Bai Ye summarized the things he could currently fuse into his blade.
According to Zombie Bai Ye, corpse energy and corpse poison are just for preventing recovery and applying debuffs; the effect of turning the opponent into a zombie seems to be gone.
A trace of spiritual energy is to suppress the corpse poison, and at the same time, spiritual energy attached to the weapon can cause great damage to creatures like yokai and ghosts.
Adding the Tree of Ages he would look for later, fusing these three powers, Bai Ye felt it would be about enough.
Later on, if he could make the blade eat a Devil Fruit, specifically a Weapon Fruit, this blade would be considered complete.
"Totosai, I've thought of the general materials, and I will give them to you later. Besides those materials, there are also my teeth, right?"
"Young Master Inuyasha Bai Ye, I also need your demonic power. After injecting your demonic power, you will find this blade much easier to use."
During the forging process, injecting Bai Ye's demonic power into it would create a special connection between the blade and the user, making it better to use later.
Totosai patiently explained to Bai Ye, while also feeling curious about what materials Bai Ye would find to forge the demonic blade.
"I understand. I will come here to find you in a while."
"Very well, Young Master Inuyasha Bai Ye."
After Totosai finished speaking, he stopped paying attention to Bai Ye and lowered his head to start forging new weapons.
Recently, the Inu Demon Clan has been at war with the Leopard Cat Clan, so he needs to rush to produce weapons. They don't need to be perfect, but they can't be too bad either.
He didn't have the leisure to invite Bai Ye to stay for a cup of tea.
After leaving, Bai Ye prepared to go get the Tree of Ages immediately. The location of the Tree of Ages is not hard to find; in fact, most people know of its existence, as this tree has existed for many years.
Bai Ye had high hopes for the Tree of Ages.
The well made from the Tree of Ages causes any yokai thrown into it to naturally disappear, and it also has the function of time travel, although it requires the shikon jewel as a medium, and it also has the ability to seal time.
What's even more heaven-defying is that this tree has been able to survive for so long.
This tree, which looks like a treasure, is rarely targeted by yokai or even humans.
Perhaps it's because they don't quite understand its effects?
But in fact, Bai Ye himself didn't know if the Tree of Ages would have any effect, and how to fuse the Tree of Ages into the blade was also a problem. He wouldn't have to forge a peach wood sword, would he?
Just as Bai Ye was pondering how to proceed, he suddenly raised his head and looked forward.
Not far away, a figure was already gradually walking towards him, yet he seemed completely unaware.
"What pure demonic power."
"Onmyoji?"
Bai Ye raised his head and looked at the person approaching, who was followed by a child.
"Ah, yokai, how about we go our separate ways?"
The Onmyoji looked up, and the wind lifted the cover on his hat, instantly revealing a handsome and gentle face before Bai Ye, but this instinctively made Bai Ye feel a sense of disgust.
It was as if he loathed this guy's existence.
And what was this so-called "going our separate ways" of his?!
Since last time, the shrine maiden didn't attack when she saw him, and now the Onmyoji hadn't attacked either.
Tsukuyomi's strength was enough to kill him, but if Bai Ye didn't want to fight, Tsukuyomi couldn't kill him either. He had the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, so he could run at any time, and he also had the Mangekyo. In terms of raw strength, Tsukuyomi was definitely stronger than him, but if one added all sorts of strange abilities, it wasn't certain who would kill whom.
"Shouldn't an Onmyoji be in Heian-kyō? How do you have the time to come to such a small mountain Village?"
They were already very close to the Village where the Tree of Ages was located.
An Onmyoji like this would simply not appear here.
In this era, compared to samurai, monks, and shrine maidens, Onmyoji were definitely in a league of their own.
Only nobles could afford to hire an Onmyoji, and Onmyoji were generally few in number.
Those who could become Onmyoji were all one-in-a-million geniuses.
Bai Ye could feel that even though the other party wasn't intentionally targeting him, his strength was definitely much stronger than the Tsukuyomi he had seen last time.
