Chapter 10

The next morning!

From behind the Grand Narukami Shrine comes a childish shout, accompanied by the sound of bowstrings vibrating. Luo Li leans on a tree and comments leisurely.

"Aim a little, raise your hand."

"Don't let your eyes wander, yes, shoot!"

"Stand your feet apart, don't forget the standard posture."

Throughout the morning, Asase Hibiki spent it in a state of being scolded, sweating like rain, her little head dizzy.

Only when she actually started did she know that practicing archery is such a difficult thing.

She wanted to give up several times at first, but under Luo Li's urging, she didn't have the courage to speak at all.

During the process, many shrine maidens noticed this side, but no one came to interfere, letting the two teach.

Asase Hibiki gritted her teeth and persisted for I don't know how long, until her trembling arms couldn't pull the bowstring anymore.

"That's it for today, follow me to practice spells in the afternoon."

Looking at the scattered arrows that missed the target, Luo Li's emotionless words sound.

Once entering the teaching mode, he won't consider too many other things and will become extremely strict.

The little shrine maiden responds in a low voice with a little grievance. The excitement of yesterday disappeared without a trace. If she had known it was so tiring, she would have seriously considered whether to agree yesterday.

Quietly watching Asase Hibiki collect the scattered arrows and stack them well, Luo Li, lying on the cherry tree, finds it funny and slightly slows down his tone.

"Rest for a while, I'll come to find you after noon."

"Oh."

Finding that the dashing and handsome figure disappeared from the branch as soon as the words fell, Asase Hibiki waited for a while first. After confirming that Luo Li really left, she secretly put the collected practice arrows back to the practice point.

Yesterday, I heard from Mitsuyo that she could easily hit the bullseye on the first day of practicing archery. It is a pity that she doesn't have this talent, but diligence can make up for clumsiness.

As long as she spends time, Asase Hibiki believes that she can do it one day.

"Since I don't dare to refuse Lord Luo Li's request, then work hard!"

The green loli encourages herself.

On the other side, saying goodbye to the little shrine maiden, Luo Li comes to the bottom of Mount Yougou alone.

Taking advantage of Kitsune Saiguu's absence, he can just do some insurance tricks.

Since Raiden Makoto has not died yet, the Grand Narukami Shrine has not given birth to a Sacred Sakura tree, let alone its branch, the Thunder Sakura tree.

According to his assumption, if Makoto's death is prevented, Ei will not plant the seeds, and the known history will be disrupted.

At the same time, lacking the protection of the Sacred Sakura, Inazuma cannot be spared from the Abyss disaster that swept the entire continent, and the number of deaths will be more than that.

So at the current stage, he wants to replace the Sacred Sakura tree and set up a super-large barrier sufficient to protect the entire Narukami Island.

"Although such a barrier is troublesome, I know quite a few."

Looking at the mountain peak shrouded in clouds and mist, Luo Li easily enters the underground world that no one has ever stepped on.

Remembering that the memory body Hanachirusato, who inherited Kitsune Saiguu, will guide the traveler here to exorcise filth and purify the branches of the Sacred Sakura in the future.

Standing at the root system where the original Sacred Sakura was located, an ancient and complex formula disk suddenly appears in Luo Li's hand.

Looking closely, you will find that it consists of a large square disk at the bottom and a rotating round disk at the top.

The center is the North Star, surrounded by the twelve moon gods, and the square disk represents the earth, engraved with the twenty-eight constellations.

"Based on astrology and Onmyodo, condense the array of the twelve divine generals."

The Onmyodo that Luo Li possesses is not what is recognized in the 11th district, but is derived from the ancient country's Onmyodo, with "astronomy," "calendar," and "clepsydra" as official positions, and parallel "divination," "exorcism," etc.

The reason for setting up a barrier here is because the underground of Mount Yougou is closest to the ley lines and is also the thickest place on Narukami Island.

If the array operates purely with the power given by Luo Li, I am afraid it will not last long.

But linking the ley lines, as long as there is no problem with this as the source, it can operate as usual for thousands of years, endless.

Closing his eyes to sense for a moment, he throws the formula disk into the air and flicks his finger to fix it.

I saw the formula disk blooming with yellow, purple, red, blue, green, and chestnut colors, illuminating the entire underground space.

At the same time, the ley line power buried under the earth began to surge and roll.

According to general circumstances, to set up such an array, it is necessary to welcome the light of the stars and locate the twenty-eight constellations.

But the false sky of Teyvat continent reflects not the original universe. Instead of spending energy using astrology to define the position, it is better to use the ley line power unique to this continent for anchoring.

Possessing the power of the Twelve Herrschers, with the help of the Ninth Herrscher of Rock who masters the power of the earth, Luo Li easily finds the weakest point of the ley lines.

Yet, to draw it out, some assistance is still required.

After a moment of contemplation, he began to trace obscure and cryptic seal characters in the air.

A full hour passed before over a hundred golden seal characters flickered and floated within the enclosed underground space.

Sensing the ground beginning to tremble as the ley lines stirred—with the tremors vaguely threatening to expand—Luo Li flicked a dozen Mountain-Suppressing Talismans directly toward the rock wall.

Beyond this, he reached out into the void once more; in his hand, which had been empty a moment before, a crystalline jade marrow the size of a small hill suddenly appeared.

Without any sign of him using a sharp tool to cut it, the jade marrow hill divided into twelve pieces of equal size.

Since it was the Array of the Twelve Divine Generals, there naturally had to be vessels to inherit the power of the celestial stars.

Though the jade marrow crystals born from Yougou Mountain could not be called precious suppression artifacts, they were barely sufficient.

Casually pulling over the first piece of jade marrow, Luo Li began to carve it using his palm as a blade; in an instant, jade dust flew everywhere.

In just a brief moment, a lifelike jade dragon hovered before him.

A majesty that overlooked all directions emanated from it; every inch of its scales shimmered with luster, and within them, it seemed as if flowing light were reversing, refracting misty white fog, as if it were a living creature.

Luo Li remained unmoved by this, pointing his fingertip toward the dragon's eyes.

In an instant, it was as if a dragon's roar echoed through the void, and the surrounding temperature plummeted rapidly.

The Naku Weed swaying in the corner was vaguely coated in white frost.

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