This Is Not the Female Demon Lord I Remembered
Chapter 179: The Final Frenzy of the Internal Test

Chapter 179: Chapter 179: The Final Frenzy of the Internal Test

Liang Yi walked straight through the crowd of players and greeted the two standing in front of Bai Xiaomo.

"Long time no see, my Abnormal People friends."

His warm and affable smile felt like a breath of spring air, making Bai Xiaomo’s party uncontrollably delighted.

"It turns out Boss Liang really came specifically to find them, isn’t that prestigious?" While excited, they even felt a bit intimidated.

This game is just too realistic, and Liang Yi and Su Youyi are undoubtedly the two most popular NPCs in the game right now; anyone who browses the forum, even if they haven’t played the game, would almost be attracted by these two.

For such popular NPCs to seek them out individually, this was unimaginable in any previous game. Isn’t this too intelligent?

"Boss looks even more handsome!"

"What would you have us do, Boss?"

Bai Xiaomo’s party straightened their backs slightly, accepting the envious glances from around them.

"There’s no real order to give; last time in the Secret Realm, you two really helped me out a lot. I heard you were here, so I came to see you." Liang Yi wasn’t in a hurry to give out a mission; occasionally playing the sentiment card with players could yield unexpected results.

"Yes, last time you helped draw away the people from the Devouring Spirit Sect for me, I haven’t had the chance to thank you yet." Su Youyi also gave them a sweet smile, expressing her gratitude.

The other players heard this, their eyes almost red with envy. Does this not mean that these two scoundrels could now more easily access these two golden name NPCs? Missions, equipment, magical treasures, cultivation techniques – wouldn’t everything come to hand effortlessly?

And the two from Bai Xiaomo were genuinely touched; they didn’t expect Boss Liang and Fairy Su to still remember them so fondly.

Oh no, tears are coming.

"These are things we should do, Fairy Su is too kind."

"Yes, yes, if there’s anything you need in the future, just give us your orders."

Bai Xiaomo’s party replied, not forgetting to angle for a quest at this moment.

"Speaking of helping, I do actually need your help now." Seeing that the timing was right, Liang Yi showed a slight sense of trouble.

"Last time, the Devouring Spirit Sect that we fought together is now hiding in Qingliang City. The Mystic Bureau is short-staffed, and we would like to ask you Abnormal People to assist in the search."

"If you are interested, you can accept the commission there; the more people, the better."

Liang Yi pointed towards a group who were awarding players with rewards.

And that group had already received instructions from Commander Wu; after Liang Yi finished speaking, they asked the Abnormal People in front of them if they would accept Liang Yi’s commission.

The players thought this was just the two rogues with high favorability among NPCs, accidentally triggering a scene. When they heard what Liang Yi said, they became instantly excited – they didn’t expect to actually get a quest! Good buddies, from now on, I won’t call you two rogues.

Just then, the players right at the front who had just taken on the quest discovered they mysteriously lost a droplet of blood; their panel indicated:

"The Devouring Spirit Sect launched a spiritual attack on you, Devouring Spirit Sect Favorability down by 100."

The puzzled players looked around, but didn’t spot any monsters; this place was under the Mystic Bureau’s jurisdiction for arresting the Devouring Spirit Sect. How audacious for someone from that sect to take action here!

"Is there a system BUG?"

Batch after batch of players took on the mission, and they all encountered the same situation with losing blood. Even the two from Bai Xiaomo hurriedly said goodbye to Liang Yi, rushing to line up for the quest.

Seeing the speculative posts on the forums made by players, some players thought this was a result of a surveillance magical treasure set up by the Devouring Spirit Sect in the Mystic Bureau, causing a forced damage of 1 point to them. Maybe it had even recorded their aura, mana fluctuations, etc., waiting for them to deliver themselves to their doom.

Some players feel that perhaps the people from the Devouring Spirit Sect have already infiltrated the Mystic Bureau, just waiting to see a joke unfold. Countless players are enthusiastically discussing, sharing their wild ideas.

Moreover, as the discussion heats up, more and more players are aware that Boss Liang has posted a fun-looking, highly rewarding task at the Mystic Bureau, not to mention the goodwill bonuses from the Mystic Bureau and from Boss Liang himself.

