After breaking up with my girlfriend, I became a Great Sage of the Demon Clan.

On a street lamp, a Chongming bird, Chongba, stood and winked at Zhou Yan.

Zhou Yan moved from Cihe City to Xinxiang City, and the bird flew over and usually rested on the balcony outside Zhou Yan's bedroom.

Zhou Yan waved at the bird.

The pheasant took flight and circled the entire neighborhood.

The driver drove out of the residential area. He originally wanted to chat with Zhou Yan and build a relationship, but Zhou Yan's eyes were fixed on the scenery outside the window, so the driver could only shut his mouth and drive quietly.

Two streets outside the residential area lead to the power plant that occupies half of the city.

Zhou Yan glanced at the power plants and then smiled wryly.

"The Four Divine Beasts are the true rulers of this country."

The driver next to him nodded in agreement.

The four mythical beasts—Vermilion Bird, Azure Dragon, White Tiger, and Black Tortoise—regardless of their ancestors' views on humanity, were raised in human society and received human education.

So what happens when these mythical beasts integrate into human society?

It is impossible to conquer humanity with violence; violence will only breed more violence. Moreover, as far as Zhou Yan knows, the government also has some secret trump cards that can deal with awakened true gods.

So the Four Divine Beasts changed their approach. For example, the Vermilion Bird owns the largest power supply company in the country. The power source is not a coal-fired generator, a gasoline generator, or a nuclear power plant. Instead, she has created countless Vermilion Bird clones that stand in the power plant and generate heat every day.

The heat generated by the True God's clone is converted into 25 trillion kilowatt-hours of electricity annually, which meets the daily electricity needs of 80% of the nation's population (the population of the Eastern Xia United States is over 50 billion), and has reduced energy prices to a low level of three cents RMB per kilowatt-hour.

Then there's the Azure Dragon, the God of Wood, who is the largest food supplier in the country, no, the world. 60% of the country's population depends on the food from the eight continents ruled by the Azure Dragon.

Then there's Baihu, the owner of the world's largest mining company. According to the news Zhou Yan saw, Baihu can arbitrarily decide the price of a mineral, so the entire domestic mining market depends on Baihu's ideas.

Finally, there is Xuanwu, the god of tortoise and snake. In theory, he sells water resources, but in addition to being a water god, Xuanwu is also a great god of longevity and immortality. For this reason, Xuanwu sells a kind of Xuan water that ordinary people can only dream of buying.

The use of this mysterious water is quite simple: it increases lifespan. The first cup of mysterious water can make a person twenty years younger, and the second cup can make them ten years younger. The effect of the mysterious water will decrease with each cup, but once the medicinal effect wears off, the average lifespan extension is fifty years.

Xuanwu possesses Xuanshui, a highly sought-after resource that even the world's wealthiest and most high-ranking officials, as well as awakened beings with age limits, cannot refuse. Its status and influence are even stronger than the other three divine beasts.

According to Yingzhao, these four mythical beasts forced the government to abdicate fifteen years ago.

Zhou Yan could easily imagine how terrible the government's situation would be under the pressure of the four divine beasts of Xuan Shui, which possessed more than half of the country's mining, energy, and food industries and could even extend the lifespan of high-ranking government officials.

The most difficult thing is that the federal government does not have strong control over other states. In the central country of another world, people are raised with the concept of great unity from childhood, but in the United Nations of East Xia, although everyone has the same culture, the states are not relatives, but neighbors.

Democratic politics made the entire Eastern Xia United Nations like a pile of loose sand. As a result, when the Four Divine Beasts forced the abdication, the state governments of other states just watched the show instead of joining forces with the federal government.

In the end, the federal government backed down.

Awakened beings broke free from government oppression, began to appear frequently before ordinary people, and became superior beings.

Now...

Zhou Yan suddenly rolled down the car window, and the boy saw several girls in sailor uniforms walking by outside. When these girls saw Zhou Yan, or rather, the car Zhou Yan was driving, they turned away with disgust.

The driver scoffed dismissively.

Zhou Yan turned around and asked.

"Don't Awakened Ones have a bad reputation in this place?"

