Didn't you go to Teyvat to earn money to support me?

At this moment, the restrictions on the cave were finally lifted, and a gentle breeze blew out. A tall, bespectacled woman wearing a white porcelain cheongsam embroidered with blue patterns floated in and stood gracefully on a treetop by the lake.

“Look at her, she looks like a bird,” Shen Liang whispered to Rosalin.

"Insolence!" Liu Yun, with his sharp ears, immediately shouted, "Your Highness, even if you are the Demon God, you are still just a student here. A student is not allowed to speak ill of his teacher! Go aside and practice twenty Crouching Tiger Techniques!"

The Crouching Tiger Kung Fu is actually the so-called push-up, except that push-ups involve supporting yourself with your hands, while the Crouching Tiger Kung Fu only uses your fingertips and toes. Shen Liang pouted unhappily and had no choice but to move forward, "So stingy."

"Thirty!"

[Honey, she's using you to establish her authority. She's clearly not from the Yaksha clan; she doesn't have much muscle, probably never done any sports before, just forced into it.]

Shen Liang knew, of course, that the bespectacled girl was deliberately trying to establish her authority by targeting him, given his higher status, but there was nothing he could do. He left the group, lay down on the ground, and started doing push-ups. The little fox also took the opportunity to sway its tail and sit on his waist, swinging with him as if on a swing.

However, to outsiders, it appeared that the one being punished by Liu Yun Jie Feng Zhenjun was a 1.5-meter-tall white-haired loli. Watching her beautiful long hair rise and fall with her movements, many people, despite their dissatisfaction with Shen Liang, couldn't help but take a few more glances.

Seeing that even the little demon god had to be punished like ordinary people, many people didn't notice that their expressions towards Shen Liang softened a little.

Liu Yun saw all of this. After Shen Liang finished and returned to the team, she waved her sleeve, and several strange devices flew out of the cave. They looked like a jacket with only coils.

"Put these on. This is an Iron Shirt specially made by me. Wearing it will protect you once if you suffer too much damage during sparring," Liu Yun said. "In addition, this device will record your strength and speed. I have set a mortal limit for you. Once you exceed this level, an alarm will sound, and it will be considered a defeat. In other words, you can only fight each other with mortal-level combat power, and you are not allowed to use any abilities other than fists and feet, to ensure absolute fairness."

Upon hearing this, the freshmen all turned to look at Shen Liang. Anyone with common sense would know that this was simply a way to restrict him.

Many people showed gloating expressions. It seems that this fairy and the little demon god of Inazuma don't get along very well. She blatantly targeted Inazuma from the very beginning, stripping him of all his strengths... Everyone was looking forward to this hot-tempered young princess tearing off the mask of her displeasure, which would make for a good show.

Only Shen Liang himself knew that Liu Yun was not actually targeting him.

He himself should never use his abilities beyond those of an ordinary person unless absolutely necessary; at present, he is basically no different from an ordinary person.

But there aren't any freshmen who need to be targeted like Liu Yun, right?

"She's pretending to target you, pretending to limit your level. Let me think about what she's trying to achieve." Mistelin thought for a moment, then clapped her hands. "She wants others to know that you're on the same level as them! I get it, this beautiful teacher is indeed beautiful inside and out; she wants you not to be isolated."

Shen Liang was far less adept at understanding human relationships than Misterin. Misterin was essentially his external brain, responsible for emotional intelligence. Hearing her say that, Shen Liang turned to look at the beautiful True Lord who resembled a headmaster. Liu Yun noticed his gaze, gave a slight snort, and turned away.

Then they began training to kill each other.

Once the freshmen were all dressed in iron shirts, they immediately began looking for teammates. After spending so many days together, the freshmen had already made friends with each other, and forming teams was quick.

Shen Liang went to see Rosalin, who gave him a bright smile. He thought Rosalin, who shared a dorm room with him, would come to see him, but after the smile, Rosalin turned around and left with a girl she didn't recognize.

"I still prefer taller women. Liang'er, you're more than 20 centimeters shorter than me, even with your shoes on. If we fight, it'll look like I'm bullying you," Rosalin chuckled before leaving.

