A person in Japan, a sword that soars to immortality.

Chapter 117 Fortune Telling for Muzan

Kyoto, the Yin-Yang Bureau.

"When I was young, I didn't know the moon and called it a white jade plate. Tang Dynasty poetry is truly wonderful. What do you say, Lord Muzan?"

Looking out the window at the bright moon, Tsuchimikado Taian recited a poem, then looked at Kibutsuji Muzan across from him and said with a smile.

"I never expected... that someone like you would exist in Kyoto."

At this moment, the female version of Kibutsuji Muzan, with a pair of blood-red eyes, quietly looked at the highest-ranking person in charge of the Onmyōryō, the Onmyō-tō leader—Tsuchimikado Taian, and spoke expressionlessly.

"If the time for meeting doesn't come, there will naturally be no chance to meet."

Tsuchimikado Taian picked up his teacup, took a small sip, and then slowly placed it back on the table.

The beautiful woman, who had been perched on his shoulder, drawing her eyebrows and wearing a yellow and black kimono, chuckled and immediately went to fill the teacup.

"Can bees even be used to pour tea?"

Muzan raised an eyebrow, secretly surprised.

The reason for this was that in her line of sight, a buzzing bee hovered over the teapot and actually lifted the teapot, which was a hundred times larger than itself.

"Alright, Princess Bee, you may step aside. I have some matters to discuss with Lord Muzan."

"Ugh, why can't I listen?"

The woman, whom Tsuchimikado Taian called Bee, suddenly lay down on Taian's lap and said in a coquettish tone.

"Because these words... are extremely important to Lord Muzan. If other beings knew, they would die~"

"Tch~ Got it!"

hum~

Suddenly, a gentle breeze swept through the room, and countless bees appeared instantly, only to disappear just as quickly.

Muzan's fingers, hidden in his sleeve, twitched slightly, and his brows gradually furrowed.

Was it my imagination? I think I saw a swarm of bees.

This Onmyoji... is really quite annoying.

"Lord Muzan, please forgive Princess Bee's rudeness just now."

Tai'an unfolded the fan in the hall, covered his mouth, and said softly.

"Oh? You mean that bee from earlier?"

Muzan turned his head and said in a playful tone.

"If it is called a bee, it is an insect; but if it is called a bee princess, it is a beautiful woman."

Tai'an said with a smile.

"What do you mean by that? Are you kidding me?"

Muzan was stunned for a moment, then his expression gradually became ferocious as he stared intently at Tai'an opposite him, feeling that he should just eat him instead.

Ever since she arrived, the other person has been rambling on and on. It's a waste of my time to have specifically looked for this person today.

"The reason I say this is to help you understand what a spell really is."

"Spell?"

Damn it, he's talking nonsense again!

Having studied for nearly a thousand years, Muzan always believed that he was omniscient and omnipotent.

But at this moment, Tai'an's expression and tone were as if he were lecturing a child.

Taking a deep breath, Muzan extended a spiked tube from his back, slowly approaching Tai'an's neck, and said in a chilling tone:

"Stop playing games with me, or else..."

"Oh dear, Lord Muzan, you're really impatient. Alright, then I'll explain it in a simpler way."

Seemingly unconcerned about the imminent danger, Tai'an closed the fan in the hall, placed it flat on the tea table, and continued:

"One Qi transforms into Yin and Yang, and Yin and Yang give birth to all things. Everything in this world is essentially composed of Qi."

"But why are there also stones, flowing water, and trees? It's because of their names."

“A name is the shortest spell.”

“And the incantation binds the intangible energy into a tangible thing.”

"Your name is Kibutsuji Muzan, so Kibutsuji Muzan is you."

call......

Muzan shook his neck, then tilted his head back, sighed, and finally tucked his chin slightly, raising his eyes: "You mean, if I didn't have this name, I wouldn't exist? I am who I am, you know?"

Tai'an extended her index finger and waved it at Muzan, denying her statement.

"You are you, but without the name Muzan Kibutsuji, it's as if Muzan Kibutsuji doesn't exist."

"And it is because your name is Kibutsuji Muzan, the cruel demon who dances gracefully at the crossroads, that you... have a physical defect."

ha?

Ignoring the other party's bewildered expression, Tai'an continued, "A crossroads can only lead in four directions, so you will inevitably be missing one of the five Yin, which is also the most crucial one, namely the fundamental power of Kun Yin."

"What a joke! If that's the case, then I can just change my name, right?"

Muzan slammed his hand on the table, leaned forward, and his eyes were filled with aggression.

"It can't be changed, it can't be changed, it's fate, and it's beyond human control."

"Then you have no reason to live."

"unless......"

Ok?

Just as the tentacle-like thorn was about to pierce his neck, Taian made a surprising statement.

He stood up, walked to the door, looked up at Mars in the night sky, about to enter the Southern Dipper constellation, turned his back to Muzan, narrowed his eyes into slits like a fox, and said in a sinister tone:

"Unless you can obtain the tears left behind by Tsukuyomi in the human world, or... go to the underworld to find the purest Yin energy."

"However, I have no way of knowing how to obtain both of these items; it will depend on your luck."

luck?

Upon hearing this word, Muzan's expression immediately turned ugly.

It seems like I've been having really bad luck lately!

As if sensing Muzan's thoughts, Tai'an turned around, walked to Muzan's side, bent down, and whispered:

"Is the gentleman lamenting his bad luck?"

Seeing Muzan turn his head instantly and look at him with surprise, Tai'an chuckled inwardly, but remained outwardly calm, speaking in a seductive tone:

"Actually, you can increase your luck by associating with people who have great fortune."

"When a person with great fortune reaches the pinnacle of their life, which is when their luck is at its strongest, everyone who follows them will also experience an increase in their own fortune."

Who is destined for great fortune?

After a series of roundabout attempts to guide him, Muzan's thinking has now begun to follow Tai'an's lead.

When the other person said that, she asked the question instinctively.

"Mars enters the Southern Dipper, threatening chaos throughout the world. But the Imperial Star has already begun to shine; before long, a person of great destiny will be born. At that time, all that is needed is for you, Lord Muzan, to join his side..."

"Not only can you completely overcome your own shortcomings, but you can also... go even further!"

what!

Muzan's pupils contracted instantly, and he suddenly felt something indescribable enter his body.

But the next second, she immediately came to her senses, took a deep look at Tai'an who was still smiling beside her, and then disappeared instantly.

This kind of inexplicable thing is something Muzan really dislikes.

She suddenly had a feeling that if she stayed any longer, something unexpected might happen to her that she couldn't understand.

"Are you leaving already?"

As Tai'an looked at the now empty cloth troupe, the smile on his face gradually disappeared.

He then walked to the doorway again, looked up at the sky, squinted his eyes, and muttered to himself:

"Although the Imperial Star has begun to stir, why has the Taiyi Star, which has been dim for thousands of years, also lit up?"

"It even... faintly shows signs of suppressing the Emperor Star?"