Chapter 4: The Stone of Inspiration
"Don't worry, little one."
The snail smiled, "This world is so big, maybe sometime, a shrine maiden who can heal you will appear." ”
"Hmm!"
Xiaobai's mind is like a child.
After being encouraged by the snail and Gu Yun, he quickly recovered his vitality.
【Discover the new style of God Clues】
【Suzuka Gozen Awakening Mission Started】
"Huh?"
Gu Yun found that the scroll was emitting a golden light, and when he opened it, he saw a brand new text.
"Suzuka Gozen?"
I saw that on the scroll, the originally pitch-black figure turned gray-white, and I could already faintly see the other party's figure.
"Shikigami is not summoned by drawing cards, but to complete the pre-task?"
"The little white demon will go crazy after being demonized, is it because I didn't complete the task and forcibly woke up?"
Gu Yun now has only one Shikigami, so he is not sure about the correctness of his guess for the time being.
"Open Suzuka Gozen's mission."
Gu Yun meditated in his heart, and then the words appeared on the scroll again.
【Suzuka Gozen】
Mission: Encounter five dragon-shaped demons and gods to awaken completely
Completed: 1/5
"Touching the five dragons?"
Qing Lan's appearance is that of a dragon, and Gu Yun estimates that this mission is likely to be awakened in this way.
However, this task is obviously difficult to complete in a short period of time.
"At least I know how to summon the Shikigami in the scroll."
Gu Yun didn't think much about it anymore, but focused on his grandfather.
He has a Shikigami picture scroll and will almost certainly follow the path of a warlock in the future.
Gu Yun does not reject such a life.
Travel with a hundred ghosts, travel between this world and the other side, and fight wits and courage with all kinds of demons and monsters.
Such a wonderful life, Gu Yun can't ask for it.
"Go and rest."
"Starting tomorrow, grandpa will officially teach you spells."
Gu Yun nodded and walked into the courtyard.
The Iijima house is very large, and there are a lot of empty rooms.
Seeing the two come back, the mother was very worried, and couldn't help but start to lose her temper with her father again, and she counted the snails again and again.
The mother's character is not like this.
She is very gentle to Gu Yun, and in front of outsiders, she is a strong woman like a kaolin flower.
But whenever it comes to the safety of his children, Iijima can't calm down at all.
"What?!"
"Do you want Xiao Gu Yun to stay here and learn spells from you? Are you kidding! ”
Hearing that Gu Yun wanted to learn spells from his grandfather and had to live in the old mansion on Iijima, his mother immediately refused: "Do you want this child to be like me, from elementary school to high school, to be a freak in the eyes of others?" ”
"This, this is also for Xiao Gu Yun, Huan."
However, Grandpa is right, blindly avoiding is not the solution to the problem.
Iijima retreated, she could accept Gu Yun to learn spells, but Gu Yun definitely couldn't be a warlock.
Their family is so rich, Gu Yun can become a master very easily.
In Iijima's plan for Gu Yun, he would attend a private aristocratic school and then be admitted to the University of Tokyo.
After graduation, she directly inherited her company and group, and married a lady from the same famous family.
In short, Iijima Huan will never allow Gu Yun to disappear inexplicably like his younger brother, and his bones are gone!
"Stinky old man?"
"I promise, I promise!"
Grandpa was threatened by his daughter's gaze, waved his hand again and again, and said with a wry smile: "Have a little trust in me, Xiaohuan." ”
The grandfather was also very sad about his younger son.
He didn't perfunctory Iijima Huan, he really wouldn't force Gu Yun to inherit his mantle.
However, as he said to his mother, those who learn to drive are not necessarily drivers, and being able to cook does not mean that they have to become chefs.
Children learn some spells, and they don't have to be overwhelmed by their skills.
"It's just a hobby, okay, Xiaohuan?"
Grandpa smiled and began to say good things to his daughter: "You see other grandparents, whenever their lovely grandchildren come to the countryside to play, they will also teach them something, right?" ”
"Well, I'm not very good at carpenter fishing and the like, so I can only teach him some useless spells."
Seeing that the grandfather had all the good words, his tone was even more humble to the extreme, and the mother sighed helplessly and reluctantly agreed.
"Don't worry, Mom."
Gu Yun also promised: "When the spring break is over, I will go back to Tokyo to study." ”
With the help of the memories of his previous life, before the Japanese bubble burst, Gu Yun asked his mother to sell the property in his name, thus obtaining a large amount of liquidity.
Because of this, my mother's company not only did not go bankrupt due to the economic crisis, but took this opportunity to climb to the sky.
It can be said that in the mind of Iijima Huan, his son is a business wizard.
At such a young age, he has such a long-term and sharp vision.
