"go"

After she finished reciting, she gave a delicate cry, and the twelve pieces of talisman paper turned into twelve swallows, which circled over the sand pit for a while, and then all flew in one direction as if they had received guidance.

Including the police officer next to him, everyone around stared at this fantastic scene in amazement.

When Li Nian saw this move, he narrowed his eyes slightly. He had originally doubted Tsuchimikado Natsume's strength, but this thought had disappeared without a trace at this moment.

The technique used by this girl was quite sophisticated, but after all it was just a simple way to create shikigami, and was not even up to Li Nian's liking. Her strength lay in the fact that she summoned twelve of them in one breath, which meant that she divided the spiritual power into twelve tiny streams. Judging from the trajectory of the swallows' flight, she was able to manipulate it quite well. This kind of spiritual power diversion and control was something that Isayama, at least, certainly could not do, which showed that she had practiced deeply, and it was not unreasonable for her to be qualified as an exorcist.

"But there's only one scent, so one is enough to track it..."

Li Nian shook his head, feeling that this was like using a cannon to shoot a bird, which was a huge waste.

The police officer looked at Tsuchimikado Natsume, who had his eyes closed and was motionless like a sculpture, and asked Li Nian cautiously.

"What is she doing...?"

"Looking for someone, just be patient and wait, there should be results soon."

Li Nian shrugged. In fact, if it were him, he wouldn't need to use any spells. He could just follow the breath at full speed. This would also be a chance for Tsuchimikado to show his abilities and allow her to accumulate some experience.

A minute later, Tsuchimikado Natsume suddenly opened his eyes and shouted with joy, "Found it."

"Then let's go."

Li Nian waited until she said this, then turned around and ran in the direction where the swallow flew, jumped onto the roof, and disappeared with a few leaps.

"Wait for me!"

Tsuchimikado hurriedly took out another talisman and threw it into the air. This time she didn't chant any spells, but just called out "Snow Wind", and a tall snow-white horse rushed out from the void. She held the longbow in one hand and grabbed the reins with the other, turned over and jumped up, riding the horse into the air, walking in the air, chasing Li Nian like a stream of light.

A group of policemen were left staring at it in amazement. It was the person in charge who reacted first. He cursed and immediately called a few police officers to chase over there.

……

……

Not long after, Li Nian landed on the roof of an apartment building about three kilometers away from the crime scene. He looked up at the twelve swallows circling in the sky above his head, and then turned to look at the witch riding a white horse flying from the horizon.

When he came to his side, Tsuchimikado Natsume turned over and landed lightly on the ground. He said "collect", and the white horse lost its entity and returned to its original talisman form. It floated down and was caught by the girl.

Li Nian took a closer look at the talisman. It was different from the one the child had just used. It was obviously a high-end product. The Shikigami she summoned, the white horse, was also quite extraordinary.

Tsuchimikado Natsume carefully put it back into his large sleeves and said.

"The monster is in the building below."

Yes, tracing the breath, the owner of that breath was in a room in the apartment building under their feet, and it seemed that he was a resident here.

She was asking Li Nian for instructions, but Li Nian just said "Oh" and asked back, "What are you going to do?"

The girl immediately understood and realized that Li Nian was now leaving everything to her as he had said before. She answered immediately with a serious expression.

"Then I will set up the barrier first."

As she spoke, she clasped her palms together again, and under the control of her mind, Li Nian saw that the twelve swallows circling above her head were about to scatter. It seemed that she was planning to use this as a node to arrange some kind of spell.

"Wait." Li Nian stopped immediately.

Tsuchimikado was startled and opened his eyes immediately. He stopped making arrangements but still looked puzzled.

"what happened?"

"Don't set up the barrier, you'll alert the enemy."

"But if we set up the barrier, he won't be able to escape, right? What's the harm in alerting the enemy?"

"This is a residential area. Are you planning to lock up ordinary citizens with the demons?" Li Nian reminded her.

The apartment building is full of people. Once the monster is provoked, who knows what he will do. This approach is very unsafe.

