Chapter 133: Finalize the plan
During the Warring States period of Japan, the pattern of city construction was similar, with the innermost layer being the castle where the lord lived, and the residential area centered around the castle was called the castle town, and beyond that there were farmland and pastures.
Lu Xiao's initial arrival was located in the farmland area on the outskirts of Reed City, a short distance from the center of the city, and beyond the inaccessible forests, swamps, and barren mountains.
The territory of Ashina Province is not large, at least much smaller than that of modern cities, but in this era, there was no convenient means of transportation such as automobiles, and it took a lot of time to walk the entire land of Ashina Province on your feet.
When you come to a whole new world, the first thing you need to determine is the current year.
Lu Xiao went straight to the densely populated area of the castle, the main purpose was to learn the specific time from these residents.
However, at this time, it was a time of war, and the residents of the country were very wary of outsiders like him in fancy clothes, and most of the questions Lu Xiao asked were not answered by the local people.
As a last resort, Lu Xiao could only go further into the central city, trying to see if he could get the exact time from the mouth of the high-level of the Reed Ming Kingdom.
He succeeded, and when he followed the little surname of Xian Ichiro to settle in the city, Lu Xiao asked the question he wanted to know the most.
"The year of Longquan's visit? Wasn't that three years ago? ”
'Bingo~'
In the whole wolf's game, only when the wolf entered the fantasy memories of three years ago, a half-dead eagle mentioned the question of the year.
The year of the visit to Longquan was the year when the Hirata clan, the Hirata clan, was sacked by bandits.
At that time, in order to support the main family to resist the attack of the inner government, the Hirata family sent most of the samurai under their name to the battlefield, resulting in the weak defense of the Hirata Mansion, which was the core station of the family, and was rushed and collapsed by the bandits who responded to the traitor.
In the end, the Hirata family was almost wiped out due to various conspiracies, leaving only one young child who was lucky to survive and was brought back to Ashina Castle for adoption.
And this surviving child is Miko, who has the power of the dragon, and the core character of the entire wolf storyline - Jiulang.
The reason for the destruction of the Hirata family is not simple, it involves the competition of many forces for the dragon yin prince.
Three years later, the original riots have long since subsided, but an infighting has once again reduced the strength of the Ashina Province, and the Ashina Province, which has lost a large number of elite samurai, is gradually unable to withstand the onslaught of the Inner Mansion army, and the situation is precarious.
And as the pillar of the Ashina Kingdom and the thorn in the eyes of the Inner House, the sword saint Ashin is not only old, but also suffered from a serious illness a few years ago, and it is difficult to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy in person.
In this situation of internal and external troubles, as the rightful heir of the Ashina Province, Ashina Genichiro had no choice but to use his crooked brains, hoping to obtain the power of the dragon Yin given by Kuro to repel the invading Inner House army.
The power of the dragon is the power of immortality in layman's terms.
Those who have received the blessing of Long Yin, even if their heads are cut off, their separated bodies can be strangely reunited, and they are truly immortal.
You can get relevant information by clearing the full plot of the wolf, and there are three forms of undead in the country of the reeds that sacrifice the water of the source.
One of them is the one who possesses insects, and obtains the ability to be immortal through mysterious parasites that parasitize human bodies.
Fully grown undead insects cannot be killed by conventional means, and humans as parasites naturally cannot die.
The second is to obtain an extremely tough body and strong combat power by drinking the water of change, and some organizations have even conducted inhumane research on the water of change, trying to further improve the side effects of the water change.
The above two methods of immortality have great hidden dangers, and the person who possesses the worm will gradually become inhuman and ghostly under the invasion of the increasing number of insects, until finally he loses the ability to move independently and completely becomes the nest of the worm.
Those who drink the water will have blood-red eyes and a significant increase in their combat ability, but at the cost of losing most of their sanity as human beings.
Compared to these two methods of immortality, the power of Long Yin is the most orthodox.
