"Don't worry, little one."
The snail smiled and said: "The world is so big, maybe a witch who can heal you will appear soon."
"Um!"
Xiaobai's mind is like that of a child.
After being encouraged by Snail and Gu Yun, he quickly recovered his energy.
[Discover clues to new shikigami]
[Suzuka Gozen's awakening mission starts]
"Um?"
Gu Yun found that the scroll was emitting golden light, and after opening it, he saw brand-new text.
"Suzuka Gozen?"
On the scroll, the originally dark figure turned gray-white, and the other party's figure could be faintly seen.
"Shikigami are not summoned by drawing cards, but are they required to complete prerequisite tasks?"
"Xiaobai will go crazy after being demonized. Is it because I failed to complete the task and forcibly awakened him?"
Gu Yun only has one shikigami now, so he still doesn't know the accuracy of his guess.
"Open Suzuka Gozen's mission."
Gu Yun recited silently in his heart, and then words appeared on the scroll again.
【Suzuka Gozen】
Mission: Contact five dragon-shaped monsters and gods to fully awaken.
Completed: 1/5
"Contact the five dragons?"
Qinglan's appearance is that of a dragon, and Gu Yun estimates that this is how he was awakened for this mission.
However, this task is obviously difficult to complete in a short time.
"At least I know how to summon the shikigami in the scroll."
Gu Yun stopped thinking about it and focused on his grandfather.
He has a shikigami scroll and will almost certainly follow the path of a warlock in the future.
Gu Yun does not reject this kind of life.
Travel with hundreds of ghosts, travel between this world and the other side, and compete with all kinds of monsters and monsters.
Such a wonderful life is what Gu Yun could not ask for.
"Go and rest."
"Starting tomorrow, grandpa will formally teach you spells."
Gu Yun nodded and walked into the courtyard.
Iijima's house is very big, with many empty rooms.
Seeing the two people coming back, the mother was very worried and couldn't help but started to lose her temper with the father again, scolding the snail again and again.
My mother's character is not like this.
She is very gentle to Gu Yun, and in front of outsiders, she is as strong a woman as a flower on the high mountain.
But whenever it came to the safety of his own children, Tamaki Iijima couldn't calm down at all.
"What?!"
"You want Xiao Guyun to stay here and learn magic from you? What a joke!"
When he heard that Gu Yun wanted to learn magic from his grandfather and live in the old house on Iijima, his mother immediately refused: "You want this child to be like me, from elementary school to junior high school, and then to high school, to be a freak in the eyes of others. ?"
"This, this is also for Xiao Guyun, Huan."
However, grandpa is right, blindly escaping is not the solution to the problem.
Iijima Tamaki settled for the next best thing. She could accept Gu Yun learning spells, but Gu Yun could never become a warlock.
Their family is so rich, Gu Yun can become a master very easily.
In Iijima Tamaki's plan for Gu Yun, he would attend a private aristocratic school and then be admitted to Tokyo University.
After graduation, he directly inherited her company and group, and then married a lady from a similarly famous family.
In short, Iijima Tamaki will never allow Gu Yun to disappear inexplicably like his younger brother, with no body left!
"Smelly old man?"
"I promise, I promise!"
The grandfather was threatened by his daughter's gaze. He waved his hands repeatedly and said with a wry smile: "You have to have some trust in me, Xiaohuan."
Grandpa was also very sad about his younger son.
He did not deal with Tamaki Iijima, and he really would not force Gu Yun to inherit his mantle.
But just like what he and his mother said, those who learn to drive are not necessarily drivers, and knowing how to cook does not mean they want to be chefs.
Children should learn some spells, since they have so many skills.
"Just think of it as a hobby, okay, Xiaohuan?"
The grandfather smiled apologetically and began to say good things to his daughter: "You see other grandparents, whenever their lovely grandchildren come to play in the country, they will also teach them something, right?"
"Well, I'm not very good at carpenter fishing and the like, so I can only teach him some useless spells."
Seeing that grandpa had all the nice things to say, his tone was even more humble. Then my mother sighed helplessly and reluctantly agreed.
"Don't worry, Mom."
Gu Yun also promised: "When the spring break is over, I will go back to Tokyo to study."
With the help of memories from his previous life, before the Japanese bubble burst, Gu Yun asked his mother to sell the property in her name, thus obtaining a large amount of liquidity.
Because of this, my mother's company not only did not go bankrupt due to the economic crisis, but took this opportunity to rise to the top in one step.
It can be said that in Tamaki Iijima's mind, his son is a business wizard.
At such a young age, he has such a long-term and sharp vision.
How could such a genius be a humble horror novelist like her father.
