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For example, there were some exotic furniture made of bones and human skin - I didn't see anything like that, just a very ordinary Japanese garden scenery.

Dalianji also came to the Nura Group's headquarters for the first time. Although he was a "prodigy", he had no intention of helping Tianruo to engage in verbal confrontation with the Nura Group's cadres. Suzuka was also observing his surroundings at this time, and deliberately fell back a few steps to Li Nian's side and expressed the same feeling as him.

"I feel like the headquarters of the Nura Clan looks a bit... ordinary?"

"really."

"…But there are really a lot of monsters. Can you feel it?"

"I'm not blind."

As Suzuka said, although it feels like an ordinary Japanese mansion, there are indeed various monsters living in this mansion, and you can see many of them along the way.

Someone stopped sweeping and looked over here. At first glance, he looked like a handsome man, but upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a headless monster with its head floating in the air.

A kappa poked its head out of the pond, spitting out bubbles and looking over here.

Some were hiding among the flowers and plants, peeking their heads out, curiously looking at the line of cute flower fairies like elves.

Some were drinking tea in the pavilion, looking at the tall Tengu here.

He also saw a cherry tree in the courtyard that was in full bloom, contrary to the rules of the season. Standing under the tree was a beautiful woman in a kimono. The beauty of the woman made Li Nian take a few more glances. The girl noticed his sight and smiled sweetly at Li Nian, bowed and saluted. Li Nian smiled and nodded in return, knowing that this woman was probably a creature of the cherry tree, a transformed cherry demon.

There were also various kinds of Tsukumogami and little monsters hiding in the corners of the corridor or behind the ceiling, peeking at this side. Li Nian's knowledge matched those of them, some of which could be named and some could not.

With Li Nian's sharp hearing, he could detect any movement within a radius of dozens of meters, and even hear many whispers.

——"Which big shot has come to our Nura Group?"

——"I heard it was the Onmyoji [Monster Slayer] Amanawa Kiyokatsu!"

——"(Shocked)...! Why did he come to our Nura group? Is he here to kill us?"

——"Don't be afraid. This is the main residence where the commander-in-chief, the third generation, and all the cadres are in charge. The [Yokai Slayer] will definitely not dare to act recklessly!"

——"Scary... He doesn't look that scary. He looks like a normal human being."

——"Idiot, humans all look ordinary, don't be fooled by appearances!"

——"Yes, yes, ordinary humans can easily trample us to death, not to mention the exorcists from the Onmyoji Bureau? They are all masters who can fight against powerful monsters. Didn't you see Miss Isayama was there? This usually amiable guy always carries a terrifying sword with him. When he draws the sword, he can easily kill small monsters like us one by one. This guy follows behind obediently, lowering his head and looking docile. This Tian Ruo Qingxian must be a more powerful figure than Miss Isayama... By the way, who are the two behind him?"

——"…I've seen it on TV. That little girl seems to be a [Prodigy]! Another one of the Twelve Gods has arrived!?"

——"Two big names in the field of exorcism came at once... What on earth are they doing here?"

——"What about the last one? Who of you knows him?"

——"I don't know. I haven't seen it."

——"A person who is not famous? He looks like a very powerful man, but since he is the last one, he might be the weakest one?"

Oh, you have figured this out. You are really a group of discerning little monsters. Li Nian listened to the whispers and found it very interesting and laughed out loud.

"What are you laughing at?" Suzuka asked curiously.

"Nothing, I just think that as expected of the Nura clan's main family, there are indeed many monsters."

There are so many things we see, but there are even more things we can feel in the invisible corners. The entire Nura clan lives up to its name, it is a place full of evil spirits and monsters.

The monsters of the Nura Group almost all showed their true forms without any disguise in their own territory, releasing their aura, and it was inevitable that they would become extremely evil. The several exorcists present naturally knew it clearly.

"Yes, there are a lot of youkai... and there are quite a few of them that have a very powerful aura..." Suzuka whispered, "There is no doubt that they are all powerful guys. There must be a lot of Nura Clan leaders here..."

Li Nian was also aware of this, and did not need Suzuka to remind him. He took it for granted: "Well, after all, they are the head of the Nura Clan."

