Tokyo Knights: The Odd Jobs X Files

Chika was reminded by Matsue Misa and calmed down: "Yes, I am an exorcist!"

With her arms outstretched, Qian Jialuo's pet immediately brought her clothes and magical artifacts, dressed her neatly, and even dried her hair.

"You audacious monster, how dare you provoke me! You're asking for trouble!"

Qian Jialuo said angrily.

Matsue Misa chuckled dryly, "Ms. Chikara, if you're saying that's a ghost, it should already be dead. You should say it's tired of being dead..."

"Don't interrupt me, I'm losing all my charisma!"

Qian Jialuo expressed her dissatisfaction.

Inside the bathroom, Li Xin covered his face. He had only been thinking about finding Qian Jialuo, but before he could react, his spirit appeared in front of her. This was something Li Xin had not expected.

The Supreme Technique of Heaven and Earth states, "Where the mind goes, the primordial spirit goes," and Li Xin now understands what this means.

This near-instantaneous teleportation technique far surpasses even Li Xin's usual self-proclaimed incredible speed.

But what should he do now? Should he go out and be seen as a pervert, or should he just leave? Anyway, Qian Jialuo probably didn't see him clearly just now, and now that he's run away, she won't know anything.

But after thinking it over, Li Xin gave up on this cunning idea, floated out of the bathroom, and said to Qian Jialuo, "Qian Jialuo, it's me."

Qian Jialuo saw a blurry figure emerge from the bathroom. She gripped her magical artifact tightly and asked the figure, "What are you?!"

Li Xin: "..."

Well, it seems that Chika can't hear my voice right now, and she can't even see my face clearly, otherwise she wouldn't have asked that question.

After thinking for a moment, Li Xin recalled that when they were on the summit of Tianshan Mountain, the two seniors, "Feng" and "Yun," spoke to him directly with their thoughts. Now that he was a primordial spirit, could he also transmit information to Qian Jialuo with his thoughts, just like the two seniors?

So Li Xin tentatively used his primordial spirit to transmit his thoughts to Qian Jialuo, and Li Xin's voice appeared in Qian Jialuo's mind: "Qian Jialuo, it's me, A-Xin."

Qian Jialuo's eyes widened: "You're Ashin? You...you're dead!"

Looking like that, what else could it be but death?

Li Xin was speechless for a moment, and could only explain to her that he was currently cultivating his primordial spirit.

Qian Jialuo suddenly realized, and then said, "Pah! I thought you were a gentleman, but it turns out you actually practice such vulgar magic!"

Isn't this the infamous "invisible human" theme from Japan?! This guy actually brought it into reality; he's practically an enemy of women!

Li Xin's mouth twisted with anger.

This method of condensing the primordial spirit is perfectly upright, so how did it become a vulgar spell? He didn't want it to turn out this way!

Matsue Misa, standing to the side, looked puzzled. Although she was born with the ability to see spirits, her spiritual power was weak and she could not see Li Xin. So, she could only see Chika talking to herself.

If she hadn't known that Chika was an exorcist (curse killer), she would have thought Chika was possessed.

Matsue Misa hesitated before asking, "Ms. Chika, is Mr. Oshin here?"

Li Xin looked at Matsue Misa and asked Chika, "What's Miss Misa doing here with you?"

Then he sent a thought message to Matsue Misa: "Hello, Miss Misa."

Li Xin discovered that he could only transmit information through his mind in a single line, meaning he could only speak to one person at a time.

Matsue Misa was overjoyed to hear Li Xin's voice: "Mr. Xin, it really is you! I haven't thanked you yet for what happened to Ms. Chika!"

"You're welcome, you paid."

Li Xin said with a smile.

Qian Jialuo said, "Misa is on summer vacation and said she wants to stay here with me to train."

Li Xin exclaimed in surprise, "She wants to become a curse assassin?"

Chikaro is a curse master, so Matsue Misa stayed behind to train with Chikaro, naturally intending to become a curse master as well.

"Yes, I plan to train under Miss Qian Jialuo... Master Qian Jialuo, and become a curse master who eliminates evil people."

Although Misa Matsue didn't hear Li Xin's words, she guessed that he would ask this question: "After the top executives of Saint-Tropico were all arrested, Saint-Tropico was embroiled in a scandal. Some employees exposed the illegal activities that Saint-Tropico had done over the years. Without the pressure from the top executives, the truths that had been buried for many years were finally revealed. It was only then that I learned that this famous pharmaceutical giant in Japan had actually done so many heinous things."

“My brother was murdered, and I have hated that enemy for many years. But Saint-Gobain Pharmaceuticals has harmed so many more people over the years. How many people hate them? And no one will judge them. The government and the police will help them.”

"If it weren't for Master Chika, they would probably continue to act arrogantly in Japan. Those who have been hurt by them will only continue to be hurt by them, and they will go on to hurt even more people."

"Only death can change such people."

At this point, Matsue Misa clutched her chest: "So I've decided that from now on I'll follow Master Chika and work with her to eliminate those evil people who harm others without any remorse!"

In this world, some people will tear someone else's umbrella after getting caught in the rain, while others will want to hold an umbrella for someone else.

