A samurai who doesn't want to be a daimyo is not a good onmyoji

Chapter 226 Infiltrate
To everyone's surprise, as it was already late autumn, the Saito family originally thought they would spend the year peacefully, but they found that the Asai family brazenly raised five thousand troops and began to attack Mino, with their troops directed towards Inaba. Mountain city.

Not only because the last son of Dosan, Saito Toshioharu, wants to avenge his father, but also because the Saito family is now controlled by monsters. As the successor of Lord Seimei, Nagamasa, the governor of the Asai family, must defeat the evil monsters!

The Asai Army marched very quickly under such a banner. Due to the sudden incident and the huge gap in strength, the samurai, wealthy families, and local servants from various places along the way had no ability to resist, and the Asai Army occupied large areas of land one after another.

However, Inaba Kaztetsu, who was located in Ogaki Castle and was supposed to suppress the Asai Army, remained silent at this critical moment. He did not take any action, did not rescue or mobilize, and did not even say a word of comfort. He was just silent. Guarding his own Ogaki Castle.

This surprised many Mino warriors who heard the news.

Most of them knew that the opponent had been defeated by Asai's army before, but at the same time, they also knew that the opponent's loss of troops that time was not too many.

Although the soldiers of the Asai army are obviously too elite and their equipment is much better than that of the family, Inaba's strength alone cannot compete with the Asai family's five thousand army, but if he can send troops If so, it should at least be able to delay it for a while until reinforcements come from the Lord Righteous Dragon.

But now the opponent has made an unexpected choice, that is, to stand still, and the Asai Army seems to have completely ignored this potential threat and has not made any obvious defense against it, which has to let their imagination run wild.

If even Inaba Ittetsu, one of the three Mino clan members and known for his stubbornness, secretly defected to the Asai family, then what's the point of fighting like ordinary samurai like them?
Therefore, when many warriors approached the city, their resistance was obviously weakened, and many of them chose to surrender when they saw that the situation was not good.

Then they received preferential treatment from the Asai family.

For these traitors of the Saito family, the Asai family did not impose any punishment. Instead, based on their surrender speed and circumstances, and whether they had previously caused damage to the Asai family's army, they were granted a portion of land and allowed them to continue to lead troops. Assist Asai's army in conquering Mino.

In general, the less resistance, the quicker the surrender, and the more land was granted.

Although these rewarded lands are basically in the north and south Omi areas, at least they are land, right?
So when this kind of news spread further and further, more and more warriors chose to surrender. This time, they were not only forced, but also surrendered voluntarily without any confrontation.

Because they continue to stay at Saito's house, ordinary samurai like them cannot obtain land so easily. Lord Yoshiryu pays more attention to those powerful ministers, and now that Yoshiryu seems to have turned into a monster, they don't know what will happen in the future. What's going on?

Therefore, several days after the Asai Army raised its troops, as the front line continued to lengthen, their attack speed on Mino increased instead of slowing down. The number of troops also rapidly expanded to nearly ten thousand people. This was because too many people surrendered. too much!
However, despite this situation, Mino daimyo Saito Yoshiryu still did not come forward in person. Only Ujie Fuzen, one of the three Mino people, took the initiative. He joined forces with powerful retainers Hineno Hirosuke, Inoue Michikatsu, and Nagasaki. Tori Ido, Koharu Fuwa and others jointly sent troops to prepare to face the aggressive Asai army.

It's not necessarily that they don't have some small thoughts in their hearts, but they can't show it for the time being, because most of them assisted the Lord Yilong when he attacked his father Daosan.

Either he killed Dao San's son, or he personally led troops to fight Dao San.

Now facing Saito Roshiharu who claims to avenge Dosan and revive the Saito family and the Asai Army behind him, even if they have some thoughts in their hearts, they can only stand firmly on the same front as Yilong.

The only exception is probably Bupo Guangzhi.

He didn't have much involvement in Yoshiryu's rebellion against Dosan, but he always regarded himself as the fourth person besides the three people of Mino. Now Inaba is as immovable as a mountain and his attitude is extremely ambiguous. There is a high chance that Betrayed his family, he thought it was time for him to act, and he wanted to replace him!
So they fought against the Asai Army with Shima Sakon as the general, Numata Yumitsu as the military adviser, and Akechi Mitsuhide and Miyabe Jijun as the lieutenants.

