A samurai who doesn't want to be a daimyo is not a good onmyoji

Chapter 123 Sleeping in the rough
Asai Nagamasa smiled and put away the sword, and checked around to make sure there were no survivors before they set off again.

Although once the facts were made public, this move would completely offend Nagashima City and indeed bring considerable trouble to him and even the Asai family, but he did not regret it. He really had no idea if he did not kill these guys. Understanding!
Unable to rest in Long Island City, they began to move westward. In the evening, when it was getting dark, they also found a suitable place, an abandoned temple.

If it was a few years ago, sleeping in the wild might only be bad for your health, and there might be attacks from wild beasts, but now, Asai Nagamasa has to consider more issues, that is, possible sneak attacks from monsters. So it is definitely better to find a place to rest than in the wild.

Although it is abandoned, it is vaguely visible that there are endless houses here, at least one or two hundred, which may have been enough to accommodate thousands of monks in its heyday.

Although many houses were damaged or simply collapsed due to disrepair, there are still many intact houses remaining in such a large area, and even ten times more travelers can live in them. This is much better than in the wild.

However, because this temple was severely damaged, the gate, plaques, and even the statues of gods and Buddhas that had been enshrined were all dilapidated, so Asai Nagamasa couldn't tell for a while which faction's temple it originally belonged to.

Although in this difficult era, because Buddhism claims that suffering in this world is for happiness in the next life, they are very popular, so temples everywhere are prosperous, and temples are rarely abandoned, but there is a reason. It will still cause this to happen.

That is because there are many sects in Buddhism. After the belief of a Buddhist sect occupies the vast majority of a certain place, it is often difficult for the temples of other sects in the local area to continue to develop.

If you encounter that kind of friendly sect, it may just be a bad incense, but if you encounter some vicious sect, you may not even be able to save your life.

The notorious Yixiangzong among many big names undoubtedly belongs to the latter.

Since the Yixiang Sect occupied this place decades ago and subsequently established Changdao City, it has been difficult for other sects' beliefs to develop. It is reasonable for the temple to be abandoned. Although the incense is good, the lives are not. more important.

As for the entire Nibon, the reputation of the Yixiang Sect in the minds of other sects is also very poor. This is of course not without reason.

Although the interior was dilapidated and it could be seen that it had been deliberately destroyed, Asai Nagamasa still found two rooms and cleaned them a little. Ning Ning spread some hay and sheets on them, and finally built a room. Makeshift beds.

When the little girl asked him if he wanted her to watch the night, Asai Nagamasa just took out a stack of paper figurines: "Did you forget them?"

Although a lot of them were destroyed by the Three Eyes and Eight Sides, he still has a dozen or so in his hand. They are too rich to use for night watch. He just needs to set up a simple magic circle, otherwise the energy they carry alone can Not enough for a whole night.

But there is no need to be too anxious, because he has not planned to rest so early. During the few days he was in Xiaogu City, he only slept for less than two hours every night. As his strength continues to improve, he feels that he can still do it. further reduce sleep time.

Why waste time when sleep is no longer the only way to restore physical strength and recuperate the spirit?

"Hehe, thank you very much. Ning Ning can have a good sleep."

The little female ninja dragged Axiu to the next door and went to sleep, and soon she snored very lightly.

Asai Nagamasa, who was drawing a magic circle on the ground, couldn't help laughing, no matter how eccentric she was, no matter how mature she showed that didn't match her age, after all, she was just a teenage girl.

After thoroughly purifying the soul core obtained from Sanmu Hamen, making some new spare spells, and sorting out the used items, Asai Nagamasa felt that it was almost one o'clock in the morning, and it was time to He rested, but he still had no idea what to do with the metal soul core he obtained in Qingzhou City.

Speaking of which, this soul core really gave him a big surprise, because it was different from what he had seen before. After thoroughly purifying it, he was very surprised to find that in this soul core, there was a The white phantom looks like some kind of large lynx, it is a restrained beast soul!
How to deal with souls has always been the authority of the underworld. Even if the onmyojis are proficient in magic, they can turn death into life to a certain extent, and even communicate with the underworld.

But they usually neither can nor dare to do anything to the soul, not only because all the spells involving the soul are extremely advanced, but also because it will often offend the underworld.

Maybe gods and demons rarely appear in the world for hundreds of years, but the more capable people are, the more they fear gods and demons, so even onmyojis rarely participate in matters involving souls.

But now this soul core surprisingly contains an extremely complete beast soul.

If the soul core contains part of the energy and memories of the monsters during their lifetime and is dead, then the beast soul contains part of their will. With their own will, they are alive.

