Tokyo, but I'm a deceitful scumbag.

"Hey, guess what? I'm just that shallow."

Hideyuki Hoshino crossed his arms, looking quite self-righteous.

I'm just a two-year-old wild fox with no lineage, so isn't it normal that I don't know these things?

I, the fox, lack education, and it's all your fault, you monster predecessors, for not providing proper compulsory education!

As the saying goes, it takes ten years to grow a tree, a hundred years to cultivate a person, and a thousand years to cultivate a cat demon or a fox. So, Ms. Ryoko, stop with the riddles and quickly answer my questions to make up for your mistakes!

When Senjougahara Ryoko saw the fox putting on airs again, she curled the corners of her mouth and stopped playing the question-and-answer game.

She transformed once again, now wearing glasses, and her kimono had been replaced with a classic teacher's outfit of a shirt and pencil skirt. She now held a pointer and gently tapped the fox's ear, saying:

"Whether they are great demons or great onmyoji, their strength is naturally all-encompassing, but the word 'great' mainly refers to the greatness of their inner world..."

Chapter 182 The Fox: Miss Ryoko, you're so despicable...

“Little fox brother, you must have heard of sayings like ‘there’s a microcosm inside the human body’ or ‘the human heart holds its own world,’ right?”

Upon hearing what Senjougahara Ryoko said, Hoshino Hideyuki nodded.

This setting is all too familiar; it's frequently seen in games and comics.

Senjougahara Ryoko saw through the fox's thoughts and continued, "This idea is not just a figment of artists' imaginations, but a real phenomenon."

As the voices spoke, a blackboard appeared in front of the two of them.

Ryoko Senjougahara's pointer transformed into chalk. She then leaned forward, her pencil skirt billowing in an alluring curve, and drew several stick figures on the blackboard, adding a small circle around their midsections, saying:

"A more accurate description is that all living beings in the world with souls have a unique self-world within their body and mind."

"However, the inner world of most creatures is far too small, insignificant compared to the vast real world outside."

As she said this, she drew a large circle around the stick figure to represent the real world.

Then she picked up a stick figure, drew a medium-sized circle around its body, and said, "However, great demons, great onmyoji, and those immortals and gods are different."

"Their inner world is powerful enough to spread out from their mind and body, distorting the external reality. This process is called the realm."

"Whether or not one possesses a domain is the essential difference between a great demon and an ordinary demon."

"Returning to my question, what does 'great' refer to in the context of a great demon? The answer is simple: it's not power or demonic energy, but rather the greatness of their own world."

"They are no longer appendages or infants of the vast real world, but adults with their own independent world."

"And this kind of self-contained world, when it develops to the end, will evolve into a secret realm, which will not disappear even if the original owner dies... That's right, this peach grove where I am, and the dragon palace you visited, little fox brother, are actually transformations of the domains of ancient powerful beings~"

Good guy.

The domain expansion has already been released?

And how was this secret realm created?

Following this logic, if a person is powerful enough to create a world of hundreds of millions of square kilometers, wouldn't that be equivalent to creating a new Earth? Is that how God and Pangu came to be?

Thinking of this, Hoshino Hideyuki couldn't help but feel a little excited.

Ryoko Senjougahara was pleased with the fox's expression and continued with a smile:

"Therefore, if the little fox wants to become a great demon, he must be able to unleash his own domain."

"As for the power of this kind of domain... as a genuine great demon, I'll take the trouble to demonstrate it to you personally~"

Ryoko Senjougahara blinked and clapped her hands.

The next second, a red and black sphere expanded rapidly from the center beneath her feet, like an exploding supernova, sucking in the surrounding peach trees, land, and the stunned fox.

When Hoshino Hideyuki opened his eyes again, he was already standing in a shallow pool of blood.

Directly in front stands a seven-story, octagonal glazed pagoda, exquisitely designed and radiant with light, yet exuding a touch of eerie allure that one glance would never forget.

At each window of the pagoda, a black cat stood or sat, all turning their heads together, their dozens of vertical pupils looking down at Hoshino Hideyuki below, emitting eerie meows.

This is a bit terrifying for a fox.

The cat food content is too high!

Is this the nineteenth level of hell, the Hell of the Wicked Cats?

He instinctively took a half step back, when he suddenly heard a familiar laugh coming from the top of the tower.

"Don't be nervous, little fox brother, I'm just demonstrating for you~"

Ryoko Senjougahara was sitting on the top of the tower. She had changed back into a kimono, but her wooden clogs had somehow slipped off, leaving her soft, smooth little feet bare, dangling in mid-air.

"This is my domain, called the Asura Pagoda."

"Generally speaking, a great demon's domain is itself a barrier that combines offense and defense, effectively dealing with all kinds of enemies, such as this..."

