Seeing that he was sweating profusely and quite frightened, Chu Nian said helplessly, "I just wanted to meet your family elders, or check your family genealogy, family history, etc., to see if there is any record of this knife."
Jiuju's face turned deathly pale: "You want to see the elders in the family? You want to investigate the family history of Jiuju's family? And you say 'that'? You're practically going to raid our house, and you say 'that'? What family would just show their genealogy or family history to an outsider?"
If he were to take this female demon back, he would likely lose all face for the Kuju family, and all the prestige he had painstakingly built up over the past century within the family and throughout Japan would be lost.
Seeing him standing there motionless, Chu Nian's face turned cold, and she flung something at Jiu Ju.
Jiuju couldn't tell what was flying towards her, but instinctively felt it was something bad for her and tried to dodge, but her feet were rooted to the spot and she couldn't move an inch.
The thing burrowed directly into his body, and he immediately felt something moving and darting around inside him, making him feel both pain and itchiness all over his body.
"Will you lead the way or not?" Chu Nian asked coldly.
Nine chrysanthemums gritted their teeth and stood firm.
Chu Nian hummed a tune softly, and the immortal gu began to wreak havoc inside Jiu Ju's body. Jiu Ju felt as if ten thousand insects were gnawing at her heart, causing her unbearable pain.
However, this guy still had some backbone. Suddenly, he pulled out the knife again, this time not to attack Lin Xiaolou, but to attack himself.
This is seppuku!
Unexpectedly, although he summoned the knife and brought it to his stomach, he didn't bring it down; it just hung in mid-air.
Chu Nian smiled leisurely: "Haven't you realized that this knife listens to me more than you, its master?"
Jiuju then tried a different approach, raising her palm to shatter her own skull, but her hand couldn't fall down just as it reached her head. The thing that had burrowed into her body seemed to be on her arm—it had taken control of her arm.
An hour later, unable to endure the torment any longer, Jiuju finally took Chu Nian and flew towards the Japanese islands.
Jiuju himself wasn't very fast at riding the wind, but with the secret enhancement of that sword, his speed, while not as fast as Chu Nian's full speed, was still about half of hers—anyone who didn't know better would think he was incredibly fast!
The flight from Beiping to Tokyo takes only about twenty minutes.
Upon arriving at the doorstep, Jiuju felt ashamed to step into the Jiuju family's gate again. However, Chu Nian no longer needed him to lead the way. With his powerful spiritual strength, he had already thoroughly explored the Jiuju family's barrier and internal structure. So, with his hands behind his back, he walked in as if he were returning to his own home.
Along the way, members of the Jiuju family saw her and wondered who this woman was. But seeing that she seemed to be unimpeded by the barrier and was walking so swaggeringly, they guessed that she was a distinguished guest invited by a high-ranking member of the family, and must have been given a token that allowed her to move freely within the family.
When Jiuju Yisheng discovered that she had entered Jiuju's house without any hindrance, she was so shocked that she no longer cared about her reputation. She rushed into the house to find the clan leader and told him that such an extraordinary person had come to the house.
Upon hearing this, the Jiuju Clan Chief nearly vomited blood in anger. He stepped forward and slapped Jiuju Yisheng hard across the face, scolding, "I told you long ago that Wang Chengcheng was untrustworthy. You must not be misled by her and lose your mind. And what happened? You brought such a great disaster upon the clan!"
In the past, when the clan chief reprimanded Jiuju Yisheng, Jiuju Yisheng never accepted it. But today, he didn't dare to utter a single word in rebuttal and just bowed his head in submission.
Finally, the clan chief shouted, "What are you all standing there for? Take me to that woman right now! Are you really going to let her roam freely in our house?"
Jiuju quickly replied "Yes," and led the clan leader in the direction Chu Nian had gone. He remembered that Chu Nian had gone towards the ancestral hall.
He was shocked at the time because, in addition to enshrining the deceased members of the family, the ancestral hall also contained the family history and genealogy, as well as a secret room that treasured the family’s collection of secret books, histories, and genealogies over the years.
He was quite certain that this woman had discovered several important locations in Jiuju's house as soon as she arrived and headed straight for the ancestral hall. However, when they arrived at the ancestral hall, they did hear from the people responsible for cleaning and guarding it that a strange girl dressed in Western clothes had appeared outside the ancestral hall, but disappeared in a flash, and they didn't know where she went.
They rushed into the secret library, but it was empty, with no signs of anyone entering or leaving. They breathed a sigh of relief.
All Jiuju ever thought about was the place where the treasure was stored, and she took the clan leader there. The people there said they had indeed seen a strange girl, and she was gone in a flash...
The two of them had no choice but to enter the treasure room, but it seemed that no one had been there before. Moreover, the clan chief searched the place where extremely valuable items were kept and found nothing missing, so they breathed a sigh of relief once again.
After a hurried and frantic search, the servants said they had indeed seen such a woman, but she disappeared in a flash like the wind. They were exhausted after a long day but still couldn't find Chu Nian, so they had no choice but to return to the clan leader's study.
As soon as they reached the study, they saw several maids busily serving tea. Upon seeing the clan leader and Jiuju Yisheng, the maid who had just come out of the study quickly came over to bow and said, "Reporting to the clan leader and Yisheng, your distinguished guest has been waiting inside for a while. Since she said she was a very important guest invited by you, we served her the finest pre-Qingming tea. I just refilled her cup, but she complained that it was too weak and asked us to brew another pot."
The maid's words carried a hint of helpless complaint. This maid had served the clan chief for many years, was deeply trusted by him, and her words carried more weight in the household than those of some of the young ladies.
Her words reminded the clan leader and Jiuju Yisheng. The two exchanged a glance, immediately understood, and rushed into the study.
Upon entering the study, one sees a beautiful and charming young woman sitting leisurely behind the desk, in the spot where the clan leader usually sits. Although she looks somewhat young, her demeanor is remarkably calm and composed, and she is looking at a sheet of music.
Seeing the two enter, she said indifferently, "You're back." It was as if she were the master of this place, and Chief Jiuju and Jiuju Yisheng were merely her subordinates.
Chief Jiuju said with a dark face, "I presume you are the Miss Fang Nian I've been talking about all along. Let me remind you, you are sitting in my seat now."
Chu Nian glanced at the chair beneath her, then at the chair opposite the desk, and pointed to it with her chin, saying, "You can sit here."
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