Chapter 10

In the courtyard of the White Jade Tower, filled with cherry blossoms, two figures swiftly dodged and chased each other. One of the figures had silver hair flowing, dressed in green and white, which was the gardener of the White Jade Tower, Yōkai Yōko. The other was Wu Feng, who was different in that he wore a black tuxedo with a single ponytail reaching his hips.

During their confrontation, Wu Feng narrowly dodged every attack from the silver-haired Yōko, but he had no chance to counterattack, resulting in a continuous evasion.

"Over a hundred years have passed, your dodging skills have improved terrifyingly, Wu Feng," Yōko said with a smile, continuing her attacks. The Tower View Sword drew countless sword lights flying towards Wu Feng.

"I'm a mage, you know," Wu Feng said helplessly. Over the past hundred years, every time he fought Yōko, he was always on the receiving end of her relentless attacks. Even though Yōko controlled her energy to match his, Wu Feng had never won a single time. Instead, his dodging skills had improved rapidly. Wu Feng even thought that Yōko's attacks were always just at the edge of his dodging ability, pushing him to improve. He feared that if she attacked with full force, he wouldn't last a single move.

With a wave of his hands, purple light balls formed by the power of death appeared in the air, quickly surrounding Wu Feng. Then, the purple light balls fell like meteors, colliding with the sword lights in mid-air, causing explosions that shook the nearby cherry trees.

**Heart Copy Slash**

As the dust obscured her vision, Yōko smiled and launched her attack. Countless lights gathered on her feet, instantly increasing her speed. She almost turned into a beam of light, leaving a trail of energy petals in her wake as she broke through the dust and approached Wu Feng. Her Tower View Sword transformed into a pink light sword, slicing horizontally.

Seeing the light sword coming at him, Wu Feng remained calm. After a hundred years of confrontation, this was not the first time he had encountered this move.

**Reverse Screen**

Purple energy flashed under his feet, and Wu Feng's body forcibly rolled into the air, narrowly avoiding the attack. He concentrated the power of death in his right hand, preparing for the next attack.

**Yellow Spring Flat Road**

Just as Wu Feng was about to launch his attack, Yōko's body moved again.

"Wu Feng, you're still too careless. **Crescent Moon Slash**," Yōko said with a light laugh.

Yōko, who was about to enter a stiff period after using **Heart Copy Slash**, changed her sword technique, and the Tower View Sword, now a pink light sword, cut through the air in a wide arc.

The Tower View Sword approached Wu Feng in an instant, leaving no time for him to use **Yellow Spring Flat Road**. Wu Feng could only laugh bitterly and disperse the power of death around him.

The Tower View Sword stopped just before Wu Feng's forehead.

"Indeed, I still can't win against Yōko-nee," Wu Feng said, shaking his slightly disheveled hair due to the sword wind.

"To win against me, wait until you reach the level of Yuyuko-sama," Yōko said, tapping Wu Feng's forehead with a smile.

Wu Feng let out a few distressed groans, then his eyes lit up as he stared at Yōko.

"Ugh, forget it. Yōko-nee, it's been a long time since you've had a party. I miss it. When are you going to have one?"

Mentioning the party, Yōko felt a bit annoyed.

A hundred years ago, with the help of Kotonoha, Wu Feng successfully joined the White Jade Tower, doubling its size! The number of people in the vast White Jade Tower finally increased from two to three...

For the first thirty years, Wu Feng followed Yuyuko to learn the basic usage of the power of death. During this time, Wu Feng developed a very bad habit... a habit that made Yuyuko look at him differently.

Eating, he loved to eat and found it hard to be satisfied, showing the potential to become a second Yuyuko... However, because of this habit, Wu Feng's relationship with Yuyuko improved, and he was appointed as the steward of the White Jade Tower...

A steward should manage various services of a household, but what could he do in a place with only three people? He only managed one aspect: finances! It sounded quite powerful, but in reality, it was indeed "powerful." In a place that was already often in deficit, adding Wu Feng made it a monthly and yearly deficit. Of course, there was something to manage! Since Wu Feng became the steward, the task of borrowing money from Kotonoha fell to him... After a hundred years, Wu Feng's debt had reached eight digits...

Yuyuko, as the culprit, probably felt a bit guilty towards Wu Feng and officially recognized him in the fiftieth year, granting him the surname "Shikigami Wu Feng."

