At the thought of this, Zhou Yi took a deep breath and said through gritted teeth, "Xue Nianbing, what happened just now was the teacher's fault. I hope you won't take it to heart."
As soon as she said this,
Mu Jin's eyes widened in disbelief as she stared at Zhou Yi.
She apologized!
Zhou Yi had actually apologized!
Was this still the Zhou Yi she knew?
"It's good that you know you were wrong. As for whether I'll take it to heart, to show this student's respect for you, I'll be sure to remember it."
Xue Nianbing's reply left Mu Jin completely stunned.
Mu Jin instinctively looked at Zhou Yi. As expected, Zhou Yi's expression was utterly awful, as though she had swallowed fly droppings.
Good heavens, what exactly had happened?
Just who was Xue Nianbing, to make the academy's higher-ups personally intervene and force Zhou Yi to apologize?
Mu Jin was no fool. She had already guessed that someone had sent Zhou Yi a voice transmission, telling her to apologize to Xue Nianbing.
There were quite a few people in the entire academy who could make Zhou Yi back down, but not that many.
For Xue Nianbing to have someone like that stand up for him, his background was probably terrifyingly powerful.
My student... is amazing! Mu Jin's heart was instantly filled with joy.
She had never gotten along with Zhou Yi. Seeing her opponent suffer now naturally delighted her.
Xue Nianbing saw Zhou Yi's resentment, but he did not care. Instead, he pointed in a certain direction and said, "You should spend more time caring about your own students. They've already collapsed from exhaustion."
After saying that, he ignored Zhou Yi and turned to record the number of laps his classmates had run.
Seeing this, Zhou Yi could only return to Class One's group with a bellyful of anger.
Looking at those exhausted students, the anger she had been holding in finally erupted. She said coldly, "A bunch of trash. You're exhausted after running a few laps, and you still have the nerve to call yourselves Shrek students?"
As soon as she said this,
The Class One students' expressions immediately turned ugly.
This demon teacher was not only cruel in her methods, but her words were just as vicious.
Senior Brother and Teacher Xiao Ya were right. This teacher has such a terrible temper...
Among the crowd, Huo Yuhao thought to himself.
If he had not possessed the Mysterious Heaven Skill, he definitely would not have been able to complete this running assignment.
"You lot, pack your things and get out!" Zhou Yi looked coldly at the nine students who had failed to complete one hundred laps.
"What?"
The nine students were shaken to the core.
The other students also watched in disbelief. They had always thought Zhou Yi was merely trying to scare them, but she was actually serious.
"Hmph, Shrek Academy does not keep trash..."
Zhou Yi launched into a barrage of threats.
In short, Zhou Yi still had some rationality left, but not much. More than anything, she was venting her frustration on the students.
Watching from the shadows, Yan Shaozhe immediately snorted coldly. "She is truly lawless. How can something as serious as expelling students be decided with a single word from her?"
In the past, when Zhou Yi expelled students, he had let it go out of consideration for Fan Yu's sake. Besides, those students had generally been rather mediocre in talent.
But now that Zhou Yi had angered him, why would he care about saving anyone face?
"Dean, then we..."
Du Wilun spoke cautiously, afraid that Yan Shaozhe's anger would spread to him.
"Suspend Zhou Yi for the time being. As for those nine, give those who tried to cut corners a warning. If they offend again, expel them directly. No action needs to be taken against the others."
Yan Shaozhe said.
Xue Nianbing had said he would "remember it." If the academy did not make some sort of response, it might leave a bad impression in his mind.
Yan Shaozhe would never allow such a thing to happen.
How could a mere Zhou Yi compare to Xue Nianbing in importance?
"Yes, Dean."
Du Wilun nodded in acknowledgment.
At Shrek Plaza,
By now, dozens of figures were sprawled all over the ground. They were drenched in sweat, gasping for breath, their bodies limp and weak.
The endless running had tortured them terribly.
"Everyone did very well."
Mu Jin walked to the center of the group and smiled. "The reason the teacher made you keep running to your limits is because every one of you has different physical qualities."
"Different physical qualities mean different standards. From now on, each of you will cultivate according to your own condition. Remember, you must balance work and rest rather than blindly training yourselves to death."
"Using one month as the limit, each person's monthly standards will be adjusted based on their running limits. Be prepared..."
As her voice fell,
The students lying on the ground immediately stiffened, bitter smiles appearing on their faces.
They would have to undergo this kind of limit-running every month? Did it have to be this strict?
Their good days... were over.
However, they did not resent Mu Jin, because they knew that she was genuinely teaching them seriously and reasonably.
A teacher who devoted herself wholeheartedly to her students had to be cherished.
"Your physical limits have all been recorded by the class monitor. Anyone interested may go have a look," Mu Jin said.
Hearing this, the students who had recovered a little strength immediately got up and ran toward Xue Nianbing.
"Wu Feng, 123 laps..."
"Liu Ziqi, 109 laps..."
"Nanmen Yun'er, 119 laps..."
Although everyone had run a different number of laps, they had all completed one hundred laps.
Among them, Wu Feng had the best result.
The poorer results belonged to Ning Tian and several other Support System Soul Masters. Their physical qualities were generally lower, which was only natural.
"That's not fair. Why didn't you have to run?"
Wang Dong moved close to Xue Nianbing, her gaze full of grievance.
Since she had sweated and was standing so close, Xue Nianbing could clearly smell a faint scent from Wang Dong.
How should he put it? Even after sweating, Wang Dong had no unpleasant odor. Instead, she smelled rather nice.
"Of course it's because... I'm the class monitor," Xue Nianbing replied with a smile.
"Hmph, what's so great about being class monitor?" Wang Dong curled her lips.
"It's nothing great, but I can manage all of you."
"Tch, you can only act like that in class."
"You have to listen to me in the dorm too."
"..."
Wang Dong immediately fell silent, her face full of embarrassment.
She had nearly forgotten about that. Her "authority" in the dormitory had already been lost to Xue Nianbing.
Now she was doomed. Whether inside or outside the dormitory, she would have to endure Xue Nianbing's "bullying."
"Since everyone already knows where their limits are, we'll end things here for today. Go back and rest first."
"Tomorrow, each of you will receive a cultivation plan tailored exclusively to you."
Seeing that the students were all utterly exhausted, Mu Jin did not intend to continue the lesson. Instead, she gave them the day off.
She also needed time to tailor a cultivation plan for each person.
Once they had all recovered tomorrow, beginning their cultivation then would leave them in better condition than they were now.
"A day off? That's great!"
"Hehe, our homeroom teacher isn't just beautiful, she's kindhearted too."
"Exactly. I heard that Teacher Zhou from Class One is insanely fierce."
"Come on, come on. I'm all sweaty and stink. Let's hurry back to the dorms to wash up and rest."
"..."
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