Chapter 1: She… is very good at killing people above her level

Jincheng No.1 High School, between classes.

Li Yunxian glanced at the countdown hanging on the blackboard—only 70 days left until the Gaokao—and her expression showed a hint of helplessness.

She had spent nearly ten thousand years in the Cultivation World, and all her knowledge for the Gaokao had long been forgotten.

During the past half month since she returned, Li Yunxian had tried hard to catch up on some exam material, but it was obvious that with the time left before the Gaokao, it was impossible for her to reach her previous scores.

But in her world, the Gaokao wasn’t the only option.

Li Yunxian touched the watch on her wrist. This was something that had suddenly appeared after she returned from the Cultivation World, and it could connect to a fully immersive game world called .

She knew about the existence of the Special Class at school, but only after returning did she realize that the Special Class was exclusive for Cultivators.

These days, she often heard her classmates chatting about the upcoming Xiuzhe Exam.

In other words, the Special Class had its own exclusive exam for Cultivators.

Terms like [Spiritual Power], [Innate Talent], and [Spiritual Root] would pop up in her classmates’ conversations from time to time, and these terms were exactly the same as those in the game she had found.

So, maybe the Material Exchange Mall in that game could be used to exchange all sorts of rare treasures to help her cultivate?

Li Yunxian was thinking about exchanging materials when she got home that evening, when suddenly a hand reached out and patted her on the shoulder.

A bright, youthful smile suddenly appeared in front of Li Yunxian. “Yunxian, come with me to the bathroom.”

“Ah.” Li Yunxian was stunned for a moment. She still wasn’t used to being eighteen again, at the age when girls went to the restroom holding hands.

Fortunately, Li Yunxian reacted quickly and immediately stood up, linking arms with her friend. “Alright, let’s go.”

As they walked down the long hallway, Li Yunxian suddenly heard a muffled thud, as if something had hit the wall, followed by a groan reaching her ears.

Li Yunxian’s expression instantly turned serious, and in a few quick steps, she hurried toward the source of the sound.

At the stairwell corner, she saw a thin male classmate who had been drenched with water, his face bruised and purple, being pinned against the wall by someone grabbing his collar.

“What are you doing?” Li Yunxian barked sternly.

With her small face, a hint of baby fat, and her long, thick hair, Li Yunxian usually looked rather cute.

But after spending thousands of years as a grandmaster in the Cultivation World, the force behind her scolding was not lessened at all by her cute appearance.

The bullies on the other side were immediately stunned, even the leader unconsciously let go of the collar he was holding.

It took a few seconds for the others to react.

The leader immediately became angry, shouting fiercely at Li Yunxian, “Get lost! Mind your own business, or I’ll beat you up too!”

His voice was louder than Li Yunxian’s earlier shout, but compared to her, it lacked any real presence. Instead, it just drew more attention from those nearby.

But when the other students saw it was these bullies, no one dared to speak up.

Yet, no one left either.

Her friend became anxious and quickly tugged on Li Yunxian’s arm. “Yunxian, let’s go.”

She then lowered her voice to explain, “That’s Liu Chen from the Special Class, Young Master Liu. We can’t afford to mess with him.”

“Someone tried to help before, but they’re from the Special Class—they’re really strong.” Her friend’s voice grew more and more anxious.

Li Yunxian didn’t reply.

She didn’t know who Liu Chen was, but she could tell these people were from the Special Class.

***

After returning, she finally understood all those things she hadn’t before—Special Class, Special Universities, Cultivators.

In short, they were all Cultivators.

The Liu Chen in front of her was at the first level of Qi Refining.

And the bullied one was a newcomer to Qi Refining.

Ordinary people couldn’t do anything to Cultivators, and even regular teachers had no way to deal with them.

The Special Class was almost entirely independent from the rest of Jincheng No.1 High School’s administration.

But since other students had stepped in before, didn’t that mean she could fight back too?

Li Yunxian flexed her own interpretation of the rules.

As for whether she could win—well, that wasn’t a problem for her.

First level of Qi Refining? She… was very good at defeating those above her level.

In the Cultivation World, when she first transmigrated, she was just an orphaned commoner, cultivating on her own until she reached Foundation Establishment before joining a small sect, and ultimately advancing all the way to the Tribulation stage. 

She had never been one to take things lying down; defeating the strong as the weak was her daily routine, not to mention………………

Li Yunxian looked at Liu Chen.

Not to mention, just by looking at Liu Chen’s posture, she could tell he had zero real combat experience at Qi Refining level one.

But Li Yunxian didn’t make a move. She looked straight at Liu Chen and asked, “Did this classmate do something wrong for you to treat him like this?”

“A useless loser who hasn’t improved at all in three years of school, and now someone’s even standing up for him.” Liu Chen sneered. 

“And I said, mind your own business. If you don’t understand words, you don’t need your ears!”

As he spoke, Liu Chen raised his hand, lightning-quick, and struck straight for Li Yunxian’s head.

He was clearly aiming to cripple one of her ears!

No one expected Liu Chen to actually attack, and the crowd erupted in gasps.

But to Li Yunxian, Liu Chen’s movements were far too slow.

She even had time to observe those around her.

She saw the panic in her friend’s eyes, and noticed that further down the hallway, some onlookers were rising in anger.

Li Yunxian chuckled softly.

Pa—!

A slender hand grabbed Liu Chen’s wrist.

