Please, Young Master, Slay the Demon!
Chapter 486 - 64: Angry Anger [Seeking Monthly Tickets!]_1

Chapter 486: Chapter 64: Angry Anger [Seeking Monthly Tickets!]_1

"Please, spare me..." Chu Liang’s face was filled with dismay, his expression was tragic and he waved his hands in protest.

"Oh no, we can’t. In our Regent Residence, that’s always the rule." A group of burly men eyed him with malicious smiles. "Hurry up."

"Burp." Chu Liang let out a small hiccup. "I can’t drink anymore, my alcohol tolerance is really poor."

The location was a drawing room in the courtyard of the Regent Residence. Those present were all trusted subordinates of the Regent Leader, with the one sitting opposite Chu Liang being the highest-ranking.

The man appeared to be a young adult with a tall physique, broad shoulders, strong back and a handsome, firm face. His eyes sparkled like stars, such that just a glance was enough to stun.

What was most peculiar was that his pupils were a vast hue of dark purple.

He was none other than Ji Zidian, one of the four prominent officials under the Regent Leader.

Others seated around him, although of a lower rank, were small stamp officials, who possessed significant power and influence outside. However, within the Yu Capital City’s Regent Residence, they were commonplace.

"Eh—," Ji Zidian said, "Every newcomer must go through a ritual of sorts. If you can’t even handle this bit of alcohol, how are we supposed to accept you?"

Who the hell asked you to accept me?!

I’m a suspect, for God’s sake.

Chu Liang’s mind was beset with endless thoughts. His experiences since joining the Regent Residence were simply unimaginable.

At first, he was conscripted by the Regent Leader and was put to labor. Chu Liang had thought of it as labor reform. After another day of work, the Regent Leader instructed him to get acquainted with his subordinates.

After work, he was pulled into a feast by Ji Zidian and his colleagues from the Regent Residence, where he was forced to toast round after round.

What the hell is going on?

Are you throwing a party for a criminal?

"Brother Chu, don’t you find this vegetarian meal tasteless?" A stamp official laughed, "Then tomorrow uncle will host a banquet, and we’ll invite you to taste the wines in the East City. Since you’ve never visited Yu City before, you should also get a taste of the city’s glory."

"No, no..." Chu Liang quickly waved his hands in protest.

Senior Sister Jiang is still out there investigating the case for him.

Good God.

The present Regent Residence really is human-friendly.

He quickly said, "I’m still a suspect right now, so it’s not good for me to be too arrogant."

"You don’t need to be so reserved." Ji Zidian also laughed, "To put it simply, the Regent Leader admires you, and doesn’t think you’d commit a crime. Once the case is cleared, you will naturally gain your freedom. After you participate in the Immortal Sect’s conference next year, he definitely plans to request a transfer from Shu Mountain for you to work at the Regent Residence."

Afterward, there was another round of toasting.

Considering Chu Liang’s current physical body strength, his alcohol tolerance was undoubtedly not weak. However, everyone present had higher cultivation than him, and the spiritual brew they drank was no ordinary wine. If he drank too much, he wouldn’t be able to withstand it. If he were to get too drunk and blurt out something he shouldn’t, that would be really bad.

When it came to the matter of murder, he was indeed guilty, but there were not many other things he could confess.

Therefore, his strategy was to pretend to be tipsy and plead when he was not drunk; act like he was drunk when he was just tipsy; and feign complete unconsciousness when he was half-drunk.

After three rounds of drinks, everyone was slightly dizzy. Chu Liang began to shift the topic onto other people.

"Big Brother Ji, you must be from the Ji family, right?" Chu Liang asked, "Members of the aristocratic families serve in the Regent Residence too?"

With the exception of the extinguished Jiang Family and the imperial Xia Family, among the three major cultivation families currently existing, only the Ji Family remained. But the Ji Family had always kept to themselves, not frequently allowing their descendants to venture out, hence his question.

However, to his surprise, Ji Zidian heard his question and scoffed, "The Ji Family?"

Upon hearing his tone, Chu Liang found it familiar, "Did you also run away from home?"

"Heh heh." Ji Zidian let out another cold chuckle: "The Ji Family? Not even a dog would return there."

Yes, yes, yes.

Chu Liang nodded, exactly. This was the taste.

It was indeed the traditional signature of the Ji Family.

Afterwards, others jumped in to aid him, and then Chu Liang understood.

