Since discovering the Sea of Gods and Ascending to the Gods, the Mirage Tower has undergone some transformations by Uesugi Kiyoshi.

The top of the tall building had been hidden by him, turning into an endless starry sky, and at first glance, it felt like the council chamber of the Collectibles Society.

It was the sea of stars that belonged to him.

The murals around are still as usual, with the images of monsters coming to life, and the candles on the brass lampstand are beautiful and give people an unusual and strange feeling.

The statue of himself also sat in front of the mural ukiyo-e, holding his sword high, looking at the scorching elegance of the world, looking a little more domineering than himself.

The moment he saw the statue, a complicated look of remembrance flashed in Li Fuyao's eyes, and then he returned to his usual calmness.

It was as if she had come to a good friend's house, her steps were relaxed, and she looked around with some curiosity, taking in the entire mirage building.

"Hmm... It's quite like your style, do you usually practice swordsmanship here, I see a lot of sword marks on the ground..."

"But that's too much of an ascetic, aren't you?"

"You can't entertain guests like this, and... But in this case, the believers you have called may also lack some reverence for you. ”

With a wave of his hand, the door closed.

Uesugi Qing listened to Li Fuyao's words and nodded thoughtfully.

"I've also just gained some abilities related to [gods], and as you can see, I seem to have gained some benefits after killing Tosho Divine Monarch."

"As for these ukiyo-e..."

Before Uesugi Qing could figure out how to explain, he saw that Li Fuyao had already circled around the wall and answered very casually.

"Hundred ghost scrolls, an advanced product of the monster roster, linking, a special ghost and god vessel that gathers the belief of monsters, it is considered the life of monsters to become gods, and it is not a rare thing in the Heian period."

When she saw Uesugi Kiyoshi looking at her stunned expression, she couldn't help but smile slightly, and her voice was very soft.

"Don't look at me like that, there are few things in this world that I don't recognize."

"Besides... The Tale of 100 Things,It's also a kind of monster roster.。 ”

"It's the one you just saw."

"This kind of thing is not a unique book, most of the ghost kings with names and surnames will keep a roster of monsters, and most of them have some powerful abilities that fit the master, a bit like the saying that the Qi practitioner [Natal Magic Weapon] over there in the Celestial Empire."

"However, in comparison, your Hundred Ghost Picture Scroll, both in terms of content and scale, is a bit scary..."

Looking at Li Fuyao, who was amazed, Uesugi Kiyoshi shook his head with a wry smile.

"Alas... How to put it, it's hard to put it into words. ”

"It's not my thing, but the reason why I've achieved success in kendo so far is closely related to it, and even my strength to deal with ghosts and gods comes mostly from this."

"It's okay once or twice, but after a long time, I sometimes always wonder if this kind of [tricky] power will be a castle in the air, and it will collapse at some point..."

"I haven't even stepped through the door of a cultivator right now..."

In fact, he doesn't usually have so much sentimentality, but in front of Li Fuyao, some secret words in his heart were unconsciously said.

Li Fuyao smiled brightly, his eyebrows were in the spring mountain, the pupils were cut in the autumn water, and the red lips were lightly opened, and he didn't seem to agree with Uesugi Kiyoshi's statement.

"Strength is power."

"No matter how powerful the Hundred Ghost Scroll is, it is just a dead thing, it belongs to a special kind of ghost and god artifact."

"It's like your ghost cut."

"You are a swordsman, when you swing your sword to kill the enemy, the sword in your hand is too sharp, will it become your shackles?"

"The point, isn't it still the one who wields the sword?"

"So, if you're really worried, you can also minor in some cultivation techniques, I remember that the new Yin Liu has a set of living swords, which is a combination of killing knives to practice qi kung fu, and breathe out the heart method, didn't your master pass it on to you?"

Uesugi Kiyoshi looked at his statue with some distraction and subconsciously shook his head.

"Master said that he would go and find the best sword heart seed for me, and then let me step into the path of cultivation, he doesn't seem to be in a hurry about it, so he must have his own reasons."

Li Fu shook his head.

"Kenshin Seed? It should be a mirror of the heart. ”

"That's right, when a cultivator steps on the path of cultivation, he needs to ask his heart and understand his heart, so that he can be loyal to his heart and stimulate his own extraordinary power, and I also used similar methods when I first practiced Qi."

"Shangquan Jianhao seems to attach great importance to you, the better the quality of the Mingxin Mirror, the better the effect, and the firmer the original heart will be after entering the Dao, not only will the probability of falling into the ghost and god sink will be reduced, but also the farther on the transcendent road will be."

"That kind of high-quality mirror is priceless, even if it is put into the scope of this world."

"Since Shangquan Jianhao is not in a hurry, then he is sure of your qualifications."

"Qing, you don't know, the path of transcendent beings is hardly fair, and the same is true for cultivators."

"If you have good talents, build a foundation in one day, cultivate qi and practice gods, it won't take long for you to have the combat power comparable to the gods."

"Those with poor talents, asked several times, don't have their hearts, are imprisoned outside the threshold, depressed, and it takes time and effort to deal with an ordinary ghost, there are too many such people."

"Shangquan Jianhao should be sure of your qualifications, as long as you pass the portal of your conscience, you will leap into the dragon gate and go straight to the clouds, so don't worry, this kind of thing is not like martial arts cultivation, sooner rather than later, what is needed is diligence."

