Chapter 270: Capitalist Monk

(3rd person perspective)

The cultivator society is a jungle where dog eats dog and only the strong prevail.

Due to this mentality, conflicts between sects are a daily occurrence, and while these conflicts are just verbal attacks most of the time, the constant clashes between sects have generated a subtle hostility between orthodox sects that call themselves righteous.

The Association of the 8 Big Righteous Sect's Cultivators was made up of the 8 most powerful sects in China.

While demonic cultivators are much stronger and more dangerous in single combat, orthodox cultivators have the advantage of having the backing of their sects and in some cases, the government backing as well.

Cultivators are proud and greedy so they normally wouldn't allow mere uncultivated humans to order them around, but the Authority of the Administrators was something that even cultivators feared.

Due to the influence of the prestigious families and the government, the cultivator sects are careful not to cause trouble in the mundane society and even various sects are close to the big families which formed a delicate balance between the different supernatural factions in China.

This balance of power allowed orthodox cultivators to coexist with the mundane government, as for demon cultivators, they could only act as sewer rats since the last great demon sect was destroyed after the fall of Luo De.

After Luo De's supposed death, the orthodox cultivators had a time of peace, but instead of bringing them together it only fueled new conflicts.

The 8 big sects were hostile to each other due to a long list of betrayals and humiliations, so the Association no longer had the same unity as in the past and now they only collaborated on small missions to eradicate non-human beings.

The best example of this was the appearance of the Zombie King.

Although that monster represented a natural disaster capable of consuming thousands of lives, none of the 8 big sects sent any of their elders with a high level of cultivation to eliminate the enemy, which showed the cultivators' lack of interest in helping humans.

That said, it was surprising that in the modern era two sects had chosen to cooperate to face an enemy.

Misty Peak and Baotai Temple of Song Mountain, two of the most important sects in China had chosen to cooperate to destroy the evil Luo De and the novice cultivator, Harem King.

To tell the truth, the cultivators did not want to eliminate the Harem King since the rumor had spread that he had managed to face and drive away one of the most terrifying creatures in all of Gaia's history, the living nightmare Shub-Niggurath.

Orthodox cultivators thought that while the young cultivator might be a rakish boy due to his Taoist name, he was on the orthodox path considering that he not only defeated the fearsome Outer God, he even publicly humiliated the infamous Pluto.

Some sects had thought of means to get closer to the young man, and even some elders had planned to offer their own granddaughters as a gift since obtaining a talented disciple was much more valuable than family ties, after all, the number of transcendental beauties that were used as cultivation cauldrons exceeded hundreds every year, but no one cared about this, for orthodox cultivators, there was no sin as long as bad deeds were done out of public view.

The problem for the cultivators was that someone had beaten them to it.

The cultivators did not know how the evil Luo De and the Harem King met, but they were sure that the old devil had deceived the naive young man since the government reports indicated that the Harem King's brain was the size of a peanut

Baotai Temple of Song Mountain and Misty Peak had considered having a talk with the Harem King to convince him to join the orthodox path and eliminate Luo De, but something unexpected happened.

The Misty Peak was the closest sect to the location of the academy where the Zombie King appeared so they thought the boy would visit them first, but instead, he visited the Shu Mountain Sect.

It was normal for big sects to have people monitoring the actions of other sects due to possible conflicts, and although no one knew what happened in that place since the sect is hidden in a pocket dimension, informants reported that the Harem King came out of the sect in the company of Luo De and a group of disciples from the Shu Sect.

Seeing the frightened and submissive appearances of the disciples it was clear that Harem King and Luo De had taken control of the sect so the remaining 7 great sects turned serious.

Even if 5 big sects joined together, they would not be able to destroy one of the great sects in less than two hours due to the powerful spirit formations and ancestors in each sect.

This not only showed that Luo De had regained his full strength, but that the Harem King was more powerful than imagined.

Now there were two options left, make the Harem King join the 8 big sect association or destroy him together with Luo De.

The problem started when the cultivators couldn't come to an agreement as each sect wanted to recruit the Harem King, there were even sect leaders who wanted to capture the boy to extract his profound veins and improve their own bodies with them.

