Urban Cultivation with a Demonic System-Chapter 173 - 166: Taibai Phecda: Oh No, My Reputation!
"The first three stages took eight minutes, while the middle three stages took only about seven minutes?"
"To achieve such a fast speedrun time, it’s all thanks to my own talent and accumulation!"
On the way to the third ring with the reinforced human puppet, Su Yuan couldn’t help but reflect.
He finally understood why top students handle any problem with such ease.
Because they had already practiced with similar questions before.
His accumulation in the Demon Dao was like a top student who has read thousands of books.
Faced with Zhu Qingqing’s meticulously set exam questions, he wrote as if guided by divine help.
He enhanced the hardness of the human puppet with Ancient Corpse Refining, then deepened his connection with it using Demon Technique·Finger Weapon.
Finally, using the Cyber Resentful Soul to breathe life into the puppet, it was done in one go!
As for why there was a captivating soul in the Ten Thousand Souls Banner?
Clearly, all the resentful souls inside were Su Yuan himself, there was no such thing as a female template soul, let alone a peerless prostitute.
The reason is simple.
The same person, with different life environments, can have different personalities and hobbies.
His Cyber Brothers surfed the Spiritual Net all the time, and many were attracted to things like eroge and hosiery.
Learning from analogous situations, some skilled Cyber Resentful Souls sensed a business opportunity.
They hit the men’s soft spot, packaging themselves online as long-legged anime senseis and seducing people like Xiao Chunan to recharge and send money. It’s quite normal... right?
Let’s just say, these costumes can earn him quite a bit of money.
That’s why he didn’t stop his Cyber Brothers from misbehaving.
In any case, among the Ten Thousand Souls Banner crowd, there are people who excel at this, and pulling them out for a bit of charm detection for a Magical Treasure is no problem.
After all, only a man understands a man best.
"I wonder what the questions for the last three rings will be... Maybe I’ll face Zhu Qingqing directly."
Thinking of this, Su Yuan couldn’t help but get a little nervous.
He wasn’t worried about anything else, just worried about Zhu Qingqing, the chief examiner, acting out.
Fortunately, when he reached the third ring, he would see Taibai Phecda.
With Teacher Taibai as his backer, even if Zhu Qingqing acted up, his life should be safe.
Although his own teacher is only at Peak Golden Core Cultivation, there seems to be some trump card, so much so that both Instructor Ye and others from the rescue team assume he can survive even under a Nascent Soul Level Array.
Hiding by his side, he should be protected as well.
With this thought, Su Yuan quickened his pace and passed through the passage from the Fourth Ring to the Third Ring.
As the mist in front cleared, Taibai Phecda’s familiar figure appeared before Su Yuan.
"Teacher, I’ve come to save you!"
Su Yuan said earnestly.
However, Taibai Phecda showed no intention of having a heart-to-heart with Su Yuan, turning his head away disdainfully:
"I’m not your teacher, and you don’t call me teacher once you leave this door."
Su Yuan: "..."
Okay, cut off by righteousness again.
But he didn’t have time to complain about Old Deng.
Another figure within the third ring caught his attention.
It was a meticulously constructed Vermilion Face White Bone Puppet.
Although its materials were the same level as those materialized by the assessors, in Su Yuan’s view, this human puppet almost reached the peak of human puppet crafting technique.
Unless some new elements were added, even Su Yuan couldn’t surpass the other based solely on human puppet crafting technique.
In fact, he might even fall a bit short.
Just by seeing this puppet, Su Yuan knew its creator was Zhu Qingqing.
And sure enough, this human puppet sternly said:
"Assessor Su Yuan, congratulations on passing the first six stages and reaching the final three stages..."
"Skip."
Before Zhu Qingqing could finish the prepared opening lines, Su Yuan abruptly blurted out a word.
"Skip... skip?"
Zhu Qingqing, who was acting like an emotionless NPC, suddenly faltered.
Then she heard Su Yuan speaking at double speed, "Can you introduce the seventh stage question directly? I’m in a hurry."
Zhu Qingqing: "..."
I feel like you’re not respecting me very much.
But after considering how outstanding the young man in front of her was as a prodigy in the Demon Dao, her slight annoyance vanished instantly.
Her tone instead became a bit more courteous:
"The final three stage questions are simple, competing against my personally crafted human puppet in three dimensions: durability, flexibility, and allure."
"The human puppet standing before you has only undergone minimal modifications yet represents my basic skills in the Puppet Dao."
"Please give it your all to enhance your puppet and face me in an honorable duel."
"The first challenge is comparing hardness?"
Su Yuan nodded in realization.
Trying to surpass Zhu Qingqing in terms of puppet durability is much harder than earning a Class A Evaluation.
No wonder his teacher got stuck at the seventh stage for so long.
But for Su Yuan, this stage...
"Can I really use any means?"
Su Yuan asked expectantly.
Zhu Qingqing had a slight sense of unease but her pride as the strongest Puppet Master made her calmly reply:
"As long as the means can enhance your puppet, you can use them."
After a pause, she added, "Just use your Artifact Demon Finger on your puppet, not on mine, or it’s against the rules!"
"Artifact Demon Finger?"
Su Yuan was slightly stunned, then realized she was referring to Demon Technique·Finger Weapon.
This surprised him a bit.
He initially thought the Demon Technique·Five Finger Series was concocted by the system out of thin air, but unexpectedly, the Ancient Cultivation Realm actually had the original Demon Techniques.
System, don’t tell me you’ve raided the Ancient Demon Sect’s treasury!
Anxious to speedrun, Su Yuan didn’t dwell on this issue for long.
After quickly recalling several Demon Techniques in his mind, he activated Demon Technique·Finger Talisman on his puppet.
A multitude of runes appeared on the puppet. Undying Sword Body, Taixu Nine Swords, everything was piled on, leaving Zhu Qingqing speechless.
No way!
Kid, having Artifact Demon Finger wasn’t enough, so you learned Talisman Demon Finger too?
And what’s with these Human Skin Talismans you drew using the Talisman Demon Finger?
Why do they all exude demonic aura, each seemingly a top-level Demon Technique or Demon Talent?
Where did you learn so much?
From amongst the numerous demon talismans, Taibai Phecda immediately saw that heart-shaped demon talisman, feeling dizzy.
When the Eight School Joint Exam was announced, he hadn’t yet been trapped in the Zhu Yan White Bone Observation, so he naturally heard some rumors.
He just didn’t know the details of the Eight School Joint Exam yet.
But if Su Yuan used such bizarre demon talismans in the exam...
Oh no! His reputation!
