There is nothing wrong with the training method of the Justice Messenger

Suzuka could tell what he was referring to. She knew this basic knowledge and had thought about it more than once over the years. She loudly retorted, "I don't need someone else's body! I have my brother's body well preserved!"

"Really? Has it been preserved to the point where it is still active?" Dalian Temple Zhidao asked curiously, "Suzuka, do you have this technology?"

"It's probably just an embalmed corpse." Teng Qi, who had seen the body, lazily pointed out: "Although it was wrapped tightly with talismans, the yang energy was not preserved in time at the time of death, so the subsequent treatment would not be of much use. Besides, it happened many years ago. That thing is definitely useless."

"You're talking nonsense! My brother's body is still intact... He... He will definitely wake up from that body!"

Fujiki could see that Suzuka was very emotional at the moment and had lost the judgment that a wizard should have on this matter, so he said nothing more without commenting.

"Of course it can wake up, but for a corpse like this, even if you stuff the soul into it, it will only wake up a zombie-like existence." Dalian Temple Zhidao looked at Li Nian: "Lord Li should know more about this aspect?"

He seemed to be considered a wizard from the mainland... Li Nian was too lazy to correct him, and he did know something about zombies.

But he didn't want to continue talking about the deceased's body here with these people.

These people have no respect for the dead.

He also ignored Suzuka's painful expression.

Li Nian patted Suzuka's shoulder to calm her down, and then continued to ask: "The issue of the vessel can be left for later. The key is the soul. The soul will be reincarnated, right? So, before the soul is summoned, is there still that soul in the underworld?"

Suzuka was stunned and suddenly became nervous.

Although she knew the existence of hell in legends and wishfully believed that her brother's soul was there, she didn't really believe in reincarnation... because if her brother really had reincarnated... then what was the point of her efforts? She never wanted to think about such things.

But now there was a man named Teng Qi sitting there who claimed to have experienced reincarnation. When she heard Li Nian mention it, she suddenly felt confused and had to face this possibility.

After so many years, has my brother's soul been reincarnated? If so, is it a good thing or a bad thing?

"That child died in vain under my hands." He admitted his sin as if nothing had happened, and said slowly: "According to legend, the souls of those who died in vain will go to the City of the Dead in the underworld to enjoy their unfinished life span, so he should still be there.

Li Nian also knew this legend and nodded in understanding. He smiled and said, "That's right. I heard that people who died unjustly will enter that city. It seems that they can also climb up and look far into the distance to see whether the person who killed them has received retribution in the present world. It makes sense when you think about it. If you don't see the murderer being executed, who can eliminate their obsession? How can they be at ease in reincarnation, right?"

"Is Li Ya looking at me? It's a pity that I don't usually feel like anyone is watching me... Legends are just legends after all. The actual situation of the underworld is probably only known by the souls there and the King of Hell."

Dalian Temple Zhidao slowly drank the red wine and looked at the man who was watching him silently. As smart as he was, how could he not see Li Nian's murderous intention towards him? At this time, he said, "But if Lord Li wants to verify the legend, you can try it. I know that I am a scumbag in the eyes of others. I am the kind of person that decent people like you always want to kill. You have been patient until now, as if you are waiting for Suzuka to confirm the correctness and completeness of the information I gave her? Don't worry about that. I can guarantee that the information I gave her is correct."

"Lord Dalianji, I suggest you not to provoke him. You will really die." Fujiki said.

"This guy obviously doesn't intend to let us go so easily."

"That's true, but he doesn't want to affect the general public, so he usually deploys a strange barrier before that. But Yato is here, and the barrier is useless, so he probably won't take the risk."

When it was pointed out that he had murderous intentions, Li Nian did not deny it, but his face remained calm. He supported his chin and suddenly asked Ye Dou Shen.

"This man named Dalian Temple Zhidao treated his own flesh and blood as an experiment, and he didn't feel the slightest bit of sadness after killing his son. Yatoshin, do you think this kind of person should be killed?"

