Simultaneous travel: I am proving the great way in the heavens

As Luo Fu ruthlessly tormented Mako, like a brutal gardener crushing flowers, he gradually transformed the girl into his tool.

Kyojuro Rengoku, having descended the mountain and rushed to the telegraph office, quickly received a long telegram from his father.

The Rengoku family, as generations of demon slayers, possessed a substantial fortune.

Otherwise, given the current price of telegrams, just this one long telegram would be enough to bankrupt an ordinary wealthy family instantly.

Through this telegram from his father, Kyojuro Rengoku finally gained a clear understanding of Luo Fu.

But it was precisely because he understood Luo Fu's past that Kyojuro Rengoku couldn't wait to return to Mount Kumotori, following the markings left by other demon slayers, and rushed to reunite with everyone.

Inside a wooden hut resembling a temporary camp.

Kyojuro Rengoku, Kanae Kocho, Giyu Tomioka, and Tengen Uzui, several Pillar-level members of the Demon Slayer Corps, gathered together.

After sharing the telegram from his father with everyone.

The entire wooden hut fell silent.

After a while, Kanae Kocho said, "The original breathing technique, a former elder of the Demon Slayer Corps, a fierce demon... This Mr. Luo Fu is actually our predecessor."

"He is not our predecessor, but a disgrace to the Demon Slayer Corps." Tengen Uzui, at some point, drew his Nichirin Blade, wiping the blade with a silk cloth, and said, "Regardless of any past hardships, after being transformed into a demon, his actions are all worthy of being beheaded."

"Mr. Kyojuro Rengoku, please don't misunderstand. I just... I'm just a little sentimental. I didn't expect that the target to be defeated this time was once a member of the Demon Slayer Corps.", Kanae Kocho quickly explained.

In this long telegram from Shinjuro Rengoku, everyone not only learned about Luo Fu's past identity but also learned about the grudges between the Rengoku family and Luo Fu.

It was also because of his wife's death that Shinjuro Rengoku abandoned his identity as a member of the Demon Slayer Corps, not even caring about the title of Flame Pillar.

According to Shinjuro Rengoku, their family's origin as generations of demon slayers was to kill Luo Fu, who possessed the original breathing technique.

But a few years ago, Shinjuro Rengoku, as the Flame Pillar, finally found Luo Fu's whereabouts.

And it was at this time that his failure to defeat Luo Fu led to direct retaliation from the demons.

Although the evidence of his wife's death was not enough to determine that she died directly at Luo Fu's hands, there was no doubt that his wife's death had a direct causal relationship with Luo Fu.

Such a blow almost instantly destroyed Shinjuro Rengoku's confidence as the Flame Pillar.

He burned the portrait of Luo Fu, which had been passed down in the family for who knows how long, and immersed himself in alcohol.

If Kyojuro Rengoku hadn't risen quickly and successfully inherited the title of Flame Pillar, the Flame Breathing technique in the Demon Slayer Corps might have been at risk of extinction.

The fact that there was such a feud between Kyojuro Rengoku and Luo Fu was something that other members of the Demon Slayer Corps had never expected before.

This is also why Kanae Kocho apologized to Kyojuro Rengoku.

With a hearty laugh, Kyojuro Rengoku said heroically, "It doesn't matter, there's no need to apologize specifically. Since this guy named Luo Fu is our family's nemesis, even though my father burned his portrait, I encountered him so quickly. This is obviously our Rengoku family's destiny with him. Killing demons is the Demon Slayer Corps' duty, and resolving a nemesis is my destiny, not to mention that this Luo Fu is also the murderer who killed my mother."

Clenching his fist forcefully and waving it, Kyojuro Rengoku said, "I will definitely use my Nichirin Blade to directly cut off his head."

After expressing his determination, Kyojuro Rengoku changed the subject and said, "Have you not found any trace of this Luo Fu in the past few days?"

