Hogwarts Summoning Guide

It was dusk when they returned to the Yin-Yang Bureau. Seimei had not yet returned. Upon asking the head servant, he was told that Seimei had left Kyoto on urgent business and had also transferred many monks from the Yin-Yang Bureau. He left a letter telling Hakurin to stay in Kyoto and that he would definitely return when Minamoto no Yorimitsu sent out his troops.

Fortunately, the girl slowly woke up, and Bai Lin learned that her name was Eri. He then arranged for her to stay at the shrine, where he could protect her and ensure her safety. She would help Bai Lin with his laundry and tidying up his room, and she would have two meals a day without worry.

With Seimei gone, Bai Lin was no longer bound by any constraints. According to the rules, the Grand Master of Yin and Yang had the right to access the official documents and books of the Yin and Yang Bureau. He excitedly went to the library, only to find that there were very few books there.

The library, which was kept very securely, contained an entire room of wooden boxes. Each large wooden box contained a thin handwritten copy, most of which was written in Chinese characters.

The search wasn't easy, but that didn't stump a great magician like Bai Lin. He easily took out all the books, piled them in front of him, and examined them carefully.

These books are mostly secondary creations on astronomy and divination written by scholars of the I Ching. They are little known in the East, but are regarded as classics in Japan.

Of course, there was also a rather old and worn-out handwritten copy of "Baopuzi," which was regarded as a priceless treasure. Bai Lin thought about the ancient Japanese people's obsession with the nine-character mantra "Lin Bing Dou Zhe Jie Zhen Lie Zai Qian," and felt relieved. It was said that several schools of swordsmanship were derived from this famous Taoist saying, which left people speechless.

After staying up all night, I finally found the words "fallen moon" in a book with very messy notes.

"The essence of the moon is called the Emperor's Dew."

At the end of the Dharma, the sage, along with his immortal disciples, ascended to the Heavenly Court Star Realm, destroyed the Jianmu tree, and severed the connection between heaven and earth…

Bai Lin read as he went, his notes were scribbled, but the narrative logic was fairly normal, and it was mostly Eastern mythology and legends.

In simple terms, in ancient times, sages lived on the earth just like mortals, and their disciples were called immortal disciples. After a war that affected the entire world, the sages led all their immortal disciples to the heavens and destroyed the "Jianmu" that connected heaven and earth, completely severing the connection between heaven and earth, so that immortals could never return to the mortal world.

Bai Lin was very familiar with this story; it was clearly about "Investiture of the Gods," and it also matched the story of "the gods departing" described by the soul mentor. It was just that the tone of the records from different civilizations was different.

However, the latter half of the notes describes the story after the Investiture of the Gods. Although the earth was isolated after the war, and the spiritual energy on earth was thin, making it impossible for so many immortals to be born, some gods still gave mortal beings a chance to have a sliver of extraordinary power.

The Sun God left a small group of humans with "immortal bones," which Bai Lin understood to be the bloodline of wizards. These humans would gradually awaken their ability to use magical elements, but they would not become as powerful as immortals.

The Moon God left a secret treasure for non-human beings: the "Essence of the Moon, Imperial Dew." This is an extremely mysterious substance; some lucky beings discover this treasure in the moonlight, devour it, and thus gain sentience, transforming into monsters. The place where Imperial Dew appears is called the "Land of the Fallen Moon."

Upon seeing this, Bai Lin suddenly realized that this was the origin of wizards and monsters. However, this raised other questions for him, such as what was the purpose of the Sun and Moon Gods doing this? Wasn't this indirectly undermining the meaning of the Investiture of the Gods?

And what about the "source of chaos" that he has been pursuing? Is it the wizard bloodline that awakens magical power in humans, or the "imperial nectar" that turns non-human beings into monsters? And what exactly is the "demon energy" that forms a large number of demons?

Bai Lin shook his head, deciding not to dwell on this point. At least he knew that Kyoto was the next place of the Fallen Moon, which would attract many demons. Once he found the Emperor's Dew, many secrets might be answered. As for the records, humans couldn't see the Emperor's Dew, but who was he? He possessed the powerful weapon of the Summoning Compendium.

Thinking of this, he slowly put all the ancient books back into the wooden box, strolled out of the library, and stretched lazily in the sunlight in front of the door.

Just as he was about to go back to his room for a nap, a servant from the Yin-Yang Bureau found him.

"Reporting to the Judge!" The servant bowed and said respectfully. The Judge was a general term for the officials in the Yin-Yang Bureau who handled specific local affairs. It was a term of respect from the common people to these officials. However, Bai Lin had also heard the eldest son of the Takeda family say that the term Judge was actually sarcastic, just from a different perspective.

"Speak your mind," Bai Lin said.

"The Ono family has sent someone to report that their house was attacked by demons last night, and someone was killed!" the servant hurriedly said.

"The Ono family?" Bai Lin felt the name was quite familiar, and suddenly remembered Ono Heiji, whom he had met a few days ago in the historical fragments. He was a kid with no talent who instigated internal strife in his family through illusions.

However, since he had come to report the case, he should make a trip for both official and personal reasons. After finding out the location, he rode out of the shrine without any attendants.

The Ono family was not far away. Bai Lin rode his horse at full speed, and the commoners very skillfully made way for him. In less than half an hour, he arrived in front of a large house. Without Bai Lin even having to look, the mournful and desolate appearance was exactly the same as that of the Takeda family. He was sure that it was the Ono family.

Another group of knights nearly bumped into Bai Lin. Upon closer inspection, they realized it was an old acquaintance, Miki Uemon, who also seemed to be representing the city guards to investigate the Ono family's case.

"Lord Bai!" Miki Uemon bowed his head in greeting, clearly already aware of Bai Lin's official rank and possibly having heard about Bai Lin's strength from Watanabe no Tsuna, hence his great politeness.

Bai Lin exchanged a few pleasantries with him, and together they were led into the house by Ono's servants.

There were many people standing in the house, and a large coffin was placed in the center of the courtyard. Several sorceresses were performing a ritual, which Bai Lin could tell was just a meaningless superstitious activity.

Ono Heiji was kneeling beside the coffin, his face contorted with grief, when he saw Bai Lin walk in, a hint of joy appeared between his brows.

"Hey, could it be his older brother who died?" Bai Lin thought to himself.

Upon asking, Bai Lin found out that it was indeed true. If it were anyone else, Bai Lin would definitely suspect that his younger brother had sent someone to do it. However, seeing Ono Heiji's malicious intent but lack of courage, Bai Lin could only say that he had won by default.

The head of the Ono family was a short, stout old man with a distinctive Japanese mustache. He was filled with grief and indignation; if it weren't for the fact that he already had a shaved head, his hair might have turned white overnight.

Just like the Takeda clan's procedure, they cleared out all irrelevant people, opened the coffin, and examined the body. Although it wasn't cut into pieces like Takeda Chikasuke's, it was still cut in half at the waist with a single, smooth cut. It was undoubtedly either the work of a top-notch swordsman or a cursed sword.

Bai Lin glanced at Miki Uemon, who seemed lost in thought, and pulled him aside to ask, "Have many prestigious families recently been besieged by demons?"

Miki Uemon was startled, his brows furrowing as he said, "Lord Haku is well-informed. In the past month, more than a dozen families have had their direct descendants mysteriously assassinated!"