10: Chapter 10 Talks Only When Interests Are Aligned

That day, a piece of news shocked the entire No. 4 Middle School.

Yang Bai, the class leader of Class 9, Senior Year, had beaten Liu Tong, the vice class leader of the same class, until his divine domain shattered, causing him to lose his qualification as a deity.

Furthermore, Liu Tong's spiritual sea was severely damaged. This action not only cut off any possibility of Liu Tong re-condensing a divine domain core, but he would also likely spend the next few years in a hospital in a vegetative state.

Liu Tong was a newly awakened god of the No. 4 Middle School's senior class; crippling a new god was no small crime.

If Yang Bai was convicted of the crime of destroying a god, no matter how amazing his talent was, he would have to spend over a decade in prison.

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"Name?"

"Yang Bai."

"Gender?"

"Male."

"Crime?"

"Unknown."

Seeing that Yang Bai would not confess, a man from the Law Enforcement Team lost his temper and punched him in the stomach before throwing him into the No. 4 Middle School's detention cell.

Yang Bai wiped the bile from the corner of his mouth, lay down on the bed, and smiled bitterly at the cell door.

"Officer, I was just telling the truth. You laid hands on me; by right, I can file a complaint against you."

The Law Enforcement Team member spat on the ground and said with disdain:

"Hmph, after committing such a crime, if you aren't sentenced to eight or ten years, I'll twist my head off and give it to you."

In this member's view, it was normal for newly awakened gods to be impulsive and enjoy scuffling, but if you crippled someone, that was going too far.

Moreover, this Yang Bai was still the class leader of Class 9.

For a class leader to beat his own classmate into a cripple—what kind of behavior was that? Abuse of authority? Abuse of power?

The Law Enforcement Team member snorted coldly and said seriously:

"I really don't know how someone like you was qualified to awaken divine power and even get a recommendation for admission to Jinghai University."

"As expected, studying only filters out the academic failures, not the human trash."

After the Law Enforcement Team member left, Yang Bai lay on the bed and let out a long sigh.

"Heh, human trash, huh?"

Just then, Yang Bai's divine power chip received a new message.

Seeing this message, Yang Bai immediately breathed a sigh of relief. 'Finally, it's here.'

Class 2: "Yang Bai, I used to suspect there was something wrong with your head. After today's incident, I can now confirm that you are definitely not a normal person."

Yang Bai: "I've proven my ability now. What's next?"

Class 2: "Yes, I know you're quite capable in a fight, and being ruthless makes you a talent. But brother, you fucking broke the law—the criminal law at that. You think there's still a 'next' for us?"

Yang Bai: "Wu Youfang embezzled my special subsidy and then had Liu Tong engage in a real war with me. You have to help me settle this."

Class 2: "Nice imagination. But why should I help you settle this?"

Yang Bai: "I took screenshots of our chat yesterday. You said it yourself, this violates the divine domain criminal law. If I spread the word that you arranged it, guess if the state will investigate you."

"I don't care what you've been busy with lately, but I think if the state wants to investigate you, whatever you're trying to do will go up in smoke."

Yang Bai's words threw the person on the other side into silence.

If Yang Bai guessed correctly, the class leader of Class 2 should be scouring the chat records right now, recalling what was said.

[Yang Bai: "How do I prove it? I'll cripple a new god for you."

Class 2: "Proving it is your business. Heh, crippling a new god? If you can actually do that, you can collect an advance payment before doing the job."]

Seeing this text, the Class 2 leader wanted to give himself a slap. Why did he have to open his big mouth and say that?

No matter how you looked at it, this conversation looked like hiring a hitman. Forget the state; even if his enemies wanted to trip him up, it would be very easy.

After thinking for two minutes, the Class 2 leader contacted Yang Bai again.

Class 2: "Yang Bai, tell me the truth. Is what you said about Wu Youfang and Liu Tong conspiring together actually true?"

Yang Bai: "You'll know if you check the data of the simulated combat cabin. Real combat mode requires entering an administrator's authorization key."

Class 2: "Yang Bai, I can settle this for you. But once it's over, I'll have my legal team send you the invoice for the costs of this work. Any thoughts?"

Yang Bai: "No problem. Getting paid for work is only natural. Compared to owing favors, this kind of clear pricing is actually better."

Class 2: "Rest well in there. You'll be released in about seven days. My business is also in seven days, which means you'll have to go work for me as soon as you get out."

Yang Bai: "I understand, working to earn money. Also, your worries are unnecessary. Before I go to Jinghai University to learn card-making techniques, I can only get star coins from you."

Class 2: "Your ambition is to be a Card Maker? Heh, interesting."

Just as the Class 2 leader was about to hang up the connection, Yang Bai sent another message.

Yang Bai: "Gu Sichao, Class Leader Gu, remember the advance payment."

Gu Sichao: "I'm not short of those few pennies. A word of extra advice: practice your martial arts more."

[Prompt: You have obtained 100 star coins and one low-grade building card—Blackwood Hut.]

Yang Bai flicked his finger and opened his divine domain management system. On the system page lay 100 star coins and a white card depicting a wooden tower.

"He said he wasn't short of pennies, yet he only gave half."

Yang Bai grumbled a bit, then used his divine power chip to enter his spiritual sea divine domain directly.

Arriving at White Jade Capital, Yang Bai pulled out the resource card and building card he had obtained today.

Countless strands of white spiritual power poured into the cards, and the card surfaces glowed with white light. Under Yang Bai's gaze, the images on the two cards also changed.

[Low-grade Resource Card—Sweat-Blood Treasure Ox Herd]

[Low-grade Building Card—Ten Thousand Immortals Tower]

"As expected, meat resource cards and building cards can also be changed." After muttering to himself, Yang Bai used the two white cards.

The next moment, outside the White Jade Capital, beside that Frigid Spiritual Spring, a large herd of spiritual bulls appeared, their bodies dripping with bloody sweat.

The sudden appearance of the Sweat-Blood Treasure Oxs startled the group of cultivators who were bathing and cultivating in the lake.

However, after a brief moment of daze, they understood something. They were so excited they didn't even put on their clothes before walking straight onto the shore.

"Aha! After eating fruit for days, we can finally eat meat!"

"What strong and fat bulls!"

"Such spiritual bulls are truly worthy of the White Jade Capital; their blood energy is so abundant that even their sweat is blood."

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Upon seeing the Sweat-Blood Treasure Oxs, the cultivators' eyes turned green with greed. They rushed forward to dismember the live bulls and ate the bloody meat raw.

Their eating manner wasn't because they were craving meat; it was because they could tell that these treasure bulls were brimming with blood energy, and eating them raw was the only correct way.

"Comfortable! So damn comfortable! I've never eaten such fresh and tender beef!"

Zhou Yanlie chopped off a piece of beef rib with his bare hands. Opening his large mouth, he devoured the rib, bone and all, shouting with delight as he ate.