you with a month's living expenses."

"Not only do you arrange accommodation, but you also provide living expenses?" Yang Xiying's expression was somewhat surprised, while the purple-haired female warrior answered as if it were a matter of course.

"Coming to Gensokyo means starting over. Outsiders who don't follow the rules will have a hard time surviving, but we'll help you out as you adapt to the place."

"—But only for one month. After that, you'll have to earn your own rent and living expenses."

“I understand, thank you for your guidance, Miss Mingluo,” Yang Xiying nodded, followed by a calm voice from the other end.

"This doesn't count as guidance. If you really want guidance, you need to learn how to control your internal energy. This is a basic skill for a martial artist."

"Oh... I'm sorry, I'll be more careful about that."

Yang Xiying paused for a moment and then nodded. It seemed that the changes brought about by her leveling up and stat allocation had been noticed by the opposing team.

He just poured those tens of thousands of martial arts points into the martial arts manual, learning all the moves he could, which naturally increased his strength considerably.

The mastery of the Free and Easy Mind Technique, the Lifting Cauldron Skill, and the Iron Armor Strength directly increased his internal strength to 29, making his body more robust.

At the same time, she could clearly feel a surging aura within her body, which was the true energy she obtained from cultivating internal strength. By driving it, Yang Xiying could enhance the power of her moves and even release energy blasts... just kidding.

Although it can be activated now, Yang Xiying can also sense that if she puts that thing in now, she will be lying down after just one shot.

To avoid exhaustion, one would probably need to raise their internal energy to over 100, based on the "Song Jiang's Wrathful Sweep of the Bandits" move from the Water Margin.

According to the system description, this move uses invisible true energy to pull distant opponents to one's side before attacking, so it requires a high level of internal strength (≥100).

If he could do that, then releasing more Qi blasts would be a piece of cake, but even if he learned the Boundless Mountain-Crushing Force technique, he still wouldn't be able to break through 100.

He can't learn the Boundless Mountain-Crushing Force mental techniques now because they have attributes, one is Yang and the other is Yin, which clash with each other.

Therefore, he could only choose one to study, but Yang Xiying didn't like making choices, so he temporarily put aside the two internal cultivation manuals and studied others first.

Having mastered both the Wild Goose Flight Technique and the Swallow Flight Technique, my lightness skill increased by 19 points. Although I haven't run yet, I feel my steps have become much lighter.

In terms of martial arts, the Water Margin Heroes Palm mastered two moves: Wu Song's Fist Against the Tiger and Lin Chong's Horse Whip. The Double-Section Fist mastered three moves: Heavenly Dragon God Fist, Exploding Demon Dragon God Kick, and Dragon Tail Gale Kick.

He is proficient in the Qilin Staff Technique, the Free and Easy Fan, and the Heart-Mind Six Harmonies Sword. However, he needs medicinal herbs and poisonous insects as catalysts to learn the Thousand Gold Prescription and the Five Poisons Classic.

The final Emperor Penguin No. 1 is quite heavyweight, with archery skills ≥100 and internal strength ≥150. What's the point of him learning that?

Overall, however, he felt that he had become much stronger, to the point that his opponents could notice it.

"Miss Mingluo, I've finished writing."

"Okay, let's get a map of the Human Village before we go. Dahe, lead the way."

"Alright, young man, come with me."

After going through the registration process of writing down her name and gender, Yang Xiying received a map and followed a guard into the city gate.

"...You've seemed so absent-minded ever since you parted ways with Captain Mingluo. What's wrong? Have you been captivated by her?"

Walking down the street in the human village, the guard named Dahe suddenly started talking, his expression full of mockery.

He seems to be a rather cheerful middle-aged man.

“Uh, not really,” Yang Xiying was momentarily speechless at his cheerful response, taking a few seconds to organize her thoughts.

"I just sensed she was a very strong woman," he said, glancing at the attribute panel of the woman named Mingluo before leaving.

[Name: Mingluo / Affection: 0 / Level: Strong / Likes: Katana, Methods to become stronger / Equipment: Hungry Ghost Sword, Red and White Kimono / Carried: "Katsushin Ittō-ryū"...]

