Fox Demon: God rewards hard work, I will eventually master martial arts and become a god

Tanjiro Kamado looked extremely disheveled when he returned. His hair, which had been neatly combed before, was now full of stray hairs, and his heavy clothes were covered with dust, dirt and weeds.

He was breathing heavily, his lips were a little pale and his face was flushed.

But just seeing Tanjiro Kamado appear here was enough to control Urokodaki Sakonji for a few seconds.

Because Urokodaki Sakonji was a little confused.

Although Tanjiro Kamado in front of him looked extremely embarrassed, it had only been two hours!
Two hours!

If the walking distance up and down the mountain is counted as flat ground, two hours may not be a big deal. However, on Mt. Sagiri, not only is visibility low, but there are also traps set by the men themselves, and there are basically no blind spots. Without his leadership, it would be difficult to get out. But Tanjiro Kamado returned in just two hours?
This made Urokodaki Sakonji wonder whether Tanjiro Kamado actually made ten trips.
"Just barely, finished in two hours..."

Tanjiro Kamado's legs felt a little weak, so he walked over to Nezuko and sat down.

Nezuko reached out and patted Tanjiro Kamado on the forehead, with worry in her eyes.

Tanjiro Kamado smiled:

"Nezuko, I'm fine. I'm very powerful now. I solved the 318 traps and came down the mountain."

Three hundred and eighteen places?!

When Urokodaki Sakonji heard these words, the doubts in his heart immediately disappeared.

He set the trap himself, so he naturally knew there would be this many.

Tanjiro Kamado was able to name them all without missing a single one, which showed that he had obviously counted them, or even stepped on them.

Seeing Tanjiro Kamado playing happily with his sister, Urokodaki Sakonji suddenly felt a little guilty.

He actually doubted such a young man with a sincere heart.

He coughed and said:

"Since you have completed the mission and it is getting late, you should have a good rest. I have just made the bed. That room will be where you will live for the next few years."

Urokodaki Sakonji pointed to a room nearby.

"Thank you, Mr. Urokodaki!"

Tanjiro Kamado smiled seriously, rubbed Nezuko's head and continued:

"Nezuko, we finally have a place to live permanently."

Although the two-month journey was filled with training every day, Tanjiro Kamado still longed for stability in his heart. It would be better to say that he was pursuing strength just to make his life stable.

Nezuko stared with her big, lively eyes, nodded, then curved her eyebrows and looked like she was smiling.

Urokodaki Sakonji watched the scene in front of him quietly, feeling inexplicably relieved.

He vaguely recalled the time a few years ago, and the scene before him was so similar to before.

If ghosts didn't exist, perhaps that kind of time could last a long time.

Urokodaki Sakonji did not disturb the two of them any further. He walked out of the room and headed towards the mountain.

After that, Tanjiro Kamado will need more training, so naturally he has to set up traps again.

At the same time, he also had to modify the strength of the traps, otherwise some traps would be too easy for Tanjiro Kamado.

…………

Tanjiro Kamado's life suddenly became more fulfilling.

The previous journey of carrying heavy loads has now been compressed into two hours.

Every time, Tanjiro Kamado had to try his best to meet Lin Yu's requirements.

At the same time, in addition to more complex boxing training, Urokodaki Sakonji also began to teach Tanjiro Kamado the Water Breathing Sword Technique.

In addition, Lin Yu and Tanjiro Kamado found more diverse training methods, such as standing in a horse stance under a waterfall more than ten feet high, or practicing boxing while stabilizing their body on the top of a towering tree, or climbing on a smooth cliff without using any props...

Compared to Urokodaki Sakonji's training method, Tanjiro Kamado only felt that Lin Yu's training was testing his limits step by step and forcing him to surpass his limits.

Although the process is extremely painful, Tanjiro Kamado feels that he has new breakthroughs and changes every time.

He grew stronger and stronger, until one day he suddenly felt that he had touched a barrier.

He had a strong feeling that if he could not break through this barrier, he would not be able to move forward.

At this time, half a year had passed since he came to Narrow Mt.

“You’ve reached a bottleneck.”

Lin Yu's faint voice sounded in his mind.

