Reincarnation Paradise: Giant Treasure Chest

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"Mr. Kaiba! Mr. Kaiba!" The voice of Sanae Kofukutani in Gensokyo woke up Ivia.

"What's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell?" Sanae asked worriedly.

In just a short while, the mouse girl had stopped crying and was eating snacks in small bites. Even though her mouth was full, she was reluctant to swallow.

Avia was distracted and her other clone had already arrived outside Gensokyo in the form of her original body.

At this time, Ivia was sitting on the train, and sitting opposite her was a girl wearing a purple long skirt and a white hat.

The cover of the closed booklet on the train table read "Yanshi Museum Records".

The identity of the girl in the purple dress is obvious at a glance. She should be Maelberie Hearn in Ivia's main quest.

At the same time, a wave of memories was instilled into Avia's consciousness outside of Gensokyo.

"What's wrong with you?" asked the girl in the purple dress.

"I'm fine!" Ivia uttered, responding to both of them at the same time.

"I'm glad you're okay. She's calmed down now. You can ask anything you need." Sanae Kofutani pointed at the girl monster and said.

This time, Ivia learned her lesson and didn't act too gentle. She just sat opposite the mouse monster and asked coldly:

"Name!"

This attitude was indeed useful. Although the mouse monster was frightened by Ivia and swallowed the food in his mouth, he was not frightened to death. Thanks to the timely rescue of Sanae Kofutani, he was not choked to death.

"Nazhiling!" said the mouse monster.

"What is your relationship with the owner of this thing!" Ivia asked as she took out the fragment of Minglian Temple.

"I have nothing to do with Lord Saint Bailian!" Nazhiling denied it decisively.

"Holy White Lotus? I seem to have heard this name somewhere!" Reimu Hakurei came over immediately.

"Idiot shrine maiden! That's the legendary evil demon!" Marisa interrupted.

"Lord Saint White Lotus is not a demon!" Na Zhiling retorted angrily.

"No! Where did you hear the name of Lord Saint Bailian?" Nazhiling reacted immediately.

Ivia didn't turn around to look at Marisa, who was still arguing with Reimu. Instead, she used the description from the world introduction to ask, practically trying to trick Najireen:

"Is it the evil demon who entered the path by practicing Buddhism, but ultimately strayed from Mahayana Buddhism?"

Ivia's tone was full of certainty, which immediately made Nazhiling furious. The mouse girl jumped up and said, regardless of her fear of Ivia:

"Saint White Lotus established the Minglian Temple simply to allow monsters and humans to live in harmony! He's not some evil demon!"

"Oh~ getDA★ZE the key information!" Marisa and Ivia nodded at the same time.

"And then? Because this Saint White Lotus protects monsters, she was sealed away by humans, right? What's her connection to the UFOs in the sky?"

Based on the mission brief, Ivia reconstructed part of the matter and took this speculation as an established fact and continued to ask Nazhiling for details.

Seeing that she had sold out Lord Saint Bailian completely, Nazhiling was about to cry again.

Avia was a little anxious, so she broke through Kaiba Seto's shell, restored her original appearance and comforted the mouse girl.

"Oh! You have a second form! Rumia has one too! Wait till I show you!"

Rumia, who was always held in Ivia's arms, only regarded Ivia's appearance as her second form and didn't care at all.

Reimu Hakurei had expected this and was not surprised, while Marisa and Sanae stared at her with wide eyes.

[The contractor has touched the core of the world]

When Rumia held her breath and wanted to show her second form, Ivia received another prompt.

When Ivia carefully checked Lumia, she couldn't find anything.

Aiweiya had no choice but to turn her attention back to the mouse girl in front of her and tried to explain to her:

"I'm human, but I believe humans and monsters can coexist harmoniously. I intend to help you unlock the Holy White Lotus, but you need to tell me the details, okay?"

Sanae Kofutani also recovered from her shock and joined in the persuasion. In addition, Reimu Hakurei covered Marisa's mouth with one hand, as she was about to do something bad.

Nazhiling finally told the origin of the Holy White Lotus in a halting manner.

When talking about Saint Bailian, we have to mention her younger brother, the monk Minglian.

The eminent monk Myouren was a monk born in Shinano Province during the Heian period. He practiced in seclusion at Asato-sonji Temple on Mount Shigi. After diligent practice, he was blessed with great magical powers and did many good deeds ever since.

It is said that the copper bowl he used to beg for alms had acquired magical powers because it had been with him for a long time. Every night, he would look for the homes of rich but unkind people to beg for alms. After appearing, he would take away a bowl of raw rice and give it to the nearest poor family.

Wait until daybreak and return on your own.

A wealthy man was so annoyed by this that he locked the door of his warehouse when the copper bowl entered it, trying to prevent the loss of his wealth. Unexpectedly, after daylight, the entire warehouse was lifted up by the copper bowl and flew back to the monk Minglian.

The rich man was frightened and came to Minglian to beg for mercy. Minglian then returned the warehouse. From then on, whenever there was a famine, the rich man would open the warehouse and release grain. He lived a long and prosperous life.

The deeds and reputation of the eminent monk Myouren began to spread, all the way to the ears of Emperor Daigo.

At that time, Emperor Daigo was seriously ill and all doctors were helpless, so Emperor Daigo ordered Minglian to come out of seclusion.

Ming Lian refused to accept it, and Emperor Daigo increased the reward, but Ming Lian still ignored the messenger.

