Tokyo: My Hundred Ghosts Scroll

Chapter 4 The Stone of Inspiration
"Don't worry, little one."

The snail smiled and said, "This world is so big, maybe at some point, a witch who can heal you will appear."

"Ok!"

Xiaobai's mind is like a child's.

After being encouraged by Snail and Gu Yun, he quickly regained his vitality.

【Discover new shikigami clues】

【Suzuka Gozen Awakening Quest Open】

"Ok?"

Gu Yun found that the picture scroll exuded a golden light, and after opening it, he saw brand new text.

"Suzuka Gozen?"

On the picture scroll, the originally pitch-black figure turned gray-white, and the opponent's figure could already be seen clearly.

"Isn't Shikigami summoned by drawing cards, but by completing pre-quests?"

"Xiaobai will go crazy after being demonized. Is it because I didn't complete the task and forced to wake him up?"

Gu Yun only has one shikigami now, so it is not clear whether his guess is correct for the time being.

"Open the mission of Suzuka Gozen."

Gu Yun muttered in his heart, and then words appeared on the scroll again.

【Suzuka Gozen】

Task: Contact five dragon-shaped monsters and gods to wake up completely
Completed: 1/5
"Contact five dragons?"

Qing Lan's appearance is that of a dragon, and Gu Yun guessed that this task was probably awakened in this way.

However, this task is obviously difficult to complete in a short period of time.

"At least I know how to summon the shikigami in the picture scroll."

Gu Yun stopped thinking about it, but focused on his grandfather.

He has a shikigami picture scroll, and he will almost certainly embark on the path of a warlock in the future.

Gu Yun does not reject such a life.

Travel with all kinds of ghosts, travel between this world and the other side, and fight wits and courage with all kinds of ghosts and ghosts.

Gu Yun couldn't wish for such a wonderful life.

"Go and rest."

"Starting tomorrow, grandpa will come to teach you spells formally."

Gu Yun nodded and walked into the courtyard.

Iijima's house is very large, with many empty rooms.

Seeing the two come back, the mother was very worried, and couldn't help but began to lose her temper with her father again, criticizing the snail again and again.

Mother's character is not like this.

She is very gentle to Gu Yun, and in front of outsiders, she is like a strong woman like a flower of Gaoling.

But whenever the safety of his own children was involved, Iijima couldn't calm down at all.

"what?!"

"You want Xiao Guyun to stay here and learn spells with you? Are you kidding me!"

Hearing that Gu Yun wanted to learn magic from his grandfather and had to live in the old house in Iijima, his mother immediately refused: "Do you want this child to be like me, from elementary school to high school, to be a freak in the eyes of others?" ?"

"This, this is also for Xiao Guyun, Huan."

However, what Grandpa said is correct, blindly avoiding is not the solution to the problem.

Iijima Huan took the next best thing, she could accept Gu Yun to learn spells, but Gu Yun definitely couldn't become a warlock.

Their family is so rich, Gu Yun can easily become a master.

In Iijima Huan's plan for Gu Yun, he will attend a private noble school and then be admitted to Dongdae University.

After graduating, she directly inherited her company and group, and then married a lady from a famous family who was also from a famous family.

In short, Huan Iijima will never allow Gu Yun to disappear inexplicably like his younger brother, leaving no bones left!

"Smelly old man?"

"I promise, I promise!"

Grandpa was threatened by his daughter's gaze, he waved his hands again and again, and said with a wry smile: "Trust me a little, Xiaohuan."

Grandpa is also very sad about the youngest son.

He didn't perfunctory Iijima, and he really wouldn't force Gu Yun to inherit his mantle.

But just like what he and his mother said, those who learn to drive are not necessarily drivers, and being able to cook does not mean that they want to be chefs.

Children learn some spells, so they don't overwhelm themselves with too many skills.

"Take it as a hobby, okay, Xiaohuan?"

The grandfather smiled apologetically and began to say good things to his daughter: "Look at other grandparents, whenever their lovely grandchildren come to play in the country, they will teach them something, right?"

"Well, I'm not very good at carpentry and fishing, so I can only teach him some useless spells."

Seeing that grandpa had all the good words, and his tone was extremely humble, mother sighed helplessly, and reluctantly agreed.

"Don't worry, Mom."

Gu Yun also promised: "When the spring break is over, I will go back to Tokyo to study."

With the help of the memory of his previous life, before the Japanese bubble burst, Gu Yun asked his mother to sell the real estate under his name, thus obtaining a large amount of working capital.

Because of this, mother's company not only did not go bankrupt due to the economic crisis, but took this opportunity to rise to the sky in one step.

It can be said that in Iijima's mind, his son is a business genius.

