Chapter 8: Cultivation (Part 1)

The next day, near noon, Mika and Tanjiro came to the mountain again under the leadership of Mr. Urokodaki Sakonji. Google Search Reading

Feeling the thin air and thick fog nearby, Mika's mind suddenly recalled the tragic experience of the night before.

Because of his lack of physical strength, he could not avoid many traps even if he found them, and could only use his body to resist, so that he became scarred when he came back yesterday.

Even after using the special medicine given by Mr. Urokodaki, he can still feel the slight pain from inside his body.

"Today and for a long time in the future, the training of the two of you will be to go up and down the mountain repeatedly from here. You can enter the next stage only after you can complete the training of going down the mountain without any injury."

After that, the figure of Mr. Urokodaki Sakonji disappeared in the fog again.

"Go down the mountain without any injury?"

Even though Mika had known it would be like this, he couldn't help but smile bitterly.

This journey down the mountain brought him the most painful memories so far.

Mika really didn't want to go through this kind of pain again.

But it was impossible.

If he wanted to learn breathing techniques and swordsmanship, Mika had to pass this test.

"Let's go, Tanjiro!"

"Well, you have to be careful, Mika!"

"Don't worry!"

After a conversation with Tanjiro, Mika ran towards the fog ahead without hesitation.

Unlike yesterday, this time Mika and Tanjiro did not walk on the same downhill road, which means that no one could lead Mika in front this time.

Mika was not surprised by this, after all, Urokodaki Sakonji had trained a lot of swordsmen in the past, and it was common to train several swordsmen at the same time.

Therefore, it was not surprising that there were other roads.

At the same time, without Tanjiro's guidance, Mika would not feel the slightest fear.

After all, he came here to receive training and improve himself.

Tanjiro's sense of smell was indeed sharp, but that was not his ability.

He needed to train his own "sense of smell".

"Bang!"

After being knocked away by the flying crossbar, Mika quickly stood up and continued to run.

More and more traps followed.

Unlike the traps the night before, the traps this time were more hidden and more perfect.

So much so that Mika could not quickly see through these traps.

His experience was limited here.

He was targeted.

Therefore, Mika, who did not have a keen sense of smell like Tanjiro, could only detect their specific existence after the other party approached.

The fog obscured his vision.

As an ordinary person who relies on vision, Mika was like falling into darkness at this time.

"No, we can't continue like this."

When Mika fell into the pit for the countless times, he lay in the trap and looked at the darkening sky and fell into deep thought.

"This trial of going down the mountain in the trap is not only training our physical strength and speed, but also training our ability to perceive danger.

"By blocking our vision with thick fog, are we going to train other perception abilities that do not rely on our eyes? "

Recalling Tanjiro's training in the original trajectory, Mika expanded his thoughts and instantly felt that he understood everything.

Unlike him, Tanjiro, who was born with a keen sense of smell, did not need to develop new perception abilities at all. His sense of smell itself was his most perfect danger perception ability.

So, he only needed to constantly exercise his sense of smell.

But Mika was different. He was just an ordinary person.

He did not have the talent of Tanjiro.

So, he needed to redevelop his new danger perception ability.

"Among the five senses of human beings, the most sensitive one besides vision should be hearing. In other words, do I need to exercise the ability to locate by sound?"

"Locate by sound, can I do it?"

Staring at the starlight above his head, Mika thrust his waist and abdomen fiercely, and then jumped up directly.

"There is no can or cannot, only do or not!"

Climbing out of the pit again, looking at the road in front of him that was still full of fog, Mika silently closed his eyes and ran forward again.

This time, he fell even more miserably.

"Mika! "

Looking at Mika who had crawled out of the forest again, Tanjiro, who was standing outside the house, ran over and helped him up.

"Mika, how did you get hurt so badly!"

Tanjiro examined the bruises and redness on Mika's body. Although there was no bleeding, it was still scary.

Such injuries seemed to Tanjiro to be more serious than the injuries he had suffered the day before yesterday.

But this shouldn't be the case!

Mika was so badly injured the day before yesterday. In Tanjiro's opinion, it was because he had exhausted his physical strength in the previous run. After resting today and with full physical strength, Mika should be more relaxed!

After all, he himself is like this.

But the situation of Mika in front of him made him very puzzled.

Of course, Urokodaki Sakonji on the side was also puzzled. He had the same idea as Tanjiro, thinking that Mika should be more relaxed today.

"I'm fine! "

Although he was covered in wounds, Mika had a smile on his face.

On this road full of traps, Mika closed his eyes from the beginning, was knocked away and fell into deep pits countless times, and finally dodged a flying log.

Although I don’t know if it’s a coincidence, this means that Micah’s idea is possible.

Even though he was knocked away again immediately afterwards, the smile on his face never stopped.

At this time, Micah's heart was extremely hot.

"Mr. Lintaki, I have found the way forward."

Feeling Mika's eager eyes, although he didn't know what was going on, Rinataki Sakonji, who had been a teacher for many years, knew very well how to answer at this time.

"Now that you have found it, let's keep moving forward along this road!"

"yes!"

Looking back and forth between Mika who was full of smiles and Mr. Kintaki who smelled something wrong, Tanjiro became more and more puzzled, but he still laughed along with Mika.

Such a scene undoubtedly made Nintaki Saji even more confused.

"It's getting late now. Mika, please go back home quickly and have dinner. After dinner, let Tanjiro apply medicine on you and then rest immediately. We have to train tomorrow!"

After saying that, Nintaki Sakonji turned around and walked into the darkness.

"yes!"

After Mika responded seriously, he returned to the house with Tanjiro's support.

The next day, although his whole body was still sore after getting up, with the support of Micah's fiery heart, he stood up without any hesitation.

After breakfast, he followed Nintaki Sakonji and Tanjiro to the mountains again.

This time, he kept his eyes closed the whole time he went down the mountain.

Therefore, his injury is worse than yesterday.

But that day, Micah successfully evaded three traps.

In this way, in the following days, Micah continued to repeat such training. Under the torture of various traps, Micah's physical strength, speed and agility were greatly improved.

Apart from that, the thing that improved the most was his hearing.

After more than a month of constant injuries, Micah's hearing has allowed him to avoid most traps. Although he cannot remain unscathed like Tanjiro at this time, it is already very powerful.

After all, Tanjiro's sense of smell is naturally very keen, and after training, it has become even more terrifying.

At this time, Tanjiro has entered the second stage of downhill training, and the traps around him have become more tricky, faster, and more dangerous.

In a sense, Micah has been left behind by Tanjiro at this time.

But Micah didn't panic at all.

Because he is also improving every moment.