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The only way to find the Twelve Ghost Months is by chance.
Generally, it is only when the dispatched swordsmen are unable to handle the situation and there are many casualties that people guess that the opponent is a demon of the Twelve Demon Moon level.
After reporting to the lord, dispatch at least two pillar-level swordsmen or contact Xia Yan directly, depending on the location of the assigned territory.
Perhaps the 3.5 death rate reported in the last two years of the Twelve Ghost Months is too exaggerated, causing the other Twelve Ghost Months to feel insecure and act much more discreetly.
Nowadays, Natsuhiko rarely receives messages from Kagaya Ubuyashiki.
Therefore, capturing one of the Twelve Demon Moons is an extremely difficult task.
but,
Coincidentally, Xia Yan happened to know the location of a Lower Moon demon!
Natagumo Mountain, Lower Moon Five - Tired.
To be precise, the Lower Moon Five, who had been playing house on Mount Nata Spider for over ten years, was deliberately left behind by Xia Yan as a clinical trial volunteer to deal with the current situation.
After all, he was the most special one among all the ghosts.
He was the first and only demon that Muzan allowed to have his own subordinates!
Chapter 380 As long as you can endure hardship, there will be endless hardship.
The fifth of the twelve demon moons, the spider demon Rui.
Her original name was Ayagi Rei.
He is the youngest son of the Natagumo Mountain Demon family, but he is the actual controller of the family and has a twisted obsession with family ties.
When I was still human, I was weak and sickly, and even walking was difficult for me.
He was born physically weak, had never run before, and even walking was a painful experience for him.
Perhaps because Muzan saw his past self before he became a demon in Rui, after turning Ayaki Rui into a demon, he didn't make him do anything. Instead, he let Rui live freely with his family.
Although he gained a strong physique by becoming a demon, the price was that he had to eat people.
This behavior made Lei's parents feel extremely guilty. So, the father, with the intention of killing Lei and atoning for his sins with his own death, planned to go to the underworld with Lei.
But how could an ordinary human possibly kill a demon?
Rui, a demon, is killed by his father, but his mother protects him instead of helping him. This contrasts sharply with the father who drowned while trying to save his son in the previous story.
Therefore, he believed that the bond between himself and his parents was fake.
In a fit of rage, he killed his parents.
Just then, Muzan Kibutsuji appeared and inspired him, giving him more blood and turning him into a Lower Moon demon.
He was even given the right to form his own "family".
It should be noted that Muzan, fearing that the demons he created would betray him and pose a threat to him, did not allow any cooperative actions between demons unless ordered by him.
Lei alone possesses this unique right, even being able to share his blood with his so-called "family" to enhance their abilities.
Other Upper Moon demons who want to do this must report to Muzan in advance.
This is practically the treatment of a favored son!
They don't have to work; they just play house every day. Not only do they not receive any punishment, but they also rise directly to the Twelve Demon Moons, possessing rights that even the Upper Moon demons don't have.
If he hadn't shared his blood with his "family," he could have possessed power second only to the Upper Moon demons simply from the blood Muzan gave him.
In contrast, Akaza, who always works hard, is obedient, doesn't talk much or cause trouble, and even tries to recruit talent for the company, is treated like a dog by Muzan.
This shows that as long as you are willing to endure hardship, you will have endless hardship to endure; as long as you can tolerate being wronged, you will have endless anger to tolerate.
Just as Xia Yan was still pondering the information about the Lower Moon Five volunteer, Koi Kasumi, who had just been released from Xia Yan's embrace, let out a soft moan and opened her eyes.
"Hmm... Lord Xia Yan, is it already morning... Are you going to work? Let me help you change."
Speaking in a soft, sweet voice, Li Xia struggled to get out of bed, but Xia Yan pressed her back down.
"No need, you're tired too, you should continue to rest."
Xia Yan is certainly not the kind of scumbag who wouldn't understand others. After all, the battle last night was a bit too intense, and it was already quite remarkable that Li Xia was able to wake up so early.
Moreover, dawdling early in the morning can easily lead to an accident, which will only waste more time.
As he spoke, Xia Yan had already dressed. He ignored Ling Yuzi, who was still fast asleep, and left her beside Li Xia.
After all, this thing wouldn't be of much use if brought over, so it's better to leave it with Li Xia to avoid encountering some unlucky people who are drunk and don't know their own name and do something reckless.
"By the way, Koi-ka, how long will it take to train the new courtesan? I'll be angry if my wife isn't home for the New Year."
"Don't worry, Lord Xia Yan, it will be over in two months at most. Then I can go home with you. I'm also looking forward to seeing my 'older sisters' back home..."
Li Xia said with a smile:
Finally, I wish you great success in your military campaigns!
