Ancestor Qi looked around at their mental state; each indeed had the demeanor of a Demon Cultivator.
This group of family disciples is quite impressive.
Also, so very filial.
The new dance moves are very interesting.
The songs are ones I've never heard before, and there's a selection of various musical pieces to play: "Do Not Forget," "Song of Leisure," "Peach Blossom Island," "No Exchange in This Life..."
Very beautiful tunes.
The food, although from low-level beasts, is far from the deliciousness of those high-tier delicacies.
But the cooking methods have a unique flavor, showing the effort put into it.
He just didn't know that if others dared not touch it, the food he ate would have to be changed.
"Ancestor, you originally looked so handsome."
"I've heard the elders in the estate say it for a long time."
"You're so powerful, especially with this demonic aura, it's quite oppressive."
At this moment, in a daze, this Ancestor felt like he had become an Emperor, surrounded by a group of sycophants.
A group of descendants diligently showing filial piety at his knees, calling him Ancestor sweetly, some even attempting to call him Adoptive Father, almost losing themselves in the shouts of Ancestor.
At this moment, it already presented a scene of filial children and grandchildren, a harmonious family celebrating the New Year.
However, he was ultimately not a mortal, smiled and hummed a tune:
"You all, just know how to charm people's hearts. You're quite skilled at controlling hearts, with some traits of a Demon Cultivator, but to confuse me, the Ancestor, is clearly still lacking."
Demon Cultivators, looking out solely for profit, insatiably greedy.
This kind of tactic before him, he played countless times.
But he's not afraid of their greedy insidiousness, just afraid these juniors are not insidious enough.
He shook his robe, his expression gradually turning serious:
"Calling me Ancestor is fine, clinging to the Adoptive Father status is not impossible either."
"I want to test you. If you pass, the Adoptive Father call is yours to make. If you don't, then those meat fields beside will add a few scarecrows."
The words carried cruelty amidst calmness.
Testing his descendants, failing would mean death.
If it were ordinary descendants, they'd be scared senseless on the spot, kneeling for mercy, slapping themselves, and apologizing for being abrupt to the Ancestor.
But Jiucai Rong's eyes lit up, as this was clearly a hidden task.
Jiucai Rong said, "Ancestor, please test me."
"Courage commendable." Ancestor Qi showed a bit of surprise, just the brutal fierce energy showed he rightly possessed the initial capital of a Demon Cultivator.
Ancestor Qi softly asked, "What do you think a Demon Cultivator is?"
Jiucai Rong paused for a moment:
"The essence of a Demon Cultivator is plundering, the law of the jungle, survival of the fittest."
"Cultivation resources are limited, us ambushing cultivators is like tigers ambushing rabbits by the roadside, a new state of natural ecology, a food chain."
Ancestor Qi laughed, "Very clear realization, we Demon Cultivators, essentially benefit at others' expense."
Jiucai Rong, being a corporate slave, naturally finds topics to flatter his clients.
Now as well, making the client quite happy.
Ancestor Qi also found it good, continued to question, testing him, but his face became more and more unsightly, increasingly stiff, not looking good.
And Jiucai Rong was sweating profusely.
Such a hardcore topic.
How to ambush roadside cultivators?
How to read paths, see feng shui?
How to identify spells, how to attack??
How to judge through small actions which body form the opponent has cultivated, thereby attacking with one strike from the shadows, rather than ambushing and hitting the opponent's strong body?
Clearly all in a business simulation-like game, always sketching such small details in strange places.
Is this a detailed display of a cultivator's worldview?
But he really didn't understand ah.
Seeing Ancestor Qi's growing dissatisfaction, he was also helpless, after all, how to be a bandit? Rob everywhere?
Jiucai Rong wasn't afraid of becoming a scarecrow, just of being unable to call that one word Adoptive Father, tried to save himself:
"Sorry, Ancestor, I don't know any of this, in my view, Demon Cultivators are also divided into paths. The openly robbing Tribulation Cultivator is one path, I'm more skilled at scheming, assassinating in the city."
"Oh?" Ancestor Qi's expression was not good.
"I'm adept at...murdering in secret chambers in the city, speaking of which, in that Pingchang City, there's a case I committed." Jiucai Rong opened the topic.
He gritted his teeth and recounted several cases of Conan's, locked room murder cases.
At first, Ancestor Qi didn't care.
Soon enough, as if discovering a new continent, muttered this playstyle was possible? This move is quite elegant, framing others?
Each murder even deliberately staying at the scene, showing evidence of absence, showing off to those patrol cultivators in town?
This showed quite a desire for display, a little perverted at heart.
Evidently struck a chord with this Great Demon Cultivator.
"I belong to the high-IQ Demon Cultivators, highlighting a scholar's elegance." Jiucai Rong, sweating profusely, regretted not watching a few more episodes of Conan.
"Still not enough." Ancestor Qi shook his head, still not buying it, not too satisfied.
Having traveled far and wide for many years, he could see where the man was lacking in vigor, even in those impressive means mentioned, fearing some embellishment.
This person was not decisively fierce enough, lacked sharpness!
Jiucai Rong was a bit anxious on the spot, finding himself unable to converse with this Ancestor due to not being brutal and twisted enough.
He could only turn to Su Yuniang beside him for help, asking her to step forward.
Su Yuniang nodded, took a step forward, and said:
"He's the representative demon cultivator of our family's current generation who likes to artistically murder. I'm the type of demon cultivator of this generation similar to the ancestor, enjoying torturing cultivators, facing enemies head-on with brutal killings. Please test me, ancestor."
