There is nothing wrong with the training method of the Justice Messenger

Yato was silent for a moment before continuing.

"…I'm not excusing myself. I hope that father knows that the man named Li Nian is really strong."

"I know, I'm not a fool. Of course I can tell. I won't blame you... But, is his name Li Nian... I've never heard of this name before. He seems to be from the mainland? Is he a cultivator who crossed the sea? It's true that some terrifying humans with unknown origins often suddenly appear in that mysterious land... Looking at his school uniform, he must be a student at Sobu High School, right? That means he was here before. Then, maybe he killed the big monsters sent by Yuyuko?" The young man came to this conclusion, but he laughed as if he found it very interesting: "Anyway, we found such a strong man beside Nura Rikuo, and met the child prodigy. Our trip was worthwhile."

"What should we do next? Should we go back to the Hidden God Criminal Department Jade Seal?"

"No, no, we can't go back. Nura Rikuo seems to be very close to those guys. They must be in touch with each other. It's very likely that what we did will be discovered. At that time, Nura Rikuo will probably find Yu Zhang and ask about us. It will be troublesome if we are caught there. I am just helping people and stirring up conflicts. I don't want to really face the anger of the Nura Clan."

"So, we get out of here?"

"No, I still have something to do. Since I'm the one who found the child prodigy, I have to give her time to respond. It seems that she has been shaken. I want to contact her again to try to win her over." The young man thought of something and smiled happily: "Besides, isn't that guy looking for the exorcist that Yuyuko mentioned? For that guy, the fundamental purpose is just to find a strong enough opponent. Regardless of whether this guy named Li Nian is the one who killed several big monsters, at least he has enough strength to meet his requirements. This is very good negotiation material."

It seemed that a decision had been made at this point, the young man suddenly said.

"Well, let's separate now."

Yato was not surprised by this. Over the long years, he and Fei had not always been by their father's side. They would only follow their father when he was called. Most of the time, they were free to move.

But this time, he still frowned and said a few more words.

"But if I meet those three people again..."

He said this out of concern for the young man's safety. After all, the young man had just been subdued once, forcing Yadou to give up the fight with Li Nian in order to save him.

"Ahaha, I will take it seriously then. As for those two girls, I am still confident that I won't be caught again." The young man said with a nonchalant smile: "As for Li Nian...if he shows up, I will have a reason to call in new thugs, and it might be easier to deal with them."

After saying that, the young man had already treated Yato, patted him on the shoulder, waved his hand, and walked away.

Yato and Hibiki watched him leave and walked in opposite directions.

Anyway, when their father needs them, he will naturally contact them. Before that, Yato also has his own things to do.

Although he is a war god, Yato is only the lowest among the eight million gods, and as unknown as his name, so in order to survive, Yato will return to his daily life as a god - collecting faith.

The first step is to find a printing shop to print out the small advertisements for posting...

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Before leaving the busy school gate, they found a small shop nearby and sat down. The owner seemed to be someone Nura Rikuo knew... no, it's better to say that he seemed to be a member of the Nura group. After seeing Nura Rikuo, the middle-aged store manager greeted him as "Lord Rikuo" and showed an expression of respect that was not out of business but from the heart. He didn't greet the clerk, but walked out to the counter himself to arrange seats for everyone.

This kind of small shop is also owned by Nura Group? And judging from the aura, the spiritual vision was not wrong, it was definitely a human... Li Nian suddenly realized that his natural idea that Nura Group was a gathering place for monsters was a bit wrong. It was not surprising that such a large organization would have humans and monsters mixed among its members - not to mention that Nura Group seemed to have a basic policy of living in harmony with humans... There were humans among its members, and its business was carried out in every corner of the world. It could be said that this was also a reflection of its policy.

"Thank you, Uncle Maeda. Please go and do your work. You don't need to bring anything. We are just going to bother you for a moment and use your precious place to talk about something."

Facing the person who bowed respectfully to him, Nura Rikuo in human form just smiled kindly. At this moment, he seemed like an ordinary student, without any airs at all.

