Chapter 1 This World is Brewing Madness in Calm

The existence of 'hobbies' is incomprehensible.

Of course, in this world, there is no story of Batman and the Joker, nor are there movies like "The Dark Knight" and "Joker" to widely spread the image of the 'Joker'.

But aside from these, the Joker that Ye Chuxiao created based on his memory is still full of strange allure and shock.

Exaggerated attire and clothing, strange voice, and those words that sound a bit reasonable, yet are crazy.

Like a highly impactful poster.

It doesn't directly tell a story, but its face and body are covered with stories.

This is like virgin land waiting to be cultivated, making those with strong curiosity and thirst for knowledge can't help but want to explore and study it.

Si Dada had a gloomy little face. The usually cheerful and optimistic legal loli now seemed to be emitting black smoke all over her body.

"I hate you, you monster!"

"So, be shattered for me!" Si Dada said, then waved her small hand.

On the Mind Battle Stage, all the noise, light, and space were distorted.

In this distortion, it was as if a hand was holding a crystal clear sword, crossing time, and waving the sword in the air at Ye Chuxiao.

When this sword appeared, even though Ye Chuxiao knew it was fake, an illusion, he still couldn't help but be shocked by its imposing manner, and felt a bit of horror and fear.

This is another advanced use of illusion.

Replicating the scene of an attack carrying the strong will of an expert.

The attack is fake, but the will that erupts at that moment is real.

Strictly speaking, this has exceeded the level of ordinary illusions, no longer just a void guide, but a subjective invasion.

To use illusion to the level of replicating the true style of a strong person's strike requires not only a very deep understanding and practice of illusion, but also a considerable understanding and perception of the strong person's will at that moment of attack.

The highest achievement of illusion is nothing more than turning illusion into reality.

And making it real from mental attacks is the first step.

Faced with the sword transformed by Si Dada, Ye Chuxiao found it difficult to dodge. Knowing it was fake, he felt like he was nailed to the corner, with nowhere to escape.

If this sword were to strike down, Ye Chuxiao would at least shatter a layer of mental armor.

The newly formed Joker would also dissipate and shatter.

Sensing the threat, the Joker did not have any real anxiety.

When the sword light swept down, the wind stirred by the illusion swept over the Joker's dark green hair. In the flickering light, the Joker's face, covered with white powder, also appeared particularly ghostly.

"Remember the angry look of your opponent, that's the best compliment for what you've done in the past!" The Joker said, smoking a cigarette and exhaling a long puff of smoke.

"Remember the first thing I said to you?"

"Don't resist death, that's the best gift!" The Joker's voice rang beside Ye Chuxiao.

In that instant, Ye Chuxiao's slightly anxious heart calmed down. In an instant, on this Mind Battle Stage, it seemed to be stretched out a lot.

However, after that instant, thoughts erupted, and he also used illusion to counterattack.

Borrowing the aura of Dao rhyme, Ye Chuxiao had repeatedly watched Daoist Yan Po duel with others. At this time, the first thing he did was naturally transform Yan Po's saber strike and welcome that sword.

In mid-air, a saber and a sword that crossed time, space, and the world collided.

The swordsman and saber wielder, who were originally dissimilar, fought each other like Guan Gong fighting Qin Qiong.

Then they both shattered and dissipated into the air.

After all, they were just illusions. The sword intent and saber intent were real, but the sword energy and saber light were fake.

Si Dada's attack failed again.

And at this moment, Si Dada was clearly in a disadvantageous passive state.

Although she was not at the end of her rope, she had used her most secret ultimate move, but she couldn't do anything to her opponent. At this time, using some intimidation and enticement methods instead seemed like grasping at straws.

Si Dada's inability to take the initiative to attack did not mean that Ye Chuxiao's counterattack had ended.

Following the momentum of the other party's attack, Ye Chuxiao reflected another illusion back.

In the illusion, Si Dada was making a sweet and sincere confession to the man she admired.

The man, whose appearance could not be seen clearly, only gave people a feeling of being tall, sunny, and handsome. After listening to Si Dada's confession, he chuckled and touched Si Dada's head with his hand without any obstacles, rubbing it vigorously.

"What are you thinking?"

"I just treat you like a little sister!" the man said softly and gently.

He didn't even take Si Dada's confession to heart, treating it as a truly happening girl's feeling.

He only thought it was a temporary prank by his little sister.

"I'm with her now, and I will treat you well in the future."

"You will always be my and her little sister!" the man continued.

Although he didn't know why, Si Dada already had a great sense of substitution!