However, this does not mean that there are no side effects at all when using the power of the dragon, but the side effects of the power of the dragon will not be reflected in the recipient, but by absorbing the life force of the people around them to replenish the lost life of the blessed person.
This is how the strange disease of dragon cough was born.
Lu Xiao's first task is to kill the immortal, and according to the literal meaning, it should be to ask him to cut off the source of all the immortal things in the territory of the Reed Ming Country, rather than simply killing Jiulang to cut off the power of the dragon yin.
The second task is relatively simple, not relying on the abilities of other worlds, and defeating the pillar of the Reeda Country, the Sword Saint Reeda Isshin, head-on.
The third non-essential task, which was full of question marks, was thrown aside by Lu Xiao.
In order to complete the first task, no matter how Lu Xiao planned his route map in the wolf world, he must first obtain one of the most important items - the immortal slash.
There are many mutant things in the country of Reed, and if you want to kill these evil things that cannot be killed by conventional means, you must use the special ability of the Immortal Slash.
Temporarily settled in the empty house selected by Genichiro, the little surname who was in charge of monitoring Lu Xiao kept watch at the door of the room.
Lu Xiao didn't care about the behavior of the little surname, and sat thoughtfully on the tatami mat in the room and rubbed her chin.
"There are two immortal slashes, each with different effects."
"Among them, the Black Immortal Slash 'Open the Door' can open the door to the Yellow Spring, pay the price of his own life, pull the deceased designated by the sacrificer back from the other world, and give him immortal power."
"The Red Immortal Slash 'Worship Tears' is more like a ritual knife to take tears from the cherry dragon, and both have their own effects."
Lu Xiao was not very interested in the black immortal slashing open, he had no hope of resurrecting people in this world, and he was even more unwilling to sacrifice his life to pull someone back from Huangquan.
"So, it's tears?"
The Red Immortal Tears were sealed in the Kongoyama Senbong Temple outside Reina Castle and kept by the only son of the Changeras who survived the brutal experiment.
"Senfeng Temple?"
Lu Xiao looked at the north of the city through the open window, and the King Kong Mountain shrouded in clouds and mist looked quite ethereal.
The little surname who guarded Lu Xiao was very vigilant about his actions, and when Lu Xiao poked his head out to look out, the little surname's hand was always on the handle of the knife on his waist, as long as Lu Xiao had abnormal behavior, he would draw his knife and attack Lu Xiao at any time.
Lu Xiao laughed at the guardedness of the little surname, and after confirming the direction, he returned to the house.
"Let's just set the primary goal of the first mission to obtain the Immortal Tears, so how do you complete the second mission?"
Seriously ill, Ashina was determined to live in the castle tower at the top of the castle, and Genichiro arranged for a large number of men to guard the castle, and also left a skilled medicine man to take care of his grandfather's daily life.
It wasn't difficult to sneak into the castle, but at this time, the sword saint Ashin was no longer the war ghost who was infinitely eager to fight when he was young.
Whether he was willing to fight Lu Xiao was still a question, and the pharmacist who was guarding him obviously wouldn't turn a blind eye to the duel between the two.
If it doesn't work out, Lu Xiao's sneaking into the castle is likely to cause a large-scale riot, which will greatly affect Lu Xiao's follow-up plan, and the gains outweigh the losses.
'Let's put task 2 aside for the time being, maybe in the process of completing task 1, you will unexpectedly get a chance to fight with Yixin. ’
……
In the dead of night, the little surname of Ichiro was still dutifully guarding outside Lu Xiao's gate, his eyes wide open and he looked energetic.
Two bright eyes suddenly appeared in the dark house, and Lu Xiao, who had absorbed magic power and nourished his spirit through meditation, finally opened his eyes.
It does have magic, but as the system says, the magic of the wolf world is very thin and cannot be compared to the Marvel world. ’
Gently touching the boots of Hermes, Lu Xiao sighed godlessly, "It seems that you need to be cautious when using magic props in this world, and try to use them at critical moments." ’