The Demon King, reborn in Japan as a monk

"Quanxing, the Four Madmen, the Three Corpses, what exactly do you want to do?!" A high-ranking master barely managed to suppress his Three Corpses, who were causing trouble, and shouted angrily at Ishihara Akane and the others who were gradually walking away.

Unfortunately, they were focused on finding the location of the Scripture Pavilion and had no time to pay attention to the high priest's question. So they quickly disappeared from the sight of the Quanzhen disciples. After suppressing the scattered Quanzhen disciples they encountered on the way, they finally found the location of the Quanzhen Scripture Pavilion a short while later.

"Shen Chong, Xia He, Gao Ning, and Dou Mei, the four of you stay outside to guard against a counterattack from the Quanzhen Sect. Old Tu, you come in with me to find the fundamental techniques and inheritance of Quanzhen." Shi Yuanzhang, standing at the entrance of the Sutra Repository, instructed.

"it is good."

The six then split into two groups. Four of them, Zhang Kuang, stayed outside to maintain the operation of the Twelve Labors Formation and guard against any potential Quanzhen disciples. Shi Yuanzhang and Tu Junfang pushed open the door of the Sutra Repository and went inside.

"As expected of a Taoist sect on par with Longhu Mountain, the collection of books inside is indeed vast. Old Tu, let's begin." Shi Yuanzhang looked at the countless scriptures filling the room, which at a rough estimate was no less than a thousand, and said to Tu Junfang beside him with a face full of admiration.

Tu Junfang didn't say much and walked towards one of the bookshelves.

Next was Ishihara Akira, who also started searching through the nearest bookshelf—

However, somewhat unexpectedly, yet also within reason, the majority of the seemingly thousands of books in the collection were Taoist classics that could be purchased on the market. Next were rare publications held internally by the Quanzhen School, which were like unique copies. Then came some cultivation techniques and secret manuals, which were all relatively common, or even non-Quanzhen School methods.

Clearly, these were collected from outside by the previous Quanzhen masters to enhance the foundation of Quanzhen. As for the actual Quanzhen Daoist methods, Ishihara Akira did not see a single one.

It's probably either hidden deep within the Scripture Pavilion or somewhere else. It seems the only way to get the complete set of Quanzhen's Yang Shen cultivation techniques is to target Quanzhen disciples.

However, Ishihara Akira was not discouraged. Although the secret manual was what he wanted, he also needed the Taoist classics of Quanzhen.

After all, although his fundamental practice was the three channels and seven chakras of Tantric Yoga, as well as the mudras of Tantric Buddhism, he couldn't help but develop a strange Taoist primordial spirit along the way. Therefore, in order to avoid wasting his primordial spirit's talent and power, it became an unavoidable choice for him to also practice Taoist methods.

This is the fundamental reason why he set his sights on Quanzhen as soon as he arrived in the world of Under One Person.

Who can blame them when Quanzhen has the skill of manifesting the Yang spirit? Although, judging from the current situation, Quanzhen's manifestation of the Yang spirit is not a true cultivation of the Yang spirit, but rather a certain application of Qi, allowing the Yin spirit to exhibit the characteristics of the Yang spirit, which is not afraid of sunlight and can travel during the day, it must be admitted that Quanzhen's cultivation of the Yuan Shen (primordial spirit) is still very unique, and it is perfectly fine to learn from it.

With this, combined with the Three Demon Sect techniques he later obtained from Tu Junfang, Shi Yuanzhang, although unable to cultivate a true Yang God on his own, could greatly increase the possibility of perfecting his primordial spirit, guiding the earth soul back, and stepping onto the path of the Yang God. With the blessing of the world and the like, he might not become an immortal on the spot, but he would probably be very likely to become an earth immortal.

When combined with the body-refining and aging-delaying properties of the Six Treasures Immortal Thief's cultivation technique, Ishihara Sho, while not living for thousands of years, will have a much higher chance of survival when entering certain dangerous worlds in the future.

