Way of the Devil Chapter 347

Ming Dynasty, Xuanyuan City, a lavish restaurant .

Zhao Chengxuan had his arm around a pretty maid, his hand moving all over her as he swallowed pears that were peeled, cut, and held up to his mouth . He was a typical rich second generation young master .

His father was the captain of the military in Xuanyuan City, so he was effectively the commander of the entire military stationed in the city . His mother was the beloved daughter of the leader of the underground forces known across three states, so he had free reign both during the day and the night .

He had a strong and powerful elder brother, who won a martial arts title last year and was now employed elsewhere .

He also had an elder sister, whose master was monk Sanxiao from the Fengming Monastery in the Zhongyun Mountains . No one knew her whereabouts, but she also had made a solid name for herself in the area .

Among the three children, he was the only one who flirted with girls and visited brothels all day . If there was a pretty girl, he would be the first one by her side .

The only good thing was that he wasn't a flashy person . Apart from generating gossip around this, nothing else was talked about him . He had no talents, no skills, was twenty-six and had no job . Relying on his family wealth, he drank and partied the days away .

Because he had no strength and an annoying attitude, he wasn't well known in the circles of other rich youths, either .

Right now, Zhan Chengxuan was sitting in a room, gently squeezing and rubbing the important parts of the girl, but his mind wasn't on her at all .

If someone was paying attention to his gaze, they would notice that Zhao Chengxuan was carefully listening to the voices in the hall outside .

Zhao Chengxuan had completely shifted his focus from the girl in his arms to the discussion outside .

" . . . I heard that Elder Shen, Moon Sword King, has arrived, but I have no clue on his whereabouts . Last time, I sneaked a glance and saw the name of Tang Fei, the Flying Mantis from the Violet Flag Sect . "

"The rebirth of the Maroon Dragon Spear has attracted so many strong people . Violet Snow Garden is not big . It won't hold up these many people fighting in it . If their fights affect the city, what do we do?"

"Sword King Elder Wang and Sect Master Zhu from the Divine Dragon Sect are here . It should be okay . "

"Who knows . We're talking the first Divine Weapon in a hundred years, known as the weapon that will give its possessor the entire world . Even Elder Shen and Sect Master Zhu could be tempted . "

All those voices floated into Zhao Chengxuan's ear, making him feel stranger and stranger .

Although he had no education or martial arts upbringing, because of his mother, he often heard his uncles mention these names of really strong people .

For this supposedly the best Divine Weapon in the world, all these strong people gathered here . This shocked him a bit .

'This is a pretty good identity . A prominent identity that can get both legal and illegal information,' Zhao Chengxuan, or Lu Sheng, thought . 'The sect really has some wonderful tricks . I became Zhao Chengxuan fully . Even my memory and identity were fitted in perfectly . '

The soul inside this body was his, and not Zhao Chengxuan's . Only his appearance and height changed . Other than that, all his original memories were preserved . This made Lu Sheng's heart heavy .

Because this reminded him of the scene where he'd first time-traveled here . Back then, wasn't it exactly the same?

'If the Great Yin has such technology, then other forces likely have it too . Seems like it's time to learn matrices and spells . Such technology must have come from talismans and matrices, so if I study them, I might be able to find the reason for my transmigration,' Lu Sheng decided in his heart, coming back to reality .

"Young Master?" the girl in his arms called softly .

"Let's go, time to go home . " Lu Sheng turned around, letting go of the girl and walking out of the room .

The few bodyguards standing outside the door glanced at each other, then followed . The girl hurriedly organized her clothes and followed behind them .

With Lu Sheng at the head, the group walked out of the restaurant amidst the fervent goodbyes from the front desk . A carriage was already waiting outside .

Lu Sheng pulled open the curtains and walked in . He was silent the entire trip back to the Zhao Mansion .

After getting off, he patted his shirt, then walked through the gate with the usual smile on his face .

Behind the gate was a wide expanse of empty space . In the corner stood a girl dressed in white . She had a long white sword strapped to her back . She was writing in big letters on a piece of paper held by two servant girls .

Lu Sheng walked next the girl and watched silently .

After quite a while, the girl finished the last character and threw away her brush . Glancing at Lu Sheng, her gaze was calm, but hid deep-rooted indifference .

"You're back?"

"Mhm . " Lu Sheng answered as normal .

"Brother is back . There are a lot of things going on in the city right now, so don't go out too often," the girl warned .

"Okay, I know . " Lu Sheng nodded .

This girl was average in appearance, but her gaze was sharp and stubborn . This was Zhao Chengxuan's older sister, Zhao Chengye, a sister who was the disciple of monk Sanxiao and was never particularly close to Zhao Chengxuan .

When she finished writing, Zhao Chengye ordered the servants to wrap it up and send to a specified address . Without looking at Lu Sheng, she turned around and disappeared into the sea of people .

Lu Sheng stood in place, thinking about how to get a better rating . In tests like these, there were definitely some outlines for how the scoring worked .

"Young Master Xuan, Miss Ye recently got into an argument with another strong person good with the sword, so she's not in a good mood . She just wrote a battle challenge and sent it to him . Don't take it personally," a maid explained quietly . She was Zhao Chengye's personal servant, Little Yu .