"Just out for a stroll. Staying in Heian-kyō all the time is quite boring. Well, yokai, we'll be taking our leave."
With that, the man and his servant disappeared from the spot.
"That meaningful look the guy gave before leaving..."
Bai Ye had already prepared for a fight, but the other party just left like that.
And the meaningful look the other party gave before leaving really made Bai Ye feel a bit uncomfortable.
Sure enough, he still needed to improve his strength. After initially reaching the level of a first-class yokai, Bai Ye had been a bit smug. In the world of yokai, his talent was considered very strong; after all, even Sesshomaru was much slower than him.
But after coming out, the initial Tsukuyomi and the current Onmyoji made Bai Ye realize that this era was not the era of Inuyasha. In that era, he could indeed be smug, but not at this time!
This world could no longer be viewed through the lens of the fixed Inuyasha plot.
Withdrawing his gaze, Bai Ye looked at the small Village not far away; the location of the Tree of Ages was right there.
He had to hurry up and forge a good weapon for himself, then join the war against the Leopard Cat Clan.
"My Lord, why didn't you make a move just now?"
The departing child looked at Seimei. Clearly, this yokai's demonic power was very pure, making him a very good target, and it wouldn't have been difficult to capture him at that time.
In the demon world, powerful yokai don't necessarily have pure demonic power, and yokai with pure demonic power are relatively rare. And the child also knew that Seimei had his own plans and especially needed such a yokai.
"It is not yet time."
Seimei shook his head, smiling as he looked back in the direction where he had just met Bai Ye, and couldn't help but exclaim: "Coming out this time, I not only met a suitable shrine maiden but also found the yokai. I had originally thought that if I didn't find a suitable yokai, I would just use a motley collection of yokai to create a relatively imperfect one."
Abe no Seimei was even a bit fortunate; his whim to come out had indeed allowed him to find suitable candidates.
"Does that mean we need to raise him for a while longer?"
After the child finished speaking, he asked curiously: "Then, My Lord, are you not worried that the yokai will die?"
"That guy should be the son of Inu Daisho. I originally wanted to use Inu Daisho, but that guy's demonic power is too strong and might suppress the spirit inside, so his son is quite suitable. However, if he dies, then that is fate."
Abe no Seimei believed deeply in fate; he had already calculated everything.
Completing this matter at a specific time and place—if Bai Ye died at that time, then that was also fate. He would not easily change fate.
"Then, is this still the perfect jewel you are pursuing, My Lord?"
"Life is inherently imperfect."
Abe no Seimei shook his head. The shikon jewel—if it could be perfect, he would of course hope to possess perfection, but unfortunately, life is not that perfect.
He didn't necessarily have to pursue perfection.
Being able to meet Bai Ye this time was already lucky. If the other party could later become part of his shikon jewel along with Tsukuyomi, that would naturally be perfect, but if not, as long as he had Tsukuyomi, that would be enough.
Finding a suitable shrine maiden is really not easy.
At the Tree of Ages.
Bai Ye looked at the woman's figure before him, and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.
He had thought that after meeting by the lake last time, they would never meet again.
But fate seemed to really know how to joke; he had met Tsukuyomi again.
Tsukuyomi turned her head to look at Bai Ye, as if sensing something.
"Yokai?"
A hint of surprise flashed across her calm face, then, as if thinking of something, a fleeting blush flashed across her face before she returned to her calm demeanor.
Bai Ye glanced at Tsukuyomi. On the other side, Kira had already stood up and was staring at Bai Ye vigilantly.
Clearly, it had already regarded Bai Ye as someone tailing them.
Otherwise, it couldn't be such a coincidence.
Bai Ye didn't speak; he looked at the Tree of Ages, then jumped onto it and snapped off a branch, preparing to leave.
However, the moment he got the branch, Bai Ye couldn't help but frown. The branch, once snapped off, seemed to have lost its original magic; it looked just like a very, very ordinary branch.
"The branches of the Tree of Ages lose their original effects once broken off, unless there is a special method of preservation."
"You know?"