Tsuchimikado immediately thought of this and realized that he had not thought it through carefully. He nodded with a look of shame on his face and said, "Thank you for your advice."

"You must always remember to prioritize damage control and think more before doing something." Li Nian paused for a moment, then slowed down his voice meaningfully and continued, "When it comes to the execution stage, you have to be more decisive."

Tsuchimikado nodded as if she understood, and stretched out her hand toward the sky. The twelve swallows that had scattered in all directions flew back into her palm and turned into white talismans, which were neatly stacked up.

She didn't put it back into her sleeve, but just held it in her hand, looking at Li Nian blankly. Li Nian's call to stop obviously disrupted her pace and made her a little embarrassed.

Li Nian looked her up and down, and finally sighed as if giving up: "It will be difficult for you to act secretly in this outfit... Never mind, maybe my ideas and methods are not compatible with yours, and this place is indeed very sensitive, so there is no room for you to do anything wrong... Let me do it."

As he said this, he walked towards the door over there, preparing to go downstairs. Tsuchimikado trotted after him and asked.

"What's next?"

"Check the water meter."

Chapter 171: A Situation Different from the Past

"what is that?"

Tsuchimikado Natsume tilted his head in confusion, not quite understanding what Li Nian said.

Li Nian didn't explain either.

They went straight to the third floor, stopped, and looked towards the corridor. The source of the breath was in a room over there.

Tsuchimikado Natsume showed a hesitant look on his face, wondering whether he should just walk over, feeling that this would really alert the enemy, but Li Nian had already stepped out.

Tsuchimikado Natsume hurriedly followed, and as if afraid of being heard, he asked Li Nian in a low voice: "Isn't it inappropriate for us to come here like this? If others see me in this outfit..."

"I can tell at a glance that you are an exorcist."

"if that is the case……"

"It doesn't matter. By the time he sees it, it will be too late to run away."

Li Nian said it lightly. Unlike Natsume Tsuchimikado's nervous look, his relaxed attitude seemed as if he was just visiting.

The door separating them was meaningless to Li Nian. When he appeared here, he was already in control of the situation. What he was thinking about now was not how to defeat the monster, but how to give this opportunity to Tsuchimikado and give her some valuable experience.

Thinking of this, Li Nian spoke slowly.

"You will be the one to defeat the monster later."

"Shall I come?"

Tsuchimikado showed a surprised expression. She thought that when Li Nian said she would do it, she meant she would take over the job directly.

"Just go ahead and do what you want, and I will help you control the situation," Li Nian explained.

"……I see."

As they spoke, the two of them had already arrived in front of the room where the target was and stopped.

Tsuchimikado silently took off the longbow from his back, held it in his hand, ready to draw the string at any time.

Li Nian closed his eyes and first used his external senses to take a quick look at the situation in the room. He then let out a light "exclamation". When he opened his eyes again, his eyebrows were tightly furrowed.

"what happened?"

Tsuchimikado Natsume asked slowly.

Li Nian didn't say anything, but his expression became serious. He still reached out and silently rang the doorbell.

Even through the door, one could hear music coming from inside the room, followed by a cheerful, childish voice.

"It must be Daddy's back!"

Tsuchimikado Natsume's expression suddenly froze.

"There are children?!"

Yes, in Li Nian's perception, there were two auras in the room, one from humans and the other from monsters.

When Li Nian knocked on the door, he had already silently prepared to flash in, his senses constantly locked on the two different auras in the room. Once anything unexpected happened, he would not care about training new people, but would flash in directly, control the situation inside and protect the humans inside first.

Fortunately, there was no change in the dark and dirty aura.

The sound of slippers tapping on the floor was heard in the room. Someone ran to the door and opened it without hesitation.

She was a little girl of about seven or eight years old. She had a happy expression on her face when she opened the door, but when she saw that it was Li Nian and the others, she became visibly depressed.

"Not Dad... Who are you?"

Li Nian looked up into the room. The aura was still inside, without any abnormal behavior, as if it was dead and motionless.

