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"Is that right? But, there are no signs of the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons at the moment."
"She is competing with a book called 'True Ghost Exploration Notes' for the top sales." Li Mo said, "Suppose, Ying, if you have read the contents of that book, you will know the connection with the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons."
"Ok?"
Ying was puzzled, why would the light novel be related to the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons? So, Ying later found the book "True Ghost Notes" to read.
But after reading it, I was still confused.
Li Mo had to explain that the book "True Ghost Exploration Notes" was written by You Le Zhai.
Chapter 460: Martial Arts Performance
There is a large square in front of the sacred cherry tree of Narujin Taisha Shrine. In the past, worshippers would buy amulets here and then hang them on the sacred cherry tree.
Now, this small square has become a training ground. The only Tengu in the world, the former general of the Tenryo Bugyo, Kujo Sara, trains here.
She trained there in the early morning, and in the morning, she started the martial arts performance.
Inazuma has an event called the Enbu Denshin Kendo Competition. It is an event organized by the company's magistrate, and its content is that the outstanding disciples of each school in Inazuma are sent to participate in the competition, which is similar to a martial arts competition in a ring.
But unlike the arena competition, the final martial arts performance in this event is a battle with a general.
The last time such a situation occurred was five hundred years ago. For today's contestants, participating in the competition is just a habit, a way to become famous. The general has not participated in the martial arts performance in person for a long time.
Kujo Sara enjoyed the treatment of practicing martial arts with the general every day, and after each practice, the general would point out his shortcomings.
After sending Kujo Sara away, Lei Dianying walked from the center of the courtyard to the sacred cherry tree. There was not even a drop of sweat on her forehead.
Kujo Sara is still too young.
On the contrary, the guy sitting under the sacred cherry tree drinking tea is a tough guy.
"Hey? General, why are you looking at me like that? Do you want to have a fight like yesterday? No way. I'm no match for you, can I just admit defeat?" Li Mo, wearing a priest's uniform, lay in a recliner, sinking into it, looking lazy, as if he had been infected by the Son of God.
Several days had passed since the restructuring, and for a while, the number of documents sent to Mingshen Taisha decreased significantly. Most of the raccoons were relieved from their busy work. Of course, Li Mo also became relaxed.
"war."
"General, why have you become a battle maniac? This is the last time! Give me the knife."
The Ame-kage katana had been turned into scrap in the battle at the castle tower, and it was covered with all kinds of cracks. After all, it was just a four-star weapon, a weapon made by mortal craftsmen. Even if it was the best, it was still a mortal weapon.
In a demon-level battle, the Ame-kage katana is still too fragile.
Nakiri no Inamitsu was handed over to Li Mo.
"Aren't you usually so focused on your dreams?" Li Mo said, tilting his head. Then, he noticed a change. "Ying, when did you come out?"
"Just now." Ying said, "Watching the general fighting with you, my hands are itching."
Itchy hands mean you want to fight.
Li Mo complained: "Are you just going to rob the general of his opportunity like this?"
In the end, he still walked into the temporary training ground with the Nakiri no Inahiru.
The same battle took place at the same place as before. The clanging sound of metal colliding spread, but the two sides had changed.
Li Mo had never used a naginata before, and had rarely used long-handled weapons. But after activating "Sainthood - Thunder General", he mastered various skills, including the naginata.
The two of them tacitly understood each other and did not mobilize the elements. They competed like ordinary warriors. This was a competition of skills rather than a battle of strength.
This was the scene that Yae Shinko saw when she came back.
When the gods you serve perform martial arts with the priests, the weapons held by your priests are the weapons of your gods.
Nakiri no Inahiru and his dreams are only used for pure martial arts performance?
Bored Yae Shinko came to a corner, took out some snacks and tea, and started to watch. But as she watched, she felt something was wrong.
Why did the general keep looking at me?
Wait... that's a shadow?!
Almost instantly, Yae Shenzi saw that the Dream Yixin in Lei Dianying's hand was waving towards himself. The lightning element was swept over, and the sword light directly covered the brilliance of the sun.
Of course, Lei Dianying's slash could not hit the pink-haired fox. No one knew better than Yae Shenzi how to avoid Lei Dianying's attack.
The Killing Sakura that was left there was hit by the sword light, and then the sword light scattered in all directions.
For Ying, as long as he didn't swing the secret sword, he could use it freely. Even the surrounding buildings were not destroyed.
"Ying, what are you doing? Why are you swinging your knife at me?" Yae Shinko stepped forward and complained.
"Because I wanted to swing my sword at you." Ying said, "As the chief priest of Narujin Taisha, you have not been at the shrine for many days, but have been outside. Isn't such lazy behavior worthy of being slashed? Didn't you dodge it?"
"Ying, are you really Ying?" Yae Shenzi showed exaggerated surprise: "Are you really not a general?"
Ying raised his dream, and Yae Shinko stopped provoking Ying and surrendered with both hands.
Holding Yae Kamiko, they came to the office. Ying stood in front of Fox. Li Mo stood at the door holding Nakiri Inahiru, looking like a thug.
If I run away and pass the shadow level, the little guy will decisively stab me.
Looking back at what I did some time ago...
Did I offend them in any way?
"What's going on with Youlezhai?"
"Hey? Ying, how did you know..." Yae Shenzi immediately looked at Li Mo.
The little guy from another world knows a lot of information about Teyvat, as if he has seen everything on the continent of Teyvat from a bystander's perspective. Is it normal for him to know this?
