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

Chapter 93 Treasure Courtyard Yinrong

Asai Nagamasa shrugged and didn't say much.

He knew what glorious deeds the other party had left in history, so he had never underestimated the other party, especially in this different world where monsters had already appeared, the other party's power would definitely be stronger.

But he won't worship the other person too much.

It's not that the Takeda family has never attacked Minawa Castle before, but has anyone heard of Kamizumi Isemori, who was guarding it, killing any famous generals?
When he clearly knew that the opponent was a sword master, Takeda Shingen would not be stupid enough to let his general rush forward to kill him. He would only use his absolute superiority in strength to crush him. Otherwise, he would not be worthy of being called the "Tiger of Kai" up.

"Master, it is said that Kamizumi Isemori has mastered the art of swordsmanship and can release sword energy of more than ten meters from a distance. Is this true or false?"

There are too many legends about this sword master, and each one is more outrageous than the other, so even Nagamasa Asai couldn't help being very curious about it.

Apart from anything else, even if the sword master's real strength is one-half or even one-third of the legendary strength, I am probably no match for him now.

Of course, whether you can beat him or not and whether you can kill him are completely different things.

When Hohoin Yinrong heard this, he quickly put down his chopsticks and his expression became solemn: "Amitabha, Kamiizumi Isemori is indeed a master of swordsmanship. Except for another sword master, Lord Tsukahara Bokuden, who is revered as the ancestor of swordsmanship, there are no other sword masters. It’s hard for the monk to imagine who else could be his opponent.”

Tsukahara Buden, the founder of Shinto-ryu Mountain, is known as "undefeated in his career". When he held the title of Sword Master, the Asai family was just a wealthy family in Kitaomi. Now that he is almost seventy years old, he is still vaguely known as The strongest swordsman of the Warring States period, and even another sword master Kamizumi Isemori, was willing to take a step back because he was once his apprentice and received his guidance and favors.

It is worth mentioning that this old sword master likes martial arts geniuses very much. In addition to accepting apprentices, he also likes to give advice to others. No matter what the other person's background is, he doesn't care.

The great shogun Ashikaga Yoshiteru of Kyoto, the daimyo Kitada Gukyo of Ise, and even Takenaka Hanbei, whom Asai Nagamasa had just met, had all been taught martial arts by him.

"As for the theory of sword energy," Yinrong of the Treasure House frowned and thought for a moment, then shook his head slightly, "The poor monk has heard it from many people, but after all, he has never really seen it with his own eyes, so he cannot accurately tell Master Asai. .”

"But what is certain is that Kamizumi Isemori does have some legendary powers. His sword can carry wind and thunder when he swings it. Just a loud shout can make an ordinary person paralyzed as mud. It is not because of fear. It’s another special kind of power, just like the person who was attacked has completely lost his physical strength.”

As he spoke, Baozoyuan Yinrong's face was full of reverence and yearning, and he obviously admired the power of the Sword Master.

The art of wind and thunder, as well as weakening the enemy's physical strength, what kind of ability is this?
Asai Nagamasa was a little confused for a while. This was not recorded in Abe Seimei's inheritance.

However, he did not doubt that Hohoin Yinrong would lie. Abe Seimei's inheritance only recorded what he had seen and learned, and the world was far broader than anyone could see.

What's more, Abe Seimei was a character from hundreds of years ago after all. Although the frequency of monsters and ghosts appearing has been greatly reduced over the past few hundred years, no one said that martial arts or other powers cannot be improved, right?

"Hey, you two guys, that's enough! You've been talking nonsense there since just now, disturbing us from eating."

With a series of collisions, the ronin at the other table stood up and glared at them.

After noticing Asai Nagamasa's gaze, the leader of the ronin strode up: "Hey, why do you only give this monk wine and meat, but don't give it to us, uncle? Are you looking down on us?"

The other two ronin also shouted loudly, and their attitude seemed very arrogant: "How dare you look down on me? I just killed three blind guys in Suruga!"

"I killed four of them in Yuanjiang, and the guy who died the worst was cut in half by me!"

"I didn't expect that just after we arrived in Owari, a guy with no eyes would come to test the knife?"

It's just that in the face of this situation, Asai Nagamasa didn't feel much anger. Instead, he just found it interesting, because none of the three ronin smelled of alcohol, but they uniformly acted like they were drunk, and They also invariably focused on their achievements in other places.

Both Suruga and Toe are the territory of the Imagawa family. These ronin would go there to kill people for no reason. Let’s not talk about where they got the courage.Does this mean anything to them?

Although their clothes were shabby, their shoes were surprisingly good, not like what ordinary ronin could afford, but more like what a samurai used.
Moreover, there is not much dirt on their bodies. Although their hands are thickly calloused, they are also very clean and tidy. It can be seen that they are well maintained. Compared with ordinary ronin who come and go in the wind and rain all day long, running around for survival, they are more Like some disguised professional warriors.

All these contradictions made him have to think more.

I heard that Oda Nobunaga spent a lot of money to train a group of samurai who were only loyal to himself and completely divorced from production, known as the horse warriors.
It seemed that in less than half a day, he had already been targeted. . .

