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

Chapter 45 Su Yuan: Can't we have some traditional routines?

Su Yuan couldn't read any emotion from Tai Baiji's eyes as he sat upright in his seat.

He remained calm and composed, as if nothing had happened.

But this is an illusion!
The system task progress wouldn't fool him; Taibai Baiji's attention to him suddenly skyrocketed from 0 to 100.

It would be strange if the other party didn't have some ulterior motives.

Don't say that Taibai Yuxi is still young. It's precisely because she's young that her father is even more furious!

How can you even deceive and bribe children? What kind of beastly behavior is this?
Even if the system's task progress is unreliable, Su Yuan's "Rage Mind Attack," which spontaneously operates and absorbs the surrounding negative emotions, cannot be faked.

Where does this negative emotion come from?

Self-explanatory.

Taibai Yuxi, you've really caused me so much trouble!

I could have won this martial arts competition with my real skills.

Su Yuan felt a chill run down his back, as if a cold wind was blowing in. The gazes of the school leaders and students swept over him like knives, making him feel like he was being pricked.

But what can Su Yuan do now that things have come to this?
Let's see what the system actually rewarded us with.

[Task: Leveraging Opportunities (Completed)]

[Quest Reward: Demonic Skill - Finger Weapon (Already Issued)]

In an instant, Su Yuan felt a surge of knowledge flooding into his mind.

[Demonic Skill - Finger Weapon: Effect 1: After using it on a designated magical artifact, you can sense the artifact's emotions and gain 100 initial points of favorability towards that artifact.]

[Effect 2: After sensing the magic weapon's emotions, you can try to communicate with it. When the magic weapon's affinity towards the user reaches 120 or more, the "Great Joy of the Soul" trait will be triggered 99% of the time.]

[The Machine Soul is overjoyed: The magical artifact will perform beyond its theoretical limit for a certain period of time; conversely, if the Machine Soul is displeased, the artifact's performance will drop significantly for a certain period of time, or it may even malfunction.]

Holy crap! This magic is amazing!

Feeling and stirring the emotions of the magical artifact, allowing it to resonate with the user, thereby achieving the effect of unity between the user and the artifact? That's a possible understanding, right?

But here's the question: why is this technique, which doesn't seem to qualify as a demonic art, listed alongside Fate-Pointing and Spirit-Pointing?

Just as I was wondering what was going on, a prompt slowly appeared on the system panel.

[Note: When using the Demonic Art: Finger Weapon, the host can broaden their perspective, inciting the enemy's magical artifact to develop displeased characteristics, or even causing the enemy's magical artifact to directly rebel. This is also quite possible.]

Okay, so this is the correct way to use the Demonic Art: Finger Weapon?

Su Yuan suddenly realized.

In that case, this demonic art, the Finger Weapon, is indeed too sinister!

Imagine you are a righteous swordsman from ancient times, fiercely opposed to evil, chasing after a demonic cultivator with your beloved sword.

When the battle was about to be decided, you unleashed a crucial sword strike, only to discover that your own sword had been turned against you by the demonic cultivator, greatly diminishing its power.

The situation on the battlefield can change in an instant, and your fate is predictable.

It's terrifying to even think about.

However... although the Demonic Art of Finger Weapon is an extremely insidious demonic art, the problem is, where can a poor man like him find a magic weapon?

What's the secret to turning someone against their own side?

Stealing other people's property is a criminal offense! Up to three years in prison, you know!
How can this method be used to outmaneuver one's peers during a duel?
Haha, isn't he participating in a martial arts competition? Where is the magic weapon?

High school martial arts competitions prohibit the use of weapons and magical artifacts, okay?! How can you be so sneaky?
After much deliberation, Su Yuan finally realized with some helplessness that the Demonic Art: Finger Weapon seemed more for show than practical use, and couldn't help him much for the time being. Shaking his head, Su Yuan closed the system panel and refocused his attention on the martial arts competition.

He now desperately hopes that Taibai Baiji can take away that brat Yuxi and allow the martial arts competition to proceed as normal, so that he can prove himself with his strength.

Unfortunately, things didn't go as planned. Taibai Baiji remained silent, and the atmosphere froze.

But Taibai Yuxi, always eager for a good show, tilted her head and said:
"I said Su Yuan is the champion, why aren't you saying anything? Does anyone want to object?"

Upon hearing this, someone in the crowd finally couldn't hold back any longer!
"I object! This martial arts competition is too childish. I demand that the judges be changed and the competition be restarted!"

The speaker was a tall, mature-looking young man who strode out of the crowd as he spoke.

Su Yuan turned around and recognized the other person's identity.

The opponent was Huang Sheng, a contestant from Class 4 in this martial arts competition.

His family is a local tycoon, and through his family's financial support, his physical fitness far surpasses that of his peers, making him the class's sports specialist.

Despite his slightly lacking martial arts skills, Huang Sheng's strength is not to be underestimated, thanks to his powerful physique.

Su Yuan could understand why this person was the first to stand up and oppose it.

Because this person's achievements outside of sports and self-cultivation are really not that great.

If he can't achieve a good ranking in the martial arts competition, he'll most likely not get into the advanced class.

Huang Sheng was originally expected to advance to the top two with his strength, but Taibai Yuxi messed things up and he was eliminated before even playing. He definitely can't stand it.

Su Yuan felt it necessary to agree and quickly restart the match.

Before he could even speak, Huang Sheng turned his attention to Su Yuan, striding up to him and looking down at him, saying:
"Your name is Su Yuan, right? I heard you've been acting all high and mighty lately, always hanging out with the school beauty, but I never expected you to be so arrogant right under Master Taibai's nose!"

"I don't care how you seduced Master Taibai's daughter. Now I'm only giving you one choice: apologize to Master Taibai and then fight us contestants fair and square!"

Su Yuan: "..."

Alright, alright, are we finally going to do something traditional and routine?

Judging from Huang Sheng's tone, he seemed quite jealous of her being with Chen Nuoyi.

This kind of mindless villain who actively nitpicks and finds fault is just so appealing!
Su Yuan was not surprised but delighted, and couldn't wait to start the fight.

But at that moment, Taibai Yuxi objected, and said with a disdainful sneer:
"Who do you think you are? A bunch of worthless fish and shrimp dare to compare yourself to Brother Su Yuan? Even if you and the others came at me together, you wouldn't be enough for Brother Su Yuan to beat with one hand."

Huang Sheng's face immediately turned bright red, and a flood of negative emotions surged toward Su Yuan like a tsunami.

Su Yuan: "..."

You're trying to flatter me to death, aren't you! You little white-haired devil, you're so wicked!
Su Yuan vaguely understood Tai Bai Yu Xi's tactics. This girl's announcement of her victory wasn't about taking sides at all; it was about drawing hatred towards him!
But he might not be able to beat seven opponents at once!
Just as the situation was becoming increasingly chaotic, Taibai Baiji finally coughed lightly:
"Yu Xi, I'll take charge of this competition."

Upon hearing this, Principal Zhang Youde and all the teachers and students breathed a sigh of relief.

Taibai Zhenren was indeed sensible and wouldn't let his daughter continue to act recklessly.

The martial arts competition can finally proceed as planned.

Just as everyone was filled with anticipation, the next second, Taibai Baiji said calmly:
"We've wasted a lot of time just now, so I think this martial arts competition is really unnecessary."

"How about this, all the contestants join my group, I'll send out a red envelope, and whoever grabs it first will be the winner and can enter the special advanced class."

School leaders, teachers, students, and contestants: "???"

(End of this chapter)