I became the Lord of the Eternal World in Tokyo.

Lili Zi, this cultivation fanatic, has no time to care about Lord Che's trivial matters, nor would she put her energy into other things!

The two-foot-tall man, having achieved a spiritual victory, pondered.

No...

In any case, I need to find a way to prevent Lord Che and Ririko from being alone together during this time.

However, the seeding battle is definitely very important for Lord Che.

Completely subdued, the two-foot-tall man was so angry he wanted to grab Uesugi Tetsuya and give him a good beating to assert his dominance.

But in reality, she had already looked towards the perimeter of the villa, preparing to float into the air and patrol.

I'm so incompetent, I'm just so utterly incompetent...

But then, Uesugi Tetsu suddenly spoke up: "The elimination rounds are only four or five days away, right? It seems like we can't complete the Core Formation in just a few days."

He reasonably suggested, "Why don't we continue to open up the acupoints of our respective minor divine treasures, and at the same time complete the flesh-refining and blood-replenishing stages?"

"As for Erchi, could you also patrol around the villa during this time to make sure the barrier is intact?"

"Mission accomplished, Lord Che!"

The two-foot-tall man's eyes lit up, and he happily responded.

Ririko glanced at the fleeting beads of sweat on Uesugi Tetsuya's forehead and chuckled to herself, thinking to herself, "He really knows how to keep things balanced; his hand doesn't tremble at all."

—I wonder if your hand is that steady when you hold the sword.

She nodded: "That makes sense. Let's continue to open up acupoints as you said, and try to open up twenty acupoints before the elimination rounds begin."

"it is good!"

Uesugi Tetsu breathed a sigh of relief, discarding the extraneous thoughts in his mind, and in the blink of an eye entered the flow state of breathing exercises.

Ririko also closed her eyes.

The night was long, but in the subjective time of the two of them, it was just a few fragmented moments.

……

[You have completed the Qi Sea Cultivation - Azure Meridian Aperture...]

[You have completed the Qi Sea Cultivation - Breathing Aperture...]

[Your progress in the Flesh Palace Training - Flesh Refining Stage - Blood Enhancement has been increased!]

After the sun rose, an extremely exhausted Uesugi Tetsu slowly exhaled, and smiled upon seeing the prompt before him and feeling the two additional acupoints in his body.

The two newly opened acupoints are different. The former allows the user to passively absorb some external energy to recover, while the latter can completely eliminate all sounds emanating from the body.

Of course, they can also store Qi.

Now, if we don't include the Void Sea of ​​Qi, the four acupoints together have increased Uesugi Tetsuya's Qi reserves by one-tenth.

This quantity is considerable.

If all 108 acupoints were opened, the amount of internal energy stored would increase several times over, and the recovery rate would also increase several times over. And this is the effect of pure, undeveloped acupoints.

Uesugi Tetsu stood up and stretched his slightly stiff body. As he felt the warm, sticky gaze on him, he felt as if he were soaking in a hot spring.

"call……"

Uesugi Tetsu smiled at the two-foot-tall man who had returned to his more mobile two-foot form, and continued to sort through the night's haul.

The progress of the Blood Refinement has also advanced by about one-third. When ten acupoints are opened, it will be about time to enter the third stage of Flesh Refinement.

Ideally, the remaining tasks of flesh refining and tendon forging can be completed before the 72 acupoints are opened.

The future is expected.

After the two went downstairs, they met Ririko, who had just placed three plates of fragrant, steaming hot breakfast on the table.

Without needing any further communication, the two naturally and obediently sat down in front of the breakfast table—having tasted Ririko's cooking, the two adults naturally had no further questions.

He thanked Ririko and was told by her that he didn't need to use his chopsticks again until he started eating.

Halfway through his meal, Uesugi Tetsuya suddenly blinked, bit off the half-eaten fried egg he had already stuffed in his mouth, and asked the young master, "..."

"By the way, Erchi, do you know how to advance to the level of a ghost or god?"

After all, the current maximum rank of the "Eight-Foot Bodhisattva" is... a five-star Desolate God!

……

Shibuya Ward, Tokyo.

"Is it absolutely necessary to use... 'mobile phone QR code payment'?"

The little monk, wearing a kasaya, took the two cotton candies, one blue and one red, scratched his chin with a puzzled look, and pulled out two crumpled banknotes from his pocket.

"Young Master Yinli! Young Master Yinli—please stop running! There are too many people here, we'll get separated!"

From the crowd in the distance, one could hear a man shouting at the top of his lungs.

The little monk, with his rosy lips and white teeth, winked at the shop assistant, giving her a pitiful look: "Sister, this is all we have, can I buy it...?"

The shop assistant, who was afraid of trouble, hesitated for a moment, but after seeing the little monk's expression, he nodded hesitantly.

"Yay! Thank you, sister."

"Young Master Yinli..."

After bowing slightly, the young monk grabbed two cotton candies and, just as the man behind him arrived, placed the red cotton candy in front of him.

A smiling face peeked out from behind the cotton candy, waving it at the sweaty man.

"Brother Yuanzheng, aren't you going to eat? I bought this especially for you."