"It's okay . She's never liked me anyway . " Lu Sheng laughed at himself, leaving the corner .

He suddenly realized something . The Great Yin was built on the people, so the less casualties, the more successful his task completion will be . His rating would also be higher . This way, it would be easy to absorb this little world into their True Essence absorption matrix .

'No wonder they gave us identities to hide in . This was what they wanted . ' Lu Sheng instantly understood what the upper levels wanted .

'It's clear what to do, then . ' He turned around and ordered his bodyguards to go get food . Then, he sent his maid away and walked into a side garden .

When there was no one left, Lu Sheng slowly took out an item from his backpack . It was a jade-green crystal dagger . There was a well-defined green dragon carved into the blade .

"Find the Violet Snow Garden and the birthplace of the Divine Weapon Maroon Dragon Spear," Lu Sheng ordered .

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"

In a flutter of wings, the dagger trembled, then glowed a faint green . Five almost invisible beings shot off the dagger, and the green light subsided .

This was the Invisible Dragon Dagger Lu Sheng had spent eight hundred pieces of Devil Gold on . It could summon five little invisible ghosts as slaves . Although the invisible little ghosts were very weak and only as strong as a kid, they were fast and invisible . Along with their high endurance, this dagger sold for a pretty high price even though it didn't have much battle power .

After doing this, Lu Sheng walked out of the garden like normal and returned to his room to flirt with his maids .

A few hours passed by quickly .

When Lu Sheng opened his eyes, he was already back at the stone house . Everything was black, except for a streak of white shining through the window .

"I'm back . " He let out a long breath and walked out .

"How was it?" Elder Zhang Shilong was practicing his forms outside . Seeing Lu Sheng walk out, he turned around and stopped what he was doing .

"The beginning wasn't bad . " Lu Sheng laughed .

"Tell me everything that happened and I'll give you some tips . "

"Okay . "

Lu Sheng described his goal and everything that happened after he entered the world .

"That's not right… the time jump you had doesn't seem like an individual mission . There will probably be other people in it with the same goal, so be careful . " Zhang Shilong frowned after listening .

"How so?" Lu Sheng was curious .

"If it were just you, normally they would throw you in a few hours before the battle instead of sending you a few days earlier for you to find out information . " Zhang Shilong shook his head . "Based on your progress, to complete the task, you'll at least have to wait for the Divine Weapon to be born . And that will take at least a few days . Those days will be your time to take action . "

"Okay . " Lu Sheng nodded .

"Tonight, observe carefully . Don't let anything escape your consciousness," Zhang Shilong warned .

"Don't worry . " Lu Sheng smiled . If it weren't for the fact that he wanted a higher rating, he would just kill every other person fighting for the treasure .

After resting a night, the two ate breakfast before starting on their journey again . From the stone house to the next resting spot was at least a day on horse .

Night came, and Lu Sheng entered the Other World inside the silk again .

"Young Master, what did you say?" asked the pretty girl the moment Lu Sheng opened his eyes . Her clothes were crumpled and showing most of her chest . She was looking curiously at him as if asking him a question .

"Nothing . " Lu Sheng went over his memories . During the time he wasn't here, Zhao Chengxun went about his programmed personality and identity as if he was a type of software .

"Nothing . " Lu Sheng looked outside . It was completely dark again .

He then looked at the calendar, making sure that today was the start of the period of time that the Divine Weapon could be reborn .

"Stay at home . I'm going out to the night market . " Lu Sheng stood up abruptly and put on his clothes and belt and left .

As soon as he left the room, he saw his sister, Zhao Chengye, leaning against the railing and conversing with someone .

Zhao Chengye also saw her third brother walking out the room . With a whole hallway between them, she didn't have anything to say to such a horrible brother . She continued talking, not wanting to bother with her annoying brother .

"Isn't that your younger brother? Aren't you going to go take care of him? Once it starts tonight, it will be a complete mess . " Her companion raised an eyebrow .

Thinking about it, Zhao Chengye realized he was right . She couldn't just ignore her brother .

She ran in the direction that Zhao Chengxuan had left .

Running out of the Zhao Mansion, she saw her third brother leaning lazily against the stone pillar in front of their gate . His back was towards her; he seemed to be polishing something in his hand .

"Brother, it's not safe tonight . Don't leave the mansion so that you won't have to worry me and your older brother . " Zhao Chengye was a little annoyed as she approached him .

"Okay, Sister, I understand . " Lu Sheng smiled and turned around . There was nothing in his hands, just as if he was just rubbing them together .

"That's good . " Zhao Chenye nodded, looking at his hands suspiciously . But, in the end, she walked back in with saying anything .

Lu Sheng watched her go in, then slowly pulled out the blade from his sleeve a tiny bit . On the blade were five fast-moving red dots, showing the positions of the invisible slaves he'd sent out earlier .

'I can't cause too much damage . I need a peaceful solution . ' Lu Sheng pulled out his dagger and swung it around, chuckling . 'Then I'll just sever all their hands and feet .

'As long as they're alive . If they're alive, they won't lose much True Essence . '

Chapter end