The next day during the day.

Somewhere in an ancient house.

In the courtyard of the ancient house, the pine trees were covered with pure white snow. The branches bent by heavy snow in the bitter cold wind were shaking and seemed to break at any time.

A young man in a white robe sat under the eaves looking at a vast white world and wondering what he was thinking.

He is the current lord of the Demon Killing Team - Yoya Saya.

At this time, Yoya Shikiya was still a handsome young man who was only in his teenage years, but his forehead was still vaguely visible to his purple-black veins. This was the curse of the family, and hundreds of years have passed and it has not been improved.

However, at this moment, Shizuya Shikiya was extremely happy. Even though his eyes were covered with frost and snow, there was still a smile on his face.

Because the man woke up and came to him.

Yoya Shikiya set his eyes on the man standing in front of him in the wind and snow.

He has seen this long face since he can remember, and he should be familiar with it until now, but this is the first time he has seen this man's appearance when he opened his eyes.

‘This man named Xuan Hao may be the hope of the Demon Slayer Team.’ This is something his father has engraved into his memory since he was a child.

According to my father, this is a prophecy passed down from the ancestors of the Chanyashiki clan hundreds of years ago. When this man wakes up, the era of "ghost" will come to an end.

But no one knows when this man will wake up, because he has been sleeping for hundreds of years, and even Muzan Kimuzan thought this man was dead.

To be honest, Yoshiya Saya never thought that he would see the day when this man woke up, because his life would reach its limit in a few years and he could only continue to pass on his hope to those in future generations.

But what is gratifying is that the man woke up and is right in front of him at this moment!

"Mr. Xuanhao... can I call you that?"

Saya Shikiya asked softly, his tone of gentleness that made people feel relieved.

"Um."

Xuan Hao looked at the young head of the family house in front of him and couldn't help but feel a little moved.

Five hundred years have passed, and the Sayashiki clan still bears the same fate.

Shikiya Shikiya smiled and asked Xuan Hao to come in and sit down. The two sat at the table for a long time.

Xuan Hao looked at the young man in front of him carefully.

Looking at the young man who was only in his teenage years in front of him, for some reason, he always gave him a special feeling. The young man's voice seemed to have magic that soothes people's hearts. Not only that, the young man's smile at him at this moment made him feel a little familiar.

Xuan Hao couldn't help but think of someone - Ji Guoyuanyi! That's right, it's just that kind of look, as if you can see through people's hearts.

"May I have your name?"

"Salaya Shikiya."

Saya Shikiya leaned over and saluted the man in front of him.

No one knows what kind of existence this man is, but what is certain is that he is not a ghost but a human hope.

It has been a thousand years since Kimuzan appeared. Apart from Guo Yuanichi, this man is the only one who has ever defeated Wuzan.

Originally, everyone thought that this man would have the same fate as Ji Guoyuanyi.

But as if God wants, this mankind's hope did not die of old age, but fell into a long sleep, waiting for today's awakening.

The Sayashiki clan always believed that this man would wake up on the day, and maybe this man was sent by God to end the crime of Kimuzan Muzan.

And now, Yoyashiki Saya firmly believes that this must be the case.

"'Mingzhu', Mr. Xuan Hao."

Yoyashiki Saya murmured the title and name of the man in front of him. A ray of light seemed to flash in his eyes, which had become a little cloudy due to the disease.

"The dawn without ghosts, and the sunrise that is not clear for thousands of years may be coming. I guess the ancestors of the past hoped that such a day would be placed on you, right?"

Actually... it is because I often take ghosts to see Liming that I have this name. Xuan Hao originally wanted to tell the truth, but when he looked at the hopeful eyes of the young man in front of him, he swallowed the words to his mouth.

What kind of obsession is this?

Five hundred years have passed, and these people have always fought with such hope to this day.

Although Xuan Hao, trapped in the power of the law, could not feel what happened outside, the Sayashiki clan has been asking the priests to protect his body for the past five hundred years, as if they were enshrined in gods.

Xuan Hao felt that he seemed to have let down the expectations of these people. After all, if he could never wake up, then everything the Sayashiki tribe did was meaningless.

"Sorry, I've slept for so long."

"No, there is no need to apologize, Mr. Xuanhao. The reason we have fought so far is not only for you, but also for our own future." Saya Shikiya shook his head with a smile, and his slightly cloudy eyes seemed to see through Xuanhao's thoughts.

"And, if it weren't for Mr. Xuan Hao, the Demon Killing Team might not have been able to continue to this day."

"No, you look down on me too highly." Xuan Hao smiled helplessly, "Even without me, I believe that everyone from the Demon Slayer Team can survive that disaster."

A group of people who fight with awareness have no reason to lose to cowards like Muzan Ki.

Saya Shikiya just smiled at Xuan Hao's humble words.

After a long time, he finally spoke again, "Now Mr. Xuan Hao is awake, what are you going to do?"

After the greetings, the two finally got to the point.

