"What are you staring at me for? I'm just conveying the kangaroo's words..."
Seeing Xue Yulin's strange expression, Sister Ju sighed helplessly and said:
"That kangaroo just finished challenging Master Fuli. Now it seems like the entire kangaroo has lost its dream. Didn't you notice its fur seems to have faded?"
Though the muscular kangaroo didn't say much, it barely explained the whole situation.
Master Fuli slapped the kangaroo, leaving it lost in the gap between reality and dreams.
Of course.
Upon learning that the kangaroo's direct opponent was the now-famous Master Fuli, Sister Ju wasn't surprised at all.
The battle between Master Fuli and the Ba Mountain Mosquito turned a primordial landscape sky pit into ruins. Within a few kilometers radius, there was no place to set foot.
Though these events happened long ago, the tales have been passed around between the shrews and pets.
"Is there really a lucky Spirit Beast?" Xue Yulin drove past the muscular kangaroo, looking shocked.
Although she's a game and drama nerd, she occasionally heard about Master Fuli's fame from Sister Ju and the wolves.
Ever since Master Fuli rose to prominence, when the Security Bureau spots a target, by the next morning the opponent is either off to school carrying a stool or lying in the ICU in a coma, having to open one eye to watch online classes on a 1080p girlfriend screen.
Master Fuli's power is immeasurable, a common consensus among the Spirit Beast circles in Chang'an City.
It's hard to imagine any Spirit Beast challenging Master Fuli for a territory contest.
"I guess that kangaroo is an outsider who just reached Qinling and tried to seize the territory..."
"Currently, Master Fuli has the largest territory, with an unknown number of Spirit Beasts under him."
Sister Ju shrugged, sharing her opinion that Spirit Beasts are the types to prefer territory over life, so the kangaroo's recklessness was actually normal to some extent.
The Porsche drove into Xinxing Agricultural Science College, and Xue Yulin was dumbfounded by the campus scene.
Local Qinling creatures squatted behind the security room with their hands on their heads, sneakily peeking towards a distant tall building.
Pandas native to Qinling strutted down the college paths with small beasts in their mouths, placing them in roadside corners, as if busy with something.
"Hello, Master Fuli invited us here to discuss something at Xinxing Agricultural Science College. Could you please inform him?"
Feeling bewildered by the campus interior, Xue Yulin got off the car and registered at the guard station, stating her purpose.
After they parted ways at the bar, Master Fuli had invited them to Xinxing Agricultural Science College for a meeting two days later, though he didn't specify what cooperation they'd be discussing.
They were here for that meeting today.
"Master Fuli..."
The guard was taken aback, reporting the situation internally via walkie-talkie to the campus guards.
Moments later, the walkie-talkie responded, instructing the guard to allow Xue Yulin and her companions to enter the campus.
"Hey, over here!"
Wang Qiqi waved at the Porsche entering the college, signaling them to come over.
"Hello, I'm Xue Yulin, the one beside me is Sister Ju, and behind me is Ah Wolf..."
Xue Yulin greeted Wang Qiqi, glanced at the armed helicopter, discreetly swallowed, and cautiously asked, "Did we... come at a bad time?"
"No, you came right on time. I'm Wang Qiqi, Golden Leopard's partner..."
Leading them inside, Wang Qiqi explained:
"Master Fuli mentioned you to me. He invited you over today to consider hiring you as part-time special lecturers, to teach these Spirit Beasts who just came out of the mountains..."
Wang Qiqi gestured, looking around, stating the main purpose of today's invitation.
Sister Ju, as a talking Spirit Beast, could assist the Security Bureau in the mountain Spirit Beasts' [unlocking tasks] teaching.
The Medicine Spring Mountain Lord could help too, but since the Mountain Lord is the School of Animal Science's prized pupil, professors are heavily nurturing him for the post-New Year's exchange meet.
Yang Xiao likely won't release him, so wasting time on part-time teaching with some Security Bureau tasks.
"Being... a teacher?"
With an orange cat headpiece on, Sister Ju showed a shocked expression at the suggestion: "Is that all?"
"Huh?" Wang Qiqi turned back, giving Sister Ju a puzzled look: "Well... what else?"
"No... nothing." Sister Ju shook her head, secretly relieved by the Security Bureau's attitude, which was more lenient than she expected.
Contrary to the rumored "Imperial Guards" image, there were notable differences.
"Hang tight, once Master Fuli has all the Spirit Beasts organized, he'll come over. Meanwhile, we have to tidy up the damaged areas of the college..."
Wang Qiqi led them to the cafeteria, asking Ah Qing and the others to assist, then went off to clean up the mess the Spirit Beasts had made and escort any students left behind.
Time was tight, everything needed cleaning both inside and outside the campus within the afternoon.
"Whew..."
Sister Ju took off her headpiece, raised her hand to comb through her sleek orange-white short hair, showing a peculiar expression and addressing Xue Yulin:
"Having a Da Ju as a teacher is something I couldn't have dreamed of even ten minutes ago..."
"The Security Bureau is indeed carefree, aren't they afraid I might teach those Spirit Beasts to be lazy and gluttonous?"
"Whoa! The cat... turned into a voluptuous lady!"
Miaomiao, sitting inside, widened her eyes at Sister Ju removing the beast costume at the cafeteria door, stunned, and stutteringly shouted to Ah Qing.
Sister Ju's style somewhat resembled Momo, both having the sexy sister vogue, with figure-hugging black denim pants, white thermal bodysuit underneath, layered with a blue open-chest shirt, complemented by a black jacket and a checkered neck scarf.
Paired with wearing the headpiece, standing with hands in pockets, no one could guess Sister Ju's anomaly.
But once she took off the headpiece, her cat-like features revealed her identity.
"Wow..."
Upon seeing Sister Ju, Ah Qing and the others were dumbfounded, a Spirit Beast actually turned human and wasn't just subject to Wang Qiqi's theoretical [Primordial Return Theory].
Inside, Miaomiao lost it, completely unaware of Spiritual Particles or Spirit Beast matters.
"Excuse me, friends, what are you doing!?"
Ah Qing and the others were stupefied, and after adapting to the cafeteria's light, the entire Sister Ju turned flabbergasted.
Behold.
On the cafeteria's long plastic table, sat a gas stove with a large half-meter pan on top, surrounded by scattered scallions, ginger, and spices.
In the pan, a large-sized falcon with abnormal color at its ankles was stewing.
Moreover, it was an ice-pot stewing of Spirit Beast falcon.
Most Spirit Beasts exhibit anomaly features when spiritualized, the most common being odd-colored fur showing unique traits.
Hence, Sister Ju could immediately identify the falcon in the pan with its raised foot as a Spirit Beast.
In broad daylight... the Security Bureau was stewing a Spirit Beast? Or did Master Fuli want a feast post-battle celebration? Sister Ju looked bewildered at Ah Qing and the others inside.
Ah Wolf's tail curled, covering its behind, raising a paw to shield its eyes, unable to watch the horror happening in the cafeteria.
"......"
Both parties stared at each other, their shocked expressions struck speechless, holding in silent tension.