Reincarnation as Lower Rank Five in Demon Slayer

As the sky began to lighten, Li Lei flapped his wings incessantly, flying north. Yes! North! After escaping unscathed from the clutches of Upper Moon Two, Doma, Li Lei stopped and immediately changed direction, turning his journey from east to north.

After all, caution is the key to longevity. Li Lei didn't want Doma to know where he lived. It wouldn't be fun if Upper Moon Two Doma found out that he lived on Mount Natagumo.

At this moment, Li Lei suddenly felt a stuffy heat all over his body and felt very uncomfortable, as if he were sunbathing in a temperature of over 40 degrees Celsius.

"It's so hot! What's going on? I'm not sick—ah, the sun!"

A ray of sunlight appeared from the east and directly entered Li Lei's pupils, causing a sharp pain in his eyes and startling him.

"Damn it, I was so focused on flying that I forgot the sun rises first in the sky."

I'm going to die! I'm going to die! I'm going to die!

Before he could react, sparks were already flying from Li Lei's entire body. To avoid being exposed to the sun, Li Lei didn't have time to think and immediately wrapped his entire body with silk thread to form a large, sharp cone that was spinning wildly downwards like a drill bit.

And so, Li Lei plummeted vertically from the sky to the earth, like a fiery meteor.

With a loud bang, a deep pit more than ten meters long immediately appeared in the ground. Li Lei, who had successfully burrowed underground, was unharmed at the bottom of the pit after being protected from the sun.

At the bottom of the deep pit, after being deprived of sunlight, Li Lei finally felt a refreshing sensation all over his body.

"Sigh, I must pay more attention to the time when I fly in the future, otherwise I will be like today, flying through the air with sparks and lightning."

Li Lei looked up at the faint yellow light shining from the cave entrance and pondered for a moment.

"It doesn't seem very safe, hmm—maybe we should dig a little deeper."

Feeling a sense of crisis, Li Lei immediately took action, digging another 30 meters down from the already 10-meter-deep level. He used the excavated soil to block the way forward.

"Hmm—it's safe now! I don't have to be afraid of the sun shining in anymore, and I don't have to worry about anyone digging here."

More than 40 meters underground, Li Lei lay happily in the small cave he had just dug.

The golden sunlight shone brightly on the ground. Not long after Li Lei landed, more than a dozen people appeared one after another. The crowd gathered around the cave entrance, discussing how to dig out the meteorite that had just fallen that morning.

After all, meteorites are treasures that fall from the sky and are very valuable. By selling this meteorite that just fell from the sky, everyone will have money and their lives will improve.

"Everyone, please be quiet. As the village chief, I have a few words to say."

A middle-aged man dressed in a gray-black kimono stepped forward to face the crowd, gesturing for everyone to listen to him say a few words.

“This meteorite fell from the sky into our village. It is a blessing from heaven. We must thank heaven and the gods of Takamagahara.”

"We must make good use of this meteorite to develop our village and make it prosperous."

"I hope that after this meteorite is unearthed, I, as the village chief, will keep it safe for it."

Upon hearing the village chief's proposal, some in the crowd agreed while others disagreed, but most remained neutral.

After all, this was a major event concerning the entire village, and many villagers had no good opinions and could only remain silent. Those who agreed mostly had a good relationship with the village chief, while those who disagreed had some past grievances with him.

"Village Chief, I'm not entirely comfortable leaving such a valuable meteorite in your house. What would we do if you secretly took it and ran away?"

Meteorites belong to everyone, and their safekeeping should be a collective effort.

A relatively tall middle-aged man in the crowd spoke to the village chief at the foot of the mountain.

Seeing that the leader of the opposition was Matsushita Tiankan, who had lost the election for village chief and was usually at odds with him, the village chief felt a tightness in his chest.

"Then what do you suggest, Matsushita Rice Paddy?"

My solution is that I'll stay at your house and help you look after the meteorite.

"Okay, then we'll do as you say."

Ultimately, the village chief agreed to Matsushita's method. After agreeing on the storage method, everyone began to dig the pit formed after Li Lei fell, under the village chief's arrangement.

After a whole day of tireless efforts, and with the help of the passage formed by Li Lei's initial fall, they finally dug to a depth of 10 meters. Yes, even with the passage where Li Lei fell, they still couldn't find his initial landing point.

Meanwhile, after sensing the sun had set, Li Lei immediately dug another tunnel leading to the surface. The new exit to the surface was not far from the landing point.

Li Lei left the underground and came to the surface through the new passage, only to see a group of people foolishly digging their landing point.

Li Lei instantly understood why he had heard strange noises underground; it was all the work of these people.

Looking at the crowd frantically digging a hole, Li Lei couldn't help but laugh. These people were really bored, actually digging their own landing pit.

At that moment, a bloody smell wafted from the crowd into Li Lei's nostrils, mixed with the scent of ghosts.

Upon smelling the faint aura of fellow ghosts emanating from the group, Li Lei frowned instantly.

How could these people have the aura of ghosts on them? It's understandable that one or two of them might have escaped from ghosts and picked up some ghostly aura, but it's very abnormal that everyone has it. It's impossible that everyone escaped from ghosts.

"Could it be that these villagers are worshipping ghosts as gods? But ghosts eat people, which is unlikely."

"Or perhaps these villagers have some shady deal with the ghosts?"

The situation of these villagers puzzled Li Lei greatly.