16 Chapter 16

"Impossible!"

Shen Xiu rubbed her ear as she thought she had heard wrong. However, for a 4th star Silver rank spiritualist like her, she knew that her senses are fine.

"Not impossible," Ye Qi, who was still holding her hand, said. "I will break the traditions that suppress you."

Shen Xiu was a woman who is proud of her family, and thus their traditions. Even though the traditions weren't on her side, she still respected them. Ye Qi, however, decided to make a bet that he would become a legend in the future, and he wants to prove that to her.

"Are you serious?" Shen Xiu felt her head rolled as she looked at the young student whose face comes to her chest. But he was still considered an adult in this world. And he can have a relationship.

"I am." Ye Qi rubbed her hand gently. "In the coming test, you will see me as a Silver rank spiritualist. If that happens, there would be no doubt that I would be the next Legend Rank Demon Spiritualist. And thus, we can start dating."

If Ye Qi showed the potentials of being a Legend Rank Spiritualist every girl in Glory City would dream of becoming his wife. Shen Xiu's family won't even stop her.

"Ye Qi," Shen Xiu took her hand back and bent down. "You should make a more reasonable bet! Silver Rank! Even your Grandfather, who was a genius among geniuses, didn't reach that level. At least make it sounds like 3 stars bronze… which is still unlikely "

Ye Qi raised an eyebrow as if he was amused. "You want the bet to be more reasonable. Seems you want me to win."

Shen Xiu bent back, turned her face, put her fist next to her mouth and faked a cough.

"Well, you know, I'm still your teacher."

Ye Qi's declaration of the impossible made her confused in the heart. She didn't know how to feel or react to that.

She then flinched when she saw Ye Qi's smile.

"I won't change my mind. I will prove myself. If you think you can't get with someone younger. I'll do something more impossible. I'll show you that I am a Silver Rank Spiritualist by the next test. Deal?" Ye Qi held her hand again, and Shen Xiu felt her heart beat faster.

"Ye Qi, this?" Shen Xiu, even though she is a part of a rival family, was still a woman after all. For the first time in her life, someone is going so far for her.

However, she knew that he would be hurt by reality, by their families, if he doesn't have the qualities to alert the traditions.

She didn't know what to say.

"I'll take this as a yes." Ye Qi nodded.

"Mmm…" Shen Xiu had no choice but nodding, forcefully. She wished at least he said he would reach something like 3 stars bronze rank by then. It won't be so impossible, given the fact his family had found ancient pills recipes.

However, she knew that once he hit with a wall called reality, he will change his mind, so she nodded.

"Just don't feel down when the time comes." Shen Xiu took a deep breath and exhaled.

"Don't judge too early." Ye Qi smirked.

"You'll mature in the future."

"Sure, under your side."

"If you excuse me, I have to leave."

Shen Xiu then walked past him. Given the speed she moved at, it can be said that she went out running. Shen Xiu, for the first time, had her heartbeat accelerate like this. The declaration he had made created an impact inside of her. It felt like a fairy tale being told to children. Except for the fact that this is the real world. She didn't want him to hit a wall. But probably Ye Qi would lower his bet to a more reasonable one.

Ye Qi only looked at her back as she opened the door and shut it down. She is a prideful yet shy girl, he knew.

"She is Tsundere."

-x-X-x-

Ye Qi was making his way outside of the institute, thinking of the bet he had just made. Although it may sound wrong, he just can't help it. Well, it's not like he cares if she were portrayed as a villain, her brother is secretly allied with the dark guild, or that one of her nephews is trying to kill him while the other wants to beat him. It's just he has an obsession with her. Her hairpin only served to make it stronger.

'Love is strange, right,' Qi thought sarcastically.

Anyway, by the time the other students would test themselves, Ye Qi would be near Golden Rank, if not already Gold Rank.

He knew he can achieve it, given the fact he got the amulet that multiplies his speed.

