"What's the matter, Mr. Carter?" Fly left the classroom together with Mr. Carter.

  "I'm not exactly sure about the details, but Principal Penn asked to see you by name. Be mindful when you get there and behave yourself," Mr. Carter didn't forget to remind Fly as he finished speaking.

  Usually, since he had a good relationship with Dean Sterling, it was fine to collect fees and joke around casually.

  But in front of Principal Penn, such casualness was out of the question.

  "The Principal of Star City High asked to see me by name?" Only then did Fly understand why Mr. Carter was suddenly much more serious than usual.

  He hadn't expected that the highest administrator of Star City High would actively request to meet him personally.

  Before Fly transmigrated, he had also attended high school. Although he wasn't particularly dazzling back then, his performance could at least be considered decent.

  But throughout his four years of high school, he hadn't seen the principal's face more than a few times.

  "Look sharp, don't lose face for our Rocket Class!" Mr. Carter patted Fly on the back and said.

  Thinking that Fly was about to meet the Principal, he, as the homeroom teacher, was somewhat nervous. Moreover, he was the homeroom teacher of the newly established Rocket Class in the grade, so the burden on his shoulders was even greater and heavier.

  However, compared to those students who were called in by the Principal for violating school rules, Mr. Carter couldn't help but feel a secret delight in his heart. Based on Fly's recent performance, Mr. Carter could more or less judge that the Principal's meeting with Fly this time was likely for something good.

  A few minutes later, Mr. Carter brought Fly to the door of the Principal's office and raised his hand to knock gently a few times.

  "Come in," a gentle female voice came from inside.

  Fly was certain he had never heard this voice before.

  "Hello, Principal Penn." Mr. Carter immediately pushed the door open and greeted Principal Penn. His left hand didn't forget to give Fly a subtle tap on the back, reminding him to look sharp and mind his manners.

  "Hello, Principal Penn! I am Fly, a student from the Grade 10 Rocket Class." While introducing himself, Fly quickly scanned the office.

  The Principal's office was very spacious, and the decoration was quite luxurious. A sixty-inch ultra-HD LCD TV hung on the wall. Behind the desk, which was over three meters long, were rows of bookshelves filled with books.

  It was just that...

  Fly didn't sense any aura of literary culture; he just felt that this office was truly lavish.

  There was even a faint sense of gaudiness.

  The Principal Penn that Mr. Carter mentioned appeared to be a middle-aged woman around forty years old. She was wearing an elegant and sharp urban white-collar suit, with a pair of black-rimmed glasses perched on her nose. Seeing Fly arrive, she elegantly brushed back the hair on her forehead.

  "Selene Penn." Fly's gaze swept over the massive desk in front of the Principal. On a stationery holder on the desk, there was a stack of business cards with this name printed boldly on them.

  Combined with Mr. Carter calling her Principal Penn, Fly realized that this was the Principal's full name.

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  "Hello, Fly. We finally meet." Principal Penn greeted Fly elegantly.

  "Fly, thanks to you in the Freshman Invitational this time; otherwise, the championship this year would have fallen to Ironpeak Academy."

  Fly hadn't expected that this Principal Penn, who made Mr. Carter quite nervous, would be so easy-going when speaking, just like a sophisticated older sister.

  If he hadn't met her in the Principal's office, just looking at her appearance and temperament, Fly probably would have found it hard to connect her image with the Principal of Star City High.

  "Not at all."

  "I am a member of Star City High. Bringing glory to the school is my bounden duty!"

  Fly held his head high and, puffing out his chest, spoke with awe-inspiring righteousness.

  Even Mr. Carter couldn't help but be stunned when he saw Fly like this.

  Wait, since when did you become so serious?

  Where is that money-grubber look from before?

  Although Mr. Carter really wanted to roast Fly a bit, since they were in front of Principal Penn, he forced himself to swallow the words that were on the tip of his tongue.

  "Very good." Selene Penn looked Fly up and down and nodded with satisfaction.

  Although it was their first meeting, she had long heard a lot about Fly.

  Insta-killing Jett Gale in the cafeteria battle, fighting fiercely against 'Emperor' Valerius in the Freshman Invitational, then defeating the Student Council's top thug Marshall, and finally turning the tide in the highly anticipated Freshman Invitational to defeat the formidable enemy Ironpeak Academy with a 1v3 sweep.

  This child, Fly, might really be able to lead Star City High to shine brilliantly in The Jade State League.

  Thinking of this, Selene Penn opened a drawer, took out an invitation and a bank card, placed them on the desk, and pushed them towards Fly.

  "The password for the card is 0123. There's about two hundred thousand inside. Consider it a reward from the school for your performance this time."

  Naturally, Selene Penn saw no reason not to cultivate a good seedling with exceptional talent like Fly.

  It was just that, compared to public rewards, she preferred private commendations.

  Everyone knew that the stronger the student, the more resources the school would tilt towards them. However, if things were done too openly, it could easily invite gossip and criticism. The school's resource support for top students was mostly done in secret, in private meetings like this.

  This was considered an open secret, however. But sometimes that was just how things were—principles that everyone understood, yet could not be spoken of explicitly in public.

  "Two hundred thousand!"

  Upon hearing this number, a gleam instantly flashed in Fly's eyes.

  He had been cultivating in Martial Studies for so long, and this was the first time he had come into contact with such a large sum of money.

  With this, let alone personal cultivation, he could even build his own faction like Lysander Thorne did.

  However, compared to the bank card, Fly was even more interested in the other item on the desk—the invitation.

  The style of that invitation gave Fly a familiar feeling.

  "An invitation to Grandmaster Muse's art exhibition?"

  Fly asked tentatively. He immediately thought of the fact that he had already received an invitation from the Student Council yesterday, and now Principal Selene Penn was giving him another one.

  So, the question arose.

  Should he tell Principal Penn that he already had an invitation and ask her to give this one to someone who needed it more?

  Or should he pretend to know nothing and take this invitation as well?

  Fly thought about it briefly.

  Forget it, I'm not some goody-two-shoes.

  Why not take this invitation as well and find a way to sell it later?

  I heard Leo say before that invitations to Grandmaster Muse's art exhibition have been speculated up to three hundred thousand a piece on the black market. This is a huge sum of money!

  Fly weighed it in his mind and immediately took both the invitation and the bank card into his hands.

  "Thank you, Principal Penn!"

  "Well then, I look forward to your performance in The Jade State League!" Selene Penn smiled, then seemed to suddenly think of something. "By the way..."

  "With the midterm exams approaching, Fly, you must also work hard and strive to maintain your position as number one in the grade."

  "If you continue to perform outstandingly, I am willing to sponsor Fly with a piece of Warrior Gear in the name of a school reward."

  "Really?" Fly's eyes flashed.

  The current Fly had already deeply realized the significant boost Warrior Gear provided to a Beast Warrior.

  If Gideon King's Golden Draconian hadn't had that wretched Azure-Glow Trident, even in a head-on fight, Fly wouldn't necessarily have lost to him.

  It was evident how much change a handy piece of Warrior Gear could bring in a confrontation between Beast Warriors.

  Especially now that he had absorbed the power of The Phantom Hivequeen; without a handy piece of Warrior Gear, the consumption when controlling those Spirit Construct Roaches would be extraordinary.

  If he could get an exclusive piece of Warrior Gear before The Jade State League, then...

  Thinking of this, Fly raised his head and looked directly at Selene Penn. "Is that a promise, Principal Penn?"

  "You have my word."

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