Having been given a second chance at life, I choose to join the Demonic Sect!

(The chapter wasn't skipped, the chapter number is wrong, I don't have editing permissions, I can't change it!)
As soon as Cao Meng left Xuantian Pavilion, he saw Si Si and Ji Qinghan, the two fellow disciples, with a short little girl by their side.

The little girl is not tall, but she has a baby face and big breasts!
Cao Meng had always thought that Han Sijing, this eight-foot-tall lady, was invincible.

He never expected that there would be an opponent within the Hehuan Sect, and that the opponent was a little girl with a youthful face.

Han Sijing is eight feet tall to have that size, but the little girl with the baby face is so small, yet she also has that size. It's unbelievable!
"Why are you two bringing a little girl along instead of helping me write 'The Complete Works of Emperor Ruyan'?"

"Do you two expect a little girl to work for me?"

Cao Meng hasn't been paying attention to Si Si and Ji Qinghan, the two ghostwriters, and doesn't know how their "Complete Works of Emperor Ruyan" is progressing.

Cao Meng mistakenly thought that Ji Qinghan and Si Si were going to bring their girlfriends along to help him write "The Complete Works of Emperor Ruyan".

It would have been fine if Cao Meng hadn't mentioned the "Complete Works of Emperor Ruyan," but once he did, Si Si and Ji Qinghan became a little unhappy.

The two of them worked as ghostwriters for Cao Meng every day, earning only 150 low-grade spirit stones a day, and 4,500 a month.

Those who guarded the city for Cao Meng received 150 mid-grade spirit stones a month, which was almost four times their monthly salary.

Why are they all working for Cao Meng, yet Ying Ling'er and her group are ranked so high while they are ranked so low? It's not fair at all!
"Is she an adult? We don't accept child labor here!"

Looking at this baby-faced little girl, Cao Meng seriously suspected she was not an adult.

Although Cao Meng was not a good person, he was not one to exploit child laborers, so he would never hire child laborers!

"Cao Meng, you're the child laborer! Your whole family are child laborers!"

The little girl with a youthful face immediately flew into a rage upon hearing the word "child labor," as if her sore spot had been touched!

"You two, hurry up and take this one away! This little girl has too fiery a temper; I can't afford to raise her!"

Cao Meng was even more displeased when he saw that the childlike girl still had a bad temper.

If the other person is obedient and calls me "senior brother" a few times, I might even accept them as a student.

"Junior Brother Cao Meng, please stop talking. This is our master!"

Seeing the childlike girl's eyes filled with anger, Si Si quickly sent a private message to Cao Meng.

That's right, this baby-faced, big-breasted loli is none other than Si Si and Ji Qinghan's master, Peak Master Xue Tang of Qinshu Peak!

This baby-faced loli is Xue Tang, the master of Qinshu Peak. Cao Meng was shocked when he learned this news!
Cao Meng carefully examined the other party and noticed that this baby-faced little girl was standing in front of Si Si and Ji Qinghan, while the two of them followed behind her!
This reveals the difference in status among the three, meaning that the baby-faced loli might really be Xue Tang!
But Cao Meng had seen Xue Tang on the Jade Pool Terrace before, and the difference between her and the one before him was too great, so he subconsciously asked:

"You're Xue Tang, my Martial Uncle? You look different from the one I saw at the celebration last time!"

"So tiny!"

As Cao Meng spoke, he subconsciously gestured to indicate the size of Xue Tang.

Cao Meng remembers that Xue Tang's height was perfect and very even back then.

Unlike the candy in front of me, which is small and doesn't even reach my chest, its breasts are excessively large and wicked.

“Junior Brother Cao Meng, my master rarely comes out to see people for some reason. He usually appears as a puppet or in a mask!”

As Xue Tang's personal disciple, Ji Qinghan immediately spoke up to explain on Xue Tang's behalf.