It was Li Yunxian’s hand.

But she didn’t just stop Liu Chen head-on.

Li Yunxian leaned back slightly to dodge his attack, twisted her wrist, and used his own force against him………………

Using force to counter force!

Liu Chen’s face was full of shock as Li Yunxian’s move made him lose his balance. He instinctively tried to use a lightening technique, but it was useless.

His meridians were blocked.

When Li Yunxian grabbed his wrist, she had pinched his pressure points.

In the blink of an eye, before anyone realized what had happened, the always overbearing Liu Chen let out a miserable scream as Li Yunxian pinned him to the ground.

“So, now that you’ve been knocked to the ground by an Ordinary Class girl after three years at school, doesn’t that make you pretty useless too?” Li Yunxian asked Liu Chen sincerely.

Liu Chen’s face turned bright red.

Now he finally realized what had just happened—he’d been knocked down before he knew it.

“Damn, you…” Liu Chen cursed in embarrassment and rage, struggling to get up and fight back, but suddenly something slammed into his back, sending a piercing pain straight to the bone.

Liu Chen screamed again, the intense pain instantly cutting off his attempted counterattack.

After a few seconds, Li Yunxian finally lifted her foot off his back.

She knew exactly which pressure points would cause pain without leaving a mark.

The pain seemed to clear Liu Chen’s mind, and this time, as he got up, he didn’t dare say a word. Being interrupted so precisely twice was enough for him to realize something was wrong.

Seeing so many people watching from the hallway, Liu Chen, feeling humiliated, glared at Li Yunxian with a mix of hatred and fear.

He wanted to make a move, but the sight of Li Yunxian made him hesitate. In the end, he forced out a tough-sounding but hollow threat: 

“A real man doesn’t fight women. I don’t want to fight you today. Next time, I won’t go easy on you!”

Only then did his cronies react. They really believed Liu Chen’s words and immediately followed up with threats: 

“Just you wait, we’ll get you next time!”

Li Yunxian narrowed her eyes at their words, let out a soft snort, and took another step forward.

Liu Chen jumped in fright, quickly smacking his two lackeys on the head, afraid that Li Yunxian would keep going and expose his bluff: 

“Enough, let’s go.”

Watching Liu Chen slink away, the onlookers were still in shock.

After a while, someone whistled in celebration.

That whistle was like a drop of water hitting hot oil.

They’d had enough of these Special Class bullies, but could never beat them and were always mocked in return.

It was suffocating!

But now, someone had won!

And it was someone from the Ordinary Class!

The whole place erupted.

“So cool!!”

“Amazing!!”

“Sis, awesome!!!”

Several people cheered and rushed toward Li Yunxian. In no time, she was surrounded, her hair a mess and a saliva mark on her face.

She looked like a bedraggled cat that had just been roughly petted.

Shouting.

This was even more of a mess than when Liu Chen attacked.

“What are you all crowding here for? Don’t you have class?” After a long while, a teacher finally came to shoo them away.

“We’re not going to class!!” Fired up by Li Yunxian’s actions, some students laughed and shouted back at the teacher.

“Teacher, shouldn’t my sis get a bravery award for this? Give her some recognition!” Someone in the crowd tried to get a reward for Li Yunxian.

“Sis, teach me that move you just did!”

“Make it part of PE class!!” All sorts of chaotic shouts filled the air. Taking advantage of the crowd, everyone started making a fuss.

Finally breaking free, Li Yunxian wiped her face speechlessly and wearily.

……She had never expected that modern people—especially these seventeen- and eighteen-year-olds at Jincheng No.1 High School—would be so much more uninhibited than those in the Cultivation World.

The teacher’s head buzzed from all the noise, but couldn’t help smiling as they herded the rowdy students back to class.

Ever since Liu Chen had enrolled, the school’s atmosphere had never been this good.

The teacher looked back at Li Yunxian’s obedient and adorable appearance, unable to imagine that she was the one who had just taught Liu Chen a harsh lesson.

But………………she really did a great job.

The teachers had long been fed up with Liu Chen, the bully.

Still, the teacher had to do their duty.

“You know fighting is against school rules, right?” the teacher said sternly to Li Yunxian.

From the teacher’s tone, Li Yunxian could tell they were just going through the motions, so she didn’t answer directly. Instead, she looked at the teacher with pitiful eyes.

She chose to report it.

“Teacher, what should I do? Liu Chen and his gang threatened me, saying I should just wait. Are they going to do something to me?” Li Yunxian asked, pretending to be worried.

Li Yunxian, who had lived for thousands of years, easily steered the topic away. The teacher’s planned speech was immediately derailed.

Looking at the two girls’ pitiful faces, the teacher’s tone softened, comforting them, “Don’t worry. If someone from the Special Class attacks an ordinary person, it’s a serious offense. He wouldn’t dare.”

The teacher’s voice held disgust. “All they ever do is use their powers to control themselves and stop at the last moment, just to scare people into crying.”

It was clear that Liu Chen had done this to others more than once.

The teacher continued, “Liu Chen’s uncle is a Xiuzhe Exam proctor and holds a position in the Xueshi, which is why he acts out in the Special Class.”

“But he can only influence the Xiuzhe Exam, not our regular Gaokao. They can’t affect that.” The teacher explained carefully, “Just focus on your studies and exams.”

Li Yunxian blinked after hearing this.

She was planning to take the Xiuzhe Exam anyway.