"...," said Tanjirou, wanting to add something to Xander's words.
"Of course, demons like Nezuko are an exception," Xander immediately added.
Tanjirou looked at Xander, his heart moved: "Senior Xander is so kind and strong. I want to be like him too!"
"Thank you, Senior Xander!" Tanjirou thanked him.
Watching the scene, Urokodaki Sakonji laughed: "Ha-ha-ha, fighting those with supernatural powers will be much harder than before, but I believe in you. You'll succeed."
Tanjirou suddenly interrupted him: "I think Nezuko is different from other demons. Maybe it's because of her 'Blood Demon Art'?"
Urokodaki Sakonji immediately refuted him: "No, that's not it. It's not related to the 'Blood Demon Art.' It's just my speculation. To avoid eating human flesh and blood, Nezuko might rely on sleep to restore her strength."
Urokodaki Sakonji's words filled Tanjirou's heart with joy.
The next day, Xander climbed to the mountaintop where he trained and entered the System.
"System, unpack!" —
[Ding! It has been detected that the host currently has 48 wooden chests. Open all?]
— Open! —
At Xander's command, the system's voice continued to echo in his head.
[Ding! Opened a wooden chest. Congratulations to the host on receiving a strength potion x 1.]
[Ding! Opened a wooden chest. Congratulations to the host on receiving an endurance potion x 1.]
[Ding! Opened a wooden chest, congratulations…]
[Ding!…After more than 40 notifications, Lin Guang was a bit confused for a while. He managed to hear only the contents of the first few chests and didn't know what was in the rest.
Coming to his senses, Xander addressed the System: — From now on, whenever you open more than ten chests, report the total summary to me. —
[Ding! Settings: Open more than ten chests and announce after summarizing the rewards! Settings successful!]
Hearing the System's words, Xander sighed in relief: — Whew, System, you just told me so much that I couldn't grasp it all, just tell me what I got. —
Then the System's voice sounded:
[Ding! This time the host opened 48 wooden chests and received 5 bottles of strength potion x 1, 2 bottles of intelligence potion x 1, 8 bottles of endurance potion x 1, 5 bottles of speed potion x 1, one woven element from an icy feather, 18 sets of men's clothing, and 9 sets of women's clothing.]
[Strength potion x 1: slightly increases strength. When overdosed, the strength potion becomes ineffective.]
[Endurance potion…]
"Stop! I think the rest are similar, so you don't need to introduce them," Xander interrupted the System.
Looking at all of this, Xander felt a headache coming on.
"It seems there's nothing good in the wooden chests. Men's clothing is fine, but what does this women's clothing mean?"
At that moment, Xander noticed that among all the items received, the woven element from an Ice Feather lay separately.
Picking it up, he felt a slight chill and a pleasant silkiness. The white thread of the feather was adorned with a pale blue icy pattern, making it even more attractive.
Then the System's voice sounded:
[Ice Feather: A feather with an icy pattern that has the ability to slightly reduce the enemy's perception.]
Seeing the properties of the Ice Feather, Xander's eyes lit up.
"I didn't expect to get something good," Xander said with satisfaction, putting on the white feather.
Although the System didn't specify how much the Ice Feather could reduce perception, the very fact of this ability was simply incredible.
Imagine if in a battle with a demon, the demon's perception of Xander were reduced. In such a situation, an unexpected attack from Xander could very likely take the demon's head.
Xander nodded with satisfaction and then calculated that the total number of items matched the number of chests exactly.
"It seems the chance of getting good things from wooden chests is very low. It took almost fifty chests to get one good thing and twenty bottles of potion."
"But it's fine. After all, wooden chests are dropped by ordinary demons. Getting trophies like these is already good. When the time comes, I'll be slaying demons with 'Blood Demon Art' or even the Twelve Moons of Death to see what kind of chests they'll drop for me."
"And the chest dropped by Muzan Kibutsuji should be something special, but before that, I'll strive to increase my strength as much as possible."
Dressing in the woven element from the Ice Feather, Xander began his training at the mountain's peak.
Twenty days later. Early in the morning in the Sagiri Mountains, a man walked along the mountain path with a long box wrapped in cloth strapped to his back. The man was dressed in a brown kimono with a sun pattern and wore a bamboo hat on his head. Numerous bells hung from the hat's edges, producing a pleasant ringing under the influence of the wind.
The man slowly walked through the Sagiri Mountains and finally reached Urokodaki Sakonji's cabin.
Tanjirou was sweeping the yard in front of the cabin and, noticing the man, said: "…"