I don't want to be a heroic spirit

Because there were only three bleeding dogs, Gui Yi Fa Yan only swung out three swords.

However, just as he dealt with the third bleeding dog, three more bleeding dogs appeared and let out low growls at Gui Yifayan who had just put away his knife and stood there.

"...Why did I suddenly think of FGO's game mechanics?"

In FGO, no matter how many enemies there are, only three will be sent out at a time, and after those three are dealt with, three more will be sent out.

Even if you use a Noble Phantasm to clear the screen, you can only kill three at a time. This is a really unreasonable game mechanism.

Gui Yi Fa Yan was recalling the past, but these bloody dogs were not the kind that could rely on the atmosphere. They roared and rushed over, and were then killed by Gui Yi Fa Yan with a single sword.

Gui Yi Fa Yan even thought that the area below the stone stairs was the source of the frequent appearance of bloody dogs, because no more bloody dogs appeared until she killed more than fifty bloody dogs.

"What's down there?"

Placing the naginata on his shoulder, Guiyi Hōgen stroked his chin and became a little curious.

Gui Yi Fa Yan's style is to do whatever he thinks of, so Gui Yi Fa Yan walked down the stone stairs.

Fortunately, this underground space is not like the many secret realms in the game, where you either have to run through a maze or solve various puzzles. You just have to walk down the stone stairs.

The presence of monsters was very similar to that in the game. She was too lazy to count the bleeding dogs that Gui Yifayan encountered along the way.

If it were an ordinary person... No, even if it was the owner of the Eye of God, if he came here, he would probably die.

But the person who broke in here was the great demon Gui Yi Fa Yan, and these ferocious bloody dogs were at most entertainment to her.

At the end of the stone staircase, what caught Gui Yifa's eye was...

"A stone door?"

In a nutshell, it is a huge stone door.

The stone door was tightly closed, with traces of time eroding it.

The stone gate was nearly ten meters high, and even Gui Yifayan was wondering who was the audience of this gate? Was it a Nordic giant?

There are very strange patterns on the stone gate. At first glance, it looks like a painting, and at second glance, it looks like some kind of text.

Although there are many things that are incomprehensible... the power contained in the stone gate is real.

Looking at the tightly closed stone door, Gui Yifayan had a premonition... the many bloody dogs he had just encountered, as well as the bloody dogs that suddenly appeared in the forest, were all related to this stone door.

With Gui Yi's sharp eyesight, she could see that there was a seal on the stone door... but it seemed that too much time had passed and the power of the seal had been greatly weakened.

Therefore, Gui Yifayan guessed that the group of bloody dogs came from behind the stone gate and escaped from it because of the broken seal.

Knowing this, Gui Yi Fa Yan naturally would not ignore it.

But she did not strengthen the seal, because that would only be a temporary solution and not a fundamental solution.

As a well-known Onmyoji in the late Heian period, Guiyi Hōgan can not only strengthen the seal in front of her, but she also has many more powerful sealing techniques in her mind.

However, no matter how powerful the sealing technique is, there will always be a way to break it, and there will always be a day when it will be broken.

Sealing is ultimately a form of escape. It only postpones the date of the problem's outbreak, leaving huge hidden dangers for future generations.

"Hmm... It does feel like a dungeon in the game. Do we need to consume resin to enter?" Gui Yifa glanced at the huge stone door again and suddenly felt that it was quite similar to the entrance door of the dungeon in the game.

"So...will there be any relics or something in there? But I don't think I've ever heard of such a dungeon in the game..."

Gui Yi Fa Yan did not enter directly... It was not that she could not open the stone door.

Although the seal of the stone gate is slightly different, it is the style of Yin-Yang magic that Guiyi Fayan is familiar with. If Guiyi Fayan remembers correctly, there have indeed been monsters and Yin-Yang masters in the game plot.

I remember his name was... Korekami Harunosuke?

He once went to Liyue to learn immortal arts. After returning to Inazuma, he created the system of Yin-Yang magic and made many contributions to Inazuma.

Of course, it is not necessarily the case that the seal on the stone gate was the work of Korekami Harunosuke. Although Korekami Harunosuke is the founder of Onmyoji in Teyvat, this does not mean that there are no other Onmyojis.

But those have nothing to do with the current Gui Yi Fa Yan.

Even if it was a complete seal, it would still not be difficult for the great Onmyoji, Guiyi Fayan, let alone the incomplete seal now.

