Chapter 71 Finding Ghosts with Qi
Chapter 71 Finding Ghosts with Qi
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When Kanroji Mitsuri was one year and two months old, she could easily lift a 30-pound pickling stone.
By the time she was two, no man in town could beat her in an arm wrestling match, not even the most physically imposing sumo wrestlers.
It is said that even before she practiced breathing techniques, her muscle density was already eight times that of an average person.
Her appetite was astonishing; she could easily eat 170 sakura mochi a day, far exceeding the combined appetite of three sumo wrestlers.
After joining the Demon Slayer Corps, he quickly mastered the Love Breathing Technique, which was unique to him, from the Flame Breathing Technique, and became one of the most powerful Pillars.
His time as a Pillar was second only to that of the Mist Pillar, Tokito Muichiro.
The child in front of me looks to be only twelve or thirteen years old. He can eat forty bowls of ramen in one meal and can easily lift a stone weighing four or five hundred pounds with one hand.
If they practice breathing techniques later on, the Demon Slayer Corps might be able to gain another Pillar in just a few years.
Thinking about it this way, Mita's heart surged even more.
"Then let's hurry and go find them!"
Sensing the respect and admiration in Mita's tone, Goku's heart surged even more than Mita's.
He felt that his spiritual practice in this world would be very rewarding.
"Wait for me for one more day. I still have a mission to complete. Once I finish the mission, I'll take you to find them."
Mita shook his head.
Bringing Goku back to the Demon Slayer Corps is important, but completing the mission is also crucial.
Because if he doesn't complete the mission, it means that more innocent people will be killed by the ghost.
Fortunately, the mission location is not far from this town, and he should be able to get there in half a day.
Dealing with the ghost and then coming back to pick up the boy won't take long.
"Or, you can come with me."
After thinking about it for a while, he changed his mind.
He felt that this was a good opportunity to let the boy see a ghost with his own eyes, which would be beneficial for Goku's future joining the Demon Slayer Corps.
"By the way, are you from this town? Do your family members live here?"
Since the boy is a minor, it would be best to follow his parents' wishes if they wanted to take him away.
While the Demon Slayer Corps recruits talented members, it is on a voluntary basis and they are not forced to do so.
Joining the Demon Slayer Corps can increase your strength and earn you rewards, but it also means you could be killed by demons at any time during a mission.
No matter how gifted the boy is, he will not forcibly take the boy away if the boy is unwilling or his family does not agree.
Similarly, letting the boy see a ghost, and witness its power and ferocity, is also to give him a fair chance to choose.
"My family has all passed away. I have been wandering around practicing spiritual cultivation, seeking out more powerful people to challenge, and making myself stronger."
Little Wukong thought for a moment and replied.
Grandpa Dumbledore said that this is how he answers anyone who asks him about his past experiences.
But that's also true.
"That's wonderful!"
Mita was overjoyed upon hearing this, but quickly realized that it wasn't a good way to put it, and immediately explained:
"That's not what I meant. I meant you'd be a great fit for our Demon Slayer Corps."
What is the Demon Slayer Corps?
A look of curiosity appeared on Little Wukong's face.
"Let's talk as we walk!"
Mita took Goku and left the town, heading towards the next town.
On the way, he began to introduce the Demon Slayer Corps and information about demons to Goku.
"Our Demon Slayer Corps is an organization that specializes in hunting demons, and demons are a kind of..."
After Mita's explanation, Little Goku roughly understood what was going on.
It turns out that there is a creature in this world called a ghost. They feed on humans and hunt them down everywhere, which is extremely cruel.
The Demon Slayer Corps is an organization established to hunt down evil spirits and protect humanity.
The strongest members of the Demon Slayer Corps are the Pillars; there are currently nine in total.
Around noon, Mita and Goku arrived at their mission objective, Baixiang Town.
"My child! My child!"
As soon as they entered the town, the two saw a disheveled woman frantically searching for something in the street.
However, he was quickly caught up and stopped by a man behind him.
"Mai, it's okay, it's okay. I will find our child, I will find our child. Let's go home."
The man hugged his wife and comforted her for a while with red eyes before finally calming her down and taking her away.
At this moment, an older woman nearby gritted her teeth and said:
"It's so pitiful. The baby was only two months old when it was stolen last night."
Human traffickers deserve to die!
"According to intelligence, seven children have gone missing in this town in just one month."
The little one is just a month old, and the big one is already seven years old.
Ordinary people would think it was human traffickers, but we suspect it was the work of evil spirits.
Mita explained something to Goku.
Upon hearing this, Little Wukong's face showed anger.
"If it was the work of an evil spirit, did it eat all the children?"
"If it were an evil spirit, it would definitely have eaten it."
Mita sighed, then nodded:
"Some ghosts like to eat children, some ghosts like to eat young girls, and some ghosts like to eat young and strong men."
The more people they eat, the stronger they become.
So they usually eat it as soon as they catch it, at most overnight, and rarely can they wait until the next day.
He often encountered this kind of thing. Although he could usually kill the troublesome ghost in the end, it was generally very difficult to bring back the missing person.
Because it takes time for the demons to cause enough trouble to attract the attention of the Demon Slayer Corps, and for the Demon Slayer Corps members to arrive, it will take some time.
This is enough time for the ghost to devour all the people it has captured.
"That old lady's child went missing last night. If we find that ghost now, maybe we can save him."
Little Goku clenched his fist.
Mita shook his head again:
"Ghosts are most afraid of the sun. Even the most powerful ghost will be killed by the sun."
So they hide during the day and only come out at night.
We must wait until he comes out again at night to snatch the children before we have a chance to find and kill him.
In such a large town, if a ghost wanted to hide, there was no way it could find it.
"You said the more people a ghost eats, the stronger it becomes. This ghost has eaten so many children, it must be quite powerful, right?"
Little Wukong thought for a moment and asked.
Mita nodded:
"It shouldn't be weak."
"I have a way."
Little Wukong immediately closed his eyes and began to sense things.
The ghost is not weak, so the energy within its body will naturally be stronger than that of an ordinary person. He just needs to carefully sense and distinguish it.
We will definitely be able to find it.
"Follow me!"
His ability to sense qi extends to a radius of fifteen kilometers, which is insufficient to completely cover this small town.
But that's alright, he can scout out the whole town by simply walking around it once.
Mita saw Goku walk forward with his eyes closed. Although he didn't understand what Goku was going to do, he followed him anyway.
"Found it!"
Just as Little Goku reached the middle of the street, he suddenly opened his eyes and then Apparated and disappeared from the spot.
He sensed two auras in the town that were beyond the reach of ordinary people: one was from Mita behind him, and the other was from the westernmost part of the town.
At the same time, there was a very faint aura next to that aura, which might be the baby that was kidnapped last night.
Fearing the baby might be eaten by the ghost at any moment, he teleported there after pinpointing the ghost's location.
Where are they?
Mita rubbed his eyes in disbelief as he watched Little Goku suddenly disappear.
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