The Demon King, reborn in Japan as a monk

Ishihara's preparations were not in vain; within just a few days, he saw what he wanted—

The story begins.

In other words, Hong Yi was approached by a maid from the second branch of the Hong family, who asked him to help compose poems.

This wasn't anything special, because neither Hong Yi nor the maid were Ishihara Akira's targets, but their actions indicated something else was about to happen—

Jing Yuxing, the eldest son of the Duke of Liguo's family, came to visit the Hong family and presented Hong Yi's second sister, Hong Xuejiao, with the Tiger Demon Bone Refining Fist, a top-level bone-refining technique from the Great Zen Temple that he had brought back from the royal library.

And that's what Ishihara Sho really wanted.

In addition, Hong Yi will also pack his things and leave the Hong Mansion on this day or the day after, which is tomorrow, to go to the temple in Xishan to prepare for the exam, where he will meet the Fragrant Fox King Yuanfei and begin his magnificent life.

Therefore, after greeting Qin Mengyao, who was engrossed in studying the martial arts and Taoist scriptures that Shi Yuanzhang had brought back, Shi Yuanzhang set off again from the inn and headed towards the Hong residence.

By the time he arrived at the Hong residence, Hong Yi had already packed his things and was preparing to leave...

Ishihara Chang remained calm. After all, Hong Yi had his mark on him, so as long as he was within his perception range, he could find him immediately. Moreover, Hong Yi hadn't left yet, giving him some time to prepare. So, with a thought, Ishihara Chang transformed a wisp of demonic thought into a shadow and hid in Hong Yi's shadow, becoming a second layer of insurance besides the mark.

After all, there are lightning tribulation ghost immortals in this world, and Hong Yi will encounter one soon. Before he passes the lightning tribulation, Ishihara Sho cannot be sure that the mark he left will definitely be able to evade the other party's senses, so it is better to play it safe.

Then Ishihara Akira focused his attention on Hong Xuejiao, waiting to seize the Tiger Demon Bone Refining Fist and everything about the Hong family's inheritance in Hong Xuejiao's mind.

And so they waited from morning until evening. Hong Yi had already arrived at the West Mountain Temple, ready to begin his adventure, when Hong Xuejiao finally returned from outside, looking as if she had accomplished something great, and returned to her bedroom feeling completely relaxed.

Ishihara Kaname followed...

But to everyone's surprise, the first thing Hong Xuejiao did upon returning was to take a bath and change clothes, which was exactly what Shi Yuanzhang saw.

However, Ishihara Akira didn't have any particular thoughts. After all, he had seen it many times before, so he wasn't shy or embarrassed like an ordinary young boy. Instead, he hid in the shadows and watched the whole thing with great interest. It wasn't until Hong Seol-kyo entered the bathtub with her bare bottom that Ishihara Akira suddenly appeared. He used his spiritual power to rush into Hong Seol-kyo's sea of ​​consciousness and suppressed her spiritual activity with his powerful mental strength.

Hong Xuejiao fell silent, but inwardly she was urging her own qi and blood, trying to escape her current predicament by relying on the principle of mutual restraint between qi and blood and yin spirit...

Before she could succeed, as Ishihara Akira's palm landed on her, the blood and qi around her became strange under Ishihara Akira's guidance, and then her body began to feel hot, and some emotions that should not have appeared in her heart began to appear...

It's fair to say that she's unable to move right now; otherwise, she would be writhing and displaying her figure like a snake whose head or tail has been grabbed.

Then, Ishihara Shō placed his other hand on Hung Hsueh-kyo's head, activated his dual-wielding technique, and forcefully read through the layers of memories in Hung Hsueh-kyo's mind until she had no more secrets from him. Only then did Ishihara Shō release his hands, walk to the desk next to him, and take the Tiger Demon Bone Refining Fist that was placed on it.

Then, Ishihara Sho planted a seed in Hong Xuejiao's mind, kissed her on the lips, and then activated his supernatural speed to rush towards Hong Yi.

……

"Whoosh..."

