Chapter 42: Intertwining of Good and Evil

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Several days later, the top floor of the Silver Trade Building.

The originally clear sky gradually grew dim, dark clouds gathered, seemingly preparing for a heavy downpour.

"Old Luo, are you sure this thing is useful?"

Lv Cheng looked at the strange green liquid in the transparent cup with a peculiar expression.

During his previous field training, he had brought back a bit of the Rampage Spring, intending to try and create an antidote for this stuff.

And since Shendu was currently like a senile old man and couldn't concoct any Magic Potion at all, he had no choice but to bring Luo Pei out once again.

He could currently use the Magic Power of the Twelve Talismans, but different Magic Spells had different consumption rates; after all, he did not possess the infinite Magic Power that the demons had.

Among them, the one with the highest consumption was the Rat Talisman's Turn Static into Dynamic; the stronger the object transformed, the greater the energy consumed. Moreover, after he resurrected Luo Pei, he would serve as Luo Pei's "energy system."

The original Rat Talisman was based on Shendu's Demon Qi and possessed nearly infinite energy, so naturally, there was no need to consider how much energy the activated object consumed, but he could not do that; he did not yet have any nearly infinite energy.

"It should be fine," Luo Pei said.

"The spring water you gave me is equivalent to a stimulant, and this thing I made is equivalent to a sedative; it should be able to neutralize it a bit."

"But with just this little bit, how do I use it?" Lv Cheng shook the small cup.

The rain in a moment would at least need to cover the entire Bo City; what use was such a small cup?

Luo Pei looked speechless, "This thing I made is a Magic Potion, it is activated using a Magic Spell, not for you to just sprinkle around randomly."

"Uh..." Lv Cheng looked embarrassed, "How do I use it?"

Luo Pei took the potion with a helpless expression, "I think you should learn Righteous Magic and the combat style of a Saint Warrior from me, instead of being so ignorant about everything like you are now."

He did not belong to this world, and his Righteous Qi was connected to Lv Cheng's, so he could not act too much; otherwise, it would disrupt the Contract previously established between Lv Cheng and the demons, and even trigger new troubles, leading to a greater catastrophe.

A Saint Warrior cannot abandon the greater future for the sake of what is right before his eyes.

He could only try his best to teach this young Saint Warrior, to teach him how to fight as a Saint Warrior, rather than relying on the power of demons.

He knew that power itself had no distinction between good and evil, but the power of demons was different!

The reason demons are called demons is because these creatures have gathered the darkness of the world; the reason demons have infinite Magic Power is because human desires and evil thoughts are infinite!

Humans who use the power of demons will inevitably be devoured and turned into the claws and teeth of demons, precisely because humans cannot resist those dark desires—those are things they already possess.

The power of demons will infinitely amplify those things, turning them into slaves of desire, slaves of demons.

Lv Cheng had the protection of the Immortal God Qi, so the power of demons could not forcibly interfere with his soul, but now, he had actively opened his mind and allowed those powers to enter his body.

Although there was the protection of the Yin-Yang Balance Contract, he still had an ominous premonition...

Drip, drop!

The rain grew heavier, and the rainwater, carrying the Rampage Spring, soon filled the air throughout Bo City.

"Why don't you just stop this disaster?" Luo Pei asked in confusion.

Lv Cheng had already told him about the disaster that would happen to this city next—an experiment by an evil organization; many people would die here soon.

He had intended to destroy this evil organization, but Lv Cheng stopped him.

"Disasters won't disappear, they only shift," Lv Cheng said, holding an umbrella and sitting on the edge of the rooftop.

"If I completely destroy this experiment, the Black Vatican in the shadows will just switch to another city to conduct the experiment."

Destroying Bo City was not the goal; this was an experiment, a rehearsal for the official operation in the Ancient Capital in the future. If Ye Chang did not get the effect she wanted, she would definitely change to another city and try again.

Change to where?

He did not know.