However, Gui Yi Fa Yan felt that... it was time for her only disciple to go out with her and gain some experience.

Chapter 116: Sara's Senior Sister

The courtyard built by Gui Yi Fa Yan is very different from the original one.

It has a strong Japanese style. There is a small pond in the corner of the courtyard, with the sound of gurgling water and melodious birdsong.

A small stream of water flows into a small bamboo tube. When a certain amount of water is filled into the bamboo tube, the flattened bamboo tube will knock on the stone below, pouring out the water in the bamboo tube, thus making a rhythmic and crisp sound of green bamboo hitting stone.

"call out!"

Accompanied by a sound of breaking wind, an arrow hit the bull's eye with great accuracy.

At this moment, there are several arrows on the target, and most of them have hit the center of the bull's eye.

Sara still maintains the posture of shooting an arrow, and his sharp golden eyes remind people of a hunting hawk.

He quietly lowered his left hand that was holding the bow, and reached for the quiver of arrows with his right hand... but found nothing.

At this time, Sara was surprised to find that all the arrows for today had been used up.

After this period of teaching, Guiyi Fayan discovered that Sara was really a very self-conscious student... a little too self-conscious.

Other teachers always urged their students to study, but it was just the opposite with her. Sara always became so engrossed in her practice that she needed Gui Yi Fa Yan to remind her to stop.

When it comes to archery training, Gui Yi Fa Yan's requirement for her is: stop after all the arrows in the quiver have been shot.

If the training target was Ushiwakamaru, the Ghostly One would have asked her to run around the entire mountain a hundred times... and be chased by a group of monsters.

However, although Sara is a monster and has the Eye of God, her physical abilities are much stronger than those of her peers, but she is still in the stage of growing up. Too harsh training will cause her growth to become deformed, so Guiyi Fayan will strictly control Sara's training to an appropriate amount.

Compared with physical training, today's Sara should focus more on training in knowledge and skills.

Salara came back to his senses from his trance and subconsciously looked towards the courtyard entrance.

Today, her master went out early in the morning, but he hasn't come back yet, which makes Sara feel inexplicably lost.

However, perhaps because she was used to living alone, Sara always required herself to be mature and strong, so the loss in her eyes only appeared for a moment and was well hidden in her heart.

After archery, it is time to train elemental power.

In fact, Guiyi Fayan only planned Sara's training every day, but there was no order or time arrangement at all. Guiyi Fayan even said, "If you complete all the tasks for your master well, then it will be fine for you to go swimming in the pool or bask in the sun on the lawn in the future! After all, you should study hard when you study, and play freely when you play."

Although she had not studied with Gui Yi Fa Yan for a long time, Sara could clearly feel that she was getting stronger every day, which gave her a sense of satisfaction.

Especially the military strategies that Gui Yi Fa Yan taught her. On the first day of learning those strategies, Sha Luo was attracted by their ever-changing and inclusive nature.

Sara came to the target, looked at his own results, and frowned slightly.

"This time...it's still not perfect."

She pulled out the arrow and threw it into the quiver, then picked up the quiver and wooden bow and prepared to go back.

"Hey! Disciple brother! Did you miss me?"

The elusive Gui Yifayan suddenly hugged Sara from behind. Sara, who had been keeping a stern face, suddenly lost her composure, and lovely red clouds slowly blossomed on her cheeks.

"Master... Master! Put me down now!"

"Oh, little Sara is blushing. How adorable! Much cuter than that brat, Chana."

After being put down, Sara touched his chest and could clearly feel the strong beating of his heart.

"I'm not blushing..."

"Hmm~"

Gui Yifayan is always so unruly. It is inevitable that you will feel tired when you get along with her.

After calming down, Sara began to care about other things.

"Master, that... King Chana? Who is he?" Sara stared at Gui Yifayan with curiosity. "I seem to hear Master mentioning him all the time."

"King Chana... King Chana..." When Sara mentioned this, Gui Yi Fa Yan stopped laughing and instead showed a sad expression.

This was quite new to Sara, because she had rarely seen her master look so helpless.

"Hmm... if it's you, you should call King Chana "Senior Sister," right?"

"Huh? Is that person also Master's disciple?"

He was accepted as a disciple by the master earlier than himself, and was often mentioned by the master. I believe that in the master's heart, the person called "King Janaka"... has a very special status.

But...why is he called "Jana King"?

Since there is the word "king", does it mean that her senior sister is actually the leader or ruler of a certain region?

