Sanctuary Paradise

Chapter 17
"Hmm...so you can't kill ghosts like this?"

Xin Lailai turned his head and glanced at the strangely dressed Sakonji Kintaki. There was no surprise on his face, but he scratched his shiny bald head and showed a harmless smile.

"Then what if you chop more ax heads? Why don't you chop it into sixteen parts first? If it still doesn't work, try it with a stone. Will you die if you smash it into slag?"

Xin Lailai pretended to be thinking seriously and muttered loudly to himself. There was no trace of his expression that he was talking about anything bloody. Instead, it was as if he was discussing what to eat tomorrow.

Tanjiro on the side heard what he said, his heart skipped a beat, and a little cold sweat broke out on his back.

"Nezuko, don't look!" Seeing Xin Lailai raising the ax without hesitation, he quickly covered Nezuko's eyes.

Whoa!
A cracking sound rang out.

The ax blade, which was obviously not very sharp, split open the nameless ghost's head as easily as cutting tofu.

Whoa!Whoa!
With two more axes, relying on the guidance of the semi-digital system, Xin Lailai accurately chopped the nameless ghost's head into sixteen parts.

"He's actually still alive!" Xin Lailai looked at the brain that was still regenerating at an extremely slow speed and let out a cry of surprise.

"What if that's the case?"

Xin Lailai reached out his hand nonchalantly and fiddled with the chopped head, then took out the nameless ghost's brain fragments piece by piece and piled them on the ground.

There was a slight sound of retching behind him.

"By the way, wait for me!" Xin Lailai shook her hand covered in yellow and red juice and rushed into the Buddhist hall.

After a while, Xin Lailai came over with a candle lamp and a rag, wrapped the nameless ghost's brain fragments in the rag, added some branches, and then lit it with an oil lamp.

A ball of fire rose, accompanied by thick black smoke.

"Tanjiro, give me some charcoal!"

Xin Lailai shouted to Tanjiro, and Tanjiro responded blankly, took out a few pieces of charcoal pressed under the cotton cloth from the bottom of the basket behind his back, and handed it to Xin Lailai.

"Thank you, Tanjiro." Xin Lailai thanked him, and then added charcoal to the fire, and the fire suddenly became stronger.

After that, Xin Lailai stopped talking and sat quietly on the ground, looking at the fire in front of him.

The three people and one ghost on the scene just watched in silence as the fire gradually became smaller and smaller until it went out.

[The contractor kills the nameless kid]

[Contractors receive 0.2% of the source of the world

Currently obtained the source of the world: 11.1%]

"It's finally done, let me see!"

When Xin Lailai saw the fire extinguished, he showed an excited look. He used the handle of an ax to dig open the ashes, revealing his brain that had been burnt to charcoal.

Xin Lailai poked the charcoal in front of him with an axe. After confirming that there was no movement, he split it open. After confirming that the inside was also scorched, he covered his hands with a magic shield, grabbed a piece of charred brain, and walked to the scale. In front of Takiza Konji, he handed it to the other party.

"Does this count as killing?"

Xin Lailai showed his harmless smile and big white teeth again.

Sakon Taki, who had not said a word since the beginning, stared at the charcoal in Xin Lailai's hand, or the magic shield wrapping his hands for a while, then looked deeply at Xin Lailai, and said with vicissitudes of life And the hoarse voice said:

"It seems that Tomioka Giyuu's evaluation of you is not comprehensive. He underestimates you too much."

"Really? Thanks for the compliment, Mr. Lintaki!"

Xin Lailai laughed twice and pretended to be embarrassed.

"I have something to talk to Tanjiro alone. Can you please step aside?"

"Of course, Tanjiro, then I'll wait for you down below!" Xin Lailai responded with a smile, waved to Tanjiro next to him, and then walked towards the stone steps.

Nintaki Sakonji watched Xin Lai Lai walking down, and then turned his attention to Tanjiro and Nezuko beside him.

"This friend of yours...is extraordinary."

Nintaki Sakonji said in an incomprehensible tone.

"Well, brother Lai Lai... wasn't like this before, but after seeing the ghost tonight, I felt like a different person, which made me feel... a little scared." Tanjiro hesitated.

"People who are angry at ghosts will have various behaviors when they see ghosts. Some people will be overcome by the fear in their hearts, while some people will overcome their fear and control the anger in their hearts. And turn it into your own strength." Ningtaki Sakonji said calmly.

