I'm a monster in Demon King's Castle

Li Yue didn't dare to communicate with Mini and Mini, fearing he would arouse the old scholar's vigilance; but he also didn't dare to be too presumptuous in sensing the inscription on the table, continuing to slowly translate the "Noble Directory of Kalei 259."

Obviously, the old scholar's behavior didn't stem from Li Yue's changes, and the dense scars on the back of his hand also confirmed... that this old scholar does this every day when copying books, and the Brain Spirits seem to be used to it.

As long as he doesn't expose the fact that he is the "Slayer Cup Winner" and attract Oogway Boogie, Li Yue won't be too nervous.

[Current Object — Status: Excited/Satisfied...]

Is he a masochist?

No, there's definitely something fishy about the inscription on the table... Li Yue even gave up using the Demon Illustrated Handbook to analyze the Book Demon, and instead focused on understanding the old scholar's thoughts, searching for his purpose in that sea of consciousness.

[The ritual begins, slowly and imperceptibly... stealing the life of the Brain Spirits... stealing the life of the Lesser Demons...]

Li Yue seemed to feel an invisible force descending here, steadily enveloping all the Brain Spirits and Mini and Mini, but after unfolding his thoughts, he realized it was just his illusion. Nothing was different here, and the other Brain Spirits didn't sense anything either.

The ritual begins? Using some kind of inscription on the desk, plus his own blood, to steal the lives of the Brain Spirits and Mini and Mini... Is this the secret to the old scholar's sturdy survival to the ripe old age of 72?

Even if the lifespan of a Brain Spirit is 50-500 years, it can't withstand you plucking them like this every day, right? What's more, Mini and Mini are only 20-50 years old...

As soon as Li Yue had this thought, he immediately remembered that the Brain Spirits doing translation in the Library basically don't live to that age. The old scholar's actions can be considered making the most of their lives...

But that ritual is quite spiritual, actually having this kind of function, directly stealing lifespan?

[Brain Spirits... Lesser Demons... humble Demonic Creatures... Steal their lives... Escape from here... Return to the Royal Capital to steal more! Grow, humans... grow to your heart's content in my absence... and then become my nourishment... Accompany my reign...]

The inner drama inadvertently revealed by the old scholar deeply shocked Li Yue's soul. Li Yue sensed his old and steady hands, his slightly trembling pupils, and his great ambition, as if he could see the world he imagined, that imagined crimson Garden of Eden.

Has he lost his mind...?

Li Yue suddenly understood the old scholar's feelings—after experiencing all this in Demon King City, it's hard not to break the strings in one's heart... Maybe one day, the old scholar read about this ritual in some Demonic Codex, or maybe he accidentally discovered the wonderful use of the inscription on the desk, so he placed all his future on it, pursuing a longer eternity...

Li Yue felt that if his identity and the old scholar's were reversed, he might make the same choice.

Unfortunately, stealing my life is definitely not okay—Li Yue's thoughts wandered for a moment, then he suddenly became determined to find an opportunity to kill the old scholar.

Mini noticed that Li Yue's movements had become slow and suddenly looked up at Li Yue, with a hint of doubt in his emotions.

"Focus on your work," Li Yue said, comforting Mini and telling him not to make a sound, fearing he would attract the old scholar's attention. At the same time, he returned to the normal translation frequency, pretending to be a diligent Brain Spirit.

The old scholar glanced at Li Yue.

Mini pouted, not forgetting to quickly draw an X on his lips to indicate obedience when handing over the next book.

Sensing the old man's state, Li Yue had no doubt that as long as he gathered his psychic power and delivered a soul shock to his heart or brain, he could send him to the Western Paradise...

But that would be equivalent to digging his own grave—the Library is the Brain Spirits' habitat, and he can't give up this identity unless absolutely necessary, otherwise, he would easily be found by Oogway Boogie...

At least he had to avoid this storm—although Li Yue didn't know that Oogway Boogie had already found the Slave Owner to look for him, he still believed that this demon who had lost money wouldn't easily let him go.

Thinking this, Li Yue decided to endure, endure until he could solve the old scholar in front of him without leaving a trace.

[Malice +14+17...]

