Sudden Upheaval Descends

But what constitutes a righteous war and what constitutes an unrighteous war is a matter of personal opinion. If we were to consider the Three Kingdoms period, would the stronger Wei State or the Shu State, which claimed to be the successor to the Han dynasty, be considered to have the greater righteousness? It's hard to say who could convince anyone else.

Therefore, the Mohist School simply handed over the right to declare war to the Grandmaster, allowing him to decide alone what constituted a righteous war.

As for whether this method was too autocratic, the Mohist School didn't care about that. They weren't that fussy. In any case, if they really wanted to be particular, they would have decided in a democratic way, handing over the power to declare war to the Grandmaster for autocratic control.

"They think the Su State is powerful enough and no longer needs the protection of the Grandmaster, and can do whatever they want behind closed doors—then I'll give them a formidable enemy and force them to elect Grandmaster again!"

Yan Jinghong looked at Xiao Xuan, whose eyes were firm and full of domineering aura, and felt extremely ironic. The former Grandmaster of the Mohist School was now determined to become the Mohist School's greatest enemy, but he could not bring himself to utter any words of accusation.

"There are high-ranking officials in the government colluding with the Demon Race. Half a month ago, they even sent someone to contact me, wanting to cooperate with me," Xiao Xuan snorted disdainfully, tossing a booklet to Yan Jinghong. "This is the intelligence I extracted after capturing them and interrogating them. You can check it out based on the clues. It seems they're planning a big operation soon."

Yan Jinghong flipped through a few pages, his expression turning extremely solemn. He desperately wanted to verify the information immediately, but he looked up and finally couldn't help asking, "Are you really unwilling to come back? Regardless of what others think, my younger sister and I have always longed to reunite with you. Your actions were for the sake of national strength and did not betray the ideals of the Heaven's Will Palace. Even if you wanted to break with Exalting Unity Society, you could have done so behind the scenes. There was no need for you to leave."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Xuan looked at the dragon statue with a nostalgic gaze, as if he were recalling something.

Suddenly, a powerful palm strike shattered it into pieces.

Then, without a second thought, he turned and left.

"Without a leader, the world will be blessed!"

Chapter 144 Sudden Change

Although the Demon Beast suddenly bypassed the defenses and appeared in the city, catching everyone off guard, the Tange City were tough and used to dealing with Demon Beast. In addition, the number of monsters was not large and they were all concentrated in the campus area. They were all cleared out in one afternoon with few casualties.

The Demon Beast that attacked Tange No. 1 Middle School were the most numerous, but with the armed protection of the high school teachers, only a dozen or so students were injured in the end, and none were seriously injured or killed.

The school covered the medical expenses, so the parents of the injured students did not cause trouble at the school. Some students with minor injuries even had their wounds simply treated with bandages and did not go to the hospital.

It's not common in Su State to cause a scene at school and demand compensation when a child gets into trouble. It's more like China before the 21st century. If a child is naughty, parents will tell the teacher, "If he makes a mistake, just punish him without holding back."

Perhaps they were already used to this kind of thing, because the school only gave them one day off and resumed normal classes the next day. However, some carefree students lamented that they wished there could be another wave of monsters.

On campus, the familiar school bell rang on time, and classes began and ended as usual. If it weren't for the fact that the damaged lawns and flower beds on campus hadn't been restored yet, everyone would probably doubt whether a demonic attack had really happened.

"The order of vertebrates from lowest to highest is fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals, which is easy to remember: fish crawl twice to ask birds for milk. Aren't fish stupid? Precisely because they are stupid, they are the lowest in this order!"

"The order of plant groups from lower to higher is: algae, bryophytes, ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms; abbreviated as: algae, bryophytes, ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms. It's easy to remember; it's just that when you're carrying things in a public bathhouse, you absolutely have to go bare-backed. It's very much from life, isn't it? If you don't go bare-backed when carrying things in a public bathhouse, your clothes will get wet, right?"

"Some cells are still reluctant to die, so the effector cells want to push harder. Then the lymphokines go over and slap them, saying, 'Do you want everyone to die?' They'll say, 'Fine, fine, I'll die then,' and then they die."

In class, a handsome male teacher kept telling humorous jokes, making the whole class laugh out loud, and they couldn't stop smiling throughout the entire lesson.

Even after the bell rang and the teachers left, the students still looked like they hadn't had enough, especially the girls who were the most excited.

