Tokyo: My family's shrine is very large

Yuzuru Nagayama was walking on the street where the slit-mouthed woman was rumored to appear. He drank milk tea while controlling his spiritual power with his fingers. The thin spiritual power turned into a circle and then into a quadrilateral. This is one of the four basic elements of spiritual power: condensation.

According to the newly acquired practitioner's notes, there are four basic foundations for cultivating spiritual power, which are also the cornerstones of the path of cultivation. Only with a solid foundation can a skyscraper be built.

The four basics are refining, breathing, concentrating, and releasing.

Refining: Improving the quality and quantity of spiritual power is similar to level improvement, and can be said to be the most basic of the basics for a cultivator.

Breath: Regulate the release and collection of spiritual power to achieve the best operation of spiritual power in the body, so as not to cause conflicts and problems such as going astray. It can also reduce one's presence and cause misunderstandings from the enemy.

Condensation: Concentrate the spiritual power in a certain part of the body to increase the thickness of the spiritual power, thereby achieving the effect of improving attack power and defense power, and also increasing the intensity of spell casting.

Release: Spiritual energy penetrates the body, which is the starting point of all spells and can directly affect important factors such as the release speed and strength of most spells.

Speaking of which, these four basics sound very familiar. Yuzuru Nagayama always feels that they are similar to the settings of an anime in his previous life, but the spiritual power techniques are indeed the same.

Even the authentic Golden Light Mantra of Xuanmen can be explained by the four basics. If you become proficient in any one of the basics, it will affect the power of the Golden Light Mantra. Moreover, even if you only practice the four basics, you can master the ultimate killer moves. For example, if you reach the pinnacle of condensation skills, you can destroy mountains and cut off rivers.

After three days of trial and error, Yuzuru Nagayama basically mastered the four basics. All he had to do next was to practice the basics very solidly. Three days of hard work did succeed in improving the Golden Light Mantra a little bit, both in terms of intensity and consumption. Now it only takes 1 spiritual power to maintain the Golden Light Mantra for 0.48 second.

Just as Yuzuru Nagayama was walking against the flow of people, the sound of a woman with a slit mouth beside him brought his thoughts back to reality.

In order to find a shikigami that could communicate and form a bond with him, he set his sights on the creatures that could communicate, such as Slit-mouthed Woman and Hanako, because things that could not communicate were beyond the control of a half-baked practitioner like him. Unfortunately, he couldn't even find their shadow in three days.

Every day there are people on the Internet claiming that they have seen a woman with a slit mouth in this area, or that someone had their mouth cut open, etc. Are they really all rumors?

When Yuzuru Nagayama turned around to look for the source of the sound, he found that it was just two elementary school students, a boy and a girl, playing around. The boy was about 8 years old, and the girl was a little younger, about 6 years old.

They mentioned the slit-mouthed woman because the boy was using the legend of the slit-mouthed woman to scare the younger girl. He claimed that he had seen the slit-mouthed woman yesterday and had chased her away, and said that if a girl saw her, she would be scared to tears.

Yuzuru Nagayama listened to the other party's description very vividly, so he greeted them in what he thought was a friendly tone.

"Two little friends, can you talk to your brother about the Slit-Mouthed Woman?"

The little boy protected the girl behind him and was very wary of suspicious people in front of him.

"Uncle, who are you? We don't know anything about the slit-mouthed woman."

Uncle

Yuzuru Nagayama's smile froze. He is an uncle so to speak. The child is ignorant and he knows how to protect his companions, which is commendable.

Yuzuru Nagayama said, trying his best to be friendly again.

"Uncle, I'm not a bad person. As long as you can tell me the story about the Slit-Mouthed Woman, I will buy you delicious food. Do you want to eat fried chicken?"

Hearing about the delicious fried chicken, the cute girl who was protected by the boy couldn't help swallowing her saliva. She was obviously persuaded. A few days ago, when she begged her parents for it, they were unwilling to buy it, saying that it was not good for children to eat too much.

The girl stuck her head out and asked shyly.

“Can I really eat fried chicken?”

"of course."

Yuzuru Nagayama nodded with a smile, but the boy obviously would not be fooled. In his opinion, the smile of the man in front of him became evil, just like those goldfish guys in the rumors.

The small body suddenly grabbed the girl and ran away, warning Yuzuru Nagayama.

"Mom and Dad told us not to eat food from strangers, and if the uncle follows us again, I will call the police."

Seeing the two children walking further and further away, Yuzuru Nagayama shook his head and did not chase after them.

"What an unlovable child! If it were my Xin Hui, I guarantee she would call him uncle sweetly."

As he was talking, Yuzuru Nagayama suddenly realized that something was wrong. If Shinae really reacted like this, wouldn't that prove that he was easy to deceive? If that bastard dared to deceive his little girl, he would definitely die ten thousand times.

