A beautiful girl lifts the hem of her skirt and asks you— with an ethereal voice and a completely indifferent expression—whether it looks good.
From this close, you can smell the faint, elegant fragrance on her body, like a mandrake flower: beautiful yet carrying deadly poison.
And she has white hair and red eyes.
Is this some kind of test for cadres?
Lu Yu was completely upright and proper.
His fist… hardened!
Actually, if she could say it with a look of disgust on her face, it would probably look even better.
Reluctantly tearing his gaze away, Lu Yu sighed:
"President, you really shouldn't just lift your skirt like that in front of a boy…"
"Okay. I'll go put on safety shorts later."
Her clear, cold voice rang out, carrying an air of certainty.
"Later" still meant later!
But those lace patterns really were quite nice-looking… ahem, ahem…
If Lu Yu didn't know the girl's personality, he might have thought this was the start of a sweet confession scene.
But he knew it was impossible—because he knew exactly who she was.
Chi Yue Meng!
When talking about Dayuan City's First High School, most people might not know who the principal was. But if the topic turned to beautiful girls, it was impossible to avoid mentioning three names.
The three Chi Yue sisters!
Eldest sister Chi Yue Hong Lian, second sister Chi Yue Xi, and the youngest—Chi Yue Meng!
All three had white hair and red eyes, peerlessly beautiful faces, fiery figures, and carried a special seductive aura that made people unconsciously sink into obsession.
In the past, there had been a brain-addled rich second-generation villain who tried to use his family's influence to force things. The very next day, he transferred schools.
Rumors spread that some major figure had spoken up, and then a pack of jackals, wolves, and tigers eager to curry favor pounced—crushing the rich kid's family business into dust overnight.
If he hadn't fled, death would have been the only outcome.
Afterward, people even saw that the principal of Dayuan City's Beast-Taming High School—a genuine Overlord-tier beast tamer—treated the three sisters with unusual gentleness and kindness, adding yet another layer of mystery around them.
Peerless beauty combined with an enigmatic background naturally turned them into the talk of the town.
Yet contrary to their sensual appearances, all three sisters were extremely aloof. They rejected contact with anyone—even girls.
Like flowers blooming on the highest peaks, untouchable by ordinary mortals.
This led to rumors that their unusual looks meant they weren't even human—but the existence of Beast-Taming Spaces shattered those rumors.
After all, only humans could possess a Beast-Taming Space!
Lu Yu's acquaintance with Chi Yue Meng had been entirely accidental. Because he doubted the reality of the world, he often went to the library to search for records of solar anomalies.
One time, he happened to run into Chi Yue Meng, who was lost in thought. She missed a step on the stairs and began falling forward. Lu Yu instinctively reached out and grabbed her hand—only to realize that her Abyss Demon Eye had already been biting the hem of her clothes the whole time.
Even without his help, she wouldn't have fallen!
Lu Yu quickly let go and apologized. But Chi Yue Meng's expression was even more complicated than his—filled with an indescribable excitement. She asked him what it felt like to touch her.
Lu Yu wasn't a pervert. Though it had felt very soft and smooth, he wasn't about to say that out loud. He shook his head and said he didn't feel anything special.
Chi Yue Meng didn't press further. She simply added him as a contact.
He thought they'd never meet again.
But then Chi Yue Meng suddenly became the Student Council President and was assigned to oversee his peach pig project. They started having work-related discussions, chatting along the way, and gradually became friends.
Through those conversations, Lu Yu learned that Chi Yue Meng wasn't nearly as cold as the rumors claimed. She was actually very straightforward—just expressed things in a very calm, flat way.
If he had to describe her, she was like the classic "three-no" (emotionless, expressionless, voiceless) anime girl.
In Lu Yu's view, this was probably because she had been protected too well and simply didn't understand normal social boundaries.
He had also wondered—more than once—whether she might like him. After all, his looks were undeniably top-tier. If not for the "sun incident" and his voluntary decision to raise pigs, he probably would have had love letters stuffed in his desk drawer every single day.
But after subtly probing a few times, Chi Yue Meng only looked at him calmly with pure, innocent eyes—like she really saw him only as a friend. It made him laugh at himself for falling into one of the classic three great delusions of life.
Still, this was fine.
Compared to romance and daily fluff, what he craved far more was power—power enough to protect himself.
The girl tilted her head slightly at Lu Yu's lack of reaction. A trace of confusion appeared in her crimson eyes.
In her older sister's manga, didn't it say…
That when apologizing or confessing, you should flash your panties?
And then the other person would be very happy.
But why… was the emotion still not getting through?
No matter how urgently she tried, she couldn't convey her feelings…
Just as she was about to lift the skirt higher,
Lu Yu—firmly refusing to be the kind of guy who reads dirty forum posts—hurriedly changed the subject:
"President, did you come looking for me for something?"
"Didn't you say you wanted to use the Gold Medal?" Chi Yue Meng let go of her skirt hem. It fluttered back down, covering the purple phantom.
Lu Yu frowned: "Are you here to talk me out of it?"
The Nightmare Beast could strike at any moment. This was his only path forward.
If she really tried to stop him, worst case he'd abandon the school route and go through the official application process himself.
"No. I believe in you."
Chi Yue Meng's expression remained calm, as though she were stating a self-evident fact. She continued: "But as Student Council President, I will accompany you."
"Accompany me?"
Lu Yu was stunned for a second—then overjoyed.
With someone as mysteriously well-connected as Chi Yue Meng helping, the relationship side was rock-solid. With the Eye of Truth, he had nothing to fear—he wouldn't fail to pick an excellent pet beast.
