I just wanted to cultivate immortality, but I was forced to open a harem

With a "snap" sound, Lin Hezhen snapped his fingers.

The white cloth was lifted up, revealing the things wrapped inside.

It turned out to be a skull!

"Boring, such an old trick." Lin Hezhen yawned.

"Click."

Cracks appeared on the skull, and then the cracks grew larger and larger, spreading all over it like a spider web.

With a "pop" sound, the skull exploded into pieces.

At the same time, large cracks appeared on the monster's body. Its body suddenly caught fire. A fierce burning sensation instantly burned its entire body to ashes, and finally turned it into ashes and dissipated with the wind.

The majestic demonic energy then spread out in all directions, and gusts of demonic wind blew the dead leaves on the ground into various places.

Yotsuya Miko was surprised to find that the same flame was burning on her body.

The fire was not burning at all. After being burned by it, Jianzi felt a lot more relaxed, as if some filth wrapped around his body had been removed and he was free all of a sudden.

"Could it be the so-called 'promise' I made with the fox demon when I prayed to it before?" Jianzi guessed.

A strong wind carrying evil spirits swept out from the torii gate. Yotsuya Miko braved the strong wind and stretched her head to see what was happening inside the shrine.

I saw Lin Hezhen walking out of the shrine.

At the entrance of the shrine, the fox demon who helped him prostrated himself on the ground and bowed to him.

"Poor soul enslaved by monsters, you are free now, go where you should go." There was a hint of imperceptible pity in Lin Hezhen's calm tone.

As the wind blew, the fox demon's figure became fainter and fainter, and finally turned into a ball of light. Together with other balls of light that rushed out of the monsters' bodies, it flew into the sky until it completely disappeared.

"Are these all souls that have been devoured and enslaved by monsters?" Yotsuya Kenko vaguely guessed the truth and asked in shock.

"That's right." Lin Hezhen nodded and walked towards the main hall of the shrine.

"Now comes the problem."

"The monster lives deep inside the shrine, and it doesn't look like it will easily go outside the barrier. So who posted it everywhere to attract people to come and worship the 'mountain god'?"

"Also, that ugly monster whose main body is a bell, is covered with fox skin, disguised as a fox fairy or Inari god. Where did its skin come from?"

"If I'm not mistaken, although the arrangement here includes a shrine, amulets, and shimenawa, its purpose is not to suppress or seal the monster, but to gather evil spirits for it and cultivate this monster with all efforts. So who is the author of this monster culture dish?"

"There are actually people in this world who are cultivating monsters?!" Yotsuya Miko heard this with horror.

Driven by curiosity, she followed Lin Hezhen into the shrine.

Lin Hezhen spread out his right palm upwards, and suddenly a long hair flew out from the pile of ashes on the ground and flew straight into Lin Hezhen's hand.

Yotsuya Kenko looked intently and saw that the hair was golden, thin, soft and shiny.

"Could it be the hair of some foreign woman?" Jianzi asked doubtfully.

Before she could figure it out, in a trance, she felt that this hair exuded a fascinating charm, as if it had infinite magic power, constantly attracting her and wanting to take it for herself...

"Wake up!" Lin Hezhen slapped her shoulder heavily with his left hand.

Yotsuya Miko came back to her senses as if from a dream, and she realized that she had reached out her hand to grab the hair without her knowing, with the fingertips of her right hand less than a centimeter away from it.

"Ah, what's up with this hair? It's so weird!"

Yotsuya Kenko retracted his hand as if burned, turned his head away and dared not look any closer.

Lin Hezhen didn't seem to be confused by the hair at all. He felt the familiar scent on it and smiled with understanding.

"This is not human hair, it's the hair from the tail of a white-faced, golden-haired nine-tailed fox." Lin Hezhen explained.

"A white-faced, golden-haired nine-tailed fox? Isn't that the legendary Tamamonomae?" Yotsuya Miko covered her mouth in surprise.

"Yes, that's the guy you call Tamamonomae."

"But isn't she a character in mythology?" A sense of absurdity emerged in Yotsuya Miko's heart, and she was as shocked as when she first saw the monsters.

Lin Hezhen turned around and said to her meaningfully: "Don't you understand yet? The myth has already arrived."

“This is the best of times, it is the worst of times; this is the age of science and technology, it is the age of transcendence; people have everything before them, they have nothing before them; people are on the road to heaven, they are heading towards the gates of hell.”

"Anyway, welcome to the world of spiritual resurgence."

