Chapter 449
A Generous Gift Before the New Year: The Corona Breathing Technique! It turns out the ne
Chapter 449 A Generous Gift from a Thousand Years Ago—Sublimation, Corona Breathing Technique! It turns out the netizens and Nanjo-nee are the same person.
[Punish!]
Ancient, deep black characters emerged from nothingness, causing the towering, massive, three-headed, six-armed demon, as imposing as a moving mountain, to suddenly stop in its tracks.
Then, it burst open violently, shattering into pieces!
The purplish-black flesh and blood fell like snowflakes, most of it landing on the silent mountain of corpses and sea of blood, but a small portion landed on the head of the Asura who was slowly lowering his palm.
Uesugi Tetsu skillfully ripped off the colorful, rotting intestines that had fallen from above his head for what seemed like the umpteenth time, casually tossing them into the mouth of a demon's corpse before looking around.
Everywhere you look, there are fragments and limbs scattered and broken, unable to be pieced together into a complete corpse, all of which are contributing abundant blood to the earth.
The sticky blood had already reached above Uesugi Tetsuya's ankles.
In the vision of the crimson giant eye in the sky, apart from himself, there was no other moving demon.
All the malicious, cold, and noisy demons have been reduced to warm fragments of corpses.
Aside from that, the only thing that's still moving is probably the [Karmic Fire] that's already spreading like wildfire in my mind.
—This thing is like hot water; after taking a few steps and having a few thoughts come to mind, it gets scalding hot.
The arising of such a thought intensified the scalding pain brought on by the karmic fire.
Uesugi Tetsu glanced at the progress of the Heavenly Path...
Well, thanks to the help of this shadowy elder, after killing such a huge number of demons that are hard to find outside, the progress bar has increased to more than 80%.
Pressing his throbbing temples, the blood-soaked Asura chuckled twice more, uttering the exact same sound as before the demonic tide appeared.
"That's it?"
The shadowy figure also emitted an omnipresent laugh.
"You little brat, you can barely stand and you're still trying to be strong?"
Uesugi Tetsu didn't continue arguing or retaliating, but instead gave a number that sounded somewhat inexplicable: "Two million three hundred and forty-six thousand two hundred and fifty-four... of which, thirty-nine are demons and gods."
The dark figure made a puzzled "hmm" sound, then suddenly appeared atop a towering mountain of corpses, silently gazing at Uesugi Tetsuya.
That's right, what Uesugi Tetsu was talking about was the precise number of all the demons that made up this seemingly endless sea of demons.
To accomplish such an outrageous feat amidst the carnage, one would need to have Kenshin: All of Me Returned to One, whose control has been elevated to an extreme level.
Uesugi Tetsu thought that even if he promoted Shura to the level of a demon god, he would most likely still not be able to do it.
Wiping away the blood that was about to congeal from his face, Uesugi Tetsu stretched and said, "Fortunately... there were more small fry than big fish."
He moved his flesh, covered in gruesome wounds identical to those on the corpses of many mountain-sized demons, and after savoring this insignificant pain, he continued speaking.
"If three hundred and ninety ghosts and gods came together, even if they didn't cooperate with each other at all, I'm afraid I would have a hard time dealing with them."
This brat, does he think ghosts and gods are like cabbages that can just grow anywhere in the ground?
The shadowy figure clicked his tongue in slight displeasure—what he disliked most were those fools who were complacent and looked down on others because of their innate talent.
Whenever he encountered them, he remembered that he would patiently and kindly teach those so-called geniuses what it meant to be "there are always people better than you" and to deflate their arrogance.
But when the shadowy figure thought that this annoyingly talented dog was the only surviving World Walker after a thousand years, he hoped that the brat's talent could be even more abnormal, even more abnormal.
Ideally, even more monstrous than Seimei.
Ideally, we should leave everyone else far behind.
Otherwise, it won't be enough.
"Thousand Eyes, the transformed source of life, the strange Prajna mask, and the sealed Yin-Yang techniques..."
The shadowy figure pondered for a moment, then descended step by step from the mountain of corpses and said, "Kid, I thought you'd die a laughable death like those fools who didn't understand their own strength and were forced to spout nonsense."
He shook his blurry, pixelated arms.
"I didn't expect you to have some strength... I haven't met the Twin Heavenly Path Demon God, Qianjing, who brings calamity to all living beings, but you, Hannya, have equally profound potential."
"and."
The dark figure stepped into the sticky blood plasma. He paused, then waved his arms, clearing away all the corpses and bloodstains around him with a single click.
"My rule here is to completely seal away your most proficient Yin-Yang techniques and spiritual power."
The shadowy figure chuckled coldly: "You brat, you must have been nurtured by some powerful family with all their resources, am I right?"
Uesugi Tetsuya didn't elaborate further on the fact that he would most likely take three Heavenly Paths, or theoretically, four if his true form were included.
