I am Jinshan Youxia

I'll stake the dignity of the flea family on this!

"Haa!"

A battle begins between the field mouse and the flea monster!

"..."

Mica's eyes curved into crescents. The monster and the ordinary field mouse were indistinguishable. Just thinking about it was hilarious. It shook its body, and a demonic aura wafted out.

"Ouch!"

The field mouse and the flea monster were separated and landed on opposite sides.

Mingjia leaped back onto Yunmu and shouted, "Let's go, Yunmu!"

"Damn flea, don't let me catch you next time!" Zhang Chengyi realized that not all monsters were very powerful; this flea was quite weak.

"Interesting little field mouse." Translated, Mica's meow sounded like a mature woman, slightly deep, with a captivatingly sweet melody. "Since you're not a monster, I hope you have fun here."

Having said that, it took off and left.

Zhang Chengyi stood alone on the rooftop for a while—no, all alone—and sighed, “If it really is Inuyasha, this could be a bit troublesome.”

Unlike the worlds of Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, Highschool of the Dead, Infinite Terror, Ranma 1/2, and Storm Riders, the power of the Inuyasha world is somewhat difficult for him to obtain.

As is widely known, the bodies he logs into are all soulless 'games' without any self-will.

However, the power of the Inuyasha world comes from the spirit, which is the fusion of the Ara-Tama, Ya-Tama, Ki-Tama, and Sachi-Tama.

Whether it's a monster or a human, to become powerful, one needs a soul; without a soul, there is no source of power.

Zhang Chengyi at this point is essentially without meridians in the Tianlong world, so he has no chance to modify any additional stats.

"No, there's another way."

He touched his chin. He had no soul, so why not just find something with a soul and stuff it into his body?

Coincidentally, there are indeed things in the world of Inuyasha that possess souls, and these things have immense power—

The Shikon Jewel!

The fragments don't seem to matter much.

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Demon-slaying stronghold, late at night.

Zhang Chengyi crept out from under the wooden floorboards, looking around furtively.

He spent the entire day exploring the demon-slaying stronghold. The village wasn't particularly large, but it had a complete range of buildings and wasn't a loosely organized stronghold; it was more like a large family.

Anyway, as a field mouse that can grow big and shrink small, there is almost no place that exorcists can't squeeze into, given that their senses are inexplicably dull to him.

The mountain stronghold had workshops for turning monster skeletons into weapons, a dining hall for gatherings, and an ancestral hall for worshipping ancestral relics.

Incidentally, he also discovered something outside the shrine that appeared to be a fragment of the Shikon Jewel.

The exorcists brazenly placed the Shikon Jewel fragments on an altar that resembled a Buddhist statue, with shimenawa ropes tied around them, yet no one was watching over them.

Zhang Chengyi lay in wait until late at night, making sure everyone in the mountain stronghold was asleep, before carefully crossing the pilgrimage rope and walking to the altar.

[No, it's that easy?]

He stroked his beard, feeling that things were going too smoothly. Was there a trap?

Zhang Chengyi frowned, sensing something was amiss. So, holding a pebble, he strictly followed the procedure of testing the waters with stones. After confirming that there were no problems, he crawled forward little by little on the ground, since he wasn't much different in size or weight from the stone.

"Phew~" Soon, after wasting a lot of time, he arrived at the foot of the altar, wiped non-existent sweat from his forehead, and raised his head with high spirits.

I saw a familiar cat face.

"What are you doing down there?" Yunmu asked, somewhat puzzled.

Zhang Chengyi's rat-like face suddenly realized, "So there was no trap after all; you were the guardian."

“What guardian? The Shikon Jewel? That thing isn’t good, and it’s useless to you.” Kirara licked her paws and then said, “I’ve just been following you.”

Zhang Chengyi's expression stiffened, then he asked casually, "Why did you say the Shikon Jewel is useless against me?"

Kirara gracefully leaped down from the altar, her mature voice and cat-like gait exuding elegance. She said matter-of-factly, "Someone like you, without the Shikon Jewel, is neither human nor a youkai. How could you possibly use the Shikon Jewel?"

"You can tell I don't have the Four Souls?"

Zhang Chengyi asked a question, then slapped his forehead and said, "You've been following me the whole time?"

Chapter 155 Cuizi

"I am a monster, how could I not see that you don't even have a soul?"

Mica's tone was a little surprised. She continued, "But I've never seen a little thing like you who can run, jump, and talk without the Four Souls before."

It followed for a day and had already ruled out techniques like puppetry.

"So, are you going to stop me from getting the Shikon Jewel?"

Zhang Chengyi wasn't particularly concerned about being followed or the other party noticing something was wrong with him; he simply asked this question.

If Mica is oblivious and insists on stopping him, then he'll have no choice but to...

Well, I guess I'll just have to give up and wait for Kagome's main characters to come. Anyway, he's just a little field mouse; he can just steal from Kagome.

Mica calmly walked around it, giving it a "whatever" look.

Putting aside the question of whether something that should be ignorant and unaware can actually use the Shikon Jewel, even an ordinary field mouse that gets the Shikon Jewel won't transform into a great monster.

Moreover, it was very curious about what would happen if this little field mouse got its hands on the Shikon Jewel.