Yadou was resting with his eyes closed, and seemed to have no interest in what these people were talking about. When he heard Li Nian's question, he opened his eyes, glanced at Dalian Temple Zhidao with a cold look, and then said decisively.

"Deserves to be killed."

Li Nian nodded with satisfaction.

"It seems that your studies in recent times have been very effective. You can now use your own will to judge who should be killed."

Fujiki glanced at his son and sighed. Although Yato did not tell him what he had talked about with Li Nian, he understood it very clearly from Fei. He knew that the child had an unrealistic dream before, and had been inspired again by a few words from Li Nian, which led to the current changes that were not good.

"Yato, that person is our friend for the time being."

"He is your friend, father, not my friend." Yato said calmly, "I don't like this person... I also don't like the group of people around Yuyuko, they are not my friends."

"…What's wrong with you, Yato? It's only been a few days, and you already have such a boring view of good and evil?"

"Father, I stopped killing people these days. I started doing things for all kinds of people and getting along with mortals." Yatoshin recalled what he had experienced when helping others these days: "Some of them just used me, some just thought it was fun, but some would sincerely thank me. When I helped them with a trivial favor and they thanked me with a smile, I could feel the kindness and warm faith of Akagi, which made me very excited. I was also summoned by former believers, who shouted at me to do my old job of killing people, but when I refused, they no longer believed in me. I felt the coldness and madness of the faith being lost, but it made me feel relieved... By comparing the two, I understood what kind of recognition I really wanted."

Fujiki's face turned cold. He didn't discipline Yato when there was nothing to do. He let him go free. He called him over today because something happened. He felt the change in Yato, but he didn't expect his change to be so big.

Li Nian nodded: "Do good deeds and people will trust you. That's how it is."

"Yes, I feel that." Yato answered seriously: "The money for incense offerings has also increased. Maybe if I save up for a few more days, I can build my own shrine."

"...You save up 5 yen at a time for incense money, and you still want to build a shrine? This goal is too ambitious. It will be enough if you save up for a few more days. How long will it take?"

"Just a few hundred years."

"...Uh, I can only say come on... So back to the topic at hand, if I were to kill this Dalian Temple Zhidao?"

"I won't care."

"Okay." Li Nian nodded with relief: "That's good too. You are a reasonable person. If you don't care about this matter, I won't have to suddenly attack you and beat you into a cripple who can't even hold a knife."

Yato was stunned, but then he felt that this was the man's style. He knew that he had not given a satisfactory answer, and he would probably be lying on the ground by now.

"By the way, your father doesn't seem to be a good person either. What if I want to kill him too?"

“…I will not sit idly by.”

Only then did Yato become alert, called out to Fei, took the long sword that the girl had transformed into, and went into a state of alert.

Li Nian found it funny. It was difficult to deal with Ye Dou Shen when he was serious about it. But this Wu Shen who didn't have a knife in his hand and was distracted from time to time was enough for Li Nian to kill him millions of times.

Fujiki said hurriedly, "Hey, I don't think I have ever provoked you, Master Li, have I? I just asked Yato to kill a group of monkeys. Does that have anything to do with you exorcists? It's better to say that it's what you exorcists are happy to see, right? Let me be clear in advance. I don't think I'm a good person. I have committed murder and arson in my past lives, but I'm innocent in this life. I won't be chased and killed, right? I understand, Master Dalianji, it seems that you can only pray for good luck. I have to run away."

Li Nian sneered without commenting. He had no good feelings towards this man. It was one thing that he had no reason to kill him at the moment, but if he could catch him, Li Nian would not hesitate.

During this period, Dalian Temple Zhidao quietly watched his teammates being alienated by Li Nian with just a few words. He didn't expect these people to help him in the first place, and now he urged Li Nian: "So now, Lord Li, can you take action?"

"Suzuka?" Li Nian asked.

Suzuka looked at the information very carefully, so he couldn't confirm the correctness and completeness of the information. At this time, he simply said: "Go, beat him for me."

"Order."

The next moment, Li Nian flashed in front of Dalian Temple Zhidao and kicked him with a whip kick.