He had no special feelings for this city, nor did he have any strong feelings for the people here, so he would not let another unknown city bear this disaster for the sake of saving the people here.

In fact, if he had to choose, he might even lean towards Ye Chang.

This was not to say he could not distinguish right from wrong; he just did not care.

He knew Ye Chang was a lunatic, and he knew her hands were covered in blood, but what did that have to do with him?

Ye Chang was very good to him.

Regardless of the purpose, regardless of the reason, Ye Chang was indeed very good to him.

He could not bring himself to destroy his own kin for the sake of righteousness.

Whoever was good to him, he would help.

But to let him watch this city be destroyed by Ye Chang, he could not do that either.

He could not watch these innocent people die before his eyes, and he did not know where this sense of justice had popped out from, even though justice had never paid him any mind.

It was a struggle.

He had been struggling for a long time.

He felt his brain was very noisy, with many voices, each holding its own opinion; some voices told him to save the common people at all costs, while other voices told him to be indifferent to this world that was not worth saving...

"Lv Cheng!" Luo Pei's expression tightened.

"Don't! Stop quickly! Don't activate the Tiger Talisman!"

"So noisy..." Lv Cheng lowered his head, as if he hadn't heard Luo Pei's voice, and a pattern of a two-headed tiger faintly appeared in his eyes.

"Stop quickly!" Luo Pei, who was in the middle of casting the Magic Potion spell, could not pull himself away and could only hope his voice would have some effect.

But unfortunately, it was useless.

Two streams of Yin and Yang Qi began to escape from the depths of Lv Cheng's soul; the power of the demon and the power of the god were entangled endlessly.

Good thoughts, evil thoughts, struggling incessantly.

"Enough!" Lv Cheng covered his head, and the Tiger Talisman pattern in his eyes shattered abruptly.

"Stop being so noisy!"

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"Shendu, what exactly are you worried about?"

At Lv Cheng's home, Ximu and Shendu were arranged to stay behind to protect Ye Xinxia, and did not participate in this operation.

"What are you worried about?" Shendu asked in return.

"Converting him into the Yang Li is no small weakening for you," Ximu said.

At the end of the ancient Demon war, the Eight Demons wiped out the other Demon Wizards and successfully occupied the Eight Trigrams of the human world, gaining a continuous source of power.

Although the Eight Demons correspond to the Yin Eight Trigrams, the Yang Eight Trigrams were sealed off by them together so that no one could occupy them, and therefore, they could also manipulate the power possessed by the Yang Eight Trigrams.

Now, Shendu pushing Lv Cheng into the position of Yang Li is equivalent to voluntarily and permanently giving up a portion of his own power.

"Or do you really treat him like a son?" Ximu asked with a laugh.

"You didn't even do this much for your own biological son, Xiao Long."

"No," Shendu shook his head.

"He is a bit strange; I had to give up the power of the Yang Li and push him up."

He originally had another plan: to simply convert Lv Cheng into a Demon, at which point the Contract they had constructed would still shatter, and Lv Cheng, having turned into a Demon, would lose control over that Sword, and he could also gain true freedom just like the other Demons.

However, something is wrong!

Lv Cheng is truly very wrong!

For an Immortal God Descendant, there is no such thing as judging by deeds rather than intentions!

Those people are consistent in word and deed, true Saints!

The Immortal God Qi on Lv Cheng is real, and that Sword is also real, but this kid's personality and thoughts do not match up!

Even an Immortal God Descendant who has not yet truly awakened would at most not be so persistent, but their essential benevolence cannot be covered up; they would absolutely not be like Lv Cheng, who is indifferent to the life and death of others, and even almost ignores all life!

All of it!

This is not something that can be explained by a personality issue.

Therefore, he has a bad guess.

"I am a bit worried that he might be the reincarnation of those past Immortal God Descendants," Shendu's expression sank slightly.

"If that is really the case..."

"Hm?"

Feeling the power suddenly surging within his body, Ximu was stunned.

What is the situation? Was the Hell Gate opened?

(End of this chapter)