How Much For Your Soul?

Chapter 13

Today was the day he had been anticipating for over thirteen years, the day Nie Li gains his future self's memories. Why was he waiting? It was to pillage his mind for the millions of books he had read, and the cheatiest book to ever be created, the Temporal Demon Spirit Book.

Shen Yue had also set other plans in motion. Two hundred of his legend rank soldiers had been dispatched to loot the Dark Ruins, a high-level ruin containing the Nightmare Demon Pot. Honestly, he should have retrieved it long before now, but he had been sidetracked in conquering the Abyss realm.

He had also put a contingency in place to save Ye Ziyun's soul. But the bronze bird-like monstrosity from the novel was not fit to house his first wife's soul. Using the soul puppet blueprint he had stolen from the Heavenly Marks Family as a reference, he created a lifelike bird of prey.

Using high-grade materials, Shen Yue's personal smith laboured for days to create a masterpiece. With a sleek, pure black body, lavender eyes, extendable razor sharp claws and a beak that could pierce black-gold armour, she was as beautiful as she was dangerous.

Unfortunately, he didn't have enough souls techniques to allow her soul to grow, he would need to see what knowledge Nie Li had. If Ye Ziyun could form a fate soul after absorbing heavenly energy, her body would be able to restore itself. But that was for the future, for now, he just had to save her soul.

Asking her to come to his mansion two hours before school, he then proceeded to abuse her body, using the 'D' at full force. Satisfied she will be walking funny for a day or two, Shen Yue knocked her out with a drink prepared for after their lovemaking.

Su Mei arrived with the soul puppet, he needed her superior cultivation to link it to Ye Ziyun's soul. He only needed to activate the inscription, and it would forcefully suck her branded soul into the puppet. He also made it dormant once the transfer was complete, as he didn't need her flying around in a panic.

Su Mei had been thoroughly reprimanded for trying to 'train' his future wives. Shen Yue explained that while she could have her fun, they were to be future leaders of his empire and he did not want them as submissive slaves. Su Mei had apologised profusely and had explained she did not mean anything by it, she just liked to 'play'! He made a solemn vow to himself, to never introduce her to leather or whips in the future.

After doing all he could to save Ziyun, and to give the body stealer a surprise, they were off to start the long-awaited day of school. Taking a seat at the back of the classroom, where he would draw the least attention, Shen Yue waved to his little aunt. He would have to do something about her soon, maybe just kidnap her and hide her away when the Sacred Family collapsed.

Shortly after class started, Shen Yue felt a cold shiver run down his spine. Ye Ziyun sleepily closed her eyes while laying her head down on the table. Without a moment to lose, Shen Yue released the soul puppet under the table and activated the inscription.

With a brief flash of light, the original Ye Ziyun was now residing in a mechanical death bird. When everyone in the class turned around to see where the light came from, Shen Yue put on a worried face and gently shook Ye Ziyun's shoulder.

"Ye Ziyun, are you ok? What was that light?"

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"Uh, where am I?" Waking fully, the women looked up to find a beautiful pre-teen, with long blue-black hair pulled into a high ponytail. He was gently shaking her with a concerned look on his perfect face. She looked around and noticed the entire class watching her.

"OMG! The god actually did it! I'm in the Demons and Gods World! Was Shen Yue always this attractive? He could nearly pass as a girl! Ouch, shit why do my privates hurt? Oh that bastard god! He left the damage he did when I slept with him! Damn him, my arse is leaking! Ok, ok focus, you can do this!"

Within a second, the new soul that had arrived ordered her thoughts, trying to ignore the uncomfortable feeling from her abused orifices and replied to the questions directed at her by Shen Yue.

"I'm fine, I must have fallen asleep." The new Ye Ziyun replied.

"Are you sure? There was a flash of light, maybe we should have a doctor examine you to be safe." A concerned Shen Xiu asked, having the City Lord's daughter injured in her class would be political suicide.

"I'm fine, teacher Shen Xiu, honest, please continue your lecture." She replied trying to direct attention elsewhere. As soon as everyone faced the front again, a blue screen only she could see, appeared in front of her.

[ Congratulations! You have agreed to be reincarnated into the world of Tales of Demons and Gods created by Alastor, your new God! As per the deal, you agreed to when renouncing your previous faith and/or allegiance, you have been given the following perks.

Ye Ziyun One of the students in the fighter apprentice class with Nie Li. She is a member of the most powerful Family in Glory City, Snow Wind Family. Her grandfather is the legend rank demon spiritualist Ye Mo, and her father, Ye Zong, is the current City Lord.

