Time to open the chests

Hearing Lin Guang's words, Tanjiro wanted to add something. "Um..."

"Of course, demons like Nezuko are an exception." Lin Guang said exactly what Tanjiro had been about to say.

Tanjiro looked at Lin Guang, deeply moved. Senior Lin Guang is so kind and strong. I want to be just like him someday!

"Yes, thank you, Senior Lin Guang!" Tanjiro said.

Seeing this, Sakonji Urokodaki chuckled. "Hahaha! Fighting demons with special abilities will be far harder than anything you've faced so far, but I believe in you. You'll do just fine."

At this, Tanjiro suddenly interjected, "Um, I think Nezuko is different from other demons. Is that because of that thing called a Blood Demon Art?"

Sakonji Urokodaki immediately rejected the idea. "No, that isn't it. That probably isn't a Blood Demon Art. This is only my guess, but Nezuko may be recovering her strength through sleep so she doesn't have to eat human flesh or blood."

Hearing Sakonji Urokodaki's words, Tanjiro felt a little happiness well up inside him.

The next day.

Lin Guang went to the mountaintop where he practiced Ice Breathing, then accessed the system.

"System, time to open the chests!"

[Ding! Detected that the host currently possesses 48 Wooden Treasure Chests. Open all of them?]

"Open them!"

At Lin Guang's command, the system's voice began ringing nonstop in his mind.

[Ding! Wooden Treasure Chest opened. Congratulations, host! Obtained Small Strength Potion ×1.]

[Ding! Wooden Treasure Chest opened. Congratulations, host! Obtained Small Stamina Potion ×1.]

[Ding! Wooden Treasure Chest opened. Congratulations...]

[Ding!...]

More than forty notifications in a row left Lin Guang's head spinning. He only caught the contents of the first few Treasure Chests and had no idea what came out of the rest.

Once Lin Guang recovered, he told the system, "From now on, whenever I open ten or more Treasure Chests, summarize everything before telling me."

[Ding! Setting: when ten or more treasure chests are opened, report the rewards after compiling a summary! Setting successful!]

Only after hearing the system's response did Lin Guang breathe a sigh of relief.

"Phew... System, there were so many notifications just now that I couldn't catch them. Just tell me what I got."

Then the system's voice rang out.

[Ding! The host opened a total of 48 Wooden Treasure Chests this time, obtaining 5 bottles of Small Strength Potion, 2 bottles of Small Intelligence-Boosting Potion, 8 bottles of Small Stamina Potion, and 5 bottles of Small Speed Potion. Also obtained: 1 Frost Haori, 18 pieces of men's clothing, and 9 pieces of women's clothing.]

[Small Strength Potion: slightly increases strength. After a certain number have been consumed, Small Strength Potions will cease to have any effect.]

[Small Stamina...]

"Stop! I figure the rest are pretty much the same, so you don't need to explain them." Lin Guang cut the system off.

Looking at all these items gave Lin Guang a headache.

"Looks like Wooden Treasure Chests don't have much good stuff. I can live with getting men's clothing, but what's with the women's clothing?"

Just then, Lin Guang noticed that the Frost Haori was the only reward listed separately.

He took out the Frost Haori. It felt slightly cool to the touch and exceptionally silky. Pale blue frost patterns adorned the white haori, beautifully complementing it.

Then the system's voice sounded.

[Frost Haori: a haori adorned with frost patterns. Slightly reduces enemies' ability to sense the wearer.]

Lin Guang's eyes lit up when he saw the Frost Haori's effect.

"I didn't expect to get something this good after all," Lin Guang said, slipping on the white haori with satisfaction.

Although the system hadn't specified how much the Frost Haori reduced enemy perception, the ability itself was already incredible.

If a demon's ability to sense Lin Guang was weakened during a fight, a surprise slash from him might very well cut its head clean off.

Lin Guang nodded in satisfaction, then counted everything up. The total number of items matched the number of Treasure Chests exactly.

"Looks like the chances of getting something good from Wooden Treasure Chests are really low. Nearly fifty chests, and all I got was one good item and twenty bottles of potions."

"Still, I can't complain. Wooden Treasure Chests only drop from common demons, after all. Getting this much is already pretty good. Once I kill demons with Blood Demon Arts, or even members of the Twelve Kizuki, I'll see what kind of chests they drop."

"As for Muzan Kibutsuji, the Treasure Chest he drops is bound to be something special. But before that, I'd better do everything I can to get stronger."

Wearing the Frost Haori, Lin Guang began his training on the mountaintop.

Twenty days later.

In the early morning on Mount Sagiri, a man walked along a mountain path with a long box wrapped in cloth strapped to his back. He wore a brown kimono patterned with suns and a bamboo hat with numerous wind chimes hanging from its rim. As the breeze stirred them, the chimes rang pleasantly.

The man made his way through Mount Sagiri at an unhurried pace, eventually arriving outside Sakonji Urokodaki's small wooden cabin.

Tanjiro was cleaning outside the door when he spotted the man approaching.

"Um..."