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"There are also wise men among monsters, who can understand the fact that 'monsters depend on humans', so they will restrain other monsters from wantonly attacking humans."

The old Patriarch said: "The real big monsters are no longer thinking about how to increase their strength, but about maintaining the balance between humans and monsters.

They will make the monsters under them create urban legends, spread strange news among the crowd, so as to maintain their own existence, so as not to be forgotten by human beings.But at the same time, they will also restrain the monsters under their hands.

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After all, most monsters are brainless, so it is common for them to lose control of their monsters.

There are only two or three such big monsters and their forces in Japan today, and one of them was the one that fought against the ancestors of the Hanakain family 400 years ago. "

After all, he glanced at Qinzi: "And their headquarters is in Tokyo."

"Tokyo?" Qinzi was taken aback, "Ah, speaking of it, I seem to have heard some long-lived monsters say that somewhere in Kanto there is a group of monsters that are not easy to mess with... so it is them!"

"In recent years, it seems that there is a problem with the successor, which has caused this force to lose momentum, and it has not come out for a long time. It is normal that you don't know about it, Miko."

"I see." Qin Zi nodded knowingly.

In other words, although many times when talking about Edo, it will be mentioned that it later became "Tokyo City", but in fact Tokyo is not just a "city".

More often, "Tokyo" refers to the "Tokyo metropolitan area" including the former Edo area, Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Gunma Prefecture, Saitama County, and Chiba Prefecture.

This is a very large range. The place where Qinzi and Lin Ye live is on the outskirts of this circle, while the monster force is in the former Edo area, and the two areas of activity do not intersect.

If the monster force is not active at ordinary times, it is normal for Qinzi not to understand.

"Speaking of the power of monsters...Does Your Excellency Lin Ye have any plans?"

The Patriarch of Huakaiyuan said seriously: "Most of these monsters were recently recruited by Yuyihu from the deep mountains and old forests. Some of them have not done anything evil, but some of them have already been killed. Let it go."

"You're right." Lin Ye agreed, "We must screen and pick out the most heinous ones and hand them over to you. As for those who don't have lives on their hands..."

He glanced at a certain girl and said, "Maybe my Qinzi wants something."

Chapter 303 Chapter 283: Correspondence from Hell

For onmyojis, it is not difficult to control monsters, but the premise is that they can subdue them with their own strength, otherwise they will be easily backlashed.

After clarifying the master-slave status, the onmyoji can even contract the monster as his shikigami.

(Shikigami come from a variety of sources. It can be natural spirits, monsters, or even human souls. Basically, it only needs to be a spirit body.)

Qinzi has a special status, so it doesn't need to be so troublesome, as long as the monster admits to being under its control, then it will be restrained by the gods in the dark.

It's just that this constraint is two-way. Monsters must obey Qinzi's arrangement not to cause harm to the world, and Qinzi must try to help monsters when they are "polluted".

Small monsters are generally unable to violate this constraint, while big monsters are relatively free. This is why Qinzi's subordinates are all miscellaneous fish and cannot assign big monsters to do things, but can only communicate with them friendly.

However, according to the Patriarch of Huakaiyuan, this has something to do with Qinzi's young age and lack of training.

The strength of the witch's own spiritual power will affect the strength of the binding force. In history, there are even witches who forcibly controlled the big monsters without reaching a consensus and succeeded.

Although Qinzi's aptitude is good, compared with her predecessors, she is still much inferior.This time, she also got the method of manipulating spiritual power from Huakaiyuan's family, and she might be able to reproduce the demeanor of ancient witches in the future.

As for now... If you want to subdue the big monster who surrendered, you have to rely on the guardian of this generation - Lin Ye.

Huakaiyuan's family helped him conclude a shikigami contract with the strong among the monsters. With Lin Ye's mental strength, he was naturally stable, and there were no accidents.

In fact, these monsters have seen how Lin Ye ravaged the group of monsters that night... They are in awe of the strong in their bones, and the reason for obeying the feather fox is similar. Now there is no pressure to change the family.

After all, in their eyes, Lin Ye is stronger than Yuyihu, and Yuyihu, who escaped in embarrassment and abandoned his companions, is not worthy of their allegiance even if they come back.

This trip to Kyoto can be described as a bumper harvest. Not only did I learn about the flood of the underworld, but I also got a practice method from Huakaiyuan, and brought back about forty monsters by the way—these are not entangled in crimes, and they have eaten people. has been cleaned up.

Oh yes, there is also the question of seeing children.

