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

Chapter 171 You brat, you're trying to steal my spiritual root without paying a cent, aren't you!

Based on the experience of upgrading the demonic arts twice before, the upgraded Demonic Arts Five Fingers series is significantly more powerful than ordinary demonic arts.

However, the Five Fingers series of magical arts were completely useless in solving the material problem of human puppets.

For the sake of the Yuan Sect's development plan, Su Yuan had no choice but to give this upgrade opportunity to other demonic arts.

So what kind of magical technique can solve the material problem for the Crimson Bone Puppet?
Su Yuan listed three demonic arts related to it.

The ancient methods of corpse refining, the blood beast cultivation method, and the method of refining the Crimson-faced White-boned puppet.

These three demonic arts are all good techniques that are human-centered. Any material, whether flesh or blood, can be put to good use in the face of these three demonic arts.

Su Yuan wanted these three demonic arts to achieve only one effect.

That is to use the flesh and blood of spirit beasts to replace the human materials needed for the Crimson Bone Puppet, and make the substitute indistinguishable from the original in terms of practicality and appearance.

The Blood Beast Cultivation Method focuses on the transformation of blood, and it is estimated that the upgraded version will also excel in this area.

The Crimson Bone Puppet Refining Method primarily focuses on human use and does not involve the modification of spirit beast flesh and blood. After the upgrade, it is estimated that it will only become more human-oriented.

Only the ancient method of corpse refining treats humans and beasts equally, specializing in the modification of the physical body.

Perhaps upgrading it can achieve the effect Su Yuan wants.

After careful consideration, Su Yuan made up his mind and used the opportunity to upgrade his demonic arts level on the ancient method of corpse refining.

The upgrade process of the ancient corpse refining technique took less than ten breaths.

As soon as the transformation was completed, a large amount of profound and obscure knowledge rapidly flooded into Su Yuan's sea of ​​consciousness.

He struggled to digest and comprehend this knowledge, and it took him a long time to recover.

Then, a look of joy appeared on his face.

We made the right bet! The upgraded ancient corpse refining technique is indeed incredibly effective!
"Moreover... the Blood Beast Cultivation Method can also be used in conjunction with the upgraded Ancient Corpse Refining Method."

"My three demonic arts have been combined in a coordinated manner, achieving a high level of precision."

Su Yuan sighed.

The dog system finally got what it wanted.

"Su Yuan, what's wrong?"

Seeing that Su Yuan was in a daze and remained silent for a long time, Zhu Qingqing cautiously asked a question.

For some reason, she felt that Su Yuan's aura had become even more obscure and difficult to understand in just a few breaths.

It's just like... enlightenment in Longchang!
"I'm fine, I'm perfectly fine now."

Su Yuan turned to look at his artifact spirit, a faintly eerie smile playing on his lips, and calmly said:

"I already know how to solve the material problem for the human puppet. I won't go into the specifics of the method; just watch what I do next."

Zhu Qingqing: "..."

Can you please not talk to me like that? I'm scared!
Su Yuan stuffed the Ten Thousand Souls Banner into his schoolbag, and instead of leaving the school or going to the cafeteria, he headed straight for the principal's office.

Inside the office.

Principal Zhang Youde looked at the unexpectedly arriving teenager, unsurprised, and said gently:

"Su Yuan, just tell me what's on your mind."

"Are you here to buy a regular spiritual root and ask me to approve a half-price spot?"

"Don't worry, I've been keeping this in mind. I just got the subsidy for you last night. If you trust the school, you can have them purchase the spiritual roots for you directly, and the price will be even lower than the market price."

"Excuse me, principal."

Su Yuan nodded:

"However, besides the subsidy for purchasing spiritual roots at half price, there is another matter I have for you."

Zhang Youde was slightly taken aback, and a sense of vigilance arose inexplicably in his heart.

His professional ethics told him that he should not suspect students without reason.

But Su Yuan's "great achievements" forced him to speculate on Su Yuan's intentions based on the most basic possibilities that humans could conceive of. "Principal, I remember our school has an abandoned indoor swimming pool, could I rent it to you?"

Su Yuan said sincerely:
"You know me. I came from a poor family and have made a living by working since I was a child."

"Now that I've finally saved up some money, I want to start a small business and I need a place to develop products."

“I think the abandoned swimming pool is good; it’s quite large and the location is remote enough.”

Zhang Youde was slightly taken aback:
"Rent an abandoned swimming pool? That's it?"

Looking into the boy's sincere and earnest eyes, the old principal was immediately filled with a deep sense of guilt.

I was judging others by my own petty standards.

Although Su Yuan's behavior is somewhat eccentric, he is still a good kid at heart.

How could I have preconceived notions?
It's just a swimming pool, there's nothing inside except a drained pool, what kind of tricks can he possibly pull off?
Driven by guilt, Zhang Youde waved his hand and readily agreed.

You don't even have to pay rent.

"Thank you, principal."

Su Yuan bowed politely to Zhang Youde, and then said:

"Then let's talk about the spiritual root subsidy again."

"Principal, I remember you said before that if someone becomes the top scorer in the college entrance examination, they can get a tenfold return on all expenses in the special class, right?"

Do you think I have a chance to become the top scorer in the college entrance examination?

Zhang Youde thought about it carefully.

Su Yuan's performance in the joint entrance examination of eight schools was remarkable.

Although his eventual victory had an element of luck, his strength will definitely experience a period of rapid growth in the coming months.

Not to mention they can get into the top ten preparatory classes.

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, he is a shoo-in for the top scorer in the college entrance examination.

Zhang Youde nodded in agreement, then asked with a puzzled look:

"Why are you talking about this all of a sudden?"

Su Yuan smiled and said:

"I was wondering if the school could help me cover the remaining five million for the spiritual root purchase after the half-price discount?"

"When the special program is disbanded and the tenfold return is offered, the school can deduct this money."

Zhang Youde: "..."

I've figured it out. You were planning to not take out any coins from the very beginning, weren't you?
You're really good at saving money!

A moment of silence fell over the principal's office.

After a long while, the old principal waved his hand wearily:
"Okay, just come and collect your spiritual root tomorrow."

"Thank you principal!"

Su Yuan bowed again, took the swimming pool key, and left happily.

That evening, Su Yuan cleaned the swimming pool thoroughly by himself, especially the pool, which he wiped until it shone brightly and was spotless.

After finishing his work, Su Yuan contacted a group of fellow workers in the city's vegetable markets through their connections and ordered a large quantity of goods.

It can be delivered before school starts tomorrow morning.

Zhu Qingqing couldn't understand Su Yuan's current actions at all.

The following morning, a cargo airship bearing the words "Meat Processing Plant" entered the backyard of the school cafeteria.

As soon as the flying boat's gate opened, several large, neatly arranged boxes appeared before Su Yuan, who had been waiting there.

The boxes were labeled with words such as "pig's blood" and "duck's blood".

(End of this chapter)