……
Natagumo Mountain is not very close to Yoshiwara entertainment district. According to the area division, it should fall under the jurisdiction of the Mizuhashi Tomioka Giyuu.
However, Natsuhiko did not intend to inform Giyu Tomioka.
After all, he's here to pick up his volunteers to take them home for clinical trials, and he'll have to explain it to others later, which is quite troublesome.
Moreover, as the strongest, he doesn't need anyone's support.
As dusk falls, the setting sun paints the entire sky red, and its warm light bathes the earth, giving people a sense of tranquility and comfort.
But all of this had nothing to do with the dark forest in front of them.
Even under the glow of the setting sun, the mountain still exudes a chilling and oppressive aura that cuts to the bone.
That pitch-black, chaotic feeling tightly enveloped the entire mountain, releasing an eerie, demonic aura.
Although it is a remote and desolate mountain, there is a clear mountain path that stretches into the depths of the forest, as if extending an invitation to people.
They clearly understood the principle that to get rich, you must first build roads.
At first glance, it gives the impression of a monster's lair from a fairy tale.
"Wow, 613, it looks pretty convincing..."
Xia Yan looked at the dark, smelly forest in front of him, but felt no tension whatsoever.
After all, the highest combat power in the game is only a Lower Moon.
Even though he was highly regarded by Muzan, his actual strength was just so-so. Even without sharing his blood with his so-called "family," his raw strength was only at the level of Lower Moon One.
As for the lower moon, it's at most just a tool for relieving boredom for Xia Yan now.
"White Eye - Open!"
The blood vessels and veins around Xia Yan's eyes suddenly bulged, adding a touch of ferocity and evil to his handsome face.
After multiple evolutions, and with the support of Xia Yan's powerful mental strength, the Byakugan's field of vision has now reached a terrifying level.
The pitch-black forest before him, which even the setting sun could not penetrate, became illusory and transparent in his eyes, revealing everything that it concealed.
The entire landscape of Mount Natagumo came into view in an instant. There were no obstructions whatsoever, whether it was flowers, trees, rocks, or rivers. In a short moment, Xia Yan had already found his target.
Located halfway up the mountain, in a dilapidated but sizable wooden hut, is the fifth of the twelve demon moons—
Spider Demon - Tired!
Chapter 381 A Loving Family
Natagumo Mountain lives up to its name, as it is covered with all kinds of spiders, big and small.
I don't know if it was because there were already a lot of spiders, or because of the blood demon magic that exhausted this whole family.
It must be due to both reasons; otherwise, they wouldn't be so bored as to settle down in such a desolate place.
Thanks to these annoying spiders and the spider webs everywhere, Xia Yan was discovered by the Spider Demon family as soon as he stepped into Nata Spider Mountain.
There was nothing that could be done about it, since there were just too many small spiders and their webs were everywhere, leaving virtually no room to avoid them.
However, Xia Yan didn't pay attention to these trivial matters.
He ignores the spider as long as it doesn't crawl on him.
After all, he came openly and honestly, without any intention of hiding. If the other side had come looking for him first, it would have saved him a lot of trouble.
Meanwhile, Rui, a Lower Moon demon, is playing house with his family at home.
It really is just a game of pretend.
Everyone plays a part of the family: father, mother, older brother, older sister, and the youngest brother—the fifth moon of the lower moon, tired.
At this moment, the whole family was sitting in a row, with a set of tattered tableware that they had picked up from who-knows-where in front of each person.
If it weren't for the empty plates, it would really look like a large family having a meal.
Admittedly, the ritual was quite elaborate, all to make a group of ghosts with no blood relation look like a family.
He performed plastic surgery on every single ghost.
He forced them all to have the same white hair, green eyelashes, pale, ashen skin, and the same red, bead-like markings on their faces as he did.
Of course, 'Dad' might be an exception.
Although the first cosmetic surgery was performed by Lei himself to sculpt the face, the subsequent maintenance required Gui to mimic and maintain the appearance.
And Spider Daddy...
That thing had no reason, so it naturally couldn't maintain its transformation and simply turned into a spider face.
"A stranger has broken into our home..."
Immersed in the atmosphere of family reunion, Ayako was having a great time when she sensed someone intruding into Natagumo Mountain. She looked up with some disgust in the direction where Natsuhiko was.
"Dad, Mom, brother, sister... it's time for you to fulfill your responsibilities as family members—"
"Eliminate the intruders and protect my safety as a young child..."
Tired, his gaze swept over his family members one by one.
These 'family members' were selected through a process of elimination and screening. The initial number was naturally larger than this, but as those people performed duties that did not conform to Lei's ideal of family members, the selection process was disrupted.