Chapter 158 - Iwa Katsubuki Is the Successor to the Country

It was already evening.

On the roof of Ubuyashiki Residence.

The candle flame flickered, illuminating the dim roof.

The roof is open to the courtyard, and you can clearly see the pillars practicing swordsmanship in the courtyard.

Shang Quannai and Ji Guoyuan sat across from each other, with a table in front of them.

At the same time, Jiguo Enichi also had some doubts on his face.

"What's wrong?" Ji Guoyuan turned sideways slightly, his eyes paying attention to Shui Wuyuebai in the courtyard, but he was actually asking Shang Quannai: "Why did you call me here so suddenly?"

Shang Quannai also squinted his eyes and looked at Shuiwu Yuebai dancing in the waves in the courtyard. He reached out and picked up the teacup beside him and took a sip:

"I went out today...guess who I saw." His tone suddenly became frivolous, and he glanced at Enichi Tsukuni with a smile.

Ji Guoyuan choked for a while, but he did not answer Shang Quannai's question.

This is in line with his character.

Seeing this, Shang Quannai didn't pay much attention. He put down the tea cup in his hand, thought about the words in his heart, and then said:

"A man with the same surname as you, Jiguo."

"Wearing a snake-patterned haori and a high ponytail, he looks very similar to you, but not exactly the same."

"He seems to be the patriarch of the step country family. He looks very impressive."

"I thought you might be interested..." Shang Quannai said, turning to look at Ji Guoyuan.

When Ji Guoyuan heard this, his eyes brightened obviously. He turned his head and glanced at Shang Quannai, and then slowly lowered his eyes.

He knew almost instantly who Shang Quannai was talking about.

He looks very similar to himself, and now he is the patriarch of the country, so there is only one candidate.

——His elder brother, Jiguo Yansheng.

Not too excited, just a little more emotional than his usual expressionless face.

When inheriting the country, Yuan Yi's father falsely claimed that only one child was born in the country in order not to expose the "ominous twins".

Therefore, the outside world has never known the existence of the direct lineage of "Jiguo Yuanyi".

When Yuanyi lived with Yuduo outside, he also carefully guarded the family secrets for his father.

However, now that we are in the Demon Slayer Corps, these are things that no one cares about.

Brother, have you become the leader of the clan?

In my mind, I can't help but picture Jiguo Yansheng's joyful appearance.

"That's it, that's why you called me over..."

Ji Guoyuan lowered his eyes, his somewhat fluctuating emotions reflected in his pupils, and the corners of his mouth were slightly raised unconsciously:

"I do know."

"He... is my brother, a very powerful man."

"Oh~ brother?" Shang Quanna pretended not to know anything and tilted his head in confusion.

"Yes, he is my twin brother, so he will look similar." Ji Guoyuan's tone was obviously more energetic than usual.

"If you can call him very powerful, then your brother must be very powerful."

Shang Quannai looked up at the wind chimes under the eaves and said casually.

"My elder brother, he is impeccable both in his conduct and as a person." Jiguo Yuanyi's tone was slightly proud.

"If he becomes the patriarch, the family will definitely flourish."

Shang Quanna listened to Jiguo Yuanyi's words, and he imagined in his mind what Yan Sheng would do if he listened to Yuanyi's words here.

You might think Yuanyi is humiliating him.

When Ji Guoyuan raised his head, he felt a little happy. He had not heard any news about his brother in nearly ten years:

"Brother...how are you doing now?"

Shang Quannai looked at Ji Guoyuan's raised lips. He continued to turn his head and looked into the courtyard, and said deliberately casually:

"I didn't have any contact with him, I just watched him from a distance."

"What I saw about him was that he was escorted on and off the carriage. He had a rather large mansion. His family looked very powerful."

Saying that, Shang Quannai deliberately emphasized the next few words:

"Your brother seems to have married and had children. When I saw him, his wife was holding and holding her two children to greet him at the door."

"A very happy family of four."

"That's it..." Ji Guoyuan listened carefully to Shang Quannai's words. He looked up at the dim sky outside the courtyard, and couldn't help but feel happy for his brother.

It seems that the choices I made are correct, brother.

You have now achieved happiness.

Jiguoyuan looked at the courtyard with a smile, and the appearance of Udo and his child appeared in his mind.

I also gained my own happiness.

It would be better if...there were no ghosts.

The existence of evil spirits almost destroyed his own hard-won happiness.

It also makes the originally stable life less peaceful.

Thinking about it, Ji Guoyuan closed his eyes and began to pray for his brother from the bottom of his heart.

