Xiao Xiao bared her little tiger teeth in a fierce grimace.
This annoying senior loved picking on her.
No matter how hungry she was, she would wait until Sister Lexuan finished eating before she ate. This woman twisted her words all day long.
"I didn't. Then why didn't you give up the seat beside you to Sister Lexuan, senior?"
Ma Xiaotao shot back, "Then why didn't you give up the seat beside you to Sister Lexuan?"
The two of them glared at each other, the air thick with hostility.
Meanwhile, Xuanyuan Sheng and Zhang Lexuan ignored the two childish girls and instead tucked into the food in their hands.
Let them make a scene if they wanted. They were the ones on door duty tonight, after all. They could guard it properly through the night.
Zhou Yi finished her meal briskly as well.
This place was a fairly well-known supply station, and most people came by to take a look.
As luck would have it, there weren't too many people today. She ought to be able to recreate the scene her grandmaster's disciples had experienced ten thousand years ago, shouldn't she?
Zhou Yi set down her chopsticks and carefully searched the crowd for suitable candidates.
When she saw the students from an academy entering, her eyes lit up.
Wasn't that academy called Blue Sky Academy?
But that wasn't important at all...
The students from Blue Sky Academy hadn't split up. Instead, six or seven of them had gathered together, arms slung over one another's shoulders as they waited for the waiter to bring their food.
They all wore matching sky-blue uniforms, decorated with other colored threads.
As soon as their teacher sat down, he started chatting with his students.
"Lan Ya, he's the first little genius among you to obtain a third Soul Ring, right?" the instructor asked with a rather proud smile.
"You should all learn from him. All you do all day is slack off. If you put in the effort, I could help you hunt Soul Beasts too, instead of having you trail along and watch like you do now."
"If you keep this up, you'll end up wasting your talent." The teacher at their head sighed, speaking with exasperation.
"Actually, they don't have much talent."
Everyone looked toward the source of the voice. The restaurant fell frighteningly silent.
Seeing the neat uniforms of Blue Sky Academy, everyone's attention turned to them.
Most of them, however, were waiting to see what would happen.
After all, they were all Soul Masters. If they weren't going to settle things with a fight, what were they waiting for?
"These young fellows are quite tall," Zhou Yi said, her eyes fixed on the group opposite her—specifically, the one their teacher had called Lan Ya.
"But in my eyes, they're all useless."
She had to admit that, thanks to the experience and memories of the Grandmaster, her judgment really was quite good now.
That fellow called Lan Ya had hands whose build looked somewhat out of proportion with the rest of his body. He also seemed especially prone to using far too much force.
The small objects he had crushed earlier showed that he wasn't very familiar with his own strength.
Lan Ya's Martial Soul wasn't related to his name at all. It was his hands. For someone his age, that was a rather poor talent.
Even if he had a Body Martial Soul, a lack of talent was still a lack of talent.
Zhou Yi adopted the same attitude she used with her own students, only more cutting. Her academy had students with outstanding talent, but these people...
Heh...
"What did you say?"
The Blue Sky Academy students shot to their feet, all of them glaring at Zhou Yi with a dozen pairs of eyes.
They had only been talking among themselves, yet someone had mocked them from behind. Even the most patient person had their limits.
When they saw the emblem on her clothes, they were a little shocked. They hadn't expected her to be a teacher from Shrek Academy, the greatest Soul Master academy on the continent.
That place was not only where students dreamed of going; it was the one academy that teachers like them envied.
But even if she came from Shrek, she had no right to look down on them like this, treating them with utter disregard and looking down her nose at them.
Shrek might be impressive, but that didn't mean you were, old woman. What were you acting so high and mighty for?
At the table nearby,
Xuanyuan Sheng stared at Zhou Yi, who had mocked the students from the academy beside them, his face full of confusion.
What was this terrifying old lady doing?
Even after he spotted the sly smile flickering across Zhou Yi's face, Xuanyuan Sheng still couldn't make heads or tails of it.
Could her itch to teach others have flared up again?
Well, it wasn't impossible.
Zhou Yi seemed to spend every day studying that sole copy of Yu Xiaogang's writings she had somehow gotten her hands on.
So when she saw the Blue Sky Academy students at the next table and spoke up to teach them, had her research driven her mad?
As Xuanyuan Sheng wondered about this, he suddenly recalled something. He vaguely remembered the gist of it. It went something like...
"He who dares not cause trouble is a coward."
"Big sis Xiaotao, let's move over to that empty corner. Just ignore her."
Xuanyuan Sheng shot Ma Xiaotao a meaningful look to remind her.
Zhang Lexuan would protect every member of the team. She definitely wouldn't let Zhou Yi get beaten up without doing anything. And since Zhou Yi had been Xiao Xiao's homeroom teacher, Xiao Xiao couldn't just watch her get beaten up without caring.
Ma Xiaotao understood at once. She used her ample assets—something Xiao Xiao didn't have—to cover Xiao Xiao, then scooped her up and carried her to a less crowded spot by the window.
Xuanyuan Sheng took care of Zhang Lexuan. The scene that followed would definitely get violent, so it was best to move her away as soon as possible.
He immediately led the others to the other side.
Zhou Yi hadn't even noticed when the people behind her had left.
Sure enough, Zhou Yi said those words to the people in front of her: "He who dares not cause trouble is a coward."
Xuanyuan Sheng's shoulders shook. Hearing that left him at a loss for words.
Had she never heard that having more friends meant having more paths to walk?
Picking a fight with someone who meant no harm—wasn't that just plain crazy?
When Zhou Yi went to call to the people beside her,
she found no one behind her. Her heart gave a sudden lurch.
What was going on? Hadn't Xiao Xiao and the others been sitting right behind her? How had they all disappeared when she turned around?
Seeing Zhou Yi look around, the Blue Sky Academy students grew angrier and angrier.
"Don't say we're bullying an old woman, granny."
"At your age, you must be a revered Titled Douluo by now. Beating up a Soul Emperor like me, along with these little ones at the second-ring level, ought to be a piece of cake, right?"
The teacher at their head cracked his knuckles, his expression calm.
You want to get mobbed? You brought this on yourself, granny.
You want to look down on ordinary Soul Masters from your lofty perch? Who else should we beat up if not you?
You're not some overwhelmingly powerful Titled Douluo who can scare us off with a single glance. And you...
The aura you give off doesn't even seem as strong as mine.
Do you understand? People are afraid of Shrek Academy, not some little teacher like you.
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