Chapter 524: Chapter 514: As Expected, the Demon Path

“Ding! Please choose your factions as soon as possible.”

The first system notification confirmed Yi Zheng’s guess was correct; the second notification sound informed everyone that Kong Ni could only represent the Sect and could not make choices for everyone. People could still choose their factions independently.

However, what shocked Yi Zheng the most was that he also received a system notification!

It’s just that his options were different from others–his choices were limited to Hidden BOSS and Hidden NPC.

Yi Zheng almost chose the Hidden BOSS without any hesitation!

Then the system notification sounded, “Congratulations on becoming a seventh-order top-tier Demon Lord. You now own your territory, and you have the design rights to your territory. Players who have reached level seven, they can unlock the cultivation bottleneck of level eight only after defeating you, stepping into the eighth order.”

Yi Zheng was dumbfounded, “Wait a minute! What’s going on? System, how did I become a Demon Lord? I am a person of the Righteous Path!”

Then a menu popped up in front of him, which was his Attribute menu. The Sect item on it was bolded, enlarged, and highlighted with a red outline; the words ‘Evil Sect’ were especially dazzling.

Yi Zheng’s face turned red, but the unconvinced part of him still hadn’t given up as he shouted in his heart with clearly insufficient confidence, “The Sect I’m joining now is definitely on the Righteous Path…”

Then the information list for Open Firewood Door popped up in front of him. Similarly, the Sect item was bolded, enlarged, and highlighted with a red outline; the four words ‘Demon Sect,’ made him speechless, “No way? I’m Kong Ni, how did I end up on the Evil Path? System, aren’t you biased?”

Unfortunately, the system no longer replied to him.

However, Yi Zheng was satisfied; after all these years, this was the first time the system responded to his question. It was a good start.

Just then, thunder rumbled again in the sky, and amidst the booming thunder, the system voice sounded, “One!

All beings who have chosen their factions will be incorporated into that faction.

Beings who have not made a choice will be randomly assigned by the system.

Once the system integration reaches thirty percent, a detailed distribution will be carried out among the beings of each faction. Players will have their levels reset to zero and enter Newbie Village, NPCs will be assigned tasks, and BOSSes and Wild Monsters will be assigned fixed active regions.”

The voice echoed in the sky for a long time…

After a while, seeing that the system said no more, everyone knew that the system notification had ended.

Even though the system notification had ended, everyone frowned.

For the beings of the Underground Immortal Realm, the system was unfamiliar, but not hard to accept; after all, they worshipped the Divine here, and the Divine could control the life and death, the fate of beings, just like the system.

So, ordinary people and Cultivators with low power found it quite easy to accept the system.

Only those with power like Kong Ni, who had stepped out of the Three Realms and were not subject to the Five Elements, who the Heavenly Court could not govern, lone powerhouses who could become Buddhas, would feel very annoyed.

After all, they were used to freedom, and suddenly having something governing them was understandably unsettling for anyone.

Kong Ni was also not happy, but since things had come to this, he did not want to dwell on it much longer, so he waved his hand and said, “Enough, no more thinking about it! Since everyone is here, and a great change is upon us, it’s time to give everyone a good review of their lessons, lest they suffer losses later on.”

Upon hearing this, the Disciples immediately sat down obediently, looking up at Kong Ni.

Yi Zheng saw Kong Ni’s serious expression and thought he could learn quite a bit, so he also sat down obediently.

Kong Ni said, “First, I’ll test you. If a loser comes to challenge me now, how should I respond?”

Rabbit thought about Kong Ni’s personality and immediately said, “Naturally, slap him until he flips over!”

Kong Ni gave him a disdainful look, then pointed at Zi Zhuang, “Teach him!”

Zi Zhuang shouted righteously, “Of course, close the main gate and attack him in unison!”

Clap clap clap…

Applause rang out all around!

Yi Zheng looked around, and lo and behold, everyone was clapping. So that’s what they all thought.

