After accepting the bank card and the invitation, Fly left the Principal's office together with Mr. Carter.

  However, Mr. Carter's gaze remained fixed on the invitation in Fly's hand.

  "What's wrong, Mr. Carter?" Fly asked, puzzled. Mr. Carter's stare was making him feel a bit uncomfortable.

  "Ah, nothing. It's just... I'm a bit surprised," Mr. Carter said.

  "Surprised?" Fly couldn't help but feel a little unexpected. "Is there something special about this invitation?"

  Fly didn't quite understand. The bank card held two hundred thousand, yet Mr. Carter didn't care about that at all. Instead, he was interested in this thin piece of paper.

  "Do you have any idea how precious the invitation Principal Penn gave you is? That is an invitation to Grandmaster Muse's art exhibition!"

  "Moreover, although it's called an art exhibition, anyone with half a brain knows that Grandmaster Muse intends to use this opportunity to select an outstanding young Beast Warrior as his true disciple."

  "The chosen child will not only receive Grandmaster Muse's personal teachings, but they also won't have to worry about resources or money for their Martial Studies cultivation ever again."

  "More importantly, it is said that Grandmaster Muse has extremely wide connections in The Martial Sanctum. In the future, once you graduate from university, you can smoothly enter The Martial Sanctum using Grandmaster Muse's connections."

  Mr. Carter got more and more excited as he spoke.

  It was as if he wished he had been born a decade or so later, just so he could get his hands on an invitation to the art exhibition too.

  Of course, Mr. Carter only thought about such things in his heart.

  Given his talent back then, even if he had truly obtained an invitation and gone to the exhibition, he would have had little chance of being selected by Grandmaster Muse.

  But Fly was different. He was the number one freshman at Star City High.

  If it were Fly, there might actually be a chance of being selected.

  "Is it really that amazing?" Fly nodded thoughtfully. "Then why didn't she call Genevieve and Valerius too?"

  Although he now understood that the invitation was something extraordinary, Fly felt strange about it.

  If he was the number one person at Star City High, then Valerius and Genevieve were number two and three.

  And their foundations were extremely solid.

  Logically speaking, they should also be qualified to receive invitations.

  "How do you know they don't have one?" Mr. Carter said with a smile.

  "Huh?" Fly paused. "I haven't heard them mention it?"

  "Invitation, invitation... the so-called invitation means 'I' invited you, so you can come. True invitations are not in circulation." Mr. Carter said mysteriously.

  Fly suddenly realized, "You mean, the slots to attend the art exhibition were already fixed internally? The so-called invitation is just a formality?"

  "The reason I received an invitation from Principal Penn is that I was already on the guest list?"

  "Exactly. You are indeed sharp," Mr. Carter nodded. "In fact, all the named young geniuses in Star City have been invited."

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  "Preston York, Lance Wolfe, you, Valerius, Genevieve... these outstanding students of our school are naturally all on the list."

  "Experts from other high schools, such as Gideon King, Skaar, and Hank from Ironpeak Academy, and Hugh from Merit Academy... it's the same for them."

  "The fourth-year students are going too?" Fly raised an eyebrow, instantly catching the key point in Mr. Carter's words.

  He had thought only the Grade 10 freshmen were invited.

  Unexpectedly, even the seniors were invited.

  But... what about that invitation Lance Wolfe gave me?

  Thinking of this, Fly took out the invitation Lance Wolfe had given him earlier and waved it in his hand. "Then what is this about?"

  "Hmm?" Mr. Carter couldn't help but be stunned. "How come you have two invitations?"

  "Lance Wolfe gave it to me." As he spoke, Fly recounted the story of Lance Wolfe visiting his dorm from beginning to end.

  "I see." After listening to Fly's narration, Mr. Carter nodded.

  With Fly's aptitude, it wasn't strange for the Student Council to try hard to recruit him.

  Mr. Carter said, "Although I don't know the specifics, since he gave it to you, just keep it for now."

