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

Zhongzhou City Gymnasium, rest room.

Mu Yuan, who had just finished a match, paced back and forth in his rest room.

Interesting. This junior from Qinglong Academy actually wants to kill Zhou Yan, and even said that Zhou Yan is just an ordinary person, just a commoner, and it doesn't matter if she kills him.

Based on Mu Yuan's experience, an awakened person who can say such things probably has some connection with the person they want to kill, such as being in a romantic relationship or having dirt on her.

Which one is Zhou Yan?

Judging from their ages, they are more likely to be boyfriend and girlfriend.

Mu Yuan stopped next to a rest chair; either way, it was a good spot to take advantage of.

As far as Mu Yuan knew, Mi Qing was a student favored by Qinglong, and she also had a demigod as her boyfriend. Now, they were in the environment of a four-school competition.

If you make good use of these conditions, you can obtain a lot of information and intelligence about your opponents, and then become the first place winner in the four-school competition.

He would then become the youngest senator in history, leading the Eastern Xia Federation to its inevitable glory.

This is not arrogance or boasting, nor is it a lack of understanding of the ways of the world.

Too many people have died in this environment. Once the federal government recovers, the country will lose too many administrators, opening up channels for upward mobility and allowing it to regain its vitality. At that time, the rulers and members of Congress will naturally be in the limelight, and whatever they do will be right, and the country's strength will continue to grow.

Mu Yuan believed that he was definitely smarter than a pig.

Therefore, he is bound to succeed in the future.

He will stand at the forefront of the times and become a famous statesman who revitalizes the nation.

He will have a place in future Chinese language textbooks.

Chapter Twelve: White Lotus

Zhongzhou City Gymnasium, the competition venue.

After Chu Daoyun finished saying that she trusted Zhou Yan, Zhou Yan nodded.

"Indeed, the teachers at White Tiger Academy have never liked me and think I'm trying to trick you away. I even suspect that your teacher was behind your sudden falling asleep in the movie theater."

Chu Daoyun thought of the photos the movie theater attendant had sent her. She knew that the drug that made her fall asleep must have been given by Zhou Yan, but it didn't matter. Women should pretend not to know what they're talking about.

Chu Daoyun continued.

"Yes, I also think that the teachers didn't want me to have any contact with you, Junior Zhou, so they did this. That's why I came here specifically to apologize to you as soon as I found out you were here. I'm the one who dragged you down."

"so……"

Chu Daoyun's face flushed.

"I made a reservation at Dayang Private Kitchen on Dong'an Street. After watching the game later, how about we go there for a meal? Consider it my way of apologizing."

Zhou Yan touched his chin.

"Dayang Private Kitchen? Is that the hot, irritable internet celebrity restaurant that requires reservations a month in advance, where the chef decides the dishes and guests can't refuse?"

Zhou Yan didn't know when, but a trend of mistreating customers had become popular in the catering industry. Some chefs had become famous all over the internet for their slogans like "Don't come if you don't have money," "Don't come if you don't know how to eat," and "Don't come if you don't want to be scolded." What's worse, some commentators, instead of boycotting these chefs, actually fawned over them and acted like lapdogs.

Are you going to eat or to eat anger?

We paid for this, and if we don't even get respect after paying, what's the point of eating it?

Chu Daoyun nodded.

"Yes, that's the restaurant. I heard their chef is quite skilled, and after the pandemic, they're one of the few remaining popular restaurants in Zhongzhou. I booked the best one, and the food is top-notch."

Chu Daoyun hesitated for a moment, but in the end she reached out and grabbed Zhou Yan's hand, just like when she was sitting in Zhou Yan's car before.

For some reason, as soon as Chu Daoyun grasped Zhou Yan's hand, she felt much more at ease, as if she had entered her own private bedroom, separated from the mundane world outside.

"Shall we go eat together?"

Chu Daoyun, holding Zhou Yan's hand, looked on with anticipation.

Zhou Yan was silent for a few seconds, then smiled.

"Of course, I'd love to try this internet-famous restaurant and see what's so special about it."

Chu Daoyun's eyes lit up. If everyone drank a lot of alcohol and ate for a long time at this banquet, then...

Zhou Yan spoke again.

"However, I have a bad temper and I hate those guys who give me attitude. I'm afraid if I go to that trendy restaurant you booked, I'll smash it up before I even finish my meal."