Kanae Kocho smiled wryly and said, "After this guy took Mako away, he completely disappeared. We searched for a long time on Mount Kumotori, but we didn't find any clues."

"What a pity," Tengen Uzui said, "Although Mako tested Luo Fu's purpose several times on the way, we don't know why he was looking for Mount Kumotori. Otherwise, we could have waited for him to come to us."

Just as several Pillar-level demon slayers were discussing how to find Luo Fu's whereabouts and completely kill this guy, who could be considered a disgrace to the Demon Slayer Corps, to cut off his possibility of becoming an even more terrifying Demon King than Muzan Kibutsuji in the future.

A young man wearing simple clothes with a pattern on his forehead that resembled a birthmark, carrying a basket, came to the outside of the wooden hut and knocked on the door.

After the young man came into the wooden hut, he first glanced shyly at everyone before explaining, "Hello, everyone. My mother asked me to send some wild vegetables to entertain you."

"He is..." Kyojuro Rengoku, who had not been in the mountains for the past few days, looked at his other colleagues with some confusion.

"He is the eldest son of the Kamado family living in the mountains, Tanjiro Kamado. The wooden hut we are currently staying in was built by the Kamado family," Kanae Kocho explained.

Kyojuro Rengoku suddenly understood and bowed to Tanjiro Kamado, saying, "Thank you for your trouble during this time."

Tanjiro Kamado, putting down the basket, quickly waved his hand and said, "It's no trouble, it's no trouble. You are renting the wooden hut and have also given money. And..."

With a shy look between his eyebrows, Tanjiro Kamado said somewhat embarrassedly, "The money you gave is a bit too much."

"Haha..." Kyojuro Rengoku laughed and said, "It doesn't matter. Young man, consider the extra money as our compensation. After all, if we hadn't rented your house, we would probably have to sleep in the mountains. Now, not only do we have a place to live, but we also have delicious food."

Tanjiro Kamado became even more embarrassed and explained, "It's not any precious food, it's just wild vegetables picked by my mother and younger siblings in the mountains, please don't dislike it."

As he spoke, Tanjiro Kamado opened the basket somewhat helplessly and took out several plates of exquisitely made wild vegetables and rice balls.

If Luo Fu were here, he would probably be able to tell at a glance that the wild vegetables and rice balls that Tanjiro Kamado sent to the Demon Slayer Corps members, especially the wild vegetables, were clearly the Blue Spider Lily that Muzan Kibutsuji had been searching for for thousands of years, but had not found even a single clue.

These Blue Spider Lilies, which had been made into wild vegetables, were just a kind of filling food for ordinary humans, and the taste was not that good.

But for demons, this was a treasure that allowed them to escape from their inability to appear under the sunlight.

While handing rice balls and vegetables to Kyojuro Rengoku and the others, Tanjiro Kamado waited expectantly for these esteemed guests to enjoy the food made by his mother and younger siblings.

Tanjiro Kamado's thoughts were not difficult to understand.

After all, the Demon Slayer Corps members had given a very generous reward for using the Kamado family's wooden house.

Of course, this so-called generosity was only relative to the Kamado family.

The truth was, the Kamado family was simply too poor.

Tanjiro Kamado's father, Tanjiro Tanjuro, had inexplicably grown weaker and weaker over the years, and after being tormented by illness for several years, he finally passed away.

Even though Tanjiro Kamado was still a child, as the eldest son of the Kamado family, he had to shoulder the burden of supporting the family.

The Kamado family's income came solely from selling charcoal, and no matter how hard Tanjiro Kamado worked, it was barely enough to keep the family fed.

If it weren't for this, Kie Kamado wouldn't have taken the children to dig for wild vegetables so often.

Don't underestimate the rice balls and vegetables that Tanjiro Kamado was bringing; they were a feast that even the Kamado family couldn't often enjoy.

Yes, the Kamado family was that miserable, or rather, the Kamado family's situation was the most common plight of the island nation's commoners in this era.

