The Demon King, reborn in Japan as a monk

Just like Moses parting the sea, all the cold air rushing towards her was like a watermelon that had been cut open, naturally flowing out to both sides, revealing the path between her and Lei Guzi once again.

Then, Qin Mengyao flashed back to Lei Guzi's side like a shadow, and with another simple stab, Lei Guzi was once again lost in a strange emotion...

"Senior sister..."

Chapter 517 The Inheritance of the Ice Soul Dao

"Senior sister? It seems your junior brother has some unusual feelings for you." Seeing that Lei Guzi had lost its function as a training tool, Shi Yuanzhang casually captured the other's soul and sealed it, while teasing Zhenyi Fairy beside him.

"Who exactly are you people?" Fairy Zhenyi calmed down and questioned Shi Yuanzhang and Qin Mengyao, who were carrying Lei Guzi's body.

"Then you don't need to know," Ishihara Akira chuckled. "How does it feel?"

"I have a general idea of ​​my current strength level. As for more specific details, I estimate I'll need to go through a few more battles," Qin Mengyao replied.

"And what about your control over Qi and blood?" Ishihara Sho asked again.

"It's still a bit lacking. I estimate it will take some time or a few more battles before we can officially begin the Qi Refining process," Qin Mengyao thought for a moment and said.

"No rush, we can take it slow," Ishihara Akira said nonchalantly.

“Practicing the Aperture… how about we make a deal?” At this moment, Zhenyi Fairy, who had overheard the conversation between Shiyuan Zhang and Qin Mengyao, suddenly spoke to Shiyuan Zhang with a flash of insight.

"Oh?" Ishihara Akira looked at her with interest.

"I am so-and-so, my Daoist name is Fairy Zhenyi, and I am the Daoist partner of Bai Fengxian, the previous sect leader of the Zhen Gang Sect. Beside me is our daughter, the Ice River Fairy Bai. Although I don't know who you are, you should have heard about the Zhen Gang Sect's decision to hold a magical contest on the night of the full moon at Wanren Snow Mountain to select a new sect leader, right?" Fairy Zhenyi looked directly into Shi Yuanzhang's eyes and said.

"So what are you trying to say?" Ishihara Akira continued, his expression intrigued.

"My daughter, the eldest son of the Bai family, Venerable Xuyue Bai Yugong, Xiaoyao Gong Bai Ziyue, and Juling Zhenren have all qualified to participate in the Wanren Snow Mountain competition, which is the competition for the sect leader position. In other words, if either my daughter or I become the final victor, we will become the new sect leader of the Zhen Gang Sect. At that time, we will be qualified to learn the fundamental inheritance of the Zhen Gang Sect—the Juling Gang Dou Shu. It not only records the cultivation secrets of the fundamental Daoist methods of our Zhen Gang Sect, but also contains a large number of methods for exploring and cultivating the acupoints of immortals. What I want to trade with you is that if you are willing to let us go and support us to become the sect leader of the Zhen Gang Sect, I will give you the content of the acupoint section of the Juling Gang Dou Shu. What do you say?" Fairy Zhenyi asked, staring intently into Shi Yuanzhang's eyes.

"How can I be sure you won't go back on your word afterward?" Ishihara Akira asked seriously, seemingly moved.

“…I can give myself to you.” Fairy Zhenyi hesitated for a moment, but finally gritted her teeth and made her decision.

"You..." Shi Yuanzhang looked Zhenyi Fairy up and down for a while. He had to admit that she truly lived up to her reputation as a fairy. She had a cool and mature appearance. Although she was not as stunningly beautiful as Yuanfei and did not seem like a worldly person, she had a transcendent and ethereal feeling that Yuanfei did not have. In addition, her very smooth and eye-catching figure made her really arouse a desire to conquer and covet.

such a pity……

He has already agreed to Bai Ziyue's request.

So the next moment—

"I never expected that you, Fairy Zhenyi, would be willing to sacrifice yourself for the position of sect leader. I wonder how you plan to face Sect Leader Bai Fengxian when he returns from his tribulation." Bai Ziyue and Yuan Fei appeared in the Crystal Palace, shaking their heads in surprise.

