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

Chapter 199 Demon and Dragon

An hour later, Asai Nagamasa appeared on Lake Biwa alone in a boat.

There were no sailors or boatmen accompanying him, but under the blow of a gentle breeze, the boat moved very quickly, heading straight towards a small island in the lake.

Of course, he did not go to Takeyu Island to see his predecessor, Hisama Asai, who had abdicated. In fact, at this point, it no longer mattered whether he continued to live in seclusion on the island in accordance with the original agreement between the two. .

The current Asai family belongs to him, Asai Nagamasa, and no one can take it away.

He is now heading to another island, the island where Hashihime is.

Since the day of the Norada battle, stars fell like rain, and in the following period, similar things would happen almost every few days.

The meteors were mixed with a large number of spiritual stones, or energy aggregates called dimensional stones by those from the old world such as the Agote Chamber of Commerce, and landed in various places in Nibon: Kyushu, Shikoku, Tohoku, Koshinobu, Kanto, etc. All in one.

There were even some spiritual stones falling in Lake Biwa. Nagamasa Asai and Hashihime, who were well prepared, took the lead in collecting most of them and put them together with the spiritual stones obtained during the battle in Norada, and concentrated them for purification in preparation. Use later.

But despite this, the remaining spirit stones still caused a little commotion.

I don’t know whether it was infected by their power or awakened, but in short, various low-level water monsters began to appear in Lake Biwa: water ghosts, fish monsters, clam girls, turtle monsters, and so on.

At the same time, Asai Nagamasa was also keenly aware that as if a special switch had been turned on, the spiritual energy between heaven and earth seemed to become more abundant and active.

The specific manifestation is that the power of all his spells has been increased, and the speed and effect of his daily practice have also been improved.

Shima Sakon, Nene, and Hashihime, who also possess special powers, all have similar feelings. For those who are not very strong, such as the little miko Kaga, Miyabe Tsujun, and Numata Yumitsu, they can feel it. Be clearer.

The abundance of spiritual energy has lowered the threshold for them to learn spells. Even some smaller mikos recently recruited by the little miko Kaga, as well as some sent by Momochi Santafu according to their previous agreement. The younger ninjas, after a short period of training, have already grasped the existence of Onmyoji.

Although it is extremely incredible, the spiritual energy between heaven and earth seems to be gradually recovering.

This is also one of the reasons why Asai Nagamasa has repeatedly postponed the attack on the Rokkaku family. He wants to stabilize the family's territory first and ensure that no monsters will cause trouble.

At the same time, in places other than Kitaomi, various legends about monsters suddenly began to increase many times. This is probably one of the reasons why the 53 Koga families could not help but send people here one after another.

As ninjas in the darkness, they are more perceptive than ordinary people and are more aware of the dangers of monsters and the importance of Asai Nagamasa as an onmyoji.

Even within the Rokkaku family, there seemed to be people who were disturbed by this. The most obvious evidence was that when many supplies from the wealthy merchant Tsuda Sotatsu of Kaizhen passed through Kannonji Castle and headed to the Asai family territory, there were many samurai Will obviously choose to release water.

You must know that there are strategic materials such as iron cannons and gunpowder, but those samurai still choose to do so. In addition to the idea of ​​hedging their bets, it is more likely because of Asai Nagamasa's own strength.

Hashihime, who has regained her strength with the help of spiritual stones and faith, has been actively busy recently in quelling the turmoil of monsters in Lake Biwa.

The reason why she is so active is that unlike Asai Nagamasa, she does not just kill, but also suppresses and surrenders.

As a member of the gods of Takamagahara, although she is only an insignificant lower-level god among them, she is still a great deterrent to ordinary monsters. Those monsters that are not particularly vicious, such as turtle monsters and clam girls, are There is a possibility that she will surrender him as a subordinate.

Not all monsters are bloodthirsty and aggressive, and not all monsters like to eat people. She and Asai Nagamasa both know this.

So Asai Nagamasa later simply let Hashihime do it. Anyway, with his current strength, even if he killed those little monsters, he wouldn't gain much. He might as well take the opportunity to practice more spells, or make some magic weapons and charms.

Moreover, those subdued water monsters quickly proved their loyalty and ability, and played a considerable role in Asai Nagamasa's next plan.

Not only can they protect Kotani Castle and the nearby waters under the leadership of Hashihime, but they can also be used to participate in future water trade.

Asai Nagamasa even thought of picking out a few beautiful ones and matching them with Hachisuka-chan.

