Starting as a Magical Girl, I Alone Shall Rule for Eternity

Chapter 173: Shut up! Let me take the college entrance exam!

For Jiang Si, with his cultivation realm updated, a weight in his heart was finally lifted.

In his mind, aside from the college entrance exam, this matter was the most important. Ever since returning, he had been thinking about finding time to discuss it with Bai Mei every day.

Having it settled now brought him peace of mind.

From now on, the realm divisions for the Azure Cloud Sect disciples would be clearer, and the path to heaven had become a bit wider.

More importantly, he was finally no longer at the "Blooming Peak Great Perfection" level.

Because he hadn't stepped into the Full Bloom realm, Jiang Si's evaluation of his Dharma Body, Shion, had always been at the Blooming Peak Great Perfection level.

The Witch Shion and the Magical Girl Shion were roughly at the same level, though Witch Shion was a bit more specialized.

But before his realm increased, before he grasped the Mental Landscape and obtained the power of rules, he could only remain within the Blooming Peak Great Perfection realm.

In Jiang Si's view, the importance of clear realm distinctions was self-evident. After all, without finer divisions, his own realm would still be lumped together with the likes of Iris.

That would inevitably be a bit awkward.After Bingtang returned from the talks, she told him about the Disaster Control Bureau's cooperation conditions.

The Azure Cloud Sect would be responsible for managing, containing, and eliminating disturbances caused by the Old World Ghosts in the South China region.

And the Disaster Control Bureau would provide assistance.

This included three spots in this year's Mental Landscape trial, which would be given to the Azure Cloud Sect.

For Jiang Si, this was naturally quite a sincere offer.

As for the Central Bureau's proposal to jointly establish a specialized Magical Girl Special Search and Containment Agency (SSSCK) targeting the Old World Ghosts with the Azure Cloud Sect, Jiang Si naturally skipped over that.

Ultimately, the only thing about the Disaster Control Bureau that concerned him now was this Mental Landscape.

From all angles, the Mental Landscape was a privilege monopolized by the Central Bureau of the Disaster Control Bureau. They had a monopoly on this thing;

unless you cooperated with the Bureau, it was absolutely impossible to obtain a Mental Landscape.

This was also a necessary condition for a Full Bloom Magical Girl. One must possess their own Mental Landscape to have a chance of integrating their Personal Reality into the world, thereby altering the world's rules.

Whether it was Chilian's mother or Mujin, they basically relied on their Mental Landscapes to use their world-altering rules.

Although Jiang Si's Personal Reality was powerful, it ultimately only affected his own power;

it couldn't change this world.

He also needed his own Mental Landscape to open the Purple Mansion, build the Immortal Platform, and fuse with his current Nascent Soul, leaping directly into the Nascent Soul Transformation stage!

Now, both his Yin and Yang Dharma Bodies were fully cultivated. Although the Witch Dharma Body still had some flaws and required external medicine to achieve transformation, there was nothing to regret about that. Which path of cultivation is without its bumps and stumbles?

Jiang Si would eventually complete the "Perfect Witch Transformation Mystic Art".

It was just transformation via injection. A single large dose of medicine, steadily and surely evolving the mysteries of the Perfect Witch path.

Even the Primordial Heavenly Emperor would only praise him as a promising junior and say, "Milk delivered."

Moreover, with Xilan procuring medicine for him, he didn't need to worry about this aspect for now.

The biggest flaw now was still his physical body, which was roughly at the Peak Blooming level.

His main body's advancement hadn't yet encountered a bottleneck. After the surgery, Polluted Magic could spread throughout his body, even allowing him to reshape his flesh like a complete Witch, using Polluted Magic.

He could finally say his main body's "Half-Step Fourfold Leaky Golden Body Peak Minor Perfection" had finally crossed that half-step, and could now be called the "Onefold Leaky Body".

This was precisely the result of several near-death bloody battles, overcoming the strong with the weak under extreme pressure using secret arts.

But Pure Mana still couldn't be retained within his body. In fact, due to the influence of Polluted Magic, his body's rejection of Pure Mana when not transformed was becoming increasingly intense.

