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

Chapter 231 The Saintess's Metamorphosis! (6K words combined into one large chapter, please subscribe!)
Yin Qiyue pressed her finger against Zhu Tianqing's throat, activating the "Silence" supernatural power.

The keywords used to ban her were simple: all words related to Zhu Tianqing herself.

If she reveals her name or other identity information to the outside world, her statements and actions will be immediately banned.

With a faint pink light flashing by, the silencing spell was successfully set up.

Zhu Tianqing was filled with grief and indignation, and shouted angrily:
"Su Yuan, you just wait! Once I'm free, I'll make you pay!"

Su Yuan smiled slightly and gently stroked the girl's new face with his fingers.

She immediately flipped her hand, and a new identity card appeared before Zhu Tianqing's eyes.

Under the control of the abyss's spiritual power, the girl uncontrollably opened her mouth and took the identity card into her mouth. The photo on the card was exactly the same as her current appearance.

"Holy Maiden, from this moment on, you are no longer the high and mighty Heavenly Hunting Holy Maiden."

"You are a poor girl from Shigedu Village, Zhu Xiaoyu."

"Now you should get some sleep. When you wake up, you will experience a completely new life... Perhaps this transformation will help you see what reality is."

As he spoke, wisps of black mist emerged from Su Yuan's palm, seeping into every pore of Zhu Tianqing's body.

Feeling the hypnotic power within the black mist, the girl tried her best to resist, but her willpower ultimately could not overcome the demonic power. Her consciousness gradually faded away, and she knew nothing more.

thump--

Looking at Zhu Tianqing, who was collapsed on the ground, Su Yuan glanced at the pair of holy wings on the girl's back and said indifferently:
"These wings are a bit too conspicuous and need to be dealt with."

As he spoke, Su Yuan took out a new mask from his storage bag and asked Yin Qiyue:

“Yin, while Zhu Tianqing is participating in the reality show, you will temporarily take her place.”

"The mask was made using the Blood Beast Refining Method and the Crimson Bone Puppet Making Method."

"With the added benefit of the righteous path's disguise, it is absolutely realistic, and ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators cannot detect it."

"As for higher-level cultivators... you don't need to deal with them."

"I've already spoken to the Demon Refining True Monarch, so even if the high-level cultivators notice something amiss, they'll turn a blind eye."

Yin Qiyue stiffly took the mask and carefully reminded him:

"Su Yuan, you'd better take it easy!"

"Although the Demon Refining True Lord wants you to correct his daughter, if you ruin her, the True Lord might hold you accountable."

Su Yuan calmly waved his hand and said:
"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing, nothing will go wrong."

Yin Qiyue remained silent and quietly put on the mask.

Then, she watched helplessly as Su Yuan, together with Chen Nuoyi, groped Zhu Tianqing's wings, turning those pure and flawless feathers into a bizarre sight.

Yin Qiyue felt from the bottom of her heart that she had boarded a pirate ship heading towards the abyss.

……

"It hurts, it hurts..."

A sharp, piercing pain originating from her brain roused Zhu Tianqing from her conscious state.

She subconsciously rubbed her temples before groggily opening her eyes.

What came into view was an unfamiliar ceiling.

This ceiling was the most dilapidated, oldest, and smallest she had ever seen, and it was even leaking water.

"Where am I...? Before I lost consciousness..."

Zhu Tianqing was initially bewildered, but then suddenly realized what had happened before she lost consciousness.

A friend's betrayal, her father's treachery, and Su Yuan's sinister advances.

Memories flashed through the girl's mind, sending a chill down her spine and reminding her once again of the fear of being controlled by Su Yuan.

Along with fear, a deep anger also arose in the girl's heart!
"Su Yuan, how dare you bully me like this! I'll make you pay!"

She muttered under her breath, gritting her teeth, and suddenly sat up on the hard bed.

Just then, a gentle and kind voice rang out:

"Are you awake?"

Zhu Tianqing subconsciously turned her head and saw a middle-aged woman dressed simply, whose cultivation level was only at the fifth level of Qi Refining.

