Why Didn't You Let Him Bathe?

Time always passed quickly during cultivation. In the blink of an eye, the day classes officially began had arrived.

Over the past few days, aside from cultivating, Qian Chaoguang had often gone to the library to search for materials and ask around for information, preparing for the start of school.

The doors of the white teaching building stood open as the new students filed inside in their white uniforms. On the left side of every chest was a green little monster emblem representing Shrek Academy.

Looking at that little green badge, Qian Chaoguang found it difficult not to think of a movie called Monster Shrek.

Letting his thoughts wander, he led Huo Yutong familiarly to the first classroom on the left side of the first floor and claimed a good seat in the center of the front row.

Before long, Wang Dong arrived as well.

Unlike the stifled frustration she displayed when sharing a room with him, Wang Dong seemed to have regained her lofty, untouchable air outside, her face brimming with pride.

Huo Yutong tugged at Qian Chaoguang's sleeve and lowered her voice. "Brother, that person looks so handsome. But he doesn't seem very approachable. He looks like he can't be bothered with anyone, all arrogant and aloof."

Qian Chaoguang snorted and glanced at Wang Dong, who was pretending to be cool in her seat.

"She's got something wrong with her head. Stay away from her in the future. She's not a good person."

Huo Yutong circulated her Soul Power, causing her Spiritual Eye to faintly glow. She stared hard at Wang Dong for several moments before asking in surprise, "She?"

Douluo Language was ultimately different from Huaxia language. "He" and "she" could be distinguished directly through speech.

"Don't you think she looks like a proud little princess?" Qian Chaoguang asked in return.

Huo Yutong took a few more looks, then hurriedly lowered her head and hid behind Qian Chaoguang before Wang Dong's gaze could turn toward her.

"A little, maybe... Eh, no, Brother, I've never even seen what a princess looks like."

"Uh... You'll get the chance someday. Shh... Zhou Yi is here."

As the siblings spoke, someone entered through the classroom door.

It was an elderly woman with white, thinning hair and skin like chicken flesh.

From the woman's eyes, the sensitive Huo Yutong sensed an intense spiritual pressure.

When they saw a teacher enter, the previously noisy classroom immediately fell silent, and everyone turned their attention toward the podium.

Zhou Yi's gaze calmly swept from left to right. An invisible pressure instantly arose in everyone's heart, making them lower their eyes one after another, not daring to meet her gaze.

Except for—Qian Chaoguang.

Zhou Yi paused for the briefest moment, seemingly not expecting a student to meet her gaze so calmly.

But that did not affect her next round of boasting.

"My name is Zhou Yi, and I am your Head Teacher. I'm not sure how many of you will make it through the coming year with me, but let me tell you this: in my class, no trash will ever pass the assessments. What I intend to cultivate are monsters, not idiots!"

Quite a few people revealed indignant expressions after hearing her words.

Other than Huo Yutong and Qian Chaoguang, everyone present was at least the child of a wealthy family or a Soul Master family from the Three Douluo Kingdoms. They had come to Shrek to study, so what was with insulting them the moment they met? Who did she think she was?

Huo Yutong secretly glanced at the faint upward curve of Qian Chaoguang's lips.

Someone unfamiliar with him might have thought it was a friendly expression.

But Huo Yutong knew it was disdain.

Utter disdain.

What was that phrase Brother had used?

Oh, right. Watching a clown perform.

"Stand up if you've gotten into a fight since registration began."

Zhou Yi spoke those familiar words, throwing the entire class into an uproar.

Who got into a fight before school had even started?

Oh, wait. They had heard that two new students had fought, all the way from their dorm room to outside the dormitory.

Without a word, Qian Chaoguang rose to his feet with Huo Yutong.

Wang Dong was startled, but when she saw Qian Chaoguang stand up, her unwillingness to be outdone made her quickly stand as well.

Three?

How had this fight happened?

No, that wasn't right. Why was there even a delicate-looking little girl among them?

That was the question in everyone's mind, including Zhou Yi's.

However, she said nothing about it. Instead, she put on a stern expression and said, "What a bunch of trash. Don't you know that those who dare not cause trouble are mediocrities? Other than the three of them, all of you, get outside and run one hundred laps around Shrek Square. Anyone who fails to finish will be expelled immediately."

Of course, wherever there was oppression, there was resistance.

Everyone had already been deeply dissatisfied when Zhou Yi insulted them. Sure enough, a troublemaker stepped forward at this point and bravely resisted.

But...

It was completely useless. After Zhou Yi suppressed the whole class with the strength of a Soul Emperor, they still had to run.

As the others rushed out the door in a scramble, only four people remained in the classroom.

Zhou Yi's expression softened somewhat, and she beckoned to the three of them.

"Not bad. At least there are still a few children with some spirit. Tell me, who did you fight, and why?"

Qian Chaoguang pointed at Huo Yutong, who was still bewildered. "She's my sister. Ever since our Martial Soul Awakening, the two of us have trained and sparred every morning. You could call that fighting."

"Siblings? Morning training? Sparring?"

Zhou Yi seemed quite interested. "That's a good habit. It can promote mutual progress. Keep it up."

"That's what I think too," Qian Chaoguang replied.

"Xiao Tong, go down and run first. Don't waste time here."

"Huh? I still have to run even though I fought?"

Huo Yutong's eyes widened.

Zhou Yi gave Qian Chaoguang a thoughtful look and said blandly, "Of course. You are a collective."

"Oh, okay."

Without another word, Huo Yutong turned and walked out the door.

"You're very smart."

"You flatter me. I've just been dragging my younger sister through life in society since childhood, so while I'm good at gathering information, I also understand a little about human relations."

"A little?"

Zhou Yi raised an eyebrow.

With her emotional intelligence, she completely failed to realize that Qian Chaoguang was insulting her indirectly.

"Forget it. But why aren't you going down yourself?"

Qian Chaoguang shrugged and pointed at Wang Dong beside him.

"Because he fought with me too."

"Oh? Then why did you two fight? Was it sparring as well?"

"Not at all. We're roommates. When he arrived, I had just finished training and wanted to take a bath. He stopped me from doing it, so we started fighting."

Zhou Yi: "?"

A stunned expression froze on her disguised old face. It was especially amusing, and Qian Chaoguang nearly failed to hold back his laughter.

She looked at Wang Dong and asked instinctively, "Why did you stop him from bathing?"

"I didn't!"

Wang Dong's face flushed red as she shouted.

"Y-yes, yes... He was the one who first..."

"Enough, enough. I can't be bothered to find out why you two really started fighting."

Zhou Yi waved a hand, revealing a smile even uglier than crying. Her aged human-skin mask seemed not to fit quite right, twitching slightly.

"Fighting is a good thing, but I don't particularly like my students fighting each other..."

As he listened to her ramble on endlessly just like in the Original Work, Qian Chaoguang simply began cultivating the Qi Refining Art.

Only after Zhou Yi finally finished that long speech, and Wang Dong had exchanged a few barbs with her, did Qian Chaoguang stop cultivating.