The store manager glanced at Li Nian, whose clothes were torn and stained with blood and who looked a little disheveled, but he did not have any doubts and left quietly. He also asked the several shop assistants who were pointing and talking to keep quiet and not to pay any attention to him.

After the store manager left, Nura Rikuo sat down, but the Snow Girl and the unknown strong man still stood behind Nura Rikuo and did not sit down.

Li Nian and others sat down opposite them.

Dalian Temple snapped her fingers, and a barrier enveloped the place, blocking out any sight from outside and preventing any sound from spreading out. However, after she did this, she was still looking around, still looking a little nervous. Even though the three young men had already left, she was still obviously a little worried and seemed restless.

Having failed to catch the young man, Jianshan frowned and was thinking about something.

Nura Rikuo glanced at the two of them and then looked at Li Nian.

He had seen Li Nian cast that strange barrier once before, so he knew that it was Li Nian who opened it this time as well. The barrier caused a huge fluctuation when it was first opened, but after that it completely isolated another world and no more sound was heard. Nura Rikuo didn't know what happened in detail in the barrier during this period of time, but in the end, the barrier was torn apart by some force, and some information was leaked out at that time and was seen by Nura Rikuo. He directly felt a very terrifying fluctuation and realized that a strong battle collision had occurred in the barrier.

Judging from Li Nian's appearance, he is one of the participants and he must have fought and been injured. It seems that he had a bigger fight than Isayama and Prodigy. However, this guy has a nonchalant expression on his face and looks a little unsatisfied.

Nura Rikuo asked with a smile.

"What? Mr. Li, haven't you had enough?"

"...Now that you mention it, it is a bit." Li Nian shrugged: "It's rare to meet a good opponent, but they ran away in the middle of the fight. It doesn't feel very good."

"I'm sorry." Jianshan said in a deep voice: "It's my fault. If I could deal with that knife light better, maybe he wouldn't have gotten away..."

After being pushed away by Li Nian, she saw the damage caused by the knife light. She certainly realized that she had made a wrong judgment when the knife light came.

Li Nian shook her head.

"The best response is to dodge. I don't have a better way to deal with that guy's slash. The opponent's target was not you. I didn't expect that the attack could choose the target to kill. A single slash could directly rescue the young man... In fact, when my barrier was torn, we had already failed."

"The enemy's strength is beyond our expectations. Without knowing their strength, I rashly asked you two to launch an attack, dragging everyone into danger and injuring you..." Isayama bit his lip, still a little distressed.

It should be said that from the very beginning, Isayama's initiative to launch an attack was a bit too hasty. At that time, he had no idea of ​​the opponent's background, and it was a crowded place. To be honest, he did not feel any hostility, and it was obvious that the opponent was not eager to fight.

But Li Nian believed that Isayama had his own reasons, so he cooperated without hesitation and launched the attack first.

After hearing the young man say that he was continuing to study the "Taishan Fujun Festival", Jianshan's face suddenly changed and he immediately wanted to catch the young man. He must have sensed the danger.

"Okay, your judgment at that time was not wrong. I also think it was correct. After all, you said something stupid like studying the Taishan Fujun Festival... It doesn't matter if he was not caught. There is no other impact anyway. Things are in the past, so don't worry too much about it." Dalian Temple said this. She obviously did not question Isayama's judgment at the time. She cooperated in launching the attack, which means that the child prodigy also agreed with Isayama's idea.

"Well then." Nura Rikuo interrupted: "Can you explain to me what's going on now?"

Li Nian was actually a little curious about what the "Taishan Fujun Festival" was, but Nura Rikuo was already asking, so he first told Nura Rikuo the whole story. From his point of view, the battle with the god named Yato was the main focus, and the situation on the young man's side was supplemented by Isayama and Dalianji.

"I do know those people. They are the ones I told you about before, the ones who came to visit me during the Shikoku 88 Demon Night Parade. The young man himself admitted that he was a subordinate of Yuyuko." Nura Rikuo pondered, "But he is actually studying the Taishan Fujun Festival... It sounds like it was instructed by Yuyuko? What on earth is he thinking?"