The driver nodded.

“Previously, several students from Suzaku Academy gang-raped a girl. The girl sued those students in court, but the judge acquitted them on the grounds that Awakened Ones are highly capable individuals.”

Zhou Yan shook his head with a wry smile.

"That certainly has a very bad reputation."

The driver added a sentence.

"The next day, the girl's house caught fire, and her parents were burned to death. Everyone said that it was the students from Suzaku Academy who did it."

The driver looked at Zhou Yan ingratiatingly.

"So what if they are? These good-for-nothings don't they realize their own status, and what status the Awakened Ones have? Do they think their little deeds could lead to the Awakened Ones being arrested?"

Zhou Yan: "..."

Looks like we need to get a different driver.

Chapter Seven Going to School

Zhou Yan's vehicle drove to the outskirts of the city.

It's a bit strange, but people in the countryside like to come to the city, while those in the city's elite prefer to go to the countryside, saying the air is better there.

The Vermilion Bird Academy is located in a mountain on the outskirts of the city. It seems that in order to show the difference between awakened people and other mortals, even if it requires building roads and costs more than ten or even dozens of times more than building in the city, the Vermilion Bird Academy was still stubbornly built in the suburbs.

There were fewer and fewer people on Zhou Yan's way until he reached the end of the road built specifically for the Suzaku Academy. There, Zhou Yan saw a building standing quietly in a basin surrounded by mountains on three sides.

Inside the basin is the Zhuque Academy, a large academy spanning several square kilometers and consisting of more than twenty buildings.

The driver drove to the school, and after Zhou Yan handed over his student ID at the gate, he was allowed into the college.

Unlike other schools, the teaching buildings of Zhuque Academy are spread out, with some buildings several kilometers apart. There are also few students inside. The driver drove for several kilometers before Zhou Yan saw a few girls come out. When they arrived at an artificial pond, Zhou Yan saw a group of boys talking together. One of them, a bespectacled, well-mannered young man, was being pushed around by the other boys, and his expression was very forced.

Zhou Yan narrowed his eyes, waiting to open them, and then took out his phone again.

"Ah……"

The bespectacled guy was one of the awakened ones who ganged up on the girls. Now, seeing how this guy was being openly bullied by other boys, Zhou Yan guessed that this guy was probably from the lower ranks of the awakened students. He couldn't afford to offend his classmates, so he went to vent his anger on ordinary people.

Those who are awakened and may bully ordinary people are themselves among those who are bullied.

There are also classes among the awakened, and these classes always pass on pressure downwards.

The driver stopped in front of a school building.

"Young Master, we've arrived."

The driver looked at Zhou Yan.

Zhou Yan got out of the car, walked into the teaching building, and then went to classroom 103 on the first floor.

Inside the classroom, Bai Rusu sat behind her desk, tilting her head as she looked at Zhou Yan.

After Zhou Yan was rescued, Bai Rusu was quickly found by Zhuque's subordinates. She was already affected by the madness and confusion of Chaos, and was seriously injured in the attack by the four ferocious beasts. Therefore, she had to apply for a leave of absence from the Second Security Bureau.

Then, because she felt comfortable around Zhou Yan, the woman applied to become his teacher.

"good."

As Zhou Yan entered the classroom, Bai Rusu glanced at her and saw that she could afford a luxury car and a watch.

"You arrived three minutes early."

Zhou Yan glanced at the still-lit phone next to Bai Rusu's hand. "Hmm, you watch enthusiasts really know how to put on a show to display your timepieces."

Zhou Yan walked over and sat down in front of Bai Rusu.

Bai Rusu sat on the podium, looking down at Zhou Yan.

"Our Awakener Academy has two types of courses. The first is cultural courses, which teach you how to distinguish extraordinary plants, minerals, and magical artifacts, understand their characteristics, and how to avoid them, etc."

Zhou Yan couldn't help but roll his eyes.

Young Bai Ze felt that he didn't need to learn these things. He glanced at the immortal plants and magical artifacts, and he knew that he definitely knew what was in the books, and he also knew what wasn't in the books.

"Chapter Two is the combat lesson."