Even this ancient being from a thousand years ago would likely vehemently question such a statement as a waste of time.
So he remained silent, which the shadowy figure interpreted as consent.
The shadowy figure asked with some curiosity,
"Hey kid, tell me what Yin-Yang techniques you know."
As soon as he finished speaking, Uesugi Tetsu felt a vast and abundant spiritual power appear "out of thin air" within his body, and he could use all Yin-Yang techniques as usual.
Is this some kind of idealistic little world...?
Uesugi Tetsu thought for a moment, then without saying a word, he raised his hand and released a "tent" technique that he had just learned from the Jade Compendium.
The dark figure stood with his arms crossed, his expression unchanged, and said nothing.
This time, it was Uesugi Tetsu who was taken aback and asked, "You know this? This Yin-Yang technique can..."
"Kid, isn't that obvious?"
Before Uesugi Tetsuya could finish speaking, the shadowy figure impatiently waved his hand to interrupt: "There's no need to show off something so common that everyone can do it!"
Everyone can do it?
I don’t think so.
After the question and answer, Uesugi Tetsu couldn't help but wonder if some kind of "great gap" that had not been recorded in history had occurred between the Heian period and the present.
Otherwise, why has he never seen anyone use the "book" that everyone in the Heian period knew how to use in the present world?
But asking the shadowy figure "living" in the Heian period about such matters would yield no results.
After you go out, you can ask that little devil from Huojin.
Uesugi Tetsu raised his hand again, and a tiny bolt of lightning shot out from his fingertips, turning a mountain of corpses tens of meters high in the distance into ashes.
Then he said,
"Five Thunder Technique"
"Tsk tsk, not bad."
The shadowy figure, unusually, refrained from sarcasm and instead sincerely praised, "At this age, with such refined lightning magic, he's definitely a promising candidate for a great Onmyoji."
"anything else?"
"Spirit Control Technique".
Uesugi Tetsuya's thoughts surged, stirring up raging karmic fire while amplifying the spiritual power surging from his body like a floodgate opening, transforming it into countless hands that flung all the corpses even further away.
"!"
The dark figure was so startled that it jumped back several steps.
This abnormal level of control over spiritual energy... without a doubt, it is indeed the [Spirit Control Technique]!
It's still at least at the same level of mastery as the Five Thunder Technique from before!
Regardless of why this kid was able to master Yin-Yang techniques to such a high degree at such a young age.
The key is--
How could the Nanjo family, with its insatiable desire for control, allow a member of their clan to serve as a clerk and enter a place like his?!
The shadowy figure asked,
"Boy, are you from the Nanjo family?"
Uesugi Tetsu immediately shook his head. This unexpected answer baffled the shadowy figure. What was going on?
"However, the art of spirit control was taught to me by the Nanjo family."
Uesugi Tetsu added, "I know that spirit control is the Nanjo family's great Yin-Yang technique."
"—No, you don't know!"
The dark figure spoke in a resounding voice, "Although many people in the Nanjo family can learn the Spirit Control Technique and it's not a secret, it's absolutely forbidden to pass it on to outsiders under normal circumstances!"
He slowly paced around Uesugi Tetsuya, as if recalling something.
"Perhaps few people outside the Nanjo family know this secret... but as far as I know, there are only two people in the Nanjo family who are qualified to pass on the Spirit Control Technique without dying."
"One, the contemporary head of the Nanjo family."
The shadowy figure glanced at Uesugi Tetsuya: "I suppose not..."
"Secondly, the person destined for greatness in the Nanjo family."
The shadowy figure didn't say one thing.
That is, the "destined one" of the Nanjo family does not appear in every generation like the head of the family.
Rather, he was a prodigy, a genius whose abilities, according to prophecy, would lead the Nanjo family to true greatness in the future—a genius beyond words.
Destiny?
What is this again?
Uesugi Tetsuya fell into thought. Could it be that his good friend and online friend, "Go Die at Work," was this damned chosen one from the Nanjo family?
Since he works every day, he's definitely not the head of the family who gives orders.
"—Besides this, everyone else in the Nanjo family is strictly forbidden from spreading the Spirit Control Technique! This is the foundation of the Nanjo family, and no one is qualified to disseminate it!"
Upon hearing this, Uesugi Tetsuya finally realized what was going on.
According to the shadowy figure, if "Go to hell with work" and Nanjo-nee-san weren't both heads of the household, and their pairing was an almost impossible "destiny" for one person, then they would most likely...
It's the same person!
Because, as a member of the Nanjo family, Nanjo Manami never worried about the fact that [Work to Die] had taught her the art of spirit control!
Uesugi Tetsuya then realized that he had been the one being deceived all along!
"No wonder netizens and Nanjo-san have such a similar feeling of being overworked at work..."
The shadowy figure stared at Uesugi Tetsuya, who was also lost in thought, and snapped his fingers.