The Realm of the Violet Jade Immortal Pendant / System A soul-bound pendant containing a realm only accessible to the owner. No other human beings are allowed entry unless they are already dead. (Or have, a spiritual connection to the owner.) Time flows at a rate of 100:1 in the realm compared to the outside world. The landscape of this realm has a circumference of roughly a 33,000 Square Meters, every increase of the level of this Realm will increase the size of space available. (To receive, pray to God.)

Interspatial Ring (500sqm) A soul-bound ring able to change shape and camouflage. (To receive, pray to God.)

Bishoujo A young woman whose beauty (and sexual appeal) transcends the boundary of gender or sexual orientation.

Boobs Your breasts have been shaped by God! They are full, round and pert, men will not be able to look you in the eyes.

Dat Ass! Your posterior is shapely, taut, firm, plump and yet still compacted into an aesthetically appealing package. It is perfect!

You are not permitted to kill the opposition, disclose information about future events or information concerning your mission to amuse your new God! All attempts will be physically impossible thanks to the restrictions placed on you when you agreed to serve your God, Alastor. Continue to amuse Him for better endgame reward. ]

"Yes! All my perks are there, I must say this body is gorgeous! Not being able to kill that immature little prick will make things difficult, but as long as I am with Nie Li, I will be fine. First I will have to distance myself from Shen Yue, what a pity, he is too cute! But his family is so totally going down." Ye Ziyun thought to herself. Now that she was in this perfect body, she had to get used to calling herself that.

Without even realising her thoughts on murdering another human being, the woman from earth started planning her future.

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Shen Yue could practically see the wheels turning in her head when she looked at him with an appreciative eye. She was going to distance herself from him to make room for Nie Li. Although he knew this was coming, it hit him right in the feels to see such a look on his Ziyun's face.

He laughed in his mind when he saw her wince and try to wiggle her perfect bum into a comfortable position, his Ziyun had been peeved at the damage he had done to her posterior. Now all he had to do was lay low and wait. He would take his cues from Nie Li and Ye Ziyun to throw suspicion to the 'mask man' for the changes to the timeline.

Although he had changed drastically, it could be explained away with his ability not being used in the alternate timeline. It was thin, but workable, especially with an unknown masked guy running around drawing attention.

"For the next two years, all of you are my students. Although the principal mentioned that Holy Orchid Institute's students are equal, I have to let you know the ugly truth. In this world, equality doesn't exist!" Shen Xiu told the class the cold, hard truth. The rest of her speech was pretty much the same as the one in the canon, except for one amendment.

"The only way you can rise above your station is with the backing of a superior faction or a miraculous encounter. It's impossible for you to become an aristocratic family, so do not dream of rising up to become a phoenix. Even within the nobility, they have a strict difference of levels that can never be exceeded." She concluded her speech, to the dissatisfaction of Nie Li.

He ridiculed her as he did in the novel, about there being other human settlements and Ye Mo's rise to power. To Shen Yue's ears, he sounded like an arrogant little shit. Even though he didn't want to draw attention, he still had to stick up for his little aunt! Just as she was about to give a half-hearted rebuttal, he stood up.

"I also have a question, Nie Li, does Glory City have trade relations with any other human settlement?" Shen Yue asked with a glare towards the little ginger.

"No." Before Nie Li could speak further, Shen Yue once again spoke out with a cold, hard voice.

"Oh? So outside this 'well' are other human settlements that your Family knows about, but has not deigned to trade with or inform the City Lord? Does your Family think itself above isolated communities that you have no need to offer help or trade?" Shen Yue tried to heap as much scorn as he could on the arrogant little shit.

Suddenly everyone was looking at Nie Li, they had not heard of these places, but his Family had? Why didn't they trade with them? Shen Xiu was smiling proudly at her cute little nephew. Before Nie Li could pull an answer out of his arse, he was bombarded with another question.

"You mentioned Ye Mo, that commoners can rise above their station as he did, but do you know his soul realm? Ye Ziyun told me, it was the same as hers, the rare cyan realm that only geniuses have. I second my aunt's opinion. Without help or a miracle, with low-level innate talent, people will struggle with their cultivation." After Shen Yue delivered his speech imperiously, he sat down, giving his aunt a nod and a small smile.

Nie Li was stunned, so was the rest of the class. They had all heard of Shen Yue recruiting from the commoner families, he even built his mansion there! What he said was reasonable, the only person to rise to a noble from a commoner had genius talent, they needed a backer! Instead of looking towards Nie Li with appreciative expressions like they did in the novel, they now had their gazes glued to Shen Yue with sparkles shining in their eyes.