Dalian Temple Zhidao knew that he had aroused the man's murderous intent and could not avoid a fight with him. He also wanted to see how this wizard defeated a monster like the Tsuchigumo spider, but he was not stupid enough to underestimate Li Nian's strength. Of course, he was on full alert at this time. When Li Nian kicked him, he had already raised his arms in time.

A terrifying force came and he was blown away and hit the glass.

But it didn't break the glass, instead it crashed into it as if it was sinking into a lake.

When passing through the glass, Dalian Temple Zhidaoren flew out of the building indeed, but he came into a deserted and colorless gray world and began to freely fall from a height of more than ten floors.

Chapter 446: Unexpected Flaw

When Suzuka mentioned Dalian Temple Zhidao to Li Nian, she was extremely afraid of him. In addition to the psychological trauma caused by her father's various spell experiments, she was also extremely wary of this man's strength at that time.

Although Li Nian tried to comfort Suzuka at that time, the meaning of his words was probably that no matter who he was, since there was hatred and grudge, then just chop him down. In this way, the idol in his heart could be destroyed and he could be freed from unnecessary fear. If Suzuka couldn't do it, he would help.

The tone was one of disapproval towards such a person.

But in fact, Li Nian certainly listened to Suzuka's words and had a guess about Dalian Temple Zhidao's strength. He knew that he must be a very powerful person.

Dalianji Zhidao, a former national-level exorcist, commonly known as "mentor", is Suzuka's father and the person who taught her Onmyoji. Unlike the still young [prodigy], as can be seen from the title of [mentor], if the former is just a genius who is still learning, the latter is a master who has already achieved great success. His accumulation is far deeper than Suzuka's. As one of the older generation, he was undoubtedly the backbone of the Onmyoji Bureau and an extremely outstanding wizard.

Many years have passed since the death of Dalian Temple Zhidao. The dead guy who now appears in front of them has changed from a human wizard to a spiritual being - a monster-like thing.

Suzuka said before that the spiritual disaster initiated by Dairenji Zhidao seemed to be quite large-scale and far-reaching, causing him to be caught in the core of the spiritual disaster and die. Now it seems that this spiritual disaster initiated by him was just a means to help him become a spiritual being.

An excellent wizard, after such painstaking preparations, turned into a monster...

——With just this one kick, Li Nian was able to roughly feel the degree of power of this monster named Dalian Temple Zhidao from the feedback force.

Since Li Nian intended to kill someone, this kick had already started a fight with all his strength.

Although it was a sudden attack, the purpose was to force the opponent into a sealed area before starting a quick attack. However, throwing out a leg was also in line with martial arts, gathering strength to make a whip-like swing.

Li Nian originally thought that since Dalian Temple Zhidao was a mage before, he should also play like a mage now. How should he deal with such a mage? Anyone who has played a few games knows that he should be completely suppressed by close-range fast attacks, not giving him the opportunity to use magic.

That was exactly what Li Nian was best at. Li Nian expected that he was faster. Even if an excellent mage like Zhidao of Dalian Temple was prepared, he would only have time to strengthen his body after being kicked by him at such a close distance.

But that simple defense should not be enough for him to withstand his kick. His arm would be more or less broken, bones would keep falling off, and he would fall into a state of severe stiffness. This would be the initial flaw that could be exploited. Then Li Nian would use a more ferocious attack to break through this point and completely force him into a desperate situation.

But when he really kicked the target, Li Nian felt as if he had kicked a spider's steel skin. He realized that he would not be able to make the opponent stiff, and his plan would be difficult to carry out.

Dalian Temple Zhidao, who voluntarily turned into a monster, must have become a more terrifying existence than the wizard he was in his lifetime. In addition to being a wizard, he also possessed the characteristics of a monster.

Li Nian immediately adjusted his estimate of Dalian Temple Zhidao's ability, but the idea of ​​a quick attack remained unchanged. He kicked Dalian Temple Zhidao away and immediately dodged into the seal, appearing next to Dalian Temple Zhidao who was starting to fall from a high altitude. In his hand, he had a spiritual sword [Bing Tantian] and slashed directly at the enemy's neck.