The members of the Demon Slayer Corps traveled north and south to deal with demons and were very knowledgeable. Naturally, they could easily guess Tanjiro Kamado's little thoughts.

The Pillar-level demon slayers smiled at each other, and under Tanjiro Kamado's expectant gaze, they took the rice balls and vegetables and began to taste them.

Because of Luo Fu's appearance, Tanjiro Kamado had come into contact with the Demon Slayer Corps earlier than he should have.

Meanwhile, under Luo Fu's torment...

Even though Makomo hated demons to the bone, she ultimately chose to yield. However, after yielding, Makomo's once lively eyes became completely wooden, and the light they once held was gone forever.

However, this was the norm for the Demon Slayer Corps. In Luo Fu's view, most Demon Slayer Corps members, except for a very few, were in a state of dullness.

Dull eyes and the restrained spirit of the Otherworld were two completely different things. The latter was a profound state where, after one's life force became powerful, one's essence, energy, and spirit were restrained, like a divine object concealing itself, in order to prolong life.

The former was a state where the life force was strong but the nature was weak, causing the spirit to be suppressed by the body, unable to permeate the entire body, thus dimming the eyes.

One was deliberate restraint, and the other was a lack of essence. The difference between the two was like heaven and earth.

In the Demon Slayer Corps, even powerful Pillar-level warriors were mostly like this.

For example, Shinobu Kocho, Kanao Tsuyuri, Kiriya Ubuyashiki (the eldest son of Kagaya Ubuyashiki), and Giyu Tomioka all appeared to have dim eyes.

Single-mindedly training breathing techniques and pursuing a powerful body and destructive power meant that Demon Slayer Corps members almost certainly had no opportunity to cultivate their inner nature.

At this moment, Makomo, because of Luo Fu's blows, had stepped into such a state ahead of time.

Luo Fu actually felt a bit unbearable in his heart for turning such a lovely girl into a tool in this way.

But compared to his grand ambition, Luo Fu would definitely not feel much guilt about using Makomo as a sacrifice and stepping stone.

"It seems you have now accepted your new identity." Luo Fu approached Makomo with interest, staring at her dull eyes, and said, "Now tell me, do you know where the Kamado family, who lives by selling charcoal in Yunwu Mountain, resides?"

A hint of hatred flashed in the depths of her eyes, but when she thought of the feeling of being unable to live or die under Luo Fu's torment just now, Makomo finally compromised. She lowered her eyes subconsciously and said, "I have been away from my hometown for too long, and I don't know if the Kamado family still lives in the same place."

"Oh?" Luo Fu's eyes lit up. Actually, when he asked Makomo, Luo Fu didn't have much hope. After all, although Makomo used to live in Yunwu Mountain, the Kamado family was in the deep mountains, while Makomo lived in the town at the foot of the mountain.

The possibility of interaction between the two was not high.

Unexpectedly, Makomo still gave Luo Fu a surprise.

Luo Fu's purpose in inquiring about the Kamado family's residence was not to ask the Kamado family for the Breath of the Sun.

Don't forget that before being transformed into a demon, his predecessor's breathing technique was taught by Yoriichi Tsugikuni himself.

It can be said that he was completely a direct descendant of Yoriichi Tsugikuni. Even the Kamado family could not have a better understanding of the Breath of the Sun than Luo Fu.

The real reason why Luo Fu cared about the Kamado family was the Blue Spider Lily, which was very likely to grow around the Kamado family's residence.

Luo Fu knew that the most important reason why Muzan Kibutsuji had not been able to find the Blue Spider Lily for so many years was that the Blue Spider Lily's flowering time was extremely short. Moreover, it only bloomed briefly at noon, and that was precisely when the sun was at its harshest.

Even normal people would feel uncomfortable in such weather, let alone demons.

Especially after thousands of years of changes, the growing environment of the Blue Spider Lily may have also changed, at least it must be different from what Muzan Kibutsuji knew back then.

