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

Therefore, faced with the pressure from the Four Divine Beasts, they could only compromise and back down.

Little Yama said happily.

"Alright, let's change the subject. Ye An, do you know why Sun Wukong went to the South Heavenly Gate to attack the Heavenly Court back then?"

Ye An asked in confusion.

"Old Yan, what are you trying to say?"

Little Yama extends one finger.

"What I want to say is that the guy who calls himself the Great Sage Equal to Heaven and dares to lead his monkey followers to attack the Heavenly Palace is actually a coward."

"In the Heavenly Court, the one who guards the North Heavenly Gate is the True Martial Emperor, the one who guards the West Heavenly Gate is the Buddha Tathagata, and the one who guards the East Heavenly Gate is the Taiyi Savior from Suffering (the Nine-Headed Lion is his mount). Only the South Heavenly Gate is guarded by Li Jing and Nezha."

Little Yama got up from the chair.

"Even Sun Wukong knew to pick the softest persimmon, don't you understand?"

Ye An became increasingly puzzled.

"Old Yan, you wouldn't be thinking of killing one of the Four Divine Beasts to intimidate the other three Divine Beasts, would you?"

Zhou Yan, who was standing nearby, immediately became uneasy.

In fact, all other awakened beings can be killed, but the four divine beasts cannot be killed because these four divine beasts are too closely tied to people's livelihoods. If any problem arises, it will likely cause a violent backlash from the entire country.

Do you take me for a fool?

Little Yama took out the broken sword hilt that Bai Qi had given her from his bosom and placed it in front of Wenquxing.

Little Yama raised an eyebrow.

"Old Ye, go find Xuanwu later, show him this sword hilt, and tell him to unconditionally support the federal government. I believe Xuanwu will know what to do next."

Wenquxing picked up the hilt of the sword, which had lost its blade, with a puzzled look.

"Oh, right."

Little Yama patted Zhou Yan on the shoulder beside him.

“This child saved me before, and I can’t just leave my savior silent and let this matter pass by so easily. Old Ye, this child happens to have a Qingqiu fox as a pet. Don’t you have a wordless book from Qingqiu? Take it out and give it to the child’s pet.”

Wenquxing, who was still holding the sword hilt, put it down and glanced at Zhou Yan and the little fox Su Xiaowan in Zhou Yan's arms.

Wenquxing suddenly smiled and snapped his fingers.

Zhou Yan saw something called "Wen Yun" (literary fortune) be injected into the little white fox in his arms. A few seconds later, the little white fox stood up. Instead of turning into a human, it became a half-human, covered in white fur. Its face was still a fox face, but it could walk like a human.

Wenquxing said with a smile.

"This is all the literary luck I've accumulated recently, but it's almost enough. If I want this little fox to transform into a human..."

Wenquxing clapped his hands, and a scroll suddenly flowed out from behind him, flew to Zhou Yan's front, and then quickly rolled up and hovered in front of Zhou Yan.

Wenquxing nodded his chin.

"Little guy, this is the wordless book from Qingqiu. Basically, all the foxes in Qingqiu can learn the magic techniques on it. Let your little fox study it carefully. Maybe after a while, this fox will become your wife."

The little fox Su Xiaowan in Zhou Yan's arms jumped up, her two claws, which had turned into human hands but were still covered in fur, grabbed the painting in mid-air, and then jumped back into Zhou Yan's arms.

Twenty minutes later.

Zhou Yan walked out of Wenquxing's office.

She transformed back into her little fox form and nestled in Zhou Yan's arms, whimpering softly.

Zhou Yan took out his constantly vibrating phone; Bai Rusu had sent him a message.

"Where are you? Don't wander off. We've had enough fun and are going back to Suzaku Academy. You should start preparing for the four-school competition in six months."

A few seconds later, Bai Rusu sent another message.

"Your ex-girlfriend might go too."

……

Dragon City, the First Academy.

Mi Qing, who had transformed into a dragon, emerged from a great river. The Azure Dragon stood on the bank, watching his student walk up to him, and smiled.

"That's right. Since you've broken through the limits of your bloodline on your own, you should also go to the four-school competition in six months. You're sure to get a good result."

Mi Qing immediately knelt down on one knee.

"I will definitely not let you down, teacher."

