Chapter 6: Venture Pharmaceuticals (3)
âYou wouldâve died of course.â The youth sneered, âDonât tell me I should trust in any low-level student of Heavens Law that comes knocking on my doorstep?â
Bang!
Before he even finished speaking, he abruptly flew back! Moments ago, his stomach felt as if it had been struck by Guan Yuâs Green Dragon Crescent Blade! Xu Yangyi hadnât waited for him to finish speaking and sent him flying back with a kick!
[1]
The youth dared to swear that he heard the sound of his ribs fracturing.
âYouâŚâ He looked at Xu Yangyi incredulously. His sharp chest pain was like the swelling of a tide. There, a large depression had already sunken in. A footprint could be vaguely seen! He rigidly grinded his teeth, and his voice transformed into a roar in an instant. âYou⌠insignificant human! You maggot that wonât even live for a hundred years! You go so far as to risk violating the Shennong Convention?! Iâm the Cao Familyâs tech director! You actuallyâŚâ
Boom!
In the next second, Xu Yangyi planted his heel on the back of the otherâs head as he smiled, suddenly forcing him down onto the table and causing a rumble!
The excessive strength made the entire table tremble. As if his eyes desired to split open, the youth looked at Xu Yangyi with unparalleled hatred. While he could just move, he dared not to. On the contrary⌠his newborn fear made him begin to faintly shiver from head to toe.
âRecite it with me.â Xu Yangyi calmly played around with the lighter. In the darkness, the light it created at his back made his expression indistinct to the eye, yet the steady sound it carried brought an icy coldness like a knife. âFor the construction of favorable societal boundaries and to found a harmonious society.â
âYou fuckingâŚâ
Bang!
âArgh!â
Xu Yangyi increased the strength of his foot again. On top of the youth, Xu Yangyiâs foot was a like a tremendous mountain boulder. The toad-demon couldnât be angerier! Because of the strength exercised just now, the table top was already beginning to split open with a thin wooden crack! The teacup placed on it was faintly trembling!
He would truly die! With this thought, a numbing fear swiftly pervaded the youthâs entire body.
âIâll recite it! Iâll recite it!â His train of thought was like arcing electricity, yet his brain still hadnât responded. Already, he couldnât help but yell as his voice teared at his throat. âF-For the construction of favorable societal boundaries and to f-found a harmonious s-society!â
âI like people that cooperate.â Xu Yangyi retracted his foot and laughed, âSee, thereâs no need, right? Youâve refused the toast but to drink a forfeit.â
[2]
The youth grinded his teeth, stood up, and sat down in a seat. He gripped onto a teacup so hard that his hands went white. This man⌠Since the beginning, Xu Yangyi didnât wish to be âcourteousâ to him at all!
That so-called grace period hadnât exceeded three seconds! Who would appear and chat with a hunter that had come knocking on their door? At this moment, his demonâs intuition was telling him that the other really wanted to kill him⌠Truly dared to kill him!
What bullshit convention?! This tyrant simply didnât give a ratâs ass! Disregarding Xu Yangyiâs expression that appeared as serene as lake waters, you would discover that he was a genuine demon if you tore away at the seam of his skin!
It wasnât until the youth was kicked into a wall did he discover that Xu Yangyiâs words didnât match the smile he was wearing on his face! At this moment, the youth really believed it. Truly believed in the nickname âThe Grinning Reaperâ!
âYou psychopathâŚâ The youth tightly grinded his teeth and said with an incomparably resentful, humiliated, and hateful voice. âYou go so far as to wantonly raise your hand against a demon, despite the human-demon conventionâŚâ
Xu Yangyi swept his eyes over the other indifferently. âI question, you answer.â
âAge?â
âEighteenâŚâ The youth glanced at the look on Xu Yangyiâs face, faintly knitted his brows, and immediately said, âThatâs the age on my ID! Iâm thirty-three!â
âHow many hosts have you found?â
âFive! I swear I havenât killed more people than that!â
Xu Yangyi laughed and raised a brow. âI estimate that to be true, as well. The accuracy of that wind edge aimed at my neck was pretty awful.â
The youthâs hand on the table made a cracking noise as it clenched.
