"Up above is up above. Why bother yourself with all that? Whatever they tell you to do, just do it," Qi Tian said coldly. "What, you dare disobey my orders?"
Xu Yi said, "An assistant instructor's job is to help the dormitory head unite the students and keep dormitory affairs in order. But you, Qi Tian, use your position to settle personal scores. What kind of assistant instructor does that make you? In just a few days, you've ordered me to do who knows how many filthy, menial chores. Is it only because you come from an Aristocratic Clan that you think you can persecute me, Xu Yi, with impunity? If you don't tell me who's above you, I absolutely won't follow your orders." Xu Yi raised his voice.
In a flash, a crowd gathered around them. The days when Xu Yi didn't stir up trouble were simply too dull. At the Dao Palace, everyone spent their days listening to lectures in a stupor and following the rules to the letter. It was boring, so very boring. Now that Xu Yi had raised his voice, everyone knew the excitement was finally back.
"Impudent! You're impudent! All of you, get out of here!" Qi Tian was beside himself with rage. He'd spent these past days ordering Xu Yi around, convinced he'd thoroughly cowed him. Now that Xu Yi had refused to obey, he felt as though his dignity had been hurled to the ground. Not a single student had truly accepted his promotion to assistant instructor.
Now he was making a great show of throwing his weight around, but there were so many students that no one gave him any respect. "Exactly, Assistant Instructor Qi. We're all classmates. You're going too far, bullying him like this. You're always making Xu Yi