"Another thing worth mentioning," Li Nian continued, "is that I was stabbed when I was fighting with that guy named Ye Dou."

"Yes, it looks like you were seriously injured, right? But now you have recovered and are still as healthy as ever."

"...Thanks for the compliment, but that's not the point. I wanted to say that when I was stabbed, the knife sucked a lot of blood out of me." Li Nian made an assumption: "I got away in time, but I can imagine that if someone else was stabbed, that knife would easily kill them - by sucking out their blood."

Nura Rikuo and Dalianji immediately understood what Li Nian was referring to. They frowned and thought of the scene they had seen at the Kanto Great Ape Association.

The ground was littered with mummies and fatal knife wounds.

"What you mean is..." A cold light flashed in Nura Rikuo's eyes.

"It might be that group of people who did it." Li Nian replied, "The blood-sucking long sword was transformed by the girl, and the man in the black kimono - I heard his name was a god named Yato. I have fought with him and experienced how powerful this guy is. And there is no doubt that this guy named Yato is a good knife user. If it is this person, he should be able to hold that knife and kill all the people of your Kanto Great Ape Society single-handedly."

Dalian Temple added: "And that young man was a powerful mage. We couldn't find any clues at the scene at the time. It is very likely that he was the one who did it."

Their speculations were all highly credible. Nura Rikuo listened to them, remained silent for a while with an expressionless face, and finally said only one sentence.

"I understand."

The Kanto Great Ape Society is an organization under the Nura Group. Suddenly, their entire family was wiped out, and everyone from top to bottom was very angry. At this time, they found a person who seemed to be a suspect, and he was the guy who had visited the family before. After knowing this information, Li Nian couldn't tell what Nura Rikuo was thinking from his face.

However, the Snow Girl and the sturdy man behind him showed expressions of anger that could not be concealed, and it was obvious that they wanted to fight and kill.

This should have been a family affair of the Nura Group. Li Nian specifically informed them that it was a courtesy exchange of information between the two parties, and he had no intention of paying attention to Nura Rikuo's subsequent handling. However, since those people were subordinates of Yuyuko, this matter was naturally related to the fox. Li Nian was a little concerned about this and planned to ask Nura Rikuo's opinion.

"So this incident, including these people coming here, is it Yuyuko who is picking on you again?"

"…The actual situation may be a little more complicated."

"Oh, then I won't ask."

When Li Nian heard this, he decisively gave up investigating further.

Dalian Temple still had some doubts, and was more concerned about the young man. He stood up impatiently and asked Nura Rikuo: "Hey, do you know who that smiling guy is?"

Nura Rikuo shook his head slowly: "I don't know more about it than you do - and probably the same goes for Yu Zhang who came with him."

From what Nura Rikuo saw when he met Yuzhang, it was easy to see that the young master of Shikoku's Eighty-Eight Demons Night Parade was not in the same group as those people. Even if they were temporarily working together under Yuyuko, they were definitely not accomplices of the same mind, let alone a superior-subordinate relationship.

Recently, Hidden God Keibu Yuzhang has been in Chiba, taking care of business matters. In this regard, he has already started practical cooperation with their Nura Group. Since the three young men brought by Yuzhang are of great suspicion in the matter of the extermination of the Kanto Great Ape Society, Nura Rikuo will of course go to inquire, but he does not intend to make it clear - he knows that it is useless to make it clear to Yuzhang, as Yuzhang may not know the actions of the three young men at all. Even if he knows, he still has the nerve to bring those people to visit the door of their Nura Group and act so innocent, so Nura Rikuo has to admire his insidious heart and thick skin.

After hearing Nura Rikuo say that he didn't know the young man, Dalianji sat down again in disappointment.

There was no other topic at the moment, so Li Nian finally had the chance to ask questions out of curiosity.

"Actually, I've always wanted to ask, what exactly is the Taishan Palace Lord Festival? It seems quite dangerous."