Without being able to retain it, forget about refining his body to Peak Blooming;

even if it truly reached Peak Blooming, he couldn't fuse with Pure Mana to undergo mana property transformation.

There could be many types of Pure Mana, but there was only one kind of Polluted Magic.

If he could make his physical body the same as his Dharma Bodies, his "Borrowing Falsehood to Cultivate Truth Method" could truly bear fruit, transforming into the "Borrowing Falsehood to Cultivate Truth, Heaven and Earth, Only My Path". He could directly sacrifice the shameful heterodox Nascent Soul within him and stride into the Azure Cloud Forming Infant stage, followed by the Three Flowers Gathering at the Crown.

But now, his essence, energy, and spirit were all stuck—stuck in essence, stuck in energy, and stuck in spirit.

Jiang Si wasn't particularly anxious about this, however.

Because he discovered that these Dregs left behind by the old world could alter one's constitution.

These Dregs would infect mana, turning it into dregs as well. But, with Jiang Si's emotions and strong Personal Reality, as long as he willed it, these Dregs could not infect his Pure Mana and Polluted Magic into becoming dregs.

Therefore, if he could transform himself into the appearance of those gray-white Magical Girls...

Perhaps he could rely solely on his physical body to withstand both Polluted Magic and Pure Mana.

At that time, his physical body would advance a great step, not lagging so far behind his Dharma Bodies!

Even just for the sake of finding a method to achieve sainthood through the physical body, those old world Dregs were worth another trip for Jiang Si.

However, since he took out the Magical Girl hunter, the old world in the South China region seemed to have quieted down.

Even the Mirror World had fallen silent.

Neither Twins nor Xilan had obtained any intelligence related to the Mirror World.

It seemed the demise of the Magical Girl Killer might have been a huge alarm for the Old World Ghosts, making these guys all lay low.

Perhaps they were secretly training and consolidating...

But Jiang Si never really cared. It just so happened he needed to prepare for the college entrance exam. Things calming down during this period was a win-win.

Otherwise, he'd have to find a way to make them wait until after the exam to stir up trouble, which would require some effort.

Now he could review in peace without having to consider arranging these old world Dregs.

Getting a few sets of real past exam papers from Bingtang, Jiang Si tried them and found the problems weren't too big.

Ultimately, after getting stronger, the improvement in physical fitness significantly enhanced intelligence.

What is intelligence? Intelligence is focus, memory, and the ability to think by analogy and find patterns.

And these are all necessary conditions for cultivation.

Even the Heavenly Emperor Ye needed to hold an undergraduate degree to be invincible in the world.

As long as there were no fitness equipment nearby, Jiang Si's focus was unquestionable. In terms of memory, for things worth remembering, Jiang Si was never careless—after all, he was the man who had completely recorded web novels up to the present.

Only worthless things would he fail to remember.

As for the ability to think by analogy, that went without saying. The fact that he could now open up a path of immortal cultivation in the world of Magical Girls relied precisely on his keen insight and his ability to think by analogy and find patterns.

With such well-deserved super-intelligence, he naturally wouldn't stumble over the college entrance exam.

He couldn't disgrace his ancestors.

What face would he have to meet the Heavenly Emperor Ye if he only got into a junior college?

One must know that even the Heavenly Emperor Ye possessed a terrifying full-time undergraduate degree!

The only Heavenly Emperor with an academic qualification, truly worthy of the title of the strongest Heavenly Emperor!

He could also drive and even bought a Mercedes-Benz. Jiang Si still had a long way to go.

He hadn't gotten his driver's license yet, and his savings were still a bit far from buying a Mercedes-Benz.

He had to work even harder.

Someday, he should also persuade Bai Mei to study hard like him, and not just be obsessed with cultivation.

After reviewing at the Azure Cloud Sect and copying down a few questions he remembered incorrectly for some extra practice, as he was leaving, Bingtang told him she had requested the Disaster Control Bureau to use the Magical Girl Idol Project to create a Shion gacha pool for promotion.

Because it was the highest specification, they needed some photos of him after his transformation to facilitate modeling.

But Jiang Si had seen the game's models. They were basically a cute-fied version of the original, with oversized heads that didn't look human.

