The Sword Deity In Tokyo

The next day, Kimura Kazuki and the others bid farewell to Bun f.u.kuyama who was the current head of the household of the f.u.kuyama family.

Sei s.h.i.+geru felt bad and said, “Patriarch f.u.kuyama, are you really not coming with us?”

Bun f.u.kuyama apologetically said, “I"m really sorry Master s.h.i.+geru. As the f.u.kuyama family has been entrusted with a matter by the Deity Rising Palace, I shall have to settle it immediately.”

Although Sei s.h.i.+geru was disappointed, he did not force him.

When they arrived at the Torii, s.h.i.+roneko appeared again and bid farewell to everyone.

Seeing Kimura Kazuki and the group leave from a distance, s.h.i.+roneko jumped and appeared next to Bun f.u.kuyama.

“Shodai-sama.”

He came over as he was being called by Bun f.u.kuyama. s.h.i.+roneko nodded its head and its gla.s.s ball-like eyes were filled with curiosity. “What is the remuneration given by Kimura Kazuki?”

Upon hearing this, Bun f.u.kuyama took a deep breath. He took the mahogany box on the table and slowly opened it in excitement.

s.h.i.+roneko was puzzled after having a look at it. “An enchanted talisman?”

What entered into s.h.i.+roneko"s field of vision was an enchanted talisman. The entire enchanted talisman was bright yellow and was filled with unidentified red thin lines. s.h.i.+roneko knew that it was most probably drawn with a talisman pen. However, no matter how it looked at it, it was still just an ordinary enchanted talisman.

“Shodai-sama, this is a Lightning Attracting Talisman.” Even though Bun f.u.kuyama was approaching 70 years of age, he was still excited. By just thinking of the power of the Lightning Attracting Talisman, blood rushed to his face and he was overwhelmed with excitement. “This Lightning Attracting Talisman can easily kill a Great Onmyoji!”

“Huh?” s.h.i.+roneko could not help but wonder. The next second, his expression changed drastically and he stared at Bun f.u.kuyama. “Are you serious?”

In j.a.pan, there was no clear hierarchical division of the Onmyoji. There were only two levels, which were the Onmyoji and the Great Onmyoji. As the head of the household of the s.h.i.+geru family, Sei s.h.i.+geru was a Great Onmyoji. Sei s.h.i.+geru"s ancestor was Ozuno and his full name was Kimi Ozuno s.h.i.+geru. Many people might not know who Kimi Ozuno s.h.i.+geru was, but they would definitely know of Abe no Seimei, the famous Onmyoji in j.a.pan.

While Abe no Seimei"s master was Tadayuki s.h.i.+geru, Kimi Ozuno s.h.i.+geru was the ancestor of Tadayuki s.h.i.+geru. The s.h.i.+geru family had a history of more than 1,000 years. Sei s.h.i.+geru had a profound background and he had inherited the consanguineous Bright Eyes. Furthermore, the s.h.i.+kigami who was in his mastery was extremely powerful. Thus, he was given the t.i.tle of the Great Onmyoji and his ability was recognized throughout j.a.pan. Sei s.h.i.+geru was also known as the modern Abe no Seimei and he was well-known among the pract.i.tioners in j.a.pan.

However, Bun f.u.kuyama was now telling him that the Lightning Attracting Talisman in front of him could easily kill a Great Onmyoji? Are you sure it"s not a joke?

Had it not been for Bun f.u.kuyama, the head of the household of the f.u.kuyama family, s.h.i.+roneko would have given him a kick.

In modern j.a.pan, there were only about seven Great Onmyoji. Certainly, besides the seven Great Onmyoji, there were also powerful shrine maidens and some of the shrine maidens were no worse than the Great Onmyoji.

“It"s true!” Bun f.u.kuyama was so agitated that he had even forgotten to address him respectfully. He picked up the Lightning Attracting Talisman in front of him with his trembling hands and said, “The first head of the household, you know that once a pract.i.tioner has reached the advanced realm, they will feel a sense of crisis when there"s an unstoppable attack. Shodai-sama… I"m going to use the Lightning Attracting Talisman on you!”

After he finished saying this, Bun f.u.kuyama held the Lightning Attracting Talisman in his hand and aimed his killing intent at s.h.i.+roneko.

