The Demon King, reborn in Japan as a monk

In an instant, Hong Yi and his son Shen Tianyang, whose cultivation was inferior to that of Green Eyebrows, were stunned by the intent carried in Green Eyebrows' attack. They felt a sense of despair, as if they had no relatives or friends in the world, and only a long spear was coming to kill them, leaving them with no way to hide and only the thought of waiting to die.

However, it was only effective against Hong Yi and his son Shen Tianyang. When it came to Qin Mengyao, who specialized in martial arts and had also learned soul cultivation techniques in this world, it was much simpler. With a turn of her sword intent, she completely annihilated Green Eyebrows's aura and intent. Then, she flashed to Hong Yi's side and flicked her longsword made of blood-patterned steel. Green Eyebrows's spear, which seemed about to pierce Hong Yi, was knocked away and sent flying, carrying a few strands of Hong Yi's hair into the air.

Hong Yi snapped out of his daze and, without hesitation, quickly retreated, not wanting to hinder Qin Mengyao's battle.

"I underestimated you." Green Eyebrows chuckled as she watched her sneak attack fail. She then suddenly raised her spear and, with a powerful "dragon tail swing," used the butt of the spear shaft to strike Qin Mengyao.

Qin Mengyao used the butterfly movement technique she had learned from Xiao Mu to dodge, and like a real butterfly flitting through flowers, she quickly rushed to Green Eyebrows' side. As she handed him her long sword, a sense of transcendence, far removed from the mundane world and attaining tranquility, suddenly welled up from the bottom of Green Eyebrows' heart. It even made him have the thought of laying down his butcher's knife and becoming a Buddha on the spot for a moment.

But just as Qin Mengyao's weapon was about to land on him, he suddenly snapped to attention, dodging the attack while simultaneously swinging his gun horizontally towards Qin Mengyao's waist.

Qin Mengyao seized the opportunity to suddenly lunge out from in front of Lü Mei, then twisted her waist and swung her sword, unleashing a torrent of sword energy like a rushing river that enveloped Lü Mei.

Green Eyebrows quickly straightened her body, retreating while swinging her spear to block Qin Mengyao's attack.

Then, Qin Mengyao unleashed another "Sea of ​​Bitterness in the Mortal World" attack, and boundless distracting thoughts sprouted from Green Eyebrows' heart like wild grass, making him increasingly irritable and less patient in his fight with Qin Mengyao.

"Go, use your soul magic to suppress Green Eyebrows." Ishihara Akira, who had been watching from the back, patted Zhao Feirong's butt and said.

Chapter 469 Obtaining the Kasaya

Despite his reluctance to help, he had no choice but to submit to the situation, especially since he hadn't yet found a solution to the deep-seated mark on his soul. Reluctantly, he released his own soul and used a secret technique from the Yin-Yang Manual of the Peach God Path to suppress Green Eyebrows.

Suddenly, Green Eyebrows, who was fighting Qin Mengyao, froze, struck by Qin Mengyao's attack.

"You actually have a master of Taoist arts," Green Eyebrows said in a deep voice, regaining his senses.

At this moment, he also felt that his actions this time seemed a bit risky.

Qin Mengyao did not answer, but continued to unleash the Other Shore Sword Technique, which was modified by Ishihara Sho and mixed with the essence of Ananda's Breaking the Precepts Blade. Combining the theories of stillness, defense, emptiness, and nothingness with the characteristics of the Sword Heart Clarity, she attacked Green Eyebrows with a method that seemed like a battle prophecy, making him feel increasingly uncomfortable.

Especially since Zhao Feirong's Taoist magic would occasionally strike him.

Green Eyebrows had completely lost the will to fight. He forced himself to exchange a blow with Qin Mengyao to gain a moment of respite, and then, without hesitation—because he knew that an attack on his soul would soon be upon him—he quickly turned and rushed towards the entrance of the canyon…

Qin Mengyao tried to stop her, but Green Eyebrows, who had already made up her mind to escape, ignored Qin Mengyao's attempts to stop her. She was even willing to take a few hits to escape, which left Qin Mengyao somewhat helpless.

Fortunately, even with the aid of lightness skills, the speed of physical movement is not as fast as the speed of the soul. Therefore, with Zhao Feirong's assistance, Green Eyebrows was not able to completely escape Qin Mengyao's pursuit range.