Looking at the excited boy, Chi Yue Meng silently raised her small pink fist into the air. Under his puzzled gaze, she softly said:
"Do your best!"
"Oh… okay!"
Lu Yu suddenly remembered that during one of their online chats, he had mentioned that "fighting spirit" was usually celebrated with a fist bump. He hadn't expected her to actually remember.
So he gently bumped his fist against hers—her hand felt as smooth and cool as polished white jade.
At the same moment, he felt the Abyss Demon Eye's malicious glare.
It seemed furious that this foolish human dared to touch its master!
Lu Yu simply smiled, withdrew his hand, and pulled a sour plum candy from his pocket (meant to keep him awake). He unwrapped it and tossed it to the watchful Abyss Demon Eye.
Its tail flicked, snatching the candy mid-air like a dog. It brought it close, sniffed…
Sour and sweet…
This mere human dares to bribe this lord!
It thought about acting reserved for a moment—but ultimately couldn't resist the allure of the sour flavor. It opened its mouth and swallowed.
The big eyeball narrowed into a slit.
Like a cat having its chin scratched, its whole body trembled slightly!
So delicious!
This mere human… is somewhat sensible. Today, this lord will pretend not to have seen anything.
"As expected, just like the Eye of Truth said—it really can't resist sour foods."
Lu Yu chuckled inwardly, then turned to go ask the school for leave.
Meanwhile, Chi Yue Meng stood frozen in place. She was still feeling the lingering warmth from his hand. Her eyes grew moist enough to drip water as she murmured:
"He can touch me… without being devoured of his essence… A man… the first man who can touch me…"
Unbeknownst to her, her crimson pupils had already turned into little hearts. Gazing at Lu Yu's retreating back, her legs unconsciously pressed together. From behind her pleated skirt, a heart-tipped tail peeked out—swaying happily because of her master's delight!
When Lu Yu looked back again, Chi Yue Meng had already caught up. Her expression was as calm and elegant as ever.
With Chi Yue Meng's help—and given that Lu Yu himself had a perfectly legitimate background—the school gave them the green light all the way. They even proactively arranged a school bus to take them directly to the Special Division's station in Dayuan City.
They passed through the bustling downtown traffic. Closer to the center, vehicles thinned out. At major intersections, large numbers of troops were stationed, checking the identity of every passing vehicle.
After submitting their information, Lu Yu's group passed smoothly and soon arrived beneath an enormous white tower—the tallest building in the city.
At the top of the white tower was a massive spherical crystal. Under the sunlight, it reflected pale silver radiance that scattered across the entire city.
The tower's surface was carved with reliefs of a hundred beasts—each one bizarre and fantastical, facing every direction. Every beast had its eyes tightly shut. Thick networks of blue patterns extended from beneath the crystal, linking to every single carving.
For some reason, Lu Yu always felt as though these reliefs were… alive.
But after the lesson from staring directly at the sun, he didn't dare rashly activate the Eye of Truth.
While he was lost in thought, Chi Yue Meng's voice spoke softly beside his ear:
"This is Dayuan City's wonder—the Hundred Beasts of the Starry Tower. It can detect any skinned, parasitic, or mentally controlled monstrosities that infiltrate the city. If one is found, it immediately issues a warning… and eliminates it on the spot!"
Lu Yu nodded. He wasn't unfamiliar with this. After all, the reason Dayuan City could stand safely so close to the Great Abyss without being destroyed was precisely because this tower operated tirelessly day and night.
To put it bluntly—
To the citizens of Dayuan, it was their guardian deity!
Following Chi Yue Meng, Lu Yu climbed the marble steps, crossed the white stone plaza, and entered the tower.
The first floor was an office area. Far from mysterious, it was bright, spacious, and modern—corners filled with lush green potted plants.
Behind glass counters, staff bustled about handling a flood of municipal projects.
Lu Yu was about to take a number and queue when Chi Yue Meng directly bought a "scalped" priority ticket—letting him experience firsthand the power of cold hard cash.
The process went extremely smoothly. With the school's paperwork, they skipped the line entirely. The female clerk's eyes widened in surprise.
A Gold Medal holder—even if future missions would be dangerous—was still a future danger. Right now? A guaranteed high-potential stock.
She had even been thinking of striking up a conversation—until she caught sight of Chi Yue Meng staring straight at her.
Stare...
On that face beautiful enough to make any woman feel inferior, the gaze was calm… yet like a tiger guarding its food, ready to pounce on any beast that dared covet its prey!
The air temperature seemed to drop several degrees.
In the end, it was Lu Yu who pulled her away that let the clerk finally breathe a sigh of relief. She couldn't help but mutter:
"Are girls these days this terrifying even when they're jealous?"
The two entered the elevator. After scanning their IDs and a one-time pass, the elevator automatically descended—stopping only at sub-level 3.
The moment the doors opened, countless roots and vines surged forward. Before they could react, the tendrils wrapped around them and dragged them out—into a fantastical realm.
A bizarre fusion of environments: rivers, grasslands, forests, and jagged stone caves.
Countless strangely shaped transcendent beings lived here. Under the influence of their powers, all sorts of miniature ecosystems had formed—coexisting in strange harmony.
The "sky" above was solid rock studded with countless crystalline flowers that emitted soft light.
Below, three-eyed crows let out soul-shaking cries. On the ground, black-and-red wolfhounds raced past, leaving scorched trails in their wake as they hunted enormous head-heavy moles that burrowed through the earth, covered in moss and vines—forming a bizarre, interlocking ecological web.
Once they reached their destination, the roots binding them withdrew.
Before Lu Yu could even look around, a hoarse voice sounded from behind:
"Welcome… to the belly prison of the Prison Flower Demon!"