Many players were just lamenting the boredom at the end of the beta test, turns out the officials have been planning a grand task!

"Alright, the stone has already been thrown into the lake, all we need to do now is wait for the ripples to expand continuously," Liang Yi said to Wu Yangshuo, who appeared next to him.

Wu Yangshuo’s expression was somewhat speechless; their Mystic Bureau’s elite Shadow Guards have searched for many days with zero results, and now they are relying on these ordinary Abnormal People? Isn’t this absurd? The Immortal Dynasty has paid such a high price for the two of them, namely Liang Yi.

"Don’t worry, I have a plan. As for the issues at Elder Yin’s end, isn’t he worried about the real and fake sect contestants mixed together? Find a few Abnormal People who have taken the task to go take a look, I guarantee there will be surprises."

Seeing the concern on Wu Yangshuo’s face, Liang Yi knew what he was worried about and patted his shoulder, pointing out a clear path.

Liang Yi with a "you can totally trust me" serious look, gave Wu Yangshuo a bit of confidence. Doubtfully, he turned around and instructed his subordinates to find a dozen Abnormal People, intending to personally send them over.

Wan Tinggui, standing beside Su Youyi, watched Liang Yi’s series of baffling actions with great interest.

Although she was the biggest undercover agent of the Devouring Spirit Sect, she had to admit that this man was a genius for innovating the inherited Cultivation Techniques within the sect, dividing one technique into four, each more powerful than the original!

The four techniques corresponded to four functions: soul enthralling, soul seducing, soul controlling, and soul devouring, each giving rise to a bearer of one of the Four Symbols.

The most bizarre amongst them was the Vermilion Bird bearer who handled soul seduction, directly confusing the Divine Soul, implanting staunch belief in the teachings of the Devouring Spirit Sect into the enemy’s hearts, making them believe without doubt, yet the rest of their memories remained unchanged. Many followers in the Devouring Spirit Sect were converted under soul seduction, its only flaw being that it generally succeeded only on a bodiless Divine Soul.

However, half a year ago, they actually conducted a small experiment.

They seduced the soul of a Cultivator named Yin Hao, gave him a yet-to-be-completed Devouring Spirit Scripture, which was merely a new idea born from an older version of the Devouring Spirit Scripture, at most just a beginning.

They then placed Yin Hao inside the body of the manager of Little Bamboo House, curious to see what changes would occur.

However, the experiment was disrupted by Liang Yi before any results could emerge, leading directly to its failure.

As far as the method to undo soul seduction, Wan Tinggui didn’t know; she had never seen a Cultivator under soul seduction regain their own consciousness.

Unless they had previously learned some techniques from the Zen monks, and only if they had some proficiency in it.

Now, this Liang Yi planning to let a group of still ordinary Abnormal People find a person seemed like the acts of a madman.

These things Liang Yi didn’t know; after he came into contact with the Devouring Spirit Scripture, it was incomplete. He hadn’t expected not because of the technique’s incompleteness, but because it was simply unfinished.

He then gave it to Master Chen Hua for research, who incredibly deduced from a newly born idea of the Sect Hierarch, the ultimate form this idea would evolve into after various developments.

"Is your benefactor always so inscrutable?" Wan Tinggui asked softly, bending over to Su Youyi.

Initially, letting Liang Yi kill Shi Chengfei seemed good enough, but this man boldly went to extremes and devised a counter-attack.

When he was at the hall, she kindly untied him to let him escape quickly, but this cunning-as-a-fox man ended up leading the Azure Dragon left-hand man along with many from the Devouring Spirit Sect to their deaths.

"Senior brother never does anything uncertain; I trust him," Su Youyi responded instinctively, as if it was the most natural answer.

If anyone in this world had a hundred percent unconditional trust in Liang Yi, it was Su Youyi.

Wan Tinggui noticed the girl’s immense confidence in her senior brother and couldn’t help but roll her eyes secretly.

What bullshit love, it’s all fake and unreliable! In pursuit of what lies in one’s heart, everything else can be forsaken!

That’s the true nature of men!

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