How can such a genius be a humble horror fiction writer like her father.
"I can't go back."
The mother touched Gu Yun's head, her eyes full of reluctance: "A lying child will swallow a thousand needles." ”
Gu Yun couldn't cry or laugh, he really didn't know who was the child between the mother and son.
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The next day, my mother left the old house in Iijima because of something wrong with the company.
It's March, spring break in Japan.
Spring break is generally from March to April, not a full month.
However, it was only early March now, so for Gu Yun, he had nearly a month to learn spells from his grandfather.
"If the ring is not there, will Xiao Guyun feel lonely?"
"Well...
After knowing that there were demons and monsters in this world, Gu Yun naturally preferred spells to reading.
However, Gu Yun, who was an orphan in his previous life, especially cared about the family and affection that he had finally obtained, so he didn't want to embarrass his mother.
"Not at all."
This is true, but when it comes to youkai, Iijima Kan will become extremely willful.
On the contrary, it is the life of ordinary people, and her mother is extremely tolerant of Gu Yun, and she never asks Gu Yun for anything.
As long as the child can be happy and happy, Iijima Kan will be satisfied.
"I was relieved that my mother wasn't around."
"Hahahaha."
Grandpa laughed: "If Xiaohuan knew, he would definitely say that I brought you badly." ”
"Don't worry, grandpa, I won't tell my mother."
After contact, Gu Yun found that snails are not serious personalities.
The old man is just a cute old man, the kind that easily mingles with the children.
"Okay, now I'll teach Xiao Guyun the first spell."
Grandpa called Gu Yun to the study, and then picked up a stack of things from it.
"Any idea what this is?"
"Water, and salt?"
"Yes."
Grandpa smiled and placed two small plates on the ground, one pouring water into one and the other with a stack of salt.
"Uh..."
Gu Yun was slightly stunned and asked, "That's it?" ”
"Isn't it easy?"
It's not that it's very simple, but Gu Yun can't understand why he can arrange the enchantment by doing this.
He looked at Xiaobai and found that the latter was completely unaffected.
"Master, an enchantment has risen in the house."
Xiaobai sniffed the air and noticed that an invisible barrier had risen in front of him.
The enchantment is not strong, but some weak ghosts and monsters will be blocked and unable to get close.
"Huh? This raises the enchantment? ”
Was the enchantment such a cheap thing?
Gu Yun was stunned, he really didn't understand what the principle was.
And this seems to be a hundred million points different from the spell he imagined.
"Xiao Guyun, it is actually very difficult for most exorcists to get rid of demons and remove ghosts."
Grandpa has Shikami, and Gu Yun also has Xiaobai.
So when they encounter a powerful enemy, they can directly enslave Shikigami to destroy and repel the enemy.
The subduable god has extremely high requirements for spiritual power and will.
Most exorcists don't have this ability, so they can only use items and find ways to break the curse to complete the retreat.
"Every country has its own troubles."
"So the way to retreat is different."
Therefore, a qualified exorcist should have a good knowledge reserve.
"Salt is a symbol of purity in our country."
Separating salt and water represents a clear distinction between the two worlds, and also tells the demons that they cannot cross the line between the two worlds.
However, this spell has a premise, that is, it must rely on the feng shui and popularity of the house.
So there is no point in arranging this spell outside.
"Remember, Kotani?"
"Hmm."
"You try."
Grandpa handed the things to Gu Yun and said, "The enchantment arranged by ordinary people is very powerful, but this line we drew with our own hands contains our will. ”
"Will?"
"It's spiritual power."
Spiritual power is a very magical power, and when Gu Yun awakened the scroll, he also awakened this power.
"Spiritual power will increase with age, and you can also strengthen your spiritual power through penance, or with the help of external forces."
Grandpa smiled and said, "In addition, Grandpa wants to test the quality of your spiritual power to determine what kind of spells Xiao Guyun can cultivate in the future." ”
How to test?
When Gu Yun was puzzled, Grandpa took out a small stone.
There is a word carved into the stone, which seems to be a Sanskrit word.
"Like this, focus your attention on the stones."
Grandpa said, and the stone slowly floated up, just staying in mid-air.
"Don't look with your eyes, feel with your heart."
The old man closed his eyes and just held the stone, still in the air.
Then the old man took out several stones of different sizes and lined them up.
"The first block is 1, the second block is 5, the third block is 10, then 20, 50, and 100."
There are two types of spiritual power: qualitative and quantitative.
Quality, representing the same spiritual power, who is stronger.
The strength of spiritual power does not change over time, it is completely natural, and it means whether a warlock can practice extremely demanding spells.
"As for the amount, it's the amount of time you can lift these stones and keep them floating."
