I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

"Master, he thinks—inject Buddha's power into the knife, maybe you can kill ogres."

"So when casting the knife, my mentor and I kept reciting Buddhist scriptures to the knife."

A faint wry smile appeared on Zong Hai's face.

"Just thinking about those days makes my scalp numb... I have recited Buddhist scriptures to many people in my life, but this is the first time I have recited Buddhist scriptures to a sword that has not yet formed and is still in the casting stage."

"In the end - the knife was forged successfully."

"Master has cast 2 knives in total, one is Dao and the other is Wakizashi."

"According to my mentor, he poured all his lifelong learning into these two knives, and these two knives are also the highest masterpieces of his life."

"The mentor named the sword - Da Shitian."

"Name that Wakizashi-Da Zizai."

"It's a pity..."

Zong Hai let out a long sigh.

"These two precious swords, which my mentor devoted his whole life to, still failed to kill the ogre."

"Seeing that the two knives that I worked so hard to forge failed to come in handy, my mentor was also depressed for a while."

"After enshrining Da Shitian and Da Zizai in this ancestral hall for a period of time, they were given to his friends by the mentor."

"Friend?" Xu Fang showed regret, "Who were these two knives given to?"

"The village chief of Fenghe Village—Konnosuke. That's the one I told you just now who issued a call to gather villagers from all the villages on the island in Fenghe Village and built a wooden wall to keep out the ogres. That man."

"Konnosuke has a deep friendship with his mentor."

"Konnosuke also cherishes the two knives presented by his mentor very much."

"Now these two knives should be treasured by Konnosuke."

"Have you already given it to someone..." Ogata sighed softly, "I wanted to see what the precious sword cast by your benefactor looked like..."

As soon as Ogata's sigh fell, A-Machi at the side let out a soft "ah".

Then Chao Zonghai asked anxiously:

"To enshrine King Fudo Ming, and to forge knives... Are you from the Tianxiangzong?"

Chapter 192

"Tianxiang... Zong?" Ogata rolled his tongue and spit out unfamiliar words.

As for Zong Hai at the side, his eyes lit up, and he said to Ah Ding in a tone of joy:

"What a surprise... I didn't expect you, the benefactor, to recognize the sect that this little monk has converted to."

"That's right, as you said, the little monk and Xianhai took refuge in the Tianxiang sect."

"A-cho." Ogata asked A-cho with a puzzled face, "What is Tian Xiangzong?"

"It is a small, very small school of Buddhism in our country."

A-machi Asaogata explained.

"The monks of Tianxiangzong only enshrine Fudo Myoko."

"In the Warring States Period more than 200 years ago, there were years of wars, and even Buddhist temples were hard to escape from the flames of war. Small schools like Tianxiangzong naturally lost their incense."

"In order to maintain the normal operation of the major monasteries, the monks of Tianxiangzong are determined to find ways to increase the income of the monasteries."

"And the method they found was to sell the best-selling commodity in the Warring States Period—knife."

"At that time, Master Yan Hai of Tian Xiangzong was an incomparable sword-making genius."

"He figured out a unique knives-making technique."

"The knives produced by his knife casting skills are far harder, more resilient, and sharper than other knives."

"It is also thanks to Master Yan Hai's unique knife casting method that the knives produced by Tian Xiangzong have become bestsellers."

"But because Tianxiangzong is only a small sect after all, there are not many monks, and there are even fewer monks who can master this unique knife-making method. Therefore, the number of knives that Tianxiangzong can produce every year is not large."

"So the knives cast by Tianxiangzong are basically regarded as precious treasures and sold to various big names or wealthy businessmen. Therefore, Tianxiangzong only has a very famous reputation among these famous people. In Puluo The public is not well-known.”

"After Toyotomi Hideyoshi established the Taiko, unified the world, and issued the "Sword Hunting Order", in order to avoid being affected by the "Sword Hunting Order", Tenkozong no longer sold swords or made swords. Day-to-day activities have also become extremely low-key.”