There was absolutely no reason for Ishihara Sho to give up these books in front of him, so without any hesitation, he directly made contact with the space through his chakra, and a new Kamui space, or rather, a personal space, was created by Ishihara Sho. Then, he transformed into a book thief and threw all the books he saw into his personal space, preparing to review and study them later.

So he quickly returned to Tu Junfang's side.

"Have you made any gains here?" Ishihara Akira asked while harvesting the books.

"No, what about you?" Tu Junfang's pupils contracted when he saw Ishihara Zhang's actions, and he handed the book in his hand to him in return.

“It’s the same. They are all Taoist classics and martial arts from other schools. If they’re not here, then they’re either hidden somewhere else, or the Quanzhen School simply didn’t include its inherited martial arts techniques in the Scripture Pavilion,” Shi Yuanzhang replied.

"Probably not. After all, Quanzhen is a major sect with many disciples. It's impossible for every disciple to be personally taught by their master. So, there must be some inherited techniques that have been copied and placed in the Scripture Pavilion for disciples to read and study on their own. So, as long as we search diligently, we will definitely find them. If that doesn't work, we can go and cause trouble for the Quanzhen disciples." Tu Junfang, who had already decided that the Quanzhen techniques might help him solve the missing part of the Three Demon Sect's inheritance, retorted very decisively.

“Alright, then we’ll look again.” With that, Shi Yuanzhang collected all the books and cultivation manuals from the bookshelf where Tu Junfang was located, and then went to the other bookshelves.

Row after row...

In a short while, the entire library was ransacked by Ishihara Akira, leaving it empty.

"There's a staircase over there, let's go up and take a look." Tu Junfang, who had thoroughly searched the library while Ishihara Akane was harvesting the books, came over and said.

"it is good."

Following the two people up the stairs, we arrived at the second floor of the Sutra Repository.

The environment here is much simpler. Although there are several rows of bookshelves, they are vastly different from the situation below, both in terms of quantity and the number of books on them.

And most importantly, he and Tu Junfang actually encountered the keeper of the Quanzhen scriptures here...

An old man with white hair and beard, who looked to be around seventy years old but whose actual age was unknown, opened his eyes after seeing Ishihara Sho and Tu Junfang. A flash of white light illuminated the originally dim room.

"Electricity generated in an empty room, what a high level of cultivation!" Tu Junfang exclaimed.

“Esteemed benefactors, this is not a place for you. If you do not wish to suffer physical pain, please surrender. Once the calamity of Quanzhen has passed and your identities have been confirmed, Quanzhen will naturally release you.” The old Taoist priest stood up from the futon and spoke to Ishihara Sho and Tu Junfang with a strong sense of oppression, though he did not exude any imposing aura.

"What is your name, Taoist priest?" Shi Yuanzhang asked, sizing up the old man.

“Old Daoist Qingyi,” the old Daoist replied.

“Old Tu, would you please keep this Taoist priest company for a chat and stretch your muscles? I’ll organize the books here first.” Shi Yuanzhang nodded and said to Tu Junfang beside him.

"Then you'd better hurry up. If you're slow, I can't guarantee that we won't destroy things here while Qingyi Daoist and I are out having fun," Tu Junfang replied.

"Don't worry, I'll be quick," Ishihara Akira said with a smile.

He then rushed to the nearest bookshelf, swept his hand across it, and transferred the books on it one by one into his personal space.

"How dare you!" Master Qingyi shouted angrily upon seeing this.

Before he could even make a move, Tu Junfang had already rushed in front of him. "Old Taoist, your opponent is me."

At the same time, he threw a punch, which, carrying the black qi, slammed towards Master Qingyi.

Chapter 298 Retire after success

"Three Demonic True Qi, who is so-and-so from the Three Demonic Sect to you?" Qingyi Daoist, after receiving Tu Junfang's attack, noticed the situation caused by Tu Junfang's attack and his expression changed slightly.

"He is an elder of my sect." Upon hearing this, Tu Junfang stopped his attack and frowned.

"So, you're a disciple of the Three Demons Sect?" Master Qingyi continued to press.

"good."