"Control your anger... Brother Lai Lai, are you so powerful? I didn't even know what to do when I saw a ghost. If it weren't for Brother Lai Lai, I'm afraid I..."

Tanjiro thought of the previous scene in the Buddhist hall and lowered his head in shame.

"Fear is not shameful. Look up, Tanjiro, what will you do when your sister eats people?" Nintaki Sakonji suddenly asked.

"Eh...I..." Faced with the sudden question, Tanjiro froze on the spot and was unable to answer for a while.

Snapped!
I saw Nintaki Sakonji stepping forward and giving Tanjiro a resounding slap in the face without hesitation.

"The judgment was made too slowly!"

Rentaki Sa recently scolded:

"You are too slow in making judgments. You hesitated for so long and failed to give the ghost the final blow!"

"Why couldn't you answer the question just now? It's because your determination is not strong enough!"

"When your sister eats people, you have to do two things: kill her, and then commit seppuku yourself!"

"That's what it's like to have a sister who turns into a ghost, but you must remember that you must not let this happen, and you must not let your sister take away the lives of innocent people!"

After Rintaki Sakonji finished speaking in one breath, he turned around and softened his tone:

"Do you understand what I'm saying?"

"Yes!" Tanjiro stood at attention and shouted loudly.

"Very good, go call your friend. I remember his name is... Xin Lailai?"

"Okay, Mr. Lintaki." Tanjiro hurried over and called to Xin Lailai, who was standing below in a daze, to come over.

"You've finished chatting, it seems it's my turn? Why, don't you need Tanjiro to avoid it?" Xin Lailai walked over slowly, her tone brisk.

"No, Tanjiro, come here too and take a good look."

Ningtaki Sakonji shook his head, asked Tanjiro to come over, and then said to Xin Lailai:

"Xin Lailai, can you still use the thing you used to kill ghosts and protect yourself before?"

"That thing? Oh, do you mean that?" Xin Lailai deliberately pretended to be stunned, then looked as if he was stunned, stretched out his hand, and used the magic shield.

A translucent shield appeared on the surface of Xin Lailai's palm. Seeing this for the first time, Ning Takizuo struck with his palm, but was directly blocked.

"Sure enough..."

Ningtaki Zuo looked at the motionless spell shield for the last time, sighed, and asked:

"Xin Lailai, can you tell me how you mastered this?"

"Ah? How did you master it... Probably when I saw the ghost before, I suddenly had a strong impulse in my mind: kill him. Then when I came back to my senses, I had cut off the ghost's head and found that I Suddenly I can control this thing."

Xin Lailai touched his bald head and explained vaguely.

"Although it appeared suddenly, I feel that this thing is quite useful. It not only makes the ax sharper, but also makes my body stronger. I just feel like there is something inside me every time I use it. It’s like it’s been taken away.”

Xin Lailai said, hitting the wooden wall of the Buddhist hall with his palm, directly cutting a gap.

"Good... it's amazing!"

Tanjiro stared at the gap created by Xin Lailai with his eyes full of surprise.

"Did you master it just by relying on a moment of anger? And you mastered it so quickly... Tomioka Giyuu's kid is completely wrong this time." Nedaki Sakonji murmured.

"Xin Lailai, your talent has far exceeded your own imagination. It took us countless efforts to reach the cliff, but you climbed up it from the beginning."

Lintaki Sato praised him for the last time, then changed the subject and said:
"But your physical foundation is really poor, and this will become your fatal weakness, so I will train you in the hardest way and strive to train you into a truly powerful ghost-killing swordsman."

"But this process may be very dangerous. You may even lose your life, and you will have to endure great pain. Are you ready to wake up?" Ningtaki Sakonji looked into Xin Lailai's eyes and asked.

"pain?"

Xin Lailai chuckled lightly and met Taki Sakonji's eyes without hesitation. His brisk tone seemed to hide an angry volcano that was ready to explode:

"Is there anything more painful than watching your friends being killed by ghosts in front of your eyes, and being eaten alive by ghosts?"

That kind of look, that kind of anger, nothing fake at all.

After hearing Xin Lailai's answer recently, Lintaki nodded and said:

"Very well, Tanjiro, go carry your sister on your back, wake up the two people in the house with Xin Lai Lai, tell them to get down the mountain quickly before dawn, and then leave here with me."

[Contractor completes side mission: Temple Imp
Mission reward: Rentaki Sa’s recent recognition, paradise points * 1000]

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(End of this chapter)