"How to do it? Anyway... I plan to observe it for a while." Xuan Hao replied after pondering for a moment, "After all, I don't know much about the current situation. How is Kimuzan Muzan now? Still can't hide and cannot come out?"

"Although we don't never show up like we did hundreds of years ago, we rarely appear in the sight of humans. At least we haven't met him for a long time. Now the primates have no experience in fighting with Muchan." Saya Shikiya replied softly.

"It seems... even if I have disappeared for five hundred years, is that guy still so cautious?" Xuan Hao had a headache, thinking how cowardly a coward was? Are he still wary of him, a person who had been 'dead' for five hundred years, to cheat his zombie?

"Haha, yes, but it can't be blamed entirely on him."

Speaking of this, Shizuya Shikiya suddenly smiled, as if he had remembered something happy.

"Oh? Is something happening?" Xuan Hao asked.

"This is your credit for Mr. Xuanhao." Saya Shikiya said with a smile, "When the Demon Slayer team was washed away by blood, Kimuzan Muzan was wary of your existence and dared not show up in person. Only the Twelve Demon Slayers were ranked. Originally, the Demon Slayers were at an absolute disadvantage, and even one pillar was left.

But the strength of Lord Shiichiro, who was reborn because of yours, has increased greatly. In addition, your apprentice, Kajikawa Masaya, has also grown up.

According to the records left by the ancestors, the combined strength of these two adults may be close to that of the Kiyotoichi. The twelve Ghost Moon under Kiyoto Mizuno suffered heavy losses. Except for the winding one, they were almost attacked by these two adults. The Ghost Moon, who dared not show up, had to stop attacking the Ghost Killing Team, and the decisive battle between humans and ghosts finally came to an end."

"In other words... it turns out that you were not hiding from Muzan Ki, but beat that guy up to shrink back again?" Xuan Hao felt ashamed.

"No, the Demon Slayer team was indeed severely damaged..." Saya Shikiya shook his head with some regret, "At that time, almost all the poles died in the offense that night. If it weren't for the two masters' efforts to turn the tide, it might be really hard to bear. Even with the help of those two masters, our Demon Slayer team's strength has not been truly recovered until recently."

"I see."

Xuan Hao nodded in contemplation. It seemed that neither side could gain any advantage in this war between humans and ghosts... No, overall, it was still the human side that suffered heavy losses.

Because for Muzan Kimuzan, it is too easy to create a new ghost, but a strong man of humanity must go through all kinds of training to truly grow up.

"So what happened after that? The two of them..."

"Mr. Xuanhao...human life span is very short." Saya Shikiya shook his head with some regret.

"Um……"

Although he had an answer in his heart, Xuan Hao still felt a little sad after all.

"So, have they left behind their descendants?"

After hearing this, Sayashiki nodded slightly, "The people of the Purgatory Clan have always been the pride of our ghost killing team since then, and the position of the 'Yanzhu' is always left to them. But... this 'Yanzhu' has been locking himself at home for some reason and refused to come out."

"What happened?" Xuan Hao was a little confused.

"I'm not very clear about the specific situation, but I think it should be related to the death of the wife of "Yanzhu". "Yanzhu" smiled helplessly, as if he didn't want to blame the unemployed Yanzhu.

"Well." Xuan Hao nodded slightly. The pain of losing the person he loved was indeed very heavy. "So is the position of the 'flame pillar' vacant now?"

"Yes." Saya Shikiya Yoshiya answered truthfully, "but someone will probably inherit the position of the 'flame pillar' soon."

"Is there anyone in your mind already chosen?"

"Yes, the eldest son of the Purgatory, Ainsuro, Purgatory." When Yoya Shikiya mentioned this name, he couldn't help but smile. "That's a very good child, he will definitely become a new hope for the Demon Slayer."

"Yeah." Xuan Hao nodded slightly, "What about the other person? My apprentice..."

Shikiya Shikiya was stunned, "Kajikawa..."

"What's wrong with her?" Xuan Hao asked.

"No, she's not that bad." Yoshiya Shizuya shook his head slightly, "but Lord Kajikawa doesn't seem to have left behind the inheritance. She said that 'Rising Breathing' was a breathing method targeted by Kimuzan Muzan. She didn't want anyone to suffer a tragic fate..."

"This is what that girl can do." Xuan Hao smiled bitterly helplessly.

"Master Kashinchuan also said..."

Speaking of this, Yoya Shikiya got up.

He dragged his body, which looked a little tired, into the inner room. After a while, he took out a long exquisite box from the inner room.

"The inheritance of 'Breath of the Sun' will never be broken, because she believes that her most respected teacher will wake up one day."

Saya Shikiya Yoshiya held the box in both hands and came to Xuan Hao.

Xuan Hao lifted the lid hesitantly.

He probably thought of what was installed here.

This is the knife that Ji Guoyuanyi once gave to him, and it is also the knife that he gave to this girl.
To be continued...