The third day Barrier Shield was activated.
The voices of doubt within the school are growing louder.
This ultimately resulted in Ye Xiao being surrounded by many students.
" Ye Xiao, you've become the temporary Principal, and you're really putting on airs! The school never forced us to cultivate before!"
"Yes! We're supposed to be cultivating spiritual energy, but now you're making us practice body tempering. Aren't you deliberately getting back at us?"
"You're definitely looking for revenge for what happened on the first day of school, and now you finally have the chance to torment us like this!"
"At first, we accepted the militarized patrol arrangements you made, because it was to protect the school and everyone's safety."
"But now, each of us is responsible for four hours of patrol duty every day. After the patrol, we also have to do four hours of body training as you require. After doing all that, eight hours of the day have passed. What about our own cultivation time?"
"I used to spend 8 hours a day cultivating on my own, but now I'm forced to dedicate 4 hours to body refinement, which has caused my cultivation speed to drop significantly, you know that?"
"Not everyone can cultivate in the way you described!"
"Body tempering works for you, but it doesn't work for us!"
"We originally intended to stand with the school through thick and thin, but we didn't expect you to do this. If you insist on not changing your ways, then we have nothing more to say; we're leaving the school!!!"
"That's right! If you don't change, we're leaving!!!"
"..."
The area around Ye Xiao was in an uproar.
These students represent all grades from freshman to junior year.
However, these people resisted and questioned.
Instead, they used the threat of "leaving school" as leverage.
Ye Xiao showed no intention of compromising.
He simply responded with a single sentence.
"The school gates are always open. If you are unwilling to obey my management, you are free to leave the school."
I won't stop you from leaving the school.
"However, if you leave, it won't be so easy for you to come back."
The students found that Ye Xiao was unmoved by either soft or hard tactics.
They even turned around and threatened them.
One by one, their tempers flared up.
" Ye Xiao, do you really think you're something special?"
"You dare threaten us?"
"We study here, this is our school, can't we come back yet?"
"I'd like to see how you manage to keep the school afloat all by yourself after we're all gone."
"Everyone, calm down. Don't be fooled by Ye Xiao. What if you encounter monsters after you leave now?"
"..."
At this moment, Ye Xiao said something.
"I have arranged a guard team to escort you safely to the Teleportation Array in Jiang City."
"My escort team can guarantee your safety along the way."
Upon hearing this, the surrounding students were stunned.
They hadn't expected that Ye Xiao had even arranged this part.
"The guard?"
Who are the members of your guard?
"Can they keep us safe?"
"I'm afraid that the strength and skill level of your guards are not as high as some of the people present here, are they?"
"..."
Faced with the ridicule and skepticism of these people.
Ye Xiao answered calmly.
"The guard team currently has three people."
These words were spoken.
The surrounding doubts grew even louder.
"Three people?"
There are hundreds of us here, and these people all want to leave!
"Can three people escort so many of us out of here?"
"..."
Ye Xiao replied coldly.
Why not?
" Xia Li, the president of the Heavenly Prodigy Association; Zhou Yan, the president of the Demon Hunter Society; and Gan Zhao, the head of the Myriad Phenomena Pavilion."
"These three are members of my guard!"
"With those three escorting you, are you qualified enough?"
The words had barely left his mouth.
The scene was immediately stunned.
All the students wore expressions of shock.
They looked at each other, their faces filled with disbelief.
"How is this possible? The leaders of these three major forces have all agreed to become members of Ye Xiao's bodyguard team?"
"I don't believe it! Ye Xiao, you must be lying to us!"
"What qualifications do you have to invite these three people?"
"Any one of them is someone you can't possibly come into contact with!"
"..."
Ye Xiao listened to these people, who still remained skeptical.
He simply stopped arguing with these people.
"At 2 PM, I will arrange for these three to escort you away!"
"Anyone who wants to leave school and go home can pack their bags and get ready to leave this afternoon."
"I'll say it again, I, Ye Xiao, will not stop anyone who wants to leave the school."
"However, I, Ye Xiao, will not mistreat those who are willing to stay here and stand by me through thick and thin!"
After saying that...
Ye Xiao then walked out from the crowd.
Then, at this point, no one else stepped forward to stop him.
2 PM.
A large number of students gathered at the gate of Jiang University.
"That Ye Xiao is absolutely infuriating!"
"He became the interim Principal, and his actions were completely arbitrary and reckless!"
"I no longer trust him."
"Under his management, the school wouldn't last 15 days."
"If this continues, I might as well take advantage of the fact that it's still safe outside and go home quickly."
"I've heard that the fighting on the front lines isn't going well; the Red Abyss Army's attack is fierce!"
"Recently, we've noticed an increase in the number of Flame Demon Bird flying over the city."
"I fear that once the Red Abyss Army's ground forces break through and flood into the city, that will be a true catastrophe."
"If we can't leave our school and get out, won't we just be waiting to die?"
"I know it's not good to abandon the school and leave at this time, but I have no choice. I'll only stay if Ye Xiao becomes the temporary Principal."
"Yesterday, I told my other classmates about this, and they're all idiots. Some of them actually didn't stay, saying they wanted to stand with the school through thick and thin."
"I have a friend who thinks the same way. I tried to persuade him for a long time before he reluctantly left with me."
"Yes, we're saving those people. Every little bit counts! By the time real danger strikes, it'll be too late for them to regret it."
"It's already 2 o'clock, where is Ye Xiao? Why hasn't he come yet? Is he deliberately playing us for fools?"
" Ye Xiao repeatedly said that Xia Li, Zhou Yan, and Gan Zhao would escort us to the Teleportation Array in Jiang City!"
"..."
As the crowd began to shout.
Ye Xiao walked over from a distance.
He said, frowning.
"Stop yelling, I'm here."