With Chikara's help, Matsue Misa has achieved her revenge, and now she wants to help others take theirs.

Li Xin nodded slightly after hearing Matsue Misa's words, and then said, "Although your idea is good, I still have to remind you that the path of a curse master is not easy."

Cursing is a form of magic that harms both the user and the victim. When someone curses another, they also bear the resentment of the deceased. This resentment transforms into karmic energy that attaches to the curser, requiring constant practice to eliminate.

Of course, some curse masters transfer their karma to other living beings, but Chika is a legitimate curse master and would not do such a thing. Moreover, she needed to accumulate karma to kill Yanshan, so she would be even less likely to do so.

Matsue Misa nodded and said, "I understand, so I will follow Master Chikaro and cultivate diligently."

"Then I wish you all the best in your careers."

Li Xin said with a smile.

After lingering with Qian Jialuo for a while, Li Xin changed his mind and flew off to other places.

At the Fire Cloud Shrine, the old shrine maiden, who was dozing off, suddenly sensed something, unleashed her spiritual power, and said coldly, "Who!"

Li Xin felt an overwhelming surge of spiritual power pressing down on him, which startled him. He hadn't felt anything when he had a physical body, but when he faced the old witch in his primordial spirit form, he realized just how powerful and surging the old witch's spiritual power was.

"Senior Shrine Maiden, it's me, Shin."

Li Xin said to the old witch.

The old witch carefully examined the illusory figure before her, and after discerning its features, she said, "It really is Ashin..."

She did not readily believe Li Xin based on his words, but carefully examined Li Xin's primordial spirit. Only after sensing Li Xin's soul aura did she confirm that it was indeed Li Xin.

Li Xin explained his cultivation of the primordial spirit to the old witch. After listening, the old witch couldn't help but say, "How can you do something so reckless! The human soul is so fragile. Even if a spiritual cultivator wants to separate their soul from their body, they need to undergo a lot of cultivation. When the soul goes out to travel, it needs to go through multiple rounds of transformation, such as 'yin spirit' and 'yang spirit'. You went out directly with your soul body. It's lucky it's nighttime, otherwise you would have been in big trouble!"

After being scolded, Li Xin scratched his head and said, "But Senior Shrine Maiden, this wasn't written in the notes you gave me before!"

The old witch had lent Li Xin her notes of observations and experiences, and Li Xin had memorized them thoroughly, but he had never seen anything about astral projection in them.

The old witch paused, then shook her head: "This is my fault..."

The main reason is that spiritual practitioners generally don't dare to let their soul leave their body easily. This is the most basic thing, and she naturally wouldn't write such a basic thing in her notes.

The old witch carefully examined Li Xin's primordial spirit and shook her head slightly: "Your primordial spirit... doesn't resemble a 'yin spirit,' but it does have some resemblance to a 'yang spirit.' However, if it were a 'yang spirit,' it should be able to function like a physical entity. Your illusory form is a far cry from a 'yang spirit,' which truly baffles me... But it's not surprising. Condensing a 'yang spirit' is a gradual method refined in later generations. Your method of condensing a primordial spirit was probably created by an ancient sorcerer, and it's quite different from modern methods."

Li Xin already knew the true nature of the "Supreme Skill of Heaven and Earth," and he quite agreed with the old witch's guess.

The "Supreme Skill of Heaven and Earth" only mentions that the unity of "essence, qi, and spirit" can condense the primordial spirit. As for the process? There is no process at all. It is as if it mentions it once and the "essence, qi, and spirit" should condense on their own without any effort.

There's no process involved, so naturally there are even fewer things to be aware of after condensing the primordial spirit. It's as if once the primordial spirit is formed, one can directly ascend to the heavens to be baptized by the thunder of the nine heavens and descend to the earth to be tempered by the fire of the nine netherworlds.

If Li Xin hadn't come to the old witch first, and hadn't taken a trip to Tokyo to get used to the way the primordial spirit moves before going to heaven, he probably would have suffered a great loss.

The old witch thought for a moment and said to Li Xin, "I haven't really thanked you for the pill you gave me before. Now that you're here, I can teach you some methods to train your soul, which may help you strengthen your primordial spirit."

The "Heavenly Snow Lotus Pill" that Li Xin gave her before was enough to extend the old witch's life by ten years, which fulfilled the boast she had made back then.

The old witch never liked receiving favors, and Li Xin was no exception, being the old drunkard's disciple. However, given Li Xin's current strength, there was little she could do to help. Now that Li Xin needed to train his primordial spirit, which happened to be her area of ​​expertise, she could lend a hand.

"Thank you, shrine maiden!"

Li Xin expressed his gratitude.

After learning the method of soul training from the old witch, Li Xin took his leave and wandered around for a while. Li Xin's primordial spirit felt faintly tired. He understood that although the primordial spirit could act independently of the physical body, this was also time-limited. The physical body was still the foundation of a person and could not be abandoned.

Just as Li Xin was about to return, a strange feeling suddenly arose in his heart.

Li Xin had felt this way before, when he discovered that Ayane was preparing a "birthday present" for him.

