In an era where everyone is cultivating immortality, the system wants me to become a demon?

Chapter 197 There must be a mastermind behind the Nine Dragons Hall! (5.4K)

After the warehouse storing the finished pills caught fire, the entire printing plant descended into even greater chaos.

While putting out the fire, several members of the management team also made numerous phone calls.

Just ten minutes later, a black high-class airship arrived from the city.

Su Yuan and Chen Nuoyi, who were outside the factory, witnessed everything.

Upon seeing the black high-class flying boat, Su Yuan immediately activated the Myriad Soul Banner and hacked into the flying boat's control system.

He saw the people inside the spaceship through its internal cameras.

To his surprise, this person was not the greasy middle-aged man Su Yuan had imagined.

Instead, he was a young man in his early twenties with bulging muscles all over his body.

The young man had a frivolous expression, a perfect example of a spoiled young master, and didn't look like someone who could single-handedly create the Kowloon Hall.

Moreover, this person's cultivation level is only at the Qi Refining stage, and without other backers, it is obvious that he cannot secure his position in the Nine Dragons Hall.

Su Yuan guessed that this must be the son of the Nine Dragons Hall Master.

For some reason, the head of the hall was not present, so the young head of the hall had to step in to handle the problem after it occurred at headquarters.

The fact that the opponent only had the cultivation level of the peak of Qi Refining gave Su Yuan a bold idea.

He wanted to interrogate this young master!

With this thought in mind, Su Yuan gave the order for the cyber vengeful spirit to control the airship and head towards his hiding place.

By the time the young master inside the flying boat realized something was wrong, the boat door had already been welded shut.

The black airship landed slowly, and Su Yuan gave Chen Nuoyi a look.

The girl nodded slightly, put on a hood to cover her face, and then came to the airship, easily opening the door.

The moment the boat door opened, a black steel knife suddenly stabbed out from it, heading straight for the girl's face.

Chen Nuoyi's expression remained unchanged. Purple-gold dragon energy spontaneously appeared, surrounding her body and easily blocking the attack.

Without saying a word, the girl stretched out her slender arms and lifted the young master out like she was catching a chick.

The gap in strength between the two sides is quite obvious.

However, even as he was being pulled out, the man was still desperately trying to contact help on his phone.

"Don't bother trying anymore, I've hacked all the psionic devices around you."

Su Yuan stood in the shadows and spoke with a smile.

Upon hearing this, the young master trembled and slowly stopped what he was doing.

After a long silence, he slowly said:
"May I ask which hero of the road you are?"

"If our Nine Dragons Hall has offended you in any way, please feel free to point it out. There's no need to ruin our harmony."

Su Yuan said calmly:
"We are simply partners of justice, and we are absolutely not involved in any underhanded business practices such as business competition or double-crossing."

"The law enforcement officers are already on their way. Kowloon Hall will be destroyed today."

Upon hearing this, the young master immediately lost his composure and anxiously said:

"Fellow Daoist, please spare my life."

"I just graduated from university. I don't know anything about Kowloon Hall. It was all my dad's doing."

"Arrest my dad! I'm innocent! You righteous people can't wrong an innocent person!"

Su Yuan: "..."

What a filial son!

Seeing that Su Yuan remained silent, the young master became anxious again and hurriedly said:
"By the way, I know where my dad keeps the core formula for the Nine Dragons Hall."

“If you are willing to let me go, I am willing to offer up these nine precious pill formulas with both hands.”

Chen Nuoyi frowned and said:

"Who would want such a harmful elixir formula... Master? Master, why aren't you saying anything?"

Actually, what the other person said was quite tempting.

Su Yuan was somewhat tempted.

However, he quickly suppressed such thoughts and coughed lightly, saying:

"It's just a few prescriptions. Even without the originals, I have other ways to replicate the effects of the medicine."

The young master was completely helpless and had no choice but to ask:
"What exactly do you want with me, fellow Daoist? If you have no other desires, why don't you just have the law enforcement bureau arrest me?"

Su Yuan nodded in satisfaction and said:
"It seems you're not completely stupid. What I want to know is simple—tell me about the other underground cults."

Upon hearing this, the young master's spirits lifted:
“I know that, but you don’t know, fellow Daoist. There’s an underground demonic sect in Taihua City that’s been developing extremely rapidly recently.”

"The leader of this evil cult is a man named Yang Wentao. He can rival my Nine Dragons Hall's Nine Dragons series with just two kinds of pills."

"Don't underestimate Yang Wentao just because he's only at the peak of Qi Refining. Anyone with eyes can see that the protective umbrella behind him is incredibly powerful. If we dig deeper, we'll definitely find something big."

