The Demon King, reborn in Japan as a monk

"I heard you went to some Buddhist exchange conference. Are you abroad? When are you coming back?" Keiko Yamada sent a message asking.

As for the Buddhist studies exchange meeting, it was just an excuse that Ishihara Sho used to go abroad.

"Misako said she needs to talk to you about something, what is it?" Yumiko asked in a message.

"Where are you?" Shiota Reiko texted.

"Did you receive this? If you do, please remember to reply." This was Ai-chan's message.

In addition, there was a report from Haruka Sato on the development of the Illuminati, and a report from Mayumi Nagato on the operation of the bar.

The matters themselves are not complicated, but there are many trivial matters that require him to spend some time dealing with them.

……

"Dong dong dong."

"Who is it?" a woman's voice came from the doorway.

“Me,” Ishihara Sho replied.

"Click." The door opened, and a young woman's figure appeared in Ishihara Akira's sight.

"Why did you come here? Where's Eun-hee?" the woman asked in surprise, looking at Ishihara Chang at the door.

"She's working overtime today, she probably won't be back until nine or ten o'clock tonight." Ishihara Akira acted as if he were in his own home, and without waiting for the woman's invitation, he walked into the room, took off his shoes in the entryway, and went inside.

"Have you eaten?" the woman asked as she closed the door and came in.

"No."

"Then I'll order takeout for you," the woman said.

“Isn’t this ready-made?” Ishihara Akira said, pointing to the food on the table.

"I didn't expect you to come, so I only made enough for myself. If you're hungry, eat first. I'll get takeout later," the woman said.

"Forget it, I'll just wait for takeout. I'd be heartbroken if my beauty got hungry." Ishihara Akira turned around, stepped forward, and hugged the woman's waist, teasingly.

The woman patted him on the shoulder, took out her phone, and ordered takeout in front of Ishihara Akira.

"By the way, is there anything you'd like to eat?"

I want to eat you right now.

Chapter 377 The Plan Remains Unchanged

The woman's name was Liu Minjun, and she was Li Enxi's neighbor. The reason why Shi Yuanzhang was able to hook up with her can be traced back to his affair with Li Enxi.

That day, Ishihara Akira was a little bored, and he was also quite interested in the newly acquired Lee Eun-hee. So, taking advantage of the day when Lee Eun-hee was off work to entertain him, he kept playing with her and transforming her into the way he wanted. Moreover, the location was not limited to the bedroom; there were traces of their activities in the living room, bathroom, kitchen, and even the balcony.

Then one day, while they were out on their balcony, they unexpectedly saw Liu Minjun, who was letting loose and seeking creative inspiration on her neighbor's balcony.

Oh, and here's the thing: Liu Minjun's profession is a painter. Yes, the kind of painter who hasn't sold a single painting in over ten years and can only make a living by taking on small commissions and painting murals for big clients' lobbies.

Unlike those painters who are slovenly dressed and struggling to make ends meet, Liu Minjun comes from a relatively well-off family. Of course, if they weren't well-off, they wouldn't have been able to afford to send her to art college and buy her own house in the Chaoyang area at a young age. As a result, she has a rather unique personality and likes to go to the balcony when she is bored, distressed, irritable, or lacking inspiration, and look at the distant scenery to relax and find inspiration.

Yes, it's like returning to the state you were in when you were born.

So, by sheer coincidence, he met Ishihara Yu and Lee Eun-hee, who were fooling around on the balcony, and they hit it off.

Although Lee Eun-hee was shy, she stayed on the balcony under the insistence of the shameless Ishihara Akira, allowing Yoo Min-jun to see everything clearly.

Liu Minjun, on the other hand, did something even more extreme. Not only was she not embarrassed, she went back inside and took out her easel and paintbrush, placing them on the balcony. While watching Ishihara Sho and Li Ensi's game progress, she enthusiastically began creating her painting.

Thus, the two sides came into contact, and then, with Ishihara Akira, whose skin was as thick as a city wall, taking the initiative, Liu Minjun followed in Lee Eun-hee's footsteps.

This is the fundamental reason why she knew about Lee Eun-hee's existence.

……

In short, Ishihara Sho had a delicious meal at Liu Minjun's house and, in many ways, rested there.

Anyway, she lives alone, so there's no need to worry about disturbing her.