After Grandpa finished speaking, he asked Gu Yun to try.
"Try the first one first."
Gu Yun took a deep breath according to his grandfather's teachings.
"Whew!"
However, the next moment, the stone representing 1 suddenly rose into the sky.
"Smack."
In the open space paved with white pebbles, there was the sound of stones falling to the ground.
But because he didn't pay attention, Gu Yun didn't know where the stone fell.
"Huh!"
Gu Yun was stunned for a moment, and his grandfather smiled: "It's okay, it's because Xiao Gu Yun's spiritual power is too strong and you can't control it, so the stone will fly out." ”
"I'll look for it now."
"Ah, it's okay, it's okay."
This stone is known as the Inspiration Stone and is often used as a sealing vehicle for demons and monsters.
Grandpa said that the Ichinoshi was made by a friend at the shrine and given as a gift, and it is not a very rare thing.
The real preciousness is the Ten Stones, Half Stones (50), and Full Stones (100) in the back.
Especially the last full stone, grandpa was also fortunate to have a piece of it by chance.
"I'm more curious about the strength of your spiritual power than the stone, Xiaogu Yun."
"Hmm."
Gu Yun nodded, and then focused on the second stone.
It represents 5, and in Grandpa's words, lifting a stone that represents 1 means that your spiritual strength is strong enough to see youkai.
There are very, very few such people, not one in ten thousand.
And even if you can see ghosts, it doesn't mean that this person can practice spells.
In order to cast a spell, the spiritual power must be more than 5.
Gu Yun's mother, cousin Si, although they can all see monsters, the quality of their spiritual power is not enough, so it is difficult to learn grandpa's skills.
"Whew!"
"Flying again?"
Under Gu Yun's gaze, the second stone bounced off again.
"Bang bang."
Seeing this, grandpa clapped his hands gently: "Very good, very good, Xiao Guyun." ”
One stone, you can see the hell.
The Five Stones can be entered.
Most of the soul killers in this world are actually at the stage of 1~5.
They don't know any spells themselves, and can only use various items to expel demons.
Only those who have a spiritual power quality of more than 5 can cultivate, so as to have mana in the true sense.
And there are very few such people.
"Let's try the third piece again."
Grandpa said: "Only people with a spiritual strength of more than 10 can subdue the god and make the aliens surrender." ”
The existence of Shikigami itself is a great burden on warlocks.
If the spiritual strength is not enough, then you will not be able to suppress the demons.
Not only that, but a person with a spiritual power quality of only 10 cannot control a monster with a demon power quality of more than 10, and even if he forcibly subdues it, he must make the other party in a weak state.
"A person with weak strength cannot subdue a demon that is stronger than himself."
Once the demonic power of Shikigami is stronger than that of the warlock himself, unless the relationship between the two parties is extremely close, it is easy to be attacked by demons.
"Whew!"
Soon, the stone was thrown again.
Only this time, Gu Yun saw that the stone did not disappear, but fell steadily into the distant forest.
"It's starting to get closer."
Grandpa looked at the fourth.
The mass of the fourth piece is 20, if you can lift it up as well, and the speed is still that fast.
Then Gu Yun's qualifications must surpass that of his cousin Ritsu Iijima.
Ritsu inherited his grandfather's bloodline, although because of his age, his spiritual power is not huge, but his strength is very good.
Grandpa roughly estimated through the reaction of the twenty stones that the strength of the spiritual power of the law should have reached 25.
"Come on."
Grandpa put the stone in front of Gu Yun: "Concentrate." ”
"Hmm."
This time, Gu Yun finally felt some weight.
The stone representing 20 swooped upwards and began to fall.
However, at a height close to Gu Yun's eyebrows, he threw it again.
And so on and so forth, and so on, and so on.
"Amazing, amazing!"
Even 20's Inspiration Stone has such a violent reaction.
Grandpa was almost certain that Gu Yun's qualifications surpassed that of the law, and perhaps even surpassed himself.
"My spiritual strength is about 40, which is something that few people in Japan can match."
So grandpa's strength is very strong, even in the face of the big monster, even if he can't defeat it, he can protect his family.
Of course, the confrontation here refers to one-on-one.
If the big monster summons a hundred ghosts to walk at night, grandpa will definitely take his family with him, turn around and run.
"But I believe," Grandpa put the 50 Inspiration Stone in front of Gu Yun, "Little Gu Yun, you will be better than Grandpa and me." ”
"Hmm."
Gu Yun nodded, concentrating his spirit again.
This time, the inspiration stone did not bounce, but floated slowly, until it was dozens of centimeters above and below Gu Yun's eyebrows, rising and floating irregularly.
"Smack!"
