Demon Slayer: Can I add points to my Breathing Technique?

They lined up and took turns providing emergency treatment to each of them.

Don't block my way, you old-fashioned chuunibyou.

Busy grinding for experience points.

(Uzui Tengen - Ninja)

Chapter 41 Why are you blushing?

After Xia Xi had finished her work, Yu Sui Tian Yuan continued to speak.

“Junior Brother Jiuche, this medical skill… it shouldn’t have been taught to you by that old woman from Nikaido, right?”

He crossed his arms, speaking casually, but his gaze lingered on Xia Xi's hands.

Although he spoke lightly, Yu Sui was not entirely indifferent to the training of people.

At least for now, if Xia Xi were to nod in agreement, he wouldn't necessarily feel resentment, but he would still feel a little jealous.

Although the god of this festival has no need for medical skills...

But Master, why do you only pass on all the good stuff to your junior brother?!

Xia Xi: "I taught myself."

Yu Sui raised an eyebrow, naturally disbelieving.

After all, medical skills cannot be learned by talent alone.

Just then, a rustling sound came from the dense forest in the distance.

A gentle young girl adorned with a butterfly ornament, leaning on her Nichirin Blade, walked out step by step.

It was Kanae Butterfly who gritted her teeth and persevered all the way here.

"Ha...huff...huff." The girl gasped for breath as she looked at Xia Xi, who was bandaging the civilians: "It seems that you made it in time, senior."

He then caught sight of the Geng-rank swordsman on the ground, who was in pain but still alive, and his expression visibly relaxed.

That's great, Kojiro is still alive too.

"Senior, who is this person...?"

She looked at the tall Yu Sui beside her and asked softly.

Xia Xi was bandaging a crying little girl and even tied a shoelace-style bow on her wrist.

"Uzui Tengen," he said without turning his head, "a swordsman who came to provide support, just like me. Probably [C] or [D] rank."

Yu Sui straightened his back and corrected him: "It's Grade B, you idiot junior brother!"

Xia Xi didn't reply, but instead asked the girl, "Didn't you say you were going to catch up? Why are you so slow?"

Kanae thought about how she had just felt looked down upon.

Feeling a little embarrassed, he said, "Well, it was clearly because you were too fast, senpai... Oh, right, senpai!"

"Senior, aren't you a swordsman who practices Thunder Breathing? How come you were just now... able to use Water Breathing?"

Yu Sui stared at Xia Xi with wide eyes.

No, although Nikaido, that old woman, has a bad temper, you don't have to betray your sect, do you?!

Kanae tilted her head, waiting for Xia Xi's answer.

In her understanding, swordsmen trained by the same mentor almost always practice the breathing techniques that mentor was proficient in.

Even if a swordsman later switched to other techniques for various reasons.

They are often derived from the same school of breathing techniques.

Take herself for example.

The training method is derived from the Breath of Water, but focuses on agility and variation by abandoning some defense.

Like switching from Thunder Breathing to Water Breathing or something.

This was the first time she had ever heard of it.

Xia Xi: "Who said you can't practice breathing techniques across different schools?"

There are plenty of people with double or triple degrees, so what's wrong with him learning a couple more professional skills?

Kanae opened her mouth, but didn't know where to begin.

It seems that no one has ever said that you can't practice multiple breathing techniques at the same time.

Normally, the biggest problem with practicing multiple breathing techniques is that you end up not learning any of them because you're trying to learn too many.

Spend three years mastering a single breathing technique.

After spending more than ten years and barely mastering two or three breathing techniques, she still understands what choices a normal person should make.

unless……

"Could it be that you gave up on continuing to practice Water Breathing because you are more suited to Thunder Breathing?"

The girl felt she had found the answer.

However, what she received in return was Xia Xi's merciless rebuttal: "Completely wrong."

He glared at Yu Sui, whose expression was strange, and then said, "Don't look at me like that. I'm not your junior brother. I haven't betrayed the sect or anything."

"That……"

Xia Xi: "I just practice other breathing techniques. Besides, who said I started by practicing water and thunder breathing?"

He dusted himself off and walked away from an injured person.

Xia Xi raised his Nichirin Blade and began to unleash a sword technique on the two of them.

The moves flowed freely and casually.

The wind is the first to act.

The silver-white Nichirin Blade rippled in the gentle evening breeze under the night sky.

It carries a touch of carefree lightness and elegance, yet conceals a sharp edge that is difficult to discern as real or illusory.

The evening breeze had not yet stopped.

The flowing water has quietly arrived.

Sometimes it transforms into dark waves surging through the forest, and sometimes it ripples and waves spreading across the wild grass at your feet.

The onlookers could almost hear the sound of the tide and smell the moist sea breeze.

It smells of the sea.

After the tide recedes, the silent reefs beneath the sea surface are revealed.

Or rather, after that gentle tranquility, rose a mountain-like grandeur and a solid, earthy solidity.

Just by watching, one can feel the supreme yang and powerful force contained in Xia Xi's every move.

True skill lies in simplicity, and a heavy sword has no edge.

But this is not the end.

Dense clouds rapidly gathered between the mountains, as if brewing something earth-shattering.

The next second, lightning struck.

A ray of light slashed down from the sky.

Like the first spark of fire that ignited the world, it instantly illuminated the entire dense forest.

It is the ultimate speed.

It is also the ultimate slash.

"Um, Senior Uzui, did you see it clearly...?"

Kanae was stunned for a moment before speaking softly.

The ninja was dumbfounded.

"Four, no, perhaps five breathing techniques."

Only now did he realize that Xia Xi's words, "not your junior brother," might actually be true.

Sheathing his Nichirin Blade, Xia Xi said, "No, there are four types."

Ninja: "With your dazzling skills, why don't you practice the final Flame Breathing technique?!"

Xia Xi: "Who said I'm not practicing the Breath of Fire?"

"I haven't had time yet. I was planning to go there right after leaving Nikaido's place."

"That's why I changed my plans and came here after accepting this support mission."

Yu Sui was speechless for a moment.

Kanae subconsciously raised her hand, her fingertips lightly touching her lips, and asked incredulously, "Senpai, so many breathing techniques? You weren't adopted by a breeder when you were little, were you?"

Only those who start cultivating from a young age may have the time and energy to cultivate multiple disciplines.

adoption?

Are you implying that I'm an orphan?

Xia Xi's years of gaming experience honed his "Zu'an radar" instantly.

But then I thought about it again, and realized that I really am an orphan?

"About a few months."

The ninja and the butterfly instantly felt a tremendous sense of frustration.

So this is what truly talented people are like?

Damn it, I'm not envious at all.

Yu Sui was thinking to himself, what if Jiu Che had gathered all five basic breathing techniques?