The hardships of life left ripples on her face, making her look much older than her peers.

Zhu Tianqing hasn't seen wrinkles in a long time.

Everyone she met was a social celebrity at least at the Foundation Establishment stage, possessing the art of preserving their youthful appearance.

Even the few senior figures who appear to be elderly usually have white hair and youthful faces.

Therefore, Zhu Tianqing felt very uncomfortable when she first saw this middle-aged woman.

But the kind smile on the other person's face inexplicably calmed her heart.

She then looked behind the woman, where a little girl of about ten years old was hiding behind her mother, peeking out curiously.

Zhu Tianqing had a clear view of the old house behind the two of them, which was less than 30 square meters.

She opened her mouth:
"Auntie, where am I?"

The middle-aged woman patted Zhu Tianqing's hand and said softly:

“You are in Taihua City now. I found you collapsed on the street on my way home last night, so I brought you back.”

"Silly girl, how did you manage to get here all by yourself from Shigedu Village?"

"To get from that village in the mountains to Taihua City, the entire journey is a hundred miles of mountain roads. Even if you have some cultivation, you won't be able to endure it."

"Luckily I found you by the roadside, otherwise you would have been in trouble if you had run into bad guys."

Zhu Tianqing nodded in realization.

Shigedu Village... She vaguely heard Su Yuan mention this place name before she lost consciousness, which must be the address on the fake ID card.

But even if she changed her appearance, she shouldn't be mistaken for a country girl from the mountains.

Her figure and skin are still...

The girl subconsciously looked at her hands, only to be shocked to find that her palms were covered with rough calluses and her skin was yellowish-brown.

Clearly, Su Yuan used flesh and blood techniques to change her appearance.

In order to complete the performance, her clothes were even changed to simple rural clothes.

The girl felt a little panicked.

"Wait, where are my wings... Su Yuan wouldn't cut them off, would he?"

She reached down and touched her back, where she found two huge lumps of flesh that pushed up her clothes.

Zhu Tianqing felt a chill in her heart.

Su Yuan used his flesh and blood to glue her wings back on. Wings covered with a layer of skin and flesh, weren't they just tumors?

Upon examining her own cultivation level, she found that her dantian was almost completely sealed off by Su Yuan's abyssal spiritual power, and she could only barely utilize her cultivation level of around the second level of Qi Refining.

This is a far cry from his peak when he was at the first level of Foundation Establishment.

Rough skin, deformed tumors on his back, and a mere Qi Refining Level 2 cultivation.

Even though she has a pretty face, no one would ever associate her with the lofty and unapproachable Heavenly Hunting Saintess.

Zhu Tianqing gripped the hem of her clothes tightly and said somewhat flusteredly to the middle-aged woman:
"Auntie, I'm not from Shigedu Village, my name is..."

The girl stopped speaking abruptly.

The silencing spell has taken effect.

"It was that bastard Su Yuan who set this up..."

Stuck again.

Even insulting Su Yuan is forbidden, as it would reveal her true identity to some extent.

After repeated failed attempts, Zhu Tianqing finally gave up.

She had realized that Su Yuan had arranged everything flawlessly, and she had no way of proving her identity.

Unless someone comes to her on their own initiative.

But would Su Yuan allow such a bug to exist?
With a last glimmer of hope, Zhu Tianqing jumped off the bed barefoot and rushed to the front door.

She gazed into the distance through the cramped and oppressive pigeon loft.

A live broadcast was taking place on the screens of the distant skyscrapers.

Judging from the date displayed on the live stream screen, a full two days had passed since he fell into a coma.

The main character of the live stream was... Heavenly Hunting Saintess Zhu Tianqing.

The goddess in the picture looks exactly like her in every smile and gesture, and her words also echo her own, still advocating the concept of equality between humans and demons.

The suppression of the meat products market in Taihua City has naturally not stopped.

Without any significant change in their beliefs, who would question this fake Zhu Tianqing?
The girl stared blankly at her glamorous self on the screen, lost in thought.

The desire to reclaim their identity reached its peak at this moment.

But what can you do after losing everything?

