"Mu Jin, why aren't you disciplining your students? What are you doing here?" Zhou Yi's face darkened as she saw the purple-robed teacher leading the group.
But when she saw so many teachers coming over, she still withdrew her Soul Rings.
"Heh heh heh. It's not what I want to do, but what you want to do, Teacher Zhou," Mu Jin said with schadenfreude. "You just expelled three freshmen in one go. What a display of authority~"
After all, Zhou Yi had expelled Mu Jin's younger brother from his third-year class right on the spot. Years of hard work had gone to waste, and he'd been branded with the stain of expulsion from Shrek. It had a huge impact on his life.
All of this was because of that old witch, Zhou Yi!
When Chu Feng saw Mu Jin in the classroom, he remembered her, too.
Mu Jin seemed to be the teacher of Freshman Class Two. She was a capable teacher, but after her younger brother had talked back to Zhou Yi, that old witch had expelled him outright, which had led to the feud between them. In the original story, an ordinary, diligent working teacher like her had been written as though she were a villain, constantly pushed around by Zhou Yi. It was truly pitiful.
"Hmph. They're students in my class, so of course I have the right to expel them!" Zhou Yi snorted, her attitude still as forceful as ever. She wanted students who would obey. She was a teacher, had lived for decades, and had extensive experience training Soul Masters.
A bunch of greenhorns didn't know the first thing about anything. They hadn't even grown all their feathers, yet they dared to challenge her. Students like that were useless; no matter how talented they were, their future achievements would be limited. She might as well expel them and send them packing before they corrupted the other students.
"Teacher Zhou, you really have gone too far." Just then, a middle-aged man in a black suit and black-rimmed glasses entered the classroom and spoke slowly.
Hearing someone dare to reprimand her, Zhou Yi was about to start cursing. But when she turned and saw who it was, she froze. "Director Du, what are you doing here?"
Zhou Yi was surprised that Du Weilun had come. He was the director of education, far above her in both strength and position.
"Teacher Zhou, you still haven't changed that short temper of yours. I'll report this matter to the higher-ups. As for these three students, you cannot expel them."
Du Weilun glanced at Zhou Yi and spoke calmly.
He hadn't expected Zhou Yi to have such a terrible temper, expelling students on a whim without even bothering to learn the facts. That was going too far.
Especially since the three she wanted to expel were these students.
Chu Feng was someone Dean Yan had instructed them to keep an eye on. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to call him the most talented student Shrek had seen in a century.
Wang Dong was from the Clear Sky Sect and might even have a distinguished identity. Her talent was astonishing, too: she had Twin Martial Souls, the Light Goddess Butterfly and the Clear Sky Hammer, both top-tier Martial Souls.
Xiao Xiao also had Twin Martial Souls, and at such a young age, her talent was already formidable.
These three were the strongest students in Class One, yet they'd all been expelled. That was a loss no one could bear—not Zhou Yi, and not even her husband, Fan Yu, if he came.
"Why not?" Zhou Yi exploded at his words.
"I'm the homeroom teacher! I have the right to expel any student in Class One!"
"Besides, these three showed no respect for their elders and talked back to a teacher. They've seriously violated the school rules. They deserve to be kicked out!"
Zhou Yi shouted angrily.
She was going crazy. So what if they were a little talented? What was so great about that? Did the academy really have to protect them?
She was a teacher at the academy, and her husband was Fan Yu, a Level 8 Soul Engineer. Everything she did was for the academy. What had she done wrong?
"Zhou Yi! There are so many students watching. Calm down!" Du Weilun knew what Zhou Yi was like, but watching her fly into a rage for no reason still made him angry. She clearly had something wrong with her head, losing it in front of everyone with so many students looking on. What would the freshmen think?
It would make them think all Shrek's teachers were unreasonable. That would seriously damage Shrek's reputation.
Zhou Yi had taught third-years before. Expelling a few students at the bottom of their year hadn't mattered much, so the academy had turned a blind eye. But these were freshmen, the academy's future. Of course they couldn't let Zhou Yi do as she pleased.
