Chapter 0.95 – Recognizing an Uncle
“My name is Ren Su, Ren from ‘Blade’ and Su from ‘Rock Sugar’,” Ren Su quickly explained, trembling with fear.
Hearing this, Qin Gou remembered that the system had indeed prompted him about the name ‘Ren Su’ earlier, but in his haste, he hadn’t been able to recall it.
“So, you’re impersonating Demon Lord Jia Ren?” Qin Gou continued to ask.
“I am Demon Lord Jia Ren!”
“Who was it that was afraid of this and that just now? You are, at most, the ‘Disgraceful’ Demon Lord,” Qin Gou said with a hint of disdain.
Ren Su glared at Qin Gou with a resentful look. After hesitating for a long time, she said, “I can tell you, but you must absolutely not leak this information. You must fully cooperate with me to ensure my family is safe from harm, and guarantee it with a drop of your spirit blood… handed over to me in a porcelain bottle.”
Qin Gou first put on a very troubled expression. After pondering for a moment, he gritted his teeth and said, “Alright.” He then secretly circulated the Faceless Hermit’s blood within him to its extreme before letting a drop fall into a small white porcelain bottle and handing it to Ren Su.
Ren Su examined it vigilantly and, upon confirming it was correct, spoke with a bitter tone, “Actually, I wasn’t lying at all. My real name is Ren Su, and I am also half of Demon Lord Jia Ren. This is because the true me was already devoured by the Ancestor years ago.”
“Bloodline Nourishment Technique?” Qin Gou recalled the evil technique Mo Qingyang had wanted to use on Kong Ling and Mo Yu.
“The spell you mentioned can only devour direct blood relatives, but the Ancestor relied on his own Special Constitution, the ‘Soul Assimilation Body’,” Ren Su shook her head and said with a wry smile, “It’s just that no one could have imagined that I, Ren Su, would possess the same Special Constitution as the Ancestor. I just hadn’t clearly awakened it at the time, which caused an accident during the assimilation. I didn’t completely disappear.”
“You’re occupying Demon Lord Jia Ren’s body?”
“To be precise, I squeezed in. The Ancestor’s soul was severely damaged due to the backlash. Now, except for one or two days a month when she can wake up, or when I summon spirit tools or dharma images, she is forcibly awakened. For the rest of the time, this body is mostly dominated by me.”
Ren Su lowered her gaze. “From then on, the Ancestor told me to play her role well to avoid her losing her position as Demon Lord. Otherwise, it would be a huge blow to the entire Ren Clan family, and my parents would be considered an even greater offender.
And if what I did greatly pleased the Ancestor, my family’s treatment within the clan could improve, and they might eventually no longer be confined to the dungeon. That’s why I often acted aggressively. Who knew I’d fall into Lu Changli’s trap this time!”
Qin Gou, while processing Ren Su’s explanation, continued to ask, “Then why did you say nonsense like marrying me just now?”
Ren Su exploded like a firecracker, collapsing. “It’s already done. If I had told the truth, that I was simply too foolish and was played by Lu Changli, that would have been worse! It would have been better to try anything, to gamble on the chance that since you are one of the Ten Pillar Demon Lords, if you joined my Ren Clan, it would be considered a merit. If you then pleaded for me, perhaps my parents’ lives could at least be saved… You agreed just now.”
“So that’s how it is. You were also forced into a corner and resorted to desperate measures,” Qin Gou said with a哑然失笑. “One last question, may I ask how old you are this year, young lady?”
Ren Su was stunned for a moment. “If we count the time since I was devoured by the Ancestor, I should be fifteen this year.”
As expected.
This wench was even younger than Mu Man’er, Qin Gou’s youngest disciple, in terms of actual age. Moreover, she was even younger before being devoured.
“Alright, you really don’t need to be so panicked. You can use your spirit arts to carefully check if you are still pure. Then you’ll know I wasn’t lying before,” Qin Gou said, his voice as calm as if he were coaxing a child, spreading his hands.
“Really? But I’m not good at that kind of spirit art,” Ren Su said with surprise.
“Then go learn it yourself,” Qin Gou said, rolling his eyes at Ren Su impatiently.
Just then, a door opened.
“Is Pious Younger Brother Zhenyu here?” Lu Changli had his own ways of ignoring the restrictions outside Qin Gou’s door. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been able to send Ren Su into the room silently yesterday.
“Zhili? Why are you here? I searched for you for a long time yesterday!” Lu Changli said, looking directly at Ren Su.
“Brother Fanyin, why do you ask what you already know?” Qin Gou said with an unfriendly expression.
