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

"As we all know, battles between Awakened are rarely seen in front of civilians, so many people don't know how Awakened fight. This government has organized this competition, which will be seen by the entire nation, to help people understand Awakened better..."

"The new president, Mr. Wu Ankang, hopes that everyone will have a better understanding of the awakened and more confidence in the government. The difficulties we encounter will surely be conquered and defeated by the great people!"

Cheers erupted one after another.

On the field, Mu Yuan's opponent, an incredibly strong man, had already raised his fist and was about to punch Mu Yuan.

……

Outside the Zhongzhou City Gymnasium.

A white sedan drove up to the back door of the Zhongzhou City Gymnasium, where no one was around.

The white sedan stopped at the rear door. The rear door opened, and Chu Daoyun, wearing a hat, mask, and sunglasses that almost completely covered her face, stepped out. The driver's side window rolled down, and the female driver leaned out of the window.

"Dao Yun, you, you..."

The female driver seemed to want to say something, but in the end, she said nothing.

Chu Daoyun dared not look at the teacher who had always taken care of her, and silently walked into the back door of Zhongzhou City Gymnasium.

She's grown up now and has started wanting other things.

No one can stop this.

The back door of Zhongzhou City Gymnasium had already been cleared by the awakened ones sent by Baihu, and there was no one inside. Chu Daoyun, who had a phobia of men, walked along the road at the back door without any pressure. Following this road to the end, she arrived at one of the entrances to the stands.

The entrance had been cleared, and only two female security guards were on duty. When Chu Daoyun arrived, both of them pointed in the same direction.

Looking in that direction, Chu Daoyun saw Zhou Yan sitting in a corner, looking utterly bored.

Chu Daoyun's eyes lit up from behind her sunglasses.

It's been almost half a year. Since leaving Zhou Yan, Chu Daoyun has been enduring this for almost half a year. Every day, Chu Daoyun thinks about waiting for the four-school competition so she can see Zhou Yan again and settle down with him.

Now, we've finally reached this last step and are about to complete it.

Chu Daoyun jogged over to Zhou Yan.

Because the area had been cleared out beforehand and there was no one along the way, Chu Daoyun arrived at Zhou Yan's side without any psychological barriers.

The place was spacious, and as soon as Chu Daoyun arrived, Zhou Yan sensed it. The young man turned his head slightly and met Chu Daoyun's gaze from above.

"Xiao Yan."

Chu Daoyun shyly took off her hat and sunglasses, revealing a pair of beautiful eyes.

Zhou Yan forced a smile.

"Senior Sister Chu, it's been a long time."

Chu Daoyun was slightly displeased.

"You can just call me Daoyun."

Chu Daoyun sat down next to Zhou Yan as a matter of course.

Zhou Yan smelled a delicate fragrance wafting towards him, and then Chu Daoyun leaned closer to him.

"Xiao Yan..."

As Chu Daoyun practically pressed herself against him, Zhou Yan instinctively moved his buttocks away.

"I know, those were all lies the teacher told me."

Chu Daoyun was a little afraid that Zhou Yan would hold a grudge against her because of the drugging incident, so she first made up an excuse for Zhou Yan.

"It's all a lie the teacher made up to deceive me, because she didn't want me to have any contact with you."

"You're a good child, how could you possibly drug me?"

Chapter Ten: A Scalp Twitch

"The plane will land at Zhongzhou International Airport in two minutes..."

"Please unfasten your seatbelt only after the plane has come to a complete stop..."

Another plane landed at the airport.

The plane landed, and students from the First Academy stepped out.

Similarly, the teacher who got off the computer first called out to the students present.

"Children, line up in a row. Your teacher will take you to a nearby hotel to rest."

After disembarking, the students lined up in an orderly fashion. The regular students followed their teachers out of the airport and boarded a bus to a nearby hotel, while the top students from the First Academy, led by the gibbon, and some teachers boarded a special bus and went directly to the Zhongzhou City Gymnasium.

Mi Qing and her boyfriend, Chi-ba-ma-hou, boarded the same bus heading to the Zhongzhou City Gymnasium. As soon as they sat down, the teacher closest to them spoke to Chi-ba-ma-hou, Bai Lin.

"Next year, Xiaobai, you should also be participating in the Four Schools Competition. Now, take a look at the fighting power of the Awakened in the real arena, so you can prepare more for the future."