However, Qin Mengyao was also annoyed, so she threw the blood-patterned longsword in her hand. The longsword was like a streak of light, instantly killing Green Eyebrows from behind.

Green Eyebrows was startled and was about to make a move when Zhao Feirong's soul suppression descended again, rendering his attempt to dodge ineffective. As expected, his head was pierced through by the flying sword thrown by Qin Mengyao.

Then, Green Eyebrows' movements completely froze. Propelled by inertia, it flew forward a distance before crashing heavily to the ground, losing all sound.

Qin Mengyao then stepped forward, came to the side of Green Eyebrow's corpse, pulled her sword from his head, used her foot to lift the corpse, and carried Green Eyebrow's body back into the canyon.

Correspondingly, without Green Eyebrows as their pillar of strength, the threat of the savage soldiers, though still present, was no match for the Green Standard Army soldiers led by Hong Yi. Therefore, not long afterward, they were all wiped out by the Green Standard Army soldiers, bringing the battle to a complete end.

"Well done. Don't worry, I'll heal the injuries to your soul." At the same time, Ishihara Akira looked at Zhao Feirong, whose face was pale from the backlash of the master's blood and martial will after he used Taoist magic to suppress the master of the unity of spirit and flesh.

Green Eyebrows is, after all, a master of the unity of spirit and flesh at the peak of the Innate Realm. Ishihara Akira might not have much trouble dealing with him, since he is a Thunder Tribulation Ghost Immortal, whose realm has long surpassed the level corresponding to the Innate Realm masters. In addition, his soul has been transformed into Yang, which gives him sufficient restraint over blood and qi and martial will. But Zhao Feirong is not so good. First of all, her martial arts realm is not as good as Green Eyebrows'. Secondly, her soul realm is only at the possession stage. She is not even a Ghost Immortal. How can she expect to suppress a martial arts master who has achieved the unity of spirit and flesh?

It's impossible to avoid paying a price.

Fortunately, Zhao Feirong was not stupid. Her main attack method was always Taoist magic. Therefore, although there was a backlash, it did not cause much damage to her soul. Even if Ishihara Akira did not help, she would recover after three to five days of rest. So she ignored Ishihara Akira.

Then Hong Yi ordered his men to clean up the battlefield and organize the spoils.

……

"What should we do with this person's body?" At this moment, Qin Mengyao, carrying Green Eyebrows' body, asked Hong Yi, who was arranging for soldiers to handle the spoils.

"The imperial court only needs the head of the target to record merits. Besides, we are currently on a march, so it is really not suitable to carry corpses along. Here's what we'll do: Old Wang, Old Zhang, you two take the body to the side, cut off his head and keep it safe, then search his body. If there's nothing noteworthy, burn his body along with the bodies of those pirates," Hong Yi said to his personal guards after thinking for a moment.

"Yes!" The two men clasped their hands in acceptance and carried Green Eyebrows' body to the side, disposing of it according to Hong Yi's orders.

A moment later.

"Look, sir," said the guard surnamed Wang as he approached, carrying a dark-colored cassock.

"A kasaya? Where did you find it?" Hong Yi asked, taking the kasaya with a puzzled look.

"I found it on Green Eyebrow's body. I peeled it off because I saw words on it," Old Wang replied.

Hong Yi didn't speak again, but instead looked at the writing on the cassock—

"Thus have I heard. At one time I asked the Buddha, 'What is merit? If I were to give away all the treasures of the entire universe to the poor and needy, so that the world might be at peace and everyone might be free from illness and suffering, would that bring me merit?' The Buddha replied, 'There is no merit. Giving alms with good intentions is for the purpose of seeking blessings, not for the purpose of seeking blessings. Merit resides within the Dharma body, not in the pursuit of blessings. Seeing one's true nature is merit, equality is virtue, and unobstructed thoughts, constantly seeing one's original nature and its true and wondrous function, this is merit…'"

"What does it say?" Ishihara Sho asked, feigning curiosity as he walked over.

“It’s a dialogue between the Buddha’s disciples and the Buddha,” Hong Yi said, handing over the kasaya.

“This kasaya looks like it’s woven from black silk. If it’s real, it should be immune to swords and blades… Let me test it.” With that, Shi Yuanzhang asked a soldier for a knife, told Zhao Feirong to hold the kasaya, and swung the knife at the surface of the kasaya.

