Ten Thousand Soul Banner: Deceased, do you have any unfulfilled wishes?
Chapter 226: Even a Demon Wants to Fall in Love

Chapter 226: Chapter 226: Even a Demon Wants to Fall in Love

Zhao Xuerong felt as if she had briefly slipped into a grey, hazy space, only to reappear in the original spot before she could react.

However, during that fleeting moment, she understood many things.

She looked at Shen Siyuan with a rather complex expression.

"I originally thought you were an immortal, but it turns out you’re a Great Demon."

"What nonsense are you talking about? Do you still want your wish to be fulfilled or not?" Shen Siyuan glared at her and said.

"Then...what do I have to give in return after the event? Be enslaved by you for all eternity?"

As she spoke, she glanced at Xiao Yue next to her, full of sympathy.

"Who’s enslaving you? Besides, if I really wanted to enslave you, would I need to fulfill your wish or require your consent? Couldn’t I just enslave you directly? What power do you have to resist?"

"That’s true, so you just purely want to help me?" Zhao Xuerong was somewhat puzzled; although she was a bit naive, she was not stupid.

"You can consider helping you as a form of my cultivation practice," said Shen Siyuan.

This was actually not wrong because acquiring Merit, which could be transformed into cultivation, was indeed a form of practice.

"Even the Great Demon has to do good deeds to cultivate his mind?" Zhao Xuerong was a bit surprised.

"You really know quite a bit, don’t you?" said Shen Siyuan.

"When I was in school, I liked reading web novels; I even wrote one on a female-centric platform before..." Zhao Xuerong said.

"Alright, go handle your matters. You don’t need me to tell you how to do it, right?" Shen Siyuan interrupted her.

Zhao Xuerong shook her head and hesitated before asking, "After I fulfill my wish, will I need to do something for you?"

"No need, I will send you to reincarnate. You don’t really think everyone is qualified to work for me, do you?" Shen Siyuan said with a shallow, smiling demeanor.

His words were a bit hurtful, and Zhao Xuerong wanted to say more, but Shen Siyuan simply waved his hand, "Go busy yourself with your matters."

He then ignored her and passed by her.

Zhao Xuerong turned her head and saw Shen Siyuan leading a tall, exceptionally beautiful woman.

"Who is she?"

Zhao Xuerong asked Xiao Yue curiously.

"Brother’s girlfriend," Xiao Yue said.

"The Great Demon is dating?" Zhao Xuerong exclaimed in surprise.

"Brother is a good person, you’re not allowed to call him the Great Demon," Xiao Yue glared angrily at her.

"Okay, okay, I misspoke," Zhao Xuerong quickly apologized.

Although Zhao Xuerong was captured into the Ten Thousand Soul Banner, becoming one of the souls on the banner, she was only an ordinary Fan Soul, and her knowledge was limited. Otherwise, she definitely wouldn’t speak carelessly.

The Ten Thousand Soul Banner, as a Divine Artifact of the Demon Path, could be said to have the ultimate dominion over the captured souls, both spiritually and mentally.

And as the Banner Master, Shen Siyuan was their god, their king. Every word he spoke was like an indelible stamp on their minds, beyond doubt, beyond resistance.

Of course, they would not question, would not resist, and Shen Siyuan could even directly twist their thoughts and turn them into any shape he desired.

No matter how powerful a soul was, or how accomplished a Great Power was in their cultivation, once captured by the banner, they would be completely controlled.

This is the true horror of a Demon Path Divine Artifact.

In the countless years of the Great Wilderness, there was once a Banner Master who, using the Ten Thousand Soul Banner’s abilities, enslaved countless cults and sect leaders, manipulating their thoughts.

As a result, the Demon Path ruled the Great Wilderness for a very long time.

During that period, both the righteous and the evil paths were devoured by desire, moral decay ensued, the natural order was inverted, with absurdities occurring daily, yet everyone treated it as normal, as if all was as it should be.

These are stories of the past and shall be put aside for now.

After apologizing, Zhao Xuerong said to Xiao Yue, "Are you coming with me?"

Xiao Yue hesitated upon hearing this and turned her gaze to Shen Siyuan. Seeing Ruan Hongzhuang approaching arm in arm, she nodded her head. She decided not to stay and be the third wheel.

And so, the two transformed into a chilly Yin Wind and soared into the sky.

"So this is what it feels like to fly in the sky," echoed the voice of Zhao Xuerong in the air.

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"Why are you keeping this rose when it’s almost withered? Throw it away, and I’ll give you a new one."

As he spoke, Shen Siyuan flipped his hand, and a delicate, dewy rose appeared in his palm.

Ruan Hongzhuang, seeing the gesture, eagerly reached out and took it, but did not throw away the rose in her hand.

"No, that won’t do. This was given by you."

"But it will wither sooner or later, and it will have to be thrown away," said Shen Siyuan.

"I’ll put them all in a vase, and when they’ve all withered, you can throw them away," replied Ruan Hongzhuang.

Shen Siyuan didn’t catch on at first, but when he realized what she meant, he said, somewhat amused, "What’s the difference between me throwing them out and you doing it?"

"There’s a big difference. Enough about that. I’ve finished cleaning up the Sea Breeze District, are you ready to move this Saturday?"

"That soon?" Shen Siyuan was somewhat surprised to hear this.

"It’s slow already, almost a week. And I didn’t really add much."

"What’s the setup like?"

"You’ll see when we move in. I’m warning you, no sneaking peeks in advance."

"Alright, I got it, let’s settle on this Saturday then," Shen Siyuan said.

"I’ll come to celebrate your housewarming with Taozi," Ruan Hongzhuang said.

"Jiang Taoshi is coming too?"

"Of course, Taozi has been a big help this time," stated Ruan Hongzhuang.

"Now I’m even more curious. What kind of help does it take to involve her?"

"You’ll find out then."

"Such a mystery."

"Humph, are you any less mysterious?"

"Fine, let’s not talk about this. What do you want for dinner tonight?"

"How about we go for hotpot?"

"Sure, but you really like hotpot that much, huh."

"Hehe~, after eating let’s go watch a movie."

Ruan Hongzhuang, arm in arm with Shen Siyuan, simply changed direction and walked towards the exit of the residential area, not bothering to go home first.

The nearby Yindu Building not only had hotpot but also a cinema, which made it very convenient for them—just a walk of a little over a thousand meters along the road.

The two chatted and laughed, walking along the roadside when suddenly, they saw an old man in front of them, bending down to pick up a plastic bottle.

Ruan Hongzhuang didn’t pay much attention; such elderly people were not common, but they were certainly not rare.

However, Shen Siyuan paused because the old man had a person lying on his back, a man in his thirties.

Although the old man’s three fires were weak, they should still inflict some damage on ghosts, but this ghost seemed unbothered, indicating only one possibility.

The ghost must be related to the old man.

But why was he lying on the old man’s back, with a face full of hatred?

He looked normal, without any karmic entanglements or desires manifesting.

And it seemed that the other party noticed Shen Siyuan looking at him because he immediately looked up directly at him.

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