Ch. 161 - Never Let Them Bury Me Again

No! I refuse to sit here and rot! I need to find a chance to slip away!

Chen Shu steeled his resolve. Two months of cultivation would drive him absolutely insane.

Xu Xingxing spoke up: "Chen Pi, your Beast Taming Pearls are here."

The three of them headed to the school gates, where a sedan had been waiting for some time.

"Young Master, everything you requested is ready!"

A man in a black suit stepped out, his expression perfectly deferential.

Xu Xingxing popped open the trunk. Inside sat three cases.

Basic-tier Beast Taming Pearls ran a hundred and fifty thousand yuan each. Forty million bought nearly three hundred.

Chen Shu cracked open a case and gazed at the rows of gleaming Beast Taming Pearls.

If he consumed them all, he probably wouldn't be far from Level 9 Beast Tamer.

He couldn't help but sigh: "Money really is a beautiful thing!"

Several passing students caught a glimpse and nearly pissed themselves on the spot...

"Holy shit! That many Beast Taming Pearls?! They've gotta be fake!"

One male student was physically trembling, face flushed, eyes bulging with shock.

His companion scoffed dismissively: "Beast Taming what? You mean those marbles?"

"Marbles my ass — one Pearl is worth a hundred and fifty thousand. Do the math yourself."

"One times one is one, one times two is four, one times three is nine..."

"Oh, shut up!"

The first student said: "If all three of those cases are Beast Taming Pearls, that's at least tens of millions!"

"That much?! Why don't we just go over and—"

Smack!

The student slapped his companion upside the head. "That's Chen Shu, you moron! Didn't you hear his telegram?! Every student in the city couldn't beat him — you think YOU can?!"

The students passing by all had eyes gleaming and fists clenching, bodies trembling with barely contained desire.

Tens of millions! The vast majority of students had never seen that kind of money in their lives.

"Yep, count's right!"

Chen Shu checked all three cases. At a hundred and fifty thousand per Pearl, he couldn't afford to be careless.

The bodyguard offered: "Young Master, let me help you carry them in."

"No need, no need!"

Xu Xingxing waved him off. Each of them grabbed a case, and the trio strolled brazenly through the school gates.

Chen Shu wasn't the least bit worried about anyone trying to rob them.

At Nanjiang Second High, his name carried more intimidation power than any teacher's.

"Which rich family's brat is burning through money like that? Buying that many Beast Taming Pearls!"

The driver shook his head, his voice dripping with envy.

...

"Chen Pi, let's go eat?"

The three of them had hauled the cases back to their dorm.

"Nah, you guys go ahead. I'm having these for dinner."

Chen Shu lounged on his bed playing on his phone, popping a Beast Taming Pearl into his mouth every now and then.

"..."

The other two were speechless. This bastard is actually eating Beast Taming Pearls for dinner!

...

That night, Chen Shu pulled out a urea bag and started stuffing Beast Taming Pearls into it.

"Chen Pi, what are you doing?"

Xu Xingxing looked up from organizing his hospital uniforms.

"Packing tomorrow's meals!"

Chen Shu crammed nearly a hundred Beast Taming Pearls inside.

Who would ever suspect that a plain old fertilizer bag was holding tens of millions' worth of goods?

"..."

Xu Xingxing shook his head. "You're not going to cultivate at all?"

"What's the point? My talent is garbage. Even if I cultivate, it'd be wasted effort."

Chen Shu's eyes darted back and forth as he plotted his escape strategy for tomorrow.

"Oh, by the way — it's getting cold. We can wear our pajamas underneath now."

Xu Xingxing pulled on his blue-and-white striped hospital gown and sighed with contentment.

Chen Shu and Xie Sunan shot him matching looks of contempt: "Why the hell are you wearing that? Are you sick?!"

...

Early the next morning.

The three of them threw on their pajamas, bundled up in winter coats, and left the dorm...

The Special Training Class departed from school at seven sharp, transported by their dedicated bus as always.

"From this point on, it's cultivation time! I don't need to explain the importance of Beast Tamer levels — figure it out yourselves!"

Shen Wushuang addressed the class, while internally breathing a sigh of relief. Finally, two months of peace and quiet.

The Special Training Class students sat cross-legged in the cultivation chamber, eyes closed, looking for all the world like ancient Daoist cultivators.

A faint white mist seeped from the floor and walls — pure ambient spiritual energy!

Spiritual energy had been reviving for over nine hundred years. Humanity had naturally developed technology to concentrate and amplify it.

One by one, students jolted as they sensed the energy. Everyone committed fully to their cultivation.

Chen Shu yawned in boredom and pulled the urea bag from his backpack.

He played on his phone with one hand and popped Beast Taming Pearls with the other, looking thoroughly pleased with himself.

Especially when he saw everyone else cultivating their hearts out. In that moment, he achieved a profound understanding of true happiness.

Just then, options appeared before his eyes.

Ding!

[Option 1: Cultivate diligently and work hard to improve your Beast Tamer level!]

[Option 2: Goof off freely and use Beast Taming Pearls to boost your level!]

[Option 3: Sabotage everyone else's cultivation and get Shen Wushuang to kick you out!]

[Option 4: Sneak away. Ignore the rules!]

See? Even the System agreed that serious cultivation was a dead end. It didn't even bother offering a reward.

Chen Shu instantly locked onto Option 4.

The benefits of skill upgrades didn't need explaining.

He tied up the urea bag, shoved it into his backpack, and stood up to survey the room.

Going through the front door was a no-go. Knowing Shen Wushuang, he was probably camped right outside waiting to catch him.

His gaze drifted to the window beside him. A smile crept across his face.

Chen Shu tiptoed over to the window.

Your boy's heading out first! No time to waste sitting around with you people!

He pushed the window open. They were on the fifth floor, but all he needed was to summon the Slime as a cushion right before landing. Easy.

This sort of thing might be tricky for someone else. Chen Shu was a seasoned veteran.

He climbed out onto the window ledge and looked down.

Hm?!

His legs instantly buckled. The grin on his face froze solid.

Down below, a massive Black-White Python was methodically headbutting the ground, scooping out dirt with its skull.

A deep pit was steadily taking shape.

It was as if it had been waiting for Chen Shu to jump...

"I... uh..."

Chen Shu's mouth twitched. He executed a flawless about-face and scrambled back into the room.

That's insane — Shen Wushuang had been waiting to bury him this whole time!

"Skills? Whatever. I think the potion recipe is more important!"

Chen Shu consoled himself and decisively abandoned Option 4.

Ever since that night, he had sworn an oath — he would never, EVER let someone bury him again!

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