Du Weilun: Zhou Yi, How Did You Lose to a One-Ring Soul Master?

Amid the students' clamorous accounts, Du Weilun more or less grasped what had happened.

In his view, it was nothing major—Zhou Yi had merely provoked the outrage of all the students. Once he punished Zhou Yi a little, everyone's anger would naturally subside.

What caught his attention instead was Huo Yuhao, who had been at the center of the entire incident. It could be said that without Huo Yuhao, Zhou Yi would never have ended up being reported by all the students.

When he had admitted Huo Yuhao in the first place, how had he failed to see that the boy was such a troublemaker? A student like this would ultimately be an unstable element for the academy. Fortunately, Dean Yan had already made arrangements. Besides, he remembered that Xu San Shi's assault on the freshmen had something to do with Huo Yuhao as well. Xu San Shi had just recovered today, and the academy happened to be dealing with his matter too. Perhaps they could use this chance to have Xu San Shi temper Huo Yuhao's disposition, then have the academy step in to calm things down?

Du Weilun adjusted his glasses. A whole series of plans had already formed in his mind.

He clapped his hands, signaling for the students to quiet down.

Only after everyone stopped shouting did Du Weilun say sternly, "What Teacher Zhou Yi did today was indeed improper. Although the academy grants every Class Teacher the authority to expel students, the academy cannot tolerate Zhou Yi's abuse of that authority. We will issue Zhou Yi a warning and punishment, ensuring that she does not dare make such a mistake again. I will need to discuss the specific measures with the dean and vice dean. The two deans will certainly give everyone a satisfactory answer! For now, students, please return to class."

"Zhou Yi, and student Huo Yuhao—you're the Class Monitor, correct?"

"Yes," Huo Yuhao answered.

"Then come with me." Du Weilun turned and headed toward the Dean's Office building, with Zhou Yi and Huo Yuhao following behind him.

Upon entering the Dean's Office, Huo Yuhao did not see Yan Shaozhe, the dean of Shrek Academy, nor did he see the vice dean named Cai Meier.

Du Weilun brought Huo Yuhao and Zhou Yi into his office, then sat down in his chair. Staring sternly at Huo Yuhao, he said:

"Student Huo Yuhao, I have already learned the course of events from everyone. We will give Zhou Yi the punishment she deserves, but you also did something wrong. Do you understand?"

Huo Yuhao remained calm and fearless in the face of Du Weilun's questioning. "Teacher Du, I don't believe I did anything wrong. Speaking up for the injustice my classmates suffered, leading them to seek justice, and resisting unfair and unjust treatment—none of that is wrong, is it?"

Du Weilun's expression remained stern. "I'm not saying that what you did was wrong. I'm saying that the way you handled it was wrong! When something like this happens, you could have reported it to the Dean's Office or the academy. The academy would naturally uphold justice for you. Instead, you incited the students and led them in making trouble!"

If the academy would uphold justice whenever it received a report, could Zhou Yi have been so arrogant?

Huo Yuhao sneered inwardly, but outwardly he met Du Weilun's gaze and flatly denied it. "Director Du, you're overthinking things. How could I possibly incite the students? They acted of their own accord, willingly resisting this unfair and unjust behavior. I was merely a small vanguard. I absolutely did not incite anyone!"

As for Soul Interference? What was that? He only had one skill: Mental Detection Sharing.

And Simulation? That was merely the effect of altering the images detected through Mental Detection before sharing them with others. It was simply one application of a soul skill. If others could not develop it, that only meant they were inferior.

Huo Yuhao had long prepared an explanation for his Simulation soul skill.

Du Weilun stared at Huo Yuhao speechlessly. He had not expected a boy barely over eleven years old to be so utterly impervious.

After a while, he finally said, "It's good if that's the case. But the students in your class are too agitated. As the Class Monitor, I hope that you can soothe their emotions in the future. Something like today must not happen again."

Huo Yuhao smiled. "We're all young. When faced with injustice, it's inevitable that we might have trouble controlling our emotions. As long as nothing as unfair as what happened today occurs again, I believe everyone's emotions will be stable enough."

Du Weilun gave Huo Yuhao a deep look and said inscrutably, "Let's hope so."

Du Weilun then turned to Zhou Yi, glanced at Huo Yuhao again, and finally asked Zhou Yi in a quiet voice, "Zhou Yi, could you explain how, as a teacher of Shrek Academy, you were brought down just by a student shaking your hand?"

Zhou Yi's face immediately flushed red. She bit her lip tightly and said nothing.

She could not possibly say that after a student shook her hand, she had become unable to control herself, moaned and cried out, then collapsed because her legs had gone weak, could she?

Zhou Yi would rather stop being a teacher at Shrek Academy than let anyone else learn of such a thing.

Seeing Zhou Yi blush and refuse to speak no matter what, Du Weilun only assumed that she found losing to a One-Ring Soul Master too humiliating and did not wish to discuss it. He stopped asking her. After all, her husband was still the director of the Soul Tool Department, so he had to give him some face.

Du Weilun turned to Huo Yuhao and said, "Student Huo Yuhao, if I remember correctly, your soul skill is the Support System ability Mental Detection Sharing, yes? Can you tell me exactly what ability you used to defeat Zhou Yi? As the Martial Soul Department's Director of Instruction, I have an obligation to understand every student's specific circumstances."

Of course, Huo Yuhao could not possibly expose such an improper ability of his. Just as he was about to play dumb and brush the question aside, he saw Zhou Yi glaring at him with a frosty face and eyes full of threat.

Du Weilun was immediately displeased.

What was wrong with Zhou Yi? When he asked her, she refused to speak. When he asked Huo Yuhao, she threatened him not to speak. What exactly was she trying to do?

Du Weilun slapped the table and said in a deep voice, "Zhou Yi, since you don't want to say it, then forget it. But now you're even threatening someone else not to say it! Then why don't you two demonstrate it for me right here? I'll see for myself!"

When Zhou Yi heard Du Weilun's words, her face first reddened, then suddenly turned pale. She cried out, "No! Director Du, there's no need for you to investigate something like this, is there?"

Watching Zhou Yi's expression change repeatedly, Huo Yuhao could barely hold back his laughter. He tested the waters and asked, "Teacher Zhou, how about we demonstrate for Teacher Du how you fell? It won't take long—just a few seconds."

Zhou Yi retreated several steps. Her eyes were filled with terror as she stared at Huo Yuhao's slowly extended hand. At last, unable to endure any longer, she rushed out the door.

Du Weilun frowned deeply. "Zhou Yi is becoming more and more outrageous!"

"Student Huo Yuhao, now that Zhou Yi has left, can you tell me how you knocked her down?"

Du Weilun pressed the question relentlessly. In his view, what ability in the world could allow a Soul Master to bring down a Soul Emperor? If such an ability existed, Shrek Academy absolutely had to know about it.