Grandpa clapped his hands, and then let out a hearty laugh, and the old man pinched Gu Yun's face: "It is worthy of grandpa's lovely grandson!" ”
Being able to lift 50 Inspiration Stones doesn't mean there's only 50.
Grandpa estimated this speed and felt that Gu Yun's inspiration should be more than 50.
As for how much it exceeds, we have to continue testing.
"The spiritual power strength is over 50, is it powerful?"
"Of course!"
Grandpa smiled: "If I encounter a hundred ghosts walking at night, I will never think of attacking." ”
"But Xiao Guyun, you're different."
It's not that Gu Yun can fight 100 by himself, but his spiritual power strength is enough to contract a large number of Shikigods.
"Grandpa, I have the most, and I can only support 5 powerful demons."
Spiritual power strength of 20 is eligible to contract demons.
And every time the spiritual power strength exceeds 5 points, you can contract an additional demon.
Therefore, Ritsu can only contract two, and Grandpa can have 5 powerful gods.
However, all this cannot be compared with the number of Shikijin after 50 spiritual power strength.
"When the spiritual power strength exceeds 50 points, you can contract the Great Youkai and make it a Shikigami."
Great monsters are terrifying, but humans are not without means to deal with them.
When properly arranged, human mages can seal the Great Youkai.
And the premise of all this is that the spiritual power strength is more than 50.
"In addition, after the spiritual power strength is 50, there is no limit to the number of contracts Shikami."
As long as Gu Yun is willing, he can contract a huge number of demons.
That's why grandpa said that if the spiritual power is greater than 50, you are qualified to face the night of the hundred ghosts.
There are 100 youkai on the other side, and I also have hundreds of Shikigami.
The two sides have a fight, and the outcome is unpredictable.
"Let's try the 100 piece first," said Grandpa, "if we can't move, let's add it up a little bit from 50." ”
The composition of the Stone of the Road is very special, not 100 pieces of 1 unit, it can be the same as 1 piece of 100.
There is a qualitative boundary of the Inspiration Dao Stone, that is, if you want to measure 51, then you must have a 50 and a 1.
In the same way, 76 must be 50, 20, 5 and 1, so the four inspiration stones.
"Hmm."
Gu Yun didn't know the limit of his spiritual power.
I saw him look at the inspiration stone with a quality of 100, but this time, Gu Yun obviously felt the pressure.
"It's so heavy!"
"Can't you lift it, it's okay, it's normal, let's next..."
Grandpa was about to make Gu Yun give up.
But the next moment, Grandpa's eyes widened, and he looked at the huge inspiration stone slowly floating in front of him with an incredulous face.
"This!!"
"How is that possible..."
Grandpa was stunned, he looked at the scene in front of him in a daze, and even forgot to time Gu Yun.
"Smack."
Finally, Gu Yun's spiritual power was exhausted, and the huge inspiration stone fell to the ground.
It was also this crisp sound that woke up the silent old man.
"Grandpa?"
Because his spiritual power was exhausted, Gu Yun gasped
"I'm fine, it's just, I just think..."
Surprise, there must be.
But more than that, there is the fear that comes with it.
Grandpa naturally wouldn't be jealous of Gu Yun's talent, what he was afraid of now was whether his grandson would be harmed by demons.
Because since ancient times, demons have had a legend of devouring human flesh and blood to increase their demonic power.
The more honorable a person is, the more pure (i.e., strong) a person is, the more their flesh and blood will help the demons.
There was no doubt that if the other demons knew about Gu Yun's spiritual power purity, they would definitely rush over like crazy and eat him.
"Grandpa, do you want to continue to test, I feel like I can carry it heavier again."
"No need, Xiao Tani."
Grandpa shook his head and said with a wry smile: "The limit of the inspiration stone is 100. ”
It can also only be tested up to 100.
Even the limit of any spiritual power purity test item is only 100 points.
What do you mean by 100, 100 points?
No, the numbers here are actually percentages.
That's right, 1% to 100%!
The spiritual power has been pure to the fullest, where can there be more.
The reason why Gu Yun felt that he could move some more was because of the size of his spiritual power.
That is, 10 100-mass Inspiration Stones float.
It's quantity, not quality.
"Xiao Guyun, promise grandpa."
Grandpa's expression was solemn: "Absolutely don't tell anyone about the purity of your spiritual power." ”
As for Grandpa's Shikigami, he will cast a death curse so that he must not divulge this secret.
In the same way, Xiaobai is the same.
"Don't worry, master, Xiaobai won't tell anyone else if he dies."
Xiaobai seemed to feel the solemnity of the snail, and immediately solemnly said that he would definitely protect Gu Yun.
The oath of the demon itself has an element of speech.
So for Xiaobai, grandpa is very relieved.