What does 20 centimeters mean? It means that even when standing, your head can only touch someone's chin, and if you're sitting, you can even put your chest on top of them.

"Actually, being 15 centimeters taller than you would be enough to put you on my shoulder. Because when you sit in my lap, you subconsciously lean on whatever's comfortable, and then you slide down. What was originally your head resting on my chest will slide down, and then I can comfortably use your head as a table." Mistylin chuckled, resting her head on his shoulder. "There's nothing I can do; girls with good figures all have this problem. Your height is just perfect, baby! I'm so happy you haven't grown up!"

“Lightning Liang,” Liu Yun, standing by the lake, reminded him, “please find your opponent as soon as possible.”

Shen Liang looked around; no one wanted to team up with him.

Although many people openly or secretly lusted after him, humans are social animals. When Shen Liang showed no concern for others' lives at the start of the school year, he was destined to be shunned by his classmates. Although Shen Liang didn't care much about this, his indifference inevitably led to this situation.

If someone else were isolated like this, I can only imagine how embarrassing it would be.

But Shen Liang frowned and counted them one by one, then turned to look at Liu Yun, "Teacher, this is not right. The total number of students is odd, so there must be one person without a teammate. This is not my problem."

The others thought to themselves, "Even if it's an even number of teammates, you won't have any, okay? Anyone who practices with you will definitely be seen as a sycophant trying to please the little demon god."

In fact, this kind of thing wouldn't happen in the adult world. In the adult world, those with privileges are always the most popular, and they're always surrounded by friends and acquaintances. But the children of Jigong are all young, and when they don't like something, they have to deal with it in their own naive way. They think Shen Liang is no good, so they isolate him. Compared to the petty scheming of adults... this kind of straightforwardness is even a little cute.

"Is there no one going to challenge Raiden Ryo?" Liu Yun asked everyone again.

"What if the young prince gets hurt? My family doesn't want to be wiped out and have our property confiscated," someone in the crowd said.

“People with a second-class military medal enjoy the treatment of young heroes. People who can beat the agents of Kanria don’t need to prove their strength, right?”

"Anyway, he's not from Liyue. He'll go back to Inazuma after graduation. He's not going to stay in Liyue to join the military or go into politics. He can just study casually and that'll be it."

"They don't need to worry about how to earn credits. They'll earn military merit on the second day of school, so there's no need to take courses with high credit rates."

If one person speaks, many others will join in. As the saying goes, "the law does not punish the masses." If everyone speaks sarcastically, there's not much that can be done. You can't retaliate against everyone.

Liu Yun looked at the little white-haired beauty standing on the other side of the crowd, touching her hair and still smiling, and felt a little uncomfortable.

Chapter Sixty-Nine Alice: This is Her Highness, the World's Number One Princess!

Shen Liang's gaze swept across the group of young people.

It wasn't that there weren't people who disapproved of this situation. Rosalyn actually regretted her choice afterward, but if she left now for Shen Liang, her current partner would be the one in an awkward position. Even Harunosuke hadn't expected that the esteemed Inazuma would be ostracized; he probably misunderstood the relationship between Inazuma and Liyue.

While it might sound insulting to say this, Inatsuma has learned from a young age to "read the room," meaning he's adept at reading people and knowing his place. When dealing with people of high status, Inatsuma knows from childhood that he can't offend them and must at least maintain a polite relationship. Inatsuma's school bullying is generally targeted at the most vulnerable groups, because he knows they can't fight back.

Very realistic, very realistic since I was young.

The people of Liyue are different. Young people in Liyue have never had such a strong sense of social hierarchy. They may be somewhat intimidated by people of high status, but they are not incapable of isolating or bullying such people.

Although bullying others is ultimately a bad thing, at least the young people of Liyue dared to band together to isolate Shen Liang. In the minds of Inazuma and Harunosuke, such a thing would never happen.

In Inazuma, no one dared to offend the dignified Little Demon God, but here he received his first sarcastic and mocking attacks. Harunosuke was even a little worried that Shen Liang, accustomed to a life of luxury, might lose control of his anger and go on a killing spree. He knew that if Shen Liang were truly enraged, he was capable of defeating Oser, and Mount Aozang currently had no one who could deal with him. This True Lord Liuyun Borrowing Wind was clearly not as powerful as a Yaksha. It was obvious at a glance; Yakshas wore form-fitting pantyhose for practical combat, while this ethereal figure in flowing robes was definitely an office worker.

