Chapter 404 Ashina Castle!
The Land of Reeds is a world adjacent to the border.
According to the information Xiao obtained from the soul of the Ashina samurai, this world is full of Japanese-style elements, with samurai and some supernatural beings everywhere.
And everything here reminds Xiao of the well-known game "Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice" that has a subtle connection with "Elden Ring".
"Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice" tells a series of love, hatred and hatred around the undead dragon.
Xiao walked towards the magnificent city in front, but before that, he decided to change back to his original male body.
The reason is simple. The islanders who have a good life often have a kind of ghost-like attribute to women, especially beautiful women, and will do all kinds of despicable and shameless things.
Even if Xiao teaches them a lesson, they may think it is a reward.
They are like the goblins here, and most of the time the lower body controls the upper body.
In order to avoid being disgusted by these ghosts, it is obviously more convenient to use the male body.
Xiao came all the way to the city gate, but was stopped by a guarding samurai.
The warrior looked at Xiao's luxurious clothes, and there was a trace of fear and hesitation in his eyes.
After all, in this land of reeds, those who can wear such luxurious clothes must be people of prominent status.
Perhaps, his words can determine his life and death.
But in the end, he still forced his courage, straightened his back, and asked loudly: "What are you doing in Ashina Castle, foreigner?"
"Just a traveler passing by, wanting to stay in the city for one night!"
Xiao answered casually, his tone was relaxed and natural, as if he didn't care about the situation in front of him.
After saying that, he raised his feet and stepped into the city without hesitation.
A trace of hesitation flashed across the warrior's face, and he obviously had doubts about Xiao's answer.
However, facing the noble temperament and the eye-catching clothes exuding from Xiao, he finally didn't dare to stop him easily.
So, he signaled his companions to follow him, and he hurried to inform the commander.
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There were few pedestrians on the street, which seemed unusually deserted. If you look closely, you can find that there are almost no young men among them, and most of them are women with sad faces.
Instead, there are teams of warriors who are in a hurry and walk briskly.
Their expressions are a bit nervous and serious. Obviously, the city is in a state of preparation, ready to welcome an upcoming war at any time.
Suddenly, several warriors rushed out of the city and quickly surrounded Xiao.
The leading warrior general raised his weapon and shouted loudly: "Who are you? How dare you break into Ashina Castle without permission!"
Xiao smiled slightly, glanced at the warriors around him, and then said calmly: "Don't be nervous, I'm just here for a walk."
"Come with me, the young city lord wants to see you!"
A black-clothed warrior stood in front of Xiao and said.
"What if I say no?"
As soon as Xiao finished speaking, the Blasphemous Snake emerged from Xiao's collar and quickly transformed into its original form, with its scarlet body covering the entire sky.
"Snake God, it's the Snake God!!"
In the valley outside Ashina Castle, a huge two-headed white snake has always been entrenched there, so when the warriors saw the Blasphemous Snake, they immediately thought it was the Snake God's outing and scattered in fear.
"Coward!"
Xiao smiled and picked up a dried persimmon cake on a stall and started to eat it. To be honest, he had never eaten this kind of "delicacy" that often appeared in anime, and the taste was obviously not as delicious as it was shown.
However, at this moment, a feather arrow flew from the side and went straight to Xiao's head. The Blasphemous Snake shook its head lightly and bounced the flying feather arrow away.
"How dare you, a mortal, blaspheme the gods like this!"
The blasphemous snake roared angrily, and the scarlet blasphemous power extended from all directions with the anger of the snake, polluting everything around.
The general who shot the feather arrow also walked out of the crowd. He was a young man of not too old, holding a bow in his hand. He looked at Xiao in front of him and said loudly:
"I am Ashina Genichirō, the acting manager of Ashina Castle. No matter who you are, Ashina Castle is my territory. Tell me your intentions?"
Xiao looked at Genichirō in front of him. The other party was not very old, about twenty years old. He was wearing a set of black armor, his hair was tied up, his eyes were as sharp as an eagle, and a long sword was hung on his waist. The blade flashed with cold light, and it was obvious that it was not an ordinary item.
Genichirō seemed to approach Xiao without any defense, but in fact he had already laid a net around him.
On the surrounding houses, several ninjas were squatting there, holding short blades and staring at Xiao with cold eyes.
The warriors also quietly surrounded Xiao, waiting for the other party's order, and then they would surround Xiao to death here.
"Why do mortals always fail to learn?"
Xiao looked calm, looking at Xie Yilang in front of him, with a flash of impatience in his eyes.
The power of the blasphemous snake spread, this time directly igniting the surrounding land, turning the earth into a pool of lava.
Xian Yilang's face changed, he didn't expect Xiao's pet to be so powerful.
He wanted to dodge, but found that he had already been shrouded by the blasphemous power and couldn't dodge.
The blasphemous power rushed towards him like a ferocious beast with bared fangs and claws, as if to devour him.
In the face of this terrifying power, even Genichirō, the lord of a city, felt powerless and desperate, and had no intention of resisting.
He could only watch the boiling lava rushing towards them like a tide, sighing in his heart, thinking that his life might end here.
However, just when he was desperate, the surging lava suddenly stopped moving forward, as if time had frozen.
Then, the lava cooled rapidly at an astonishing speed and turned back into hard land.
And those warriors who were originally paralyzed on the ground in fear stood up one by one in a daze, and were glad that they could escape death.
Genichirō tried hard to maintain his dignity, but the fear in his heart almost made him lose control. The surging lava was less than an inch away from him, and the heat wave licked his face. He could even smell the stench of his burnt hair.
He knew that if it weren't for the intervention of the mysterious man in front of him, they would have died long ago.
"You have a good mentality, but unfortunately you are not strong enough."
Xiao shook his head, pressed the little head of the blasphemous snake back into his clothes, and praised Genichirō.
Hearing this, Genichirō was shocked and realized that the other party had no ill intentions, so he bent down 90 degrees without hesitation and bowed deeply to Xiao: "Dear noble man from afar, please go to the inner city for a chat."
Seeing that Genichirō was so tactful, Xiao nodded, withdrew his hand and said: "Then lead the way."