Chapter 8 Meeting
Usually, in his spare time, his favorite thing is to drink tea and listen to the rain.
The tip of the tongue is a rare drink, the faint aroma of tea, rich in spiritual power, which is a rare treasure in this era.
In the courtyard, the sound of bubbling water, "da", "da", "da", "da·······
The bamboo tube filled with running water is tilted to one side, and the sound of tapping on the stone is full of rhythmic charm, which spreads far away, and it looks quiet and Zen.
This is the tea room.
An upscale retreat.
Only here can you taste this grade of tea.
The so-called tea Zen, in fact, is through such a series of elegant and solemn ceremonies, to make people feel soothed, as for the deeper so-called "Zen", in fact, it has nothing to do with the tea itself.
Putting down the porcelain cup in his hand, Lin Zhengyang straightened up and knelt in the Japanese-style tea room.
In front of him was a letter from Qingyuan, who was also dignified and unsmiling.
The other party has already been subdued, and he has entered the official career, and after careful calculation, he is a few years older than him.
Although he still looks like an eighteen-year-old young man, his deliberately grown short beard makes him look a little more mature.
Sunlight shines through the dense bamboo forest outside, shining into the tea room with the side door open.
Qing Yuan sent a letter from behind him and took out a box that was sealed with a thick talisman and could not be seen.
"Hideyoshi, this is my old man, I found it at home."
Qing Yuan paused in the letter, the lines on his face became serious, and his arms shook unconsciously, but he still pushed towards him firmly.
The box was placed in front of him, and it looked like it was easy to pick up.
Lin Zhengyang looked at it, and the aura that was quite rich lingered on the box.
It can be seen that the power of the seal's spell is still very stable.
Effective charms, usually accompanied by a strong aura.
It is full of spiritual power or borrowed divine power, and it is because of these powers that ordinary spells are effective.
Over time, the spell will gradually lose its power.
A spell that loses its power is nothing more than a piece of waste paper.
This process can be long and short, and it is also related to the skill of the maker and the process of producing the charm.
The requirements for amulets are stricter, but they usually last for five years.
Seals are more demanding, but because they are seals, they are often attacked by sealed monsters, so the power may pass quickly, and it needs to be maintained or replaced every once in a while.
Looking at the style of this spell, it is quite ancient, not a popular technique in the past hundred years, but the kind of ancient witch handwriting that has been passed down for a long time.
Before the Yin Yang Dao flourished, there was relatively little communication between the mysterious sides of Dongying, and the charms in various places had distinct local colors, and the drawings of some ancient gods were not easy to imitate.
When he saw this, he roughly had a guess.
"There's ········ in this"
Just in case, he asked anyway.
Sure enough, Qingyuan closed his eyes in the letter, looking unbearable:
"This is the spirit bone of the nine-tailed fox."
Lin Zhengyang felt that his smile must be very reluctant.
"Tamamo mae?"
His voice was low.
If you haven't lived in this area for a long time and have studied monsters deeply, it's hard to understand the terrifying power of the nine-tailed fox.
Tamamo Mae [たまものまえ], a yokai of Japanese legend.
Legend has it that its demon body is a nine-tailed fox, and it is a monster that specializes in transforming into a peerless beauty to confuse the king.
The mythical beast in Chinese mythology and stories was incarnated as Yuxi during the Xia Dynasty and Daji during the Shang Dynasty.
When the Shang Dynasty fell, she was hunted down by Jiang Ziya and forced to cross the ocean to Japan, calling herself "Tamamomae", and won the favor and trust of Emperor Toba.
At that time, Tamamae was favored by Emperor Toba, and the name Tamamo was given by the Emperor; Like the legend of the Emperor, Tamamo seduced the emperor to ignore the government, and fell into bed with a strange illness, and the ministers began to suspect her, and asked Abe Yasunari to secretly investigate her, and confirmed that the thousand-year-old nine-tailed demon fox was transformed, and the emperor who had recovered from the imperial body was angry and ordered to hunt down Tamamo Mae.
