NOVEL NEXT Chapter 54: No Farming of White Named Monsters
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
“How is that even possible?” Qiao Zijiang nearly screamed in surprise, but she quickly talked to her brother in telepathy after she realized that she was in public. “The Relentless Swordsman, that dumbo Xue Feng? His cultivation is the Relentless Path, and he previously said that the peak of the Relentless Path is without the differentiation of you and I, without forms and shades, and without the possibility of vacillation. Vigilante A awakened a mere few months ago, and no matter how fast his cultivation was, it’s impossible for him to reach that status. This is bad, brother, this person is too big of a threat!”
Qiao Zishan nodded as he answered using telepathy, “Now, there are only two possibilities for his identity. First, he might have been a hero with a very high cultivation outside of our realm before this and had descended into our world just like the Lord of Seven Emotions. This is probably too difficult to achieve, and his powers will be greatly reduced during the process.”
“The second possibility is that another hero’s spiritual sense and bloodline was awakened by imprinting on the humans inside this realm. This is much easier than the alternative, and it is suitable for mass descendants too. Those Awakened that assumed the identity as demons mostly adopted this method. It is a war between spiritual senses. If the Descended One’s spiritual sense had defeated the original spiritual sense of the human, the Descended will obtain the final control over the body. They will gradually resume their cultivation, and finally regain their previous form.”
Qiao Zijiang said, “The Truth Department and the State Special Affairs Department still couldn’t uncover his identity in this realm, so he most probably came from another realm. However, we couldn’t trace him back to any other famous heroes despite scouring through mountains of data. I do have another guess, though, but it’s too terrifying that I cannot reveal it to someone else without any probable evidence. Since he’s here, I shall observe him.”
As Qiao Zijiang spoke, she gracefully ended the conversation with a discreet glance to Vigilante A, who had sat down at another table no far from theirs. The latter was already eating, and their angle was coincidentally clear enough for observation.
Qiao Zijiang studied the hero in detail. She thought, ‘This man looks just like another pretty boy. He is nowhere as mature as brother is, but he does have an expressionless face; he looks slightly respectable, somehow.”
Even if he was eating scrumptious food, the hero looked like he was chewing on wax, as if he couldn’t taste anything. He did not show any trace of surprise or shock as she did just now; maybe he was tired of the food already? It was more probable, though, that his status was so high outside of this realm that his everyday dining was filled with only the most delectable dishes.
His aura was masked like an ordinary man’s, and it was almost impossible to spot any trace of martial arts from his movements. However, videos and information will not speak lies, and the only explanation was that the hero was also skilled in masking his aura. They must be wary of him sneaking about and ambushing them.
Don’t judge this man based on his ridiculous superhero entrance – it almost seemed like the sky boomed for him whenever he showed up – in the videos, the hero had proved that he was not the average superpowered individual after he killed the evil Lord of Seven Emotions from the demon’s back.
Nevertheless, there was still a need to carefully test the waters so that she could confirm her guesses about the hero’s real body.
Suddenly, a fly showed up on Qiao Zijiang’s finger, and flew silently into Vigilante A’s next dish. Before the fly could go near the hero, a white light flashed in the air, and like a bubble, the insect disappeared with a ‘pop’.
Qiao Zishan said, “I know you want to test his abilities, sister, but we should not cause trouble for the shop. Even though Vigilante A would not be angered by a mere fly due to his cultivation in the Relentless Path, the shop’s reputation will most definitely be affected once other customers see that there’s a fly in the dishes. Then, the people from the upper class would no longer visit here.”
Qiao Zijiang bowed her head, “You’re right, brother. I was too reckless. Let me use a more secretive method then.”
She opened her palm as she spoke. A small, translucent Stygian Snake suddenly appeared, lazing around. It didn’t even bother to open its eyes.
Qiao Zishan nodded in approval, but he soon worried again. “Even though others might not be able to see Xiao Long, it might be too dangerous for it to probe around like that.”
Qiao Zijiang replied, “Don’t worry. Apparently, Vigilante A never harms the innocent. We could see if the rule applies to anomalies like these. Xiao Long is formed using my spiritual sense, and I used the soul of a Snake Demon I killed for its sin as the base for its formation. It should belong to the same family as the snake demons, and even if it dissipates under an attack, it will not perish. I’ll need just another few months to condense it again.”
As she spoke, she attempted to control the Stygian Snake to fly to the hero. The lazy snake remained unmoving, though. Instead, it buried its head into the coil of its body, pretending to be fast asleep.
“Sh*t, it is unwilling to work again,” Qiao Zijiang knew the Snake Demon’s spiritual sense was causing trouble again, unwilling to work for their murderer. She muttered some words, and soon the snake writhed in pain, and finally flew towards Vigilante A, albeit unwillingly.
Qi Zishan did not stop her this time. Instead, he asked, “Zijiang, what are the guesses that you mentioned?”
Qiao Zijiang answered, “I have this nagging feeling that it’s impossible for the Celestial Dragon Form to be summoned this easily. Brother, you are the genuine child of China, and you Morality Chassis is nearing completion. Could you sense the Celestial Dragon Form?”
Qiao Zishan shook his head. “It’s too difficult. It is very vague; not even a shadow can be found.”
