The next morning, Chen Shu was sound asleep when he suddenly smelled a rich aroma of meat, which woke him up. Rubbing his eyes, he went to the living room and found the other three eating breakfast.
"Dali? Why are you here?" Chen Shu asked.
"What do you think?" Zhang Dali's eyes were full of resentment. "Didn't you say you'd come pick me up after you dealt with the pursuers? Why did the Spirit Suppression Bureau find me in the end?"
"..." Chen Shu was slightly stunned, then sighed. "The enemies were too powerful. I fought them all night that night. Dali, I really did my best!"
Zhang Dali didn't believe him. "But they said you completely forgot about me..."
"Is Chen Shu that kind of person?!" Chen Shu's eyes widened, as if he had been wronged.
"Yes!" The three of them nodded in unison. Hesitation would have been disrespect to the notorious bandit of Nanjiang!
"..." Chen Shu came closer and filled a bowl with lean meat porridge. He said earnestly, "Dali, I could forget anyone, but I could never forget you! The moment I saw your pot back then, I almost lost control!"
Chen Shu sighed. "During that time, I was restless, constantly thinking about how to rescue you!"
A Liang's mouth twitched, and he kindly reminded, "Uh... Chen Pi, you didn't seem to recognize that pot at all..."
"What do you two know?!" Chen Shu frowned and said seriously, "I didn't want you to worry, I wanted to bear it all alone!"
"..." The three looked at each other, their eyes filled with surprise. You can really spin a story!
"Alright, I grew up with you, let's stop messing around!" Zhang Dali shook his head. "I need to report back to school. If I don't go back soon, I'll probably be expelled..."
"Then why did you come here?"
"To get my pot!" Zhang Dali patted his black pot, his face filled with tenderness.
Chen Shu pouted. "It's just a pot, isn't it?"
Zhang Dali said, "This is my life weapon. It can even become an heirloom in the future!"
"A pot passed down for eight generations, the person is gone but the pot remains, right?" Chen Shu raised his eyebrows, as if he had thought of something. "Oh right, Dali, can your mentor provide me with Silver-grade recipes for free..." His eyes were full of anticipation, and he specifically emphasized the word "free."
"My skin is not thick enough. When you come to my school, we'll go together."
Zhang Dali, with a black pot on his back, strode out of the dormitory, his back looking exceptionally dashing...
"As expected of the future God of Cookery, his demeanor is gradually emerging." Chen Shu exclaimed, his eyes filled with approval.
"..." A Liang and the other looked at each other with strange expressions. Get serious!
"You two don't believe me?" Chen Shu pouted. "May I be so bold as to ask, besides the God of Cookery, who else would dare to walk around the street carrying a black pot?"
The two were instantly speechless. So, the God of Cookery was just someone whose illness was a bit more severe?
Just then, Chen Shu's phone rang. "Hello, Ouyang Bao?"
"Master, our club is about to gather. If you have time, you can come and see..."
"Okay! I'll be right there!" Chen Shu immediately put down his bowl, slung his bag over his shoulder, and left the dormitory.
"Chen Pi, Teacher Liu wanted to see us this morning..." Before A Liang could finish speaking, Chen Shu had already disappeared.
He glared and asked, "What should we do?"
Wang Jue shrugged. "What can we do? Let's attend the feast!"
"..."
Half an hour later, Chen Shu arrived at the Beast Taming Hall at full speed.
Ouyang Bao scratched his head and said, "Master, you're so fast?"
Chen Shu smiled. "It's my club, of course I have to pay attention to it!"
"Brother Fei..." Just then, a boy approached, his eyes filled with admiration. It was Li Sen, whom Chen Shu had beaten up earlier! After more than a month of enrollment, he had already understood the significance of the "Nanjiang Bandit." Whether it was winning the annual championship at the Kyoto Spirit Duelling Arena, beating hundreds of geniuses at the Beast Taming Competition, or becoming a Silver-grade student in his freshman year, every event was legendary!
"Are all the geniuses in the club recruited by you?" Chen Shu raised his eyebrows, holding a list in his hand. It was mostly filled with geniuses among the freshmen.
Li Sen smiled. "It was me, it was me!"
"Well done!" Chen Shu nodded. "I didn't expect you to be able to accomplish this."
"Brother Bao gave me some suggestions..." Li Sen smiled and handed a stack of urea bags back to Ouyang Bao.
"..." Chen Shu was slightly stunned. He now understood how the other party had recruited people.
"Master, your matching weapon..." Ouyang Bao held up the urea bag and put it back into his bag.
As the three were chatting, people had already started arriving at the Beast Taming Hall.
"Hello, Brother Bandit!"
"Hello, Brother Chen!"
"Hello, everyone, hello, everyone!"
Chen Shu raised his eyebrows, not expecting to be so popular. Gradually, more than four hundred people gathered in the Beast Taming Hall, appearing to be quite a substantial group. The top fifty freshmen geniuses were recruited by Li Sen. As for the remaining people, Chen Shu had asked Ouyang Bao to select them casually; they accepted anyone who came.
Ouyang Bao whispered, "Master, you're recruiting so many people, you're not thinking of charging membership fees, are you..."
"Do I look like such a narrow-minded person?" Chen Shu smiled and looked at the hundreds of people in front of him. "I consider everyone as family, why would I charge membership fees?"
As they gazed at his eyes, everyone couldn't help but tremble, as if they were being eyed by a hungry wolf... Could this be a pyramid scheme organization?
"Everyone, please be quiet!" Chen Shu saw that most people had arrived and said, "First of all, congratulations to everyone for passing the rigorous selection and becoming a member of the club!"
"Those who enter the club are basically the top geniuses of the academy!"
As soon as he said this, the four hundred Grade 9 Beast Tamers below exchanged glances, instinctively feeling doubt. Are we really that top-notch...?
"Alright, I hope that once you're here, you won't leave!" Chen Shu smiled and said, "If anyone dares to quit the club, you'd better not walk alone at night, because you might run into... a urea bag!"