No one seemed to have expected Li Nian to ask this question. They looked at him blankly, and were all surprised and speechless for a moment.

Chapter 251: Taishan Palace Lord Ceremony

"Is my question weird?"

Li Nian was also confused. He just asked a question, but why did he look at her with an expression of "What are you talking about"? Is it wrong to ask when you don't understand?

"Hey, hey, I'm not in the mood to play such stupid jokes with you now." Dalian Si seemed to take it for granted that Li Nian was talking meaningless nonsense. He showed a disgusted expression and wanted to skip Li Nian's question.

"I'm not kidding." Li Nian smacked his lips: "I really don't understand, after all..."

"Yes, yes, a newbie who has only been an exorcist for a few months is here again." Isayama sighed, covered his forehead and shook his head.

"...Do I need to repeat it a few times?" Li Nian frowned. "If you don't understand, then you don't understand. Is it wrong to ask?"

Seeing that he was really serious, the people in Dalian Temple gradually realized that Li Nian really didn't seem to understand this.

Dalian Temple asked with a strange expression.

"You really don't know? Not at all?"

"Today is the first time I heard the term Taishan Fujun Festival. From your reactions, it seems that you should know about it if you are an exorcist. But sorry, I am a newcomer here. I just awakened my talent of seeing ghosts not long ago. I have been working as an exorcist for less than half a year. Before that, I was just an ordinary citizen. After becoming an exorcist, I was called to work in various places at the drop of a hat. After the work was done, I returned to my busy daily life and studies. I have not been exposed to your industry circle. I only know a few exorcists, including Isayama, whose names I can remember. As you can see, I am a tool who knows nothing. That's the situation."

Li Nian simply revealed all his secrets, because there was really no value in revealing this information.

Nura Rikuo did not specifically investigate Li Nian in depth - he felt that it was disrespectful and would not do such a thing to someone he liked unless it was necessary. He knew very little about Li Nian, but he was very clear that this person was undoubtedly a powerful wizard. In several incidents of contact with Li Nian, he seemed capable and steady, so he subconsciously thought that he was a senior exorcist. This was the first time he heard Li Nian talk about his deeds, and he learned that he had only been an exorcist not long ago... His first feeling was that it was ridiculous.

Although the old man in the family had come into contact with him and talked about the fact that Li Nian called himself a new exorcist with a smile, and felt it was funny that he didn't know the name of the Lord of Demons and Goblins while being in Qianye, he mostly thought that he was too humble... or a guy who liked to show weakness to the enemy.

But Li Nian didn't seem to be lying, and had a helpless expression on her face.

Nura Rikuo felt that it was too different from his impression and found it difficult to accept for a while. The snow girl and the burly man behind him also had puzzled expressions on their faces.

The same is true for Dalian Temple. All the information she knows about Li Nian comes from what Tian Ruo Qing Xian told her. In the few contacts she had with Li Nian, she also knew that he was very powerful. Now she was saying that this person only became a demon exorcist half a year ago? That was fine, but was he a ghost-seeing talent who had just awakened not long ago?

Li Nian was a little annoyed by the repeated repetition of this point, so he simply revealed the truth and didn't want them to guess and ask him again, so he said directly: "I'm telling the truth, Isayama knows it."

At once, everyone looked at Jianshan. Indeed, she was the person Li Nian had known the longest among those present.

"Everything he said is true - at least that's what his resume says. He was just an ordinary student before the Kyoto Spiritual Disaster. I've seen how he looked back then, and he was completely different from now. This guy claimed that he was influenced by the Kyoto Spiritual Disaster and awakened his talent for seeing ghosts. I helped him apply for the Exorcist Qualification Certificate not long ago."

Jianshan spoke expressionlessly about her experience of knowing Li Nian until now. Not to mention Dalian Temple and others, she had known Li Nian for such a long time but still did not believe Li Nian's one-sided story - no, it should be said that the longer she knew him, the harder it was for her to believe Li Nian's words.

