Demon Slayer: The Forest Pillar

Shinichi looked at the broken Nichirin Sword in his hand and swallowed subconsciously. This was just an accident. In the past six months, he had killed more than twenty evil spirits with this Nichirin Sword. In the past six months, Shinichi had never thought that the Nichirin Sword would break.

Until he just killed a bull-shaped evil spirit, the opponent's blood demon art of hardening the skin really took Shinichi a lot of effort. At the moment when he cut off the head of the bull demon, the Nichirin Sword Forest Dragon also had an extra crack, and then the scene just now happened. The Nichirin Sword broke.

"Damn it, what should I do now? If the old man knows, he will definitely be angry, right?" Shinichi looked a little embarrassed. At his feet, the head of the bull demon had not completely dissipated, and he was still shouting loudly that it was impossible.

Shinichi, who was feeling annoyed, was disturbed by its barking. He raised his foot and kicked the huge head of the cow demon away with a violent kick, "It's so noisy! Get out of here!"

"Ahhh!" Yuan Er came to Shinichi, his little tail wagging happily, staring at Shinichi with his bright big eyes, as if expecting something. After fighting with the evil spirits for more than half a year, Yuan Er's originally round figure gradually became thinner and more lovely.

"Eh." With a sigh, Shinichi put away the broken blade of the Nichirin Sword, put the broken sword back into the scabbard, squatted down, touched Yuan Er's little head, and said with a helpless tone: "Okay, let's go back. It's been more than half a year, and I don't know if the old man is still strong enough."

"Ahhh!" Yuan Er seemed to understand what his master meant, and barked more happily. He also missed the super nice big sister Chinana. Although he could eat his fill by following his master, it was too painful for his tongue!

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On an ordinary day, by the stream, a little figure in a patterned kimono was carrying a basket of freshly washed herbs. She raised her hand to wipe the sweat off her forehead, and her big violet eyes looked at the country road from afar.

Soon, Shinobu Kocho, who was carrying herbs home, ran into her sister, Chanae Kocho, who was also carrying a basket.

"Shinobu is awesome. Today I heard my dad praising Shinobu, saying that Shinobu has a talent for being a pharmacist." Chanae smiled and touched her sister's hair.

Although Shinobu Kocho was also very happy, she still looked like she was not that great.

Kanae's basket contained some freshly picked wisteria flowers. Seeing the wisteria flowers, Shinobu Kocho asked curiously, "Sister, are these the wisteria flowers ordered by Grandpa Morimu's family?"

Kanae held her sister's hand, nodded, and said gently, "Yes, Grandpa Morimu came to the pharmacy yesterday to order them."

"Is that cold-faced man back?"

"Shinobu, it's too rude to say that. Shinichi will be unhappy if he knows." Kanae said helplessly.

But Shinobu Kocho just snorted softly in her nose. She was a competitive little girl, and she also had some grudges. She remembered clearly that a cold-faced man had hit her hard on the head.

The two sisters returned home talking and laughing.

In the Butterfly Pharmacy, a villager was buying medicine in the pharmacy. Butterfly Yaoxin looked at the prescription in his hand and carefully prepared the medicine.

At the counter, the bored villagers began to talk about the recent gossip in Takinogawa Village. "Speaking of which, Yaoxin-kun, do you know? Jingzhong has been missing for several days, and the police station hasn't found him. Xiaoyuan didn't go home last night, and his family has been looking for him all day today."

Butterfly Yaoxin was preparing the medicine, and she didn't care much about the gossip in the village, but she still asked casually: "Really? Has Xiaoyuan been found?"

"No, I heard that their family is ready to go to the police station, but I'm afraid there's no hope for those guys who are dawdling in the police station. I don't think they met any wild animals, right? After all, the two of them always like to go hunting in the mountains."

Butterfly Yaoxin shook his head, "I hope this doesn't happen. Xiaoyuan's wife just gave birth to a child last month. I hope Xiaoyuan and Jingzhong are safe." He handed the prepared medicine to the villagers, and the villagers thanked him and left.

After sending the customers away, Butterfly Yaoxin began to clean some of the utensils he had just used. As for what happened just now, he didn't think much about it.

"Dad, we're back!" Kanae's voice rang out from outside the door. Seeing the two sensible daughters coming back with herbs, Butterfly Yaoxin smiled, "Thank you for your hard work, Kanae and Xiaonin. Go find your mother. Lunch should be ready soon."

After putting down the herbs, the two little girls went to the backyard to find their mother Yuki.

At the same time, in Takinogawa Village, in a small forest behind the village, a dark and humid placeIn the wet cave, a pair of green and ferocious eyes slowly opened, and a low roar echoed in the cave, "So, so hungry..."

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As night fell, on the country road leading to Takinogawa Village, Shinichi, with a sun wheel sword on his waist, walked fast. The clothes he wore were no longer the same as when he just left here. Those clothes made of ordinary cloth were easily damaged in the battle with evil spirits, but compared to the beginning when he was carrying a bag all over his body, Shinichi was much simpler at this time.

Everything was thanks to the silver mirror tied to the belt. Yes, it was the silver mirror obtained from the evil spirit Ginjian who met at the beginning. This silver mirror transformed by Ginjian's blood demon art seemed to have undergone a wonderful change and could lead to a different space. Ginjian once locked the captured children and the demon slayer team members in the silver mirror's different space.

Although Ginjian was killed by Shinichi, the remaining silver mirror retained the ability of the alternate space, which was convenient for Shinichi. He stuffed all the sundries into the alternate space of the silver mirror and purchased a large number of supplies.

Of course, using the alternate space of the silver mirror requires conditions. Shinichi needs to use his own blood to activate it every time, or use the blood ghost magic breath in Shinichi's blood to activate the alternate space of the blood ghost magic on the silver mirror. For ordinary people, it sounds cruel to cut their hands and use blood every time they use it.

But for Shinichi's immortal physique, this is not a big deal. What's a little bleeding? I can even dig a piece of meat for you.

Look, Shinichi, who was walking on the road, opened his lips, and his fangs automatically extended as soon as he thought about it. He pressed his thumb on the fangs, and blood suddenly came out. He casually smeared the blood on the silver mirror on his waist. The next second, Shinichi's hand flashed, and a piece of Dorayaki with a sweet and greasy fragrance and a large piece of steak appeared in his hand.

Throwing the steak, swish! ! A nimble figure quickly pounced, and Enji bit the steak that was half the size of his body and tore it madly.

Shinichi also nibbled on the Dorayaki in his hand.

"It's still a little lacking in taste, forget it, just eat it." Shinichi was a little dissatisfied with the taste of the Dorayaki in his hand, although its sweetness could choke an ordinary person.

The man and the dog quickly walked along the road to Takinogawa Village, but as soon as he stepped into the village entrance, Shinichi stopped, "Wait, what's the smell? Blood?!"