Please, Young Master, Slay the Demon!
Chapter 160 - 57 Say it Again [Request for Monthly Tickets!]_2

Chapter 160: Chapter 57 Say it Again [Request for Monthly Tickets!]_2

"Hmph..."

Mister Fei snorted coldly, seemingly ready to lash out. However, suddenly he noticed that something wasn’t quite right.

The surrounding environment seemed to have changed?

And the aura was different...

He turned around to find a woman in red sitting on a couch, watching him with her eyes half-closed.

Oh, damn.

...

"My surname is Fei, you can call me Little Fei."

The old man, head hung low, bowed his body slightly, demonstrating his humility in every detail. He respectfully floated in front of Empress Feng.

Empress Feng lazily sized him up, "My disciple told me that you have a lot of rules? Let’s hear them."

"No, no, no, they are merely immature suggestions." Mister Fei responded with a smile, "Whatever the decision, you can make it. Your rules are the rules."

"So I get to decide, huh? From now on, you better listen to my disciple. If he says go east, you cannot go west. Whoever he wants you to strike, you strike. Protect him well and you will have a meal to eat. But if there’s any mishap..." Emperess Feng’s eye corner twitched upward.

Her fingertip scraped off a zircon-colored flame.

Samadhi True Fire!

Upon seeing this spark, Mister Fei immediately knelt in mid-air, not daring to show any more arrogance.

The Seventh Realm could just pass, but this Samadhi True Fire was their greatest threat as ghostly creatures. If a single spark touched him, he would be completely incinerated.

"I dare not, I dare not, I will absolutely comply! I won’t allow a single mistake!" he shouted incessantly.

"As long as you understand." Only then did Empress Feng satisfiedly put out the spark.

"Sigh..."

Mister Fei raised his head and spoke pitifully, "Actually it’s not that I’m greedy. It’s just that I am now a complete spiritual soul body, which is different from ordinary ghosts. They can replenish their power from the ambient Yin Qi, but the Yin Qi in the world is full of messy negative emotions such as resentment, anger, and pain. If I draw in Yin Qi for a long time, I will eventually turn into a real lone wild ghost..."

"But every time I take action, as long as I exit this jade pot, I consume a portion of my spiritual power. If I engage in a battle with someone, the consumption is even more severe. Without replenishment, just a few more bouts and I will cease to exist..."

"Hence why I would ordinarily rest in this jade pot to nurture my soul. Every time I show myself or take action and have to replenish, it’s merely out of a desperate desire to survive."

As he spoke these words, his tone seemed sincere, as if he wasn’t lying.

Indeed, Chu Liang had been wondering why this elder’s spiritual soul was different from other ghosts. Hearing him explain, Chu asked, "Mister Fei, what exactly is your situation now?"

Mister Fei heaved a sigh, "That’s a long story..."

"Then keep it short." Empress Feng said impatiently.

"Alright." Mister Fei responded solemnly.

He then began to recount his experiences.

His name was Fei Qi, he was originally one of the minorly renowned Confucian cultivators in the North Region of the Yu Dynasty, he came from Ascending Dragon Academy, and had been a classmate of several great Confucian scholars from the old generation.

However, his cultivation had been stuck in the Sixth Realm for many years and he could never touch the threshold of the Seventh Realm, Wen Dao. Although he could slow down aging, he couldn’t extend his life by much. After more than a hundred years of time passed swiftly, his lifespan was inevitably coming to an end.

At this point, he became anxious and gradually began to delve into some forbidden paths. After some painstaking research,Fei discovered that his spiritual soul was very complete, but he couldn’t resist the decay of his physical body. When the body decayed, the soul lost its vessel and slowly dissipated.

He thought, couldn’t he create a method which could let his spiritual soul to exist independently from his body?

But the saying goes, when the candle ends, the flame fades, which was the rule of nature. When the candle burns out, where will the candle flame adhere to?

In order to research the path of the spiritual soul, he even joined some Demonic Sects under a false name, where he learned some forbidden soul cultivation methods. Eventually, he managed to create unique cultivation skills.

He named it "Path of the Soul Immortal".

Allowing the soul to de-attach from the physical body and achieve complete survival. This was a never before seen cultivation method that was filled with unknown danger, but if he didn’t try it he would definitely die. With nothing to lose, he started cultivating.

Separating from the body, the soul lives independently.

The soul was perfectly preserved and managed to escape the binding law of nature, not fading away.

Yet at this point, he discovered a fatal problem, he could not cultivate anymore. Because he has now become a spiritual soul, he cannot breathe True Qi, can only draw in Yin Qi. But, as he said, Ying Qi was filled up with too many disparate and crazy negative emotions.

The difference between him and ghosts was just his completely clear mind. If he draws in Yin Qi for a long time, won’t he become a real ghost over time?

The Path of Soul Immortal, in name it’s cultivation but the actuality was suicide.

Just like the ghost of the former Dynasty’s Prime Minister in the Misty Mountain Valley, despite his power being a few times stronger than his, the ghost was confused all day long, clinging only to one obsession, how could that be called living?

If he didn’t want that, then the only way for him to replenish his power was through Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure. Like the Soul Salvia Incense, or other Yin property treasure medicine.

For him with his neither human nor ghost condition, it was very hard to obtain resources. That’s why he lived inside the Jade Pot, temporarily becoming a War Soul to fight for his hosts in exchange for the resources needed.

Over these years, he has passed through tens of masters, both righteous and wicked, before eventually ending at Chu Liang.

After hearing his tortuous journey, the master and disciple were silent for a while.

After some time, Empress Feng finally spoke with confusion, "After all that rambling, aren’t you still just a ghost?"

"No, it’s different!" Mister Fei exclaimed loudly, "I am completely lucid!"

Empress Feng responded, "A smart ghost?"

Mister Fei retorted, "I don’t have any negative emotions!"

Empress Feng responded, "A happy ghost?"

"..." Mister Fei’s eyes were full of grief and indignation, unable to utter a single word.

After a pause, Chu Liang smiled and said, "Mister Fei, since I will be troubling you a lot in the future, I will naturally not let you suffer. However, using three Soul Saliva Incense every time you appear is too expensive, and I believe you do not actually require that much. How about from now on, however much Soul Power you consume, I will replenish that amount for you. And if in the future I have the means, I will certainly help you achieve the Path of the Soul Immortal, how about it?"

"Of course, that’s good." Mister Fei glanced at Empress Feng with an aggrieved expression, reluctantly agreeing.

Replenishing however much he consumes means there will be no surplus for him. He would be working for Chu Liang without getting paid. Even though that was the case, he could only hope that on Chu Liang’s day of success, he too would be swept up along.

But Chu Liang had no other choice. A spiritual soul equivalent to the Sixth Realm’s power would surely not consume a small amount, and merely refilling him was already a huge pressure. In the future, unless necessary, he definitely won’t summon him.

Seeing they had reached an agreement, Empress Feng took this opportunity to threaten him again, "Now that we’ve come to an agreement, there can be no going back. If anything happens to my disciple in the future, I’ll find you no matter where you are..."

"I’m really good at bashing old geezers."