Chapter 0: Villains by Nature
The System prompt continued for half an hour. Unbeknownst to many, numerous lovable and respectable Demonic path scoundrels, with a single sentence, selflessly offered their precious Merit points to Qin Gou.
Adding it all up, it amounted to a staggering 2000 Merit points.
This was double the reward for completing the mission of disciplining Mu Man’er. At this moment, Qin Gou could only describe his mood in four words:
Utterly refreshed!
Returning to Mu Estate, Mu Man’er personally returned the Astonishing Immortal Sword to Qin Gou.
Carrying the long sword on his back, Qin Gou smiled with an unfathomable air, “It’s about time.”
“Master?” Mu Man’er and her parents were all bewildered.
“I must take my leave,” Qin Gou waved his large sleeves and said with a warm smile, “Man’er, after I leave, remember to conduct yourself properly and never make such grave mistakes again.”
Mu Man’er’s eyes flickered as she smiled sweetly and obediently, “Then Man’er will go with Master.”
“Absolutely not!” Qin Gou let out a dry laugh and sternly refused, “Your time for visiting relatives has two months left, how can you leave with me? It will be a long time before you can venture out again, so cherish this period. When the time comes, it won’t be too late to set off for Arc-Moon Mountain alone.”
Take Mu Man’er with him? What a joke! He feared that in another ten minutes, this imposing Dharma Aspect True Person would deflate like a pricked balloon and revert to his original form. He would then be like a tiger fallen into the plains, his youngest and most energetic disciple would pin him to the ground and ride him like a horse. That would be quite amusing.
Ultimately, Qin Gou rejected Mu Man’er’s suggestion, politely declined the thank-you banquet from Mu Man’er’s parents, and left Guyue City alone.
Guyue City, at the city gates.
Qin Gou took out the ‘Perfect Disguise Talisman’ he had previously received and gently placed it on his face. His originally handsome features became even more sinister and alluring. A slight smile was fatally charming, and his physique seemed to have grown taller, completely transforming him into another person.
Suddenly, Qin Gou looked back and saw a corpulent little fatty, exhibiting a speed completely unbefitting his physique, kicking up a cloud of dust as he fled from Guyue City as if escaping a disaster.
As soon as he ran out of the city gates, the little fatty bent over, placing his hands on his knees, gasping for breath unevenly, “May the Immortals bless me! Thankfully I made it. If I were any later, Brother Fatty would have been crushed to death by a Dharma Aspect True Person.”
Qin Gou had not received any System prompts, so this little fatty was definitely not a villain of great evil, which puzzled him greatly. He immediately stepped forward and asked, “My dear brother, why are you in such a panic?”
Startled by Qin Gou’s sudden voice, the little fatty plopped down on the ground. Upon seeing who it was, he immediately cried out loudly, “Damn it, brother, you scared Brother Fatty to death! I thought Lord Qin Gou was chasing me out!”
Qin Gou, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, asked, “What exactly happened?”
“You don’t know?” The little fatty looked at Qin Gou in surprise and said, “Lord Qin Gou, a peerless Dharma Aspect Realm mighty figure known as the ‘Celestial Master,’ has arrived in Guyue City! His elderness has ordered all cultivators in Guyue City who have committed evil deeds to get out immediately, or face annihilation! Brother Fatty has narrowly escaped death this time, almost being reduced to ashes by Lord Qin Gou! Brother, you’re not storing your weapon in a Nas, but deliberately displaying it, and your appearance is also strangely evil. At a glance, you’re not a good person like Brother Fatty and me. I advise you to leave quickly too!”
He was initially pleased when the other party addressed him as ‘Celestial Master’ and was about to praise this interesting junior. He didn’t expect this fellow to immediately turn around and tell him, right to his face, that he didn’t look like a good person?!
“You rascal… what evil deeds have you committed? Why don’t you tell me, let me see?” Qin Gou’s nose was practically steaming with anger, and he said fiercely.
The little fatty sighed, wanting to cry but having no tears, “I just peeked at Widow Wang next door taking a bath yesterday, and Lord Qin Gou arrived today. How am I supposed to live?”
“What did you say?” Qin Gou’s mouth twitched violently, and he was astonished, “Just this? Anything else? What other ‘great deeds’ have you accomplished?”
Hearing this, the little fatty looked around cautiously, as if with a guilty conscience, and said in a deep voice, “Brother Fatty also robbed a Spirit Medicine Shop!”
“Oh? Brother, you’re only at the peak of the Qi Gathering Realm, yet you managed to rob a heavily guarded Spirit Medicine Shop? How did you do it?” Qin Gou continued to question, a hint of suspicion flashing in his eyes.
“It was three months ago. Big Mother… a group of thugs robbed me of a lot of Spirit Stones. I was so angry that I just found a Spirit Medicine Shop and looted it clean. The guards there weren’t high-level cultivators either. With a few moves, I made them cry and beg for mercy! They were very weak!”
The little fatty laughed heartily, patting his chest, appearing extremely smug.
Qin Gou’s suspicion deepened, “Brother, are you toying with me, treating me like a three-year-old?”
“Uh…” The little fatty’s laughter came to an abrupt halt, and there was a hint of bitterness on his face, “But later Brother Fatty found out that the Spirit Medicine Shop was opened by my second uncle! This is probably the legendary ‘righteousness over kindred’! Brother Fatty is indeed a villain by nature! Lord Qin Gou letting me go this time is no different from releasing a tiger back into the mountains.”
With that, the little fatty gazed into the distance, a hint of deep, self-appreciative melancholy in his eyes… He fell silent, as if waiting for Qin Gou beside him to express his admiration and reverence.
“Get lost!”
Suddenly, Qin Gou raised his leg and kicked the little fatty’s sturdy backside, sending him flying.
At the same time, eight hundred miles away from this location.
A black-robed old man with white hair and beard, standing on a scarlet spirit boat, was flying through the air.
He held a Sinan in his hands, its needle pointing directly towards a certain direction in the distance.
“It won’t be wrong, it’s getting closer!” the old man muttered to himself, “This Sinan is blessed by a drop of spirit blood from the founding ancestor of my sect. As long as a cultivator with the same physique as the founding ancestor appears within a three-thousand-mile radius, it will automatically lock on!”
At this moment, a furry head emerged from the old man’s embrace. It was a spirit beast – a canine with snow-white fur all over its body and pupils as scarlet as fresh blood.
“I can smell it too!” the spirit dog suddenly spoke in human language, baring its sharp-toothed mouth and grinning sinisterly, “It’s a faint, elegant fragrance, like a tulip!”
“It must be the ‘Enlightenment True Body,’ there’s no mistake!”
The black-robed old man’s eyes were sharp and unparalleled. His laughter carried an indescribable joy and a hint of choked emotion.
“My Seed Demon Sacred Cult has hope for a revival! Sowing the Demon seed in the Dao heart will benefit all living beings!!”