"If you two fellow Daoists wish to uphold justice, you must follow the clues and investigate further."

To the young master's surprise, despite revealing such a bombshell, his two righteous partners fell silent.

This eerie silence lasted for a full ten seconds before the young master finally seemed to realize something, and his expression changed drastically!

"Are you all...?"

But before he could speak, the voice from the darkness turned icy cold:

"How dare you slander a righteous organization that sells health products! You're definitely not honest! It seems I have to take you under control!"

Before he could finish speaking, the young master saw with horror that a cloud of dark mist surged out of the darkness and rushed toward him as if it were alive!
He tried desperately to hold his breath, but the black mist forced its way into his pores.

A moment later, the young master, his eyes glazed over, confessed everything he could.

The most important part of this is the clues about other underground demonic cult organizations besides the Yuan Cult.

Extremely evil cults such as PetTV, Yiwu's Little Magic Weapon, and AAA Premium Meat Wholesale have all surfaced.

However, this young master didn't really know much about the local demonic sect.

To truly eradicate these evil cults, a lengthy investigation is still needed.

After questioning everything, Su Yuan stared at the hypnotized young master and coldly commanded:
"Forget everything that happened after you left the spaceship."

“You simply traveled to the Nine Dragons Hall by airship as usual, without stopping at any point along the way, and without ever seeing anyone. Do you understand?”

"I...I understand, Your Excellency."

Shaotang drooled as he used self-hypnosis and suggestion to completely conceal those memories that shouldn't have been kept.

"Once you enter the Nine Dragons Hall headquarters, you must immediately transfer all the medicinal herbs in the warehouse to a storage magic item that does not require a password."

"After you hide this magical treasure in a designated location, you must forget about this matter as well!"

Su Yuan applied hypnosis again.

The young master nodded blankly, then turned and boarded the black flying boat, entering the factory where the fire had just been extinguished.

After waiting for a while, Su Yuan made a phone call.

The call wasn't made directly to the law enforcement bureau, but rather to Tai Baiji, asking his teacher to relay the message to the bureau.

After all, the words of a Golden Core cultivator are far more effective than those of a high school student.

Moreover, this way, the task can be submitted at the same time.

Ten minutes later, law enforcement officers surrounded the Kowloon Hall headquarters from all directions.

None of the core members of the Kowloon Hall were spared; they were all arrested.

Among them were even two high-ranking members of the Nine Dragons Hall who were in the early stages of Foundation Establishment.

Outside the factory, Tai Baiji and several preparatory class tutors personally came to the scene to confirm Su Yuan's mission results.

"You two did a good job this time."

Tai Baiji patted Su Yuan on the shoulder, looking very pleased.

He looked somewhat smugly at the several preparatory class teachers who had accompanied him and smiled:
"See this? This is my disciple, Tai Bai Tianji."

"Although Su Yuan may not necessarily join the Demon-Slaying Sword Sect in the future, he has not lacked the hatred of evil that a member of the Demon-Slaying Sword Sect should have."

The mentors looked at each other, but didn't say much.

During the preparatory class assessment, Su Yuan displayed his devilish behavior to the fullest extent, so the instructors were somewhat prejudiced and thought that Su Yuan was not a good kid.

But objectively speaking, Su Yuan did indeed complete the mission of exorcising evil quite well this time.

"Teacher Taibai, actually, when I found this den of evil cultists, I made a special effort to drive away the alchemists who had gone astray."

Su Yuan spoke up at the opportune moment:

"They are all pitiful people. Can you stop the law enforcement officers from investigating them?"

Tai Baiji felt increasingly gratified and proud:

“Listen to this, this is what you call compassionate law enforcement. Few young people would think of this aspect.”

"Many college students who join the Demon-Slaying Sword Sect are righteous and hate evil, but because they have lived in the ivory tower for too long, they do not understand what it means to be forced by life and do not understand the concept of leniency outside the law."

"Su Yuan's compassionate approach to law enforcement is something many people should learn from."

After a moment of silence, the mentors could only nod in agreement.

They were starting to waver.

Could it be that Su Yuan is truly a good child, and he learns demonic techniques simply because he doesn't care about the difference between righteous and demonic, and uses demonic skills to practice the righteous path?

That kid's cultivation level is really high! As high as three or four stories!
For a moment, the preparatory class instructors present, including Sun Zhenren, felt a pang of envy.

I envy Taibai Baiji for having such a kind and good disciple.

But just as the teacher and student were showing affection and respect, a square-faced man wearing the uniform of a law enforcement captain flew over.

