Urban Cultivation with a Demonic System-Chapter 45: Su Yuan: Can’t We Have Some Classic Tropes?
Su Yuan couldn’t read any emotion from the eyes of Taibai Phecda, who was sitting quietly in his seat.
He still appeared as calm as ever, just like nothing had happened.
But this was an illusion!
The system task progress wouldn’t lie to him; Taibai Phecda’s attention on him had suddenly skyrocketed from 0 to 100.
There’s no way the other person didn’t have any thoughts; that would be bizarre.
Don’t say Taibai Yuxi is just a kid; precisely because she’s young, it makes the old father even angrier!
Even deceiving and bribing children, what kind of beastly behavior is that?
Even if the system’s task progress isn’t reliable, Su Yuan’s self-operating Fury Heart Attack, which frantically absorbs surrounding negative emotions, couldn’t be faked.
Where did these negative emotions come from?
It’s obvious.
Oh, Taibai Yuxi, you’ve really made things difficult for me!
I could’ve clearly relied on my real skills to win this martial arts competition.
Su Yuan felt a chilly wind on his back as if a cold breeze was blowing through, and the gazes from school leaders to students swept over him like knives, making his back feel prickly.
But given the circumstances, what could Su Yuan do?
Anyway, let’s see what reward the system had given out.
[Task: Take Advantage (Completed)]
[Task Reward: Demon Technique·Finger Weapon (Received)]
Instantly, Su Yuan felt a swell of knowledge flooding into his mind.
[Demon Technique·Finger Weapon: Effect One: After use on a specified magical treasure, you can sense the emotions of the treasure and gain an initial affinity of 100 points with it.]
[Effect Two: After sensing the treasure’s emotions, you can attempt to communicate with the treasure. When the treasure’s affinity with the user exceeds 120, there is a 99% chance to trigger the Machine Soul Joy feature.]
[Machine Soul Joy: For a certain time, the treasure will perform beyond its theoretical limit. Conversely, if the machine soul is displeased, the treasure’s performance will significantly decline or even malfunction.]
Holy crap! This demon technique is amazing!
Sensing and stirring the emotions of magical treasures to resonate with the user and achieve the unity of man and treasure? That’s the understanding, right?
But here’s the problem: why is such a technique, which doesn’t seem like a demon technique, listed alongside Finger Fate and Finger Spirit?
Just as he was puzzled, a line of hints gradually appeared on the system panel.
[Note: When using Demon Technique·Finger Weapon, the host can broaden the perspective, inciting the machine soul displeasure trait in enemy treasures or even causing enemy treasures to defect could be quite feasible.]
Alright, so this is the proper way to use Demon Technique·Finger Weapon?
Su Yuan suddenly realized.
In this case, Demon Technique·Finger Weapon is indeed too sinister!
Imagine you are a righteous sword cultivator from the ancient era, wielding your beloved treasure sword to hunt down a demon cultivator.
At the critical moment of deciding the outcome, you unleash a pivotal sword strike, only to realize that your own treasure sword has somehow been turned against you by the demon cultivator, drastically weakening the power of your strike.
The battle situation changes in an instant, and your fate can be imagined.
The mere thought of it is terrifying.
It’s just... although the Demon Technique·Finger Weapon is a supremely insidious demon technique, the problem arises of where a pauper like him would find magical treasures?
Incite the defection of someone else’s treasures?
That’s theft, punishable by up to three years in prison!
Use this method to harm others in a competition against peers?
Ha, isn’t he participating in a martial arts competition? Where are the magical treasures?
High school martial arts competitions prohibit the use of weapons and magical treasures, so how to be insidious?
After mulling it over, Su Yuan finally came to a somewhat helpless realization: the Demon Technique·Finger Weapon seemed impressive but was practically useless to him for the time being.
Shaking his head, Su Yuan closed the system panel and refocused on the martial arts competition.
He sincerely hoped Taibai Phecda would take the mischievous little Yuxi away so that the martial arts competition could proceed normally, allowing him to prove himself with his strength.
Unfortunately, things didn’t go as he wished, as Taibai Phecda remained silent, which kept the atmosphere tense.
Meanwhile, Taibai Yuxi, still finding the situation amusing, tilted her little head and said:
"I said Su Yuan is the champion, why aren’t you saying anything, does anyone want to oppose?"
This remark finally made someone in the crowd unable to hold back!
"I object! This martial arts competition is too farcical, I demand a new panel of judges and a rematch!"
The speaker was a tall, mature-looking young man, striding out from the crowd as he spoke.
Su Yuan turned to look and recognized the person’s identity.
He was a contestant from Class Four in this martial arts competition, Huang Sheng.
His family was local tycoons, using their resources to make his physical fitness far superior to his peers, making him the sports star of the class.
Relying on his robust physique, even though Huang Sheng’s martial arts skills were slightly lacking, his strength was not to be underestimated.
It’s understandable that he was the first to oppose.
Other than his sports and cultivation-related achievements, his academic performance wasn’t great.
If he couldn’t secure a decent ranking in the martial arts competition, he was unlikely to make it into the Special Advancement Class.
Initially, with Huang Sheng’s strength, he was expected to reach the top two, but thanks to Taibai Yuxi’s antics, he was eliminated before even stepping onto the stage, which he couldn’t bear.
Su Yuan felt the need to agree somewhat to quickly restart the competition.
But before he could speak, Huang Sheng had already turned his attention to Su Yuan, striding towards him and said condescendingly:
"Your name is Su Yuan, right? I heard you’ve been quite active lately, often hanging out with the school beauty, but I didn’t think you’d still be so arrogant under the eyes of Master Taibai!"
"I don’t care how you seduced Master Taibai’s daughter; I’m giving you one choice: apologize to Master Taibai, then have a fair fight with us contestants!"
Su Yuan: "..."
Alright, finally something cliché and classic is happening?
From Huang Sheng’s tone, it seemed he was also a bit jealous of his closeness with Chen Nuoyi.
This mindless trouble-seeking villain truly matched his preferences!
Instead of being frightened, Su Yuan was delighted and couldn’t wait to start the fight.
But at this moment, Taibai Yuxi was having none of it, mockingly dismissing:
"Who do you think you are, a bunch of shrimps and fish to compete with Brother Su Yuan? Even if you joined forces with others, you’d still not be a match for Su Yuan’s one hand."
Huang Sheng’s face immediately turned red as a surge of negative emotions flooded towards Su Yuan like a tidal wave.
Su Yuan: "..."
Is this flattery meant to set me up? You wicked white-haired brat!
Su Yuan faintly grasped Taibai Yuxi’s ploy; this girl wasn’t exactly on his side when she declared his victory but was instead drawing hatred towards him!
But fighting seven at once might be beyond him!
As the situation grew increasingly chaotic, finally, Taibai Phecda lightly cleared his throat:
"Yuxi, let me handle this competition."
With his words, Principal Zhang Youde, along with the teachers and students, all breathed a sigh of relief.
Master Taibai truly had a sense of propriety and wouldn’t let his daughter continue making trouble.
The martial arts competition could finally proceed as planned, right?
Just as everyone was filled with anticipation, in the next second, Taibai Phecda casually said:
"We’ve already wasted quite some time, I see no point in continuing with this martial arts competition."
"Here’s what we’ll do, each contestant come and join my group chat, I’ll send a red envelope, and whoever grabs it will be the first, earning a spot in the Special Advancement Class."
School leaders, teachers, students, contestants: "???"
