Xie Xie felt both aggrieved and wronged.
He'd been in the same class as Ji Fengyu, happily thinking he could follow the big shot Auxiliary Soul Master and never go hungry.
Then Tang Wulin smashed his bowl.
He was also sharing a dorm with Tang Wulin, and now he'd have to take a beating... Just thinking about it made Xie Xie feel like falling apart.
There was nothing Ji Fengyu could do about it, so he could only offer his sympathy.
"Quiet!"
"Students, the opening ceremony is now beginning!"
The principal's speech abruptly interrupted Xie Xie's misery.
After several hours of passionate, stirring speeches, the opening ceremony finally ended.
"Next, we'll assign classes. At Eastsea Academy, the lower the class number, the better the students... There are 108 new students this year, divided into five classes. When I call your name, step out and join Class One..."
Ji Fengyu was honored to stand out among the 108 new students and enter Class One, while Xie Xie watched with tears of farewell.
Zhang Yangzi, Wang Jinxi, and Wei Xiaofeng were behind him. As soon as they saw him, they hurried over.
"Big brother, where have you been these past few days?"
After several days apart, the three of them had missed him as if three autumns had passed. They sorely missed the taste of his power.
"Something came up at home."
Ji Fengyu gave a vague answer.
"Got it, big brother."
Seeing that Ji Fengyu didn't want to say more, Zhang Yangzi didn't press him.
The class assignments soon came to an end.
As the strongest class, Class One was the first to leave. Their homeroom teacher came to collect them: a spirited young woman.
"My name is Ye Yingluo, and I'll be your homeroom teacher."
"Getting into Class One proves that you're among the best students in your year. I'll train you to become strong."
"Follow me."
Ye Yingluo led the group in a grand procession to the sports field.
Pointing at the track, she said,
"Run thirty laps first!"
She'd once applied to Shrek Academy and failed, but had unexpectedly learned the essence of Shrek's teaching methods.
That was running laps!
They said that Sea God Tang San of Shrek and God of Emotion Huo Yuhao had both made it big by running laps!
Now that she'd mastered Shrek's awesome, signature teaching method, Ye Yingluo was confident she could produce students just like Shrek's!
Who else could train this class of geniuses but her?
"Huh??"
The students stared at one another, utterly bewildered. Their very first lesson after starting school was running laps?
They'd already been exhausted from standing around listening to the principal's speech during the opening ceremony.
"What are you 'huh'ing about? Got a problem with it?"
"Anyone who doesn't run gets expelled!"
This was also the teaching method Ye Yingluo had learned from Zhou Yi, the teacher of God of Emotion Huo Yuhao.
Survival of the fittest.
Zhou Yi was the genius teacher who'd trained Huo Yuhao. There was no way this method could be wrong.
"Yikes..."
The students were only nine-year-old kids. How could they withstand Ye Yingluo's Soul Master pressure? They didn't dare even breathe too loudly, and obediently started running.
Only Ji Fengyu stayed right where he was.
Zhang Yangzi and the other two had been about to run, but when they saw him stay put, they loyally stayed behind too.
"I'm not running!"
Ji Fengyu rolled his eyes. This was compulsory education. What the hell was she going to expel him from?
Was there no escaping laps, even after transmigrating to the Douluo Continent?
Zhou Yi, look at what you've done!
Ten thousand years later, you were still leading students astray.
"You're not running?"
"Name, Martial Soul, Soul Power Level."
Ye Yingluo glanced at Ji Fengyu, her pressure growing even stronger. She hadn't expected anyone to refuse to play along.
Of course, she'd only said it to scare the students.
How could anyone be expelled from compulsory education?
But to give herself a way out, she still needed to ask Ji Fengyu's name and Martial Soul, so she could find fault with him.
"Ji Fengyu. My Martial Soul is the Rainbow Dragon, and I'm a Level 24 Soul Grandmaster."
Under her pressure, Ji Fengyu remained neither servile nor overbearing.
Intimidation didn't work on him.
Ten thousand years ago, he'd dared to talk back even to Zhou Yi, let alone Ye Yingluo, who was just imitating her.
"Level 24?!"
Ye Yingluo's gaze instantly cleared.
Damn, she'd taken the act too far!
If this genius ran off because she'd been messing around, the Board of Directors would skin her alive!
"Level 24?!!"