Due to this conflict of interest and little time for dialogue, only two sects made a superficial alliance.

The Baotai Temple of Song Mountain was the most important sect in Buddhist techniques and they were the main responsible for the destruction of the Raksasha Sect, the sect of Luo De.

Baotai Temple not only specialized in dealing with demonic cultivators and evil creatures, but they also possessed powerful soul sealing techniques so they were prepared to seal the Harem King's soul in case the boy turned out to be a bad apple.

Misty Peak had its own interests.

They originally wanted to recruit the Harem King or killed him in case they couldn't tempt him with resources and women, but there was a problem.

The flower snake demon, Hua Niang, was the most beautiful woman in that sect and thus had been groomed to become the wife of the Dongfang family's heir.

Hua Niang's teacher was the aunt of the heir of the Dongfang family and although she knew that the snake girl was her nephew's fiancée, she offered her as a gift to Harem King for fear of losing her life.

When she returned to the sect, she said that the Harem King had kidnapped and sullied Hua Ning in front of her which caused the Dongfang family to fury as that was equal to slapping their faces.

Dongfang Chen, the heir to the family and future patriarch of the Misty Peak Sect, mobilized the entire sect to eliminate the enemy he had taken from his fiancée.

He had no love for the snake woman, but he viewed Hua Ning as his personal toy so this was an offense to his pride.

The Misty Peak Sect had activated their defensive spirit formations at the same time that the Buddhist monks had prepared a powerful spirit formation to seal the soul of Luo De and the Harem King.

Everything was ready to eliminate the enemies, unfortunately, everything was irrelevant.

The spirit formations did not attack the invaders and instead sealed the pocket dimension turning it into a spatial cage.

The weaker cultivators paled as their eyes turned red from the pain.

The internal organs of cultivators are hundreds of times stronger than the organs of normal humans, but unexpectedly thousands of cultivators had a deviation in their cultivations which caused cardiovascular infarctions and strokes.

Cultivators without powerful defensive artifacts suddenly fell to the ground, their bodies having lost all traces of life.

Most of the disciples of both sects died in an instant causing panic and horror among the survivors, even the members of the Shu Mountain and Raksasha Sect were terrified.

While it was terrifying to see scenes of violence and bloody carnage, seeing thousands of people dying suddenly and for no reason was more terrifying than explicit violence because...

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-----The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown-----

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[System Notification: The skill 'Body of Beast V' has been activated. The 'Fear' Authority has been activated. Not all conditions have been met to activate the Noble Phantasm 'Vision of the End of Everything']

[System Notification: The 'Anti-Rasen' energy has limited the effect of the skill 'Body of Beast V' to only affect the current pocket dimension]

The Misty Peak cultivators began to scream in horror, fear having invaded them to the point of utter insanity.

Mothers killed their children, children killed their mothers.

The heroes cut their own throats and the villains stabbed their own hearts.

Fear had broken what kept humans at the top of the food chain, sanity and intellect.

Buddhist monks had the greatest resistance to fear thanks to their mantras to temper the spirit and strengthen the mind, but that did not protect them from the sharp edge of swords and the piercing sharpness of stakes.

[System Notification: The user has managed to stabilize his mind. The skill 'Mythomania' has managed to completely suppress the user's destructive instincts]

[System Notification: The skill 'Reader's Perspective' has been disabled]

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(Luis perspective)

Well, that was relaxing, although maybe I overdid it...

"Ahahahahaha you stinky monks! Look at yourselves now, you damned monks are nothing but miserable trash!" – Luo De shouted with a mixture of satisfaction and hatred as he looked at the Buddhist monks, or what was left of them.

Of the 2,000 monks who had come to the sect, more than 1,500 were pierced by giant black steel stakes that pierced their genitals and then exited through their mouths.

Nyaruko has said that system users are often unimaginative idiots who steal other people's work.

It seems to be true since I copy the style of Vlad Tepes, also known as Vlad the Impaler.

I used [Sadism] on the stakes which increases the suffering of the victims, at the same time, I used [Human Transmutation] so that the monks don't die even if their digestive systems become a straight line.

As if that wasn't enough, I used [Mama Opossum] to access Kuuko's 'Mental Campfire' skill. This skill generates a fire that does not damage the physical body but causes a fire in the enemy's mind generating maddening suffering.

