Hogwarts Summoning Guide

An hour later, Bai Lin followed Miki Uemon to the city defense headquarters. Recently, the bodies of some victims had been sent here for examination by the coroner, and the stench could be smelled from afar.

"The list is here!" Miki Emon found a piece of scrap paper and handed it to Bai Lin. It was covered with many names.

"They were all fatal with a single blow, either beheaded or cut in half at the waist," Miki Emon explained. He wanted to take Bai Lin to see the bodies of the victims from a few days ago, but Bai Lin waved his hand, indicating that it was better not to.

"Kondo... Uesugi... Matsui... Oh, Takeda... Ono... They all seem to be from prestigious families?" Bai Lin said, looking at the list. Each family on the list had lost a direct descendant (this can usually be seen from the name, as the naming rules for direct descendants and illegitimate descendants are different).

"Yes, one from each family. At first, I thought it was a feud between gangsters, but now it seems there's an assassin who specializes in killing members of these powerful families!" Miki Emon whispered. "And he kills exactly one and leaves, regardless of age."

Bai Lin stroked his chin, lost in thought. He had confirmed that it was the Demon Blade Princess Tian Guo Mo who was responsible, but the fact that the Demon Blade Princess did not eat the person proved that the Demon Blade did not live by eating people. So what was her purpose?

Lost in thought, Bai Lin returned to the shrine to make further plans. The sun was gradually setting, but Bai Lin saw many carriages and horses at the shrine entrance. However, it seemed that a great battle had just taken place, and the mages, with their disheveled clothes, looked dejected and exhausted.

"Seimei is back?" Bai Lin asked the servant who came to lead the horse.

The servant bowed his head respectfully and said, "Your Honor, Lord Uesugi has just returned to the shrine and is meditating in the main hall."

Bai Lin dismounted, tossed the reins to his servant, and strode into the shrine.

Outside the main hall, a somber atmosphere prevailed. More than a dozen wounded mages and warriors sat in two rows, while several corpses wrapped in straw mats lay to the side. A priest was chanting unknown scriptures and affixing various talismans to the straw mats.

The main hall's doors were tightly shut, but countless green magical wisps emerged from the cracks and flew to the injured mages and samurai, healing their wounds. It was likely a spell cast by Seimei's shikigami, Aodeng.

Bai Lin walked to a secluded spot, and with a phantom teleportation, he appeared inside the main hall. His body was shrouded in black smoke, making him almost invisible in the dimly lit hall.

The graceful figure of the Green Lantern Dancer circled and flew in mid-air, the palace lantern in her hand constantly emitting green light, which not only enveloped the white figure in the center of the main hall, but also spread outwards from the hall.

Bai Lin looked at the white figure and was slightly surprised. It was an unfamiliar young man dressed in white robes with two katana swords over a meter long hanging at his waist. His handsome face was somewhat similar to Qingming's, and his two fluffy fox ears on his head were quite eye-catching.

Discover the half-demon Hakuzosu, a level 9, who is receiving blessings; he is the true form of Abe no Seimei.

"That's Seimei's yokai form. He looks badly injured; he must have encountered a powerful enemy. Is there anyone in Kyoto who is as strong as Seimei?" Bai Lin thought to himself.

"Have you seen enough? Say what you have to say to my face!" the White Lord said in an unfriendly tone.

Bai Lin rubbed his nose. After all, he wasn't truly invisible, and being seen through was somewhat embarrassing. He dispelled the black mist and strolled over, saying, "Aren't you going to take me there?"

I was a little curious, you know.

Bai Zangzhu stared intently at Bai Lin, his ten fingers twitching slightly, ready to draw his sword at any moment.

Bai Lin shrugged and said, "Lord Shangzhu, there's really no need for such hostility. Perhaps I can help you deal with Master Daomo?"

The monk Domo, whose real name was Ashiya Doman, was a high-ranking monk of the same era as Seimei. However, he supported Fujiwara no Akimitsu, Fujiwara no Michinaga's political enemy, and thus became Seimei's greatest enemy. Hakurin had just thought of him. Perhaps he was the only one in the entire Kyoto who could push Seimei to this extent.

Master Bai glared fiercely at Bai Lin, then seemed to suddenly let out a sigh of relief. He waved his hand and pointed to another prayer mat beside him, saying, "Lord Bai, if you're asking about my secrets, shouldn't you also tell me yours?"

Bai Lin sat down next to him generously, but kept looking at his big ears. These fluffy ears were kind of cute, making people want to tug them.

Bai Zangzhu said irritably, "Lord Bai is incredibly powerful and certainly not an unknown figure, but I have already had people investigate, and there is no record of you under the Tang Emperor!"

Bai Lin remained completely calm, feigning some sorrow as he said, "I wonder which dynasty's late emperor you are inquiring about, Your Excellency? I served Emperor Zhaoxuan Guanglie Xiao (also known as Emperor Ai of Tang, Li Zhu). When the late emperor was poisoned by treacherous officials, I was searching for the immortal mountains at sea. By the time I returned, I was already a subject of a fallen kingdom. Heartbroken, I went to sea and have been there for sixty years."

Bai Zangzhu frowned slightly. He didn't disbelieve Bai Lin's claim that he had been adrift at sea for sixty years. After all, with Bai Lin's magical power, it was something that a twenty-year-old mage could not have cultivated. However, if that were the case, Bai Lin would be over a hundred years old.

If you bragged about this to ordinary people, no one would believe you. But Bai Zangzhu was no ordinary person. He truly believed that Bai Lin was a master cultivator who had achieved eternal youth.

Bai Zangzhu couldn't expose Bai Lin's boast for the time being, and he was at his weakest point. It would be unwise to turn against Bai Lin at this time. Once he understood this, his gaze softened considerably. The Green Lantern in the air shot out another beam of green light, and Bai Zangzhu's complexion became rosier. He waved his hand, dispelling the Green Lantern's figure. With a turn of light, he transformed back into Qingming.

Bai Lin looked at Qingming's head with some disappointment, quite dissatisfied that he hadn't been able to touch the big, furry ear.

"So, you fought with Master Daomo?" Bai Lin asked.

Seimei snorted coldly, then said helplessly, "You guessed it. Ashiya Dōman actually helped Fujiwara no Akimitsu practice witchcraft, causing the monk to fall ill. I led men and caught him red-handed, but his shikigami, Ryōmen Sukuna, was really powerful, and in the end, he still managed to rescue Fujiwara no Akimitsu."

Bai Lin suddenly realized that because it involved the high-level power struggle between Fujiwara no Michinaga and Fujiwara no Akimitsu, it was indeed not appropriate for Seimei to let him, a sea traveler from Tang, participate. However, Seimei had clearly suffered a loss and was now somewhat regretful for not bringing Bai Lin along.

Fujiwara no Akimitsu and Fujiwara no Michinaga are cousins, but they are now at odds with each other in the court, and even the Emperor cannot control them.

"Fujiwara no Akimitsu probably wants to take advantage of the general's military campaign to bring down Michinaga in one fell swoop," Bai Lin said, echoing Seimei's words.

Suddenly, Qingming grabbed Bai Lin's arm and said, "If Lord Bai can help me get rid of that scoundrel, I will definitely petition His Majesty to ensure Lord Bai's rapid rise in rank!"

Bai Linqian chuckled a few times, showing little interest in Qingming's suggestion. He was more interested in knowing exactly when the day of the moon's fall would be and what would happen then.

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