Multiverse: Why does the world show a health bar? !

Summer would not be complete without a fireworks festival. On this day, the meticulously prepared fireworks by the **Naganohara family** would bloom and light up the night sky over **Kanjou Island**, displaying their dazzling beauty.

At that time, even the shrine maidens of the Grand Narukami Shrine, standing on **Mount Yougou**, would be able to witness the most beautiful fireworks.

Li Mo, unusually, was not continuing his studies. Instead, he strolled around the shrine with his hands behind his back, looking like an old man enjoying his leisure time. In reality, his senses were heightened to their limits. Half an hour ago, **Kano Nana** had come to seek his help, pleading with him to find **Sayu**.

Sayu loved to sleep. Every morning, if you went to her room, you would undoubtedly find the little girl still in bed. Every afternoon after lunch, she would take her nap without fail. However, her sleeping spots were never fixed. She could be on the roof, the beams, or even in the trees… This made it a headache for Kano Nana, who was in charge of looking after her.

Li Mo had helped Kano Nana several times. On a few occasions, even he couldn't find Sayu, so he resorted to using food to enlist the help of the tanuki to locate her. This method worked well, as the tanuki could easily find Sayu. However, this was a last-resort tactic and was rarely used.

Today, it was clearly not a day to use such a method. In a corner of the Grand Narukami Shrine, Li Mo saw **Yae Miko** holding Sayu in her arms. From her expression, Sayu was sleeping peacefully—too peacefully, to the point where it seemed unnatural.

"Lady Yae, did you do something to Sayu?"

"I used a little spell to help her sleep more soundly. Oh, it seems you've finished reading the **Yuishin Onmyodo** manuscripts, haven't you? You give off a completely different vibe now," Yae Miko remarked.

Li Mo asked, "Is it that obvious?"

A while ago, Li Mo had gone to the abandoned shrine and taken away the three shrine maiden familiars left behind by **Yuishin Seikaku**. He had completed the contract with them just two hours ago.

"Yuishin Seikaku… back then, he gave off a similar feeling to you," Yae Miko said, sitting down and patting Sayu's little head as if she were a small fox.

Could it be that Yae Miko had finally over-petted her foxes to the point of baldness? Unwilling to hold them anymore, she had turned to Sayu as a substitute.

When Sayu woke up and realized how she had been treated, she would be filled with both sorrow and resentment.

"Lady Yae, what happened to Yuishin Seikaku in the end? Did he die?" Li Mo pressed.

"Yuishin Seikaku's fate? I don't know. Do you think he's still alive? Human lifespans are quite short, you know."

"The manuscripts don't contain any spells for extending life. But I did see several spells that could potentially prolong life. With Yuishin Seikaku's talent, it's impossible that he couldn't have developed such a spell."

The more Li Mo studied the Onmyodo techniques left behind by Yuishin Seikaku, the more he felt that the man from five hundred years ago was truly extraordinary. If he had to find a similar figure on Earth, it would be **Abe no Seimei**.

"Is that so? Well then, little one, are you planning to leave?"

"Lady Yae, when will you settle on a consistent way to address me? Always changing how you call me makes it hard for me to develop a reflex."

"Isn't hearing my voice enough to trigger a reflex?"

Li Mo said, "Lady Yae, are you teasing an innocent young man?"

"Oh~~ Is that so? It seems you've reached that age, little one. Should I, as your elder sister, find you a marriage partner?" Yae Miko teased him.

The young man before her was no longer a child. Yet, he had never been in a relationship, and his pure yang energy was quite noticeable. The topic of love was clearly his weak point.

Having been teased enough, Li Mo replied calmly, "Come on, Lady Yae, you're a single woman yourself. If you think about it, Yuishin Seikaku didn't leave any descendants either. Neither did **Lady Saiguu**."

"True, when you think about it, the extinction of the **Hakuzhin** bloodline is only natural. Well, the perspectives of long-lived species and you humans are quite different," Yae Miko said nonchalantly.