Li Nian's slashing was extremely fast, but even faster than him was the firing of the mantra power gathered in the hands of Dalian Temple Zhidao. He slashed with his sword, but was met with a long stream of light. The mage, who had not fallen into a stiff state, had already prepared a spell at his fingertips. It was the light cannon spell that Li Nian was most familiar with, which gathered spiritual power and then fired.

It was a stream of light that was condensed but not dispersed, thin but solid. After being compressed, it had a simple but terrifying power, accurately hitting the blade that was cut down, and the feedback it brought was enormous force.

Li Nian decisively let go of the magic sword and let it fly away because he didn't want the person to be blown away with it and lose the distance he had shortened. At the same time, he saw Dalian Temple Zhidao quickly forming seals, which he could tell was the technique of the Immovable Golden Binding.

So he stepped on the wall of the tall building and borrowed the power. In an instant, Li Nian approached Dalian Temple Zhidao again. He summoned his magic power and slapped out with one palm, attacking faster than his spell could be formed, forcing him to give up the spell of Immovable Golden Binding.

However, Zhidao of Dalian Temple decisively used the Immovable Seal that was being formed to cast another temporarily formed technique. The gathering spiritual power became a Dharma image, which did not form a knot, but turned into another solider form, forming a new technique. It unfolded in front of him like a shield, meeting Li Nian's attack.

Although he was beaten to pieces by the terrifying force in the blink of an eye, he still managed to block Li Nian for a moment, and then exploded the shock wave, forcing the two people back, causing one to pause in the air and the other to fall to the ground even faster.

After Dalian Temple Zhidao landed, he immediately jumped away and at the same time, a talisman was thrown out. With a sound of "As I command", the shikigami residing in it appeared, quickly absorbing the surrounding spiritual energy and gradually began to take shape.

But before the Shikigami could fully reveal itself, it was pierced by a ray of light before it could take shape. It was a new spiritual sword that had taken shape in Li Nian's hand. He threw it casually, piercing through the half-formed Shikigami and destroying the core of the talisman.

Li Nian threw out the spirit sword to destroy the manifestation of the shikigami. While in the air, his figure flashed and the next moment he was next to the spirit sword, in front of Dalian Temple Zhidao.

I heard from Fujiki a while ago that this person seemed to know the art of spatial teleportation, but what he did just now seemed to be a fixed-point teleportation using the spirit sword as the medium?

Zhidao of Dalian Temple was cautious and guessed that this method of transmission would not be blocked by the space eroded by the spiritual being's own origin. At the same time, he also understood Li Nian's intention, which was to use quick attack to force him to be unable to use various techniques.

It is really... an extremely accurate judgment.

At this moment, he saw Li Nian appear in front of him, already holding the magic sword. Now on the ground, it is naturally more convenient for a warrior to perform actions than in the air. At this time, he took a step forward, stayed closer, lowered his body and swung the sword. It was not a casual slash as before, but a swift slash that combined his mind, body, skills and energy.

Dalian Temple Zhidao's judgments were quick and accurate. He guessed that Li Nian would chase him and made preparations in advance by activating the light flow. He changed his magic to be able to take Li Nian's palm in time. However, it was too late to use any magic to block his attack.

Dalian Temple Zhidao sighed and thought, I didn't want to communicate with such a master in this way...

Suddenly, black gas rolled around him. It was the monster emitting its own "fear", but it was not as rough and loose as when other monsters released their "fear". Instead, it instantly formed an external Dharma image, which wrapped his whole body like armor. At the same time, sharp and thick horns grew from his head. The aura of Dalian Temple Zhidao surged, and before the swift slash hit him, he unfolded the original power in his body, revealing his true form as a monster, and raised one arm to block Li Nian's attack.

The spiritual sword hit the target, but it actually hit the armor formed by the black energy. Although it cut into it, it was stuck in the middle due to the resistance. In the end, it was unable to cut off the limb more cleanly, and ended up injuring the torso.

