The Demon King, reborn in Japan as a monk

He's not so bad as to forget what he just heard.

"Where is he staying?"

"The Sea of ​​Primordial Qi of the Vast Sky".

"Do you need me to explain to you what the Haotian Primordial Qi Sea is?" Bo Xun asked with a smile.

Ishihara Akira shook his head.

The so-called Haotian Primordial Qi Sea is the core of the world and the foundation of its birth. It is filled with a primordial energy that, although called Qi, is of a higher essence than the Qi concept mentioned in the so-called Under One Person world. It is also a level higher than the spiritual energy called the Mother Qi of All Things that Ishihara Akira obtained through cultivating the three channels and seven chakras. It can be called the true Mother Qi of All Things!

This Qi can evolve into everything in the world, whether it be humans and animals, herbs and plants, or even lifeless rocks, sand, and dust. Their ultimate origin and destination are all the primordial Qi in the Vast Heavenly Primordial Qi Sea.

This reveals the true nature of the Haotian Primordial Qi Sea.

"The Haotian Primordial Qi Sea is the core of the world, the abode of the Heavenly Dao as described by Taoism, the place where all kinds of innate deities reside and yearn for, and the ultimate destination pursued by all kinds of cultivators. You can probably imagine what its environment is like without me describing it. The Heavenly Soul has always remained there. Even humans are said to be influenced by their surroundings, let alone a Heavenly Soul formed from a mass of primordial energy. In your current state, although you can summon it back and withstand it, it's still somewhat lacking. You will be harmed by what the Heavenly Soul brings down, not to mention the impact on your body after the three souls of Heaven, Earth, and Man are perfected. With your five energies incomplete and your three flowers unopened, while you won't die from the return of the Heavenly Soul, your body will be exhausted by the perfected soul, making you extremely weak. So, do you still want to call it back now?" Bo Xun asked, confirming.

"Is it that serious?" Ishihara Akira frowned.

These were indeed issues he hadn't considered.

"Otherwise, why would Taoist cultivators only summon back their Heavenly Soul and achieve perfection when they reach the Yang Shen or Immortal realm?" Bo Xun asked with a chuckle.

“Alright… then I’ll wait until I’ve refined my Yang God before summoning it.” Ishihara Akira thought for a moment and sighed.

Anyway, with his current Earth Immortal realm and all his skills, he's more than capable of crushing most dimensional worlds, so there's no need to rush.

……

Immediately, Ishihara Akira emerged from the dream world and returned to reality. He got up, went to Li Fuzhen's bedroom, dressed, and then, together with Li Fuzhen, who was now awake and had finished washing up, they left the villa and headed to her hotel for breakfast, lunch, and dinner...

Incidentally, I also want to fulfill my ultimate goal in coming to South Korea—to pull the people of South Korea into the Nightmare Space and begin their cycle of reincarnation.

Moreover, World Ishihara Sho has already planned it all out for them: starting with Train to Busan, followed by Taegukgi, the Han River Monster, or perhaps a series of horror films and comics unique to South Korea—

For example, the Slit-Mouthed Woman, Cursed Academy, and so on.

In any case, they were not treated differently and were given preferential treatment.

They're not even Chinese.

So after spending a few days in South Korea and temporarily finding a thousand suitable candidates, Ishihara Akira boarded a plane again and flew back to Japan...

As soon as he exited the station, Ishihara Akira saw a sign with his name "Ishihara" held high above his head, and a young woman holding it up below. Without stopping, he walked straight over.

"Hello, I'm Ishihara," Ishihara Akira greeted.

Ishihara was naturally his alias. Whether with Li Fuzhen or in China, Ishihara Zhang planned to use this identity. Once he went abroad to Russia and Europe, he would revert to his original identity.

As for the woman in front of him, although he didn't recognize her, he knew that she was the person Li Fuzhen had arranged to pick him up at the airport.

After all, he had such a valuable asset as Li Fuzhen by his side, so there was no reason for him not to make good use of him.

Therefore, before officially setting off, he asked Li Fuzhen to contact her company in China and arrange for a young, beautiful, and willing woman to receive him. This would save him the trouble of finding a suitable person to guide him and make his future actions easier.

"Hello Mr. Ishihara, I am an employee of [Company Name], my name is Lee Eun-hee, and I am the staff member specifically responsible for your travel in the country. I hope we can work together in the future." Lee Eun-hee introduced herself with a smile, unaware of what was about to happen to her.

