Chapter 456: Chapter 203: Beaten Up_2
And then he was doomed, the Black Belt wrapped around his hands and feet, hoisting him up like a pig.
"What’s going on? Why doesn’t Li Xiu get tied up when he bows, but I do?" Right now Chu Qi’s mind was buzzing, completely unable to figure out what was happening.
Smack!
The demon spirit’s whip cleared his thoughts a bit. After breaking free from the Black Belt, refusing to accept defeat, he bowed to the demon spirit once again, only to be hoisted and beaten again without suspense.
Chu Qi was a bit dumbfounded. He clearly saw Li Xiu do this, so why does it work for Li Xiu but not for him? He really couldn’t understand.
"How about I give it a try?" Li Xiu laughed straight out.
Chu Qi didn’t understand the Demon Kingdom’s characters, so naturally, he couldn’t grasp what was happening.
In fact, the weaknesses of these demon spirits were all written on their bodies.
The white light symbols on those black belts were the Demon Kingdom’s writing, and the one on the previous demon spirit’s body read ’bow’.
So Li Xiu tried a bow, which is commonly known as a hand salute, to see if it had any effect.
As a result of his bow, the Black Belt on the demon spirit flew back by itself, and its body seemed to pause for a moment, which allowed Li Xiu to easily slay it.
Chu Qi appeared a bit wooden, but his mind was quite nimble; he’s not truly a fool.
Seeing Li Xiu use a bow, he mimicked him, completely disregarding his face.
Unfortunately, the white light symbol on the Black Belt of this demon spirit did not mean ’bow’. Naturally, his bow was useless.
"Want to switch?" Li Xiu smiled.
"Switch." Chu Qi answered without hesitation.
Li Xiu walked toward the demon spirit, watching as the demon spirit threw the Black Belt over, he put his hands down and bowed to the demon spirit.
With this bow, the Black Belt flying towards Li Xiu instantly returned, and Li Xiu charged forward, the Fire Lotus Sword once again slaying the demon spirit.
Unfortunately, it still didn’t drop anything good, just a Flowing Color Demon Core.
Chu Qi stared wide-eyed, thinking to himself: "First it was bowing, now it’s kneeling, how come killing a demon spirit needs so many rituals. Is this a quest to kill demon spirits or learn etiquette?"
Despite the complaints in his mind, Chu Qi figured out the pattern: killing demon spirits requires manners, etiquette must be in place, otherwise it won’t kill the demon spirit and he’ll be hoisted up for a beating.
Though the injury was really nothing to him, it was embarrassing to be beaten like this.
Chu Qi gritted his teeth and proceeded to the next level.
Sure enough, there was another demon spirit wrapped all over in black bands, swinging the Black Belt right away.
Chu Qi did a double-bow and double-kneel, thinking: "Showing manners can’t hurt, I’ve shown you such respect, just let me kill you peacefully."
Smack!
Chu Qi was once again hoisted up and whipped, this time even harder than the previous occasions, his white tight shirt was about to turn into a beggar’s outfit, and red whip marks appeared on his body.
"Why?" Chu Qi was tearful, truly unable to understand why things turned out this way.
Why can Li Xiu succeed, but he cannot?
"Did I misunderstand from the start, it’s not a matter of politeness? Does the demon spirit judge based on appearances? A pretty face can bow freely, but when I try, I get hoisted up and beaten? It’s not my fault that I’m not attractive, I didn’t choose my deathly pallor, I was born with it and can’t change it. Killing demon spirits also involves appearance discrimination, what kind of world is this..." Chu Qi was frustrated to the point where he almost started swearing.
"It’s really rough being illiterate." Li Xiu watched Chu Qi getting repeatedly beaten, secretly grateful for his time spent learning the Demon Kingdom’s writing in the Nether House, able to read the words on the demon spirits, otherwise he could have been hoisted up carelessly too.
These demon spirits were strange, their Black Belt seemed capable of restraining all living things, even Chu Qi, who was S-ranked, couldn’t evade it, nor could he.
"After going back, I must read more books in the Nether House and study the Demon Kingdom’s writing thoroughly, maybe it’ll be useful someday." Li Xiu resolved to master demon text, determined not to remain illiterate.
"Chu Qi, do you know why you keep getting hoisted and beaten?" Li Xiu didn’t approach himself this time, standing at the stairway, he spoke to Chu Qi.
"I know it’s a matter of looks, you don’t need to remind me." Chu Qi gritted his teeth, speaking.
"What nonsense is that?" Li Xiu was both amused and annoyed, utterly clueless about Chu Qi’s conclusion, and had no choice but to say: "This has nothing to do with looks. When a demon spirit wants to beat you, would it really care if you’re pretty or ugly?"
"Then why do they stand for you while you can bow and they let you kill them, but I do the same and get hoisted up and beaten? Isn’t it because of looks? My character is impeccable." Chu Qi argued indignantly.
"You’re overthinking it." Li Xiu said seriously: "Alright, if you trust me, do as I say, and I guarantee that you can kill these demon spirits however you want."
"Alright, tell me what to do." Chu Qi freed himself from the Black Belt once more, landing on the ground as he spoke.
"Give it a worship." Li Xiu said directly.
The reason Li Xiu didn’t approach this time was that the text on this demon spirit read ’worship’, and he wasn’t keen on kowtowing to a demon spirit.
Though these demon spirits were indeed peculiar, even placing their weaknesses on their bodies, and in the form of various rituals.