As a half-demon with a heavy armor on his back, it is almost impossible for an ordinary human woman to accept him, but if it were a banshee, she might think that it is a manifestation of strength and like him even more?
A few miles away, Asai Nagamasa saw the small shrine in the distance. Although the time was short and no one usually came here, he still had some houses built for Hashihime. The other thing is to give Qiao Ji a place to live.

After all, he is also a member of the gods of Takamagahara. He can't imitate those fish and shrimps and live under the water, right?
As he approached, several waves rolled in front of him, indicating that there were large aquatic creatures below, but Asai Nagamasa didn't pay attention because he already knew that Hashihime had gained a lot during this period.

Not long after, before his boat arrived at the island, Hashihime, dressed in white, had already walked out of the shrine first.

And she is not alone. Behind her are a dozen beautiful and slender women who look like girls next door, but with a pair of huge shells behind their backs. They are the clam girls in Lake Biwa.

Then there was a short old man with a turtle shell on his back. He was a turtle demon, and besides the clam girls, he was the most intelligent monster in Lake Biwa. After he and Hashihime showed their powerful power, it immediately chose He surrendered and became Qiao Ji's current housekeeper.

Then there are some little monsters who roughly have a human body, but with hideous fish heads, shrimp heads, or crab shells on their backs.

In comparison, not only are they far away from humans in appearance, but they also lack a lot of intelligence and strength. They are just rudimentary aquatic monsters.

It can even be said that on flat ground, a warrior who has overcome his fear can completely defeat them in a duel.

But they also have one advantage, that is, their fighting power in the water is pretty good, and even experienced sailors have a hard time escaping from them.

When they were far away, Qiao Ji took the initiative to salute: "I have met Your Highness."

The clam girls behind her also followed her example and bowed slightly, even the turtle monster did the same, but the stupid-looking little monsters next to her only stared with wide eyes. Looking at him, he didn't move at all.

Asai Nagamasa waved his hand and said with a smile: "Qiaoji, it seems that you have been working hard recently, and the number of these water monsters has expanded again."

He remembered that the last time he came, there were less than twenty of them, but now the total number was close to fifty.

With shrimp soldiers, crab generals, turtle prime minister, plus clam girl and fish monster, Qiao Ji's subordinates are very reasonable. The only thing lacking is probably strength and quantity.

After receiving the compliment, Qiao Ji couldn't help but smile: "This is what I should do. Now the water monsters in the entire Lake Biwa have almost been cleaned up by me. If Your Highness wants to carry out water trade, it is not necessary." It will have an impact.”

Although Lake Biwa is very large and is the largest lake in Nippon, due to Asai Nagamasa's extremely quick response, there are not many places where water monsters are born. And after her slaughter during this period, even if there are still some scattered ones left, In fact, it no longer poses any threat.

Asai Nagamasa nodded: "Thank you for your hard work, but their number is still a little small. I originally wanted them to cooperate with the fleet to carry out overseas trade, but now it seems that I still have to count on Haizuka Xiaoliu." .”

Hearing this, Qiao Ji couldn't help but sigh: "I don't know why, but many water monsters seem to be too cruel and bloodthirsty. Even in the face of my pressure, they dare to rush up and start fighting. Fighting, this forced me to kill them, and now the remaining ones are the wisest among them, at least they know how to surrender."

She really couldn't understand. Even though she was a god, those water monsters still dared to attack. Not only were they not very good at surrendering, they rarely even ran away. This was different from the monsters in her memory.

Asai Nagamasa also sighed, he knew a little bit.

If spirit stones are crystallized from energy from another space, then they are born with the power of demons, and the monsters that appear under their influence are therefore contaminated with all kinds of evil auras, and even their moods change drastically. It's inevitable.

At present, it seems that quite a few of these water monsters have been affected by the blood god Khorne, and have become bloodthirsty and warlike, without fear of death.

"I understand. Next, you must guard our waters and be alert to invasion by foreign enemies at any time, whether monsters or humans."

"In return, as our territory continues to expand, the number of Huanglong and your shrines will also increase. By accepting the power of faith, you will become stronger because of this, right?"

"Yes, Your Highness, I will definitely do my best!"

If in the beginning it was just to save his own life, he had no choice but to surrender to the other party, but now, the other party has already used his wisdom and strength to attract Hashihime's sincere devotion.Especially after she established the shrine and was taught the magical power of faith cultivation method, she was completely convinced. Even Amaterasu Omikami would not give this kind of powerful power to other gods, right?
Facing such a generous Highness, what more could she ask for?

