"Before the calamity, he was very weak; I could swat him dead with one paw. But when I was causing a ruckus on Narukami Island, that guy suddenly got stronger for some reason. One sneak attack and I instantly turned into a stone statue."
"And then it was you, who broke Tadatsune Harunosuke's seal with an ordinary, utterly ordinary sword."
"Honestly, I don't quite understand why you're asking about this. Besides, your strength is much greater than that guy Tadatsune Harunosuke's. I could feel the lightning storm you conjured on Yashiori Island all the way here in Chinju Forest."
"At first, with that intense oppressive feeling, I thought the Narukami Shogun was angry, but then I realized that aura was exactly like yours! It's ridiculous!"
Ioroi said, sitting on the ground, a rather human-like expression of speechlessness on his simple face.
He remembered when he first met the girl, she hadn't even mastered elemental power and could only fight with an ordinary katana.
Yet now, she had become a Archon capable of creating island-encompassing lightning storms. The last time he felt a similar oppressive aura was Five hundred years ago.
At that time, he hadn't been sealed yet. The Fox had tricked him, saying it was a duel of magic, and whatever happened outside, he shouldn't come out, as it was a trap to lure him out.
Of course, he already knew that he survived because of Kitsune Saiguu's 'duel of magic,' although he would have preferred to face that Five hundred years ago calamity alongside Kitsune Saiguu.
"Actually, if possible, I want to study Liyue's Adepti Arts," Shiki said.
"I'm asking about Onmyōdō because it originated from Liyue's Adepti Arts."
"Adepti Arts are another kind of power, different from elemental power, like the magic you mentioned. But clearly, your Tanuki magic isn't suitable for me."
Shiki, already a Archon, naturally wouldn't care about Tadatsune Harunosuke's Onmyōdō. What she cared about was the Liyue Adepti Arts contained within it.
Liyue's Adepti Arts were infinitely profound, and the Adepti Arts system could achieve many things that elemental power could not.
For example, giving dreams, extending life, powerful healing abilities, and storing Sumeru in a mustard seed.
Among these, what Shiki wanted most were storing Sumeru in a mustard seed and extending life.
Storing Sumeru in a mustard seed would allow her to carry all her belongings with her, just like the Traveler's Serenitea Pot. Since she didn't have a Vision, she naturally needed a way to store things.
And extending life was for Ayaka. Shiki knew that she was no longer human; a Archon's lifespan was measured in millennia, so she naturally didn't need it herself.
Adepti Arts could definitely extend life, Shiki was certain, because Qiqi was a living example.
A herb-picking child who accidentally wandered onto a battlefield, saved by the combined efforts of the Adepti at the brink of death, and finally turned into a cute zombie, living for several hundred years without any change.
However, all of this was still based on the premise of Shiki learning the Adepti Arts system.
It was precisely for this reason that Shiki wanted to understand Onmyōdō. After all, Liyue was too far away, and traveling by ship was too troublesome.
Although she could ask the Traveler for a ride, Adepti Arts sounded like a time-consuming endeavor.
As the saying goes, "In the mountains, there is no calendar; years pass unnoticed." Who knew how long it would take to learn Adepti Arts?
To master Tsubame Gaeshi, Shiki had focused intensely and stayed cooped up at home for half a year. And with distractions from Inazuma matters, her efficiency would only be worse.
What's more, whether they were willing to teach was another matter entirely!
Thinking of this, Shiki shook her head, then continued: "Now, do you understand?"
"I can't learn your Tanuki magic, so naturally, I have to find other methods!"
"Then I can only wish you good luck," Ioroi said. "Our clan's cultivation method is completely different from yours. In terms of your human way of thinking, we learn magic by traveling to different places."
"I went to sixteen different places back then, and the different sceneries greatly increased my magic power. With enough magic power, those spells naturally came to me."
Shiki: "???"
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