âWhy did you find a host?â
âArenât you asking what you already know?â The youth said gloomily, âDemons donât get older and age, but our lifespans are the same as humans. When we come to realize the gravity of our situation is when we also stop aging. Could you tolerate your neighbor that doesnât age for a few years or a dozen-plus years? If we donât find a host, where would we get our identification papers from?â
Finished speaking, he sneered at Xu Yangyi, âBut isnât this the doing of you humans? To use the internet, you need identification papers, but whoâs going to fucking pull an ID out? You need an ID to find a job and attend school! You even need an ID if you want to travel! Consider these things⌠Taobao! Website registration! You actually need identification to play games! Itâs written clearly in the Shennong Convention⌠so, what Iâm sick of dealing with the most is you weak, cunning humans!â
[3]
Xu Yangyi didnât speak. He took a drag of his cigarette and said expressionlessly, âQi Condensation⌠Foundation Establishment⌠Core Formation, these three great realms⌠walking forward step by step, all struggle against the heavens, but you actually have the nerve to go fool around in the human world?â
The youth sighed deeply and looked at Xu Yangyiâs gaze that carried a hint of coldness, his words carrying a bone-ingrained resentment. âYou think I want to be like this? As soon as a spirit vein is found, itâs the government that gets to set up auction first and allow selected people to bid on it. Afterwards, the high echelons of Heavens Law start up a project immediately! Have you heard of the Nine National Offices? You havenât, huh? Everyone knows that there are only eight offices⌠just to hand over to Heavens Law in preparation! Where do you think the spirit stones that you use to cultivate to middle-stage Qi Condensation come from?â
âLater on, with each of those at the great Core Formation realm, the Core Formation humans and the Greater Demons partition it. Hehe⌠Itâs the Digital age now. Those days when you could cover up a Greater Demon massacring a city, a factory explosion, or a dam breach are over. The sitting premier is afraid of having to bear the blame! Who dares lift the cover of the last several thousand years of darkness? Hehe⌠No one!â
The world belonged to humans⌠Cultivation was to cultivate longer to live longer. Qi Condensation, 100 years of longevity. Foundation Establishment, 200 years of longevity. Core Formation, 300 years of longevity. As for Nascent Soul that followed⌠To say the least, Xu Yangyi had never heard of it. This realm had long since vanished over a century ago.
Cultivation had three great realms: Qi Condensation, Foundation Establishment, and Core Formation. For the corresponding realms of demons, it was Form Transformation, Firmament Stepping, and Origin Crystallization. As for what came after⌠none had witnessed it. Each realm required a staggering accumulation of resources. There was no need to mention that spirit stones were the best items that could be circulated for absorption.
[4]
It was because of the governmentâs support that humanity had enough resources to cultivate. Of course, it was sufficient relative to demonkind.
As for demons, their spiritual livelihoods would be easy after triumphing in Form Transformation. They could enter and leave grand mountains and great rivers as they pleased and search for ancestral remnants, obtaining the fortunes of superhumans from long ago. With the addition of bloodline inheritance, demons were over a third more powerful than humans within the same realm!
This kind of disparity, especially after a demon cultivator could expel and reabsorb their origin crystal, was even more apparent. As for the primordial beginning of transforming between human form and demon form at will, such a demon was like a Nascent Soul realm human. In the same vein these figures had already become almost extinct long ago.
On one hand, there was victory in the amount of human cultivators; the base number of those with spiritual roots was great. On the other hand, demons beat out humans in terms of strength when it came to the abilities of individual soldiers. However, in âlifeâ, the major heart of the issue was that both sides had long since shared intimate, harmonious relationships with each other. The Greater Demons wanted humanityâs strength to accumulate their own resources, and likewise, humans didnât want to force the demons too strictly. If a Greater Demon went mad in this kind of peaceful era and wreaked havoc all around, the balance of the game between countries would change.
At the very least, it was like this on the surface.
âContinue.â Xu Yangyi tapped the table. âSanshui City⌠How many hunting grounds does it have?â
âEight.â The youth answered without the least bit hesitation, âThe awareness of demon territory is extremely strong. Each demon has cut out their own territory. They wouldnât let other demons enter their hunting grounds, otherwise, it would be the same as the declaring a mortal struggle. I think⌠that the Public Security Bureau doesnât wish to see such a situation, as well. However, itâs also not every demon that can cultivate. At the least, itâs only the demons at initial-stage Form Transformation that can establish their own hunting grounds. I guarantee that with myself included, the number of demons at Form Transformation doesnât exceed eight!â
Xu Yangyi didnât have any expression whatsoever. He himself was part of Heavens Law. In fact, his understanding of human-demon relations in comparison to Chief Zheng wasnât much better.
