Chapter 0: The Master Qin of the Seed Demon Sacred Cult
Seeing Senior Brother Shen was so impatient and rude, Qin Gou didn’t get angry. In any case, exchanging the seemingly endless healing pills in his Nascent Storage Ring for precious Merit points was an absolutely foolproof deal.
Senior Brother Shen had the others carry him to the bed. He quickly opened the small bottle and stuffed the pills into his mouth, then smeared the crushed pill residue at the bottom of the bottle all over his bloody legs.
After only three breaths, Senior Brother Shen’s eyes burst with ecstasy, and he shouted, “Miraculous! What a great pill! My legs don’t hurt anymore.”
As he spoke, Senior Brother Shen looked at Qin Gou, licked his lips, and said with a fiery gaze, “Junior Brother Qin, do you have any more of these pills? Hurry and bring them all out! It’s an emergency in the Jianghu!”
“I do have some,” Qin Gou nodded with a strange expression.
“Then what are you waiting for?” Senior Brother Shen frowned. “Can’t you see how much I’ve suffered?”
The other four disciples chimed in, “That’s right, Junior Brother Qin. You’re new to the Sect, so you must have many questions, right? We can answer them one by one. As long as you can spare some extra pills, spirit stones, or the like for us.”
Qin Gou chuckled wryly and shook his head, “That’s not going to happen.”
As of yet, the system had not prompted Qin Gou to gain new Merit points. He suspected it was because none of the disciples before him were decent people. Giving them elixirs and miraculous pills wouldn’t be considered an act of widespread benevolence, but rather aiding and abetting evil.
“What do you mean, Junior Brother?” Senior Brother Shen glared at Qin Gou and said sternly, “From now on, we several fellow disciples will be spending a lot of time together. We must naturally maintain good relations and help each other! Since you can produce such excellent pills, Junior Brother Qin must come from a wealthy background. Why be so stingy?”
“Why are you talking so much nonsense? Go somewhere cool and leave me alone,” Qin Gou rolled his eyes at him and stood up, walking towards his own bed.
“Stop right there!”
Senior Brother Shen yelled and took out a pagoda-shaped magic artifact from his Storage Bag, sneering, “Junior Brother Qin, as your elder brother, I’ll give you one last chance. Call me Big Brother Shen, obediently hand over the pills, and from now on, follow my lead and enjoy all the good things in life! Otherwise, you can leave the Seed Demon Sacred Cult lying down today.”
Qin Gou immediately stopped. He took the 3700 Merit points he had accumulated over the past few days and used 3000 points for an instant advancement. His own realm instantly soared to the late stage of the Artifact Forging Realm, and his proficiency in the Mad Demon Staff Technique advanced to Perfected.
A black short staff appeared in his hand. In an instant, he swung with a madman’s fury, resembling a demon possessed!
“Ah!” A miserable scream rang out.
Before Senior Brother Shen could even react, the pagoda magical artifact in his hand was knocked flying away. The arm he extended made a crisp ‘crack’ sound and bent into a strange arc.
“Ding. Congratulations to the host for defeating the Seed Demon Sacred Cult disciple ‘Shen Tianyin’, rewarding 10 Merit points.”
“You should have said so earlier!” Qin Gou laughed knowingly, weighing the short staff in his hand.
“You madman, die! Junior Brothers, attack!” Shen Tianyin roared, his face contorted in pain.
The four disciples couldn’t help but exchange glances. In fact, they didn’t have any deep affection for Shen Tianyin… This was the Seed Demon Sacred Cult, a Demonic Sect. Strength was the most important thing.
Qin Gou suddenly looked at the four, holding his short staff and grinning as he walked towards them.
“You…”
“Junior Brother Qin, what are you doing?”
“We have no enmity with you!”
“Bang!”
A staff, thrust out with the speed of thunder and lightning, sent a Sacred Cult disciple flying, crashing against the wall.
“Ding. Congratulations to the host for defeating the Seed Demon Sacred Cult disciple and former bandit vanguard ‘Cao Yilin’, rewarding 10 Merit points.”
“This is great! This place isn’t some Demonic Sect, it’s a golden treasure mountain in my eyes!” Qin Gou couldn’t help but exclaim.
“Damn it, you lunatic!”
“This kid is a complete psycho!”
The remaining three Sacred Cult disciples immediately took out their magic artifacts from their Storage Bags, emitting brilliant radiance, and attacked Qin Gou with all their might.
“Call me… Master Qin, and obediently take one blow from me. From now on, follow my lead and enjoy all the good things in life! Otherwise, you can all leave the Seed Demon Sacred Cult lying down today!” Qin Gou laughed wildly like a demon king, easily swatting away all the attacking magic artifacts with a few blows, and approached the three trembling demonic little sheep step by step.
Five minutes later.
Inside the room, everyone except Qin Gou himself lay on the ground, bruised and battered, crying and wailing.
Qin Gou secretly took a drop of blood from each of them and stored them in individual ceramic bottles. Then, he kicked Cao Yilin, who was closer to him. He took out twenty-five mid-grade spirit stones and ten bottles of healing pills from his Nascent Storage Ring, smiling like a cunning fox. “Esteemed Senior Brothers, are you all still alive?”
“What exactly do you want?”
Everyone looked at Qin Gou in terror.
Qin Gou smiled like a sage saving all sentient beings. “Don’t lie there. Come and take some spirit stones and pills yourself. Here, Senior Brother Shen, this is for you.” Qin Gou threw five spirit stones and two bottles of pills to Senior Brother Shen.
“Are you out of your damn mind? You were like a fierce beast just now, and now you’re acting like a saint?” Shen Tianyin protectively clutched the spirit stones and pills to his chest, staring at Qin Gou in disbelief.
Qin Gou glared at him fiercely. Shen Tianyin immediately lowered his head and shut up, not daring to say anything more.
“Junior Brother just wants to ask his esteemed Senior Brothers for a small favor… There can’t be only five of you new disciples in our Sacred Cult, right? Where do the others live? Please lead Junior Brother to visit them one by one!” Qin Gou said with a beaming smile. “As someone new, how can I afford to be impolite?!”
“Furthermore, what I said earlier is absolutely true. After taking that blow, we are now one of us. Follow me, Qin Gou, and I guarantee you will all become rampant and unbridled, living a life even more joyous than in the immortal realm within the Seed Demon Sacred Cult!”
As he spoke, Qin Gou tossed out more than ten shimmering spirit stones like scattered flowers, instantly making everyone’s eyes ache.
…
In Empty Orchid Valley, another courtyard where new disciples resided.
Cao Yilin, whose legs had not yet fully recovered, volunteered and arrogantly kicked open the door.
“Bastard!”
“What kind of trash are you, looking to die!”
“Presumptuous!” Cao Yilin roared. “Master Qin is here, so clean up your mouths!”
“Master Qin?”
“Could it be one of the Elder lords?”
Qin Gou, surrounded by three of his roommates, emerged from the darkness, idly playing with his pitch-black short staff, smiling with immense ‘kindness’.
“It’s your pious younger brother.”
A bright moon hung high in the sky. The originally quiet night was no longer peaceful because of someone.
The entire Empty Orchid Valley, where new disciples lived, was in chaos. Screams of crying and shouting echoed ceaselessly throughout the night.