Zhang Yangzi and the other two were also stunned. They hadn't expected Ji Fengyu's Soul Power to be higher than theirs.
"Proud of your talent?"
"Fine. Give me one reason why you're so special."
Although she was already feeling timid inside, Ye Yingluo was a proud person and naturally wouldn't admit defeat. Instead, she increased the pressure.
As long as she could scare the kid Ji Fengyu, everything would be fine.
"I'm an Auxiliary Soul Master. I'm not running."
Since transmigrating and becoming an Auxiliary Soul Master, Ji Fengyu had hated Shrek's nonsense about treating everyone the same.
Ignoring the differences between Martial Souls while using the same training intensity and methods? Wasn't that just ridiculous?
"In battle, the enemy won't care whether you're an Auxiliary Soul Master or a Power Attack System Soul Master."
"As an Auxiliary Soul Master, you're often the enemy's first target. That makes running laps even more important for training your ability to escape."
Ye Yingluo's tone softened a little more.
Level 24, and an Auxiliary Soul Master too?
Well, you're the boss now.
"Teacher, you're right about that."
"But my Martial Soul can fly. You want me to run laps to train my escape skills..."
Ji Fengyu didn't need to say the rest. Ye Yingluo was already cringing so hard with embarrassment that her scalp tingled.
He could fly...
Damn, why hadn't he said so earlier?
Making him run laps really would've been a joke.
"Enough. What's going on with you three?"
Ye Yingluo could only set Ji Fengyu's matter aside for the moment and question Zhang Yangzi and the other two.
After learning that all three were Soul Grandmasters and that they'd stayed behind because Ji Fengyu had, Ye Yingluo was shocked—and then immediately came up with an idea.
"Making you run laps was an oversight on my part."
"For geniuses like you, it wouldn't do much. You're all Soul Grandmasters, so we'll go straight to actual combat for the first lesson."
"Two on two."
"Ji Fengyu and Wei Xiaofeng, you're a team. Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi, you're the other team."
Now that made a lot more sense.
Ji Fengyu and the other three exchanged glances, then split into two teams according to Ye Yingluo's arrangement.
Yellow! Yellow! Yellow! Yellow!
When the four pairs of utterly intimidating Hundred-Year Soul Rings appeared,
even the students who'd been grumbling about the four of them getting out of running laps had no complaints anymore.
Ye Yingluo's face lit up with delight, too.
Four super geniuses with Hundred-Year Soul Rings!
They could make it through the Class Promotion Tournament from first grade all the way to fourth grade without a problem. She'd struck gold!
"Big brother, I'll protect you!"
Wei Xiaofeng stood in front of Ji Fengyu, his expression solemn with the responsibility and sacred duty of protecting an Auxiliary Soul Master.
"Good. Let's see what you can do."
"If you fail to protect me, you'll answer for it."
Ji Fengyu nodded, unfurled his extraordinarily gorgeous Rainbow Wings, a crown appearing above his head as he slowly rose into the air.
"First Soul Skill, red, Strength."
"Second Soul Skill, orange, Attack."
Red and orange light shot from his Rainbow Wings, enveloping Wei Xiaofeng.
Wei Xiaofeng was instantly invigorated, his aura surging. He let out an excited howl.
"Jin Xi, hold Xiaofeng off. I'll take out big brother quickly."
Zhang Yangzi discussed their strategy with Wang Jinxi.
In a fight, you always had to take out the auxiliary first.
The three of them knew just how terrifying Ji Fengyu's boosts were. There was no way to win without taking him out first.
Fortunately, Zhang Yangzi could fly too, so he wasn't helpless against Ji Fengyu.
"Okay!"
Wang Jinxi nodded firmly.
"Begin the match."
At Ye Yingluo's command, Zhang Yangzi activated Martial Soul Possession and shot forward like an arrow loosed from its bow, heading straight for Ji Fengyu.
The Dark Phantom Eagle was incredibly fast,
and Zhang Yangzi was in the air, where Wei Xiaofeng couldn't reach him. Most importantly,
Ji Fengyu didn't dodge.
His two gorgeous Rainbow Wings crossed in front of him and folded inward, wrapping around his body,
forming a Wing Shield Cocoon.
Under the sunlight, his pair of Rainbow Wings seemed to shimmer with a translucent, jade-white luster...
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