Once Ye Qi was done thinking and walked by the gates of the school, he was met by a sharp eye glaring in his direction.

The resentment in them was too hard to ignore. Ye Qi halted his step and looking in the direction of the annoying feeling.

What he was met with was a tall teenager with red flaming hair and red eyes. He was lean and tall and looked to be noble. The teenager had a strong aura coming from his body, compared to the other students in the institute.

'Did I jinx myself again? By thinking about my nephews'

Ye Qi half-closed his eyes and stared forward with his purple eyes.

Ye Qi didn't take his eyes back. There was some killing intent flowing out of his body.

Ye Qi had killed twice; the first was a man sent by the red-haired man, and the second time was a dark guild member.

Ye Qi's killing intent had a presence that could be felt. Anyone around could feel the hostility around him.

But once Ye Qi thought that he can't just kill him, here and now, the killing intent vanished.

The red-haired man seemed to feel that. "Tsk." After clicking his tongue, he walked forward.

Giving the glaring competition they had, it was needless to say that the two of them can skip formalities and introductions.

Standing in front of Ye Qi, the tall teenager glared down.

"Ye. Qi." He said the name with a slow tone.

"Shen Fei." Ye Qi repeated. This was the name of the person Ye Qi would never forgive, even if he was his future nephew.

"I've heard you stayed alive. Good job surviving."

Shen Fei said. He unleashed some of his soul pressure, intending to make the man crumble. After all, a Silver rank spiritualist can plant fear in those who are in a lower rank than them.

"Where did you hear that from." Ye Qi sneered at him. Ye Qi was a Silver rank Demon Spiritualist. However, he didn't want to show that now. By the time he will show that he is Silver, it would be only when he is near Gold.

Now, people would think of him as Bronze rank at best.

"It doesn't matter." Shen Fei crossed his arm.

With a low tone, the pale man said. "If you want to keep living longer, stay away from engaged women." That was a threatening tone

Shen Fei was the last one to say that. She Fei was the type of persons who seduces, commoner girls, promise them a good life, and throw them after using them. Some times, if they were pregnant, he would threaten another commoner to marry them.

"Hmm…" Ye Qi held his chin as though he was thinking.

"Which one. Your's, the one your brother wanted, or your aunt. No one asked for her hand but me, so yeah, you can exclude the last one." He said. Ye Qi didn't feel the slightest bad for insulting Shen Fei.

"Insolence!" Shen Fei growled. A red aura of soul force was unleashed from his body.

Ye Qi didn't show fear. He was holding his fist from punching the man. However, Ye Qi knew; each dog and his day.

"Oh my god. I'm afraid!" he said. Lifting both of his hands, Ye Qi shook his head and let a snorting laugh. "Am I supposed to do something else in face of your mighty aura?"

The expression of Ye Qi clearly showed mocking.

"Remember, you started insulting." Shen Fei clenched his fist. Usually, he tolerates Ye Hong, Ye Qi's older brother and his classmate, since the other has a high position as a young master.

However, Ye Qi dared to insult him. Not to mention, he brought his aunt to the table.

Shen Fei was sure that Qi is aware that Fei knows about him touching Ning'er. Ye Qi was only alive now because of the Dark Gold bodyguard that guards him. Shen Fei thought that it was the reason why Ye Qi is showing confidence here.

Well, just a slap, a single slap, that would break Ye Qi's face before his bodyguard arrives. And then he can scheme later.

"I wasn't insulting your aunt. I was stating facts." Ye Qi smirked.

"You… I will — " Shen Fei clenched his teeth. Ye Qi was getting on his nerves

"Cough blood? Are you pale for this reason." Ye Qi looked at Shen Fei's face with curiosity. In a lot of cultivation novels he read, they always say that when the young master gets angry, he coughs blood.

Of course, after transmigrating, Ye Qi knew its figural Chinese speech. But it can be used in sarcasm and mocking. Someone as cocky as Shen Fei would take it as a direct blow to his pride.

