"Gaining their respect?
Can't we just beat them into submission?"
However, judging by the local customs and temperament, beating them into submission might be a bit difficult.
The more likely outcome is that they'd rather die fighting.
"How do I earn their respect?" Chen Chang'an asked.
"You actually want to become the dean?"
"You're so young—what's the rush?"
"You're not like me, who might drop dead any day now."
The old man frowned at Chen Chang'an, unable to understand why this young man was in such a hurry.
Besides, you’ve only got a dog with you, and you think you can challenge the dean?
"To be the dean, you don’t just need strength—you also need the trust of the people."
"What qualifies you to be dean? What have you contributed?"
"What have you done for the Beast God Continent? For the Beast God Academy?"
"You—"
"Hold on!"
"So, you're saying even if I succeed in the challenge, it won’t count without contributions?"
"Exactly."
"Then, under what circumstances would the Beast God appear?"
"You want to meet the Beast God?"
"Don’t you?"
"Well..."
The old man was momentarily stunned by Chen Chang'an's question. Who in the Beast God Continent wouldn’t want to see the Beast God?
"Enough with the questions. Find yourself a place to stay—there aren’t many people here anyway."
"I’m leaving."
Without another word, the old man turned and walked away.
Chen Chang'an shrugged helplessly, then led Da Huang to a relatively clean-looking dwelling.
"Da Huang, tell me—how can I truly earn their respect?"
"Making a grand contribution... that’s a tough one."
"I came all this way for you—give me some ideas." Chen Chang'an chuckled.
A grand contribution?
What could that even be?
"Here’s what I think you should do."
"You know plenty of people—get them to team up and attack the Beast God Continent."
"Then, swoop in like a hero and save the day."
"By then, your reputation would rival even the Beast God's!" Da Huang suggested after some thought.
"Da Huang, that’s a damn good idea."
"So, what? You’ll go round up the troops while I wait here?"
"Wait, you’re actually considering this? That’s one hell of a performance—how many people would die?"
"Oh, so you do realize people would die? Can’t you come up with something useful?"
Da Huang’s idea was clever, but the cost was far too high.
"Then I’ve got nothing."
"Just pray some unlucky fool sets their sights on the Beast God Continent."
"That’ll be your chance."
An unlucky fool?
What kind of luck would it take to run into one of those?
"Big brother! Da Huang!"
"You’re at the Beast God Academy!"
Chen Chang'an was still pondering how to meet the Beast God as soon as possible when Little Qiqi’s voice rang out.
Her cheeks flushed with excitement, she dashed toward them—her target, as always, was Da Huang. With a resigned look, Da Huang endured as Little Qiqi wrapped her arms around his neck.
"Da Huang, I missed you!" she squealed.
"Do you live here with your grandfather?" Chen Chang'an asked.
"Yep! I’ve lived here since I was little."
"I was going to ask Grandpa to help find you, but here you are at the academy!"
"By the way, where are the two sisters? Why didn’t they come?" Little Qiqi tilted her head curiously.
"They had other matters to attend to, so they didn’t join the academy."
"Oh, I see."
"That’s great! Can I come play with Da Huang every day from now on?" She blinked up at Chen Chang'an with hopeful eyes.
Faced with that expectant gaze, Chen Chang'an couldn’t bring himself to refuse outright—but he couldn’t afford to idle here indefinitely either.
"Well... if I’m free, you can visit."
"Thank you, big brother!"
Beaming, Little Qiqi rewarded him with a bright smile before showering Da Huang with affectionate pets.
"Brother, why did you join the academy now of all times?" she asked, pouting slightly between strokes.
"Now of all times? What do you mean?" Chen Chang'an raised an eyebrow.
"Lately, the Beast God Academy hasn’t been... peaceful."
"Since you just joined, they probably won’t start teaching you beast-taming techniques right away."
Not peaceful?
Those words made Chen Chang'an’s eyes gleam. This was exactly the kind of good news he’d been hoping for.
You’re in trouble? Perfect.
"What’s happening at the academy?"
"If things are unstable, why keep recruiting new students?" he pressed.
"It’s tradition. Traditions can’t just change, and besides, this round only accepted outsiders—hardly anyone ever gets in anyway. It’s just for show."
