Gyomei Himejima's training temple was far from the Butterfly Mansion.
Chu Yang had thought they would leave by train, but to his surprise, Gyomei Himejima actually intended to take him back on foot!
"Your physique is extraordinary. You need harsher tempering!"
That was the reason Gyomei Himejima gave Chu Yang.
But Chu Yang felt that the man simply wanted to save on train fare.
"An ascetic monk..." The very thought of that inhuman term made Chu Yang's scalp tingle. Gyomei Himejima was undoubtedly that sort of person.
Among the Hashira of the Demon Slayer Corps, Muichiro Tokito had the greatest talent for swordsmanship, while Gyomei Himejima had the greatest physical talent.
Gyomei Himejima had originally been an ordinary monk training in a temple and had never received any introduction to Breathing Techniques.
Yet, as an ordinary man, he had been able to battle demons until dawn and even inflict fatal wounds upon them. Across the entire Demon Slayer world, there was no second person with such physical talent. It was precisely because of this that Gyomei Himejima had struggled to find a suitable successor.
Ordinary people simply could not train in the sword techniques he had created based on his own physical capabilities.
After walking for an entire day and night, Gyomei Himejima led Chu Yang into a deep mountain forest.
Only when they reached the mountainside did Chu Yang see a temple standing there all alone.
Desolate and dilapidated.
Living in a place like this, it would be harder not to encounter demons.
After entering, Chu Yang found that it was not as bad as he had imagined.
The temple was not large, but its interior was clean and tidy. Even the fallen leaves in the courtyard had been neatly swept into a pile by the side.
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