"This is the first time I've felt a class go by so fast; Teacher Deng's lectures are so funny."

"Yes, Teacher Deng is so handsome! If he weren't here as a substitute teacher, he would be our medical professor, which would be wonderful."

"When the Heavenly Demon, Teacher Deng and I were in the same shelter. The way he stood at the door protecting his students was so cool! I've been dreaming about that figure every night for the past few days!"

Although the boys also found Teacher Deng's classes interesting, they couldn't help but disagree when they heard the girls praising him so enthusiastically.

"Glib talk, what's so good about that? This kind of teaching method may be interesting, but the actual teaching effect is not good. It's not as good as just reading from the textbook."

"What's so cool about standing at the door? It's just that he's afraid of dying and doesn't dare to go out and fight the Demon Beast, so he just squats at the entrance of the refuge room. Anyway, if there's danger, there are other teachers to protect him. Those who are truly capable and courageous go out alone, like Teacher Murong, who doesn't take the Demon Beast seriously at all, strolling around leisurely and killing wherever he goes."

"Teacher Deng looks very unserious and must have laid a hand on his students. I heard from a friend in Class 5 that one day they saw a piece of vegetable leaf on Teacher Deng's teeth. After a while, they found that the leaf was gone, but when class ended, they found that the leaf was on the neck of a girl in their class."

"That's right, Teacher Yan is the best. Seeing her makes me eat three bowls of rice at the cafeteria at noon. I heard she got a little injured the day before yesterday while protecting her students. Should we buy her a gift and go visit her?"

The girl was unhappy.

"You're just jealous. Jealous that Teacher Deng both handsome and talented. You're spreading rumors and slander behind his back. Don't you feel ashamed?"

"Teacher Murong nowhere near as good as Teacher Deng. He's so rigid and loves to scold people. If you make even the smallest mistake, he'll berate you mercilessly, completely disregarding our self-esteem. I heard that one student couldn't stand his scolding and was driven to jump off a building."

The boys and girls were arguing so loudly that they ignored the school bell.

"What's going on? I could hear you all shouting and making a scene in the hallway, the noise even reached the principal's office! Where's the discipline?!"

Murong Zhe walked into the classroom with a tense face. His dark and gloomy expression was like the sky before a storm. His imposing aura instantly suppressed all the students, especially Ren Junshuang, the female student who had just spoken ill of him. She felt extremely guilty and wished she could bury her head in her desk like an ostrich. After all, she wasn't sure if Murong Zhe's abilities were enough to hear her voice.

Of course, an ordinary person couldn't do this, but Murong Zhe was rumored to be the number one expert at Tange Middle School, with unfathomable cultivation. The strong can see the abilities of the weak, but the weak cannot fathom the capabilities of the strong.

For some inexplicable reason, Ren Junshuang felt Murong Zhe's gaze linger on her for a moment. In that instant, she felt as if all the blood in her body had frozen, as if she were standing at the gates of hell, about to fall into an abyss.

Fortunately, it only lasted a second before Murong Zhe looked away, Ren Junshuang finally felt relieved, though her back was already soaked with cold sweat.

After a moment of silence, Murong Zhe opened his textbook and said, "Let's begin class."

At that moment, a disheveled boy who looked somewhat like a hoodlum walked in, weakly called out "Report!", and then headed towards his seat.

"Stop!"

Murong Zhe stopped him, frowned, and said, "Lu Yifa, are you smoking?"

The boy instinctively wanted to deny it, but then he realized that with Murong Zhe's cultivation level, he probably could smell the smoke on his lips, so he had no choice but to honestly admit, "I smoked."

"Sit back down," Murong Zhe said, withdrawing his gaze as if even looking at him was unsightly. "Remember to ask your parents to come to school tomorrow after school. If you don't see them by tomorrow, I'll call them myself."

Lu Yifa had thought the other party was going to let him off the hook, but before he could even feel relieved, he was threatened with a deadly weapon. After a moment of surprise, his expression changed, and he whispered, "Anything but calling my parents is fine."

"Based on what you just said, I know the only thing I can do is call your parents. You won't care about any other punishment, will you?"

Lu Yifa stubbornly retorted, "What does my wrongdoing have to do with my parents? Come at me! You're a master too, what kind of skill is it to go after my parents when you can't handle them!"