"You despicable little thief, don't let me have a chance to find you, or I, Hong Xuejiao, will definitely make you pay." The moment after Shi Yuanzhang left, Hong Xuejiao, who had regained her freedom of consciousness, stood up from the bathtub and said coldly with a face full of resentment.

Then, she sat back in the bathtub, using the warm water to regulate her blood and qi, suppressing the intense heat and unfamiliarity in her body caused by Ishihara Akira's actions.

At the same time, Ishihara Akira arrived at the temple where Hong Yi was. With a sweep of his primordial spirit power, he discovered another primordial spirit that was clearly more powerful and did not match the aura of Hong Yi's own primordial spirit.

Needless to say, Ishihara Akira could guess who this other wisp of primordial spirit power belonged to.

Moreover, shortly after he released the scanner, a faint, elegant fragrance wafted out, and a stunningly beautiful woman in white appeared before him, further confirming her identity.

"It's quite strange that someone with such masculine power hasn't survived the tribulation yet. Are you accumulating power? Are you preparing to undergo multiple tribulations at once, like the ancient sages, and reach the realm of the Creator?" Yuan Fei looked the stranger up and down, and said softly with a surprised expression.

Although this method of cultivation is not mainstream, it is something that geniuses from prestigious families and powerful clans with deep-rooted cultivation often do. Coupled with Ishihara Akira's unfamiliar face, Yuanfei naturally assumed that he was a genius disciple from a prestigious family or clan who had just come out to gain experience. Otherwise, there would be no way to explain Ishihara Akira's situation.

"Fragrant Fox King, I never expected that you, one of the eight great demon immortals of the world, would also undergo tribulation and appear here. Is there some conspiracy?" Ishihara Sho pretended to admire the pleasing face of the Consort Yuan for a while, then squinted his eyes and said in a low voice.

"You actually recognized me? I haven't asked you yet," Consort Yuan said in surprise.

Although not many people know about her reincarnation as a human, they are all her close friends and family. It's impossible for just anyone to easily identify her.

Even if a ghost immortal is reincarnated, the same applies if their primordial spirit still carries the aura of the past.

Neither of them had ever met her, so how did Ishihara Akira know about the changes in her aura and thus deduce that she was the Fragrant Fox King?

Therefore, she had no choice but to be vigilant and on guard.

"Amitabha, this humble monk is here." Ishihara Sho replied with his hands clasped together in a seemingly respectful manner.

"A monk?" the Fragrant Fox King asked in surprise.

Even now, with the Great Zen Temple destroyed, there are still monks of near-immortal level who are highly skilled. It is quite surprising and unexpected that such a thing still exists.

"May I ask which temple you hail from, Master, and what brings you here at this hour?" Consort Yuan asked again.

"Today, this humble monk suddenly saw a purple aura spreading out from the east like a tidal wave, which seemed to indicate the birth of a sage. Therefore, I came here to search for him, but to no avail. Knowing that there is a temple nearby, I came here to stay and planned to continue my search tomorrow. However, I never expected to see the Fragrant Fox King in this desolate wilderness. It is truly strange. I wonder if the Fragrant Fox King can answer this humble monk's questions?"

Chapter 428 Battle with the Fragrance Fox King

"People say it's good to be confused sometimes, so why does Master have to pry so deeply? Besides, our meeting here today is just a coincidence. Since we've met by chance, doesn't it seem a bit inappropriate for Master to pry into a woman's secrets like this?" Consort Yuan chuckled, her face becoming even more alluring as she retorted.

"What if this humble monk insists on knowing?" Ishihara Akira pressed on without yielding an inch.

The reason for doing so was simple: he wanted to use Consort Yuan's hand to test his level in the Yangshen world.

After all, although Yuanfei had a great reputation and was one of the eight great demon immortals in the world, her actual level was only a second-tribulation ghost immortal. In Ishihara Akira's understanding, that was, someone whose primordial spirit had only reached 20% of its yang transformation level, who was completely within his control.

He had used the Dao Heart Demon Seed Technique and the Quanzhen Yang Spirit Transformation Technique (below one person) to refine his primordial spirit to the point that 45% of it had been transformed into Yang. He was about to be halfway to becoming Yang Spirit. If they really fought, apart from the fact that he might not have as many supernatural abilities as Yuan Fei, Ishihara Akira did not think he would lose.

