Stabbing in the Back

Have you had enough yet? It was one thing to call us trash and idiots earlier, but now you're calling us mediocre just because we didn't get into any fights during these few days of registration.

Constrained by Zhou Yi's status as their homeroom teacher, the students dared to be angry but dared not speak.

"A fine 'those who dare not stir up trouble are mediocre.' Hasn't Flender told you that the second half of that saying is 'those who look for trouble for no reason are idiots'?"

The light, airy words suddenly rang in everyone's ears. While it felt like a fishbone stuck in the throat to Zhou Yi, the students felt a wave of relief wash over their spirits.

Zhou Yi arched her brows in displeasure. Accustomed to acting like a tyrant, it was a wonder she could be pleased when someone suddenly popped up to talk back to her.

She wanted to see exactly which person was so ignorant of the situation that they dared to refute her words.

Following the sound, she saw Du Weilun, the director of the Martial Soul Department of the Outer Court, standing at the classroom door with a young man she had never seen before.

The young man looked to be about twenty-four years old, with black hair and golden eyes. A faint, elusive smile hung on his handsome face, making him seem incredibly approachable.

But remembering that it was this very youth who had just refuted her, Zhou Yi suddenly felt very annoyed looking at him.

"Director Du, what is this?" Although she usually didn't put Du Weilun in her eyes due to Fan Yu backing her and her own temperament, she had to give the director some face in front of so many students.

In the audience.

Seeing the young man, Huo Yuhao was stunned for a moment, then became very excited, an exclamation of "Big Brother Nyar" slipping out before he could stop it.

Yes, the young man standing at the door was none other than the inverted avatar of Xia Linyuan—Nyarlathotep.

Yesterday, when he used the Voice of the Black Pharaoh to control Yan Shaozhe, he had already had him arrange all the matters for his entry into Shrek Academy.

Gu Yuena looked at the avatar standing at the door, completely frozen, before turning her head to look at Xia Linyuan in disbelief. "What is going on? You and him, he and you..."

Was the person standing at the door not exactly the appearance Xia Linyuan had shown her for the past six years? But wasn't Xia Linyuan himself sitting right next to her? How could there be...

"Speak less, watch more," Xia Linyuan said calmly.

Du Weilun's face was somewhat stiff. "This is the academy's newly hired intern teacher—Nyarlathotep. Considering that Teacher Nyar has no prior teaching experience, Dean Yan has decided to temporarily arrange for Teacher Nyar to assist in Freshman Class One under your guidance for a while, Teacher Zhou."

"Xia Linyuan" looked at Zhou Yi, wearing that harmless smile, and said with a grin, "It is truly better to see once than to hear a hundred times. I never expected Teacher Zhou's teaching style to be so fierce."

Zhou Yi said coldly, "Teacher Nyar, is it? It is currently class time, so please do not digress and waste the students' precious time."

Hearing such a shameless remark from Zhou Yi, the students almost couldn't help but want to spit on her sour-faced visage.

Can you have some shame?

What the hell is "don't waste our precious time"? Didn't you just call us trash, idiots, and mediocre? Now that you've been retorted, you suddenly know not to waste time?

Bah!

Du Weilun nodded slightly to Xia Linyuan and said, "Teacher Nyar, if there is anything you don't understand about teaching, you can ask Teacher Zhou; she will answer for you."

Xia Linyuan nodded. "Sorry to have troubled you, Director Du."

After Du Weilun left, Zhou Yi's expression sank immediately, and she didn't give Xia Linyuan a pleasant look at all.

Entering the classroom, Zhou Yi introduced him with a huff: "This is Teacher Nyar. For the next period of time, he will be following your studies along with me."

Xia Linyuan smiled slightly, appearing incredibly approachable, a stark contrast to the sour-faced Zhou Yi.

"Hello, students. My name is Nyarlathotep; you can just call me Teacher Nyar. For the next period of time, I will be following your studies along with Teacher Zhou. However, it is worth mentioning: do not try to provoke your teachers. Respecting your teachers and the path of learning is very important."

Hearing that line about "do not try to provoke your teachers," Zhou Yi's gloomy expression finally eased a little, and she couldn't help but feel a bit smug inside.

No matter how much you dislike my teaching style, aren't you still forced to play along with me now?

But the next sentence made it impossible for Zhou Yi to remain smug.

"Of course, in my view, whether a teacher respects their students is also one of the standards for judging if they are qualified. Respect is mutual. If a teacher takes the lead in disrespecting students, what reason do the students have to respect her?" Xia Linyuan said.

Watching "Teacher Nyar" first smile and say not to provoke teachers, then use the opportunity to jab at Zhou Yi for not respecting students—making the latter's face look as gloomy as if everyone in the room owed her millions of gold soul coins—the students secretly rejoiced.

Long live Teacher Nyar!

"Apologies, apologies. I spoke so much nonsense without realizing it, wasting your precious class time," Xia Linyuan said with an apologetic look, then turned to gesture for Zhou Yi to take the lead.

Zhou Yi didn't even look at him, saying coldly, "Everyone, get out! Run one hundred laps around the Shrek Academy plaza. This is your first assessment for enrollment. Whoever doesn't finish within one hour will be expelled immediately!"

As soon as these words were spoken, there was another uproar.

Expelled immediately if you don't finish? What kind of operation is this?

Some students subconsciously looked at "Teacher Nyar," hoping he would say a few words of justice for them.

Thanks to his simple move of "respect is mutual," some students in Freshman Class One had already accepted this intern teacher.

But they all forgot that he was only an intern teacher.

Seeing them all turn their gazes toward him, Xia Linyuan shrugged, indicating that he was powerless to help.

After all, having just joined Shrek Academy, it was better not to be too high-profile. If he was going to exert his influence, he should at least wait until Zhou Yi was actually about to expel them.

That way, it would be easier to shift the blame.

Seeing that no one moved, Zhou Yi arched her brows again and snapped, "One minute has already passed. I'll give you one more minute. If I see anyone still in the classroom after one minute, you're expelled!"

As she spoke, a terrifying aura suddenly erupted from her. Accompanied by a powerful wave of soul power that made the many students present unable to breathe, two yellow, two purple, and two black—six Spirit Rings—rose from beneath Zhou Yi's feet.

The students looked in horror at Zhou Yi, who had six Spirit Rings pulsating around her.

This Teacher Zhou was actually a powerhouse at the Spirit Emperor level!