Bai Lin nodded vigorously, his heart burning with enthusiasm.

The teacher then looked at Mi Qing.

"Xiao Qing, since you are valued by Lord Qinglong, it is inevitable that you will become a demigod in the future. Although you may not be able to catch up with the four schools competition, you can still see that the experience will be useful when you become a demigod in the future."

As soon as the teacher said this, several top students around looked at Mi Qing with confusion. They didn't understand how someone who only had a demon-level bloodline at the beginning could suddenly be valued by the Azure Dragon.

The resources Qinglong invested in Mi Qing would certainly yield greater returns if invested in other demon-level or even demigod students.

However, Qinglong's reputation weighed heavily on the minds of these top demigod students. Although many of them had doubts, they dared not voice them. Instead, they turned their gaze away and looked at the scenery outside the windshield as they walked backward.

Only Bai Lin reached out and hugged Mi Qing, comforting her.

"With Lord Qinglong's help, you might be able to participate in the Four Schools Competition before you graduate. I'll fight alongside you then."

Mi Qing's face flushed.

Mi Qing currently possesses the bloodline of a dragon, but its development is still in its early stages. According to Qinglong's estimate, it will take at least five years to fully develop this bloodline before it can evolve into a dragon son.

Five years later, Mi Qing was almost at the age limit required for the four-school competition.

Therefore, everyone thought that once Mi Qing became a demigod, she would no longer be eligible to participate in the four-school competition.

But so what? As long as I become a demigod and have a demigod boyfriend, that's enough.

Mi Qing leaned closer to Bai Lin.

The vehicle quickly arrived at the Zhongzhou City Gymnasium. Outside the gymnasium, there was still a large group of Mu Yuan's fans. When the students from the First Academy went down, Mu Yuan's fans surrounded them, but were forced away by the teacher in charge using magic.

The group entered the Zhongzhou City Gymnasium, and as soon as they entered, one of the teachers complained.

"What's going on with Mu Yuan from Xuanwu Academy? Is he starting to build a fan base?"

Mi Qing, who knows about this, added.

“I know that. It seems that the ranking of members of parliament in this four-school competition is based on their performance. Mu Yuan is one of the strongest students in Xuanwu Academy and should be a member of the upper house in the future. For this reason, he has been promoting a persona of fighting for the people.”

The gibbon interjected coldly.

"Nonsense."

Many top students nodded, while one of the top female students muttered something under her breath.

"I think I also heard about the news that the four-school competition will determine the members of Congress. When did the members of Congress start to be determined by fighting? It's inexplicable."

Mi Qing continued.

"Because many states are still in chaos, the federal government has not even cleaned up its own nest, so it really doesn't have the strength to deal with the rioters in other states. Therefore, we plan to recruit a group of demon-level and demigod-level awakened individuals, give them some resources and troops, and ask them to quell the unrest, then become local state legislators, rebuild the government, and strengthen the connection between these new state governments once the federal government has recovered."

Bai Lin couldn't help but interject.

"This system is somewhat similar to the feudal system of ancient times."

In ancient times, when a king encountered a knight or nobleman who had rendered meritorious service or whom he favored, he would allocate a portion of the land under his jurisdiction to these knights or noblemen for them to manage.

The current approach of the federal government is very similar to this one, which is to allocate a piece of land to capable people and ask them to manage it.

However, compared to ancient times, the land of the Eastern Xia Federation cannot be managed in a short time, but it cannot be ignored either. Therefore, the only option is to find the Awakened and share the benefits with them to manage it.

The gibbon looked at Mi Qing and asked curiously.

"Doesn't the public have any objections to this approach?"

Mi Qing shrugged.

"Those who are not governed by newly elected members of Congress don't care, while those who are governed have no way to express their opinions."

The newly elected members of Congress are mainly assigned to govern states that are still in a state of unrest. As a result, people in states that are not in a state of unrest do not care about the new members of Congress, while people in states that are in a state of unrest have no way to express their opinions.

The public was quite calm about this, and since the participants in the four-school competition were going to have a tense and exciting fighting match in front of normal people, many people were looking forward to the competition. Some even said that if there was any excitement, there should be a national competition for the presidential election, and whoever was the best fighter would be the new president.

In response, Mi Qing could only say that children with intellectual disabilities have a lot of fun.

