Demon Slayer: Strength Gained with Every Swing of the Sword

Feng Yu, carrying Xiao Bai, descended the mountain with a mind full of doubt, arriving at the small town.

He first found an inn and settled in. Afterward, he arranged for the innkeeper to prepare some food for him.

The meal was simple, traditional Japanese cuisine, and a young girl served him on the side.

In the previous town, Feng Yu had acquired a considerable amount of wealth, so he was now a rich man.

Of course, his request for the maid to attend to him was not entirely innocent; his main goal was to gather information.

"What's your name?" Feng Yu asked.

"Ah… My lord, my name is Ya Zi. Is there anything I can do for you?" the girl, blushing and nervous, replied.

The customer in front of her not only had an outstanding appearance but also displayed great wealth, making him exactly the kind of man she had always dreamed of.

"And… his little white fox looks so adorable… I want to hold it so badly…" Ya Zi glanced at Feng Yu with longing eyes, her head lowered as she stared intently at him and Xiao Bai.

"If this lord requests something from me…" Ya Zi's face flushed, and she appeared as delicate as a ripe peach.

"No… no… Ya Zi, how could you be so shameless…" Feng Yu, confused by the woman's thoughts, couldn't quite understand what she had imagined.

While the woman in front of him wasn't bad-looking, she was nothing extraordinary, and he had no such intention. But to get to the bottom of things, Feng Yu suppressed his urge to send her away and gently asked, "Do you know anything about the forest behind the mountain, Ya Zi?"

"The forest behind the mountain?" Feng Yu noticed that as soon as he mentioned it, Ya Zi's pupils seemed to contract, and her breathing quickened.

"I've just arrived in this town, and I've heard some rumors that there are monsters in the forest behind the mountain. I wanted to find out more," Feng Yu explained.

"My lord, to be honest, I don't know much about the forest, but recently, there's been talk about a man-eating monster there. I've never seen it myself, but I heard it from a woodcutter who regularly brings firewood to our inn. He said there's a monster in the mountains that eats people."

"They told us not to go up the mountain, but some people didn't believe it and insisted on going. They never came back. The woodcutter said that those people were eaten by the monster, and they even brought back torn clothes…"

"Afterward, the rumor spread, and now, whenever a woodcutter sees a stranger, they warn them about the monster in the mountains. I don't know if it's true, but I think maybe there's some wild beast up there that's eating people…"

Ya Zi recounted everything she had heard and seen.

Feng Yu nodded in acknowledgment but fell silent.

"Looks like the woodcutters have their own Demons in their hearts…" he muttered.

After finishing his meal, Feng Yu decided to take a walk around the town. Perhaps he would find something useful. Though he could head up the mountain right away, he felt confident that, at this point, he could handle any challenges that lay ahead.

However, he first wanted to gather more information about the woodcutters.

As soon as he stepped out of the inn, Feng Yu noticed two people following him, sneaking behind with cautious steps.

He pretended not to notice, curious about their identity and motives.

Feng Yu walked slowly, appearing as if he was simply strolling around the town. He occasionally paused to look at the goods on the stalls or to watch a street performer.

After a while, he felt it was time and deliberately turned into an empty alley.

The two men continued to follow him closely, exchanging glances before nodding in agreement. They quickly approached Feng Yu, brandishing knives.

"Hey, not planning to hide anymore, huh? Woodcutters…" Feng Yu didn't turn around but continued walking slowly.

The two men froze, then spoke up. "You sharp kid, you noticed us."

They removed the cloth from their faces and sneered.

"Young man, don't blame us. If you want to blame someone, blame yourself for going up the mountain…"

Feng Yu turned around, smiling as he looked at them.

One of them was a woodcutter Feng Yu had encountered on the way up the mountain. The other man, a stranger, had a deep scar across his face and was muscular, clearly another woodcutter.

"So, you two really want me dead? Fine, I want to die understanding the truth. What's really up there on the mountain?" Feng Yu asked.

"Kid, stop trying to pry information from us. We're here to take your life. As for why, you'll understand once you're in hell," the scar-faced man snarled.

