The cost of airfare and teleportation fees is a considerable amount, enough to exchange for many of those Energy Shield Type Ones.

Moreover, the old chairman always prioritizes the people and wouldn't quibble with Li Cunxu over this penny-pinching habit.

He might even appreciate it, who knows.

"The Shendu Principal has already admitted you as a special admission student. Just go directly to the teleportation array for a free teleportation to Shendu,"

the old chairman messaged.

Stepping into the teleportation array, Li Cunxu immediately felt the world spinning around, as if he were thrown into a washing machine.

When he regained his senses, Li Cunxu was already in Shendu.

The city of Shendu was more magnificent than Tongdu, a hundred times bigger, yet its population density was several times greater than Tongdu's.

Here, countless skyscrapers stood towering into the skies, sprawling complex interchanges like noodles tangled together, and an underground city hidden beneath the surface.

There are so many people here because Shendu is the safest city in the world.

After the cataclysm which reduced the population to one percent, the survivors longed for and valued safety above all, making the safest Shendu the most desirable sanctuary for residence.

Over the past century, many families managed to save enough to fly to Shendu and settle there.

Due to the massive population, Shendu expanded again and again, even building an underground city.

Li Cunxu had no heart to admire Shendu's scenery because he was too familiar with it.

In his former life, the cities where he mainly operated in the game were Tongdu and the First Holy City, Divine Capital.

Li Cunxu headed straight for Shendu University. Because Shendu barred non-staff and non-students from entering, he hadn't seen the interior scenery of Shendu University yet.

He was brimming with anticipation.

Perhaps because the Shendu Principal had given a heads-up, the security did not block him upon hearing his name and let him enter Shendu University directly.

Li Cunxu mused, "Shendu University is indeed extravagant, even having a King Beastmaster as the gatekeeper."

Li Cunxu recognized the gatekeeper's identity as a King-level Beastmaster with a particularly terrifying strength but a very irritable temper.

Admissions Office.

The admissions officer asked, "Are you a special admission student?"

"Yes."

"Where's your special admission slip?"

"I don't have a special admission slip."

Li Cunxu scratched his right cheek.

The admissions officer put down his thermos, adjusted his glasses, and stared at Li Cunxu, "How can you claim you're a special admission student without a special admission slip? All special admission students have a slip. Were you scammed by a fraudster? Recently, there have been con artists impersonating admissions officers from prestigious universities to swindle money."

Saying the principal and the old chairman's avatar is a scammer? You're the first, teacher.

Li Cunxu said, "Impossible. If I'm not a special admission student, the gatekeeper wouldn't have let me in."

The admissions officer said, "You make a valid point."

"Which teacher gave you the special admission?"

The admissions officer was perplexed, thinking that this year's special admission quota was already filled. So how could there still be special admissions?

"It's not a teacher; it's the principal."

"Who did you say gave you the special admission?"

"The principal."

The admissions officer's legs went weak, and he shrunk into the chair.

Shendu University is different from other schools—there's only one principal and no vice-principal.

At Shendu University, when one says principal, they mean the Principal.

"You said it was Principal Wang who gave you the special admission?"

"I don't know if his surname is Wang. I only know he is the Shendu Principal. If you don't believe me, call him."

Before the admissions officer could call the principal to ask, a call from the principal came in.

The admissions officer respectfully answered the phone.

"Yes... yes... yes, Principal, don't worry, I'll arrange everything for him."

After hanging up, the admissions officer looked incredulously at Li Cunxu, circling him a few times.

Then the admissions officer asked quietly, "Are you related to the principal?"

Before Li Cunxu could answer, the admissions officer answered himself.

"The principal mentioned all of his relatives died in the great cataclysm, leaving him with no relatives."

"You're not related to the principal, yet he gave you a special admission when he's never done that before. You're the first."

The admissions officer suddenly summoned his pet beast, the Overlord-level Sound Clapping Demon Monkey.

Seeing the Sound Clapping Demon Monkey, Li Cunxu immediately felt he'd judged the person by their appearance.

The admissions officer looked gentle and refined, assumed to be a gentle person, but was unexpectedly a ruthless individual who had killed millions.

For the Sound Clapping Monkey to evolve into a Sound Clapping Demon Monkey, it needed to kill a million beings with sound; ordinary ants did not count, and the beings had to possess vitality above that of ordinary humans.

"Silent Domain."

The Sound Clapping Demon Monkey picked up an unknown small bone stick, struck the bone drum on its head, and an inaudible Silent Domain enveloped the entire office.

"Silent Domain."

The admissions officer leaned forward, glancing around with a sly look, quietly asking, "What is your beastmaster talent? Don't worry, I'm just curious. If you're uneasy, I can sign a confidentiality contract."

Beastmaster talent? What beastmaster talent?

I only have the nurturing talent [Fertile Pasture].

As for the divine endowment, that must not be revealed; just pretend it doesn't exist.

Li Cunxu displayed a look of confusion.

"Beastmaster talent? I don't have that thing! My talent is the nurturer's talent [Fertile Pasture (Blue)]. Teacher, why are you asking this?"

Upon hearing this, the admissions officer was astounded.

"Why was your nurturer's talent special admitted into the Beastmaster program?"

"I was specially admitted into the Beastmaster program? Not the Nurturer program?"

Li Cunxu was equally surprised. He thought that by developing the Spirit Crystal, he'd been recognized for his nurturer talent by the old chairman and brought into the Nurturer program for careful cultivation.

The admissions officer and Li Cunxu stared at each other, both puzzled.

The admissions officer was bewildered as to why Li Cunxu, who didn't even have a beastmaster talent, would be valued and specially admitted into the Beastmaster program by the principal.

Li Cunxu was equally puzzled about how he was specially admitted into the Beastmaster program, which he had longed for.

Seeing that Li Cunxu's confusion was genuine, the admissions officer realized he couldn't get any answers from him.

"Come, follow me to the treasury to collect your special admission benefits."

Watching the back of the admissions officer, Li Cunxu squinted slightly.

This teacher is suspicious.

He actually asked about my Beastmaster talent.

It's not allowed to actively inquire about others' talents—it's a rule. Moreover, as a teacher at Shendu University, he should adhere to it even more.

Though he mentioned the confidentiality contract, those can be trusted, but not entirely, as there are many ways to circumvent them.

Li Cunxu knew at least a dozen methods.

The admissions officer retrieved a fruit exuding icy coldness with a triangular shape from the treasury and handed it to Li Cunxu.

"What's this?"

Li Cunxu had never seen this item before.

"The Ageless Three-Phase Fruit. This is a real treasure."

The admissions officer glanced enviously at the Ageless Three-Phase Fruit. If the principal hadn't specifically instructed him to ensure Li Cunxu consumed it, he would have asked if Li Cunxu was willing to sell it.

"What do the three patterns on the Ageless Three-Phase Fruit represent?"

"Pine, bamboo, and plum—the three friends in cold weather."

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