The self-cultivation of the passer-by hero

"Grandpa's residence is just ahead. Please follow me."

With her cold words and steady movements, she clearly had a lovely appearance, but it was completely overshadowed by her almost gloomy personality.

This is the undead princess who once had a relationship with Takeya and others, and the court master of Yuyuko of Saigyouji Temple - Soul Youmu.

"Hey, Reimu."

Takeru quietly took two steps back and whispered to the miko next to him:

"Why do I feel that the atmosphere is not right?"

"Really? I don't feel it."

Reimu shrugged nonchalantly, not worried at all.

"No, I mean, is it really okay to go with this guy? She won't suddenly turn around and give me a knife, right?"

Takeru asked worriedly.

It all starts with Zi's arrival.

In the shrine, Zi, who heard the conversation between Takeya and Reimu, gave Takeya the advice to use human methods to become stronger. However, neither Takeya nor Reimu had the resources in this regard.

After all, although Reimu also possesses powerful Hakurei Taijutsu, she is still used to fighting with spiritual power as she specializes in the art. Moreover, Hakurei's Taijutsu also requires the cooperation of spiritual power, and is not suitable for those who only have "demon power". "Wu Ye.

As for the others, there is no need to consider them. Marisa is a magician, Remilia is a vampire, Teacher Huiyin is a cheater, and Meihong is a self-destruct truck. After much deliberation, none of them are suitable for him.

But when he was at a loss, Yakumo Murasaki pointed out a clear path for him——

fencing.

There are many cultivation methods suitable for humans, but apart from those that require spiritual support, the only ones left are those that rely on physical strength to fight.

As for swordsmanship, it is just right for Takeya who is currently in a dilemma. After all, even if you can't learn anything in the end, having a sword in your hand is better than waving your arms with bare hands, right?

So after Takeya accepted this statement, Yakumo Murasaki introduced him to an excellent swordsmanship teacher, the grandfather of Soul Youmu, the master of Yuyuko Saigyouji Temple, and the ancestor of Hakutama Tower - Soul Youmu.

When he heard that the one who came to teach him was Yomu Grandpa Yomu’s jealousy, Takeya was still rudely relieved. Of course, it’s definitely not that he looked down on Yomu as the current court teacher, but...well, he really felt that Yomu was a little bit , a little bit weak.

After all, when they came to the underworld to make trouble, ahem, when they came to the underworld to find the mutant prisoner, they fought Youmu once, even if they couldn't judge fairly in that battle because of Reimu's special nature,

To be honest, Youmu's strength does not seem to be strong. This is not because of Takeya's self-assessment, but the thoughts expressed more or less by many youkai who have seen Youmu, including Zi Yakumo.

In a word, she is too young.

Compared with the real big monsters in Gensokyo, she can even be described as young now. Time is a major factor in judging the strength of monsters, which naturally has its reasons.

Youmu is too young, although it is absolutely easy to defeat Wu with her strength, but after all, she is still too weak on a large level, and she is not suitable for teaching others.

Well, although I don’t know who is bigger compared to myself, after all, she is still a child among monsters, so it’s understandable.

As if noticing Takeya's meaningful gaze, Youmu, who was leading the way, turned around and asked coldly:

"Is there a problem?"

"Uh, no."

Although it's not cute at all as a child.

With a thought of impoliteness in his eyes, Takeya looked away without any trace.

Yakumo Purple was only responsible for saying hello, so the only person accompanying Takeya was Reimu, who had nothing to do.

In the gray underworld, Takeya and Reimu followed Youmu for an unknown length of time, and finally saw a building that resembled a residence.

It is said that Youmu's grandfather, Youji, has been traveling abroad. This time he returned home just by chance. He didn't seem to have any plans to stay for a long time.

But it doesn't matter to Wu Ye, the time concept of human beings is different from that of monsters, the so-called "staying for a while" of monster taboo may be converted to Wu Ye's time of more than ten years.

Under the leadership of Youmu, Takeru stepped into this small house with a hint of awe and curiosity.

The yard looked very clean, as if it was often cleaned by someone, but the traces left by the years on the house could not be removed, but even so, it didn't make Wu Ye feel decayed and old, on the contrary, there was a heavy The meaning is in it.

Pushing open the old sliding door, Youmeng made a gesture of invitation:

"Grandpa has been waiting in the backyard for a long time."

"Ah, thank you."

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Youmu didn't answer, but silently led the two of them through the silent corridor. Youji's residence was much smaller than Yuyuko's, and soon they came to the back yard, and there, a white-haired The gray old man was sitting on the side of the corridor with a cup of tea.

"Grandpa, I brought someone here."

"Well, thank you for your hard work, Youmu."

It was a voice no different from that of an ordinary old man, but with a hint of the power of time in that ordinary old age.

The appearance of Soul Soul Yaoji looks slightly different from the kind of fairy-like elder Wu Ye imagined, and there is not much intimidating oppression in his ordinary eyes.

Her long white hair was simply tied up with a rope. The half-spirit beside her was much larger than Youmu, and she was wearing a green and white orthodox kendo hakama.

He sat there quietly, holding the tea cup in his hands. Although his hands were old, his control of strength was extremely smooth. However, the wrinkles on his face really made people doubt whether he could still hold the sword?

The appearance of the soul monster obviously surprised Takeya. After all, among all the monsters he had seen so far, he was the only one whose apparent age matched his actual age.

There seems to be an unwritten rule in Gensokyo. No matter how old youkai are, they all maintain their youthful appearance. Of course, this may have something to do with the fact that they are all women.

Not only monsters, but also several gods that Wu Ye has met are like this. Because of these, he was surprised when he saw the soul monster today.

He had always thought that the person who would teach him would be a handsome boy with outstanding appearance. After all, judging from Youmu's analysis, her grandfather would not have been too frustrated when he was young, so Wuya was very jealous this time, ah, bah, It's stomachache.

But there is no problem now. Soul Demon Ji is a guy who is so old that he doesn't even know if he can pick up a sword. This makes the slightest bit of unhappiness in Takeya's heart disappear instantly.

This is an honest person!

Wu, who has been deceived countless times by a certain group of monsters so far, couldn't help expressing deep emotion.

"Well, is this the person introduced by Yakumo Murasaki-sama?"

While Wu Ye was wandering in his thoughts, Soul Demon Ji's eyes had gradually shifted to him.

"Is that you? A human who wants to learn swordsmanship from me."