"If that's the case—then you're actually the one chosen by the Nanjo family's chosen one, in other words, a chosen son-in-law?"
What kind of description is this?
Uesugi Tetsu's face darkened, and Shura's smile turned sinister.
The shadowy figure pointed at him and said,
"Don't try to deny it. Otherwise, how could you have cultivated the Spirit Control Technique to this level? Even if the Chosen One took it upon himself to pass it on to you, if the Nanjo family didn't recognize you, you would have been hunted down to death long ago."
Where are they chasing us?
Uesugi Tetsu recalled that nothing like this had ever happened before.
He shook his head: "Although Nanjo-nee thinks highly of me and invests in me, our relationship is not to the extent you described. At most, we are just good friends who have been through thick and thin together."
Seeing Uesugi Tetsu's sincere appearance, the shadowy figure didn't seem to be lying.
But just friends?
How can it be?
Would the Nanjo family agree? Would they allow him to possess and practice spirit control techniques?
Funny?
You should know that, in his memory, even if an Aragami accidentally learned about the Nanjo family's spirit control technique, he would be chased and killed within three days.
Could it be...
The shadowy figure's thoughts froze, and a terrifying possibility suddenly occurred to him.
He felt a chill run down his spine—even though he didn't have a scalp at all in his current state.
After a moment of silence, the shadowy figure inexplicably sighed, "Kid, if you lived in our time a thousand years ago, you might also be someone everyone knows."
Seeing that Uesugi Tetsuya did not answer, the shadowy figure waved his hand.
"Never mind, let's take a look at the gift I left for you a thousand years ago."
The next instant, two blurry orbs of light of unknown shape appeared in front of the shadowy figure.
"A thousand years."
The shadowy figure sighed, "Back then, I was just being cautious and prepared. I never imagined it would actually take this long. Fortunately..."
He pointed to the two orbs of light: "Kid, pick one."
Just as the shadowy figure was about to explain what was inside the sphere of light, Uesugi Tetsu interrupted him.
"Can't we choose all of them?"
"If I could choose all of them, why would I waste my breath talking to you? I'd just fill your list and kick you out."
The shadowy figure snorted coldly and explained simply,
"I used this sphere of light to achieve a superposition of existence and non-existence, so that the gifts within can be perfectly preserved for over a thousand years."
But precisely because of this, it's impossible to make both of them exist.
What the hell?
When Uesugi Tetsu heard this, he was shocked. Wasn't this the legendary quantum mechanics?
It turns out that the real masters had already begun applying quantum mechanics a thousand years ago.
Yin-Yang magic really does get stronger with age...
The shadowy figure, completely unaware of what Uesugi Tetsu was thinking, pointed to the blue orb of light on the left and said...
"This is a [Leap], which corresponds to the evolution of things. For example, it can make your physical body evolve in all aspects, cause a qualitative change in your 'spiritual heart', or take your thousand-eyed pupils to a higher level."
Then, the dark figure tapped the orange ball of light again.
"This is [Sublimation], which corresponds to a qualitative change in skills. It can directly elevate your Spirit Control Technique, Five Thunder Technique... or the sword techniques you should know to the next level, and bring about a fundamental change."
Uesugi Tetsuya understood it easily.
The former is to improve the quality, which can make the Wanling Furnace Core a legendary+++ or even a near-mythical level.
The latter would probably allow one to reach the maximum proficiency level of a master or even a grandmaster.
After only a few seconds of thought, Uesugi Tetsu asked the shadowy figure, "If it's sublimation, can it complete the incomplete breathing technique?"
"Breathing techniques?"
The shadowy figure sounded somewhat bewildered, and after a long pause, he asked, "You mean, the Qi Gathering Technique?"
Chisa won't even learn the Ki-Gathering Technique, a textbook suitable for elementary school students!
"more or less."
Uesugi Tetsu then recalled that there was no "breathing method" in the Heian period.
It was a sword saint who created the "Ki Harmony Technique," and later generations used it as a basis to develop a second path that was completely different from Yin-Yang techniques.
"This requirement is too simple... Are you sure?"
"Yes, I'll take this gift."
Uesugi Tetsu looked at the dark figure who had crushed the orange ball of light with one hand, and asked before the "gift" inside flew over, "Senior, may I not know your name?"
The shadowy figure chuckled twice, shaking his head as he prepared to recount his incredibly boastful and renowned name, famous throughout the entire mortal world.
My name is—
"My name is……"
Uesugi Tetsuya was enveloped in the warm glow of the "gift." Before his consciousness was forcibly shut down, he heard the shadowy figure let out a laugh that was both sudden realization and disappointment, yet also a sense of satisfaction.
The shadowy figure roared, but it was unclear who he was addressing.
"My name and appearance will never exist in this world again!"
"The future will be the same!"
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(End of this chapter)