"You will bleed blood." Shen Fei lifted his hand, ready to slap him.

Ye Qi was ready to kick him on the balls.

However, something interrupted the meeting.

"Shen Fei! Put Your Damn Hands Down!"

When both turned to the source of the sound, they saw a busty stunning beauty walking toward them with an angry expression. Huyan Lanruo was having an angry glare at her light pink eyes. Stomping on the ground, her chest jiggling, she reached their location, put her hand on Qi's shoulder, and grabbed him closer to her.

"It's not your concern, Lanruo." Shen Fei flinched when looking at her.

"Just because his brother bullies you, it doesn't give you the right to bully him. Why don't you pick on someone from your rank." Lanruo clenched her teeth at him.

Hearing such a thing was embarrassing for Shen Fei. Ye Hong, who has somehow broken through and surpassed them because of the resources of his family, could easily push Shen Fei around.

"You don't need to mention that. I was only ignoring a heretic young master. Now, I'm disciplining a heretic young one."

"I dare you to take one more step!" Lanruo said. "I'll make your school life hell. You know I can do that."

Ye Qi looked between them; Shen Fei's face, and Lanruo's perky fat tits.

Damn, Shen Fei looked to be timid by her threat, and Lanruo chest has a different scent today.

Shen Fei growled. Although he wanted to yell at her, he couldn't.

In the past, since Lanruo was one of the stunning beauties, she had many admirers. Shen Fei had been one. However, he was turned down, refused, badly like trash.

For someone like him, it's an embarrassing thing.

However, that doesn't change the fact that his position within the city is higher than hers. He is from a Major Family while she is from a noble one.

But she has one weapon he doesn't want to face; her tongue.

"Tsk," after clicking his tongue, he looked at Ye Qi and said. "You got lucky this time. Next time you won't."

"Hey, it's not my problem that I'm lucky. It's your problem." Ye Qi leaned his head back, letting the back of his neck touch Lanruo's chest.

"If you are a man, meet me when the yearly test's time arrives." Shen Fei half-closed his eyes. "After that, there would be a vacation. We will have enough talk about your luck."

"Shen Fei —" Lanruo was about to shout at him.

Ye Qi lifted his hand and stopped her. "Fine, I'll meet you there."

Shen Fei was shocked, seeing that Ye Qi was controlling Lanruo's mouth with a gesture from his hand. However, he didn't show this on his face, as anger was taking the biggest share of his emotions.

"Humph, stay away from Ning'er, or else."

Not only Shen Fei was holding his anger. Ye Qi was as well. In front of him was a man who tried to assassinate him. Ye Qi wanted to humiliate him, beat him, and kill him. But all at the right time. Now, Ye Qi just humiliated him.

"Every dog and his day." Ye Qi said, making Shen Fei, who has stronger senses than a usual person, angry.

Shen Fei didn't stay and went away.

Ye Qi, all of the sudden, felt soft hands grabbing his cheeks from behind, making his head tilt back. The back of his head sank on Lanruo's perky chest. His eyes, however, were met with her pretty face. From his angle, she looked like an angel, a very beautiful one.

"Are you fine, little brother? Did he annoy you? Don't worry. This big sister will protect you." Lanruo said as she showed a worried expression.

"Heh." Ye Qi chuckled and smirked. "You were savage while dealing with him."

"Excuse me?" Lanruo tilted her eyebrows. What does he mean that she is savage. She is noble. Her father is 5 stars Dark Gold.

"I meant it as a compliment." Ye Qi's head was sinking slowly. So, this how big boobs feel.

Lanruo smiled. "Well, if so, I will take it as a one then." She then leaned forward, until her lips were closer to his, and whispered. "Did you think of what I've said, that day?"

"Mmmm…" Ye Qi nodded. "Does it even need thinking?"

