"Your Highness, how you awaken Bakusaiga will depend on your own abilities. With your wisdom, I believe it should be no difficult task."
Li Xia smiled as he spoke.
Even if he really could not manage it, that was fine. At worst, he could hold a blade to Totosai's neck and force the old fellow to reveal some truths.
Presumably, when the time came, the old man would talk whether he wanted to or not.
Did he really think Sesshomaru had no temper?
Did he really think Sesshomaru's blade was dull?
"Thank you, Mr. Xia."
Sesshomaru drew a deep breath, digested the information, then nodded his thanks.
He would remember this favor.
"Your Highness, actually, there is another matter I would like to discuss with you..."
"Oh? What is it?"
"It concerns Shinigami Oni, one of Uncle Tōga's old enemies. Do you remember the preliminary plan against Shinigami Oni that we discussed at Elder Yao's place a few days ago?"
Li Xia's expression grew more serious.
Sesshomaru's expression also sobered considerably. "What? Do you intend to deal with Shinigami Oni, Mr. Xia?"
Li Xia shook his head before saying:
"It is not that I want to deal with Shinigami Oni. Rather, once he learns that you have developed Meido Zangetsuha, he will probably come looking for trouble very soon. After all, Uncle Tōga and Shinigami Oni had an irreconcilable grudge back then. Now that you have mastered Meido Zangetsuha as well, that fellow certainly will not sit still. He will set his sights on you."
He was not being alarmist.
In the original timeline, Sesshomaru had barely revealed Meido Zangetsuha before immediately attracting Shinigami Oni's attention.
It was rather interesting, really.
On this land, the great demons more or less had an "unwritten understanding" not to invade one another's territories