Uesugi Kiyoshi doesn't know much about this, but since Li Fuyao said so, it's basically the truth.

He nodded with emotion and whispered, "Yes... Master has always been very kind to me..."

"So, I can't be blinded by the power of external objects... I can't disgrace his people..."

In just a few words, his eyes cleared a little, and the smile on the corner of his mouth quietly curved.

Seeing his expression, Li Fuyao's smile became more and more gentle.

She looked at the statue, and then at Uesugi Kiyoshi who was looking at the statue, the two figures overlapped, as if the body and the shadow, one and inseparable.

"Don't you ask me where these things come from?" Uesugi Kiyoshi seemed to suddenly remember something, and asked meaningfully.

Li Fuyao didn't care, just shook his head.

"Heavy?"

"Didn't you ask me... Where did my Hundred Things come from? ”

Uesugi Kiyoshi tilted his head and thought about it, chuckled, nodded and repeated, "Heavy or?" ”

"Hmm... is not important. ”

He perked up a bit, and the conversation got down to business.

"Fuyao, I have something to ask you."

"Probably because I received the inheritance of my predecessors, I own some... Special [believers]. ”

"But I don't know anything about how to use that power of faith."

"What you said, believers, magic, and faith, I have been in contact with them, but [ritual], I don't understand, and I don't know how to do it."

When it came to business, Li Fuyao also became serious.

"How to use the power of faith, I can't help you, everyone's path is different, I can't finish it for you."

"But... What the ritual is, I can explain to you in detail. ”

"Have you ever heard of the legend of the Tale of a Hundred Things?"

Sugiyoshi can answer this question, at that time when he first arrived, he was particularly interested in all kinds of ghosts and strange things, and he had specially collected them, and the legend of Hyakmonogatari was popular in Japan, and there were several versions on the Internet alone.

One of the most widespread is that Hyakmonogatari is a Japanese folk custom that mostly takes place on summer nights, and it is impossible to know when it originated but flourished in the Edo period, and it is a game of collective summoning ghosts.

The game is usually played in a dark room, where everyone lights a hundred candles and tells strange stories about ghosts and gods together, until the ninety-ninth strange story is finished, and the last wick remains.

Legend has it that if someone blows out the last candle at this time, it will attract ghosts, so often the storyteller will have a vigilance in his heart, and when it is his turn to tell the story, he must not become the last, because he does not know what will happen when the hundredth story is finished, so every time he talks about the ninety-ninth, he will immediately stop, and no one dares to continue.

It is said that she is the messenger of hell, a ghost in the underworld, who will take on a variety of different forms and lure many people to play a game called "Hundred Things", maybe this is a hobby, maybe this is the source of her power.

There are other different theories, but without exception, the "Qingxing Lantern" is closely related to the "Tale of Hundred Things" and is widely known as the big monster.

Although he had a conjecture in his heart for a long time, it was still difficult for Uesugi Kiyoshi to associate the image of the big monster with the girl in front of him.

"Judging by your expression, you seem to have heard it."

"The Tale of Hundred Things is a kind of ritual."

"Ritual is a way for believers' stars to be connected to the stars of the gods in the sea of gods and stars."

"Rituals, ritual instruments, incantations... And so on, different paths lead to the same end, and the purpose is the same. ”

"A complex sacrificial ritual, a long and incomprehensible prayer, or an idol tainted with the breath of a god can achieve the same effect."

"In short, it is a means of establishing the image of the gods in the minds of believers, and only in this way can the believers have the emotional fluctuations that can be called the power of faith."

Uesugi Kiyoshi thought about it for a while, and then understood.

As long as you have played the game of 100 Things, you will definitely be impressed by the green lantern that sets off the terrifying atmosphere, and many years later, even if the ghost story is almost forgotten, that lamp will be firmly engraved in the memory.

If something strange and alarming happens after the Tale of 100 Things, then this effect will become even more serious.

The wine swallowing boy once said that as long as there is a person in the world who still remembers the name of wine swallowing, he will not die completely, and in the same way, as long as the reputation of Qingxing Lantern spreads all over the world with the story of Hundred Things, then the big monster named Qingxing may also rise in strength.

And the carnival of the people in Tsing Yi that he experienced in Li Fuyao's dream before should be a more targeted sacrificial activity, the purpose of which is to make the image of Qingxing Lantern deeply rooted in the hearts of believers.

Uesugi Kiyoshi frowned and thought for a long time, and finally shook his head helplessly.

"Ahh Rituals, incantations, prayers, are too foreign to me. ”

"Isn't there any other way?"

"It's too embarrassing for me to figure out the creation ritual little by little, it's much harder than math!"

As for the so-called "spreading faith", Uesugi Kiyoshi not only has no resistance, but also wants to give it a try.

Try what it's like to be a "god".

He always felt that this "step to the gods" was the most important meaning of the existence of the Hundred Ghost Scrolls, and it was more important than those hundred smells and mirages.

He had just finished his grumbling words when another voice answered him.

"Uesugi, you're really brainless."

"The Lord of Hundred Things has said that there are many ways, you can choose the simplest and most direct one."

"For example, a statue of a god with the breath of a god."

"I'm familiar with this, do you need help?"

The red-haired ghost king broke out of the painting, leaned against the wall, and suddenly spoke with an indescribable mysterious smile.

Uesugi Kiyoshi stared at the drunken boy who suddenly offered great hospitality, and did not reply immediately, but fell into deep thought.