"Bai Ziyue, what are you doing here?" Upon hearing this, Fairy Zhenyi's expression changed, and she loudly questioned him with a mixture of shame, indignation, and disbelief.

"Didn't you already guess in your heart?" Bai Ziyue chuckled.

"Ziyue, do you want a wife?" Shi Yuanzhang asked Bai Ziyue, who looked like a handsome young man.

"What?" Bai Ziyue asked in astonishment.

"Ice Maiden, I see she's about your age, still unmarried, and the daughter of Bai Fengxian, the former leader of the Zhen Gang Sect. Her status is special. If you could marry her, you could use her status to quickly take over the entire Zhen Gang Sect and truly turn it into your own power. Why not?" Shi Yuanzhang pointed to the Ice Maiden beside him, who seemed mute, with a cold and expressionless face, and hadn't changed at all since the beginning, like a person with a blank expression, and chuckled at Bai Ziyue.

“Yes, Ziyue, you’re not getting any younger, it’s time for you to get married,” Consort Yuan teased with a smile.

For practitioners like them who aspire to spiritual cultivation and transcendence, worldly glory, wealth, power, and beauty are all fleeting and insignificant. They would not take them to heart or pursue them with any effort.

Because it's unnecessary, and if they aren't truly like-minded partners, ordinary wives and concubines will inevitably end up as beautiful women who die young, ultimately only ending up heartbroken and suffering more losses than gains.

"Bai Ziyue, I will absolutely not marry you." Before anyone else could say anything, the Ice River Fairy, the person involved, spoke with an icy expression.

"Do we need your consent to say that? Don't forget, you're my prisoner now. If I really wanted to, I could have Ziyue do what he wanted with you first, and then I'd consider whether to marry you. Do you really think you're indispensable? Even without you, with my help, Bai Ziyue can still win the competition and become the leader of the Zhen Gang Sect." Shi Yuanzhang glanced at the Ice River Fairy beside him and sneered.

With a thought, she released Ancestor Hongling, giving him no chance to resist. With a single glance, she suppressed his soul. Then, using the method of "Essence Rebirth," she drained the essence of Ancestor Hongling's body to replenish his soul. She then extracted the soul and, in front of Bai Ziyue, Yuanfei, Fairy Zhenyi, and Ice River Fairy, refined it with a soul vortex. She reserved a portion for Yuanfei and Qin Mengyao to refine, increasing their soul strength for future tribulations. She converted the remaining soul into mana to replenish the deficit from her previous tribulation.

"Here you go." Then, Ishihara Akira tossed a piece of cloth that resembled the Amitabha Sutra and an ice bead that emitted a chilling aura to Consort Yuan.

"This is... the inheritance of the Ice Soul Path!?" After seeing what was written on it, Yuan Fei exclaimed with delight.

After all, the cultivation methods she currently practices are the Heavenly Fragrance Sect's Incense Scroll and the Ice Soul Path's techniques. However, she has always been troubled by the lack of a complete inheritance, so she has been unable to continue cultivating or even undergo tribulation. That is why she came up with the idea of ​​infiltrating the Great Qian Dynasty after reincarnation.

Compared to Yuan Tu, whose foundation is already established, the Great Qian Dynasty, the central dynasty that destroyed the previous Great Zhou Dynasty and then destroyed the sacred Great Zen Temple twenty years ago, has a much deeper foundation. You might be able to find the cultivation method you need there—such as the Earth Fragrance Scroll and Heaven Fragrance Scroll of the Heavenly Fragrance Sect, as well as the Daoist inheritance of the Ice Soul Path.

I never expected that not only would I fail, but I would almost be completely ruined there, until I met Shi Yi, which led to all of this.

Chapter 518 Palace

"What are you going to do with those two?" Bai Ziyue pondered for a moment, then looked at Ishihara Akira and asked.

"So, do you want a wife or not?" Ishihara Akira asked with a smile.

"You should know that my ambitions lie elsewhere," Bai Ziyue said, shaking his head.

"So what do you mean?" Ishihara Akira asked again, no longer joking.

“If you are willing to give up this competition for sect leader and choose to support me, I am willing to plead for you and ask Brother Shi to release you.” Bai Ziyue did not answer, but looked at Fairy Zhenyi and Ice River Fairy and spoke.

