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

Chapter 298 Elite? I, Old Demon Su, am going to take on the elite! (3.3K views, please subscribe!)

However, that's just how the market is, and there's nothing Su Yuan can do about it.

To avoid a recurrence of this low-value situation, he decided to first target some high-value departments.

Take, for example, the Weapon Forging Department, which is one of the three major departments of the Demon Slayer Sword Sect.

And those departments that are not as strong as the three major departments, but are still quite powerful.

For example, departments such as Management, Finance, Beast Taming, Taoist Magic, and Array Formation.

As one of the universities under the ten major immortal sects, the Demon Slayer University naturally cannot only teach things related to sword control; it has all the departments that a normal immortal cultivation university should have.

Compared to the most outstanding swordsmanship, the three true specialties of demon slaying and weapon crafting seem somewhat weaker.

According to the dog system, these departments are the inner or outer sects of the Holy Land of Exterminating Evil.

Not only is the Exorcising Demons University like this, but the other eight major immortal sects besides the Nine Li Generals Sect are the same.

With so many departments, both internal and external, which one should I choose?
Just as Su Yuan was deep in thought, a "ding-dong" sound suddenly rang in his ears.

[After poisoning the true disciples of the Sword Dao of the Demon-Slaying Holy Land, and the promising new disciples of the Demon-Slaying Sect, your wolfish ambitions can no longer be suppressed.]

The Blood-Corrupting Sword, the Heaven-Shattering Star-Splitting Sword, and the Divine Body Sacrifice Technique, long sealed away by the Holy Land of Extermination, are about to welcome their true master!

Is the dog system finally back with another slanderous attack?
However, this statement is reasonable and cannot be refuted.

The only thing worth complaining about is that... the Demon-Slaying University did not seal the inheritances of the three Nascent Soul cultivators.

Don't imagine the Demon-Slaying Sword Sect to be so virtuous and benevolent! Maybe it's actually a den of demons?
Speaking of this so-called Divine Body Sacrifice Technique, it should refer to the Nascent Soul inheritance of the weapon crafting system, which sounds very evil!
Since the dog system says that these three great Nascent Soul inheritances will all welcome enlightened masters, does that mean that students of the Evil Extermination University can learn and inherit from different departments?

I must ask about it once I've accumulated enough hidden points.

In order to obtain the conditions for accessing the three Nascent Soul inheritances, you brazenly extended your evil claws to the peaks of the Demon-Slaying Holy Land!

The main quest "Holy Land" has been updated!

[Quest: Demon Infestation (In Progress)]

[Please launch a massive invasion of the True Disciples, Inner Disciples, Outer Disciples, and Miscellaneous Service Peaks of the Holy Land of Extermination, causing no fewer than ten of these inherited peaks to become corrupt and degenerate.]

[Quest Progress: Corrupting the Peaks (1/10)]

【Quest Reward 1: Demon-Slaying Holy Land Special Attack Attribute (Level 2) *1】

【Quest Reward 2: Blade Spirit Awakening (Selectable) *1】

[Special Reward: Spirit Sword Grade Upgrade (Selectable) *1 (Available to one of the three great true disciples of Corruption, the Divine Weapon Peak)]

After reading the details of the mission, a hint of surprise flashed in Su Yuan's eyes.

The reward for this task is pretty good.

Putting aside the special attack attribute against the Demon-Slaying Holy Land, he is already capable of special attacks against sword cultivators.

However, the reward of awakening the sword spirit is one of the rewards he needs most at this stage.

The Crimson Sword has been with him for so long, and although its spirituality has been steadily increasing, it is still a long way from awakening its sword spirit.

If we could skip this step by cheating, that would definitely be a good thing.

And then there's the so-called special reward.

If we awaken the Crimson Sword Spirit and upgrade the Crimson Sword, even if the Crimson Sword is still not as good as the Mysterious Sword, it should be able to hold its own against it.

It seems that these ten peaks have no choice but to become corrupt!

However, the goals of corrupting the peaks and dominating them are not entirely the same. Su Yuan needs to carefully plan how to corrupt them while simultaneously dominating them.

