Tokyo: My Hundred Ghosts Scroll

Chapter 25 The Spirit Fox and the Demon Fox

A week later, in the early spring, it was drizzling, but fortunately, the temperature was getting warmer, so Gu Yun's little hand holding the umbrella was only slightly cool.

The two figures walked on the flying stones in the courtyard, and the mother told Nao Hayasaka again and again to take good care of Gu Yun.

"Two beautiful elder sisters, can you hurry up?"

Gu Yun stood behind the gate, quite speechless to the two women: "I've said it many times, I won't run away with the old man, you have to believe me."

In this way, under the nagging of his mother, Nao Hayasaka took Gu Yun into the car and headed to the countryside.

"I'm going to meet that old Mr. Iijima," Nao Hayasaka said, "I'm a little nervous."

"It's okay, Nao-san."

Gu Yun said: "Grandpa is a writer, you can just call him Mr. Iijima."

"Will this be too rude?"

The other party is Iijima Ring's father, and the Iijima family has no male relatives.

In this way, the Iijima snail is the longest Iijima family that Hayasaka Nao can think of.

Such a highly respected person must have accumulated power for a long time.

"Haha."

Gu Yun smiled and said, "Stay for a long time, don't stay for a long time."

"The old man is not the stubborn old man you think, he is very talkative."

"Yes, is it..."

So, amid Hayasaka Nao's worries, the car drove from Tokyo to the county town where Iijima's hometown is located, and grandpa also waited in advance in front of the woods outside the old house, and waved when he saw the car coming.

"Grandpa~~"

"Xiao Guyun."

Holding Gu Yun's hand, the old man sensed the spiritual power on his body at the same time, and exclaimed, "It's really amazing. I haven't seen you for a few days, and my spiritual power has increased so much."

"The current Gu Yun, even if he doesn't borrow the power of the shikigami, he can still try to fight the lower-level demons."

"Where, it hasn't reached that level yet."

Gu Yun is aware of his situation. Although his spiritual power is close to that of a lower level, but in real battles, both level and experience are indispensable.

The enemy will not be stupid, waiting for him to cast various spells.

"That's why Shikigami is needed."

Grandpa wasn't trying to encourage Gu Yun to fight the demons one-on-one, but to tell him that as a warlock, it's king to put Shikigami in front and them to attack from behind.

It's too stupid to want to use human flesh and blood to go head-to-head with monsters.

"Mr. Iijima."

"you are?"

Grandpa looked at the girl who came to Gu Yun after parking the car.

"This is Miss Nao."

"Hayasaka Nao, the maid of the Iijima family."

Hayasaka Nao introduced herself to her grandfather: "Madam is worried about the young master going out alone, so..."

"Ah, I understand I understand."

Grandpa didn't underestimate the other party because of his status. After all, the Iijima family in Iijima Ring and his Iijima family are two completely different worlds.

Just because my mother is rich doesn't mean my grandpa is rich.

A mere horror novelist, even if Grandpa is not a poor man, he doesn't have much money.

Of course, if he wanted to, he would just open his mouth and his mother would send the money.

But grandpa, how can he use the hard-earned money of his children.

Seeing the children growing up healthily and getting better and better, he was already satisfied.

"Xiao Guyun is now the eldest son of a rich family."

Touching Gu Yun's head, Grandpa laughed out loud, he really found it funny.

Young master or something, it feels like something from a novel, I never thought that my family could produce one.

"However, Xiaohuan is still the same, ha, it's okay, it's okay."

The old man naturally understood the purpose of Iijima Ring sending the girl over, he smiled kindly and said, "Then you can go with us too."

"Thank you for your understanding."

As Gu Yun said, Grandpa is a very gentle elder.

The three of them had lunch at the Iijima old house, then packed up their things and set off for their destination.

They will live in another city for two days this time.

And in order to prevent Gu Yun from coming back in time, his mother has already asked for a day off for him, and it's okay if he doesn't go back on Monday.

From this point of view, even though mother and grandpa were at odds, it was not without discussion.

"So where are we going and what are we going to do this time, Grandpa?"

Nao Hayasaka continued to drive in front, while the grandpa and grandson sat in the back seat. They were going to the station in the county town, and then they needed to take a tram to a farther place.

"Um…"

Grandpa thought for a while and said, "The place is called Meizuchuan."

"That is to take the Kitayoshikawa Line."

Hayasaka Nao suddenly spoke, which surprised Grandpa: "Xiao Nao has been to that place?"

"No, but I know."

Nao Hayasaka's next words stunned both grandpa and grandson: "I memorized all the sites on the map. Mizugawa should be a relatively remote rural village."

"..."

After a while of silence, Grandpa exaggerated without knowing it: "Xiao Nao is really amazing."

"Yes, the place we are going to is precisely Mizugawa Village."

Grandpa explained to Gu Yun: "This time, it's actually an invitation from an old friend to help strengthen the sealing barrier."

"Sealing enchantment?"

Gu Yun asked, and Hayasaka Nao was also very curious.

