The Great Master of Gensokyo

Cui Zi explained the reason: Onmyoji are not professions that ordinary people can come into contact with.

Like Cui Zi, she originally didn't have a name, but she was given the name Cui Zi after being taken in by her mother-in-law.

"Although I've caused some trouble, I've already received a lot of help from you today, and I sincerely want to follow Lord Kamo."

Hope.

A hopeful light shone in Cui Zi's eyes.

"Um, I'm sorry, I've put you in a difficult position." The atmosphere quieted down a bit, and at this moment, Cui Zi gradually became embarrassed, her cheeks showing a shy blush.

“In that case, I can talk to the teacher about it.” Saigyouji Yuzuru smiled, looking at Midori’s shy and embarrassed appearance.

It's clear that Cui Zi mustered up a lot of courage.

"Huh? You agreed..." Midori thought she would be rejected.

"It's just a small favor, but whether my teacher agrees or not is up to him." Saigyouji Hanyu wouldn't be able to guarantee that.

"Yes, thank you." Understanding this, Cui Zi didn't actually ask for much.

In her opinion, it was wonderful that Saigyouji Hanyu agreed.

"No need to be polite. Also, my name is Saigyouji Hanyu. You can call me Saigyouji." Saigyouji Hanyu said to Midori, looking at Midori and couldn't help but think of Yuyuko, who was far away at the Saigyouji family.

Calling him Yuzuru directly would be a bit too intimate.

“Saigyouji, I’ll remember that.” Midori nodded gently, then turned around abruptly. “Goodnight.”

The shy girl disappeared from Saigyouji Hanyu's sight in a flash.

[Ding! You have gained the trust of the shrine maiden Midori and resolved the girl's troubles.]

[Reward: Achievement points +20, automatically allocated to basic rune enhancement.]

[Reward: Special Summoning Charm.]

"The mission is complete already?" Saigyouji Yuzuru thought with a wry smile, "That's too easy." But completing it saved him a lot of trouble.

"Special Summoning Charms, when summoned by the user, are random, while Special Summoning Charms guarantee that no shikigami below the R-rank will appear."

This talisman is a really good thing.

"Should we give it a try?" Saigyouji Yuusuke's expression was somewhat hesitant, which meant that it included not only the shikigami in his Onmyodo Shikigami Encyclopedia.

He doesn't actually have many main shikigami.

The highest tier is SSR-rank Aoandon, which, if actually summoned, would be equivalent to a high-tier yokai.

With his basic talisman enhanced by +20, Saigyouji Hanyu also felt the level enhancement of his other main skills.

Currently, Saigyouji Hanyu only hasn't activated the skill summoned by the Thunder Emperor.

"I'll give it a try and see if I can escape my bad luck and enter a lucky one." In the past, he really could be considered one of the unluckiest people.

Saigyouji Hanyu closed the door and looked at the special summoning talisman that appeared in his hand, which had the word "Special" written on it.

"call!"

A little nervous and uneasy, Saigyouji Hanyu made his first attempt at summoning, and he was even more nervous than when he summoned the Kitsune.

"Come out!"

Just as Saigyouji Hanyu was looking forward to it, a new shikigami appeared before him.

At this time, Saigyouji Hanyu gained the attribute status of a shikigami.

SR Shikigami - Baku (Dream Eater)

[Skill: Sleep - The Dream Eater attempts to induce nightmares in its target, creating an illusion.]

[Skill: Sleep. The Dream Eater puts the target to sleep, preventing them from waking up from their dream.]

[Skill: Dream Eater, the dream-eating tapir enters the enemy's dream to attack, and can devour the dream's consciousness and spirit.]

"A dream-eating Baku?" Saigyouji Yuzuru's eyes lit up. Although it wasn't an SSR, the dream-eating Baku's main skill was already quite powerful in reality.

Using this special summoning charm is definitely worthwhile.

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Chapter Seventeen: The Great Onmyoji Seimei

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Heian Jing.

As Japan entered the Heian period, it gradually showed signs of decline after reaching its peak.

The mysteries unseen by mortals reveal the national fortune of Heian-kyo since the Asuka period. The gradually declining humane imperial power also symbolizes the arrival of an era of demons and monsters.

The balance between humans and monsters is about to be broken.

The dramatic changes brought about by the Taika Reform are now showing signs of complete decline. Behind the facade of peace and prosperity lies a vicious cycle that has trapped the entire nation.

As upward mobility became increasingly blocked, the nobility indulged in pleasures and became complacent, while the poor lived in despair.

Abe no Seimei gazed calmly at the sky, his expression serene. "Time is passing by faster and faster, isn't it? The national fortune brought about by the Asuka period."

The fate of Heian-kyo, a city built by gathering the nation's fortune through magic, is already sealed.

Forcibly elevated national fortunes will not last long for Japan.

The mainland across the strait is the incomparable Central Plains Empire, and Goryeo is under the protection of that great empire, so there is no room for Japan to go out to sea.

"I'm really looking forward to the scene when it collapses, so that my plans can come in handy."

Right now, he is still Abe no Seimei, the human Onmyoji.

As a human Onmyoji, Abe no Seimei's duty was to eliminate monsters and exterminate evil spirits.

However, just as the nation's fate was about to collapse, the future that Seimei had hoped for was about to arrive.

The world is sinful, and even human beings as a species are wrong from the very beginning of their existence.

His true nature is that of a half-demon who yearns to become a monster, to transcend human limitations, and to act arbitrarily.

Or perhaps, having witnessed too much of humanity's darkness, Abe no Seimei longed to thoroughly cleanse the world.

However, that's not enough yet.

