"Alright," Fujino smiled slightly and withdrew her spiritual power.
"Fujino, what did you do?" Pure Fox said lazily from her arms. The comfortable temperature in Fujino's embrace made her feel incredibly relaxed, as if her whole body had turned soft and she couldn't even stand up.
"I gave her a little gift." Fujino laughed and poked Pure Fox's exposed belly, prompting the latter to launch a flurry of scratches with her little paws. Unfortunately, she couldn't even break through the defense of Fujino's clothes.
"Fujino, you're so annoying," Pure Fox said in a resentful tone, then curled her body into a ball and stayed firmly in Fujino's arms.
"Never mind." Fujino had intended to take Pure Fox out of her arms, but now she just let her be.
Fujino then turned her gaze toward the thick fog. With her intervention, the position deep within the fog had changed drastically, and the level of danger had risen significantly. However, Fujino had also left a great gift inside. If word of this gift got out, even a Demon Emperor-level figure like Touko would go mad for it.
This wasn't originally Fujino's plan. In her initial plan, she had intended to take Eirin as a disciple to teach her. However, Fujino later abandoned this plan. How should she put it? She wasn't suited to teaching others. Even if she copied the teaching abilities of those teachers, it wasn't that she couldn't teach. On the contrary, as long as Fujino wanted to teach, even if it were a pig, she was fully confident she could train it into a Demon Emperor.
It was just that Fujino found she disliked the profession from the bottom of her heart. Even after teaching for just a few minutes, she would feel bored and lose interest entirely.
Even Fujimaru Ritsuka, who was taken in as her disciple, had only received personal guidance from Fujino three times in the six months since arriving at the Western-style Mansion, and each time lasted no more than five minutes. However, those fifteen minutes in total had allowed Fujimaru Ritsuka to stand among the ranks of high-level combatants. One could imagine how much someone could achieve if Fujino were to focus on teaching them.
Speaking of which, the longest Fujino ever taught someone was when she taught Touko Observation Haki. Because it was fun, Fujino taught for a bit longer, but that was only once. Afterward, Touko grasped Observation Haki on her own.
As for the current arrangement for the Little Loli Eirin, Fujino intended to let her work hard on her own. As long as Eirin could break through to the depths and obtain the gift Fujino left for her, she would have enough capital to become strong and become the Sage of the Moon from Fujino's memories, or even stronger. However, once Eirin accepted the gift left in the thick fog, it meant her whole life would be marked by Fujino. In that case, calling Eirin Fujino's disciple wouldn't be wrong. Fujino was also somewhat curious about their formal meeting in the future; what kind of interesting scene would it be? As for whether Eirin would fail, Fujino wasn't worried. As the future Sage of the Moon, she was a being with great providence. This gift was prepared by Fujino for Eirin in the first place. Guided by fate, Eirin would obtain Fujino's gift no matter what. As for how much hardship she would go through, only she would know.
Snapping back to her senses, Fujino glanced once more at the Little Loli Eirin, who was constantly moving forward in the thick fog, then withdrew her gaze and said softly to the Pure Fox in her arms, "We should go home."
The Pure Fox in her arms shifted, indicating her answer. In the next moment, the duo of person and fox disappeared without a trace.
Buzhou Mountain, the gathering place of the world's spiritual energy. Here, the spiritual energy had materialized, with clusters of it floating slowly through the air.
However, even in such a gathering place of spiritual energy, there wasn't a single yokai within a hundred-mile radius.
"Roar!"
A deafening roar suddenly erupted from Buzhou Mountain, and a powerful pressure rapidly spread in all directions. It even reached over a hundred miles away. Some weak yokai exploded and died instantly under the aftershocks of this pressure, turning into clouds of blood mist. While weak yokai suffered this fate, some powerful ones didn't fare well either, spitting out blood as their auras withered significantly. Among them were many at the Great Yokai or even Demon King level.
"It seems they've woken up." A figure appeared in the sky above Buzhou Mountain. With striking red hair and a beautiful kimono, it was none other than Fujino and Pure Fox. Pure Fox was still in Fujino's arms, but her pale gold eyes were filled with displeasure as she looked at Buzhou Mountain, or rather, deep into it.
Why did that annoying fellow wake up so soon!
Her displeasure wasn't hidden at all. Fujino smiled silently, gently stroked Pure Fox's little head, and said softly, "Let's go."
"Ugh..." Pure Fox's head drooped. Although she was unhappy, things were already like this, and there was nothing she could do.
With one Heavenly Movement, the person and fox arrived on a flat plain. Not far away sat an exquisite villa that seemed out of place in this era. This was already on Buzhou Mountain. To be precise, this Buzhou Mountain wasn't the one knocked down in the myth of Gonggong. However, its function was similar, serving to support heaven and earth, which is why Fujino named it Buzhou Mountain. The Heaven's Court of this world had not yet appeared.
(In Gensokyo, there is a Heaven's Court. It's recorded in the Gensokyo Chronicle that Jiang Ziya lives in Gensokyo, and items like the Huntian Ling are also mentioned.)
"Mama!" A small shadow quickly pounced toward Fujino, landing accurately in her arms. However, Pure Fox, who was previously in Fujino's arms, didn't fare so well; she was directly knocked out of the way by the pouncing black shadow. If Fujino hadn't caught her, she would have slammed hard onto the ground.
"You brat!" Pure Fox looked angrily at the person who had just snatched her spot. It was an incredibly cute Little Loli, completely naked, with long golden hair cascading down her back and golden eyes that seemed to speak.
"Stupid~"
This was the word Pure Fox read from the Little Loli's eyes.
"You brat!" Unable to bear it any longer, Pure Fox extended her sharp claws and pounced toward the Little Loli.
Not to be outdone, the Little Loli extended a fist, surrounded by a golden glow.
"Stop it, you two idiots."
Followed by two dull thuds, both Pure Fox's and the Little Loli's eyes began to spin, and large bumps appeared on their heads.
"Honestly." Fujino suddenly felt mentally exhausted. Illya was better; she wasn't like these two, who always liked to make such a fuss.
"Sigh..." She sighed, taking both Pure Fox and the Little Loli into her arms. The Little Loli was small, more accurately described as a young girl.
Carrying one fox and one loli, Fujino walked toward the villa.
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