Under these constraints, Su Yuan quickly selected his first mission objective.

It is the Divine Weapon Peak mentioned by the dog system, which is the Weapon Forging Department, one of the three major departments.

Su Yuan didn't choose randomly; rather, he had a certain advantage in countering the weapon-refining system—specifically, the special attack attribute against the Mystic Arts Holy Land.

With this attribute, Su Yuan's Deceptive Art Physique can transform all orthodox skills into demonic skills and learn them quickly.

This simultaneously encompasses both the goals of "corruption" and "domination," making it far superior to directly engaging with an unfamiliar field.

Elite? I, Old Demon Su, am the one who takes down the elite!

Once the plan is finalized, it's time to execute it.

That afternoon, Su Yuan skipped her general education class and went to talk to her civil engineering professor about the department's ranking.

The civil engineering tutor, who had a good relationship with Su Yuan, immediately agreed to the request and held a separate civil engineering exam for Su Yuan.

As expected, Su Yuan easily achieved the highest score in the entire grade in this exam with his solid professional knowledge, becoming a towering mountain above every first-year civil engineering student.

Two hidden points were immediately obtained.

As for how civil engineering students view the fact that their top student is from another department.
Of course, I would be honored to be a part of it!
Please, Su Yuan is the Holy Son of the Exorcism Department, a super academic genius who holds the top position in the first and second years of the Exorcism Department.

Now that he has become the top student in the Civil Engineering Department, wouldn't that indirectly elevate the status of the Civil Engineering Department?
This is an incredible stroke of luck!

While obtaining hidden points in the Civil Engineering Department, Su Yuan also actively contacted the Academic Affairs Office of the Weapon Forging Department through his connection with Tai Bai Tianji, hoping to audit classes as an outsider student.

As one of the three major departments of Zhuxie University, the Weapon Forging Department is not as easy to deal with as the Civil Engineering Department, which consists of a bunch of peasants.

After three full days of persuasion, the deputy director of the weapon-refining department, who was in charge of the relevant matters, finally relented and agreed to let Su Yuan participate in a project of a sophomore prodigy in the weapon-refining department.

Moreover, the conditions given were extremely harsh: if Su Yuan could not gain the approval of this prodigy within a month, then there was no need for him to come the following month.

After receiving a reply from the weapon crafting department, Tai Baiji summoned Su Yuan to his private office.

"Su Yuan, are you sure you want to participate in the weapon crafting program?"

"You should know that the project that Director Liu of the Weapon Refining Department asked you to participate in is led by Wei Yuxiu, the top student in the second-year seed class and a genius of the Weapon Refining Department who has mastered the 'Divine Body Sacrifice Weapon Technique' of the Nascent Soul inheritance." "Although your Yuan Sect has a Weapon Refining Hall, to be honest, even your most proud self-absorbing spiritual energy engine is only so-so in terms of technology."

"And your own achievements in weapon crafting are far inferior to those of the elite weapon crafting students who have been learning weapon crafting since childhood."

"Under such circumstances, you might end up with nothing if you get involved in this project."

"It's difficult enough to gain Wei Yuxiu's approval, let alone defeat him in the art of weapon forging in order to obtain hidden points."

"Even if you succeed and gain twenty hidden points in one go, so what?"

"If we fail, we won't get even a single hidden point."

“A person’s energy is limited. If we waste a month, our competitors, such as Chi Le’an and Qiu Tianze, might catch up.”

Faced with Tai Baiji's serious reminder, Su Yuan's answer was quite straightforward:

"Master, please rest assured. Since I dare to claim that I will dominate the weapon crafting department, I naturally have full confidence."

"Director Liu's conditions are harsh, aren't they! Humph, that's exactly the kind of contempt and disdain I want."

"As the saying goes, fortunes change every thirty years, so never underestimate a young man's potential. Even if he begs me to stay in the weapon-refining department a month from now, I won't let him stay!"

Taibai Baiji raised an eyebrow.

