DEM Chapter 16: System Bro’s Stuff Is Just Too Pure!

“Repay… you?”

Chen Nuoyi looked at the boy whose tone carried a hint of suggestion, her beautiful eyes flickering. Suddenly, she recalled their encounter yesterday.

It’s only natural… no, no, Su Yuan had already explained that wasn’t what he meant.

She couldn’t let her mind wander again.

“Money?”

Chen Nuoyi asked cautiously.

Su Yuan immediately made a face like a pointing husky meme, “Big sis, what kind of person do you think I am? Some money-grubbing stereotype? I’m a very generous guy, okay!”

Chen Nuoyi sheepishly averted her gaze, sinking back into thought.

After a long pause, a spark flashed in her eyes. She straightened up confidently and said, “I’ve got it. While you teach me how to make money, I can tutor you! Su Yuan, you must dream of getting into one of the top ten immortal cultivation academies, right?”

Su Yuan’s eyes lit up. The saintly grade-topper tutoring him? His grades would soar!

“For real, foster mom?”

Su Yuan asked excitedly.

Now they were in Chen Nuoyi’s domain, and their roles had completely flipped!

Regaining her cool, authoritative demeanor as class monitor, Chen Nuoyi said calmly, “Of course. Spiritual Literature, General Knowledge, Cultivation, Physical Education, Martial Arts, and Heart of the Dao, my scores in every subject rank in the top three schoolwide, sometimes even first.”

“For someone like you, with scores around 550, a little tutoring could quickly boost your grades.”

Su Yuan: “…”

Yes, I’m a mediocre student. I apologize.

Realizing her words might have stung, Chen Nuoyi quickly coughed and added, “Su Yuan, I’m just being honest, no offense meant. Don’t take it to heart.”

Then she saw Su Yuan visibly bristle with annoyance.

The girl panicked a bit.

Luckily, Su Yuan could tell Chen Nuoyi was the type who didn’t mince words and didn’t take it too personally. He waved it off, “Then it’s settled. After school, you’ll follow me to do some deliveries.”

“Mhm, mhm!”

Chen Nuoyi nodded eagerly, her eyes brimming with a hunger for money.

Just then, a melodious bell rang from the direction of the teaching building, signaling that class was about to start.

Without further ado, the two prepared to head to the teaching building.

Before leaving, Su Yuan carefully packed up the leftovers he’d drained of spiritual energy and stored them in the cafeteria.

Though the essence of those scraps had been turned into the blue pill he’d consumed, he couldn’t just leave the waste behind. He’d find a dumpster to toss them in after school to avoid suspicion.

While his use of the Demonic Technique · Spirit Finger was rather unorthodox, Su Yuan could sense it was a genuinely sinister technique. If righteous cultivators caught wind of it, he might end up in serious trouble.

The first class of the afternoon was Physical Education. The two skipped the classroom and headed straight to the field below the teaching building to assemble.

Class Two had already lined up under Zhuge Tie’s lead, and Su Yuan and Chen Nuoyi arrived just in time.

“This class, everyone’s running laps around the field. Anyone who falls behind gets extra training!”

At Zhuge Tie’s command, accompanied by the collective groans of Class Two, everyone dutifully began jogging along the track.

The entire class consisted of cultivators, so regular running, even at a 100-meter sprint speed of three seconds for two or three hours, was no challenge for them.

To make it effective, Taihua High School’s track was equipped with a gravity array. For senior-year students, it was set to a standard ten times gravity!

Under ten times gravity, even cultivators like Su Yuan found every step grueling, barely managing a steady 100-meter pace of ten seconds.

Feeling the crushing weight like carrying a mountain, Su Yuan didn’t struggle as usual.

Instead, he felt unusually energized. The food he’d just eaten was being digested at a terrifying rate, converting into fuel for muscle growth.

“Why does this ten-times gravity feel kind of… good?”

Su Yuan couldn’t help but wonder. The blue pill’s description didn’t mention this side effect.

Even though he sensed something off about his state, Su Yuan couldn’t help but pick up his pace. His body was instinctively chasing its limits!

Gradually, Su Yuan’s strides grew wider, his pace quicker!

“Su Yuan, why are you suddenly speeding up? Watch your stamina!”

A classmate who usually coasted mid-pack with Su Yuan called out in surprise.

Su Yuan didn’t respond, instead accelerating further.

With each increase in speed, the strain on his muscles and organs doubled, but they were also strengthening every second, bursting with explosive power.

“You’re running this hard? You’re definitely doping, aren’t you?”

Before he knew it, Su Yuan had caught up to Chu Lanxi.

The cool boy was jogging leisurely at the front of the pack. Seeing Su Yuan, he greeted his with a chuckle.

“I, Su Yuan, got here through pure talent and effort!”

Su Yuan shot back, pressing forward.

The hyper-excitement and the focused effect of his Brahma Pure Demon Heart made him oblivious to the steam rising from his head and his skin turning as red as a boiled shrimp.

This signaled that some of his muscles were strained or torn, but they were also healing rapidly.

Before long, only two people remained ahead of Su Yuan: Chen Nuoyi, far in the lead, and Wu Xingqi, a tanned, spirited girl two positions ahead.

“Haha, Section Chief Su, you’re actually keeping up with me? Are you chasing me? Oh my, I didn’t know my charm was this strong.”

The girl, with her jacket tied around her waist, turned back and said in surprise.

Su Yuan: “…”

Overconfident much? Talk about a turn-off.

Seeing Su Yuan’s disdainful look, Wu Xingqi wasn’t fazed. She put her hands on her hips and laughed, “I’m one of the class’s top athletes, after all. It’d be embarrassing if a bookish guy like Section Chief Su overtook me, so I’m speeding up!”

“If you manage to catch me, tonight I’ll… hehe!”

With that, her unfairly short skirt fluttered as her tanned, strong legs erupted with incredible force, instantly boosting her speed.

Hey, hey! Can you not say such dangerous things?

You’re making this perfectly normal race feel impure!

Su Yuan groaned inwardly.

But at this point, how could he slow down? He wasn’t at his physical limit yet—he could still go faster!

Boom, boom, boom—

With a series of sounds like popping balloons, Su Yuan’s muscles stretched to near perfection, his speed surging as he clung tightly to Wu Xingqi’s heels.

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