Qiao Zijiang affirmed, “Exactly. I have a nagging feeling that the fire dragon in the videos might not be the Celestial Dragon Form. Besides, the peak of Relentless Path that brother said Vigilante A has achieved? That particular martial art is too difficult for humans to learn, as nature colored us with a myriad of emotions and wants. It’s difficult to completely remove them, but it’s almost too easy for us to flop back onto our past behaviors. However, if the path was cultivated by an abnormal species, then they wouldn’t have too many problems with it. Inversely, it might be very easy for them!”
Qiao Zishan’s face tensed at the idea. “Are you suspecting that he himself is a True Dragon? That he only took the form of a human after he descended into this realm?”
“Correct. We can prove this theory once we examine how the other demons react when they are facing him. No matter if it’s a Worm Demon or a Snake Demon, True Dragons are their natural enemy, and their soul and being would perish if the True Dragon was to deliver the killing blow. They are absolutely terrified of True Dragons, but they wouldn’t be too afraid of some hero. My only concern is that Vigilante A might be too good at masking his aura that he will be able to hide his Dragon self, and will only return to his form during a fight.” Qiao Zijiang explained as she controlled the Stygian Snake to approach Vigilante A.
Vigilante A was currently eating. The exhaustion he experienced with the continuous farming of monsters could not be replenished with just one or two meals. Sir System was too lazy to spend the time to cook nowadays, and the additional perks he could get from herbs and medicine no longer sufficed for the System’s preparation time. Since then, they had been eating in Fang’s shop.
The System said, “Host, you need to come up for a bit, there’s someone out here from your Snake Demon teacher’s kind.”
Fang Ning reluctantly placed his games down and stepped out of the System Cyber Cafe. When he peeked out of the System View, he saw a tiny snake gliding creepily in the air, quickly approaching him.
Astonished, Fang Ning asked, “Where did it come from? It actually has the guts to approach a True Dragon!”
The System continued, “Oh, there are two huge dots sitting right behind us, and they’ve been star`ing. One of them is yellow with white sprinkled within, she was the one that released the snake. The other one is the first White Named Monster that we’ve ever encountered, and its dot is so big that it’s comparable to the Red Named Monsters we met these days. Unfortunately, they’re probably on the side of justice. We cannot farm these monsters unless they are actively attacking us.”
“Why don’t we see if your Persecution Obsession still works? We just coincidentally lost 2 monsters worth of EXP, it will be great if you could get the two over for a fight. Although we definitely can’t kill them, judging from their abilities, the two of them would be sufficient to fill in the shoes for one of the Red Named Monsters we met previously.”
Fang Ning took a quick glance at the System Map and confirmed the System’s findings. He immediately felt so enraged that he spat a mouthful of blood. “Good sir, you’re going into a farming craze now! It took so long for us to actually meet two monsters that are virtuous, and you’re still thinking of farming them? I think they’re just trying to feel out Vigilante A. After all, this hero identity of ours has had quite a high profile lately. It’s impossible not to attract attention. All I wanted was to play my games alone, and these people are probably on the side of the law as well. They would never bring trouble to my real identity, so why would I have Prosecution Obsession?”
The System answered, “Oh, it’s a waste then. There might be an influx of White Named Monsters after this, and if we could beat up every single one of them, we could get quite an amount of EXP.”
Fang Ning nearly knelt down to beg the System, in fear of the System actually doing what it intended. He still wanted to play in peace! “Good sir, don’t fool around like this anymore. If you continue doing this, all of my Chivalrous Virtue will be lost. Who in the world would want to see a hero that farms good people?”
The System shut up immediately after that. Then, it said, “Alright, I won’t mess with them. We cannot lose our Chivalrous Virtue, else the rules will break down before our eyes.”
Fang Ning looked at the tiny snake once again after he managed to stop the System. After the snake came closer, it had been turning in circles around him, and it even tried to wiggle into his shirt! Fang Ning’s vital energy was the only thing that shielded him from the invasion.
This was really uncomfortable for him. He asked the System offhandedly, “How was his power level? Why don’t you hand it to me so we could do a couple rounds of combat training? I’m a human, and I can operate outside of the color limitations that you have. I don’t need to worry about any rules breaking down either.”
The System said, “Oh, it’s a spirit now. An incredibly weak one, I would say, and it poses no threat to you. Since you have the will to improve, I could help and stand guard while you polish your moves in your fight with it. Don’t assume that you could play around without abandon because today is a double holiday.”
Fang Ning complained, “H*ll, what’s wrong with playing during a double holiday? I’ve been training the Dragonization Ability for a full 8 hours during working days. You must be thankful that I’m not a teacher before this, else I would’ve given myself summer and winter holidays too.”
The System was speechless. “…”
Fang Ning said. “There are too many people here. We have to find another location if we intend to practice. Let’s first leave this place after paying our bills.”
This time, Vigilante A only managed to eat a few dishes before he left for his bill. His appetite was not as good as before.
The Qiao Siblings did not follow. Instead, they pretended as if nothing has happened as they continued to eat, but both of their eyes glazed over at the same time. Their focus was no longer on the dishes spread before them….
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In a deserted alleyway somewhere in the city, a white snake born from Fang Ning’s spiritual sense was now fighting with a creepy, translucent Stygian Snake. Their fight was close as they exchanged blows and rolled on top of each other, biting tails and whacking heads. Both snakes were having the fight of the century, a real fight to the death!
Well, that’s in Fang Ning’s perspective.
In Sir System’s eyes, the fight could only be described with a scene – it was as if two chickens were pecking at each other.