"My Lord, why have you returned?"
Seeing him fly out of the Bone-Eater's Well, Shippo immediately ran to his side. Yang Tao reached out and picked him up, explaining, "The Bone-Eater's Well seems to recognize people. I couldn't get through, but Inuyasha did. Kagome should be back soon."
Just then, a grunt sounded as Rōyakan, who had fainted from excessive demonic power consumption, woke up.
He sat up from the ground, rubbing his forehead.
Opening his eyes, he saw several pairs of eyes staring at him and instinctively retreated several steps.
Yang Tao walked up to him, holding Shippo. His heroic, dashing armor, combined with Rōyakan's huge Shiba Inu head, created a unique sense of cuteness.
He took a bone out of his backpack.
Rōyakan still looked fearful and wary, but his tail wagged happily behind him.
Seeing this, Yang Tao smiled and threw the bone towards Rōyakan. Rōyakan instinctively opened his gaping maw and caught the bone in his mouth.
"I'm still missing a loyal dog to guard my home. Are you interested? Don't worry, the treatment will definitely exceed your imagination."
Rōyakan showed hesitation upon hearing this, muttering with the bone in his mouth, "I want to pledge allegiance to Young Master Sesshomaru…"
Quite loyal.
"But Sesshomaru doesn't want you!"
Rōyakan: "…"
"If you guard my home, not only will I provide food and lodging, but I might even increase your strength if I'm happy."
Sesshomaru simply disliked Rōyakan for being foolish, while Yang Tao valued Rōyakan's simple-mindedness.
"You've lived in the forest for so long, and Sesshomaru has never come looking for you. Even if you're foolish, you should understand that you've been abandoned by your Young Master Sesshomaru."
Yang Tao walked to Rōyakan's side, reaching out to stroke his dog head, which was larger than half his body. He tempted him, "Rōyakan, think about why Sesshomaru doesn't want you? Isn't it because your strength is too weak? Follow me, and I will make Sesshomaru look at you with new eyes. Everything you've lost, you will take back with your own hands."
Looking at Rōyakan, whose big eyes were brimming with tears, Yang Tao felt he needed to administer a stronger dose. He whispered, "Rōyakan, you wouldn't want to be told by your descendants when you're old, 'Look, this is the Rōyakan that Young Master Sesshomaru disliked,' would you?"
Rōyakan finally broke down.
"I… I agree to guard your home, but you must make me stronger! I want Young Master Sesshomaru to look at me with new eyes!"
When he was controlled by the Shikon Jewel shard before, although he was frenzied, his memories remained. Even with two Shikon Jewel shards, he had no ability to resist Yang Tao.
As a dog demon, guarding a powerful person's home was not a shameful thing.
It was definitely not because of the bone.
Definitely not.
"Very good."
Yang Tao took some bones from his backpack, aimed at Rōyakan, and silently willed to use them.
Unlike his previous attempt to tame Inuyasha, this time, gray pixelated mist appeared around Rōyakan, exactly like the effect when taming a wolf in Minecraft. After seven bones, many red hearts appeared around Rōyakan, and a red collar also appeared on Rōyakan's neck, which was thicker than his body.
At the same time, Rōyakan's expression froze, and he directly spat out the soggy bone from his mouth.
"What… what's going on?"
The bone that he had found incredibly delicious moments ago suddenly became bland.
Looking at the bone on the ground, Rōyakan puzzledly rubbed his huge dog head.
Yang Tao smiled at this.
A tamed dog naturally doesn't eat bones.
He opened his Exquisite Backpack and found the Eternal Steak, which was at the bottom of his inventory. This item had only one effect: it was inexhaustible.
(However, it could be used up, for example, in a food generator.)
In an instant, Rōyakan's nose twitched, and his gaze fixed on the steak in Yang Tao's hand. Large amounts of drool immediately flowed from his wide mouth.
Yang Tao chuckled and shook his head, throwing the Eternal Steak to Rōyakan and saying, "Just chew on it."
This thing would reappear in his hand after being eaten, just as magical as enoki mushrooms.
At this moment, there was movement from the direction of the Bone-Eater's Well. Inuyasha jumped out of the well, holding Kagome in his arms. Their movements were very intimate, clearly indicating that something unknown had happened on the other side of the well, changing their revolutionary camaraderie.
Kagome was stunned to see so many people standing outside the well. She then released her tight grip on Inuyasha's waist and said with a slight blush, "Everyone's here!"
Then her gaze turned to the forest destroyed by the miasma, and her expression changed as she said, "Such powerful demonic energy!"
"Miss Kagome, let's not worry about demonic energy for now. I have two things here that I need your help with."
The kind-hearted Kagome, hearing that Yang Tao needed help, immediately responded enthusiastically, "Sir Yang, just tell me what you need. As long as I can help, I will definitely help you."
Yang Tao took out all the Shikon Jewel shards he had collected from his backpack and said, "Miss Kagome, please purify these Shikon Jewel shards for me and then merge them together."
Kagome looked at the handful of Shikon Jewel shards in Yang Tao's palm and fell silent.
There were only about 80 fragments of the Shikon Jewel… and Yang Tao already had more than a third of them here.
However, despite her thoughts, she ultimately walked to Yang Tao's side and took the Shikon Jewel shards from his hand, using the spiritual power within her body to thoroughly purify them and merge them together.
"Sir Yang, it's done…"
Yang Tao took the Shikon Jewel that Kagome handed over.
Shikon Jewel Fragment
Strength +14
Accessory
It could be said to be very strong, but for my 28 fragments + 1 Shikon Jewel shard, you directly took half the attributes. Isn't that too greedy?
At least leave me two-thirds of the attributes.
However, he still happily equipped the Shikon Jewel Fragment in his accessory slot.
'Strength is surging up!!!'
Pure illusion.
"Um… Sir Yang, what was the other thing you mentioned just now?"
Yang Tao looked at Kagome and took a golden key from his backpack, saying, "Kagome, take this back to the modern era. Just silently think 'open door'."
Kagome took the seemingly ordinary key from Yang Tao's hand and was stunned, saying, "That's it?"
"Yes, that's it. I won't let you help for nothing. Since you've helped me with two things, I'll give you two gifts. You go back to the modern era first… I'll go prepare your gifts."
Without waiting for Kagome to refuse, Yang Tao placed Shippo on Rōyakan's head, then summoned a wooden door, pushed it open, and walked inside.
Kagome watched Yang Tao leave, gripping the key in her hand, and softly said to Inuyasha, "Inuyasha, wait for me. I'll go back for a bit and be right back."
With that, Kagome, holding the Shikon Jewel shard Inuyasha had given her, walked towards the Bone-Eater's Well and then jumped in without hesitation.
On the other side, Yang Tao, who had returned to the Overworld, was rummaging through the storeroom, looking for the gifts he wanted to give Kagome.
"A Tracking Bow with Spirit Arrows would be perfect for Kagome. For the other gift, I'll choose running shoes. They're essential for survival."
Running Shoes
Increases movement speed and step height while sprinting.
Can automatically step over 1-block high obstacles while sprinting.