"You're pretty arrogant, kid. What's your winning strategy?"

Su Yuan said calmly:
"Simple, it's all thanks to my connections."

That same day, Su Yuan contacted his network of contacts.

Simply put, it means finding friends with talent in weapon crafting and using their skills to refine pills.

Zhang Baiyi's Mysterious Hundred Arts? He's mastered them!
Qi Hanyue's Limitless Talent? Refine it!
Those students with excellent weapon-refining talent who joined the Yuan Sect's Weapon Refining Hall were also refined!
Of course, Su Yuan wasn't doing this for free; he was using the guise of providing benefits to his employees and upgrading their talents to refine the Human Elixir.

If you have enough contribution points, upgrade their weapon crafting talent first, and then refine them into human pills.

Zhang Baiyi, in particular, as the head of the Weapon Hall, has worked diligently for the Yuan Sect for so long that his contribution points are more than enough to upgrade his talent.

After Su Yuan upgraded the Mysterious Hundred Arts to gold, he refined it into a human pill, which will be of great help to the next weapon refining project!

For employees who don't contribute enough points, we'll first refine their talents into human essence.

After accumulating enough contribution points through offering human pills, upgrade their talents.

In conclusion, Zhang Baiyi, whose talent had been upgraded, and all the employees wholeheartedly supported Su Yuan's decision to absorb their talents.

As long as they're willing to give bonuses and vacations, Su Yuan can do whatever he wants with drugs.

Qi Hanyue, the head of the Dan Hall, was the only exception.

Although the "Limitless Pill" that Su Yuan extracted from this girl was the strongest human pill he had ever obtained, Su Yuan had no intention of giving her a single penny as a reward.

Because Su Yuan had already upgraded her talent once during military training, it was like a pre-emptive use of that talent.

Let her accumulate more contribution points, and then we'll give her a bigger upgrade next time.

After preparing these human pills that contained a great deal of talent for weapon crafting, Su Yuan officially arrived at the Weapon Crafting Academy to register on the morning of October 31st.

Or to be more precise, they arrived at a weapon-refining laboratory within the weapon-refining academy to report for duty.

In the era of universal cultivation, the high-end weapon crafting industry is no longer like it was in ancient times, where hammers were banged and precision depended entirely on the steadiness of the craftsman's hand.

On the contrary, the high-end weapon-making industry is synonymous with high precision and sophistication.

It can be compared to the chip and semiconductor industry in Su Yuan's previous life.

Even though it's just a weapon-forging lab for a sophomore, it's filled with advanced technology and a sense of science fiction.

"This is my first time seeing the high-end weapon-refining industry of the Blue Star Federation. I wonder how it compares to the assembly line of the Giant Que Factory."

"Is the interior of the laboratory the legendary element-free workshop? Can it isolate any unstable elements and impurities in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth?"

"Do all the students working inside have to wear protective suits against the elemental poison?"

"If we can learn the advanced technology and apply it to the production line, it should greatly increase production capacity."

With a sense of awe, Su Yuan slowly pushed open the door to Wei Yuxiu's laboratory.

However, the scene that came into Su Yuan's view was far beyond his expectations!

Because the first thing he saw inside the laboratory was not some high-tech equipment, but a tall, upright cross.

On the cross, a young man wearing only underwear was tied up.

Below the cross, there was a pile of wood and oil.

A figure, clearly an experimental assistant, held a torch, the flames of which burned fiercely.

Immediately afterwards, the young man bound to the cross said:
"Divine Body Sacrifice Technique! Activate!"

The next second, the experimental assistant threw the torch directly into the oil.

Flames instantly rose up, engulfing the young man entirely.

A piercing scream immediately echoed throughout the laboratory, and soon the smell of burning flesh wafted into Su Yuan's nostrils.

Su Yuan: "..."

This definitely represents an advanced weapon-refining laboratory, rather than some sacrificial ritual from a barbaric period even more ancient than antiquity.

Are all weapon refiners this crazy?
　P.S.: I have some things to do tonight, that's all for today, you don't need to wait up.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)