Demon Slayer: Upper 0 seems to be a waste

Although it was different from what Urodaki had imagined, Rinkou did pass the test successfully and was officially sent to the mountains to train with Makomo.

When Zhengu saw Rinkou, he couldn't help but be surprised by his amazing progress and extraordinary talent, but he was more happy that he had a companion of similar age, and he was even a junior fellow apprentice in terms of seniority. It was a pity that Rinkou had no intention of becoming his disciple at the moment.

Rinkou doesn't know anything about swordsmanship. Although his body still remembers roughly how to do it, in Akaza's words, what he remembers and learns is just an empty framework.

The reason why the attack seemed to produce the desired effect was because ghosts were inherently stronger than humans. His physical fitness had previously been inferior to ghosts, but now it was at least up to par, which was why he was finally able to achieve a good effect. However, all he could cut was wood. Even without a knife, he was sure that he could at least break the wood by kicking Rinkou.

Linkou has a very clear understanding of himself, so he is completely unable to understand Urokodaki's subtle attitude towards him.

Is this true? He passed the test and is about to start training with Shinkomo? How can this be considered talent? Although he did learn from Kokushibo, wasn't Kokushibo's final judgment on him expulsion?

Come to think of it, didn't he just want to make friends and get to know each other at the beginning? Why did it develop to this point?

It was strange and weird, and although it was completely different from what Lin Guang had originally envisioned, which was to meet, sit down, chat, get to know each other, and become friends, at least the result was that they knew each other, met often, and seemed to have a closer relationship than ordinary friends.

After all, Lin Guang has always been very open-minded.

"Is Rinko going to start learning water breathing?"

"Water Breathing?"

Lin Guang tilted his head and looked at Zhenkomo who was putting away his sword, seeming a little surprised. Zhenkomo walked up to him, squatted down, and explained to him in a gentle voice.

"Yes. You've already passed the introductory training for going down the mountain. Master said your basic skills are no problem, and your reflexes have passed the test. Now that your physical fitness is up to par, Master will start teaching you breathing techniques. Master used to be a water pillar, so the one you'll be teaching is water breathing."

Lin Guang wasn't surprised by the unfamiliarity of the term "water breathing." He had heard of it before, and in fact, he had seen it himself. But he had never thought that it could appear in the same sentence as his name, and the connecting word in between was "learning" instead of "hunting."

"There are ten forms of Water Breathing. Master will demonstrate them to you. You must memorize them well. But if you can't remember them, you can ask me."

"Have you finished learning all the real things?"

The girl smiled and nodded slightly.

"Yes, I have already learned it."

Lin Guang blinked and looked around. There was no target, no people, only trees and a huge round rock standing in the center of the field.

"So what kind of practice is Zhengu doing here now?"

Shinkomo pointed at the huge rock that Rinkou had just swept past.

“That’s the goal now.”

Lin Guang looked along the hand towards the stone. It was a very tall and large stone. He stood up and walked over, reaching out to knock on it. It was a solid piece of stone. The only processed part was probably cutting it into a circle and pushing it over.

"Are you going to break the stone?"

Lin Guang turned and looked at Zhen Komo, who slowly stood up with a smile on his face.

"It's to split it in half."

The sound of the wild rice is very gentle and always light, like the chirping of a bird flying through a bamboo forest, which will echo in the empty forest.

At this time, only the sound of wild rice echoed in the forest.

Lin Guang slowly turned his head back to the stone.

"Split...? Split it open?"

"Ah."

With Lin Guang's limited imagination, he really couldn't connect the series of keywords, "human being", "thin girl", and "Makomo", with the huge rock in front of him that was much taller than him. Could such power be contained in Makomo's small body?

Although if it were Akaza, the stone would be reduced to fragments with just one punch, but Akaza is a ghost, and the person in front of him is actually a little human girl, who is just as thin as him.

The Nichirin Sword is indeed a good sword, but can a sword be of this level?

"Once Rinkou has learned Water Breathing, he'll probably have to take this kind of test. My master said that if I can split the boulder, he'll allow me to take the 'Fujixishan' test. It's said that it involves spending seven days on a mountain covered in blooming wisteria flowers. If you make it out alive, you'll become a swordsman. But they say there are a lot of ghosts on the mountain."

There was no fear in Makoto's voice, and her expression wasn't even tense. She simply kept a faint smile, as if nothing was worth her attention. This perfectly matched Linguang's stereotype of water-breathing users.

"Well. Come on?"

After thinking for a moment, Rinkou tentatively spoke, and Shinkomo nodded at him with a genuine smile.

"I will. Rinkou, try your best too."

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Words of encouragement come easily.

But turning words into reality is actually very difficult.

Urokodaki believed that Rinkou was very talented, so the next day he brought two Nichirin swords to the mountain to teach Rinkou how to use Water Breathing. Rinkou learned very quickly and knew how to do all ten movements of Water Breathing just by watching them once.

And here lies the problem.

Lin Guang's movements were very standard and the effect was impressive, but it had nothing to do with Water Breathing. He did not use any breathing techniques at all. He simply memorized the movements and relied on his own strength and speed to achieve a highly similar imitation.

Urokodaki quickly stopped Rinko and began to explain the theory of 'Breathing in the Complete Collection' seriously. Rinko learned the theory quickly, but encountered difficulties in the first step of practice.

"My lungs feel like they're going to explode, Mr. Urokodaki."

After just a few heavy breaths, Lin Guang could clearly hear the heartbeat as violent as thunder echoing in his ears. If this state continued, at least one of the heart, lungs, or eardrum would rupture first, he was sure.

Even if he had some talent for speed and the technique of using strength, if he couldn't learn the breathing method, a weak child like Rinkou would not be able to survive a battle with evil spirits.

The weakness of his lungs stems from his even weaker body. Lin Guang's talent is completely incompatible with his physical condition.

"Then start with the basics. Your reaction speed is good and you've learned the techniques well, but your body is still too weak. If you can learn the breathing technique, your body will improve."

Urokodaki's light words determined that Rinkou would have a hard time for a long time.