"This place really feels like a devil's cave. Is the peace only on the surface? How can the Nura Group, which gathers such power, be a law-abiding organization..." Suzuka became worried because of those powerful auras. She felt that the Nura Group was indeed a dangerous place. She wondered how terrible it would be if they were besieged by this group of monsters with powerful auras.

"Really?" Li Nian had a different opinion and seemed unconcerned. "I think the Nura Group lives up to its reputation. It is indeed an organization that protects the little monsters well. It seems to be quite harmonious."

"You see the sense of harmony in that corner..." Suzuka gave him a puzzled look.

"Suzuka, you only feel the powerful aura, don't you notice the weaker auras? There are many powerful monsters, and there are even more small monsters." Li Nian laughed and waved to the group of small monsters, and the little guys waved back excitedly with smiles on their faces.

Listening to their chattering, saying things like, "The man smiled at us!", "He waved and said hello!", "He seems like a good guy!", Li Nian knew that Jian Dan had won the favor and trust of the little monsters. He secretly thought that they were a group of innocent and cute little guys.

Following his line of sight, Dalian Temple also saw the group of little monsters and noticed the existence of these little creatures, but he was puzzled as to how Li Nian could tell. He just felt that the little monsters who dared to peek and talk nonsense when the cadres were receiving important guests were really a bit ignorant of etiquette, and asked in confusion: "Just by seeing a group of little monsters like this, you know whether the Nura Group has fulfilled its principle of protecting the little monsters?"

"Otherwise? Didn't you see how happy and comfortable those little creatures are? Suzuka, why do you think that is? They will be happy only if they are comfortable in this main house. You can feel the presence of those big monsters, and you should understand how big and small monsters live together in this main house of the Nura Group."

As the saying goes, one can see the big picture from the small. The actual attitude of the Nura Group towards the little monsters must be seen clearly from the little monsters themselves. Just by looking at the atmosphere of the main house and the way the monsters live comfortably in every corner of this mansion, Li Nian roughly understands what kind of monster organization the Nura Group is.

Anyway, it is definitely different from a fox who clearly doesn't care about the weak.

Suzuka was stunned, and after hearing what Li Nian said, he also showed a thoughtful expression.

At this time, Jianshan, who was following behind Tianruo, conscientiously performing his duties as a subordinate, not saying much, not looking much, and not thinking much, acting like a mute follower, actually heard the two people whispering behind him.

At this time, Jianshan also felt that it was boring to be a decoration for Tian Ruo Qingxian, so he quietly retreated to Li Nian's side and whispered: "I have been to the Nura group many times. I used to have prejudices. I thought that the headquarter of the Nura group would be a scary place, and the people living here would be terrible monsters..."

"But actually?" Li Nian also wanted to hear what Isayama, a frequent visitor, thought of the Nura Group.

Isayama smiled and said, "Actually, if you come here more often, you will find that it is not like that. The atmosphere here is as you said, it is quite harmonious, like a big family. I was also guarded against because I was an exorcist at first, but at this time, I used my superb communication skills and got acquainted with the monsters here. I have seen and talked with the cadres of the Nura Group. They feel dangerous on the one hand, and their nature is not bad on the other hand. Compared with the cadres, I have more contact with these small monsters. They are really quite interesting and harmless little things. From the daily interactions, I can see that big monsters and small monsters are all very casual and peaceful. There is no phenomenon of weaklings being looked down upon. However, there are still rules that should be followed on a daily basis - this group of guys is sober and that's right. You haven't participated in their family banquets. If you see these guys having a good time and getting drunk at the family banquet, you will know what it means to be a group of demons dancing wildly and being unrestrained."

As if he was thinking of some funny memories, Isayama laughed a little too brightly.

"Isayama-kun." The one who suddenly called out like this was Amanaka Kiyokatsu.

"Yes!" Jianshan was startled, his smile froze, his voice became shrill, and he turned around hurriedly, thinking that he would be blamed by Tian Ruo Qingxian and whispered by Li Nian, but he remembered that she was the only one in the field who could be instructed by the director of the Curse Search Department.

