"WAHHH, Master, I miss you so much! No one can separate me from Master..."
"Master, Master, I’m so hungry. Let’s go massacre a city for fun!"
"Massacre, massacre!"
The nine beautiful heads emitted a cacophony of voices, like spiritual pollution. A normal person would go completely insane after just receiving a bit of the information. The level of eeriness suggested that the strength of the Nine-Headed Beauty had also improved.
Chu Yi wrapped an arm around the waist of the lady in the palace dress; her skin was soft and boneless. Nine beautiful heads were entwined upon her slender, jade-like neck, piled together. Yet, perhaps it was due to her acknowledging him as her master, Chu Yi did not find this scene at all creepy, but rather quite intimate. After all, during the crafting of this Treasure, it had been fused with his blood. In terms of blood relations, she was indeed his own daughter.
"Nine-Headed Beauty, have you experienced any changes?" Chu Yi smiled, his palm gently caressing each face. The beautiful heads quieted down, each showing a docile expression, squinting their eyes to enjoy the warmth from their master.
"Master, I can make clothes." A childlike face, innocent and flawless, timidly said, "But I need real leather as material; human skin is best."
The little girl paused, looking expectantly at Chu Yi, innocent and naive. "So, Master, can we go massacre a city?"
Chu Yi’s smile vanished. "Next time for sure."
After learning more, the Nine-Headed Beauty had become more adept at mastering the rules of the banquet, including tailoring, winemaking, cooking, dancing, and several other banquet professions yet to appear. The Seed of the Desire God was a product derived from this Power of Rules constructed during the banquet, and creating it would consume the Nine-Headed Beauty’s essence. Therefore, the Nine-Headed Beauty’s role was auxiliary; she wasn’t strong in direct combat, but relying on the banquet’s rules, her opponents would likely perceive her as an aberration.
As he pondered this, Chu Yi had a sudden inspiration.
Let the Nine-Headed Beauty disguise herself as a Pet Beast?
Looking at the eerie picture of the nine beautiful heads stacked together, Chu Yi dismissed the idea. It would be mistaken for being an Evil God Beast Tamer.
This thought quickly led him to the Deceit Beast.
Could I have a Deceit Beast separate from me and act as a Pet Beast? If the Deceit Beast was a kind of organ, it could choose a possession-based evolution path. This would have many advantages. On the surface, I would have an additional possession-based Pet Beast. All the Deceit Beast skills I use could then be attributed to this self-created Pet Beast. The possession type is the most complex, with more than a thousand varieties—innumerable and easy to impersonate.
"Evolution Compendium!"
While massaging the Nine-Headed Beauty’s lotus feet—exquisite, petite, and delicate jade feet that never wore shoes and danced gracefully like a Dancing Lady’s—Chu Yi immersed his consciousness into his mind to look up separable Deceit Beasts.
As for which part for the possession type to choose... Chu Yi hesitated for a moment, then chose the skeleton. The skeleton is the framework of the body, greatly related to the possession type, and can be separated through omniscience and omnipotence.
「After binding the fourth Deceit Beast.」
Chu Yi felt his bones emit a series of popping sounds all over his body, like beans being fried, making him feel indestructible. Simultaneously, for the first stage of the skeletal Deceit Beast’s evolution, the Evolution Compendium filtered through thousands of routes to select the one with the greatest potential, highest price, and most complete evolutionary path.
[Jade Bone]: Skeleton turns to ice jade, immune to some Element damage, price: 10.
[Iron Bones]: Body of iron bones, treads the path of invincible physique, with a chance to transform into a Proud Bone Golden Body, price: 15.
[Bone Demon]: Absorbs the essence of the sun and moon, transforming white bones into a sentient essence, price: 21.
[Skeleton Demon]: Absorbs death energy, becomes a Demon causing Undead calamities, price: 20.
Chu Yi instantly decided on [Bone Demon]. Its description sounds like an Immortal cultivation path, with very promising subsequent evolution routes.
Having gladly paid the evolution points, Chu Yi felt his qi and blood surge. Behind him, a phantasmal image of the sun and moon appeared, reflecting an endless starfield. Three thousand stars outlined a magnificent celestial map, from which a waterfall—interwoven with the Light of the Sun and Moon and condensed starlight—cascaded down upon him. The phenomenon was astonishing, its aura majestic and overwhelming, as if it could sweep away all obstacles!
The Nine-Headed Beauty stared in astonishment. As her master tightly held her petite lotus feet, her nine faces blushed, and she too was submerged in this ocean of bliss. This mysterious energy nourished her very essence, making it more resilient.
My bones... they’re changing. Chu Yi felt his entire skeleton grow warm, suffused with a radiant glow. Alternating between warmth and coolness, the light of the sun, moon, and stars flooded into him, causing his 206 bones to undergo a wondrous transformation. Each bone began to glow like precious Jade, reflecting an astonishing, scorching-hot brilliance.
「After a long while.」
Once the phenomenon subsided and the images of the sun and moon dispersed, an elegant figure was revealed. His temperament was gentle and refined, like jade. His handsome face had become even more delicate, exuding an air of wisdom and heroism, as if he were an Immortal descended from the heavens.
Strange. The Deceit Beast’s name is Bone Demon, which includes the word ’demon’, yet it gives me a feeling of cultivating immortality.
His eyes snapped open, and a sharp golden light shot forth, piercing the air for several feet before slowly dissipating. One hand still caressed her lotus foot, as if reluctant to let go, while the other clenched into a fist, an explosive burst of air erupting from it.
Without using the Divine Hand. Merely the force from my bones generated a shockwave, causing the air to rupture. My current physique is no less than that of a Golden Beast Tamer.
Chu Yi flicked his finger. A jet of compressed air shot out, traveling over thirty meters before slamming into a patch of Fire Floss Grass. BOOM! A large crater was blasted into the ground.
Although my mimicry ability allows me to simulate an Evil God, piecing together various characteristics to achieve an unparalleled physique and transform into a sun of flesh and blood... this substantial improvement to my own physical body is still worth celebrating. After all, I can’t just transform into a sun of flesh and blood in front of everyone. Of course, the Bone Demon’s evolution is still ongoing. Since it hasn’t reached 100%, I can’t view its skills yet.
His eyes shifted, focusing on the Nine-Headed Beauty. The Nine-Headed Beauty, clad in a scarlet palace dress that accentuated her curvaceous figure, had a ribbon cinching her enviably slender waist. Beneath her skirt, her legs were long, slender, and rosy, her delicate lotus feet gently massaged by Chu Yi. Having also absorbed some of the mysterious power, the Nine-Headed Beauty acquired an ethereal quality. Her nine exquisite, anime-like faces became even more defined.
Although it’s unclear what benefits the Nine-Headed Beauty gained from the absorption, at least she became quiet and is no longer clamoring to massacre a city.
"Master, I... I remembered some things."
The Nine-Headed Beauty murmured, seemingly awakening fragments of her memory from before she was refined into a Treasure by the Desire Mother Goddess. Then, she transformed into a cloud of crimson smoke and drifted into the Chaotic Burial Mound, falling into a deep slumber once more.
Where does the Evolution Compendium draw power from to evolve Deceit Beasts? Chu Yi glanced at his empty palm where her foot had rested, chuckled to himself, and pondered the earlier phenomenon of the sun and moon.
However, when the Bone Demon’s evolution finally completed and Chu Yi went to check its status, he was suddenly shocked.