Ying said indifferently: "It doesn't matter how I know it. Shenzi, tell me the whole story from beginning to end."
Forced to do so, Yae Kamiko started to tell the story from the beginning. The cause of the incident was naturally the book "True Psychic Notes". As soon as she saw the content of the book, she knew it was written by Yurakusai. Then she described how she borrowed the story of the traveler's travels and wrote a light novel to compete with the other party. Then two days ago, she went directly to Yurakusai.
"What about Youlezhai?" Lei Dianying said.
"He went to call back the memories of the monsters that possessed humans." said Yae Shinko.
She could see that Ying's anger was probably caused by a certain person who was just playing tricks on her. She even saw his smug smile.
Ying asked, "Are they going to prepare for the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons again?"
"Yes. For those old-timers, the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons is the most lively time."
Ying didn't say anything, but waited for a long time before leaving. During this time, he took back the Nakiri no Inahi from Li Mo.
Then, Yae Shenzi jumped up, "Little guy, you betrayed me!"
"If I don't betray you, who else can I betray?"
The shadow could no longer hear the noise inside.
She stood in the courtyard, and for a moment, thoughts surged in her mind.
One Hundred Demons Night Parade, when I first heard this name recently, I didn't think much of it. But now, thinking about the One Hundred Demons Night Parade is about to reappear, the memories of the past inevitably come to mind.
I have memories of watching it at the shrine with Kitsaigumi, and also watching it at the castle tower with my sister Shin...
Looking up at the sacred cherry tree, Ying smiled: "At least, there is still a glimmer of hope."
Chapter 461: Travelers and Monster Ghosts
As summer approaches, the temperature in Inazuma Castle rises a lot, but it still cannot stop the people of Inazuma from being very busy.
"Is Inazuma Castle still so prosperous?"
"You were possessed by a writer before, so you didn't go into the city to take a look?"
The blonde girl said two sentences, as if she was looking at things from two different perspectives. If someone else heard this, they might think that her personality was invaded by an evil spirit.
Fortunately, the girl's voice was very soft, and to others it seemed that she was just talking to herself, so no one noticed.
If the girl were asked to evaluate herself, she would certainly say that she was possessed by a ghost!
Although Shenzi said that the other party died in battle a long time ago and only his memory was left, but on second thought, how different is that from a ghost?
The girl named Ying is not happy with the ghost of "Yurakusai".
The cause of this incident can be traced back to the time when Ying followed Yae Shenzi to solve the "Real Psychic Notes". After a series of events, the mastermind behind the scenes was found, and Shenzi happened to know the mastermind and played a trick on Paimon.
Of course, that's not the point. The point is that Youlezai, the ancient fox demon, can move up and down easily, but it's not the case with Ying.
She was carrying the magic weapon given by Li Mo, which made Yurakusai unable to leave her body and became something like a ghost behind her. Even Yae Shinko couldn't separate it from her body, so she could only accept the status quo. In addition, Shinko had some plan of "One Hundred Demons Night Parade", so she had to bring Yurakusai to Inazuma Castle and call the memories of other monsters to Yingxiangshan.
This brings us back to the "Real Ghost Notes". In that novel, there is a ritual recorded that can make the body of the person who presides over the ritual appear in the memory of the monster - of course, this process will not cause any harm, at most it will cause a little cold or typhoid fever. Shenzi also said that he would solve the problem. Ying had no choice but to come to Inazuma Castle.
Now, walking in the streets of Inazuma Castle, he was not going to continue calling out to the monsters. Because he had called out to all the monsters before. The reason for strolling was that Yurakusai wanted to see Inazuma Castle with his own eyes, what it looked like now.
"It was that little girl, the Son of God, who insisted on challenging me. I had no choice but to stay at home and write. After all, my writing skills haven't declined after so many years!"
The old man named Yourakusai spoke proudly through Ying's mouth, his voice getting louder and louder, and then Ying directly cut off Yourakusai's opportunity to express himself to the outside world.
They had clearly agreed on three rules beforehand: don't talk too much, don't make too loud noises. But the old fox didn't follow any of them, so Ying had no choice but to do this.
Paimon said beside him: "Traveler, can't it speak anymore?"
"Of course. The treasure that the priest gave me is very useful." Ying said proudly.
In her eyes, the priests of the Mingshen Grand Shrine were just like the True Lords of Liyue, with extraordinary abilities.
"Who is this priest you are talking about? I wanted to ask this question before."
Youlezhai's voice appeared in Ying's mind, and it could still communicate with Ying in consciousness. However, no one else could hear its voice.
"The priest is from Liyue."
"Hmm? A Liyue person? Why would a Liyue person become a priest of the Mingjin Grand Shrine?"
"I don't know. When I came to Inazuma, the priest was already the priest of Narujin Taisha Shrine. I heard that he also presided over the Shinzakura Purification?" Ying paused and looked into the distance. The place where the towering castle tower used to be was now a busy construction site. Now you can see the frame of the new castle tower being built.
Yurakusai's voice sounded again, "I see, I'll ask that girl Shenzi later. Also, why was the castle tower destroyed? I had this question when I was writing earlier."
"Didn't you ask?"
"I asked them, and they said that a two-colored lightning column suddenly appeared one day, and then the castle tower was destroyed."
The empty sentences revealed very little information. At first, Yurakusai thought that someone had attacked the castle tower and was killed by the general with one blow, destroying the entire castle tower.
But on second thought, Inazuma Castle was not affected much and was so prosperous that it didn't look like a war had broken out. How could a strong enemy attack the castle tower? Things became even more confusing.