Who Protected Teacher Zhou?

The atmosphere in the classroom turned awkward.

Zhou Yi looked at the students, and the students looked at her.

For a moment, no one spoke.

"Pfft."

In the suddenly silent classroom, a particularly clear laugh rang out.

Hearing it, everyone turned to look in its direction.

Wang Dong'er was covering her mouth, desperately holding back her laughter as her shoulders trembled slightly.

Zhou Yi's anger flared even further. Her face turned livid as she demanded sharply, "What are you laughing at?"

As a Soul Emperor, it was strange enough that her oppressive aura had suddenly failed. Now, there was actually a student daring to snicker.

"Teacher Zhou, please understand. We're all Soul Masters. No matter how funny something is, we won't laugh."

Wang Dong'er had managed to restrain her smile. She stared straight ahead with the appearance of a well-behaved student, though her tone carried a trace of teasing.

"Mm, unless we can't hold it in." The remark came from some corner of the classroom.

"Pfft!"

That did it. The Freshman Class 1 classroom instantly became a sea of laughter, and the students who could no longer hold back burst out laughing.

"Very good. Your name is Wang Dong, isn't it?" Zhou Yi sneered several times. "From this moment on, you are expelled. You may pack your things and leave Shrek Academy."

Surprise flashed through Wang Dong'er's eyes, but she quickly regained her calm.

After standing up, she headed straight for the door. Halfway there, she suddenly said, "Teacher Zhou, do you know which sect I come from?"

At her words, disdain appeared on Zhou Yi's face.

She had seen plenty of students like this. Whenever they were expelled by her, they would always try to invoke the forces behind them to pressure her. But what was the result? Didn't they still leave with their tails between their legs?

"I don't care which sect you come from. You have been expelled by me now," Zhou Yi replied coldly.

"Fine, then. I hope you won't regret this later, Teacher Zhou..."

As the Clear Sky Sect Young Sect Master who had enrolled at the academy, Wang Dong'er naturally knew that her First Dad and Second Dad had long since established connections with Shrek Academy's higher-ups.

But clearly, the teacher before her was not qualified to know the truth.

Before Wang Dong'er could leave the classroom, however, a smiling voice came from the doorway.

"Teacher Zhou, why was your classroom full of laughter just now? Don't tell me you've changed your teaching style and started taking the humorous route?"

Mu Jin's gaze fell on Wang Dong'er, whose features were delicate and whose skin was fair. For some reason, he thought of his younger brother.

Then he turned to Zhou Yi and asked calmly,

"What? Did this student make you angry on the first day of school, to the point that you're expelling her?"

"That's right. She violated the rules I set, so naturally I'm expelling her."

Zhou Yi stared at Mu Jin without backing down, her eyes filled with provocation. "Just like when I expelled your younger brother!"

"You!"

Mu Jin immediately gritted his teeth, but a faint smile soon appeared on his face.

He walked into the classroom, took hold of Wang Dong'er, and said to Zhou Yi,

"Since Teacher Zhou does not welcome this student, she belongs to me now."

When Huo Yuhao left the dormitory, he still had plenty of time. There was nearly half a shichen before class began.

He happened to stop by the Outer Court cafeteria for a lavish breakfast.

That single meal cost him nearly a hundred Gold Soul Coins.

Most of these delicacies, prepared by the top chefs specially hired by Shrek Academy, used high-grade Soul Beast meat and rare ingredients. They were not only greatly beneficial to Soul Masters' bodies, but could also effectively aid their cultivation.

It could be said that although Shrek Academy's Outer Court cafeteria did not even have tables or chairs, its finest dishes were actually being sold at a loss.

The moment the class bell rang, Huo Yuhao entered the Freshman Class 9 classroom right on time.

Looking around, he saw that the spacious classroom was already full. More than eighty percent of the students were pretty girls.

Perhaps this was why he had been assigned a dormitory of his own. Freshman Class 9 had far too many girls and too few boys; there were fewer than twenty male students in the entire class.

The previously noisy classroom gradually quieted as the bell rang.

But when they saw Huo Yuhao, the entire classroom erupted again in an instant.

Many of the female students began whispering among themselves. Quite a few young girls even blushed and lowered their heads shyly, not daring to look at Huo Yuhao's handsome face.

"Wow, what a handsome little guy! Especially his eyes—they're so beautiful!!"

"Girls, I think I'm in love!"

The few male students, meanwhile, had eyes full of vigilance and hostility.

Clearly, Huo Yuhao's exceptional looks and temperament had attracted the attention of many female students, leaving them inevitably jealous.

Huo Yuhao remained calm as he swept his gaze around the classroom, but his brows suddenly furrowed slightly.

Aside from Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Nanmen Yun'er, whom he had known were in Class Nine from his previous life, he unexpectedly saw Xiao Xiao in the front row, her black hair tied into a side ponytail, looking petite and adorable.

Xiao Xiao felt Huo Yuhao's gaze linger on her for several seconds. Her face immediately reddened, and she lowered her head even further.

Huo Yuhao did not pay attention to Xiao Xiao's reaction. Instead, he subconsciously used his spiritual power to swiftly scan the entire classroom.

Good. That familiar pink-and-blue figure was nowhere to be seen.

It seemed Xiao Xiao coming to Class Nine in this life was merely an accident.

Huo Yuhao unhurriedly walked toward the remaining empty seats in the classroom.

At that moment, the only empty seats left were beside Ning Tian and Wu Feng.

The red-haired girl with the gloomy expression was clearly radiating an inexplicable hostility, driving away anyone who tried to approach Ning Tian.

Huo Yuhao looked at Ning Tian's short golden hair and smiled warmly.

"We meet again. You don't mind if I sit here, do you?"

Ning Tian looked at the refined and handsome young man before her. Though his brows and eyes seemed somewhat familiar, she was more confused than anything else.

As the Young Sect Master of the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect, she possessed an excellent memory. Yet she could not recall at all where she had met this young man before.

Ning Tian did not reveal that she completely failed to recognize him. She nodded gracefully, a polite smile appearing on her face. "Of course you can."

Seeing Huo Yuhao sit beside Ning Tian, Wu Feng immediately felt stifled with irritation.

His method of striking up a conversation with her young sect master was far too outdated.

As her young sect master's personal guard, even she had never seen him. When could he possibly have met her young sect master?

Only because her young sect master had such a good temper did she not expose this ill-intentioned scoundrel.

Wu Feng grumbled inwardly, and her gaze toward Huo Yuhao was filled with vigilance.