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

Chapter 61 Sichuan and Maeno Nagayasu

"what?"

Maeno Nagayasu suddenly realized. No wonder he felt something was not right from the beginning. It turned out to be here.

Robbers are all looking for money. If they can get the property they want without any effort, there is no need for them to use force.

What's more, they were ronin with weapons, and if they used tough methods, they would only lead to a huge increase in casualties. Any robber with a little brain would not be so reckless from the beginning.

But since this group of bandits appeared, they have no intention of communicating at all. They just keep killing people. This is not what real bandits would do at all.

"Could it be that they are all monsters?"

Asai Nagamasa shook his head and chuckled: "Of course not, this is just the work of a monster. They were all controlled by monsters before, and death is a kind of relief for them."

For the Nippeng people, it is very common to attribute everything they don’t understand to ghosts and gods. That’s why Nippeng claims that there are 800 million ghosts and gods, but in fact most of them are just rumors.

Hearing Asai Nagamasa say this, Maeno Nagayasu was slightly relieved. Although the situation was still not good, it was not at its worst.

But just as he was relieved, he felt severe pain from several wounds on his body. He couldn't help but groaned: "Humph, even if these damn guys are not controlled by monsters, none of them are innocent."

They are one of the people in the country. They have a fixed territory and collect tolls. What's more important is that the water flows smoothly, so they hate such barbaric bandits because these bandits also ruined their way of making money.

If all the passers-by were killed, from whom would they collect tolls?
After cursing a few words, he once again expressed his gratitude to Asai Nagamasa. Maeno Nagayasu began to collect the bodies of his brothers. He could not let them expose their bodies in the wilderness like this.

Asai Nagamasa did not go to help, but continued to squat next to a corpse, carefully studying the unique mark on the other person's arm.

This mark is somewhat similar to the power of a certain monster recorded in Abe Seimei's inheritance, but it is not the same. He doesn't know the reason for this, but he wants to make sure that when the other party actually appears, he will be the first to do so. Time discovers each other.

Axiu continued to wipe her precious weapons. She was very enthusiastic about fighting, but she had no interest in dealing with these funeral matters. After all, the opponent seemed to be just a corpse controlled by monsters, and there would be no shiny soul core.

However, Tokichiro, who had been hiding behind him, ran over quickly after the battle. After a few simple exchanges, he began to help Maeno Nagayasu bury the bodies of the dead ronin very diligently.

But when he restrained himself, he discovered something was wrong. At the same time, he also noticed that the face of the ronin in front of him named Maeno Nagayasu seemed to be somewhat similar to the corpse on the ground.
As his mind was racing, he immediately couldn't help but quietly took a few steps back: "Master Asai, there are some things here, maybe I need to trouble you to come and see for yourself!"

When Asai Nagamasa turned his head, he saw Fujikichiro's movements, and at the same time noticed that his right hand was holding the handle of the knife at his waist, which was not common for Fujikichiro, who was not good at martial arts.

Unless, he feels that his life has been threatened.

Asai Nagamasa immediately stopped moving and walked towards Maeno Nagayasu who was a little confused.

Axiu, who was next to her, naturally chose to follow. She knew that her brain was not very good and she had almost no experience in contact with the outside world, so of course she should follow Mr. Asai, who had a better brain.

Maeno Nagayasu was a little confused for a while, but when he saw that the Ji warrior's hand had clenched the weapon, coupled with Asai Nagamasa's attitude, no matter how slow he was, he knew what must have happened.

But he didn't dare to make too many moves. He just looked at Asai Nagamasa with some fear. After witnessing the battle just now, he didn't think that he could survive if the other party really had ill intentions towards him.

After arriving in front of Maeno Nagayasu, Asai Nagamasa also understood why Tokichiro behaved like that, because in such a short period of less than a quarter of an hour, the faces of the ronin corpses on the ground began to turn blue. The eyes also began to change towards green vertical pupils.

Maeno Nagayasu also began to have similar symptoms. They all seemed to be starting to transform into monsters!

"Maeno-sama, did you notice anything wrong?"

Maeno Nagayasu immediately shook his head hurriedly: "Asai-sama, I don't feel anything is wrong. Even my wounds have begun to stop bleeding. After the body of my companion is disposed of, please be sure to show your respect and come to our river. Get together at the stronghold.”

