The next day, Tanjiro woke up early in the morning. He yawned, put on his clothes, picked up the ax at home, and prepared to go outside to chop down trees.

His family makes a living by burning charcoal and selling charcoal. Cutting down trees and burning charcoal is what he must do every day. There are many people in his family and there are many people to eat. If he doesn’t do more work, he is afraid that his younger brothers and sisters will

They can't even survive.

As soon as Tanjiro came up, he saw Li Zhong sitting on a branch alone, holding a sickle with the cloth strips untied in his hand.

Tanjiro was very grateful to Li Zhong, but he also had doubts about Li Zhong's weapon. A tool like a sickle was not made to be used as a weapon at all, but the sickle was made so big and used as a weapon.

This is the first time Tanjiro has heard of weapons.

When a sickle is made so big, it also weighs a lot. Compared with the lightweight tachi, the sickle is extremely difficult to maneuver. If you are not careful, you may injure yourself.

But Li Zhong's technique of using the sickle is very skillful, he has obviously been specially trained!

He couldn't help walking curiously under Li Zhong and shouted loudly: "Mr. Li Zhong! Good morning!"

Li Zhong looked down. Tanjiro was very enthusiastic and serious. Li Zhong had a good impression of him. Maybe it was because the children from poor families had already become the masters. On the original earth, Li Zhong had never seen such a young man.

Imagine a boy like Tanjiro.

He couldn't help but smile and waved to Tanjiro, calling him to come up.

Tanjiro was stunned for a moment. After knowing Li Zhong's intention, he quickly climbed up with the ax and sat next to Li Zhong. Li Zhong looked like an uncle, gently touched Tanjiro's head and said:

"You got up so early to chop down trees and make charcoal? Tanjiro is really sensible."

Tanjiro smiled happily and said: "There are many people in the family, so I think my younger brothers and sisters can have enough to eat. And it's winter now. If you burn more charcoal, it will be easier to sell in the winter."

Li Dian nodded, then pointed to the blood stain not far away and said, "Guess what's over there."

The blood stains over there were left by the ghost last night. Although the ghost's body will be incinerated immediately after hitting the sun, not even ashes will be left, but the blood that flowed out will not disappear. On the ground over there

, there was a pool of blood, which had solidified and turned black.

Tanjiro looked at the pool of blood and was a little confused. He didn't find anything wrong with the pool of blood and thought it was the blood of the wolf from yesterday.

"That's the blood of ghosts." Li Zhong said, "Gui, you must have heard of it, right?"

"ghost?"

Tanjiro suddenly recalled the legend told by an old man on the mountainside, and he couldn't help but frowned: "Do creatures like ghosts really exist?"

"Of course it exists. Creatures like ghosts cannot move under the sun. Once they touch the sun, they will turn into ashes. They feed on humans. The more people they eat, the stronger the ghosts become."

Tanjiro suddenly came back to his senses and realized what the ghosts appearing near his home meant. He was a child who grew up in the mountains and was still willing to believe in the legends told by the old people.

Hearing this, his face suddenly became very ugly, and his eyes were fixed on the pool of blood: "So... that is to say, there is a ghost near my house??"

"Ghosts can wander around casually. It should have wandered here when it was looking for food yesterday." Li Zhong said in a very calm voice, "Ghosts are very dangerous. They eat people, but ghost hunters will come.

Killing them has always been the case. Except for ghost hunters and ghost hunter-related professions, it is generally difficult for other people who have seen ghosts to survive. This is why ghosts are not known to the public."

Tanjiro subconsciously looked at Li Zhong's scythe and asked quickly: "So, Mr. Li Zhong is a ghost hunter, right? You said yesterday that you are a special hunter. You hunt

It’s a ghost, right?”

"Yes, I hunt ghosts, but I am not a formal ghost hunter. I can only be regarded as a folk ghost hunter. Do you remember that there was a time when a wanted order was issued in the city, saying that a man was to be hunted down?

The man with the sickle?" Li Zhong immediately told what happened before that he was wanted in the city.

Tanjiro was stunned for a moment and shook his head: "I don't know, I've never been to the city."

Li Zhong suddenly chuckled: "No wonder you didn't react when you saw my scythe. There are also strong and weak ghosts. Once, I met one of the twelve strongest ghosts. She killed a mansion.

When I passed by, there was no one alive in the entire mansion."

At this point, Tanjiro's face turned livid. How many people must there be in one mansion?

But he did not interrupt Li Zhong and listened carefully to what he continued.

"That ghost can control shadows. In order to break the shadow, I went to the mansion next door to get a lantern. But the people next door regarded me as a murderer and attacked me directly. After delaying, I actually let the ghost

He ran away." Li Zhong's face became a little annoyed, "That guy ate at least hundreds of people!"

