The Demon King, reborn in Japan as a monk

Suddenly, a surge of information exploded in Tu Junfang's mind, flooding him with Taoist cryptic phrases and the techniques of the Quanzhen School...

"I will teach you the Three Demon Sect's techniques tomorrow." After a moment, Tu Junfang opened his eyes and said, having finished absorbing the information in his mind.

"Yes." Ishihara Akira nodded.

Tu Junfang then left the temporary lodging and found a hotel in the city to stay in.

"Do you have any other plans?" Shen Chong asked curiously after settling the Quanzhen Taoist priests back at Shi Yuanzhang's place.

“Nothing for now. Even if there were, you wouldn’t all need to go. But remember to contact Yu Huadu for me. I’m very interested in his abilities. Have him come and meet me,” Ishihara Akira said after thinking for a moment.

Whether it's causing trouble for Zhang Chulan later or seizing the Tongtian Talisman at Longhu Mountain, he won't need the help of the Four Madmen; he can handle it all by himself. Therefore, compared to the Twelve Labors Formation, which can be considered a crowd control skill, the transformation and disguise ability of the Domain Poison is more important.

Although Ishihara Shou himself could do the same thing using the Tenma Genshin Impact ability when he was in the dimensional world...

However, this only applies to the dimensional world. Once he returns to reality, if he wants to change his identity and infiltrate certain places again, he can only use the complete hypnotic ability of "Mirror Flower Water Moon," which is not entirely safe.

Therefore, in addition to the Eight Extraordinary Skills, the disguise ability of Domain Painting Poison and the Divine Painting skill of the Wang family are also one of the reasons why Ishihara Sho entered the world of Under One Person this time.

It's a way of making up for the abilities I lack in the real world.

Later, when we go to Biyou Village, we'll probably have to use the Four Madmen and Quanxing again.

"Is the Domain Painting Poison? I'll try to contact him, but I can't guarantee whether he'll be able to come." Shen Chong thought for a moment and said.

"It's alright. If he's not prepared to acknowledge me as the sect leader, I won't mind expelling him from the sect when the opportunity arises in the future," Ishihara Akira said with a faint smile.

Afterwards, Shen Chong and Gao Ning sat there for a while longer before leaving, just like Tu Junfang. They found a hotel or inn to stay in, leaving the space here for Shi Yuanzhang, Xia He, and Dou Mei to continue using.

However, Ishihara Akira, who had books to organize, had no interest in doing such things, so he left the two aside and began organizing the Taoist classics he had brought back from the Quanzhen Sect, as well as various cultivation techniques that the Quanzhen Sect elders had collected from who-knows-where...

If it were an ordinary person, or even a Qi-cultivating expert, who would have exceptional hearing and vision due to Qi cultivation and possess a photographic memory, it would still take a great deal of time to peruse and organize these secret manuals.

It won't stop for at least a week.

But if it were in the hands of someone like Ishihara Akira, who could enter the dream world at any time and create a time difference, then organizing it would be incredibly simple. First, he would turn his eyes into scanners, scanning all the acquired books and techniques in a way similar to quantum reading, recording them in his subconscious. Then, he would enter the dream world, using the interaction between dreams and the subconscious to reproduce these books, and then slowly learn them by taking advantage of the huge time difference between the dream world and reality...

On the surface, it may seem that Ishihara Akira only stayed up for one night or a few days, but in the dream world, he had been reading continuously for more than a month, instantly transforming himself from an ordinary Taoist enthusiast into a senior Taoist scholar.

In addition, with the Taoist terminology he obtained from the minds of Quanzhen Taoists along with the Quanzhen cultivation methods, Ishihara Akira's understanding of Taoist cultivation has reached, if not the level of a grandmaster, at least to the point where he is not easily deceived and can easily distinguish whether the cultivation method in his hands is genuine or fake, and what its main effects and cultivation purpose are.

This filled in the gaps in his knowledge of Taoism and his superficial understanding of primordial spirit cultivation.

