"Let's go, up the mountain!" Lan Mingang said to Mitsuri beside him.
The two took off again, flying towards a wooden house in the mountains.
Sakonji Urokodaki, who was outside the house carving wood to make a box for Nezuko, saw the two flying down from the sky.
Even after decades of slaying demons, he was still shocked and retreated, picking up the axe on the ground, warily looking at the two young people in front of him.
"Who are you?"
"Are you human or demon? Or something else?"
"Retreat quickly, or don't blame this old man for being merciless!"
Zetsu in the air, seeing Sakonji Urokodaki about to attack Lan Mingang and Mitsuri, landed on Mitsuri's shoulder and quickly said, "Stop! Sakonji Urokodaki!"
"They are both guests of Kagaya Ubuyashiki!"
"Put down your weapons, don't be presumptuous!"
Sakonji Urokodaki was greatly surprised. Guests of Kagaya Ubuyashiki?
What a joke.
When Sakonji Urokodaki was a Pillar, he served Kagaya Ubuyashiki's father.
After his death, he retired and became a cultivator.
Although he didn't have much contact with Kagaya Ubuyashiki.
But he was still clear about Kagaya Ubuyashiki's strength. Kagaya Ubuyashiki had a charm as a master that surpassed his father, which was true, but this did not mean he could make someone with the abilities of an immortal a guest.
Although he was puzzled, he did not sense any malice from Lan Mingang and Mitsuri, so Sakonji Urokodaki had no choice but to put down his axe.
"May I ask what brings you two here?"
"Mr. Urokodaki, we are here to find Tanjirou and also to visit his sister," Lan Mingang said.
What!
Hearing that Lan Mingang was looking for Tanjirou and visiting Nezuko, Sakonji Urokodaki turned pale with fright.
Why would this person know that Tanjirou and his sister were here with him?
Seeing Sakonji Urokodaki become nervous again after hearing his purpose, Lan Mingang said:
"Mr. Urokodaki, there's no need to be nervous. We have no ill intentions. We simply came to visit the two of them."
"I am quite fond of Nezuko."
"Are you really without malice towards this brother and sister?" Sakonji Urokodaki asked.
"More golden than true gold!" Lan Mingang said with a smile.
Sakonji Urokodaki was silent for a moment, then said:
"Alright, Tanjirou hasn't returned yet. Nezuko is inside the house, and I suppose you understand her situation."
"Naturally, then let's go see Nezuko first."
The three entered the wooden house. Inside the small wooden house, Nezuko was lying on a blanket, covered by a quilt, deep in slumber.
Lan Mingang sat beside Nezuko, looking at Nezuko with the bamboo muzzle in her mouth, reached out a finger and poked Nezuko's cheek, saying to Mitsuri:
"Mitsuri, she's as cute as you are."
Mitsuri nodded and said:
"Hmm, she's indeed very cute. But, Ming Ang Ge, why is she biting a bamboo muzzle?"
"To prevent her from eating people!" Lan Mingang said calmly.
"Eating people!?" Mitsuri exclaimed.
She didn't expect to encounter another beautiful female demon.
If nothing unexpected happened, this little sister Nezuko would become her sister in the future.
With that thought, Mitsuri's eyes also held a hint of concern for Nezuko.
Lan Mingang reached out and placed his hand on Nezuko's forehead, stroking her hair as he recounted Nezuko's past.
A seemingly ordinary and happy family, yet they were the only inheritors of Sun Breathing in the world.
"Ah? Tanjirou's family are Sun Breathing inheritors?" Sakonji Urokodaki was bewildered.
He didn't expect Tanjirou to have such a significant background.
"No, if Tanjirou is a Sun Breathing inheritor, why doesn't he know Sun Breathing?" Sakonji Urokodaki asked, puzzled.
"Don't rush, Mr. Urokodaki, let me explain slowly."
Then, Lan Mingang continued to recount the situation of Tanjirou's family.
Although they were Sun Breathing inheritors, after hundreds of years of evolution, the breathing technique had long transformed into a ritual dance—the Dance of the Fire God.
The previous generation's Sun Breathing inheritor, who was Tanjirou's father, had not yet passed on the Dance of the Fire God to Tanjirou when he fell ill and died.
One day, a year and a half ago, Tanjirou went out to sell charcoal and didn't return home until night. On his way back, an elderly recluse, warning that demons would appear at night, forcibly kept him, asking him to stay in his house.
That night, Muzan Kibutsuji, who was conducting large-scale demon transformation experiments, passed by the Kamado family's location. Tanjirou's mother, and three younger brothers and two younger sisters, were all killed by Muzan Kibutsuji and injected with his demon blood.
In the end, only one person survived by turning into a demon, and that was Nezuko.
Although Nezuko became a demon and lost most of her memories from her human period, when she encountered Tanjirou, some childhood memories were reawakened.
She recognized him as her older brother and resisted eating Tanjirou.
To this day, a year and a half has passed, and Nezuko has never eaten any human, using sleep to recover instead.
Not only that, Nezuko's special quality is that even though she was turned into a demon by Muzan Kibutsuji, she is not monitored or controlled by Muzan Kibutsuji.
...
Outside the house, Tanjirou, who had already returned, heard someone visiting inside and was about to enter to greet them, but when he heard them talking about his past, he stopped.
He had been listening outside the house to Lan Mingang recounting his story.
Tanjirou clenched his fists tightly, veins bulging on his forehead.
A year and a half! He finally knew the culprit who killed his mother, younger brothers, and younger sisters!
Muzan Kibutsuji!
You! Unforgivable!!!
"Tanjirou, come in, I still have something to ask you." Lan Mingang, sensing Tanjirou, looked towards where Tanjirou was outside the house and said.
Tanjirou walked into the wooden house.
Without a word, he immediately knelt down before Lan Mingang:
"Please tell me Muzan Kibutsuji's location!"
This person was so clear about his past, so he must know Muzan Kibutsuji's whereabouts.
"Bastard!" Sakonji Urokodaki, who had long regarded Tanjirou as family, saw Tanjirou wanting to seek revenge on Muzan Kibutsuji.
What was the difference between this and seeking death?
Not only that, he was even kneeling and begging someone to do something.
Where was your backbone, damn it?
Sakonji Urokodaki roared angrily:
"With your current strength, even if you knew Muzan Kibutsuji's whereabouts, could you defeat him?"
"Get up!"
Sakonji Urokodaki took out a wooden stick and struck Tanjirou's back.
Tanjirou remained unmoved.
Looking at Tanjirou kneeling before him, Lan Mingang was somewhat disappointed. He stood up and walked over to Tanjirou, saying:
"When Giyu Tomioka wanted to kill Nezuko back then, you seemed to have begged him like this, didn't you?"
"Have you forgotten what he told you back then?"
Lan Mingang stomped on Tanjirou's head.
Bang, the wooden floor shattered directly, and Tanjirou's forehead made a hole in the floor.
"Sigh, a year and a half has passed and you're still so weak."
Lifting his foot, Lan Mingang sat back down beside Nezuko.
"Tanjirou, I'll give you a chance to rephrase your words. Tell me what... you want to do?"