Quick Transmigration: The Big Shot Has Gone Crazy Again - Chapter 45
Chapter 45
With just one question from their benefactor, this group of little weaklings from various sects and schools began speculating wildly.
The cold and beautiful woman before them was most likely a reclusive expert, dwelling deep in the mountains and forests, wholeheartedly cultivating without concern for worldly matters.
Thinking this, the leader of the weaklings, Weakling A, began recounting to their benefactor all the events of the past two hundred years.
Although Weakling D had already chattered on and on just now, that had only been a tiny, tiny portion.
After listening, Nan Yuan grew increasingly silent.
Xu Xiaotang gnawed on her little claws and whimpered.
Nan Yuan had originally thought that, during the growth of Qi Yunzi, there would surely be many people around him in need of saving, such as his little followers, his harem.
By following Qi Yunzi and saving those people in advance, they wouldn’t need to pledge themselves to him, serve like oxen or horses; just a bit of merit value would suffice.
Yet now…
Not only had Qi Yunzi grown up, he had long since embarked on a cheat-like life of gathering followers and expanding his harem, with progress already at ninety-nine percent.
The weaklings said his cultivation had reached the level of Advanced Spirit King.
But knowing Qi Yunzi’s habit of hiding things, Nan Yuan suspected his cultivation was even higher.
Xu Xiaotang sorted through the plot and immediately said to Nan Yuan:
“Yuan Yuan, Qi Yunzi should already have advanced to Spirit Emperor. He hasn’t faced heavenly tribulation because he accidentally stumbled into a treasure ground that shields against tribulation, so no one knows he’s already a Spirit Emperor.
According to the plot, he will soon clash with the ancient bloodthirsty demon spider of the Demon Realm, and awaken an ancient divine beast bloodline…”
Nan Yuan drifted into her own thoughts, a little absent-minded.
“…Back then, I destroyed the Abyss of Demons to such an extent, and yet it still managed to nurture this demon spider. The Heavenly Dao truly is formidable, huh.”
Xu Xiaotang shivered suddenly, “Yuan Yuan, what do you mean by that? What does this ancient bloodthirsty demon spider have to do with Daddy Heavenly Dao?”
Nan Yuan cradled Xu Xiaotang in her arms, gently stroking her fur, though her gaze was ice-cold.
“If the intent was truly to exterminate this ancient demon spider, it would have sufficed to call down divine lightning from the Nine Heavens and smite it instantly. Why leave it until today?
The tides of the world: long divided must unite, long united must divide. This realm has been peaceful for far too long.”
Xu Xiaotang stammered, “Th-then it can’t be that Daddy Heavenly Dao created it… right?”
Nan Yuan’s expression was indifferent.
“Perhaps it merely allowed it, or perhaps it truly did create it. Who knows.”
Xu Xiaotang was dealt a heavy blow.
Though Daddy Heavenly Dao had no form and no consciousness, only a cluster of heaven-and-earth laws, in Xiaotang’s heart it absolutely possessed a tall, mighty figure.
No one could be more just than Daddy Heavenly Dao.
But Yuan Yuan’s implication was that Daddy Heavenly Dao deliberately created a great villain, then carefully selected a Child of Fortune to oppose it, simply because the world had reached the point where it needed reshuffling?
Whimper whimper whimper, it refused to believe such a truth.
All the fur on Xu Xiaotang drooped, the whole little beast becoming listless.
Its earlier fighting spirit fell from the skies, splat, into a puddle of mud, utterly dead.
This time, Nan Yuan did not comfort it.
Children always have to learn to grow up.
When the little weakling squad reached the time to part ways with their benefactor, the leader weakling thought for a moment, intending to repay some kindness:
“Surely Benefactor has dwelled long in the mountains, unfamiliar with places outside. May I ask where Benefactor intends to go? This junior is willing to guide the way.”
Seeing their genuine enthusiasm, Nan Yuan replied, “I want to go to the Demon Realm, to find the Bloodthirsty Demon Lord you mentioned.”
The surroundings fell suddenly silent.
A gust of wind blew by.
The weakling squad leader laughed awkwardly:
“Senior, I suddenly recall important matters at my sect. I’m afraid I cannot escort you further. Farewell!”
With that, the little weaklings ran off like the wind, vanishing in the blink of an eye.
Nan Yuan felt somewhat regretful.
Just earlier, when these people spoke of the Bloodthirsty Demon Lord, they were so passionate and eloquent she thought they were crazed fans of his.
Apparently not.
Of course, the little weaklings were no crazed fans of the Bloodthirsty Demon Lord.
It was simply that, among the Five Demon Lords of the Demon Realm, if one were to rank them on a hatred list, the Bloodthirsty Demon Lord would surely come last.
Because this demon was simply too beautiful!
So beautiful that whether male or female, anyone who saw him would be utterly bewitched.
Not only that, compared to the other merciless demon lords, like the Seven Slaughter Demon Lord or the Smiling Face Demon Lord, the Bloodthirsty Demon Lord could even be considered merciful.
His title didn’t come from killing many, but from his cruel and disgusting method of killing.
He would either not act at all, or when he did, he would peel the skin from people’s faces and then drain their blood dry.
However, as long as one did not provoke him, one could live in peace.
There was even once a righteous sect disciple who spent three whole days in the company of the “disguised” Bloodthirsty Demon Lord while he scouted enemy territory, and they happily parted ways in the end.
The legend of the Bloodthirsty Demon Lord’s world-toppling beauty spread from that time.
It was said this Demon Lord enjoyed disguising himself as an ordinary cultivator and mingling among crowds.
As for what he wanted to achieve, no one knew—perhaps just a strange hobby?
“Yuan Yuan, what are you going to that demon for?” Xu Xiaotang had recovered a little, but her tone was still weak.
“To lurk at his side, and when Qi Yunzi finishes the main plotline, kill him immediately.”
Now, the one with fighting spirit was Nan Yuan.
Xu Xiaotang slumped limply in her arms, feebly reminding, “Then Yuan Yuan, be careful.”
Nan Yuan tore open the void and stepped directly into the Demon Realm.
However—
It seemed she miscalculated, for she tore the void straight into a demonic cultivator marketplace?
Fortunately, it was nighttime.
Emerging from a pitch-black corner, she went unnoticed.
—Unnoticed, except for one.
In that pitch-black nook, there was actually a person hidden!
He lay there lifelessly, sprawled on the ground, surrounded by toppled wine jars.
At that moment, concealed in darkness, a pair of dull gray eyes stared blankly at Nan Yuan… at the furball in her arms.
Then, those deathly still eyes slowly began to change, as if suddenly stirred by some raging waves, countless things surging forth all at once.
Things long buried… dark, terrifying things.
Xu Xiaotang, unnerved by that gaze, quickly shrank deeper into Nan Yuan’s arms.
“Yuan Yuan, I think some pervert’s staring at me! Why don’t we happily silence him?”
The drunkard in the corner swayed to his feet.
Curled up earlier, one could not tell…but now that he stood, the pair realized—
This man had a tall and upright figure, ape-like arms, wolfish torso, mantis-like legs, tiger’s back, crane’s neck, and the waist of a hound.
Anyone seeing him would probably suck in a sharp breath and sigh, “What a body.”
However, when the drunkard took a step forward, his face was revealed…covered in burns and scars, hideously ugly!
That ugly face, with eyes now alight and strangely dazed, looked almost bright.
