Based on what just happened, it would be reasonable for Li Cunxu to request a transfer from the Education Bureau.
But Li Cunxu didn't do that, as doing so would play right into the Principal's hands.
This was a show of force, a tactic meant to pressure Li Cunxu into changing schools.
The other party made Li Cunxu very unhappy; she wanted to change schools herself, but she refused to back down, deciding to stand her ground.
If the other party had asked her politely to transfer, she might have considered it, but they were too arrogant.
How did Li Cunxu figure out the other party's intentions?
The Guardian Knight beside her was using psychological suggestion on Li Cunxu, and for a moment, Li Cunxu strongly felt like leaving in anger.
Li Cunxu didn't leave for two reasons: first, his soul was a fusion of two souls, giving him double the mental resistance of an ordinary person; second, the Guardian Knight's psychological suggestion was subpar, limiting its influence, and it failed, instead allowing Li Cunxu to detect the intent.
The Guardian Knight had two attributes: one was Gold element, and the other was Spirit element.
The Guardian Knight specialized in the Gold element, supplementing with the Spirit element.
Clearly, the female Gatekeeper's Guardian Knight was not trained properly; all points were put into the Gold element, and none into the Spirit element.
As for why Li Cunxu was certain the Principal was the culprit wanting him to transfer?
So far, the people Li Cunxu had direct or indirect contact with at No. 18 Middle School were only two: the female Gatekeeper and the Principal. If it wasn't the Principal, could it be the Gatekeeper?
He knocked on the door of the Principal's Office.
"Come in."
Li Cunxu pushed the door open and froze for a moment upon seeing the blonde, blue-eyed, wavy-haired, stunningly beautiful woman behind the desk.
It was her; everything suddenly made sense.
The old hag, the femme fatale—Mei Ruyu.
A hopelessly extreme male-repelling patient.
The Helmsman of the Medusa Family, one of the Ten Great Aristocratic Families of Pupil Capital.
In the game, generally, the more beautiful a female character was, the more favored she was by players, but Mei Ruyu was the opposite; the more beautiful she was, the more hostility she received from players.
The NPC Mei Ruyu was extremely disliked. In the Wilderness or secret realms, she would use her Bloodline Talent 【Medusa's Eye】 to Petrify any male player.
Her Petrify effect lasted for seven days, which was equivalent to a seven-day ban for players.
Imagine being a player who finally located a Boss, ready to fight for a first kill, only to be inexplicably glared at by Mei Ruyu halfway there, resulting in a seven-day ban, causing someone else to snatch the first kill—who could tolerate that?
Li Cunxu hated Mei Ruyu a hundred times more than the average player.
While others banned for seven days could still do other things, Li Cunxu was a Vegetable; he had no other form of entertainment besides playing 《Divine Beast Taming》. Being banned for seven days meant truly being imprisoned for seven days.
When he heard players were preparing to surround and kill Mei Ruyu, Li Cunxu traveled thousands of miles to help out.
Mei Ruyu frowned, "You know me?"
Li Cunxu snapped back to reality, realizing his stunned reaction had exposed him.
"I saw Lady Mei at the competition."
Mei Ruyu's terrifying, snake-like eyes stared at Li Cunxu, "You are not telling the truth."
Li Cunxu remained silent.
So what if he wasn't telling the truth? Mei Ruyu couldn't kill him.
A Principal killing a student was too egregious; even if she was the Helmsman of the Medusa Family, she would have to pay the price.
Mei Ruyu said with a slight threat, "No. 18 Middle School is a girls' school; men are not welcome here. You had better transfer, or else..."
Li Cunxu shrugged, "I didn't want to come to No. 18 Middle School either, but Vice Principal Shi Jintang of No. 17 Middle School was harassing me; he's the one who sent me here."
Although he wasn't sure if Shi Jintang was the one who arranged his transfer to No. 18 Middle School, Li Cunxu didn't mind pinning the blame on him.
Besides, the fact that he was transferring to the all-girls No. 18 Middle School was abnormal; under normal transfer procedures, he should have gone to No. 16 Middle School.
Mei Ruyu murmured, "Shi Jintang of No. 17 Middle School, I'll remember him."
Upon hearing this, Li Cunxu felt a bit of schadenfreude. This old hag was as venomous as a snake; if she targeted Shi Jintang, he was surely in for bad luck.
"What about you? Transfer."
"I'm not transferring."
"Hm?"
Mei Ruyu's voice turned cold.
"Moving around is too annoying."
"Fine, go report to the Breeder Class One!"
