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

Mu Yuan grinned.

"Mi Qing couldn't handle the pressure, so she directly admitted to having you as her ex-boyfriend, and then started making up your dark history."

Zhou Yan nodded knowingly.

"That's perfectly normal."

Before Zhou Yan became an Awakened One, a couple next door got divorced. After the divorce, the woman told the neighbors every day that the man had cheated on her, was abusive, and was a scumbag. Later, it was confirmed that the woman was the one who had cheated.

When women do something wrong, some women habitually blame the man, especially when it comes to moral issues like infidelity.

"Then Bai Lin comes to beat you up. Bai Lin can't beat him, so that hot-tempered Long-Armed Ape comes to settle scores with you."

Zhou Yan laughed out loud.

"After beating the young, the old one comes along, it's really..."

Mu Yuan echoed.

"Mo Yu has always been recognized as the top student in the four schools. He has a big temper, so he is unwilling to suffer losses when something happens. Even if he is in the wrong, he has to take all the credit first before he will bow his head."

Mu Yuan began to shake his head.

"People like this are arrogant because they haven't suffered any losses or banged their heads against the wall until they're bleeding."

Mu Yuan shut his mouth at this point, waiting for Zhou Yan to also curse the Tongbi Ape a few times, and then he would continue to incite hatred against the First Academy, and then pull Zhou Yan to his side.

Zhou Yan might not want to betray the Vermilion Bird Academy, but he certainly wouldn't hesitate to trip up the First Academy, which he felt no sense of belonging to.

Driven by anger, Zhou Yan would naturally become his weapon against the First Academy.

Mu Yuan has always looked down on muscle-bound giants like the Long-Armed Ape. These guys who only rely on their fists to brute force never think about using leverage against each other, nor do they consider that relationships between people are the key to long-term coexistence.

And that's what makes him so smart. With just a few words and a few provocations, even a top awakened person like Zhou Yan would be obediently driven by him without realizing it.

Every time he saw his plan succeed, Mu Yuan felt a strong sense of mockery. He felt like a puppeteer above all living beings, manipulating these seemingly powerful puppets at will.

"The gibbon does indeed have a bad temper..."

"but……"

"Boom..."

Mu Yuan suddenly felt a stomachache.

By the time he realized what was happening, Mu Yuan had already stumbled back several steps, instinctively clutching his stomach with both hands.

Zhou Yan clenched his fist and looked at Mu Yuan with a cold expression.

"You're the most despicable one, the one who secretly stirs up trouble behind the scenes and then pretends to be innocent!"

Zhou Yan had personally witnessed the annotation "Illusion Provocation" in Bai Lin's attribute bar status bar. At that time, Zhou Yan began to suspect that Mu Yuan, this little rascal who was good at illusion, had a problem. Later, when fighting with the Long-Armed Ape, Zhou Yan would occasionally use his Extreme Eyes to pay attention to the surrounding situation.

Sure enough, they found Mu Yuan hiding not far away.

Zhou Yan walked into Mu Yuan's office and closed the door.

The young man rubbed his fists together and grinned maliciously.

"Looks like I need to teach you a lesson so you won't know what the consequences are!"

For the first time in his life, Zhou Yan regretted not being Chi You. Otherwise, once Mu Yuan became pregnant, he would know that the father of his child was someone he could not afford to offend.

Chapter Twenty-Three: Handle

"You bastard..."

Mu Yuan released his hand from in front of Zhou Yan's abdomen, his angry gaze lingering on Zhou Yan's face.

Mu Yuan had previously learned from Xuanwu that Zhou Yan was the Six-Eared Macaque and that Zhou Yan had extremely strong intelligence gathering abilities. Therefore, when he went to find Mi Qing, he used illusion magic to erase all his sounds, such as his heartbeat and breathing. Afterwards, he did not have any direct contact with Mi Qing, for fear that Zhou Yan would discover the inside story of his instigation.

Logically speaking, Zhou Yan shouldn't have known that he was the mastermind. No matter how sharp the Six-Eared Macaque's hearing was, how could it tell that Mi Qing and Bai Lin had fallen under its illusion?

Of course, as elites who have received higher education since childhood, they also understand one thing: plans can never keep up with changes.

The methods you think are foolproof may turn out to be ridiculous when you actually use them, while truly effective plans are often very crude.

For example, what you might think of as business warfare involves various complex mathematical formulas, incomprehensible psychological games, and extremely bold and far-sighted diplomacy, winning battles from afar.

