Under everyone's nervous gaze, a short and fat man wearing mountaineering clothes emerged from the forest. He was carrying a backpack as big as his own.

Seeing that it was a human, Hanakaiin Yuura and Bingli, who had just been secretly preparing for a fight, immediately felt relieved.

"Oh! It's Mr. Huayuan!"

Just when everyone was wondering why a dirty and weird uncle appeared here, Qingjushi Qingtsugu's eyes lit up and waved to greet the man.

The man was none other than the monster doctor Huayuan who invited Qingtsugu and his group to Plum Garden!

"Hehe, I didn't expect you to find the Umeruomaru Shrine so quickly. I wanted to come earlier to wait for you."

Teacher Huayuan scratched his head and said with a smile, but although he was a living person, his smile with all his teeth showing looked like a puppet.

"No, no, it's an honor to meet Teacher Huayuan! How can we let you wait for us!"

Qingshizi took two steps at a time and stepped forward to shake Teacher Huayuan's hand excitedly.

"Arnold, why is there a shrine of Umewakamaru here?"

Just as the two were about to exchange a few polite words, Nura Rikuo's voice sounded out at an inopportune time.

Hearing the voice, Teacher Kahara leaned over, his eyes passed over the Seijushi Kiyotsugu in front of him, and fell on Nura Rikuo.

The moment he saw Nura Rikuo, a gleam of light flashed in Teacher Kahara's eyes, and the smile on his face became even wider

"Umewamaru...He is the protagonist of this mountain monster legend."

"You guys follow me."

Huayuan said, ignoring the doubts and confusion of the few people, and turned to lead the way.

Under Huayuan's guidance, the group walked through the mountains and forests. They didn't know how long they had walked. The sky became slightly yellowish. Then they came to the end of the stone steps and came to a wide open space. As soon as they arrived at the open space, the group's eyes were attracted by the strange decoration of the open space. The towering trees were tied with red ropes, which were obviously sealed.

In the open space, there were several huge beasts with sharp claws inserted in all directions.

Standing next to the beast's teeth, the head of the family, Kana, was terrified and said:

"What's this?!"

"That's the monster's claw."

Teacher Huayuan said with a smile, without showing any fear or surprise.

"Claw, claw?!!"

After getting the answer, the group of people were shocked. This claw is a head taller than them! Now, you tell me that this is just a monster's claw?!

"There are monsters living in this mountain. Don't be so surprised by a broken claw."

Taking note of everyone's emotions, Teacher Huayuan showed a disdainful look. As soon as he finished speaking, Qing Jushi Qingji's extremely excited words came over:

"There really is a monster in this mountain! Great!"

"What should we do if we really encounter a monster?"

Contrary to Qingji's expectation, the parent Kana murmured with worry on her face, with such a big claw, I'm afraid they are not enough to fill the monster's teeth.

"Umewakamaru, the protagonist of the mountain's monster legend...That's it."

Teacher Huayuan took in everyone's reactions, nodded with satisfaction, and then raised his hand to the top of the forest in front of them.

Climbing up to the top, what appeared in front of the group was a huge stone statue of a monster with a bull's head but a mountain spider's body.

Teacher Huayuan pushed his glasses and spoke to break the group's shock:

"In fact, in the past, Plum Garden had another name - Twisted Eye Mountain! Because of rumors that there was a monster that would eat passers-by, in order to reduce the impact, the scenic area was renamed Plum Garden."

Hearing the name of Twisted Eye Mountain, Nura Rikuo's eyes suddenly shrank, and Bingli beside him also came up and whispered softly in Nura Rikuo's ear:

"Young Master..."

""Yeah, I know."

Nura Rikuo nodded, his tone heavy.

The widely-rumored Plum Garden monster hiding in this mountain is none other than the cadre of the Nura Group - the Ushio!

"It's getting late. I'll take you to the hotel."

Hearing Nura Rikuo's whisper, Dr. Kahara smiled strangely and turned to lead the way.

What no one noticed was that under the setting sun, Dr. Kahara's body actually showed thin long lines, which went up and disappeared into the dense tree canopy.

In the tree canopy, a strange man with strange clothes and a cow skull on his head controlled the thin lines and looked at Nura Rikuo with a smile....

"Such a dangerous place! Should we go back?"

"Yes! With claws that big, that monster will eat people!"

"It looks very dangerous, Qingji, why don't we go down the mountain?..."

On the way to the hotel, Maki Saori, Torii Natsumi and Shima Jiro all gathered around Kiyoshiji Kiyotsugu and backed off.

Now they were sure there was a monster in this mountain, after all, the claws were so big! It could pierce a person with just a touch!

"Hey, Hanakaiin-san, are there really monsters in this mountain?"

"I'm not sure, but this mountain is definitely not simple."

Parent Kana was talking to her about the mountain with a worried look on her face. She was obviously scared.

Nura Rikuo and Bingli had their own thoughts.

"The Ushiki-gumi is a powerful fighting group in the Nura-gumi. Besides, the members of the Ushiki-gumi, except for the leader, will not return to Ukiyo-e-cho for many years. If they fail to recognize the young master and cause accidental injury,..."

Bingli thought to herself and glanced at Nura Rikuo without saying anything.

Nura Rikuo knew that he only wanted to be a human, so he was not well received by monsters like the Ushiki. If he stayed here, the monsters of the Ushiki group might attack the people around him.

With the previous experience of the old rat group, Nura Rikuo could not, or dared not, stay here anymore.

"Kiyotsugu, Torii and the others are right. It's too dangerous here. Let's leave as soon as possible!"

Nura Rikuo persuaded Kiyotsugu, who was surrounded by Torii Natsumi and the others.

"Right! Let's go back quickly!"

Hearing that someone was standing in the same direction as her, Maki Saori did not hesitate to agree and then dragged Nura Rikuo down the mountain.

"etc!"

"Even if we go down the mountain now, there is no bus back. The luxury hotel that Mr. Huayuan booked is right over there."

"As soon as we arrived at the hotel, there was an open-air hot spring and luxurious kaiseki cuisine waiting for us!"

"Of course, the expenses will be paid by my Qingshizi family!"

After a series of moves, Maki Saori and Torii Natsumi, who had just been clamoring to leave, hesitated.

They wanted to leave, but now it was getting dark and there was no car to go back. In such a remote place, it would be very dangerous for the two girls to leave the team, and...Open-air bath and Kaiseki cuisine...

"No, it's better to go back anyway!"

Seeing everyone hesitate, Nura Rikuo hurriedly said, and just as he finished speaking, Mr. Huayuan's strange tone sounded:

"Hahahaha, after all, the bull ghost is just a legend, there is no need to be so scared. Besides, the hotel has anti-monster measures, it is very safe, why not stay there for a few more days"

"No, this..."

Nura Rikuo wanted to say something, but Kiyotsugu grabbed his shoulder and said:

"Stop talking, Nura-san! Let's go to the hotel now. We can go back tomorrow if we have to!"

After saying that, Kiyoshiji Kiyotsugu dragged Nura Rikuo away regardless of his reaction.

The people behind him looked at each other and finally chose to follow.

The monster doctor Kahara-sensei walked at the end, looking at the crowd sinisterly, wondering what he was thinking.......

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