Within Yoshida Castle, the news that the Great Onmyoji Tetsu had slain the demons and monsters spread rapidly from mouth to mouth, like streaks of lightning racing through the streets and alleys.
From the city gates, through the streets and alleys, and then into the Matsudaira Family residence.
While waiting for the time being, Uesugi Tetsu began clearing the "red notification dots" one by one.
The first was the item dropped by Ku Fu, who had inexplicably wandered into the domain of Sorrow of Parting at the very beginning of the battle and been killed instantly by a single slash.
[You obtained Ku Xiu Binding Band!]
Uesugi Tetsu shifted his gaze to the storage inventory and mentally tapped the item, making its panel appear without materializing it.
A long, narrow bandage measuring several dozen meters floated in midair before his eyes.
Wasn't this the yellow-and-black bandage wrapped around Ku Fu's body...? The one before him, however, was brand-new and spotless, utterly different from the bandage coiled around Ku Fu's body as if it had not been washed for several centuries.
But when Uesugi Tetsu continued reading, he understood.
[Ku Xiu Binding Band]
[Quality: Rare]
[Effect: Wrap the Ku Xiu Binding Band around your entire body. As time passes, the cultivation bonus provided by the bandages will slowly increase.]
[Note: Removing the bandages midway will interrupt the process, requiring the bonus calculation to begin again from the start.]
[—What is ascetic cultivation? Only those who persevere along the long road.]
No wonder the bandages around Ku Fu had turned so black they looked ready to rot and stink, yet he had never taken them off.
So he really couldn't remove them.
Uesugi Tetsu stared for a while at the two keywords "long" and "slow," knowing that this item probably wasn't suitable