Naturally, I also figured out what exactly the "exiting the Yang spirit" of Quanzhen was all about!

Just as he initially guessed, Quanzhen's emergence of the Yang God did not actually refine the primordial spirit into a Yang God. Instead, it utilized the special properties of Qi to form a protective armor similar to clothing on the surface of the Yin God. This allowed the Yin God, which was originally afraid of wind and lightning and could not stand sunlight, to put it bluntly, like a ghost, to possess some of the characteristics of a Yang God. It could shed its shell and emerge under the impetus of the cultivation technique, and move around in the daytime.

However, there are still many drawbacks. For example, it is inevitable that it does not have many of the abilities of a primordial spirit. Furthermore, it cannot travel far from the body like a true yang spirit. In other words, it can only move within a certain distance of the body. Also, its sturdiness is insufficient, making it easy to be broken and injured. It cannot truly achieve the illusory body that is as real as a yang spirit, or even the ability to divide into three thousand forms...

Then Ishihara Akane looked at the Quanzhen Kung Fu manual again and couldn't help but ponder his own situation—

"Given my current situation, should I only cultivate the spiritual cultivation of Quanzhen, or should I cultivate both my spirit and body like a true Quanzhen Taoist?"

After some consideration, Ishihara Sho decided to start with the dual cultivation of body and mind. If that didn't work, he would focus on strengthening his sexual cultivation and then return to the path of dual cultivation of body and mind once he returned to reality.

After that, Ishihara Akira put these trivial matters aside and began searching again for information about the Seven Souls, Three Corpses, Primordial Spirit, and Yang Spirit recorded in Taoist classics, seeking a way to perfect the Primordial Spirit, gather the two souls of Heaven and Earth, and achieve a true Yang Spirit.

……

"Here, this is the fundamental cultivation technique of my Three Demon Sect." The next day, around noon, Tu Junfang found Shi Yuanzhang again and handed him a newly printed cultivation technique.

Yes, it's printed. After all, we live in a modern society. Although everyone learns to write Chinese characters from a young age, it's still not as fast as typing on a computer.

In addition, Tu Junfang himself was not rigid, so he easily obtained a laptop, then input the cultivation technique into it, found a print shop, and personally printed out the technique. A new inherited cultivation technique was thus produced, and it didn't even tire his hands...

"You can take a look, but don't practice recklessly, otherwise you'll probably end up like me, stuck at the stage of collecting the three corpses," Tu Junfang warned.

“Okay,” Ishihara Akira replied with a smile.

"Do you have anything else to do? If not, I'll be leaving now," Tu Junfang said, glancing at him.

"Aren't you going to wait until I've finished organizing the books?"

“Just contact me once you’ve finished organizing. You have my contact information, don’t you?” Tu Junfang said casually.

"That's okay too."

Tu Junfang then got up and left Shi Yuanzhang's place, disappearing from his sight.

Chapter 300

"How many days until the Luo Tian Grand Ceremony?" That evening, lying in the comfort of his bedchamber, Ishihara Akira asked Xia He and Dou Mei beside him.

“It’s been less than a week,” Dou Mei replied.

"Really? Well, there's still time." Ishihara Akira said with a smile.

"Are you going to participate in the Luo Tian Grand Ceremony?" Xia He asked in surprise.

"I'm not going to participate, I'm going to be a spectator, and then when the time is right, I'll stir up some trouble," Shi Yuanzhang said with a light laugh, holding Xia He's precious treasure.

"Stirring up trouble on Longhu Mountain? Aren't you afraid of being beaten to death by the Old Celestial Master?" Xia He asked in astonishment.

"Wouldn't that free you from your troubles? And then you could reunite with the person in your heart and become the Xia He you always were," Shi Yuanzhang said with amusement.

"I'm already like this, how could I possibly have the right to go back?" Xia He said with a self-deprecating bitter smile, "Even if I could, I wouldn't be able to get past my own conscience."

