Heaven has bound me to weakness? I angrily unleash the Eight Gates!

Zenji Shinsuke interrupted their conversation.

"Maki, after observing you for a long time, I think you have great potential. From today onwards, you will learn how to use weapons from me."

While it's not possible to teach the other person how to cultivate qi and blood power for the time being, it's also important to master the use of weapons until their body meets the requirements.

"real?!"

Maki's eyes widened instantly upon hearing this, her face filled with disbelief. Was she finally going to learn something good?

"Of course it's true. To become my apprentice, mastering the use of different weapons is essential."

"Great! Can I skip school tomorrow and start learning directly with my master?"

Maki is so excited that she's lost all sense of reason. In order to become stronger, she even thought about skipping school.

"No, you still have to go to school. Do you want to be illiterate?"

You need to be able to read at least, right?

"...Oh, okay."

Maki crossed her arms, pouted, and looked a little unhappy. She didn't know what was so great about this lousy school; it was full of little kids, and she thought exercise was much more fun.

Zhenyi breathed a sigh of relief. If her sister didn't go to school, she wouldn't go either.

Inside the Zen-in family compound, Zen-in Jinichi, who had returned defeated, angrily told everyone about Zen-in Jinsuke's behavior.

"He's just a useless piece of trash with no magical power, what gives him the right to be so arrogant!"

"Heh, he probably killed a few cursed spirits with his cursed tools and gained a little fame, so he started to think of himself as a sorcerer."

The Zen temple fan echoed the words.

It's just that his physical body is a bit stronger; any sorcerer could easily reach that level.

He looked down on good-for-nothings, especially his two daughters, who were the worst of the worst. If it weren't for these two good-for-nothing daughters, how could the position of head of the Zen-in family have fallen to Zen-in Naoki?

He knew that his two good-for-nothing daughters were getting close to Zenin Shinsuke, but he didn't care at all. He even hoped that the other party would take his two good-for-nothing daughters away from the Zenin family.

This way, he at least has fewer stains on his record.

"What right do you have to call Brother Jie a piece of trash?"

Zenji Naoya, who was standing to the side, couldn't stand it and retorted with a cold laugh.

"what do you mean?"

Zenji Shinichi and Zenji Sen looked at Naoya and frowned.

"Am I wrong? If you're so capable, why don't you call him trash to Brother Shenjie's face? Do you dare?"

Zenin Naoya showed absolutely no respect to the two of them.

Even though you can't beat the other person, you still call them trash and laugh at them. How can you be so shameless?

He couldn't understand it. If it were the Maki and Mai sisters, it would be one thing, since they were truly useless. They could be mocked without anyone arguing.

Even though Jinsuke had already made the Zenin family pay a heavy price, these people still didn't realize their mistake.

These people are the real losers...

"Alright, what's the point of arguing? You should use that time to improve your strength."

Zenji Naokijin, while drinking his sake, brought up the topic aloud.

Zenji Shinichi and Zenji Sen were somewhat unconvinced, but they didn't continue arguing.

Putting everything else aside, these two are quite loyal to the Zen family.

Chapter 32: Repair the stick?

"Uncle, I'm going back now."

Fushiguro Megumi walked to the gate of the courtyard and bid farewell to Zen-in Jinsuke.

Due to certain agreements, he would come to the Zen temple every Saturday and Sunday to learn about the Ten Shadows spell.

Hui's body bears the mark of the Ten Shadows Technique, a family heirloom of the Zen Academy, which means that the Zen Academy family may finally have another top-level mage.

When the people of the Zen temple learned that it was Shen'er's son who had awakened the Ten Shadows Technique, they were both angry and delighted.

The anger stemmed from the fact that the person who awakened the family's inherited technique was an outsider, while the joy came from the fact that this outsider possessed the bloodline of the Zen family and had a chance to return to the Zen family.

However, their joy soon faded, and even though he had sold Hui to the Zen family, he now regretted it.

So, Hui is now like someone who's here for extra lessons; the Zen temple is like a tutoring institution for him.

This will allow him to better understand his techniques and subdue more shikigami.

This led to the rest of the Zen family, except for Zenji Naokijin, feeling very unhappy with him, or rather, very unhappy with Shinji.

But there is nothing we can do.

Why should a useless person without any spells have a son who has awakened a family heirloom technique?

They couldn't figure it out.

"Well, be careful on the road."

Zenji Jinsuke glanced at his nephew with the spiky hair. It was only because of Jinsuke and his protection that the Zenji family would have forcibly changed the nephew's surname.

Or perhaps not. If it weren't for him and Shen, there would still be Gojo Satoru.

That kid is lucky.

The Zen temple was deeply concerned.

"Hey! Little nephew, are you only saying goodbye to your brother?"

Shinichi stood with her hands on her hips next to Zenji Shinsuke, looking at Fushiguro Megumi with an arrogant air.

Originally, she and Maki were the least influential members of the Zenin family, but now a strange nephew has suddenly appeared. She'll have to show her true colors as an elder.

"Tch, boring."

Fushiguro Megumi pouted, ignoring Mayu's childish behavior, and turned to leave with her schoolbag on her back.

She's about the same age as him, so there's absolutely no way he'd call her "aunt"!

