Twisted Dreams-Chapter 343 - 412: Troublemaker

After saying this, Ye Fan fell silent.

This is like some plots in martial arts novels.

Those evil and powerful martial arts secret manuals are despised by righteous people.

Clearly knowing these manuals are extremely powerful, yet they are sealed or destroyed due to their evilness.

Later, someone from the evil path, by luck, obtains the manual and wreaks havoc after mastering it.

Righteous people can do nothing but curse the evil demons and wait for a chosen one like ’Zhang Wuji’ or ’Linghu Chong’ to appear and eliminate the evil.

What if those righteous people learned that martial arts secret manual first? Wouldn’t there be anything for the ’evil demon’ to do? Would evil people still have a chance to harm the martial arts world?

Whether a cultivation technique is righteous or evil, doesn’t it depend on whether the user is righteous or evil?

Ye Fan frowned and said:

"That’s all well and good, but Xie Qilin’s technique requires devouring people’s souls.

In other words, to complete the ’Demon Puzzle’, at least three people’s souls need to be devoured.

Three people’s souls mean three lives."

Cao Yi glanced at Ye Fan and said:

"The Xie Qilin killed more than three prison guards and administrators.

Oh, right, the number of innocent Extraordinary killed by Xie Qilin hasn’t been tallied yet.

If we had completed the Demon Puzzle early on, would Xie Qilin have had the chance to kill so many people?

Trading three lives for so many others, isn’t it worth it?"

What he said was somewhat rebellious.

There used to be a philosophical question about humanity.

A train went out of control; in front of it were two track junctions.

On one track, one person is tied, and on the other, five people are tied.

If the track isn’t changed, five will die; if it is, one will die.

The decision-maker is asked what choice to make.

This question asks which is more important: one innocent life or five innocent lives.

To Cao Yi, the answer is simple.

It depends on the decision-maker’s identity.

If that one innocent life was his friend, he would indeed choose not to change the track and let five innocent lives die.

What does the innocency of those five lives matter to him? His friend living profits him the most.

If the decision maker is the responsible party, they would surely change the track, save five people, and kill one.

A five-life accident versus a one-life accident obviously makes one death more worthwhile.

Related compensations and subsequent messes are also clearly easier with one death than five.

Coming back to the matter of the Demon Puzzle, Cao Yi doesn’t care whether Xie Qilin’s method is evil; he just wants the Security Administration to have more means.

Ye Fan disagrees with Cao Yi’s theory, but doesn’t know how to refute it.

Cao Yi continued:

"We might not need to devour three people’s souls.

I remember, Ye Fan, you have two unique skills.

One is Talisman Technique, the other is Invitation Technique.

This Invitation Technique, isn’t it somewhat similar to Xie Qilin’s soul-devouring method?

Could you delve into it and allow a person to possess four talents simultaneously?"

Ye Fan fell into deep thought.

This sounds simple, but it’s difficult to execute.

If Ye Fan could simultaneously invite three souls to possess him, there might be some possibility.

The problem is, Ye Fan can currently only invite one soul to possess him.

Cao Yi turned to Zhang Xiaoyi and asked:

"How to combine wind, water, fire, and three talents depends on Ye Fan.

The hardest part of completing the Demon Puzzle is the fourth talent.

Because there are only Three Basic Talents, only some oddities possess talents beyond these.

For example, Thunder with Daoist Zhang, and my ’Soul Artifact’.

(Soul Artifact: Soul-Seeking Chain, Heart Scale).

Cao Yi continued:

"I believe, with research on Xie Qilin’s remains, with two anomalies like me and Daoist Zhang, with Ye Fan’s Invitation Technique, the Security Administration will have its own Demon Puzzle."

Having finished speaking, Cao Yi placed his hands on the table, glanced at the two for a while, then smiled and said:

"Do either of you have any questions?

If not, please work together to research the Demon Puzzle as soon as possible.

The wind of Spiritual Energy Revival is growing stronger.

Only by first mastering stronger powers can we live up to Xia Country’s trust in the Security Administration."

Zhang Xiaoyi and Ye Fan had nothing else to say.