Tian Ruo stopped and said, "Next, you, Dalian Temple-kun, and Lord Li can move freely outside. I want to talk to some people from the Nura group alone."

It turned out that everyone had been led by Ushiki and Kurodabo to a Japanese-style room. They opened the door, knelt outside, lowered their eyebrows and respectfully called out, "General, Sandaime, Lord Amanaka and his party have arrived."

"Please come in." It was Nura Rikuo's voice coming from inside. It seemed that he was waiting inside.

Tian Ruo's intention was obviously to let Isayama and the others stay away. It seems that the details about the Onmyoji Bureau wanting the Sunura Group to be the leader of the evil spirits are not something that too many people want to know, including these colleagues in the Onmyoji Bureau.

Isayama hesitated: "Free movement? No need for our protection?"

"Do I need your protection?" Tian Ruo asked casually. He had already strode into the Japanese-style room. After Kurodabo and Ushioki closed the door, he stood up.

Kurodabo paused lightly with his Zen stick and stood still at the door. Tian Ruo did not need guards, but this man obviously had no intention of leaving. He stood at the door to serve as a guard for the commander-in-chief and the third generation in case of any changes.

Niu Gui walked towards the crowd and said, "There is still some time before the dinner, so please feel free to do as you please. I have asked the people below to prepare tea and snacks in another room, so you can go there to rest. Of course, you can also walk around the mansion and enjoy the scenery as you like."

"We can walk around freely, right?" Suzuka confirmed meaningfully, "Even if we are exorcists?"

Ushiki naturally understood what Suzuka meant and replied expressionlessly: "We in the Nura Group are aboveboard and have nothing to be ashamed of. Lord Dalianji can go wherever he wants to."

Suzuka sneered: "Yes, yes, I believe it, do you believe it?"

Niu Gui was too lazy to pay attention to the ridicule and remained silent.

Isayama pretended not to feel the gunpowder in the air, nor did he follow Kurodabo's example and consciously act as a bodyguard for his superior Tenraku - because Isayama knew that the head of the Curse Search Department really didn't need his own guards. Now that he had received the order to move freely, he wanted to find someone familiar with the Nura Clan to chat with, and smiled, "Well, Lord Ushiki, is Miss Bingli here?"

"She will be the one to receive you all. Ms. Isayama will see her later."

"That's great. I'll go have some tea and snacks while I wait."

"No." Isayama's wish to take advantage of the opportunity to slack off was shattered by Suzuka, who directly ordered: "Isayama, you come here so often, you know the place well, take me to see the fair and honest scenery of the Nura clan."

What else could Isayama say? Suzuka was her superior, so she could only smile bitterly and nod: "Okay then."

Niu Gui turned around and took the initiative to bring up something to the remaining Li Nian. He said in a very respectful tone, "Master Li, why don't you go see the earth spider?"

"That's what I was going to say." Li Nian asked curiously, "So he is really still alive?"

"Everyone in the Nura Group wants him dead," Ushiki said coldly, "but the young master strictly ordered me not to do so, so unfortunately Tsuchigumo is still alive and well, sleeping soundly in my room at the Nura Group headquarters, and is now slowly recovering."

Anyone could tell that this demon was full of resentment. Li Nian shrugged: "This is such a pity."

"Logically, I should thank Lord Li for helping Nura Clan solve this major problem... But logically, Nura Clan wanted to deal with this lunatic who dared to hurt the young master themselves, so please forgive me for thinking that Lord Li was unnecessary and I cannot express my gratitude here."

"I can understand."

"...In the final analysis, what I don't understand the most is why Lord Li spared Tsuchigumo's life."

Sure enough, this is where the biggest resentment lies. Li Nian laughed, "Isn't this handed over to you, the Third Generation, to deal with?"

"You did this on purpose because you knew that Rikuo-sama would not kill the Tsuchigumo... Did you throw the Tsuchigumo to us because you are happy to see the Nura clan getting so angry?" Ushio suspected.

"You are just overthinking, Lord Ushiki. I just don't know how to deal with the Tsuchigumo. After all, I don't have a mansion as magnificent as yours to put a half-dead, unconscious man."

