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

That's a top-tier divine beast and the most powerful woman in the world. No matter how handsome this man is, if he dares to say such things, isn't he afraid that if the Vermilion Bird's supporters find out, he'll be torn to pieces and suffer a terrible death?!

Yingzhao interrupted.

"I am Yingzhao, a descendant of divine beasts."

Bai Rusu paused.

Yingzhao walked to the only empty sofa among the three sofas in the living room and sat down with Zhou Yan. At this moment, one sofa was occupied by Bai Rusu, one by the three ferocious beasts, and one by Zhou Yan and Yingzhao.

A tripartite balance of power.

As soon as Yingzhao sat down on the sofa, she looked at Bai Rusu with a mocking expression.

"That's why I hate you new generation of awakened ones. You think you're invincible just because you're at odds with the government because of the Four Divine Beasts and forced the government to give in and acknowledge your privileges. Have you ever heard of Chi You, Lu Wu, or Little Yama?"

“A hundred years ago, these three were the top awakeners who commanded all gods, demons, immortals and beasts. Your Four Divine Beasts were not even qualified to follow in their footsteps.”

After a pause, Yingzhao looked at Zhou Yan.

"A nine-thousand-year-old is qualified, and he doesn't need to follow orders."

Bai Rusu looked at Zhou Yan with a serious expression, but Zhou Yan turned his head away, refusing to look at Bai Rusu's face.

Bai Rusu could only look at Ying Zhao again.

"You are... a divine beast?"

Bai Rusu looked somewhat disbelieving. As far as she knew, there were currently only six True God Awakeners: the Four Divine Beasts, the Central Dipper Star Lord, and the Eastern Dipper Star Lord.

When did Yingzhao appear?

And there's Lu Wu, Chi You, Little Yama...

"So you don't even know about World War I in 99?"

Yingzhao looked at Bai Rusu with tenderness, as if she were a fool.

Bai Rusu was a little unsure how to respond. She instinctively felt that Ying Zhao might be telling the truth, but she also felt that Ying Zhao's identity might be fake, something these ferocious beasts were using to fool her.

Chapter Twenty-Eight: Wanting to Be a Good Person

"Has everyone arrived?"

The front door to the living room opened again, and Qiongqi, with a fierce look on his face, rubbed his hands together and walked in.

However, when the ferocious beast reached the sofa in the living room, it looked to its left and saw Taotie, Chaos, and others sitting there. The sofa was a bit cramped, and with three women, it was inappropriate for a man like itself to insert its penis inside.

Looking to the right, the Heavenly Fox Bai Rusu, bound in tortoise shell, is sitting. As the opposing side, Qiongqi would not sit next to Bai Rusu. Directly opposite her are Zhou Yan and Ying Zhao.

Qiongqi didn't dare to sit down next to Yingzhao. After hesitating for a few seconds, Qiongqi turned his head and said.

"I'll go make you some late-night snacks."

Qiongqi, the ferocious beast that had killed countless people before, went to the kitchen with a wronged expression.

Bai Rusu glanced at Qiongqi, then turned to Yingzhao and said.

"Even if what you said before was true, these Chi You, Lu Wu, and Little Yama are all dead, right?"

Yingzhao nodded.

Bai Rusu sneered.

"Dead Awakened Ones are nothing more than a mass of protein. Those who stand at the pinnacle of Awakened Ones now are still the Four Divine Beasts, such as Lord Suzaku. Yingzhao, you don't actually think you can fight against the Four Divine Beasts, do you?"

In terms of status, Yingzhao is merely the Heavenly Emperor's gardener, while the Four Divine Beasts are high-ranking star officials, the leaders of the Twenty-Eight Mansions. What kind of combat power could a gardener possibly have?

The Four Divine Beasts have all proven their formidable fighting power through countless battles.

Therefore, if Yingzhao dares to hurt me, I will be burned to ashes by Zhuque in no time.

Yingzhao reached out and gently patted Zhou Yan's shoulder.

"Your Majesty, do you see this? This is the difference between the new generation of awakened beings and the old generation of awakened beings."

Zhou Yan pushed away Yingzhao's hand that was on his shoulder and said with disdain.

"If you're unhappy, just beat him up. What's the point of talking?"

Bai Rusu glared fiercely at Zhou Yan.

The young woman made up her mind. Based on what Zhou Yan had just said, once she was out safely, she would make him regret it!

Yingzhao took out a cigarette case, put it in his mouth, lit it, and the fragrance of banana leaves spread out. Yingzhao said wistfully.

"Little guy on the other side, what if I told you that if you simply pursue power, all Awakened Ones will eventually regret it?"

Tianhu Bai Rusu mocked.

"Knowing he can't beat Lord Suzaku, he still makes excuses. What an ugly attitude."

Yingzhao exhaled two puffs of smoke from his nostrils.

"Little guy, you should know this best, right? As your awakened abilities increase, your humanity is becoming weaker and weaker, and you are becoming more and more resistant and disgusted with humans. You don't even consider your parents and siblings as your relatives anymore. No matter what they do, you find it difficult to feel any emotion towards them?"

Bai Rusu said displeased.

"Yes, so what?"

This phenomenon wasn't unique to her; all the awakened individuals Bai Rusu knew experienced it.

Yingzhao said jokingly.

"Do you know what you'll become if this feeling continues?"

Bai Rusu pursed her lips, her expression somewhat off.

Yingzhao was delighted.

"It seems you know about this too. Well, the deeper the awakening of an awakened person, the more you will find that your instincts begin to suppress your nature. We awakened people of the old era called this phenomenon 'body possession,' which means that it is not that you have mastered the power, but that the power controls you."

As she spoke, Yingzhao looked at Taotie, Chaos, and Taotie sitting to one side.