Li Xin guessed that this was probably because he was now in a primordial spirit state, and his sixth sense had been strengthened, allowing him to sense things related to himself.

With a thought, his primordial spirit flew towards the direction he sensed, and in an instant, it had already flown a thousand miles away, which surprised Li Xin.

It seems that we still need to spend more effort to explore the mysteries of the primordial spirit!

Li Xin's primordial spirit flew to a peninsula. Just as he was wondering what was here that was related to him, a dragon's roar rang in his ears.

Above the peninsula, a golden spirit beast with a dragon's head and a horse's body galloped through the clouds, leaving a golden glow in the night sky (only Li Xin could see it). Noticing Li Xin's presence, the golden spirit beast roared at him. Li Xin came to his senses and suddenly found himself back in his room, his body covered in cold sweat.

What is that? A dragon? A horse? Or... a dragon-horse?

Chapter 773 Sacred Relic

His spirit returned to the agency, and using his memories, Li Xin quickly sketched out the general outline of the peninsula after waking up.

Li Xin's idea was simple: his primordial spirit wouldn't sense something for no reason; there must be something in that place that was very important to him or that could be of great help to him.

The golden spirit beast was no ordinary creature either. Although he was unable to use any of his skills in his primordial spirit state, the golden spirit beast simply roared and sent his primordial spirit flying. Such power was probably even greater than that of the "Tiger Soul" sword spirit and the Buddhist weapon spirit.

(Tiger Soul Blade Spirit: You dare to feed Tiger Lord your crap!)

In his primordial spirit state, Li Xin could travel a thousand miles in an instant. In the blink of an eye, he was above the peninsula. Not to mention knowing the way, he didn't even know how he got there or how far that place was from Tokyo, let alone the location of the peninsula.

No problem. After drawing the general outline of the peninsula, Li Xin took out his cell phone and took a picture of the drawing (Xiao Ai's modified phone has a camera function). He then sent the photo to "Noah" and asked "Noah" to help investigate where the peninsula was.

Noah quickly sent a message after receiving Li Xin's photo: "Shimabara Peninsula".

Fearing that Li Xin might not be familiar with the Shimabara Peninsula, "Noah" thoughtfully sent him information about the Shimabara Peninsula.

"In Nagasaki? It's not far."

Li Xin murmured.

The next day, Li Xin told everyone in the agency, "I have to go to Nagasaki for some business. I'll be back in a few days."

Before anyone else could say anything, Angel immediately asked, "Uncle, are you going to do something dangerous again?"

Although the others didn't say it so bluntly, they all told Li Xin to rest for a few days and not to run around for the time being.

Li Xin had only been awake from his coma for a few days, and everyone was already a bit overwhelmed by his outing. Not to mention, everyone knew that Li Xin's physical condition was not good and he needed to recuperate, so how could he be running around like that!

Li Xin smiled wryly and said, "No, I'm not going to do anything dangerous, I'm just going to find something."

What are you looking for?

Angel asked.

"Hmm... I don't know, but it should be something that can help me."

Li Xin shook his head.

He was preparing to find something related to the golden spirit beast.

Spirit beasts, being spiritual entities, generally need to rely on some kind of object to exist, and the golden spirit beast is likely no exception. However, Li Xin couldn't say for sure what the golden spirit beast relied on, but he could vaguely guess that it was very helpful to him at the moment.

Since I'm just killing time anyway, I might as well try my luck at the Shimabara Peninsula. Who knows, I might just stumble upon some amazing adventure.

Li Xin is in such a hurry to recover his strength because the "KOF" tournament is only a few days away.

With Li Xin's current strength, he was alright in the previous tournament, but in this tournament, not to mention the other experts among the new participants, among the contestants from the previous tournament, Kyo Kusanagi has become an extraordinary powerhouse, as has Akuma. With his current strength, he can't sweep the competition.

Moreover, Li Xin had a premonition that this competition would likely encounter many complications, just like the previous one. Without sufficient strength to maintain order, Li Xin was worried.

"Uncle, that's not very sincere of you."

Angel shook her head, dissatisfied with Li Xin's reasoning.

She also said that the latest game cartridges are helping her grades, but I haven't seen anyone buy them for her!

Mao Lixia also said, "Ah Xin, what are you looking for? Is it in a hurry? If it's not urgent, you should wait until you've recovered a bit before you go, or I can go find it for you."

If Li Xin were still in his peak condition before his duel with Wu Ji, she wouldn't say much about him going out. But now that Li Xin's power has been greatly diminished, even though he still has the strength to be considered above average among extraordinary experts, Mao Lixia can't help but worry.

"I told you I was just looking for something, not doing anything dangerous..."

Li Xin said helplessly.

The reason he was roared away by the golden spirit beast was because he was in his primordial spirit state. But if he had gone in his physical body, Li Xin would have had a hundred ways to teach that golden spirit beast a lesson. No, I mean, to make it a spirit beast.

"I don't believe you, unless you take us with you!"

Angel egged them on again.

Li Xin realized what was going on and looked at Angel: "Angel, tell me, do you just want to go out with me?"

"Whee!"