Qinglong wore a smile and appeared gentle and refined, but in his heart he was calculating how much benefit Zhou Yan would give him by selling Mi Qing.

Chapter One: Ten Thousand Miao Mountains

A forbidden zone for humans, the 100,000 Miao Mountains.

There are four forbidden zones for humans: Kunlun Heavenly Palace, Abyss Underworld, Penglai in the North Sea, and Ten Thousand Miao Mountain.

Kunlun Heavenly Palace is located in the northern Kunlun Mountains, suspended among the mountain peaks. It contains countless immortal plants and herbs, and the essence of immortal techniques. It is a holy land for countless divine beasts and immortal beasts to seek their own path to strengthening. However, it is also the most dangerous place. Even if two powerful beings, such as Wenquxing and Wuquxing, went there together, one would die and the other would be seriously injured.

The Abyss Underworld is better, basically following the principle that the deeper you go, the more dangerous it becomes. The first level is the safest, and almost all strongholds are established in the first level of the Abyss Underworld.

The Northern Sea Penglai is a place that appears and disappears on a fixed schedule. According to countless experiments, if you enter when it appears on time and come out before it disappears, you will survive. However, anyone who tries to disappear with the Northern Sea Penglai will be unable to emerge when it reappears.

The last 100,000 Miao Mountains are not rich in immortal plants, but they are full of Gu worms and highly poisonous flowers and grasses. They also contain the inheritance of very powerful witchcraft and Gu magic.

Basically, if you want to learn immortal techniques, go to Kunlun Heavenly Palace; if you want to safely farm magical artifacts, go to the Abyss Underworld; if you want to have fun, go to Penglai in the North Sea; and if you want to improve your combat power, come to the Ten Thousand Miao Mountains. This has become the consensus among all awakened individuals.

The senior students of Suzaku Academy also thought so. For this reason, students over 20 years old, as well as demigod-level and demon-level awakened individuals who had participated in or were preparing to participate in the Four Schools Competition, were training in the 100,000 Miao Mountains every day.

But today is a little different.

Led by an icy beauty wearing a mask, the Suzaku Academy team returned to their outpost in the Ten Thousand Miao Mountains ahead of schedule at 3 PM.

Just as he returned, Feng Laixu, the coach who had been hiding in his own territory and had stolen the team leader, came out of the bar drunk and led his students to the meeting room at the outpost. After the students were lined up, he said...

"Everyone, you all know about why we asked you to come back early, right? The new four-school competition is in about five months. The prize for this competition is a book called 'Yin Yang Pivot Thunder Technique' obtained from Kunlun Immortal Palace. This thing is very suitable..."

The coach looked at a boy on his left with a ferocious expression and his feet were even resting on the conference table.

"Lin Lei".

Lin Lei, his face contorted with rage, laughed.

"Lightning magic? It sounds perfect for me. I happen to be lacking a ranged attack method, everyone!"

Lin Lei turned his gaze over all his teammates in front of him.

"We absolutely must win this competition. Whoever helps me obtain the 'Tai Chi Pivot Thunder Technique' will owe you their life!"

Her teammates around her gradually revealed disdainful expressions, and then all turned their attention to the icy girl who was still wearing a mask.

The ice-cold girl remained unmoved, her expression unchanged, seemingly unwilling to comment on Lin Lei's statement.

Coach Feng Laixu clapped his hands.

"Alright, alright, this is still far from certain, so let's not be too optimistic. Also, I've already discussed it with the teachers at Vermilion Bird Academy. We'll make preparations and go back to Vermilion Bird Academy next week. Everyone has worked hard in the Ten Thousand Miao Mountains for the past six months; it's time to turn all that hard work into combat power!"

Many of the students around looked delighted.

For the past six months, these students have been fighting against various Gu insects and Gu people in the Ten Thousand Miao Mountains, and have inherited a lot of Gu techniques and witchcraft. They are just waiting to go back to the Vermilion Bird Academy later to digest these inheritances and then train specially according to their teachers' guidance, so that they can better demonstrate their strength in the future four-school competition.

Then gain even greater glory.

"Now everyone can discuss it amongst yourselves, I..."

Coach Feng Laixu let out a burp, and the students nearby couldn't help but cover their noses.