Accompanied by Senjougahara Ryoko's silvery laughter, the blood pool beneath Hoshino Hideyuki's feet began to churn. Then, slender, snow-white female arms emerged from the pool and grabbed Hoshino Hideyuki's legs.

The fox raised an eyebrow.

Great, another classic horror movie scene.

Luckily, I'm a fox with a lot of experience, so I wasn't scared by a mere arm...

"Meow!"

"what?"

When Hoshino Hideyuki looked up, he saw that the cats on the pagoda had taken advantage of his predicament and flown into the air to launch a sneak attack on him!

"I'm sorry, I was too arrogant just now! Don't come any closer! If you get any closer, I'll set you on fire! It's one thing if you scratch me, but why are you licking me?! Ugh, you wretched cat, I'm not clean anymore!"

After a while of making a fuss.

Hideyuki Hoshino, covered in cat fur, made a hasty escape, transformed into a sparrow, and flew to Ryoko Senjougahara's alabaster shoulder, chirping away:

"Hey, hey, hey, this demonstration is going too far! If you don't stop, I'm going to poop on your shoulder!"

"Pfft, don't be angry, little fox brother~"

Ryoko Senjougahara covered her mouth and chuckled, then clapped her hands to bring the cats back, saying, "That was the first use of the domain. Besides that, it can also enhance the user in all aspects, like this..."

She suddenly pushed off the top of the tower with her feet and flew up.

"Look, I haven't used any magic, yet I can still fly into the air!"

"Because this is my domain, I can defy the physical laws of the real world to a certain extent simply by using my will here."

"And if I were to deliberately unleash a spell here, its power would be amplified several times over."

"These are the basic functions of this field~"

The words fell.

The blood pool and the pagoda both disappeared, and Hoshino Hideyuki returned to the peach grove.

"In addition, different people's domains will have some unique effects, but it would be too much trouble to demonstrate them, so I will skip it for now. Please forgive me, little fox brother."

Ryoko Senjougahara walked slowly closer, tapped the fox's nose with her slender fingers, and said, "In short, now, little fox, you have a basic understanding of the territory, right?"

Hoshino Hideyuki savored what he had just witnessed and nodded frantically.

Putting aside all the other miscellaneous things, it is indeed a very impressive ability!

No wonder both the Onmyoji and the Countermeasures Office separate the great yokai. With this ability, they can easily suppress lower-level superhumans...

"So, Ms. Ryoko, how do I learn to use the domain?"

Ryoko Senjougahara blinked and said:

"I don't know."

"what?"

Hoshino Hideyuki's eyes widened, and he waved his hands wildly: "No way, you just showed me so much nonsense, and then at the most crucial point you say you don't know? Is that even possible!"

How is this any different from a sweaty, chubby-legged older sister in the countryside on a hot summer day, who tricks a young boy who has come back from his hometown for vacation into her bedroom, manipulates him in every way, and just when they are about to achieve the great harmony of life, suddenly says, "Have you finished your summer homework?"

That's despicable! It's clearly a case of insulting someone!

Ryoko Senjougahara tilted her head and stuck out her tongue.

"Don't try to act cute at a time like this!"

After finishing speaking, Hoshino Hideyuki suddenly straightened his face, crossed his arms, raised his tail high, and said in an exaggeratedly deep voice, "What a disappointment. I didn't expect Ms. Ryoko to be someone who likes to talk nonsense..."

"You promised a reward, but you brushed off both of my questions..."

"Of course, Miss Ryoko, you are so powerful that even with such a perfunctory response, there's nothing I can do..."

"However, this will likely greatly dampen my enthusiasm for finding the Red Spider Lily. I estimate it will take ten or even nine years to find a second one..."

"do not!"

Ryoko Senjougahara called out sweetly, rubbing the fox's head with both hands: "Little fox, let's talk this out."

"I didn't mean to hide it, it's just that there's really no pattern to learning a domain. Different people and different monsters have their own unique experiences."

"Some people have sudden enlightenment by chance. For example, I was passing by a pagoda at sunset when I suddenly had a feeling, and I sat in meditation there all night before I learned it."

"Some people, like a few Onmyoji I know, learned it after repeatedly experiencing life and death in extreme crises."

"There are also people who don't even actively learn. For example, the Nagano River Lord you met in the Dragon Palace. He was focused on training his body, and one day after waking up and going to the toilet, he learned it."

Ah this...

You can actually achieve this through fitness? It can't be some kind of muscle-bound realm, or a dark fantasy world.

Despite the complaints, the fox understood what the cat demon meant.

Alas, it seems there truly is no absolutely effective cultivation method.

Hideyuki Hoshino pursed his lips, looking a little emo.

At this moment, Ryoko Senjougahara said again:

"After all, there are very few people throughout history who have transformed from a monster to a great monster. How could it be done so easily?"

"However, I do have an idea that might help the fox brother increase his chances of success~"

Chapter 183 The Red-Haired Beauty Wants to Eat the Fox Raw