Chapter 67: Li Yan, Selective Completionist
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"I'm too fucking handsome! Err, I meant to say friggin… too friggin handsome."
Lucifer made sure to catch his sailors mouth. After all, he was in the presence of a child!
If her parents weren't about to die to his hands, then they would surely give him quite the earful. And that was just bad points for the impeccable reputation that he was trying to build up for himself.
In spite of the stupid shit swirling around inside Lucifer's head, it was his dazzling appearance that truly became the star of this discussion.
For some reason or another, he had become unbelievably handsome!
Like really fucking handsome!
Like so handsome that even the straightest of men would switch sides the moment they caught a glimpse of his awesomeness-
'Err, I meant to say 'handsomeness'!!'
'Well, my awesomeness is also on another level, but yeah, all of the above really.'
Lucifer lightly nodded his head before refocusing his gaze on the young, bewildered girl.
"Well, long story short, I am Lucifer. As for why I have err-"
"Kidnapped me?"
"Hey! Don't say it like that! I didn't kidnap you; I simply… Hmm… borrowed your time! Yeah, that's it! This is simply the time that I borrowed from you."
Lucifer was mildly surprised by how well Li Yan was taking everything in, but more than that, he was irked by her phrasing.
Cough! Cough!
He cleared up the air before getting back to the matter at hand.
"So, as I was saying, the reason why I have borrowed your time today is because I need you to play the part of the sole heir of the Devildukes. After I kill off everyone else in the family, I will need you to take the reins of future household operations. Of course, all of this will be temporary, as I will also be destroying the Fire Nation.
But until then, can you like… come to the Royal Capital with me?"
Lucifer unloaded a shitton of sensitive information, and he did so with a casual look on his face.
From Li Yan's perspective, it was almost like her older brother saw everything as set in stone. Which, in the end, led to her bobbing her head a little. "I will do it," she said.
"Now you might think I'm insane, but I can guarantee you that I have at least 40% of my sanity intact-... Wait, did you say that you'll do it?"
Lucifer suddenly stopped talking, looking at the emotionless little girl like she was an idiot.
'This deal is absolute shit! Even if she's a kid, who in their right mind would so much as consider going through with such bullshit!?'
Lucifer was already baffled by the relaxed responses made by Li Yan. But, now, even after running for her life less than 30 seconds ago, she was already all on board for the nonsensical shit that he was cooking up!
His baffledness increased even further when Li Yan said, "Yes, I will do it."
"..."
"Tell me, little sister of mine. Are you fucking mental?? I know you are more intelligent than the rest of the Dipshits in this family, so you should be able to clearly see the disadvantages of this arrangement!" Lucifer shook his head left to right, wondering if his previous speculations about this girl were incorrect.
'If she's really so naive and stupid… I will just have to dispose of her and go back to the drawing board…'
'Unless the person is on my side, there can be no living witnesses after the extermination of this family is completed.'
A dark whisp passed through his crimson irises for half a moment, holding unknown intentions for the fate of this girl.
However, throwing him completely off his game, Li Yan locked her gaze with his and said, "This family, they are worthless… None of them are fit to be alive in the world that I'll live in. They are trash, and if you can speed up their deaths, then that works as well…"
A deep darkness erupted from the little girl's childish expression as she looked at Lucifer like a potential enemy.
Either that or someone whom she needed to kill off for good...
"Umu?"
Lucifer had no clue how this girl could all of a sudden speak so fluently, but what he did know was that her eyes spoke wonders of her usefulness.
That was all it took for him to untie her Qi ropes and say, "From now on, you will tag along behind me. But don't think of us as family; simply view our relationship as a platonic businessship."
Following these words, bereft of compassion, he walked away from the girl.
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Li Yan stared at his broad back.
As a calculative gleam flashed past her gaze, she moved from her spot and used |Shadow Step|. Then, like a fleeting shadow, she appeared right beside the tall, black-haired man.
Lucifer curiously glanced down at the short girl, realizing that her cultivation and techniques were at an extremely high level for her age.
"Say, how would you feel about paying a little visit to your dear mummy?" He brought her out of her focus with an odd question. Still, she decided to respond and say, "Don't feel anything for her… Can die… Will not care…"
'Oh…! So now she can't speak coherently anymore!?'
Lucifer already had enough trouble with that shitty ass system of his, but now he had this stupidly unusual girl to deal with!?
'I might as well blow my brains out and save myself the slow corrosion of my brain cells…'
As Lucifer contemplated what it would take to off himself, he and the dead-pan-faced girl left the verdant green gorge. Then, with a destination in mind, they headed toward a location where small explosions occasionally went off.
While this happened in real time, the system notifications from the last few hours finally piled up enough to make the system notifications worth looking at.
BLING!
[Ding! You have killed off all 30+ Water Lords of the Water Nation. On top of that, more than 30,000 of their cultivators died. The reward for being a completionist is 10 Duodecillion Clone Essence!]
[Ding! You have killed off all but 2 of the Grand Elders of the Devilduke Family. In addition to that, more than 30,000 of the Devilduke members have fallen to your hands. The reward for being a selective completionist is 4.5 Duodecillion Clone Essence!]
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