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

Chapter 245 Tengu
Not long after, several people rode horses and arrived at the foot of the snow-capped Spring Mountain.

Before setting off, Uesugi Teruhora, for some unknown reason, actually mentioned that he wanted to send a few people and horses, and Asai Nagamasa naturally had no reason to refuse.

Neither North Omi nor Mino produce good horses, and the Echichu and Echigo areas occupied by the Uesugi family are undoubtedly one of the best horse-producing areas in the entire Nibon, and the Takeda family Kaibi is also rich in good horses. The regions are no different.

Even in the entire Nippong, there are actually only a few families such as the Uesugi family and the Takeda family that can really use the cavalry to participate in the war on a large scale.

After riding on it, Asai Nagamasa found that the reputation was indeed well-deserved. The war horse given to them by Uesugi Terutora was even better than what Tokichiro had given before, but it was still not as good as the one she herself rode with hair as bright as the moonlight. Pure Mingma-released moon hair.

Although Axiu and Ii Naotora have never ridden horses before, Terutor Uesugi specially selected adult mares with a more docile temperament for them, so it is not a big problem. After all, their physical fitness is far beyond ordinary people. Their reaction speed and flexibility made them adapt quickly.

However, looking at the smiling Terutora Uesugi, Asai Nagamasa suddenly had a guess. Could it be that she took the initiative to give away the horse because Axiu and others rode a tiger with her before? Right?

Shouldn't it?
Along the mountain road, Uesugi Terutora also introduced the many scenery of this place to several people from time to time, which seemed very familiar.

As if seeing his doubts, Uesugi Teruhu took the initiative to explain: "I spent my childhood on this mountain, the Linquan Temple."

Following the direction of her finger, several people also saw a small temple vaguely hidden among the clouds and mist on the top of the mountain, which seemed quite artistic.

However, Asai Nagamasa felt a little strange. Since she grew up here, she must have a deep affection for this place, but why did she remain calm and even in a good mood even when she knew that Tengu was causing trouble here? What does it look like?

Soon, after climbing over another hill, they came to a small valley.

Asai Nagamasa couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, because even though the sunlight was extremely strong at this moment, the fog was still hazy in this valley. Even if he deliberately used his psychic eyes, he couldn't see through it at all. This kind of power really seemed like The abode of monsters.

But Teru Uesugi didn't seem surprised by this. She even seemed to suddenly become interested for some reason.

After paying a brief greeting to Asai Nagamasa, she took the initiative to ride her horse forward and shouted loudly: "Nagao Kagetora came to visit, where is Iizunasaburo?"

Asai Nagamasa couldn't help but feel more and more that something was wrong, not only because Uesugi Terutora's attitude did not look like he was here to conquer monsters, but also because he was not completely unfamiliar with this name.

According to legend, there is a Tengu in Iizuna Mountain in Nagano Prefecture. It rides a white fox, may serve as a guard fox, or may be entangled by a snake. Its name is Saburo Iizuna.

This legend has been circulating for hundreds of years, and even in some small temples, there are statues based on it.

But why did the other party come from the territory of the Nagano family to the territory of the Uesugi family?
After thinking about it, Asai Nagamasa could only think that it was probably inseparable from the sword master Kamiizumi Hidetsuna who worked for the Nagano family, right?
Terutora Uesugi was waiting outside the valley with a confident look on her face, but after dozens of breaths passed, they didn't get any response. This made her blush slightly and feel a little embarrassed.

She shouted the other person's name loudly again.

This time there was finally movement in the valley. As the mist rolled, twenty or thirty figures with backs and wings flashed out of the mist.

Terutora Uesugi was immediately overjoyed. Just when she was about to say something, she saw Asai Nagamasa had already drawn the Seven Star Sword, and with a gentle touch, it was covered with a layer of blazing flames.

"Kagetora, I don't know what your connection is with the Tengu here, but I'm afraid you're here with bad intentions."

