Wang Dong Was Stunned: How Was Huo Yuhao, That Scoundrel, So Smart?

After carefully examining the two of them, Zhou Yi's expression suddenly softened considerably.

She beckoned Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong over and said,

"You two little ones, do you know why I punished them by making them run?"

The two quickly walked over. Wang Dong blinked when she heard this and said,

"Because they fought too and then refused to admit it?"

Zhou Yi merely smiled without saying anything.

Huo Yuhao, however, said, "Because this is a test you have set for the students, Teacher."

"In your eyes, it doesn't really matter whether they fought or not."

"You merely found an excuse to assess the students in our class."

"Through this assessment, you can test the students' overall abilities—their perseverance, temperament, physical strength, Soul Power Level, and so on."

"That way, you can better understand the students' conditions and teach them according to their individual aptitudes later."

He hit the nail on the head and stated his thoughts outright.

Yet after hearing Huo Yuhao's words, Zhou Yi was somewhat surprised.

She had never expected Huo Yuhao to be so clever at such a young age.

While none of the other students in the class had seen through her intentions, Huo Yuhao had figured them out immediately.

She could not help but praise him. "What a clever child."

"No wonder Teacher Liu recommended you so highly. You truly are outstanding."

Wang Dong, standing to the side, was dumbfounded as well.

After all, she had not expected that to be the reason.

She could not help muttering inwardly, This Dirty Scoundrel is actually pretty smart.

Huo Yuhao smiled but said nothing.

Zhou Yi changed the subject and asked the two again, "All right, tell me. Why did you two fight?"

Huo Yuhao replied, "It was only a minor conflict between roommates. It's already been resolved."

Zhou Yi nodded and said with a smile, "Oh? Is that so? Healthy competition isn't bad."

"Only competition brings progress. Those who win want to keep winning, while those who lose will want to win back next time."

But she quickly added, "However, I don't like students fighting each other directly. I don't object to you fighting, but if you want to fight, go fight students from other classes."

"The rules at Shrek Academy have always been rather relaxed, with the purpose of fostering students' individuality. We have always turned a blind eye to fights."

"Of course, for the students' protection, upperclassmen cannot take the initiative to provoke or attack lowerclassmen. But lowerclassmen may challenge upperclassmen. If they do, however, they alone must bear the consequences."

"As for students of the same year fighting, it doesn't really matter. As long as no one dies, the academy never interferes. A healthy competitive environment allows students to grow better."

Zhou Yi said with a smile, "If you're interested, you can even compete in the Battle Soul Arena. If you win enough matches there, the academy will even give you rewards."

"But for now, you two need to go run as well."

Wang Dong was instantly dumbfounded. "Teacher, weren't you encouraging us to fight?"

A sly, smug look appeared on Zhou Yi's face. "But when did I say you didn't have to run? Yuhao himself said this was my assessment for the entire class, so how could you possibly avoid it?"

"And in my eyes, you two are among the most outstanding students in the class. Since that's the case, your assessment naturally has to be a little harder than everyone else's."

"Come to think of it, quite some time has already passed. But your assessment time limit is the same as theirs, you know~"

Wang Dong's mouth twitched at this, feeling that she had been completely tricked.

Just as she was about to say something, she saw Huo Yuhao politely bid Zhou Yi farewell. "Then, Teacher, I'll go run first."

With that, he turned and ran straight toward the field.

The smile on Zhou Yi's face grew even wider, and her impression of Huo Yuhao improved further.

"This child is talented, smart, and polite."

"Truly wonderful~"

She then looked toward Wang Dong and said with a smile, "Aren't you going? You might run out of time."

Wang Dong spun around and left in anger.

Seeing this, Zhou Yi shook her head. "This one falls a little short. Not very bright, and not polite either."

Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong arrived at Shrek Academy's field one after the other.

Shrek Academy's field was not particularly large. One lap was only around three hundred meters.

For ordinary people, running one hundred laps around it would indeed be nearly impossible.

But the students were all Soul Masters. As long as they ran seriously, they could still finish one hundred laps within the allotted time.

However, Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong were at a disadvantage.

The two of them had spent quite a bit of time upstairs just now.

Now that they had come down, if they ran at a normal pace, they might not be able to finish in time.

What was more, when the two arrived, many students nearby cast gloating looks at them and hurled sarcastic remarks.

Unlike Huo Yuhao, they were not clever enough to see the deeper meaning behind Zhou Yi's actions.

They had mistakenly believed that Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong had caused them to be punished, so naturally, they did not look kindly upon them.

"Hmph! What are you so proud of?"

Wang Dong grew somewhat annoyed at this.

Especially after seeing the mocking looks from the others, she directly summoned her martial soul, the Light Goddess Butterfly!

At once, a pair of beautiful butterfly wings sprouted from her back.

Wang Dong flapped her wings, flying as she ran, and quickly overtook many students who had started running earlier.

"That's cheating! Does that count as running?"

"I'm telling the teacher later!"

"That's outrageous!"

Many students were indignant at the sight.

Of course, the main reason they reacted this way was because they did not possess Wang Dong's means.

In fact, after seeing what Wang Dong did, some of the more capable students had already begun using their own martial souls to help themselves run.

Only those incapable ones were standing there bitterly complaining.

They soon noticed Huo Yuhao and said, "That guy has no way to cheat, does he?"

"I don't believe he can fly too!"

"This time, he'll definitely be eliminated!"

"Getting expelled on the first day of school serves him right!"

But Huo Yuhao soon made his move as well.

After calculating the time, he felt that if this continued, he really might not make it.

He immediately became serious.

He began circulating the Tian Xuan Gong within his body.

At once, the circulation of his Soul Power and Primordial Beginning Power grew much faster.

He took a fierce step forward and directly used the Soaring Dragon Movement.

His entire body instantly became exceptionally graceful. In the blink of an eye, he overtook many students, even passing Wang Dong, who had summoned the Light Goddess Butterfly martial soul.

Everyone was immediately stunned.

Huo Yuhao had clearly not summoned his martial soul, yet he was running even faster than those who were flying. Every one of them was utterly shocked.

They stared wide-eyed and exclaimed,

"What kind of move is that?"

"How did he suddenly become so fast?"