"The new ten famous sects created by that Taoist priestess are really full of talents."
Hua Laiao lived for a thousand years, and Li Ban was over four hundred years old.
The knowledge of the two of them is not inferior to that of Yu Yao.
But even they have never seen such a prosperous time.
"In the past, a strong man like Tsuchimikado Yeguang was a rare occurrence in a hundred years."
But now, just beside Gu Yun, there is Mei Yezi.
A few decades ago, there was a self-taught Noroko like Natsume Reiko.
"Onmyoji from a thousand years ago, a miko from eight hundred years ago, a swordsman from five hundred years ago, and a warlock from two hundred years ago."
Hua Laiao said with emotion: "Now, they are all called spiritual masters."
"The situation of warlocks is exactly the opposite of that of us monsters."
The situation on the human side is that at the top there are strong men like Kotoko Higa, Tananyun, and Miyoko, but the backbone is seriously lacking.
In this era, there is far more than one living god with a spiritual power of over 50.
But there are very few warlocks with spirit levels between 5 and 50.
Only with a spiritual level of 5 or above can you cast spells, and with a spiritual level of 40 or above can you fight against super-level monsters, become a human god, and be able to fight against big monsters.
The high-end combat power is sufficient, but there is a serious shortage of warlocks in the Soul Exterminator Association.
Most people are just psychics who can see monsters, that is, ordinary people on the same level as Tamaki Iijima.
Such beings are generally called folklorists in circles.
Of course, there are a large group of folklorists who don't even have psychic abilities. They can't see ghosts at all, but they insist on squeezing into the supernatural circle.
"Human beings are destined to be on the weak side when it comes to monsters."
Finally, Hua Piao made a statement that Gu Yun had never heard before: "Humans need monsters!"
There are too many strange stories.
As the Internet continues to develop, the future can be foreseen.
It's not just one or two, but thousands or tens of thousands. There may even be hundreds or even thousands of strange stories born every day.
Faced with such numbers and growth rate, no matter how powerful Higa Kotoko and Gu Yun are, they can't eliminate them even if they break their legs.
Monsters are different.
First of all, the monster itself has restraint on Kaitan.
The former can absorb curses and swallow ghost stories as food.
Although this process will generate great negative energy and cause the monster's character to change drastically, it is not impossible to reverse it.
"Thousands of years ago, gods and monsters were not as common as they are today," Hua Lao said. "At that time, gods were like doctors to monsters."
"Whenever we are contaminated by a curse, we can seek God and purify our body and mind."
Monsters are also creatures in heaven and earth. The purifying power of gods will only dispel the evil power in them, but will not harm them.
The process is definitely quite painful.
But since I have chosen to go to the hospital, it is not unacceptable to get an injection and take medicine.
The only problem is that monsters carrying a huge curse have a high probability of falling in level due to purification.
From a high-level monster, to a lower-level monster, or even directly into a little monster.
Success is a curse, failure is a curse.
The Nuliang group's attitude towards the curse can be exploited, but there must be a limit.
Monsters are the ones who control the curse. If you are controlled by the curse, you cannot tolerate it.
Therefore, in the Nura Group, the monsters have been learning how to control the power of the curse, and the control of 'fear' is the result of this process.
"Fear, fear, panic, panic, terror, fear, fear..."
These special demonic powers that constitute the power of the curse are turned into nutrients for the youkai, and the rulers born from them are the end of the third road - the great youkai.
The slippery ghost got 'fear', the tanuki of Shikoku got 'fear', and the Hagoromo fox took the path of 'fear'.
Such a being, once a large number of monsters gather around him, can cause the heavens and the earth to cry, and become a powerful person who is feared by the will of the world.
"Is this the law that the Lords of Demons and Demons pursue?"
In his exchange with Hua Laiao, Gu Yun learned about the changes in the relationship between humans and monsters over the past thousands of years.
Except five hundred years ago, due to the large number of human deaths, resentment and curses could not be vented, which resulted in the fusion of miasma and resentment in the mountains, giving birth to countless irrational monsters.