When he took a look, he saw what the room looked like. It was an ordinary apartment room with the curtains closed and pitch black. Only a small light was on at the entrance. In the dim light, he could see some old furniture, which looked very shabby.

Looking at the little girl again, her white dress was clean but also very old.

Li Nian chewed over the little girl's previous words.

Daddy isn’t back…isn’t he?

While Tsuchimikado Natsume, who was ready for battle, was still at a loss as to what to say or do, Li Nian had already roughly judged the situation, and his heart sank. However, at this moment, a gentle smile appeared on his face. He squatted down, looked the girl in the eye, and said softly, "We are your father's friends."

If anyone had seen Li Nian and Tsuchimikado, one dressed as a student and the other as a shrine maiden, and heard this lame lie, no one would have believed it. But the child didn't think about so many things at all. When he saw Li Nian's gentle smile, he was unconsciously infected and believed him without any doubt and laughed happily again.

"Really? Well then! Brother, you must know where dad is, right?"

"…I'm sorry, we're here to look for him too. Little sister, don't you know where daddy is?"

When Li Nian asked this, the girl was stunned and showed a very disappointed and sad expression again.

"I, I don't know... Dad hasn't been home for many days, and Mom wouldn't tell me when I asked..."

"...Excuse me, is your mother here?"

"Mom is sleeping! Do you want to talk to her? Then I'll help you wake her up!"

Having said that, the little girl was about to turn around and run in.

"no need."

Li Nian called her. When the little girl turned around blankly, Li Nian smiled and put his hand on her head, stroking it gently, and then slowly said, "You should also take a nap."

When saying this, Li Nian used the power of words.

"Why... ow... I'm so sleepy..."

The little girl had no resistance at all, and her eyelids immediately began to twitch up and down. Soon, she closed her eyes completely, and her body fell limply. Li Nian hugged her, and she fell asleep in his arms, snoring softly.

Li Nian picked her up with one hand and stood up again, but the smile on his face had disappeared and became expressionless.

"Let's go in."

He left these words coldly and walked into the room. Tsuchimikado immediately followed him and closed the door behind him.

After walking in, I felt that it was a small and shabby room, but it was kept clean and tidy. There was a small bed in the corner of the small room, and someone was sleeping there, covering himself tightly with a quilt.

Her exposed face could be seen. She was a woman in her thirties. She seemed to be having a nightmare. She was sweating profusely, her teeth were clenched tightly, making a crunching sound, and a painful and hoarse groan came from her throat.

"She is possessed by something." Having walked closer and observed the situation with his spiritual vision, Tsuchimikado Natsume came to the conclusion and silently took out the talisman paper.

"I know." Li Nian said calmly, "And it seems that he has suppressed that guy."

At this time, perhaps because she sensed their presence, the woman's eyebrows twitched twice, and she slowly opened her eyes. When she saw the two strangers in front of the bed, she showed a confused expression.

"who are you……"

"We are exorcists." Li Nian looked at her struggling to get up as if she was very weak, and told the truth right away.

The woman's expression was stunned, and then she looked behind Li Nian, where Natsume Tsuchimikado, dressed as a shrine maiden, holding a longbow in one hand and a talisman in the other, was staring at her with a dazed expression.

"Exorcist... Exorcist... That is to say... those are all true... true..."

As she muttered to herself, her expression suddenly turned terrified, and she began to scream uncontrollably as if she had confirmed something.

"So that dream was real! I killed him! I ate him! That's why he never came back! It was me! It was me!"

The evil aura on the woman suddenly increased! In the spiritual vision, he could clearly see the black gas rising from behind her.

"Tsuchimikado." Li Nian greeted coldly.

"seal up!"

Tsuchimikado Natsume responded immediately and threw a talisman without hesitation, hitting the woman on the forehead.

Chapter 172 Correct Demonstration

The talisman paper shone brightly, and wherever it shone, the black air completely dissipated. The rising aura seemed to be forcibly knocked down and shrank back into the woman's body.

This was a powerful seal cast using a talisman as a medium. The woman's screams stopped abruptly, and her body seemed to be frozen and unable to move.

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