The malice was endless. Li Yue couldn't even distinguish whether it came from the old scholar in front of him or all the slave scholars in the hall, but he was very satisfied to enjoy the feeling of constantly harvesting malice, and he firmly remembered the appearance and outlines of the other forty-odd slave scholars.

The old scholar didn't notice the changes in Li Yue's heart. As usual, he launched the ritual and wrote furiously, quickly filling the paper on the table; Li Yue had also adjusted his state long ago, put down the "Noble Directory of Kalei 259," and telepathically instructed Mini and Mini to take out the next book.

Mini took out a new book, "Journey to the Valley of Fire," with one hand, and picked up the translated paper from the table with the other, extending it far to where the Book Demon was in the center of the Library hall.

Not only Li Yue's group, but the papers translated by other groups were also gathered by Mini and Mini to the Book Demon—only to see the Book Demon's pages slightly open and close, and then fiercely clasp the handed over paper, but just barely missed Mini and Mini's long fingers, as if they had practiced it thousands of times.

After clasping and then opening, several books translated from Demonic Common Language popped out of the pages, scattering on the ground; the Mini and Mini who wandered between several large tables skillfully lifted the heavy books, took small steps, and sent them to the seventh to twelfth library rooms for storage, completing a whole set of translation cycles.

In this way, the translation work in the Library was in full swing, the lives of the Brain Spirits slowly passed away, the malice in the Demon Illustrated Handbook was steadily harvested, and a plan gradually took shape in Li Yue's mind.

From time to time, Li Yue would be warmed by the eyes of Mini and Mini at the same table—they seemed to enjoy this feeling of "working together" very much, with smiles on their faces, as if the hustle and bustle of last night had passed, and life had returned to peace and happiness.

Li Yue looked at the two diligent little fellows and, while telepathically praising them, his original intention in the chaos became even more firm—in Demon King City, there would be humans even more不堪 than demons, and there were also little fellows who were so pure that they were worrying...

Then what about himself, with the body of a Demonic Creature, the heart of a human, and currently racking his brains to try to eliminate a demon in human skin... what is he?

Go be a Heterogeneous, a Heterogeneous who releases ferocity in chaos and carries warmth in determination.

Li Yue calmed down to translate books, locked his mind on the magic hourglass next to the Book Demon, and quietly waited for the green to turn blue, waiting for the half-hour of lunch break to arrive.

...

Vegetable garden, Cell 187.

"Slave Owner" Bode Kohli, with human skin and a long whip at his waist, was leading his three black giant dogs, constantly searching for clues in Cell 187.

And this cell was where Li Yue had been detained before.

Oogway Boogie was not present next to "Slave Owner" Bode Kohli, only a group of hundreds of flies, constantly changing shape at this moment, looking very anxious.

After sniffing for a moment, the three black giant dogs seemed to have found something, restlessly under the restraints of the three collars; Bode Kohli scratched his big beard, cracked his mouth and shouted for a long time, completely arousing the ferocity of the three giant dogs.

"Go!" Bode Kohli confidently released the collars, letting the three giant dogs go to find his enemy—this was his usual operation. Before degenerating into a demon, hundreds of slaves had been found and torn to pieces by the giant dogs, eventually barely piecing together the entire human skin around Bode Kohli's waist.

That human skin was pieced together from hundreds of different skins, binding their souls, making them unable to escape forever.

But the three giant dogs, who had never made a mistake... this time, there was some disagreement in finding the enemy—the dogs that ran out of Cell 187 ran in three directions, one running to the depths of the vegetable garden, one staying in the left prison cell opposite Cell 187, and the last one running towards the exit of the vegetable garden, hesitating along the way.

"Hmm?" Bode Kohli rarely encountered this situation, knowing that the three little darlings were being disturbed by something.

Of course, he couldn't have imagined that Li Yue had even transformed his body odor during the transformation, which had just caused some misleading.

However, this little episode was quickly resolved—Bode Kohli tore off the human skin around his waist and, not knowing what he promised to these souls, headed straight for the location of the "Vault" under the guidance of the souls.

"Heh heh..." Bode Kohli slapped three dog heads unconscious, picked them up and followed, muttering in his mouth, "Beasts are still not as useful as slaves... Brain Spirit, huh... It just so happens that my work is missing a piece of scalp..."

Saying that, Bode Kohli waved his whip, tearing a small piece of scalp from the human skin in front.