Who knows? Maybe one day she would become a long-lived species herself.

No, it was certain. With so many worlds out there, there had to be a way to achieve longevity. As for why… she'd figure that out after becoming long-lived.

Li Mo squatted beside her and poked Sayu's little cheek. His gaze fell on the **Vision** on Yae Miko's person. "Lady Yae, what exactly is a Vision?"

"Hmm? It's an external organ that allows ordinary people like you to sense, use, and manipulate elemental energy," Yae Miko explained.

Li Mo asked, "I don't have a Vision now, but I can still do those things."

By mastering Yuishin Onmyodo, he could also manipulate elemental energy. The talisman techniques used by the **Kairagi** were also derived from Yuishin Onmyodo. Moreover, in nature, creatures like **Hilichurls** and **Slimes** could also wield elemental power.

"Lady Yae, you could use elemental power even before obtaining your Vision, right?" Li Mo said.

The order of using elemental power and obtaining a Vision held completely different meanings.

If one could use elemental power before obtaining a Vision, it meant that even if they lost their Vision, their strength wouldn't diminish much. However, if one obtained a Vision first and then lost it, their strength would drop significantly.

Currently, relying on Yuishin Onmyodo and his martial skills, Li Mo estimated that he could take on many Vision holders.

"That's right. Are you wondering why I obtained a Vision?"

"Yes, actually, I feel like this question would be better directed at the gods. I think during the ancient Archon War, no one had Visions, right? Where did Visions come from? Why were they created?" Li Mo asked.

Just because something has existed since ancient times, does that make it right?

Li Mo approached this topic with a skeptical mindset. He remembered that in the storyline, **Tejima**, who lost his Vision, forgot his convictions, and even a general from the **Tenryou Commission** lost his aspirations.

—Losing a Vision meant losing memories.

This consequence reminded Li Mo of the magical girls created by a certain Kyubey, whose lives ended when they lost their Soul Gems…

Visions probably didn't have such severe consequences. Otherwise, gods and other beings wouldn't carry Visions.

"Little one, I don't know the answer to the questions you're asking," Yae Miko said.

"Oh. Lady Yae, I might leave in a couple of days. Please keep the matter of the oni in mind."

"Yes, yes, I understand. If you're leaving, here, take this."

Yae Miko tossed Li Mo a small glass vial. Li Mo caught it and saw that it contained a red liquid—blood.

Li Mo suddenly couldn't figure out what Yae Miko was up to. "Huh?"

"My blood."

"Lady Yae, aren't you afraid I might curse you with it?"

Blood held significant weight in mysticism. In the West, there was the concept of "blood as the currency of the soul," and in the East, there were spells that could curse others using their blood.

"I've already extracted it. To be precise, it contains the **Hakuzhin** bloodline. If you're in another world, you can use this to revive **Hanachirusato**. Use the information in this drop of blood to create her body. I believe that as the successor of Lady Saiguu, Hanachirusato's body should contain the Hakuzhin bloodline."

Li Mo nodded, indicating that he understood.

Immediately, he stored the item in his inventory.

"If possible, come back and visit more often," Yae Miko said. "With someone like you around, I can naturally step back from managing the Grand Narukami Shrine."

Li Mo said, "And spend your days at the **Yae Publishing House**, right?"

"Pretty much. It's not like Lady Saiguu told me back then that if I could achieve unlimited tofu, who would want to be the Guuji?"

"Lady Yae, haven't you said that enough times? Aren't you tired of it?"

"Fine, fine. With you gone, it'll be much quieter."

Yae Miko waved her hand. In the entire Grand Narukami Shrine, only Li Mo dared to banter with her. Everyone else treated her with the utmost respect as the "Lady Guuji."

Honestly, that was exhausting.

"I'll come back to visit. Who knows? Maybe by the time I return, the matter of the oni still won't be resolved."

"Oh, if that's the case, then that would be just perfect."