Jiyuan: Huohuo, Would You Like to Be My Student?

Suiyang Subjugation Art.

Was that a technique for subjugating Suiyang?

At the same time, he felt like he had heard this term before, but he could not remember what it specifically was.

After thinking for a while, Ji Yuan finally recalled that his mother seemed to have mentioned it once. They were creatures that had once fought the Xianzhou People, but later, their leader, "Firebringer," had been imprisoned by the Xianzhou as a power source. They rarely caused much trouble anymore.

They were said to be creatures that could possess people and take over their bodies. His mother had once told Ji Yuan to be extremely careful whenever he encountered a Suiyang.

"But now that I have the technique to subjugate Suiyang, and there happens to be one here, I can use it to give it a try."

Ji Yuan thought to himself.

With that in mind, Ji Yuan began receiving the Suiyang Subjugation Art.

A memory appeared in his mind.

A Suiyang resembling ghostfire appeared, and beside it stood a black figure. The figure formed hand seals, and the energy within its body began circulating in a specific pattern. In the end, a talisman made of energy appeared and completely enveloped the Suiyang.

Ji Yuan memorized all of it.

The next second, another scene appeared. This time, the Suiyang had already entered the black figure's body. The figure immediately tapped a point between its brows, and the Suiyang that had entered its body instantly stopped moving. Afterward, the figure sat cross-legged, and with energy circulating through its body in another manner, it restrained the Suiyang.

It was not over yet. The black figure before Ji Yuan's eyes changed again.

This time, there were two black figures. The Suiyang entered one of them, while the other began performing the subjugation technique.

This was far more troublesome than the previous two methods. The earlier methods included a process of soothing it. Only after the Suiyang residing within the black figure had let down its guard did the other figure begin using the subjugation technique...

Ji Yuan memorized all of those techniques. No matter where a Suiyang appeared, he now knew what to do.

With these techniques, he could face a Suiyang without worry.

As for exposing himself, of course he did not care.

In fact, Ji Yuan wished he could master a whole pile of skills right now and catch the attention of a general, or even the Cloud Knight Marshal. Then he could simply hide by their side, freeload off them every day, and be incredibly safe besides.

Unless an Aeon wanted to kill him, Ji Yuan would not be afraid at all.

"I probably won't attract an Aeon's hostility, right?"

Ji Yuan comforted himself, then glanced at Huohuo's tail, which was still glowing brightly.

Huohuo seemed to notice Ji Yuan looking at her. She grew even more nervous and took several steps back in a row, tightly gripping the flag in her hand as though she intended to use it as a weapon to beat Ji Yuan up.

That glowing tail behind this little girl must be where the Suiyang is parasitizing her, right? For it to live harmoniously with a little girl like her, this Suiyang is really strange.

Ji Yuan thought to himself.

Still, since she had character art in the game back then and could become a famous judge a hundred years later, this little girl must have something special about her.

To avoid being mistaken for a lolicon again, Ji Yuan walked toward the house.

While Huohuo was still standing there with her head lowered and trembling nervously, Tail immediately shouted, "Hey, that lolicon has already gone inside. If you don't want to face him after a Suiyang takes over his body, hurry up and stop him."

"Ah!" Huohuo finally snapped out of it. Clutching her command flag, she hurried into the house.

"Th-that sir, st-stop!"

At this moment, inside the room,

Ji Yuan was already face-to-face with the Suiyang inside the house.

The moment he stepped into the room, he sensed someone watching him.

When he turned around, a ball of ghostfire appeared before him.

"Hehehehe—who would've thought that you'd be so much more perceptive than the previous owner of this house? You noticed me the moment you came in."

It cast a disdainful glance outside.

"I've been in this room for so long, playing pranks beside his pillow every night. Yet he never noticed. He thought the house simply had too much yin energy and that living here long-term was bad for him, so he hurriedly sold it."

Hearing the Suiyang before him, Ji Yuan thought for a moment before remarking, "Looks like I'll have to find that guy later and have a good talk about this house's price."

"Fine, I'll remember your wish. After I take over your body and leave this place, I'll buy this house at the cheapest possible price."

The Suiyang burst out laughing.

Just then, Huohuo rushed in, the tail behind her shining with an even stronger green light.

"Kid, if you don't want to die, get back now."

Tail shouted at Ji Yuan.

When the Suiyang in the room saw Tail, it froze for a moment before bursting into laughter.

"Hahaha, this is killing me! The most battle-hungry fragment of the great Suiyang Liaoyuan has actually become the tail of a little Fox Folk girl. Hahaha! How ridiculous!"

"Now that you've become a tail, shut your mouth and behave."

The Suiyang roared at Tail, then turned toward Ji Yuan.

"Come on. Let me take your body."

It flew swiftly toward Ji Yuan.

At that moment, Ji Yuan had already finished forming the hand seals with his right hand. Seeing the Suiyang approach, he was not afraid in the slightest. Instead, he smiled happily.

Ji Yuan: Huohuo, Do You Want to Be My Student?

This guy really feared nothing!

Seeing Ji Yuan's fearless expression, the Suiyang sneered.