As a result, Asai Nagamasa had already made a prediction, but it was not confirmed because he did not follow the army, but took Axiu, Wuming and Ningning to a secret place in Inabayama Castle. .

He didn't bring too many people with him on this trip, because there was a very obvious gap between the strength of the others and them, so he asked Kato Danzo to bring a group of ghost killers to support him at the back.

The Asai Army's attack was indeed to conquer Mino, but at the same time they were also covering for a more important and urgent purpose, which was Asai Nagamasa's decision to go to the dangerous place in person and kill the culprit Saito Yoshiryu first!

The reason for being so impatient is entirely because after combining the information collected by Kato Danzo, analyzing Yoshiryu's past character, and interrogating the ghost girl Momiji, Asai Nagamasa knew that Saito Yoshiryu was preparing a large-scale evil spell. In an attempt to change the entire war situation at once.

That was something he couldn't tolerate, because for the other party's current Yilong, he could only choose to create more monsters!

After finding a quiet place to rest for a while, Asai Nagamasa couldn't help but praise the little kunoichi again: "Ningning, your ninjutsu has become more and more sophisticated. I didn't expect that you could cross the dense blockade of the Yilong Army so smoothly. .”

If it weren't for the other party, their trip would never have been so smooth.

Wu Ming, who was drinking water next to him, couldn't help but praise: "Yes, Ning Ning's ninjutsu is probably one of the few in the entire Nibon, right?"

Axiu also nodded. Although the opponent definitely couldn't beat him, if he hadn't followed the opponent, he might have been discovered by the enemy a few miles away.

The little kunoichi couldn't help but grinned when she heard this: "Ning Ning doesn't know what happened, but not long after the Battle of Noragada, Ning Ning's strength began to grow continuously. It was probably all taught by you, Your Highness. The credit for the magic?”

Asai Nagamasa smiled and shook his head: "That may be part of the reason, but it is not the whole reason. The more important thing is that the spiritual energy between the world and the world is constantly recovering."

"Resurrection of spiritual energy?"

Ning Ning repeated the word, but she was still a little confused. Although she didn't speak, anyone could see her doubts in her eyes.

Asai Nagamasa looked around: "In short, the energy between heaven and earth has become more active, and the total amount is constantly increasing. Maybe your guardian spirits have become more powerful than before, right?"

Several women nodded, even Axiu was no exception.

If it weren't for the power of the guardian spirit, she might not have been able to suppress the monster's bloodline power so easily before, let alone master the special ability to transform into a monster in the following days.

"That's right. Even the frequent appearance of monsters in Nibon recently has a lot to do with the recovery of spiritual energy. If it was a few months ago, where would there be so many monsters to fight?"

Axiu and Wuming nodded more and more. They both started to fight against monsters a few years ago, but the number and strength of the monsters back then were far inferior to the new monsters that appeared now.

In the past ten years, the most powerful monster in Wuming's impression is the three-eyed owl-Chongxiao who has devoured the souls of many Chuye Yazhong. Its powerful power even made her feel desperate several times. Perhaps She couldn't defeat the opponent until she died.

But after getting acquainted with the powerful Axiu, the two of them joined forces and successfully defeated it without even getting hurt.

She originally thought that after more than ten years of training, her strength had become very impressive, but she immediately encountered the difficult Ru Nu, the unimaginably powerful Yato God, and many people driven by Yilong in Lushan City. Demons and ghosts.

And that Asai Nagamasa who is even stronger and even completely surpasses Yatogami.

As she gradually became numb, she couldn't help but wonder again and again, but now her doubts seemed to have finally been answered.

No wonder the strength of the humans and monsters he saw were constantly improving, and even his own and Yaboki's powers were slowly but surely growing. It turned out that the whole world had changed!
The little kunoichi nodded in understanding, and then sighed in a pretentious manner: "Unfortunately, Inabayama Castle is heavily defended and there are many monsters stationed there. I'm afraid we will have to experience a lot of battles next."

Although she has a guardian spirit and has learned some yin and yang techniques, her personality determines that she is doomed to not like to confront the enemy head-on, so her small face is somewhat distressed.

Seeing this, Axiu couldn't help but patted her shoulder gently, telling her not to worry, she was still there for everything.

Ning Ning suddenly laughed again. She hugged Axiu's waist and said, "Hey, I knew you were the best, Axiu!"

They have been fighting side by side since Qingzhou City, and have fought against many enemies along the way. Although the number of monsters on both sides has increased and the affairs of both parties have become busier and busier, it is rare for them to get together for such a long time like now, but their The feelings have not changed at all.

