Tian Lang was enrolled at the Ivy Academy for a month now.

Throughout the whole month, Tian Lang absorbed a lot of common and mystical knowledge. Principal Shui Wu Hen taught him history, the glory of the human era, and the legend of powerful summoners. Also, knowledge related to summoning and fighting tools.

One thing he found peculiar was that Grimoire, Beast, and Equipment followed the same Ranking Method. Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, and Diamond from lowest to highest. Beast and Equipment had an additional rank before Bronze, which was Normal Rank. It’s the lowest rank that strong warriors seldom valued.

Aside from making him take weird postures every day, Meng Delan taught about beast physical structures and his own. Tian Lang already knew about his body. Like where he must avoid getting hit on, or where he could take damage and still continue to fight. However, Meng Delan taught him in greater detail. Such as, where he could take a certain amount of damage without any decline of his fighting capability. Which unassuming muscle might slow him down. Which body parts were more sensitive to pain, etc. Of course, leaving some small details.

As physical structures of the beasts. Tian Lang who fought relying on his battle sense found them useless. But as Meng Delan taught, Tian Lang found he had been unintentionally attacking their weakness. However, either he took a great time or attacked in an inefficient manner. So he eagerly absorbed all the information.

Meng Delan also taught him some basic beast training methods and how to maintain favorability with them, which honestly wasn’t up to Tian Lang liking. He found them too troublesome. Why would he train beasts when he had to train himself?

The black-clothed roommate didn’t teach him any subjects, in particular, in return, it taught him anything he wished to learn. From number counting to Beast Star Rating. From daily life to battle-oriented knowledge, this roommate knew it all. Even though Tian Lang had yet to learn this roommate’s name, he was more appreciative and intimate towards this roommate than his teachers.

One outright rejected him from teaching the secrets, as for the other, it left him hanging saying he had to learn more about his body. Only then would they start real fleshy mounds training.

If it wasn’t because Teacher Meng had strictly warned him not to inquire the secret from others, saying that they would never share it. And also might come to hate him. Else, he would’ve long asked his roommate for help.

He already knew all races had two sexes.

Male and Female.

Depending on the Race, male and female strength varied.

Human Males were generally strong and led the armies. Females were weak and protected by males. Females also served and adored males.

Tian Lang was also a male. Not just any hillbilly but a proud Alpha Male. He was fed off the advantage of being a male so much, that he would kill another if they said otherwise.

This was especially a good day for him. After all, Teacher Meng gave him a folded paper slip and instructed, “Only open this when you are in your room. I know you will listen to my instructions so I won’t repeat another time. Also, you don’t have a class tomorrow. Find me the day after tomorrow. Since you have now met the criteria, I will teach you the best ways to get your hands on any fleshy mounds you want.”

There was a strange smile on the teacher’s face. But Tian Lang thought Teacher Meng was happy for him that he finally met the criteria to cultivate his fleshy mounds. The thought of what could be on the paper and the next class was much more tempting and already filled his mind with giddiness.

Finally!

All the weird and unusual classes of Teacher Meng paid off!

Aside from his bum and meat-stick, Teacher Meng didn’t leave any spot untouched or unseen. The once unintentionally revealed depraved expression of his teacher still vividly flashed before his eyes.

But it was worth it!

Tian Lang laid on his bed and twirled the paper slip. He wanted to open the paper and see what it had to offer, but at the same time, he didn’t want to. Afraid this feeling of excitement will disappear. He really had no idea what to make of this contradicting feeling.

After a long internal struggle, Tian Lang finally decided. No matter what, if he didn’t unfold the paper, he wouldn’t know if it even had anything.

Slightly nervous, Tian Lang carefully unfolded the paper slip. It turned out to be much larger than he expected.

At the top, there was a headline written in bold font.

The Physical Difference Between A Male & Female

A pair of humans were vividly drawn below. The left side had a large word “MALE” written above while on the other “FEMALE.” Both sides had written words with an indicator pointing at different body parts.

Aside from those indications, there were also some general descriptions such as, males tend to be bulky or have muscular figures, females on the other hand are curvy and attractive. And many more.

The first indicated part was the hair.

Male: Generally has short hair but some tend to prefer them long.

Female: Hair tends to be long but some prefer short.

Male: Varies from thick brows and masculine face.

Female: Varies from thin brows and feminine face.

Male: Voice tends to be deeper.

Female: high-pitched and breathy.

Tian Lang already had his heart on his throat. When he first saw the title, he failed to understand why Teacher Meng gave him such a useless slip of paper... but...

N...next...C-chest... Just the picture alone gave Tian Lang a feeling of crisis but he had to continue reading. It was a truth he had to face now or in the future. Why not now?

Male: Depending on the physique, generally tends to be flat but warriors have hard chest muscles. Have chest hairs, size and density differ from person to person.

Female: Depending on age and physique, all females have a certain amount of breasts. The growth of female breasts is random, but healthy women tend to have larger breasts. After a certain point in time, the breast growth halts but like any other race, human females experience a certain amount of growth during pregnancy. Milk is produced during pregnancy to feed the baby.

Time froze for Tian Lang as his body maintained that same posture. His eyelids refused to move and eyes unfocused.

In a different time and space, Tian Lang saw a huge door before him close.

Back to reality, Tian Lang’s melancholic eyes fell to the last indicated points.

Male: Phallus, male reproductive organ. Size varies depending on the person.

Female: Vagina, female reproductive organ.

In the previous time and space, Tian Lang saw a larger door open on the other side.

He had no idea what this door meant, but he definitely knew the closed door meant the endless possibility he can’t and couldn’t have.

Fake, everything was fake. Tian Lang took a deep breath. He felt the world was against him and everything spinned at an unimaginable speed.