The mental armor revealed by the whole person had already begun to fluctuate violently.

Accompanied by a crisp sound.

Si Dada's mental armor broke.

The thoughts hidden in her heart were revealed to the public at this time without any concealment or reservation.

"Which of these two brands of height-increasing insoles won't make my feet stink?" In picture one, Si Dada was weighing the pros and cons of two different brands of height-increasing insoles.

"Is this breast enhancement cream really useful? Why do I rub half a bottle every night, and it still doesn't grow at all?" In picture two, Si Dada clenched her hands in front of her chest, revealing a weak expression.

"I give up!" Si Dada collapsed directly, dropped these words, and disappeared from the battle stage.

In reality, Si Dada also took off her deep-diving equipment and strode away from the competition venue that made her socially awkward.

She probably won't be back for the competition in a short time.

Si Dada's supporters immediately erupted with extremely strong emotions towards Ye Chuxiao and the Joker.

They shouted insults and vented their anger recklessly.

There is no need to talk about reason with fanatic fans.

Besides, how many people were mixed in it, taking the opportunity to vent?

Those, whether positive or negative, were all borne by the Joker.

He is also linked to the Devil Heart Technique.

It's just that, unlike Xiong Mao Mao, the Joker's 'persona' is chaotic, evil, and uncertain.

He is already a cup of poison, so why bother adding anything more to it?

There are many charming characters, and Ye Chuxiao's choice of the Joker naturally has its inevitable factors.

It's like those idols who set their personas extremely perfectly are afraid of collapsing, but those that are already in ruins... don't have this concern.

The essential function of the Devil Heart Technique is to collect the thoughts of all beings and strengthen the individual's heart and spirit. The backlash lies in the fact that once the thoughts of all beings change and deviate from the strengthened individual, the conflict between the two will trigger a series of adverse consequences.

After clarifying this essence, Ye Chuxiao also had a directional choice when choosing to 'fabricate a friend'.

The Joker, who has the 'chaos' attribute and has no room for collapsing, yet is extremely charming, naturally became Ye Chuxiao's first choice.

With the effect of the Devil Heart Technique, the Joker is becoming more and more real and flexible in the praise and abuse of everyone.

In the following few battles, it almost became the Joker's special performance.

He really couldn't cause actual harm to Ye Chuxiao's opponents.

However, his words and some of his actions always made Ye Chuxiao's opponents break their defenses, creating excellent opportunities for Ye Chuxiao to attack or counterattack.

The Joker is no longer just a simple mental armor.

He can be called a 'Thorn Armor'.

When the opponent attacks, there will always be damage reflected back.

In this battle, Ye Chuxiao achieved ten consecutive victories.

After ten consecutive victories, Ye Chuxiao's points ranking rushed to the upper reaches.

Although there is still a gap from the champion, there is no longer any risk of being eliminated in the mid-term.

Exiting the deep-diving device, Ye Chuxiao did not continue to stay on the field for long.

At this time, the contestants who remained on the field, except for Si Dada who had already left, had no other star players.

Which also meant that Ye Chuxiao was unlikely to usher in particularly powerful challengers. Continuing to delay would not be of much significance.

He could come back another day and compete with other star players.

This was, after all, just a regular season, not the year-end championship finals. It was impossible for experts to emerge frequently.

When Ye Chuxiao first participated in the competition, he would encounter some tests and twists and turns.

Now that he was used to it, many monotonous means were already ineffective for him.

Returning to Song Jiamu's residence, Ye Chuxiao closed his eyes and concentrated, reviewing the gains from this day's Decoding Competition battle.

The two layers of mental armor were also being repeatedly hammered and increased in weight, making them more defensive and comprehensive.

"I don't know if I can block that demon girl Ying Shu's Mind Elixir now!" Ye Chuxiao thought.

"It's better to continue stacking armor and be more stable!" Without an answer, Ye Chuxiao could only choose to continue moving forward.

Dialing Ye Chuyu's communication number, the other side quickly answered.

"Hello! Big brother! I watched your competition today, the Joker is very good! Much more interesting than that Xiong Mao Mao!" Ye Chuyu's voice seemed very happy.

Ye Chuxiao smiled: "It's okay!"

"So, I want to ask you to do me a favor!" Ye Chuxiao said.

"What?" Ye Chuyu asked.

Ye Chuxiao said: "Promote and hype the Joker through various dissemination and media channels."

"Within seven days, I hope to see the Joker's image, attire, and the words he has said become the current hot topic throughout Canaan Academy."