Zhang Chengyi was not swayed by the cat's attitude. He continued to proceed cautiously, climbing onto the altar. The box containing the Shikon Jewel fragment was right in front of him, the tiny fragment emitting a hazy glow in the dim moonlight.

He slowly reached out with his claws, and nothing happened. He simply grabbed the fragment and took it out of the box.

There really aren't any protective measures at all?

“Haha~” Yunmu couldn’t help but laugh. “No ordinary animal can get close to the altar made of monster bones, and no monster can pass through the barrier without alerting anyone.”

"There is no need for the village to have anything unnecessary."

"Why didn't you say so earlier?" Zhang Chengyi said, but he probably would have been just as careful even if the other party had said there were no traps.

Then, to Kirara's astonishment, his body swelled several sizes, transforming from a small mouse into a large field mouse. He then stuffed the Shikon Jewel shard into his mouth and swallowed it with a gulp.

Once its body becomes large enough, swallowing a two- or three-centimeter-long fragment that a human could pinch with their fingertips would be quite easy.

Zhang Chengyi patted his belly, noticing the increased stats including Shikon Jewel fragments and—

Three souls?

Straight Spirit, Curved Spirit, and the soul of an unnamed man.

It wasn't that the modifier had any problems reading the data; it was that this nameless man was far too weak, only a fraction of the other two souls' strength. He had long forgotten all his past memories, so no useful information could be read from him.

Rather, it's more accurate to say that the modifier's data reading was so precise that it was able to read out even the remnants of a soul that had weakened to this day.

Zhang Chengyi flipped through his memories of being human on Earth and found the corresponding comic book fragments.

To defeat Midori, the demons united and became one, bewitching and controlling the man who secretly loved Midori. They fought Midori for seven days and seven nights, but in the end, Midori was no match for them and was pierced through the heart. Before she died, she extracted the souls of the demons and sealed them into her own soul. Then she released her own soul outside her body, which transformed into the Shikon Jewel, beginning an endless battle on the soul level.

Straight spirit and crooked spirit are actually two sides of the soul. A soul that is inclined towards good is a straight spirit, and a soul that is inclined towards evil is a crooked spirit.

The straight spirit belonging to the Shikon Jewel is Midori, while the curved spirit is the evil thoughts of the yokai.

The soul of the nameless man is most likely that of the man who secretly loved Cui Zi.

Just as Onigumo, who secretly loved Kikyo, wouldn't dissipate into Naraku's body, that man, devoured by demons and through countless years, still stubbornly exists because of his love. He forgets everything, endures endless pain, but he just can't forget her.

This is truly a love story with the flavor of Inuyasha – a sticky, inseparable bond.

Zhang Chengyi sighed, then began to adjust the strength of the souls in the Shikon Jewel. For his first attempt, he would choose the seemingly gentle Midori.

However, before that, make several copies of the fragments.

The next second, the Shikon Jewel shard, which was already quite large for the field mouse, became three more pieces, making its belly bulge out.

Thankfully, it didn't turn into a pointy head.

Zhang Chengyi shook his large stomach and began to adjust the intensity of his spiritual power.

"Meow?!"

Mica let out a meaningless sigh. She saw that the field mouse was glowing, not with natural light or firelight, but with spiritual energy. She also sensed a powerful and upright soul emerging in the field mouse.

Could it be that some high-ranking monk or powerful priestess in this world was reincarnated as a field mouse after death?

"Come forth, my power!"

Zhang Chengyi raised his claws high, a smile of excitement on his face, his body shining brightly. Then he paused for a moment, the surging spiritual power making him as bright as a small rat-shaped sun. The surrounding shumen ropes trembled constantly, but he couldn't even fly or escape into the earth, let alone have a strong body or a body of copper and iron.

Unconvinced, he gathered his spiritual power in his claws and slammed them against the floor.

"Boom!"

My claws hurt terribly, and my strength hasn't changed at all.

Yunmu stood up straight in surprise and said, "If you only have spiritual power but no magic, even the strongest spiritual power is useless."

Zhang Chengyi's smile vanished, and with deadpan eyes, he thought of Kagome.

Kagome, who inherited Kikyo's spiritual power, remains as frail as an ordinary human. According to official settings, she can easily crush demons with her spiritual power, and no demon can withstand her Demon-Slaying Arrow. However, her fragile body is described by Inuyasha as "her skin is extremely fragile."

Even Kikyo herself is actually quite fragile, and she can only fight against powerful demons by relying on magic.

"Click~"

"Snapped!"

Before Zhang Chengyi could do anything else, he heard a cracking sound coming from inside his body. The next second, the fragments of the Shikon Jewel vanished completely.

It wasn't just one fragment; it was all the fragments inside the stomach that shattered and dissipated together.

Then he realized that the Shikon Jewel was the outer shell of Midori's own soul, used to seal the evil thoughts of the demons. Inside was a battlefield that raged day and night. Once Midori was strong enough and the battle ended, would the Shikon Jewel still exist?

Just kidding, of course not!

"Hello, this..." A woman's voice echoed within her body. She omitted the title and said, "I am the shrine maiden Midori. Thank you for your help."

Mica's expression became somewhat blank.