Chapter 176
After Tomioka Giyu regained consciousness, the activity of the gourmet cells in his body was so strong that the injuries that looked very serious to outsiders were healing rapidly as Qingxi kept feeding him gourmet food.
This was seriously different from their original estimate of half a year of recuperation.
Of course, it is undoubtedly good news for those who are familiar with Giyu Tomioka that he can get better soon.
But, the same.
Because they had this "sample" of his and learned that gourmet cells can accelerate the healing of injuries in the human body, the other eight pillars were more cautious when they encountered ghosts again.
If it weren't for the fact that after Tomioka Giyu, no matter how crazy the Eight Pillars were at killing, the highest individual achievement afterwards was that of a Lower-rank demon, otherwise, Qingxi would really have felt that this demon-killing show was about to end and everyone was about to usher in the grand finale.
However, in fact, while the Nine Pillars were killing all the slightly capable demons under Muzan Kibutsuji one after another, Muzan Kibutsuji also ordered his Twelve Kizuki to kill the demon hunters.
The lowest-level ghost hunters may not be able to feel this situation of you kill me and I kill you, but the higher-level ghost hunters and senior personnel can feel it.
Everyone had a tacit feeling that this war between humans and ghosts that had lasted for a thousand years would end in their generation.
"Provide the entire Demon Slayer Corps with ingredients from the Gourmet World?"
At the Demon Slayer Corps headquarters, in the corridor outside Hiroma, Ubuyashiki Kōya repeated Kiyokuni's words in astonishment.
"Not the entire Demon Slayer Corps," Qingxi corrected. "Besides, I don't have such powerful resources."
"I just want to say that I can bring out a batch of ingredients. My lord, you can decide how to arrange their placement. If we're lucky, we might be able to get a few more highly skilled warriors who can produce gourmet cells. That way, if the Nine Pillars encounter the Twelve Demon Moons or Muzan Kibutsuji, we'll still have personnel to deal with other powerful demons."
"Besides, the experiment has already proven itself on Jiuzhu, so others can try it as well," Qingxi said. "Of course, I think we need to explain to them the probability of the body producing gourmet cells and the changes that may occur after the production of gourmet breasts," Qingxi said. "If my lord is satisfied, I will take them out now."
"Okay." The owner of the delicious food had already agreed first, so Ubuyashiki Kakuya naturally would not hesitate.
However, the follow-up matters still need to be arranged, so before everything is arranged, the ingredients that Qingxi is going to take out will still be temporarily kept in her food backpack.
"And this." Qingxi took out a cookbook and handed it to Ubuyashiki Takashi. "These are the recipes I've been writing for those ingredients on and off over the past few years. You can give them to the chef as a reference later."
Ubuyashiki Yoya took it and flipped through a few pages. There were pictures and texts on it, all of which were handwritten and hand-drawn. It was a thick book, and it would take a lot of time and effort to make such a book.
"On behalf of the entire Demon Slayer Corps, I would like to thank Aki for your contribution to the Demon Slayer Corps." After saying this, Ubuyashiki Kōya bowed deeply to Kiyoki.
"Hey!! Don't!" Qingxi still felt awkward being suddenly bowed to by such a big shot. "My Lord, please don't look down on me. I'm only motivated now because I want a more peaceful and stable life in the future."
She looked at the black-haired young man whose forehead was almost covered with the curse and said bluntly, "The people I care about are all in the Demon Slayer Corps."
Having said that, she paused and teased him, "This also includes you, my lord, Madam Tianyin, and your children.
Look, you are all here, where can I retreat to?
If possible, I am thinking that one day when Atong contacts me, I would like to take you to the world of food to have a look. I wonder if the food hunters there have found new ingredients in the vast world of food during the years I have been away?
If you, my lord, are willing, we can stay there and buy an area of 20,000 to 30,000 hectares to build a farm and ranch to live in during our retirement.
Well, when I open my own pub later, I will have a sales channel on the farm.
I'm not exaggerating, but as long as I can get my name out there, making a killing every day won't be a problem."
