"Drinking tea needs to be divided into three sips. The first sip is 'empty', the second sip is 'flavor', and the third sip is 'body'. The taste of tea is like the taste of Zen, and the samsara Nirvana is empty..."

Looking at the empty tea bowl on the table, Mochizuki Koji was stunned for a moment, and then smiled in relief.

"...You drink this, but you have the Zen idea of ​​not breaking, not standing, breaking and then standing. It is worthy of being under the sect of Master Kawasaki Temple."

"Although I don't understand it well, have you misunderstood something..."

He took out a new tea bowl in a hurry, brewed it again, stirred a bowl, passed Sousuke Araki, and handed it to Ichiro Tokimoto.

"I want to heal Ayano's soul wound, there is a legendary thing, maybe..."

While the three of them were passing tea, Mochizuki Koji looked at the bookshelf behind them with deep eyes, and spoke in a eloquent manner.

"Legendary stuff? You mean..."

Tokimoto Ichiro seemed to have thought of something, and subconsciously reached out and stroked the long beard on his chin.

"In legend, the "Elixir of Undead" can heal all wounds in this world. "

"Elixir of death? No, impossible..."

Muttering those four words in his mouth, Tokimoto Ichiro looked suddenly and shook his head slightly.

"You also said that the 'Elixir of Immortality' is just a legend. There has never been a record of this world for thousands of years, and it is impossible to exist in this world."

"President Mochizuki, are you referring to the undead elixir in 'I can't see Kaguya, use the elixir of undead safely'?"

After pondering those four words for a while, Xiaoniao Yuzhengong carefully asked for proof.

In Japanese folklore allusions, when it comes to "undead elixir", the source of the legend is usually only one.

That is, "The Story of Bamboo Fetching", the origin of which is unknown, such as the time of writing, the name of the author, etc., but it has been known to every household for nearly a thousand years.

"The Tale of Bamboo", created around the tenth century, is the originator of Japanese monogatari literature. It tells the story of "Hoshitake Kaguya" who was born, grew up in the heart of Bamboo, rejected the marriage proposals of many nobles and the emperor, and finally ended up in this group. In front of the dazed ordinary people, the story of putting on the feathers of the sky and ascending to the moon.

"That's right, it's that thing. The 'Elixir of Undead' is real, and we Mochizuki Clan have the most say in this regard."

"What I'm going to say next, I hope that after you leave this tea room, if it's not necessary, don't pass on the ears of a third person..."

Seeing the four of them nodded in agreement, Mochizuki Koji's wrinkled, old-fashioned face rarely brought a proud look: "The reason why we are so sure is because our Mochizuki clan is the clan that Kaguyuki left behind in the world."

"What? Kaguya's story is actually true?!"

"Impossible, I thought it was just the nonsense of the ancients..."

Hearing that this "fairy tale", which has been changed since childhood and has been rewritten in countless versions, is indeed true, and it is difficult for a few people to digest it for a while.

"The Mochizuki family, whose surname is Sanuki, are Kaguya's adoptive parents. Because they missed the departed Kaguya too much, they looked up to and worshipped Mingyue every night in anticipation of her return, so they changed their surname to 'Mochizuki'."

Ignoring the exclamations of the crowd, Mochizuki Yasushi seemed to be caught up in his memories, speaking in a eloquent manner.

"In the beginning, before Kaguya put on the 'Heaven's Feather Clothes' and left, she gave her adoptive parents a trace of 'Heaven and Human blood', and asked them to bring the elixir of death and letters to the then Emperor Tairen. ."

"However, Emperor Tairen did not take the elixir of death. Instead, he asked the Mochizuki clan to seal the thing that did not belong to the human world. After that, Emperor Tairen quickly passed away due to excessive grief and not eating and drinking. "

"So, if there is really any undead elixir, and it was sealed by your Mochizuki family, then you can find a way to take it out now..."

Araki Sousuke raised his brows slightly and asked curiously.

His intuition told him that if it was so simple, why would Mochizuki Ayano's grandfather bother pouring bitter water to himself and others here at night?

"Hey……"

As he expected, Mochizuki Yasushi sighed, stood up slowly, and walked towards the bookshelf behind.

"Even within the Mochizuki clan, the place where the undead elixir is sealed is extremely top secret, and the method of opening it is in the hands of the royal family."

A green, thigh-thin, quaint scroll was laboriously removed from the shelf by him.

"After nearly a thousand years, hundreds of years of ghosts walking at night, countless wars, and the dark age of shogunate rule, these secrets have long been buried in the dust of history, the only remaining clues..."

"Be careful."

Yamada Kengo hurriedly stepped forward and raised his hand, for fear that the elderly man would be crushed by the thick and long things in his arms.

"...Only this thing."

As the heavy scrolls were spread out on the table, one after another, beautiful pictures painted in watercolour in a continuous, simple style, were displayed in front of several people.

"Such a skillful painter...what is this..."

The crude and primitive painting style, vivid characters, and profound color schemes are perfectly integrated in these pictures.

"This is a painting by my ancestors of the Mochizuki clan, which has been passed down for thousands of years, the "Bamboo Painting Scroll"."

Seeing this exquisite brushwork and composition, Tokimoto Ichiro couldn't help but stand up and take a closer look at the artistic treasure in front of him.

"It turns out that the painting on it is about the story of Kaguya..."

Little Bird Yumayumi looked at the lifelike stories carefully, feeling like he was reading a comic strip.

The story structure of these connected drawings can be roughly divided into three parts: "Birth of Kaguya Princess", "Proposal Problem", and "Ascension to the Sky and Return to the Moon", and the content is similar to those in folklore legends.

"So, is the clue to the undead elixir right here?"

Kengo Yamada also touched his bald head and probed carefully like a famous detective.

"Hmph, that's too naive, Kengo!"

Under the backlight ~lightnovelpub.net~ Araki Sosuke was sitting upright, and the expression in the shadow was somewhat incomprehensible.

"If these clues are simply hidden in these pictures, for nearly a thousand years, I am afraid that the people of the Mochizuki family have already cracked it..."

"So it turns out, I'm still too young, the meaning of Araki-senpai is..."

Kengo Yamada sincerely asked Sousuke Araki for advice.

"Based on my many years of experience, and according to the methods used by the ancients, I am afraid that this scroll must be burnt and immersed in water to reveal its true appearance, otherwise it is to cut the interlayer and piece together the broken parchment hidden in it..."

"Cough, the methods that Araki-kun said, I have tried one by one by the ancestors of the Mochizuki clan..."

Mochizuki Koji covered his mouth and coughed lightly, interrupting his straightforward analysis.

"I have even borrowed the world's top equipment over the years, and have conducted various scientific analysis tests. Even the most basic constituent materials cannot be analyzed..."

"The only conclusion is that the "Bamboo Painting Scroll" is a grudge."