Zhou Yi's Displeasure

Fan Yu, Zhou Yi's husband, was a figure in the Soul Tool Department second only to Qian Duoduo, with an extensive network of connections.

If not for him backing her up, even if Zhou Yi were a Soul Saint, she would have been expelled.

Beibei must have been blind to think she was a good teacher!

After Tailong left, Zhou Yi took the opportunity to establish her authority and laid out her rules.

In Qian Chaoguang's view, it was complete bullshit.

Although he also despised Tailong's deceitful and lazy behavior, he held Zhou Yi's actions in even greater contempt.

If his character was flawed, then as the Head Teacher, shouldn't you be the one to correct him?

What was a teacher?

A teacher was one who imparted knowledge, taught skills, and resolved doubts.

No one was born knowing everything; who could be without confusion?

A teacher did not merely pass on knowledge. They also had to teach students how to conduct themselves and cultivate the admirable quality of learning proactively. That was what an academy and its teachers should do.

But what happened instead? Students came to school to learn knowledge and morals, yet you taught them nothing and expelled them outright?

Then what use were you as a teacher?

No one was a saint; who could be without faults?

The responsibility of an academy and its teachers was to guide students with faults onto the right path.

If you could not even be bothered to spare a glance at a student walking down the wrong road before kicking them aside, then you truly did not deserve to be called a teacher.

No matter how strong they were or how correct their theories might be, they were unworthy of the title of teacher.

In a sense, Zhou Yi's teaching ability and philosophy were even inferior to Flender's.

At least Flender knew to address Ning Rongrong's princess syndrome and Oscar's laziness. You, Zhou Yi, were merely a Soul Emperor—what gave you the right to act so high and mighty?

On the podium, Zhou Yi looked towards the other students. Her gaze swept across the eight who had narrowly escaped disaster before finally settling on Qian Chaoguang.

"Cheng Cheng, Qiu Jianrao, Tang Dao, Shangguan Chentian, Lin Zeyu, Zhuge Yun, Tang Ling, Yun Xiaopiao—you should thank Qian Chaoguang. His kindness saved you."

All eight were overwhelmed with gratitude, and the way they looked at Qian Chaoguang had completely changed.

With Tailong's example right before them, even the dullest among them understood that Qian Chaoguang had pulled them back from the brink. He had practically saved their futures.

Being expelled from Shrek was practically a lifelong stain on Douluo Continent. No one wanted to be treated that way.

"We're all classmates living under the same roof. Now, we're also a collective, so helping each other is only natural."

Qian Chaoguang spoke casually, slipping a little discord into what sounded like perfectly ordinary words without anyone noticing.

"Everyone went through countless hardships to study at Shrek. Some students may have even spent their entire family fortunes to come here. Now that we have gathered together as classmates, it is a kind of fate. I cannot bear to see anyone suffer lifelong regret, or even waste away their whole life, over the tiniest mistake."

The tense atmosphere in the room gradually eased.

Some students seemed thoughtful. Beyond fear, their eyes held deeply concealed dissatisfaction when they looked at Zhou Yi.

Yeah, we went through so much to get into Shrek, and you could just expel us whenever you wanted?

Which School Rules said that?

Zhou Yi frowned.

This was not the effect she wanted.

Because of Qian Chaoguang's interruption, Freshman Class One's fear of Zhou Yi plummeted.

"Go back to your dorms and change your clothes, then return to the classroom for class. I'll give you a quarter of an hour. Anyone late will be expelled!"

Zhou Yi coldly left behind those words, turned, and headed straight back to the teaching building.

With Tailong, that unlucky fool, having tested the rule firsthand, no one dared attempt to exploit a loophole again. They all raced back to their dormitories at the speed of a hundred-meter sprint.

When he reached the dormitory door, Wang Dong stood there, dawdling and refusing to go inside.

Qian Chaoguang grabbed her by the collar and carried her to the side like a chick.