They'd thought demoting her to teach freshmen would make her rein herself in. Instead, she'd only gotten more outrageous!
If not for Fan Yu's sake, she didn't deserve to be a homeroom teacher at all!
Feeling Du Weilun's terrifying aura, Zhou Yi finally calmed down a little, though a raging fire still burned inside her.
Du Weilun couldn't be bothered with the madwoman. He turned to Chu Feng, then felt even more helpless, because Chu Feng didn't look afraid at all.
He knew Chu Feng was a genius with pride of his own, but he hadn't expected him to get into a clash with Zhou Yi on the very first lesson.
"Chu Feng, Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, Teacher Zhou's actions were indeed inappropriate. On behalf of the academy, I apologize to you."
"You can choose to leave Shrek Academy, or you can choose another class. You're all academy geniuses, and Shrek will never let a genius go to waste."
Du Weilun spoke sincerely, but he didn't pressure them to stay.
After all, the academy had mishandled things. If they'd grown resentful toward the school, forcing them to stay wouldn't be a good idea.
"Thank you, Director Du. I'll transfer to another class. Any class is fine. Let's go with Class Nine," Chu Feng said with a smile.
"Then I'll transfer to Class Nine, too."
"I'm going to Class Nine as well!"
Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao said in unison.
They both couldn't stand Zhou Yi. A teacher like that was a menace. Singling out students was bad enough, but she'd expel them at the drop of a hat and never gave them a fair hearing!
"What! You..." Zhou Yi nearly died of anger at their words!
Not only had the three avoided expulsion, they'd even gone to the class taught by her archenemy, Mu Jin!
"Heh heh heh heh. Then I owe you my thanks, Teacher Zhou~" Just then, a purple-robed teacher stepped out of the crowd. It was Mu Jin, the homeroom teacher of Class Nine.
She looked at Chu Feng and the others, smiling warmly. "Hello, children. I'm Mu Jin, the homeroom teacher of Class Nine. Welcome to our Class Nine family! I promise I'll never expel students on a whim like Zhou Yi. Our class follows democratic principles. I won't run it like Zhou Yi's one-woman dictatorship~"
Mu Jin's smile blossomed, and her heart leaped with joy.
She didn't know who the three students were, but Du Weilun had personally stepped in to defend them, so their talent was clearly extraordinary!
That idiot Zhou Yi really thought she was somebody. She'd dared to expel students this good~
If Zhou Yi didn't want them, Mu Jin did!
With these three joining them, Class Nine might even win the Freshman Assessment! That would be a tremendous honor, and might even earn her a promotion to senior teacher!
"Good. Since Teacher Mu Jin has no objections, it's settled." Du Weilun nodded, then turned to Chu Feng and the others. "I'll update your files, and I guarantee this matter won't affect your future cultivation in any way. Go with Teacher Mu Jin."
"Sure." Chu Feng looked at Mu Jin with a smile. "I'll be counting on you to look after us, Teacher Mu Jin~"
"Heh heh heh~ Children, let's go. Class Nine is happy to have you~" Mu Jin beamed even more brightly.
Soon, Mu Jin left with Chu Feng and the other two.
Du Weilun dismissed the other teachers who'd come to watch the drama.
Zhou Yi's face was black as the bottom of a pot.
"What are you all looking at? Everyone has one hour to run 120 laps. If you don't finish, you're expelled!"
"Ah... but, Teacher... didn't you just say 100 laps?" one student asked timidly.
"Bang!" Zhou Yi was already furious, and now someone had defied her again. She slapped the table and shouted, "I want geniuses, not fools! I'm still your homeroom teacher, and I still have the right to expel anyone who disobeys my orders! Now, get out and train!"
At her words, all the students fell silent with fear and hurried out of the classroom to run laps.
After all, the students present weren't stupid. Chu Feng and the other two had defied Zhou Yi because they had the standing to do so.
Those who'd stayed behind were only ordinary talented students. They had no special privileges...
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