Yuzuru Nagayama shook his head and put his messy thoughts behind him. Although the boy did not tell him any information, his mention of having seen the slit-mouthed woman might not be false. With his yin-yang eyes, he could sense a subtle aura lingering on the boy.

【Taichi Aso】

[Miracle of Courage (Level A): Courage will accompany him throughout his life, and he can often accomplish miracles that ordinary people think are impossible.]

An A-rated little boy, what an unexpected discovery, but why is there no bonus shown for joining the shrine?

Taichi Aso pulled the little girl and ran a hundred meters before stopping. The two of them walked into the alley panting and planned to take a shortcut home.

Taichi Aso educated his childhood sweetheart.

"Reiko, you can't talk to a strange adult. The uncle just now might be a man who specializes in eating children."

"Will you eat Lingzi? I don't want it, I don't want it."

The girl named Lingzi hugged her brother and kept shaking her head. She had just been frightened by the ghost story of the slit-mouthed woman, and now she was frightened by the man-eating uncle and had tears in her eyes.

Taichi Aso touched Reiko's head without explaining. Often a little fear can make them behave themselves.

Chapter 20: Blonde Slit Woman

Just as the two were about to leave the alley, a tall figure suddenly blocked the sunlight and stood in front of them. An inexplicable sense of tension made Taichi Aso look up at the other person. The strange yet familiar face made him feel frightened, and his legs began to tremble.

That’s right, the woman who was seen tearing someone’s mouth two days ago was the one in front of me. The wailing of that big sister is still vivid in my mind.

The slit-mouthed woman with a pair of red eyes and a black mask bent down and asked the two frightened children in a nervous tone.

"Am I pretty?"

The two children covered their mouths and dared not answer. The large pair of scissors in the other party's hand made them even more scared. However, the oppressive feeling of being stared at by the slit-mouthed woman made their legs and feet unable to move as if they were frozen in cement.

Taichi Aso could only hold Reiko's hand, hoping that this would give them both some courage.

Seeing that no one answered her question, the slit-mouthed woman raised her scissors and stared at the most frightened girl ferociously. She liked other people to be afraid of her, especially children. The fear in a child's heart was the most tempting and tasted better.

When the little boy saw the slit-mouthed woman reaching out her claws to the girl, he mustered up the courage to push the girl away, hugged the slit-mouthed woman's thighs with both hands and shouted.

"Reiko, run, go back and ask an adult to save me."

"But."

"Go quickly, go find the adults."

Reiko looked into the slit-mouthed woman's bright red eyes and could not help but run away with tears streaming down her face, but Taichi Aso still used all his strength to stop the slit-mouthed woman.

Obviously, the child's strength could not shake the Slit-Mouth Woman, but the Slit-Mouth Woman was more interested in the boy at this time, why this human cub was not afraid of her.

The woman with the slit mouth grabbed Taichi Aso's hair with one hand, made him look directly into her eyes and asked.

"Am I pretty?"

The fatal question made Taiyi's eyes flash with fear, but thinking of the rumored behavior of the slit-mouthed woman, he chose to praise her beauty. He could still tell which was more important, death or disfigurement.

Just as Taichi opened his mouth to speak, Yuzuru Nagayama's voice suddenly came from the entrance of the alley.

"This lady is really beautiful. Can you come home with me?"

The frivolous words made the air seem to freeze. The slit-mouthed woman set her sights on the prey that came to her door on its own initiative. Although the adult man was not as delicious as a child, he could still serve as a dessert.

Taichi Aso had his hair pulled and looked over in pain, only to see that the person who saved his life was the suspicious uncle.

saved?

The slit-mouthed woman loosened her hand as Aso Taiichi wished, walked towards Nagayama Yuzuru step by step, and asked the classic question again.

“Am I really beautiful?”

"of course."

Yuzuru Nagayama was not lying. This slit-mouthed woman is a real beauty if you just look at her appearance. Her long golden hair is very smooth, her fair skin and phoenix eyes give her a heroic look, while her bright red pupils add a touch of magic. This is enough to make people look forward to what kind of delicate facial features are under the mask.

Not to mention her body is also very explosive. She is about 1 meters tall, with a sexy figure that cannot be concealed even by a windbreaker. She has tall and plump breasts, a slender waist, and a pair of long thighs. The long boots she wears make her even more feminine.

I have to say that just this kind of outfit is enough to arouse men's imagination. No one would associate such a sexy beauty with the terrifying and weird slit-mouthed woman.

What Yuzuru Nagayama is more concerned about at this time is who made up the rumor about the blonde woman with a slit mouth. According to his own guess, the strange stories in the genre of ghost stories are actually similar to Hyakumonogatari, which are created and spread by humans, and then grow with human fear as nourishment.

Fortunately, the slit-mouthed woman in front of him was not very strong, and the information from the system gave Yuzuru Nagayama the confidence to face her.

【Cracked Girl】

[Second level]

It should be a newly appeared species, but its second-level strength doesn't seem to be new.