Nie Li was dumbfounded, he tried to uplift the spirits of the commoners, but now they were searching for backers to support them in their cultivation. It was what he was going to offer them after class!

"Nie Li, what a good Heavenly Marks Family. Hiding knowledge of other human settlements, when we are all on the same side in the fight to survive against demon beasts! The City Lord will hear about this! Go stand at the back of the class and face the wall, I don't want to see your face, you traitor." Shen Xiu really finished him off, Shen Yue felt like yelling out "Fatality!"

Instead of being joined at the back of the classroom by the other commoners, Nie Li was alone in his humiliation. Ye Ziyun ground her teeth in irritation and scowled at Shen Yue, she had planned to stand with Nie Li and join his group early. Now she had to look like a fool as she stood next to him. Was Shen Yue the other reincarnator?

"Ye Ziyun, what are you doing?" Shen Yue called out as she stood up.

Once again the entire class's focus was on her. "I think what Nie Li said was correct, commoners can rise up by their own power and achieve their dreams, to put them down is to stunt their growth!" She really was a good speaker, mitigating some of the negative thoughts being directed at Nie Li.

"I don't think you have thought this through, most families have already bankrupted themselves to just sent their children to school. Where are they going to get the demon spirit coins for cultivation resources? Are you sure you are ok?" Said Shen Yue, with a worried look at her. His acting skill was getting a workout.

She really didn't know what to say to this, she just wanted a reason to talk to Nie Li early! Now she had started down this path, she could only continue. "We as nobles don't know the suffering the less fortunate families have to go through, how can you just casually disregard their futures? Just because your Sacred Family is rich, you think you can just treat commoners like trash?" With little else to argue about she could only try to discredit Shen Yue, this was really not going how she planned.

"You are starting to worry me Ziyun, let's get you to a doctor." Replied Shen Yue in a calm but worried voice. He was trying to play the perfect, concerned fiance, but internally he was laughing at her stupidity, he wanted nothing more than to slap the crazy bitch.

"I don't know why my father even agreed to the marriage proposal, I don't like you! Never call my name again, we are not that close!" Making the most of this failed venture, she severed the relationship between her and Shen Yue, paving the way for Nie Li.

Nie Li was on top of the world, his Ziyun had just trashed Shen Yue! There was no chance of them getting married now! He would make his move now and together they would save Glory City!

"Ye Ziyun, let's leave this class. This trash teacher that attacks commoners and the spoiled nephew that helps her, we don't need to stay here any longer." Nie Li said walking over to Yi Ziyun and offering his hand. Taking it with a smile, they walked out the door hand in hand.

Both of them misread the stupefied looks they received as looks of shock at their verbal attacks toward the teacher. They did not understand that they had just slandered the most sought after genius in the city. And what was with associating Shen Yue with the Sacred Family? Everyone knew the story of the 'Runaway Prince'.

If Nie Li and Ye Ziyun had not been embarrassingly caught off guard, they would have noticed how unbelievable the situation had been. A destitute Aristocrat with terrible future prospects, and the Princess of the City, suddenly holding hands and walking out in front of her rich and publically-loved fiance? A sudden flash of light and two complete changes in personality? Inconceivable!

Unfortunately, both of them had got what they wanted, blinding them to reality. Nie Li, the three-hundred-year-old pedophile, was blinded by his worship of Ye Ziyun, and the new Ye Ziyun wanted to grab hold of the man with overpowered skills and plot armour.

With no more interruptions, the class ended peacefully. Shen Yue waited until everyone left the room. Shen Xiu wanted to say something, but he shook his head indicating they would speak later. That left only a puzzled and slightly hysterical Xiao Ning'er.

"What happen Shen Yue? Why was sister Ye Ziyun acting like that? I wanted to say something, but you said to keep our relationship secret!"

"You did well Ning'er, I could barely contain the rage I felt myself. That is not our Ziyun. I felt a sudden chill, and it caused me to look at Ziyun. What I saw was terrifying! Whoever that was, had just taken over Ziyun's body, had expelled her soul and it was dissipating! Luckily I had been experimenting with soul puppets." Shen Yue bullshitted.

He then brought out the soul puppet from under his desk, explaining the flash of light and what he had done to save her. Shen Yue placed Ziyun into a backpack, as he did not want to risk something happening to her if she was put into his interspatial ring. He gave Xiao Ning'er the mission of getting it back to his mansion, as he had something else to do.

Meeting Su Mei at the school gate he had a wicked smile on his face, it was time to hunt!

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