"What is it?"
Ririko's words stopped as she looked toward the small Ksitigarbha statue in Uesugi Tetsu's hand.
She immediately understood. "Is this the vessel containing your Shikigami that you mentioned before...?"
"Yes."
Uesugi Tetsu nodded. Feeling that the Ksitigarbha statue had completely opened a channel to the outside will, he said, "I'm going to bring Two-Shaku-Sama back."
"Master Huijue said that people with higher mental cultivation would have an advantage when entering it." Ririko spoke up. "If that's the case, as long as you tell me what to watch out for..."
"I'm not that weak either."
Uesugi Tetsu shook his head after experiencing the Branch of Myriad Phenomena.
"Besides, you and Two-Shaku-Sama aren't that close, are you? Even if you entered and weren't confused at all, you might still be unable to bring her out."
He continued, "If two people entered, who knows what unknown phenomenon might be triggered? That would be troublesome."
"Oh."
Ririko understood. Uesugi Tetsu had already made up his mind.
Since that was the case, nothing she said would change his mind.
The girl therefore stopped discussing the matter and asked instead, "Then, is it urgent?"
Uesugi Tetsu knew that Ririko wanted to finish the topic they had left unfinished, so he replied,
"It's not so urgent that I have to enter the next second."
"Good. Then I'll keep it brief."
Ririko answered and spoke rather quickly.
"Earlier, we discussed the three Acupoint-opening routes of the Lesser Treasury of Kami—[Yae-Mugura], [Swift Kami Vein], and [Blue Breath Network]. They develop the body, spirit, and energy respectively."
Of the three, Uesugi Tetsu still had some impression of the term "Yae-Mugura."
The Records of Ancient Matters contained an account of how Amaterasu Ōmikami, enraged, hid inside the Heavenly Rock Cave, plunging the mortal world into darkness and giving