Infinite: Start as a ghost

He spent three days perfecting the art of sound breathing.

Flower Breathing, Insect Breathing, and Sound Breathing didn't cost him a single skill point.

These breathing techniques also deepened his understanding of the five basic breathing methods.

“Not enough, still not enough.” Jiang Jiu shook his head: “I need more breathing techniques.”

Yaoya came to Jiang Jiu's side. This time, he walked over alone and did not ask Hina and Nichika for help.

"Oh, you're here." Jiang Jiu said with a smile, "How are you feeling? Has your eye recovered?"

Yaozai laughed and said, "My body is much stronger than before. Maybe I can start practicing breathing techniques."

"My eyes are a little better than before. They're still blurry, but at least I can see things in front of me now."

"That's good." Jiang Jiu smiled and said, "It will recover sooner or later."

Kagaya smiled and asked, "And you, how's your training going?"

Jiang Jiu said, "I need your help."

"Is it to invite back the pillars of other branch streams of breathing techniques?" Kagaya immediately guessed his thoughts.

“Yes, that’s right,” Jiang Jiu said. “Please…”

“No problem,” Yaozai said with a smile. “I’ll go prepare the letter right away.”

"But you have to be patient. They don't have time all the time, and they might not be able to come back immediately."

“It’s alright, I’m not short of time,” Jiang Jiu said.

In the following month, the first to arrive was Koihachi.

Jiang Jiu's biggest fear is the Love Pillar, because her moves are many times more shameful than Flower Breathing.

Let's take a look at her moves.

"Love Breathing O First Form O The Trembling of First Love..."

"Love Breathing O Second Form O Regretful Lingering Love..."

"Love Breathing O Third Form O Cat Lover Shigure..."

"Love Breathing o Fourth Form o Cat Language Love o Light Whistle".

"Love Breathing O Fifth Form O Wavering Love O Chaotic Claws..."

"Love Breathing O Sixth Form O Cat Feet Love Wind..."

Look at you, look at you! Aren't you ashamed? Aren't you embarrassed?

How can Jiang Jiu accept this art style?

He accepted...

What can I do if they don't accept it?

People are kindly coming to teach her moves and breathing techniques. How can she refuse? What reason can she give to refuse?

During this time, Jiang Jiu suffered greatly, and it took all her strength to learn the Breath of Love.

After completing the course, he deeply regretted it, but he had no choice but to continue learning.

Therefore, the moment he learned it, he immediately used four skill points to push Love Breathing to perfection.

Are you kidding me? It's good enough that he can even learn it, let alone practice it?

Even ghosts have genders, okay?

"Alright, Green Doll, I've learned all your skills. Stop lingering here and bothering me, okay?" Jiang Jiu said helplessly.

"Just one look, please let me see it, I just want to see it once, really."

Jiang Jiu racked his brains and used every possible means to drive her away.

Mi Li took a few reluctant steps and looked back one last time. It wasn't that she was a fangirl; she really wanted to know what Jiang Jiu's face looked like under the hood.

She hasn't seen it yet, can't we satisfy this curious girl's girlish heart?

Next up is Muichiro.

He was very decisive. He showed off a set of sword moves in front of Jiang Jiu and planned to leave immediately, but Jiang Jiu forcibly stopped him and taught him breathing techniques.

This guy is a bit dim-witted. After showing off his sword moves, he thought everything was fine, forgetting that he also needed the Breath of Mist to coordinate with it.

Finally, there's Banai.

The sword technique of Snake Breath can be summed up in one word: strange.

Each of his moves reveals a hint of strangeness and wonder, making them impossible to defend against. To describe the characteristics of the snake's breath in an idiom, it is: to strike unexpectedly.

In this way, he learned and perfected all of the breathing techniques of the Nine Pillars.

He has mastered the five basic breathing techniques to an extreme.

"Almost there, almost there, what exactly is missing?" Jiang Jiu pondered deeply, feeling as if he had overlooked something.