She is now struggling to even have enough to eat.

"So hungry..."

With her dantian sealed, she was unable to maintain her nutrition by absorbing spiritual energy.

But her body, which was much stronger than that of an ordinary person, was constantly craving nutrition. Her stomach was so hungry that it sent out strong signals, and she was in so much pain that she almost had a spasm.

Gollum-

Zhu Tianqing's stomach growled.

That was a sound she had never made since birth.

This made the girl feel both ashamed and angry.

Just then, the kind voice of a middle-aged woman rang out from inside the house:
"Are you hungry? I know you must be hungry after you woke up. I prepared some food, come in and have something to eat."

"Thank you auntie."

Zhu Tianqing turned her head and nodded gratefully.

She hurried to the dining table, where she saw a plate of boiled cabbage with no oil at all, and many large handmade steamed buns.

"Girl, it's not that your aunt is reluctant to give you good food, it's just that the meat ban in Taihua City is very strict, and my daughter and I haven't eaten meat for a long time. Please don't be disgusted."

The middle-aged woman said somewhat embarrassedly.

"Auntie, I like to eat vegetarian food."

Zhu Tianqing smiled back, then, disregarding politeness, quickly picked up some cabbage and started eating it with the steamed bun in big bites.

But as she ate, she realized something was wrong.

She had almost finished a whole plate of food and eight or nine large steamed buns, but she didn't feel full at all.

Instead, the more I eat, the hungrier I get!
"Why is there so little nutrition in this dish?"

Zhu Tianqing was somewhat bewildered.

When she eats vegetarian food at home, every vegetarian dish is more nutritious than meat, and the vegetables she eats even have various nourishing effects.

"Auntie, did you buy the wrong vegetables?"

Zhu Tianqing asked cautiously:
"I remember vegetables being more nutritious than meat, why..."

Before Zhu Tianqing could finish speaking, the middle-aged woman burst into laughter:
"Are you starving? What vegetable can be more nutritious than meat?"

"If such a vegetable really exists, it must be a high-grade fruit or vegetable rich in spiritual energy, and its price would definitely be more than ten times that of meat with the same nutritional value."

Zhu Tianqing seemed lost in thought, silently finished the steamed bun, and said with a smile:

"I am full."

"Eat your fill and get some rest. You just woke up, and you're still quite weak."

The middle-aged woman said with a smile as she cleared away the dishes. Zhu Tianqing nodded, sat quietly in a chair, and gazed out the door in a daze.

She was pondering how she could regain her position as a saint.

At the same time, she was also wondering why Su Yuan had brought her down to the mortal world.
Is it just an attempt to overturn the promotion of the concept of equality between humans and transgender people?

But the fake saintess continues to maintain the status quo.

The girl touched her slightly deflated belly, deep in thought.

Gradually, the night got darker.

Just then, Zhu Tianqing overheard the conversation between a middle-aged woman and her daughter.

"Is it tuition payment day again? How much is it this time?"

"Three thousand five?"

Immediately afterwards, Zhu Tianqing heard a series of heavy sighs.

It was a sigh from someone who had been carrying a heavy burden for decades, unable to let go of it.

After a long while, the middle-aged woman whispered:

"Mom will find a job soon, sweetie, you just need to focus on your studies."

Zhu Tianqing paused for a moment, then asked cautiously:

"Auntie, are you currently unemployed?"

Upon hearing this question, the middle-aged woman seemed to have finally found someone to confide in, and she began to speak freely:

"I'm not afraid you'll laugh at me, but my husband passed away in an accident ten years ago, and I've been raising my child alone ever since."

“Over the years, this child and I have depended on each other for survival. Although the salary is not high, it is barely enough to get by each month.”

"But half a month ago, after that so-called saint descended, I lost my job at the meat processing plant, and the salary I had already owed for two months was stopped directly."

"Even if we have a little bit of savings, the prices in Taihua City have risen too high, and the children's tuition fees are also high, so we are struggling to make ends meet."

Zhu Tianqing was stunned.

