Reborn as a tiger, he was chosen by the nation as its guardian beast.

Let's rewind a few minutes.

Just as Wang Hu was fighting with the lynx, Gu Xing's SUV came to a steady stop in the spacious square of Qiyuan University.

Wang Mingyuan and Gu Xing opened the car door, got out with umbrellas, and walked towards the entrance of Qiyuan University.

From afar, the two saw Zhang Shouzhou, dressed in a loose-fitting Buddhist robe, leading several men in Zhongshan suits to greet them.

Li Jianguo, with his buzz cut, walked beside Zhang Shouzhou, his gaze passing over Wang Mingyuan and heading straight for the back seat of the specially made large jeep.

The carriage was completely empty.

Li Jianguo raised one eyebrow.

"Director Wang, where is that legendary Tiger Emperor of Huacheng?"

Li Jianguo pointed to the empty carriage.

"Weren't you supposed to be making an appearance today? Why didn't you come with us?"

Upon hearing this, Wang Mingyuan coughed lightly.

He secretly resented Wang Hu.

He disappeared at a crucial moment, and now he's the one left to clean up this mess.

But he remained expressionless, forcing a practiced, polite smile.

"Tiger Emperor was just in the car."

Wang Mingyuan made it up on the spot.

"When we reached the halfway point of the mountain, it suddenly had a thought and said it wanted to go up the mountain for some enlightenment. It will come back to us by itself in a little while."

"No need to rush, it's still early today. Let's sit down and have a cup of tea, and wait a little while."

A sudden realization.

When Li Jianguo heard those two words, he almost burst out laughing.

This mutated tiger really thinks it's some kind of enlightened master.

He thought to himself that a beast is a beast, and even if it has some extraordinary abilities, it cannot change its unruly and carefree instincts.

He doesn't even understand the most basic etiquette; how can someone with this kind of behavior be worthy of the position of vice principal?

It's nowhere near as good as my own lynx cat.

Although Li Jianguo inwardly complained, feeling that the other party was somewhat inconsiderate, he still maintained a smile on his face and couldn't help but speak up.

"That's quite a coincidence."

Li Jianguo clapped his hands.

"Our tiger also has the habit of getting up early to relax, and it's up in the mountains now."

"Who knows, these two future colleagues might even bump into each other in the forest of Tianniu Mountain and catch up on their feelings."

Zhang Shouzhou, who had been maintaining a friendly smile the whole time, suddenly stopped moving when he heard their conversation.

He turned his head and stared at Li Jianguo and Wang Mingyuan with a suspicious look on his face.

Something's not right.

"That big cat and the lynx, they were supposed to have a competition today, why did they both run off to the mountains!"

"Could they have discovered something?"

As he thought of this, his expression changed and he couldn't help but cry out in surprise.

"not good!"

Zhang Shouzhou blurted it out.

The people around him all stopped talking and looked at Zhang Shouzhou.

"Principal Zhang, what's wrong?"

Gu Xing stepped forward and asked.

Zhang Shouzhou did not answer immediately.

He raised his right hand and quickly made several hand gestures.

"Just now, my ghost baby also went out."

Zhang Shouzhou lowered his voice.

"It went to pick a wild red fruit that had just ripened halfway up the mountain."

Zhang Shouzhou stepped forward, staring at Wang Mingyuan and Li Jianguo.

"You two, tell me the truth."

"Are the big cat and the lynx going for some enlightenment and relaxation, or have they also caught the scent of the Vermilion Fruit and are heading off to find it?"

Upon hearing this, Wang Mingyuan's calm smile instantly froze.

Li Jianguo's smug expression froze on his face.

The two looked at each other, but neither spoke.

Clearly, both of them knew the reason why the two super-animals went into the mountains.

Extraordinary beings, especially those who have awakened their Qi Sea, have a far greater ability to perceive high-level spiritual plants than ordinary people.

Now that the big cat and the lynx have both gone up the mountain, and Zhang Shouzhou has also said that the ghost baby has gone, then there is probably no other possibility but the Vermilion Fruit.

Just by looking at their expressions, Zhang Shouzhou knew that his guess was pretty accurate.

He couldn't help but let out a heavy sigh.

Tianniu Mountain is located near a spatial rift, and the concentration of spiritual energy has been increasing over the past month.

In just one month, five extraordinary events of various kinds have occurred on the mountain, and this ripe vermilion fruit is the sixth.

When Qiyuan University was first established, there were no rules governing the ownership and defense of the resources on the mountain.

It has always been him and the ghost baby who have been guarding Tianniu Mountain.

The previous extraordinary events were all resolved by the ghost baby.

So when the Vermilion Fruit appeared this time, he naturally sent the ghost infant to retrieve it first.

Zhang Shouzhou never expected that today, the big cat from Huacheng and the lynx from the Northwest would also sense the formation of the Vermilion Fruit, and would both silently go into the mountains.

"This is troublesome."

Zhang Shouzhou shook his head.

"What if the three parties collide and a fight breaks out?"

Of course, he wasn't worried about the ghost baby. He knew the ghost baby very well, and the ghost baby also knew Wang Hu. If it saw Wang Hu in front of that Vermilion Fruit, it certainly wouldn't dare to go up and snatch it.

He was worried about the lynx.

Having spent some time with the lynx, Zhang Shouzhou had come to understand its personality. To put it simply, it was somewhat arrogant, much like the crew-cut man, both displaying a certain haughtiness.

He was afraid that the guy, who wanted to claim the title of King of Tigers, would be slapped to death.

Upon hearing this, Li Jianguo was not as worried as Zhang Shouzhou; instead, he was secretly delighted.

In his view, this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

After all, he knows his own tiger best; its greatest strength lies in jungle warfare, and today, with wind and rain obstructing visibility, it's even more suitable for the tiger to perform.

After all, the tiger was a wild animal before it sought refuge with them.

On the contrary, the tiger in Hwaseong, if he remembered correctly, was raised in a zoo and had never been to the wild even once.

Now that the battlefield has changed from a point-to-point arena to the wild, it's natural that his tiger has the advantage!

Even if they were to actually face off against that big cat from Huacheng, the tiger's terrifying destructive power, imbued with lightning attributes, would definitely give the opponent a huge loss.

When the time comes, the tiger will not only return in triumph with Zhu Guo, but will also teach its competitors a lesson.

Wouldn't this vice-principal position be a sure thing for the Northwest Research Institute?

"Principal Zhang, there's no need to worry too much."

Li Jianguo straightened the collar of his Zhongshan suit.

"Extraordinary beings all have their own territorial awareness and competitive instincts."

"Since the rules haven't been set yet, let's rely on our own abilities."

"Whoever gets it first keeps it; that's the law of nature."

Wang Mingyuan stood aside and heard the provocation in Li Jianguo's words.

He gave a cold laugh.

This country bumpkin from the Northwest had never seen a big cat go berserk before.

The big cat is a monster that can easily crush even high-level mutants from another world.

A lynx cat daring to pull a tiger's whiskers is simply asking for trouble.

"Representative Li is right."

Wang Mingyuan crossed his arms, a smile also on his face.

"Big Cat always acts with discretion."

"It generally won't kill you unless someone provokes it."