You couldn't say the technical skill was non-existent, but it was barely worth mentioning.

And they wanted him to take photos for them to make models? Jiang Si naturally looked down on that.

"The gacha pool revenue can be shared with you."

Come to think of it, it could also be treated as incense and prayer power.

Although Jiang Si had always looked down on cultivation methods that relied on external forces, one never had too much power.

After discussing with Bingtang, taking photos naturally wasn't urgent;

they had to wait for the Central Bureau to make arrangements.

Thinking about it, the more others spent, the more money he would get.

Jiang Si began to consider whether he could guide the Witch Association to help with spending...

Although that seemed a bit difficult.

But he could offer some incentives.

For example, spread the news that holding a C6 (full constellation) Magical Girl Shion could save your life once when encountering an Azure Cloud Sect disciple.

Have Twins, Xilan, and that other person lead the spending and demonstrate the reliability of this information.

Stimulate the Witch Association's spending enthusiasm.

Although the lower ranks of the Witch Association lived miserably, tightening their belts and facing death at any moment.

The wealthy upper echelons were truly rich, holding things like copyrights, living comfortable lives, and could definitely afford to C6 a character.

And those people were very afraid of death;

they might even C6 several characters as talismans.

This way, that dirty cash would flow into righteous pockets.

He wouldn't have to worry about money anymore.

Not only had he not done anything outrageous, but he could also obtain funds legally and reasonably...

It seemed the Disaster Control Bureau had its merits after all.

They weren't completely useless.

Later, Jiang Si contacted Jiangming City, intending to collect some money from the Saint Hall there first.

Then he discovered even Hua Hu had already been sold to the Disaster Control Bureau.

All of the Saint Hall's funds had been taken by Ruo Yun to build her own army.

Now developed into a small army of a thousand, all deployed to South China, planning to make a big move there.

What could he say then?

Thinking that if the gacha pool revenue exploded in the future, he wouldn't lack this bit of money anyway, Jiang Si quickly calmed down.

As the master of the world's Dao, one must have bearing and breadth of mind...

Until the day of the college entrance exam, no further unexpected incidents occurred.

Disaster Beasts also became extremely rare—Beihai was originally an area scarce in Disaster Beasts. After all, the local Azure Cloud Sect Magical Girls hunted too aggressively, preventing the beasts from being born on a large scale.

Only the Magical Girl hunter Helen had brought a batch of goods to Beihai, which were also cleaned up not long after.

Even so, the work at the Disaster Control Bureau didn't slacken. For several days in a row, Keke basically didn't return until night.

Fortunately, the Disaster Control Bureau had arranged exams for Keke in advance, so there was no need to worry about her final exams.

And recently, Keke had become slightly more normal.

Previously, she would cling to him every day, even running over to sleep on the floor at night.

She would constantly ask him what he thought of Magical Girl Silver Lotus, wasn't she cute, and things like that.

These past few days, she had probably finally relaxed, feeling that her brother wouldn't disappear, so the number of times she came up to sleep on the floor decreased.

However, she still asked about Silver Lotus from time to time.

But Jiang Si's only impression of Silver Lotus was that she was very weak.

And even this impression came from Yumo.

Because Silver Lotus was Yumo's most genuine captive.

She had never beaten Yumo, yet the two fought numerous times, so Jiang Si naturally remembered.

Yumo and Silver Lotus became Magical Girls around the same time.

Yumo almost joined the Disaster Control Bureau. As Magical Girls from the same period, their realms were basically not too far apart.

For a period in the middle, Yumo also had some difficulty dealing with Silver Lotus, and Silver Lotus certainly had chances to win.

But the gap widened later, until eventually Silver Lotus was basically beaten one-sidedly.

Don't be fooled by Yumo's usual timidity and shyness;

this little girl actually had a very strong competitive spirit.

As the Sect Master, Jiang Si quite appreciated such a motivated disciple. She always secretly followed behind him, training hard.

Even if Silver Lotus caught up just a little bit, Yumo would double her efforts, afraid her strength couldn't crush Silver Lotus.