After much thought, I still couldn't figure it out.

"If only there were another method of tributary breathing," he lamented.

Suddenly, he remembered someone.

Pig's head...

"Oh right, how could I forget about him?" Jiang Jiu thought to himself, annoyed. "It's all my fault for focusing all my attention on Zhu De."

After saying goodbye to Kagaya, he returned to Makijuro's residence.

Pighead: "Roar... You actually want to learn my breathing technique?"

Jiang Jiu: "Just tell me if you're willing to teach or not."

Pighead: "Teaching you is no problem, I'm not that stingy, but you might not be able to learn it, you straw hat monster."

"My skills come from living with animals in the mountains since I was a child. Can you learn them?"

Jiang Jiu: "Whether I can learn it or not, we'll talk about it after I've learned it."

Chapter 83 Return to Fujikasayama

After playing with Mizuko for a while, he returned to the Ubuyashiki mansion.

This time, he truly grasped the five basic breathing techniques to their ultimate level. If he pushes them even a little further, he will definitely achieve a new breakthrough.

There's only one move that can trap him at this point.

That is the pig's head's "Beast Breathing O Seventh Form O Spatial Perception".

He couldn't do anything about it for the time being, because he didn't grow up with a wild nature like Pighead.

However, he wasn't completely clueless, because he had spent so much time on Fujikasa Mountain, constantly in a state of being ambushed, that he had some similar feelings.

"I should have known better than to destroy those ghosts."

Judging from the current situation, his previous actions were indeed unnecessary.

Originally intended to silence him, his reputation is now known throughout the Demon Slayer Corps.

But how could we have known it would develop into what it is now?

So, we can only blame those ghosts for being unlucky.

"Wait a minute, I did kill them all, but so much time has passed, there must have been new ghosts thrown in by now, right?"

"Go ask Yaozai." Jiang Jiu's eyes lit up at the thought.

He found Yaozai and explained his purpose.

"Go to Fujikasayama?" Kagaya asked in surprise. "The demons there are just low-level demons used to test the trainees. Can they help you cultivate?"

"Yes, is that so?" Jiang Jiu asked.

“Yes, there are some,” Yaozai said, “but not many. Last time, some madman killed all the demons. We’ve only caught a dozen or so low-level demons in the past few days.”

"Huh?" Kagaya suddenly remembered, "Could it be that you did this?"

"The problem arose around the time of Tanjiro's generation, and it seems that you left Fujikasaneyama around that time."

Jiang Jiu immediately felt extremely guilty and dared not speak.

Yaozai rubbed his forehead, looking exasperated: "You have to understand, we spent hundreds of years catching those ghosts, and you wiped them all out in one go."

Seeing Yaozai's actions, Jiang Jiu was also extremely shocked.

Since the curse was lifted, his movements have become more and more like those of an ordinary person; he even does helpless gestures like rubbing his forehead.

What do you mean?

Wow, so you were faking it all along?

Can you give me back that light, airy voice?

“You’ve changed,” Jiang Jiu said.

"Have I changed?" Kagaya asked in confusion for a moment, then replied with relief, "No, I haven't changed. This is my true nature."

“In front of everyone, I have to maintain the dignity of a leader, so I have to do that.”

He laughed and said, "That kind of behavior has actually become a habit of mine, and it should be considered part of my nature."

"These are probably things I would do unconsciously only when you're around."

Jiang Jiu was taken aback. There was another meaning to this sentence: Yao Zai regarded everyone else as family, but Jiang Jiu had an additional identity as a friend.

Perhaps this is related to Jiang Jiu's usual attitude towards him.

Everyone else spoke to Yaozai with utmost respect, but Jiang Jiu was completely casual.

"I'm leaving now." Jiang Jiu and Yao Zai bid each other farewell.

A few days later, he returned to Fujisaki Mountain.

"I've missed you quite a bit since I left," Jiang Jiu said with a smile.

We walked through the wisteria grove and entered the mountains.