"That's it anyway. Stop talking nonsense and teach the newbies some scientific knowledge." Li Nian was already fed up with this attitude of "shocked, the powerful and powerful person is actually a newbie" and impatiently urged everyone to get back to the point: "So what exactly is the Taishan Prefecture Lord Festival?"

This is very basic information in the industry, but Isayama knows that no matter what the situation is with Li Nian, he really lacks a lot of knowledge about this. He thinks this is an opportunity, so he plans to give him some general knowledge.

But when Jianshan was about to speak, Dalian Temple suddenly spoke up and took the initiative to take on the responsibility of explaining to him.

"——The Taishan Fujun Festival is a system of spells related to the soul."

Jianshan didn't expect Dalian Temple to approach from this angle. His expression suddenly changed and he looked over nervously.

Li Nian naturally noticed Jianshan's reaction.

Dalian Temple should have noticed this as well, but he ignored it and continued talking.

"At least Lord Taishan, you should know."

Li Nian took his eyes off Jianshan's face and answered Dalian Temple.

"I know... He is the Taoist Emperor Dongyue, the god who sits in the underworld and controls the souls."

In fact, Dalian Temple has clearly explained the essence of the so-called "Taishan Fujun Sacrifice" in a concise and to the point manner. Li Nian immediately understood what this "Taishan Fujun Sacrifice" meant and found the relevant information in his mind.

Mount Tai is the Eastern Peak among the Five Great Mountains of mainland China. The Lord of Mount Tai is the Emperor of Eastern Peak, a term put forward in Taoism. He is the god who is in charge of the underworld and governs ghosts, and he has a lofty status among the gods in Taoism.

As we all know, Japan's beliefs are deeply influenced by Buddhism and Taoism. Taishan Fujun was introduced by Abe no Nakamaro in the Tang Dynasty and was worshipped as the main god of the Abe family. Since then, various legends have been left behind.

Among them, the most famous story is that of Abe Haruaki, who performed the Taizan Fukun Festival for Minamoto no Hiromasa, sacrificing one life for another, and saving Aone, who was immortal but was willing to give up immortality for his beloved.

"Compared to the past, modern spells have abandoned their religious overtones and reverence for gods. They only view gods as systems that manipulate spiritual power. Spells often begin with "Respectfully inform such and such god" to establish a connection with the divinity in charge of the corresponding field, and use it to perform related spells. The Taishan Lord Festival is an entire spell system that uses the Taishan Lord as the object of contact and uses his power to manipulate souls."

"Master Dalian Temple..."

Isayama couldn't help but remind her. Although he only called her name, his serious expression made it clear that he was asking her not to say any more about this.

Dalianji showed a sarcastic smile and pointed at Isayama: "Did you see the sinister expression on Isayama's face over there? As you can see, the Taishan Fujun Festival is now considered a taboo. It is a ritual system that is not allowed to be performed or even studied."

"……Why?"

Li Nian asked curiously, which drew Jianshan's glare. He reminded him, "The newbie over there, I have to remind you. As Lord Dalian Temple said, you must first understand that the term Taishan Fujun Festival is an NG term in the contemporary industry. Don't easily get curious, but treat it as a scourge and stay away from it - you don't want to be targeted by Lord Tian Ruo of the Curse Search Department, right?"

"That seems to be the case, that's why I'm asking why."

"The realm of the soul is very mysterious and is related to a person's life and death. The techniques related to it are often very dangerous..." Isayama explained.

Dalian Temple sneered: "Oh my, there seems to be a particularly innocent child here... Isayama is right, soul-related spells are very dangerous, but it would be a big mistake to think that this reason alone can stop the curiosity of the mages. The soul does exist, and knowledge of the soul field is a crucial puzzle in the spell system. Any powerful wizard will have studied it to some extent. Are you sure that the guy you are warning really knows nothing about the soul? He is undoubtedly a powerful wizard. And the head of the Curse Search Department, Tenruka Kiyomi, who you just mentioned as an example..."

"I don't want to listen, I don't want to listen, I don't want to listen..." Isayama felt that if he listened to the information, he would be silenced, so he simply covered his ears and closed his eyes.