At such a young age, he has such a long-term and sharp vision.

How could such a genius be a humble horror writer like her father.

"You can't go back on your word."

The mother touched Gu Yun's head, her eyes were full of reluctance: "A lying child will swallow a thousand needles."

Gu Yun couldn't laugh or cry, he really didn't know who was the child between the mother and the child.

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The next day, my mother left Iijima's old house because of company business.

It's March, spring break in Japan.

The spring break time is generally from March to April, not a whole month.

But it's only early March, so for Gu Yun, he has nearly a month to learn spells from his grandfather.

"With Huan not around, will Xiao Guyun feel lonely?"

"This is..."

Knowing that there are demons and ghosts in this world, Gu Yun naturally prefers spells to reading.

However, Gu Yun, who was an orphan in his previous life, was particularly concerned about the family and affection he had finally obtained, so he didn't want to embarrass his mother.

"Absolutely not."

This is the truth, but when it comes to monsters, Iijima will become extremely capricious.

On the contrary, it is the life of ordinary people. My mother is very tolerant of Gu Yun and never asks Gu Yun for anything.

As long as the child can be happy and happy, Iijima will be satisfied.

"I'm relieved that my mother is not around."

"Ha ha ha ha."

Grandpa laughed loudly: "If Xiaohuan knew, she would definitely say that I led you into trouble."

"Don't worry, grandpa, I won't tell mom."

After contact, Gu Yun found that Snail is not a serious character.

The old man is a lovely old man, the kind who can easily get along with children.

"Okay, now I will teach Xiao Gu Yun the first spell."

Grandpa called Gu Yun to the study room, and picked up a stack of things from it.

"Do you know what this is?"

"Water, and salt?"

"Correct."

Grandpa smiled and put two small plates on the ground, poured water into one plate, and put a pile of salt on the other.

"Forehead…"

Gu Yun was slightly taken aback, and asked, "That's it?"

"Is not it simple?"

It's not very simple, but Gu Yun can't figure out why he can set up a barrier by doing this.

He looked at Xiaobai and found that the latter was not affected at all.

"Master, an enchantment has risen in the house."

Xiaobai sniffed the air, and found an invisible barrier rising in front of him.

The barrier is not strong, but some weak ghosts and little monsters will be blocked and cannot approach.

"Huh? Is this a barrier?"

Is enchantment really such a cheap thing?
Gu Yun was stunned, he really didn't understand the principle of this.

And it seems to be a million points different from the spell he imagined.

"Xiao Guyun, it's actually very difficult for most exorcists to get rid of demons and ghosts."

Grandpa has Shikigami, and Gu Yun also has Xiaobai.

So when encountering a powerful enemy, they can directly use Shikigami to destroy and repel the enemy.

A submissive shikigami has extremely high requirements on spiritual power and willpower.

Most exorcists do not have such ability, they can only use props and find a way to break the curse, so as to complete the exorcism.

"Every country has its own troubles."

"So the treatment methods are different."

Therefore, a qualified exorcist should have ample knowledge reserves.

"Salt in our country is a symbol of purity."

Putting salt and water separately represents a clear distinction, and it is also telling the demons that the line between the two worlds cannot be crossed.

However, there is a prerequisite for this spell, that is, the feng shui and popularity of the house must be used.

So it doesn't make any sense to arrange this spell outside.

"Do you remember, Xiao Guyun?"

"Ah."

"Come and try."

Grandpa handed the things to Gu Yun and said, "The barriers arranged by ordinary people are very weak, but the line we drew with our own hands contains our will."

"will?"

"It's spiritual power."

Spiritual power is a very magical power, and Gu Yun also awakened this kind of power when he awakened the picture scroll.

"Spiritual power will increase with age, and you can also increase your spiritual power through penance or external forces."

Grandpa smiled and said: "In addition, Grandpa wants to test the quality of your spiritual power to determine what kind of spells Xiao Guyun can practice in the future."

How to test?

When Gu Yun was puzzled, Grandpa took out a small stone.

There is a word carved on the stone, which seems to be Sanskrit.

"Like this, focus on the stone."

As Grandpa said, the stone slowly floated up and just stayed in mid-air.

"Don't look with your eyes, feel with your heart."

The old man closed his eyes and just held the stone like this, remaining still in the air.

Then, the old man took out several stones of different sizes and lined them up.

"The first block is 1, the second block is 5, the third block is 10, then 20, 50, and 100."

Spiritual power is divided into quality and quantity.

Quality, representing the same spiritual power, who is stronger.

The strength of spiritual power will not change over time, it is completely innate, it means whether a warlock can practice extremely demanding spells.