Chu Daoyun's heart sank. Just as she was about to say something like, "You've got a gun pointed at someone's head," Zhou Yan suddenly winked at her.

"I do know a restaurant where the owner is fairly good-natured. Daoyun, how about you come with me for a meal?"

Zhou Yan knew that Chu Daoyun's intentions were impure, so he absolutely could not fall into this woman's trap.

Chu Daoyun paused, looking troubled.

"This one……"

Zhou Yan added another sentence.

"It's alright. You can treat me to this meal next time, but next time it would be better to treat me to a place with better service."

Chu Daoyun said with a hint of helplessness.

"Okay, whatever you say, Xiao Yan."

Anyway, there's still more than a month until the end of the four-school competition. We can use this month to slowly build rapport, get closer to each other, and eventually win over Zhou Yan.

There's no need to rush to find a strategy.

After these words, the match between Mu Yuan and the disciples of the aristocratic families on the field had ended.

The Muyuan fans, who had been shouting themselves hoarse, finally stopped, and the competition venue became unusually quiet.

Next, several scions of prominent families began their competition. As these scions came up, the number of people around them increased. Zhou Yan even saw the demigod foreigners who had previously appeared at the hotel where his academy had been staying begin to emerge from the entrance and exit of the audience seats and find places to sit down.

When Wang Xuan, who was in the lead, saw Zhou Yan, he smiled at Zhou Yan and waved to him, appearing extremely friendly.

Chu Daoyun looked at the handsome but somewhat unmanly Wang Xuan with some displeasure, but when she saw the obvious Adam's apple on Wang Xuan's throat, she felt relieved.

Next, people started coming over to find seats on Zhou Yan's side. Chu Daoyun, who had been observing her surroundings, instinctively leaned towards Zhou Yan as people approached.

Zhou Yan stood up and said.

"There's nothing much to see next, Daoyun. Let's go out. I'll find you a place to have lunch."

"Uh-huh."

Chu Daoyun responded shyly, stood up, took Zhou Yan's hand with her small hand, and the two left the audience seats together.

Opposite the audience seats.

Holding his phone, Mu Yuan, dressed in a well-tailored suit, watched Zhou Yan and Chu Daoyun leave from a corner, still holding a phone in his hand.

A minute after Zhou Yan left, Mu Yuan's phone rang, followed by the familiar voice of his uncle.

"Xiao Mu, I've looked into what you asked me to investigate. Zhou Yan and Mi Qing used to live in the same city and attend the same school. As for the rest, well, Cihe City has already fallen into riots, and I can't find out the specific situation there."

Mu Yuan said calmly.

"That's enough, thank you, Second Uncle."

Mu Yuan hung up the phone.

In one city, at one school, Mi Qing is determined to kill Zhou Yan. There's a high probability that Mi Qing was Zhou Yan's girlfriend in the past.

However, Mi Qing probably never imagined that her boyfriend, whom she originally looked down on and even wanted to kill, was now a powerful demigod.

Mu Yuan playfully put his phone back in his pocket, and then, enveloped in a mist, he vanished completely.

After disappearing, Mu Yuan left the Zhongzhou City Gymnasium and went to the hotel where the students of the First Academy were staying. Without anyone being able to see him, Mu Yuan walked step by step towards the elevator and arrived at the door of the hotel suite where Mi Qing was.

Zhou Yan's hometown, Cihe City, is now in a state of anarchy, with riotous mobs everywhere. Even someone as powerful as Mu Yuan can't get any information from Cihe City. But the students of the First Academy are different. In Zhongzhou City, everything is still orderly. They can find out where they go and which room they stay in with a simple internal check.

Mu Yuan adjusted his glasses, wiped the fog off his hand, and in an instant, space folded, and Mu Yuan went from outside the door to inside.

Mu Yuan's bloodline is that of a mirage, and he has devoted almost all his talents to illusion. As a result, his illusion talent is stronger than that of Bai Rusu from the Vermilion Bird Academy. With his current awakening level of 72%, Mu Yuan's illusion skills are not much worse than Bai Rusu's at her peak. For Mu Yuan, influencing reality with illusion is easier than breathing.

Concealing his presence, Mu Yuan walked step by step to Mi Qing's bedroom. From the front door to the inside, Mi Qing, who could not see Mu Yuan, was lying on the bed, her face alternating between pale and flushed.

