Demonic Cultivation Technique · Finger Command (Please Follow!)

Chapter 18: Demonic Cultivation Technique · Finger Command (Please Follow!)

After Physical Education ended, followed by another Dao Heart class, the day's lessons finally came to a complete end.

Su Yuan picked up the big bag of leftover food he'd had stored at the cafeteria. Without even stopping to eat, he left school with Chen Nuoyi.

"Su Yuan, are we really not going to eat before we leave?"

Standing at the school gate, Chen Nuoyi gazed toward the cafeteria, looking rather reluctant to go.

"No."

Su Yuan answered firmly.

"I've already worked it out. The cafeteria won't offer its special discounts until most of the students have finished eating. We'd have to wait about an hour."

"And we could make more than three hundred yuan in that hour around mealtime. That's far better value than hanging around the cafeteria to save a little money!"

"I see."

Chen Nuoyi's eyes widened with understanding, and she nodded in deep agreement.

Su Yuan continued, "Just hold out for now. After we finish our shift, I'll take you somewhere with even bigger discounts."

Chen Nuoyi was stunned. "There's somewhere cheaper than the school cafeteria?"

"Of course. If you want to live well on part-time work, you need to learn how to save money as well as earn it. I'll teach you all about saving in a bit."

With that, Su Yuan led Chen Nuoyi, whose expression had already taken on a hint of reverence, to a garbage station to dump the trash. Then they headed straight to a nearby food-delivery hub. He got the girl a delivery uniform and helmet and showed her how to sign up for a monthly Shared Flying Sword pass.

Under Su Yuan's guidance, the once-wealthy heiress officially embarked on the point-of-no-return path of food delivery.

"Su Yuan, I've navigated to the delivery address. Why can't I find the customer's home?"

"Let me see. The customer's place is to the south. North is up, south is down, west is left, and east is right. The customer's on basement level eighteen. Fly down."

"Su Yuan, there are so many security guards at the entrance. They don't seem to let delivery drivers in. Maybe we should leave the food in the delivery lockers outside."

"The bold feast while the timid starve. Charge in after me! If we can't get through, it's your fault. If we do, the customer's responsible for everything."

"Su Yuan, the security guards caught me!"

"Sing with me: 'We're all doing our best just to stay alive...'"

The peak delivery hours, from six to nine, flew by in a flash. Su Yuan and Chen Nuoyi turned off automatic order acceptance and officially clocked out.

Looking at the increased balance in her account, Chen Nuoyi's pretty face was full of astonishment.

"We made so much in just two hours. Food delivery really is a great job."

Su Yuan felt a little guilty beside her. How could food delivery possibly count as a great job? Had he tricked a Righteous Path Prodigy into going completely astray?

Just then, a "ding" sounded in Su Yuan's mind.

[In a single day, you led a pure and spotless Righteous Path Saintess to abandon her proper pursuits and consort with the demonic path. When it comes to leading people astray, you're an out-and-out genius!]

[Righteous Path Saintess Saint Fall Degree +5%]

[Quest: Fallen Saintess (Complete)]

[Quest Reward: Demonic Cultivation Technique · Finger Command (Granted)]

[Demonic Cultivation Technique · Finger Command: When activated, reveals the designated target's fate for the day. (The higher the target's cultivation, the more spiritual energy consumed.)]

[Note: This demonic cultivation technique cannot be used on yourself.]

The next second, a vast amount of knowledge poured into Su Yuan's mind, and in the blink of an eye, he had completely mastered this wicked and dangerous demonic technique.

According to the technique, all living beings under heaven had a fate, but fate wasn't set in stone. It changed every day.

These changes did follow certain patterns, though. A person's status, power, surroundings, and various other factors kept their daily fate within a certain range.

Take a rich second-generation heir, for example. Because his family had money, the fate that refreshed for him each day would rarely include phrases like "reduced to poverty" or "short of cash."

If he were a student, his daily fate would generally be related to his studies or to things that might happen at school. For example: "learned something useful," "praised by a teacher," "got along with classmates," or "the cafeteria auntie's hand didn't shake."

And the fate that refreshed each day would inevitably be borne out before that day was over.

However, if someone could see through another person's fate and forcibly interfere with it, then that person's fate would change as well.

See someone else's fate for the day, use the information it reveals to know what's coming, then lay traps and take down enemies... This really is a bona fide demonic cultivation technique.

Su Yuan muttered to himself.

He turned to look at Chen Nuoyi beside him and activated Demonic Cultivation Technique · Finger Command.

The next second, Su Yuan felt about thirty percent of the spiritual energy in his body get drained away, while a line of large characters appeared above Chen Nuoyi's head.

[Trusted the Wrong Person (Fulfilled)]

"Tsk!"

Su Yuan was furious!

What did "trusted the wrong person" mean, especially when it had already been fulfilled? Was it taking a shot at him?!

It was bad enough that the system slandered him, but now even a demonic technique made by the system was slandering him?

Wasn't that like getting this technique for nothing?

"Su Yuan, where are we going now? To get something to eat?"

Chen Nuoyi turned her head. Under the streetlights, her bright eyes sparkled with crystal clarity.

A girl like her should have been a pearl held high above everyone else. But the ill-fitting delivery uniform and clunky helmet lent her an extra touch of down-to-earth, girl-next-door charm.

Su Yuan lost himself for a moment.

Fortunately, Ancient Corpse Refining Method immediately stepped in and refined Chen Nuoyi into a Walking Corpse in Su Yuan's mind, clearing away those distracting thoughts.

What the hell? Was his corpse-refining method really turning into some kind of superior meditation technique that kept people calm?!

Irritated, Su Yuan shoved Ancient Corpse Refining Method back down and said:

"Not yet. Next, I'm taking you to work as a security guard. Uncle Wang, the security guard in our community, has a great technique with the fork. You can learn from him too."

"Oh, okay."

Chen Nuoyi nodded, looking a little disappointed.

It was clear she really wanted to eat.

After changing out of their delivery uniforms, the two went to Feiyun Community, where Su Yuan introduced Chen Nuoyi to Uncle Wang, the security guard.

At first, Old Wang doubted whether a delicate young girl like Chen Nuoyi could handle security work. But when she mastered the Eighteen Divine Fork Styles in just fifteen minutes and kept improving at a breakneck pace, he was left gaping in astonishment.

"Xiao Su, where'd you find this girl? She's got the Innate Security Guard Sacred Body too! Of all the people I've met, her talent is second only to yours!"

Old Wang pulled Su Yuan aside and pointed at Chen Nuoyi, who was making the Anti-riot Fork whistle through the air nearby. He was full of amazement.

Su Yuan curled his lip and said:

"Uncle Wang, she doesn't have the Innate Security Guard Sacred Body. She's just naturally talented and learns everything quickly. She's even a strong contender for next year's top score on the college entrance exams."

The security guard, Uncle Wang, suddenly understood. Then he said gravely:

"Then you'd better make the most of your chance. A girl like her—bright future, great talent, down-to-earth, and willing to work hard—is hard to come by."

Su Yuan's face remained blank.

"All I want to do now is study."

Uncle Wang asked, "Are you serious?"

Su Yuan replied, "Mm. I'm serious."

As for Chen Nuoyi, Su Yuan truly had no thoughts about her at the moment.

Right now, he was still a lower-tier creature with a score of only 550, a little Blondie who made a living through part-time jobs and neglected his proper pursuits.

If he really had designs on Chen Nuoyi, he couldn't imagine what her Dragon King father would do to him.

For now, he had to rely on System Bro and keep a low profile while he grew stronger.

As for what he'd do once he'd grown stronger... heh heh, I don't eat beef.