"Since you are a disciple of the Three Demons Sect, you should also be a member of my righteous path. Why would you associate with such wicked people and attack my Quanzhen Sect? How can you face your elders and masters?" Qingyi Daoist rebuked righteously.

"Master Qingyi, have you been in the Scripture Pavilion for too long and gone mad? Don't you know that the Three Demon Sect's lineage was severed due to that upheaval?" Shi Yuanzhang, who had already quickly finished harvesting one bookshelf and was now harvesting books from another bookshelf near the battlefield between Master Qingyi and Tu Junfang, couldn't help but sneer.

"The Three Demon Sect has lost its lineage, so what happened to him?" Perhaps the news was too shocking, so Master Qingyi did not immediately stop Shi Yuanzhang's actions, but looked at Tu Junfang with an incredulous gaze and asked.

"I am the last successor of the Three Demon Sect," Tu Junfang said in a deep voice.

"That's no reason for you to forget your roots and become a heretic!" Master Qingyi said with a look of disappointment and anger.

"Too late to say that." Tu Junfang chuckled self-deprecatingly, then without further ado, launched another attack on Qingyi Daoist.

Knowing the characteristics of the Three Demon Sect's techniques, Qingyi Daoist dared not be negligent. He quickly erected his Daoist escape light as a protective barrier and partition, resisting the invasion of the Three Demon Sect's true qi while using Quanzhen martial arts to fight Tu Junfang.

"Old Tu, keep an eye on things, or the books will get damaged." Seeing the two getting increasingly noisy, Ishihara Akira couldn't help but warn them.

Tu Junfang dared not be distracted, and only slightly suppressed the fluctuations of his aura, limiting Qingyi Daoist's attack range to a small circle.

"How dare you steal my Complete Perfection scriptures! You deserve to die!" Qingyi Daoist roared in fury.

Unfortunately, his opponent was Tu Junfang, a seemingly honest and kind man whose actual fighting strength was no less than that of the two so-called heroes. In fact, he was a formidable figure who, in the original story, withstood a blow from Zhang Zhiwei without dying when the Celestial Master descended the mountain. This was not someone that the old Taoist priest in front of him, who seemed to have participated in that great battle and whose skills were no less than those of the old Celestial Master, could easily suppress.

Even if the Quanzhen martial arts, when cultivated to the end, make one strong and powerful, with each punch and kick carrying terrifying force and formidable energy, it is still the same.

After all, Tu Junfang's fighting methods were not limited to fists and feet, but also included his Three Corpses. So when the Three Corpses appeared, even though Master Qingyi suppressed Tu Junfang's attack with his rich combat experience, he still had to withdraw his hands and feet and do his best to deal with the harassment of the Three Corpses.

This gave Ishihara Akira more time and opportunity, so after only a short while, he had also emptied the bookshelves on the other side of where Master Qingyi was located, and then began to confiscate the items on the other bookshelves.

One book after another, row after row.

Finally, after an unknown amount of time, they cleared out the entire second-floor bookshelf, making it exactly the same as the first floor.

Then Shi Yuanzhang returned to Tu Junfang's side, glanced at Qingyi Daoist who was fighting the Three Corpses to a standstill under the protection of the escape light, black light rose from his hand, forming a protective shell around his arm, and then suddenly rushed in front of Qingyi Daoist and punched him in the chest.

"boom!"

A violent explosion erupted, and the protective barrier of Qingyi Dao's escape light instantly shattered under the bombardment of the gauntlets constructed by Ishihara Sho using the Truth-Seeking Balls. The energy scattered in all directions, and Qingyi Dao was then blasted against a nearby wall by the powerful fist force that followed, where he was enveloped by his three corpses...

The subsequent events were predictable. Without the protection of the escape light and enveloped by Tu Junfang's three corpses, Qingyi Daoist's three corpses could no longer be suppressed and finally soared into the sky, emerging from Qingyi Daoist's body to join the siege and attack Qingyi Daoist together.

"Keep an eye on him, don't let him die. Our Quanzhen martial arts might end up in his hands." Seeing this, Ishihara Sho, who had dispersed his Seeking Dao Jade, reminded Tu Junfang beside him.