I hope that my brother will never encounter such a man-eating evil spirit and never need to participate in such a cruel struggle.

"call……"

"Thank you." As soon as Ji Guoyuan opened his eyes, he turned his head and looked at Shang Quannai, his voice filled with emotion, extremely sincere and solemn.

"It's okay, I just happened to see it while passing by." Shang Quannai looked at Jiguo Yuanyi and waved his hand slightly. His purpose had been achieved.

"That's it, I've finished what I want to say, let's go now."

He stood up, turned around and opened the wooden door, preparing to go to Ubuyashiki Sukeyo's room.

Click.

The reason why he does this is simple.

In the original work, the adult Tsukuni Enichi encounters Tsukuni Iwakatsuki again and again.

At that time, Yan Sheng knew that Yuanyi was not immersed in the war.

Instead, he joined the Demon Killing Team to kill evil spirits and save others, and he was shocked.

The goals that I have been striving for are so ridiculous in the eyes of my younger brother.

Feeling crushed once again, Iwakatsu chose to follow in the footsteps of his younger brother, decisively abandoning his wife and children, his already developed family, and his wife waiting at home, and resolutely joined Demon Slayer. Team.

But he did not tell Jiguo Yuanyi about this.

At that time, Enichi Tsukuni didn't ask too much. He just thought it was his brother's trust in him, so he took Iwakatsu Tsukuni, who wanted to join the Demon Slayer Corps, to see his lord.

The wife and children abandoned by Iwakatsu Tsukuni are the last bloodline of Tsukuni.

However, after the Jiguo clan lost its patriarch, it began to fester. It lost its former glory and could not provide shelter to Yan Sheng's wife.

In order not to be hunted down by the enemy, they could only change their surname to "Shitou" and live in the mountains and fields as woodcarvers.

Naizuna's purpose is to turn the entire Stepukuni family into a demon slayer affiliated force like the "Forging Sword Village" when Tsukuni encounters Iwakatsu.

And, save the three abandoned mother and son in the original work.

As for the reason...

Come on, everyone with the surname Jiguo is very brave.

Regardless of whether it is Yuichi Yukikuni who crushes Wuhan with his human body.

It was his brother, Iwakatsu Tsukuni, who was ranked second but refused to admit defeat.

Neither of their breathing methods could be learned or passed down by others.

There is also the descendant of Suikoku Iwakatsu, who used a hammer and a stake to kill evil spirits when he first saw them, and Tokitoru Muichiro who held a sword for two months and became a pillar.

These people can be described in two words.

"genius".

Moreover, almost all of them are geniuses who work extremely hard.

And these geniuses all come from the same family, which makes people think of something.

Therefore, the succession to the country must be held in hand.

And Ji Guoyuan's persuasion will always be more convincing than himself, an outsider to Yan Sheng.

This matter cannot be rushed.

Shang Quanna stood in the corridor of the room and stretched. He looked back at Enichi Jiguo, who was secretly delighted.

The current Jiguo Enichi must want his brother to live a stable life and not be involved in this war between humans and ghosts.

Therefore, we need to wait for an opportunity.

An opportunity that would allow Enichi Tsukuni to join the team and Iwakatsu Tsukuni to join the Demon Slayer Corps.

And this opportunity.

——Has been born!

Shang Quannai frowned slightly.

When he saw Jiguo Iwakatsu, how could he, who could see through the soul, not notice the bright red soul existing in Jiguo's mansion.

Yes, in that moment of observation, Shang Quannai saw through the wall the red soul tied by iron chains and hanging in the air.

——This guy Jiguo Yansheng is raising ghosts.

This is also the reason why Shang Quanna did not directly contact Jiguo Yansheng, because he was afraid that it would arouse Yansheng's vigilance.

Although it is unclear what he wants to do by raising ghosts, he can roughly guess it.

It's nothing more than used to kill enemies on the battlefield.

Now, Shang Quannai just needs to wait.

Waiting for the moment before Jiguo Iwakatsu takes off.

Evil ghosts are not so easy to control.

Thinking about it, Shang Quannai closed the door behind him completely, and his expression darkened.

His eyes were slightly closed.

People who lose themselves in power usually don't know it.

It just so happens that Jiguo Iwakatsu is a person who keeps testing on the edge of being lost.

This was true in the original work, and it is true now.

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the other side.

Jiguo's mansion.

The moon has slowly risen.

"Gah! Karma!" A few crows landed on the eaves of the mansion, poking their heads to observe every corner of Jiguo's mansion.

Even on the top of the room where Jiguo Yansheng hides the evil spirit, there is a crow squatting there.