"Koreans?" Ishihara Sho was surprised.

But then again, it makes sense. After all, Lee Bok-jin is Korean, and the only people she can think of and arrange are probably Koreans. Even though her company in China has recruited a lot of domestic employees, the ones she can boss around, or rather, the most obedient ones, are still these Korean employees.

After all, her status gave her a natural air of superiority in the eyes of the Korean employees.

“Yes,” Lee Eun-hee nodded affirmatively.

Then, the two left the airport and went to the parking lot outside, where they sat down in a Hyundai car made in South Korea.

"Sir, do you have any plans? If not, I'll take you to the hotel," Lee Eun-hee asked from the driver's seat.

“I’m not going to the hotel, I’m going to your place,” said Ishihara Akira, sitting in the passenger seat.

"Huh? My house?" Lee Eun-hee asked in surprise.

"Didn't your boss tell you? The reception staff I need are the kind who will go to any lengths to serve the guests?" As he spoke, Ishihara Akira reached out and pressed down on Lee Eun-hee's thigh, which was covered by black stockings...

"This, this..." Lee Eun-hee's expression changed slightly upon seeing this. For a moment, she didn't know whether she should loudly rebuke and refuse Ishihara Chang, or accept everything as he suggested and then take Ishihara Chang to her residence...

After all, Li Fuzhen put a lot of pressure on her.

"What? You don't want to?" Ishihara Akira said, increasing the pressure.

Lee Eun-hee remained silent for a while, then stole glances at Ishihara Chang's face several times before finally gritting her teeth, ignoring Ishihara Chang's hand on her thigh, starting the car, and driving Ishihara Chang back to the city.

Chapter 335 The Mission of the Chinese People

As for the selection of Chinese people, Ishihara Akira was very selective, looking not only at their professions but also at their personal qualities, personality, and abilities. In short, by the time Ishihara Akira had selected the thousand people he was satisfied with, more than half a month had passed. The second batch of Japanese people he had thrown into the Nightmare Space and the later Koreans who had entered had all completed their missions.

Naturally, many testers were eliminated, and the proportion was quite large. The initial statistics show that fewer than 100 people remained, including 26 Japanese and 41 Koreans.

Even so, it's only because many horror comics have a predetermined way to complete them that so many have survived in South Korea; otherwise, complete annihilation wouldn't be out of the question.

Those who remain, while not all are elite talents, are certainly capable of handling things independently and can be entrusted with some important responsibilities.

For example, the 26 Japanese members were given a unified task by Ishihara Sho: to enter the Hive and retrieve the Red Queen's motherboard, with no restrictions on the method.

The sticks continued to be distributed as they pleased...

There was no other way. After all, in the Korean movies that Ishihara Sho knew, there was really nothing that he liked, could use, or wanted to obtain. Therefore, he could only continue to use them as expendable resources for training.

When it came to the Chinese side, Ishihara Akira had a much wider range of choices. They could choose from various worlds, such as Cha Liangyong's 14 Heavenly Books, the Legend of Sword and Fairy, and all sorts of games and movies. Basically, they could choose any world that was familiar to everyone and could test their abilities, as their training world.

For example, a certain veteran was thrown into the Hundred Regiments Offensive world by Ishihara Akira...

A policeman was thrown into the "No Thieves Under Heaven" campaign.

A female student went to the Republic of China era.

Several male students went to The Smiling, Proud Wanderer.

However, the most special team, which also had the largest number of members, was thrown into the world of The Legend of the Twin Dragons by Ishihara Akira, and the starting mission given to them was very clear - to obtain the Longevity Manual!

After all, Ishihara Sho still hasn't figured out how to cultivate the five elements within his chest, so he can only choose what might be helpful from the existing information available to him.

For example, the Five Elemental Pearls in the world of Chinese Paladin.

However, this world is too high-level and not suitable for beginners. It's not too late to wait until they grow up or go there themselves.

Next is the Longevity Technique, which seems to allow cultivation of the seven attributes of Yin Yang and Five Elements. Moreover, the method of obtaining it is not too difficult. As long as the two dragons can be dealt with, there is really no need for him to make a trip there in person. Therefore, he edited it into a task and gave it to the selected newcomers to handle.

As for himself?