In real business warfare, it's about sending obscene pictures to report someone's app, poisoning them, seizing company seals, and even going to their doorstep with a hammer to kill them.

Mu Yuan didn't know where his plan went wrong, but since Zhou Yan had come knocking on his door, it was time to accept reality instead of wondering why it wasn't going according to plan.

Here's a joke: A staff officer from a certain country's military devised several plans against the enemy, stating that the advantage lay with them, and they had a 70% chance of defeating the enemy.

Then the other side did not follow the staff officer's plan, causing the country to fail. So in the military court, the staff officer hysterically said that it was not his fault, but that the enemy did not follow his plan and that it was the enemy's fault.

If the enemy follows his plan, they will definitely win.

Mu Yuan was certainly not that kind of fool. After Zhou Yan saw through his mental calculation trick, he began to consider a different approach. The approach was simple: beat Zhou Yan up.

Don't worry about upsetting the teachers at Suzaku Academy. As long as Zhou Yan isn't killed or crippled, the teachers from the four schools are very tolerant of fights between students. Of course, this tolerance applies if you win. In that case, the teachers will take the winning student to comfort and apologize to the loser as victors.

Sometimes they even offer substantial compensation.

As for losing, if you lose, you'll be eating shit!

However, proud as Mu Yuan was, he did not believe he could be defeated.

Zhou Yan is nothing but a junior who fought once with the heavily damaged Long-Armed Ape after the battle, and whose awakening period was only half a year. I am now in full condition, and my awakening level is not much worse than that of the Long-Armed Ape.

This year, because Lord Xuanwu is going to take charge of the federal government, he has received unprecedented resource support. Compared with last year, Mu Yuan's cultivation and magic power have made great progress.

So, fight Zhou Yan, use absolute strength to wear down Zhou Yan's arrogance, and even use a combination of threats and benefits to suppress Zhou Yan. This child will then learn that politeness is a virtue that everyone should have.

Awakened beings are all arrogant, but if you use violence to strip away that arrogance, you will find that many awakened beings are actually quite easy to talk to and communicate with.

Zhou Yan should be no exception.

However, Mu Yuan struggled a bit before doing that.

"Junior, we don't need to go to that last step."

Mu Yuan slowly raised his chin, looking down at Zhou Yan.

Now you know how your ex-girlfriend slandered you, right?

“I have a recording of my conversation with your girlfriend, and I can even testify for you that your ex-girlfriend’s slander is false.”

Mu Yuan placed one hand on his chest, and the young man deliberately made sure his face showed enough sincerity.

"With me by your side, you can get your revenge on your ex-girlfriend to your heart's content, and..."

Mu Yuan turned around and opened the curtains of the floor-to-ceiling window facing the Wutong Hotel with a whoosh.

The confident young man opened his hand.

"Junior, open your eyes and take a good look. The last era is over. The new era is ours. Lord Xuanwu has taken over the federal government. The other states are in turmoil, all treasures waiting for us to reap. If you cooperate with me, not only can we avenge our past humiliations, but we can also..."

Mu Yuan clapped his hands.

The entire environment changed, and a large amount of golden reflections shone into Zhou Yan's eyes from many corners around him.

Zhou Yan saw several golden mountains, each a hundred meters high, with three swimming pools at their foot and many scantily clad beauties by the poolside.

One of the girls, a gentle and beautiful young woman with a touch of baby fat, gazed at Zhou Yan with infatuation in her eyes and tossed a colorful ball towards him.

Zhou Yan took it, and the chubby-cheeked girl said shyly.

"Brother Zhou, could you bring the ball over here?"

The beauties in the pool turned their heads one after another, their eyes, each with its own unique charm, looking at Zhou Yan.

Mu Yuan, with a smile on her face, walked over like a madam and began to speak.

"Golden mountains and beautiful women, fine horses and luxury cars, endless wealth and glory to enjoy."

Zhou Yan crushed the ball and said calmly.

"And all I have to give in return is to be your dog?"

Mu Yuan raised an eyebrow.

"Others wouldn't even have the connections to be my dog."

Zhou Yan grinned, revealing a half-smile.

"I'm sorry, I have mobility issues and can't kneel down. I also have mouth ulcers and can't bark like a dog."

Mu Yuan closed his eyes and took off his glasses, which added to his scholarly air.

Mu Yuan was taught from a young age that leadership should not be decentralized. Trying to implement democracy or majority voting in a group will only leave room for division. So, Mu Yuan's desire to recruit Zhou Yan is genuine, but under his leadership, Zhou Yan must be his subordinate.