After much deliberation, the girl with yin and yang eyes finally decided to accept her talent instead of giving it up.

After returning to Tokyo, she will practice with Qinzi, but she will focus on the method of controlling Yin and Yang eyes.

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"Soul Soul!"

"Soul Soul!"

"Soul Soul!"

...In the huge natural cave, onmyojis in white clothes covered the "door" with the final seal.

It was a water well with an unknown history, surrounded by straw ropes hung with talisman papers, and the Onmyojis carved complicated formations on the surrounding ground, using sacrificial stones symbolizing the four gods to hold down the formation, and then assisted It took a long sacrificial rite to finally close the biggest gate to the underworld.

"Okay, so the disaster situation in Kyoto will be stabilized for the time being." The Patriarch heaved a long sigh of relief.

There are still many "gates of the underworld" in Kyoto, but as long as this biggest one is controlled, the others can only come out with some weaker ghosts, and Huakaiyuan's family can take care of them slowly.

After finishing the follow-up work, when he was about to leave here, the head of the family said to Lin Ye and others who came to observe: "I have already brought back the people who practiced outside, and when the time comes, there will be more manpower, and it will take about a week to suppress these people. The extra door to the underworld.

When the problem in Kyoto is resolved, I will immediately send someone to Tokyo to deal with the flooding of the underworld, please rest assured. "

"Well, after all, you are experts in this field."

"Haha, of course, no one knows how to manage Huangquan better than our Huakaiyuan."

Mentioning this, the Patriarch couldn't help but become proud: "This kind of seal has been passed down from generation to generation and has been continuously improved. It has been quite stable until now. The last time it was damaged by the earthquake was just an accident. After this repair, at least it can be guaranteed. 100 years of stability!"

puff!

As soon as the words fell, there was a strange echo from the sealed ancient well, and then a black shadow flew out, crossed a parabola and fell to the ground.

Everyone: "..."

Lin Ye silently looked at the Patriarch, thinking in his heart whether he should shut him up forever for the sake of world peace.

"Then...that seems to be a mobile phone?"

At this time, an onmyoji spoke uncertainly, which attracted everyone's attention.

"That... it really seems to be a mobile phone." Lin Ye took a closer look and found that it was indeed the case. It was an old-fashioned flip phone with a black casing.

Everyone was stunned for a moment: "Why did the mobile phone fall out of the portal of Huangquan?"

Everyone hesitated, not daring to pick up their phones to see what happened.

Unfortunately, the phone rang at this moment——

Beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep

——and it's a very bad ringtone.

What should I do?

Whether it is Onmyoji or Qinzi and others, no one has seen this scene before, and they looked at each other and didn't know what to do.

Lin Ye narrowed his eyes slightly, and stepped forward decisively when others were still hesitating.

"Your Mightiness!"

"Lin Ye!"

"and many more!"

In the exclamation, Lin Ye first projected a pair of gloves, and then turned on the state of "Evil Dragon Appearance", and carefully picked up the mobile phone under the blessing of the protective treasure...

fine!

This seems to be just an ordinary mobile phone, neither poisoned nor exploded.

Lin Ye was sure, then opened the cover and pressed the hands-free button——

[What is it... is it the Onmyoji family in this world? 】

A cold but polite man's voice came from the other side of the phone, giving the impression of an elite office worker... No, is it a civil servant?

"May I ask who you are?" Lin Ye asked instead without answering his question.

[According to the information, this well has existed as a 'channel' for two or three hundred years, and it has always been maintained by people in this world.Now the 'passage' is closed again, and you who appear on the opposite side at this moment should be an Onmyoji. 】

After all, the man paused.

[Sorry, I forgot to introduce myself.

Below is one of the halls of the ten kings of hell, the chief assistant officer of King Yan Mo, whose name is written as "ghost lamp". 】

"Auxiliary officer of Yan Mo?" Lin Ye was a little puzzled, it was the first time he had heard of this position.

But after he thought about it, it should be a ghost from the underworld like Black and White Impermanence and Judge, so he understood.

"Why do ghosts and gods in hell use this method to communicate with humans..."

[Hell is hell, and this world is this world. Except for the inevitable contact, the less communication between the two, the better, so this method is the safest.

I also waited a long time before you guys came to mend this well. 】

The man who claimed to be Yan Mo's assistant officer said on the other end of the phone.

[This time the tide of the underworld unexpectedly flooded and caused a lot of trouble to everyone in this world. I am very sorry for this...