Wuming next to her suddenly became a little jealous. Axiu had never comforted her like this before.

She opened her mouth and was about to say something, but Asai Nagamasa suddenly turned her head and looked somewhere in the northwest: "Hanbei, I am here to defeat the incarnation of the monster, and I am also your lord's. Saito Yoshiryu, do you want to stop me?"

Several women turned their heads and looked in that direction at the same time, but they could not find any suspicious movement, but this made them even more vigilant.

Of course Lord Nagamasa would not make such a joke on the enemy's territory. If even they cannot detect it, it only means one thing, the opponent's strength is terrifyingly strong!
"No, Your Highness, of course I have no intention of stopping you."

Following a soft male voice, a young samurai wearing a samurai robe and carrying a sword suddenly appeared in everyone's sight.

Wu Ming suddenly became a little confused, because she didn't see the way the other party appeared at all. She didn't know for a while whether the other party was moving too fast, making it impossible for everyone to see clearly, or whether he was always there, but Covered his body with magic.

Asai Nagamasa still maintained a smile: "Very good, Hanbei, it seems you have learned well."

Not only was it good, at first he only gave the other party the most basic Yin Yang Jutsu training techniques, but after just a few months, the other party not only fully mastered it, but also advanced it to more than one level.

This is not only explained by the knowledge that his guardian spirit can give, but also by the other person's otherworldly talent!
Only a few months had passed, but he had accomplished something that thousands of Onmyojis could never accomplish in a lifetime.

And the fact that he came here so quickly when he and others had just entered Inabayama Castle meant that he had anticipated his actions before and judged the most likely direction and location, right?

As everyone knows, Takenaka Hanbei's guardian spirit Shirasawa is even more shocked than him. It has always had everything in its mind, but now it seems to be a little at a loss because things are beyond its imagination.

"More than the power of a dragon, more than a guardian spirit. What on earth is this?"

"Four of us, each one has a guardian spirit. When did even the guardian spirits become so cheap?"

"And that woman, is she a half-demon who has awakened her bloodline?"

But Hanbei didn't seem to hear what his guardian spirit and teacher said, and a gentle smile from the heart appeared on his face.Perhaps before today, he had many thoughts about the Omi and Asai families, about the Mino and Saito families, and about his Lord Giryu who was suspected of being possessed by a monster.

But when he met His Highness Nagamasa again, he had only one thought in his mind: If anyone could eventually become the Lord of Nibon, perhaps it was His Highness Nagamasa in front of him!

Takenaka Hanbei's feet didn't move much, but he crossed a distance of hundreds of meters in just a few breaths. Rather than running, it was better to say that the wind was actively carrying his body.

He bowed respectfully to Asai Nagamasa: "Your Highness, Yilong has transformed into a demon and is preparing evil spells in Inabayama Castle. A large number of innocent people have fallen into a deep sleep and are constantly weakening. "

"I implore Your Highness to resolve this scourge. I will reorganize it with the Han soldiers in Shimotake Naka. Even if my body is shattered to pieces, I will swear allegiance to Your Highness to the death!"

As soon as he finished speaking, in the sight of Asai Nagamasa, Takenaka Hanbei's guardian spirit Shirasawa was also shocked, followed by another one who looked exactly the same as it, except that it was much more illusory and obviously much weaker in energy. It separated from its body and floated directly towards him.

This is the branch spirit of the guardian spirit.

Being able to do this not only shows that Takenaka Hanbei's guardian spirit is extremely powerful, but also shows that the other party has regarded him as someone who can deeply rely on and trust him, even if they have only spent a few hours together.

Asai Nagamasa did not stop him. He allowed Bai Ze's spirit to merge into his body. Then, as expected, he heard a series of screams and Phoenix's slightly sharp cry, some of which came from Bai Ze and Takenaka. Fragments of Hanbei's memories also began to be revealed to him.

But he didn't have time to pay attention to this now. He just laughed out loud: "Haha, very good, Hanbei, then let us work together to capture Inabayama Castle first!"

"Yes, Your Highness!"

Looking at the two very happy men, the women next to them seemed a little confused. They had no idea what was happening.

Why did this apparently extraordinary young man surrender to Lord Nagamasa just after meeting him once and saying a few words?Could it be that they are old friends whom I haven't seen for a long time?
After a few breaths, the two men stopped smiling in unison.