In other times, monsters and humans have always been in harmony with each other.
The miasma that Hua Laiao talked about and the "resentment" that is today's weird talk are actually the same thing.
"That is to say, human beings develop resentment and look for a container, thus giving birth to ghost tales and then evolving into monsters and demons."
"That's right."
Seeing that Gu Yun understood what he meant, Hua Lao smiled and said: "Not only humans, but the world itself will continue to produce resentments and curses."
"Both are intangible things. If they meet a container, they will merge with it."
The miasma of five hundred years ago and the strange stories of today may also have new sources of support in the future.
"And when ghost stories are born, they usually have two paths to continue to become stronger."
One is to continue to absorb the curse, allowing Kaitan to escape from his little ghost world, but instead of going to the human world, he will return to the virtual world.
But such strange stories have lost their independent personality and completely become part of the virtual world.
"The other way is to come to this world and become part of the material world."
Hua Lao: "It can be divided into two types: the abandonment curse and the carrying curse."
The former will be reincarnated as a clean little monster, while the latter will be a monster with a sinister aura.
Demons are a level and a type.
Just like Hua Laiao and Nuliang Liban, they both have the fighting power of super monsters.
But the two are not monsters, but monsters.
To put it simply, Kayako, whom Gu Yun met when he was a child, belongs to the vengeful demon clan transformed from ghosts, and has the destructive power of low-level demons to intermediate demons.
After killing an individual, the demons will imprison their soul and devour their memory and personality, which is very evil.
But when a monster kills an enemy, it only destroys the opponent's physical body.
Essentially, this is pure killing.
It may seem evil to humans, but it conforms to the cycle of life and death, and is not much different from humans fighting each other and wars throughout the ages.
The Spiritualist Association is not yet idle enough to maintain world peace.
Putting aside whether they can do it or not, they have no obligation to do so.
Of course, this does not mean that Higa Kotoko and other spirit exterminators will turn a blind eye to incidents where monsters hurt people.
They will take action to drive away the monsters and eliminate them.
However, such behavior is in line with the laws of hell and the world, and does not destroy any balance.
After the monsters are killed by the spirit slayer, their souls still exist and will go to the underworld.
Maybe in the next life, the monster will be reincarnated as a human.
"There are some monsters under the old man's command who were transformed from ghost stories."
"Compared to those who abandon their power and start over as little monsters," Hua Laiao said distressedly, "those monsters who retain their power and directly transform into monsters really cause trouble for me."
Hua Lao is not a racist, and neither is Gu Yun.
They will not stand up and use their own moral values to judge right and wrong just because of the simple conflict between monsters and humans.
Having said that, Gu Yun and Li Ban are both eldest brothers after all.
They have their own set of principles for governing, and you cannot violate this bottom line.
Otherwise, Nuliang may have a great family and a great cause, but it is easy for a mouse dropping to spoil the whole pot of porridge.
“Yuanxing Temple…”
Gu Yun named a name: "I remember he is from the Nuliang group, right?"
Yuanxingji is an extremely evil monster. He is tall and covered with wild beast fur.
In terms of pure combat power, Yuanxing Temple is just a subordinate (from here on, monsters are regarded as a type, and combat power no longer includes "demon").
It was originally born from a ghost legend in a certain temple, and over time, it turned into a human form.
After becoming a demon, Yuanxing Temple still retained its bloody and cruel side. He liked to feed on young children and was proud of it.
"Feeding on human children"
Gu Yun's expression remained unchanged, but his tone was more suppressed: "Such trash is not qualified to be a member of Gensokyo."
"Indeed!"
Li Ban did not hide it, but said truthfully: "Unfortunately, there are many demons like that guy in the Nuliang group."
These monsters still pursue the belief in living livers, and regard cannibalism and enslaving humans and the weak as fun.
Even in the eyes of Hua Lao and Li Ban, they are just trash among trash.
"Since you don't like them, why not get rid of them?"
