Demon Slayer: From the Upper Ranks of Muzan

The three boys and girls who passed the final selection were feasting in the cabin of Urokodaki Sakonji at night.

"Next, you will become swordsmen of the Demon Slayer Corps and start hunting demons. Before that, I will tell you some differences between demons." Shinya said to the three children: "So far, the demons you have encountered are all the lowest and most common demons. These demons are just cannon fodder and are not noticed by the ancestors of demons.

But in this world, there is another kind of demon, which has a special ability called blood demon arts. These demons have eaten many people and have powerful strength. Urokodaki should have told you that the strength of a demon is proportional to the number of people it eats. His words are a bit one-sided, but they can be substituted for the situation of most demons. With the strength of the three of you, if you encounter a lower-level demon, as long as you are careful of some weird blood demon arts, there should be no problem. However, there is another kind of demon that needs to be extremely careful."

"Brother Gennosuke, what kind of demon is it?" Shiya asked hurriedly.

Shinya said: "The Twelve Kizuki are the closest to the ancestor of demons, Muzan Kibutsuji. Each of them possesses extremely powerful blood demon arts, and Muzan divides them into upper and lower ranks. With Sanemi's strength, it is not a problem to deal with the lower ranks. With the cooperation of Kanae and Shinobu, they are not without the strength to compete. However, if you encounter an upper rank, don't hesitate, run away immediately."

Urokurokaki: "Cough cough cough cough... huh..."

"Are you okay, Mr. Urokurokaki?" Sanemi asked.

Urokodaki: "Uh... It's okay, it's okay."

Kanae and Shinobu Kocho looked serious: "Upper Rank?"

Shinya nodded and said: "Yes, facing the Upper Rank, even I can only run away."

"Even Brother Gennosuke..." When Shiya heard what Shinya said, he couldn't help but get nervous: "The Upper Rank is so scary..."

Urokodaki: "Puff~! Um, cough, cough..."

"Are you really okay, Mr. Urokodaki? Are you sick? Do you want to go to the town clinic?" Shiya said.

Urokodaki waved his hand: "I'm fine, it's getting late, and you must be tired after seven days of final selection. Go to bed."

"Yes!" The three children stood up and bowed to say goodbye. Before leaving, Shiya looked at Urokodaki worriedly.

When the three children left the hut, Shinya breathed a sigh of relief.

He looked at the crow by the window and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Sosuke. Remove it."

"Yes!" Sosuke responded, and his wings fluttered lightly.

"Break it, mirror flower and water moon."

Bang~!

The surroundings of Shinya shattered like glass, revealing the appearance of a demon.

At this time, Sosuke looked extremely tired: "I'm very sorry, Master Shinya, even if I accept your blood, my ability will end here."

Shinya stretched out his index finger, pierced Sosuke's neck with his nail, and injected a small amount of blood: "No, it's enough. You were already old when you became a demon, and the crow's body was too small to receive a large amount of blood at one time. It's very good to be able to do this."

With the injection of Shinya's blood, Sosuke's physical strength was restored.

"It's really worrying, these children!" Urokodaki Sakonji sighed.

Shinya smiled and said, "Don't worry, the children of this generation are better than yours. Maybe they will be the generation that ends this farce. A farce that has lasted for a thousand years should have ended long ago."

He took out a palm-sized paper box from his clothes: "Give this to Kanae when they get up tomorrow."

"Why didn't you give it to her just now?" asked Urokodaki Sakonji.

Shinya sighed and said, "Children always have some naive understanding of their emotional changes, which may not be their true thoughts. When they grow up and can truly see their own hearts, it is time for us to look at each other equally."

Shinya stood up, and a passage appeared in front of him out of thin air: "I'll say goodbye to Urokodaki. After all these years here, I finally found the feeling of being a human being."

"Where are you going?" Urokodaki asked.

Shinya said, "To prevent some tragedies that should have happened. Let's go, Sosuke."

"Yes!" Sosuke flew to Shinya's shoulder, and then Shinya walked into the passage.

At the end of the passage is Blackwater Town.

The place where the Eternal Paradise Sect used to be located has now changed.

The people of Heishui Town had a much easier life than before. Because the Wanshi Jile Cult had a new patriarch, the patriarch directly took over the local government and took over the taxes of Heishui Town. The people of the town only needed to pay a small amount of tribute to Jile Cult to get the protection of Jile Cult. As for the taxes of the government, the government did not dare to provoke Jile Cult, so there was no way to talk about taxes. Not to mention Heishui Town, the entire Shanyin County had become the world of Jile Cult at this time. The government intervened several times, but was rejected. Even if the army was sent, it would encounter resistance when approaching Shanyin County. For example, strong winds and heavy snow fell. I remember one year, the court sent 5,000 troops to Shanyin County, but when approaching Shanyin, a heavy snow suddenly broke out. At that time, it was June, the hottest time. The heavy snow fell for three days and three nights, and the court army suffered heavy losses. From then on, the imperial court seemed to have acquiesced to the separatism of Shanyin County.

People said that Shanyin was blessed by ghosts and gods, and many farmers who could not survive kept running to Shanyin.

Liu finished a day's work and returned to his room.

Although the current Ji Le Jiao is called a religion, it has become a separatist regime that replaces the government.

The affairs that Liu needs to deal with have changed from accepting the worship of believers and promoting doctrines in the past to how to increase grain production, how to introduce advanced foreign technology, and how to achieve industrialization in Shanyin County.

And...how to compete with the government.

As for the resistance encountered in this process, it is also very simple. If you can't solve the problem, solve the person who raised the problem.

Whoever opposes will be killed. The powerful people in Shanyin County oppose tax cuts, so kill the ones who jump the most, and the rest will naturally be honest.

Therefore, Shanyin County appeared a sign of peace and prosperity a few years ago.

This kind of peaceful and prosperous era maintained by fantasy power and strongman rule will naturally not last long, but neither Shinye nor Ryu care about this.

What they want is never power, so they naturally don’t care whether the regime will end after they leave.

The reason why they want to take over the Eternal Paradise Cult and expand their influence to the entire Shanyin County is to better collect intelligence.

"What's the situation?" Shinye had been sitting on the sofa waiting.

Liu bowed slightly and said, "The descendants of the initial swordsman you mentioned have been reported. According to the characteristics you provided, the believers in Nara Prefecture found them. Their family seems to make a living by logging, and the talent of the descendants of the initial swordsman is no longer visible."

Shinya thought for a while and said, "Really? It seems that I have to go to Nara."

Liu said, "Excuse me, even the descendants of the initial swordsman may not have the talent of the initial swordsman, and may not be suitable to be a swordsman."

Shinya smiled and said, "No, some things will not be inherited with the bloodline, but some things are innate in the bloodline. The initial swordsman, Tsugumi Yuichi, is a natural saint. So his talent will definitely be passed on to his descendants."