"What if we refuse?" Fairy Zhenyi said coldly.

“Then you are my enemies. I have no reason to beg Brother Shi for your sake. You will still be Brother Shi’s prisoners. How you are treated is none of my business,” Bai Ziyue replied straightforwardly.

"You!" Fairy Zhenyi was furious, but she couldn't say much. After all, her and her daughter's safety was still in Bai Ziyue's hands. If she really refused, who knew what would happen to them? So even if it was just for the sake of her and her daughter's innocence, she needed to seriously consider Bai Ziyue's proposal.

Just as Bai Ziyue said when they first met, her husband Bai Fengxian was a reincarnation, not someone who had died. He would have a chance to come back in the future, so if possible, she never thought of sacrificing herself to help anyone.

There's no need for that.

Furthermore, her husband is a Ghost Immortal at the Sixth Tribulation stage. As long as he can return, even if Bai Ziyue is the head of the True Gang Sect, he will still be powerless against her family. Even if Bai Fengxian targets them, they will have no choice but to endure it.

It's because he's not good enough.

Therefore, after much consideration, Fairy Zhenyi still felt that temporarily compromising was a good option.

"Fine, we agree," Fairy Zhenyi said resentfully.

To put it bluntly, the reason they were vying for the position of leader of the True Gang Sect was not only to provide their daughters with better cultivation conditions, but also because they wanted to hold onto the position so that Bai Fengxian could reclaim the leadership position after his return in the future, instead of being relegated to the status of a detached elder.

"Brother Shi, look..." Bai Ziyue kept his word and turned to Shi Yuanzhang, who had already squeezed all the value out of Lei Guzi.

"Alright, I'll give you face." After saying that, the six-zhang light prison spells on Fairy Zhenyi and Ice Glacier Celestial Maiden collapsed one after another, restoring their freedom.

"You can leave now," Ishihara Sho said calmly to the two.

"Daughter, let's go." With that, Fairy Zhenyi and Celestial Maiden of the Ice River both used the power of their souls to envelop each other, taking each other's bodies away from the Crystal Palace where they were, leaving the space to Shi Yuanzhang, Bai Ziyue, and Yuan Fei.

"Thank you for your help today. Once my wish is fulfilled, I will come out of seclusion as soon as possible and pass on the Giant Spirit Fighting Book to you," Bai Ziyue said solemnly.

“I trust your character, but I have another favor to ask of you,” Ishihara Akira said with a smile.

"What is it?" Bai Ziyue asked, puzzled.

"I need you to help me gather a few people, about a thousand in number. I need each of them to take one of these things to all the populous places, cities, and even military outposts within the Yuan Tu Kingdom. How long do you think it will take?" Shi Yuanzhang flipped his hand and took out a palm-sized object that looked like a token, with strange runes on its surface, and tossed it to Bai Ziyue.

"What does Brother Shi want to do?" Bai Ziyue took the item, but couldn't see anything special about it, so he asked in confusion.

"Don't worry, I have no interest in intelligence about your Yuan Tu Kingdom. The reason I need you to send people to various settlements, cities, and military outposts in Yuan Tu Kingdom is simply because the Dao-attaining treasure I'm refining requires the collection of human emotions and desires, and in enormous quantities. Moreover, to be honest, I've already collected the emotional power of the entire population of the Great Qian Dynasty, and after completing my trip to Yuan Tu Kingdom, I will also go to Yunmeng and even the Western Regions, so this isn't just targeting your Yuan Tu Kingdom." Shi Yuanzhang responded with his prepared excuse.

"Is that so... Then give me a month. After a month, I guarantee that all my manpower will be present in various gathering places, cities, and military garrisons within the territory of Yuan Tu Kingdom. What do you think?" Bai Ziyue pondered for a moment and chose to believe Ishihara Akira's statement.

"The full moon is just a few days away, do you still have time?" Ishihara Akira asked curiously.

“If I can’t, there’s still Consort Yuan. She can easily use my name to settle this matter,” Bai Ziyue said calmly.

“Alright, then I’ll leave it to you.” Ishihara Akira agreed without hesitation.