Gu Yun heard the dissatisfaction in the other party's words. He looked at Li Ban who looked a little embarrassed and said, "Is there any problem here?"
This second-generation head is not someone easy to talk to.
Act vigorously and decisively.
This is the noble son of the Nuliang group, Nuliang Liban.
"It's easy to kill a Yuan Xing Si. I can kill him with one knife."
Li Ban also has his own difficulties: "What excuse can I use?"
"I see."
Gu Yun nodded and said solemnly: "Yuanxing Temple represents the race of monsters. How to deal with all the monsters and prevent them from rebounding is a big problem."
At any time, the master must give an explanation to his subordinates.
This is not a matter of killing one person as a warning to others.
Monsters can scare every timid person.
Once they are provoked, they will rebel in minutes and cause a big mess.
"That's right."
Li Ban nodded and said, "Mr. Gu Yun..."
"Just call me Gu Yun."
"Well, then, Brother Gu Yun," Li Ban continued, "Since you plan to recruit us, I must let you know about the situation in the Nuliang Group."
Because the second-generation head was still alive, Li Ban was in charge of the Nura Group for nearly four hundred years, and his prestige even surpassed that of his father, Nura Hua Piao.
In this Nuliang group, Nuliang Liban is the one who knows everything and has absolute control.
There are many monsters like Yuan Xingji in the group. Counting the number, there are nearly a thousand of them.
But compared to the nearly 100,000 demons in the Nuliang Group, even if these demons are expelled, the Nuliang Group will not be injured.
To put it bluntly, Yuanxing Temple and other strange monsters are the disease of moss.
'A borrowed knife to kill someone?'
This knife does not have to be Gu Yun's knife, it can be anyone's.
Gu Yun also heard that the difficulty with Li Ban was that he couldn't do it himself.
After all, he came here to seek refuge. As the second-generation head of the Nura-gumi, Liban cannot kill monsters without any fault.
You said Yuanxing Temple cannibals?
But in the eyes of monsters, eating people is not considered a fault.
Li Ban naturally dislikes it, even feels disgusted, because he himself is a half-demon, with human blood flowing in his body.
But this is not the reason to kill Yuan Xingji.
Once Li Ban does this, evil demons like Yuanxing Temple will cause trouble.
"I told you before, little brother, that ghost stories are the source of demons. As long as humans continue to send negative energy to the world, ghost stories will not disappear."
"If the strange stories don't disappear, the demons will continue to come."
In this regard, Thousand Ghost Night Walk actually plays an extremely important role.
They are like garbage dumps, absorbing large numbers of these evil monsters.
If one day, Hagoromo Kitsune encounters trouble, Higa Kotoko will probably take action to help her tide over the difficulties.
The reason is very simple, that is, the demon cannot be completely out of control.
"The masters of demons and monsters absorb them," Li Ban said, "Use monsters to control them."
So, the same goes for the Nuliang group.
However, their attitude is not to take advantage, but to control and monitor them at close range.
That's right, Li Ban has been keeping an eye on Yuanxing Temple and never allowed this guy a chance to take advantage of him.
"Just this thousand people is our limit."
Li Ban said helplessly: "No matter how much it is, we can't guarantee that there will be no leakage."
For this reason, Hua Laiao chose to stand up and suggested that his son use Gu Yun's Gensokyo plan to carry out a drastic reform and cleansing within the Nuliang Group.
"There is no problem on my side."
Eliminating a group of garbage to ensure that other good monsters can live peacefully does not violate Gu Yun's philosophy.
"When the room is dirty, it must be cleaned."
Gu Yun said: "But in terms of standards, we still need two people to worry about it."
"Thank you!"
The father and son looked at each other, grateful in their hearts.
Gu Yun did not interfere in this matter.
Who is guilty and who deserves to die should not be decided by him.
Not to mention some over-the-counter agents, Gu Yun had no intention of shouldering these responsibilities that he should not have intervened in.
Gu Yun would definitely not be able to ignore something like Yuanxing Temple.