The reason why I contacted you specially is because some prisoners tried to escape from prison by taking advantage of this incident... I suspect that there is some collusion with monsters in this world, and I hope to get clues from you onmyojis. 】

Chapter 304 Chapter 284 : Fog and Clues

There was no concept of "hell" in Japanese mythology, and the destination of all the dead is "Yellow Spring".

Among all the mythological systems in the world, Hades is a very special place. Even the gods cannot easily set foot in it. Anyone who violates its rules will be punished.

In Sumerian mythology, the arrogant and indulgent goddess Ishtar was killed in a journey to the underworld. In Greek mythology, the daughter of Zeus was left underground because she ate food from the underworld...

There is also a similar legend in Japan, that is, the goddess Izanami returned to the underworld after dying of dystocia, and the male god Izanaki went to welcome his wife back, but various changes occurred and the two sides completely turned against each other.

In this story, even though Izanami is a goddess, she must obtain the permission of the god of the underworld if she wants to return to the present world. This may be the simple cognition of "death is above everything" in the worldview of the ancients.

Later, when Buddhism traveled east to Japan, it brought with it Buddhist beliefs that had been changed countless times by mainland people, which had a great impact on local beliefs.

And the original concept of Hades, "Yellow Spring", has also been replaced by the more perfect "hell".

Japan's "Eight Great Hells" and China's "Eighteen Hells" basically refer to the same thing, both from Buddhist scriptures, but where karma () turns, and the details are slightly different.

As for the king of Yama, Yama, and Yama who are often said by the people... actually refers to the group of "Ten Temples of Yama".

When Buddhism spread belief in China, in order to save trouble, it matched the gods and demons in Buddhist scriptures with characters in Taoism or folklore, so as to increase the acceptance of ordinary people.

Then, the common people made a lot of fan creations by themselves, and in the end, the Underworld became a complete administrative organization, and the number of rulers increased to ten, called "Ten Palaces of Hades".

——As for the above-mentioned things, Japan has copied some of them and others have not copied them.

This has led to the fact that Japan's underworld myth is basically a suture monster of Buddhist theory, Chinese legend, and local Shinto. Various settings are entangled, and sometimes they themselves can't figure out what's going on...

When meeting Jianzi, Lin Ye realized that there are spirit bodies in this world, and later got acquainted with Qinzi, and had a certain understanding of the world of monsters.

Since then, Lin Ye has always had a hidden question in his mind:

That is the Japanese underworld in this world. Which system does it operate according to?

Now, Lin Ye got the answer he was looking for from the mouth of the ghost who called himself "Yan Mo Assistant Officer" - Gui Deng.

The underworld here operates according to the system of "Ten Halls of Hades" and "Eight Great Hells"!

Although there are also many Japanese folklore incorporated, the main body is that there is nothing wrong with this.

According to the ghost lamp, in the "other world" a long time ago, it was the era when Queen Izanami ruled, but that queen herself did not have the ability to manage a world, which caused the entire underworld to be quite chaotic.

Later, with the development of the times, the number of dead people increased, and the degree of chaos continued to intensify. The unrestrained spirits even began to interfere in the world, and the filth in the underworld also flooded wantonly.

——It is worth mentioning that even in the underworld, "Yellow Spring" is a taboo existence, and even ghosts and gods will find it very troublesome if they get dirty.

The powerful ghosts and gods who were worried about the chaos of the underworld joined hands to overthrow Queen Izanami's rule, confine the queen and "Yellow Spring" in the deepest part of the underworld, and then follow the example of the next door to build a complete underworld The system is now the "hell".

Although the ghost lamp is not well-known in this world (at least Linye has never heard of it), it is an extremely ancient ghost and god. It was born during the reign of Queen Izanami, and it is also one of the founders of the current "hell" system.

He is a person who attaches great importance to "rules". Although he is in a hell where demons are rampant, he has a code of conduct that is almost obsessive-compulsive disorder. He does not allow anyone to break the rules of hell. be judged equally.

This is not only for humans, but also for youkai who come to hell.

Even big monsters like Shuten-douji, Yamata no Orochi, and Tamamo-mae cannot escape the trial.

Some of these sinners, having redeemed their bad karma in the eight hells, can enter the system of reincarnation, or stay in hell as ghost soldiers, while some have not been able to escape the punishment until now.

The reason why he contacted the Onmyouji family in this world this time is because there are dead who have not yet redeemed their sins, and they are trying to escape from hell when the ghosts and gods of the hell are flooded with a lot of energy.