"Alright, then I won't bother you any longer. I'll head back now." With that, Bai Ziyue vanished from the Crystal Palace.

"Then I'll be going too. I'll come back after I get my physical body back." Consort Yuan also snapped out of her immersion in the inheritance, gave a greeting, and followed closely behind Bai Ziyue as she left the Crystal Palace.

"A crystal palace... I forgot to build one for myself." Ishihara Akira murmured as he looked at the crystal palace in front of him, watching the group leave.

After all, while the womb-enclosure barrier is vast, the facilities inside are quite primitive. It's fine for temporarily imprisoning a few living people, but letting a group of one's own women in...

It's only thanks to the fact that they are all cultivators that they don't have a high need for or reliance on food, clothing, shelter, and transportation; otherwise, problems would have arisen long ago.

Now that the opportunity has presented itself, Ishihara Sho also feels it's time to décor his womb-bound barrier.

After all, things are different now. He only has Qin Mengyao to take care of and can summon her to relax at any time. There are also some other people who, although they may not necessarily leave this world, will stay with him for a short time—Zhao Feirong, Yao Yueru, Yao Yueting, Xin Yuxian, and Huang Yanyan. So even if it's just to accommodate them, this Crystal Palace must be put on the agenda as soon as possible.

So after greeting Qin Mengyao, Ishihara Akira decisively tore through space and arrived near the Jinghai Navy camp again. He flashed into the ocean, plunged into the water, and unleashed Ice Age upon the sea before him—

Although he hasn't obtained the complete Ice Soul Dao inheritance from Yuanfei, he does have other ice-type powers, such as Hyōrinmaru, so playing around with an ice age and freezing the ocean is still no problem at all.

Then, Ishihara Sho separated the blue ice block formed by the frozen seawater from the seawater, lifted it into the air, and then his thoughts split into a series of highly skilled craftsmen, who quickly chiseled at the huge ice crystal in front of them, turning it from a relatively regular huge cuboid into a huge palace complex like the Forbidden City.

After adding various restrictions, he created an unconventional Crystal Palace and placed it into the Womb Realm Barrier. He then arranged for Zhao Feirong, Yao Yueru, Yao Yueting, Huang Yanyan, Xin Yuxian, and Xiao Mu, who were still in the Womb Realm Barrier at the time, to live there in separate residences.

Chapter 519 The Straight-Across Mahjong King

"Today is the day of the True Gang Sect's competition. Aren't you going to go and watch?" Yuan Fei, who had already turned Hong Ling Patriarch's cave into her own, asked Shi Yuanzhang, who was temporarily residing here.

"No, I plan to leave Yuan Tu and head to Yun Meng as soon as the results are out." Shi Yuanzhang sat on the futon, looking at Yuan Fei, who had become even more beautiful due to her recent improvement in cultivation, like an ice fairy, and said in a low voice.

"You're going to Yunmeng? What about all the people we arranged before? Aren't we going to use them?" Consort Yuan asked in surprise.

"We'll continue to arrange manpower. After all, I'm not going away forever. I have the ability to teleport, so as long as the manpower here is in place, I can come back at any time to extract power to refine treasures," Ishihara Akira said calmly.

"Alright then, you stay home by yourself. I'm going to take a look at the Wanren Snow Mountain."

After saying that, Consort Yuan decisively shed her shell and flew towards the towering snow mountain in the form of a divine soul.

Ishihara Akira ignored him and continued to ponder his plans and arrangements until almost midnight when Yuanfei's soul returned to her body and she came back to life.

"How was it?" Ishihara Akira asked with great interest.

"Ziyue won, obtained the qualification to succeed as sect leader, and decided to officially inherit the position of sect leader on an auspicious day seven days later, and enter Gangdou Cave to study the Giant Spirit Gangdou Book," Yuanfei replied.

"So Ziyue asked me to inform you that you should go to the Zhengang Gate to attend the ceremony in seven days."

"Seven days later? Okay, I'll remember." Ishihara Akira replied with a smile.

"Alright, it's getting late, let's get some rest."

"You really don't let a single day go by without a second thought," Consort Yuan said with a hint of helplessness.