Chapter 193 You are the destined one

“Spiritual energy is reviving…” Yotsuya Kenko pondered this sentence, feeling as if he understood it but not quite.

Lin Hezhen looked at the golden hair in his hand, feeling the familiar scent on it, and smiled slightly: "I finally caught your fox tail."

Since that great war, Smith of the "Cult of All Things" and the great monster Tamamonomae have been missing.

Lin Hezhen speculated with his spiritual sense that the two men should still be lurking somewhere on the island, secretly plotting some conspiracy.

The magic weapon that can control people's hearts - the Zhenjing Jinjing - might be in their control.

The incident in which I exchanged bodies with Kaguya Shinomiya might have something to do with them.

But no matter what they are planning, the mystery will be revealed one day.

Don't worry, just play with them.

Anyway, Hayashi Kazuma is now invincible in the island country, and he has cast powerful protective spells on Murakami Maki, Sakurajima Mai, Yukinoshita Yukino, Kato Megumi, Shinomiya Kaguya and even Hayasaka Ai, so no accidents will happen again.

"Let's go, now that we're done here, let's go back." Lin Hezhen put away the hair and called Yotsuya Miko to go down the mountain.

"Do we not need to worry about this place anymore?" Jianzi hurriedly followed.

Lin Hezhen explained without looking back: "Of course, without the monsters we raise, this barrier will soon disappear on its own."

"Mr. Lin was so amazing just now. How did you achieve that?" Yotsuya Miko blinked curiously.

"Let me think about it." Lin Hezhen touched his chin and a sly smile appeared on his lips.

"As long as you do 100 push-ups, 100 sit-ups, and 100 squats every day, plus a 10-kilometer long-distance run. And in order to hone your willpower, you can't turn on the air conditioner in summer or winter. If you persist in this way for three years, you will become strong."

"Huh? We can't turn on the air conditioner in summer? What kind of devilish training method is this!" Yotsuya Miko couldn't help but scream.

"What's the point?"

"Is this really the amount of exercise a human can sustain?" Yotsuya Miko expressed her doubts.

"Of course, many people have already done so, and it is guaranteed to be true and effective," Lin Hezhen said confidently.

"Although it was extremely painful at the beginning and I wanted to take a day off, I wanted to become a powerful hero. No matter how painful it was, I had to persist in training every day until I vomited blood."

"Keep squatting even if your legs are too heavy to move, and keep doing push-ups even if your arms are cracking. After a year and a half, you will notice a difference in your body."

"So, what's the price?" Yotsuya Kenko asked unmoved.

"The only price is probably going bald."

Yotsuya Miko touched her long hair and couldn't help shuddering.

"Forget it, then." She shook her head decisively.

Lin Hezhen pretended to be serious and said, "You can't say that. Think about it, you are bald, but you are also stronger. Isn't this a good thing? You should train yourself to death with the spirit of not caring about being bald and risking your beautiful hair. This is the only secret to becoming strong!"

Yotsuya Miko waved her hands repeatedly: "No, no, no, I'd better just lie down. Being strong is not suitable for me."

"Ah, that's such a pity." Lin Hezhen shrugged regretfully.

……

About an hour passed after the two of them went down the mountain.

A woman with silver hair, wearing a golden dress, and bare feet came riding on a cloud.

She had a pair of fox ears on her head, nine big furry tails showing under her skirt, an almond face, rosy cheeks, picturesque eyebrows, and a breathtaking beauty.

She had pure features and a holy temperament, but that purity was mixed with a hint of charm. Her pair of obsidian eyes seemed to be able to speak, and her tender gaze seemed to be able to absorb people's souls.

The visitor was none other than the famous monster from the island country - Tamamonomae.

She landed inside the shrine and frowned secretly at the devastated scene.

"Are we late? I wonder how that Heavenly Monk knew this place?"

Tamamonomae walked into the half-collapsed shrine hall and saw the skull shattered into pieces, shaking her head slightly.

"The hair I left here was taken away. It seems that I have to be more secretive when cultivating monsters in the future. It is best to avoid Dongdu and nearby areas."

Tamamonomae turned around and was about to leave, but as soon as she stepped out of the shrine gate, she looked up at the sky as if she had realized something.

"Hahaha, you slutty fox, it looks like your men have provoked someone they shouldn't have."

A hearty laugh was heard, and a big monster with the appearance of a handsome boy, Shuten-doji, came riding on a black wind.

"What are you here for?"

Tamamonomae swung the Nine-Tail and made some hand gestures, showing that he was ready for the battle.

"Wait, I'm not here to fight you."