All the humans he met so far were acting against him. They fed him false information and made him seek fleshy mounds. That big fleshy mounded human, that mighty beast in the shadows and even that despicable Duan Mu Han Hanying. Everyone cheated him!... but...

Was that even possible?

Tian Lang knew that was impossible. And he was once again cooking his own judgement.

Actually, Tian Lang understood the difference between male and female long ago. Even his doubts vanished when he read the books. However, like desperados who only clung to their belief even if they knew it was wrong, Tian Lang similarly and stubbornly held onto this belief. He subconsciously made up the excuse that he failed to understand what male and female meant. But now that he accepted he was a male, and the difference between male and female was so clearly handed over to him. Even his subconscious couldn’t retaliate with a feasible excuse.

No, who said he had no way to retaliate? Tian Lang immediately denied this piece of paper. So what if this was about humans? He was not a human. Maybe he still had the possibility to grow fleshy mounds. That’s right, he was still young!

Even if Tian Lang wanted to believe that, he knew that wasn’t logical or feasible. He couldn’t deny the truth anymore.

Humanoid Beasts were called humanoid for a reason. It wasn’t just the appearance that becomes human-like, their physical attributes are also matched with their gender. Else why would the gold-ranked Bloody Queen have breasts and not him?

Then what was the purpose of fleshy mounds? Is it really just to feed the human child and nothing else? Even though they looked so good and felt even better, they were just useless lumps of flesh?

As Tian Lang lifelessly fell on the bed, countless events flashed before his eyes. So many clues and he missed every one of them. Humans weren’t using him and her because they thought themselves better, they knew better!

When his reflections came to the first class of Shui Wu Hen, he wanted to facepalm. It... no, she tried so hard to tell him, to enlighten his ignorant self about gender and meaning of male but he blamed and even despised her. Even though he went to Shui Wu Hen’s class, Tian Lang never truly attended her class out of respect or to learn. It was more to avoid her suspicion that someone else might be teaching him.

Tian Lang hopped off the bed. He had to meet Shui Wu Hen now. The first thing he learned from his black-clothed roommate was that the meaning of Alpha didn’t mean arrogant, fierce, and the best alone. It also meant how he thought of others and cared for others. The way one conducted themself also had the way of Alpha.

But when Tian Lang and his roommate delved into the advanced stuff of Alpha Male, they questioned the feasibility of this term. After all, humans weren’t just a set of characteristics. Tian Lang’s experience as a pup was a prime example of that.

In the forest, Tian Lang defeated countless beasts that were much more powerful than Bloody Queen. He had treated those powerful beasts as his snack, but before the little human Yue Shuang, he was only a pup. Tian Lang had to escape this demon-like human.

He swaggered before Demon Generals and Demon Commanders but in front of Flower Fairy, he had to act like a lowly country bumpkin.

So their research on Alpha was stuck on the intermediate level, but Tian Lang, who considered himself as the natural-born Alpha Wolf, liked to follow his instinct.

Standing before the Principal’s room, Tian Lang knocked on the door.

“Who is it?” The familiar distant voice sounded once again.

For some reason, Tian Lang felt a pang of ache when he heard this voice. “Principal Shui, it’s me, Sky Wolf.”

Principal Shui, that was the first time Tian Lang called her that.

“Come in.”

Tian Lang entered the room and slightly lowered his neck, “Principal Shui, I’m really sorry for my foolishness. You were only trying to teach me, but not only did I not listen, I even acted foolishly.”

If it was before, Tian Lang would never utter words such as him being foolish. But when Tian Lang said that, he felt a huge burden being removed from his chest. It didn’t matter whether Shui Wu Hen forgave him or not. He wanted to apologize, so he did.

Tian Lang wasn’t someone who cared about emotions a lot. He was free-spirited. However, when he realized that he insulted and looked down on someone who tried to help him, something sticky coiled around his heart and made him feel heavy and uncomfortable. And Tian Lang already had a word for this uncomfortable feeling, Guilt. He felt that unless he apologized to Shui Wu Hen, this uncomfortable feeling wouldn’t go away.

Shui Wu Hen knocked on the table and said, “Student Sky Wolf, you’re here to learn. It’s alright if you make a mistake, but you have to learn to correct yourself from your own mistake. You can’t understand others if you don’t listen. So listen to others first, then judge them. Since you apologized to me, I suppose you realized what I wished to convey. No need to bother yourself with the past. Only try to better yourself. Also, just call me Teacher Wu Hen.”

Tian Lang nodded, “I will. Thank you, Teacher Wu Hen.”

“Since you have more or less corrected your common sense, let’s move to the second phase. I’ll have to prepare so let’s skip tomorrow’s class. Be prepared for a change in your schedule. You’ll join the regular classes for the experience from the day after tomorrow.”

“Ah, ok?”

Tian Lang was a bit confused. Teacher Meng and Teacher Wu Hen both gave him a day off. This... seemed a bit too much to be a coincidence, no? Nah, how could that be... At least, Shui Wu Hen gave a reason, but Meng Delan hadn’t even bothered to give any excuse.

Ah, but Teacher Shui Wu Hen didn’t announce the news during class, so they shouldn’t be related... Hmm. If I didn’t come here now, I would still have class tomorrow. Seems like it’s not Teacher Wu Hen.

Tian Lang thought it was Shui Wu Hen, who sent Meng Delan to correct him in a way he would find more acceptable. But it seemed like she had no idea either. He decided to ask Meng Delan since she told him to keep their lessons a secret.

(Alt. Title: Inevitable Growth; There Will Always Be A Path; Not Even Throwing A Tantrum, Tian Lang’s Growth?;)