There is a beast in the bright morning.

Because of the little fire dragon's talkativeness, the four-legged creature, in order to avoid him having too much contact with Tianlu, caused him to reveal the information about the warding-off evil to Tianlu.

Therefore, he was also sent to the Xie Zhi for training, so that he could keep Hao Chen, Walnut Fu Zai and the others company, and save the little fire dragon from being idle and eating and drinking for free at the deer man's shop.

Upon seeing the new faces, the Xie Zhi introduced itself: "I am the Xie Zhi, and from today onwards I will be teaching you your lessons."

The little dragon was seeing the Xie Zhi for the first time, so looking at the Xie Zhi's excessively long horns, it asked with a curious expression, "Wow, your horns are so long! I wonder if they prick you when you sleep at night? And it must be inconvenient in daily life."

The Xie Zhi patiently explained to the little fire dragon, "Horns are a symbol of our Xie Zhi clan, so they won't cause any trouble in our lives."

The little dragon nodded, then its eyes darted around, glancing at Hao Chen who was dozing off beside it: "Oh, I see. I heard that Teacher Xie Zhi is fair and strict. What happens if someone falls asleep in class?"

But as soon as the little dragon finished speaking, he felt a chill run down his spine. When he turned around, he saw Hao Chen staring at him with unfriendly eyes, which made the little dragon shudder: "Good morning, big brother."

Hao Chen tightened his grip: "No wonder I always felt like there were treacherous subjects trying to harm me. It turns out it was you, kid. You've already learned to tattle on your very first day?"

The little dragon frantically waved its hands, "No, no, I just saw that my brother was listless, so I was trying to cheer him up!"

"Really? Then I really thank you." Hao Chen stood up, put one paw around the little dragon's shoulder, and clenched his fist with the other paw, gripping the little dragon's head.

"Big brother, please don't do that, it hurts!"

Hao Chen knew Charmander's strength. Although it was in its initial form, it didn't mean Charmander was weak, so Hao Chen didn't hold back.

This was tough on Charmander, who was experiencing real pain in this form, but he dared not fight back. So he could only look at Xie Zhi with tears in his eyes and cry out, "Teacher, help me!"

Looking at the noisy Hao Chen and Little Fire Dragon, Xie Zhi felt that his life would probably not be peaceful in the future. He shook his head and said, "Alright, stop fooling around, class is about to start."

"Yes, teacher." Hao Chen stopped immediately after hearing Xie Zhi's words.

Hao Chen's actions only earned him a glare from the little fire dragon: "Big brother, keep going! Why aren't you continuing?!"

Hao Chen: "..." (Anger level ↑), but no matter how angry Hao Chen was, he did not continue to make a move. It was not that he was afraid of the Xie Zhi's long horns, but that Hao Chen respected his teacher and valued the way. Of course, this was Hao Chen's own opinion.

On the other side, looking at Hao Chen who had stopped, Little Fire Dragon pouted, feeling a little regretful that he hadn't been able to see his older brother get his butt bumped.

However, since he chose to stay at the Deer Man Inn with his older brother, Charmander will listen to the arrangements of the Four-Faced Beast. Didn't he see that his older brother is obediently coming to class?

If Hao Chen knew what the little fire dragon was thinking, he would probably find it laughable. Did he really want to come here on his own? With 48 little xiezhi surrounding you, you have to watch your backside all the time. Hao Chen doesn't want to go through that again.

To avoid attracting the attention of the Xie Zhi, Hao Chen has recently stopped going to the Caiyun Mountains to do business with those animal spirits without any investment.

As for his hard-earned online store, it was confiscated by Sibuxiang and taken directly for his own use. If it weren't for some small orders he was still taking online, Haochen probably wouldn't be able to support himself.

Putting aside those painful memories, Hao Chen looked at the textbook under his paw and was speechless. The content of the textbook was something that humans were supposed to learn, but he was a divine beast. Shouldn't he be learning from textbooks that were only for divine beasts?

The Xie Zhi, standing in front, said, "Repeat after me: Human nature is good; the heart of compassion is inherent in all people..."

The beasts sitting below, listening to the lecture, behaved in different ways. Hao Chen was already lost in thought and wasn't listening at all.

Meanwhile, the little fire dragon was thinking about how to get closer to Hao Chen.

He'd been at the Deer Man's shop for so long, and he'd called him "Big Brother" for just as long, yet he still wouldn't sleep with him. Every day, he chose to sleep with Tianlu in the Siren's bed, while he was forced to sleep in Tianlu's old doghouse.

Leaving aside Hao Chen and Little Fire Dragon, who have no interest in studying, Walnut, being a poor student, looked very anxious at the moment, constantly flipping through the book: "Where are we going to read...?"

At this moment, the studious Fuzai suddenly raised his paw. The Xiezhi had a good impression of the diligent and studious Fuzai. This is probably a common problem among teachers. They all like students who are good at studying and obedient.

"Does Fu-zai have any questions?"

Fu-zai expressed his doubts to the Xie Zhi: "Teacher, if human nature is inherently good, what about us divine beasts? Are we also born with good nature?"

After hearing this, the Xie Zhi shook its head: "Good and evil are concepts created by humans. We divine beasts are born and raised by nature, and we do not distinguish between good and evil. We only follow our own hearts. We must not use human standards to judge ourselves."

