Chapter 1564: Demonic Seed

“An opportunity!”

It was at this moment Ye Qing approached Lady Suyi and tapped her in the forehead.

At the same time, demonic lotuses appeared and rotated slowly inside his eyes, emitting invisible haloes.

While Lady Suyi was stunned and numb, a demonic seed appeared in her empty eyes. It slowly took root, sprouted, and bloomed into a black flower.

When the black flower began to bloom, Lady Suyi finally came to and began shaking violently. Spiritual light flashed in her eyes like a million falling stars, causing the black lotus to shake and flicker in and out of existence. It did not collapse though.

An indefinite amount of time later, the spiritual light in Lady Suyi’s eyes slowly dimmed, but the black lotus was growing stronger and blooming further.

As the black lotus bloomed more and more, dark, invisible light consumed the spiritual light in Lady Suyi’s eyes bit by bit.

When the final wisp of spiritual light was consumed, Lady Suyi finally stopped struggling, and her distorted energies returned to a semblance of stability. At the same time, the two black lotuses in her eyes reached full bloom and emitted dark light that dyed her already dark pupils blacker and deeper than the night.

“Phew... it’s done.” Ye Qing opened his eyes and exhaled deeply. His expression was weary, but the delight in his eyes was impossible to conceal.

It was because their current mission was a resounding success.

The reason they came today was, of course, to capture the “lord” behind the White Stone Gentleman, Lady Suyi.

Capture, not kill.

If capturing Lady Suyi alive was their only goal, that was easy as well. He, Feng Qingyou, and White Robe Demon Master combined could put down any tiger or dragon.

However, they not only needed to capture Lady Suyi alive, they needed to do so without alerting anyone as well.

That was difficult to say the least. It required both a flawless plan and a flawless improvisation should things go south.

That was why they divided their tasks. Feng Qingyou would envelop the Taoist monastery with the Supreme Primal Origin Celebratory Cloud and cut it off from the outside world. White Robe Demon Master would provide assistance to anyone who required support. He would deal with Lady Suyi.

Technically speaking, White Robe Demon Master was the strongest of the three of them. He should be the one to deal with Lady Suyi.

However, Lady Suyi was one hundred percent a demonic heretic, and nothing was better against such villains than his Profound Yellow Mother Qi.

Besides that, he had the Earthly Sovereign Bell. Should something go wrong, the Earthly Sovereign Bell should be enough to handle everything.

Therefore, this “glorious” task could only fall on his shoulders.

In fact, things went exactly as he thought it would. Lady Suyi herself was a mediocre Sage at best, but the Impending Disaster’s avatar was a completely different story. If he wasn’t a man of great fate, if his mind wasn’t protected by the Profound Yellow Mother Qi or the Innate Yin Yang Qi, he could not have suppressed the Impending Disaster so easily. In fact, no one else could have done it with the ease he had displayed, not even White Robe Demon Master.

Even with all these advantages, it had ultimately taken the Earthly Sovereign Bell to suppress the avatar.

He was only suppressing the avatar either. Wiping it out was going to take a lot of effort.

In any case, dealing with Lady Suyi was much simpler after suppressing the avatar of the Impending Disaster.

When he was going to capture her though, he had successfully caused a chink in her normally impeccable mental armor by showing off how pathetic her god looked. Sensing a golden opportunity, he got greedy and changed his plans. He decided to convert her into his Heavenly Demon Dependent immediately.

Sometimes, the longer something was dragged out, the likelier it was for some unexpected variable to ruin it all. Lady Suyi in particular possessed a wide web of connections and an unknowable background. Therefore, they needed to insure themselves against such risks.

Had they captured Lady Suyi normally, it was possible for her to try something even if they could end her life with a single thought. They would have to be on their guard all the time.

This opening represented an opportunity to skip all that nonsense.

Of course, as with most things, it sounded simple in theory but was difficult to execute.

Although Lady Suyi was weak, she was still a Sage. Normally, her mind was solid, her will was tenacious, and her heart was flawless. It was very difficult to convert her into his Heavenly Demon Dependent while she was conscious and awake. Therefore, he had to influence her in various ways until her heart became imperfect, and her willpower became weak and pliable. That was how he ultimately succeeded in planting a demonic seed in her mind and converting her into his Heavenly Demon Dependent.

Frankly, the process was tiring as fuck.

Still, it worked. It was a perfect success.

“Someone’s coming. Hide, Joyless!” It was at this moment Feng Qingyou’s voice rang inside his head. “Let Lady Suyi handle this. Make sure you don’t slip up even a little!” Ye Qing immediately tapped Lady Suyi in the forehead and caused the demonic lotuses and dark light in her eyes to recede like tidal waves. At the same time, her aged body slowly regained its vitality, and her aura quickly reached its previous level. She was back to her usual condition in no time.

“Thank you, young master.” Lady Suyi saluted him.

Ye Qing waved his sleeve, and the gore of the deceased White Stone Gentleman disappeared without a trace. The traces of energies in the air were scattered by a gust of wind as well. At the same time, the surrounding clouds floated about and slowly restored the damage in the environment and the statue back to normal. The entire Taoist monastery was back to normal in just the blink of an eye. It was as if nothing had ever happened.

Ye Qing looked at Lady Suyi and said, “I leave the rest to you. Don’t slip up.”

“Suyi understands,” Lady Suyi responded. When she got up to her feet, Ye Qing was already gone.

Lady Suyi turned around and walked over to the main hall where the statue was enshrined. Then, she knelt in front of it, chanted the sutras, and struck the chime stone as before. The ordinary statue immediately regained wisps of indescribable air of divinity.

It was at this moment the clouds surrounding the Taoist monastery receded. When it was all gone, the ordinary folk who had disappeared a while ago reappeared as well. They were sweeping the floor, carrying water buckets, cutting the wood, and generally tending to all sorts of mundane matters. They seemed to have no idea about the mighty clash that took place right in this monastery a moment ago.

“Un... Uncle Zhao... Aunt Fang... m-morning...”

It was at this moment a middle-aged man appeared at the entrance of the Taoist monastery. He was dressed in rags and looked to be in his thirties. He walked with a limp and wore a blank expression on his face. His speech was stuttery and unclear as well. He looked like he was mentally disabled.

“Morning, Niu!”

“Come to help the lady again, Niu?”

“Have you eaten breakfast yet?”

......

Everyone in the monastery greeted the newcomer kindly. There were hints of pity and sympathy in their eyes.

The man was simply named Niu. He was abandoned by his parents because he was born with a mental disability. He grew up on the charity of his neighbors, and he was forced to become a beggar from an exceedingly young age. He had been bullied and harassed his whole life.

Some time ago, he got caught in the crossfire between the

jianghu

people and suffered grievous injuries because of it. He barely survived thanks to Lady Suyi’s treatment. Unfortunately, he was still permanently crippled and weakened as a result.

In the past, Niu could still make a living and earn his food thanks to his youthful strength. Now, he wasn’t just limp, he was sick prone as well. No one wanted to imagine themselves in his shoes.

Niu was pitiful, but he was also fortunate.