String-like energy tightly wrapped around Ifu Kamato! After spinning on the ground for several more rounds, the 'Rolling Ground Dragon' finally stopped moving.
"Her Ladyship, what are you doing? I was only here to capture this little thief!" Ifu Kamato quickly explained.
"A thief? Hmph! This person is a villager from my Peach Blossom Village! And you actually destroyed my entire village!"
A village!
Ifu Kamato glanced back at the damaged road and stuck out his tongue.
Still just a kid—he realized he was in the wrong and immediately straightened up. "Her Ladyship, I'm sorry. But I really am here to catch a thief. This guy sneaked into my room late at night and knocked me out cold. He's trouble, I'm telling you."
"Did he knock you out?"
Mikamitsu Shirabe looked toward Ye Liang.
The latter looked visibly terrified, shivering slightly.
"You brat! Since when did you learn to make up such stories? With your top ten strength in Yomi World, you expect me to believe someone from my village knocked you out? Who do you think you're fooling!"
"It's true, I'm not lying. As soon as I came to, I saw this kid creeping around my room. If it wasn't him who knocked me out, then who else could it be?" Ifu Kamato's face flushed red, seemingly filled with genuine fear.
"Looks like men never say a word of truth," Mikamitsu Shirabe sighed.
She reexamined the surroundings and turned her gaze to Ye Liang.
"And you? What were you doing sneaking into his room?"
"I just wanted to witness Ifu Kamato's power firsthand. I never meant to knock him out."
"Hmph. Even if you tried, you couldn't have."
She scoffed coldly before shifting her gaze back to Ifu Kamato.
"Brat, today's incident might partly be our village's fault. But since you've destroyed my village, we'll end things here."
With that, she ignored whether Ifu Kamato agreed and directly dragged Ye Liang into her palace.
Outside, Ifu Kamato stood silently for a moment, then reluctantly turned away.
But as he walked out of Her Ladyship's palace, an eerie smile curled the corner of his mouth.
"Don't you disappoint Lord Izanagi now!"
...
Inside the palace.
Ye Liang looked around in awe like a country bumpkin seeing the big city for the first time, constantly glancing about the rooms.
"Her Ladyship, your palace is so spacious! Nothing like my village back when I was alive—a single bedroom there wasn't even as big as your bathroom, yet they sold it for an arm and a leg!"
He muttered bitterly under his breath.
His voice carried a hint of bitterness, almost resentful.
"Stop pretending! Don't think I don't understand your intentions going to Ifu Kamato's place."
"You know what I intended?"
Ye Liang immediately fell silent.
Silently obedient, he trailed Mikamitsu Shirabe until they reached a hidden chamber.
Mikamitsu Shirabe turned her head around.
"You want to escape from Yomi World, don't you? Give it up. Even though Ifu Kamato controls the power of living beings, he still can't help you escape from this place!"
Power of living beings?
Confusion plainly showed on Ye Liang's face.
Because his escape depended on it, he kept his true thoughts hidden. "Her Ladyship, how does one leave the Yomi World?"
"It's simple! As long as you diligently cultivate your powers and gain the recognition of the Yomi deity, you will naturally be able to leave the Yomi World."
Recognition from the Yomi goddess?
Did that mean Izanami no Mikoto?
Ye Liang remained indifferent toward both explanations.
Izanagi no Mikoto had said that once he obtained chakra, he could use Space-Time Ninjutsu to escape. But Mikamitsu Shirabe was saying he needed the favor of the Yomi goddess?
He didn't believe a word of either explanation!
He only believed in his own strength. If he could shatter the heavens and stand above all realms, there would be nothing he couldn't achieve!
"Thank you for your guidance, Her Ladyship. I was indeed being naïve."
"Good. Now that you understand, let me tell you something." Upon hearing Ye Liang's words, Mikamitsu Shirabe immediately appeared appeased. "In a few days, it will be time when the Yomi goddess replenishes her guards."
"I'll recommend you to try your luck then. If you're fortunate enough to be chosen by the Yomi deity, you'll naturally have a chance to return to the human world.
Of course, if your skills aren't up to par, don't blame me for not giving you this opportunity. The two cultivation methods I gave you are enough to bring you into the uppermost echelon of the Yomi World. Whether you succeed or not, don't say I didn't help you."
"That's truly very kind of Her Ladyship." Ye Liang bowed respectfully to Mikamitsu Shirabe.
Before long,
he happily left the grand hall of Her Ladyship.
"So that's what Izanagi no Mikoto meant by saying I'd soon meet the Yomi goddess.
But regarding the difficulty of the Yomi goddess selecting her guards, Mikamitsu Shirabe didn't say anything else beyond this information. Looks like I really need to focus on cultivating." Ye Liang slightly furrowed his brows and returned to his residence.
In the following days, everyone was busy preparing for Her Ladyship's birthday banquet.
Since he had to cultivate the final stage of the Ming Body Forging Method, Ye Liang rarely left the village.
That changed one night, seven days later.
His eyes suddenly snapped open!
As if a black dragon coiled around him, dark aura faintly appeared around Ye Liang's surroundings!
"It worked!"
He was overjoyed.
With a slight wave outward, the dark aura shot straight toward the direction he pointed!
"Bang!"
A teapot sitting ten meters away shattered instantly!
And this entire process lasted only 0.1 seconds!
[Black Sphere!] Then [Dark Aura!] too. This [Body Tempering Technique] must be training my ability to control dark energy. Ye Liang waved his hand again, and the dark aura swirling around him shifted accordingly, forming various shapes.
First appearing as sharp axes and blades, then transforming into mighty tigers and true dragons, finally even simple items like teapots and chairs could be conjured.
He gently sat on the conjured chair. It felt real—more solid and durable than ordinary furniture.
"No wonder this is considered a refined cultivation method! Such mystical techniques used in battle would indeed be incredibly versatile." He sent a flicker of electricity through his fingers. A weak bolt of lightning quietly sparked to life.
The [Yomi Forged Lightning Art] isn't bad either, but without the flesh of the Yomi Leader, it's completely untrainable. That's definitely a drawback.
He took out two other secret manuals that Mikamitsu Shirabe had given him, one after another.
One was [Yomi Forged Fire Art], developed using a fire-element Yomigami from Yomi. The other was [Yomi Forged Ice Art], also derived from an ice-element Yomigami.
These two techniques should be identical to the [Yomi Forged Lightning Art] in terms of cultivation method, differing only in elemental attribute.
The southernmost part of the Yomi World, where Mikamitsu Shirabe lived, had no other Yomigami except for the lightning-element Yomi Leader. So, those two manuals were basically useless.
Without the corresponding Yomigami's blood and flesh, one could only cultivate up to the second layer.
Even the first layer of Ye Liang's original [Ming Body Forging Method] was stronger than the first two layers of these arts. So he looked down on them.
"Guess I'll have to think this through properly tomorrow."
The next day.
Ye Liang gave the Village Headman a heads-up before leaving Peach Blossom Village.
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