"As for the amount, it's the amount of time Xiaoguyun you can lift these stones and keep them floating."

After Grandpa finished speaking, he asked Gu Yun to try.

"Try the first piece first."

Gu Yun took a deep breath according to his grandfather's teaching.

"call!"

However, at the next moment, the stone representing 1 suddenly rose into the sky.

"Clap."

On the open space paved with white cobblestones, there was the sound of stones falling to the ground.

But because he didn't pay attention, Gu Yun didn't know where the stone fell.

"Forehead!"

Gu Yun was stunned for a moment, and his grandfather smiled and said, "It doesn't matter, it's because Xiao Gu Yun's spiritual power is too strong and you can't control it, so the stone will fly out."

"I'll go find it now."

"Ah, it's alright."

This kind of stone is called the Dao Stone of Inspiration, and it is often used as a seal carrier for demons and ghosts.

Grandpa said that the Ichinoshi was made and presented by friends in the shrine, and it is not a very rare thing.

The really precious ones are the ten stones, the half stones (50) and the full stones (100).

Especially the last Manzhi Stone, Grandpa was lucky enough to have one in his collection only by chance.

"Compared to the stone, I am more curious about the strength of your spiritual power, Xiao Guyun."

"Ah."

Gu Yun nodded and turned his attention to the second stone.

It represents 5. In the words of grandpa, lifting the stone representing 1 means that your spiritual power is strong enough to see monsters.

There are very, very few such people, not one in a million.

And even if he can see ghosts, it doesn't mean he can practice spells.

In order to cast a spell, the spiritual strength must exceed 5.

Gu Yun's mother and cousin Si, although they can all see monsters, but the quality of spiritual power is not enough, so it is difficult to learn from grandpa's skills.

"call!"

"Flying again?"

Under Gu Yun's gaze, the second stone bounced off again.

"Clap clap clap."

Seeing this, Grandpa clapped his hands lightly: "Very good, very good, Xiao Guyun."

One stone can see ghosts.

The five stones can enter the Tao.

Most of the spiritual masters in this world are actually in the 1-5 stage.

They don't know any spells themselves, they can only use various props to expel demons.

Only those whose spiritual quality exceeds 5 can cultivate, so as to possess real mana.

And such people are very few.

"Try the third piece again."

Grandpa said: "Only those whose spiritual strength exceeds 10 can subdue shikigami and make other kinds submit."

The existence of shikigami itself has a lot of burden on the warlock.

If the spiritual power is not strong enough, then you cannot suppress the demon.

Not only that, but a person with a spiritual quality of only 10 cannot control a monster with a quality of more than 10. Even if he subdues it forcibly, he must leave the opponent in a weak state.

"A weak person cannot subdue a monster stronger than himself."

Once the shikigami's demon power is stronger than the warlock's own, unless the relationship between the two parties is extremely close, it is easy to be backlashed by the demon.

"call!"

Soon, the stone flew again.

Only this time, Gu Yun saw that the stone did not disappear, but landed steadily in the distant forest.

"It's getting closer."

Grandpa looked at the fourth block.

The quality of the fourth block is 20, if it can also be lifted, and the speed is still so fast.

Then Gu Yun's aptitude must have surpassed that of his cousin Ritsu Iijima.

Lu inherited his grandfather's blood, and although his spiritual power was not huge because of his age, his strength was excellent.

Grandpa roughly estimated from the reaction of the twenty stones that Lu's spiritual strength should have reached 25.

"bring it on."

Grandpa put the stone in front of Gu Yun: "Concentrate."

"Ah."

This time, Gu Yun finally felt some weight.

The stone representing 20 jumped up suddenly, and then began to fall.

However, at the height close to Gu Yun's eyebrows, he was thrown into the air again.

So up and down, repeating endlessly.

"It's amazing, it's amazing!"

Even the 20 Inspiration Stone had such a violent reaction.

Grandpa is almost certain that Gu Yun's aptitude surpasses that of Lu, and maybe even surpasses himself.

"My spiritual strength is about 40, even in the whole of Japan, few people can match it."

So grandpa is very strong, even if he is unable to defeat the big monster, he can still protect his family.

Of course, the confrontation here refers to one-on-one.

If the big monster summoned the Hyakki Yako, Grandpa would definitely take his family and turn around and run away.

"But I believe," Grandpa placed the 50 inspiration stone in front of Gu Yun, "Xiao Guyun, you will be better than me, Grandpa."

"Ah."

Gu Yun nodded, gathering his spirit again.

This time, the Inspiration Stone did not bounce, but slowly floated until it was tens of centimeters above and below Gu Yun's eyebrows, rising and floating irregularly.

"Snapped!"

