Cheers Throughout the Hall

Feeling refreshed, Lin Yun was stopped by an Old Deng just as he was about to return to his class.

An Old Deng in white robes stood before him, his face benevolent and his entire body radiating an aura of light. He looked approachable, yet there was an almost imperceptible hint of hypocrisy beneath it as he smiled at Lin Yun.

Lin Yun immediately stopped and stared straight at Old Deng, the two of them locking eyes.

Old Deng did not blink, and neither did Lin Yun.

Three minutes later,

Yan Shaozhe could not keep it up any longer. I made such an immortal-like entrance, looked at you so warmly and amiably, and smiled until my face went stiff. Couldn't you take the initiative to speak?

Seeing that Lin Yun still wore that foolishly blank expression, Yan Shaozhe could only speak helplessly. "Little fellow, getting into a conflict with a teacher on your first day of school and even seriously injuring that teacher is not good behavior."

Upon hearing Yan Shaozhe speak, Lin Yun inconspicuously blinked, easing the soreness caused by keeping his eyes wide open for so long.

As a Titled Douluo, Yan Shaozhe naturally noticed Lin Yun's little movement. Good lord, that blink nearly made him laugh.

After only a few minutes of meeting him, Yan Shaozhe had already formed an opinion of Lin Yun: stubborn mule!

Yan Shaozhe had been secretly watching ever since Zhou Yi entered Class 1. After all, Class 1 had a super little monster like Lin Yun with his Golden Dragon Martial Soul. Even Mu En had expressly ordered him not to do anything excessive to Lin Yun.

But that did not stop him from coming over to build goodwill with Lin Yun!

That was why Yan Shaozhe had rushed to the Outer Academy on the very first day of school. When he saw the three Soul Rings on Lin Yun's body, he was utterly stunned.

Even his own teacher, Mu En, had possessed the standard yellow-yellow-purple configuration for his first three Soul Rings. Yet even so, Mu En had absorbed three Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings after his seventh Soul Ring.

And Lin Yun?

Purple, purple, black!

If one calculated it that way, Yan Shaozhe even suspected that Lin Yun could absorb a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring as early as his sixth Soul Ring. Breaking through the limit would be effortless.

He was simply Shrek's dream monster!

When it came to brainwashing and manipulating... no, educating students, Yan Shaozhe was certainly more skilled than Zhou Yi. After watching the entire conflict between Lin Yun and Zhou Yi, he classified Lin Yun as the type who absolutely could not be suppressed.

What a Soul Master like Lin Yun needed was an invincible aura that charged forward without hesitation.

With that in mind, Yan Shaozhe had no intention of punishing Lin Yun over this matter. Compared to Zhou Yi, Lin Yun, who could become a pillar supporting Shrek in the future, was far more important.

As for Zhou Yi?

She was merely an Outer Academy teacher. If she was gone, then she was gone. The only troublesome part would be dealing with Fan Yu and Qian Duoduo.

But it did not matter. The Martial Soul Department and the Soul Tool Department had never gotten along anyway. This conflict could even create a rift between Fan Yu, Qian Duoduo, and Lin Yun, making it even less likely that Lin Yun would go to the Soul Tool Department.

I, Yan Shaozhe, have won big!

At that thought, the smile on Yan Shaozhe's face deepened.

"Huh? A conflict with a teacher?" Lin Yun scratched his head in apparent confusion and played dumb. "I didn't. Teacher Zhou Yi said we didn't even dare to fight, and that those who didn't dare cause trouble were mediocre. She called us trash. Wasn't I just proving it to Teacher Zhou Yi?"

"I greatly admire Shrek Academy, so of course I have to follow its school motto! Those who don't dare cause trouble are mediocre!"

Seeing the righteous expression on Lin Yun's face, Yan Shaozhe suddenly felt a stab of pain in his heart.

On the very first lesson of school, Zhou Yi had turned a promising seedling into a reckless brute. If Yan Shaozhe had not watched the entire incident unfold, he might have doubted whether Lin Yun's words were true.

That woman Zhou Yi really deserved a beating!

She deserved to be beaten senseless by her own student!

"Enough. I am a dean of Shrek Academy, and I saw the entire matter. You needn't worry that I came to make trouble for you. Teacher Zhou was indeed in the wrong here, so let us leave it at that." Yan Shaozhe rubbed his temples and spoke with a headache.

There was no helping it. He could neither hit nor scold the boy, so he could only raise the matter high and set it down lightly.

"So it's Dean Yan!" Lin Yun appeared solemnly respectful, and just the right amount of admiration surfaced in his eyes.

Hmph, I finally managed to intimidate this little fellow. Yan Shaozhe was in high spirits as he smiled and stroked his beard.

"Go back to your class. I will have another teacher temporarily take over as Class 1's Class Teacher. Once Teacher Zhou recovers from her injuries, she will return to teach." Yan Shaozhe's tone carried a hint of instruction.

"Remember, do not cause conflicts with teachers again. Teacher Zhou's teaching ability is still quite good. I will also go speak with her!"

"Yes, Dean Yan!"

After Yan Shaozhe left, Lin Yun smiled faintly and reentered Class 1.

Yan Shaozhe's reaction had not been beyond his expectations. At Shrek Academy, talent meant you could do whatever you wanted. Shrek would think of every possible way to tie you to the academy. He had merely fought a teacher.

Even if the teacher had suffered a loss, Yan Shaozhe would only think Zhou Yi was too useless and Lin Yun was too talented. He would never reprimand Lin Yun over this.

It had been Zhou Yi's own problem from the start!

That was why, after Zhou Yi provoked him, Lin Yun had not hesitated to give her two solid punches, letting her know who ruled Class 1.

Still, Yan Shaozhe had not directly transferred Zhou Yi out of Class 1. Instead, he had arranged for another teacher to temporarily take over and planned to let Zhou Yi return once she recovered. That did surprise Lin Yun a little.

However...

It was precisely because Yan Shaozhe had done this that Lin Yun had room for his next move!

Hehehehe...

Lin Yun had only just stepped through the door of Class 1's classroom with a strange smile at the corner of his lips when the earthshaking cheers that suddenly erupted startled him.

All hundred or so students in Class 1 looked at Lin Yun with worshipful eyes.

Through their later conversations, nearly everyone in Class 1 learned of Zhou Yi's nickname: that perverted old hag. They learned that she loved torturing students and expelling them most of all. Out of more than a hundred people, there were always a few with well-informed sources.

Thanks to their spreading of the news, everyone in Class 1 came to understand Zhou Yi's reputation.

On top of that, Zhou Yi's very first lesson had been a show of force. How could they not realize that Lin Yun had liberated them?

After going through so much trouble to pass Shrek Academy's admissions, no one wanted to be inexplicably expelled before even taking the New Student Assessment. That was why the entire hall was now cheering.

"Strongest Freshman King!"

No one knew who shouted it first, but then all of Class 1 began chanting in unison. The frenzied cries were so loud that even the entire first-year teaching building could clearly hear those five words.

Strongest Freshman King!