"...I will assume that what you said is true. Then, I wonder if Lord Li has changed his mind and dealt with this threat."

"I was just about to go and question Tsuchigumo. Judging from the content of the conversation, I will consider whether to kill Tsuchigumo on the spot—" Li Nian did not say anything final, and continued, "But I think there is a high probability that I can communicate with this guy. If I can restrain Tsuchigumo, I will not kill him."

"...Is that so." Niu Gui sighed with regret, knowing that Li Nian probably wouldn't change his mind, so he didn't plan to say anything more: "Then, Lord Li, please follow me."

This means he is going to take me to see Tsuchigumo's condition. Li Nian nodded and turned to ask Isayama and Suzuka: "Do you want to follow?"

"No." "Goodbye."

Got a firm answer.

Li Nian curled his lips in boredom. Are you so afraid of earth spiders? I don't even know what you are afraid of.

So, under the guidance of Niu Gui, Li Nian came to another room and saw the earth spider who was sleeping soundly.

Chapter 365 Still Not Awake

The man was lying on the tatami with his arms and legs spread out, and the quilt he was covering had been thrown into the corner. It was obvious that although everyone in the Nura crew wanted to kill Tsuchigumo, Nura Rikuo had strictly ordered his men to take good care of him. The man had been changed into a comfortable kimono, and there were signs of bandages all over his body.

In the previous battle, Li Nian was sure that he had beaten the Earth Spider to the point where it had lost all its strength and was covered in tatters. Generally speaking, even a monster's physique would not be able to recover, so it would not be surprising if it died after that.

But it was an earth spider after all. Li Nian was sure at the time that as long as it was not dead, it would be able to recover quickly with its physique.

Listening to the thunderous snoring echoing in the room, Li Nian understood that this was proof that the great monster had indeed recovered well. He smiled and said, "It is still a strong monster as always. It seems that not only was it not sliced ​​and eaten by you Nura group, but it was also well taken care of. It seems that it has recovered well. It will be able to run around and continue morning exercises with me soon."

Niu Gui glanced at Li Nian with a strange feeling.

The news of Tsuchigumo's defeat and the fact that he was brought to the Nura clan after his defeat and coma naturally caused an uproar at the time. Of course, the Nura clan also attached great importance to Li Nian, who had performed such a heroic feat.

Ushigui had learned in detail from Kurodabo how the wizard in front of him defeated the Tsuchigumo.

Knowing that this human had defeated the world-famous giant monster Tsuchigumo, Tsuchigumo, head-on, not only with complicated and sophisticated spells and powerful magic power, which are common means of human mages, but there were also many close combat sessions during the battle. During the period, Li Nian himself was even counterattacked by Tsuchigumo due to a wrong judgment and was seriously injured. Even so, he continued to fight in that state, and seemed to maintain his powerful spell output without being affected. In the fierce battle, he defeated a strong man like Tsuchigumo and exhausted the last bit of the giant monster's strength... Just listening to Kurodabo's description, he felt that he was a terrifying creature that looked more like a monster than a monster. Hearing Li Nian sighing at Tsuchigumo's strong body, Niu Gui thought, aren't you the monster who is too strong?

From the sound of it, it seems that Li Nian still wants to find Tsuchigumo to continue that kind of battle...as a morning exercise?

When did such an unknown monster suddenly appear among humans? Niu Gui was also confused about this.

Ushiki is in charge of intelligence in the Nura group. Ushiki has also investigated Li Nian's intelligence. He did this long before Li Nian defeated the Tsuchigumo.

Niu Gui was confident that he had a clearer understanding of the situation than the Onmyoji Bureau, to which Li Nian belonged. After all, Chiba was the base of the Nura Clan, and it would be a piece of cake to investigate a person who had lived here since childhood... But it was true that the investigation itself went very smoothly, but what was found out was a clean resume, which could not match up to Li Nian's strength in any way. Niu Gui could only think that what he found out was just the surface of Li Nian's disguise, and he could not find out anything deeper.