The blade was deeply embedded, but only because of the softness of the cloth. As for the robe itself, the sharpness of the blade failed to leave the slightest mark.

“As expected, you can keep this robe. Wearing it underneath will ensure your safety. However, Brother Hong, please help me copy the inscription on it. I am very interested in it.” Ishihara Zhang returned the weapon to the soldier, inspected the robe again, and handed it back to Hong Yi.

“Alright, after this campaign is over, I’ll start copying it for you, Brother Shi,” Hong Yi nodded in agreement.

……

After regrouping, the team set off again and emerged from the canyon without incident, arriving at a plain...

Suddenly, a well-planned, idyllic scene unfolded before everyone's eyes—

Before us stretched a vast plain, with fields arranged in a grid pattern, all planted with ripe, golden rice that dazzled the eye like gold.

The surrounding area was filled with houses, and next to the houses were waterwheels, mills, cattle and horses. If one did not know that this was a place ruled and occupied by pirates, one would really think that one had returned to the Great Qian Dynasty. Looking at the countryside of the Great Qian Dynasty, Hong Yi felt a sense of unreality.

"Now is not the time for sentimentality. Look, people are already attacking over there." Ishihara Akira walked over to Hong Yi, patted him on the shoulder, and pointed to the smoke rising in the distance as a reminder.

“It’s Wei Lei’s vanguard.” Hong Yi squinted and observed for a moment, then decisively said, “We can’t let Wei Lei get the credit first. Everyone, let’s go down.”

After saying that, he took the lead and charged towards that direction with the Shark-Slaying Sword in hand.

Chapter 470 Speeding Up the Progress

Naturally, Hong Yi could notice that the attacking force was led by Wei Lei, and Wei Lei's men could also see that the force charging towards them was Hong Yi's.

Furthermore, given the existing animosity between the two sides, who both wished the other would die on the battlefield, they showed no mercy. Almost simultaneously with the discovery of Hong Yi's team, Wei Lei issued the same order to the experts he had brought.

So very quickly, a group of about thirty people separated from Wei Lei's group and charged straight towards Hong Yi.

And very soon, the two sides will collide.

"Zhao Feirong, use Taoist magic to suppress it first," Shi Yuanzhang ordered without any politeness.

Zhao Feirong secretly rolled her eyes—he said he would heal her injuries, but before she even started, he was already exploiting her again. He was truly heartless, no wonder he was the kind of scum who could commit such a heinous act as a prisoner! Without hesitation, she immediately separated her soul from her body and used the Star Constellation Yin-Yang Dao method combined with some of the Yin-Yang Chaos Great Technique from the Yin-Yang Secret Manual of the Peach God Dao to form a Star Constellation Vortex, which she used to suppress the thirty-odd people who were attacking her.

"There's a Taoist master with us! Form a formation!" The leader of the attackers' expression changed upon seeing this, and he immediately shouted to his thirty subordinates behind him.

Then, the thirty people formed a small military formation, connecting their qi and blood to create a huge qi and blood smoke, which instantly tore apart the Taoist technique released by Zhao Feirong, causing her soul to suffer another layer of backlash.

Zhao Feirong turned pale and collapsed into Shi Yuanzhang's arms.

But Ishihara Akane remained unmoved. He narrowed his eyes, and a deafening roar of thunder suddenly exploded between heaven and earth. Then, blinding white light burst forth, and countless bolts of lightning, like divine punishment, instantly struck down upon the attackers' group.

"Boom!"

Although the martial arts realms of these attackers were not low, each of them starting as a Bone Refining Martial Master, and even the leader was a peak Innate Realm expert with one foot almost stepping into the Grandmaster realm, Ishihara Akira was not an ordinary Taoist practitioner like Zhao Feirong, who was not even a Ghost Immortal. Instead, he was a special Fourth Tribulation Ghost Immortal who could at least contend with a Sixth Tribulation Ghost Immortal. He could use a small amount of world power—the power of thought to create a world and then destroy it. Therefore, the power of his Taoist arts was far beyond that of ordinary Taoist arts.

This can be seen from the scale and special effects of this Taoist technique.

Even for someone from the Shenxiao Dao sect who was born from Chan Yinsha, it would take considerable effort to create such a large-scale lightning phenomenon. Yet, Ishihara Akira accomplished this feat in the blink of an eye, despite not being a successor of the Shenxiao Dao sect. One can only imagine how powerful he is.