The wind blew gently, its tone full of apology.

"Sorry, sorry, you guys study on your own, I'll go take care of your things."

Feng Laixu left the conference room. The man said he had something to do, but as soon as he left, he ran straight to the bar.

However, this was nothing new to the demigod and demon-level students, especially since their attention was now focused on returning to Suzaku Academy.

"Ah, I've spent half a year in this godforsaken place. If it weren't for my sweet rain wife, Thor's wife, who is always so adorable, I wouldn't have survived."

"You've only been here for half a year? I've spent half a year here for three consecutive years! Damn it, when I get back I'm going to have a feast! Let me tell you, there's a spicy blood curd place near my house, the taste is amazing..."

"Hehehehe, what's so great about Mao Xue Wang? I'd like to know if our school has admitted any new female students this academic year, and if they're any good."

"Aren't you afraid you won't even be able to stand properly during the later stages of the competition?"

"You don't know anything! Women are my motivation for competing. If it weren't for showing off my strength in front of cute girls and getting them to throw themselves at me, do you think I'd want to fight to the death?"

"Young man, just pick any mobile game, and I'll give you 100,000 yuan to play. I guarantee a hundred beautiful girls will call you 'good brother' or 'good husband,' and you can choose from 18 languages. I'll also provide all kinds of doujinshi to satisfy all your fantasies."

Except for the ice-cold girl, everyone else shouted in unison.

"Shut up, you anime fanatic! Your otaku vibe is wafting over here!"

The environment fell silent for a moment.

After a few seconds, a blond student suddenly spoke up.

"Speaking of new students, I think I heard that a very energetic freshman came to our school a few months ago. This freshman wants to be a good person and says that he will not allow the younger students in our school to bully ordinary people. He will beat anyone who does so to death."

The students around him all looked on incredulously.

Let me give you a real-world example.

In the West during the steam age, the children of the aristocracy and bourgeoisie were required to bully the children of gardeners, servants, or grooms every day, led by their parents.

The reason for doing this is to cultivate indifference towards the lower classes among the children of these self-proclaimed high-ranking nobles and capitalists from a young age, so that when they grow up, they will not feel any remorse or soft-heartedness when bullying or exploiting the lower classes.

Cultivate a sense of class from a young age.

Of course, in this day and age, no matter how powerful or wealthy a noble family is, they no longer need to have their offspring bully others every day to emasculate their tender hearts. However, that class consciousness still prevails widely in this era.

Even some awakened individuals occasionally and deliberately bully and humiliate ordinary people in order to demonstrate their superiority.

The students present did not need to bully ordinary people to show their superiority like those lower-level awakened ones. Their powerful strength was enough to make them superior to everyone else, but they resolutely defended the privileges that awakened ones had over ordinary people.

In other words, you can refrain from bullying ordinary people, but you cannot stop us from bullying ordinary people.

Zhou Yan is meddling in too much.

Lin Lei, his face contorted with rage, sneered.

"Is this new junior a bit ignorant of the rules?"

The people around nodded in agreement.

The blond-haired student, Zhou Yan, shrugged.

"There's no way around it. This new student is a real tough guy. It seems he beat up a few older students first, and then defeated Lin Anru. We're not at school, so isn't someone like him the school bully?"

Lin Lei scoffed.

"When the tiger is away, the monkey becomes king; that newborn is just a stinky monkey."

The older students around them burst into laughter.

After laughing, the icy girl, who had been silent all along, spoke through her mask.

"Lin'an Ru, you lost?"

The icy girl spoke softly, but as soon as she did, the students around her broke out in a cold sweat. Some of them even had sweat dripping down their chins.

The blond-haired student swallowed hard, nodded, and said in a trembling voice.

"Yes, Lin Anru lost, so that new junior dared to say that everyone should listen to him. It is said that two students disobeyed and have now disappeared."

Lin Lei couldn't help but laugh.

"Alright, this junior is probably not a good person either. Saying that you can't bully ordinary people is probably just an excuse to suppress others. I'll talk to that freshman later, and I guarantee he'll bow down and become my little brother."

The blond-haired student retorted.

"What if the new student doesn't want to?"

Lin Lei clenched his fist, silver lightning crackling on his hand.

"Then beat him until he's willing!"

……

Zhongzhou City.