But…shouldn’t the ruler’s words be divine?

"Indeed, I've taught many people over the years, but King Zhana is undoubtedly the most special one among them." Gui Yi Fa Yan touched his chin and said reminiscingly, "She was excellent—I realized it the moment I first saw her. Whether as a warrior or a military strategist, she was incomparably outstanding."

Gui Yifayan's tone was a little strange, which made Sha Luo feel a little confused.

It seems... the master is feeling... sorry for the "excellence" of her senior sister whom she has never met?

“Isn’t excellence good?”

"If it's just 'excellence' within the human realm, then of course it's a good thing."

Sara was unable to understand what Gui Yi Fa Yan said.

"Hmm... how should I put it?" Gui Yifayan frowned, looking up at the clouds that had just passed overhead, and tried to organize his words. "From the moment I saw her, I realized that although King Chana had a human identity, her inner self, her essence, was a demon that could terrify even gods, Buddhas, demons, and ghosts. That human body was just a cover. The 'difference' deep in her soul doomed her to be unable to fit in with the human group. As a result, she was killed as a monster... I guess until her heart was pierced by a blade, she couldn't understand why others wanted to kill her, right? Just like a fish swimming at the bottom of a pond can't understand the freedom of a bird flying."

Although Gui Yifayan said a lot.

However, Sara is still a little difficult to understand.

She just felt inexplicably...sad?

"I've said a bit too much without realizing it. Is it hard for you to understand? Just think of it as me talking to myself. After all, it's a bit obscure and hard to understand. It's not something you should be telling someone your age. When you live long enough, you can't help but reminisce about the past, whether you're human or youkai."

Gui Yi Fa Yan reached out and rubbed Sara's head, then said, "Hurry up and pack up. I'll take you out to play."

When Sara cast a puzzled look at him, Gui Yi Fa Yan just gave a casual explanation.

"How can we just work in isolation? Compared to 'knowledge' learned from books, 'experience' is truly valuable. It's what we call training and practice. Knowledge that can't be applied in the real world, no matter how well you memorize it, isn't yours."

Chapter 117 Mural

"Follow us closely and don't wander around."

Gui Yi Fa Yan returned to the stone stairs in the underground space, and this time he brought Sala with him.

In the game, the character controlled by the player can turn weapons into light particles and then summon the weapons during battle, which is very convenient.

And here, Guiyi Fayan discovered that anyone who possessed the Eye of God could do this, such as Sara now.

The weapons Sara is currently using are a dagger and a longbow. The longbow is stored in the Eye of God, while the dagger is inserted into the thigh.

Both the dagger and the longbow were made by Guiyi Fayan, and the materials used were just some very common ores. However, Guiyi Fayan added a little earth vein branch dropped by the Abyss Mage to the longbow, because she found that this thing has a very good affinity with elements. If calculated according to the game, this bow may have the effect of "increasing the efficiency of elemental charging".

Gui Yi Fa Yan had walked this stone staircase twice before, going down once and going up once, but she and Sha Luo still encountered several bloody dogs.

It seems that in just a short while, a few more bloody dogs escaped from the seal.

It is not suitable to use elemental power in a small space, so Gui Yifayan raised his sword and slashed it, using a "shrinking the earth" to flash to the side of the bleeding dog. The cold light from the sword was ruthlessly reaping the lives of all the monsters on the road.

Although Sara also took out his bow, he had no chance to attack.

The abilities he previously possessed as Okita Souji had not disappeared... or rather, they had not completely disappeared.

When he picks up the samurai sword, the fighting skills he used as Okita Souji will emerge in Kiichi Hōgen's mind.

Therefore, she can also use Okita Souji's famous skill "Shrinking the Earth". As for Okita Souji's Noble Phantasm [Wu Ming San Duan Tou]...

Holding the samurai sword in his right hand, with his thumb against the blade, Gui Yifayan narrowed his eyes slightly.

“…I feel like I can do it.”

I don't know if Okita Souji herself would be angry, because I learned her special move or something...

The bloody dog's corpse disappeared in front of Gui Yi Fa Yan, but this time there was no dropped items. It seemed that his luck was not very good.

For the time being, no other bleeding dog appeared, so Guiyi turned his head to look at Sara, only to see Sara looking at the murals on both sides of the road.

Because all the invading monsters were dealt with by Gui Yi Fa Yan, the bored Sara was distracted by the mural for a while.

"What's wrong? Are you concerned about what's drawn on it?"