She was in contact with the supernatural world for the first time, but she still had basic judgment ability. For example, if the sealing barrier was used, it must be suppressing something.

"demon?"

Gu Yun asked Nao Hayasaka's question, but Grandpa shook his head and said, "It's not a demon, it's a spirit fox."

"Spirit fox!"

Beside Gu Yun, the figure of the three-tailed fox suddenly appeared, which startled him.

"Ms. Fox, before you come out, let me speak first."

Gu Yun asked: "Do you know Linghu?"

"Of course!"

Three-tailed fox seemed a little excited, she looked at grandpa, who chuckled and said, "Miss three-tailed fox, should she belong to a fox demon?"

Both the spirit fox and the fox demon are monsters transformed from foxes, but there is an essential difference between the two.

How should I put it, it's like the same person, one was admitted to Tsinghua University and Peking University, and then reached the pinnacle of life.

The other chose Haitian Shengyan. Although he also made a lot of money, the chain of contempt in it was clear at a glance.

"I've never seen a fox before."

The three-tailed fox was extremely curious about that same kind.

"So, what is a spirit fox?"

Hayasaka Nao is not a member of the circle, so she is not very clear about the concept of spirit fox and demon fox.

"To put it simply, the demon fox, like Miss Sanweihu, uses demon power."

"What Linghu uses is spiritual power."

Spiritual power is also called pure power, while demon power is polluted spiritual power with attributes.

"Spiritual power can be used as a medium for any spell to transform the five elements, while demonic power can only be manifested in its own attributes. Fire is fire, water is water, and cannot be transformed into each other."

Just like the three-tailed fox, her monster power attribute is biased toward the fire element, so in the water, her combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced.

"I thought that Linghu was a noble among fox demons, so it is so."

"Xiao Nao is actually not wrong to say that."

Grandpa explained: "Spirit foxes are extremely rare. In ancient times, people would even enshrine them and regard them as gods."

The most famous spirit fox should be the Inari god in Japanese legend.

The Inari god here is not the god of food and drink, but a sub-god derived from the god of the Yuga, so in Japan, the spirit fox that blesses agriculture and commerce is often called the god of Inari.

"In terms of levels, demon foxes use the number of fox tails to distinguish between strong and weak. The weakest is one tail, and the strongest is nine tails."

"Ah, I know that."

Nao Hayasaka: "In front of Tamamo is the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox."

"Master Tamamo, something is different."

Three-tailed fox explained: "The demon fox needs at least 400 years of cultivation to become a nine-tailed fox, and this is the limit of the demon fox."

"In my case, my cultivation base is only over 800 years old, so I only have a three-tailed body."

Gu Yun is not too clear about the training time of the three-tailed fox. He asked, "The spirit fox has also cultivated a fox tail in 300 years, and then distinguishes the strong from the weak according to the number of tails?"

"Linghu's training system is different from Yaohu's.

The three-tailed fox shook his head and said, "Because of human offerings and the power of faith, it's easy for Linghu to become nine-tailed."

"From the beginning of practice, after 800 years of penance, the holy spirit fox can cultivate the body of nine tails."

"They will not do evil, but will use their power to protect the peace of one side."

In fact, Sanweihu admires Linghu very much. As a monster, she also yearns for divinity and godhead, and is worshiped by the world.

"The fighting power of the nine-tailed spirit fox is not strong, it is equivalent to the three tails of the demon fox."

At this time, if the spirit foxes continue to practice, their tails will no longer increase, but will begin to decrease.

"In another 800 years, the nine-tailed fox will become a sky fox."

During this process, as the tail of the nine-tailed fox decreases, its own strength will become weaker and weaker.

Just like a catastrophe, only by getting over it can he become the body of the Sky Fox.

Therefore, in order to be safe, most of the nine-tailed foxes will choose to sign contracts with humans and be enshrined by them.

Then use spiritual power to bless the people of one side to live and work in peace and contentment, and to have a good harvest.

"In another 500 years, the sky fox will lose its tail and completely transform into a human form," said the three-tailed fox enviously. "It is said that the empty fox evolved from the sky fox is no different from a real god."

"Eight hundred plus eight hundred, then fifteen hundred."

Hayasaka Nao said with emotion: "The spirit fox needs to practice for 100 [-] years to become a god."

"Well, so the empty fox is very powerful."

Even for the three-tailed fox who is a monster, the empty fox is a legendary existence: "800 years ago, the spirit fox and the demon fox were equal in strength. After 800 years, the demon fox continued to become stronger, while the spirit fox became weaker and weaker." .”

"When it comes to the realm of the sky fox, the six-tailed demon fox, which has also been cultivated for 600 years, is no longer comparable."

It can be said that for the same training time, the sky fox is better than the demon fox.

And in the realm of the empty fox, perhaps only Yuzao, the most special of the nine-tailed demon foxes, can defeat them.

As the three-tailed fox said, there are two kinds of nine-tailed foxes, one is called Yuzaoqian, and the other is called other nine-tailed foxes.

(End of this chapter)