  Fly said, "Then, Mr. Carter, since the guest list is already fixed internally, why do so many people still covet this invitation?"

  Fly couldn't help but ask this question. This concerned his subsequent plan to use this extra invitation to make money.

  Mr. Carter said, "I heard through the grapevine that people on the invitation list can enter the exhibition directly by name. However, others who manage to get a physical invitation can also enter the exhibition by virtue of the invitation itself."

  "I guess Grandmaster Muse hopes that more talented young people can participate. After all, those capable of obtaining an invitation usually won't be mediocre nobodies," Mr. Carter added. "But this is just my guess. If you really want to know, go ask Valerius and Genevieve. Their families have massive influence, so they should know more news than I do."

  Afterward, Mr. Carter parted ways with Fly at the staircase and went back to his office.

  By the time Fly returned to the classroom, it was already lunch break. The students had all gone to the cafeteria to eat, so there was hardly anyone in the classroom.

  However, 'Emperor' Valerius and Leo were still there.

  "Fly, what did Mr. Carter want with you?" 'Emperor' Valerius was the first to ask. He had returned to his aloof young master persona.

  But Fly didn't mind.

  "Nothing much," Fly said casually. "Do you know about Grandmaster Muse's art exhibition?"

  "Principal Penn gave me this."

  After speaking, Fly took out the art exhibition invitation.

  Seeing this scene, the other students remaining in the classroom widened their eyes one after another.

  "An invitation to Grandmaster Muse's art exhibition? Oh my god!"

  "I heard this invitation has been speculated up to three hundred thousand a piece on the black market."

  "Heavens, I really want to go too! That's Grandmaster Muse!"

  ...

  'Emperor' Valerius glanced around the classroom impatiently, and all the students instantly fell silent. Only faint whispers remained in the classroom; no one dared to make a loud noise anymore.

  Meanwhile, Leo, who was standing to the side, suddenly remembered that Fly had mentioned earlier that the Student Council Vice-President, Lance Wolfe, had given him one.

  Now Principal Penn had given him another one.

  Didn't that mean...

  Fly now had two invitations?

  "Godfather!"

  In an instant, Leo dashed in front of Fly with the speed of a hundred-meter sprint, dropped to his knees and bowed, his voice loud and resounding, as if reciting some majestic oath.

  Fly: "???"

  'Emperor' Valerius: "???"

  "What does this have to do with you? Go do whatever you're supposed to do!" 'Emperor' Valerius glared at Leo with disgust.

  But how could Leo fear Valerius now?

  For the art exhibition invitation, he was going all out!

  "Lord Godfather, as long as you are willing to give me the extra invitation, I, Leo, am willing to work like a dog for you for all four years of high school! I will do anything you ask!"

  'Emperor' Valerius's face was covered in black lines; he could barely listen to this anymore.

  "Stop dreaming," Valerius said grumpily. "Why would Fly give the invitation to you?"

  Fly looked at Leo kneeling on the ground and thought to himself: I planned to sell this invitation anyway. Does it matter who I sell it to?

  Fly immediately sat on the chair and said with a mischievous smile, "Giving it to you isn't entirely out of the question, it's just... do you have that much money? You should know, the price of this invitation is very high."

  "Ah, this..." Leo froze instantly. It was precisely because he didn't have money that he thought of swearing fealty to Fly as his Godfather and trying to use connections. Why did he still have to bring up money?

  "Fly, do you really intend to sell it?" 'Emperor' Valerius, standing aside, also couldn't stay calm anymore. One had to know that Grandmaster Muse was a Grandmaster Realm Beast Warrior. Such an opportunity was no ordinary matter.

  "Oh?" Fly raised an eyebrow. "Is our Lord Valerius also interested in the invitation?"

  Fly immediately took out the other invitation as well, placing both invitations on the desk together.

  "You actually have two invitations?" Seeing this scene, 'Emperor' Valerius couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. He never expected that Fly, who had never been wealthy, would actually possess two invitations at the same time!

  "Where did you get them?"

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