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With almost no one else besides Abe no Seimei to challenge him, his arrival at this time naturally indicated his determination to succeed.

"Dog Spirit Binding!"

The moment Ashiya Dōman stepped through the gates of the Onmyōryō (Bureau of Yin and Yang), Abe no Yoshihira, who sat serenely deep within the front hall of the official residence, rose slowly amidst the fluttering of his hunting robes, his hands clasped together, forming the simplest onmyōdō hand seals to initiate the most basic incantation ritual, and uttering a simple 'incantation'—

With a buzzing sound, the air behind it instantly distorted, and a ferocious beast image broke free from the invisible shackles, roaring and pressing down on the air, bringing with it a surging current, rushing towards Ashiya Dōman who had stepped across the threshold.

at the same time.

Similar yet slightly different sounds came from three directions in front of and beside Daoman.

Let's leave aside those miscellaneous items for now.

Although the four officials were not skilled in Yin-Yang arts, they were all officials of the Yin-Yang Bureau and had received orthodox Yin-Yang arts training—they were ultimately 'able' at it, just not proficient enough.

As the eldest son of Abe no Seimei, Abe no Yoshihira could not possibly be completely ignorant of this field, even if he did not inherit his father's talent.

What they command are the most common dog-shaped spirits in the Yin-Yang Bureau—not true demons, but unconscious spirits tainted with demon blood.

These are lower-level shikigami that Abe no Seimei mass-produced using special methods.

Faced with these 'dogs' that were neither gods nor demons, Ashiya Dōman simply raised one finger.

There's no need to even chant a spell.

An invisible barrier can be deployed in an instant, repelling all 'mystery'.

As the vicious dogs tore at him, he merely smiled wickedly and slowly pressed his fingers down, causing the several dog gods to crash to the ground with a thud, their bones trembling and their bodies shattering in an instant.

He looked at Abe no Yoshihira at the front and said, "Even though you're Seimei's son, you're still so weak."

"So weak, don't even think about stopping me."

The tall, thin man, whose actual age seemed to be more than sixty years younger than Abe no Seimei, spoke as if his face beneath his red hair was still that of a young man, handsome yet with an eerie quality.

He then looked around at the four Onmyoji officials who were staggering backward as they suffered from the backlash of their shikigami collapsing and their spiritual power dissipating between their meridians.

"Then, I'll pack up and take away the Onmyodo's 'Onmyo Techniques'!"

Abe Yoshihira, also suffering from the backlash, got up, breathing heavily and coughing.

Although he was still somewhat taken aback by Ashiya Doman's appearance, and he didn't understand how Ashiya Doman knew that their Onmyōryō army was empty after setting off, as the head of the 'Four Ministers' and the 'Onmyō-suke' who was in charge of the Onmyōryō in Abe no Seimei's absence, he had a responsibility to stop all of Ashiya Doman's actions.

But before he could get up, he was pressed back down by an invisible force of gravity.

With a single finger, Ashiya Dōman effortlessly suppressed all opposition, manipulating all yin and yang 'incantations'.

He looked at the scattered officials and clerks of the Yin-Yang Bureau before him, and could only marvel, thinking to himself that Lord Gaoming was indeed right.

If there had been even one slightly more skilled Onmyoji present who could have stopped him, Ashiya Dōman certainly wouldn't have rushed into Abe no Seimei's stronghold so rashly—even though he had long coveted the various secret techniques that Abe no Seimei possessed, which were very likely from the Tang Dynasty immortal masters, going straight into the great Onmyoji's lair was still not a good choice.

Unless it is truly empty inside,

Unless he himself has absolutely no time to deal with the situation here.

Before Ashiya Dōman arrived, he had conducted an extremely thorough investigation... He learned this from the 'lord' he served, the political enemy of the regent Fujiwara no Ieyō, whom Abe no Seimei served, and the non-direct brother of Emperor Enyū and Emperor Reizei, Genji Takaaki.

Whoever Abe no Seimei pledged allegiance to, Ashiya Dōman would join the camp of that person's political enemy.

He has always been like this.

This time is no exception.

And as it turns out, his actions were fruitful.