"You can't go back on your word."
The mother touched Gu Yun's head, her eyes full of reluctance: "A child who lies will swallow a thousand needles."
Gu Yun didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He really didn't know which of the mother and son was the younger one.
·
The next day, my mother left her old house in Iijima because of something at work.
It's March, spring break in Japan.
Spring break is usually from March to April, not a full month.
But it's only early March, so for Gu Yun, he has nearly a month to learn spells from his grandfather.
"With Huan gone, will Xiao Guyun feel lonely?"
"Well..."
After knowing that there are monsters and monsters in this world, Gu Yun naturally prefers magic to reading.
However, Gu Yun, who was an orphan in his previous life, particularly cares about the family and affection he finally got, so he doesn't want to embarrass his mother.
"Absolutely not."
This is the truth. Tamaki Iijima will become extremely willful when it comes to monsters.
On the contrary, in the life of ordinary people, my mother is extremely tolerant of Gu Yun and never asks for anything from Gu Yun.
As long as the children can be happy and happy, Tamaki Iijima will be content.
"I am relieved that my mother is not around."
"Ha ha ha ha."
Grandpa laughed loudly: "If Xiaohuan knew, he would definitely say that I led you astray."
"Don't worry, grandpa, I won't tell mom."
After contact, Gu Yun discovered that Snail is not a serious character.
The old man is a lovely old man, the kind who gets along easily with the children.
"Okay, now I'm going to teach Xiao Guyun his first spell."
Grandpa called Gu Yun to the study and picked up a pile of things.
"Do you know what this is?"
"Water, and salt?"
"right."
Grandpa smiled and placed two small dishes on the ground. He poured water into one dish and put a stack of salt in the other.
"Forehead…"
Gu Yun was slightly startled and asked, "That's it?"
"Is not it simple?"
It wasn't very simple, but Gu Yun couldn't figure out why the barrier could be arranged by doing this.
He looked at Xiaobai and found that the latter was not affected at all.
"Master, a barrier has been raised in the house."
Xiaobai sniffed the air and found an invisible barrier rising in front of him.
The barrier is not strong, but some weak ghosts and little monsters will be blocked from getting close.
"Huh? Is this a barrier raised?"
Is the barrier actually such a cheap thing?
Gu Yun was shocked. He really didn't understand the principle of this.
And this seems to be a million or so different from the spell he imagined.
"Xiao Guyun, exterminating demons and eradicating ghosts is actually very difficult for most exorcists."
Grandpa has a shikigami, and Gu Yun also has a Xiaobai.
Therefore, when encountering a powerful enemy, they can directly use the shikigami to destroy and repel the enemy.
Conquering shikigami requires extremely high spiritual power and willpower.
Most exorcists do not have such ability and can only use props and find ways to break the curse to complete the exorcism.
"Every country has its own troubles."
"So the methods of treatment are different."
Therefore, a qualified exorcist should have sufficient knowledge reserves.
"Salt is a symbol of purity in our country."
Placing salt and water separately represents the clear distinction between the two worlds, and also tells the demons that they cannot cross the line between the two worlds.
However, this spell has a prerequisite, that is, it must rely on the feng shui and popularity of the house.
So there is no point in arranging this spell outside.
"Do you remember, Xiao Guyun?"
"Um."
"Come and try."
Grandpa handed the things to Gu Yun and said, "The barriers set up by ordinary people have very little power, but the line we drew with our own hands contains our will."
"will?"
"It's spiritual power."
Spiritual power is a very magical power, and Gu Yun also awakened to this power when he awakened the picture scroll.
"Spiritual power will increase with age. You can also enhance your spiritual power through hard training or with the help of external forces."
Grandpa smiled and said: "In addition, Grandpa wants to test the quality of your spiritual power to determine what kind of spells Xiao Guyun can practice in the future."
How to test?
When Gu Yun was confused, Grandpa took out a small stone.
There is a word carved on the stone, which seems to be Sanskrit.
"Like this, focus on the stone."
Grandpa said, the stone slowly floated up and stayed in the air.
“Don’t see with your eyes, feel with your heart.”
The old man closed his eyes and just kept the stone motionless in the air.
Then, the old man took out several stones of different sizes and lined them up.
"The first block is 1, the second block is 5, the third block is 10, then 20, 50, and 100."
Spiritual power is divided into two types: quality and quantity.
Quality represents the same spiritual power, which one is stronger.
Spiritual strength does not change over time and is completely innate. It means whether a warlock can practice extremely demanding spells.
"As for the quantity, it means the time you can lift these stones and keep them floating, Xiao Guyun."