Tanjiro's face was still very ugly. He took over the next words and said, "So, you are wanted, right?"

Li Zhong smiled bitterly and shook his head: "There is no way, things like ghosts will disappear when exposed to sunlight, leaving no evidence unless someone sees it with their own eyes."

"How can this be done? Hasn't Mr. Li Zhong been unjustly accused?" Tanjiro suddenly said excitedly, "You have obviously worked so hard to deal with ghosts, and yet you have been unjustly accused. That's so pitiful."

Li Zhong was stunned for a moment, then touched his chin in confusion: "Aren't you afraid that I'm lying?"

"Impossible! When Mr. Li Zhong spoke, there was no hint of lying! Mr. Li Zhong is just, I believe you!" Tanjiro said, "You saved me yesterday, Mr. Li Zhong must have a kind heart!

"

Li Zhong raised his eyebrows slightly, flicked Tanjiro's eyebrows, and said with a relaxed expression: "It's useless for you to believe, I don't care anyway. In short, you'd better not walk outside at night, if you accidentally encounter a ghost

If so, with your current level, even the weakest ghost can kill you."

Tanjiro suddenly shuddered and asked weakly: "Then...is there any way to deal with those ghosts?"

Li Zhong rubbed his chin, thought for a moment, then thought of something, and nodded with a smile: "Young man, I was surprised to see your bones. Compared to a rare martial arts prodigy, I also have a set of Astor boxing techniques here.

I have a predestined relationship with you, so I will teach it to you for free!"

"Really? Thank you Mr. Li Zhong!!"

Tanjiro immediately wanted to bow to Li Zhong, but because he was still on the branch, he almost fell down when he moved. Li Zhong grabbed his collar in time and said with a smile: "Young man, don't be so excited.

Don’t let the ghost kill you when the time comes, and you’ll fall to your death instead.”

Tanjiro smiled awkwardly.

…

For a week, Li Zhong stayed at Tanjiro's house. During these few days, he slept in the house during the day, woke up at dusk, and taught Tanjiro the first form of Astor Boxing.

Guard outside this house and kill some ferocious beasts nearby.

And Tanjiro learns things very quickly. No matter what Li Zhong teaches, he can learn it quickly. Talent is one thing, hard work is another. After Tanjiro came back from chopping firewood during the day, he has been

I practiced Astor Boxing very seriously. In just one week, I memorized all the first moves of Astor Boxing.

Of course, just memorizing it cannot restore it, let alone apply it. Presumably, he will need to spend a lot of time practicing later.

His younger brothers and sisters are also very supportive of their brother's learning of boxing and practice with him on their own initiative.

Although the punches of the little brats were different, it was still very atmospheric.

Li Zhong's mentality has gradually become more like that of an uncle. He leisurely watched Tanjiro and the others boxing with a blade of grass in his mouth. He felt that if he could hold a cigarette in his mouth at this time, he might be more powerful.

, but he didn’t have cigarettes, so he could only use blades of grass instead.

After living here for a week, Li Zhong was about to say goodbye. He lived here very comfortably, but comfort could not improve his strength. Li Zhong also wanted to become stronger. If he wanted to defeat the boss of this world, he had to strengthen his strength.

strength!

Yi Ti, the space channel is about to be opened!

Time has been dragging on for a long time. Yiti doesn't like staying in a space without magic. If she stays in a space without magic for too long, her sense of magic will decrease.

There is some magic power in the seal she is in now. Although it was used by the Beast King to seal Yi Ti before his death, a little bit of it is still leaking out.

Yiti relied on the overflowing magic power to maintain her sense of magic power.

And Li Zhong also realized that his own strength was insufficient. His physical strength alone was not enough to defeat Shangxian. Xiaxian might be fine, but if he faced Shangxian, he would definitely die now.

After saying goodbye to Tanjiro's family, Li finally came to a deserted mountain and said, "This is it, teacher."

Yi Ti nodded, and her thoughts expanded and spread to Li Zhong's thinking nerves. Li Zhong relaxed his whole body and allowed Yi Ti to control his nerves.

It was Yi Ti who used the body. Yi Ti held the sickle, shook it twice, and then snapped her fingers.

The crystals on the head of the sickle suddenly lit up, and six different rays of light merged into a blue light. The light turned into a beam and shot towards Li Zhong's front!

Soon enough, a door big enough for one person to pass through appeared!

The door was open for a limited time, but Yi Ti was not in a hurry to go in. On Li Zhong's forehead, the sealing circle that had been covered by bangs lit up, and a long dress appeared in front of Li Zhong. Yi Ti put on the long dress.

, one hundred and eight runes on the long skirt lit up at the same time, and a transparent halo fixed around Li Zhong.

"Ready!"

"Walk!"
Chapter completed!