"What are you doing?!"

Wang Dong flailed her limbs in midair.

But being much shorter than Qian Chaoguang, she could not touch the floor at all.

"If you're not going in, don't block the way."

Qian Chaoguang tossed aside the furious Wang Dong and began stripping in the dorm room on the spot.

"Bastard! Sooner or later, I'll beat you and make you follow my rules."

"Mm-hm, mm-hm, mm-hm. I'll be waiting. If you're not coming in, close the door."

"I'll close it, then!"

"Why did you use so much force? You cracked the door. Five hundred Gold Soul Coins for the door and frame together. Remember to pay the fine after class."

"Qian Chaoguang, fuck your grandfather!"

"Go ahead. As long as you have the necessary equipment, I don't mind if you dig the old man out of his grave."

"I challenge you to a duel!"

Wang Dong shouted bitterly outside the door, her piercing voice carrying through several nearby rooms.

That shout drew the attention of their classmates in the hallway, who stuck their heads out and stopped to watch.

Under the gazes of dozens of "naked men" with bare upper bodies... some of whom had not even put on pants yet, Wang Dong released her Martial Soul and furiously shouted, "What are you looking at? Keep staring and I'll gouge out your eyeballs! Why aren't you changing clothes? Do you want to be late for class and get expelled?!"

Ten minutes later, all ninety-nine freshmen of Class One were seated in the classroom.

As they looked at the one empty seat, some eyes held fear, some gratitude, and others resentment.

No one wanted to attend class under a lunatic teacher like this. Who knew what excuse she might find to expel them?

When the quarter of an hour was up, Zhou Yi arrived in the classroom on time.

Seeing that all ninety-nine students were present, she nodded.

"We will begin class now. The test just now was basically satisfactory. The vast majority of you completed the simple running assessment. At the same time, one student surprised me. Qian Chaoguang, stand up."

Qian Chaoguang stood.

He was seated in the very center of the first row, making him exceptionally conspicuous.

"State your Soul Power Level."

"Level 13."

Upon hearing the words Level 13, all the students present were stunned. Those who recovered stared at Qian Chaoguang with disbelief and began sucking in sharp breaths.

Hissing filled the room without end. Anyone who did not know better would have thought they had entered a snake den.

Everyone had seen it earlier. Qian Chaoguang had arrived more than twenty minutes late, yet without even activating his Martial Soul, he had caught up lap after lap and had even lapped the fourth-place student seven or eight times together with Huo Yutong.

Yet this outrageously fierce guy was now saying he was Level 13?

Who the fuck would believe that?!

Wang Dong could not believe her ears.

Level 13 Soul Power, without activating his Martial Soul, and he had completely crushed her???

Could that absurd strength and physical ability really be achieved at Level 13?

Was he burning paper offerings at a grave?

"Look at the state of every one of you. You're simply useless beyond belief!"

Zhou Yi said coldly.

Her earlier display of authority had not been enough, so she could only do it again.

"Qian Chaoguang is a specially admitted student of the academy. With the lowest cultivation in the class, he defeated everyone except Wang Dong in the first test. Aren't you ashamed? All right, Qian Chaoguang, sit down."

Qian Chaoguang obediently sat down without saying anything.

It seemed Zhou Yi was not stupid either. She wanted to use Wang Dong and him to stir up the whole class's fighting spirit?

Rest assured, their fighting spirit would be stirred up—but not because of Wang Dong and him.

Even after Zhou Yi confirmed it, Wang Dong still could not believe that she had been beaten so thoroughly by a Level 13 Soul Master who had not even activated his Martial Soul that she could not fight back at all!

Zhou Yi appeared completely indifferent to the students' various reactions. She turned and wrote two large characters on the blackboard.

[Attack]

[Defense]

From this moment onward, Qian Chaoguang's life of study at Shrek officially began.

------Author's Note------

Thank you to Dream Moon Nine Strings and Book� for the rewards.