DEM Chapter 28: The New Item at the Next Window Is Half Price!

After thoroughly cursing out the shameless dog system, Su Yuan couldn’t help but consider the practical applications of abyssal spiritual energy in combat.

If it significantly heightened an enemy’s bodily sensitivity, their tolerance for pain and various negative conditions would plummet.

A mere shallow cut might escalate into unbearable agony.

Even the friction of clothing fabric could disrupt their focus, making it hard to stay composed in battle.

Of course, there were always those masochistic types who thrived on pain.

Hey, hey! This was sounding more and more like some adult game setting!

All in all, the Abyssal Bloodline was more beneficial than detrimental to Su Yuan.

The only downside was that he had to be careful not to accidentally heighten the bodily sensitivity of nearby women, or he’d be labeled a weirdo and locked up.

After analyzing the pros and cons of abyssal spiritual energy’s sensitivity-enhancing effect, Su Yuan noticed another detail in Chen Nuoyi’s words.

Her hand, which had come into contact with his abyssal spiritual energy, had become uncontrollable!

What was that about?

Could the abyssal spiritual energy be a top-tier variant with two special effects?

The moment this thought arose, Su Yuan felt a sudden intuition.

He realized that by calming his mind, he could sense and manipulate the abyssal spiritual energy that had invaded Chen Nuoyi’s body!

For instance…

With a thought, Chen Nuoyi’s right pinky finger twitched uncontrollably, startling the girl.

“Su Yuan, the spiritual energy you sent into my hand just controlled my finger!”

Chen Nuoyi looked at Su Yuan, her bright eyes full of shock.

“Uh, yeah, I accidentally controlled it just now.”

Su Yuan said, a bit embarrassed.

Inwardly, he was already cursing.

You damn system! Not only does my abyssal spiritual energy heighten bodily sensitivity, it can also control the target’s body!

If it fully infiltrated an upright female knight, wouldn’t he be able to pose her in 108 different ways while she furiously cursed him?

Maybe even unlock that classic “Guh, just kill me!” voice line!
What the heck! What kind of demon lord behavior is this? System, you’ve definitely wandered onto the wrong set!
But I’m a good person!

Dog system, thanks for the slander!

Su Yuan felt that if he had a Saint Fall Degree, it’d probably be at 82% right now, with the remaining 18% split into 666 points for the dog system!
Thankfully, Chen Nuoyi was too inexperienced to realize how inappropriate these two effects were. Instead, she sincerely said, “Su Yuan, both of these special effects in your spiritual energy are incredibly rare.”

“A bloodline capable of producing such top-tier spiritual energy is undoubtedly top-tier as well. I just don’t know when you awakened it, I never noticed before.”

Though Su Yuan had never mentioned his bloodline, with Chen Nuoyi’s deep family background, she instantly recognized the change in his aptitude the moment he unleashed his spiritual energy.

Su Yuan scratched his cheek and said, “Well, it awakened pretty recently. I just finished converting all my regular spiritual energy into this variant.”

“Congratulations, then! With such a top-tier bloodline, your chances of getting into one of the top ten immortal cultivation academies have skyrocketed.”

Chen Nuoyi smiled, then her aura surged to the sixth layer of Qi Refining, “For the rest of the time, I’m going to train you hard to fully unlock your potential!”

Hearing this, Su Yuan snapped to attention, striking a serious stance, “Bring it on!”

Over the next hour, Su Yuan got beaten black and blue again, but his progress in Martial Arts was substantial.

He felt his mastery of Sunrise Fist had reached the Major Achievement level.

Though it was just the beginning of Major Achievement, it was definitely upper-tier in the class, it was just hard to tell because Chen Nuoyi was overwhelmingly strong.

There was a Martial Arts class tomorrow, the perfect chance to test his performance against other classmates.

Beyond his Martial Arts progress, Su Yuan also gained a thorough understanding of his abyssal spiritual energy.

This energy was far more domineering than he’d expected. Even against a powerhouse like Chen Nuoyi at the eighth layer of Qi Refining, it could invade her body and take control.

Thankfully, Chen Nuoyi’s high cultivation allowed her to continuously expel the abyssal spiritual energy, or the scene would’ve been too wild to imagine.

In a fight against someone of the same realm, unless they avoided contact entirely, once touched by his abyssal spiritual energy, their defeat would be like a dam bursting, it's utterly unstoppable.

After the tutoring session, Su Yuan bid farewell to Chen Nuoyi and returned to his room in the rental apartment.

There were still a few hours before school, but Su Yuan had no interest in sleeping. Instead, he eagerly began cultivating, curious to see how fast his cultivation speed was with the Abyssal Bloodline.

He wanted to experience what it felt like to be a genius.

Taihua High School’s basic breathing technique, activate!

Three hours passed in a flash.

As the horizon glowed with the first light of dawn, Su Yuan slowly opened his eyes, a glint of brilliance flashing within.

Before starting cultivation, his cultivation level was around 57.8.

After these three hours of intense practice, his total spiritual energy had increased by a full 0.6, reaching 58.4!

Rounding up, he was just a step away from the sixth layer of Qi Refining.

This cultivation speed was nearly on par with when he used to rent artificial spiritual roots. Was this the world of geniuses?
No wonder others reached the eighth or ninth layer of Qi Refining at his age, while he was just a lowly fifth-layer creature.

In the past, Su Yuan would’ve felt the heavens were unfair, but now…

Being a genius felt amazing.

“I wonder how fast my cultivation would be now if I used an artificial spiritual root.”

Filled with anticipation, Su Yuan resolved to rent a few hours of a spiritual root at school to test it out.

Time flew to noon, and Su Yuan and Chen Nuoyi arrived at the cafeteria’s back kitchen as planned. The process of rushing through the crowd to the kitchen after class went without saying.

The kitchen had reserved a serving window for them, with a sign for dragonscale roasted goose and its price displayed prominently.

A massive half-price discount was marked on the large price tag.

“Today’s breeze is quite lively…”

“Look, the new item at the next window is half price!”

Shortly after Su Yuan and Chen Nuoyi donned their hats and masks at the window, students began flooding into the cafeteria, their eyes scanning the food like tigers starved for a week.

Instantly, many noticed the new cafeteria item: dragonscale roasted goose.

The huge half-price discount sparked interest, but the still-hefty 60-yuan price tag after the discount made many students hesitate.

“Fellow… ahem, classmate, hold on!”

Seeing a few interested students glance at the price and start to leave, Su Yuan wasn’t having it, “Whether you buy or not, why not check out today’s ingredient performance first?”

With that, Su Yuan pulled out a sinister, eerie bell and gave it a gentle shake.

Ding-a-ling!

With the crisp chime, a reddish-brown roasted goose, wearing a chef’s hat with a serving knife tied to its wing, standing as tall as a person, hopped out from behind Su Yuan.

Yes, hopped—literally, like a zombie.

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