He felt the murderous aura and filthy and depraved aura, just like Hashihime and Yanhu who had fallen back then.

Next to them, Axiu and Ii Naotora jumped off their horses one after another, their bodies also ignited with flames. With equipment made of the Yatogami's scale armor, they didn't have to worry about their armor being damaged by the flames.

Soon dozens of tengu emerged from the mist, armed with Zen staffs, razors and other heavy weapons. Judging from their sharp noses, the color of their wings and the energy aura on their bodies, they should be the most numerous crow tengu among the tengu.

But what surprised Terutora Uesugi was that they roared and charged towards them without saying a word.

Just looking at their red eyes and the filthy and dark aura on their bodies, one can tell that they are probably abnormal now. The only good thing is that there are no ghost horns made of spiritual stones on their heads. This may mean that They can still be saved.

Asai Nagamasa snorted, stretched out his hand, and the ground instantly turned into a swamp, directly sinking these tengu who gave up their natural wings and chose to walk. Then the earthy yellow light flashed, and the swamp turned into hard rock. Most of the Crow Tengu are firmly trapped in it.

They immediately roared and began to struggle, and even the grumpy Crow Tengu directly smashed the rocks that trapped them with the weapons in their hands.

But to their surprise, their attacks, which could easily break rocks, had no effect. Instead, they made their hands numb.

It looks like rock, but its hardness is far stronger than ordinary fine steel!

Only three or five people who saw the opportunity quickly survived the disaster and quickly rose into the midair.

But despite this, all the Tengu did not give up resistance. They all let out shrill screams like crows, and then raised their hands and released a series of wind blades. Just listening to the screaming sound in the air, you can tell that they The power must be extraordinary.

This is also one of the important reasons why Tengu are generally stronger than ordinary monsters. Not only are they powerful in martial arts, they have wings that can fly in the air, and they can also cast such powerful wind blade spells.

Not to mention that ordinary samurai are absolutely no match for them. Even among many monster groups, the Tengu clan also has a very special status, all of which stems from their powerful strength.Unfortunately, they chose the wrong opponent this time.

Asai Nagamasa pointed his long sword, and a mud wall tens of meters wide rose up from the ground, directly blocking most of the wind blades. The rest either did not hit the target at all, or were casually scattered by A Xiu and others.

With a guardian spirit possessed, even the much weaker Ii Naotora would not be unable to deal with an attack of this magnitude. After all, according to historical records, in ancient times it was rare for a person to be possessed by a guardian spirit every ten years. warriors, they are the most outstanding forces among mankind.

Terutora Uesugi also swung his sword, Azuki Azuki, and easily shattered the incoming wind blade, but feeling the force coming from her hand, she couldn't help but frown slightly.

Seeing the remaining Crow Tengu trying to attack again, she immediately took the initiative to ride her horse closer to Asai Nagamasa.

"Changzheng, can you keep them alive? They were never so strong and brutal before."

Asai Nagamasa was incompetent. In fact, he also saw this, so he did not act cruelly.

With a wave of his hand, several bright yellow talismans flew towards the crows and tengu in mid-air.

They immediately waved their weapons slightly wildly, trying to break the talismans, but the talismans were like living creatures, dodging their weapons extremely flexibly, and then directly attached to their backs, which happened to be on each crow tengu. They all posted one.

Asai Nagamasa smiled slightly and changed his handprints slightly. Along with a series of "plop, plop" sounds, these crow tengu, without exception, all fell heavily from a low altitude of tens of meters, and then lay down or Lying down, almost completely unable to move.

Terutora Uesugi was immediately relieved, but at the same time she was a little confused. She knew the strength of these crow tengu. With their physical strength, they would not be seriously injured if they fell from this height. But now they are all lying on the ground, almost I can't even struggle. Why is this?
In fact, Asai Nagamasa is also very satisfied with the effect of these charms. This is one of the special spells he has recently mastered. He experimentally attached it to the charms, and now it seems that the effect is really good.

