"Good job! All of you, go rest."
I watch as all the Youkai leave the training ground with a smile on their faces. Yasaka asked me to teach her my version of Senjutsu. Just like my Yasaka, she and the others force the Natural Energy rather than purify it.
It is easier to use this technique if the Natural Energy is pure or at least low in taint. However, the more people use that technique, the harder it is to use that kind of Senjutsu.
The technique I received from the Naruto universe is harder to master, but it is better for them in the long run because not only will it increase their physical strength permanently each time they perform this technique, but their bodies are also better at absorbing natural energy that the planet gives as a gift for what they are doing.
Their technique is great for an immediate boost because they use all the natural energy they can absorb, but it's bad in the long run. Their bodies will grow weaker as they use their technique more, because the taint that natural energy carries seeps deeper into their bodies.
Lastly, it will also help my job as a Sage. I can hear the planet is happy about the increasing number of people who can help maintain the taint. Lucky for them, I was able to tell the planet not to get carried away. I don't want them to explode because of the massive amount of natural energy rushed into their bodies, because the planet is too eager to be healed.
I look to the side and see Yasaka release the last purified natural energy, then open her eyes. She looks at her hands and smiles.
"How is it?"
"Your technique is very different."
"Yeah. It is not better. It requires time and training to master. However, it is very useful in the long run. Your technique might be bad in the long run, but it is great in a pinch. It is a massive power boost in a fight, but needs to be expelled after the fight, or you will receive a backlash."
"That is true. However, I think it is better than our technique, at least at this age. Maybe in a couple of decades it will change. At the moment, the side effects of using our technique are too high. Too many people go insane using that technique, so it's borderline forbidden. If not for the fact that some Youkai races need senjutsu to survive, we would have put this technique in the forbidden category."
Oh, right. There are youkai races that need natural energy to survive, huh? That is why those races think of me as their race's saviour when I introduce them to this technique and turn Japan into a perfect country for Senjutsu users.
They no longer need to practice my technique in the current situation, but they will continue to practice it to honor me. They swear that they will be the guardians who make sure the natural energy in Japan, or at least Kyoto, is as pure as possible.
"I suggest teaching them this technique. Back home, they go to tears when they receive this technique."
"And I understand why. With this, they do not need to worry about getting pregnant because as long as the others perform this technique, their homeland will not be tainted by the tainted natural energy. Their babies will grow healthy, and they will have an easier time delivering the baby."
"Yup. I want to ask you to spread this technique across Japan because I want this country to have pure, natural energy just like back home, but I don't know the current political situation. So do whatever you want with it."
"Is your home all Youkai gathered under one banner?"
"There are still East and West Youkai Factions, but all of us get along well. Especially when the Shinto Gods are active once again, we are getting well."
"I see. How envious."
"Well, don't. We need to fight in Ragnarok to unite like that."
"I beg your pardon?"
I smile at her and tell her about all the adventures Yasaka and I experience back home.
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Yasaka decides to take me around Kyoto City and Kyoto Prefecture. At each place we visit, I claim the land and gain more mana from the environment. Most of them are Green Mana, but with how many temples in Kyoto and each of them has a strong connection to Shinto Gods, White Mana is not too far away from the Green Mana.
While we visit all of those places, we also visit all kinds of Youkai Villages, and each of them brings more mana to me. It looks like a unique village is bringing mana to me, even though it is built on land I already claimed.
We have visited a lot of places over the past three days, and I have a complete type of mana from visiting all these places.
The lowest mana I have is Red Mana because we only visit a few mountains. Black Mana, on the other hand… I visit many graveyards at night while the others are asleep. I have 25 Green Mana, 18 White Mana, 10 Black Mana, and 7 Red Mana.
With that amount of mana, I can create a massive forest inside my pocket dimension. However, Ophis had already reserved that place. It is a shame, but I don't mind it. At least the mana can be used for other things.
Speaking of Ophis, where is she? It has been three days, but she still has not returned. Oh, wait. She is here. Speak of a dragon, and she shall appear.