She only wants to serve His Highness all the time, maybe when the gate of Gao Tianyuan opens again, her own strength will amaze her father too!
Looking at the stupid little demons who were staring at him, Asai Nagamasa couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly and let out a little breath.

While Qiao Ji and many retainers were busy, he did not relax at all, and even worked harder. With the help of many spiritual stones, he finally completely refined the drop of blood originating from Huanglong in his body, and quickly expanded it tens of millions of times. .

Now if you cut open his heart, you will find that the blood flowing inside is not bright red, but golden. That is the blood from the Hidden Yellow Dragon.

Moreover, the heart is the most important blood-pumping organ in the human body. After successfully starting this most important step, as he continues to absorb the spiritual energy between heaven and earth, the blood belonging to the dragon will continue to spread throughout the body under the action of the heart. Up and down, the blood in his body is being replaced every moment, followed by internal organs, muscles and bones
It can be expected that as time goes by, even if he still looks like an ordinary human being, his abilities will far exceed those of ordinary people.

He has been greatly strengthened in all aspects of earth spells, including but not limited to talent, power, resistance, spell consumption and many other aspects.

In addition to the enhancement in strength, he also gained part of the charm and majesty from Huanglong.

The next moment, whether it was the shrimp soldiers, crab generals or the turtle prime minister, after feeling this breath, they all couldn't help but trembled and fell to the ground. When they looked at Asai Nagamasa, there was only fear and surrender in their eyes.

Even Hashihime couldn't help but her feet weakened and she almost fell to the ground. But when she looked at Asai Nagamasa, there was no fear in her eyes. Instead, she was full of tameness, because this was the power of the legendary dragon!

At the same time, in a barren mountain hundreds of miles away in Echigo, a fierce battle was coming to an end.

One of them was the Guo Xin layman who briefly appeared during the Norada War and created the Wraith Ghost, and the other was not completely a stranger, because it was a black and white giant panda several meters tall.

But unlike most beasts or monsters, this panda not only has extremely clear eyes, but also has heavy armor on his body, weapons in his hands, and even a huge wine gourd hanging around his waist. All this shows that he is not an ordinary person. It is not a stupid monster, but a high-level monster with its own wisdom.

Unfortunately, facing the stronger Guo Xin layman, he still fell into a disadvantage in this fight, and was about to meet the end of his life.

After giving the opponent another fatal blow, Guo Xin took a few steps back and wiped the purple-black blood from the corner of his mouth. However, he did not get angry but smiled instead: "As expected of a guy who came across the sea from the Cathay Empire, he is so powerful. It is indeed extraordinary, but unfortunately, you chose the wrong opponent, you should not have provoked me."

Kneeling on one knee, with many serious injuries on his body, and even a large hole between his chest and abdomen, supported by an emerald green bamboo gun in his hand, the giant panda became even more angry when he heard this, and his eyes widened. , looked at layman Guoxin fiercely.

"Protect the country and punish evil, and Taoism will naturally eliminate demons. If you are such a cruel and bloodthirsty evil creature, we and the Pandaren monks will definitely kill each one on sight, and we will kill both pairs when they come!"

Facing the glare of the Pandaren monk, Master Guoxin's face was full of sarcasm: "Haha, he is obviously not even a demon, but he still calls himself a human?"

"Look at the wound between your chest and abdomen. If it were a human or a demon, how could it have been able to hold on until now? How could there be no blood flowing out?"

Indeed, as he said, ordinary people or monsters have entities and will be injured and bleed, but the wounds between the chest and abdomen of the Pandaren do not have these, only black and white gases escape from them. Scattered out.

But there was no hint of hesitation in his words: "Hmph, what do you know? We, the Pandaren clan, had already started serving the Dragon Sons before the Monkey King's rebellion. Later, we were even named Pandaren by the Dragon Emperor for our merits. , its position is second only to many dragon descendants, and above the monkey people, tiger people, jade blood tribe, ogres and other tribes!"

The layman Guoxin couldn't help but hesitated when he heard the words. He had always lived in Nibon and didn't know much about the country across the sea. He had only heard about it in rumors. It was a country ruled by many dragon gods.

But I didn't expect that there were so many races living together there.

So he couldn't help but feel a little dazed for a while: "Can humans and monsters coexist harmoniously? What a bold political strategy."

The Pandaren snorted again and said with some disdain: "You are just a wild monster from Nibon. How dare you speculate on the Dragon Emperor? And you have won so many consecutive victories against me, so you will definitely not be the opponent of all the dragons." .”

"It doesn't matter if I die. My Lord is the Governor of Weidong Province and the Admiral of the Dragon Fleet - Yanglong Yinyin. After we have completely wiped out those pointy-eared and barbarian pirates, you little monster is about to die!"