Children who eat children, just like the slit girl in the past, once discovered by Gu Yun, will definitely send them to hell, and let the ghost kings use purgatory punishment to cleanse them of their sins.
'But there are also less sinful ones, even more complex ones.'
'These…'
Gu Yun looked at Nuliang Liban and said: 'This must be handled by more experienced professionals.'
Humans have human laws, and monsters also have monster rules.
The Nura-gumi is an organization here in Kanto that sets rules for youkai.
Four hundred years of experience is not something that a junior like Gu Yun can compare with. He cannot possibly do better than Nuliang Liban.
"You select the members," Gu Yun said, "As for the executioner..."
Since the Slippery Ghost and the Nuliang Group can't do it themselves, they can only find a knife for them.
"Choosing ten sects can easily lead to conflicts between monsters and humans. Isn't that not a good idea?"
A few were eliminated by the warlocks one by two, and the monster tribe didn't care too much.
Since ancient times, there have been countless monsters that have been defeated by warlocks.
But when it comes to hundreds or even thousands, this is too exaggerated and may trigger a stress response from the monsters.
"Not so."
Hua Laiao said: "If the demon takes action first, then humans will defeat the demon and no one will be able to say anything."
This is the dividing line, and it is also the rule set by the will of the world since ancient times.
As long as the eyes of humans and monsters cannot meet, they cannot affect each other.
On the contrary, once humans 'see' ghosts, it is equivalent to crossing that dividing line and entering their world.
Being eaten, enslaved and tortured, the actions of supernatural beings are recognized by the will of this world.
In this case, human warlocks can choose to save people or drive away demons. That is their obligation.
But warlocks are not qualified to accuse demons of doing something wrong.
Because he was a human, he broke into the world of demons first.
"I see."
Gu Yun understood the rule of not looking at each other.
But the demons actively invading humans and then being exterminated by warlocks was considered an out-of-bounds behavior. This was the first time Gu Yun had heard of it.
"Think about it, if you can come over, I can come over too."
"The 'invisible boundaries' set by the will of this world do not only favor monsters."
Yuanxing Temple is devouring children, and the Spiritual Master Association should punish it.
In the past, due to the influence of the Slippery Ghost Clan, the Ten Famous Sects did not have the confidence and did not want to be enemies with them.
But now, times have changed.
With Higa Kotoko's character, if she really met Genkoji, she would probably not care about the Nura group at all and just slap him to death.
"Sheltering a bunch of garbage is really a headache."
Hua Laiao and Li Ban are both members of the older generation, and it is impossible for them to kill soldiers for no reason.
The best way is to find a dumb guy who doesn't know anything, go straight up and kill him till he bleeds like a river.
"In this case, those little devils in my family are suitable."
Gu Yun thought for a while and felt that Yuanxing Temple and other demons were very suitable for children to practice.
Their strength is average, but they are quite self-righteous, quite good and fun-loving.
Rather than leaving this perfect wild monster to gain experience, it is better to find an opportunity to digest it internally than to leave it to the Soul Exterminator Association.
"This method seems good, brother Gu Yun!"
Nuliang Liban also thinks this idea is quite good.
When his and Otome's child is born, the third generation of the Nura clan will definitely be passed down.
The thorn head also has the purpose of thorn head, at least it can be used to establish authority for the younger generations.
The method is also very simple, which is to encourage them to rebel.
No matter where you are, rebellion is a serious crime, and death by a thousand cuts is not an exaggeration.
"Then it's decided."
Gu Yun smiled and said: "In the future, the Nuliang Group will continue to recruit demons. If they can be purified, I will let the gods wash away the curse."
"The resentment and karmic sins on the body are so strong that even purification cannot purify them. Some of them are thrown to my boys. The rest are forced to rebel, and then the Nuliang Group internally digests them."
Soon, both parties decided on the preliminary outline on this matter.
"As for now..."
Gu Yun clapped his hands gently and said, "Kill that Yuanxing Temple first."