"Captain Liang, is there anything I can help you with?"

Taibai Baiji was in a good mood and asked with a smile.

Captain Liang glanced at the many peak Golden Core experts present and said cautiously:

"Master Taibai, I have come to inquire about the case from you and your disciple."

"Please say."

Captain Liang said:
"Here's what happened: Although we completely raided this illegal alchemy den, the illegal pills inside were severely burned, leaving less than a third of them."

Su Yuan immediately explained:
"Uncle Liang, I was the one who orchestrated this, in order to attract the attention of the higher-ups at Kowloon Hall."

Upon hearing this, Taibai Baiji feigned displeasure and reprimanded:
"Don't be so reckless in the future. If you discover an underground cult, just report it directly. Isn't this just alerting them?"

"Captain Liang, please don't take offense. The kid was a bit impulsive."

Captain Liang waved his hand and smiled:
"It's alright. I was just asking about the reason for the arson, nothing more."

"Moreover, although the leader of the Kowloon Hall was not directly captured, he did not have time to escape either."

"This person is already under our surveillance and will be apprehended soon."

After a pause, he said again:
"Besides that, there's something else I need to do."

"The incident stemmed from Yu Tai, the son of the leader of the Kowloon Hall, who was one of the high-ranking members of the Kowloon Hall who was arrested this time."

"According to the others in the Nine Dragons Hall, as soon as Yu Tai entered the factory, he went crazy and put all the medicinal materials into his storage magic treasure."

"Then he left alone with the storage magic item, hid it in a place where no one knew about it, and returned to the factory as if nothing had happened."

After hearing this description, one of the instructors immediately judged:
"This person's actions are clearly instigated by someone behind the scenes."

"Hiding the medicinal herbs in such a hurry indicates that he already knew there was a risk of exposure at the Kowloon Hall headquarters."

"After hiding the medicinal herbs, he didn't run away, or rather, he didn't dare to run away. It was obvious that the person behind him wanted to push him out to take the blame."

"If that's the case, the Yu father and son are likely just a pair of puppets who have been pushed out."

Captain Liang nodded slowly:
"That's what we thought too, but the problem is here."

"According to our investigation, Yu Tai was originally a lazy and dissolute playboy."

"But for some reason, after we arrested him, he seemed to become a completely different person, and his mouth became incredibly stubborn."

"No matter how we questioned him, and even when we used hypnosis and lie detectors, he stubbornly refused to admit that he had someone backing him."

"He wouldn't even reveal the whereabouts of that batch of medicinal herbs, insisting that he knew nothing, which is clearly suspicious."

Tai Baiji immediately judged based on his own experience:

"It has been confirmed that this person hid medicinal herbs, but the lie detector test failed to detect it. It is very likely that this person's memory has been tampered with."

“After this part of his memory was erased, he himself did not know that he had done such a thing, so naturally he would not think that he was lying.”

"The fact that you couldn't awaken this person's memory even after using hypnosis only shows that your professional level in hypnosis is inferior to that of the mastermind behind it all..."

When Taibai Tianji finished speaking, his tone paused slightly, as if he had suddenly realized something.

"Master Taibai? What's wrong?"

Noticing that Tai Baiji's expression was a little off, Captain Liang asked with some anticipation:

"Have you perhaps made some new discovery?"

"No...no."

Tai Baiji's tone was slightly stiff, and then he mechanically turned to look at Su Yuan.

At this moment, Su Yuan was resting his chin on his hand, deep in thought, as if the topic had nothing to do with him.

Tai Baiji then looked at the girl beside Su Yuan.

Chen Nuoyi had covered her face completely with her hood, but her slightly trembling body still betrayed her.

Tai Baiji felt a sudden darkness before his eyes.

No...it can't be.

Could it be that the person behind the Kowloon Hall is his good disciple?

"Su Yuan, what are your thoughts on the disappearance of the medicinal herbs?"

Despite the throbbing pain in his heart, Tai Baiji gritted his teeth and asked.

Su Yuan answered with a serious expression:
"Teacher Taibai, I believe that this Yu Tai must be a well-trained member of the Demonic Sect."

You're still pretending to be confused with me, aren't you!
Do you know the saying "confess and you'll be treated leniently, resist and you'll be punished severely"?

What made Tai Baiji's lips twitch even more was that the preparatory class teachers, unaware of the inside story, were still praising Su Yuan, saying that the child was mature and steady, and so on.

Tai Baiji could hardly imagine how his colleagues would view him after Su Yuan's act of hiding medicinal herbs was exposed.

But just as he felt darkness engulf him, an enforcement officer walked over with a storage magic item.