It was not until Emperor Daigo wrote a letter in his own handwriting, saying that if he recovered from his illness, he would do more good deeds and commit fewer evil deeds, that Myouren performed a ritual in the mountains, and Emperor Daigo recovered overnight.

Afterwards, he ordered Lian to continue to practice in seclusion in the mountains.

More than ten years later, Minglian's biological sister, Bailian, who had not yet proclaimed herself a saint, was burning incense at Todai-ji Temple. She dreamed of purple clouds coming from the east, and realized where her brother was. So she let her hair down and went into the mountains to become a nun.

Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. Minglian, the eminent monk who possessed supernatural powers and compassion, was ultimately just an ordinary man and passed away peacefully after a hundred years.

At this time, Bai Lian had just started practicing and was unable to break through the barrier of life and death. Seeing that his brother, who was so virtuous, still turned into bones, he was very worried. In his hesitation, Bai Lian entered the Tao with Buddhism, but began to pursue the immortal power of monsters.

Bai Lian was successful. With the help of the power of monsters, he gained immortality and established the Myouren Temple. On the surface, he was a high monk who fought against the monsters that were causing harm everywhere, but in fact, he took them under his command and raised them in the Myouren Temple.

The holy word "Bai Lian" comes from the respectful name of monsters.

But the truth could not be hidden, and people finally discovered what the monk Bai Lian had done. So they worked together to seal Bai Lian and the monsters in Minglian Temple underground.

It was not until the world introduction that the earthquake in the previous season cracked part of the seal, allowing the monsters to escape. The ship flying in the sky now is the monster rescued by Saint Bailian that year, and it is planning to unseal its old master.

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"Does exorcising a monster require killing it? Didn't that Saint White Lotus lock you all up? People back then were so ignorant!"

Marisa was outspoken and spoke her mind.

"What a joke! Monsters feed on humans! How can we not deal with them after discovering them?"

Rumia in Ivia's arms objected loudly.

Marisa reached out her hand, grabbed Rumia's face and stretched it out:

"I'm human too! Come eat me!"

"Reimu, save me!" Rumia couldn't pry Marisa's hand open, so she shouted for help to her childhood playmate.

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"We've been to Saigyouji Temple. Where should we go next?" asked the girl sitting opposite Ivia outside Gensokyo.

Ivya, who had vaguely guessed the main quest's approach, lightly suggested:

"Mount Shigi, it's said to be the place where the great monk Myouren practiced."

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In Gensokyo, the whole story is clear, and Avia and Gensokyo's manager, Reimu Hakurei, agree.

In today's Gensokyo, humans and monsters coexist. There is room for a Holy White Lotus that protects monsters, not to mention that the monster spaceship cannot be left alone.

Sanae Tofutani was not interested in this. She came to Gensokyo because the faith in the outside world was declining and she had to move with the gods. It was obvious that Saint Bailian was a religious person, so it would not be appropriate for her to join in something like rescuing a competitor.

As soon as Ivia carried Lumia out of the house, the song of elves began to sing again. This time the singing was a mixture of drums and flutes, which was grand and ethereal at the same time.

Ivia knew without any perception that a new enemy was about to appear.

Is it the strange umbrella with its tongue sticking out by the door?

Just as Ivia was about to take out her deck, Sanae Kofutani, who was seeing them off, reached out to stop her. At the same time, she silently made a gesture to pick up the umbrella handle, then acted as if she was frightened, and finally pointed at the umbrella to signal.

Ivia understood his intention and pretended to reach out to grasp the umbrella handle.

When the umbrella saw Ivia reaching out her hand, it immediately stood upside down with its tongue sticking out. Then a girl with two-colored eyes jumped out from under the open umbrella and made a face at Ivia.

Aiweiya said expressionlessly:

"Ah~ How scary! What is this! This is so scary!"

Chapter 159 The Name of the Holy White Lotus

After scaring people, the girl under the umbrella disappeared along with the umbrella.

Sanae Higashitani then gave a simple explanation:

"That kid is a Tsukumogami who scares people for a living, but he's starving to death because he has no talent."

Ivia realized that the image of Tang San with a tongue gave people a more funny feeling than a scary one.

The same applies to the monsters protected by the Holy White Lotus.

These monsters seem to be living a miserable life?

Ivia, sitting on the back of the Blue-Eyes White Dragon, was thinking about the reason when a huge fist of mist and power came towards Ivia and the other two who had just left the shrine with a powerful voice.

"Give Nazhiling back! Question and Answer Useless Youkai Fist!"

Marisa and Reimu smiled at each other and quickly dodged to the sides, leaving only the dazed Ivia to face the attack head-on.

Ivia casually drew a card and threw it out. This Blue-Eyes White Dragon deck was just as Ivia had thought. It was a compromise since this world could not manifest all of Ivia's abilities.

The card that Ivia casually threw out was called Defense Wheel. Its original effect was to resist damage from all trap cards, but now this Defense Wheel absorbs all attacks coming from the front.

Ivia was still thinking. Not to mention the child of the world like Reimu Hakurei, even the little monster Rumia in her arms was not weak when facing ordinary humans alone.

Now Ivia's other clone is riding a train outside Gensokyo. So far, Ivia's other clone has not encountered any extraordinary person on the entire train, and the outside world is just an ordinary modern world.

The reasons for this group of monsters to wage war against humans in history and to worry about humans exterminating monsters seem a bit untenable.

Outside the defense wheel, the monster blocking the road, with the elves' song as background music, is still working hard.