Almost immediately after the first round of lightning strikes, more than half of the thirty attackers, excluding the leader who was a master of innate cultivation, including twenty others, died instantly, their bodies charred black.

Then came the second round, the third round...

Before the fourth round of lightning could even arrive, everyone, including the leader, a peak innate expert, was reduced to charred remains and died right in front of Hong Yi.

Hong Yi sighed and glanced back at the leisurely Ishihara Akira, his desire for power growing stronger.

However, he didn't forget the main task. After his reflections, he called his men again and continued to fight their way towards the city.

The scene along the way was quite tragic.

However, these were all corpses from Whale Island, the same kind of people who had come with Green Eyebrows during the canyon attack, resembling savage soldiers. Next were the corpses of government troops, and then the corpses of ordinary residents from this Whale City.

Men, women, young and old—there were many of them, demonstrating Wei Lei's ruthlessness. He didn't treat the ordinary people here as human beings, but rather as military merits and heads, displaying some of the characteristics of warlords in history who killed innocent people to claim credit.

Hong Yi was indignant about this, but he also understood the principle that one should not meddle in matters outside one's jurisdiction. He quickened his pace, bypassed the scattered fighting groups around him, and charged straight toward the central building.

……

Soon, Hong Yi and his group arrived at the heart of the battlefield, a place resembling a martial arts arena, where they saw Wei Lei, surrounded by soldiers, slaughtering his enemies.

"Line up! Kill them all, leave no one alive!" Hong Yi didn't hesitate and immediately ordered his men.

Although the soldiers were not elite, they were all able to obey orders without question. Moreover, Hong Yi had taken many measures to win people's hearts along the way, which had made these soldiers more and more loyal and willing to die for him. Therefore, without hesitation, they immediately drew their bows and nocked their arrows, and with a series of rapid "whooshing" sounds, they shot out the arrows in their hands, forming a rain of arrows that shot towards everyone, including the pirates and Wei Lei's team.

Wei Lei and the others knew the power of the arrows and dared not rely on their cultivation level to withstand them, especially with enemies in front of them. They immediately exchanged blows with each other and withdrew, then focused all their attention on dealing with the rain of arrows that was about to fall.

However, it also exposed the true nature of some people—

For example, the man and woman standing next to Wei Lei casually tossed out two talismans with strange patterns. These talismans shot out and collided with the incoming arrows in mid-air, then exploded with a bang, forming a dazzling fireball that swept outwards, instantly deflecting many of the arrows flying towards them.

"Fire and Thunder Talisman? Fang Xiandao?" Shi Yuanzhang raised an eyebrow and chuckled upon seeing the two's abilities.

Isn't that a coincidence?

As for his current understanding of the Taoist sects in the Yangshen world, apart from the Taishangdao from which Su Mu came, and the completely heretical Zhenkongdao and Wushengdao, he knows the most about the Fangxiandao.

There was no other reason than that he had visited Fangxiandao and not only obtained a large amount of start-up capital and precious medicines from there, but also plundered a lot of Fangxiandao's inheritance. He was naturally clear about Fangxiandao's cultivation methods and the means and connections he had mastered.

Without any hesitation, he took a step and appeared directly in front of the man and woman who were using Taoist magic. With a glance, their consciousness was bound by the illusory space constructed by Ishihara Akira. Then, Ishihara Akira placed his hands on their shoulders and brought them back to Hong Yi's group.

At this moment, the first wave of arrows had finished flying, and Hong Yi's soldiers consciously dropped their bows and arrows, drew their swords, and shouted as they charged towards the enemy in front of them.

Qin Mengyao was the same. As the only top combatant on Hong Yi's side besides Ishihara Sho and Zhao Feirong who would not take the initiative, Qin Mengyao also abandoned the compassionate ideas of Cihang Jingzhai. Like ordinary martial arts masters in this world, she was ruthless when it came to killing people.

I don't know if it's because I've practiced martial arts and qi cultivation in this world too much that it has affected my personality, or if there are other reasons.

Anyway, Ishihara Akira didn't mind having a witch around him, so he just let it be. As long as she didn't cause any trouble or betray him, he couldn't be bothered to care.

Chapter 471 Thunder Prison Blade Manual