The front desk leads to the end, which is the entrance to the audience seating area.

The top students and teachers of the First Academy weren't so particular; they just found an empty seat and sat down.

On the competition field below, Mu Yuan from Xuanwu Academy faced off against a junior from a powerful family. The teachers and students of the First Academy did not recognize this junior, but the top students of the First Academy did.

The teacher from the First Academy turned to the students around him and introduced it.

"That guy with glasses is Mu Yuan, a top student from Xuanwu Academy and a demigod with the Mirage Bloodline. His specialty is illusion magic. Back then, Mo Yu (the Tongbei Ape) suffered a lot at his hands."

The gibbon stared at Mu Yuan, wanting to see what this troublesome enemy had learned in the past year and whether he was qualified to give him a headache this year.

The other students also pointed and whispered about Mu Yuan and the disciples of the aristocratic families. Mi Qing followed her seniors to watch the competition for a while, but after a while, she became a little annoyed by the continuous shouts from Mu Yuan's fans from the opposite direction.

Mi Qing looked up angrily at the Mu Yuan fans diagonally in her direction, and from the corner of her vision, a familiar figure jumped out.

Mi Qing's mind went blank for a moment, then slowly turned her head. Goosebumps began to rise all over her back. The girl saw a man she never wanted to see again in her life.

Chapter Eleven: To Kill

Mi Qing saw Zhou Yan.

Although they were hundreds of meters apart, and although Zhou Yan had grown taller and his facial features had changed, Mi Qing recognized him at a glance as her ex-boyfriend, the dark history she desperately wanted to erase.

A historical example is Chen Sheng, who said, "If I become rich and powerful, I will not forget you." When Chen Sheng was young, he told his fellow villagers, "How can a sparrow know the ambition of a swan?" His fellow villagers thought he was extraordinary and told him not to forget them if he became rich and powerful.

After gaining power, Chen Sheng was visited by his fellow villagers. The emperor warmly received them and fulfilled his promise from years ago. However, the villagers did not appreciate Chen Sheng's kindness and instead spread rumors about his embarrassing childhood, mocking him for wetting his pants with cow dung as a child, which caused constant laughter both inside and outside the court.

How can the emperor's authority be maintained if things continue like this?

Enraged, Chen Sheng had no choice but to kill all his fellow villagers. As a result, the forces that later came under Chen Sheng's control felt that he was not trustworthy and began to alienate him.

Historically, most assessments of this incident suggest that Chen Sheng was not ruthless enough. If Chen Sheng had labeled these fellow villagers as opportunists seeking to climb the social ladder, denied their kinship, and driven them all away or secretly killed them, they would not have met such an end.

To rise to a high position, one must not be soft-hearted.

And now, this "fellow villager" who knows about his family's dark history is right in front of him.

Why is this happening?

Did Bai Yuan not kill Zhou Yan?

That good-for-nothing died himself but couldn't kill Zhou Yan?

By the way, isn't there a pandemic going around lately?

Why didn't Zhou Yan die?

It seems that the plague has spread to the present day, and the number of people who have actually died from the disease is less than 200 million, but the subsequent riots and unrest that caused deaths have killed more than 200 million people.

So how did Zhou Yan, who wasn't very physically fit in the past, manage to survive the riots after the plague?

I could have survived, but why did it have to happen to me again?

It should be noted that after the plague, almost all the railways and subways in the country were destroyed, and troops were stationed on the borders of many stable states. For a small city like Cihe City, where Zhou Yan was located, to reach Zhongzhou City, it would take an unknown amount of travel and pass through many areas ruled by mobs.

How could Zhou Yan, an ordinary person, safely travel from Cihe City to Zhongzhou City?

Mi Qing felt cold all over and her face turned deathly pale.

"Xiaoqing, what's wrong?"

Bai Lin, the red-bottomed macaque, looked at his girlfriend from the arena.

"You look terrible. Are you feeling unwell?"

As soon as he said this, all the teachers and students around him looked at Mi Qing.

The plague had only ended a few months ago, and everyone had contracted the plague PSTD. When they saw someone looking unwell, they instinctively felt that the person was about to die from cardiac arrest. It just so happened that Mi Qing was only a Demon-level Awakened, which also met the upper limit of Awakened who could be harmed by the plague.