The short flowering time, coupled with the fact that it only bloomed at noon under the harshest sunlight, and even the harsh conditions of having to wait until the following year if the flowering season was missed, prevented Muzan Kibutsuji from finding the Blue Spider Lily for thousands of years.

Although the Blue Spider Lily had a growing period of several days, it only bloomed at noon, and Luo Fu did not dare to gamble on whether the Blue Spider Lily would still be effective if it was not picked at noon.

After all, any slight change in this prescription that created such a terrifying creature as Muzan Kibutsuji could affect the final effect.

Now that he had found Yunwu Mountain, Luo Fu naturally wanted to pursue the ultimate perfection.

Unfortunately, Makomo was too smart. Not only did she realize Luo Fu's identity in advance, but she even tricked Luo Fu thoroughly. If this girl was a little more stupid, perhaps Luo Fu could have directly used her to complete his plan to obtain the Blue Spider Lily.

Under Luo Fu's demands, Makomo, who was tormented to the point of almost completely losing the courage to resist, and even whose personality was at risk of collapsing, helplessly led Luo Fu towards the direction of the Kamado family's residence in Yunwu Mountain in her memory.

At this time, Luo Fu did not know that the Kamado family's residence that Makomo knew was now precisely the place where the Demon Slayer Corps members were temporarily staying.

Although Makomo did know the location of the Kamado family's residence in Yunwu Mountain in her memory.

But after all, many years had passed. After leading Luo Fu around in the mountains for several laps, Makomo finally found a bit of familiarity.

Only, when Makomo was preparing to follow this familiar feeling to find the Kamado family's original residence...

A sense of crisis instantly struck.

Makomo's heart suddenly tightened.

Looking around, she had unknowingly led Luo Fu into a Ghost Killing Squad ambush.

Seeing the Ghost Killing Squad members around them, holding Nichirin Blades and subtly surrounding them completely.

The first thought that came to Makomo's mind was not worry for her own death, but fear of Luo Fu. In fact, in Makomo's mind, death was a relief compared to Luo Fu's punishment.

Before Makomo could explain, Luo Fu, standing behind her, quickly guessed the situation based on the emotions of the Ghost Killing Squad members.

Mount Kumotori, while not small, wasn't actually that large relative to the number of Ghost Killing Squad members.

Especially since the Ghost Killing Squad was here to hunt him down, they would definitely choose someone familiar with the environment of Mount Kumotori as a guide.

The Kamado Tanjirou family was the most suitable people for the Ghost Killing Squad members to contact on Mount Kumotori.

Firstly, Kamado Tanjirou regularly went down the mountain to sell charcoal, making him trustworthy. Secondly, as a charcoal-burning family, their understanding of the Mount Kumotori environment made them the perfect guides.

It could only be said that encountering Ghost Killing Squad members while searching for the Kamado Tanjirou family was somewhat unexpected, but also within reason.

"Don't worry."

Luo Fu had previously tormented Makomo to eliminate her inner arrogance and hostility towards him, not because he was a true psychopath.

At first glance, it seemed as if Makomo had indeed led him into a trap set by the Ghost Killing Squad.

But Makomo's flustered, shocked emotions, and the Ghost Killing Squad members' delighted emotions, couldn't be faked.

"It seems like this time, it really is a coincidence!"

The moment the words fell, Luo Fu's Seven Deadly Sins and Seven Emotions clones walked out as if splitting from him.

In terms of numbers, Luo Fu was indeed at a disadvantage. But at this moment, none of these Ghost Killing Squad members were at the level of a Pillar who could truly hold Luo Fu back.

At most, they were just members of the Ko, Otsu, Hei, and Tei ranks acting as leaders.

Even a Pillar-level encirclement could be easily torn apart by Luo Fu's clones, let alone these ordinary small fries.

In an instant, countless Ghost Killing Squad members had already died tragically at the hands of Luo Fu's clones.

Seeing this scene, unlike other people who had been transformed into demons and lost their memories, Makomo painfully closed her eyes.

