Chapter 6: The Honesty of Cheng

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Tianlan Magic High School.

Lv Cheng arrived at school with dark circles under his eyes.

"What the hell? What did you do last night?"

Mu Bai looked at Lv Cheng, who appeared incredibly haggard in front of him, as if he had been drained dry, with a look of utter confusion.

"Exploring the mysteries of Magic." Lv Cheng sat down and slumped directly onto the desk.

The Yin-Yang Balance Contract jointly constructed by the demons had granted him half of Shendu's Fire Demon Qi.

However, Shendu's power was kept in Hell by the Yin-Yang Balance Contract; after leaving Hell, to describe it in the terms of this world, Shendu was now a demon in the Infant Stage, corresponding to his own state.

Of course, his strength was unknown.

After all, in the world Shendu came from, there were the constraints of Yin-Yang Balance, and demonic power would be restricted in the human realm; furthermore, the Righteous Magic left behind by the Eight Immortals shrouded the entire world, and all life was protected by Righteous Qi energy. When attacked by demons, this Righteous Qi would mitigate most of the damage, which could be considered a protective mechanism of Yin-Yang Balance.

However, in this world, there was no Righteous Magic of the Eight Immortals.

Even Shendu himself did not know how much power he currently possessed, so it needed to be tested.

And the best way to test it was, naturally, combat!

Thus, under the guise of a teacher providing instruction, Shendu beat him up in the basement all night long!

Fortunately!

What he obtained from Shendu was not just Fire Demon Qi, but a proper "half."

He possessed all the powers Shendu had, including the Divine Power of the Twelve Talismans!

Of course, it was currently incomplete and very weak.

After all, Shendu was now a demon in the Infant Stage, his various abilities were all in a nascent state, and most of the Spell Divine Power could not yet be used.

However, the Immortal Dog and the Healing Horse—these two Divine Powers that belonged to the basic abilities of demons—still existed; of course, they were also weakened versions, and because this power was shared from Shendu, it could only be applied to himself.

The Immortal Dog granted him terrifying vitality; even if his heart were pierced, he would not die!

The Healing Horse would repair all damage caused to him by external forces!

Then, in order to test the limit of the effects of these two Spell Divine Powers after being divided into him, Shendu beat him to death!

Although the Horse could heal his pain, because it was too weak right now, he was at most recovering quickly; he still felt the pain he was supposed to feel!

Moreover, beating him was one thing, but this shameless old thing even called it, in a high-sounding way, combat training!

Being beaten one-sidedly, this the hell is called combat training?

"Alright... how many star seeds do you have now?" Mu Bai asked.

"Why? Trying to spy on military intelligence?" Lv Cheng raised his head.

His parents were High-level Mages, and in a small place like Bo City where an Intermediate Mage could reign supreme, they were already among the elite. As the local power in Bo City, the Mu Family naturally would curry favor with him, so his relationship with the Mu Family was also quite good.

Due to his influence, Mu Bai had also entered Mu Zhuoyun's sight earlier; of course, merely as someone to run errands and pass messages.

Because he had been clever since childhood and appeared so gifted, even though his parents had gone missing in a demon attack in Bo City ten years ago, Mu Zhuoyun's attitude toward him had never changed.

No matter what, he was the descendant of High-level Mages; no matter how low his talent was, it wouldn't be that low.

Moreover, his parents seemed to have an extraordinary background and knew Ye Xinxia's mother; in fact, Ye Xinxia's mother and his parents went missing almost one after the other.

"What spying on military intelligence?" Mu Bai sat down sourly.

"It's our Mu Family's patriarch, Master Mu. He knows you are of the Summoning Element, and this thing is the most expensive to cultivate, so he asked me to check on your progress to see if it's convenient to buy you some auxiliary Magic Tools."

Lv Cheng's parents had come to Bo City temporarily back then; it was said they were injured while fighting on the front lines, and coupled with the fact that they were expecting Lv Cheng at the time, the couple came to Bo City to recuperate and didn't bring many things.

The Summoning Element was the most resource-draining Magic in the early stages!

Just the auxiliary Magic Tools bought for summoning alone could easily cost hundreds of thousands, or even millions!

Master Mu had previously wanted Lv Cheng to be his son-in-law, but he didn't know what Lv Cheng's talent was like, which was why he had been hesitant.

"So that's how it is..." Lv Cheng rubbed his eyes.

"Auxiliary Magic Tools won't be necessary; my parents left me some good things."

"As for how many star seeds I have now..."

Meditation, control, and release are the three steps of Magic. Normally, to complete the first release of Magic, one needs to practice for nearly a year.

Of course, occasionally there are some special geniuses, as well as those from wealthy families with high-level auxiliary Magic Tools, who can speed it up by a few months.

However, in a small place like Bo City, he had successfully activated Summoning Element Magic in just over three months; if that were exposed, he would definitely be treated as a member of the Black Vatican!

"How many do you have now?" Lv Cheng asked.

"Four."

"Then I'll say five."

"..."

"Five... you say?" Mu Bai's eye twitched wildly.

Your sister, you wouldn't have already?

Are you even human?!

Even if you have High-level Mage parents and are gifted, it shouldn't be this outrageous already, right?

"Forget it, I won't compare with you." Mu Bai took a deep breath.

"Master Mu asked me to invite you to sit at the Mu Clan Manor; he probably wants to discuss something with you."

"Not going." Lv Cheng buried his head on the desk again.

"Do I not know what he wants to do?"

"But his eldest daughter doesn't fancy me, what can I do?"

"I'm also very desperate~"

Mu Bai took another deep breath, "Can you have some shame?"

Mu Ningxue looks down on Lv Cheng?

Bullshit!

It's that this bastard is just too scummy!

In the past, he had never imagined that while hitting on one girl, one could also hit on another!

But Lv Cheng did it!

This guy, right in front of him, and even in front of Mu Ningxue!

Was being lovey-dovey with Mo Fan's non-blood-related younger sister, Xinxia!

And after discovering Mu Ningxue, this guy's response could be called the height of shamelessness!

"Axue, you know, she is just my younger sister."

"I kissed her? What of it? Isn't it normal for an older brother to kiss his younger sister? I kissed you too, didn't I?"

"What? You don't believe me?"

"Pfft~ believe it or not, that's up to you."

At the time, it left him completely stunned!

Mu Ningxue was also stunned!

After learning about that incident, even Mu Zhuoyun, who had seen great storms and waves, was stunned!

Could someone actually be shameless to this extent?

Although for a great family, this kind of thing is actually quite common, but!

Can't you at least try to cover it up?

"What kind of talk is that?" Lv Cheng raised his head.

"Who am I?"

"Lv Cheng! The 'Cheng' for honesty!"

"Even if I'm a scumbag, I'm an open and honest scumbag; that's still better than those who sneak around, get on the bus first and then force others to accept a low-price ticket purchase, or even don't buy a ticket at all, right?"

"..." Mu Bai.

He had seen shameless people, but this was the first time he had seen someone so shameless yet so righteous!

You think you're in the right, don't you?

(End of this chapter)