In the end, she was captured and killed by Harumi, but her ambition and obsession remained in Nasuno in the form of a "killing stone", always waiting for the time to take revenge.
Legend has it that this Tamamo has a golden body and nine tails, which is resplendent in gold. And the ancestor of this Tamamo, who is said to have come from China and India, came to Japan at some point, and combined with Inari Shrine through the Shingon sect's belief in the Tsugi Ni Ten, he increased his demonic power and formed the current demon fox.
The famous white-faced golden-haired nine-tailed fox is a big monster that can stir up the world in the birthplace of the immortal path in the east, no, strictly speaking, its existence itself can no longer be measured by the big monster, it is a powerful opponent that no one wants to face.
Abe Harumi expelled her, and also brought 15,000 vigorous samurai, gathered the famous priests, witches, mages, and the help of the gods from Takamagahara, and finally reluctantly solved her.
In that war, the Huakaiyuan clan paddled the whole process, and they were not ranked among the people who accompanied the army at all.
After all, in the Yin and Yang Dao at that time, the Huakaiyuan family was just a small family with a small reputation.
However, even after such a siege, Tamamo has not died so far.
The Killing Stone is sealed everywhere, and once gathered, it is likely to be resurrected again.
It's not something that just a big monster can do.
The flower blossom courtyard family will not want to provoke such a monster.
If it was a killing stone in front of the tamamoga, he would not accept it.
However, in the inheritance of the Huakaiyuan family, the nine-tailed fox is not the only one.
Yes, the one with nine tails is not necessarily the white-faced golden-haired nine-tailed fox.
The nine tails may also be the feathered fox whose body is a reincarnated monster, or the elusive "plain naked sky fox".
Compared to Tamamo Front, which requires the gods of Takamagahara and the power of a country to encircle and suppress, the latter two are just big monsters at best, and they are not of the same grade at all.
"Alas, there is no need to doubt that this is part of the spirit bones of Yuzao before and after his death, which was left by the second generation of family heads."
Qingyuan sent a letter with a sad look that could not be looked back on.
"The specific deeds are not mentioned for His Holiness, but according to the three generations of family heads, King Zhendai, this was snatched from the hands of a shrine maiden in the countryside, and it is said that it is the remains of the world-famous white-faced golden-haired nine-tailed fox······· At that time, the second generation thought that he would use witchcraft to make the spirit bones move, transform into a beauty, and appreciate the charm of the nine-tailed fox········"
Later, he didn't want to talk about it, it seemed that there was something unspeakable.
But at this point, it's pretty much it.
In general, it is nothing more than using power to coerce and induce the witch in the countryside to "voluntarily" give up her duties as a guardian of the seal, open the spirit bones, and transform the appearance of the nine-tailed fox before her death, for her to enjoy and have fun.
Looking at this absurd style, it is estimated that the second-generation head of the family who has not left his name may not even let go of the witch.
I guess in the end I made some unbearable requests········ So he was retaliated against.
You must know that the witches who are qualified to guard the spiritual bones in front of Tamamo, even if they live in an unnamed shrine in the countryside, most of them are high-ranking witches with extremely high spiritual power.
This kind of person is furious, even if it is the second-generation ancestor of the Qingyuan family, who is a member of the royal family, it is estimated that it is not comfortable······· Perhaps it was because of such an absurd style that it was humiliating to the family, so he didn't even leave a name after his death.
But after all, this is a thing of the past, and it is someone else's selfishness, and Lin Zhengyang is not too easy to ask too much.
As long as you know that this is the spirit bone in front of the jade algae, not the killing stone.
The killing stone is the demonic power in front of the jade algae, mixed with resentment and soul, maybe the primordial spirit of the nine-tailed fox is placed in it, and it is an out-and-out fierce thing.
The spirit bone is different, in the end it is just a remnant spirit bone, but it has extraordinary spirituality.
In this case, maybe you can eat it yourself?
Well, after that, you still have to bring it back to the clan immediately, and ask the elders in the clan, otherwise the impact will not be good.