The moment Bun f.u.kuyama finished talking, all of s.h.i.+roneko"s fur stood up in rage. A sense of life and death crisis creeped into his heart and fear filled his mind, making him not dared to move. His heart was pounding as a strong and dangerous feeling had locked on to him! Undoubtedly, he could appear anywhere in the f.u.kuyama Shrine as long as he wanted to. But, at that moment, he felt like he had no escape. Even if he appeared elsewhere, he would not be able to escape from the targeting of the Lightning Attracting Talisman.

Unless… he was able to dodge and evade the attack of the Lightning Attracting Talisman the moment it was released.

Upon seeing that Shodai-sama was acting strange, Bun f.u.kuyama gently put down the Lightning Attracting Talisman in front of him.

The next moment, s.h.i.+roneko"s body swayed and he gasped slightly. He said in shock, “My current strength is only a little worse than that of the Great Onmyoji. But, when I was facing this Talisman, I was literally shuddering… This Talisman…”

s.h.i.+roneko definitely knew that even though his strength was almost the same as the Great Onmyoji, he was of no match to them as the Great Onmyoji still had their s.h.i.+kigami. However, his strength was still considered as one of the top in j.a.pan. If he worked together with Bun f.u.kuyama, even though their strength was still not up to the overall strength of the Great Onmyoji, he could still leave safely. Otherwise, f.u.kuyama Shrine would not have been so famous in j.a.pan.

However, he had really felt a life and death crisis under such a Talisman.

“Can you draw this Talisman?”

Talisman was also a way of survival for the Onmyoji and shrine maidens. An Onmyoji should not be considered as an Onmyoji if they could not draw a Talisman.

However, Bun f.u.kuyama shook his head with a rueful smile, “I"m sorry, first head of the household, the Lightning Attracting Talisman is unfortunately something we can"t draw at the current stage. Indeed, no one in j.a.pan can draw it out.”

s.h.i.+roneko was puzzled. “That"s impossible.”

“Shodai-sama, you can feel it yourself.” Bun f.u.kuyama placed the Lightning Attracting Talisman in front of him.

s.h.i.+roneko did not touch it, but the reiki in his body wandered around the inside of the Talisman. As if he had felt something, the expression on his cat face changed like an emoticon. He took a deep breath and said, “The energy… it"s not of the same level as us.” The next moment, he thought of something. “Can it be that Kimursama has broken through?”

n.o.body knew whether there were higher realms above the Great Onmyoji. But now, all the Great Onmyoji in j.a.pan felt that there must be higher realms above the Great Onmyoji. Otherwise, their struggle in becoming stronger would be completely useless.

Before this, s.h.i.+roneko was unsure about it. However, the Lightning Attracting Talisman had led him to believe that there must be higher realms above the Great Onmyoji.

Thinking of this, s.h.i.+roneko could not help getting excited.

Higher realms! This was being pursued by countless Onmyoji. There were many Onmyoji in j.a.pan, but the highest realm achieved was the Great Onmyoji…

In the ancient times, many of the Great Onmyoji did not expect that there were still higher realms. Therefore, they used a different cultivation method to transform a specter into a s.h.i.+kigami in order to improve their combat power to defend the shrine and their families. Thus, such a thing called s.h.i.+kigami came into existence.

But, the Talisman had now revealed that there were higher realms.

“Let"s leave this Talisman in the hands of the Deity Rising Palace,” s.h.i.+roneko said firmly after some thorough contemplation. “Even though our f.u.kuyama Shrine is powerful, it would have progressed very slowly if we study it by ourselves. The energy in this Lightning Attracting Talisman is related to the higher realms. We need to put our heads together to figure it out and there are many researchers in the Deity Rising Palace. Perhaps they can find the path to the higher realms.”

Bun f.u.kuyama pursed his lips. As the head of the household of the f.u.kuyama family, he was not altruistic. He felt that even if the f.u.kuyama family would take a long time to study the Talisman, they would still eventually figure it out in a few years, a dozen years, a hundred years or even after several generations. As long as they could figure it out, the f.u.kuyama family might truly arise.

However, s.h.i.+roneko was the first head of the household. He was the one who established the f.u.kuyama family. Thus, he did not dare to disobey him.

“By offering this Talisman, the f.u.kuyama family may be able to turn into one of the core branches of the Deity Rising Palace.”

Upon hearing that, Bun f.u.kuyama was stunned. He came into the realization in a split second and saluted, “Yes!”

“Moreover, in the future, please do not antagonize Kimursama. Get close to him whenever possible.”

“Noted!”