Bai Rusu looked down at Zhou Yan with a smug expression.

"We will have the most professional instructors to teach you how to increase your combat effectiveness, including unarmed combat, cold weapons, hidden weapons, firearms, and most importantly, body control."

"All right."

Bai Rusu took out a textbook from her side, and the celestial fox was very pleased with itself.

Unlike other teachers of immortal plants and divine mines, Bai Rusu can use illusion magic to materialize immortal plants, divine mines, and various magical artifacts. Their appearance, smell, and color will be indistinguishable from the real objects. As a result, Bai Rusu's students can learn the course on immortal plant natural history more quickly and effectively.

Bai Rusu thought that Zhou Yan would eventually succumb to her illusions that made the illusions seem real.

Zhou Yan shook his head.

"Let's skip the learning about immortal plants."

Bai Rusu frowned.

"What do you mean by 'exempt'? Learning about immortal plants, ores, and magical artifacts is extremely important. If you go to places like Kunlun Heavenly Palace in the future and don't know these things, it's fine if you lose money, but if you lose your life, that would be the end of you!"

Most importantly, how can I show off if I don't take this course?

How can I make this little monkey admire me?

Zhou Yan countered with a question.

"What era are we living in? If it's just a simple natural history class, you can make an app, input all the data, scan it, and you'll have everything."

Zhou Yan looked at Bai Rusu with a puzzled expression.

"Don't tell me you don't even have this much technical capability."

Bai Rusu paused.

Bai Rusu looked reluctant.

"Even if such an app exists, learning on your own is definitely more solid than relying on a mobile app, right?"

Zhou Yan refuted this.

"Unless you're a professor who specializes in this field, it's not interesting to study it too deeply. My future role will probably be that of a listening device. I won't go to dangerous places. Having an app to keep track of things is enough."

Zhou Yan pulled the textbook out of his schoolbag and tossed it aside in front of Bai Rusu.

"So, instead of learning this useless stuff, Teacher Bai, let's learn something useful, shall we?"

Chapter Eight: Taunt

Bai Rusu was curious.

What do you want to learn?

Zhou Yan hugged the little fox in his arms tightly.

"I've heard that awakened individuals can be exonerated for murder by serving the government. Is that true?"

Bai Rusu said jokingly.

"Half true, half false."

Zhou Yan became curious.

"How to say?"

Bai Rusu tossed her hair, and the fragrance of her hair flowed down the podium, filling Zhou Yan's nose.

Zhou Yan frowned slightly; he didn't like the woman's scent.

Bai Rusu cupped her face in one hand and said.

"Awakened beings are also divided into levels. The lowest level demon can be killed with a pistol. If an awakened being commits a crime, no one will give him leniency unless he is a ghost or even a higher level awakened being. Once you commit a crime and go to jail, someone will come to find you."

Bai Rusu pointed her index finger at Zhou Yan.

"They will offer you generous terms to work for them for several years, more than ten years, or even decades. If you agree, they will send the best legal team to help you with your case."

Zhou Yan smiled wryly.

"I understand a little bit now."

Unlike a certain hammer and sickle nation, lawyers in the Eastern Xia Federation are a very powerful profession. They can help their clients establish funds to avoid taxes, and they can also help their clients win some very strange lawsuits to obtain huge sums of money.

A well-known example is a wealthy man accused of raping a young girl. The girl's vagina contained the wealthy man's biological DNA. With the help of his lawyer, the wealthy man claimed that he accidentally slipped and fell while walking over, and that he happened to be facing the girl, and that his penis just happened to enter her. He then ejaculated prematurely and came out just as he should.

Everything was just right; the tycoon did it unconsciously.

The principle of presuming innocence applies; therefore, the defendant is innocent.

There's also the O.J. Simpson murder case.

When everyone was certain that Simpson had killed his wife, he was acquitted due to several major police errors that rendered crucial evidence ineffective.

It is said that the president of a certain country watched as his own laws were manipulated by Simpson's expensive lawyers, resulting in the acquittal of a murderer in court.

Simpson even later wrote a book detailing how he killed his wife; the book was titled "If I Killed My Ex-Wife".