Although Lin Zhengyang, who has been a human being in two lives and combines Western magic in another world, is now proud of his peers in the attainments of yin and yang, he still does not dare to specialize.
Don't you see, how did those self-righteous people in the movies overturn?
Not too confident yet.
Besides, there is a specialization in the art industry, and the problems that you can't see yourself may be seen by others.
If you're not cautious in this regard, if you really resurrect Tamamo, it's a lot of fun.
After thinking about it in his heart, Lin Zhengyang took out a dozen rune papers from his sleeve, wrapped the box steadily, and then carefully packed it with a black brocade bag embroidered with a silver thread.
"Then, leave this matter to my Huakaiyuan family!"
The twelve-year-old boy replied.
He took it over in the name of his family.
Hearing the name of "Flower Blossom Hospital", Qingyuan sent a letter with a sigh of relief and a happy smile:
"So, the spell?"
He has been tossing and turning for the past few days, knowing that a curse of doom that has been lurking for so long is haunting his family, who can sit still?
"Well, you can go to the clan to place a commission, and you only need a medium-sized demon extraction ceremony."
Lin Zhengyang carefully observed the aura on his body.
In fact, it has been eight generations now, and the bloodline has become much thinner now, and the power of the spell has also faded.
Realistically, if it weren't for that, he might not have been able to see the power of the spell so easily.
However, no matter how strong the spell is, it can't compete with time, and now, it can be expelled with just a medium-sized demon extraction ritual.
After all, the power of the spell has been in effect for so many years, and the former imperial family has been reduced to the level of a dispensable small family in Kyoto, which shows that this spell is actually quite powerful.
Lin Zhengyang estimated that at least one official onmyoji with a scale of 100 people would hold a large-scale demon extraction ceremony before it could be resolved.
But if it was back then, when the witch was still alive, there must have been many subsequent changes to this curse, and forcibly removing it would evolve into a fighting method between the two sides, and the consequences would be unimaginable········ No Onmyoji family is willing to offend such a powerful shrine maiden in vain, and there may be several genuine gods standing behind the latter!
"Is it okay to just pull out the demons? How is the mid-size price calculated? ”
Qingyuan's face was slightly red, and he smiled embarrassedly:
"I'm afraid my family won't be able to come up with too much money, if it's too expensive·······"
Asking the onmyoji to take action, whether it is to look at feng shui, or to choose a tomb, or to carry out a demon extraction ceremony, to remove bad luck and bad luck, it all needs to be entrusted with money.
There is no commission, counting on the onmyoji white officer········ The onmyoji who did this almost starved to death.
For the big nobles, this expense is nothing, but for the Qingyuan family, which is now in the middle of the road, it is a lot of expenses.
Lin Zhengyang nodded in understanding and said with relief:
"Don't worry about the cost, you just need to state that it is in my name."
Even if it is a commission, there are some exceptions.
In some cases, the Onmyoji himself may decide to waive the order.
Generally, it is to repay the favor, and the accounts will be recorded in his own name.
Personal debt is sometimes more important than simple business transactions.
"That's good."
Qingyuan Zhixin breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time was satisfied with his vision.
"By the way, Hideyoshi, my little sister, what do you think?"
Speaking of this, Lin Zhengyang's heart jumped out of a lively and rude purple-clothed figure.
"It's interesting."
The corners of his lips curled up slightly, and the eyebrows and eyes were a little softer.
"I like it·······"
If it is a wife, it is unexpectedly very suitable.
Although I've only met a few times, I can't talk about deep feelings, but I have a good feeling, I don't hate it, and especially I feel comfortable getting along, which is already good.
"Well, if you get married, ·······"
Qingyuan asked tentatively.
"Ah······h
Lin Zhengyang came back to his senses:
"I'll ask the elders of the clan to come forward."
In this world, people are married early.
On the one hand, it is because the general life expectancy is not long, and on the other hand, the yokai are too active, and the mortality rate remains high.
It is the norm to get married early and have more children at this time.
At the age of twelve, they began to see each other and discuss marriage, which may be outrageous in later generations, but it is not out of place here.