DEM Chapter 58: Brother Su Yuan’s Goods Are Just Too Pure!

Yang Wentao was a second-year student at Taihua Vocational Technical College.

Though he attended a mere vocational school, he believed his athletic performance could rival that of many university students.

This was the confidence of a sports-specialized student, the core of his dao heart.

But recently, he’d run into a problem.

At the gym he frequented, a fellow athlete appeared who outclassed him in strength, endurance, agility, and more.

Worse, this rival was a university student, outranking him in both education and ability.

From academics to personal strength, Yang Wentao was utterly crushed.

Every time he encountered this university student at the gym, he couldn’t help but feel inferior.

In the midst of his dejection, his younger cousin Huang Sheng, with bandages and braces on his arm, came to him asking for help to deal with a student bullying him.

Yang Wentao had always looked out for his little cousin, so without hesitation, he went straight to Taihua High School’s entrance to confront the offender.

And then, he met the nightmare of his life!

Su Yuan!

This demon was thick-faced and black-hearted. Right off the bat, he deceived and ambushed Yang Wentao, using a strange spiritual energy to heighten his body’s sensitivity a hundredfold, forcing him to his knees.

Kneeling was one thing, he could always settle the score later.

But Su Yuan, that devil, fed him and his cousin some mysterious pills!

Yang Wentao watched as his cousin, after swallowing two pills, visibly wasted away, vomiting at the sight of food and soon becoming skin and bones.

When he took Huang Sheng to the hospital, the doctors found nothing wrong, only keeping him alive with IV drips.

As for Yang Wentao, who had only been given one blue pill, he was consumed by an insatiable hunger.

He devoured all the food meant for his cousin, and it still wasn’t enough. He went to a buffet and gorged himself, barely suppressing the demon called hunger.

Then, his mind entered an unprecedented state of exhilaration, craving release.

As if possessed, his muscles took over his brain. Abandoning his cousin in the hospital, he rushed to the gym to vent his hyperactive energy through lifting weights.

By chance, the university student who always outshone him was there too.

Yang Wentao had expected to be outclassed as usual, but when they competed, he was shocked to discover he was different.

Strength, endurance, agility, every key athletic metric, he surpassed the university student!

He watched as his rival lowered his head in defeat.

Crushing his competitor underfoot felt like drinking fine wine, leaving Yang Wentao euphoric.

How he wished this dream could last forever!

But two hours after taking the blue pill, he was horrified to find that, aside from a slight boost in physical stats, everything reverted to normal.

Without the recovery and exhilaration from the blue pill, he couldn’t lift the same weights, and his reflexes plummeted.

Having tasted victory and rapid growth, how could anyone willingly return to mediocrity?

In less than a day, Yang Wentao’s craving for the blue pill reached a near-maniacal level.

He’d do anything for another one!

Of course, math was still a problem, he couldn’t do math no matter what.

Luckily, while aimlessly scrolling through videos, he stumbled upon Yin Qiyue’s livestream and saw Su Yuan broadcasting from Taihua High School’s cafeteria.

Without a moment’s hesitation, Yang Wentao grabbed his IV-dripping cousin and rushed to the school gates, waiting until Su Yuan emerged from campus.

He was desperate to obtain that miraculous pill again, to relive that cloud-soaring sensation.

As for the blue pill’s side effects?

The doctors had already checked, nothing was wrong! It was completely different from certain banned performance-enhancing drugs!

And so, the scene unfolded as Su Yuan and the others witnessed.

Chen Nuoyi and Yin Qiyue stared at Yang Wentao, who was crying and sniffling like a character straight out of The Protege, first in shock, then with strange looks directed at Su Yuan.

Chen Nuoyi immediately recalled the blue pill Su Yuan had given him yesterday.

Yang Wentao’s current state was undoubtedly caused by that blue pill.

In Chen Nuoyi’s mind, only one type of drug could reduce someone to this ghostly, inhuman state.

“S-Su Yuan…”

Her voice trembled with fear. “You… you didn’t start selling that stuff to make money, did you? That’s a moral line you absolutely can’t cross!”

Seeing Chen Nuoyi so frightened, Su Yuan realized she must have misunderstood something.

He hadn’t expected Huang Sheng’s cousin to end up like this because of the body-refining pill!

Admittedly, he’d given him the blue pill hoping he’d get hooked on the euphoric high and come back for more, expanding his market.

But come on, he was running a legitimate business!

Big brother, can you stop kneeling?

If this gets livestreamed, won’t I be ruined and labeled a demonic cultivator?

With no other choice, Su Yuan quickly kicked the guy away and explained, “Class Leader, you’ve got it wrong. That blue pill is just my family’s secret body-refining medicine. This guy’s just here to buy more.”

The panic on Chen Nuoyi’s pretty face gradually faded, replaced by a hint of suspicion.

Yang Wentao nodded frantically. “Yes, yes, yes! Please, brother, sell me a few more blue pills. Name your price!”

Su Yuan said calmly, “I am indeed planning to sell this medicine. Get up and talk.”

Yang Wentao was overjoyed, scrambling to his feet and standing by Su Yuan’s side like a loyal lackey.

“Su Yuan, what about him?” Yin Qiyue pointed at the overlooked Huang Sheng, who was skin and bones and barely clinging to life.

Su Yuan glanced at Huang Sheng and said nonchalantly, “No big deal. He just took both my body-refining pill and my weight-loss pill at the same time.”

“My weight-loss pill suppresses appetite, while the body-refining pill absorbs a ton of nutrients for physical enhancement.”

“Without external nutrition, this kid naturally starved himself thin, but there’s no danger to his life. He’ll be fine in a few days.”

Yin Qiyue: “…”

She’d suspected early on that something was off about Su Yuan.

Seeing Huang Sheng’s condition only confirmed it. Beneath Su Yuan’s honest, wholesome exterior lurked a deep, sinister malice, he was practically a devil!

That said, he was pretty good to his friends. With him protecting Nuoyi, no one would dare bully her.

[Favorability +5]

The corner of Su Yuan’s mouth twitched. Yin Qiyue always boosted her favorability toward him for the oddest reasons.

But now wasn’t the time to dwell on that. The priority was making money through business.

He turned to Huang Sheng’s cousin with a harmless smile. “I’m a fair businessman. One blue pill is just two thousand yuan. How about it?”

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