Urban Cultivation with a Demonic System-Chapter 114 - 113: Taibai Phecda: I Really Should Have Taken You as My Disciple!
To prevent further disgrace, Taibai Phecda forced himself to calm down.
After carefully examining the Cyber Ten Thousand Souls Banner, he finally discerned the differences between this banner and the Ten Thousand Souls Banner refined by an ancient Demon Cultivator.
And he couldn’t help but admire Su Yuan’s astonishing talent.
Encasing AI-modeled souls in a Spiritual Ability Flash Disk and using the refining method of the Ancient Ten Thousand Souls Banner to create such a modern-day Ten Thousand Souls Banner.
And it was all legal and compliant... though the legality of its use is up for debate.
Now, he had no reason to confiscate this magical treasure.
After going through a father-daughter negotiation marked by amiability and respect for parental authority, the two reached an agreement.
Taibai Phecda promised not to confiscate the Cyber Ten Thousand Souls Banner, while Taibai Yuxi had to immediately return the banner and delete the short video of her opening the box taken by her mischievous father.
Upon leaving the room, the father and daughter found the atmosphere in the living room somewhat strange.
Especially Su Yuan, who lowered his head as much as possible, pretending to be engrossed in his studies.
Something was off.
Taibai Phecda squinted but didn’t rush to investigate what trouble Su Yuan had stirred in his brief absence. Instead, he intended first to return the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.
Otherwise, reprimanding the kid wouldn’t feel justified.
He signaled his daughter with his eyes to return the Ten Thousand Souls Banner quickly.
The white-haired Lolita nodded and tiptoed over to Su Yuan’s backpack.
However, upon seeing the current state of Su Yuan’s backpack, she froze in place and turned back, seeking help from Taibai Phecda.
Taibai Phecda sighed, looking over, and saw that Su Yuan’s backpack was stuffed to the brim, deformed and unable to zip up.
And what peeked out from Su Yuan’s bag made the father’s vision darken once again.
Because he couldn’t be more familiar with it— it was the sword rack he used for placing the Chi Yuan Sword.
Considering his care for the Spirit Sword, the sword rack was certainly no ordinary item, so he hadn’t been willing to give it at the time.
If I won’t give it, you just take it, huh!
If you’re going to take it, could you at least be discreet?
Stuffing the backpack so full, you might as well carry a storage bag!
How much does a storage bag cost? Spend some! It’s not embarrassing!
And yet, this wasn’t even the most troubling aspect for Taibai Phecda.
What truly chilled his heart was the realization that without the Chi Yuan Sword’s cooperation, Su Yuan wouldn’t have been able to open the Sword Storage Pavilion and take away the sword rack.
It’s entirely possible the whole thing wasn’t Su Yuan’s fault but rather that the Chi Yuan Sword acted on its own seeing its owner gone!
It’s just like the daughter who, after getting married, returns home to fleece her old father.
Clearly, Su Yuan’s guilt included two layers.
The first layer was the guilt from stealing the sword rack; the second layer was from finding the Cyber Ten Thousand Souls Banner missing while stuffing the sword rack into his backpack.
But whether it was Taibai Yuxi unboxing the Ten Thousand Souls Banner that implicated the old man, or the Chi Yuan Sword returning home and depleting the old man’s gold coins, none of this could be blamed on Su Yuan.
As a teacher, blaming the victim is never the right choice!
So even though Taibai Phecda had the urge to strangle Su Yuan, he ultimately held it back forcefully.
He even sincerely harbored a thought — to accept Su Yuan as a direct disciple!
Not for any other reason, just to assign this boy some impossible tasks every day.
That way, he could daily watch Su Yuan’s head swell, and then justifiably reprimand the boy, venting his own frustration!
This might be the most bizarre reason for accepting a disciple in history.
However, after calming down and thinking it over, Taibai Phecda decided against accepting a disciple just yet.
On one hand, he worried Su Yuan might cause trouble later and mention his name.
On the other hand, he was soon heading to Jinhua Mountain, making accepting a disciple ineffective in disciplining Su Yuan and possibly letting the boy use his name to cause chaos.
Eventually, he set a bottom line for himself.
After returning from Jinhua Mountain, as long as Su Yuan does one more thing that makes his vision go dark, he would definitely accept Su Yuan as a disciple!
Even if the boy didn’t agree, he’d have to!
Unaware of Taibai Phecda’s secret plans for him, Su Yuan felt relieved seeing Taibai Yuxi place the Ten Thousand Souls Banner back beside his backpack.
Clearly, Teacher Taibai had no intention of dealing with him because of the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.
After all, it was just a bunch of Cyber Souls; he hadn’t done anything too wicked.
He just didn’t know if Taibai Yuxi had successfully wielded the power of the Cyber Ten Thousand Souls Banner.
Logically, with the intelligence of the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, it shouldn’t allow anyone other than himself to use it, but Taibai Yuxi might just be an exception.
This little witch had particularly unique talent in Demon Dao, forcibly using the Ten Thousand Souls Banner was not impossible.
No matter what she did, there should be backups in the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.
After all, the essence of the Cyber Ten Thousand Souls Banner is a flash drive.
He would thoroughly check the backups when he got home later.
The day of learning quickly came to an end.
With the blessing of the Demon Lord title, his learning speed of Initial Understanding of Sword Qi naturally surpassed everyone else’s, already reaching the Minor Success stage.
Although with Spiritual Wisdom Sword Qi he no longer needed to condense ordinary Sword Qi, the knowledge from Initial Understanding of Sword Qi could make his Spiritual Wisdom Sword Qi even more condensed and agile than before.
After finishing his learning, Su Yuan was about to head to Xiao Kong’s place to log into the Taixu Illusion Realm and check out what’s going on in the Golden City.
Before he could step out of the Taibai family’s gate, a figure came up and tugged at his sleeve.
Turning around, he saw Chen Nuoyi looking at him eagerly, asking softly,
"Su Yuan, are you not coming to work tonight either?"
If someone unaware of the situation saw this, they might think it was a wife watching her husband leave, unable to stop him, only managing a small, pleading request.
Of course, Su Yuan, being involved, didn’t feel this way, but he did feel a twinge of inexplicable guilt.
He gently held Chen Nuoyi’s delicate wrist and said earnestly,
"Class rep, I’m not slacking, I’ve just been looking for a more suitable job for us in the Taixu Illusion Realm."
"Do you know Golden City?"
The girl shook her head blankly, saying,
"I only know Purple Gold City."
Su Yuan: "..."
What a damn rich kid!
"Ahem, anyway, a lot of big sects have settled in Golden City, so I need to use Xiao Kong’s login pod to find business there. Rest assured, there should be good news tonight."
"I see... then be careful, I heard there are a lot of scammers in the Taixu Illusion Realm."
The tone shifted to a wife reluctantly bidding farewell to her husband heading out for work, much warmer.
And the reason why Su Yuan worked so diligently, besides completing the Spiritual Root’s task, was indeed to earn some money.
He wasn’t greedy for wealth but believed in preparedness.
Even though he had quite a bit of savings now, once college started and even after Foundation Establishment, expenses would only increase, so he had to save as much money as possible.
Of course, if he really made it to the Top Ten, loan companies would do everything in their power to offer various student loans, even without working he wouldn’t lack money.
But student loans aren’t something you don’t have to repay, are they?
It’s always more comforting to spend your own money.
