Demon Realm Slaughter Trial Grounds 1
"Host, calm down, calm down," the system repeatedly advised. "Innocent until proven guilty, you can't convict him without evidence."
Xie Guijin gritted her teeth and said, "How can there be no evidence? The past events are still vivid in my mind, and there is also the testimony of his spirit."
"This is just your speculation, it doesn't count. Think about how he risked his life to save you time and time again..." The system earnestly advised Xie Guijin not to act impulsively, feeling that she was the most unfortunate system in the world.
“So I’m giving him a chance,” Xie Guijin said coldly, each word seemingly squeezed out between her teeth, “When he wakes up, I’m going to have a good talk with him.”
Two sounds of gongs being struck came from outside the window; it was the night watchman from the ghost realm striking the gong.
As midnight approached, Xie Guijin said irritably, "Why isn't he awake yet? Will he still not wake up by the time I leave?"
The system pondered, "Host, if he really traveled to different realms because he was following you, what if you left when his time was up, and he wasn't recovered yet? Would he still be able to travel through time? Would his soul be torn apart by space during the travel?"
"How should I know?" Xie Guijin said irritably, and then she pulled out a handful of bone needles from somewhere and stabbed them hard into Xue Linchuan's Taiyang, Baihui, and Neiguan acupoints.
The system was momentarily at a loss for words. Should it criticize Xie Guijin's white bone needles, or should it criticize Xue Linchuan's soul form, questioning whether his acupoint was still useful?
Seeing that Xie Guijin not only finished inserting the needles but also used magic to make the bone needles rotate, the system cried out, "Host, when did you learn medical skills? You inserted them too deep! What if you killed him? We finally managed to save him! Don't waste the Ghost Doctor's hard work!"
Accompanied by the system's scream, Xue Linchuan slowly opened his eyes.
Xie Guijin seized the opportunity and questioned sharply, "Have you been secretly following me all this time?"
Xue Linchuan, who had just woken up, was not very clear-headed and was stunned by the question.
Seeing this, Xie Guijin grabbed Xue Linchuan's arms, forcing him to sit up, and urged, "Speak quickly."
Xue Linchuan blinked, as if he had just understood what Xie Guijin had said, and said in a daze, "Yes."
Before Xie Guijin could say anything more, a feeling of weightlessness washed over her.
The next moment, she found herself in an unfamiliar room.
From Xie Guijin's perspective as a professional real estate marketer, this room was absolutely unsellable, simply because no sunlight ever entered the room.
But the room wasn't dark; exquisite crystal chandeliers hung around it, emitting a soft, cool light.
Xie Guijin stood by the bed, with a curtain embroidered with the Nine Netherworld Asura pattern hanging in front of her, probably because the original owner was about to go to bed.
Xie Guijin turned and walked towards the dressing table, where she saw a bronze Boshan incense burner with wisps of smoke rising from its top. However, she did not smell any burning fumes when she got close.
Xie Guijin didn't know what kind of incense was being burned, but she twitched her nose, took a gentle sniff, and found it to be very pleasant.
The mirror, crafted from the Nine Nether Azure Jade, reflected a radiant face, with a faint, dark purple thorn-like demonic pattern on its forehead.
The original owner was actually the sixth princess of the Demon Realm, whom Xie Guijin had dealt with a few times before.
"Her words really came true; we do indeed have other connections," Xie Guijin murmured to herself as she stroked the thorny demonic runes.
The system dutifully relayed the plot: the Demon Lord intends to abdicate and focus on cultivation, and plans to select a successor Demon Lord soon.
The battle for the Demon Lord's succession has reached a fever pitch among his children.
"What does this have to do with selling houses in the Demon Realm?" Xie Guijin, after receiving only a few sentences of the plot summary, felt completely bewildered and said, "It's completely unrelated."
The system explained: "The Sixth Princess of the Demon Realm has also reached an agreement with the mainframe, requiring the mission taker to help her seize the position of Demon Lord. Therefore, your mission has been slightly adjusted. The main task is to help the Sixth Princess gain the support of the Demon Realm's subjects. As long as there is a house-selling element involved in the process, the mission time limit is still seven days."
"That sounds nice, but it's clearly just increasing my workload. Besides, the struggle for the throne is so fierce that a single misstep could cost me my life," Xie Guijin said, trying to negotiate. "No, you have to give me extra benefits."
Knowing Xie Guijin's character well, the system readily agreed and dutifully acted as a messenger between Xie Guijin and the mastermind.
After a thorough and meticulous discussion, Xie Guijin finally stopped, satisfied.
Taking advantage of Xie Guijin's good mood, the system asked, "Host, have you forgotten something?"
"Forgot what?" Xie Guijin asked with a smile as she scrolled through the overflowing package, "Nothing."
"You, you..." The system stammered for a while before finally finding an angle to approach the question: "You get into character very quickly, it's a seamless transition."
Xie Guijin closed the interface and said in a matter-of-fact tone, "Of course, my most important thing is to complete this damn house-buying task and return to reality. As for the rest, we can talk about it later."
The system understood. This included Xue Linchuan. Although it enjoyed watching Xie Guijin and Xue Linchuan's romance, it dared not offend Xie Guijin for Xue Linchuan's sake. So it could only silently pray for Xue Linchuan, hoping that everything was a misunderstanding.