"Bottleneck?" Tanjiro Kamado was stunned for a moment, and then became a little excited. In the skills given by Lin Yu, there was naturally a detailed description of the bottleneck.

This is a threshold.

The human body has infinite potential, but it has shackles. If humans can take this step, they will be able to explore the vast seas and sky, but often this step is like a chasm that has blocked countless people throughout history.

"So, Master, how can I break through?"

Tanjiro Kamado asked nervously. Although the bottleneck was described in the technique, it did not provide detailed instructions on how to break through it.

This is of course, after all, in the fox demon world, although it is a little difficult to generate internal strength, the difficulty lies in the early stage of training the physical body. As long as the physical body is strengthened, breaking through the bottleneck here will naturally be a piece of cake.

This world has a natural suppression of transcendental energy.

The emotional power that seemed to have countless magical uses could only slightly strengthen Tanjiro Kamado's body.

The reason why Lin Yu’s mental power and emotional power were able to work before was because his own energy level was too high, so he was able to crush them easily.

But for Tanjiro Kamado in the original world, this bottleneck is naturally extremely solid.

Evil spirits, for example, break through this bottleneck through genetic mutation, but in contrast, the world is always fair.

Power that comes easily will eventually backfire one day.

In the future, the evil spirits will face more solid bottlenecks.

"There is a way to help you break through this bottleneck, but it will be life-threatening. However, as long as you can get through it, your strength will grow rapidly in the coming period of time."

Lin Yu said.

Tanjiro Kamado couldn't help but fall silent.

Death, these two words seemed very far away from him.

And his death might cause Nezuko to lose him as her only relative, but now Nezuko and Urokodaki Sakonji get along well.

If after his death, Urokodaki Sakonji would definitely take good care of Nezuko.

He could feel that he was very strong now, but he always felt that he was not strong enough.

For example, if he were to face Giyu Tomioka, whom he once faced, now, the result would most likely be that he would win, but he would still have the risk of failure.

These days, he has learned from Urokodaki Sakonji that although Tomioka Giyuu is very strong, there are many evil spirits who are stronger than Tomioka Giyuu, not to mention the existence of the unrecorded evil spirit lord.

So what is his actual chance of winning when facing an existence that may be more powerful than Giyu Tomioka?
The answer is obvious.

Tanjiro Kamado raised his head and said firmly:

"I am willing, Master. As long as I can become stronger, I am willing to do anything."

"Okay, take the medicine I asked you to make and go to the cold pond southwest of Narrow Mist Mountain."

Lin Yu said.

Tanjiro Kamado nodded, rushed to his room and took out a bottle of black, almost solidified potion.

This was made under the guidance of Lin Yu using many medicinal herbs he found in Xiawu Mountain.

It took a full three days to brew this bottle of medicine.

At that time, he didn't understand the use of this bottle of medicine. Now he understands that Lin Yu had already started planning his current bottleneck at that time.

It turns out that the master has always believed that he would choose the risky method, so I must not let the master down! Tanjiro Kamado made up his mind while running towards the cold pond.

……

The altitude of Xiawu Mountain is not very high, but there is a cold pond on the mountainside in the southwest direction.

The cold pond is deep and bottomless. Even now in the hot autumn, the temperature is as cold as early winter.

Tanjiro Kamado stood beside the cold pond, feeling a little nervous.

"Drink the medicine."

Lin Yu's voice came faintly.

Tanjiro Kamado didn't hesitate. He tilted his head back and poured the medicine in his hand into his mouth.

The medicine was thick and, unsurprisingly, bitter as hell, and it had been left out for so long that the bitterness was tinged with astringency.

But after entering the throat, it turned into a hot stream and flowed down in a line.

boom!
It's like pouring a pot of hot oil on a fire!
It seemed as if a fire was ignited in Tanjiro Kamado's body.

The flames spread like a raging fire throughout his body at the speed of light.

Countless tiny, scorching flames burned his internal organs, and those flames that seemed to be able to melt steel were rampaging around!

"what!"

The flames spread to Tanjiro Kamado's forehead. He couldn't help but scream. His fragile head felt like it was burned by a branding iron, and his vision was all red.

At this time, it can be clearly seen that Tanjiro Kamado's body surface is red all over, like a cooked shrimp shell.

"Ahhhh!"