Layman Guoxin was immediately furious, but then he didn't know what he thought of. Instead, he laughed: "If you think that I am just like this, you are totally wrong. This body is only used by me to walk in the world."

"And no matter what you say, there is one thing you cannot deny. You are indeed not a human, not even a demon!"

The Pandaren's heart suddenly tightened, knowing that his plan might have failed. Even if he was so deliberately provocative, the other party still did not reveal his true identity.

If it is true as the other party said, this is just an incarnation of the other party, I am afraid that to the admiral, the other party is not a little monster that can be dismissed casually.
It's a pity that I managed to find the weapon that I lost when I turned into a demon. I didn't expect to meet such a vicious monster.

I’m afraid I’ll never go back to the purple bamboo forest in my hometown. I’m afraid I’ll never be able to taste the sweet bamboo hearts and delicious bamboo rats there.
But then his face straightened: "No matter what I am, as long as I think I am a human being, that's enough!"

Hearing this, Master Guoxin smiled even more: "Do you think you are a human being? Very good, then I will let you truly recognize yourself, and I will make you a real demon!"

With a low snort, Layman Guoxin threw out dozens of golden and green pills. If Qiao Ji or Yanhu were here, they would find that these were the same as what they were fed in a daze. These are specially processed spirit stones that will turn them into monsters!
The Pandaren, who had already been seriously injured and relied solely on his own willpower, was of course unable to dodge. He could only watch helplessly as those things of unknown origin entered his body from the wounds.

Then he felt a powerful force pouring out of his body, and there was a numbing feeling from the wound, but he secretly screamed, because he did not think that the enemy would be kind enough to heal his wounds.

Moreover, these special pills seem to be very similar to those taboo things called dimension stones studied by Weixi Lie Provincial Superintendent Binlong Zhaoming!

But soon he was unable to think too much, because as the energy continued to pour out, his thoughts were also affected. Red lights flashed from his eyes, and a violent and bloodthirsty aura involuntarily emanated from his body.

Even though there was still a trace of black and white aura flashing through his body, and he was still trying his best to resist, but in comparison, his resistance seemed so insignificant.

Layman Guoxin chuckled, ignored the other party, turned around and raised his hand to open a space door, because he knew that in half a quarter of an hour, there would be an extra guardian spirit degenerated into a demon here.

I'd better repair the injuries on this body first, and then take a trip to Meinong.

That guy actually backed down at the critical moment and needed another push of his own. The ghost girl Hongye was really a loser. She couldn't even deal with a mortal who was only a little bit special.

Fortunately, there have been many meteor showers in recent days, bringing with them a large number of alienated spiritual stones, which can be put to good use.

And Suruga's matter can't be delayed any longer, otherwise the chess pieces will be angry, right?
After all, killing alone will not have much effect, but if these humans all start working together, the world will soon be full of war, death and resentment, and then my plan will be easier Already.
Guo Xin layman left, but the panda man couldn't hold on anymore. He sat down directly, even throwing aside the precious bamboo gun in his hand.

A large amount of black and white energy emanated from his body: "Humph, damn evil, you underestimate me too much. As the fighting spirit and ancestral spirit of the Pandaren clan, I would rather die than become like you." Evil."

Just as he was about to use his last strength to completely end his second life, there was suddenly a loud sound of horse hooves in his ears, and then a general wearing silver armor rode up.

The panda was immediately overjoyed. Before he could see the other person's face clearly, he couldn't wait to ask: "Strange human being, I am a panda from Cathay, a monk under Lord Yang Long. I was attacked by demons. , so you are seriously injured, are you willing to make a contract with me to protect each other?"

Of course, the reason why he was in such a hurry was not because he really wanted to give up everything for his life, but because he sensed the aura of kindness and light in the person who came.

That breath was not completely unfamiliar to him, because in the southwest of his hometown, across the Hozen Pass, and then across the territory of the Monkey King, further south in the Inda Kingdom, there were temples for gods called "Buddhas" There are some similar auras among them.

Although humans in the Inda Kingdom are often greedy and stupid, at least most of their Buddhas still represent good, otherwise as gods they would not stay in that place all the time, trying to save those fools with their faith.

With this special aura on his body, at least he can be sure that the other person has justice and kindness in his heart.

"Oh? Dragon's subordinates?"

A beautiful curve was drawn at the corner of the visitor's mouth, and he nodded slightly.

"That's fine. Although I don't lack your power, I am very interested in the 'dragon' you talk about!"

(End of this chapter)