But if Shen Liang really starts to vent his anger, then it's all over. Even if he is a minor demon god, it won't work. As a demon god, he can openly kill mortals. Even if he has the Thunder Ruler behind him, it won't help. The Rock King Emperor has killed more than one or two ferocious demon gods.

That would likely cause diplomatic problems. Even if Shen Liang could avoid being purged, he wouldn't be able to stay in Liyue any longer, and his reputation would be ruined... which might even affect Thor's reputation.

"That's really infuriating," Mistelin said lazily.

Everyone was looking at Shen Liang, who was just listlessly stroking the little fox in his arms, his eyes showing no resentment, only a bored but gentle smile. That smile was for his fox. One reason everyone disliked Shen Liang was because he even brought his pet fox to class; this privilege and spoiled attitude made him seem out of place.

But actually, once you hate someone, you'll find everything about them to be awful.

Of course, appearance might not matter. Even if someone is a bad person, people tend to align their values ​​with their looks. The reason why the students in the "Killing and Ruthless" category, who felt disgusted by Shen Liang's words "My life is more precious," haven't collectively boycotted Shen Liang or even protested against Jigong recruiting anti-human students, is largely because Shen Liang is considered the hidden number one on the school beauty ranking.

Many people, while verbally disliking him, are secretly proud of being in the same major as the most beautiful and noble princess of Jigong. The saying "I've had dinner with the little princess" is a boastful experience among the freshmen.

The contradictory nature of humanity is on full display everywhere.

He withdrew all his gaze, turned to look at Liu Yun, and said, "In that case, I'll be going now?"

Liu Yun, the Wind-Borrowing True Monarch, was momentarily stunned. She had hoped that Shen Liang would mingle with ordinary people, but now it seemed that the problem wasn't that Shen Liang wouldn't accept others, but rather that others wouldn't accept Shen Liang. The class suddenly came to an abrupt halt. Liu Yun cursed the admissions office bastards inwardly. How could the number of students be odd? If it were even, she could have forcibly paired the remaining student with Shen Liang.

Wait a minute? That can't be right. I remember it was an even number. This course is supposed to be a one-on-one practice session. If there are too few people, we'll bring in someone from another college to practice with.

How could one be missing?

Shen Liang was still waiting for Liu Yun's solution. He was a good student and knew that Li Yue was not Inazuma, so he couldn't do anything willful or he would embarrass his mother. However, he didn't really care about the opinions of his so-called classmates. In his eyes, classmates were just a group of NPCs in the big world, and they weren't the people he cared about.

For the young demon god, there were only a few people he could truly care about. Sarcasm, ridicule, and even direct attacks were nothing more than a gentle breeze. In fact, these people might not even be able to out-argue him; their tongues were certainly not as sharp as Shen Liang's. Therefore, Shen Liang showed little interest in responding.

Liu Yun was still struggling with her problem. She thought she might as well join Shen Liang in the fight herself, but she wasn't a melee fighter and it would be too embarrassing for her to fight in this elegant and intellectual cheongsam. Should she call Gan Yu over to fill in? But Gan Yu wasn't a martial arts fighter either. Oh well, it's better for the disciple to lose face than for the immortal herself. Anyway, she was the boy's adopted older sister, and it was the older sister's job to fight alongside her younger sister.

Because Shen Liang was alone, the situation was extremely awkward. Liu Yun had never experienced anything like this before, and the atmosphere was oppressive for everyone.

Just then, a crisp, cheerful laugh rang out, as if swords had shattered the dark clouds, instantly clearing the oppressive air. Someone then hurriedly climbed to the top of the mountain.

The fervent flame drew all awkward attention, including Shen Liang's. He was slightly stunned, for he saw a familiar look in the newcomer's bright red eyes.

A trace... a distant memory, a familiar feeling lingering in my mind. It's like a wanderer who has been away for decades hearing the familiar accent of their homeland deep in a foreign land, a sound they can never forget.

