For several days, the Hashira temporarily put aside their duties. Relying on their own Breathing Styles and profound Swordplay, they attempted to recreate the Hinokami Kagura based on Tanjiro's descriptions.
"According to Tanjiro, the Hinokami Kagura has twelve dance forms. If we convert that to a Breathing Style, it means twelve sword forms. We've mostly recreated them, and we can indeed find elements of our own Breathing Styles within these twelve forms, but..."
Kocho Shinobu frowned, looking at the many sheets of paper with human diagrams laid out on the table.
"The difficulty of this Breathing Style is incredibly high. It demands inhuman levels of speed, strength, musculoskeletal resilience, and balance. The five main Breathing Styles were indeed born by selecting a portion of this complete Breathing Style as its essence and reducing the difficulty."
Iguro Obanai said in a deep voice.
"That's right. The first few techniques are still relatively normal. The founders of the five main Breathing Styles were generally able to replicate them in their own styles. For example, Water Breathing's Water Wheel is almost identical in technique to the Water Wheel in Hinokami Kagura. The Blazing Flame Whirlwind in Flame Breathing and the Scorching Bone Sunflame technique are only different in their Breathing Styles. In fact, some of the founders even delved deeper into related technical fields, making their respective Breathing Styles even more spectacular. It's the later techniques..."
Uzui Tengen shook his head.
The later techniques are simply impossible for a human to perform. The physical demands exceed the limits that normal humans can achieve with Breathing Styles, and they also require an incredible level of control and perception over every inch of one's muscle tissue.
Most importantly, they couldn't learn the breathing method Tanjiro taught them at all.
Every time they tried, they felt difficulty breathing, as if their lungs were burning.
No, not just burning—it felt more like molten iron was being poured directly into their lungs.
Tanjiro himself, however, while also unable to fully utilize the Hinokami Kagura's Breathing Style, could not because his cardiopulmonary function wasn't strong enough.
He could actually use this breathing indirectly and briefly. He reportedly learned it while chopping wood, which is why he was able to chop so much wood at the age of twelve.
And before today, he hadn't even realized that he unconsciously used the Hinokami Kagura's breathing method while chopping wood.
"It's really difficult."
Qingshui couldn't do it either.
Conversely, Rengoku Kyojuro, who had returned from Kyoto Prefecture two days prior, picked it up the fastest.
After returning, Rengoku Kyojuro became the successor to the Flame Hashira position by defeating Lower Rank Two and participated in the restoration of the progenitor Breathing Style.
Thanks to his younger brother Senjuro's discovery in the Rengoku Family's archives, the Demon Slayer Corps also learned the true name of Sun Breathing. However, the Sun Breathing recorded in the ancient texts had thirteen forms, while the Hinokami Kagura only had twelve—
Qingshui, of course, knew that combining these twelve forms created the thirteenth. But currently, aside from Rengoku Kyojuro who could barely perform the first two forms, others couldn't even maintain the Sun Breathing method.
Until someone mastered the first twelve forms, this information was meaningless.
Could it be that, like Tanjiro and Rengoku Kyojuro, one truly needs red hair, red eyes, and a family history in fire-related industries to become a Child of Bright Red and learn Sun Breathing?
Probably more than that. Tsugikuni Yoriichi and Tsugikuni Michikatsu were twins; if the former was a Child of Bright Red, then the latter certainly would be too.
However, although he couldn't yet learn Sun Breathing and hadn't figured out the specific conditions required to learn it, he wasn't without gains.
As the origin of the five Breathing Styles, studying Sun Breathing gave Qingshui further insights into how to fuse Wind Breathing and Thunder Breathing.
In the forest, Qingshui held a branch, and a whirlwind gathered in his hand, accompanied by lightning that spread over the branch.
Chakra was more useful than Breathing Styles in this situation because, compared to the effects of Breathing Styles, Chakra was closer to a tangible entity and easier to control and perceive.
This inspiration primarily came from the Avatar in the DC Universe after reviewing information about the Hinokami Kagura, followed by deductions.
"By rapidly flowing wind, creating air pressure changes through air friction and compression, then introducing electric current for high-pressure ionization, generating high-energy, high-heat plasma, forming an ionized wind similar to solar wind."
The whirlwind was continuously compressed, and the electric current within it became increasingly solidified and dazzling, emitting crackling sounds.
*Bang!*
The withered branch, serving as the medium, shattered instantly and was then decomposed by the high-temperature plasma, becoming part of the plasma.
Qingshui slightly frowned, quickly tossed the plasma in his hand into the sky, and instantly flashed backward.
*Boom!*
A deafening roar erupted, and a pulsating blue mini-sun exploded in the sky, shocking people's eardrums.
"Hey, hey, hey! What's going on now?! I just got back from a mission, and there's such a big commotion!"
Shinazugawa Sanemi walked towards them, Nichirin Blade on his shoulder, his muscular chest exposed.
"Sugoi, what terrifying power."
Tokito Muichiro stared blankly at the blue mini-sun in the sky.
The other Hashira were also drawn by the commotion and walked over.
"Truly an astonishingly spectacular display of power."
Uzui Tengen couldn't help but exclaim.
His Sound Breathing, combined with Explosive Pills, produced extraordinary sound and light effects in combat, but compared to this, it was truly far inferior.
"Speaking of which, this is a Breathing Style we've never seen before, isn't it? Did you create it yourself, Qingshui?"
Kocho Shinobu asked curiously while walking towards Qingshui with a stethoscope.
Qingshui waved his hand, signaling it wasn't necessary.
Although the Chakra volume of this body had increased, it was still far from his main body. He had consumed a large amount of Chakra just now to maintain the plasma sphere and delay its explosion.
"Something like that, but it's not perfected yet, otherwise there wouldn't have been a mistake."
Qingshui shook his head.
If he had succeeded just now, he might have been able to fuse Wind Release Chakra and Lightning Release Chakra to develop a new Kekkei Genkai.
Even though it failed, at least he saw a path. He just needed to continue improving his Ninjutsu mastery of Wind Release and Lightning Release, and he would succeed eventually.
Before that, perhaps he should try to fuse Wind Breathing and Thunder Breathing to create a new Breathing Style, just as Kocho Shinobu suggested.
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