This is a special spell cast with the help of the power of the Yellow Dragon. He named it the Gravity Talisman. As the name suggests, the subject will bear dozens or even hundreds of times the weight of his own body weight.

These Crow Tengu are each over two meters tall, with muscles all over their bodies. They carry heavy weapons in their hands and have a pair of large wings on their backs. They weigh at least three to four hundred kilograms. Asai Nagamasa slightly adjusted the weight to 35 times, ten thousand kilograms. The heavy burden immediately made them suffer enough, and they couldn't get up at all.

However, there was no need for him to explain to the other party in such detail. He just asked: "Hui Hu, you seem to be no stranger to these tengu?"

Without any hesitation at all, Uesugi Teruhu directly revealed all the information he knew.

"That's right, Nagamasa, I grew up in Linquan Temple. One time I accidentally entered this place and met the legendary Tengu Iizunasaburo."

"Although his appearance looks very different from that of humans, he has no ill intentions toward me. Instead, he wants to teach me martial arts."

"I have heard the legend of the martial god Gen Yoshitsune and the Kurama Mountain Tengu as master and disciple before, so I gladly accepted this request, and since then I have challenged many Tengu here many times. Regardless of victory or defeat, the other party has never hurt me. "

Speaking of this, Uesugi Teruhu glanced at the crows and tengu roaring all over the ground, his eyes full of unbearability and regret.

After a slight pause, she continued: "And they seem to have the ability to distinguish between good and evil. They never step out of the valley here to hurt people, but they do not care about the warriors I brought here who have done many evil things. I will show mercy."

Because of this, she did not expel them after she became the governor of the house. Instead, she designated the place as a forbidden area, prohibiting anyone from approaching, and helped cover the tengu. She also sent people to bring food and clothing as gifts every year.

The only pity is that in her eyes, all tengu are the same, and she can't tell which other tengu has ever sparred with her except Iizunasaburo.

But she never expected that just a few months later, changes would occur in these tengu, and they would actually have pure murderous intent towards her!
But what Uesugi Teruhu didn't know was that the first crow tengu she encountered simply wanted to compete with her from the human world, but the tengu that followed were more than that. They wanted to fight for themselves. partners to wash away the defeat.

It's just that she was too strong. Even though she was still young at the time, she had been possessed by Bisha Tenmon since she was a child. All the Tengu except Iizuna Saburo could not beat her, so in her opinion, she and them It can only be a spar, because they can't hurt her at all.

Asai Nagamasa was convinced. As early as more than ten years ago, before Nibon's spiritual energy had recovered, she had already begun to learn from Tengu. No wonder she, as a Ji warrior, had such courage and martial arts.

The samurai who have been taught martial arts by Tengu since ancient times include Yoshitsune Minamoto and Terutora Uesugi now, but there are only two of them.

It's just that Uesugi Teruhu is so low-key that no one in Nippon knows about this.

Uesugi Teruhora looked at Asai Nagamasa and implored, "I wonder, Nagamasa, if you can save them?"

Asai Nagamasa nodded, and in just a dozen breaths, he had already arranged several purification circles, covering all the tengu. It was almost visible to the naked eye that their breathing had become much more stable, and the red light in their eyes was It also began to gradually dissipate.

Asai Nagamasa could easily calm down even the mad Axiu. The problems of the much weaker Crow Tengu were nothing to him.

Looking at the still misty valley in front of him, Asai Nagamasa waved his hand and summoned hundreds of golden-armored paper figures as guards: "Huihu, I want to go to the misty valley to find out what's going on. I wonder if you are willing to go with me?"

As for Axiu and Ii Naotora, he no longer needed to say anything. They had already stood firmly behind him.

Uesugi Teruhora immediately raised the sword in his hand, Azuki Azuki, and the bright but not dazzling mellow light shone: "Of course, Nagamasa, you know magic, but I am not weak either!"

(End of this chapter)