After Grandpa finished speaking, he asked Gu Yun to try.
"Try the first piece first."
Gu Yun followed his grandfather's instructions and took a deep breath.
"call!"
However, the next moment, the stone representing 1 suddenly rose into the sky.
"Crack."
From the open space covered with white cobblestones, there was the sound of stones falling to the ground.
But because he didn't pay attention, Gu Yun didn't know where the stone fell.
"Forehead!"
Gu Yun was stunned for a moment, and his grandfather smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, it's because your spiritual power is too strong, little Gu Yun, and you can't control it, so the stones will fly out."
"I'm going to find it now."
"Ah, it's okay."
This kind of stone is called the inspiration stone and is often used as a sealing carrier for demons and ghosts.
Grandpa said that the Ichinoshi was made and given by friends at the shrine, and it was not a very rare thing.
The really precious ones are the ten stones, half stones (50) and full stones (100) at the back.
Especially the last Manzhi Stone, Grandpa was lucky enough to collect one by chance.
"I'm more curious about the strength of your spiritual power, Xiao Guyun, than the stone."
"Um."
Gu Yun nodded and focused on the second stone.
It represents 5. In the words of my grandfather, lifting the stone representing 1 means that your spiritual power is strong enough to see monsters.
Such people are very, very rare, not one in ten thousand.
And even if he can see ghosts, it doesn't mean that this person can practice magic.
To cast a spell, the spiritual strength must exceed 5.
Although Gu Yun's mother and cousin Si can see monsters, their spiritual power is not of sufficient quality, so it is difficult for them to learn from their grandfather's skills.
"call!"
"Flying again?"
Under Gu Yun's gaze, the second stone bounced off again.
"Bah bang bang."
Seeing this, Grandpa clapped his hands gently: "Very good, very good, Xiaogu Yun."
One stone can see ghosts.
Five stones can enter the Tao.
Most of the spiritual masters in this world are actually in stages 1 to 5.
They don't know any magic themselves, so they can only use various props to expel monsters.
Only those whose spiritual power quality exceeds 5 can practice and thus possess mana in the true sense.
And there are very few such people.
"Try the third piece again."
Grandpa said: "Only those with a spiritual strength of more than 10 can subdue shikigami and make aliens surrender."
The existence of shikigami itself places a considerable burden on warlocks.
If your spiritual power is not strong enough, you will not be able to suppress the demon.
Not only that, a person with a spiritual quality of only 10 cannot control a monster with a monster quality of more than 10. Even if he forcibly subdues the monster, he must leave the opponent in a weak state.
"A weak person cannot subdue a demon stronger than himself."
Once the demonic power of a shikigami is stronger than that of the sorcerer himself, unless the relationship between the two parties is extremely close, it is easy for the demon to backfire.
"call!"
Soon, the stone was thrown away again.
Only this time, Gu Yun saw that the stone did not disappear, but fell steadily in the forest in the distance.
"It's starting to get closer."
Grandpa looked at the fourth piece.
The mass of the fourth block is 20. If it can be lifted up, the speed is still as fast.
Then Gu Yun's qualifications must exceed that of his cousin Ritsu Iijima.
Ritsu inherited his grandfather's bloodline. Although his spiritual power is not huge due to his age, his strength is excellent.
Grandpa roughly estimated through the reaction of the twenty stone stones that Lu's spiritual power strength should have reached 25.
"bring it on."
Grandpa placed the stone in front of Gu Yun: "Concentrate."
"Um."
This time, Gu Yun finally felt some weight.
The stone representing 20 suddenly jumped up, and then began to fall.
However, at a height close to Gu Yun's eyebrows, it flew away again.
Up and down like this, repeated endlessly.
"Amazing, amazing!"
Even the 20 Inspiration Stone had such a violent reaction.
Grandpa is almost certain that Gu Yun’s qualifications surpass Lu’s, and may even surpass his own.
"My spiritual strength is about 40. Even in the whole of Japan, few people can match it."
Therefore, grandpa is very strong. Even if he cannot defeat the big monster, he can still protect his family.
Of course, the confrontation here refers to one-on-one.
If the big monster summons Hyakuki Yakou, grandpa will definitely take his family and turn around and run away.
"But I believe," Grandpa placed 50 inspiration stones in front of Gu Yun: "Little Gu Yun, you will be better than Grandpa me."
"Um."
Gu Yun nodded and gathered his energy again.
This time, the inspiration stone did not bounce, but floated slowly until it was rising and falling irregularly dozens of centimeters above and below Gu Yun's eyebrows.
"Snapped!"
