Chapter 45: Teacher, Please Don't Be Such a Flatterer!-Chegada Sinistra: No Início, Possuo Trilhões de Moedas do Submundo(Irmã, não faça isso.)

"What did you say? You want to buy the school?"

The proctoring teacher widened her eyes, thinking she must have misheard.

A student actually wanted to buy the school!

That was sheer delusion!

Did he have any idea how much the Nether Night High School was worth?

Billions of Nether Coins!

That was a truly astronomical price!

Chen Mu looked like nothing more than an ordinary high school student. Even though he was smart and calm, could he possibly have that kind of money?

The female teacher figured the kid was just immature and had no concept of money.

Upon hearing this, the other students also looked at Chen Mu in shock.

They had all heard rumors that Chen Mu was very wealthy.

However, they never expected him to be so bold as to try and buy the entire school right off the bat.

"I told you, Chen Mu's wealth is beyond anything you can imagine."

"During the Midnight Cafeteria trial last time, Chen Mu bought the entire cafeteria just like that."

"He enters a terrifying trial scenario, only to buy the whole thing? Truly, the world of the super-rich is beyond my comprehension."

"A cafeteria was one thing, but this is an entire school! Much more expensive than a cafeteria."

"This school must be worth at least a billion! Does Chen Mu really have that much money?"

The students chattered excitedly. Clearly, Chen Mu's financial power far exceeded their understanding.

"Of course. Would I joke with you about this?" Chen Mu said calmly. "My time is precious. Take me to see your principal."

With that, Chen Mu reached into his spatial ring, took out a small box, and handed it to the female teacher in uniform.

The teacher opened it, and inside lay a jade bracelet!

This bracelet was carved from jade originating in the paranormal realm, and a single piece was worth nearly ten thousand Nether Coins.

"This is... for me?"

The female teacher looked in astonishment at the glittering jade, her eyes instantly filled with longing.

With her meager salary, she would have to save for three or four months without eating or drinking to afford such a jade bracelet!

Under normal circumstances, if Chen Mu hadn't given it to her, she would never have been willing to buy one in her entire life!

"Of course. Now hurry up and take me to see the principal," Chen Mu said indifferently, as if a bracelet worth nearly ten thousand was worth less than a bottle of water in his eyes.

The female teacher could hardly believe it. Her hands trembled slightly as she carefully received the piece of jade. She turned it over in her hands for a moment, utterly unable to put it down.

When she looked at Chen Mu again, all trace of contempt had vanished from her gaze.

A kid with no concept of money?

Hah!

A wealthy patron simply isn't lacking in cash!

In a way, wealthy patrons really don't have much of a concept of money.

Because in the eyes of a wealthy patron, hundreds of thousands are just the cost of a single meal, and a bracelet worth nearly ten thousand is just the price of a bottle of water!

Instantly, the female teacher executed a lightning-fast expression change, flashing a flattering smile at Chen Mu.

"Student Chen, don't rush, I'll take you to see the principal right away."

With that, the female teacher carefully tucked the bracelet away, stuffing it into her pocket like a precious treasure.

Then she stepped forward, intimately linking her arm with Chen Mu's, and led him out of the classroom.

Left behind in the dust was a group of utterly bewildered students.

"Oh damn! I suspect the proctor has been replaced by an impostor."

"Yeah, is that really the same strict proctor?"

"I remember at the start of the exam, she sat at the podium looking all proud and disdainful. What is happening now? She's already kissing up to Chen Mu? She might as well be calling him 'Master'!"

"Is this the power of money? Just how rich is Chen Mu anyway?"

***

Chen Mu walked down the corridor of the teaching building with the female teacher's arm linked through his.

He had only given a small gift worth ten thousand, and the female teacher was already sucking up to him like this?

Chen Mu felt a bit puzzled. It was just a ten-thousand-dollar gift, not even that much, yet it had caused the female teacher's attitude to shift so drastically.

If others heard this, they would probably want to strangle Chen Mu.

In the paranormal trials, the rest of them risked their lives to bitterly earn a few hundred Nether Coins, guarding them as if they were sacred relics.

And here he was, casually dismissing a gift worth ten thousand Nether Coins as a small present!

Flaunting his wealth much?

Showing off like that, wasn't he afraid of being struck by lightning?

Chen Mu was also helpless. Having just come out of the Duke's estate, where he had given gifts worth tens of millions, a gift of ten or twenty thousand felt entirely ordinary to him.

Still, spending that extra money was totally worth it!

The principal had a rather foul temper; if Chen Mu hadn't bribed her with a gift, the female teacher might not have agreed to take him to see the principal at all.

Along the way, the female teacher wore a short skirt and uniform, intentionally or unintentionally brushing against Chen Mu's body.

She even hinted that if Chen Mu felt tired, she could accompany him to "rest for a bit" first.

It wasn't like the female teacher wanted to grovel like this, but... he simply gave too much!

And he even had a spatial ring; at a glance, he was clearly no ordinary person!

Even female ghosts loved cozying up to wealthy patrons!

Ten minutes later, the two arrived in front of the principal's office.

The female teacher took a deep breath, preparing to knock on the office door.

Before knocking, she felt a bit nervous and couldn't help reminding Chen Mu:

"Student Chen, the principal's temper isn't very good. He really dislikes people coming to visit him. So once you go in, state your business quickly, and make sure not to anger the principal."

Her voice trembled slightly as she spoke.

It was evident that the principal possessed a ferocious temper, striking deep fear into his subordinates.

A bad temper?

Heh.

Chen Mu sneered inwardly. No matter how bad a ghost's temper was, he always had a way to make them like him.

How did that saying go again? You aren't money, so how can you expect everyone to like you?

What a coincidence!

Though I am not money, I happen to have piles of it!

I'm just an ordinary person with no particular virtues, except for three minor ones:

I'm rich!

And motherfucking rich!

*Knock, knock, knock.*

The female teacher knocked on the office door.

After waiting for quite a while, an impatient voice sounded from within.

"Come in."

The owner of the voice sounded extremely annoyed, as if deeply irritated by the interruption.

The female teacher pushed the door open timidly, leading Chen Mu inside.

"Principal, this is... Student Chen from our class. He wants to see you..."

The female teacher spoke with trepidation, not daring to mention that Chen Mu intended to buy the school.

If she said something like that, the principal would likely assume Chen Mu was just there to mess with him and fly into a rage, killing both Chen Mu and herself on the spot.

"A student?"

Behind the desk, the principal raised his head, his eyes filled with annoyance.

He was a pot-bellied ghost with a Mediterranean bald spot and a beer belly—the picture of a typical middle-aged ghost.

When he realized that Chen Mu was a human, his fury flared instantly.

"What is the meaning of this? This is just a lowly human! Do humans have any right to step into my office? You actually dare to bring a human in here—have you grown tired of living?!"

By the end of his sentence, the principal was burning with rage. How dare a mere human disturb him?

In the principal's eyes, murderous intent had already surfaced.