I sit on my bed and see Ophis coming out of the portal. She looks rather beaten up, but has a smile on her face. Is she getting into a fight?
"Are you okay, Ophis? You look rather beaten up."
"Annoying Lucifer. He tries to fight me when I come to kill him. He is strong, but not enough."
"Wait. Did you kill Rizevim Lucifer?"
"En. He is loud and annoying."
"Right. Anyway, you complete your end of the bargain. Go ahead."
I open a portal to my pocket dimension, and she happily enters my pocket dimension. I grunt a little when I feel her transform into her true form and feel the mass of her true body. How come she removed all the mass of her true body when she transformed into that little girl form?
"Ryan?! Are you okay?!"
"Sir Ryan?!"
I turn around and see Yasaka and White running toward my room. I smile at them and say.
"Don't worry. I am okay. That was Ophis. She is done with whatever she is doing and comes here to demand payment."
I look at Yasaka with an apologetic expression because I also notice something when Ophis arrives in this room.
"Sorry about the broken Ward."
Ophis brute-forces her way inside my room, and it destroys the ward around her palace. At least the one that rejects non-magical humans is still intact.
Yasaka releases a sigh and gives me a small smile.
"You do not need to apologize, sir. A being such as Ophis does whatever they want. There is nothing you can do when they want to enter a place such as my palace."
"That is true. However, with her here, I think it is time for us to continue our journey."
The reason why we are still here is because of Ophis. With her safely asleep inside my pocket dimension, it is time for us to leave this world.
I already received a strong signal from my home dimension after searching for an important deviation, such as the presence of Zelretch, Class Cards Asia, and Yasaka holds. With them as the main deviation, I can receive the correct signature of my homeworld.
"I see. What a shame. However, I understand the reason why you need to go. I would also leave because my loved one is waiting for me."
"Hah! You do not need to look that sad, Yasaka. I can visit every once in a while."
"Truly?"
"Yup! I already marked this universe, and I can visit it every once in a while."
"Then I will wait for your visit, Ryan."
"Ah, before we go. Here."
With a wave of my hand, I use five mana to create rings. There are seven rings: three green, two blue, and two white. Yasaka looks at me and the rings I create in shock.
"Here you go. The emerald rings allow you to heal yourself or someone else to their peak self, or heal injured people in a ten-meter radius around the one wearing the ring. The first one is better for someone on the brink of death, while the second one is perfect for mass healing. It can also be used for offenses such as turning the wearer into a giant for 20 hours. You can find a way to utilize the mana yourself. There are more things it can do."
These past days, I have been not only gathering mana but also experimenting with my mana. It is rather crude, but I can create an effect from the Card Game. However, among them, I can create these rings by brute-forcing my way through magic.
Green Mana is the greatest mana for healing. Using a whole 1 Green Mana inside the ring allows the user to restore one body to its peak. It can be used for battle, because in the end, the ring contains a full Green Mana. A good magician can utilize that amount of mana to create things such as controlling trees or enchanting one's body.
"The pearl rings are good for purification. It can purify curses, poison, or any negative effect. It can also heal, but not as well as the emerald rings. Sapphire rings are great for all things related to the mind. It will increase your learning speed, break any mind-control effect, and even block scrying spells and powers. It grants you passive power that blocks mind-control spells from taking effect and alerts you if someone tries it."
She carefully picks the rings and looks at me in shock, awe, and gratefulness.
"I-I don't know what to say, Ryan. Thank you, truly. Thank you for giving us such a treasure."
"Think nothing of it, Yasaka. Think of it as a thank-you gift for taking care of us."
Yasaka comes and hugs me tightly, then gives the same treatment to White. It is a shame that Kunou is busy with her studies and cannot return to the palace. I want to meet her, but she is rather busy and needs to stay in her dorm.
After saying one last goodbye, White and I perform another jump. We fly through the Blind Eternities for who knows how long before we enter an opening in the Blind Eternities. When we arrive, I can see Zelretch grinning at me.
"So, how is another world? I'm just about to pick you up."
I laugh a little and say.
"It is an experience, alright."
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