Grandpa clapped his hands, and then let out a hearty laugh. The old man pinched Guyun's cheek: "As expected of Grandpa's lovely grandson!"
Being able to lift 50 Inspiration Stones does not mean there are only 50.
Grandpa estimated the speed and felt that Gu Yun's inspiration should exceed 50.
As for how much more it will exceed, we still have to continue testing.
"The spiritual strength is over 50, is it very powerful?"
"Of course it's awesome!"
Grandpa smiled and said: "If I encounter Baigui Yakou, I will never think of attacking by force."
"But Xiao Guyun, you are different."
It's not that Gu Yun can fight 100 of them by himself, but his spiritual power is strong enough to contract with a large number of shikigami.
"Grandpa, I can only support 5 powerful demons at most."
Only those with a spiritual strength of 20 are eligible to contract with monsters.
And every time the spiritual strength exceeds 5 points, you can contract an additional demon.
So Ritsu can only contract two, while Grandpa can have 5 powerful shikigami.
However, all of this is incomparable with the number of shikigami after 50 points of spiritual strength.
"When the spiritual strength exceeds 50 points, you can contract with the big monster and make it a shikigami."
The big monsters are very scary, but humans are not without means to deal with them.
With the right arrangements, a human mage can seal a hobgoblin.
The premise for all this is that the spiritual strength exceeds 50.
"In addition, after the spiritual strength reaches 50, there is no limit to the number of shikigami contracts."
As long as Gu Yun is willing, he can contract a huge number of demons.
This is why grandpa said that if your spiritual power is greater than 50, you are qualified to face Baigui Yakou.
The opponent has 100 monsters, and I also have hundreds of shikigami.
When the two sides fight, the outcome is unpredictable.
"Let's try the 100 piece first," Grandpa said, "If it can't be moved, we can add it up little by little from 50."
The composition of the Tao Stone is very special. One unit of 100 pieces does not mean the same as 1 unit of 100 pieces.
There is a limit to the qualitative change of the Inspiration Stone, that is, if you want to measure 51, you must have a piece of 50, plus a 1.
In the same way, 76 must be 50, 20, 5 and 1, such four inspiration stones.
"Um."
Gu Yun didn't know the limit of his spiritual power.
He looked at the inspiration stone with a quality of 100, but this time, Gu Yun clearly felt the pressure.
"Good weight!"
"Can't you lift it? It's okay. This is normal. Let's go on..."
Grandpa was about to ask Gu Yun to give up.
But the next moment, Grandpa's eyes widened, looking at the huge inspiration stone slowly floating in front of him with a look of disbelief.
"this!!"
"How can it be…"
Grandpa was stunned. He stared at the scene in front of him in a daze, and even forgot to time Gu Yun.
"Crack."
Finally, Gu Yun's spiritual power was exhausted, and the huge inspiration stone fell to the ground.
It was this crisp sound that woke up the silent old man.
"grandfather?"
Because his spiritual power was exhausted, Gu Yun gasped for air.
"I'm fine, I just feel..."
Surprises or not, there must be some.
But what's more, is the panic that follows.
Naturally, Grandpa would not be jealous of Gu Yun's talent. What he was now afraid of was whether his grandson would be harmed by demons.
Because since ancient times, there have been legends about demons devouring human flesh and blood, thereby increasing their demonic power.
The more noble a person is, the more pure (that is, the strength) their spiritual power is, the greater their flesh and blood will be of help to demons.
There is no doubt that if other demons knew about the purity of Gu Yun's spiritual power, they would rush over like crazy and eat him.
"Grandpa, do you want to continue testing? I feel like it can be lifted heavier."
"No need, Xiao Guyun."
Grandpa shook his head and said with a wry smile: "The limit of the inspiration stone is 100."
It also only tests to 100.
Even the limit of any spiritual power purity test item is only 100 points.
What is 100, 100 points?
No, the number here actually means percentage.
That’s right, 1% to 100%!
The spiritual power is already pure and perfect, how can there be more.
The reason why Gu Yun felt that he could move a little more was because of his spiritual power.
That is, 10 inspiration stones of 100 quality float up.
This is quantity, not quality.
"Xiao Guyun, promise grandpa."
Grandpa looked solemn: "You must never tell anyone about the purity of your spiritual power."
As for Grandpa's shikigami, he will cast a death curse so that he will never reveal this secret.
In the same way, Xiaobai is the same.
"Don't worry, Master, Xiaobai won't tell anyone until he dies."
Xiaobai seemed to sense Snail's solemnity and immediately solemnly stated that he would definitely protect Gu Yun.
The demon's oath itself has the element of spirituality.
So Grandpa is very relieved about Xiaobai.