Although the middle-aged woman did not directly express her resentment towards the Heavenly Hunting Saintess, her words implied considerable dissatisfaction.

"Did I cause my aunt's family to lose their source of income?"

Zhu Tianqing was deeply shaken.

She then shook her head vigorously:

"No... this must be Su Yuan's conspiracy. Auntie's family must be just an isolated case."

"How could her family live in such a small and dilapidated house, which is likely to be the majority in Taihua City?"

"Su Yuan must have searched for a long time before finding such a family and then dumped me here!"

However, even though Zhu Tianqing thought her explanation was reasonable, she still couldn't get over that hurdle in her heart.

Even the smallest isolated cases do exist!

There are indeed people in Taihua City who have lost their jobs because of their own actions.

For this reason alone, she should compensate these unemployed people.

A deep sense of guilt welled up in Zhu Tianqing's heart.

Thinking about how much food she had just eaten, Zhu Tianqing quickly said:

“Auntie, let’s go find work together. You saved me, and I should earn money to repay you.”

Zhu Tianqing knew very well that Su Yuan must have wanted her to find a job.

But it was an open conspiracy, and even if she understood it, she had to jump in.

Hearing Zhu Tianqing's words, the middle-aged woman did not refuse, but simply smiled and said:

“If you don’t want to go back to the mountains, you really need to find a job to support yourself.”

"If you haven't found a job or your job isn't stable, you can stay at my place for now. Otherwise, you'll have nowhere to go all alone out there."

Zhu Tianqing thought about it and realized that it was indeed the case, so she could only nod.

The room was just too small; there was only one bedroom.

She slept on a makeshift bed on the living room floor, feeling extremely hungry and cold, and couldn't sleep all night.

The girl huddled under the covers, lost in deep thought:
"Why would anyone live in such a small house? It's like being locked in a cage."

"Aren't humans the rulers of the Blue Star Federation? Why are their living conditions so poor?"

But this question was destined to remain unanswered until dawn.

As dawn broke, Zhu Tianqing and a middle-aged woman named Aunt Zhang went out to look for work.

Su Yuan had a little conscience; although he took her storage magic item, communication device, and everything that could prove her identity, he still left her a barely usable old cell phone in her pocket.

This allows Zhu Tianqing to at least look for jobs online and offline normally.

In her mind, the most common job for ordinary people is food delivery driver.

But when she tried to register as a delivery driver, she was dumbfounded.

Because Taihua City is at full capacity for food delivery drivers.

I asked Aunt Zhang and learned that not only had a large number of takeout shops in Taihua City closed down due to a lack of meat, but a large number of unemployed people had also flocked to the takeout industry.

Food delivery platforms that had been short of frontline staff were forced to lay off employees in a short period of time.

The same applies to the security guards; they were already packed with unemployed people.

For jobs that require even a little technical skill, Zhu Tianqing and Aunt Zhang's qualifications, diplomas, and even the skills themselves were insufficient, and they were ruthlessly eliminated.

As for jobs like hotel receptionist or waitress, they are hiring, but Zhu Tianqing doesn't meet their requirements!
Her face was pretty enough, but those two fleshy lumps on her back were so creepy, who would dare to be with her?

This intensified Zhu Tianqing's resentment towards Su Yuan tenfold.

If I showed my true self, wouldn't it be easy for me to get a job as a receptionist?

Su Yuan is deliberately making things more difficult for her!

But if you think about it carefully, how could most unemployed people possibly have a pretty face or a good figure?

This made Zhu Tianqing feel a little relieved.

After searching for a job all morning without success, Zhu Tianqing was even hungrier.

Aunt Zhang took her home for a meal, but the portions were too small, and she was too embarrassed to eat more. She was still hungry after the meal.

After finishing their meal, she and Aunt Zhang immediately went out to look for work again.

After being rejected countless times by various industries, Aunt Zhang resolutely brought Zhu Tianqing to a construction site.

This construction team is still hiring.

"Big sister, and this young lady, being a laborer isn't easy. You often have to carry hundreds of kilograms of sand, cement, and bricks upstairs."

