Please, Young Master, Slay the Demon!
Chapter 452 - 31: The Thief [Requesting Monthly Pass!] _1

Chapter 452: Chapter 31: The Thief [Requesting Monthly Pass!] _1

Chu Liang marveled at the golden rune in his palm, finding it utterly fascinating.

It didn’t seem to contain much spirituality, but that was likely because his own cultivation level was still shallow. The bizarre nature of the rune itself, however, was beyond imagining.

Simply put, it could grant life.

"This Reincarnation Rune is the enlightenment the Talisman Heavenly Master came upon in his final moments of life. It contains the full essence of Rune Avenue. It has finally found its heir today." The elderly man smiled, "I hope you can use it wisely, and perhaps... even complete it."

"Complete it?" Chu Liang was surprised. "Is it still broken?"

"The Talisman Heavenly Master hoped to create a talisman that could surpass life and death, one capable of resurrecting his beloved. Alas, his strength fell short..." the old man said, "Subsequent Talisman Heavenly Masters aspired to the same lofty goal, yet all were unable to transcend earthly constraints."

To surpass life and death...

Chu Liang laughed after hearing these words. How could he dare to contemplate accomplishing something, even generations of Talisman Heavenly Masters were unable to achieve?

Furthermore, Rune Avenue itself stemmed from heaven and earth and involved wielding the majestic powers of heaven and earth. How could one escape the shackles of heaven and earth?

He played with the Reincarnation Rune again, asking, "Senior, since this rune can grant life to anything, can it bring you back to life?"

Of course, he wasn’t implying resurrecting the Talisman Heavenly Master, but granting independent life to this fragment of consciousness before him.

"Oh?" The old man chuckled. "You are the first to think this way. But I’m just a strand of ethereal divine thoughts. I don’t even have a physical body. How can life be discussed when there is no death?"

"I see..." Chu Liang wasn’t being particularly kind-hearted. He was curious to see what would happen after he got the Reincarnation Rune.

And he didn’t have anything handy to experiment on.

First of all, he couldn’t use items with high spirituality. The higher the spirituality, the more energy he would need to exert, which would easily exceed his abilities at the current stage.

Secondly, he was afraid to mess with some valuable items. If he were to make a mistake with his frequently-used magic artifacts or his Flying Sword, that would be a major loss.

Especially things like the Big Head Baby. If it possessed intelligence, it certainly wouldn’t be happy to work for him any longer.

After some thought, he took out a single berry.

He slowly lifted the Reincarnation Rune in his right hand, gently merging it into the berry. The berry was immediately covered in a faint golden light.

Whoosh——

A moment later, a burst of life energy erupted from the berry.

Plants, by their nature, possess life energy. Otherwise, there wouldn’t be so many plants and trees that cultivate themselves into demons. However, the "transformation" the rune refers to is not merely life in the literal sense but more about awakening their spiritual consciousness.

He stared at the berry in his hand, and almost immediately, a message came: "What are you looking at?"

The berry of course couldn’t speak. Because Chu Liang was the one who awakened it, he could easily perceive the information it conveyed. If someone else were to try this, they might only sense the berry twitching.

Such a little thing...delightful.

Chu Liang just laughed. Then he heard the berry say: "Wipe that grin off your face! I’m telling you, don’t even think about eating me! I’m poisonous!"

It saw through his intentions?

Wait, how did it see them?

Chu Liang asked, "Don’t you realize that I gave you life?"

"I thank you for that." the berry said. "Does that mean you won’t eat me then?"

"..."

By the way that he had granted it life, shouldn’t he be its parent?

Why did this berry show no manners or gratitude,

Is this an unfilial berry?

...

Shu Mountain, Yunyao Peak.

The carved bronze furnace was billowing with heat, and the glowing charcoal emanated a scorching temperature. Shang Ziliang cut a perfect piece of meat from a large block and used tongs to grill it over the fire.

"It’s so much nicer to eat something hot like this when the weather’s cold." He said with a smile of contentment on his face, "This is from my father’s friend, it’s top-quality flying deer meat from the Western Regions."

"Absolutely!" Henchman A, who was seated to his left, chimed in smiling, "Deer meat is the best for replenishing Yang energy. It’s a rare treat that we have this opportunity, thanks to Boss."

As the deer meat was grilled to perfection, Henchman B handed over a plate, ready for Shang Ziliang to place the meat on it.

"These past few days have been exhausting. I really need to replenish my energy." Shang Ziliang heaved a sigh, "With Big Brother always busy rushing about and Lin Bei working hard on breakthrough, the responsibility of managing the businesses has fallen on me, running back and forth between the orchard and Red Cotton Peak..."

"Absolutely!" Henchman A concurred, "Even just keeping an eye on the orchard makes me tired. Our businesses are expanding rapidly. We should let Big Brother know that we need to hire more hands."

Henchman B silently placed the grilled meat from the dish into his own sauce plate.

"Hiring people is not as simple as it seems. I had a talk with Big Brother about it before." Shang Ziliang said, "If we don’t hire disciples of Shu Mountain, then we run into trust issues. However, hiring Shu Mountain disciples means we can’t have them working all the time. It’s hard to find people we can trust."

Noticing the absence of meat in the plate, he cut another piece and started grilling it on the fire again.

"Absolutely!" agreed Henchman A, "But we don’t have a choice do we? At once upon a time, we could handle everything ourselves. Now, we have to hire outsiders because it’s simply not enough anymore. Our orchards alone require at least a dozen people. We have berries stolen every day, there’s too much wastage. Fortunately, that damage isn’t too significant; otherwise, we would have suffered major losses already."

Henchman B handed over another dish to Shang Ziliang to place the grilled meat into.

"Sigh!" Shang Ziliang heaved another sigh, "My cultivation has faltered a bit lately. Everyone in Shu Mountain envies us for having money, but who knows the pressure I’m under?"

"Absolutely!" Henchman A added, "Our seniors are always absent and without hiring new people, our operations will just come to a halt! This issue is pressing!"

Henchman B too showed a desperate expression, ate the cut grilled meat after dipping it in the sauce.

"Indeed!" Shang Ziliang was resolved, "We have to get Big Brother to hire more people, otherwise, Red Cotton Peak and Silver Sword Peak will be unable to function. When he returns from the Secret Realm this time, I’ll discuss it with him!"

Glancing over he noticed there was no meat in the dish, he cut another large piece of meat to grill.

"Absolutely!" Henchman A nodded, "There are many brothers at Shu Mountain who want to help. Quite a few have privately approached me to ask about it. Big Brother really doesn’t need to worry so much."

The ’worry’ he was talking about was what Chu Liang was concerned about. If too many disciples of Shu Mountain got involved, it might affect their overall cultivation.

Henchman B timely gave a dish to Shang Ziliang to place the grilled meat in again.

"Let’s make it so!" Shang Ziliang made up his mind and smiled again, "Let’s enjoy our meat... Huh?"

When he tried to cut more meat, he discovered that only a bare set of large bones was left.

Looking again at the dish, it was equally barren.

"Where’s the meat?" He looked at the two men before him.

"I have no idea." Henchman A was equally surprised.

Henchman B wiped the oil from his mouth and astonished, asked, "Was there a thief?"