Asai Nagamasa shook his head: "Maeno-sama, if we don't do something now, I'm afraid you won't be able to return to your stronghold." "W-what?"

Maeno Nagayasu suddenly became even more frightened. He didn't know what happened. They had obviously saved him before, but were they going to turn against him now?

But even so, he did not confront him with a knife, not only because of the kindness of the other party, but also because after seeing the other party's bravery, he had no confidence to fight against him.

"Look at your wound, and then look at your face at the puddle next to you."

At this time, Asai Nagamasa was not too anxious, and even became confident, because the other party's various performances were more and more consistent with the power of a certain monster in his memory, but according to Abe Seimei's records, the other party should not be able to It's only right to be so powerful. Things are a bit weird.

"Wound?"

Maeno Nagayasu looked at his wound dubiously, and then he couldn't help but take a breath.

The bleeding had indeed stopped, but the mark on the wound didn't look like a recent injury at all. Instead, it looked like some kind of dried bacon. No wonder he didn't feel any pain for a long time!
Maeno Nagayasu staggered to a puddle a few meters away, and then he became even more frightened. Even though it was just sewage, he could still see that his face was very abnormal, and it was simply worse than those on the ground. The faces of the companions who had turned into corpses were even darker.

Thinking back to everything that happened before, his face suddenly became even more ugly.

As a samurai, he was already prepared to die in battle, but turning into a monster and not even being able to rest in peace after death was not what he wanted!
After a brief hesitation, Maeno Nagayasu finally gritted his teeth and made a decision. He threw himself directly on the muddy ground and raised his hands high: "Master Asai, please save Nagayasu. Nagayasu is willing to Thank you for this precious treasure!"

On his hands was a package the size of a fist. Even though it was blocked by black cloth, there was still a faint golden light shining outward.

Tokichiro, who was hiding behind, couldn't help but his eyes flickered. Due to the unique talent he had mastered after being possessed by the divine ape, he had already felt the unique aura immediately after approaching the opponent.

And that light was all too familiar to him, it was a spirit stone, and it was a very high purity spirit stone, so high that even as a spirit stone merchant, it was the first time he had seen it.

Although he is not possessed by a divine ape, Asai Nagamasa is currently not as good as Tokichiro in terms of searching and sensing spiritual stones, but at such a close distance, he cannot ignore it anyway. This is probably why the bandits will treat them. The reason for launching a ferocious attack.

From this point of view, the monster that controlled the robbers should no longer be around here, otherwise it would definitely take action himself. The spiritual stone is not only of great use to the Onmyoji, but also to the monsters.

It's just that the spiritual stones in front of him are not his goal. What's more, with Tokichiro by his side, will he still lack spiritual stones in the future?

"Since it is your treasure, you should keep it for yourself."

Just when Maeno Nagayasu felt desperate and thought that the other party had rejected his proposal, Asai Nagamasa had already made a magic trick and quickly clicked on Maeno Nagayasu's body more than a dozen times.

As the mana entered the body, a small platycodon formation flashed past. Maeno Nagayasu immediately groaned in pain and spit out a mouthful of black blood.

But after spitting out the black blood, his face was full of surprise, because he felt the pain of the wound again, and he came back to life!
"Thank you very much, Mr. Asai, for saving your life!"

Maeno Nagayasu kowtowed repeatedly while still holding the spirit stone in his hand high. Even though Mr. Asai said he didn't want it, it didn't mean that he really wouldn't give it to him. Counting just now, this was the second time he was rescued!

Asai Nagamasa waved his hand, indicating that the other party did not need to do this: "Master Maeno, if you really want to repay me, just do me a favor."

Maeno Nagayasu nodded repeatedly: "Asai-sama, as long as I can do it, I will do my best. If I can't do it, I can also ask my elder brother for help. Also, you can just call me Nagayasu. ."

"Very good, then I might as well tell you that I am the young master of the Asai family, and I am here to recruit some outstanding retainers. So a list of the most outstanding ronin in the area, for you, Changkang, It shouldn’t be a problem, right?”

"So, sir, you are actually the young master of the Asai family?" Maeno Nagayasu was suddenly surprised and happy, and then he slapped his chest hard, "Don't worry, Lord Asai, leave this task to Nagayasu!"

(End of this chapter)