Takenaka Hanbei bowed his hands slightly and saluted: "Your Highness, I have used the power of the wind to reconnoiter Inabayama Castle. Many places under Inabayama Castle have been hollowed out. Under the influence of the evil power of Yilong, there are many old ones. Corpses have been awakened, and many monsters have been created, but several relatively safe roads have been explored."

Apart from wisdom, his most powerful strength is his control over the wind, and it is precisely because of this that he can sense the arrival of everyone so quickly.

Similarly, with the help of the flow of wind, he has roughly explored many secret passages and monsters under Inaba Mountain Castle.

"Very good, we should resolve the monster issue sooner rather than later. The longer it takes, the more innocent people will be harmed. Let's go, Hanbei."

"Yes, please lead the way for His Highness!"

Under the leadership of Hanbei, Asai Nagamasa and others evaded some guards, passed through many side roads, and soon arrived at the underground world of Inabayama Castle.

Then Asai Nagamasa and the others discovered that this place was just like Sagiyama Castle, full of secret passages and potholes. The vague residual aura on the walls showed that there should have been spiritual stones here.

This made Asai Nagamasa have a guess. Perhaps the reason why Dosan captured Mino was because of Inabayama Castle?
After all, this is the center of Meinong. Unless you become the master, how can you be allowed to dig under the city?

But that's not important anymore. After all, Dao San is dead and no one can answer his doubts. Now their most important task is to sneak into Yilong's residence and eliminate the culprit!
Along the way, just as Takenaka Hanbei said, there are many monsters under Inabayama Castle, such as Shikijiro, Yougui, Saruki, and many monsters that once appeared under Sagiyama Castle, but now they appear here again.

Although these monsters are either strange in shape, missing arms or legs, and have some problems with their bodies. They seem to be some abandoned monsters, or were created by Yilong when he practiced spells before, but they are still monsters that can kill people. Yilong is indeed preparing an army of monsters here.

After pressing the ghost girl Hongye again, Asai Nagamasa also got the same answer.

Even before Yoshiryu Saito ascended the position of daimyo, he had already started this attempt, and after Dosan abdicated to him, he intensified it, so there are a large number of monsters of different types here.

If Asai Nagamasa and the others were to fight all the way, they would definitely be able to win, but it would definitely consume a lot of time and alarm the owner of this place.

At this time, Takenaka Hanbei's power was revealed. Through the power of the wind, he could sense the fastest route with the fewest monsters every time. To some extent, it was more superior than the ninjutsu of the little kunoichi. Because he didn't even have to see it in person.

Even if a battle is really forced, he can cast a silent spell similar to a barrier, which can greatly reduce the sound of the battle and will not easily attract the attention of other enemies.

During the battle, many wind blades, tornadoes, light body, acceleration, wind shield and other magics also had various effects, which made several women look at him differently.

The outspoken little kunoichi even shouted: After claiming to have mastered these spells, it is the most conducive to killing and stealing, because as long as all the witnesses are killed, it is still considered to be infiltration!

Therefore, although there were many monsters, it was almost impossible to delay Asai Nagamasa and others. In just two quarters of an hour, they had eliminated all witnesses and arrived in front of a dark stone door.

According to Hanbei, if they go further, they will reach their real destination this time - the castle tower where Yoshitsune is located.

Ning Ning was about to push the door open, but Asai Nagamasa held her back. With a wave of his right hand, two water balloons with a diameter of half a meter appeared out of thin air and directly hit the lanterns on the left and right sides of the door.

Ordinary flames are yellow, but these two stone lanterns are red flames. Even without the psychic eye, he can see that the other party is extraordinary, not to mention this mysterious but real monster. gas!

Seeing the water ball approaching, the two stone lanterns let out a piercing scream in unison, and then two red flames flew out from Hongpiao, and quickly expanded in mid-air into a humanoid monster wearing a black cloak. At the same time, there was also a huge smoke pole-shaped spear in his hand.

I saw them holding the spear with both hands, attaching a layer of blazing flames to it, and then they waved it desperately. Every time the spear came into contact with the water ball, it would make a series of "chichi" sounds, and the volume of the water ball also increased. It will be reduced a bit because of this, which is obviously offset.

After waving more than ten times in a row, although it seemed very laborious and the body was inevitably stained with some water stains, making it a bit embarrassing, they finally succeeded in canceling out the two water balls casually released by Asai Nagamasa.