"You two, one in the mid-stage of Qi Refining and the other in the early stage of Qi Refining, might not be able to handle it."

The person who received the two was a refined and cultured middle-aged man with a cultivation level at the peak of Foundation Establishment. His name tag read "Song Shan".

Although flying swords were already common in this era, manual labor was still the primary method for unloading heavy goods.

The reason is simple: flying swords are very precious, and constantly bearing hundreds or thousands of kilograms of weight going up and down will cause them to break quickly.

People are cheap; carrying a 100-pound bag up ten floors only costs five yuan, which is much cheaper than using a flying sword to carry the bag.

This is enough to prove just how tough and poorly paid it is to be a laborer on a construction site.

If there were no other way to go besides physical labor, who would be willing to come to the construction site?

However, Zhu Tianqing and Aunt Zhang agreed very readily.

Because they were truly desperate.

Once they had exchanged their ID cards, the two immediately got to work.

Their task was simple: to deliver cement and other building materials to the residents on the twentieth floor of the building.

Carrying a 100-pound bag of cement, you get 50 cents for each floor you go up, so 20 floors would cost you 10 yuan.

Thanks to her strong physique, Zhu Tianqing can carry ten bags of cement at once, weighing a full thousand kilograms.

Before officially starting her job, she was overjoyed, thinking it would be easy and that she would earn 100 yuan by simply going up and down the 20th floor once.

But once she actually started climbing the stairs, she realized she was wrong.

The stairs were too narrow, and with her large size carrying ten bags of cement, turning around was extremely difficult.

If you accidentally dirty the walls of the stairwell, you might get scolded by the property management staff and even be fined.

It took a full half hour to deliver one load of cement.

Inside the client's house, Zhu Tianqing sat on the cement, feeling somewhat aggrieved.

She only earns 100 yuan, so why is she stuck in the stairwell, unable to move forward or backward, being scolded, and even fined?
This job is better off not being done!
The girl gritted her teeth and prepared to talk to Aunt Zhang about looking for other jobs.

But as soon as she stood up, she saw a small, thin figure carrying twelve bags of cement as she laboriously walked into the house.

The cement, weighing a full 1,200 pounds, was completely disproportionate to that thin figure.

The latter is like carrying a mountain on one's back.

And that person was none other than Aunt Zhang.

Zhu Tianqing rushed over to help unload the goods, and asked in surprise:

"Aunt Zhang, how did you manage to carry so much at once?"

"A mid-stage Qi Refining cultivator can't withstand 1200 jin. If you continue like this, your body will be injured."

Faced with Zhu Tianqing's words, Aunt Zhang just smiled wearily:
"I can handle it."

"If I don't earn four thousand yuan in three days, how will I pay for the tuition?"

Zhu Tianqing: "..."

She swallowed back the thought of changing jobs, and without saying a word, went downstairs to continue carrying cement.

She and Aunt Zhang started working at 3 p.m. and worked until 8 p.m.

It's not that I can't work anymore, it's that there's no work to do.

When it came time to settle wages, Aunt Zhang received 1,200 yuan, and Zhu Tianqing received 1,000 yuan.

This thousand yuan was once not even enough for Zhu Tianqing to buy a cup of water.

The girl clutched the thin wad of money tightly, remaining silent.

She couldn't help but think of some things again.

Given how difficult it is for ordinary people to raise spirit beasts who are completely free from their jobs, given their already miserable lives?

Was her previous thinking too presumptuous?

Just as the girl was at a loss, the foreman Song Shan smiled and said:
"You two must be hungry. Our construction site provides dinner, let's go eat together."

"Don't underestimate our staff meals; they contain good stuff that you can't buy outside."

"Have a meal!"

Zhu Tianqing's beautiful eyes suddenly lit up.

Having been hungry for two whole days, she immediately forgot all her philosophical thoughts as soon as she heard that she could eat.

She quickly grabbed a food bowl and went with Aunt Zhang to the construction site's open-air canteen to get food.

But when she saw the food in the big pot, she was dumbfounded once again.

Because in addition to a lot of vegetables, there was also a lot of stewed meat in the pot!
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