Dalian Temple Zhidao swung his other hand violently. It was not just a swing of his arm, but a Dharma body wrapped outside his body, as if an extension of his body, moved at the same time. The thick and sharp claws swung towards Li Nian. It was a wild beast-like swing, terrifyingly fast.

Li Nian immediately drew his sword to block, and used both hands to hold the sword to the side, blocking the blow in time. He felt a huge force, as if he was hit by a train. He flew backwards, flipped in the air, and landed lightly in the distance. However, he stopped attacking for the first time in this battle and began to wait and see. He looked up and down at Dalian Temple Zhidao in this state, recalling the strange feeling when he was hit just now, and marveled at it.

"So what you turned into was really a ghost?"

Dalian Temple Zhidao still looks gentle and refined, but a single horn has grown on his head. The Dharma image wrapped in it is even more muscular, with the appearance of a ferocious giant, a thicker horn, and a terrifying aura of oppression. As the true form of a monster, isn't Dalian Temple Zhidao the ghost that often appears in Japanese monster legends?

Not only did he become a ghost, but he became an extraordinary ghost.

"As you can see." Dalian Temple Zhidao smiled and nodded.

Li Nian looked at him for a while and asked, "Did you become like this because you ate a ghost?"

It looked like Dalian Temple Zhidao was possessed by a ghost, but Li Nian could see that it was Dalian Temple Zhidao who was controlling the ghost's power as if it were his own arm and had complete control over that power.

Perhaps the spiritual disaster that Suzuka mentioned, which caused the death of Dairenji Zhidao, was caused by this guy's spiritual body after death merging with a powerful ghost.

Li Nian understood how vicious ghosts were. Since Dalian Temple Zhidao was standing here politely and no foreign aura could be sensed, it meant that this guy had completely devoured the opponent and digested him thoroughly during the fusion.

"Oh, you are indeed worthy of me. You can see it clearly." Without considering the situation of using and possessing, he directly gave the correct answer. Dalian Temple Zhidao felt that this was a reflection of this person's vision, and nodded with praise: "Yes, I ate a ghost at the beginning."

"Does it taste good?"

"It's not good." The man said bluntly: "It tastes like swallowing a rag. It's actually very disgusting."

"You can't even eat that kind of taste."

"I can't help it. It's not good to be picky about food."

"Abandoning your human identity and becoming a ghost, is this what you want? For what? To gain greater power?"

Dalian Temple Zhidao shook his head.

"I'm not interested in that kind of thing. I became a spiritual being just to better study spells. As you can see, now that I'm free from the constraints of the flesh, I can more intuitively feel the changes in spiritual energy and call upon them at will. I no longer have to worry about birth, aging, sickness and death. I think that's great."

"Really? Even if the price is giving up all the good things in life? Can you still taste now? Can the red wine you just drank make you drunk? Haven't your emotions become weaker? After becoming a ghost, have you not been affected by violent emotions?"

"All."

Obviously Li Nian is right.

Dalian Temple Zhidao died after all. After death, his soul merged with the ghost and became a pure spiritual being.

That body that looks like it has a structure of flesh, blood and bones is actually just a spiritual creation of the same nature as the spiritual sword in Li Nian's hand that was materialized from imagination. The only difference is that one is constructed based on a template with complete information provided in the "arsenal", and the other is constructed based on the self-cognition of Dalian Temple Zhidao.

This is not the reason why the Dalian Temple Zhidao would lose the things that Li Nian mentioned. Spiritual beings do not necessarily have to be without a body...or rather, it is better for them to have a body.

This is the case with all the monsters that Li Nian has seen. They are alive and may be able to change their flesh and blood forms and transform into various postures, but they are ultimately flesh and blood, which is the foundation of their existence. They can change their forms and reconstruct them from the perspective of aura, but they will eventually return to their original posture, which is their most stable and initial form of existence.

But the condition of Dalian Temple Zhidao is not right.

The form constructed by a spirit reflects its self-cognition, or the cognition of others towards it.