The picture the girl described was so beautiful and peaceful that even Ubuyashiki Kakuya couldn't help but think along the lines of her description.
However, such a beautiful future is inaccessible and untouchable to him now.
After collecting his thoughts, Ubuyashiki Kōya smiled and continued, "Do you need me to manage the entire farm then?"
Qingxi laughed out loud, "Okay, okay, it seems that with so many of us, it seems that only you, my lord, can manage us.
Well, we don't need to work ourselves to death. Having two or three stable industries that can make everyone live a moderately prosperous life is enough. When we have free time, we can go to other cities to explore. There are still many interesting attractions there."
"Really?! Just based on your simple description, Aki, I'm a little bit looking forward to it." said Ubuyashiki Takaya.
Qingxi also offered a bad idea: "If you feel that there are too many people, you can leave Huiliya and the others to someone else, and just go with Madam Tianyin.
Well, take Jiro with you when the time comes. With him, I can take you to the sky to eat sky vegetables and pick some cloud marshmallows."
Qingxi talked a lot about her idea of taking them to the world of gourmet food, until the crow flew over with the news, then she shut up. She stared at the curse on his forehead for a while before leaving.
Ubuyashiki Yoya is very quick. Yesterday, she suggested taking out some of the excess ingredients she had, and the next day he had already identified the second group of people who would eat the ingredients from the Gourmet World to see if they could produce gourmet cells.
However, considering the freshness of the ingredients and the fact that it is convenient for storage at this time of year, it is temporarily decided to send personnel from the Hidden Department to come to her every three days to get the ingredients.
But this made it inconvenient for her to travel, especially since she wanted to go back to Beimingyu's house to celebrate the New Year with Beimingyu Xingming.
To this end, she simply explained to the hidden staff in charge of this matter that during the New Year's Eve period, she would simply let Jiro "express" the necessary ingredients from the sky. Until the end of the New Year, she would continue to return to the Butterfly House and serve as the chef for the Nine Pillars.
The day before New Year's Eve, Qingxi simply packed up his things, said goodbye to Butterfly Kanae, and hurried back to Beiming Island's house with the six sword men, a giant crow, and a calico cat.
"Xingming, I'm back!!!"
Back in his own nest, Qingxi seemed to be letting himself go.
In the corridor, Beimingyu Xingming, who was surrounded by his four orange cats, looked up at the door with lifeless eyes and said in a steady voice, "Welcome home."
"Two new swordsmen have returned with us this time." Qingxi squatted down and put Taro in his arms on the ground, letting it go to reminisce with its brothers.
After she stood up again, she picked up her Komon kimono and trotted down the corridor.
When a man and a cat return to their home, they are just like taking off their external burdens and running around happily.
The two men, who didn't know her and were still observing her, looked stunned for a moment.
"Well! The master is like this." Horikawa Kunihiro spoke, and the expression on his face was a bit similar to Kiyoki's.
Yagen Toushirou said, "In the general's heart, Mr. Beiming Island is special."
"...It must be because he is the first person to accept her since the master came to this era." He guessed uncertainly.
Tsurumaru Kuninaga crossed his arms and nodded, "Yes, that's right. After all, have you ever seen the Master act like a spoiled child with anyone other than Sadling Island?"
Speaking of this, Tsurumaru Kuninaga felt a little dissatisfied.
"He, am I an unreliable person? Why doesn't the master come to act coquettishly towards He?"
Yagen Toushirou concluded: "Compared to Kogarasuma, the general seems to treat Gyoumei Gyoumei like a father figure."
Qingxi, who had no idea that she had been given a father without knowing it, started talking to the child she raised.
She continued speaking after mentioning the two swordsmen Tsukumogami who were planning to stay here.
"They are Jiang Xue Samonji and Suzumaru Tsuneji. Well, if you don't mention the identity of the swordsman, the two of them are also in the same line of work as you, Xingming." After introducing the young man, Qingxi realized belatedly that the three of them really looked alike.