After considering his own situation, Ishihara Akira still joined a team of more than a dozen newcomers, consisting of high school students, college students, graduate students, working professionals—ordinary office workers—plus two leaders from the community street office, to go to the world of The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber…

Without him.

He planned to completely conquer this world, and incidentally seek advice from the legendary master Zhang Sanfeng on various matters related to cultivation.

Of course, he would also remember to make a trip to Longhu Mountain in this world to obtain the method of combining Yin and Yang and the Five Thunders to cultivate the Five Thunder Orthodox Method, thus completing his own cultivation.

……

"Holy crap! It really works that you can travel between worlds!" a high school student exclaimed excitedly, looking at his surroundings.

"Nightmare Space? I never thought that something from a novel would one day become a reality." Another college student muttered with emotion as he looked around at his surroundings.

"Compared to all that, does anyone know where we are right now?" one of the gangsters said.

"I want to go home," the high school girl said, her voice trembling with tears.

"The world of The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber? Doesn't that mean we're currently in the Yuan Dynasty?" another college student exclaimed, his expression suddenly changing.

"The Yuan Dynasty..." Immediately afterward, everyone who had received compulsory education and hadn't failed history understood the seriousness of the matter—

The Yuan Dynasty was an "Israelite" dynasty. And most importantly, the Han Chinese, who were the orthodox people of the Central Plains, were considered fourth-class citizens by the Yuan Dynasty's officials. They were even worse than the Semu people, who were roughly equivalent to the people of the Middle East in later generations, let alone the Mongols, who were considered second-class and first-class citizens with obvious white ancestry.

In this era, the lives of Han Chinese were barely better than those of dogs; they were the kind of people who could be killed simply by paying compensation.

For these modern people who live in modern society and enjoy the peaceful environment created by the martyrs, this is almost as bad as hell.

In particular, their mission was the arduous task of overthrowing the Yuan Dynasty and establishing a new dynasty—a task that clearly required undertaking some serious action…

"Everyone, let's introduce ourselves first, so everyone can get to know each other. Only when we're all familiar with each other can we discuss what to do next." The man, whose attire was simple but whose every move exuded a special aura, clapped his hands and raised his voice to attract everyone's attention.

"After all, the mission and the social environment are what they are. No matter how worried or troubled we are, we can't change the current situation, can we?"

“Yes, let’s all introduce ourselves,” another middle-aged woman with a similar demeanor to the man who spoke quickly chimed in.

Although her face was also filled with tension, she still took a responsible attitude and reassured everyone.

"Then I'll start." Seeing that no one was willing to speak, the man took the lead and said, "My name is Wang Hao, I'm 40 years old, the director of a neighborhood committee in a certain street, I served in the army for three years, and I have a university degree, majoring in mechanical manufacturing."

"My name is Zhao Xia, I'm 36 years old, the women's director of a certain street, I graduated from high school, never went to university, and never served in the military..."

"My name is Zhao Qiang, I am 24 years old, a senior majoring in computer science at a certain university. I have learned some martial arts routines during the school's physical education class."

"My name is Liu Zhen, I am 22 years old, a sophomore majoring in journalism and media at a certain university. I usually go for a run at night and have good physical strength."

"My name is……"

One by one, the team members introduced themselves and shared their strengths.

Although none of them are suitable for the current situation.

"Our primary concern right now is to determine our location and solve our accommodation and living problems. I think everyone agrees with me saying this?" The man named Wang Hao started the conversation by asking the group.

The group exchanged glances and shook their heads.

"What are your thoughts?" Wang Hao asked again.

“I just took a look, and the road we’re on has clearly been leveled. Judging from its condition, it’s obviously been used frequently. In this day and age, I think there’s no other road like this besides the legendary official road. So my suggestion is that we follow the official road in front of us. Maybe we’ll reach a village or town soon.” A male college student who introduced himself as Sun Jian pushed up his glasses and looked at Wang Hao as he spoke.

Chapter 336 When in Rome, do as the Romans do: The First Hurdle

“I have no objection to following the official road, but which way?” The woman, who introduced herself as Liu Lu, looked at both ends of the official road and spoke.

"I don't know either, so my suggestion is to brainstorm together," Sun Jian said, spreading his hands with a helpless expression.

He was unaware of the situation in this world.

"What are your opinions?" asked Wang Hao, the street director.