"Tian Xiang Zong was originally a small sect that few people knew about. After deciding to act in a more low-key manner, gradually fewer people knew of their existence."

"I heard that after Tianxiangzong decided not to forge knives, he turned to research medicine and sold medicine to increase the temple's income."

"Although Tian Xiangzong no longer forges knives, their unique knives are still passed down from generation to generation."

After A-cho briefly told the history of Ama-chan, Zonghai at the side praised A-cho in a praiseful tone:

"Female benefactor, you really know a lot."

"Because of my profession, I still know some things that ordinary people are not familiar with." A-Machi smiled slightly.

"What the benefactor said just now is exactly the same." Zong Haidao, "After Toyotomi Taige issued the 'Knife Hunting Order', in order to avoid being affected by the 'Sword Hunting Order', the ancestors of my clan decided not to use it anymore. Forge knives, and no longer sell knives outside."

"Turn to study medicine and earn income by selling medicine outside."

"But we have not given up on our proud knife-casting skills."

"Not only have we not given up our knife-casting skills? In the inheritance from generation to generation? The ancestors of the past generations have continued to improve this technology."

"The little monk's mentor is very fortunate to have inherited the knife-casting technique passed down from generation to generation in our Tianxiang Sect."

"The mentor of the little monk is a genius of casting. He not only perfectly inherited the knife-casting technique handed down from generation to generation by our Tianxiang clan? He also made new innovations based on this."

"The two precious swords, Da Shitian and Da Zizai, are the precious swords forged by the master with his improved 'Tian Xiangzong Sword Casting Technique'."

After quietly listening to Zong Hai's introduction? Ogata said with emotion:

"I didn't expect Zong Hai that the sect you converted to have such a big background..."

After Ogata expressed his emotion, A-cho on the side suddenly asked Zonghai:

"By the way? Zong Hai. I've been hearing you talking about your mentor since just now. Where's your mentor? Why haven't we seen your mentor since we entered Tianmanji?"

"Of course you won't see my mentor anymore." Zong Hai showed a faint wry smile, "My mentor died of illness half a year ago."

"Half a year ago, my teacher died on the bed due to the relapse of an old stomach problem."

As soon as Zong Hai said this, Ah Ding's expression froze instantly.

"Ah... sorry..."

"Female benefactor? No need to apologize. Birth, old age, sickness and death are just common things, not to mention that my benefactor was already 68 years old when he died of illness, which is very old. It is a blessing to live to such an old age before passing away."

"... Zong Hai." Ogata said in a deep voice at this time, "Since your mentor died of illness half a year ago... then isn't he... turned into a cannibal...?"

According to the information provided to them by Zong Hai just now-since a certain day 2 years ago? The islanders on this island were all poisoned with immortality, otherwise they would all come back to life after death? Also unkillable ogres.

Since Zong Hai's mentor died of illness half a year ago, it happened to be when the "Ogre Rebellion" was raging on this island...

Ogata originally thought that Zonghai's mentor must also be resurrected from the dead, and then turned into a cannibal.

But who knew—Zong Hai shook his head with a sullen face.

"……Do not."

"My benefactor...he just died normally after he died of illness."

"He didn't come back from the dead? Turned into an ogre."

"When the little monk provided information about ogres to you two just now, he forgot to tell you two: Although everyone on this island will turn into ogres after death? But the monk's mentor is the only exception. "

At the same time, Ogata and A-Machi turned their astonished gazes to Sokai.

"Huh? Why is that?" Ah-Ming asked anxiously. "Why is your teacher an exception?"

"About this... the little monk is also puzzled." Zong Hai sighed lightly. "The little monk is also very puzzled... I don't understand why my teacher is the only exception."

"Could it be because your benefactor practiced Buddhism, so he was protected by Buddhism?" Ah Ding raised a possibility in a cautious tone.

"It's unlikely..." Zong Hai said in a deep voice, "Many villagers who unfortunately became cannibals are also devout believers..."

