Chapter 7: Apprenticeship
This is a very remote shrine on the edge of Kyoto, and it is usually uninhabited, and even he himself rarely visits.
But no matter how busy he is, every weekend, he will come here and enjoy a solitary life.
That evening, just after finishing his family's affairs, he dragged his somewhat tired body on the road to the shrine.
When he was about to reach the shrine, he was already a little out of breath, after all, he was old, not as powerful as before, and he didn't want to be as strong as before.
All he wants now is to train a good heir, and then leave the burden on him.
When he was still a few steps away from the shrine, he sensed that something was wrong, and there seemed to be something dangerous in front of him.
Looking up, it was a little boy, a wounded bunny, and a wild dog.
He frowned, this is not a place where children should set foot in, except for this wild dog, there are still some monsters in the wilderness, although this is a shrine, but the deserted shrine is not oppressive to monsters.
And the current gods are much weaker than before, and even some gods must rely on the protection of the monsters to continue to exist, and the monsters have very little fear of the gods.
In any case, it is very dangerous for a child to appear here, and the wild dog is also a great threat to the child, so he immediately took out a talisman paper from his bosom and prepared to repel the wild dog.
However, unexpectedly, the wild dog retreated on its own!
He has been living in this mountain range for a long time, and he knows very well what kind of character the wild dog in this mountain is, and only when he encounters the threat of death, the wild dog will give up what is in front of him.
It is also said that this boy is not an ordinary boy, but I didn't expect him to have a time when he looked away.
Thinking of this, he gathered his spiritual power in his eyes, carefully observed the little boy, and finally found that something was wrong, although it was very faint, but there was a faint demonic aura around the little boy, and it was a demonic aura that he was very familiar with.
Seeing the little boy pick up the rabbit, he didn't rush out, the appearance of the descendants of that clan in the Kyoto area was big news, and he needed to know the character of the other party to judge what he would do next.
Then he saw a soft white light appear on the hand of the boy sitting quietly next to the torii by the edge of the woods dressed in red gauze, and under the effect of the white light, the rabbit's wound was healed directly.
It also confirmed his suspicions.
So, he thought about it and stepped forward.
Lu Sheng looked at the old man who suddenly appeared, and he was not surprised, in fact, it was precisely because he sensed the existence of the old man that Lu Sheng did not kill the wild dog.
Most of the people wearing onmyoji costumes who appeared here at this point in time were the people in charge of this shrine, but Lu Sheng wanted to learn some yin-yang art from this person, so how could he use the king's treasure?
Although looking at the dilapidated appearance of the shrine, this person shouldn't have much strength, but Lu Sheng's requirements are not high, as long as he knows the general use of spiritual power, and the rest, past experience will tell him how to use this novel power.
Faced with the old man's praise, Lu Sheng was a little puzzled, so he had to ask rhetorically.
"Strength?"
Yes, the old man praised strength rather than ability, which is a strange word.
"Yes, power, the ability to protect others, is the real power. โ
The slightly sentimental words made Lu Sheng a little strange, although he said that he cured the little rabbit, but there are various types of healing abilities, including the ability to cure at no cost, and the ability to overdraw the life of the injured in exchange for catalytic ability, but the old man seems to have known the secret of Lu Sheng's ability for a long time.
"This kind of ability, in fact, I have only seen it in ancient books at home, and it is rumored that during the Warring States Period, there was a beautiful princess with a kind heart, who had such an ability, and the healing light that could heal all diseases. โ
Hearing this, Lu Sheng's face suddenly sank, he didn't expect him to look away, the old man in front of him was not the owner of a weakly abandoned shrine, but a high-level member of the Huakaiyuan clan!
During the Warring States Period, wasn't the princess who had healing power her own grandmother? Lu Sheng knew from his grandfather that he knew about his grandmother, but only the high-level members of the Huakaiyuan clan were qualified to consult the relevant information.
Then, this also means that his identity has been discovered!
After all, in the information about his grandmother, there should be a record of his grandmother's final whereabouts, after all, there are not many combinations of humans and monsters, and I heard from the slave carp companion, and the whole history is only the number of a half-demon.
What's more, the slippery head ghost can be said to be a big monster that once reached the lord of the monster, and the two once fought against the feathered fox together, whether it is from the perspective of the enemy or the perspective of the ally, there can be no less information about the slippery head ghost.
But why didn't the old man in front of him expose him? because of the so-called alliance?
Lu Sheng didn't believe it at all, he had already felt the idea of human beings for foreign races for thousands of years, and even if he was on their side, he was still the object of rejection and even conscription. He didn't say anything about the feathered fox, and it stands to reason that he found out that the descendants of the slippery head ghost are here, and under normal circumstances, the onmyoji would attack it.
Looking at the puzzled little boy, the old man couldn't help but admire, even such a child has good wisdom, and he really deserves to be a monster.
"Little friend... Ah, boy. โ
The old man found that it was a little inappropriate for him to call the other party's children, after all, according to the age of the monster, the other party was not small.
"Would the boy be willing to learn Yin-Yang with me?"
Lu Sheng looked at the old man with a kind smile on his face, and asked puzzledly, "Why do you want me to learn?"
Lu Sheng asked naturally not why he wanted to teach him Yin-Yang Technique, humans with special abilities are naturally good seedlings to learn Yin-Yang Technique, what he asked was why he knew his identity as a monster and taught him Yin-Yang Technique.
Both of them tacitly did not talk about this matter, but both of them understood that each other probably knew each other's identities.
Facing Lu Sheng's question, the old man smiled slightly and asked rhetorically, "Do you know the origin of Yin-Yang Technique?"
Without waiting for Lu Sheng to answer, the old man said it himself.
"The power that humans learn to protect themselves from the attacks of youkai is the art of yin and yang. This is the power of protection. โ
Looking at Lu Sheng and the little rabbit in his arms, the old man looked peaceful.
"It's never too much to protect other people's strength, isn't it? โ
Lu Sheng was also very touched by the old man's words.
"Yes, it's never too much power to protect others. Then teacher, please teach me the art of yin and yang. โ
"Okay, from now on, you are my disciple, I am the onmyoji of the Huakaiyuan clan, name, you can call me Yuanxiu. โ
"Teacher Yuanxiu, my name is ยทยทยท Lu Sheng, just call me Lu Sheng. โ
Both of them know that their names are wrong, maybe in the wrong order, maybe some missing, or even have nothing to do with their real names at all, but this does not prevent the two from forming a teacher-student relationship here.
Looking at the old man, Lu Sheng sighed with emotion in his heart, although there was something wrong, but his goal was still achieved.
And the old man's heart sighed.
Although he is very satisfied with Lu Sheng's character and qualifications, the identity of Lu Sheng's monster is a hard injury, and it stands to reason that he will not accept Lu Sheng as an apprentice no matter what, but, as I said before, the power of protection is never too much.
Being in Kyoto, this once the holy land of monsters, the old man can perceive a lot of things, and recently many monsters have begun to become restless, which makes him very uneasy, in his heart, there has always been a feeling that the shadow is approaching, so he took Lu Sheng exceptionally.
I hope I am right to do so, O Ancestor. ใ
After all, the sun sets, the night comes, and the day comes to an end.
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