It turned out that Ji Zidian was from a distant branch of the Ji Family, and had occupied a very low position.

Children in the Ji Family with the Xuanyuan Pupil were either born with it, or it manifested later. Even if it was a late awakening, it occurred by the age of three or five at the latest.

And typically, the earlier it awakened, the stronger the power.

But Ji Zidian was different, he didn’t awaken his Xuanyuan Pupil until he was eight. Before this, he suffered a lot from his low-status and lack of awakened powers. His family had migrated to Yu Capital City to eke out a living long ago.

Although the Ji Family was strict and old-fashioned, they really didn’t care about this branch that was on the verge of extinction within their own clan.

Who would have known that, in his eighth year, a purple hue would start to show in Ji Zidian’s pupils, and he was able to control lightning overnight.

Among the many colors of the Xuanyuan Pupil, there were also levels of power.

For example, the golden and blue pupils Chu Liang had seen before were quite common. However, purple pupils were the rarest and bestowed greater power at the same level of cultivation.

With those pair of purple eyes, Ji Zidian ascended as a highly respected individual within his family.

His father wanted to take him back at that time, but Ji Zidian and his mother refused to return home. Later, the Regent Leader discovered the slightly older Ji Zidian and took him under his wing at the Regent Residence, where he has been ever since.

It can be said that he’s long severed his ties with the Ji Family.

Chu Liang shook his head as he listened to this. The Ji Family, despite thousands of years of history, still retained its original system of hierarchy. It seemed a bit outdated now.

...

When the banquet ended and he finally returned to his lodging, it was deep into the night.

Thinking about all the business he did without swapping drinks, Chu found it amusing how he was actually doing this at the Regent Residence. It seemed that navigating politics was harder than the business world.

Chu Liang appeared intoxicated but after returning to his lodging, he vaporized the alcohol with Divine Dragon Fire.

This supreme skill was something he’d learned from his master.

Thereafter, he eagerly released a golden light from the White Pagoda.

Whoosh—

The golden light fell on the table and immediately transformed into a small humanoid figure roughly the size of a palm. She rubbed her eyes, pouted her mouth, and after a while, managed to utter a word: "Angry..."

The good news was that the child had learnt to speak in just one day, the bad news was the first word she learnt was "angry."

Chu Liang naturally knew what she was angry about.

He had to shut her back in the White Pagoda to sleep when he was busy during the day and couldn’t take her with him. Leaving her to play in the room alone would have resulted in the Regent Residence being reduced to rubble by dinner time.

Feeling suddenly awake after being cooped up inside the pagoda all day, it was natural that she would feel angry.

But Chu Liang had a solution.

He smirked, took out a parcel wrapped in oil-paper, and unveiled, "Do you see what this is?"

Tuntun sniffed and blinked as if she smelled something delicious. But, having never encountered it before, she didn’t know what it was.

"Come and taste it." Chu Liang spread the paper on the table. "Delicious soy-braised pork knuckle..."

This was also one of his solutions.

When she was still in various spirit beast forms, going on a diet or starving for a while wasn’t a big deal. But now that Tuntun could cry, make a fuss and speak, Chu Liang just didn’t have the heart to starve her.

However, feeding her more spiritual foods made him worry about control issues. Therefore, Chu Liang had this idea.

Wasn’t it better to feed her delicious but non-spiritual foods? Even though she ate a lot, they wouldn’t provide spiritual energy, thus, it would not aid her cultivation.

In other words, it was like giving a growing child lots of junk food.

The only question was whether she would like the taste or not. After all, Tuntun used to love foods that were rich in spirituality. It was unknown whether this would change now that she had become human.

Under Chu Liang’s anxious gaze, Tuntun picked up a piece of soy-braised pork knuckle and bit into it questioningly.

Her first reaction was to frown, as if it tasted terrible. But as she continued to chew, her frown inexplicably eased, as if it tasted rather good. Then she became puzzled again, seemingly unable to decide whether it was tasty or not...

So, she decided to take another bite.

And then another...

In a short while, she had finished an entire piece of pork knuckle and her eyes gradually started to gleam.

Her verdict was in, it was delicious.

"Ah..." She gave a delighted cry, dived into the paper packet and emerged in a sea of soy-braised pork knuckle.

"He he." Only then did Chu Liang laugh in satisfaction, "Eat, eat, I’ll buy you stinky tofu tomorrow."