What he genuinely understood was⌠the most effective and fastest ways to kill demons. No matter if the opponent was a demon, a fae, a ghost, or a devil, he could practically set himself to task in finding the otherâs Achillesâs heel.
Others merely acted to master the surface of this knowledge and nothing more. Slaughter, however, was his true speciality. In light of this aspect, he could even be considered an honest and simple man. At the very least, he was a simple person.
âHave any other demons come recently?â Xu Yangyi asked stonily.
âOf courseâŚâ The youth began to laugh cruelly, âI know what youâre looking for⌠What about it? Heavens Law accepted Sanshui Cityâs mission but is unable to find the killer? You⌠Argh! You⌠Lighten up a bit! Dammit! Let go of my hand!â
Xu Yangyiâs hand was already gently pressed down against the otherâs carotid artery. He simply didnât glance at the youth at all, instead studying the indistinct flickering of the cigarette butt in his hand.
âI want an answer.â He smothered the end of his cigarette by pressing it between his fingers. âNo bullshit.â
Demons, in the same manner, were a society. Xu Yangyi wasnât in the mood, or duty as well, to obey their societyâs hierarchy. Simple and rough was the style of his investigative conduct. His policy execution only sought results.
Youâre not going to speak? Sure. Iâll follow orders and change my methods.
âYou fucking psychopathâŚâ The youthâs lips shivered. He truly was frightened. In all these years, he had never met someone one from Heavens Law. In the passage of thirty-somewhat years, he had never revered humanityâs branch of special forces. Besides, he hadnât killed that many people at all; he wasnât a carnivorous demon. Heavens Law also didnât possess the skill to cast his body out with a gaze.
But tonight, in front of him⌠this youth in his early twenties made him begin to rethink everything.
âI admit defeat today.â Watching the retreating hand, the youth sighed in relief and sneered, âThe person you want to find is in an abandoned building in the south of the ninth division in the real estate district. From this day forth, may our paths never cross again!â
The youth finished saying these words and opened the door with a swoosh. Just as he was leaving, his face suddenly ashened, and he turned his head. âYou still havenât asked for my name.â
âReally?â Xu Yangyi looked at the night scenery, lost in thought. âThatâs not important at all.â
Bang!
The door rang like a trembling mountain. The youth charged outside the door, carrying an unequalled burning fury.
âThat bastard son of a whoreâŚâ No one had seen it, but as he left the door in a flash, he pursed his lips forcefully and glanced at the door and sneered. âYou really believe Heavens Law is omnipotent? Donât forget, youâre only a student that hasnât even graduated! Hehe⌠You havenât thought about why itâs going on a killing spree in Sanshui City? Is it that none of the demons care? Is the Shennong Convention really a joke?
âItâs not that they donât care⌠Itâs that they donât risk taking over this matter⌠Thereâs not a single demon in Sanshui City thatâs so bold to rear their head⌠Hehehe⌠Iâm really looking forward to it⌠The scene of that beast tearing you to piecesâŚâ The toad-demon was like an illusion, beginning to drift apart into the air in layers. â...Relax⌠When the time comes, Iâll âhelpâ your soul pass onto the afterlifeâŚâ
1. Guan Yu is a figure in Chinese history during the three kingdoms era. He is regarded as being the most loyal of bros.
2. Refused a toast but to drink a forfeit. A colorful chinese idiom meaning that a person refused to do a request, but in the end is forced to that request and then some.
3. Taobao: Chinese amazon/ebay.
4. ĺ形, 夊梯, ĺ 业. These are the three realms described for demons. Respectively, they are Form Transformation, Firmament Stepping, and Origin Crystallization. Of the three, the one Iâm most iffy about is Firmament Stepping, since the literal translation is Heavens Stairs/ Sky Ladder. Of the three, the last one, Origin Crystallization is like that of Core Formation except for demons. Like human cultivator cores, demons have a âcrystalâ as their core. I tried to mirror human cultivation realms in terms of naming for demons.
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