Xiong Mao Mao's combination with the Devil Heart Technique, which quickly strengthened the first layer of mental armor, did give Ye Chuxiao inspiration.

But what he wants to do is not those fragile idols.

It is the black and red intertwined, taking all the eyes and attention... traffic.

Traffic can be linked with idols, but it is an upgraded product of idols, and is not the same as idols.

Idols only work among fans, and are products within a small range, making it difficult to break the circle.

And traffic... is using a bombardment of publicity methods to let those passers-by who are completely indifferent to it know this name and this person, even if that cognition and impression is not friendly.

You may not like it, but you can't avoid it.

This is the power of traffic, and also the domineering nature of traffic.

"This... is a bit difficult!" Ye Chuyu did not take everything on this time.

Although she is the great-granddaughter of the president of Canaan Academy, Canaan Academy is far from being her say.

"Or should we just promote it on a small scale?"

"I can go to my third aunt, big cousin, and little uncle to discuss and let them help you promote the Joker more, and try to arrange a few hot news for the Joker in the following days." Ye Chuyu said somewhat embarrassedly.

She felt guilty for not being able to fully help Ye Chuxiao.

"Forget it! Can your great-grandfather help me contact and arrange a meeting?" Ye Chuxiao asked.

Ye Chuyu shook her head from afar, then realized that she was on a call with no video effect, and quickly said: "I can't do it! Grandpa has been in seclusion for three years, and I haven't seen him for a long time."

"Then who is responsible for managing and taking charge of your Canaan Academy now?" Ye Chuxiao asked.

Ye Chuyu said: "It's my eldest uncle!"

When she mentioned her eldest uncle, her voice lowered two degrees subconsciously, apparently somewhat afraid of this eldest uncle.

"Then help me contact your eldest uncle, and it's okay to directly tell him my identity."

"No...! You can exaggerate a little bit, and say that I am the gold-badge constable candidate of Daheng, the descendant of the divine constable Shi Huang, and... the closed disciple of Tang Sudong!" Ye Chuxiao added several non-existent titles to himself as soon as he opened his mouth.

When you are out, who will see your inner self at first glance?

Don't you have to talk about the gimmick first?

The door-knocker must be hard, and only when it is hard can it be soft.

If it is soft without being hard, you can't even get in the door.

"Ah, this...!" Ye Chuyu's little face was filled with struggle.

In the end, she agreed.

"Okay... okay! But don't brag too much. If you can't clean up the mess, it will be difficult for me too." Ye Chuyu worried.

At this time, she seemed to have regretted a little bit that she had summoned her eldest brother to her home.

Ye Chuxiao's idea was not bad.

If he was just an unknown pawn who had crossed over, then Ye Chuyu's eldest uncle would never take another look at him.

At most, he would just instruct some related personnel to monitor him to prevent him from doing harmful things.

After all, everyone knows the cross-border people... In order to earn some life points, many of them don't even want integrity, let alone morality and bottom line.

However, because Ye Chuxiao instructed Ye Chuyu to add those titles specifically, Ye Chuyu's eldest uncle decided to meet Ye Chuxiao in person.

Among these titles, Tang Sudong's closed disciple played a crucial role.

There are not so many powerhouses in the Wuding Realm, even in the heavens and myriad worlds.

And after the news that Tang Sudong sacrificed himself to the Dao and completed the Daheng Heavenly Dao for twenty years spread, the name Tang Sudong has already resounded throughout the worlds.

With Ye Chuyu as a 'mole', her eldest uncle would not be unaware of Tang Sudong's name and weight.

A day later, in the vice president's office of Canaan Academy, Ye Chuxiao met Ye Chuyu's eldest uncle.

He was a very charming middle-aged man. A gray-black, comfortable short outfit seemed to indicate that this meeting was more like seeing a friend that his junior had made outside, and it was not so serious.

Ye Chuxiao couldn't see through the other party's realm. At first glance, he thought it was an ordinary person who didn't understand cultivation.

However, this was absolutely impossible.

Therefore, it could only be that the other party's cultivation had reached the point of returning to nature.

"I heard from my little girl that you are Tang Sudong's closed disciple?" Ye Chuyu's eldest uncle lit a cigarette and then handed one to Ye Chuxiao, but Ye Chuxiao smiled and refused.

"Teacher Tang taught me a few words before he left. I regard him as a teacher!" Ye Chuxiao did not continue to swagger and deceive with the identity of Tang Sudong's closed disciple.

