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

The little fox in Zhou Yan's arms turned its head and looked warily at Lin Anru who was approaching Zhou Yan.

Zhou Yan said nonchalantly.

"Did Senior Leng Qing send you?"

Lin'an asked in surprise.

"how do you know?"

Zhou Yan sneered.

“Wu Shanfu is a seeded player in the four-school competition, and she has even played against me. I definitely know information about Wu Shanfu. If Lord Suzaku wants to know this information, just ask me directly. There’s no need to send you here to talk nonsense to me, unless you’re one of those guys who don’t have a good relationship with me but just want Wu Shanfu.”

Only Leng Qing or other top students meet these criteria.

Of course, Zhou Yan preferred Leng Qing, because among the top students in the entire Vermilion Bird Academy, Leng Qing was the strongest, and it seemed that she had a better relationship with Lin Anru.

Lin'an gave Zhou Yan a thumbs-up.

"Xiao Yan, is your brain really that sharp?"

Zhou Yan was shocked.

"Do you think I'm not smart enough?"

Lin'an said it was only natural.

"Otherwise what? Those ordinary people have absolutely nothing to do with you, yet you're willing to risk your life for them? Isn't that stupid? Isn't that just plain stupid?"

Zhou Yan: "..."

"She's not stupid, little girl."

The door to Zhou Yan's suite opened, and Xiao Yanjun, yawning and dressed in a school swimsuit, walked in.

Zhou Yan looked at Xiao Yanjun with surprise.

"Brother Yan, what's wrong with your clothes?"

Little Yama yawned.

"Today, a few bastards from the training camp invited me to the beach, and I went."

Little Yama turned his head and said to Zhou Yan with a playful expression.

Do you know what happened to those people?

Zhou Yan shook his head.

Little Yama chuckled softly.

"I turned them into lolis, and then, little guy, whatever the most extreme fanfiction on your phone looks like, that's what they look like."

Zhou Yan slapped his thigh in anger. He didn't care at all what those bastards looked like; what angered him was...

"You beast!!!! You fucking rummaged through my study materials!!!"

Chapter Twenty-Nine: Cooperation

Wu Family Martial Arts Academy.

A car pulled up in front of the dojo, and Baihu Bai Qianqiu got out of his own car. Several members of the Wu family who had been waiting at the entrance immediately bowed.

Goodnight, Lord Bai!

Baihu waved in response and then entered the dojo. More than a dozen members of the Wu family followed behind Baihu. Baihu crossed several roads and finally arrived at the small courtyard where Wu Shanfu was.

The Wu family shouted outside the courtyard.

"Shanfu, Lord Bai has arrived!"

A series of hurried footsteps approached from afar in the courtyard. Wu Shanfu came out of the courtyard gate and bowed to Baihu upon seeing him.

"Lord Bai, what brings you here?"

Baihu said solemnly.

"It was you who called me, honestly, what could have gotten you like this..."

Baihu glanced at the Wu family members beside him. These Wu family members were also perceptive, and they each bowed and left.

The white tiger nodded its chin towards the entrance of the courtyard.

"Little one, won't you invite me in for a cup of tea?"

Wu Shanfu turned to the side and reached out towards the courtyard gate.

"Please, Lord Bai. Shanfu will go and prepare tea for you right away."

Baihu entered the courtyard and then the living room, which Zhou Yan had previously visited but had since been renovated. After Baihu was seated, Wu Shanfu went to the next room to boil water and make tea.

Within minutes, Wu Shanfu brought a tea set to Baihu, served him cups and tea, and then obediently stood beside him.

Baihu picked up the teacup and took a small sip.

"Good tea."

Baihu placed the tea on the coffee table beside him.

Wu Shanfu bowed respectfully.

"I'm glad you like it, Lord Bai."

"Alright, now that we've covered the formalities, let's get down to business."

Baihu stared at Wu Shanfu, one of his favorite students.

"You said you don't want to participate in the four-school competition anymore? Tell me why?"

In the past few days, Baihu has been staying in Zhongzhou City after the House of Representatives meeting in order to monitor what Xuanwu and the federal government are doing. Things have been relatively calm these past few days, except for yesterday afternoon when Wu Shanfu suddenly sent a message saying that she had a health problem and did not want to participate in the four-school competition.

This doesn't mean I don't want to participate in one competition, but rather that I won't participate in any more of the four-school competitions afterward.

For an ordinary student, Baihu would simply make a phone call to inquire, but for Wu Shanfu, Baihu couldn't help but come over in person to see what had happened.

Wu Shanfu's face was pale.

"Lord Bai, I feel that the four-school competition may not be that helpful to my growth."

The white tiger was delighted.

"Not being that useful also means it's useful, kid. Didn't fighting against those strong opponents from other schools in the four-school competition broaden your horizons and help you see what you're lacking?"

Wu Shanfu turned her head to the side, hesitated for a few seconds, and then told him about Zhou Yan.

"...That's the gist of it, Lord Bai. I feel that compared to the Four Schools Competition, if Master Zhou could let me learn his swordsmanship, I would improve much more, so..."

The Four Schools Competition offers little more than fame and the possibility of acquiring magical arts and witchcraft that may not even be directly usable. In contrast, learning swordsmanship from Zhou Yan provides a genuine and tangible improvement in one's skills.