I really hate torture since it's such a stupid waste of time, but well, I resent Buddhist monks...

"Barbecue..." – Ortro was salivating in my mind while looking at the monks, she is eager to eat the heads of the bald idiots.

"I don't even know what to say" – Tsubaki sighed heavily. – "I am disappointed by the thousands of innocent people you have just murdered, but I also understand that the matter with the Buddhist monks has become a sensitive issue… Luis, I'll let it go this time, but in the future avoid making hundreds of women kill their children with their own hands…"

Beast V's Authority isn't very impressive as it's a product designed to be flawed, but I did make some modifications to it with [Reader's Madness] so that this Authority can replicate the mental corruption effects on Ortro's voice and gaze when she uses her Nightmare Dog form.

In short, I caused the effects of an Outer God without revealing that I am an Outer God.

This gives me some ideas for the future…

"This could have been worse" – BB shrugged. – "Besides, it's good that senpai has fun~ Now come on senpai, we can't let the decrepit old man take all the fun~"

Luo De is assassinating the leaders of Misty Peak while Aotian finishes mutilating the ancestors of the sect.

As requested, they let me deal with the Buddhists to relieve my post-traumatic stress.

Stupid Samsara Cycle…

"Master…" – Hua Niang approached me with a respectful attitude and bowed deeply. – "I, Hua Niang, am deeply grateful to the master, this insignificant life of mine will be used to please the master"

Bai Jiaojiao also walked over with a satisfied smile. – "Master, thanks for the fun~"

Hua Niang frowned. – "Do not be disrespectful to the master"

I smiled slightly taking advantage of the fact that my stress diminished. – "It's fine, I like that each woman retains her own personality"

"The master is great" - Bai Jiaojiao smiled with delight and then shook her heavy sword to clean the blood stains stuck to the steel.

Behind both girls was what looked like a human corpse that was miraculously still breathing.

I destroyed the cultivation of the idiot of the Dongfang family and then handed him over to both girls to vent their frustrations on the idiot.

I am sincerely surprised that Hua Niang knows how to cut human flesh in such a way that the idiot is still alive despite having lost 60% of his muscle tissue. She will get along with Red Queen.

While Bai Jiaojiao is the more aggressive and violent snake among the two sisters, Hua Niang has a cruel and sadistic mind when she is furious.

I'm a magnet for crazy women...

"Young… stop this hell…" – A monk spoke with difficulty as the lower half of his body had been severed. His vitality is amazing.

I approached the monk and raised my sword. – "Life is cruel, you adapt or perish"

The monk sighed heavily as his intestines began to come out of his body. – "Young… It is not too late to think about your actions…"

The monk seemed to want to bargain so I put my sword away and used acupuncture to stop his bleeding.

Now that my mind is clearer I want to see if I can get some benefit from these people instead of exterminating them. Not all the Buddhists died since only the strongest monks came not counting the ancestors so I can still take control of the Baotai Temple of Song Mountain.

While I have a personal hatred for Buddhist monks, they are very important in assimilating the control of cultivators since, in worlds with cultivators, Buddhists are generally the force that keeps conflicts under control.

"Let's be honest" - I smiled like a con man. – "You the 8 big sects are a bunch of hypocritical idiots so I can't trust you, but we can come to an agreement"

The monk looked at me solemnly. – "Young benefactor… Looking at your attitude and actions I can tell that you are someone who repays favors and punishes wrongs, so I have an offer for you…"

I rolled my eyes. – "Go straight to the point, I don't have much patience"

The monk sighed. – "Impatience is the mother of conflict and the father of frustration, you need to temper your mind to achieve the calm temperament of a river flowing from the mountain"

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I pointed my hand towards one of the monks who was nailed to a stake, I clenched my fist and the monk's head disappeared making his body stop writhing.

"I repeat, I don't have much patience" - I spoke with apathy.

The monk sighed with disappointment, this idiot is not even angry about the death of his companion, he only feels compassion and sadness for my heart full of violence…. Damn hippie.