Shuten-doji landed on the ruins of the shrine and raised his hands to show his sincerity.

"If you're not here to fight, then what are you doing here?"

Tamamonomae remained very wary of this old enemy that had been hostile to her for hundreds of years.

"Actually, I'm here to seek cooperation with you." Shuten-doji said with a smile.

Tamamonomae raised his eyebrows: "Cooperation? Have you made up your mind to join us?"

Shuten-doji shook his head gently: "Join you? No, no, no, I just want to cooperate with you, not be a running dog for the royal Onmyoji. Tamamonomae, you are also a famous demon for a long time, are you willing to be a slave to humans for the rest of your life? This is not like the cunning fox I know."

Tamamonomae frowned and said, "What else can we do? The demon race has suffered serious casualties during the thousand-year spiritual energy shortage period. The number of demons above the Qi training stage is far less than that of human cultivators. If the demon race continues to fight against humans, they will only die."

"You must have set up these barriers everywhere to cultivate new monster blood, as a monster breeding dish." Shuten Douji said with sudden enlightenment.

Tamamonomae nodded: "Of course, this is one of the conditions for me to serve the human monks."

"I see. No wonder this place is so close to East City, but no Onmyoji has ever come to clear it out. It turns out that you are an organized monster, unlike us little monsters in the wild." Shuten-doji said self-deprecatingly.

Tamamonomae nodded and said, "That's right, so my plan is to slowly expand the power of the demon race under the wings of human cultivators. Now that spiritual energy has revived, there are more and more new demon races, and they can cultivate faster. I'm afraid it won't take a few hundred years for us to achieve the grand occasion of the night parade of a hundred demons."

"Realize the grand occasion of the Night Parade of a Hundred Demons? Hahaha, Tamamonomae, you are dreaming too much." Shuten-doji laughed.

"There is a saying among humans: 'You cannot allow others to sleep soundly beside your bed.' They are allowing you to grow stronger now because the demon race is too weak. If you become stronger, you can serve them better."

"But once the demons become powerful enough to threaten humans, they will turn around and attack you."

"If you continue to obey humans, the demon race will never be able to truly revive. The only fate that awaits you is 'the cunning rabbit dies, the running dog is cooked'."

After hearing this, Tamamonomae remained silent.

How could she, a thousand-year-old fox, not understand such a simple truth? She just had no choice.

"Then what do you think?"

Tamamonomae thought it would be a good idea to hear what this old rival had in mind.

Shuten Douji said solemnly: "The biggest weakness of our demon race right now is our small numbers, especially the lack of mid-level combat power."

"It's not as easy for demons to be born as it is for humans. They have a longer lifespan, but their cultivation progress is also slower, so it's not easy to break through. But the good thing is that as long as demons have their spiritual intelligence awakened, they will naturally be able to practice breathing, and there are no so-called spiritual root restrictions."

"Therefore, as long as humans grasp the timing and sweep out the low-level demon tribe every few decades, they can cut off the demon tribe's path to revival."

Tamamonomae sighed, "What can I do?"

Shuten-doji grinned: "The solution is very simple. I have made a detailed plan. It is guaranteed to be a sure thing."

"Oh? The problem that the demon clan has been unable to solve for thousands of years can be easily solved in your eyes. Then why didn't you take action at the beginning, but hid under Mount Fugaku in disgrace?" Tamamonomae sneered.

Shuten-doji's old face turned red. "It's a different time now. In the past, there was a lack of spiritual energy, so I really couldn't do anything. But now that spiritual energy has revived, the situation is different. Many things that were impossible before are no longer a problem now."

Tamamonomae snorted lightly: "Alright, then I'd like to hear what you mean by a way out of this impasse. If it's really feasible, it's not impossible for me to join you."

"The human Onmyoji?"

"I'm just cooperating with them temporarily. If there are better partners, why should I still follow them?" Tamamonomae said disdainfully.

Shuten-doji couldn't help but applaud her: "As expected of you, vixen. Conspiracy and betrayal are as natural to you as breathing."

Tamamonomae said nonchalantly, "Humans are wary of me in many ways, and you still expect me to be loyal? You want the horse to run fast, but you also want the horse not to eat grass. How can such a good thing be possible? I am a demon king after all, and I have to consider my subordinates. I will go wherever it is beneficial for me to strengthen my strength."

"Yes, this is the Tamamonomae I know." Shuten-doji gave a thumbs up.

Tamamonomae rolled her eyes at him and said, "Stop talking nonsense and keep us in suspense. Tell me quickly. What is your plan to revive the demon race?"