Seeing the principal's proud expression, Shen Hua smiled as well. After all, he had won a prize, which was quite impressive.

"Principal, tell me, how much would these three items be worth if we sold them?"

"It costs at least 300,000 or more. This is an honor. Do you see the best one? Some students spend three years of high school and still can't make a finished product like that."

The principal spoke with a smug grin, his face beaming like a chrysanthemum, as if his own child had just passed the imperial examination with flying colors.

He had only been laughing for a short while when he felt his face stiffen and he could no longer laugh.

He seemed to realize something. He was the principal; how could he discuss the price of things with a little girl? If word got out, it would damage his authority.

Moreover, this is an award-winning work; how can it be measured in monetary terms? This little girl managed to fool me.

Seeing his face stiffen, Shen Hua quickly reminded him, "Principal, is your face alright? If you keep cramping like this, your facial features will look like this when you get older."

The principal quickly cupped his face and gently pressed it. Although cultivators don't age so quickly, their aptitude stops there, and they will still age slowly, just much later than ordinary people.

This girl, there's not a single good thing about her. She's clearly soft and cute, but being around her makes you feel like she's a bit cunning.

He must be overthinking it, but being with her easily stirs up my emotions, so it's better to just avoid seeing her altogether.

"Alright, you can go back now! I need to get off work too, and I can't let you delay my time to get home."

"By the way, if you want to buy magical artifacts, you can ask your Uncle Liu. He's a policeman, after all, and he won't cheat you like outsiders do."

Shen Hua didn't know how she was kicked out. She seemed to have many questions she hadn't asked. This principal was certainly busy enough.

"Ding-dong."

A message came in on my phone.

"Students! Tomorrow is the Dragon Boat Festival, so we have a day off and no classes."

Unfortunately, her painting session coincided with the Dragon Boat Festival, but she had no money.

No, I should go to Liushan first to plunder some magical artifacts to make some money, and also pack up my things, otherwise I'll attract the attention of thieves.

Shen Hua left without hesitation and arrived at the school gate in no time. She hailed a taxi, gave the driver the address, and sat in the back seat to play on her phone. However, the phone that Officer Liu had given her seemed to be a bit unreliable; it could only tap, and besides text messages, it only had two phone numbers: one for Officer Liu and one for the principal.

"These days, this is the first time I've seen a young girl using an old-fashioned mobile phone. It's quite novel."

The driver glanced back and then started a conversation.

Shen Hua looked over and indeed saw that his phone was much bigger than hers, and it was placed in front of him, with some strokes that looked like a map inside.

She was also forced into this situation. She went down the mountain the day before yesterday and received a whole night of ideological education from the armed police. The next day, she was arranged to get an ID card, and then they gave her a schoolbag, some food, and a cell phone. She went to school this morning.

There was no time to learn more. To be honest, she's still a bit confused and doesn't know why she came down the mountain.

They must have gained some experience; they can't stay on the mountain to cultivate forever, can they? That would be too boring.

Time is for polishing, and it doesn't matter who polishes it; that's just how carefree she is.

The driver noticed that she had been looking in his direction for a long time without saying anything, so he assumed she was shy and quickly said, "Young lady, you must be from Liushan! I heard it's quite far from there, it must have been really difficult for you to come here to study."