"If that's the case, then you'll have to obediently be my Slaanesh knight from now on, otherwise..."

"What else would you like?" Xia He asked with interest.

"I'll make sure you can't get out of bed for the rest of your life." Shi Yuanzhang flipped over and pinned Xia He down.

……

The next day, Shi Yuanzhang finally met another special person from Quanxing in the place where he was now—Yu Huadu.

Although he looks like a bald middle-aged man, who knows if his current appearance is his true state or if he has stolen someone's information and become that person? In any case, Ishihara Akira has not been able to find any trace of disguise on him for the time being.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that Ishihara Sho doesn't have the ability to open his third eye to observe the aura; otherwise, he could still tell whether Ishihara Sho is the real person or not.

"Did the sect leader summon me here for some instructions?" Yu Huadu asked respectfully, showing his shrewdness.

This is understandable, after all, he had personally witnessed how Shi Yuanzhang defeated Gong Qing, Ding Shian (one of the two heroes), and coerced the Quanxing elders to become the current leader.

In addition, given the recent rumors of the Quanzhen Sect's misfortune at Zhongnan Mountain, he, who seems to only be able to cause trouble in secret and whose true combat strength is unknown, cannot afford to be careless, lest Ishihara Akira turn his back on him and expose him.

"Is your ability an innate talent, or one you cultivated?" Ishihara Akira asked directly, without beating around the bush.

"I'd say it's half and half. The cultivation technique is acquired later, but this ability is something I gained after practicing my current technique and undergoing a mutation of my innate special ability," Shi Yuanzhang explained, having vaguely understood his intentions regarding the Domain Painting Poison.

"So, it can't be sent to others?" Ishihara Sho asked, squinting his eyes in confirmation.

"The techniques can be passed on, but at most you can gain ordinary disguise abilities. It would be very difficult to change other people's appearances as easily as I can," Yu Huadu replied.

"Then leave your cultivation technique behind," Ishihara Akira commanded in a calm voice.

"Okay." Yu Huadu frowned slightly upon hearing this, but agreed.

"Don't worry, I won't take your cultivation technique for nothing. You can tell me something you want to do but can't do, or a goal you want to achieve, and I'll fulfill it based on the specific circumstances," Ishihara Akira said with a smile, reassuring me.

Now that he has become the sect leader, he cannot act too domineeringly. Besides, there is no grudge or enmity between them. There is really no need for Ishihara Sho to push Domain Painting Poison to the opposite side over this matter.

"What do I want to do..." The one from the Domain of Poison thought for a while, then smiled bitterly, "Sect Leader, not to boast, but with my abilities, if I really wanted to do something, I don't think anyone could stop me. So I don't have anything I want to do right now. But I do have a goal, which is to meet our Quanxing's former sect leader, Wugensheng. I've always heard the Quanxing elders talk about how amazing Wugensheng was and how outstanding his talents were. I'm very curious about what kind of person Wugensheng was that those lawless old men of Quanxing would keep talking about him so much, even though he's been missing for decades."

“See Wugensheng? I really can’t help you with that. Because I don’t know Wugensheng’s current whereabouts either. But one thing is certain: Wugensheng is indeed a very charismatic person. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been able to stir up the Jia Shen Rebellion back then, and why the old people of Quanxing still remember him so fondly.” Shi Yuanzhang spread his hands and said.

"I see. In that case, I have no further requests. Consider this a favor I've done for you, Sect Leader. If I ever need anything in the future, I only ask that you remember what happened today," Yu Huadu replied after a moment's thought.

“Okay,” Ishihara Akira agreed.

After that, Yu Huadu handed over his cultivation technique.

Just as Yu Huadu said, it is a technique that focuses on changing one's appearance and skin, called "Painted Skin". Although it can indeed help people disguise themselves as other people, in most cases it can only be used on oneself or a small number of other people. The operation that Yu Huadu performed when Quanxing attacked Longhu Mountain in the original work can be barely done, but the consumption of Qi is vastly different. This is consistent with what he said, that his ability is the product of the combination of the technique and innate supernatural ability.