"You can all go to the Buddha temple together in the future." After a pause, she seemed to remember something and tugged at the haori on Beiming Island Xingming's body. "Also, they eat meat."
Look, we are all monks, and they don’t shy away from eating meat. Why can’t you, Xingming?
The most important point is that you are such a grown-up and don’t eat meat. She is worried that one day he won’t get enough nutrition.
Beimingyu Xingming seemed to have seen it, and stretched out his hand to press the girl's neck, which was stretched towards him, back. He had been rubbing her head with his rough palms for several years, but his kneading skills did not improve, and it was still as rough as before.
He changed the subject and said, "I asked the people from the Hidden Department to buy you some lucky bags. They're in your house. Do you want to go over and take a look now?"
Although she still failed to get Beiming Island Xingming to eat both meat and vegetables like the monks in Japan, her attention was really attracted by his words.
"Lucky bag?" She was surprised. "It doesn't seem like something you would buy, Xingming."
Beimingyu Xingming was silent for a moment, then reminded, "It might be a bit much. Others have heard about your little hobby, so this year, in addition to snacks and other things, the New Year gifts sent by the Hidden Department staff also include lucky bags."
After hearing such news, Qingxi was not happy. On the contrary, she felt a little sad.
Including the lucky bags that Tsurumaru Kuninaga and Catfish Otoshiro bought on the street before coming back, and the lucky bags prepared by Xingming, the "they" he was referring to should be the pillars, their lucky bags. It seems that she has a little too many lucky bags this year.
By the way, in the past few years, she has put away all the lucky bags she bought for the New Year, except for some that were not suitable, not good-looking, and not enough for her to use at her current age. The remaining bits and pieces have been more or less recycled by her and either turned into ornaments to decorate the home, or like fabrics, since there are many people in the family, she directly cuts them up and makes them into clothes, or simply dismantles the wooden and bulky ornaments and reassembles them to make a small set or something... They just keep accumulating like this, whether it is her side, Xingming, Tsurumaru and Yaken, as well as Okutari and Horikawa who came later, the daily necessities on their side can be said to have grown from a little at the beginning to so much that they need one or two wooden boxes to carry them.
This year, she started to feel stressed before she even went back to her house to check them out. She felt that if she didn't think of a use for them, she wouldn't have to buy lucky bags next winter.
With this "heavy" mood, Qingxi said goodbye to Beiming Island Xingming and walked towards her own house.
Accompanying her were the six people who came back with her and five cats who were attracted by Tsuneji Suzumaru's hair, which was longer than his height.
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Looking at the five balls of hair hanging on Suzumaru Tsuneji's long, attractive hair that made people want to reach out and stroke it, Qingxi's smile never faded.
She slowed down her pace slightly and took her Taro down from his long hair. In the meantime, she also freed the hair belonging to Suzumaru Tsuneji that was hooked under the little meat ball's claws. After that, she took out a small comb to comb the frizzy hair that was hooked by Taro.
After doing all this, she stood up and continued walking.
After being picked up again, Taro the cat found a comfortable position in Qingxi's arms and curled up into a ball. Compared with playing with his hair, it was obvious that the arms of this incompetent poop scooper were more comfortable and warm.
She carried the cat all the way to her room and sent Taro in first. Then she took Suzumaru Tsuneji and Esetsu Sahmonji to their room.
During the time the two of them lived in the crow house, they had gradually prepared some daily necessities for themselves. Before going out this morning, she helped them put all the daily necessities into the food backpack. Now that they took them out and placed them in the house, it didn't look "clean" or deserted.
"Mr. Suzumaru, I'm coming in."
The shoji door was half open. Qingxi stood outside the door and gave a reminder before walking in.
Unlike Tsurumaru Kuninaga and Yagen Toushirou, she could boldly come and borrow their house without their consent, or go in and sit down. The common point between Suzumaru Tsuneji and Esetsu Sahmonji was that they were deserted and beautiful, like lotus and snow, as if nothing in the world could cause too much waves in their hearts. The first feeling people had when seeing them was that they could only be viewed from a distance and not up close.