The man who strode over was also a bald monk.

The young man, known as Yuanzheng, sighed helplessly but still accepted the cotton candy: "Young Master... please listen to me and don't run around, okay?"

The little monk, however, acted as if he hadn't heard anything and took a bite of the cotton candy, his eyes crinkling with sweetness.

He remarked with emotion,

"It's been so long since I've been to a big city. It's so lively here."

As he spoke, the little monk, with a blue cotton candy in his mouth, looked up at the azure sky and walked forward again, leaving the monk Yuanzheng behind him exhausted and scrambling to catch up.

A few steps behind the two, a plainly dressed, expressionless woman followed at a distance that was neither too far nor too close.

At the same time, he kept a constant, silent gaze on the young monk.

As he walked, the young monk got lost, so he randomly asked a passerby wearing a baseball cap for directions.

"Big sister, do you know where to go if you want to watch the seeding and knockout stage?"

The passerby was taken aback and pointed to the sky.

—That floating city in the sky!

"No wonder I couldn't find it... Hey, it's right here! Thank you, big sister!"

The young monk thanked him.

As the passerby was about to leave, he discovered that his wrist had been grabbed without his knowledge.

"But big sister, aren't you a contestant?"

The young monk smiled and said gently,

"Because you... seem really strong."

A disciple of the Hozoin school?

Okabe Motonobu, whose wrist had been grabbed, squinted behind his sunglasses. After the hidden force was neutralized three times in a row, he temporarily abandoned the idea of ​​breaking free and leaving.

This kid is very strong.

"No."

She shook her head: "I'm just here to watch."

"What a coincidence!" the little monk exclaimed in surprise. "I'm here to watch the game too!"

"--Big sister, why don't we go see it together!"

"Do you have a ticket?" Motonobu Okabe asked in return.

"I'm confident I can get in, no matter how many people I bring!"

The little monk said with a grin.

"In that case... alright."

Okabe Motonobu, who had been struggling for the past few days with no tickets and no way to get to the Floating City, was relieved and felt a sudden loosening on his wrist.

The little monk, with bright eyes, said cheerfully, "Thank you for gracing me with your presence, big sister."

Just as Okabe Motonobu was about to speak again, he saw the expressionless woman further away.

Her gaze swept over the shoulder of the other person's clothes, and her pupils contracted slightly.

This logo looks somewhat familiar.

correct.

She remembered seeing it before.

It's from the Sword Saint's side...

Chapter 283 Ririko and Renwang Hachi's "Sparring"! Blood Regeneration Stage Completed, Twenty-Three Acupoints Opened!

Motonobu Okabe's gaze lingered on the expressionless woman's shoulder for two seconds.

She had seen this sign before.

To be more precise, he must have seen her before she died.

Five hundred years ago, during the Warring States period, she received the then-renowned swordsman, Kamiizumi Ise no Kami Nobutsuna.

At that time, the two servants beside him had the exact same insignia embroidered on their shoulders!

Motonobu Okabe frowned slightly behind his sunglasses.

How could someone close to the current Sword Saint end up in a place like this...?

Although Okabe Motonobu's gaze only lingered for a moment, it was still keenly noticed by the little monk next to him who was eating cotton candy.

He looked in the direction Okabe Motonobu had been looking, and after a sudden "Oh," he turned back and said directly,

"This is the person that the Sword Saint sent to stay by my side... He said that he would observe and judge my potential around the clock in order to decide whether I can become a candidate for the next Sword Saint."

Big sister, you don't need to worry too much.

The young monk helplessly spread his hands: "Since Master and everyone else have agreed, there's nothing I can do. Let her keep looking if she wants to, anyway, she won't be able to figure it out."

"However... that sword saint wants to decide whether I can become the next candidate, which is to say, he wants to take me as his disciple."

Hozoin Inari suddenly chuckled softly, his gaze deep and mysterious: "This humble monk would like to know whether the current Sword Saint has the qualifications and ability to utter such words..."

This barrage of information left Motonobu Okabe stunned.

No, is this something that can be said directly?

She glanced at the little monk, then at the woman who remained expressionless, and remained silent for a moment.

But Okabe Motonobu still pretended not to understand, nodding thoughtfully: "I see, I understand."

"Hmm! It's fine as long as big sister is okay with it." Adhering to the principle of not wasting anything, the little monk used his finger to stuff the last bit of cotton candy into his mouth.

"Next, would you do me the honor of having a meal with me, elder sister?"

The handsome young monk invited him with a smile, causing the monk Enshō, who had been watching Okabe Motonobu warily from the side, to immediately shake his head.

Monk Yuanzheng argued logically, "No, this person's origins are unknown, and besides, you yourself said she is powerful..."

"Oh, it's okay, Senior Brother Yuanzheng. I can tell that Big Sister isn't a bad person."

The young monk turned and stared at Monk Yuanzheng with a smile, and in just a few seconds, the latter broke out in a cold sweat on his temples despite the sweltering heat.

Monk Yuanzheng fell silent.

He silently watched as the young monk turned back and extended his other clean hand towards Okabe Motonobu: "My Buddhist name is Yinli. What is your name, elder sister?"