Zhang Lexuan

After finishing all this, Director Du got up, stretched lazily, and slowly closed the main doors behind him as he left the Academic Affairs Office.

The next day, the students of Freshman Class One were all discussing why their homeroom teacher had not appeared again after making them run a hundred laps. At the same time, they were amazed that Yao Shi and Wang Dong had managed to run three times as many laps as them with such ease.

Just as the class was still noisily chatting away, a woman entered through the classroom door, just like yesterday. But it was not Zhou Yi, and the classroom immediately fell silent.

The newcomer was a woman around twenty-three or twenty-four years old. She was tall and well-proportioned, dressed in elegant, light-colored teacher's attire. Her long, smooth black hair fell straight to her waist, and she possessed a quiet, gentle air. Her beauty was nothing short of breathtaking; merely walking slowly into the classroom was enough to capture the attention of many of the boys below.

The woman walked up to the podium and looked over the students. Then, a faint smile curled her lips as she said softly, "Hello, students. Since Teacher Zhou Yi has resigned from her position as an Outer Court teacher in the Martial Soul Department due to health reasons, I will be taking over as your homeroom teacher from now on."

"Let me introduce myself first. My name is Zhang Lexuan. You may call me Teacher Zhang or Teacher Lexuan in the future. I hope we can all get along well."

As soon as Zhang Lexuan finished speaking, the classroom fell quiet for a few seconds before erupting into excited, exhilarated cheers.

"Fuck, I thought we'd have to endure that old witch's oppression for the next few years. Who knew she'd resign today?!"

"Yeah! If that Teacher Zhou had kept being our homeroom teacher, we might've been made to run a hundred laps every day while worrying about getting expelled."

"Thank heavens! They sent us such a beautiful teacher, and judging by her voice, she definitely won't be as strict as that old witch!"

The moment the students learned that their homeroom teacher had been replaced, the classroom instantly became a chaotic uproar.

When Wang Dong heard that Zhou Yi had resigned, she smiled and looked at Yao Shi, wanting to tell him that she had not expected that old witch to actually stop causing trouble and really resign.

Yao Shi ignored her, his eyes fixed solely on Zhang Lexuan on the podium.

Zhang Lexuan?

Isn't she the senior sister of the Inner Court? Why isn't she staying in the Inner Court at this time? Why did she come here to become an Outer Court teacher?

"So? Is Teacher Zhang pretty?"

"Not bad."

While he was deep in thought, a voice drifted over faintly. Distracted, Yao Shi answered without thinking. When he came back to his senses, he saw Wang Dong staring at him with an expression as if she wanted to devour him alive.

"Hey, what are you doing? Why are you staring at me like that? Is there a flower on my face?" Yao Shi looked at her speechlessly.

"Nothing. I just saw someone staring at the new female teacher so hard that he was practically drooling~" Wang Dong replied in a strangely sarcastic tone.

"What are you thinking? I just thought this new teacher seemed pretty strong, so I looked at her a little longer."

"Really?"

"Obviously."

"Fine, then I'll forgive you."

"What are you forgiving me for? You're being ridiculous. And even if I really was looking at a beautiful teacher, what does that have to do with you?"

After the running incident, the two had gotten along considerably better, though they still occasionally bickered with each other.

"You..." Wang Dong was just about to flare up when Zhang Lexuan's voice echoed through the classroom.

"Alright, students, quiet down for a moment."

Her voice was not loud, but with soul power, it easily reached every student's ears. The classroom became quiet again.

"Students, I will now arrange your future training schedule. First, every morning, you will run ten laps around the track to warm up. In the morning, you will train using methods suited to your martial souls. All martial souls will primarily focus on cultivating soul power, followed by training specific to beast martial souls and tool martial souls."

"While beast martial souls cultivate soul power daily, physical training cannot be neglected either. You will mainly train physical strength, burst speed, and offensive techniques."

"As for tool martial souls, aside from cultivating soul power daily, you will train your control over your own martial souls. The focus will be martial soul release, real-time reaction speed, and endurance."

"As for the specific training, that will depend on the path of cultivation you choose going forward."

"These classes will take place four days a week. Friday will be for practical sparring, and the remaining two days will be rest days. Students, do you have any objections to this arrangement?"

"No—"

The students below answered in a uniform, resounding chorus. As long as they were not made to run a hundred laps around the track every day, anything was fine.

"Alright, alright. Next, let's choose a class monitor. Is there anyone who would like to volunteer?"

Zhang Lexuan clapped her hands to signal for them to quiet down, then spoke.

No one around them raised a hand voluntarily, but everyone's gaze turned directly toward Yao Shi. After all, they had personally watched the two of them finish three hundred laps with ease. While that did not necessarily prove that they were powerful, anyone who could remain so relaxed after finishing the run was certainly no ordinary person.

Zhang Lexuan also noticed their gazes and looked toward Yao Shi. In a teasing tone, she said, "I wonder whether you're recommending this handsome little guy as class monitor, or this beautiful little girl?"

At that moment, Yao Shi raised his hand and said, "Teacher Zhang, we're actually two handsome little guys. I'm a guy."

Upon hearing Yao Shi's words, the class fell silent yet again. Aside from the few boys who had sat beside him yesterday and heard him say that he was male, the other students had all assumed he was a girl. Now that Yao Shi had announced his gender before the entire class, the other students could not help but stare in stunned disbelief.

"How is that possible? He looks like that, yet he's actually a boy?"

One girl even sniffled softly. "Wuwuwu, in my next life, I really want to live with his face just once!"

Zhang Lexuan was slightly stunned by Yao Shi's words, then could not hold back a laugh. "Haha, then, this beautiful handsome little guy, do you know how many girls would envy a face like yours? Even I'm a little jealous of your face."

"Alright, enough about that. It seems the other students would prefer you two to be class monitor. What do you think?"

After teasing Yao Shi a little, Zhang Lexuan returned to the earlier topic of choosing a class monitor.

Wang Dong stood up and said, "Teacher, I also recommend Yao Shi as our class monitor. He can definitely handle it."

"Oh~ So your name is Yao Shi. Then you'll be Class One's class monitor from now on."

After hearing Wang Dong's words, Zhang Lexuan looked at Yao Shi again and spoke in a teasing tone.

"Hey, Teacher, I haven't even agreed to be class monitor yet. And shouldn't the class monitor be decided by a student vote? How did you just directly appoint me?"

Yao Shi looked helpless. How had he suddenly become class monitor for no reason?

"Hahaha, Student Yao Shi, you really are modest. Can't you see that the students around you can't wait to place the title of class monitor on your head? Is there even a need for a vote? You're clearly the only possible class monitor for Class One."

"Eh~ Fine, then."

Yao Shi looked at the gazes around him and could only agree helplessly.

I'm really not good at managing a class!!