Lanruo looked at his face, before looking at the rest of his body. Given her taller stature and view angle, she could see one tent on his crotch. She smiled, knowing that he was attracted to her.

"I'll take that as a yes." Lanruo leaned forward and kissed him on the lips. Ye Qi this time, however, held her head and inserted his tongue.

Lanruo, feeling such a thing invading her mouth, was shocked. Ye Qi's tongue was dancing with hers. Somehow, it made her feel too good and horny. As she let a satisfied moan inside of his mouth, her tongue started dancing with his.

'Kissing include that!'

Lanruo didn't know anything like that. She was a person who used to turn down boys but not dating them. So, she didn't know much about kissing, except the common language, and it didn't include what Ye Qi is doing. She just closed her eyes while enjoying the rippling feeling.

Some of her admirers were looking at Ye Qi. However, there was nothing they could do to the Snow Wind Family's young master.

Anyway, after the kiss, Ye Qi had a small chat with Lanruo, over a small meal. Then they shopped briefly before each departed to his house.

-x-X-x-

Ye Qi's mood was good again. This day was wild, starting from the bet, to the confrontation with his nephew, and finally, the kiss with Lanruo and the small date. Ye Qi surely would be in a good mood for cultivating.

But, he isn't going to.

Currently, he was standing inside of his house, using a rare demon beast blood, mixed with some ingredients.

He was drawing inscriptions over the place, inscriptions that light the house and make it impossible for some Demon Spirits to run away.

In the middle of the room, there was a lamp, a green lamp, which sealed the Shadow Devil.

Shadow Devil wasn't an ordinary Demon Beasts. Unlike the other demon spirits, which is sealed after being taken out of the demon beast, the Shadow Devil was sealed by an expert in this lamp.

Once it's broken, it may escape. Unlike Nie Lie, who was 300 years old expert, Ye Qi doesn't have enough self-confidence to think that he can handle this easily.

Ye Qi needed to prepare an inscription array formation for it, before unleashing the seal.

With a deep breath, Ye Qi sat on his cultivation chair, opened his palm, his soul force surrounding the lamp and bringing it to him.

Ye Qi, after looking at its past, knew how to break the seal. Once he broke it, he saw a dark shadow trying to escape.

Ye Qi, with his other hand, made a hand gesture that presented a seal. The inscription array around the house glow and the demon spirit was annoyed somehow.

Those inscriptions work on weak demon beasts that move in darkness and are sensitive to light.

Ye Qi caught the Demon Beast, and then, he did what every Silver Rank Demon Spiritualist can do; he opened his soul realm.

Ye Qi put his hand on his forehead, and the Demon Spirit went inside his soul realm.

Ye Qi closed his eyes and gave it his utmost focus. Integrating with a Demon Spirit was like cultivating.

As hours were passing. Ye Qi was trying to control the spirit in his soul realm.

The little Shadow Devil is hard to control. But Ye Qi slowed the time and could outsmart the spirit, that couldn't keep us with how fast his soul force is operating.

"That took longer than I had expected."

Ye Qi stood up and clenched his fist. He had just got his first Demon Spirit, and the integrating was complete.

Since he has a Time-Space attribute, it was hard to find a spirit for him. But the Shadow Devil can do the work since it has a void form — something to do with space.

Ye Qi checked his soul realm. With a Demon Spirit inside of him, he felt that his cultivation speed has increased, doubled.

That was something natural for anyone in his rank.

After all, a Demon Spirit won't only lend you its power, but its ability to absorb the soul force around.

Of course, once Ye Qi's rank increase, the Demon Spirit would rely on him to grow stronger.

With its God Growth rate — something very rare — it's assured that the spirit would grow instantly with him.

"Now, I need to test its abilities."

Ye Qi stood up, opened his soul realm, and the Demon Spirit started fusing with his soul realm.

Ye Qi's body had a pitch-black fog covering it. Although it covered him, it didn't completely hide his shape. Ye Qi's face was still apparent, that's for sure.