The howl was deep and tearing, like that of a wild beast. The blood vessels on Tanjiro Kamado's somewhat exaggerated muscles bulged out like red-hot iron wires, covering his entire body.

The burning sensation and pain like fire were slowly eating away Tanjiro Kamado's sanity.

At this time, Lin Yu took action. His mental power turned into a ray of light and flew into Tanjiro Kamado's soul.

Tanjiro Kamado, who thought he was in a sea of ​​fire, suddenly felt a piece of solid ice appear in the sea of ​​fire.

Although it was strange, he still subconsciously grabbed the piece of ice.

However, after grasping it, Tanjiro Kamado suddenly regained consciousness. At the same time, he heard a distant voice coming from the ice:
"...jump into the cold pond..."

Cold pond?

Where is that?
Tanjiro Kamado was a little confused, then suddenly remembered that he was about to break through the bottleneck.

When he realized this, his vision suddenly changed from red to normal vision.

Although the heat was still unbearable, he already had the ability to think.

And that very distant voice was Lin Yu's voice.

Without time to think, Tanjiro Kamado jumped directly into the cold pond.

He knew very well that Lin Yu would never harm him. After all, Lin Yu was so powerful that there was no need to spend such a long time to harm him.

So from a long time ago, he completely trusted Lin Yu.

Even if there were mountains of swords and seas of fire before him, he would not hesitate.

With a splash, Tanjiro Kamado fell into the cold pond.

He sank quickly like a stone, and the heat in his body seemed to be relieved a little.

But at some point, Tanjiro Kamado felt his body burning with flames again.

The flames melted the chill around them, and the feeling of heat returned.

At this moment, Tanjiro Kamado felt his feet touching the hard ground with his remaining consciousness.

He hit bottom.

At the same time, Lin Yu's voice came again in my mind.

"Practice boxing techniques while turning your external breathing into internal breathing."

Hearing Lin Yu's voice, Tanjiro Kamado's mind was suddenly filled with doubts.

He understood every word Lin Yu said, but he didn't understand when they were put together.

Breathing can only be outward breathing, what is internal breathing?
He could only swing his fists instinctively, little by little. Guided by the movements, the flames running through his body had a direction, but the burning sensation remained unabated.

The voice came again, but this time it was a little further away:
“…Imagine a ball of air in your chest and breathe it in…”

Do you feel a lump of air in your chest?

Tanjiro Kamado couldn't figure out who was talking, he just felt it was extremely familiar.

But he suddenly understood one thing.

painful.

too painful.

He was in so much pain that he was dying.

Consciousness is moving away, but memory keeps playing forward like a reel.

Suddenly, Tanjiro Kamado saw a shocking scene.

Those were his most familiar relatives, but now they were all lying in a pool of blood...

Do not!
I can't die!

I want revenge!

Tanjiro Kamado opened his eyes in endless darkness.

The boiling heat in his body suddenly shattered and turned into tiny flames that merged into every inch of Tanjiro Kamado's body.

The emotion called hatred was burning fiercely, turning into a torrent of emotional power that poured into a corner of Tanjiro Kamado's soul that he was completely unaware of.

There, a small bud is growing rapidly and has already developed a trunk.

Below the torso, even purer emotional power flowed back into Tanjiro Kamado's soul.

At this moment, Tanjiro Kamado suddenly felt a breath in his chest.

He greedily breathed in that breath like a drowning man grabbing a life-saving straw.

What was even more surprising was that even after being absorbed, the breath did not disappear at all, but instead turned into a hot current flowing through his body.

The moment the heat flow took shape, Tanjiro Kamado's consciousness returned completely.

He looked at the scene under the cold pond in amazement, and he found that he had actually achieved the ability to breathe underwater!
A sense of enlightenment slowly arose in his mind. This was what Lin Yu meant by internal breathing.

"Congratulations, you have successfully broken through."

Lin Yu's voice made Tanjiro Kamado no longer able to remain calm.

"Thank you, Master. I also sensed a warm current in my body. Could that be the internal force mentioned in the technique?"

“How can I use it?”

“How will it improve me?”

Tanjiro Kamado was extremely excited, but was stopped by Lin Yu.

"We'll talk later. Let's go up first." (End of this chapter)