Drink, Drink, Drink! What Are You Drinking For!

Hearing the warning, Chen Jianshu turned to look at the classmate who had warned him, a question mark appearing over his head. Why would drinking water give him a headache?

"Why would drinking water give me a headache? Did someone mess with my water bottle?"

True to his habit of asking when he didn't understand something, he immediately pressed for an answer, his brows furrowing.

That's not right. My water bottle was under my nose the whole time I was carrying my schoolbag here. Who could have messed with it?

"Well... it's hard to explain. Nobody touched your bottle, but you'd better not drink from it. You'll get a headache if you do."

The classmate hesitated, but he seemed cautious and didn't dare say much more, as though he was terribly afraid of being found out.

Then, under Chen Jianshu's gaze, the classmate instantly sat up straight, his back ramrod-straight and his expression focused and serious, like a model student listening to a lesson.

The next second, something whistled through the air toward him. Relying on his powerful spiritual power and the speed boost from his Swiftstriders, Chen Jianshu jerked his head to the side and felt an object brush past his ear.

"Drink, drink, drink! What are you drinking for?! I'm up here talking until my mouth is dry, and you're down there drinking water! Confiscated!"

The old woman at the front immediately scolded him with a dark expression, then stepped down, snatched his water bottle, and threw it into the trash can.

Chen Jianshu's eyes widened. "What the hell is wrong with you? We're not allowed to drink water in class? Is there something fucking wrong with your brain?"

For a moment, he couldn't even react. The teacher's way of thinking was just too strange. Which mental hospital had let one of its patients loose?

"Listen up! In my class, you follow my rules. No drinking water during lessons!"

The old woman stood at the lectern, snorted coldly, and slammed her hand on the desk before continuing the lesson. Chen Jianshu narrowed his eyes. Why did she remind him of someone he knew?

"Bro, you know why now, right?"

At that moment, the classmate beside Chen Jianshu spoke up. Chen Jianshu understood now and immediately asked a question of his own.

"Is this teacher's surname Zhou?"

"Yeah. Her name's Zhou Yi. She's got the worst reputation of any teacher at Eastsea Junior Academy. She's always making trouble, and people call her Abbess Extermination."

The classmate gave him a rough account of Teacher Zhou Yi, and Chen Jianshu raised an eyebrow. No fucking way. Is this Zhou Yi from Douluo II, reincarnated after serving her sentence in hell to plague society again?

"I heard she's the dean's aunt. She came from Shrek, but apparently she was expelled."

As he listened, Chen Jianshu became increasingly certain of his guess. Judging by the force and Soul Power fluctuations just now, she was probably a Soul Ancestor.

She seemed to have an old injury, which had kept her cultivation stuck at that level. That was probably why Shrek had expelled her.

Soon, it was time for a break. The next lesson was still Abbess Extermination's; she had two periods in a row.

Chen Jianshu looked expressionlessly at the water bottle in the trash can. He'd bought it less than a month ago! Forget it, forget it. It's just a thirty-Federation-coin bottle. At worst, I can make things difficult for her...

He just didn't know whether the Spirit Pagoda had anyone at Eastsea Junior Academy, or whether he could use his status as a core disciple of the Spirit Pagoda to set her up.

He went to the school store and bought a bottle of water, then took a sip. Soon, the bell rang again, and Abbess Extermination resumed teaching.

"I need to use the bathroom."

Halfway through the lesson, Chen Jianshu suddenly raised his hand and announced that he needed to use the bathroom. Everyone looked at him, and Zhou Yi promptly turned toward him, displeased.

"Why didn't you go during the break?"

"I was drinking water during the break."

He answered expressionlessly, and she asked again:

"Why did you have to drink water during the break?"

"Because you won't let us drink during class."

Seeing that he actually dared talk back, Zhou Yi's expression darkened, and she said angrily:

"You're the only one who makes so much trouble!"

"You're the only one with so many rules in class."

He refused to back down in the slightest and shot right back. That infuriated Zhou Yi, who slammed her hand on the desk and roared:

"You're so good at talking! Get up here and teach, then!"

With that, she slammed the textbook onto the desk and stepped down, looking as though she had no intention of continuing the lesson. Chen Jianshu fearlessly went up to the front. Wasn't it just basic Soul Master theory? Who couldn't teach that?

Every student in Class One stared in shock at the figure standing at the lectern. Holy crap, bro, you're seriously fierce. You actually went head-to-head with Abbess Extermination.

Chen Jianshu opened the textbook and began teaching.

"Soul Rings are divided into ten-year, hundred-year, thousand-year, ten-thousand-year, hundred-thousand-year, Ferocious Beast Soul Rings, and divine rings."

"The colors of the first several correspond to white, yellow, purple, black, red, and orange-gold. Divine-level Soul Rings have no fixed color."

"For example, Sea God Tang San from twenty thousand years ago had a million-year Deep Sea Demonic Whale King Soul Ring, which was crimson-gold. Angel God Qian Renxue's was platinum."

"Spirit Ice Douluo Huo Yuhao from ten thousand years ago also had a million-year platinum Soul Ring..."

While Chen Jianshu was teaching, Zhou Yi sat in his seat and calmly unscrewed her water bottle, preparing to take a drink.

At the front, Chen Jianshu's gaze sharpened. He equipped the Storm Greatsword, adding twenty-five points of attack; the Dull Blade, adding five points of attack; and the Swiftstriders, increasing his speed. Then he activated Na'er's character card possession.

His originally black hair turned silver-white, and his eyes became silver as well. He then grabbed the eraser from the blackboard. Wind elemental power gathered to an extreme and erupted, and he threw the eraser at the same time.

Whoosh!

The eraser flew like a streak of cyan light, straight toward Zhou Yi.

Bang!

"Ah!"

With a scream, Zhou Yi was struck in the head and knocked out of her chair, spilling the water from her bottle all over the floor.

"Drink, drink, drink! What are you drinking for?! Can't you see I'm up here talking until my mouth is dry, and you're drinking down there? Confiscated!"

Chen Jianshu pointed straight at her and unleashed a torrent of abuse, then snatched the water bottle and threw it straight into the trash can.

Zhou Yi was stunned by the scolding. The other students were dumbfounded too, completely unable to process what had happened.

He turned and ran, deactivating the character card possession before retreating without hesitation.

"You're courting death!"

The next second, a shrill, furious roar rang out. Zhou Yi immediately activated Martial Soul Possession, and her Red Dragon Martial Soul appeared. Terrifying pressure swept out as four Soul Rings—yellow, yellow, purple, and purple—circled her, and she charged straight at him.

Chen Jianshu jumped out the window to escape. Zhou Yi had clearly lost her mind and jumped out after him. The students exchanged looks, then hurried to the window to watch.

He ran to the principal's office. The moment he entered, an aura of extreme cold washed over him. When Zhou Yi chased him inside, the flames around her were immediately suppressed, and her force diminished by seventy percent.

"What are you doing?! Are you trying to rebel?!"

The principal looked at the two of them, slammed a hand on the desk, and scolded them. Zhou Yi pointed at Chen Jianshu, the villain making the first accusation.

"Principal, I can't control this student. He actually attacked and talked back to his teacher. I absolutely refuse to teach a student like him!"

Chen Jianshu, the student in question, glanced at the sharp-beaked penguin in the principal's office and fell silent.

P.S. The first update for July 8, bringing the total to two thousand Chinese characters.

P.S. I'll finish my exams today. I'm taking a ride home tonight, so I can post a burst of updates tomorrow.