Li Cunxu fetched the comb he often used to brush his sister's hair.
He wasn't worried at all about his sister's location being divined. His sister was protected by the power of the Four Gods, involving four Evil Gods. At least a King-level divination would be required to locate her, and that didn't even account for Li Cunxu's unique trait. His sole innate talent was a naturally high-tier status, which could multiply the difficulty of divination several times over.
Unless someone with King-level strength and a unique legendary fate divination talent performed the divination, no one else could possibly divine her location.
By the time Officer Lin left, it was already 3 PM. Li Cunxu had no interest in visiting the ranch anymore and decided to meditate at home instead.
As night fell, Li Cunxu finished his instant noodles, opened a hidden door, and descended into the basement to summon Xiao Ruan.
As soon as Xiao Ruan appeared, it wanted to cuddle, its enthusiasm overwhelming.
Li Cunxu couldn't help but play with it for a while.
"Alright, I almost forgot the main task while playing with you."
"Stand still, don't move."
"Puchi~ Puchi~"
Li Cunxu activated his talent, [Divinity Endowment], and lightly tapped Xiao Ruan's head with a finger.
The moment his finger made contact, Xiao Ruan's light blue body erupted with a dazzling golden light.
Li Cunxu instinctively closed his eyes. The golden light was so bright that even through his eyelids, his vision was filled with a golden glow.
"Good thing I had the foresight to activate this in the basement. Otherwise, it would have attracted the neighbors' attention."
As the golden light faded, Li Cunxu immediately checked Xiao Ruan's status panel.
[Pet Beast]: Water Slime (Xiao Ruan)
[Level]: Black Iron Level 0
[Talent]: Growth Aura (Blue)
[Divine Talent]: Slime's Soul Kingdom
[Skill]: Water Ball
[Potential]: Low Black Iron
[Introduction]: A Slime born during a heavy rain on the Pastoral Plains.
[Slime's Soul Kingdom: A peaceful soul homeland undisturbed by the outside world.
Trait One: Subject Mark - Slimes marked with the Subject Mark are ruled by the King (Xiao Ruan) and will never betray.
Trait Two: Soul's Haven - Slimes marked with the Subject Mark, upon death, will have their souls return to the Kingdom, neither falling into hell nor ascending to heaven.
Trait Three: Kingdom Territory Expansion - The more Slime souls the Kingdom accommodates, the larger the Kingdom's territory becomes.
Trait Four: Subject Reincarnation - The King can designate a real-world location as a reincarnation site. Slime souls within the Kingdom will be reincarnated and revived at this location.
Trait Five: Kingdom's Tax - A monthly tax of one percent of attributes is levied on all Slime subjects.]
Li Cunxu was ecstatic. This wasn't just a growth talent; it was the embryonic form of a divine kingdom.
With this talent, Xiao Ruan's potential was no less than that of a Pureblood Dragon, perhaps even surpassing it.
Especially the fifth trait, the Kingdom's Tax, which allowed Xiao Ruan to collect attribute taxes from all Slime subjects, continuously growing stronger.
Suddenly, Li Cunxu understood why the Future Prophet would go to such lengths to seal the Black Hell Incarcerator, who possessed the Divinity Endowment talent.
If he were the Future Prophet, he would do the same. The potential of the Divinity Endowment talent was simply too terrifying.
Then, Li Cunxu realized a serious issue: if the Black Hell Incarcerator with the Divinity Endowment talent was sealed, wouldn't he, who also possessed the Divinity Endowment, be feared and sealed as well?
Li Cunxu pondered this question seriously and concluded that he had no reason to worry about it.
The Future Prophet could detect the Black Hell Incarcerator because he also possessed the unique legendary talent of [Future Simulation]. However, Li Cunxu's era did not allow the emergence of unique divination-type legendary talents.
Because this was the era of the Four Gods.
The Four Gods would not permit a human prophet to foresee their schemes. Once a human prophet appeared, the Four Gods would not hesitate to descend and eliminate him. Otherwise, the prophet would constantly disrupt the Four Gods' plans, making it impossible for them to dominate this world.
Neither the human faction nor the Four Gods' faction would allow a prophet to exist. Firstly, the Four Gods were not united. If a prophet emerged under one Evil God, the other three would surely eliminate him to prevent any one from gaining too much power. Even if the four Evil Gods reached an agreement to spare the prophet, the human faction would not allow a prophet from the Evil Gods' side to survive.
Although humanity had suffered calamities, they remained the dominant force in this world and were not to be trifled with.
The next day, while attending school, Li Cunxu received some bad news.
All the students who had applied for home study had been approved, except for him.
The teacher said, "Vice Principal Shi did not approve your application. He said if you have any issues, you can go and talk to him."
Li Cunxu, somewhat angrily, went to find Shi Jintang.
"May I ask why Vice Principal Shi did not approve my home study application?"
Shi Jintang replied smugly, "You lack respect for your teachers and elders. Someone like you, what could you possibly learn at home? Only in school can you correct your disgraceful behavior."
Li Cunxu understood now. He had offended Shi Jintang by not allowing him to freely exploit his talent from the Bountiful Pasture the day before, and now Shi Jintang was deliberately targeting him.
To get his home study application approved today, he would probably have to let Shi Jintang exploit his talent.
But... why should he?
Faced with injustice, why should he silently endure it?
Li Cunxu didn't argue with him and silently walked out of the vice principal's office.
Argue? Arguing with him was pointless and a waste of time. The smug look on Shi Jintang's face showed that he thought he had Li Cunxu cornered.
Li Cunxu couldn't be bothered to waste his breath on someone who didn't deserve it.
He went to the bulletin board, to the section listing the school's faculty.
The faculty listed was from last year; this year's list hadn't been updated yet.
Last year's faculty list did not include Vice Principal Shi Jintang.
"Shi Jintang is indeed new here, with no prior experience as a principal," Li Cunxu muttered to himself.
An experienced principal would not needlessly antagonize students, as in this world, fortunes could change dramatically over time.
If a principal offended a student in the course of education, and the student later succeeded and sought revenge, the education bureau and the alliance would intervene, labeling the student as ungrateful and unfit for important roles.
But if a principal oppressed a student, and the student later succeeded and sought revenge, the education bureau and the alliance would turn a blind eye.
In severe cases, the principal might even be dismissed.
After all, the one in the right was the student, not the principal.
Moreover, a principal who oppressed students would often face retaliation not just from one student, but from a group of successful students.
"A newcomer, yet he was parachuted into the position of vice principal. It seems this vice principal has the backing of a powerful family."
Shi Jintang had the backing of a powerful family, but Li Cunxu was not intimidated. If Shi Jintang had a family behind him, didn't Li Cunxu have the alliance behind him as well?
"Shi Jintang's surname is Shi, could he be from the Stone Eye Family?"
The Stone Eye Family is a third-tier bloodline family, with the bloodline talent of the Stone Eye (green). The Stone Eye can petrify those who make eye contact, though its petrification effect is inferior to Medusa's Eye. Once eye contact is broken, the petrification of the person affected is lifted.