Chapter 243: Is it Good or Evil?
“Come on, just tell me what you like already! Why are you so annoying?!”
Qin Zhengji was driven mad by Qin Bei.
“Well~ you asked me to say it, so I’m really going to say it?!”
Qin Bei said with a smile, his eyes sparkling with mischief.
“Spill it.”
“Alright, let me be frank—I like spiritual stones, I like valuable treasures, and I also like magical techniques and skills, but they have to be things you can’t find outside and can actually sell. In short, as long as it’s valuable, I like it all!”
Qin Bei stated succinctly.
Essentially, he just liked money!
Because as long as he had money, everything else was a piece of cake for Qin Bei.
With enough money, Qin Bei could even boost his cultivation to the Immortal Realm right now.
But unfortunately, the amount of money needed was just too much—a sum that Qin Bei couldn’t hope to afford.
Qin Zhengji: ???
He was utterly bewildered.
He thought children of Qin Bei’s age should yearn for power! So why was the grandchild in front of him taking such a strange path?
Why was he so attached to something like money?
The issue was, as a dead man—where was he supposed to find money?
“No, you can’t keep thinking about liveliness, right? Think a bit about the underworld. Is there anything there that you like? Like demon souls—I’ve got plenty of those! Why not give them a taste?”
Qin Zhengji just couldn’t offer something like that.
Moreover, he wasn’t really one to fancy spiritual stones in his living days.
Not to mention now that he was dead—there weren’t exactly good things knocking around.
As for those high-level magical techniques available for sale?
He had even less of those.
Because, at the end of the day, those techniques belonged to the royal family.
Even if he wanted to sell them to Qin Bei, the royal family wouldn’t allow it.
Not to mention he couldn’t even turn those techniques into jade slips that others could cultivate with; he had to teach them in person.
For techniques like the “Void Scripture,” even passing them on was impossible.
“Hey~ how twisted are you? What on earth would I do with a demon’s soul? Eat it? How weird is that~!”
Qin Bei looked at Qin Zhengji with disdain.
He felt that Qin Zhengji had once dabbled in demonic arts and now his mind had gone awry.
“What on earth are you thinking? The demon souls I mentioned are harmful to others, but you—you’re different! Your soul power is unique and can purify it, turning it into the purest soul energy. So for you, these soul energies could be even more beneficial than soul beads!”
Qin Zhengji shook his head with a laugh.
“What do you mean?”
Qin Bei didn’t fully understand.
“Well~ in this Demon Domain, there are plenty of folks who were once demon cultivators or even demons themselves, trapped here. You know this, right?”
Qin Zhengji asked.
“I know that much, but what’s the point?”
“The souls of these demons are suppressed and are actually suffering the depletion of the formations in the royal tomb. Their energies will eventually return to this world, which is what we talked about earlier—nourishment.”
“The demon souls are absolutely harmful to ordinary cultivators, but not for you! You can purify these souls. In other words, as long as you’re within your capability, you can gather a whole lot of soul energy.”
Qin Zhengji explained.
“Oh~ I think I get it! You mean those demon cultivators’ soul energies were originally nourishment for the royal tomb? Now, because my soul energy is special enough, I could snatch a little chance from the royal tomb? Aren’t you asking me to rob the royal family? You!!!”
Qin Bei’s eyes widened, filled with disbelief.
“You don’t have to…”
Qin Zhengji wanted to tell Qin Bei not to feel pressured because, honestly, the tiny bit of soul energy he could snatch wouldn’t even be noticed by the royal tomb.
But the next thing Qin Bei said left Qin Zhengji completely dumbfounded.
“You’re certainly my great-great-great-grandfather! You really get me! How did you know I’m at odds with the royal family? If there’s something good like being able to snatch their opportunities, you absolutely must let me know in advance! I’ve got so much to prepare!”
Qin Bei’s eyes sparkled like a kid eyeing a mountain of candy.
“Hey~ by the way, is there anything that can steal my father’s opportunities? If so, I’ll definitely go all out to help you!”
Qin Bei looked utterly excited, his eyes nearly popping out!
Qin Zhengji couldn’t help but clasp his hands over his chest, feeling a mix of anxiety and expectation.
He was genuinely worried Qin Bei would go wild any second now!
Seeing Qin Bei in the palace, Emperor Xia truly wanted to drag him out and give him a good thrashing!
This trial in the royal tomb had forced him to reevaluate this outrageous son of his.
He would dare to do anything, say anything, and shamelessly con anyone!
Completely lawless!
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“No!”
Qin Zhengji shook his head immediately.
He felt that Qin Bei was getting a bit muddled about the hierarchy.
If this angered Emperor Xia, it would be a whole lot worse than making him angry right now.
“But isn’t directly purifying the souls of monsters and then absorbing their soul energy for oneself a bit twisted? Isn’t that pretty much the same as the demon cultivators?”
Qin Bei frowned and asked.
Though it sounded nice—purifying the soul energy of monsters before absorbing it—in reality, it was just absorbing other souls’ power to strengthen oneself.
Those purified soul bodies were on completely different levels from the soul energy inside soul beads.
“Yeah, it does bear some resemblance to the demon clan’s behavior, but so what? Who says righteous folks can’t do that?”
Qin Zhengji said nonchalantly.
He’d been tainted by demonic energy before and wasn’t opposed to it at all.
Perhaps the ‘righteous’ youth before him might find it distasteful.
But this was all he could offer to help.
“Well said!”
To Qin Zhengji’s surprise, the moment Qin Bei heard this, he burst out clapping his hands in approval!
“Who cares about good or bad, righteous or evil, demon cultivator or ghost cultivator—that’s all labels used by others. I, Qin Bei, can do whatever I want! Nobody gets to dictate my life!”
Qin Bei declared, confidence radiating off of him.
He just needed to be himself, without being defined by anyone else.
Whether he was righteous or demonic—only he had the final say!
Today, if he felt good, he was a good person. But tomorrow, if he felt bad, he might just be a demon slaughtering every last member of his clan!
In the near future, the Beast Taming Sect would witness the true dark side of Qin Bei!
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