They are executors; Cao Yi is the decision-maker.

They got up, cupped their fists to Cao Yi, and left the Security Administration.

After their departure, Cao Yi’s expression grew grave, he flicked his hand, and Heart Scale and Soul-Seeking Chain appeared.

Cao Yi muttered:

"Demon Puzzle... Demon Club..."

He won’t forget, every time he drinks a potion from the pharmacy owner, he gains a new talent.

The Demon Club must have long mastered the secrets of the Demon Puzzle.

That pharmacy owner plays what role within the Demon Club?

"No matter, in half a month, I’ll attend the Demon Meeting and know everything then."

Cao Yi talked to himself.

...

South Sea, Half-Mountain Villa.

Suzu sat on the sofa, boredly swinging her legs, with a slight sadness on her face:

"My poor little evil guy is gone."

Li Yang sat cross-legged on the carpet, leaning over the coffee table and writing something, the floor already littered with waste paper, filled with incomprehensible talismans.

Li Yang wrote while saying:

"Dead is dead, why are you so sad?"

Suzu stopped swinging her legs, stared at Li Yang with her big eyes, and asked:

"That little evil guy was great!

He was so powerful, gathering four talents alone, he became a demon!

He’s the first human to transform into a demon without relying on your Desire Potion.

Such an outstanding fellow just died like that? Isn’t it regrettable?"

Li Yang finally finished writing, rubbed his stiff face from concentrating too much, and said:

"He was indeed formidable, but I don’t need him."

Suzu puffed her cheeks and said:

"That’s a genius, and you actually don’t need him?!"

Li Yang closed the notebook on the table and said:

"He’s no use to me, even a bit troublesome.

For someone like me, who sets the rules of the Extraordinary World, a genius like him is a thorn."

The Extraordinary World Li Yang crafted is like a sandbox game.

The characters in the sandbox game are Li Yang’s cattle, working to enhance Li Yang’s Spiritual Power.

Xie Qilin, the genius, loves devouring other cattle.

Xie Qilin himself doesn’t bring much Spiritual Power to Li Yang, yet eats the cattle that do, making him a pest.

Whether one is a benefit or a pest doesn’t depend on human interests?

Just like in school classes, there are always some very smart yet harmful individuals who the teacher and school leaders label as thorns.

Xie Qilin was a thorn, neither big nor small.

Suzu pouted, refraining from arguing with Li Yang, she jumped off the sofa and curiously looked at what Li Yang wrote.

Suzu read the words on Li Yang’s notebook cover, word by word:

"Complete Guide to Undead Magic."

This is the Dharma Gate Li Yang wrote.

The current Spiritual Energy Revival sandbox game is still too monotone; he wants to create something like ’cultivation techniques’, to stimulate the ’sandbox game’s’ changes.

Li Yang plans to hold an auction, auctioning these ’secret technique manuals’, to gather wealth while injecting a catalyst into Spiritual Energy Revival.

The auction will be hosted by the Demon Club, attracting Extraordinary Organizations worldwide.

While ceasing to hide, revealing the Demon Club’s power, they’ll also test how many Extraordinary Influences the world has.

Suzu exclaimed:

"Li Yang! What the heck is Complete Guide to Undead Magic!

It’s awful to hear, can’t you name things better?

Look at those technique names in Naruto.

Sharingan, Heart Transposition Technique, Earth-Bursting Celestial Star, isn’t it cool?

Or learn from other novels’ cultivation technique names.

Burning Technique, Great Celestial Creation Palm, Great Wilderness Heaven-Imprisoning Finger."

Li Yang squinted at Suzu:

"Not just Complete Guide to Undead Magic.

There’s also ’Artifact Refining Manual’ and ’Pill Manufacturing Textbook’."

Li Yang felt insulted.

Ignoring Suzu’s mockery, he said:

"Prepare to have a dream sent to a few Apostles, tell them to prepare for the next Blood Moon."

Suzu paused:

"The Blood Moon just passed half a month, starting another one so soon, is it that frequent?"

Li Yang replied:

"The next Blood Moon won’t be in Xia Country."