Xue Tang is petite and has a youthful face, so she doesn't look intimidating and is often mistaken for a young girl who has just come of age!

In addition, those high-ranking members of the Hehuan Sect who knew Xue Tang's background all privately called Xue Tang "Little Dwarf," so Xue Tang rarely left Qinshu Peak.

If she needs to go out on business, Xue Tang usually has a puppet do it for her, or she wears a mask to hide her true form.

The Xue Tang that Cao Meng saw on the Jade Pool Terrace last time was not the real Xue Tang, but an avatar puppet!
"Junior Brother Cao Meng, my master hates it when people say she's short!"

Si Si secretly sent a telepathic message to Cao Meng, reminding him to be careful and not to keep pissing off his master Xue Tang!
Cao Meng gave Si Si a speechless look.

You've already touched Xue Tang's sore spot several times before you tell me it's her sore spot. Don't you think it's too late?
Fortunately, I have the strength to back it up, so I'm not afraid of Xue Tang, this baby-faced loli.

"Boy, if you weren't Senior Sister Duanmu's disciple, I would have turned you into a puppet today!"

Xue Tang was also furious, but she suppressed her anger for the sake of Duanmu Fei.

"Uncle Xue Tang, although what I said just now exposed your shortcomings, it was my fault!"

Cao Meng first apologized, then his tone changed abruptly, and he said:

"However, Uncle Xue Tang, I must remind you that once you start fighting, the outcome is not necessarily certain."

Cao Meng didn't look down on Xue Tang. He thought that even if there were ten or a hundred of her, they couldn't do anything to him, let alone just one of her.

Once you take action, there will only be one outcome: you'll end up pinning the candy to the ground.

"Cao Meng, you're incredibly arrogant!"

Xue Tang's tone was icy, simply because Cao Meng was challenging her authority as his senior martial uncle.

Xue Tang felt that Cao Meng was really spoiled by Duanmu Fei. Not only did he spend spirit stones extravagantly, but he also showed no respect for his elders.

Once Consort Duanmu emerges from seclusion, I, as her junior sister, must give her a reminder.

"Uncle Xue Tang, arrogance needs to be backed by strength, and I happen to have that strength!"

Cao Meng did not admit that his arrogance was just that—arrogance. He believed that being overly confident without real ability was arrogance.

Cao Meng's claim of having the ability is not arrogance, but a statement of fact!

Xue Tang is only at the fifth level of the Nascent Soul stage. Wouldn't it be easy for me, at the sixth level of the Nascent Soul stage, to suppress her?

"I wonder what brings you here, Aunt Xue Tang?"

Cao Meng remembered that he hadn't had much interaction with Xue Tang. Now that she had come to see him in the middle of the night, it couldn't possibly be that she wanted to have a long talk with him by candlelight, could it?
If it's a late-night conversation by candlelight, why bring two extra people along?
Xue Tang didn't want to waste any more words with Cao Meng and directly stated her purpose:
"Cancel tomorrow's exchange of mid-grade spirit stones. Also, no extravagant spending of spirit stones is allowed!"

Xue Tang was cultivating and researching puppets at Qinshu Peak. After learning about what happened in Sixiang City today, she rushed to Sixiang City as soon as possible.

She would never allow Cao Meng, that spendthrift, to squander all of Consort Duanmu's wealth.

"Why?"

Cao Meng refused Xue Tang's request. He didn't understand why Xue Tang wanted to interfere in his affairs. Wasn't this like a dog catching a mouse, meddling in other people's business?
"The mid-grade spirit stones you have are all the wealth that Senior Sister Duanmu has accumulated over many years, not your extravagant spending!"

Xue Tang was furious. At this moment, she really wanted to beat up Cao Meng and make this good-for-nothing come to his senses!
Cao Meng was speechless again. Why had he become the spendthrift and gigolo in Xue Tang's eyes?
You have to understand, he was the one who was supporting the female devil, not the one who was living off her!

