diskusbooks Chapter 118 Upper Moon Assembly
Chapter 118 Upper Moon Assembly
"Lord Tai'an, that woman was terrifying! Why didn't you catch her?"
A soft, sweet voice rang out, and Bee Princess returned, reappearing behind Tai'an.
“A woman? No, she’s not human.” Tai’an raised the fan in the hall to cover his lips, turned to look at Bee Princess, and revealed a fox-like smile, continuing, “She is the last passage to the underworld in this world.”
"what?"
Bee Princess covered her mouth, her eyes wide open, and her face turned deathly pale.
As an elf, ghosts are the things she fears most.
"Since you've said that, sir, I'm even more determined to hold her tighter! Bee Princess is so scared!"
As if floating in the air, Bee Princess landed at Tai An's feet without moving her legs, hugged his calves, and looked up at him with a pitiful expression.
"I know, but I don't have the magical power of my ancestor, Lord Seimei, to seal off all 168 crossroads in Kyoto that could connect to the underworld."
Tai'an shook his head, his voice filled with sighs as he spoke.
Actually, he wasn't telling the truth. In the Tsuchimikado family, there is a personal notebook left behind by Abe no Seimei.
One of the stories inside is about how Seimei sealed the entrance from Kyoto to the underworld.
In order to rival the Tang Dynasty, the construction method of Heian-kyo was modeled after Chang'an.
But simply matching the appearance wasn't enough. The emperor at the time knew that cherry blossoms were in a remote and impoverished area, and if he wanted to surpass the Tang Dynasty, he had to find another way.
So he ordered the Onmyoji to obtain extraordinary power by setting up a Feng Shui formation.
The specific method of obtaining it is to arrange the overall layout of the palace into four horizontal and five vertical lines according to the Nine Syllable Mantra, and then cast a spell.
This is done because once the extraordinary power of the Nine Syllable Mantra takes effect, it can communicate with the upper realm and obtain incredible power.
The result was that, without communicating with the upper realm, a passage to the lower realm, or the underworld, was opened. This led to Kyoto, which was originally the residence of the emperor during the Heian period, becoming a famous city of ghosts.
Fortunately, at that time, Abe no Seimei, a genius of Onmyōdō, emerged and, with great wisdom and power, sealed off all the passages connecting Kyoto to the underworld.
It was rumored that 168 intersections were sealed off, but actually one was missed, which is the 169th one.
The reason for the leak is simple: because this intersection is open!
"Fate is cruel. Who would have thought that this last passage would appear in front of me on its own initiative?"
Tai'an pulled his leg out of Bee Princess's arms and slowly walked towards the bedroom. At the same time, he was mentally reviewing whether he had made any mistakes when facing Muzan.
After going over it in his mind several times and confirming that there were no problems, he finally felt relieved.
"Originally, in a few decades, the imperial star could have returned to its rightful place, and the world could have returned to the Emperor's hands..."
"But just a few months ago, Taiyi Star lit up, and it seemed to be suppressing the Emperor Star..."
"Taiyi, Taiyi, hehe."
"The greatest samurai in the land, Yamada Asaemon Taichi, is that you?"
"If it really is you, then I will not allow you to prevent this world from returning to the Emperor's embrace."
"When the power of Yang is too strong, the power of Yin will naturally come to balance it. I'm still struggling with how to deal with you."
"I never expected Yin would actually come knocking on my door. Fate is truly wondrous!"
In the Japanese-style room, Tsuchimikado Taian, who had already changed his clothes with the help of Bee Princess, pointed his finger and extinguished the lights.
He then crawled into bed, and Bee Princess, who was already naked, embraced him. Of course, on the other side, there was also a woman named Sakura Princess in his bed.
......
In a quiet alley in Kyoto, Muzan walked alone, his brows furrowed.
After leaving the Yin-Yang Bureau, she kept thinking about what she should do next.
As for what Tsuchimikado Taian said earlier, she would adopt the reasonable points and ignore the unreasonable ones.
Having lived for a thousand years, does she really think she lived in vain?
The idea of going to the side of someone with great fortune is clearly an attempt to get involved in worldly affairs.
However, there is one point that Muzan agrees with, and that is how to obtain the power of Yin.
During this period, she also intensively studied the knowledge of Yin and Yang.
She had seen a lot, but some of the things she saw were just nonsense.
"Ghosts? In this world, without me, where would ghosts be?"
"Tsukuyomi's tears? The underworld? These things are just myths."
Muzan, who has a strong preference for Western knowledge, is actually a staunch atheist. In her long life, besides herself being extraordinary, there is also the inexplicable Yoriichi Tsugikuni.
For the rest of the time, she had never seen any extraordinary power.
"Incomplete in the Five Yin? Just because my name is Kibutsuji Muzan? Because it contains the character 'Tsuji'?"
Just as he was thinking this, Muzan found himself at a crossroads.
Looking around in all four directions, she suddenly felt a strong urge to complain.
No, which idiot decided that intersections must have four directions? Can't we have five or six?
Is it called Crossroads because of the character "十" (ten)?
"How ridiculous! If it were the character '米' (rice), wouldn't I have four more strands of power?"
Huh? Kibu Muzan?
whispering sound!
Who would name someone like that?! It's absolutely outrageous!
Hiss~ Whoosh~
He rolled his eyes, a rare occurrence for Muzan, and after taking a deep breath, decided that doing things his own way was the right thing to do.
Summarizing everyone's words, she became certain of one thing: she needed to collect the power of Yin.
As for how to collect them, she had already started a few days ago: creating ghosts!
She now understood that Taiyi's power, as anyone who wasn't a fool could see, had already surpassed that of the mortal realm.
Even so, neither the shogunate, Kyoto, nor the other domains seemed to have any major reaction.
"In that case, there's no need to hide the existence of ghosts!"
A few days ago, I created a few more demons in Edo, but now it seems that the number is far from enough.
As for how to solve this problem...
"Narume."
Zheng~
The space shifted, and Muzan returned to the Infinity Castle once again.
Looking at the familiar surroundings, her heart finally returned to peace.
"Bring all the Upper Moon demons before me."
"My subordinate understands."
Zheng~
The sound of the shamisen rang out again, accompanied by a door that instantly appeared below Doma, who was lying on the lotus throne, holding a mourning bell and chuckling incessantly.
A door appeared in a valley, and the cannibal stood under the waterfall, in a horse stance, enduring the impact of the huge water flow. There were three dark blue lines on each side of his face, extending from his forehead to the lower jaw of the cannibal.
A door appeared at the feet of a cannibal with a long haircut and tears streaming down his face, who had just finished eating humans and was now huddled in a corner of the room.
A door appeared beneath a pot, and another door appeared at the feet of Kokushibo, who was facing the moon and practicing his breathing exercises.
The final door appeared at the feet of the evil Jiuying, who was about to cut off the heads of the Rock Pillar, Shizan Daizen, and the Wind Pillar, Ebo Amekirimaru.