Fortunately, although he is a powerful exorcist whose background is unknown, Li Nian obviously has a good relationship with the Sandaime, and he seems to owe a favor to Lord Rikuo. In short, he is not an enemy of the Nura clan, which makes Ushio feel at ease. Li Nian followed Tenruo Kiyomi to the Nura clan, and was also regarded by Ushio as a distinguished guest who should be treated well. At this time, Ushio truthfully informed this distinguished guest of the Nura clan about the situation of the Tsuchigumo.

"I'm sorry to disappoint Lord Li. We have been regularly checking Tsuchigumo's physical condition in detail. The last check was two hours ago... His recovery is indeed better than we thought, but he is far from fully recovered. He has been in a coma and probably can't fight Lord Li anymore... In other words, it is unlikely that Tsuchigumo will recover to his full potential. The injuries Lord Li left him are very serious."

Tsuchigumo's body was examined in detail many times by the monster doctor of the Nura group. The result of the examination was that Tsuchigumo was seriously injured all over his body. Even if he could recover, it would be difficult for him to return to his prime. Because Tsuchigumo was seriously injured and half-dead in the battle with Li Nian, he was seriously injured all over. It was one thing to recover, but he left many hidden injuries. Even if Tsuchigumo had strong vitality and could make the monster's body recover quickly, it would be unlikely to repair these hidden injuries and return to his prime.

Li Nian nodded to show that he understood, then shook his head and said, "But Lord Niugui is wrong about one thing. Tsuchigumo is not actually unconscious. He has probably passed that stage a long time ago. Now, he is just sleeping."

As soon as Li Nian stepped into the room, he keenly felt a change in the earth spider's breath. There was a pause in its breathing. It must have instinctively sensed the approach of a powerful enemy. Since it had such a reaction, it meant that the earth spider had regained its ability to perceive the outside world and was no longer in a coma.

"... is he just sleeping?" Li Nian believed Niu Gui's judgment. He looked at the big monster lying there with a suspicious and unfriendly look. He was sleeping soundly and snoring like thunder. He looked very comfortable, as if he was not in the enemy camp but sleeping soundly in his own nest. Niu Gui asked coldly: "So he is pretending to sleep?"

"That's not the case. Given his personality, maybe he's just too lazy to get up? As Lord Ushiki said, he's probably still in the middle of recovery, and sleep is necessary for him... Since he can feel me coming but still doesn't want to wake up, it means he hasn't gotten enough sleep." Li Nian also found it funny: "But it's a pity that he can sleep so freely in your Nura group."

After hearing what Li Nian said, Niu Gui's eyes turned cold. He was already very angry and didn't understand why the Nura clan should take care of the enemy who hurt their young master. Now that he heard that Tsuchigumo had woken up, he immediately planned to forcibly wake up this bastard.

As for the awakening method...

The cow demon flashed directly to the side of the sleeping Tsuchigumo, drew his sword and stabbed at his head.

"Do you really think the Nura Clan is yours? If you are not unconscious, then wake up and stand trial!"

Li Nian noticed it, but didn't stop it. He just watched silently.

The Niu Gui's sword was mixed with tiny black flames, just like what Li Nian often saw, the monster's method of releasing fear. However, compared with the fierce momentum of other monsters that Li Nian had seen before, the black flames wrapped around the Niu Gui's sword did not seem to have much courage, but revealed a more restrained and condensed feeling, which made Li Nian narrow his eyes slightly.

The sleeping earth spider did react to the stabbing knife. The man's eyebrows twitched, and he swung his arm impatiently, and punched forward, and the raging black flames also hit the tip of the knife.

There was a loud bang.

As a result of the collision of explosive power, the Bull Ghost flew back and flew past Li Nian. He adjusted his posture in the air and landed in the courtyard. He snorted coldly, swung his knife, and shook off a few drops of blood on the knife: "As Lord Li said, the Earth Spider has indeed regained consciousness..."

With one punch, he knocked the Bull Demon away along with his knife. Tsuchigumo's fist was also stabbed with a knife wound, and blood was dripping all over it, but he was still lying with his eyes closed, and he put down his injured arm as if he had no feeling at all. At this time, Tsuchigumo just frowned, and said in a low and hoarse voice, "Go away... don't make noise... go to sleep..."