She wouldn't get along with people like this the way she did with Tsurumaru and Yaken.
Because, this would make her feel that every unnecessary action she made towards them was a blasphemy to them... As expected, among all monks, her Xingming was the best.
Seeing Suzumaru Tsuneji take the cushion beside him and put it in front of him, Qingxi sat down and handed the things in his hands to him. "I packed some things, maybe you can use them."
Among the things she brought were clothes, paper and pens, ornaments, money, etc. Among them, she prepared a lot of headbands, which she thought the other party really needed.
There were twelve sticks in a dozen, and she would deliver nineteen more. After one round, exactly one month had passed.
In short, she would never say that these headbands were all taken out of lucky bags over the years. If she was the only one using them, she would not be able to wear them out and then replace them with a new batch in the next few years.
But it’s better now. There is someone in the family whose hair is longer than hers and looks more abundant than hers. In this way, there is someone who can help her consume these little things.
Of course, it’s enough for her to know about these things herself, but she shouldn’t really say them out loud.
Thinking this, Qingxi coughed lightly and explained, "There are quite a few furry children at home, and they are keen on new things. Judging from what happened just now, they seem to like your hair, Mr. Suzumaru."
She was quite tactful in her words.
To be honest, Suzumaru Tsuneji's hair, which is longer than his body, is no different from a hanging ball of yarn. When curious cats see it, they can't suppress their urge to stretch out their claws to tease it.
"But after a few days, when the novelty wears off, they won't bother you anymore," she continued, continuing to insure the cats at home. "Of course, if you find it troublesome, you can also tie your hair up, or just use a hairpin to pull it up. That way, they won't be able to get at your hair and will find something else to do."
Having said that, she silently took out several wooden hairpins of simple and elegant styles from her gourmet backpack and placed them next to the thirty-one headbands.
Go ahead and use it, she has plenty of it.
Although they are not worth much, since they were made by others with time and effort, she cannot deny the significance of their existence.
Eh! Why did she only think of using up the "lucky bag accessories" she had accumulated over the years now? Let her think about who else has long hair in Honmaru, and then ask them to help her use it up.
Rando Shiro, Taro Taito, Jiro Taito, California Kiyomitsu, Yamato Moriyasu, Nakao Toshiro, Smiling Aoe...
Qingxi silently counted the names in her mind and suddenly found that there were quite a few men with long hair and swordsmen in Honmaru. Also, since last year, without her knowing it, there were so many more people in her circle of life.
Suzumaru Tsuneji listened to the girl's tone of trying hard to sell something, but did not point it out.
He accepted the item and said, "Thank you, it's exactly what I needed."
"And this." Qingxi said as he stood up.
He scanned the room, then found an empty corner and placed a shelf with a firestone on it. "I've been living in the Crow House for a while now, and Xingming is the only one left at home.
The rest schedule of the Demon Slayer Corps is based on the times when demons appear, so they usually hide during the day and come out at night.
When you come back after a while, the house seems a little less lively. If you just moved in, you might feel it is a little deserted.
Besides, it's winter now, so the house will be even colder. I have a firestone here that's not too dangerous. Put it inside the house and close the door. As long as the shelf doesn't fall over, the high temperature won't set the house on fire. After about ten minutes, the temperature inside the house will rise, heating it up and drying out the moisture inside.
After briefly explaining the precautions to Suzumaru Tsuneji, Qingxi prepared to leave, because he also had to deliver a similar item to Jiang Xue Sawamonji who lived next door to him.
By the way, the arrangement of his hair also increased from thirty-one hairbands to a few wooden hairpins.
After giving them away, the number of small gadgets like these she had here was reduced by most.
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The number of “useless accessories” brought by lucky bags has been reduced.
Of course, if you don’t want this kind of thing anymore, the best thing to do is not to buy lucky bags, or buy less. Then, Tsurumaru Kuninaga and your own hands won’t allow it!!!
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