Chapter 397: Various Affairs on Yashiori Island

Yashiori Island is close to Watatsumi Island. Long ago, this was the front line in the battles between the Shogunate and Watatsumi. Orobashi also met its end on this island, and the remnants of its divine power still plague the land to this day.

In fact, Yashiori Island is quite similar to Seirai Island. Both islands saw the death of a god, rendering them unsuitable for habitation. However, the problems on Yashiori Island are more severe than those on Seirai Island.

Unfortunately, Seirai Island became uninhabitable due to an incident hundreds of years ago, forcing all its residents to relocate to Narukami Island.

Perhaps, in the future, there will be plans to develop Seirai Island. But that's a matter for the future. Right now, Li Mo is on Yashiori Island, and his only concern is this island, which holds the remains of a god.

Along the way, they encountered no major issues. The Shogunate soldiers at the Kujou Encampment conducted a routine inquiry, but upon seeing Yae Miko among the group, they promptly let them pass. Not even Kujou Masahito, the military officer, nor his father, Kujou Takayuki, the head of the Tenryou Commission, would dare raise their voices in front of Yae Miko.

The group didn't pass through Kannazuka but instead took a detour by boat after gathering information about the shrine maidens led by Aki at the Kujou Encampment. To speed up the journey, Li Mo was forced to use a spell to accelerate the boat. If not for his vast spiritual foundation and nearly infinite vitality, which allowed him to function almost like a "perpetual motion machine," he might have been completely exhausted.

Arriving at Yashiori Island, the port was close to Kujou Village. However, this side of the island was near Watatsumi, and entering Kujou Village from here required meeting up with Aki and the others. Upon reuniting, they learned that Kujou Village had been faring well these past few days, with the only issue being food supplies.

—But this problem was quickly resolved after Yae Miko arrived, as Li Mo had specifically brought a batch of food supplies.

"If we stay here too long, you'll have to go fishing," Yae Miko said to Li Mo as they stood on a cliff, watching the villagers of Kujou Village transport the food.

Li Mo rolled his eyes. "You really spare no effort in exploiting my labor. I have to protect the shrine maidens during their travels, clean up the pollution, and now you're even putting me through special training. Ah, Yae, Yae, I've only been gone for a few years. How did things come to this?"

"Ah, it's entirely your fault. It took me many years to train the shrine maidens to handle things on their own or at most discuss issues internally. But during the half year you were here, you helped with this and that. After you left, they kept coming to me, asking what to do."

There was no sense of professionalism here; it was purely personal revenge.

Yae Miko was a lazy individual. In recent years, she had spent more effort on the Yae Publishing House than on the Grand Narukami Shrine.

Li Mo sighed, "Well, we'll see."

He had multiple roles to play. Devouring the Tatarigami's energy was as easy as snacking. Protecting the shrine maidens was slightly more troublesome, though the shrine maidens themselves weren't weak. However, Yashiori Island was underdeveloped, with Hilichurls and Slimes everywhere. Even powerful Electro Hilichurl Rogues could be found, and the number of mid-tier Hilichurl Berserkers was even greater. The shrine maidens excelled at managing the Tatarigami and purifying filth, but they were somewhat helpless against Hilichurls. Aki had been waiting at the Kujou Encampment for Li Mo and the others to arrive at Kujou Village.

"Dragon's Remnant Shadows" proved useful here. His strength far surpassed that of the Hilichurls. Even a powerful Electro Hilichurl Rogue would be instantly killed by him.

In short, it was all over in one strike.

"The repair of the wards is almost on track, and the special training against the Raiden Shogun has also begun."

"If others heard this, I wonder what they'd say?"

"Ah, do they even have the right to comment?"

Yae Miko was a veteran among veterans. In all of Inazuma, beneath the Raiden Shogun, there was almost no one who could match her seniority.

A true old-timer.

So her words weren't wrong.

Yae Miko: "Are you thinking something strange?"

"Of course not. I've already cleared the surrounding area, and with my shadow clones protecting them, Hitomi and Aki's safety is assured. We can start the special training now, sigh…"

Li Mo sighed and said, "Every time I see the Musoujin Gorge, I feel a bit scared. How much would it hurt if that slash landed on me?"

"That's Ei going all out. Do you think you'd get that kind of treatment?" Yae Miko said with a laugh. Then she tugged at the hem of Li Mo's sleeve and changed the subject.

The so-called special training against the Raiden Shogun was essentially about dodging her attacks. Yae Miko was all too familiar with the moves her old friend would use, to the point where she could simulate them using Electro energy.

Apart from the power being inferior to the Shogun's, Yae Miko's imitations were about 80% accurate. However…

After a while, Li Mo noticed a problem: "You're teaching me how to dodge attacks, but Yae, it's been a long time since I've needed to dodge anyone's attacks."

Back in the Demon Slayer world, the physical gap between humans and demons was too vast, so dodging was necessary. But after gaining "pseudo-immortality," Li Mo often chose to dodge only the attacks he could avoid easily. For the ones he couldn't, he simply tanked them.

Most of the time, he opted to tank.

But if you're telling me to dodge, doesn't that make my greatest advantage, "pseudo-immortality," completely wasted?

"Who knew you'd become so tanky? Even Heavenly Foxes aren't this durable," Yae Miko said slowly. "Anyway, let's focus on dodging for now. Think of your healing ability as a safety net."

Li Mo didn't respond. After traveling through several worlds, he had long since transitioned from a nimble swordsman to a tank, a warrior.

Who wants to be a swordsman anyway? Glass cannons have too low a margin for error. One wrong move, and it's game over.

In the following days, he remained silent and continued with the training, occasionally venturing out to clear Hilichurl camps discovered by the shrine maidens.

Life was peaceful and simple. The resistance forces to the north were aware of the activity here but didn't interfere, likely due to Li Mo's earlier display of power when he swept through the Hilichurl camps on Yashiori Island.

In terms of individual combat prowess, Li Mo ranked highly in Inazuma. According to Yae Miko, within Inazuma's borders, aside from the Raiden Shogun, he firmly held the second spot.

Mainly because "pseudo-immortality" was too broken. Killing him was too troublesome, and sealing him was equally troublesome.

His old skills were still there, so the training went smoothly.

Yae Miko had completed one of her two tasks, leaving only the supervision of the ward repairs. Thanks to the shrine maidens' efforts, the conflict between the resistance and the Shogunate hadn't spread to Kujou Village.

This peaceful state seemed like it would last until the wards were fully repaired.

Until Inagi Hitomi discovered a group of corpses.

Those people had left behind diaries.

When Inagi Hitomi brought the diaries over, Li Mo and Yae Miko finally understood who had destroyed the wards.