Wu Feng died at the age of fifteen or sixteen, still a minor, with a slightly youthful face. Theoretically, he wouldn't grow after death, but for some reason, only his hair continued to grow, stopping only at his hips. After cutting it, it would start growing again, and after several cycles, Wu Feng gave up and tied it into a ponytail to avoid hindering his movements.

However, what would happen to a young boy who hadn't grown up, with an unobvious Adam's apple and a long braid? It was fortunate that this was the White Jade Tower with only three people... (Cough, the protagonist won't be a long-term cross-dresser, just a knight's whim, making him do a few things →→)

"Want to eat again, right? When I let you learn the application of the power of death from Yuyuko-sama, how did you end up with this problem?" Yōko said with a mix of frustration and disappointment, then sighed.

"Fine, since you manage the finances, it has been a while since we had a party. If you want to have one, go ahead, but we can't just have three people. We need more people."

"Should we invite Kotonoha?" Wu Feng immediately suggested.

Yōko paused for a moment, then her lips curved into a smile as she teased him.

"I wondered why you suddenly brought up the party. Besides food, do you want to see Kotonoha?"

Yōko was also surprised by the relationship between Wu Feng and Kotonoha. It was because of their relationship that she entrusted the task of borrowing money to Wu Feng.

A hundred years ago, after Wu Feng joined the White Jade Tower, Kotonoha's frequency of slacking off skyrocketed. She would visit the White Jade Tower every three to five months, and everyone in the White Jade Tower knew who she was coming to see. Each visit lasted about a day, and with her ability to control distance, her travel speed was not slow. However, she was eventually discovered by Shizukanae, who personally "talked" to Kotonoha for a day.

After being "talked" to, Kotonoha's behavior was somewhat restrained, but she still couldn't change her habit of slacking off, reducing her visits to the White Jade Tower to once every few years.

However, in the past ten years, the number of spirits had increased dramatically, and Shizukanae issued a strict order, prohibiting Kotonoha from sneaking away during this period. It had been twelve years since Wu Feng last saw Kotonoha.

"It's been a while since I've seen Kotonoha. I should give her a surprise," Wu Feng said. Over the past hundred years, he had developed a feeling for Kotonoha that he couldn't quite describe—admiration? Kindred spirit? Even he wasn't sure what he felt for her.

"Yōko-nee, do you think it will be dangerous for me to go to the Netherworld?" Wu Feng asked on the way back to the White Jade Tower.

"As long as you don't encounter top-tier spirits and don't engage in close combat, the danger is minimal."

Orz, close combat was always a sore spot. Wu Feng squatted in the corner, drawing circles.

Over the past hundred years, Wu Feng's progress in learning the control of the power of death was rapid. He had mastered the basics and five-symbol skills and was now at the level of three-symbol skills.

The **Reverse Screen**, **Heart Copy Slash**, and **Crescent Moon Slash** he used earlier were all basic skills. The **Yellow Spring Flat Road** he planned to use was a one-symbol skill. Of course, the effects varied depending on the user. If Yuyuko used a basic skill, its power would not be weaker than Wu Feng's five-symbol skills.

Wu Feng had also considered learning some close-combat skills. After all, 80% of Yuyuko's skills were ranged, suitable for mid-to-long-range combat, while the remaining were close-range burst skills, which were hard to hit and difficult to escape from once engaged. He had consulted Yōko for some close-combat techniques.

According to Yōko,

"An iron rod can be ground into a needle, but a wooden stick can only be ground into powder. Being a ranged mage is a promising career... You should give up on close combat."

Yōko found it hard to look at Wu Feng's close-combat talent. He had spent a year learning a basic skill without success. It was better to focus on dodging. Combining dodging with close-range burst skills was also a viable strategy.

Listening to Yōko, Wu Feng had to give up on close combat. Over the past hundred years, his dodging skills had improved significantly, allowing him to dodge Yōko's close-combat attacks for a while without losing.

"Do you plan to go to the Sanzu River soon?"

"Yep, I'll prepare and go in a couple of days."

"Oh, right, remember to borrow some money when you come back. Because of your and Yuyuko-sama's recent appetite, the expenses have been in deficit for the past few years, and it's even worse than before."

"..." (The protagonist is about to regain his memories, activate his cheat, and meet the first穿越者~~)

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