Ancestor Qi seemed to have noticed their weakness and said indifferently, "How do you usually dispose of corpses?"
Of course, Su Yuniang didn't understand these professional demon cultivation techniques.
But that doesn't mean she couldn't give a satisfying answer.
Jiucai Rong couldn't answer; that's because he's straightforward, too blunt!
She didn't choose to answer directly, "Friends who have disposed of corpses know that the real difficulty in successfully disposing of a corpse is controlling one's appetite."
The ancestor was momentarily shocked!
He examined Su Yuniang up and down, as if recognizing her anew.
Indeed, he didn't ask her again about how she disposed of corpses.
And Su Yuniang chose not to let him ask questions, knowing that answering more could lead to mistakes.
Instead, she took the initiative, steering the conversation into her area of expertise:
"Ancestor, at our manor, in forging swords, I've recently been researching a method to entice mortals to bloom the Three Flowers and then forge iron."
"Look at this weapon."
She took out a weapon from the Goosegrass series:
"Isn't it lovely? It's dedicated to you."
"Recently, we've been deceiving scholars down the mountain into blooming the Three Flowers, planting this Goosegrass, and then capturing them to harshly forge into demon artifacts. You wouldn't believe it; when they realized our deception, the scholars' faces twisted in despair and agony... Haha, it's truly amusing."
"This approach is acceptable," the demon cultivator ancestor replied perfunctorily while stroking the weapon, thinking the weapon is indeed appealing, wanting it more as he examines it.
He hadn't expected the manor to have developed such formidable means.
They've started forging cultivators' spiritual roots into demon artifacts.
This is one of the traditional industries of demon cultivation.
To judge if a demon cultivator possesses foundation, we must see if they can use passing cultivators' corpses to craft demon artifacts.
The forging technology and skills visibly reflect the foundation of a demon cultivation family.
The ancestor nodded, finally somewhat satisfied, "If you develop further, the cultivators I slaughter can be put to better use in the future."
Su Yuniang kept talking continuously, turning into a chatterbox:
"Also, we've been researching muddy qi lately. Upon blooming the Three Flowers, we've been contemplating whether to forge iron on their heads, absorb those muddy qi within, giving the wandering muddy qi of heaven and earth a home in the weapon."
The ancestor's eyes brightened, finding the method decent:
"Deceive scholars into studying, then forge iron on their heads? To give them ultimate despair in their most hopeful moments? Then absorb muddy qi to manufacture demon artifacts?"
This young one suits my style, more brutal and cunning than imagined.
I can only say they embody my former glory.
It seems this generation holds great potential to reforge the splendor of my lineage.
Su Yuniang grew more cheerful as she spoke, bombarding the ancestor with words:
"Furthermore! We've been researching Meat Lingzhi lately, deceiving those poor scholars into blooming these Three Flowers and then transforming them into Meat Fields. Should I send one to you, ancestor?"
"I see your Meat Field, along with this scarecrow, don't match your status."
"Ginseng Field." The demon cultivator ancestor slightly frowned upon hearing.
Meat Lingzhi, is something even traditional demon cultivators disdain.
There is a hierarchy among demon cultivators.
Legitimate demon cultivators with lineage look down on the wild path demon cultivators with great cultivation technique side effects.
Wild path demon cultivators disdain low-level demon cultivators who can't afford Meat Fields, using Meat Lingzhi to trick mortals into becoming Meat Fields.
"Ancestor, are you not satisfied with the meal?"
Su Yuniang immediately stood up, boldly saying:
"Pick one of us here, I can immediately have them bloom the Three Flowers, grow a Meat Lingzhi, turning into a Meat Field scarecrow to chat with you here."
Each present person stepped forward, eyes burning with desire.
Gazing at the scarecrow in the field, longing to replace it!
In this residence, always accompanying the ancestor filialy in the future.
If this scene could linger, being a scarecrow, even without opportunities to plunder, one could still please the ancestor, making a fortune by what such a grand figure might deign to give.
Ancestor Qi saw their fervent gaze and felt puzzled inside.
Demon cultivators are driven by profit, madness is common, but this level of frenzy is a first in his life.
Unlike the mature businesswoman, this deeply scheming great demon cultivator immediately discerned: they were acting.
Initially, he believed they were feigning evil, malicious demon cultivators when in reality, they were kind-hearted, indecisive.
Now, they've revealed their true selves, this group proving more sinister and malevolent than imagined, indeed posing as kind and normal.
He rarely encountered such in his life.
Ancestor Qi said: "I don't eat people."
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Ancestor Qi started to appreciate their true nature, sensing worthy successors: "I appreciate the thought, but I don't eat."
Su Yuniang: "Take another look, we have Meat Field scarecrows who scream in pain while tortured, those who laugh, those who accompany fishing, those who sing hundreds of songs, those who play chess, and if they lose, you can cut them a few slices to relieve some anger."
Ancestor Qi appreciated them more and patiently explained: "I am a rightful demon cultivator, eating people leads to derangement, causes massive karmic consequences, only those at wit's end would consume Ginseng Fields."
Su Yuniang: "We can certainly not eat, toss them in a cesspit for self-purification, but we can watch painful expressions. The useless weaklings' screams are also ~adorable~… Haha."
The ancestor remained silent for a moment before waving his hand:
"You step down, let that young one who was questioning come back and chat with the old man. After thinking it over, he is courteous, enjoys killing from afar, and actually has potential as a direct lineage disciple."