"Regardless of whether I can obtain Seimei's 'secret technique', the fact that I have breached the Onmyōryō will inevitably damage its reputation."

Ashiya Dōman had exactly this kind of idea in mind.

He stepped over the numerous Yin-Yang Bureau officials who were pinned to the ground and quickly arrived at a room located on the inner side.

Staring at the door where he stood, Abe Yoshihira paused for a moment, and instinctively opened his mouth.

He recalled the words spoken by the celestial-like Sugawara no Hajime before leaving the Yin-Yang Bureau—the door erected by Ashiya Doman was undoubtedly also the residence of Lu Kang.

But the next second, Abe Yoshihira became somewhat undecided.

Yu Zhang said that his colleagues from the Yin-Yang Bureau should not be allowed to enter.

Ashiya Dōman wasn't exactly a colleague of the Onmyōryō (Bureau of Yin and Yang)...

Thus, amidst such hesitation, Ashiya Dōman raised his hand and pushed open the door.

Then, accompanied by a deafening roar.

The three black dog heads, even larger and more ferocious than those of the dog spirits used by Abe no Kichihei and others, roared out and pressed down on Ashiya Dōman amidst the bloody storm that erupted!

"A poorly designed trap."

Ashiya Dōman didn't care at all, and simply raised his finger and pressed it down again!

The three-headed vicious dog then disintegrated.

then.

—Reunited once again.

"Ok?"

...

"What is this?"

A moment later, the front hall of the Yin-Yang Bureau's official residence was even more chaotic. The four officials, including Abe no Kichihei, stared in disbelief at the scene before them, and were also quite astonished.

Just moments ago, Ashiya Michimitsu, with his fiery red hair flying wildly, stood calmly in the center of the hall, but his body was being torn apart by the raging winds whipped up by three vicious dogs. The invisible barrier he had erected was constantly rippling, and the exorcism spells he cast with his fingers were continuously crushing the three vicious dogs—but they would quickly reassemble after being crushed, and then tear at him again, their sharp claws cutting scratches into the floor and even the walls.

It is not supported by the infusion of spiritual energy through the meridians, nor is it driven by the commands of the practitioner.

These three vicious dogs are like naturally formed 'demons' rather than 'shikigami' cultivated later.

Is this the extraordinary thing Yu Zhang mentioned in his room?

What exactly did that child do in the room?

This continuous flow caught even Master Daomo off guard, leaving him temporarily trapped.

This self-sustaining entity is not a born demon, but rather a 'lower-level shikigami' just like the Inugami!

It's truly unimaginable what Abe Yoshihira did.

He could hardly imagine it.

Ashiya Dōman, who was surrounded after several unsuccessful attempts to crush the enemy, became enraged.

"Damn Abe no Seimei... Did he plan this all along, intending for me to come and deliberately setting me up for ambush?"

Having briefly fallen into a quagmire, he immediately attributed the source of these strange things to Abe no Seimei.

He took a deep breath and was about to exert his strength to crush them completely!

"It seems that what I left behind has been effective."

A childish voice suddenly rang out, causing Ashiya Doman to pause slightly and look in the direction of the voice. It also caused the three shikigami attacks that were running autonomously around him to shrink slightly and emit a series of whimpers before dissipating and disappearing as if they had turned into three dog-shaped talismans that fell into the hands of the newcomer.

The newcomer had a childish voice and an even more childish appearance.

He was dressed in a pure white hunting robe, wearing no hat, and with a delicate, sculpted appearance like a celestial child. Holding the three talismans, he smiled and looked at the red-haired, eerie 'youth' before him, and simply said, "Master Daomo, do you still like my 'Three Dogs Binding Demons' and the method of using spirits to create spirits?"

[Having returned from Heian-gu Shrine, you look at Ashiya Dōman and speak thus.]

The newcomer was, without a doubt, Lu Kang, whose name in this life was 'Sugawara no Hajime'.

Chapter 114 Abe no Seimei, the progenitor of the Tsuchimikado school

【Three Dogs Bind the Demon - Using Spirit to Give Life to Spirit】

This is the directional progress you've made during this period, though it may not be a decisive breakthrough.