Speaking of this, Zong Hai sighed heavily: "There are too many mysteries about ogres..."

……

……

After taking Ogata and Atachi to see the ancestral hall that originally enshrined the two precious swords Da Shitian and Da Zizai, Zonghai formally led the two into the back hall of Tenmanji Temple.

The back hall of Tenmanji Temple is much more spacious.

Thatched cottages, bathrooms, living rooms, guest rooms, restaurants... rooms with various functions are all available.

The hut, the living room, and these rooms have nothing to look at.

A special room in the back hall of Tenmanji Temple caught the attention of Ogata and A-cho.

This room is the room where Zong Hai studies medicine.

Chapter 193 Research on "Immortality"

"This is the room that the monk is most proud of."

Zonghai led Ogata and Atachi to the innermost room in the back hall, and said in a somewhat smug tone, while pulling open the paper sliding door of this room, revealing the scene.

After the sliding door was opened by Zonghai, a strong smell of medicine rushed towards Ogata and Atachi.

"This is?" Ogata, who was shocked by the scene inside the house, shrank his pupils slightly.

All kinds of medicinal materials, stoves and pots for cooking medicine, firewood, Western-style test tubes and various medicines—this is the scene that appeared before Ogata.

"The little monk usually studies medicine in this room."

Looking at all kinds of things in this room, Zong Hai's eyes emitted a soft light, just like looking at his own child.

"Just like what the female benefactor said just now - after the Tian Xiangzong, which the little monk converted to, promulgated the "Knife Hunting Order" in the Toyotomi Taige, my sect turned to research medicine, and earned extra money by selling medicine. income."

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"After more than [-] years of research and precipitation, my Tian Xiangzong has also achieved very impressive achievements in medicine."

"Master, he has learned the knife-casting technique passed down from generation to generation in my Tianxiang clan."

"Although I haven't learned the knife-casting technique, I have learned the medicine of my Tian Xiangzong."

"The two benefactors don't need to stand in front of the door, they can come in and visit."

After obtaining Zonghai's permission, Ogata and A-Ming stepped into the pharmacy slowly, and carefully looked at everything in the pharmacy.

"Zong Hai..." Ogata picked up an empty test tube, "You have a lot of rare things...you even have Nanban's medicine and equipment..."

"Oh?" Zong Hai raised his eyebrows, "Benefactor, do you also understand Lan Xue?"

"You don't know much." Ogata said casually, "In order to get these Nanman medicines and equipment, you must have spent a lot of effort, right?"

"That's right." Zong Hai said with a wry smile, "These Nanman medicines and equipment were all purchased from a Nanman businessman when the young monk came to this island with his mentor to meditate."

"The little monk originally thought that the Nanman was only good at building ships, but I didn't realize that they also had outstanding achievements in medicine. The various equipment and medicines of the Nanman made the little monk amazed."

Speaking of this, Zong Haichang sighed, and then said with emotion:

"It's true that there are people beyond people, and there is a sky beyond the sky..."

"Zong Hai." A-Ming asked Zong Hai while looking at the various medicinal materials piled up in the corner, "You said that you usually research medicines here, so what kind of medicines have you been researching recently?"

"I used to just do random research."

Zong Hai said softly.

"The study of specific medicines for typhoid fever, specific medicines for diarrhea... In short, it is random research without any purpose."

"This island is extremely rich in medicinal resources, so it is enough for me to squander it to my heart's content."

"Until... ogres appeared on this island, I became interested in the highly poisonous blood of ogres, so in the past two years I have devoted myself to researching medicine that can remove the 'immortal poison'."

"Then did your research produce any results?" Ogata asked.

"If you want to talk about the results... there are still some."

Zong Hai smiled wryly and took out a small jar from a cabinet.

After opening the jar, a medicinal smell so strong that it could be described as "stinky" immediately gushed out from the jar.

Lying quietly in the jar was a black pill the size of an adult's little finger.