That's the real reason he dares to push so hard.

Otherwise, he would only cause trouble for Consort Yuan if he had nothing better to do.

Aside from the Human Fragrance Scroll and the Ice Soul Scripture of the Ice Soul Sect, there was nothing else on Consort Yuan that caught his eye.

"Master, is this really necessary?" Upon seeing this, Consort Yuan couldn't help but suppress her smile, her eyes flashing with a dangerous light as she asked.

"This concerns the Sage, and this humble monk cannot afford to be complacent in the slightest," Ishihara Akira said solemnly.

"I don't know anything about saints or anything like that. I just came here on business. Can you rest assured now, Master?" Yuanfei took a deep breath and tried again to eliminate the possibility of a fight.

"What is it?" Ishihara Akira asked, still determined to get to the bottom of things.

"Why should a master know about a woman's private affairs?" Consort Yuan said with displeasure.

"Yes," Ishihara Sho said decisively.

"You!" Consort Yuan said angrily, "Since the master is forcing me like this, then don't blame me for being impolite."

"Amitabha." Ishihara Sho clasped his hands together, expressing his attitude.

"Fine, fine, fine..." Yuan Fei sneered, decisively raised her hand and pointed, a ray of ice that seemed capable of freezing the void and sealing the heavens and the earth suddenly shot out from Yuan Fei's fingertip, arriving at Ishihara Sho's front at lightning speed like a laser.

Ishihara Sho didn't speak, but a golden light flashed around him as he activated the Golden Light Mantra, which was more in line with Taoism and more suitable for use in battle. Then, he took a step forward and arrived in front of Consort Yuan in a way that allowed him to shrink the distance between them. He then struck Consort Yuan with the God-Slaying Palm technique, which was passed down from Phagpa.

As the handprint appeared, the suppression of mental and physical fluctuations quickly spread out, causing Yuanfei's gaze to flash and then swiftly turn towards the distance.

Ishihara Sho followed, but as soon as he landed, countless ice flowers and snowflakes appeared between heaven and earth. The snowflakes fell and froze the earth, while the ice flowers bloomed, restricting Ishihara Sho's movements.

However, all the attacks were blocked by the golden light protecting him, and thus failed to cause him any harm.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that the Ice Soul Scripture that Yuanfei cultivated was an incomplete version rather than the original, and the power of the Ice Soul Divine Light she cultivated was far less terrifying than the real Ice Soul Divine Light. Otherwise, even if Ishihara Akane's primordial spirit, which had not yet passed the tribulation of lightning, had a 45% degree of yang transformation and could use the power of the yang spirit to empower the Golden Light Mantra and fully unleash the full power of the Golden Light Mantra, one of the eight great divine mantras of Taoism, he might not have been able to withstand the opponent's attack.

Then, Ishihara Akira raised his finger, and a beam of blazing white lightning shot towards the Empress.

Yuanfei swiftly dodged, simultaneously pushing the Ice Soul Scripture technique to its current limit. She combined it with the frozen space she had created with ice and snow flowers to form a frozen domain, manipulating and generating more ice crystal blades that shot towards Shiyuan Zhang.

"Amitabha." Ishihara Shou shouted the Buddhist mantra in the manner of a lion's roar. The sound waves, which were as solid as the shockwave of a bomb, spread out rapidly, shattering all the ice crystal blades that flew towards Ishihara Shou. Then, Ishihara Shou once again appeared in front of Yuan Fei in a shrinking space. His appearance was solemn and dignified. A huge phantom of Buddha suddenly appeared behind him, his hands forming the treasure vase mudra, and he smashed down towards Yuan Fei like a huge golden hammer.

As the air was pushed aside, Consort Yuan instantly felt an immense pressure that she could not escape and had no choice but to endure.

Although Yuanfei was startled, she did not panic. Countless ice crystals condensed around her body, rapidly forming a towering pillar that collided with the fist of the Buddha phantom created by Ishihara Sho from below.

