Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Lost Orb

An owl flew through the sky and landed on a tree.

"Huh?"

The vigilant masked ninja looked over.

"There's no demonic energy, it's a style god manipulated by the Onmyoji?"

I thought so.

The ninja lurking in the shadows didn't dare to be careless.

He tentatively threw out a shuriken.

The owl was hit, and a puff of yellow smoke erupted.

"Poisonous mist! Sure enough, it's Shikigami! ”

The ninja ran out of his hiding place and avoided the poisonous mist with a few jumps.

The yellow poisonous mist spread rapidly through the trees, and all the trees that came into contact withered and withered at a speed visible to the naked eye, turning into rotten wood.

Then, there was a strange scream, as sharp as the cry of a cat when it was stepped on its tail, fierce and dry.

A youkai disguised as a tree, covered in wax, melted and soon turned into a puddle of pus.

Then the whole grove fell into a dead silence.

Only a poisonous fog glowing with yellow phosphorescence shrouded the place.

"Goo······ Gollum ············"

The ninja who escaped by chance can clearly hear the sound of himself swallowing saliva.

Fang Cai, as long as his reaction was one step slower, he was now like that monster, turning into a puddle of pus.

“········· It's really a vicious Shikami, a vicious onmyoji. ”

With a palpitation, the ninja made a few quick jumps and returned to the avenue.

He was going to bring the news back and tell Mistress Tsuiko that there was an onmyoji here who liked to use the poisonous mist of Shikijin slack.

When encountering Shikigami, be wary of this poisonous fog.

You know, when they entered Kyoto, they had already been discovered by layer after layer of enchantments.

The trained demon slaying ninja felt the huge and thin monitoring barrier long before entering the boundary.

Along the way, they also endured the onlookers of various gods.

Kyoto is the base camp of Onmyo-ryo, which is actually the Onmyoji's own place.

Naturally, they will always pay attention to their team.

When they encounter Shikigami who is too closely watched, they will simply destroy it.

If you were caught off guard, you made the poisonous fog just now·········

"This news must be brought back·········"

The loyal ninja quickened his pace.

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"Oh? Someone actually took the initiative to trigger my poisonous mist god? ”

"That's for the tricky youkai that appear········· Forget it, it's not bad for this one. ”

When Shikigami disappeared, Hanakaiin Hidemoto paid attention to it.

"The strongest shrine maiden, Tsuiko, this name is so familiar."

Yin Yang Liao officially gave the order.

Even a somewhat famous onmyoji like Xiuyuan received a notice.

In fact, all onmyoji who settled in Kyoto were nominally under the supervision of the Onmyo-ryo and had to be reported.

Of course, most of the time, everyone will give Yin Yang Liao a face.

After all, the latter holds the official rank and is an official institution.

Joining the Yinyangliao, you can borrow national resources, and you can also read a lot of rare ancient books, and you can even get it.

"Huakaiyuan is also on the list, of course, whether to go or not is all voluntary."

A lark flapped its wings and spat out.

"This time, it's not a matter of Yin and Yang Dao, it's just that the other party is a high-ranking witch who has mastered rare spiritual objects after all, so I can't help but pay attention to it."

"As for the contribution, it is all personal will, and Yin Yang Liao is only responsible for dealing with the turmoil caused by this."

"In terms of the final payment, it will be paid by the witch's side, and the Yin Yang Liao will not be responsible."

In other words, in fact, Yin Yang Liao didn't want to care about this kind of thing, but just wanted to calm the turmoil in Kyoto.

"It's a bureaucratic idea."

Hua Kaiyuan Xiuyuan sneered.

"Didn't those noble lords think about why the other party fled to Kyoto?"

"That's not what I know·········· Yinyangliao was originally managed by bureaucrats, including you, but they all led the money in name, and theoretically we are all in-service officials with official status. ”

"It's just a doctor of missing engraver power on the eighth position, how much money can he give in a year?"

During the reign of Emperor Tenmu, the official organization to which the Onmyoji belonged was established. Scribe

It belongs to the Central Ministry of Affairs of the Left Ben Bureau, and there is one chief "Yin and Yang Head" in the Yin and Yang Liao, one Yin and Yang Doctor, one Doctor of Astronomy, one Doctor of Calendar, two Missing Doctors and six Onmyoji.

Its main responsibilities are to be responsible for the formulation of astronomy and calendars, and to judge auspicious and bad fortunes, to survey the physiognomy, feng shui, and to hold rituals, etc., and there are 89 people at their disposal.

At this point, the Yin-Yang Dao became a part of the legal system, and whoever controlled the "Yin-Yang Liao" was equivalent to having the ability to interpret everything.

Onmyodo became the emperor's imperial learning.

The missing moment is the water clock.

Dr. Leakage is in charge of managing the moments. The official product is from the seventh place.

Dr. Leak is a deputy.

Huakaiyuan Xiuyuan is just a nominal onmyoji.

It belongs to the omission road.

The famous Abe Harumaki, the highest position he has ever held in Yinyangliao is a doctor of astronomy, a position he inherited from his teacher Kamo Tadayuki.

At the peak, his own rank reached the fourth, which was a special case.

In fact, even if it is the head of Yin Yang Liao, the chief official of Yin Yang Liao, the official quality is only from the fifth position.

This shows the special status of Qingming.

It is worth mentioning that these positions are often passed down from father to son, but the position of Doctor of Astronomy, Tadayuki Kamo, was not passed on to his son, but to his protégé Harumi.

This led to Kamo Hoken (Kamo Tadayuki's son) not pleasing to the eye for a while, but they were still close friends.

All in all, the Onmyoliao is the only formal organization of the Onmyoji.

Onmyoji everywhere still have to be managed on the surface.

As for privately, it's hard to say.

Ashiya Michiman was paired with the Yin and Yang Liao, but was defeated by Harumi and exiled to the Harima area.

Facing Yin Yang Liao head-on, even Qingming is difficult to do, unless it is him in the later stage.

"Yin Yang Liao doesn't want to cause trouble, but the matter has already run to the door, what kind of spiritual object did the fallen witch take? It may seem like an important thing. ”

"Could it be an eight-foot Qiong Hook Jade. Eight-foot mirror, grass pheasant sword? ”

"No, those three artifacts are still in good condition, and they haven't been stolen."

"What was stolen was a peculiar treasure jade, because it was full of spiritual power, symbolizing the consummation of the four souls, and was called the treasure jade of the four souls."

"It is said that it has quite a strong spiritual power, and even because of that powerful spiritual power, if you make a wish on it, it is very likely to come true."

"Any wish can be granted?"

"Of course not, it is limited to the wishes of some ordinary people, and they can actually be realized with Yin-Yang Technique, but because Baoyu's own spiritual power has accelerated its process, it just looks incredible."

"In essence, it's actually just a high-level spiritual object that has condensed a lot of spiritual power, although this kind of thing is rare, but it is nothing to Yin Yang Liao."

"If it weren't for the strange power of this jade bead that symbolizes the four souls of perfection, it would have changed due to the good and evil thoughts of people's hearts, and it would not have attracted so many witches to hunt down."

"I see."

Xiuyuan was thoughtful.

If I'm not mistaken, this jade bead