The dark red eagle's eyes shone with wisdom.

They are the spies used by Shang Quanna to monitor Jiguo Iwakatsu.

For Ying Ya, who has a blood connection with Shang Quan Nai, assigning them some tasks can be done with just one thought.

Similarly, after being proficient in using it, the crows only need to recite the message silently in their hearts to convey information to Shang Quannai.

At this moment, in the room where the evil spirit is trapped.

Wearing a purple snake-print kimono, Jiguo Iwakatsu looked down at the evil spirit.

That's right, the "monster" he locked up was actually an evil ghost with a bright red soul.

"Eat it." Jiguo Yansheng said, throwing the two severed fingers in his hand towards the evil spirit.

Snap, snap.

The evil ghost stared coldly at Tsukuni Iwakatsu, even though his bloody fingers fell to the ground without any intention of moving.

Where are the beggars sent?

Creak...

Veins popped out on the evil spirit's forehead. He looked at the contemptuous look in Jiguo Yansheng's eyes and felt extremely angry in his heart.

He almost gritted his teeth and said:

"...Not enough...This is totally not enough..."

"Is this the extent of your ambition...?"

The evil spirit was so angry that if he hadn't been under someone else's protection, he would have cursed now!

Unexpectedly, Jiguo Yansheng's cold words blocked the evil ghost's mouth:

"I don't expect to make you full."

"This just gives you the ability to walk."

Following Guo Yansheng's backlight, his eyes in the shadows turned slightly white, and his tone was very calm:

"When we get there, I'll give you something to eat."

He squatted down slightly and used the long pliers on his side to pick up the severed finger that fell on the ground. Then he stretched the severed finger towards the evil ghost's mouth and arched it slightly.

Like coaxing a child, he said in a soft but extremely cold voice:

"Come on, eat."

"Don't you always want to eat meat?"

"Oh..." The evil ghost's scarlet pupils shrank slightly, and bloodshot eyes covered the black whites of his eyes. He glared at Jiguo Yansheng.

The humiliation and anger in my heart are rising rapidly.

Jiguo Yansheng's tone made him feel that his dignity was being pressed to the ground and rubbed. He had had enough of those days of patience!

hateful!

After eating, the first person to kill is the man in front of me! absolute!

Thinking about it, the evil spirit endured the humiliation in his heart. He stared at Jiguo Iwakatsu, who seemed to be coaxing a child, and opened his mouth full of fangs tremblingly.

"Bang!" As the chain swayed, the evil ghost swallowed the two severed fingers into his mouth and chewed them viciously.

Upon seeing this, Jiguo Yansheng couldn't help but stand up with a smile. He wiped the hand holding the iron pliers with a cloth belt, already seeing the bright future of Jiguo in his heart.

If other retainers from the successor country were to come here, they would definitely be horrified:

It turns out that their patriarch can laugh so happily!

"Ho ha ha ha... hum ha ha ha ha..."

In the quiet night, Jiguo Iwakatsu's soft laughter echoed in the room.

The higher a person's expectations and confidence are, the greater the blow he will suffer when he hits rock bottom.

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In the Ubuyashiki mansion.

After Ji Guoyuan rested for a while, he put away the letter sent by his wife through Deng Ya, with a happy smile on his lips.

Now, it's time to create the breathwork for the third pillar.

Just as Jiguo Yuanyi stood up, my wife Shancun, who was sitting under the tree, rushed up. He looked at Jiguo Yuanyi with curiosity:

"I'm sorry, Senior Jiguo, do you really have a very powerful brother?"

"More powerful than you?"

My wife Shancun's eyes are full of little stars, and her ears are naturally very sharp. No, or my wife's family has always had very good hearing.

Therefore, my wife Shancun heard everything about the conversation just now between Jiguo Yuanyi and Shang Quanna.

My wife Shancun's shout immediately attracted the attention of other pillars. They all stopped what they were doing and came over curiously.

Ji Guoyuan, who had just learned that his brother was living a happy life, happened to be in a good mood. He smiled and looked at the Zhu people who were approaching him, and said very confidently:

"That's right."

Ji Guoyuan raised his head slightly and looked at the starry night sky. The image of his longing brother gradually flashed into his heart:

"My brother, he is gentle and has a kind tone."

"At the same time, he is also a very powerful warrior."

The pillars surrounded Enichi Tsukuni, imagining that he would be called a very powerful samurai.

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In Jiguo's mansion.

"Hahahaha...haha cough cough cough! cough cough!!"

Jiguo Yansheng, who was laughing, suddenly choked on his saliva, sniffed, and his expression became grim again.