Grandpa clapped his hands, and then let out a hearty laugh. The old man pinched Gu Yun's face: "As expected of Grandpa's lovely grandson!"

Being able to lift 50 inspiration stones does not mean that there are only 50.

Grandpa estimated the speed and thought that Gu Yun's inspiration should exceed 50.

As for how much it exceeds, we have to continue testing.

"The spiritual strength exceeds 50, is it very powerful?"

"Of course it's great!"

Grandpa laughed and said, "If I encounter Hundred Ghosts at Night, I will never think of attacking."

"But Xiaoguyun, you are different."

It's not that Gu Yun can hit 100 by himself, but his spiritual strength is enough to contract a large number of shikigami.

"Grandpa, I have the most, and can only support 5 powerful monsters."

Only with a spiritual strength of 20 can one be eligible to contract with monsters.

And every time the strength of spiritual power exceeds 5 points, one more monster can be contracted.

So Ritsu can only contract two, but Grandpa can have 5 powerful shikigami.

However, all of this cannot be compared with the number of shikigami after 50 points of spiritual strength.

"When the spiritual strength exceeds 50 points, you can contract a big monster and make it a shikigami."

Big monsters are very scary, but humans are not without means to deal with them.

With proper arrangement, human mages can seal big monsters.

And the premise of all this is that the spiritual strength exceeds 50.

"In addition, after the strength of the spiritual power is 50, there is no limit to the number of shikigami contracts."

As long as Gu Yun is willing, he can contract a large number of monsters.

This is why grandpa said that if the spiritual power is greater than 50, you are qualified to face the ghosts of the night.

The opponent has 100 youkai, and I have hundreds of shikigami.

The two sides fight, the outcome is unpredictable.

"Let's try the 100 piece first," Grandpa said, "If you can't move, we will increase it from 50 little by little."

The composition of the Dao Stone is very special, it is not 100 pieces per unit, it can be the same as 1 piece of 1 pieces.

There is a limit of qualitative change in the Inspiration Dao Stone, that is, if you want to measure 51, you must have a piece of 50, plus a 1.

In the same way, 76 must be 50, 20, 5 and 1, so four inspiration stones.

"Ah."

Gu Yun didn't know the limit of his spiritual strength.

I saw him looking at the inspiration stone with a quality of 100, but this time, Gu Yun obviously felt the pressure.

"Good weight!"

"Can't you lift it up? It's okay. This is a normal phenomenon. Let's go next..."

Grandpa is planning to make Gu Yun give up.

But the next moment, Grandpa's eyes widened, and he looked at the huge Inspiration Stone slowly floating in front of him in disbelief.

"This!!"

"how is this possible…"

Grandpa was stunned, he stared blankly at the scene in front of him, he even forgot to time Gu Yun.

"Clap."

Finally, Gu Yun's spiritual power was exhausted, and the huge inspiration stone fell to the ground.

It was also the crisp sound that woke up the silent old man.

"grandfather?"

Gu Yun panted heavily because his spiritual power was exhausted.

"I'm fine, just, I just feel..."

Surprise? There must be.

But what is more, is the panic that followed.

Grandpa naturally wouldn't be jealous of Gu Yun's talent, what he was worried about now was whether his grandson would be harmed by demons.

Because since ancient times, there have been legends about monsters devouring human flesh and blood to increase their demon power.

The more noble the person, the purer (that is, the strength) of their spiritual power, the more their flesh and blood will help the demons.

There is no doubt that if other monsters know the purity of Gu Yun's spiritual power, they will definitely rush over madly and eat him.

"Grandpa, do you want to continue testing? I feel like I can lift a heavier one."

"No need, Xiaoguyun."

Grandpa shook his head, smiled wryly and said, "The limit of the inspiration stone is 100."

It also only tests up to 100.

Even the limit of any spiritual purity test item is only 100 points.

What is 100, 100 points?
No, the numbers here actually mean percentages.

That's right, 1% to 100%!

The spiritual power has been pure to perfection, how can there be more.

The reason why Gu Yun felt that he could move a little more was because of his spiritual power.

That is, 10 inspiration stones with a quality of 100 are floating.

It's quantity, not quality.

"Xiao Guyun, promise to grandpa."

Grandpa looked solemn: "You must never tell anyone about the purity of your spiritual power."

As for Grandpa's shikigami, he will cast a death curse so that he must never reveal this secret.

In the same way, Xiaobai is the same.

"Don't worry, master, Xiaobai won't tell anyone when he dies."

Xiaobai seemed to feel the solemnity of the snail, and immediately solemnly stated that he would definitely protect Gu Yun.

The demon's oath itself has the element of words.

So for Xiaobai, grandpa is very relieved.

(End of this chapter)