Am I the one who squanders money?
This is the initial investment!
This is bait for catching big fish!
Just as Cao Meng and Xue Tang were arguing, an untimely voice rang out:

"Snow Sugar, you're really meddling. When did it become your place to control my little man?"
"Even Senior Sister Duanmu didn't care, but you're interfering. People who don't know the situation will think you're Cao Meng's master!" Xia Yulan suddenly appeared behind Cao Meng, hugged his neck, and leaned against his back.

The strange feeling in his back almost made Cao Meng lose his temper.

The vixen dared to seduce and tempt me in front of outsiders! It's outrageous and goes too far!

If there weren't outsiders here, I would definitely take the big demon back to the private room of Xuantian Pavilion and give her a good spanking!
In response to Xia Yulan's mockery, Xue Tang retorted sarcastically:
"Xia Yulan, you're quite proud of yourself for being an old cow eating young grass!"

Xia Yulan, an older woman, became a Daoist couple with Cao Meng, a younger man. Xue Tang found this very distasteful!

"Little dwarf, what's wrong with an old cow eating young grass? At least I got to eat grass, which is much better than all those people who didn't get any!"

Xia Yulan was certain that if she hadn't acted quickly enough, someone else would have already done it.

Xia Yulan's anger stemmed from the fact that she wasn't the only one involved in this "old cow eating young grass" relationship; there were two others as well!

Why is no one criticizing those two people, but only criticizing Xia Yulan?

That day, he angered himself so much that he implicated Consort Duanmu and Shen Aoxue.

"Little dwarf, I'm about to advance to the eighth level of the Nascent Soul stage, while some of you should still be at the fifth level!"

Xia Yulan carefully examined Xue Tang and, seeing that the other party was still at the fifth level of the Nascent Soul stage, couldn't help but mock her.

A mere fifth-level Nascent Soul cultivator dares to mock her seventh-level Nascent Soul cultivator? She shouldn't blame me for mocking her in return.

"Xia Yulan, you, you, you~"

When Xia Yulan brought up cultivation level, Xue Tang was immediately enraged. She wanted to refute her, but what the other party said was indeed true.

"You little dwarf, get the hell out of here right now, or Cao Meng and I will beat you up together!"

Xia Yulan immediately signaled Xue Tang to get lost; the two big lumps of flesh on that shorty's chest made her extremely uncomfortable!

Okay, Xia Yulan was jealous. Although her size wasn't small either, it was still a bit small compared to Xue Tang.

Xia Yulan was a little indignant. Why could Xue Tang, that little dwarf, grow up to be so big?

"Uncle Xue Tang, the spirit stone exchange doesn't start until tomorrow. You should go back first. Uncle Xia and I still have things to take care of!"

"Or you can just stroll around the Four Symbols City!"

Cao Meng also joined forces with the great demon and began to issue Xue Tang an order to leave.

This baby-faced little girl really thinks she's some kind of senior martial uncle and that she should spoil her? Dream on!
"Humph!"

Xue Tang was a sensitive person to begin with, and when Cao Meng and Xia Yulan both told her to leave, she simply snorted coldly and left in a huff.

……

Once the outsiders left, Xia Yulan gently breathed a fragrant breeze into Cao Meng's ear:
"Lord Cao, you are truly generous! I wonder if I could exchange some mid-grade spirit stones with you?"

Xia Yulan was also somewhat dissatisfied with Cao Meng's actions. She felt that Cao Meng's exchange of mid-grade spirit stones for those shops was too extravagant and wasteful.

Why not keep the extra mid-grade spirit stones for a few of your own use?

"Hall Master Xia, whether you can exchange for spirit stones depends on your performance!"

Cao Meng picked up the great demon and carried it back to the Xuantian Pavilion, to a private room.

Title Douluo: Sealed 100,000 words...

An hour later, Cao Meng sounded the retreat, as he had too many things to deal with.