"The Four Fiends weren't born evil, but their bloodline forces them to act according to their instincts most of the time. These actions are beyond their conscious control and rational restraint."

"In order to resolve this instinct that transcends reason."

Yingzhao's gaze fell on her daughter, the silver-haired loli, Chaos.

“We, the older generation of awakened ones, have been searching for a solution. Lu Wu almost found it back then, but he was killed by Little Yama. I inherited Lu Wu’s legacy and have come out of seclusion this time.”

Yingzhao turned her gaze, and two pairs of eyes focused on Zhou Yan.

"It's all to get rid of the lingering effects of my instincts and those of my daughter, the Four Fiends."

Yingzhao's gaze bypassed Zhou Yan and finally landed on Bai Rusu's face.

Bai Rusu opened her mouth slightly, her face resolute.

"I do not believe!"

The silver-haired loli spoke in a chaotic manner.

“Back then, I was only half a step away from becoming a true god. At that moment, I suddenly discovered that I could choose the twisted option of selecting someone other than myself.”

The current Chaos can only designate the distortion of its own choices, but when Suzaku knocked down the True God's position, for a moment, Chaos discovered that it could also designate the distortion options of others.

However, this feeling was only fleeting; Suzaku's output was simply too powerful.

Zhou Yan suddenly interrupted.

"So these four ferocious beasts all gather around you and follow your lead, because you will be able to help them overcome their instinctive impulses in the future?"

Chaos hummed in agreement.

Bai Rusu, standing opposite Chaos, was dumbfounded.

Sitting next to Chaos, the elegant woman in a cheongsam, Taotie, looked up with a complicated expression at the chandelier above her. Perhaps the light from the chandelier was too bright, because Taotie squinted and opened her mouth to speak.

“We had no choice before, but now we want to be good people.”

Chapter Twenty-Nine: Freedom

After half an hour.

Zhou Yan and Bai Rusu, who had been untied, were led by Qiongqi to the second floor of the manor. There were more than ten rooms on the second floor. Qiongqi gave one to Zhou Yan and one to Bai Rusu at random, and explained that the toilet was located at the end of the corridor before leaving.

Zhou Yan and Bai Rusu each entered the bedroom arranged by Qiongqi. As soon as they entered, before Zhou Yan could even take off the backpack containing the little fox from his back, Bai Rusu's voice rang in his mind.

"Little guy, judging from Yingzhao's expression just now, you've already awakened?"

Zhou Yan: "..."

"Does ignoring me work? You don't think I can't check on you one more time, do you?"

Zhou Yan plucked a hair from his head and stared at it.

The hair is displayed as "Bai Ze's hair".

Zhou Yan: "..."

A week has passed since I awakened. Has my hair finally turned around?

"Ok?"

Zhou Yan thought to himself.

Bai Rusu from next door asked curiously.

Who were your ancestors?

Zhou Yan: "..."

"Say!"

Bai Rusu's voice was very loud.

In fact, there is no way to confirm one's bloodline origin in this era. If Zhou Yan doesn't tell you, Bai Rusu will probably have to use many methods to roughly determine the origin of Zhou Yan's bloodline.

Zhou Yan scratched his face in embarrassment. The young man walked to the bed in the bedroom, opened his backpack, and as soon as he opened it, the little fox inside jumped out and landed in Zhou Yan's arms. Zhou Yan gently stroked the little fox's fur, his eyes half-closed.

Zhou Yan knew that his Awakened identity would definitely not be able to be hidden in the future, but Bai Ze's identity was terrifying and he was not safe anywhere. So Zhou Yan also thought about what he should do if his Awakened identity was discovered.

The answer is simple: lie, deceive, and bluff.

Since there's no way to determine the origin of one's bloodline in modern times, one can just make up a bloodline origin for oneself. However, while the origin of one's bloodline is difficult to determine, the potential of one's bloodline is easy to measure.

Since I am of Bai Ze bloodline, the options for deception and trickery cannot be too weak.

Zhou Yan responded in his mind.

"Six-eared macaque".

Zhou Yan gasped inwardly.

Zhou Yan had considered that the only people in the world with similar talents to Bai Ze were Di Ting, the son of Ksitigarbha, who was also a gossip and could hear anything he wanted, and the Six-Eared Macaque, who could also eavesdrop on the Three Realms.

However, neither Di Ting nor the Six-Eared Macaque are demigods, and they are somewhat inferior to the all-knowing divine beast Bai Ze. If true gods like Zhong Dou Xing Jun and Dong Dou Xing Jun, who also have the ability to collect information, can survive, then surely I, a fake Six-Eared Macaque, shouldn't commit such a serious taboo?

After all, Di Ting and the Six-Eared Macaque were only eavesdropping. Eavesdropping has too many limitations. One of the limitations is that you don't know if the information you eavesdrop on is true.

What if it's fake...

"So you asked me about the Central Dipper Star Lord and the Eastern Dipper Star Lord before?"

Bai Rusu, who lived next door, suddenly understood why Zhou Yan had asked about the Eastern Dipper Star Lord when they first met.

This child has similar abilities.

Zhou Yan did not reply.

Bai Rusu's voice softened.

"Since you're an Awakened One, you'll be going to school in the future, right? The bloodline of the Six-Eared Macaque can't be left to roam freely outside. Little guy, come to our Vermilion Bird Academy. I'll write you a letter of recommendation. If anyone dares to refuse your admission, just tell me, and I'll beat them until they agree."

Zhou Yan still didn't reply.

Bai Rusu added a sentence.

"The male-to-female ratio in our college is 1 to 30!"

Zhou Yan's body trembled.

The male-to-female ratio is 1:30?