Chapter 9: Life Sect, A Storm is Brewing (Please Favorite, Please Follow)
Chu Yi started spewing nonsense. He claimed he had contracted little Bika but had no Pet Beast space.
"Input Spiritual Energy into this."
The Scumbag Female Knight took out a stone tablet, a kind of detection device.
Chu Yi hesitated slightly.
Under Jiang Qiuyun's unyielding gaze, he eventually took it and infused a thread of Spiritual Energy.
「The next moment」
The stone tablet began to glow, surrounded by a gray-white luminescence, with a "Black Iron Level Seven" symbol emerging on its surface.
At the Black Iron stage, Spiritual Energy was a dark color, mixed with many impurities, and not pure. It progressively improved with cultivation, step by step refining the Spiritual Energy and transitioning towards a red copper color.
Seeing this patch of gray-white, like a pool of stagnant water, Jiang Qiuyun heaved a sigh of relief. This Spiritual Energy is normal.
It was only most dangerous when tainted by the Ancient Ones, which caused the Spiritual Energy to boil and become unstable or explosive.
"So, you're saying it was an accident that you contracted the Pet Beast?"
"Or perhaps, you were stimulated under the blood moon, causing an incomplete contract?"
Jiang Qiuyun flicked her finger.
The small stone tablet was accurately tossed into the trash can.
"Yes."
"You're sure you didn't kill the person?"
"...BOO HOO HOO, I am a law-abiding five-star good citizen, how could I possibly kill anyone? I've been afraid to even kill a chicken since I was young, yet you're wronging an honest person."
As Chu Yi spoke, he even started to believe it himself and continued with conviction.
Even Bika stood up, hands on hips, cheering on its master.
The Scumbag Female Knight was speechless and said, "The deceased's name was Liu Shi, 35 years old, a Red Copper Level Two Beast Tamer. His Pet Beast was a Mire Monster with earth and dark dual attributes, adept in [Shadow Jutsu]."
Chu Yi interjected, "He's only Red Copper Level Two at 35? How lame."
"Let me finish first," the Scumbag Female Knight said, displeased. "He was involved in multiple cases, profiting from filming girls' private moments, and was also implicated in a major 'date-rape drug' case."
Chu Yi was startled. "So, he was a scumbag too? Getting attacked by a Demon was just his bad karma."
"Yes, Mr. Shopping Bag."
The registration man nodded. "This person had a special background. Plus, his [Shadow Jutsu] was very stealthy and elusive, so he had a bounty on him."
"Since you happened to pass by, you have nothing to do with this person. Therefore, congratulations on clearing your own suspicion."
"Sir, you may go now."
Upon hearing this, Chu Yi smiled. "Thank you for the trouble."
He got up, turned his head, and left.
The sheer force of the Scumbag Female Knight's presence was simply too overwhelming and oppressive.
「After Chu Yi made his escape」
The registration man's smile froze. He turned to Jiang Qiuyun, puzzled, and said, "Sister Jiang, this person is suspected of being a member of the Life Sect. Why not arrest him and put him under strict watch?"
The Life Sect was a bunch of lunatics who worshipped the God of Flesh and Blood, one of the Ancient Ones, with the highest goal of ascending through flesh and blood.
When the blood moon disaster descended, many hidden rats and poisonous insects swarmed out.
Compared to the external enemies on the front line, these rats lurking in human society, self-complacent in their degeneration, were more hateful.
He suspected that Chu Yi, under the blood moon, had used Liu Shi as a sacrificial offering to gain the ability to contract a Pet Beast. This scenario occurred hundreds of times every year. It had to be said, this was a reasonable conjecture that fit the facts.
Jiang Qiuyun shook her head. "He's not."
Members of the Ancient Sect were all psychologically twisted monsters, madly craving power. Someone like Chu Yi, who was bold enough to even feign a different gender, possessed a cheerful personality, and was quite handsome—why would he become a grotesque, twisted creature?
The registration man hesitated. "But..."
"Before the truth is revealed, these are just guesses," Jiang Qiuyun said coolly. "Besides, there's a young miss protecting him."
"What?"
The registration man was surprised. This kid is also connected to a big shot?
Speaking of which, Jiang Qiuyun changed the subject. "This is just a trivial matter. A storm's brewing. For the next few months, we'll be quite busy."
BAM!
The door was flung open.
A City Defense Army member rushed in. "Sister Jiang, bad news! The team sent to investigate Liu Shi's body was ambushed by the sect and completely wiped out!"
The Scumbag Female Knight was momentarily stunned.
「...」
Hugging Bika as he slipped out of the station, Chu Yi inhaled deeply the breath of freedom.
It was only after evolving the [Ghost Hand] once that he'd gotten inexplicably involved in this mess. Fortunately, the City Defense Army was reasonable, not wronging honest folk; they were fair and just, and Chu Yi admired them for it.
However, he scanned the city, brightly lit, as if it were day.
In the night sky, jets streaked like lightning, weaving through the sky like a dazzling display of a thousand pear trees in bloom as they monitored the city's situation.
On the streets, soldiers armed with live ammunition stood on the front line, dealing with Demons or mutants created by the Ancient Ones' spiritual contamination.
The blood moon disaster stirred up the entire city, making it seem as if they were facing a formidable enemy. The entire Yaoguang City entered a state of wartime readiness.
The power of the Ancient Ones, as described in books, couldn't compare at all to reality.
Chu Yi raised his left hand—slender, fair, and delicate, suited for playing a fine pipa.
Who could have predicted that within this hand, a ghost god whose radiation could affect the entire world is sealed? This served as a reminder to Chu Yi: reality was not a game. He had to be careful choosing his next evolution path. If he inadvertently chose an indescribably eerie path, the first to kill him would likely be the nearby Beast Tamers. My 'allies' would give me a grand send-off, no doubt. Maybe... switch sides and join the Ancient Ones?
「The next moment」
Several searing gazes swept over, simultaneously fixing on Chu Yi.
Several tall and mighty Pet Beasts surrounded Chu Yi at once: an Icefield Wolf, a Horror Claw Beast, a Bullet Fish, a Cannon Bee, a Drum Frog King...
The weakest among them was Elite grade.
Bika, frightened, burrowed into his pocket. Can't beat them, can't beat them! Gotta run!
"Who are you? What are you doing out so late?" an officer with a cigarette in his mouth said coldly.
"A law-abiding citizen! I am indeed a very good citizen!" Chu Yi explained.
The officer didn't believe him and quickly scanned his ID card, surprised. "A third-year at Star Dragon Academy?"
Seeing this, the officer's expression softened. Patting Chu Yi's shoulder, he said, "Young man, not bad looking. For the next three months, you're mine."
HISS...
Chu Yi felt a chill down his spine. So there's a pervert among the military Beast Tamers! One problem after another. Why is stealthy development so hard!
"Officer, can I ask what will happen in three months?" Chu Yi licked his lips, his voice strained.
The officer extinguished the cigarette, stamping on it. "Don't misunderstand. It's just that the blood moon disaster is too bizarre. You youngsters also need to be drilled and trained to protect our homes and country."
Then, the officer asked, puzzled, "Didn't your academy send a notice?"
Nope. I've been kicked out of the Starfire Sequence and haven't even been assigned a class yet. I'm purely a freeloader. Speaking of which, the blood moon just disappeared, and you've already organized a military drill? Your efficiency is terrifyingly fast!
Though Chu Yi complained internally, he said aloud, "Yes, Officer."
"Go on, don't forget to report tomorrow." The officer waved his hand. "My surname is Li. Maybe you'll be assigned to my team. Get a good night's rest. Don't stay up late."
"Got it."