Heian-kyo, the capital of Japan where the nation's fortune converges, is a place even the greatest demons dare not trespass upon. However, the immense power gathered through magic is on the verge of collapse.

When an avalanche occurs, no one can escape it.

The current Abe no Seimei is merely a human Onmyoji, who only needs to be in the right position at the right time.

The fact that a half-demon could become a top-tier Onmyoji in the human world is indeed a huge irony for humanity.

However, Abe no Seimei held a very high position in the Abe family. He was the grandson of Abe no Nakamaro, a descendant of the envoys to Tang China, and was highly regarded by the old emperor and powerful ministers.

As long as Kamo no Tadashi doesn't reveal his half-demon identity, who would know?

Yokai (supernatural beings) can be animals that develop sentience through chance encounters—such as dog yokai and cat yokai—or inanimate objects that gain intelligence, stone spirits, sword spirits, and yokai arising from natural phenomena or based on concepts existing in the universe. These types of yokai are born with the potential to become powerful yokai.

Half-demons are offspring born from the union of humans and demons.

However, the union of a yokai and a human is unacceptable to the world. Neither side would accept it; humans fear those who wield the unknown and mysterious, while yokai despise those who are not pure-blooded half-yokai.

Abe no Seimei found himself in this awkward situation.

Originally, he still held hope for humanity. However, after becoming an Onmyoji for so many years and eliminating countless demons, that hope has probably faded.

"Lord Seimei."

In the courtyard, a figure appeared behind Abe no Seimei.

Anyone present would be astonished. For what appeared in Abe no Seimei's garden was a yokai, a tengu.

Karasu Tengu is a yokai that originated from the Tengu.

Its wings are as black as a crow's, hence it is called the Crow Tengu.

"They're back." Without looking at the tengu behind him, Abe no Seimei said calmly, "My teacher has safely returned to Heian-kyo from Saigyouji Temple?"

“That’s right, Lord Seimei. As you instructed, I dare not get too close to Lord Kamo. However, I heard that Lord Kamo has taken on a new disciple from the Saigyouji family.”

The news brought by the tengu surprised Abe no Seimei.

"How interesting, my junior brother?" He thought that no one but himself could catch the teacher's eye.

Kamo no Tadayuki was the one who guided Abe no Seimei on his path as an Onmyoji.

He respected his teacher, but for Seimei, that teacher was now an obstacle.

Although he was a great Onmyoji, holding a revered position in the Onmyodo, no one in the Onmyodo could rival his prestige.

But what Abe no Seimei is about to do will definitely displease his teacher.

Moreover, in order to fully master the power of the Onmyoji, his teacher must not be allowed to set foot on the land of Heian-kyo again.

"Make preparations. Don't let my teacher return to Heian-kyo unscathed." He smiled, then turned around, his eyes growing colder, making the tengu feel as if he had fallen into an ice cellar. "I understand, Lord Seimei."

When Abe no Seimei got angry, he was more terrifying than a real yokai.

"Don't disappoint me." Abe no Seimei looked up at the sky, at the enormous bird invisible to mortals. "Otherwise, my plan to imprison the bird will fail."

With his eyes narrowed, Abe no Seimei's calm words made the tengu break out in a cold sweat.

It did not dare to linger and disappeared into Abe no Seimei's garden.

The yokai power belonging to the great Onmyoji immediately took action.

What Seimei longed for was the arrival of a true era of rampant demons. In this age where mythology has vanished, it should be the golden age of monsters.

The world contains 'mystery', and 'mystery' will dissipate over time. Abe no Seimei, the most outstanding Onmyoji of our time, foresaw this future.

However, this gave him the opportunity to transform from a human into a demon and become a truly great monster.

His noble cause is inseparable from his own ambition to become a great demon.

Using the fate of the Japanese nation as a prison, to preserve the 'mystery' of the world.

Let the demons become the masters of the world, and he will become the true lord of all evil spirits, sweeping away all evil from the world.

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P.S.: Second update, main storyline unfolds.

Chapter Eighteen: The Child of the Half-Demon

There is still a boundary between half-demon and true demons.

Abe no Seimei's ambitions have been realized, so no one can stop him; they can only delay his plans.

As long as Kamo no Tadayuki existed, he would serve as a check on Abe no Seimei. Therefore, he had no respect for his teacher whatsoever.

Of course, it's no big deal that the Tengu failed; no one will blame him.

Because he is Seimei, the great Onmyoji Abe no Seimei.

Apart from his teacher, no one can provoke the great Onmyoji Seimei.

However, Abe no Seimei's autocratic rule allowed undercurrents to begin to form in Heian-kyo.

The glory of the great Onmyoji Seimei has surpassed that of all other Onmyoji of this era. In the world of Onmyoji, he is naturally an unparalleled prodigy.

The more this is the case, the more fearful it becomes for the other Onmyoji, especially since the current Onmyoji are still based on clan inheritance.

The more Abe no Seimei shines, the less chance there is for other Onmyoji to rise to prominence. Moreover, some of the arbitrary actions Abe no Seimei takes are not necessarily satisfactory.

At Kamo’s home, Kamo Yasunori looked at the news he had received with a worried expression. His unease made him unable to guess Abe no Seimei’s actions.

Moreover, Abe no Seimei no longer held himself in the same high regard as before.

"What exactly is he trying to do? Why did he suddenly start reorganizing the Onmyodo?"

The increasing number of ghost attacks made Yasunori Kamo realize that something was wrong.

"Father, we must get you back as soon as possible." After thinking for a moment, Kamo no Yasunori made his decision.

The situation in Heian-kyo is getting out of control. Within the Bureau of Onmyō, his power and prestige are no longer enough to restrain Seimei.