"Let's do it. Kill him together!" he ordered the other woodcutter.

"A-da, I think he might not know the secret of the mountain. Maybe we should leave him alone… Let's not kill him," the woodcutter hesitated.

"You useless fool! Better to kill the wrong person than to let one go! Don't you want fame and fortune?" The scar-faced man kicked the hesitant woodcutter.

"Ugh… I just… I just don't want to kill anymore…" The woodcutter's reluctance was clear.

Seeing that the other woodcutter wasn't going to act, the scar-faced man charged at Feng Yu with his knife.

Feng Yu thought, This young pretty boy seems weak, one swing of the knife might finish him off.

Just as the scar-faced man swung the Sword at Feng Yu, the woodcutter looked away, unable to watch.

"Clang."

Instead of hearing a scream from Feng Yu, the woodcutter only heard the sound of a knife falling to the ground.

Turning back in shock, he saw the scar-faced man lying on the ground, dead, while Feng Yu remained unharmed, smiling brightly.

"You… what did you do to Ada?" the woodcutter stammered, terrified, looking at his fallen companion.

"Don't worry. I just knocked him out. Now, if you don't want to die, tell me the truth," Feng Yu's smile widened.

The woodcutter, looking at Feng Yu's terrifying smile, felt a chill run down his spine. Forgetting the motionless scar-faced man, he attempted to run away in fear.

But he couldn't outrun Feng Yu.

Feng Yu leaped in front of him, shaking his head with regret. "You don't value such a good opportunity, and you think you can escape? Well, let me show you what I can do…"

Feng Yu watched as the woodcutter froze in fear, his legs trembling. The man collapsed to the ground, utterly defeated.

Feng Yu couldn't help but notice that the woodcutter had wet himself.

Yes, the man was so frightened that he had pissed himself without Feng Yu even lifting a finger.

Feng Yu took a step back in disdain.

"Tell me everything. I'm listening."

The woodcutter, unable to withstand the pressure, confessed everything and begged for mercy, promising to go to the authorities and confess if Feng Yu spared his life.

He explained how, while working in the mountains, the woodcutters had stumbled upon a gold mine. At first, most of them wanted to claim it all for themselves, but disagreements led to an accidental killing. Some wanted to confess, but others, driven by greed, killed the ones who had a conscience.

The rest of the group, fearing the consequences, buried the bodies in a hidden location, then returned to the town with injuries, claiming they were attacked by monsters in the mountains.

This rumor spread quickly, and when the town's officers went up the mountain to investigate, they were scared off by a dense fog, which the woodcutters had created with some special stone that produced mist. Inside the fog, the woodcutters had even set up the sounds of chewing to enhance the illusion of monsters.

This fear continued to grow, and over time, no one dared to venture into the mountains. Anyone who did was killed by the woodcutters.

Until Feng Yu came along.

The woodcutters had thought he came down from the mountain and had possibly discovered their secret. Fearing exposure, they had attempted to silence him.

"Well, you guys are pretty clever…" Feng Yu mused.

Although their plan was good, they had run into someone like him who knew martial arts.

Feng Yu speculated that the fog-producing stone was likely dry ice, and there was a lot of it.

He sighed, thinking, Greed always drives people to commit insane acts, no matter the time.

"Alright, go confess. But remember, it'll be far more painful if you're handed over to me," Feng Yu said coldly, his expression hardening. He kicked the scar-faced man's hand, snapping it, then used the axe to chop off one of his fingers.

The bright red blood filled the woodcutter's vision.

The woodcutter, horrified, realized that Feng Yu had seen blood before.

With that realization, he quickly ran to the authorities, hoping to seek protection from the town's police.

He confessed everything, even pointing out the location where the bodies had been buried.

The gold mine was also discovered by the officials, but who would ultimately claim it remained unknown.

Feng Yu had no interest in the gold, as he didn't need so much wealth.

"The woodcutters surrendered so easily… it must be because they've been living in constant fear and guilt since killing someone…"

"The human heart…"

"Sometimes it's scarier than a Demon..." 

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