Rules of the Strange: I Became a God in a Bizarre World Through Taoist Arts

How come there's a forest on campus?

Shen Xingzhuo stared at the dense forest before him with a strange expression, lost in peculiar thoughts.

She had only ever seen this kind of thing in her dream mansion.

Is she just too ignorant?

"Why are you making that face? Hurry up!" Liu Ying urged.

Shen Xingzhuo quickly switched back to Shen Xing's indifferent expression and nodded.

[Strange. In previous ghost stories, changing the setting always brought new rules. What's going on now?]

[The girl didn't say anything, so how did Sister Shen know what to do next?]

Does nobody really care why there's a forest on campus?

[I'm guessing it's some kind of monster? Ugh, let's just look at the sky.]

……

In ghost stories.

Shen Xingzhuo observed the actions of the other four girls without making a sound.

But after seeing it clearly, he couldn't help but lift his chin with his hand.

No?

what?

Did they come out on the weekend just to hug a tree?

Are you sure you're not messing with her?

Shen Xingzhuo suddenly hesitated.

But when she met the firefly's urging gaze, she pouted and moved closer to the tree that was closest to her.

This forest is mostly filled with ginkgo trees.

The bark of ginkgo trees often has deep longitudinal cracks and protrusions.

Shen Xingzhuo was wearing the school's summer uniform, which was made of thin material. The hard tree bark would irritate her skin and cause it to become red and irritated.

She herself has never had "artificial urticaria," which is the condition that Shen Xing suffers from.

A thoughtful look flashed across Shen Xingzhuo's eyes. He turned and walked around to the back of the tree, avoiding everyone's gaze.

Her arms were loosely wrapped around the tree trunk, avoiding direct contact with it.

Her vision briefly went out of focus because she was too close to the tree trunk.

Yet, within the blurred vision, lines of small white characters appeared clearly.

[1: In this school, you'll die if you don't behave.]

【2: Are you a pig?! Why do you have to be so greedy?!】

[3: White foods should not be eaten.]

[4: Die! All of you, die! Let's go to hell together!]

[5: Help me, I want to go home!]

The writing disappeared line by line.

Shen Xingzhuo suddenly shook his head and saw the scene in front of him clearly again.

The other four girls changed their pose and started circling around the tree in front of them.

A question mark slowly appeared above Shen Xingzhuo's head.

"Is this some kind of blessing ceremony I've never seen before?"

Thinking about it, she shook her head again.

This damned spiritual pollution from ghost stories has actually made her start to doubt the results of her studies when she took the Celestial Master certification exam!

Her gaze darkened as she recalled the five pieces of information she had just seen.

"It feels more like a cry for help or a warning."

The first rule says that if you don't behave in this school, you will die.

Whose advice should we follow?

Was it the teacher, or the classmate who bullied Shen Xing before?

But what is the cause of death after disobeying?

We'll probably only find out on the day of class.

Shen Xingzhuo continued to recall the second and third points.

The core meaning of these two points is—

Don't eat anything that anyone gives you!

It specifically mentioned white foods, indicating that this would be a clear threat.

As for the last two...

It was a cry of despair.

Shen Xingzhuo narrowed his eyes.

Suddenly, several crisp sounds rang out in my ears.

Suddenly, ginkgo fruits began to fall continuously from the tree where the short-haired girl lived.

Shen Xingzhuo quickly used his spiritual energy to summon several tree branches, which blocked the ginkgo fruit "bomb" from hitting him.

A foul stench emanated from the stained areas on the ground.

"How are you feeling?" Liu Ying asked.

The short-haired girl's cheeks were flushed, and she nodded excitedly.

"I feel my wood-elemental energy is much stronger! Look!"

She waved her hand excitedly, and the already lush vegetation around her grew even more wildly.

"That's enough, that's enough, stop it!" the girl in white hurriedly called out.

The weeds on the ground had grown to a person's height, burying them all.

Shen Xingzhuo reached out and picked up a blade of grass, a golden light flashing in his eyes.

The grass blades appeared as pure black in her vision, devoid of any life.

Wood-type energy...

She silently repeated these words in her heart.

Shen Xingzhuo slowly condensed a ball of spiritual energy in his palm, with a few tender green buds wrapped around his fingertips.