Mu Yuan found a chair and sat down, silently watching the woman.

After waiting for fifteen minutes, the woman suddenly got up, picked up her phone, and dialed a number.

"Hello, is this Kobayashi? I need to talk to you. Could you come over here for a moment?"

After saying that, Mi Qing hung up the phone, got up, and walked out of the bedroom to the living room.

After waiting in the living room for a minute, the doorbell rang. Mi Qing took a deep breath and went to the door to open it.

"Xiaobai, come in first."

Mi Qing reached out to the sofa in the living room.

Bai Lin walked to the living room sofa with a normal expression, sat down, picked up a banana, peeled it, took a bite, and then asked.

"Xiao Qing, what do you want from me?"

Mi Qing walked up to Bai Lin and sniffed as she spoke.

"Actually, the way I felt at the Zhongzhou City Gymnasium before wasn't menstrual cramps."

Bai Lin nodded knowingly. He had been dating Mi Qing for several months and knew her menstrual cycle very well. Therefore, he found it strange that Mi Qing was feeling unwell just now, as the timing seemed to be off.

But if a girl says she's not feeling well, you, as a man, certainly can't doubt her, especially since she's your girlfriend.

Bai Lin wisely didn't ask, and it wasn't until now that Mi Qing told him.

"Yes, I saw my ex-boyfriend. He's a student at Suzaku Academy."

Mi Qing tentatively spoke up.

Bai Lin's expression remained unchanged. He had been enrolled in the First Academy for over a year and had dated five girlfriends, three of whom had ex-boyfriends. It wasn't a big deal that his girlfriends had ex-boyfriends, since he wasn't an original girl either.

"so what?"

Bai Lin looked completely bewildered.

"You came back just because of your ex-boyfriend?"

If everyone can part amicably, what's there to be upset about between ex-boyfriends and ex-girlfriends?

Was it necessary to sneak back?

Mi Qing sat down on the sofa, turned her head away, and choked out.

"You, you don't know, my ex-boyfriend awakened his ancestral bloodline first, then looked down on me because I was just an ordinary person, beat me up badly, told me not to tell anyone I was his girlfriend, and then abandoned me."

Mi Qing lifted the fabric over her lower abdomen and pointed to a corner of her stomach.

"He hit me really hard at the time, and he almost punched my stomach through. My intestines were about to come out."

Sitting in the corner, Mu Yuan frowned. This woman was clearly talking nonsense. If Zhou Yan was the one who awakened first, would this woman still go and kill people herself? Would she really say that Zhou Yan was an ordinary person who could be killed at will?

Release it immediately.

Six months ago, Mi Qing could have easily gotten to Zhou Yan's school with a simple phone call to clarify the truth and distinguish right from wrong. But that's impossible now. Cihe City is in turmoil, and the army can't even get in, let alone make a phone call to ask someone. To put it bluntly, all the teachers and students at Zhou Yan's high school might be dead.

There's really no way to easily refute what Mi Qing is saying now. Plus, with topics like men hitting women, it's clear that women, who are inherently weaker, have a greater advantage in public opinion.

In other words, women's words are more persuasive than men's.

Bai Lin frowned and said angrily.

"What kind of man hits a woman? Luckily, Xiaoqing, you broke up with that bastard early! That kind of man is scum! I'll beat him up every time I see him in the future!"

Mi Qing turned her head away, covering the lower half of her face with one hand. Tears streamed from the woman's eyes. As a dragon, controlling the tears from her eyes was easier than drinking water.

Mi Qing continued, her voice choked with sobs.

“That guy has always treated me badly. He bullies me every day because he's a boy and has good physical strength. I've tried to break up with him several times, but he always uses violence to make me submit. There were times when I was in so much pain that I couldn't sleep, and I still had to get up early the next day to go to school to help him copy his homework.”

Bai Lin slapped his thigh, his anger blazing.

"This kind of man is a cancer on humanity... Damn it, he shouldn't walk at night anymore, or he'll be drowning!"

Bai Lin hates men who bully women the most, especially when the one being bullied is his own girlfriend.

Mi Qing sniffed.

"So when I saw my ex-boyfriend before, I was scared. I was afraid that he would find out and beat me up again. I'm sorry, I was so scared that I ran back."