They must be obedient tools.

Otherwise, would Mu Yuan be willing to support a grandfather who would cause trouble for him at the slightest provocation?

However, Zhou Yan, a junior from the Vermilion Bird Academy, has always had a fiery temper and is not easily obeyed.

It's alright. Back then, Zilu was even more short-tempered than Zhou Yan, but when he met Confucius, who was even more short-tempered and whose fists were harder than his temper, he still obeyed.

Words can only add icing on the cake; true help in times of need, true competition, can only come from the fist.

After taking off his glasses, Mu Yuan opened his eyes. Unlike his scholarly demeanor when he was wearing glasses, Mu Yuan's expression was now solemn, as if brewing a storm, waiting for a command to unleash a tempest that would shake the world.

"Then I'll treat your legs and mouth. You'll get used to kneeling and barking like a dog."

Mu Yuan's body turned into mist and blended into the environment.

In an instant, the weather changed drastically. The golden mountain surrounding Zhou Yan transformed into mountains of corpses flowing with pus, and the swimming pool where many beautiful girls sat turned into a pool of blood. The once beautiful and charming girls were now transformed into pink skeletons bathing in blood.

Zhou Yan scanned the image and his omniscient ability revealed it to be "the image of a blood pool hell".

Mu Yuan, the top student among the four schools, seems to have seen a real map of hell or used some underworld artifact as a reference to create a virtual image of a certain level of hell, and truly connect it with some of the divine power of hell.

Although Mu Yuan didn't have Alona, ​​the King of Mirage Dragons, to directly create a small grotto-heaven that seemed to open up the world, the things inside this Blood Pool Hell had all reached the point of solidifying the illusory into the real.

For a normal awakened being, coming here is not much different from actually going to the Blood Pool Hell.

Damn, they're definitely different from that slacker Lin Lei. Each of these top students from the four schools has their own special skill.

One after another, the pink skeletons in the blood pool crawled out of the pool. Among them, the skeleton of the chubby-cheeked girl who had thrown the ball to Zhou Yan earlier opened its mouth and called out in the most shy voice.

"Brother Zhou, come play!"

The pink-haired skull somehow produced a blood-covered, closed-eyed human head and threw it at Zhou Yan with the same motion as before.

The head, which had been thrown out with its eyes closed, suddenly opened them, its eyes filled with resentment and hatred. What was worse, this inexplicable resentment and hatred was directed at Zhou Yan.

"Go to hell!"

The severed head roared as it hurtled toward Zhou Yan.

Zhou Yan raised his hand, and the Shengwu Sword appeared. With a swing, the head was split in two by the sword's divine edge.

"Oh!"

The head, split in two, exploded instantly, scattering blood, flesh, and brain matter everywhere. But just like when Zhou Yan was drenched in rain before, not a single drop fell on him.

The pink skeletons around the blood pool clapped wildly, and one pink skeleton with half of its body still broken shouted.

"Brother Zhou, that's amazing! I like you, and I want to give you my heart."

"I'm giving you my heart" isn't just empty words. The pink skeleton reached out and ripped her chest open, the flesh falling to the ground to reveal the sternum covered in rotten flesh. The pink skeleton then dug out her heart from between her ribs and threw it at Zhou Yan.

Seeing this, the other little sluts also started shouting.

"Brother Zhou is so handsome, I want to give you my stomach..."

"I gave him my liver too..."

"My lungs, my lungs..."

Countless shadows swept across Zhou Yan's head. Zhou Yan slightly opened his mouth and watched as hundreds of streams of water fell in parabolic arcs from the blood pool above him.

I'm losing my sanity, I'm really losing my sanity.

Although Zhou Yan knew that the underworld was definitely the most terrifying and frightening place among all the forbidden zones for humans, he couldn't even imagine how terrifying the other hells must be, since he could see people falling into the water and causing it to rain.

Little Yama, you manage such a terrifying place, haven't you ever been scared out of your wits?

Hundreds of people fell into the water and landed where Zhou Yan was. The area where Zhou Yan was located was covered by a series of explosions, and the air currents and explosion clouds obscured everything.

Above a cloud in mid-air.

Mu Yuan held a palm-sized fragment of the true map of hell and looked down at the Blood Pool Hell below. This true map of hell was found ten years ago by an awakened being in an extremely dangerous place on the twentieth floor of the Abyss Underworld. On that expedition, the awakened being's team of ten people went, but only two returned.