Mei Ruyu scoffed. She didn't want to say any more; she had already spoken to enough men today, and continuing would make her sick.
As for whether Li Cunxu would transfer?
Li Cunxu's wishes were irrelevant; she had plenty of means to make him leave.
Li Cunxu arrived at Class One. It was break time, and the noisy classroom instantly fell silent.
Many girls couldn't understand why a boy had arrived at their all-girls school.
"This person looks so familiar? I feel like I've seen him somewhere."
"Isn't this the boy who was being punished at the School Gate? Why wasn't he driven away by the Gatekeeper, but instead ended up in our classroom?"
Li Cunxu scanned the classroom and spotted an acquaintance.
Chen Lu.
The seat next to Chen Lu was empty, and under the astonished gazes of all the girls, Li Cunxu sat down next to her.
After Li Cunxu sat down, everyone started discussing.
"Why did he sit down?"
"Could it be he's not a boy, but a girl disguised as a boy?"
Some people believed this statement. Li Cunxu wasn't devastatingly handsome, but he was clean-featured, and upon closer inspection, he did look somewhat feminine.
"How could he not be a boy? Look, he has an Adam's apple."
Chen Lu was very confused, not knowing how Li Cunxu ended up there.
Li Cunxu whispered, "Why transfer to No. 18 Middle School instead of No. 1 High School?"
Chen Lu quietly replied, "I don't like the intense academic atmosphere at No. 1 High School."
Indeed, No. 1 High School was full of overachievers; the study environment was too competitive.
Ding ding~
The class bell rang.
Chen Lu gently nudged Li Cunxu and quickly said, "Hurry up and leave! The homeroom teacher will kill you if she sees a boy in the classroom."
"I'm not leaving. I'm a student in this class starting today."
"Huh?"
Chen Lu said seriously, "No. 18 Middle School is a girls' school; they don't enroll boys."
"Starting today, it's not purely a girls' school anymore."
Li Cunxu showed Chen Lu the information from the Education Bureau on his phone.
"Why did you transfer? How did you end up at No. 18 Middle School?"
"Vice Principal Shi Jintang of No. 17 Middle School wanted to freeload off my Talent. I refused, so he suppressed me, and I just left."
"How could a Vice Principal do that? That's terrible professional ethics!" Chen Lu exclaimed indignantly.
"But why? Why would the Education Bureau transfer you to No. 18 Middle School?"
"I'm not sure about that either; it was probably Shi Jintang's doing."
Since he couldn't find the reason, he defaulted to blaming Shi Jintang.
In any case, up to this point, the only person overtly acting against him was Shi Jintang.
Chen Lu said, "I need to tell my cousin; I'll have her help you get revenge."
Li Cunxu shook his head, "No, revenge feels best when taken by oneself. If someone else does it, it doesn't feel the same."
"Although hatred isn't a good thing, it motivates me to strive forward."
Chen Lu reluctantly accepted this reasoning.
"By the way, why are you in the Breeder Class? Shouldn't you be in the Beast Tamer Class?"
Chen Lu whispered, "My elders at home said my Talent is better suited for being a Breeder."
Li Cunxu recalled Chen Lu mentioning that her Talent touched upon both Beast Taming and Breeding.
Li Cunxu was very curious what Chen Lu's Talent was that made the Chen family decide she should be a Breeder, considering she possessed a Dual Purple Talent—an excellent prospect for a Beastmaster.
He wanted to ask, but he wasn't that close to Chen Lu, and the question was too private.
Furthermore, even if Chen Lu answered, it wouldn't be a good thing.
If something happened to Chen Lu, the Chen family might suspect him as someone who knew, potentially inviting disaster upon himself.
For the sake of his life, Li Cunxu suppressed his curiosity.
Chen Lu smiled lightly, "Are you curious about what my Talent is? Do you want to know?"
Li Cunxu nodded, then asked, "Can you say it?"
"The whole class knows."
"Then what is your Talent?"
"Youyou Luming."
"It's that one!"
【Youyou Luming, Purple Epic, Dual Talent for Beastmaster and Breeder.
Trait One: Deer Affinity, possessing unparalleled affinity with deer-type creatures.
Trait Two: Deer's Burst, the sound of the deer's cry stimulates the Potential of deer-type Pet Beasts, unleashing two hundred percent Combat Strength.
Trait Three: Deer's Proliferation, long-term listening to the deer's cry can enhance the reproductive capabilities of deer-type Pet Beasts.】
This Talent appears unremarkable on the surface, but it is actually quite extraordinary.