He opened the door.

It was dawn, and most of the maids and servants are sleeping.

Only the guards and other Demon Spiritualists are waking up by this time.

Ye Qi walked by his courtyard.

Not so far from him, he could feel Ye Ziyun's soul force increasing. She was about to break through, which was very natural, given the treasure and the method she has.

Ye Qi took a deep breath and moved around.

He was moving faster than usual.

Way faster than someone from his rank. At least more than double.

While being fused with a Demon Spirit, one takes its abilities and its power.

Meaning, he would be physically as strong as the beast. Implying, stronger than a fighter from the same rank.

Shadow Devil was an assassination type of Demon Beasts. Although its strength wasn't at the top, its speed, stealth, abilities are unmatched.

If Ye Qi slowed time while integrating with Shadow Devil he would be a blur to the others. That would be a result of a warped time rate and an increased speed.

Not only so, but Shadow Devil has more mysterious abilities.

'Okay.'

Ye Qi tried to enter the Void Form.

His body started to become invincible, slowly facing nothingness. In this form, no one would see, hear, or touch him.

Ye Qi opened his eyes and tried to move around.

He noticed, not only this form is consuming for his current rank, but it reduces his speed gradually. However, it should be fixed by warping the time rate.

Ye Qi looked near and walked to Ye Ziyun's house. Without the need to knock on the door, he could enter by bypassing the wall. In this form, Ye Qi can't be attacked, and he can't attack.

She was half-naked in the middle of her room, and she was cultivating. Ye Qi found that he has underestimated her chest's size. She has an hourglass shape, and she was curvy, that's for sure.

'So, this is the power of a Demon Spirit! Amazing!'

Admiring his fiancee from this angle. Very soon, she will be in his bedroom. Ye Qi nodded, came closer, kissed her on the cheek, and then left before some angry father decides to show up.

In the original work, Void wasn't invincible, not in Silver Rank anyway.

Someone who has a very high soul force — a dark gold — can confuse him if the foe made him face a superior pressure of soul force, which would make Ye Qi jolt out of this form.

Ye Qi got out of his Void form. His face appeared, nothing changed, just with extra dark fog that danced around him like an aura.

Ye Qi moved around fast. With such Demon Spirit, even without slowing time, can surely be used to kill someone who is 2 or 3 stars above his rank.

Ye Qi then tried to use the other ability of the Demon Spirit.

He tried to grow blades out of his arms.

However, it wasn't as easy as he thought it would be. After some couple of hours, he could grow one bone blade from one arm.

Such a thing is very sharp and can cut anything near his rank easily. And that wasn't to be underestimated, since a Demon beast of Silver Rank has a skin harder than steel.

"Seems I can't control all of its abilities. But well, at least, I have a superior speed now."

Feeling his soul force getting less, Ye Qi sighed. The dark fog around him vanished when he stopped the integration process.

'I'll keep it until I get a better spirit, all I need now is to wait for them to bring the Nightmare Demon Pot, and make my spirit.'

He yawned. The sun has risen. Ye Qi stretched his back and went back to his courtyard, intending to practise. Since he has the gemstone treasure, cultivating it until the morning was very valuable. With his speed tripled, cultivating for few hours should worth half a day at least, or a complete day.

Ye Qi took the elixirs and the pills he needed. He was taking both soul force and physical type pills. Then he practised his soul force until the morning. When he checked it, he found that it was 1920.

Funny thing, Shen Xiu thinks he can't win the bet, while he had already won.

Opening his house door, Ye Qi found something being thrown in front of his door.

A scroll with the City Lord's stamp.

Ye Qi felt curious why his so busy father in law, who barely have time for his daughter, give him official documents.

"Let's see." Ye Qi opened the scroll and read its content. Seeing it, he tilted his eyebrows.

" A permission!" Ye Qi read. Ye Zong's timing couldn't be better.