It had seen many people like this, especially young people. After learning the slightest bit of ability and technique, they believed themselves invincible, only to rein in their arrogance after receiving a brutal lesson.

This one was no different.

Too bad your luck is poor. After I possess you, you might not get a chance to correct yourself.

The Suiyang thought to itself.

It arrived before Ji Yuan.

"Huohuo, this kid is about to have his body taken over. Be brave and get ready to fight."

Huohuo nervously covered her face.

Her legs trembled even harder.

Just as everyone thought Ji Yuan was about to have his body taken over, his fingertip collided with the Suiyang before him.

At the instant of impact, a talisman-shaped formation appeared at Ji Yuan's fingertip. The formations rapidly unfolded, firmly binding the ghostfire-like Suiyang before him.

"Hmph, useless... What did you do!?"

The first half of the Suiyang's sentence was filled with arrogant laughter. It had thought only an idiot would believe they could control a Suiyang like this. But by the second half, its tone had instantly turned terrified.

It discovered that its body could not move at all. Its body, which should have been made of energy, seemed to have been controlled by something, leaving it completely unable to move.

"Looks like I'll have to personally go find that homeowner and buy the house cheaply after all."

"I... I was going to..."

Huohuo had just gathered her courage and was about to fight the body-possessing Suiyang to the death. But when she looked up and saw that the Suiyang had already been subdued, she was so shocked that she did not know what to do.

What!?

The Suiyang had been subdued?

The energy this suspected lolicon had unleashed held the terrifying Suiyang completely immobile.

"T-Tail M-Master, i-is it... i-is it subdued?"

Huohuo asked in a trembling voice.

"Yes, but it is more than merely subdued."

Tail's tone was extremely grave.

There were no shortage of people capable of using energy to immobilize a Suiyang. Even someone as powerful as "Firebringer" had been trapped by the Xianzhou People. But that only imprisoned a Suiyang. It lost its freedom, but it was still itself, and could still act according to its own thoughts.

Yet from the energy Ji Yuan had released, Tail sensed another kind of danger.

It was penetrating deep into the Suiyang's body and controlling the Suiyang's very body.

Did he really control the Suiyang?

Tail wondered in disbelief.

The next second, his terrifying suspicion was instantly confirmed.

Ji Yuan flicked the Suiyang on its forehead and ordered, "Come on. Spin around in the air a hundred times."

"Hah, don't think that just because you've controlled me, you can order—hey, hey, hey! Why is my body out of control again?"

The Suiyang tried to keep talking tough, but under Ji Yuan's command, it obediently began flying circles around the room.

Watching the Suiyang fly continuously, Tail felt fear for the first time.

Being controlled by someone else, with one's body completely obeying another's commands—this was something more terrifying than death to a Suiyang.

"Huohuo, kill him!"

In its panic, it shouted instinctively.

"Oh... Ah!? K-kill someone? How could I do that? T-Tail Master, w-what are you saying?"

Huohuo first nodded instinctively, but after doing so, she immediately raised her head, sensing that something was wrong.

Kill someone?

How could she?

Besides, the ability this lolicon gentleman had used could control Suiyang? If I had an ability like that, would I be able to become braver? And maybe, maybe Tail Master wouldn't b-b-bully me like this anymore?

Huohuo looked at the Suiyang, which was now flying so fast that only an afterimage remained, with a trace of admiration in her eyes.

She wanted to ask what kind of technique it was, but considering she had only met Ji Yuan today, it would naturally be inappropriate to ask.

Tail had calmed down by then. He said softly to Huohuo, "I lost my composure."

At the same time, it asked Ji Yuan, who was admiring the structure of the room, "Kid, I want to ask you: where did you get that technique? And how many people know it?"

"There's no reason for me to tell you."

Ji Yuan gave Tail a sideways glance.

"I..."

Tail was left speechless.

It was already at a disadvantage and could not find any reason to confront Ji Yuan head-on. More importantly, the Suiyang still flying around the ceiling made Tail afraid that it too would be controlled and made to fly around up there.

At that moment, the Suiyang finally finished flying its hundred laps.

"Y-you're satisfied now, right?"

It panted heavily.

"Mm." Ji Yuan nodded, then gave another order. "Now fly another hundred laps in the opposite direction."

You tried to take over my body just now. Did you think you'd get off easy today?

If I don't torment you half to death before locking you up, my surname isn't Ji.

Then Ji Yuan's gaze shifted toward Huohuo's little face.

That action instantly made Tail feel an overwhelming sense of danger.

"Huohuo, leave this place now." Tail shouted at Ji Yuan, "brat, no matter what techniques you have, I won't let you bully Huohuo."

It had always teased Huohuo because it knew it could handle anything that happened. But now, this lolicon had the ability to control Suiyang, and there was nothing it could do.

Hearing Tail's words, Huohuo snapped out of her admiration. Remembering Ji Yuan's lolicon-like appearance, she immediately felt extremely unsafe and retreated several steps.

"Don't worry, I'm not a lolicon. Besides, I don't have the ability or the nerve to attack a Ten-Lords Commission judge."

Ji Yuan added.