【Even though you had a vague idea of what was coming, you were still a little taken aback.】
【You realized that this simulation was unlike any you'd experienced before. You would be standing in the shoes of a yokai, committing acts of evil that humans would never understand.】
【Of course, within the bounds of order, you wouldn't do anything that would completely enrage the heavens and incense the people.】
【Moreover, the success of this experiment also gave you a general understanding of the path you needed to take in the future, how to improve your playacting.】
Compared to the complexity of the Divine Spirit template, this simulation was relatively simple.
At least, you could get a lot of insight from the literal meaning.
If the last simulation hadn't just happened to encounter a group of human children in need of protection, it would have taken Lo Chen a lot of effort to understand the core of how to improve his playacting.
【You silently made a plan. In case the Tsuchigumo fled, you would use the power of the Great Onmyoji to transform it into a Shikigami.】
【Then, you left the forest, ready to test out a certain idea.】
【According to the Tsuchigumo, the yokai that originally lived on Narukami Island, some submitted to Narukami's rule and continued to live in their original habitats.】
【The others who refused to submit fled to other islands and continued to live according to their previous ways of life.】
【Your target, for now, was these yokai.】
【It went without saying that the majority of the yokai who refused to submit were the evil ones who had not been recognized by Narukami. Most of them enjoyed eating humans or simply reveled in tormenting and killing them.】
【Based on this, there was a very quick way to find them.】
【With the traitorous Tsuchigumo at your side, you had a pretty good understanding of the geography of Yashiori Island, including the territory of each yokai.】
【However, going from house to house seemed a bit troublesome, and you had a good idea.】
【On this island, there was a tribe known as the Yashiori Civilization. Perhaps you could utilize them.】
【Thinking this, you released the Tsuchigumo, who was now fully healed in your Shikigami space, and prepared to have it take you to your destination.】
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Ouyoku Plains!
Standing on the head of the enormous spider that was traversing the path, Lo Chen looked up at the sky, which had cleared of thunder and rain. The moon, pale in the night sky, seemed exceptionally pure. Through the thin mist, the moonlight gently caressed this land that seemed to have been forgotten.
The scent of grass and trees in the air was refreshing.
Then, a strange, hoarse voice emanated from the grotesque face on the spider's abdomen.
“Master, I don’t recommend going to that village.”
In less than half an hour, the Tsuchigumo had managed to adjust its position and naturally accept its role.
That’s why it was offering advice to its new master with such caution.
After a long silence, a reply came from above.
“Why?”
The Tsuchigumo hurriedly responded, “Because that village is protected by the Raijuu that lives in the center of Mount Kanna. It wasn’t always like this. But from some time ago, the Raijuu would occasionally descend near that village. It happened a few times, and then any yokai with any intelligence stopped trying to plunder the humans as before. The Raijuu would fly to their territory and destroy them. After that, any yokai with any intelligence stopped trying to plunder the humans. It happened a few times, and then any yokai with any intelligence stopped trying to plunder the humans as before. The Raijuu would fly to their territory and destroy them. As time passed, we big yokai could only hunt humans who ventured outside. It is said that the village offers sacrifices to the Raijuu every year. I suspect that the Raijuu considers the place its breeding ground.”
After hearing this, Lo Chen understood why yokai wandered around Yashiori Island and why the Yashiori people hadn’t been exterminated after all this time.
Apart from a small number of yokai, most didn’t understand sustainable development. They only indulged in their lust for killing and acted recklessly.
Before long, the Yashiori people would be slaughtered by them.
From the Tsuchigumo's yokai perspective, the Raijuu’s behavior was probably a form of "protecting its food," not allowing anyone to intrude on its "ingredients."
But Lo Chen knew that the Raijuu, although not a benevolent deity, had its own pride and disdain for hurting insignificant humans.
The reason it was acting this way might be related to a child in the Yashiori village.
“Don’t worry. I’m here for that Raijuu.”
Lo Chen lightly stomped his foot, urging the Tsuchigumo to go faster.
This guy under his feet was really interesting. He was adapting to the Shikigami role too quickly.
The correct response should have been to consider that he and the Raijuu would be fighting, and both would be injured, which would be the perfect time for the Shikigami to turn on its master.
But this guy was genuinely worried about him, trying to avoid such a situation.
Lo Chen was speechless.
Are you a strength-worshipping yokai?
Even though he was absolutely confident that even without the Divine Spirit template and his talents being fully integrated, subduing a Raijuu would be nothing to him, he didn’t need to use a sledgehammer to crack a nut. The Tsuchigumo, however, didn’t know this.
All you can say is, some yokai are alive for a reason.
【With the Tsuchigumo as your mount, you soon arrived at the Yashiori people’s village at the foot of Mount Kanna.】
【It was a primitive village with only a few hundred houses. It was completely engulfed in darkness at night, with no light to be seen.】
【The barbed fence around the village, used to protect against wild beasts, was easily torn apart by the Tsuchigumo’s sharp eight legs.】
【Perhaps you accidentally triggered some kind of alarm device during your rough passage, because a sharp and urgent bell sound suddenly echoed through the village.】
【In an instant, lights flickered on in every household, and the village was awakened.】
【You didn’t command the Tsuchigumo to continue forward. You waited at the village entrance.】
【In just fifteen minutes, hundreds of young men gathered in the village square. They carried strange and haphazardly made weapons - iron spears, shovels, axes, and sickles - protecting the elderly and children behind them, who huddled together in fear.】
【You could see that fear and unease were etched on their faces.】
【Despite this, they didn’t take a step back.】
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