The next day, after confirming the cultivation of the Longevity Technique once again, Ishihara Akira set up an anti-interference barrier around himself and began to cultivate the Longevity Technique according to the cultivation method described in the oracle bone script, using the Qi he had converted from the lower realm as the core.

After all, compared to the innate true qi required for cultivating the Longevity Technique, the essence of Qi is much higher.

As for how Ishihara Sho came to know oracle bone script, there are comparative materials on oracle bone script and modern writing available online and in libraries. Ishihara Sho could have mastered the basic text of the Longevity Manual with just a little effort, unlike Shuanglong, who could only rely on luck to choose and practice the corresponding pictures.

However, despite using Qi as the core and having not practiced internal energy cultivation of the meridians—the twelve regular meridians and eight extraordinary meridians—besides the power of the three channels and seven chakras, Ishihara Sho still experienced a situation similar to going into a demonic state when circulating the Longevity Formula, where the true Qi impacted the meridians.

However, Ishihara Akira, who had the cultivation experience of Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling as a reference, was not flustered. After leaving behind the intention to concentrate on circulating the cultivation technique, Ishihara Akira decisively used the method of "exiting the yang spirit" to let his primordial spirit leave his body and examine himself who was cultivating the Longevity Technique from the perspective of an outsider.

In this way, even if something dangerous happens, you can stop it and treat it yourself.

Naturally, it won't interfere with things like him and the girl getting along.

Moreover, having broken free from the limitations of the physical body, Ishihara Sho's demonic abilities have been fully unleashed. He can now decide with a single thought whether to grow bigger or smaller, to become male or female, instead of needing to use the disguise of the Domain Poison as before.

……

After persisting for several hours, Ishihara Akira's body finally adapted to the changes brought about by the Longevity Formula's True Qi, and completely accepted the transformation of the Longevity Formula's True Qi, making everything go smoothly.

"Phew, finally done. Next, all I need to do is acquire some rare and precious materials of the Five Elements and collect the Qi of the Five Planets to complete the Great Cycle, and then I can begin the cultivation of the Five Elements Perfection." Ishihara Sho, having regained control of his body after his primordial spirit returned to its place, breathed a sigh of relief.

However, both of these methods—finding rare and precious materials and collecting the vital energy of the five planets—are rather troublesome.

For example, rare and precious materials can only be obtained by entering a world with a cultivation system and rules.

For example, the world of Chinese Paladin.

The world of The Legend of the White Snake.

Things like the origin of the White Snake are not only dangerous, but also very easy to capsize.

After all, he is a demon. Ordinary people and martial artists may not recognize him, but that doesn't mean cultivators can't discern his origins.

As for the latter, it is a matter of patience and time. Although one can use the advantage of the primordial spirit to enter other worlds and rely on the time difference between the two worlds to collect the power of the five planets and stars in other worlds, and then bring them back with the primordial spirit, the ease of collecting the power of the five planets and stars in lower-level worlds is definitely not as good as in higher-level worlds like the Legend of Shushan Swordsman.

Therefore, if one wants to quickly achieve the perfection of the five elements in the chest, taking risks in the later stages is still unavoidable.

So, to sum it up, if you want to have fun, continue exploring lower- to mid-level worlds, speed up your world progression, and collect various resources to fill the gaps in the Nightmare Space, making it evolve into a more realistic Nightmare Space.

If he wants to improve his strength quickly, he should take risks. As for how he ends up, that depends on his own methods and abilities...

"My primary goal right now is to turn the real world into my private world and incorporate it into my own Desire Realm system. I'm not in a hurry to pursue personal strength, so perfecting the Nightmare Space and increasing the collection of trial participants are my top priorities. Besides, although collecting the Five Elements Qi in low- to mid-level worlds is not as efficient as in high-level worlds, given the time difference, it doesn't take much time to convert it into the real world."

"Moreover, it will take me some time to refine the twelve regular meridians and the eight extraordinary meridians and complete the Great Circulation of cultivation. This can be used as a transitional stage for collecting the power of the five planets and stars."

"So, in the end, I still need to continue operating according to the original plan," Ishihara Akira thought to himself after summarizing his situation.

After all, the real world is basically free of magic, and there are no aliens or other monsters invading. He has no pressure to survive, so naturally he doesn't need to be like the characters in other novels, like cultivation machines, either cultivating or on the path to cultivation, without even a romantic life...

Although his current situation can no longer be called a love life, he is simply using his abilities to act recklessly and philander, making him a complete scumbag and a piece of trash.

