Xia Yunmeng looked at Fang Xiu, and Fang Xiu looked back at Xia Yunmeng. He was curious: what was the third restriction of the three prohibitions of sacrifice?
"The third prohibition is that you cannot sacrifice living beings with clear consciousness, including humans and other intelligent races."
Xia Yunmeng said earnestly.
"Huh? You cannot, or you cannot?"
After listening, Fang Xiu only raised a question.
"Ah?"
Xia Yunmeng clearly did not react in time.
What cannot? Or what cannot?
"Is this rule really a rule of sacrifice, or is it just a rule of sacrifice agreed upon among Awakened?"
Fang Xiu stared at Xia Yunmeng.
When meeting Xia Yunmeng's eyes, her cheeks turned noticeably slightly red.
Her gaze glanced away in a somewhat flustered manner.
"It's... Actually, I'm not very sure either. I just saw it in an old book once. Probably... um, maybe violating these rules is said to bring down misfortune."
Xia Yunmeng spoke with a bit of flurry.
For some reason, although she wasn't lying, being questioned like this by Fang Xiu made her feel as if she had done something wrong.
As she said this, Fang Xiu was still staring at her.
A moment later, he smiled gently, "So that's how it is. Then thank you, Teacher, for the reminder!"
"Ah?"
Hearing this, Xia Yunmeng was stunned once again.
Only then did she react: Oh right, I'm a teacher now!
"Ahem, it's nothing, student Fang Xiu. If there's anything else you don't understand, feel free to ask Teacher!"
Xia Yunmeng hurriedly said.
Hearing this, Fang Xiu nodded slightly and said, "Teacher, I have one more question."
"What question?"
Xia Yunmeng wore a confident look on her face.
She was a teacher, after all; how could she feel embarrassed and lack confidence just because of a student's question?
She had to be confident now, absolutely confident. No question could stump a teacher!
"If one day, intelligent beings come out from the Gate World, and I am able to sacrifice all of them, should I follow the rules, or should I sacrifice them all?"
Fang Xiu looked at Xia Yunmeng and asked very seriously.
Hearing this question, Xia Yunmeng was clearly stunned.
"This..."
At this moment, Xia Yunmeng had no idea how to answer Fang Xiu.
She had never considered this question at all.
And the book contained no answers regarding this matter whatsoever.
"I was just asking casually."
Fang Xiu smiled and said, "Then Teacher, I'll go into the classroom first!"
With that, Fang Xiu turned around and walked back into the classroom.
He wasn't sure whether the things Xia Yunmeng mentioned were compiled by other Awakened or figured out by Sacrificers.
Yet upon reflection, these seemed to make a lot of sense.
As for the first prohibition—pure objects—the purest things must surely belong to the category of divine artifacts.
If you sacrifice a divine artifact to a deity, it would be fine if it were something they had lost, but what if it was something they had discarded?
Even if it was called a divine artifact in this world, in their eyes, it was nothing more than a piece of garbage weapon they had thrown away.
Sacrificing such a thing to them would be equivalent to someone throwing away trash and you delivering it back to their doorstep.
It would be a wonder if they didn't get angry.
When ordinary people got angry, it amounted to no more than a few curses, but when deities got angry, the punishment meted out was not something easy to endure.
As for the second prohibition, Fang Xiu felt that this rule was most likely fabricated by the Awakened.
After all, spirits and elemental creatures in nature were already rare to begin with, and if they were sacrificed to the deities, it would become even harder for the Awakened who needed them to acquire them.
This point was also very easy to understand.
As for the final third prohibition, it was even simpler, much like how Fang Xiu had intended to sacrifice the principal that morning.
Regardless of which deity it was sacrificed to, punishment would follow.
Perhaps some Sacrificer had previously sacrificed humans to the deities—and not just once—which led to the creation of this third prohibition.
Of course...
"What does this have to do with me?"
Fang Xiu smiled faintly.
He possessed the system, and since the system stated that Lu Yu'er could be sacrificed, then she definitely could be sacrificed.
Right at that moment, Xia Yunmeng walked in and cast a deep look at Fang Xiu.
She walked up to the podium and said, "Classmates, starting now, come up to collect your Genius SOS Watch. When you encounter danger, you just need to press this button."
Xia Yunmeng took out a watch and explained.
Fang Xiu frowned slightly because he clearly hadn't seen anything in Xia Yunmeng's hands just moments before.
It was as if it had suddenly appeared in her hand.
Immediately afterward, a second one, a third one...
"Is this a spatial-type superpower?"
Fang Xiu was somewhat surprised, but upon second thought, wasn't Xia Yunmeng a warrior?
Could it be...
"A Spatial Storage Device?"
This was a piece of equipment that was exceptionally difficult to obtain.
It possessed the power of space and could be used to store items.
If any were sold on the market, they would be exorbitantly expensive, and one would need a certain background to purchase them.
Moreover, they had always been in a state where there was demand but no supply.
Of course, with enough luck, one might also acquire one by accident.
A so-called accidental acquisition meant killing a certain special beast, collecting enough materials, and having a blacksmith forge one.
Fang Xiu had been inquiring around for a long time, hoping to buy one.
Yet although he had money, his money was left behind by his parents, and he had zero connections, so he had never been able to purchase one.
He hadn't expected Xia Yunmeng to possess such a rare Spatial Storage Device.
It seemed Xia Yunmeng's background was not simple either; otherwise... her luck was simply off the charts.
"Fang Xiu, take your Genius SOS Watch!"
Xia Yunmeng walked up to Fang Xiu and placed a watch on his desk.
Then she smiled faintly, looked up at everyone, and said, "Alright, everyone line up to collect them from the podium, one per person. After you get it, gather at the classroom door!"
Having said that, she glanced at Fang Xiu once more.
Then she walked straight out of the classroom.
Holding that watch, the corners of Fang Xiu's mouth twitched involuntarily, "Genius... SOS?"
Ultimately, however, he put it on his wrist and walked out of the classroom.
After all, he was merely a Sacrificer without any self-preservation skills.
If he truly encountered danger and was unable to perform a sacrifice, calling for help would be his best way to preserve his life.
Outside the classroom.
All the classmates had put on their Genius SOS Watches.
"Follow me. Next, we will be training inside the Gate World. Although it is only a lowest-tier Gate World controlled by the school, it still carries a certain level of danger for students like you who have just awakened."
Xia Yunmeng looked at everyone and said, "So, if there is danger, remember to call for help. Don't feel embarrassed; your lives are more important than anything else. Don't try to act tough. Also... don't wander too far, and mutual slaughter is strictly prohibited—whether it's classmates from our class or from other classes!"
When she said this, whether it was Fang Xiu's imagination or not, he always felt that Xia Yunmeng was intentionally or unintentionally glancing at him.
However, he didn't take any of this to heart. Inside the Gate World, accidentally going missing was quite normal, right?