As long as he has enough resources and mana, Asai Nagamasa can completely summon the big white cat as his shikigami. After losing many of its physical weaknesses, its strength may be no less than what it was in life.

It's a pity that Asai Nagamasa's current magic power is not enough to control such a shikigami, and he doesn't have enough metallic materials on hand, so he can only find opportunities in the future.

At this moment, a rustling sound and a low cry suddenly came from his arms, and Asai Nagamasa was stunned.

Most of his things have been put into the spirit box, and now there is only the blue bamboo tube and the little fox inhabiting it in his arms. Although Axiu likes it very much, she will not keep it for twelve hours a day. Hold it in your arms.

Because since being found by him, the little fox has been in a half-asleep and half-awake state most of the time, and is only awake for about two or three hours during the day.

Because he noticed that there was spiritual power surging in the opponent's body, he knew that this was not a bad thing, so he didn't care about it in the end. Unexpectedly, he woke up in the night this time. Has it completely completed its transformation this time?

Sure enough, after taking out the bamboo tube, he saw that the little fox's dark eyes were obviously a little more agile, not like an ordinary little animal at all. In other words, it was now more intelligent.

After seeing Asai Nagamasa, it immediately rubbed the back of his hand to please him, and then took the initiative to lie sideways on the ground, exposing its white belly.

This defenseless posture itself already illustrates its attitude. It seems that after being fed by Asai Nagamasa for so many days, it has completely recognized him as its master.

Asai Nagamasa was also very happy. After scratching its belly and feeding some dried meat to the opponent, he stretched out his hand and pressed it on the opponent's head, transferring some mana.

Then he was pleasantly surprised to find that, as he had speculated before, after being nourished by the spiritual power of the green bamboo tube, the little fox was no longer an ordinary beast. It not only possessed wisdom, but also had extremely powerful abilities in its body. Meager fire attribute spiritual power.

Just a section of bamboo tube that has been cut off can have such an effect, so what kind of power would it have when it was intact?

Thinking of the claw marks left by some kind of large beast on the supervisor, Nagamasa Asai couldn't help but have more guesses. Maybe the bamboo tube was originally some kind of powerful magic weapon, or even a part of the monster's body.

In Nibon, not only animals, but also inanimate objects may be transformed into monsters under special conditions.

Lanterns, mud walls, wooden combs, paper umbrellas, almost everything can become a demon, and there is nothing unusual about an extra bamboo.In this case, the claw marks on Zhu Guan's body can also be explained. It is likely that two monsters were fighting, and the loser left part of his limbs in the wilderness, which finally took advantage of the little fox.

But no matter what the secret behind this is, it is now very suitable to be transformed into a shikigami.

I already have enough magic power, and I also have the newly acquired spiritual stones just in case. It can be said that everything is ready, all I need is the east wind.

But we also need to refer to the opinions of the parties involved, no, the foxes involved. Based on the special relationship between Onmyoji and the Shikigami, in addition to strength, the most important thing is loyalty.

"Xiaohong, are you willing to go through a long period of training and then look for the meager opportunity to become a demon, or are you willing to be transformed into a shikigami and be with me?"

Generally speaking, shikigami are difficult to be injured by ordinary swords, and after being transformed into an energy body, shikigami also breaks away from the lifespan limit of ordinary creatures, except when fighting monsters or hostile onmyojis, their lives are in danger In addition, the biggest factor that limits their survival time is their owner.

Because when being transformed into a shikigami, in order to ensure the loyalty of the shikigami, onmyojis usually carve a little of their own mark into the shikigami's soul, so that they can control the life and death of the shikigami to a certain extent. .

However, this also led to the fact that after the death of onmyojis due to various reasons, those shikigami who served them often rarely died well, because those onmyojis did not want these shikigami to bring disaster to their relatives and friends.

These shikigami who have been following the onmyoji all year round are often much more difficult to deal with than the monsters in the wild after they are completely freed from their shackles, because they have higher knowledge and are truly willing to serve other onmyoji after their master dies. , it’s really too little.

Although it has been enlightened, it is still difficult for the little fox to understand human words. After spending a long time, it seems to slowly understand the meaning.

First it shook its head, then nodded, and then it took the initiative to rub its small chin against Asai Nagamasa's hand.

"Haha, do you agree to transform into my shikigami? This is great, don't worry, you will never regret it."

Scratching the little fox's chin, Asai Nagamasa turned around and took out various magic instruments, ready to start arranging the magic circle.

Not counting those small monsters, he now has the cherry tree demon, the horse head ghost, and the three big demon-level soul cores from the three eyes and eight sides, plus the soul core from Oda Nobuyuki. Stone, enough for him to transform the little fox into a true shikigami.

