In their eyes, the sheer force of character that let Wu Junji's royal commands pass unhindered, even after he had fallen this low, was something to yearn for.
The White King could not help licking his hand.
His feline curiosity had been piqued to the utmost, and his hazy notion of power took shape at that moment.
It looked exactly like Wu Junji.
The White King leaped out. "With me here tonight, you can kill whoever you want!"
The moment those words left his mouth, heroic fervor surged through the White King. Nothing could have felt more exhilarating!
Wu Junzheng had watched the entire process, his eyes blank.
Wu Junji could disregard Jixia Academy's rules. After all, he was right: those who received none of the benefits need not accept the restraints.
But these royal heirs were beneficiaries of Jixia Academy's rules!
As beneficiaries of those rules, maintaining the Academy's peace was their bounden duty!
Demons could kill demons, but killing in public and killing in private were two different matters!
To the demons, this was killing their kind without cause. If they could be killed today, then I could be killed tomorrow. It shook the demons' confidence.
To Jixia Academy, it showed contempt for both the Academy and Great Zhou.
Wu Junji had switched the terms, turning the peaceful attitude expected in exchanges between the Demon Domain and Great Zhou into the Demon Domain's submission to and fear of Great Zhou, provoking the Demon Heirs.
Then he had muddied the waters.
"By any means" had originally meant they could use any means against Wu Junji. They could intimidate him and threaten him, but they could not involve so much as a blade of grass, a tree, a brick, or a tile beyond him.
Yet Wu Junji had broadened that scope, telling them they could kill demons and humans for Human Emperor Fortune, ignore the rules, and do whatever they pleased.
He had also instilled a false notion of authority, letting the power over life and death blind the Demon Heirs until they forgot that their fragmented Demon Domain could never compare with humanity's feudal hierarchy, established over thousands of years!
Wu Junji's ultimate goal was to lead the Demon Heirs into believing that Night Reading killing their own kind was right, that there was nothing wrong with it whatsoever.
Wu Junzheng stood in the night wind for a long time. A scream came from inside, and he jolted, then squeezed his way in.
Yuesi Pavilion was already packed with humans and demons. Many watched with pounding hearts and trembling nerves, not daring to intervene or draw close, yet unwilling to leave.
Of the five Demon Heirs, two blocked the doors while three killed demons.
Wu Junji sat at the front of the lecture hall, calling out targets one after another.
"The black jackal, the yellow-furred fox, the mangy dog. Don't spare the gray rat either..."
Everyone from the Ninth Residence had gathered on the first floor, saving them the trouble of running up and down to find their targets.
For every target Wu Junji named, the White King killed one. The idiot even talked as he killed.
"Crown Prince Zhou, I keep my word. So long as you identify the vile beasts from Zhou She today, I will dispose of them for you!"
Humans could not kill demons at the Demon Spirit Stage. Demons could.
Wu Junji sat high like the King of Hell. He needed only move his lips, and the Black and White Impermanence serving beneath him poured out in full force.
Not a single one escaped!
Amid his busy work, Wu Junji glanced at Wu Junzheng. His eyes curved, merciless and wicked, and he asked without a sound.
-What would you like to eat?
Wu Junzheng stared at the beasts strewn across the floor as though struck by lightning.
Only one thought remained in his mind. Someone like Wu Junji could only bring peace by dying, couldn't he?
88 asked hesitantly, "You... don't have any fortune left, do you?"
The sight of dead demons made Wu Junji happy. He happily propped up his feet.
"That's right. Don't you understand buying on credit?"
"Once they finish killing, they'll discover that I'm the only one in all of Jixia Academy who can give them shelter."
"I can appoint them to high office and make them renowned throughout the world. I can even let them open up new frontiers and expand the realm. The first five trusted confidants under the Human Emperor-do you think just anyone qualifies for that? They should be laughing to themselves in delight."
88 said, "...Pie in the sky?"
Wu Junji said, "They should feel honored that I'm even willing to promise them pie in the sky."
88 had no reply. There were few people left in the world as shameless as Wu Junji.
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