And this time, after Silver Lotus regained her Magical Girl power and advanced to Blooming, she naturally sought out Yumo for a match again.

She lost even more miserably.

But to be fair, if Silver Lotus joined the Azure Cloud Sect now, she could probably rank among the inner disciples, especially against Disaster Beasts, where her advantage was greater than that of ordinary Magical Girls.

Losing to Yumo wasn't really a disgrace. The number of people in the entire Azure Cloud Sect who could beat Yumo could be counted on one hand.

The main issue was that Silver Lotus was the captain of the Disaster Control Bureau, meaning the strongest Magical Girl in the Beihai Disaster Control Bureau. With that strength, Jiang Si couldn't help but label her as weak.

Although her talent could be called low-grade genius, strength ultimately needed to be realized.

Now, as Keke's competitor, in terms of pure strength, she should also be below Keke.

Keke, possessing both Witch and Magical Girl powers, as long as she didn't act foolishly, shouldn't have difficulty beating Silver Lotus, and wouldn't lose to Yumo without being able to fight back at all.

The problem was this idiot kept calling out "Yiyi, Yiyi" all the time, as intimately as if she were her sister.

In a real fight, the outlook really wasn't optimistic.

It worried Jiang Si sick.

At this rate, who knew when Keke could become a captain...

As for Silver Lotus's letter of challenge, Jiang Si wasn't interested in reading it.

Busy with the college entrance exam, he later forgot about it.

It wasn't until he went to school on the day of the exam that Silver Lotus specially came over to ask him.

"Did you read it?"

Only then did he remember there was such a thing, and replied.

"I'll read it after the exam."

The independent exam classroom didn't even have invigilators, just a few cameras constantly recording.

Jiang Si didn't know where the principal got such authority.

But anyway, he couldn't control it. The difficulty of the exam papers wasn't high, especially since he had recently done some of Bingtang's real past papers.

They were *real* past papers.

At most, the numbers were changed;

everything else was basically identical.

Taking the exams consecutively wasn't too stressful for Jiang Si either.

During the noon break, he noticed the surrounding glass seemed a bit abnormal.

It kept distorting.

With cameras present, he didn't stay in the classroom but went out to the restroom.

On the way, he discovered Silver Lotus was actually standing in the corridor outside.

He greeted her, but the girl didn't say anything, seemingly afraid of disturbing his exam. She just softly gave him a "Good luck" cheer.

Entering the restroom, he found the mirror on the wall above the sink was distorting even more severely.

He couldn't even see his own reflection.

And soon, even the space itself became unstable, continuously distorting until the surrounding environment subtly changed.

The students who had been using the restroom all disappeared, and Jiang Si found himself standing in a completely opposite small space.

"I've finally found you, Simo Tu! The man I admire the most!"

Turning his head, an unfamiliar girl stood behind him.

White hair, red eyes, a luxurious golden crown atop her head, and a pure white fur coat that looked expensive at a glance.

Jiang Si remembered Keke once wanted to buy a similar one, asked the price—around five or six thousand—which directly discouraged both siblings.

"Stop working for those useless people in the Witch Association," the white-haired, red-eyed girl extended her hand to him. "Come under my command, become a Marquis of the Mirror Kingdom! You are worthy of this honor, to become an honorary citizen of my Mirror Kingdom!"

Jiang Si, who had been washing his hands, silently dried them, then asked impatiently:

"Don't you know it's college entrance exam time right now?"

The originally impassioned Prince faltered: "...I remember sports students don't take the college entrance exam..."

"And what I promise you is the glory and wealth of ten thousand generations, the precious secrets about the destruction of the world..."

"In this world, only the college entrance exam reigns supreme above all else!"

Jiang Si said coldly with a hint of ferocity. "Dare to hinder my college entrance exam? Do you wish to fight me to the death? The world can be destroyed and reborn, but if you miss the college entrance exam, you can only wait until next year. Can't you tell which is more important?!"

The Prince girl was actually roared into a weaker stance by him.

She subconsciously took a step back, her usually arrogant expression showing a trace of bewilderment and guilt:

"Ah?? Is... is that so? It seems I was reckless. I'll send you back to take the exam right now..."