Accidentally Trespassing into the Imperial Household

Hearing the accusation, the principal immediately turned his gaze to Chen Jianshu, studying him with a slight frown.

He did not seem to be a child from any of Eastsea City's prominent families. The principal had met them all: Guang Mo of the Guang Clan, Xu Xiaoyan of the Xu Clan, Xie Xie of the Xie Clan, Wei Xiaofeng of the Wei Clan, and Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi of the Wang and Zhang Clans.

This child seemed to be nothing more than a commoner, so there was no need to pay him any attention. The principal waved his hand and said:

"Teacher Zhou, handle it as you see fit."

"Very well, Principal. Boy, I'm expelling you today!"

With the principal's permission, Zhou Yi immediately grew haughty, while a strange look appeared on Chen Jianshu's face.

"Are you sure?"

"What? You don't believe me? I'll go process your withdrawal right now!"

Without another word, Zhou Yi headed to the dean's office. After being expelled, Chen Jianshu looked at the Eastsea Junior Soul Master Academy and thought, I don't have to go to school anymore? That's great. I'll have more time to cultivate.

The only problem was that it would be a little difficult if he failed the moral character course. He soon thought of Skyhawk Douluo, whom he had met not long ago, and promptly gave him a call.

"Is this Senior Skyhawk Douluo? It's Chen Jianshu. I've been expelled from Eastsea Junior Academy. Could you help me get that graduation certificate for the moral character course?"

"What?! They expelled a core disciple? Who the hell has the nerve?"

Skyhawk Douluo was deeply shocked to hear that someone had expelled a core disciple of the Spirit Pagoda. Chen Jianshu, meanwhile, held the phone at his leisure as he walked home, explaining what had happened along the way.

"That's about it. I remember there being a surveillance camera in the classroom, Your Majesty Skyhawk. You can check it."

"Give me some time to deal with it."

After hearing the explanation, Skyhawk Douluo hung up. With nothing else to do, Chen Jianshu ate lunch, then returned to his resettlement apartment to cultivate.

That evening.

Knock, knock, knock!

Hearing the knock at the door, Chen Jianshu slowly got out of bed and opened it, asking:

"Who is it?"

He looked closely and saw three people standing outside: Zhou Yi, whom he knew, the principal, and a middle-aged man.

"Student Chen, what happened this morning was all a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding... Please don't hold it against us. I'll fire Zhou Yi, that inherently evil, vicious teacher, right away."

The moment the principal saw him, he forced out a smile uglier than a crying face and humbly begged his forgiveness.

"Don't call me your student. I've already been expelled. Goodbye."

Chen Jianshu shut the door and locked it, refusing to see the three of them. They immediately panicked. None of them had expected him to have such a powerful background. Hadn't they stumbled right into the imperial household?!

"Student Chen, wait! Give me a chance! I really know I was wrong!"

"Student Chen, I'll pay ten million to beg your forgiveness!"

"Damn it! This is all your fault, you hag! You brought me to this! If your husband weren't a Soul King powerhouse, I'd kill you myself!"

A clamor came from outside the door. Chen Jianshu put in earplugs and turned a deaf ear to it. The next day, the principal, teachers, dean, and everyone implicated at Eastsea Junior Academy were arrested.

At the same time, the Spirit Pagoda installed one of its own as principal. Early that morning, someone knocked on the door again. Chen Jianshu opened it to see Skyhawk Douluo looking at him with a broad smile.

"Your Majesty Skyhawk, you handled it personally?"

"That's right. And you rendered a service by reporting corrupt personnel. Here's your commendation banner, and a one-million bonus."

Skyhawk Douluo smiled and nodded, then handed him a card and a banner bearing the words "Five-Star Good Citizen." Chen Jianshu was a little taken aback. How strange. There's even a commendation banner? Still, he was more concerned about what had happened to the principal.

"Thank you, Senior. Speaking of which, Senior, what happened to the principal and dean of Eastsea Junior Academy, and Teacher Zhou Yi?"

"Well, that teacher taught without a teaching qualification and knowingly broke the law for ten years. She also had numerous teaching incidents to her name. With all her offenses combined, she was sentenced to twenty years. Her husband got life imprisonment."

"The principal of Eastsea Junior Academy was implicated in corruption, embezzlement of public funds, and tax evasion over a period of twenty years, involving more than one billion. He'll be executed by firing squad in two months."

Skyhawk Douluo told him the outcomes for all three. Chen Jianshu was somewhat rueful. How had something like this happened just because he went to school?

He had never expected that old hag Zhou Yi to have a descendant. Worse still, Zhou Yi had perfectly inherited everything disgusting about her.

"Little Shu, your enrollment has been reinstated too. Remember, our Spirit Pagoda doesn't go looking for trouble, but we aren't afraid of it either. If you suffer any injustice, tell me, and I'll settle it for you."

"Thank you, Your Majesty Skyhawk."

"It was nothing."

He took note of how well Skyhawk Douluo looked after him. Skyhawk Douluo had helped him willingly, and even if he had ulterior motives, he was still on the side treating him well. Chen Jianshu was no ungrateful wretch.

After seeing him off, Chen Jianshu had to return to school. Because of him, the Eastsea Junior Soul Master Academy had undergone a major shake-up: a large number of teachers and senior staff, as well as the principal, had all been replaced.

The atmosphere at the academy improved considerably at once. But when he returned to the classroom, all his classmates gave him strange looks.

So this classmate, who had never shown a hint of his abilities, was the real big shot! Overnight, the entire senior staff of Eastsea City Junior Soul Master Academy had been replaced, and even some implicated Eastsea City officials had been arrested.

What tremendous power that was! They all began to wonder in secret: could this classmate be the young clan leader of some powerful faction?

Chen... his surname was Chen. At present, the most famous Chens on the Douluo Continent were the Seven Kill Chen Clan. Unfortunately, the Seven Kill Sword had been passed down through a single line, which had ended with Sword Douluo Chen Xin's generation twenty thousand years ago.

Although the Chen Clan still had collateral branches, the Martial Souls they awakened were all ordinary Kill Swords, far inferior to the Seven Kill Sword.

But he had said at the time that his Martial Soul was called Cards. It did not seem to be either the Seven Kill Sword or a Kill Sword.

Everyone began speculating about his identity. Meanwhile, the teacher entered and began class. It was an unfamiliar face, and the teaching was conventional, but much better than Zhou Yi's.

After class, Chen Jianshu was summoned to the principal's office. The current principal was also a new face, someone who looked to be around thirty, stronger than the previous Principal Nanshan, and younger too.

"Student Chen, I'm Liu Tao, an enforcer of the Spirit Pagoda. If you run into any trouble in the future, you can come to me."

Liu Tao handed him a business card. An enforcer of the Spirit Pagoda was much like a Federal peace officer who maintained order.

There were many positions in Spirit Transferring, including Spirit Transmitters, the staff who awakened Martial Souls and guided people inside.

There were researchers, enforcers, and the Blood Spirit Squad that dealt with Evil Soul Masters. There was also a particularly special kind of trainer, a Soul Spirit trainer, a position one could only qualify for by joining the Spirit Pagoda.

You could think of it as Pokémon battles, the Douluo version. However, the program leaned toward entertainment and was a recreational activity.

It was used to improve relations between Soul Masters and Soul Beasts and the like. He took the business card and replied:

"All right. I'll be troubling you from now on, Enforcer Liu."

"It's no trouble. It's my duty."

P.S. This is the second update for July 8, four thousand characters in total.

I sat through an exam all morning, sat through another all afternoon, and came home and sat all evening. I feel completely worn out.