Then Shi Yuanzhang dismissed the Domain Poison and released the Quanzhen disciples who were no longer of any use. Shi Yuanzhang then took Xia He and Dou Mei and left the vicinity of Zhongnan Mountain, returning to the strange family that had been used to settle Lü Liang and Liu Yanyan, so that Lü Liang could complete the awakening of the Dual Hands. There, he met Lü Liang, who was still in the form of a human pig.

"Hasn't it awakened yet?" Ishihara Sho muttered somewhat dissatisfiedly.

Because his tongue was broken, Lü Liang couldn't answer. He could only awkwardly pull at his blood-covered cheek, revealing a helpless expression.

"It seems that the stimulation wasn't enough for you," Ishihara Akira said coldly.

"You know about the Lingchi punishment, right? Starting tomorrow, I will personally carry out the Lingchi punishment on you. Apart from the ginseng used to keep you alive, I will not allow anyone to treat you. So if you die in the middle, you will really die, and don't expect me to save you."

"After all, although there are few people who can use the Minghun Technique as well as you, there are quite a few people who can use it. If you really can't hold on, I don't mind taking the Quanxing disciples to your Lü family and wiping you out in one fell swoop."

Upon hearing this, Lü Liang struggled violently for a moment, but because his body was suspended by the wall, no matter how hard he tried, he could not affect Ishihara Akira. In the end, he could only stare at Ishihara Akira with helpless anger and hatred.

"It seems there are still people in the Lü family you care about. In that case, you should try your best to live and awaken the Dual Hands to stop me, otherwise... every single person in your Lü family will suffer the same things you are going through now." Ishihara Akira grabbed Lü Liang's chin and smiled kindly.

"Keep an eye on him, don't let him die." After saying that, Ishihara Akira bypassed the guards and returned to the villa on the ground.

Chapter 301 Lü Liang's Awakening

The next day, just as he had said the day before, Ishihara Akira walked into the basement where Lü Liang was being held, carrying in one hand the tools for carrying out the execution by slow slicing—a fishing net and a small curved knife that looked like a hook—and in the other hand ginseng slices that were prepared to hang the executioner.

Then he had someone close the door to prevent Lü Liang's screams from being heard. He put the plate with ginseng slices aside, took the fishing net, and walked up to Lü Liang. With the latter's eyes filled with fear, he pulled out the steel bar stuck in his body, draped the fishing net over Lü Liang's head, and tightened it. The mesh of the net was tightly fitted to Lü Liang's body, making his scarred skin bulge out from the mesh.

Then, Ishihara Akira put Lü Liang on the ground, got up, took back the plate containing ginseng slices and the small curved knife used for execution, and squatted down next to Lü Liang.

"Like I said, from the start of the execution until the end, I will not provide any further treatment for your injuries. So if you don't want to die, try your best to awaken the Dual Hands to stop me." Ishihara Akira picked up a piece of ginseng and stuffed it into Lü Liang's mouth with a smile.

"Also, if you don't want your relatives in the Lü family to suffer the same torment you are experiencing now in the future, then wake up, otherwise... you know what to do."

After saying that, Ishihara Akira stopped talking and began cutting the raised skin all over Lü Liang's body with the knife in his hand.

With a single cut, a piece of skin was sliced ​​off like a fish fillet.

"what……"

Ishihara Shu blocked out his hearing and, as if watching a silent film, continued cutting along the protrusions of the fishing net.

One blow after another.

Soon, a fresh pool of blood formed beneath Lü Liang's body, and the stench of blood began to permeate the air, making the entire underground space resemble the legendary hellish realm.

……

"Ah..." As more and more pieces of meat were shaved off, Lü Liang became more and more like a model of human muscle division used for teaching, while his screams became weaker and weaker, to the point that they were indistinguishable unless you listened carefully.