"Haha, sorry, sorry, dear Liu Yun. I promised to come and help you scout out some good seedlings, but I blew myself out of my mind during an experiment last night and only just woke up. I had no choice but to be late. It's not that I have no sense of time." The female elf, wearing a fiery red witch's hat, with long pale gold hair and slender ears, slammed onto the large rock with a whoosh, scratching her head and laughing embarrassedly. Everyone could clearly hear her carefree words.

Her attire was typical of a foreigner, dressed like a witch, with a large hat and cloak. But if the cloak were removed, one could see her slender, tall figure wrapped in black gauze, with a small red silk blouse over it. Her long, slightly fleshy legs were encased in creamy white stockings inside fiery red high boots, giving her an air of both mature feminine charm and youthful passion and vitality.

"Hmm, you're the little demon prince from Inazuma? No, no, let me think about it carefully, you should be called... um, Your Highness? Oh well, I didn't expect you to be so—good-looking! This trip was worthwhile!" The witch noticed Shen Liang after greeting Liu Yun, and her eyes immediately lit up with excitement. She promptly ran over and looked him up and down.

"Uh, I..." Shen Liang was a little dazed. He knew that there was a transnational organization called the "Witch's Guild" on the continent of Teyvat. Most of the people in it were highly skilled and powerful, but the organization was disorganized. This was the first time he had seen a witch, but the witch's identity was not important. What Shen Liang was more concerned about was this woman's ears.

Pointy elf ears.

"Let me see. Hmm, height 1.55 meters, weight... Hmm, judging by the build, it's at most 40 kilograms, but I didn't expect it to be 50 kilograms. Is it muscle? You're really hiding your strength."

Shen Liang was suddenly picked up and shaken vigorously by the witch, who then weighed him in her arms and put him down. He looked puzzled.

“It’s just that it’s too flat. I can’t feel anything when it’s pressing down on me.” The witch stroked her chin and stared at Shen Liang, frowning in thought. Even so, her frowning appearance was still very cute. “But it shouldn’t matter. With your appearance, little princess, your fans probably wouldn’t think that your flatness is a flaw. They might even be proud of it.”

"?"

"Such extraordinary looks, plus a white-haired loli who's specifically targeting Liyue people, and on top of that, she's Princess Inazuma—all these elements are such a plus! You're sure to be a sensation!" The witch seemed to have made a decision and exclaimed, "Hmm! I'll use you as my debut piece!"

Shen Liang tilted her head, looking like she didn't understand what she was talking about.

"Wow, so cute!" The witch hugged him tightly, poked his head hard with her pointed chin, and then said with a grin, "I am Alice, the Great Witch of the Witches' Guild, and a visiting professor at the Jigong Academy of Natural Sciences. From now on, I will be your teacher and your manager!"

"Teacher Ai! What are you trying to do!" Liu Yun noticed his colleague's inappropriate behavior and immediately shouted.

“Great Witch, Visiting Professor, Teacher… I understand those titles, but… Agent?” Shen Liang asked, puzzled.

"So, you mean, do you want to learn from me and become the number one idol in Teyvat! The most amazing idol in the world!" Alice smiled expectantly. "Your Highness is so talented, it would be a disservice to humanity if you didn't become an idol! I can write songs for you! Oh, and I can also teach you to dance, and even basketball!"

Shen Liang was stunned.

It wasn't because he understood what an "idol" was, but because he heard the word "basketball" from Alice's mouth.

【baby……】

【I know. 】

Finally, unable to bear it any longer, Liu Yun, the Wind True Lord, pounced on Alice like a wolf and grabbed her by the neck, dragging her backward. Alice struggled and begged for mercy, and then heard Liu Yun's angry reprimand.

However, this great witch had a very eloquent argument.

"Being a teacher is just a side job for me. My main job is being a top talent scout who travels all over the continent. I want to find the best and cutest girls to form my idol group. Hmm! Being a girl idol is the job that brings the most happiness. You look down on pretty girls? Isn't that much more important than being a teacher?"

"Isn't your main profession being an adventurer?"

"The adventurer role was just something I did on the side to discover my idol. The little princess is the most well-behaved person I've ever met! I will never allow her to escape my clutches!"