Luo Fu's main body appeared behind Makomo at some point, gently ruffled her hair, and said, "Only by my side is your place now. Give up your past convictions. I think you should also feel it, although you have been transformed into a demon, you don't have such a strong desire for human flesh, do you? Otherwise, with blood flowing like rivers here, how could you, a newly transformed demon, not have eaten any human flesh and still be able to endure it? You should know how powerful the attraction of human flesh is to demons."

Makomo was stunned on the spot.

Among demons, from the Demon King Kibutsuji Muzan, including the Upper Moon and Lower Moon demons, down to the small fry demons, the attraction to human flesh is impossible to resist.

Even Kamado Nezuko in the future, such a special existence, when facing a Ghost Killing Squad member who deliberately cut his finger and bled, drooled with desire. If it hadn't been for Kamado Tanjirou constantly calling Nezuko's name, allowing Nezuko's humanity to prevent her from being completely consumed by desire, even Nezuko probably wouldn't have been able to resist the attraction of flesh and blood.

Yet, Makomo had clearly been transformed into a demon by Luo Fu. But until now, she hadn't shown any strong desire for human flesh.

Even Nezuko couldn't help but attack her brother Kamado Tanjirou when she was first transformed into a demon.

Makomo, from beginning to end, aside from confirming her identity as a demon, was practically no different from a normal human.

"You… I…" After the shock, Makomo was both surprised and happy.

Luo Fu seemed to have guessed Makomo's thoughts and directly struck a blow, "Stop dreaming. You are now a demon, even if you don't need to eat people, that can't be changed. Don't forget, you can't even approach your most cherished Nichirin Blade."

Taking a deep breath, Makomo mustered her courage and said, "You… you are different from other demons, right? You… you are like Miss Tamayo, you have escaped the control of the Demon King."

Slightly surprised, Luo Fu looked at Makomo in surprise, "You actually know Tamayo?"

Tamayo's existence, even within the Ghost Killing Squad, was a secret only allowed to be known within a very small circle.

And Makomo, until she was transformed into a demon by Luo Fu, had not been able to become a formal member of the Ghost Killing Squad. The fact that she knew of Tamayo's existence really surprised Luo Fu.

It should be known that even Kamado Tanjirou only knew of Tamayo's existence due to an accidental coincidence, coupled with the special nature of his sister Kamado Nezuko.

Ordinary Ghost Killing Squad members simply didn't have the qualifications to know of Tamayo's existence.

Nodding vigorously, Makomo's fear of Luo Fu even lessened a bit in her heart.

"I… I heard Master mention Miss Tamayo's existence!!"

Thinking of Makomo's master, Urokodaki Sakonji, Luo Fu suddenly understood.

As the former Water Pillar, Urokodaki Sakonji was definitely a rather special existence in terms of concepts within the Ghost Killing Squad.

Putting aside everything else, just looking at the other Pillar-level existences' attitudes towards demons was enough to make one feel the special nature of the Water Pillar lineage.

The current Water Pillar, Tomioka Giyuu, clearly saw Kamado Nezuko, but after confirming Nezuko's special nature, directly chose to help Kamado Tanjirou.

And Urokodaki Sakonji was the same. On the contrary, other Pillar-level existences almost always held the attitude of rather killing the innocent than letting them go when dealing with demons.

It's just a pity that even though the Ghost Killing Squad clearly had a certain degree of cooperation with Tamayo, who had escaped Kibutsuji Muzan's control,

Luo Fu would still not be able to receive the same treatment as Tamayo.

The reason was simple. Who told the master of the Ghost Killing Squad, Ubuyashiki Kagaya, to see something in the future through his special ability, that he would not hesitate to send several Pillars to cooperate in order to kill Luo Fu?

Just from this point alone, it was destined that Luo Fu could not have any possibility of cooperation with the Ghost Killing Squad, even if Luo Fu proved himself to be more special than Tamayo.