A character like that would definitely be a boss or a player character in Gensokyo, and after careful consideration, that seems to be the case.

A female warrior who declared war on Reimu Hakurei in exchange for the power of Hakurei was mistaken by her for a suitor and was defeated and almost buried alive.

It was incredibly unlucky, but it was a secret that very few people knew, and even Yang Xiying hadn't thought of it at the time.

Because these are characters from older Touhou works, and the series underwent changes during its development, the sixth installment was directly separated from the previous five works for various reasons.

She only inherited some settings and characters, but this did not include Mingluo, so her existence was gradually forgotten.

If it weren't for the hilarious dialogue between Mingluo and Reimu Hakurei, and the character's background, Yang Xiying really wouldn't have remembered this character.

However, on the other hand, if Mingluo, a character from an older work, has already appeared, wouldn't other characters from older works also appear...?

Yang Xiying suddenly felt that this Gensokyo was somewhat chaotic...

“Haha, of course,” Taiga laughed. “After all, Captain Mingluo is a human recognized by Lord Martial God.”

"Lord Martial God?"

Yang Xiying was suddenly dumbfounded. He would recognize Mingluo from Gensokyo to some extent, but the God of War from Gensokyo was like someone telling him about Rin Saezuki from Gensokyo.

——Who is that?

“Look, it’s that statue over there,” Dahe said as they walked down Renli Street, directing Yang Xiying’s gaze in a new direction.

In the center of the crossroads stands a tall stone statue, in human form, wearing a straw hat and a tight-fitting outfit.

Wearing a cloak, he had a bit of the air of a chivalrous knight from the Yan Kingdom, but standing in this ancient city full of Japanese style gave off a strange feeling.

What's even stranger is that there are bookshelves on each of the four sides of the statue, and they are filled with a lot of books.

“This is our God of War,” Dahe led Yang Xiying to the foot of the statue, then raised his head with an expression of utmost reverence.

"—A god who appeared a few years ago and protected the human village from demons."

"Could you tell me more about it?"

Yang Xiying immediately showed a curious expression, because only after getting closer could he see what these things were.

—They're all martial arts manuals scattered by the system!

PS: This book will occasionally feature characters from previous works.

NO.12 It's common knowledge that you get a secret manual just by praying to the statue!

"Of course, no problem. I can tell you about Lord Martial God as many times as you want."

Dahe responded cheerfully, and his tone showed genuine reverence for the God of War. Yang Xiying listened quietly as well.

"This all started a few years ago with the strange occurrence of the Heavenly Book. At that time, for some unknown reason, a large number of books suddenly appeared in the human world."

"Look, these are the books that are now placed at the feet of the Martial God. Whoever obtains them can learn techniques to enhance their strength."

"For a time, people were able to exorcise demons even without the help of the Hakurei shrine maiden, and we called those books 'heavenly books'."

"..." Yang Xiying's eyebrows twitched involuntarily, because the scattered books from the system seemed to have really brought chaos to Gensokyo.

Without relying on the power of the Hakurei Shrine Maiden to exorcise demons, how many Kirisame Marisas have these books produced... and this has already disrupted the balance of Gensokyo.

So that's why it's called an anomaly? But it doesn't really count for the people of the Human Village...

"But if it's only this level, it can't be called a mutation, even though these heavenly books can bring people power."

"But it also turned many people into monsters. Most of the people who learned the technology from the celestial book suddenly went insane and caused destruction everywhere."

"—And they would fight each other just to seize the books in their hands and gain more power."

"..." Yang Xiying was even more at a loss for words. These books didn't create Kirisame Marisa, but rather Yi Zhe.

—It even sparked a knightly war…

"Since these books are so dangerous, why not destroy them instead of leaving them here?" Yang Xiying couldn't help but ask at this moment.

“That was indeed something we considered, but the Heavenly Books cannot be destroyed, and people were saved because of them,” Dahe responded.

"There are also those who learn techniques from the Heavenly Book without going insane, like Captain Mingluo and that Hakurei Shrine Maiden."

"They helped stop the humans who went mad from studying the books, and at the same time stopped the monsters who took advantage of the situation."

"Especially the Heavenly Book Demon King who leads them, that guy is really powerful. At first, even Captain Mingluo and that Hakurei Shrine Maiden were no match for him."