With his eyes, he signaled Axiu, who had touched a weapon not far away, not to be impulsive, and then reached out to hold down Hohoin Yinrong, who wanted to stand up and fight. Asai Nagamasa said very calmly: "This is the territory of the Oda family, you guys If you dare to be so presumptuous, do you think you don't take Lord Nobunaga seriously?"

Several ronin immediately froze, but after exchanging a few glances that they thought were secretive, the leader of the ronin still fiercely grasped the long knife at his waist.

"You guys dare to humiliate me like this. I must teach you a lesson. Even if Master Oda finds out, he won't blame me!" "Haha, in that case, let me, Nagamasa Asai, teach you. Great move!" Asai Nagamasa smiled and was about to stand up.

He has roughly determined that he should have been stared at by the samurai of the Oda family at some point, and the other party seems to have misjudged his true identity, so there are these few ronin who are clearly prepared in advance Come and take the initiative to provoke.

But after he took the initiative to report his name, the other party should make changes, right?
But before Asai Nagamasa could draw his sword, Hohoin Yinrong on the opposite side had already taken the lead in holding up his distinctive cross-word gun: "You rude man dares to treat the young master of the Asai family like this. Let me show you." Stop the poor monk’s anger!”

Several Ronin were stunned again. After hearing this name, they knew that the matter was obviously beyond their control.

At this time, the innkeepers and hotel clerks who had just ran away to nowhere ran out one after another. At the same time, a very charming young woman came to break up the fight.

After first giving some gentle words of advice, and then promising to waive the expense of the meal for those ronin, the originally aggressive ronin calmed down, and finally picked themselves up without even leaving a harsh word. His packages and weapons fled.

"Oh, my lord, this master, please calm down and don't be like those rogues. They are all desperadoes who have always had enough to eat. They are not as valuable as you."

They were probably the only ones left in the entire hall, so the charming young woman in front of them didn't have to worry too much about what she said.

It’s just that Nagamasa Asai couldn’t figure out the real identity of the other party for a while. Seeing that Shidai and the guys followed her behind, she might be the owner of this hotel, but this is Ni Peng, and the status of women is far higher than that of men. To be honest, since when will women be able to show up as bosses?
So he asked his question directly.

"It's all thanks to His Highness Oda's care that this poor woman like me can maintain this family business."

The young woman pretended to wipe her tears, and then apologized profusely, and claimed that in order to make up for their lack of care, she was willing to give Asai Nagamasa and his friends a [-]% discount on their meal.

Although he didn't care about the money at all, Asai Nagamasa did not refuse, and by the way, he also paid for the meal of Yinrong of Baozangyuan.

Seeing that Axiu had eaten and drank enough, he was going to ask the landlady to open a few rooms and have a good rest tonight. Tomorrow he would go to Tokichiro's village to find his younger brother Koichiro.

However, at this time, Hohoin Yinrong, who Asai Nagamasa deliberately wanted to make friends with, took the initiative to resign from him.

"Amitabha, thank you Lord Asai for your hospitality. The poor monk is leaving."

Asai Nagamasa was a little reluctant: "It's already getting late, so why don't you rest for the night? It won't be too late to start again tomorrow morning."

He still has a lot of questions to ask. Yin Rong of Baozangyuan has traveled to many places in order to refine his marksmanship. A lot of valuable knowledge.

However, Hohoin Yinrong still declined: "Amitabha, there is indeed something important in the temple, otherwise the poor monk would not be in such a hurry. If Asai-sama goes to the Nara area, please be sure to come to our temple to get together and let the poor monk take a brief look. As a landlord.”

Seeing the other party's appearance, Asai Nagamasa didn't stay any longer. Indeed, if there were no important matters, there might not be many warriors in Nippeng who would be willing to give up and continue to receive instruction under the command of the Juggernaut, right?

However, he still warned: "In this case, I won't stay with Master any longer. It's just that the nights have been rough recently, so Master please be careful on the road."

After the previous exchanges, he could see that the other party was indeed as recorded in history. He only cared about martial arts and did not care about fame and fortune. He was completely different from the monks of the Yixiang Sect, which was the largest and most ambitious in Nippon. He was a friend worth making.

Treasure Courtyard Yinrong smiled slightly: "Thank you donor, but the poor monk boasts that he has some strength, so he can deal with some thieves."

Although compared with many famous warriors, he seems to be younger, but in fact he has been apprenticed dozens of times and has learned hundreds of arts. If he is still troubled by petty thieves, then he is really underestimating him. and his masters.

Asai Nagamasa was not surprised by this answer, he just smiled and said: "Naturally, I have heard a little about the master's martial arts, bandits and bandits are naturally not the master's opponent, but what if the opponent is not human?"

Treasure House Yinrong was stunned for a moment, then he took a deep look at Asai Nagamasa, and when he saw that the other person's smile remained unchanged, he couldn't help but laugh: "My Buddha is compassionate, and I also have the angry eyes of Vajra, which can kill demons and eliminate demons." !”

"I see," Asai Nagamasa cupped his hand, "Have a safe journey, master. See you later!"

From the other party's answer, he seems to have got the answer.

Sure enough, in a world with monsters and onmyojis, Buddhists are not those who only knock on wooden fish.

From the looks of it, his cheap apprentice Miyabe Tsurun is really miserable. He spent so many years chasing traces of magic, but still found nothing.

Is it because he is too unlucky, or is it that the special power of Buddhism is actually very, very rare?

(End of this chapter)