Since we can't fight the great demons for days and nights today, we can only have an hour to satisfy our cravings!
Xia Yulan watched Cao Meng putting on his clothes and asked:
"Cao Meng, what exactly are you doing?"

Xia Yulan knew Cao Meng well; he must be plotting something by doing all this!
The great demon was no outsider, so Cao Meng revealed his grand plan.

Upon hearing this, the great demon learned of Cao Meng's plan and felt that the other party was truly despicable.

Those hall masters and peak masters of the Hehuan Sect who suffered huge losses are probably cursing Cao Meng to death!
I should probably just stay in the cafeteria for a while and not come out, so as not to get scolded along with Cao Meng!
"Cao Meng, the amount of mid-grade spirit stones you exchange every month is not a small sum!"

Xia Yulan felt that Cao Meng's plan, while good, had a fatal weakness: the use of mid-grade spirit stones!
If Cao Meng ever runs out of mid-grade spirit stones, this plan will fall apart!
"Don't worry, Uncle Xia, there will be plenty of mid-grade spirit stones!"

Cao Meng patted his chest and assured him that he had a system with an automatic exchange function, so there was nothing to worry about.

"Cao Meng, can you pat your own chest?"

Xia Yulan rolled her eyes at Cao Meng, because Cao Meng patted his chest and guaranteed that he wasn't patting his own, but Xia Yulan's!

"Cao Meng, there's a rumor circulating that you emptied the treasury of the Golden Buddha Temple!"

Xia Yulan brought up the matter, and when Jinfo Temple was destroyed, many people suspected that Cao Meng had emptied the temple.

However, because this matter involved the Venerable Living Buddha Xuan Yu, a powerful being who had transcended tribulation, no one dared to question Cao Meng.

"That's a rumor! If I had really emptied the Golden Buddha Temple's treasury, I would have hidden away long ago. Why would I be a city lord in the Joyful Union Sect?"

Cao Meng was distressed. He had only taken a few scraps, so why was he being made to shoulder such a huge burden?

If I were to completely empty the Golden Buddha Temple, its resources would probably be enough for me to reach the Integration Stage and start my own top-tier sect!

Speaking of which, when I was cleaning up the leftovers, I think I got some pretty good trash.

Those things have been gathering dust in my storage ring, I haven't taken them out to deal with them, I need to find some time to get rid of them!
In fact, Cao Meng's storage ring contained quite a few dusty items, such as a broken sword!
"Cao Meng, if you didn't empty the Golden Buddha Temple, how did you get so many mid-grade spirit stones?"

Xia Yulan was puzzled upon hearing this, because Cao Meng had an excessive amount of mid-grade spirit stones.

“Uncle-Master Xia, I have a secret technique that can combine one hundred low-grade spirit stones into one mid-grade spirit stone,”

As Cao Meng spoke, he took out one hundred low-grade spirit stones and, in front of Xia Yulan, began to pretend to synthesize a mid-grade spirit stone!
Cao Meng's cooperation with the system was absolutely flawless!

Xia Yulan was so shocked by this scene that she couldn't close her mouth.

Using low-grade spirit stones to synthesize mid-grade spirit stones is unheard of in the Eastern Dao Continent; it's simply unbelievable!
"This matter concerning Cao Meng must never be mentioned to anyone. Even if it means admitting to emptying the Golden Buddha Temple, we must never let this matter out!"

After Xia Yulan came to her senses, she quickly reminded Cao Meng of the importance of this matter.

It should be noted that mid-grade spirit stones are considered scarce resources among the top forces, and can only be supplied to Nascent Soul cultivators.

Mid-grade spirit stones can not only accelerate the progress of Nascent Soul cultivators, but also increase the probability of Nascent Soul cultivators becoming Nascent Soul cultivators.

If word gets out that Cao Meng can synthesize mid-grade spirit stones, many sects will undoubtedly risk everything to take action against him! (End of Chapter)