Fuzai nodded after hearing this, indicating that he understood. At this moment, Haochen, who had come to his senses, suddenly raised his hand after hearing Xiezhi's words and said, "Teacher Xiezhi, since we divine beasts only follow our own hearts and do not distinguish between good and evil, why should we be bound by the Heavenly Court?"

Before Xie Zhi could answer, Hao Chen continued, "Since they are bound by the Heavenly Court, shouldn't they abide by the good and evil rules set by the Heavenly Court? If that's the case, then many years later, even divine beasts will have their own so-called good and evil rules set by the Heavenly Court. How can that be considered following their own hearts?"

Upon hearing Hao Chen's words, Xie Zhi fell silent: He recalled the past, before the Heavenly Court was established, when divine beasts were free and unrestrained.

However, after the Heavenly Court was established, it was fine for divine beasts like him who were gentle by nature and disliked fighting. They only needed to register their names in the Heavenly Court and abide by the Heavenly Rules.

However, some mythical beasts are inherently warlike and hot-tempered, and naturally they will not obey the Heavenly Court's arrangements. For such mythical beasts, the Heavenly Court will directly choose to forcibly subdue them or suppress and exterminate them.

What impressed Xie Zhi the most was that the Heavenly Court had directly reduced the disobedient Mengji clan to a rare race. Their clan's territory, Shizhe Mountain, was almost sunk. It was said that the earthworms there were split in half vertically, and the bird eggs were shaken until their yolks were broken.

"Alas!" Xie Zhi sighed, then said, "Times have changed. Back then, we couldn't even defeat the Heavenly Court. Now, the divine beasts are weak and no match for the Heavenly Court. Fortunately, with the protection of the Heavenly Dao, the Heavenly Court dares not commit genocide."

"Is that enough?" Hao Chen retorted. "Are you satisfied with just that?"

The little fire dragon stared blankly at Haochen: "Big brother, what's wrong? Why are you so angry?"

Hao Chen ignored the surprised Little Fire Dragon and Walnut Fortune, staring at Xie Zhi: "Teacher Xie Zhi, in the end, this world is all about strength, isn't it?"

Xie Zhi nodded, agreeing with this point. No matter where you are, the strong are respected, and so-called rules and order are used by the strong to restrain the weak. However, Xie Zhi still did not understand Hao Chen's purpose.

Hao Chen then stood up, looked up at the sky, and said, "I don't pursue much. I only ask for a carefree, unrestrained, and unfettered life."

The Xie Zhi remained outwardly calm upon hearing this, but inwardly it was utterly speechless: "This is nothing. Who can say that their life is carefree and unrestrained? Even the Heavenly Emperor has his own troubles."

Just as the Xie Zhi was anticipating what other surprising remarks Hao Chen would make,

The next second, the tone suddenly changed, and Hao Chen put his hands together and said, "So, Teacher Xie Zhi, I want to end my studies and go out to see the world. What do you think?"

A few black lines appeared on the Xie Zhi's forehead: "Not good at all, you just want to go out and play, right!"

As the Xie Zhi spoke, it shook its head to let Hao Chen see its horns clearly, which startled Hao Chen so much that he kept saying that studying was good, studying good books was good.

Hao Chen, having been caught skipping class, finished the lesson with little enthusiasm. However, on his way back to the Deer Man Shop after class, the little fire dragon grabbed Hao Chen's tail: "Big brother, come with me for a second, I'll show you my treasure."

"What kind of treasure could you possibly have?" Hao Chen looked at the naked little fire dragon with disdain, but still followed the little fire dragon.

The little dragon said confidently, "Big brother, didn't that brick of yours get broken by that damn monkey last time?"

Hao Chen nodded. Although the brick could heal itself, it did so very slowly, and cracks could still be seen on it.

The next moment, the little fire dragon pulled out a fist-sized piece of metal from somewhere. It was as clear as a purple diamond and emitted a dreamlike brilliance. The Daoist rhymes engraved on it were constantly flashing, as if they were resonating with heaven and earth.

Hao Chen stared wide-eyed at the metal on the little fire dragon's claw: "This, this is..."

Seeing Hao Chen's shocked expression, Little Fire Dragon was also very proud: "How about it, big brother? I had a hard time getting this."

However, the little fire dragon overestimated Hao Chen's knowledge. After a moment of surprise, Hao Chen said, "What is this? It looks amazing."

Upon hearing this, the little dragon almost fell over, thinking to himself speechlessly, "Big brother, if you don't know, you don't know. I thought you figured it out. You were so smug for nothing."

However, the little fire dragon explained, "This is a type of immortal gold called Divine Mark Purple Gold. It is imprinted with the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth and can be used to refine supreme imperial weapons. However, I don't have much of it, so I can only use it as an auxiliary material to repair Big Brother's bricks."

Hearing the little fire dragon's words, Hao Chen was very moved. He quickly took the Divine Mark Purple Gold from the little fire dragon and put it into his own private space.

Watching the divine mark of purple and gold vanish in an instant, the little fire dragon couldn't help but sweat a few drops from its forehead, and breathed a sigh of relief: "Big brother is really fast. But I've also completed the task that the man in black gave me. Now it's up to big brother's fate."