“I will be careful,” Tu Junfang replied.

……

Soon after, Master Qingyi lost his ability to resist and was knocked unconscious by Tu Junfang.

“Take him with us, let’s leave here,” Ishihara Akira said.

Tu Junfang didn't say much. He stepped forward, hoisted Qingyi Daoist onto his shoulder, and left the empty Scripture Pavilion with Shi Yuanzhang. They reunited with the four Zhang Kuang guarding outside, then returned the way they came and once again stormed towards the Quanzhen Sect's mountain gate...

Although there were still many Quanzhen disciples here, most of them were either fighting against their own Three Corpses or had given up resisting, eliminating the influence of the Three Corpses on themselves using well-known methods—that is, stopping the flow of Qi and temporarily turning themselves into ordinary people.

So what appeared before Ishihara Akira and the others was a group of Taoist priests who had no power to resist.

Then Shi Yuanzhang gestured to Shen Chong, and the group rushed straight into the helpless Quanzhen Taoists. They knocked out a few Taoists who looked like true disciples, carried them on their shoulders, and then rushed out of the Quanzhen sect's palace complex without stopping. They quickly disappeared into the dense forests of Zhongnan Mountain, ending their battle.

However, it was only their battle; as for the others—the Quanxing members' attack on the mountain—Ishihara Sho ignored them.

After all, they needed some people to restrain the remaining Quanzhen Taoists, preventing them from continuing to pursue them and making it easier for them to escape. So they could take advantage of this opportunity and save themselves the trouble of finding others.

After traveling at a rapid pace for quite some time, Ishihara Akira and the others finally stopped in a smaller town near Zhongnan Mountain.

"Put the person down," Ishihara Shō said to Tu Junfang and Shen Chong.

Without saying a word, the group threw Master Qingyi and the other Quanzhen Taoists they had captured onto the ground.

Then Ishihara Akira stepped forward and targeted the youngest-looking Taoist priest, using the Soul-Reading Technique he had borrowed from Lü Liang to read the memories in the priest's mind...

Moreover, perhaps because he also possessed the secret techniques of the Yamanaka clan in the Naruto world, the effects and power of his Soul-Clearing Technique seemed to be far stronger than when Lü Liang used it. Therefore, it didn't take him long to find the information of the Quanzhen Kung Fu he wanted from the minds of his subordinate Taoists.

Then they went to another Taoist priest and did the same thing until they came to the Taoist priest Qingyi.

"As expected of a senior, his soul is indeed strong. Fortunately, it's still within my tolerance range," Ishihara Akira thought to himself.

After all, if Lü Liang could read the memories of Tian Jinzhong, who hadn't slept for decades and whose soul and will were as strong as steel, there was no reason why Ishihara Akira couldn't read the memories of Qingyi Daoren.

Moreover, his Soul Clarity Technique also contained the effects of the Mountain Clan's secret techniques, which were far superior to the simple Soul Clarity Technique. Therefore, after spending a little effort, he successfully obtained what he wanted from Qingyi Daoist.

"Alright, take them away first. I'll deal with them after I've confirmed that everything is alright on my end," Ishihara Akira said, getting up to give instructions.

Chapter 299 Organizing the Gains

Ishihara Sho remained silent for a moment before taking action, pulling a small ball of blue light from his forehead and handing it to Tu Junfang beside him.

"Give."

"What is this?" Tu Junfang asked in confusion.

"Here are the Quanzhen Kung Fu techniques I just extracted from those Taoist priests' minds. You should digest them first. As for the other books we got earlier, if you're in a hurry, start with the ones you can buy on the market to supplement your Taoist knowledge. Then, once I've finished organizing all the books, I'll transfer them to you in this way. If you're not in a rush, we can talk about it after I've finished organizing them," Shi Yuanzhang explained.

"Then you can start sorting it out. Anyway, it's been missing for so many years, a few more years won't make a difference." Tu Junfang took the ball of light that Shi Yuanzhang handed over with a very open mind and pressed it to his forehead in response.