[You've been unable to resolve the issue of the short-lived phantoms' persistence until now.]

It also makes it impossible to reuse it for extended periods and multiple times.

However, through reading numerous books on Onmyoji in the Onmyodo, and observing how the Onmyoji within the Onmyodo manipulated the power of shikigami through their own meridians and issued commands to them—you were struck by a sudden inspiration.

If humans can control shikigami, can shikigami control other shikigami?

[Your illusory spirit originates from the accumulation and organization of thoughts in the form of writing. Can the illusory spirit itself also engage in 'thinking'?]

[Preserve thought through thought, preserve spirit through spirit]

[Thus forging an endless stream of imaginative inspiration]

Driven by this inspiration, you made numerous attempts and finally achieved the most perfect combination—based on the most stable 'triangle', you created a phantom spell called 'Three Dogs Binding Demon'.

The three vicious dogs live in a symbiotic cycle, each 'thinking' about the other's existence. Even if one is defeated, as long as one remains, the other two can be reactivated and regenerated.

[But as it turns out, your move, in terms of its power, may not be considered top-tier.]

However, its restrictive nature is extremely strong.

Even the renowned monks Doma and Ashiya Dōman were caught in the chaos.

"It's you... Sugawara Hajime!"

Ashiya Dōman's eyes hardened as he saw the figure approaching from outside the door, and the strange young man's face darkened slightly.

"it's me."

Lu Kang smiled and said, "I discovered Master Daomo spying on you outside the door early this morning—what do you think of the gift I left for you?"

Upon hearing this, the first person to realize what was happening was Abe Yoshihira standing next to him. He thought to himself, "No wonder this guy was smiling like a fox this morning. It turns out that he wasn't saying that to me."

Ashiya Dōman sneered, "Kid, you're cheating!"

This illusion technique caught him off guard, but given enough time, breaking it wouldn't be a problem.

He actually knew Sugawara no Hajime.

During the long journey of Lu Kang and Kamo no Yasunori from Dazaifu in Kyushu to Kyoto without any incidents... the journey was indeed uneventful, but it was naturally impossible for the trip to be completely without any waves.

Moreover, they even passed through Harima Province, which borders the Kinki region.

Ashiya Dōman, who was from Harima Province, was also there at the time.

He clashed with Kamo no Yasunori once—and was then defeated with the help of Lu Kang.

Lu Kang impressed him deeply with his illusionary magic at the time.

This is the second time.

"Whether we use explosives or not, as long as we win, that's all that matters." Lu Kang said, "Or does Master Daomo want me to give you full preparation so we can have a proper fight?"

Ashiya Michimitsu's face twitched, somewhat embarrassed.

He couldn't bear the embarrassment of fighting with a six-year-old, regardless of winning or losing!

"Oh right, now that I'm back, it means the exorcism in the palace is over. If Master Daomo doesn't leave soon, Lord Seimei will be back."

Lu Kang continued.

Ashiya Dōman immediately seized the opportunity, snorted coldly, and walked away.

Unlike most of the Onmyoji and sorcerers who stood at the pinnacle of this era, Ashiya Dōman's behavior was consistently eccentric and bizarre, and he consistently stood out as someone who seemed to care about his reputation but was actually shameless.

But then again.

Lu Kang was genuinely afraid that he would "fight" with him right there on the spot.

Purely in terms of Yin-Yang incantations, Lu Kang was actually no match for the monk Dao Mo, who was almost on par with Abe no Seimei and only slightly inferior.

If a real fight breaks out, other abilities will inevitably be needed.

It's very troublesome.

He glanced back slightly during this time.

After Ashiya Dōman left, amidst the gazes of the many officials of the Onmyōryō (Bureau of Yin and Yang) who had risen to their feet, he calmly spoke:

"Is Lord Seimei satisfied with this result?"

These words startled everyone slightly, and they all bowed and paid their respects to the threshold behind Lu Kang. Under the wide hunting robes that spread out like wings, two old figures walked out from behind Lu Kang.

"Senior Brother He Mao's disciple is indeed quite good."

The elderly man walking ahead did not respond directly to Lu Kang's words, but instead turned his head to look back, full of praise.