At this time, the slit-mouthed woman took off her white mask as usual, revealing a long tongue sticking out from the corners of her mouth, and her two rows of intact teeth made hoarse sounds.

"now what?"

Yuzuru Nagayama touched his chin and did not answer immediately, because the other party's appearance after taking off the mask did not decrease as much as expected, mainly because the cleft was not as big as rumored, and the cleft-mouthed woman already had an amazing appearance.

She has a wild and beautiful face, delicate and fair skin, and looks like she has Mao Zedong's ancestry, no, she should be a mixed-race.

It is well known that mixed-race children with Mao Zedong's ancestry are generally not bad in appearance, and the slit-mouthed woman is the best among the mixed-race children.

At this moment, Yuzuru Nagayama felt like he was playing Pokémon and was suddenly surprised by encountering a Shiny Pokémon, so he clapped his hands and made a declaration without answering the question.

"It's you. You are worthy of being the one I have been waiting for three days."

The answer that was not what she wanted immediately triggered the mechanism of the Slit-Mouth Woman. At this moment, she only wanted to use the scissors in her hand to pierce the man's heart and continue to spread human fear of her.

Miaoman's figure suddenly rushed towards Yuzuru Nagayama, and the sharp scissors were easily dodged when they cut the opponent's throat. Yuzuru Nagayama was no longer the same person he was three days ago.

[Host: Yuzuru Nagayama (First Level)]

[Level 3 (35/300)]

[Spiritual Power: 30/30]

【Strength: 50】

[Physique: 48]

[Agility: 45]

【Spirit: 46】

[Kung Fu: Golden Light Mantra, Yin-Yang Universe Method]

[Talented Characteristics: Dragon Bloodline (A), Wei Wu Legacy (B)]

[Abilities: Yin-Yang Vision (B), Elementary Mixed Martial Arts (C)]

As Fujiwara Iori awakened his spiritual power, the experience gained from their dual cultivation also increased a lot, so he wanted to try if he could fight against the second level without using the Golden Light Curse. After all, his character was born with supernatural powers.

Yuzuru Nagayama's body was emitting spiritual power and he was ready for battle. He first dodged the scissors that kept stabbing at him, then seized the opportunity, grabbed the wrist of the woman with the slit mouth with one hand, and grabbed her armpit with the other hand, and used his shoulder to throw the woman with the slit mouth over his shoulder.

The tall figure fell on his back, but the expected sound of falling did not happen. Instead, the woman with the slit was seen supporting herself on the ground with her long legs in a strange posture, while her other hand was stabbing the enemy's eyeball with a pair of scissors.

Yuzuru Nagayama kicked the opponent away in time and took a few steps back, but a thin blood mark was still left on his face. He was indeed a weird person who eats with his body, and it was so difficult to deal with him in a fight.

The two were evenly matched in the first round, and they fought again with no intention of stopping. The situation went from Yuzuru Nagayama being suppressed to being evenly matched after a few minutes. It can only be said that the first full-scale combat made him more proficient in spiritual power and combat skills.

Nagayama Yuzuru bent down to avoid the scissors again, then stretched out his foot to trip the calf of the woman with the slit, causing her to lose balance and sway for a few times. Then he used his legs to force the woman to trip her completely with a scissor kick, and the scissors fell to the ground at this time.

Without giving the slit-mouthed woman a chance to struggle, Yuzuru Nagayama used his left hand to continuously hammer her chest, causing the slit-mouthed woman to let out a loud wail. She tried to stand up but was restrained by a scissor kick.

Chapter 21 Fierce Battle

Just when Yuzuru Nagayama was about to press on with his victory, the scissors that were supposed to have slipped out of her hand suddenly returned to her hand and stabbed towards his heart very fiercely.

In such a dangerous situation, Yuzuru Nagayama used his feet to deflect the opponent's attack, but he still left a shallow wound on his waist. He didn't care about it and immediately got away and stood up with a lingering fear.

I didn’t expect that the weapon of the Slit-Mouth Woman could automatically return to her hand. It seems that this is one of her abilities, and the scissors should be a cursed weapon, a weapon used strangely.

When both sides paused the fight, Taiichi Aso, who was still weak in the knees, was stunned. The battle between humans and ghost stories even made him a little excited.

"Amazing! It turns out that humans can defeat monsters."

Suddenly a man's voice shattered Taiyi's fantasy and told the truth.

"He's about to lose. If he fights a protracted battle with the Slit-mouthed Woman, even if his physical strength is fine, his spiritual strength will be exhausted."

Taiyi turned around and looked in the direction of the voice, only to see a silver-haired, slim and handsome man with his hands in his pockets, exuding a lazy temperament. He even blinked mischievously at the gazes he was given.

The hero who saved himself is going to lose?

Moreover, the adult in front of him seemed very calm, so Taichi Aso grabbed the man's clothes and begged him.

"Big brother, can you help him?"

The man squatted down and asked.

"If you promise to owe me a favor, I'll do it."