This Is Not the Female Demon Lord I Remembered
Chapter 73: All Talk, No Action.

Chapter 73: Chapter 73: All Talk, No Action.

According to official statistics from Xuanzhou Immortal Dynasty, the peak season for fights and disputes occurs during the every-decade Sect Competition. Right now, most of those entering the city are participants in the Competition, competing with each other, so of course they find each other disagreeable.

But they dare not cause trouble in Immortal City. If you dare to make a move, agents from the Mystic Bureau will appear on the scene the next second to arrest you on the spot! Whoever strikes first gets to eat three months of prison food! Their eligibility to compete is naturally cancelled.

So if you have a grudge, you can only lower yourself to verbal sparring.

When Liang Yi cured Su Youyi’s hiccup, the moment they stepped outside, they saw a dark-skinned, short and chubby young man and a pale, skinny tall one engaged in a heated verbal battle:

"Hit me then!"

"If you’re so capable, come hit me!"

"I’m stretching my face over here; try to hit it!"

"I’m even sticking my butt out for you; why don’t you kick it?"

...

With sharp glances and words, they are both trying hard to provoke each other’s anger, hoping to make the other one throw the first punch.

Liang Yi lost interest after a couple of looks. Watching verbal exchanges is just for a laugh. If you’re going to learn the art of trash-talking, better wait for the players to arrive.

Let’s not mention other impacts for now. After the players come, the trash-talking skills in the entire Cultivation World have indeed leaped by several centuries. In this Cultivation World, actions often speak louder than words; otherwise, they would have invented Daoist Skills to kill with words.

Su Youyi, however, watched with great interest. A scene where Cultivators only use words and not actions can only be seen in Qingliang Immortal City. Anywhere else, someone’s brains would have been bashed out long ago.

The Mystic Bureau’s secretive agents hiding in the shadows were speechless too. They’re most annoyed with such squabbles that involve only bickering without coming to blows. Why not just start fighting and let them arrest someone to complete their assignment, as if the prison food wasn’t delicious?

At times like this, they at the Mystic Bureau also have their quotas and targets, okay?

"Fight! Start fighting already!"

The secretive agent secretly cheered them on, his quota for the day was just one short.

A crowd had gathered around, spectators who loved a big show and didn’t care a whit about the possibility of getting hurt if a real fight broke out.

In the end, it was the buttocks-proffering fatty who had the upper hand. The skinny tall guy gathered Mana in his hand, aiming to smash the fat pig’s buttocks to pieces.

But the fat guy, whose buttocks were about to blossom, not only didn’t panic but stuck his butt out even higher, joining the Mystic Bureau agents in secret to show a pleased expression.

"Scoundrel!"

A withered hand suddenly seized the upraised arm of the skinny tall guy.

"Elder uncle!"

The skinny tall guy suddenly woke up, dispersing the Mana in his hand immediately and regaining his composure.

"Old Yang! The younger generation’s issues should be resolved by themselves. Your intervention is rather inappropriate," said an old figure who appeared beside the fatty, seemingly an elder from the fatty’s sect.

"Humph! Zhao Yousheng, don’t give me that spiel. Every Sect Competition you use this method to sicken people; aren’t you tired of it? If you have the guts, let’s fight a real battle outside the city!" Old Yang, standing beside his disciple, glared at Zhao Yousheng with a face full of anger.

"It’s your disciple’s own lack of Mental State that’s the problem, who else can you blame?" Zhao Yousheng encouraged as he patted the fatty’s head.

The face of the skinny tall guy behind Old Yang almost turned purple with anger, pointing at the fatty:

"Zhao Minglong, I’ll let you off this time, but we’ll settle the score during the Sect Competition!"

"Oh, oh, oh, I’m so scared of you, Yang Tianxing, no telling yet who will deal with whom! I’ll save my buttocks just for you!"

Zhao Minglong answered in a rogue-ish manner and even turned around to wiggle his butt at Yang Tianxing.

Liang Yi and Su Youyi both keenly observed that Yang Tianxing’s head was about to smoke with anger.

Surrounding onlookers scattered away after realizing a fight wasn’t going to happen, all looking forward to the next excitement. After all, various excitements were abundant in Immortal City these past few days, nearly a norm.

"Let’s go, I’ll take you to a fun place." Liang Yi didn’t care much about this unexpected interlude and was ready to give his junior sister a good tour around the city.

"Eh? Senior brother, are you familiar with this place?" Su Youyi felt something was off and looked at Liang Yi skeptically. Didn’t both she and her senior brother come to Qingliang Immortal City for the first time?

Could it be that senior brother has got other ’cats’ outside?

"Uh, I heard some passers-by mention it while watching the commotion." Liang Yi didn’t expect his junior sister’s Intelligence to suddenly spike and explained somewhat sheepishly.

Su Youyi reluctantly accepted this explanation and focused her attention on the fun place her senior brother mentioned.

"Great Mountain Commerce?" Su Youyi read the name on the shop’s signboard while lifting her head.

"Yes, it’s the official exotic pet shop designated by the Grand Saint of Nine Spirits of the Ten Thousand Miles Mountain." Liang Yi introduced.

"What do they sell here?" Su Youyi looked at the store exuding a wild, forest vibe, finding it hard to guess just from its exterior.

"Let’s go in and see for yourself. Come on."

Liang Yi took the lead and walked into the shop first, with Su Youyi closely following behind.

"Wow, so cute!"

As soon as she entered the store, Su Youyi’s eyes shone, and she let out a quiet exclamation.

Liang Yi nodded in satisfaction. How could there be any girls who wouldn’t like the soft, cute monster cubs? If there were, just place a few more around.

Indeed, this Great Mountain shop was run by the Demon Clan, specializing in selling monster cubs.

It was truly a case of ’selling themselves!’

But if we really get down to it, only creatures that haven’t opened their spiritual wisdom can be called monsters; only after their spiritual wisdom is opened can they be accepted as part of the Demon Clan. And once they have opened their spiritual wisdom, the offspring born are almost innately part of the Demon Clan, with innate Intelligence far beyond that of any monster.

The relationship between monsters and the Demon Clan is about the same as that between apes and humans, so the Demon Clan feels no guilt in selling them.

Moreover, the breeding capacity of the monsters around the Ten Thousand Miles Mountain is so strong, there’s a proverb widely circulating among players that goes:

"Humans give birth to one, demons give birth to a litter."

So the Grand Saint of Nine Spirits waved his hand and had them brought over for sale. This not only alleviated the stress on land and food but also yielded considerable resources.

This shop was thus known as a pet shop by the players.

There were several such shops in Immortal City, and the one Liang Yi took Su Youyi to specialized in selling cubs. Honestly, Liang Yi never saw a girl not fall in love with this shop after entering it, in either of his two lifetimes.

It was even among the top three places male players took their girlfriends on dates.

Standing behind the counter with folded arms and a smile, the store’s owner was a majestic elephant demon, Level 51, who in a previous life could easily stomp to death any player causing trouble here with one foot.

After all, the owners of these demon shops, besides transporting monsters here, also had to purchase large amounts of supplies from the Divine Wind Commerce to send back to the Ten Thousand Miles Mountain. They had to have some abilities, right?

At this moment, Su Youyi had long stopped paying attention to Liang Yi, incessantly cuddling a leopard cub in her arms.

What is this? Petting leopards?

Liang Yi came a bit closer, wanting to observe the leopard in his junior sister’s arms, but then an unexpected incident occurred.