The purpose of the meeting had been achieved. It would be inconvenient to continue to use the identity of Tang Sudong's closed disciple.

Ye Chuyu's eldest uncle took a puff of cigarette, seemingly to hide his disappointment, but still exhaled the smoke and said: "I guessed it! Nannan has not been very good at lying since she was a child. When she lies, her hands always have to grab something."

These words were half true and half false.

He suspected that Ye Chuyu was lying was true, but he could not completely determine that Ye Chuxiao was not Tang Sudong's disciple.

If his judgment was accurate, he would not have met Ye Chuxiao.

"But I am very surprised that you would confess as soon as you open your mouth."

"I originally just wanted to see what kind of slippery person was the kid who could make my little girl lie to me, her eldest uncle."

At this point, a very obvious stern look appeared on Ye Chuyu's eldest uncle's face. It was deliberately made for Ye Chuxiao to see.

It can only be said that this is also an old actor and veteran!

Without saying a word, Ye Chuxiao slapped the booklet recording part of the 'Devil Heart Technique' on the table.

"What is this?" Ye Chuyu's eldest uncle didn't even look at it, but just asked calmly.

"Devil Heart Technique! The Devil Heart Technique secretly passed down by the Immaculate Heavenly Maiden of the Original Purpose Sect!" Ye Chuxiao said.

The eldest uncle still didn't look at the Devil Heart Technique: "So it's this! If you plan to use this to negotiate any conditions with me, I may have to disappoint you, nephew. The secret room of the library of my Canaan Academy also has collections of the Devil Heart Technique, and there are more than one version."

"Then have you ever thought about linking it to mental encryption?" Ye Chuxiao asked.

The eldest uncle said: "Some people have done experiments, and the effect is not bad, but the backlash is very strong. The powerful heart is disintegrated from the inside first. It's a pity!"

Ye Chuxiao said again: "That's because you didn't use the right method."

"Although not everyone has my talent to fabricate a non-existent person as my mental password to withstand the effects of the Devil Heart Technique."

"But have you ever thought about mutual agreement, mutual secrecy, and multi-person joint security?"

"Hmm?" The eldest uncle straightened his posture for the first time and looked at Ye Chuxiao seriously.

"Tell me in detail!" The eldest uncle poured the first cup of tea for Ye Chuxiao.

Ye Chuxiao smiled and said: "Everyone in this world has their hobbies."

"If these hobbies are just ordinary, that's fine, but if they are dangerous and very special, they may cause disaster."

Ye Chuxiao himself has experienced this.

Hobbies are weaknesses and talents.

If someone's hobby is 'killing', then this person must be a martial arts expert who is hard to come by in a hundred years. His combat ability is by no means comparable to ordinary people.

Once such a person grows to a certain level, it is a huge threat to the entire world.

Therefore, the academy world particularly promotes mental cultivation.

The purpose is to allow every cultivator to master their heart as much as possible.

Not to be manipulated by 'hobbies', but to control their hobbies.

To use Ye Chuxiao as an example, his hobby is to fabricate friends.

But he also did not frantically fabricate a large number of non-existent friends and then make himself split.

Because his heart is resisting and countering this idea and thought, and with the practice of mental encryption, layers of mental armor are put on, and Ye Chuxiao's control over 'hobbies' is also increasing.

Just like the first world that Ye Chuxiao crossed, 'Tianluo', the cultivators there were prone to anger and impulsiveness, but they would also choose to use pills to resolve and calm their minds.

All world cultivation will have defects.

But almost all the cultivators in the world will not limitlessly condone this 'defect'.

They will always think of some ways to resist and supplement.

And try to salvage as much as possible.

"Get to the point!" The eldest uncle directly interrupted Ye Chuxiao's possible lengthy theory.

Ye Chuxiao said: "The point is, you can use the Devil Heart Technique as a blueprint and try to search for people with stable and complete personalities, and hold them up high as national idols. People use the 'common memory' with the idol as the mental password, which is equivalent to letting outsiders guarantee their hearts, and also allows the backlash of the Devil Heart Technique to have a buffer."

"If everyone can practice the Devil Heart Technique and use the Devil Heart Technique without backlash to strengthen mental defense, then in the future in the academy world, will anyone cause terrible disasters because of the loss of control of 'hobbies'?"

At this time, the eldest uncle frowned tightly.

He was moved by Ye Chuxiao.

Mental encryption is easy to say, but difficult to do.

Promoting various books on mental encryption, and holding Decoding Competitions all year round without interruption, is to create an atmosphere and environment, and also to improve the overall level of mental self-control.