"Big brother, you’re the only outsider in this batch who made it in."
"You’re amazing!" Little Qiqi grinned.
Sure enough, though many had come, Chen Chang'an was the sole outsider admitted to the Beast God Academy.
No wonder no one else had been brought in all this time.
"So, what’s this ‘unrest’ about?" Chen Chang'an asked.
"Hmm... Grandpa told me not to talk about it."
"It’s fine—I won’t tell a soul. Just whisper it to me."
"Then you have to keep it a secret, okay?"
"Don’t worry—my lips are sealed."
"Well..."
Though young, Little Qiqi was articulate and sharp-minded, recounting everything she’d overheard with startling clarity.
After hearing her account, Chen Chang'an finally understood the academy’s so-called "unrest."
"So there is an unlucky fool after all?"
The Beast God Academy’s dominance was undisputed in the Beast God Continent—it was the sacred land every beast-tamer aspired to join.
Yet over the years, certain practices had drawn criticism, chief among them the admission of outsiders.
Many natives of the continent couldn’t even secure a spot, yet outsiders were allowed in.
Though few in number, this policy had bred resentment.
Now, the Eight Great Beast-Taming Academies sought to challenge the Beast God Academy’s leadership.
Individually, none could match it—but united, even the Beast God Academy couldn’t afford to underestimate them.
"I thought the Beast God Academy was the first beast-taming academy, established by the Beast God’s decree?"
"Beast-tamers revere the Beast God—would they really dare move against his academy?" Chen Chang'an mused.
"The Beast God hasn’t shown himself in ages."
"Few alive today have ever seen him."
"And they’re using the pretext of ‘purifying the Beast God’s legacy.’"
"They claim the academy, as the sacred land of beast-tamers, shouldn’t admit so many outsiders."
"Basically, they want to overthrow the academy and the dean."
"Oh, big brother—what did you mean by ‘unlucky fool’ earlier?" Little Qiqi asked, tilting her head.
ing gift was a patch of barren land, and disciples were all picked up along the way. He spent fifty years diligently building three "ramshackle little sects," thinking he could finally live a carefree life relying on his disciples. But right at the fifty-year mark, he was suddenly swept away by a spatial rift and exiled to the Chaos Desolation, the Disorderly Ruins. There was no spiritual energy there, only slaughter. Relying on the cultivation feedback from his disciples, Gu Changyuan hacked his way through a sea of blood for eleven hundred years. When the system finally fished him back out, he discovered the ramshackle little sects he'd built back then had developed a rather... unusual style. Hold on... I vanished for a thousand years, so how did my ramshackle little sects become holy lands?!
【Prologue: The Beginning of It All – Use holy water to heal the saintess tainted by demonic energy, then converse with her.】 Shen Nian stared at his older sister sipping yogurt, lost in thought. So you’re telling me my sister is the saintess, and yogurt is the holy water? 【Main Quest 1: Brave Youth, Become an Adventurer! Reward: Rookie Adventurer Title.】 【Side Quest 1: Find the Adorable Kitty! Reward: 1000 Gold Coins.】 Shen Nian: "Wait, I’m a high school senior here—did some guy who got isekai’d accidentally bind his system to me?" Hold on, completing quests gives gold rewards? Titles even boost stats? Is this for real? (A lighthearted, absurd campus comedy—not a revenge power fantasy.)
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
iaobai: "Councilor Dad, front me some funds. I want to hire ten thousand professional miners for a project!" [Five-Star Mission Issued: Capture the leader of the Blood Heaven Pirate Gang, who is on the run in the Radiant Star Sector. It is said the gang has over a hundred members. Proceed with caution.] Lu Xiaobai: "Councilor Dad, lend me the family's hundred-thousand-strong Lu Army!" [Seven-Star Mission Issued: Subdue a juvenile Void Dragon Beast.] Lu Xiaobai: "Councilor Dad, I'm taking your tamed Void Dragon Beast King out for a family reunion!" I said, System, don't you have any slightly more challenging missions? You're just not up to par! [Nine-Star Mission Issued: Become the Human Councilor.] Lu Xiaobai: "Dad, there's a small matter I'd like to discuss with you..."