“What does Pious Younger Brother Zhenyu mean? I’m afraid there’s some misunderstanding here,” Lu Changli said, calmly looking at Ren Su with a meaningful undertone. “Zhili, don’t you know you are still a prisoner? And you still came to find Pious Younger Brother Zhenyu? What kind of behavior is this?”
The implication was that ‘Lu Zhili’ should take the blame herself. And since both of them were in bed at this moment, the situation was clearly set. Even if Qin Gou insisted that nothing had happened, who would believe him?
“Ancestor, please stop talking. It has already happened, and Demon Lord Zhenyu has already personally promised to marry me…” Ren Su said, her little face blushing, her voice filled with embarrassment.
Qin Gou’s gaze snapped towards Ren Su, his eyes wide open.
“Oh?” Lu Changli’s eyes lit up. “Hahaha, since Demon Lord Zhenyu is willing to redeem himself, that’s not bad! Regarding the specific matters, I will await Demon Lord Zhenyu on the seventh floor after you are properly dressed!”
With that, Lu Changli, who had arrived quickly, left just as fast.
Ren Su patted her fair chest, breathing a sigh of relief. “That was close, that was too close to giving myself away.”
“Ren Su!” Qin Gou ground his teeth, furious. “To avoid revealing your identity, you so easily sold me out?”
Ren Su said with a serious expression, “I know you didn’t want to agree to Lu Changli, but it doesn’t matter. Even if Lu Changli himself believed it, Elder Yan would absolutely not allow it to happen.”
“Elder Yan? Demon Lord Arid Prison? What does he have to do with this?” Qin Gou asked, utterly perplexed.
“You are Elder Yan’s favorite! How could he allow you to be with Lu Zhili?” Ren Su said confidently and as a matter of course.
“Nonsense!”
Qin Gou was so angry his nose was about to turn crooked, smoke practically coming out of his ears. “Not only did you harm me, but you also slander and insult me? I’ve only met Yan Suoyun once! Favorite? You foolish girl, look carefully. I am the newly promoted Tenth Pillar! Do you even know who I am? Have you mistaken me for someone else?”
Ren Su obediently nodded her little head. “Of course, I know. You are Demon Lord Zhenyu, Qin Gou! Your name is very easy to remember because I also know that in the Human Realm, there is a fierce and evil god with the same name, Demon Master Qin Gou! This person is infamous for all sorts of evil deeds, his notoriety spreading far and wide, known as the sole Demon Saint of this era!”
“You’re too much.”
For a moment, Qin Gou’s molars were about to shatter. He suddenly reached out and patted Ren Su’s shoulder, a half-smile on his face. “From now on, you will obey my every command. If I tell you to go east, you will not go west. If I tell you to lie down, you will not sit up.”
“On what grounds?” Ren Su wrinkled her delicate nose, utterly bewildered.
“Because you, a愣头娃 who can’t even stand to see blood, cannot possibly outwit me.”
Ren Su was not intimidated at all, proudly declaring, “Then don’t forget, once I summon my Natal Spirit Tool, even the Ancestor will be fighting!”
“I haven’t forgotten, it’s you who has forgotten. I told you from the beginning about my good habits,” Qin Gou said. As he spoke, he reached out and beckoned into the air. The candlestick that had previously displayed the scene of Qin Gou and Lu Zhili’s staged act last night immediately flew into his hand.
And this time, the scene transformed by the candlestick showed Ren Su personally revealing her biggest secret to Qin Gou, every detail.
“Guess what Demon Lord Jia Ren would think if she saw this scene? Do you still dare to wake her up?”
Ren Su immediately stood up, revealing her originally cool, elegant, and moon-like beauty. With a single thought, she removed the seal of the ‘Void Stepping Pill’, her imposing aura surging, her eyes proud. “Who’s afraid of whom? I have your spirit blood, aren’t you afraid I’ll make it into a spirit charm?!”
“If you truly believe that spirit blood is useful, feel free to try,” Qin Gou said with a shrug of indifference.
“You!” Ren Su’s eyes were like knives, her demeanor imposing. “What exactly do you want?”
Qin Gou said irritably, “Naturally, I want you, this little brat, to honestly yield and recognize me as your uncle! Henceforth, you will obey me obediently and atone for your sins!”
“Wishful thinking!”
Ren Su let out a娇喝, her ice-cold eyes meeting Qin Gou’s.
However, time flowed by, and it soon completely exceeded the limit that Yan Xin Demon Lord, his own dogleg, could endure each time. Yet, Qin Gou remained unmoved.
Immediately after, Ren Su, being sensible, changed her strategy. She quickly knelt back on the bed, covering her blushing, unmentionable face with her hands.
“Uncle, I was wrong.”