"Boom!"

The sound waves spread out to the naked eye, and the phantom image of Buddha behind Ishihara Sho began to tremble.

Naturally, the colossal pillar that Consort Yuan hastily created with ice crystals was no better off. Its surface was covered with cracks, and it soon shattered with a series of cracking sounds, turning into countless ice crystal fragments that scattered across the sky.

However, this environment was the best possible location for Consort Yuan, so without hesitation, she immediately changed her mind and created more ice crystal blades from the condensation of ice crystal fragments. Like arrows shot by an army, they rained down on Ishihara Sho.

Ishihara Sho stabilized the illusion of Buddha and used various secret mudras of Tantric Buddhism to form a wall of mudras, blocking Yuanfei's attack.

But in the next instant, all the ice crystal blades that came into contact with the hand seals made by the Buddha phantom created by Ishihara Sho suddenly exploded—

"Boom boom boom boom..."

As it blasted away Ishihara Sho's attack, it once again scattered countless ice crystal fragments into the air.

But besides that, Ishihara Yu also faintly smelled a strange, pleasant scent...

Ishihara Shou instinctively held his breath and stopped in his tracks. A giant ice fox quickly materialized again from the ice crystal fragments, its tail wagging behind it, and its eyes darting around as it launched an attack on Ishihara Shou.

Clearly, it was Consort Yuan who had parted her primordial spirit into the body.

Ishihara Sho tried to deal with it, but by the time he had a chance to go find Yuanfei again, she had already used the Ice Fox to distract Ishihara Sho and quickly left, disappearing without a trace.

"He really is a fox; he's cunning enough," sighed Ishihara Akira.

However, he also gained a general understanding of his level in the Yangshen world—

After undergoing four tribulations of lightning, he should be able to put up a fight with his opponent.

Take, for example, the Fragrant Fox King Yuanfei. She was a legendary figure who had undergone two tribulations of lightning, but when they actually fought, Ishihara Akira didn't feel much difference between having survived the tribulations and not having survived them.

At least that's true for him.

He has no shortage of pure Yang attributes and plenty of combat techniques. Apart from not being quite used to this kind of magical combat, he is actually not at a disadvantage in front of experts who have undergone lightning tribulations. However, after undergoing one to four lightning tribulations and gaining the ability to create worlds through thought, he may not be able to withstand them...

Chapter 429 Successfully Obtained

Although Yuanfei is nowhere to be seen now, Ishihara Akira knows that she has not gone far and will come back later.

As for the reason, it's quite simple: Hong Yi is still here, and she still needs to take him to teach her relatives. So she will definitely return here afterward; it's just a matter of time.

So, as he had told Yuanfei, Ishihara first went to the temple to stay overnight, and then left the temple again when it was broad daylight, disappearing into the mountains...

But just as he was certain that Consort Yuan would return, Ishihara Akira returned shortly after leaving, infiltrating the monks' consciousness as a demon, awaiting Consort Yuan's return.

And indeed, he didn't have to wait too long. The next night, Consort Yuan appeared again in the monk's quarters where Hong Yi was. Without saying much, she quickly led Hong Yi to where her clansmen were.

At this point, it's worth mentioning that the mark left on Hong Yi earlier was indeed not preserved. It was dealt with by Yuan Fei when she first met Hong Yi. Only the fragment of his spirit left in Hong Yi's shadow remained. Perhaps because Yuan Fei lacked the ability to sense the existence of shadows and the means to deal with them, it remained in Hong Yi's shadow, allowing Shi Yuanzhang to continue monitoring his whereabouts and track his trail even after he was taken away by Yuan Fei.

So, in no time at all, Shi Yuanzhang followed Yuanfei and Hong Yi, who was being led by Yuanfei, to the secluded valley where the Pure Fox Clan was located, where they continued to hide their figures and wait for the time to steal the scriptures.

Similarly, Ishihara Akane was not kept waiting for long. After a short while, with the departure of Consort Yuan, Tu Lao, the manager of the Pure Fox Clan who was familiar with Hong Yi, led Hong Yi toward their Pure Fox Clan's library cave.