"Because the Heavenly Book Demon King can transform the Heavenly Book into his own power, and this is the final form of a person or demon who studies the Heavenly Book but goes insane."

"At that time, everyone thought that the Human Village and even Gensokyo were doomed, but then something incredible happened."

"The Book of Gensokyo glowed and all of it gathered on the Hakurei Shrine Maiden, and then she seemed to become a different person."

"He displayed unparalleled supernatural powers to annihilate the Heavenly Book Demon King and the attacking monsters in one fell swoop, and restored the madmen to normal. Everything happened so suddenly."

"Only afterward did we learn from the Hakurei Shrine Maiden that she possessed the power to defeat the Heavenly Book Demon King because of divine possession."

"This is the God of War, a deity who controls all martial arts in the world, but he lost his power to prevent a disaster even greater than the Heavenly Book Demon King."

"All the martial arts skills I possessed have turned into celestial books and scattered throughout the human world. This is why those books appear in Gensokyo."

"So, what we need to do next is obvious: recycle the books, not just because leaving these mysterious books unattended will cause a lot of trouble."

"There is also the repayment to Lord Martial God, because the possession of the Hakurei Shrine Maiden to defeat the Heavenly Book Demon King was the only power he had left to retrieve the Heavenly Book."

"Now that we've used up all our resources, we'll be dormant for the next few years, so we erected a statue of the God of War in the human world."

"The recycled books will be placed on the bookshelf at his feet. He would be very happy to see so many books gathered here when he wakes up."

“I see,” Yang Xiying said thoughtfully, then added, “But the bookshelves here are almost full.”

"How long will it take for the God of War to awaken?"

"..." Upon hearing Yang Xiying's words, Taiga's expression became extremely serious. "Actually, the Hakurei Shrine Maiden conveyed such words at that time."

"The time when I will awaken is uncertain, and I may disappear altogether, so you can use my power for now."

"—It would be a good outcome if you learned these skills and became the new God of War."

"This is also what I admire most about Lord Martial God. Not only did he use his remaining strength to protect us, but he was also willing to pass on his power for the future."

"..." Yang Xiying now understood why Hakurei Reimu, Yakumo Shimura, and others still carried the secret manual despite the existence of the Martial God legend.

"Brother Dahe, have you studied these heavenly books?" Yang Xiying couldn't help but ask, while glancing at the data panel, "Level... ah..."

“I have learned a little bit,” Dahe said without hiding anything, then changed the subject, “Of course, I know what you’re thinking, little brother.”

"Although you are an outsider, you have the right to learn these things. However, you need to pay homage to the God of War before you can take these books."

“Otherwise, it would be only natural to be treated as the Demon King of the Heavenly Book and exterminated,” he said, his face suddenly turning sinister.

“I understand,” Yang Xiying nodded. He walked directly to the front of the statue and bowed. Now he needed to confirm one thing.

Even though many people would go insane from studying these books, the God of War still encouraged people to study them in the end.

Is it because there are people like Reimu Akihiro as a reference? But what about Yukari Yakumo, who possesses these secret techniques?

The latter's personality is far worse than the former's, so worshipping this Martial God and learning the Heavenly Book will prevent him from going crazy.

No, after bowing, a solemn voice echoed in Yang Xiying's mind, and these were the correct methods for learning the Heavenly Book.

Yang Xiying immediately understood why those people went crazy while studying the celestial book; it was simply because they were studying it incorrectly.

For example, misunderstanding the meaning of words and content, being impatient for quick results and cramming knowledge, and trying to learn some books at the same time can be very dangerous.

In addition, one must maintain an upright and pure heart, not bully the weak, and have respect for all life.

Even people of other races should be given basic respect.

"How was it? Young man, after paying homage to the God of War, did you suddenly feel a bit enlightened?"

Seeing Yang Xiying looking somewhat lost in thought, Dahe spoke up at this moment, which brought her back to her senses and prompted her to ask a question.

"So the bookshelf is so full because the learning methods are too demanding?"

"That's about right. Moreover, the impact of the Heavenly Book's mutation is too great, and many people dare not rashly study the Heavenly Book."

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