"Is it Fu Sangshen?"

This thought had just arisen in Takenaka Hanbei's mind, and Asai Nagamasa had already laughed: "So that's it, is it the ancient cage fire? Can you find two such fusangshins at once? Yilong also spent A lot of energy."

Fusangshen usually refers to some dead creatures that have gained consciousness and strength after absorbing the essence of the sun and the moon. Without proper guidance and control, they usually turn into monsters.

In the past, Asai Nagamasa once occasionally attacked a mud wall in Kyoto, which was a kind of fusangshen. Now these two ancient cage fires transformed from lanterns are also fusangshen, but they look different than the original ones. The mud wall is smarter and much stronger.

But of course the Ancient Cage Fires would not answer his question. They roared in unison and vigorously swung the red spears in their hands. The large pieces seemed extremely weak, and it seemed that sparks that might be extinguished at any time appeared out of thin air, and then seemed to slowly solidify. It flew towards them quickly.

Asai Nagamasa snorted softly, and as soon as the magic technique in his hand changed, he would use more powerful water spells to completely destroy the opponent. He was not the kind of guy who only talked about rhetoric. While talking, his spells were ready. ready!
But before he could take action, Takenaka Hanbei next to him had already taken half a step forward. Whirlwinds appeared out of thin air, carrying little sparks and flying far away. Then they spun faster and faster, and soon all the sparks were completely destroyed. Not even a single sound could be made.

The two ancient cage fires looked at each other, both obviously confused.

They have tried this trick repeatedly in the past. Those sparks will explode on the spot when they touch anything, and even those ghosts without eyes will be seriously injured. But what is going on now?

While the two of them were in shock, Asai Nagamasa decisively increased his mana output, and two super giant water balls appeared directly out of thin air, covering them all.

And this is not just as simple as getting their bodies wet. The water ball condenses and does not disperse. It not only generates a great binding power, but also quickly erodes and changes the color of the bodies of two of the ancient cage fires.

Although the Ancient Cage Firemen reacted immediately, waving their spears vigorously and bursting out fiery flames directly from their bodies, they tried to break out of the cage, but to no avail.

Soon, within three or five breaths, the fire on their bodies was completely extinguished, and their entire bodies were forced back to their original shape, turning into stone lanterns again.

But unlike before, this time there was no red flame inside the stone lantern.

Asai Nagamasa nodded with satisfaction. He stretched out his hand, and the two water balls quickly collapsed inward, and then flew towards his palm with two stone lanterns.

As they flew, their size continued to shrink. When they reached his palm, they looked like two buttons of amber.

This is the sealing technique that Asai Nagamasa has recently mastered. Although it has no lethality, it is far more terrifying than ordinary offensive spells.

And the most important thing is that this spell is extremely concealed, with almost no sound coming out. It will be very convenient when used for surprise attacks.

This time he also tried his best, and used this trick on two Fu Sangshen. It seemed to have a very good effect. He took it back and slightly modified it with magic. It could just be placed outside his door and let them act as a guard.

The only problem at the moment is that I have only just started to learn the sealing technique. Although I can deal with little monsters that are far inferior to myself, I am afraid it will not be as effective when facing a real big monster.

Wu Ming, Ning Ning and others next to them all looked very surprised. Although the other party had shown extraordinary power more than once before, most of them could still understand that those spells or shikigami also existed in legends. It has been spread, but they can't even imagine the power like this!

Takenaka Hanbei was also shocked. Thanks to the teachings of his teacher Shirasawa, he has mastered many secret knowledge from ancient times to the present. The more he knows, the more he can understand what is needed to use such a spell. What a great strength and talent.

And you have to know that the opponent has only been in the original server for a few months now. With such a terrifying talent and hard training, even if he surpasses Qingming Gong back then, it is probably only a matter of time, right?
Asai Nagamasa put away the sealed object, and then did not explain to others. He took the initiative to take a few steps forward, preparing to push the door open. At the door was the castle tower where Saito Yoshiryu was. As long as he killed Yoshiryu, he Long, at least Mino's youkai rebellion will be calmed down.

But at this moment, everyone including him saw that the door opened from the inside, and then a completely unexpected figure appeared in front of everyone.

Even after seeing the other party's appearance clearly, even Asai Nagamasa was a little surprised, because the other party was neither Saito Yoshiryu nor Guoxin layman, but it was Asai Nagamasa!
(End of this chapter)