Beyond the Rules

The duties of the Sea God Pavilion elders at Shrek Academy were clearly divided. Cai Yue'er had always been responsible for the Outer Court. She had managed it for decades, and no one dared question her competence or methods.

However, she had never expected that Zhong Shenxiu had no intention of playing by her rules.

Since they could not avoid being set up in the Outer Court, they would simply leave.

To Zhong Shenxiu and Gu Yue, no academy or teaching staff was of any use.

They had come here only to help Wu Zhangkong hold his head high, only to break his obsession, only to let him stand tall on the soil of Shrek Academy.

If Zhong Shenxiu had not enjoyed repaying tooth for tooth and eye for eye, they would already have been riding a special car to the Spirit Pagoda.

They arrived at the teaching building. Shen Yi pushed open the dark brown wooden door and led the five of them into the corridor. The corridor was long, with photographs and profiles of outstanding students from past years hanging on both walls. Shen Yi walked quickly, Wu Zhangkong following behind her, with the five members of Zero Class behind him.

When they reached the door to the first-year Class One classroom, Shen Yi stopped and turned to look at the five of them. She forced a smile onto her face, one carrying a trace of reluctance, helplessness, and apology.

"Go in."

Tang Wulin took a deep breath, slowly let it out, and reached out to push open the door.

The first-year Outer Court classrooms were on the first floor. After entering the main teaching building, one only had to turn left and walk more than a hundred meters to reach them.

This was a massive tiered classroom,