Yi Zheng quirked his mouth and mumbled, “This… this is just like my Sect…”

Kong Ni said, “At this moment, if a female fairy stronger than you were to attack you, how should you respond?”

Yi Zheng immediately shouted, “Attack her as a group!”

Kong Ni shook his head, “Just you alone, although there are many onlookers.”

Yi Zheng was taken aback, scratching his head he said, “Escape?”

Zi Zhuang yelled, “Strip off your trousers and beat her! With so many people watching, she definitely won’t feel comfortable looking at our bare butts. Take the chance to hit, poke her eyes, shove her nostrils, pull her hair, and render her unable to take care of herself!”

Yi Zheng was dumbfounded, especially as the people around started clapping again.

Yi Zheng thought, “Geez… You guys are much harsher than me! No wonder the system classifies you as Demon Path; I am at most Evil Path. Indeed, you all are darker!”

Seeing the astonished expression on Yi Zheng’s face, Kong Ni said, “Rabbit, I know what you’re thinking. Our methods are indeed somewhat shameless. But remember, only the living have a say.

Of course, I’m teaching you these things not to encourage you to commit crimes, but to use them when faced with injustice, danger, or when dealing with extremely wicked people.”

Yi Zheng said, “Even a female fairy who feels embarrassed to look at bare butts counts as an extremely wicked person?”

Kong Ni laughed, “Rabbit, you can’t naively believe that good people are just good, and bad people have the word ‘bad’ written on their faces, right?

As they say, it’s easy to dodge the spear you can see, but hard to guard against the hidden arrow. The most evil people in this world are often cloaked in the skin of good people.

In fact, when a genuinely evil person becomes known for his wickedness, everyone will turn against him. He’d be too busy hiding to have the chance to make grave mistakes again.

On the contrary, some evildoers disguised very well, hold positions of power, and do things under the guise of justice that are even more evil than what the worst villains would do!

To put it simply, an emperor who starts wars in the name of the common good, increasing taxes to support the military, causing the people to live in misery. He may seem to be expanding the empire, but the common folk see no benefit, as the powerful officials pocket everything.

Commoners die of hunger or in the wars…

Let me ask you, is such a person evil or good?

There are also cultivators who seem upright, but secretly kill and absorb souls to enhance their power…

In conclusion, evildoers all start as good people.

So, do you think this trick would work or not?”

Yi Zheng was left speechless. When he used to recite the ‘Analects’ before, it was purely to stimulate the fighting spirit of a group of herbivorous rabbits, and also because he was led astray by two particularly clever rabbits.

He had never considered such profound issues, but now that Kong Ni had pointed them out, it was like sudden enlightenment!

Kong Ni continued, “If a hypocrite stronger than you challenged you to a duel… you can choose the time and place, but they don’t give you a chance to increase your power, and you would surely die if you accept, what should you do?”

Without saying a word, Yi Zheng looked at Zi Zhuang.

Zi Zhuang grinned and said, “Accept it, choose a public place, then halfway when there’s nobody around, call the master and elder brothers to set up a Slaughter Array, and blast him to death when he passes by!”

Yi Zheng’s face darkened, thinking, “Good heavens, these guys are a lot more ruthless than me.”

However, Yi Zheng had to admit that these methods, though underhanded and despicable, were indeed effective!

Kong Ni nodded, very satisfied, “Is there any other method?”

Another man shouted, “Borrow a powerful weapon and blast him to smithereens midway!”

“Inform his enemies, unite them, and in a deserted place, take him out!”

…

After listening for a while, Yi Zheng understood that when facing a powerful enemy, you should avoid their sharp edge, bring others around from the back, and employ sneak attacks, ambushes, and group fights to take them down, never giving them a chance for a fair fight.

Kong Ni then shared many examples, all without exception involving underhanded and shady tactics.

These methods left Yi Zheng thinking that they were even more demonic than the members of the Demon Path; no righteous sect would use such methods. But they were undeniably effective. Yi Zheng gained a lot from it, feeling that within the next seven years, he would definitely achieve substantial success and accomplishment.