"Both of you, stand up!"
Zhou Yi pointed at Ji Siyuan and Wang Dong'er.
"You dared to fight, but you don't dare own up to it? Worthless trash like you has no place in my class. You're expelled."
"Huh?"
Ji Siyuan had thought Zhou Yi was outrageous, but he hadn't expected her to be this outrageous.
She hadn't even asked a single question before expelling them.
The room erupted into a clamor.
Wang Dong'er demanded furiously, "On what grounds?"
"Because I'm your homeroom teacher. I don't want cowards like you in my class."
Ji Siyuan stood up. "A worthless teacher just tells her students to commit crimes, then calls it her teaching method. And you think you're fit to be a teacher? Did you get your position through connections?"
"What did you say?" Ji Siyuan had struck right at Zhou Yi's weak spot.
If her husband weren't Fan Yu, she would've been fired long ago.
"Do I have to spell it out again? I said that trash who got her position through connections doesn't know how to teach students. You're just wasting their time."
"Bullshit!" Zhou Yi wore a mask, so no one could see her real expression.
"My students have the highest chance of getting into the Inner Court."
"Of course they do. You can expel me today for stepping through the door with my left foot, then turn around and expel someone else for stepping out with their right. The one or two students left over who were bound to get into the Inner Court anyway will naturally make your promotion rate look the highest. But what the hell does that have to do with you?"
The whole class was furious.
They didn't want to be expelled over one of her countless bizarre excuses.
Zhou Yi slammed her hand on the desk in anger. She couldn't believe any student would dare defy her. Six Soul Rings appeared, revealing her Soul Emperor cultivation. "Do you believe I'll cripple your Martial Souls?"
Tang San, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly spoke. "A teacher who neither teaches nor answers questions, but instead threatens students and tries to cripple them, ruining their futures—such a person has earned death!"
Ji Siyuan said, "Damn, Uncle Tang, does everyone count as having earned death now?"
He had never heard Tang San talk like that during all his time in the Divine Realm.
He'd only been in the Douluo Continent for a short while, and he'd already heard it twice.
"Those who commit crimes, abuse their authority, and hurt or kill others are the ones who have earned death. You can't say that about everyone you see."
"But the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record over here doesn't say that."
Tang San's mouth twitched. The Tang Sect here wasn't exactly a normal sect either.
They urgently needed to set it straight.
"Their Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record is wrong."
"But Uncle Tang, I can't kill this piece of trash either."
"Once you're strong enough, avenge the students she's tormented."
"Fine, then I'll keep arguing with this thing that's too ashamed to show her face."
Ji Siyuan stared at Zhou Yi. "See? The moment you can't win an argument, you resort to force—even against your own students. You know there's a good chance we'll be stronger than you someday, so you're making your move while you can still beat us."
"What do you call that? Picking on the weak, taking out your frustrations on people weaker than you because you're too cowardly to stand up to anyone else. Then you dress it up with some high-minded excuse. I bet you'll say something like, 'Those who don't dare cause trouble are nobodies.' You use that excuse to drive out students without powerful backers or strong abilities, so you can boost your own promotion rate."
"I'd say that's why you're too ashamed to show your face. A self-loathing leech who climbed the ranks through connections!"
He had emphasized once again that she wasn't a proper teacher. She was a failure who'd risen through the ranks on connections.
Zhou Yi couldn't accept such an evaluation. She'd gone to great lengths and tried every means to improve her class's promotion rate, all to prove she hadn't gotten her position through connections.
Once her secret was exposed, the students finally understood why Zhou Yi had acted this way.
They were furious, too. How could a person like her be fit to teach?
The clamor swelled louder and louder.
Zhou Yi was just as furious. She decided to make Ji Siyuan, the one who'd exposed her, an example.
Then she attacked.
Ji Siyuan immediately summoned his Martial Soul. His First Soul Ring was purple. "First Soul Skill, Fire Demon Vortex!"
Ultimate Fire surged toward Zhou Yi. Caught off guard, she was set ablaze.
Zhou Yi rolled across the floor twice and pulled off her mask before she managed to extinguish the Ultimate Fire.
Soul Emperor cultivation still came in handy.
The students' anger turned to astonishment. They were surprised not only that Zhou Yi's face had been hidden behind a mask, but also that Ji Siyuan's First Soul Ring was a thousand-year Soul Ring.
Everyone knew the optimal Soul Ring combination had two yellow rings at the start.
So how could there be someone whose First Soul Ring was a thousand years old?
Was this for real?
Zhou Yi's face was just as shocking. So she wasn't an old woman after all.
Someone said, "That face is certainly good enough to get her where she is through connections."
"No wonder she hid it behind a mask. She was afraid the students would figure out she'd gotten her position through connections."
Mocking laughter rang out one after another.
Ji Siyuan scratched his head. "Uncle Tang, did I go too far?"
Tang San said, "You're still too kind. I just told you she's earned death. How could you think you'd gone too far?"
He didn't explain why it wasn't too much. This person had earned death, and that was that.
Zhou Yi was burning with rage. Her Soul Rings gleamed, and she looked ready to unleash a Soul Skill.
"Teacher Zhou!" Wang Yan hurriedly tried to stop her. He wasn't even a Soul Emperor, so stopping an enraged Zhou Yi would be difficult.
"Teacher Zhou, if you attack a student, I will report you to the dean and the other leaders! Even Mentor Fan Yu will have a hard time protecting you." Wang Yan stood between Zhou Yi and the students.
"I've already notified the academy leadership. Someone will be here to see you soon. I hope you'll let me take over this class."
Zhou Yi turned and left, slamming the door with such force that it broke with a bang.
Wang Yan smiled bitterly. There was no reasoning with Zhou Yi when she was like that.
Besides, a whole class of students was waiting for him to teach.
"Everyone, Teacher Zhou isn't in a good mood right now. I may be teaching the next few classes."
Wang Dong'er said, "Teacher Wang, we saw what happened. You're much better than that teacher who expels people on a whim!"
Her words drew wave after wave of agreement.
"You two, go ahead and sit down. But first, I need to tell you that fighting isn't allowed on school grounds. The school has a dedicated Soul Fight Arena for students to use."
With Zhou Yi gone, there were no more bizarre running assignments.
And no more students from other classes pointing fingers at them.
Ji Siyuan and Huo Yuhao had enough energy to sell barbecue again.
Sadly, Zhou Yi was still their homeroom teacher, though she never came to class.
Their class also became a great story around campus: not a single student had been targeted and expelled by Zhou Yi at the start of the school year.
The students Zhou Yi had taught in the past were the ones to pity.
They'd never gotten the chance to meet their Ji Siyuan.
In practice, Wang Yan had become their homeroom teacher.