There was no need to dwell on how powerful Hakushin's seal was.
At the very least, it was more than enough to suppress a severely weakened Ryūkotsusei.
Especially since the seal was inside Mount Hakurei, on Hakushin's home ground.
Even if a great demon caught the scent and came looking for a share of this juicy prize, it would be next to impossible to set foot on the sacred mountain and destroy the seal.
In a word: secure.
"No, this still doesn't feel like enough."
Something occurred to Li Xia, and he decided to add another safeguard to the seal.
After all, demons could not enter Mount Hakurei.
But that did not mean humans could not enter either.
If Naraku tricked a group of humans into destroying the seal here, there was no guarantee they could be stopped.
If they split into two groups, one keeping Master Hakushin occupied while the other went to sabotage it...
There was still a chance they could succeed.
With that in mind, he decided to find Mount Hakurei a [caretaker] and a [gatekeeper].
Should anyone try to sabotage things and ruin his plans, the gatekeeper and caretaker could intervene in time to stop them.
He had four candidates for gatekeeper: Bankotsu, Jakotsu...
He also had three candidates for caretaker: the first and second generations of the Hojo family, and... the half-demon Izumo.
After thinking it over for a while:
"Let's find a gatekeeper first."
West of Mount Hakurei stood a city built against a mountain, whose lord kept a rare Banryu Great Spear in his collection.
This great spear belonged to the leader of the "Band of Seven," a mercenary organization that had operated far and wide and made quite a name for itself over a decade ago.
And he took the Banryu