"Captain, the missing medicinal herbs have been found."

Captain Liang immediately breathed a sigh of relief:

"It's good that it was found. Were there any illegal drugs among them?"

"No, the reason why the pills from the Nine Dragons Hall have such severe side effects is probably because there is a problem with the formula, resulting in too much residual toxicity."

Captain Liang nodded, dismissed his subordinates, and then spoke to Tai Baiji and the others:
"That's pretty much the gist of the case. The Nine Dragons Hall illegally refined pills. Although they didn't produce any deadly poisons, they still harmed countless people."

"We are extremely grateful to Su Yuan for helping us remove this malignant tumor."

Su Yuan quickly and modestly waved his hand, indicating that it was all something he should do.

For a moment, the two sides were incredibly harmonious, and Su Yuan and Chen Nuoyi were as pure and innocent as the top 100 students in the entire Federation.

Having witnessed all of this, Taibai Baiji slowly calmed down, his heart finally settling back into place.

It seems he was overthinking things.

How could Su Yuan, a high school student, have any prior connection with the Kowloon Hall?
The matter of hiding the medicinal herbs should have nothing to do with him, and besides, what use would this kid have for hiding the herbs?

I've never seen him refine any pills other than the blue pill, so he's probably not an expert in alchemy.

What Tai Baiji didn't know was that Su Yuan had already handled the storage magic item before they and the law enforcement bureau arrived.

He took out one of each type of medicinal herb from his storage magic treasure.

First, he identified and recorded the names of these medicinal herbs one by one using AI recognition. Then, he used his magical skill, Finger Spirit, on these herbs.

Then, a spirit pill that had almost reached the upper limit of the Demonic Art Finger Spirit Refining appeared.

[Unnamed Nine-Colored Elixir: A super elixir that combines the effects of nine secret demonic medicines.]

[After ingestion, it can provide benefits including but not limited to increased strength, recovery, endurance, stamina, explosive power, speed, muscle mass, body shaping, kidney vitality, skin, and resistance to toxins, lasting for twelve hours.]

[Side effects include a slightly pointed scalp and some disturbance in speech during the medication's active period.]

It can be said that this pill, which combines the power of nine dragons, is definitely the ProMax Ultra version of the blue pill.

Compared to the drug's terrifying effects, a few side effects are insignificant.

Su Yuan named this nine-colored pill the Nine-Turn Golden Pill!
This was also the first time Su Yuan had used the Demonic Art of Finger Spirit on the medicinal materials covered by the nine pill formulas since he obtained it.

It was during this trial that Su Yuan finally understood the true power of the Demonic Art: Finger Spirit.

This thing can perfectly combine the effects of different pills, bringing together the effects of multiple pills into one medicine!

This pill, along with the recipe for the medicinal ingredients needed to refine it, is Su Yuan's greatest gain from this trip!
He even considered selling the pill directly.

Although the ingredients for refining the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir are not cheap, considering the efficacy of this elixir, it is worth selling one for 100,000.

However, after careful consideration, Su Yuan felt that the Nine-Turn Golden Pill was too potent and that selling it would easily cause a sensation.

Instead, we should think of a way to simplify the effects of the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir and refine it into a Three-Turn Golden Elixir, a Six-Turn Golden Elixir, and so on.

When selling to the public, only the third-stage Golden Elixir is available.

Only those who formally join the Yuan Cult can enjoy the benefits of the Six-Turn Golden Elixir.

The Nine-Turn Golden Elixir is only available to Su Yuan himself, the Vice Sect Leader, the Left and Right Envoys, and the Eight Hall Masters.

With this golden elixir, the Yuan Cult's growth and expansion are just around the corner.

At the same time, he could easily and completely take over the underground elixir market in Taihua City.

"However, as the Third-Rank Golden Pills continue to be sold, will it arouse suspicion from those with ulterior motives if I'm the only one handling the sales?"

Although the Three-Turn Golden Elixir is not yet a finished product, its sales volume is foreseeable.

Su Yuan was worried about his demonic skill, Finger Spirit, being exposed.

The only solution Su Yuan could think of was to hire people.

We must recruit a group of professional alchemists to reverse-engineer the method of refining the Three-Turn Golden Elixir and have them work for us refining elixirs.

Recruiting a large number of employees and standardizing the refining process of the Three-Turn Golden Elixir will certainly increase costs, but the advantage is that it can greatly reduce the risk of the Demonic Art: Finger Spirit being exposed.

Besides, as the leader of a sect, he can't possibly stay focused on alchemy forever.

It was inevitable to hand over the business ahead of schedule.

(End of this chapter)