But Ishihara Kaname is just too happy.

As a celestial demon who can do whatever he wants, why not enjoy the happy things in the world instead of suffering as an ascetic?

Chapter 378 Two Months in the Blink of an Eye

Since the plan was to proceed as scheduled, which meant continuing to expand the Nightmare Space, Ishihara Chang naturally couldn't stay in the capital any longer. Although life in the capital reminded him of his past life, making him nostalgic and even unwilling to move again, for his own considerations, after once again dealing with Li Enxi and Liu Minjun, Ishihara Chang boarded a plane to Macau, intending to earn some more operating funds in his secret stash there before continuing on to other countries.

The reason is simple: the yen has recently depreciated, and plummeted, causing his capital to shrink significantly. So, even for the sake of his reputation, he needs to earn some more capital.

So, upon arriving in Macau, Ishihara Akira immediately called Li Fuzhen, asking for several million US dollars as seed money. He then entered the largest private vault in Macau and, following the same pattern as before—winning a few rounds and losing a few, winning big and losing small—quickly accumulated wealth. He then entered the VIP room and, using his mind-reading ability and his control over emotions and desires, swept away all the guests' assets, multiplying his own capital several times over. After that, he decisively stopped and left Macau, leaving behind those who wanted to cause him trouble, and headed straight to the Philippines…

First, following the old rules, he secured a woman as his marker in this area, then unleashed his senses, pulling a thousand Filipinos into the Nightmare Space for trials.

The world they want to go to is quite simple: the various disaster movies from the United States, the "beacon of light."

Anyway, there aren't many good movies or world films in the Philippines.

Then he left the Philippines again and went to Vietnam. Following the same method, he entered the Golden Triangle and ransacked the drug dealers' coffers. After that, he went through Thailand to Malaysia and Singapore. After settling things there, he returned to Myanmar, then entered India, the eastern part of the Middle East, and then went to Russia and the United States. Finally, he entered the European Union and brought the entire European region under the influence of the Nightmare Space.

Then they headed directly south to Egypt, passing through several African countries along the way.

In places like Libya, Nigeria, and South Africa, where the regimes were relatively stable, he flew to Argentina again, then headed north to South America, leaving traces of his activities in various South American countries. He then officially entered the Americas through Brazil, passed through Mexico and Beacon Tower into Canada, and returned to Japan from Alaska...

The entire process took more than two months, so by the time Ishihara Sho returned to Japan, it was already mid-October of this year, and November was just around the corner.

However, the gains were also substantial. In terms of money alone, after his two activities in Macau and Las Vegas, he had nearly a hundred billion US dollars in cash on hand, which, when converted to Japanese yen, amounted to tens of trillions of yen. No matter how much he squandered, he would never have to worry about running out of money.

Not to mention, he also completed a global expansion in the process—

It can be said that, apart from Egypt in Africa where only an Egyptian woman was used as a reference point, in other countries, as long as they are not entirely Black, there is a woman who fits his aesthetic standards and is left as a reference point.

So if he wanted to, he could now reach any place in the world in the blink of an eye.

Except for the North and South Poles.

In addition, through these two months of activities, Ishihara Sho has almost completed the Small Heavenly Circuit and can now begin the Great Heavenly Circuit...

……

"So you finally decided to come back." Hanako, who had been resting for the past two days, looked at Ishihara Akira's sudden return and complained with a look of annoyance.

"Missed me?" Ishihara Akira stepped forward and hugged her waist, looking down at her in his arms and smiling.

"Whether I want to or not is irrelevant. The key is your women... I really didn't realize you had so many women outside. Not only are there yakuza like Yamada, but also sports stars and elites like Ai-chan. You're quite something." Hanako rolled her eyes at him and said.

"You know perfectly well how amazing I am, don't you?" Ishihara Akira said with a wicked smile.

Hanako didn't hold back and slapped his arm directly.

"How are the arrangements for the Dharma assembly going?" Ishihara Akira smiled and then turned to ask about the important matter.

"As you said, it's been postponed to December," Hanako replied, slightly suppressing her resentment.

"How many people?" Ishihara Akira asked again.

"They're still the same as before, all the same old believers," Hanako said.

"That's good." Ishihara Akira nodded. "Let's go back to the bedroom. No matter what, I need to feed you first."

"But it's daytime," Hanako said shyly, glancing around to make sure no one was watching.

"Isn't it more interesting during the day?" Ishihara Akira retorted.