Demon-Suppressing Bracelet

Xue Fuyao looked at that person and asked, "How much is this bracelet?"

That person started for a moment before realizing they were being asked, and hurriedly said, "Ten low-grade spirit stones."

Tsk tsk tsk, an ordinary bracelet was worth ten low-grade spirit stones? It was robbery.

Yet in order to resolve this current matter, Xue Fuyao took ten low-grade spirit stones out of her storage bag and said, "I'll take this bracelet."

Just as Xue Fuyao finished speaking, before anyone else could say anything, Ye Qinxuan and Ye Qinfei instantly refused to let it go. This was the bracelet they had set their eyes on, after all.

Ye Qinxuan even tried to reach out and snatch it, only for Xue Fuyao to dodge away.

"I had my eye on this bracelet first, hurry up and give it back to me!" Seeing this, Ye Qinfei joined in as well.

"So what if you had your eye on it, you haven't paid for money yet. Besides, aren't you the ones who asked me to preside over justice? It's not appropriate for me to give it to either of you, so I simply won't give it to anyone. Isn't this quite fair?"

Upon hearing this, the others around them thought about it. There was nothing wrong with these words; it was indeed very fair, and moreover, this was merely an ordinary bracelet after all.

Quite a few people knew that the sisters Ye Qinxuan and Ye Qinfei were on bad terms. Their thoughts were much the same as Xue Fuyao's: the bracelet was just an excuse, and they merely wanted to snatch whatever the other had set her sights on. Even the two women's suitors thought the same way.

"Xuan'er, why don't you just forget it? It's just a broken bracelet. If you like bracelets, how about I buy you a hundred high-grade bracelets?"

"Fei'er, I'll buy you a thousand."

Upon hearing the two men's words, Ye Qinxuan and Ye Qinfei were so angry they almost spat a mouthful of blood. Yet under the watchful eyes of the crowd, they could not very well actually attack Xue Fuyao, especially since the other was a personal disciple.

Furthermore, they had been too focused on snatching the bracelet earlier and indeed had not paid for it. That was a fact.

With no other choice, the two could only turn and leave, seeking other ways to take back the bracelet.

Now the only good news for them was probably that this bracelet had not fallen into Ye Qinfei's / Ye Qinxuan's hands.

Throwing a glare at the idiots behind them, the two left in a huff in opposite directions.

Seeing that there was no more show to watch, the crowd also dispersed in all directions.

Xue Fuyao did not take this matter to heart, and then prepared to put the bracelet away. Although it was useless, it had after all cost her ten low-grade spirit stones.

Thinking of that voice that had dragged her into the muddy waters, Xue Fuyao gnashed her teeth in anger. Don't let me find out who you are.

Right at that moment, a menial disciple dressed in gray Daoist robes suddenly appeared before her.

The other's figure was very thin and small, with withered yellow hair, a sallow complexion, and a malnourished appearance. She looked about the same age as her, and her eyes looked at her timidly, "Senior Sister, can I buy the bracelet in your hand? It looks a lot like a keepsake left behind by my mother, and I want to keep it as a memento."

What was going on? Why were one and all coming after the bracelet? Also, did she look that much like an easily fooled fool?

Yet this also proved from another angle that this bracelet was indeed not simple.

Xue Fuyao took a deep breath, "Follow me."

She led the person to a deserted place and asked, "Tell me the secret of this bracelet."

Hearing this, that menial disciple hurriedly shook her head, "Senior Sister, what are you talking about? I don't understand. I really just want that bracelet to keep as a souvenir."

"Do I look like a fool? If you won't talk, forget it. I'll go ask someone else, like those two people just now."

With that, Xue Fuyao turned to leave. At this, the menial disciple blocked her path once more, biting her lower lip as if she had made up some sort of resolve.

"If I tell you, what will I get?"

"What benefits do you want?" Xue Fuyao asked.

"I want to become an inner sect disciple," the menial disciple said through clenched teeth.

"Change another one. I can't do this one. I am only a disciple myself, and only the Sect Master has the qualification to meddle in a disciple's promotion."

"Then I want cultivation resources, a lot of cultivation resources," the menial disciple changed her condition and said.

"That depends on whether the information you provide is worth it." Xue Fuyao did not give a precise answer.

Hearing this, she seemed to resign herself to fate and said, "I can swear that every word I say hereafter is true, without a single lie."

With that, she pointed at the bracelet in Xue Fuyao's hand and said, "This bracelet is called the Demon-Suppressing Bracelet. It is a treasure born at the intersection of the Demon Realm and the Cultivation Realm, but it is not a Heaven-and-Earth Spirit Treasure.

Because the place of its birth was special, this object is both righteous and evil, and it was once used to imprison two succubi of the Succubus Clan among the Devil Race who possessed innate supreme charm bones."

"According to what you say, this Demon-Suppressing Bracelet is not a good thing. Why are you all fighting over this bracelet?" Xue Fuyao asked, uncomprehending.

She had heard of demonic beasts like succubi; they cultivated by seducing men and feeding on their yang energy, which was somewhat similar to the Hehuan Sect's harvesting yin to supplement yang, but far more venomous.

For any man who was fed upon by a succubus would fall irrecoverably in love with her and become her puppet.

Ordinary succubi were already like this, let alone succubi with innate supreme charm bones. They were quite simply sirens walking among the world of mortals.

It was precisely because of this ability that succubi were unwelcome in both the Demon Realm and the Cultivation Realm.

"Actually, back then the two succubi were already killed when they were taken into the Demon-Suppressing Bracelet, but their charm bones did not vanish; instead, they were sealed inside the Demon-Suppressing Bracelet.

Supreme charm bones, once fused, will not only cause a person to become a peerless beauty, but their talent will rise accordingly, and they will also gain the succubus's innate abilities."

Having listened to what this menial disciple said, Xue Fuyao suddenly thought of Ye Qinxuan and Ye Qinfei from her past life.

Could it be that in their past lives they had fused with supreme charm bones, and that was why...

"I've told you everything I know. The cultivation resources you promised me."

Xue Fuyao looked at her, her eyes filled with doubt, "How do you know about these things?"

In her past life she had been considered well-read, yet she had not seen a single thing concerning the Demon-Suppressing Bracelet.

She reckoned that even other aristocratic cultivation clans and sects knew very little about this matter, otherwise this bracelet would not have drifted here.

However, judging by the appearance of Ye Qinxuan and Ye Qinfei, they clearly knew a bit of the inside story.

"An ancestor of my household was once one of the people who participated in suppressing the succubi. Back then, this matter was deliberately scrubbed of its traces, and my household has merely passed it down by word of mouth all along. Today I only recognized it when I saw this bracelet."

Lying!

Since it was merely passed down by word of mouth, it meant they had never laid eyes on this Demon-Suppressing Bracelet. Since they had never seen it, how could they possibly recognize it at a glance?

Yet Xue Fuyao did not expose the other, and tossed a pouch of her own unspent cultivation resources to her.