Otherwise, the system doesn't know if Xie Guijin might do something to Xue Linchuan before leaving this world, without being bound by the laws of her world. If Xie Guijin wants to take revenge on Xue Linchuan, it doesn't want its host to do anything irreversible.
"Speaking of which, what is Xue Linchuan's identity this time?" the system was secretly speculating when Xie Guijin suddenly questioned, "Did you actually teleport me to a normal world?"
"What now? What now?" the system cried out in frustration, "Why are you asking this? We're legitimate, legitimate! How many times have I told you? What do you want from me before you believe me?! Ahhh!"
Xie Guijin, who was already lying on the ancient, dark wood bed, raised an eyebrow and said, "Then why is there a bed in every world? Demons, ghosts, monsters, and gods clearly don't need to sleep."
"If I remember correctly, host, you once said that the so-called Six Realms in your world are fabricated by humans based on their imagination. This world has similarities with your original world, so isn't it normal to have a bed?" The system rarely stood up for itself and retorted with conviction.
Then, the system bluntly suggested, "If you don't want to sleep, you can go out now and gather your subordinates to discuss important matters."
"Uh, never mind, I'm still human at heart, I need to sleep and rest." Xie Guijin closed her eyes and said, "You've got some nerve, daring to talk to me like that. I'll settle the score with you tomorrow when I have the energy."
After saying that, Xie Guijin immediately fell asleep.
She was utterly exhausted. These seven days in the Ghost Realm were unlike those in the other realms; she had barely had a moment to catch her breath, constantly running around and even facing life and death several times. She was truly worn out, both physically and mentally.
As dawn broke, Xie Guijin, still preoccupied with her mission, woke up early, stretched, and finally felt refreshed.
She first learned about the current situation of the Demon Realm's royal family. Because the Demon Realm does not abstain from sex, the Demon Lord has hundreds of children with official titles and titles, as well as countless illegitimate children.
In the demon realm, there is no distinction between legitimate and illegitimate children; everything is determined by strength, which is indiscriminate of good or evil.
Since the news of the Demon Lord's intention to abdicate was released, there are still more than ten princes and princesses who are capable and willing to compete for the position of Demon Lord.
Compared to the human realm, the competition for succession in the demon realm does not have "etiquette" as one of the standards; if necessary, one can harm or even kill one's own siblings.
Unless the battle is intense and severely depletes the demon realm's fighting strength, no demon will intervene. The loser can only admit that their skills are inferior to the demon's. This is the risk that must be taken if one wants to seize the throne.
There is only one way to get rid of this risk: publicly declare that you will not participate, but if any demon prince or princess dares to say one thing in public and another in private, they will be killed without exception once discovered.
Xie Guijin, disguised as the sixth princess, clearly hadn't given up; she never hesitated to show her ambition.
It should be said that no demon in the entire demon realm would conceal their ambition; ambition is by no means a derogatory term in the demon realm.
Compared to other princes and princesses, the sixth princess has a rather obvious shortcoming: because she has been in charge of communication and exchanges with other realms for many years, the upper echelons of the demon race understand her importance, but the lower-level demons do not feel it deeply and cannot support the sixth princess when there are many candidates.
Xie Guijin needs to sell houses to gain the trust and support of most of the lower-level demons for the Sixth Princess.
While flipping through the documents that had been delivered recently, Xie Guijin pondered a way to break the deadlock.
Just as it was at its wit's end, a witch came to report: "Master Chu the Deceitful requests an audience."
Chu Guishi's real name is Chu Shuyue. He comes from Tianyi Sect, one of the most prestigious cultivation sects in the human world. He was once cultivated as a promising disciple to inherit the sect. However, after it was discovered that he liked to study magic, he was regarded as an anomaly by Tianyi Sect.
Tianyi Sect is a very rigid sect. After failing to persuade Chu Shuyue, they fabricated a reason that he was a traitor and launched a manhunt for him, ostensibly to cleanse the sect.
Because the six realms had been at peace for a long time, killing Chu Shuyue simply because he practiced magic would be seen as an attempt to provoke conflict between the human and demon realms.
Chu Shuyue was truly wronged. Apart from studying the magic of the demon realm, he had not done anything immoral or harmful.
He was an abandoned child, and even his name was given to him by the Tianyi Sect. Unable to convince himself to attack the sect that had raised him, he could only flee from place to place.
Tianyi Sect refused to let Chu Shuyue go, so he had no choice but to flee to the Demon Realm, hoping to find a place to stay.
This further convinced the Tianyi Sect that he harbored treacherous intentions and deserved to be killed.
Tianyi Sect intensified its pursuit, and Chu Shuyue, outnumbered and unwilling to fight to the death, was forced to retreat in defeat. In the end, she was wounded and left on the verge of death in the border area between the human and demon realms.
The Tianyi Sect disciple who was checking Chu Shuyue's life or death had some connection with him, so he said that Chu Shuyue, who was still breathing, was dead.
Tianyi Sect originally intended to take Chu Shuyue's body away, but for some unknown reason, a sudden gust of wind blew Chu Shuyue to the Demon Realm.
The demon guards refused to hand Chu Shuyue over to the Tianyi Sect, citing her entry into the demon realm as the reason. The disciples of the Tianyi Sect believed that Chu Shuyue was already dead and did not want to cause a conflict with the demon realm over such a trivial matter, so they gave up.
The demons looted Chu Shuyue's valuables and threw him into a mass grave.
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