After setting up two platycodon arrays, one large and one small, he signaled the little fox to step into the smaller one and stay in the middle area with the mysterious blue bamboo tube. Asai Nagamasa himself entered He picked up the slightly larger one, and then took out the spirit stone just in case he didn't have enough mana.

These two magic circles are complete sets and look very similar, but in fact they have completely different functions.

The magic circle he is in is the one that outputs mana in the next action, and it also has the functions of protection, early warning and calming the mind.

The magic circle of the little fox belongs to the side that receives the magic power, and at the same time, it can also play a binding role at critical moments. This is all to prevent the shikigami from getting out of control, and to better protect the onmyoji who has become vulnerable during casting.

Without much hesitation, Asai Nagamasa directly took out the soul core from the cherry tree demon.

The soul core in the Three-Eyed Octahedron is of the metal type, which does not match the fire attribute of the little fox. Moreover, it contains the beast soul of a big cat. It would be a waste to give it to the little fox.

Strictly speaking, the attribute of the horse-headed ghost is the Nether system, which is rare in the mortal world. It is even more mismatched. Moreover, he still has a complete set of materials for summoning the minotaur in his hand. It would be most appropriate to summon the Minotaur.

In contrast, the wood-attributed soul core of the Sakura Tree Demon is paired with the fire-attributed little fox to make fire with wood, which perfectly complements each other.

Coupled with the obviously unusual bamboo tube, although the little fox is young, when the shikigami is successfully transformed, the strength it can exert will definitely surpass [-]% of similar shikigami.

Seeing Asai Nagamasa bringing out more and more materials, the little fox squatting alone in the middle of the circle couldn't help but become a little nervous. It meowed uneasily in a low voice, which sounded very similar to the meow of a kitten. resemblance.

Asai Nagamasa couldn't help but lower his body and gently scratched its small chin: "Don't worry, your life will not be in danger."

The little fox was a little nervous, so why wasn't he?
Although his mana is sufficient and the materials are sufficient, after all, he has no experience in transforming shikigami before, which is also a test for him.

And for some reason, ever since he entered this dilapidated temple, he always felt a little uneasy in his heart, as if he had missed something.

Could it be that something went wrong in Long Island City?But in that short battle, he had obviously killed all the enemies in sight. It was impossible for anyone to come back alive, right?
And even if they come back alive, they shouldn't have such uneasiness.
But soon, he calmed down and began to guide the mana in the spirit stone step by step according to the knowledge in his mind.

After killing the monk of Yuanzheng Temple, he undoubtedly completely offended Changdao City and even Xiang Zong, but he did not regret it.

As long as he is strong enough, so strong that one person can defeat thousands of armies, even if the largest Buddhist force in Nibon finds him and raises an army to question him, what will happen?

What's more, the Yixiang Sect has many enemies. They have occupied a large area of ​​land. Although they have become rich as a result, they have also offended too many daimyo, because the land originally belonged to them.

For example, the Asai family's hard-core ally for decades, the Asakura family, have been fighting their neighbor Kaga Ichikomune for decades.

Although there is no relationship between the Ichigo clan of Nagashima City and the Asakura family before, if the Asai family goes to war against Nagashima City, the Asakura family will definitely support it strongly.

Because in their view, all the Yixiang sects in the world are the same, but they have no ability to deal with them, otherwise they will definitely declare war on them all.

Although Xiang Zong has a large number of people and can respond to hundreds of calls, but thinking about it on the other hand, after occupying a vast land and amassing countless wealth, how can they not be a super fat piece of meat?
Although the Ichigo clan can deceive their believers with their religious beliefs to charge into battle and die for them, such farmers without any formal training will definitely not be able to defeat the ashigaru led by samurai in the same number. It is easier to snatch land than to snatch land from other daimyo.

The only trouble is those monks and some warrior monks. Before being included, many of the warrior monks had identities as bandits or bandits. Their threat was much higher than that of ordinary ignorant people.

Therefore, when the Asakura family and the Yixiangzong of the Kaga Kingdom are at war, they will often attack the monks and monks first. As long as the head monk dies, the remaining Yixiangzong believers will be like headless chickens, and their combat effectiveness will drop. At more than one level, it is very common for a hundred ashigaru to chase two to three hundred Issei followers and then kill them one by one.

Now Asai Nagamasa also holds the same view. Only the dead monks of the Ichigo clan are good monks. Anyway, their Buddhist sect has been claiming that after death, they can go to the bliss of the West. If they come to mess with themselves, that's just right. Let yourself be freed by swords, guns and spells!

(End of this chapter)