"You're still young and maybe you don't know it, but in our world, the biggest fist is not always right" - The monk spoke solemnly. – "We live in strange times, at this time the money and prestige of worldly society have more weight than the edge of a sword… Even if today you exterminate all sects, the government will not allow you to act unrestrained and if things get out of control, the whole world will be your enemy"

I know, that's why I worked hard to get my sanity back after my psychotic break.

If I really destroy all the sects without a solid reason then Alaya and all the supernatural organizations will see me as a genocidal psychopath so they will try to eliminate me.

I can only destroy or enslave cultivators after proving that they work together with an Outer God and for that, I need the Lostbelt to be complete.

I'm very envious of carefree idiots who act without thinking...

"What do you want to get at with this?" – I asked knowing the answer.

"It's simple..." - The monk sighed with a feeling of guilt. – "The big sects depend on worldly money to obtain resources because currently the market for supernatural resources is based on worldly currency… My temple has contact with some important families so we can negotiate to give you genuine compensation"

"Wow, capitalism took over Buddhists" – BB seemed to want to laugh.

"I don't judge them, if they didn't adapt to the capitalist system then the government would exterminate them" - I sighed internally.

Capitalism or socialism, all political and economic models seem stupid to me, in the end, there are only benefits for those who are at the top of the pyramid.

"That sounds interesting" – I feigned interest.

I don't care about the money and I just want to control these damn monks.

"To begin with, a close friend has a great influence in the economic sector of the country, I can talk to him and reach an agreement" - The monk sighed bitterly, he does not want to use this method, but he does not want to see his sect being destroyed.

The greater good is not an easy road.

The monk thought of something else and looked at me with some discomfort. – "Your Taoist name shows that you have a great interest in women, right?"

"Hey Listen! This idiot is finally speaking our language!"

I nodded.

The monk sighed. – "My friend has two beautiful daughters, if I talk to him maybe we can arrange a marriage agreement…"

Somehow I get the feeling that this is stupid.

[System Notification: The skill 'Paranoia' tells you to ask the name of the friend and his daughters]

"What's your friend's name?" - I pretended to be innocently curious.

I went back to my naive child attitude to show that I am an easy person to please and I am only violent when people make me angry. Basically an idiotic and spoiled child with too much force.

The monk sighed bitterly. – "His name is Su Xianqin, and if I remember correctly, his daughters are called Su Ji and Su Fei…"

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This fucking asshole is offering me my own wives...

No, wait.

I have an idea.

It seems that the encounter between the system user and the hero will be for a battle to obtain the twins...

[System Notification: The skill 'Paranoia' says that this plan has a 90% chance of success, although the approach of two native deities of Gaia has been detected due to the use of the skill 'Body of Beast V'. If the user carries out this plan, there is a 60% chance of being found by said deities]

Are those deities from Chinese mythology?

[System Notification: The skill 'Paranoia' says that one deity has a 90% chance of being from Chinese mythology, and the other deity has a 100% chance of being from another region. The odds are:

5% Indian mythology.

5% Scandinavian mythology.

5% Babylonian mythology.

5% Aztec mythology.

5% Biblical mythology.

50% Greek mythology]

Interesting…

You have become quite useful.

[System Notification: 'Paranoia' skill looks at the ground while timidly tapping its fingers together]

...…

I'll pretend I didn't hear that.

"Now readers will start looking for designs for Paranoia-chan… Hey, if an artist is reading this, make a senpai fanart with Paranoia-chan! And for Paranoia-chan to be a loli!"

"Hey Listen! Paranoia must be milf!"

"She's Ortro's little sister so she must be more loli than loli-dog "

"Hey Listen! Little sisters can be more developed than big sisters, you uneducated idiot!"

"That's right, Fubuk0 is a sexy onee-san while Tatsumak0 is a loli with an unnecessarily well-designed butt…"

"Shut up stinky otaku, otakus have no right to speak"

"Nyaruko can talk whenever she wants!"

"Shut up you idiot yuri! You disgust me!"

"Nyaruko is so cute when she gets mad <3"

"Luis! Please have sex with this idiot yuri until you make her addicted to your dick so she leaves me alone! Prove that you are a netori protagonist with villain design in NTR doujin!"

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I wish the author had a bout of burnout so I can have a break...