After returning from Zhou Yan's place, Wu Shanfu thought about it all night and finally decided to give up the four-school competition. As long as she didn't threaten Leng Qing and the others in the competition, Wu Shanfu felt that Zhou Yan would still be lenient.

Yes, Zhou Yan is more important than the four-school competition.

Wu Shanfu firmly believed this, and after listening to it, Baihu thought about it and also felt that Wu Shanfu was right.

However, given Wu Shanfu's current fighting strength, there is a high probability that she will make it into the top five of the four-school competition.

Moreover, the Four Schools Competition is also a stage for the Four Divine Beasts to demonstrate their strength to other awakened forces. If Wu Shanfu is missing, it means losing an opportunity to intimidate others.

Moreover, Zhou Yan...

A guy whom even Wu Shanfu admitted she was inferior to, a guy whom Wu Shanfu was willing to give up the four-school competition to follow behind and learn swordsmanship.

The white tiger asked sternly.

"Shanfu, let me ask you, if you were given a chance, could you figure out Zhou Yan's background?"

Wu Shanfu said bitterly.

"Lord Bai, let me put it this way: I don't care what others think, but at least I..."

Wu Shanfu pointed to herself.

"At present, I still feel that Master Zhou is a bottomless abyss, the kind where you can't see the bottom."

When Wu Shanfu fought Zhou Yan, she felt that Zhou Yan was an impenetrable wall of copper and iron. Some of Zhou Yan's defensive moves were even more perfect than those of Wu Shanfu, the one who initiated the attack.

This is already a difference of multiple factors, including awareness, experience, and talent. Wu Shanfu simply cannot imagine how a young guy like Zhou Yan could have the demeanor of a sword master.

The white tiger nodded to himself.

Zhou Yan, that bastard, Baihu knows, isn't he the Six-Eared Macaque that Zhuque took away?

In reality, the Six-Eared Macaque's supernatural powers are nothing more than the Eight Trigrams. However, because the Six-Eared Macaque secretly learned the "Great Celestial Immortal Technique" and "Somersault Cloud" passed down to Sun Wukong by the Bodhi Patriarch, he was able to fight Sun Wukong to a standstill.

In other words, the Six-Eared Macaque's innate talent does not include swordsmanship.

However, the "Seventy-Two Transformations of the Earthly Fiends" does exist, though many people may not know that Sun Wukong's "Seventy-Two Transformations of the Earthly Fiends" does not refer to seventy-two transformation techniques, but rather to seventy-two supernatural powers. Among these seventy-two supernatural powers, there is a great supernatural power called swordsmanship.

The "Seventy-Two Transformations of the Earthly Fiends" is a celestial orthodox method of Taoism that can avert three calamities and four tribulations. The supernatural powers born from it are naturally first-rate.

If Baihu's prediction is correct, it's possible that Zhuque somehow found Zhou Yan a fragment from "The Seventy-Two Transformations of the Earthly Fiends," or perhaps Zhou Yan overheard it himself, which led him to learn a supernatural skill called swordsmanship.

This sword technique granted Zhou Yan unparalleled sword talent, making him unable to defeat even Wu Shanfu, a natural-born sword sorceress.

If this continues, Zhou Yan might become the number one rival in the next four-school competition.

That's interesting, very interesting.

"I see."

The white tiger stood up.

"I will take care of Zhou Yan's matter."

Baihu patted his favorite student on the shoulder.

"I will teach you Zhou Yan's swordsmanship and also let you participate in the four-school competition."

……

The bar on the fourth floor of Daxing Hotel.

Dressed casually, Zhuque, who seemed out of place among the young people drinking and partying in the bar, walked into the bar. In the dim environment, colorful lights shone on Zhuque, creating a play of light and shadow on this stunningly beautiful young woman with a figure that was almost at the limit of human beauty, making her infinitely charming.

Some drunk young people happened to glance at Zhuque, and then, like putty, their gazes became glued to her, unable to look away. Some of them boldly approached her, but before they could even exchange a word, Zhuque walked to the bar counter and sat down.

A bartender dressed in a tuxedo came up and asked.

"Would you like a rainbow cocktail, sir?"

Zhuque shook her head, and the bartender stepped aside. Instead, Baihu, who was standing next to Zhuque, pushed a cup of tea in front of her.

Zhuque picked it up and took a sip.

White Tiger laughed.

"You only drink tea at bars? You're so conservative?"

Zhuque countered with a question.

"Isn't being conservative good? The three of you drink and have fun every day, you've ruined your lives."

White Tiger shrugged.

"We're just having a blast on the surface. In reality, each of us is firmly holding onto our own territory and keeping a close watch on the other mythical beasts."

Baihu picked up a Deep Blue Sea Cocktail, downed it in one gulp, and exhaled a breath reeking of alcohol before speaking.

"Let's not talk about that anymore, Younan. The reason I invited you here today is because there's something I want to discuss."

Suzaku said nonchalantly.

"Let the fart go."

The White Tiger moved closer to the Vermilion Bird.

"Is that Six-Eared Macaque any good?"

Zhuque remained silent.

The white tiger chuckled.

“I said, my dear You Nan, look at Xuanwu now, he’s gone mad and is even siding with the federal government. We shouldn’t be as wary of each other as before. Here’s what we’ll do: you can have your Six-Eared Macaque share intelligence about the federal government with me.”

Suzaku glanced at Baihu and uttered two words colder than Machima's conscience.