Over the years, although some effects have been achieved, the progress is too slow.

Every so often, there will still be some particularly 'outstanding' cultivators who cause tragedies because of the loss of control of their inner 'hobbies'.

"Even if you search for people with stable and complete personalities, they may still change."

"Today's me is not tomorrow's me... then what should we do?" the eldest uncle asked.

Ye Chuxiao proceeded step by step: "Then I don't know, have you seen my competition, Uncle!"

Saying that, he played the competition between himself and Si Dada.

The Joker's part occupied a lot of space.

"Real idols can make mistakes, collapse, and have all kinds of accidents, but completely virtual ones don't have this concern."

"Although he was created by me, he is not me, and is not completely integrated with me."

"Even if I have some problems that lead to changes in reputation, it will have no impact on him."

Ye Chuxiao pointed to the Joker in the picture and said.

"What's more... my design for him is originally chaotic and disordered, so his tolerance for both good and evil thoughts is excellent!"

"Taking him as the core point, bearing all the negative possibilities of the Devil Heart Technique, and then using the fan relationship as a link, allowing people to open their hearts to each other, guarantee each other, and keep secrets from each other, can greatly strengthen the mental defenses of a large number of people in a short time."

"Remembering some difficult and obscure passwords may be very difficult."

"But isn't it very simple to remember the pleasant memories of getting along with friends?" Ye Chuxiao asked.

If you have to use a very appropriate way to describe it.

The method that Ye Chuxiao is advocating, mutual secrecy, mutual agreement, and using the fan group as a link to transfer the risk of the Devil Heart Technique, is actually to transform 'Occlumency' into 'Expecto Patronum'.

Although it is still difficult, the difficulty has dropped more than one level?

"So, that's your plan!"

"You want to gather the power of everyone to help you cultivate?" The eldest uncle suddenly stared at Ye Chuxiao, as if to see through him completely.

At this time, the eldest uncle suddenly realized all of Ye Chuxiao's ambitions.

Before Ye Chuxiao explained to this step, he always thought that what Ye Chuxiao was plotting was just some life points.

Now it seems that he really underestimated Ye Chuxiao.

"But this is beneficial to everyone, isn't it?" Ye Chuxiao replied calmly.

The eldest uncle chuckled: "Fabricating virtual characters, such a hobby... or talent, may be rare, but the academy world is vast and extraordinary, and it is by no means impossible to find another one!"

Ye Chuxiao then stood up slightly and bowed slightly: "But, it is not easy to find one as suitable as me!"

"First of all, I am Ye Chuyu's big brother, which is equivalent to your junior."

The eldest uncle did not comment on Ye Chuxiao's statement.

Ye Chuyu recognized Ye Chuxiao as her big brother, which does not mean that he would recognize Ye Chuxiao as his junior.

Of course, now it seems that recognizing Ye Chuxiao... he and their entire Canaan Ye family do not seem to be at a loss.

This is a true dragon that is about to take off and roar through the heavens and worlds!

Regardless of whether he is Tang Sudong's disciple!

"Secondly, I don't belong to this world, which makes my threat even lower."

"After all, let the idol belong to the idol, and let the academy belong to the academy!"

Ye Chuxiao did not say it clearly, but the eldest uncle understood it very thoroughly.

What is an idol?

If you push it up, chase it up, the most primitive, the oldest, the most powerful, and the most fearful and rejected idol... is God!

Is the only true God!

And once 'the Joker is conferred a god', then Ye Chuxiao, as his agent, is equivalent to his spokesperson.

His existence will seriously threaten the rulers and managers of the academy.

Ye Chuxiao gave a very good method that can be used to help the cultivators of this world better and faster master their hearts.

But at the same time, it also opened Pandora's box.

Therefore, once the plan given by Ye Chuxiao is spread out, it must have a sweeping trend.

After seizing a large amount of worship and trust foundation, even if someone imitates it in the future, it will not be able to become a big trend.

Of course, all things cannot make absolute judgments and absolute conclusions.

The point is that behind the beautiful blueprint depicted by Ye Chuxiao, the eldest uncle saw countless benefits, and the possibility of his cultivation taking a step further in this process.

The practice of the academy world has long been closely related to inner practice.

Once the framework is formed, as long as the eldest uncle operates properly in it, he can also use resources to greatly improve his own inner armor.

And the stronger the cultivation, the lower the impact caused by the more violent hobbies.

When there is a huge temptation of interest, the possible risks behind it are temporarily suppressed, and he chooses to turn a blind eye.