Bai Ye turned around to look at Tsukuyomi. Originally, he hadn't wanted to have much interaction with her.
The fate of this shrine maiden was related to many of his future gacha opportunities.
But Tsukuyomi's words really made Bai Ye curious.
He had indeed been thinking about this before he came.
Why no one had any designs on the Tree of Ages.
Although it was possible that not everyone knew what effects this thing had, someone must have known, so it should have been cut down and taken away, yet the Tree of Ages remained here.
After he personally cut off the branch of the Tree of Ages, not only did the tree recover quickly, but the branch in his hand also lost its original effect.
"I thought you were a mute."
Tsukuyomi muttered in her heart. She had been a bit embarrassed just now; after all, no matter how strong her inner heart was, she couldn't manage to treat the previous incident calmly.
But Bai Ye's indifferent attitude, or rather, his attitude of ignoring her, made Tsukuyomi feel something different in her heart.
This was also why she had suddenly spoken up to remind Bai Ye just now.
She actually wanted to see, when Bai Ye encountered a problem and she had a solution, whether he would choose to continue leaving or ask her for help.
The result was the same as she had imagined; Bai Ye had asked her.
"I know, but why should I tell you?"
This is Tsukuyomi?
A hint of astonishment flashed in Bai Ye's eyes. In the original work, there was basically no description of Tsukuyomi.
Bai Ye had always assumed her personality was probably similar to Kikyo's.
"I need to take a batch of Tree of Ages branches to build a well. If you help me transport these branches over, I can give you a branch with the Tree of Ages' power preserved before I leave."
Tsukuyomi stated her conditions; this straightforward girl was surprisingly easy to get along with.
Bai Ye had originally wanted to leave. Rather than discussing with a woman what he had to do for her, it was better to just turn around and leave.
He wouldn't be submissive to a woman because of this, but Tsukuyomi had directly made a request, and in exchange, she would reward Bai Ye with a branch of the Tree of Ages that had its power preserved. Bai Ye felt like he had been cornered.
He actually wanted to leave; after all, he wasn't there to help her carry firewood. He was the young master of Inu no Kuni; when had he ever done such a thing?
But he was already here, and if he just left, it seemed like something would be missing.
"Just move them over?"
He looked at the firewood—well, just this little bit, he could finish it in one go.
"And help me dig a well, so I can save a lot of time."
Tsukuyomi's eyes lit up. Although getting these branches wasn't difficult for her, if someone helped, she could save a lot of time.
She wanted to use the Tree of Ages to build a Bone-Eating Well, so that future yokai corpses could all be thrown into the well. Using the properties of the Tree of Ages, the yokai remains would slowly disappear, and the problem plaguing the villagers would be solved.
"Then it's a deal. Let's start now; let's just consider it a transaction between the two of us!"
Well, "transaction" sounded much better.
Bai Ye looked at Tsukuyomi in surprise. Did this woman know what he was thinking?
It was just moving some branches; he felt it wasn't difficult. Besides, he couldn't solve the Tree of Ages problem, so he could only use the transaction method to get help from Tsukuyomi.
"Does this well need so much of the Tree of Ages?"
Bai Ye had already moved them no less than four times, and the wood was piled up, but Tsukuyomi was still not satisfied.
"Because this well is a bit special."
Next, Tsukuyomi told Bai Ye the purpose of building this well. After listening to Tsukuyomi's description, Bai Ye finally realized that they were building the Bone-Eating Well there!
Come to think of it, an average person really couldn't build this well.
After moving all the Tree of Ages wood over and getting the frame and everything ready, Tsukuyomi's spiritual power seemed to be communicating with the Tree of Ages. A dazzling white light shone, and in the white light, Tsukuyomi's hair began to float upwards.
But Bai Ye felt a heart-palpitating spiritual power. No wonder this woman could fight so many yokai for so long; this spiritual power was terrifying just by standing nearby.
However, that woman, bathed in holy light, suddenly felt as if she had some special attribute added. No wonder men had a special passion for certain professions.