"How awful! Brother, look at him! He has no respect for his elders at all!"

Seeing Fushiguro Megumi's attitude, Makoto stomped her feet in anger. She had finally found someone with even less status than herself, but the other party turned out to be a troublemaker.

She could only cling to Zenin Shinsuke's hand and act coquettishly, trying to regain her aunt's authority.

The Zen monastery was deeply saddened by this and could offer no assistance.

They're all just kids, he can't possibly favor one over the other.

When Zhenyi saw that her brother wouldn't help her, she could only pout and sulk, vowing to ignore him for three hours.

"Dong dong dong."

Not long after Fushiguro Megumi left, there was a knock on the courtyard gate, and a tall, beautiful woman stood at the gate.

Dressed entirely in black, with long, icy blue hair styled in braids and hanging down her back, she was highly recognizable.

"Miss Mingming? Is there something you need from me?"

Zenji Jinsuke looked at Mingming standing in front of the courtyard with a surprised expression. Could it be that she came to ask him for compensation for the axe that he had dulled?

Didn't we agree that he wouldn't have to pay?

"Master Jinsuke, your weapon was damaged in the last battle, wasn't it? I'm here to help you repair it."

Mingming's expression was natural, not like he was lying.

After all, repaying the other party's life-saving grace with just an axe felt like something was missing.

She had noticed that the other person's magical artifact had been broken, and since she had nothing to do today, she decided to help the other person fix it.

"Hiss—! How much? It's too expensive for me to repair."

The Zen monk was deeply moved, recalling the broken cloud formation inside the building.

Repairing top-grade magical artifacts is too expensive, and he doesn't have much money right now, so he's been leaving them untouched, planning to give them to Maki in the future so she can pay for the repairs herself.

Seeing that Mingming came to his door to repair cursed items, he instantly remembered the other person's hobby: a miser who made money, saved money, and guarded his wealth.

Seeing Zenji Jinsuke's tense expression, Mingming's eyes crinkled, and she chuckled.

She never expected the other person to think that way.

Could it be that the other person is also someone who values ​​money a lot? I didn't realize that.

However, upon closer reflection, it makes sense that the other party frequently takes on tasks involving exorcising cursed spirits.

"Are you short of money? If you are, I can lend you some, but there will be interest."

After calming down, he spoke.

She offers free tools for refining spells, but lending money must be at exorbitant interest rates—that's her bottom line.

"no, I'm fine."

Zen Monk waved his hand dismissively, saying that he could borrow money from anyone, but he absolutely could not borrow money from the woman in front of him.

I reckon his salary isn't even enough to cover the interest payments.

"Haha, just kidding. Seriously, give me the spell tool, and I guarantee I'll return a brand new one to you within five days, free of charge."

Looking at the woman who looked serious and had inexplicably appeared there, Zenji Shinsuke somewhat bewildered took out Yuyun and handed it to her.

"We're leaving now, and we definitely won't cut corners."

Mingming took Youyun and turned to leave, as if he had simply come to help him fix the stick.

This slightly changed Zenji Jinsuke's impression of the woman; it turned out she wasn't just a miser after all, and even knew how to repay kindness.

"Oh, by the way, you're really good at hand-to-hand combat, right? Let's have a spar sometime, the kind without weapons."

Before he had gone far, Mingxiang thought about the other party's strength and added a comment.

Her strength largely came from her physical skills, while her opponent's physical skills were clearly far superior to hers, and perhaps the opponent could even offer her some pointers.

She becomes stronger, which means she can earn more money and save it all!

When these words reached the ears of Zen-in-tsuki, he felt something was off.

"Brother, who is that pretty lady?"

Zhenyi watched Mingming leave and asked curiously.

Before Mingming changed her bizarre hairstyle, her perfect beauty wasn't hidden by the braids. Any normal human being would consider her a beauty.

"A powerful sorcerer who loves money."

Zen-in Shinsuke offered this assessment.

"Is she my brother's girlfriend?"

Zhenyi stared with her big, adorable eyes and continued to ask. Her brother was so old and didn't even have a girlfriend. She was starting to worry about him.

Upon hearing this, Zenji Jinsuke was taken aback, and the image of that woman inexplicably surfaced in his mind.

He quickly shook his head. "Why would I think of her?"

"Mai, do you think your skin is a little itchy?"

Zenji Jinsuke glared at Zhenyi. "At such a young age, you're already concerned about my affairs. Do you want to rebel against the Heavenly Gang?"

"I was just asking what happened..."

Zhenyi pouted again after being scolded, looking somewhat aggrieved.

"Don't ask questions. Just obediently follow Maki to train. Look how weak you are. You can't beat anyone. If you get bullied in the future, you can only secretly wipe away your tears alone."

Zenji Jinsuke wondered if he should slightly change the image he had in Zhenyi's eyes.

"No, no, I don't want to exercise. Anyway, with my older brother and sister around, no one will dare to bully me!"

Zhenyi immediately hugged Zenin Jinsuke's leg and started to act cute.

After several years of getting along, Zhenyi had long since figured out who was the most powerful. As long as she stayed by her brother's side, the Zenin family wouldn't dare to bully her.

"You..."