Homeroom Teacher's Deliberate Obstruction

"Tang Wulin, I'm your homeroom teacher."

"Can you tell me why you have nineteen levels of soul power when your martial soul is Blue Silver Grass?"

Mu Qian looked at Tang Wulin before her. She was briefly dazzled by the young girl's appearance.

But she had never cared much about such things. What she valued most was a student's talent and grades—after all, those affected her annual Outstanding Teacher evaluation and bonus.

"I just cultivated to level nineteen—"

Tang Wulin blinked, her eyes full of confusion as she looked at her homeroom teacher.

"Do I need to spell it out?"

"I want to know whether you have a second martial soul."

Mu Qian's tone became somewhat stern. This trick had always worked on students.

Sure enough, Tang Wulin had been taught from childhood to respect her teachers, so she directly admitted that she did not have a second martial soul.

Seeing the student personally confirm that she had no second martial soul and that her first martial soul was the useless Blue Silver Grass, Mu Qian's expression immediately darkened.

The criteria for the annual Outstanding Teacher evaluation depended on the highest and lowest performers.

She knew very well that the Blue Silver Grass martial soul offered no cultivation bonuses. On the contrary, it was a burden to a soul master.

Even if this little girl was already level nineteen, who could guarantee that she had not been piled up with medicine?

Soul masters who raised their soul power through pills usually had unstable foundations.

Not to mention the future class promotion matches—even later tests would expose her weaknesses and lower Mu Qian's chances of winning an award.

How could she possibly accept that?

Thinking of this, Mu Qian's tone gradually became disdainful. "Your level nineteen was probably achieved by taking medicine, wasn't it?"

"Teachers hate children who lie the most. I don't like dishonest children like that."

"Besides, I've always had a standard for accepting students. I don't take in people who like taking shortcuts."

The implication was obvious: she did not want to accept Tang Wulin.

In his spiritual sea, Old Tang's face darkened. That damned woman actually dared to call my daughter a pill-popping fraud? You have a death wish!

Tang Wulin looked innocent on the surface, but she was quite sensitive to other people's emotions. How could she fail to understand the meaning behind Mu Qian's words?

Remembering the hardship of cultivating day and night to catch up with her big brother, and seeing her efforts denied, even someone as good-tempered as her could not help but become angry.

"Teacher, you judge a person's entire life just by looking at their martial soul. That only proves you're nothing special!"

"Even students who are naturally gifted would merely waste their time under you. After all, you only know how to choose—you don't know how to teach."

Tang Wulin's eyes were filled with determination. She did not yield in the slightest to a teacher's authority.

Mu Qian snorted coldly, her expression contemptuous. "It can't be helped. Class One doesn't accept trash."

"Blue Silver Grass is nothing more than wild grass by the roadside. What use is an inflated level?"

"And with talent like yours, the only thing worth looking at is your face—go home early and find yourself a man to marry once you're an adult."

"Don't wade into the muddy waters of being a soul master and waste your time!"

Those words instantly ignited Tang Wulin's fury. Several times, she wanted to step forward and throw a punch.

But because of her big brother's teachings, she regained her reason amid her anger—there was no way she could beat an academy teacher in a direct fight, so she could only find someone who could help her.

Without saying a word, Tang Wulin left.

Mu Qian smugly took a sip of tea, still dreaming of her year-end bonus. "She acted so tough before, but didn't she still submit?"

Meanwhile, Luo Qing had just finished tidying up his single dorm room—apparently, the higher-ups had given him special treatment because they saw his extraordinary talent.

Just as he finished putting away his luggage, there was suddenly a knock at the door.

Luo Qing opened it and saw Tang Wulin, her eyes brimming with tears.

"What happened? Who bullied you?"

Luo Qing's expression turned serious. He had not expected someone looking for trouble to appear just after he had left for a while.

Tang Wulin told him everything that had happened with Mu Qian.

Luo Qing vaguely remembered her. Wasn't she the minor villain from the early academy arc, the kind usually used as a stepping stone?

She was obviously greedy for profit, treating students as stepping stones for promotion and wealth.

The protagonist's method in the original story was to rise from Class Five and slap her in the face through the class promotion matches—but that was far too slow!

Luo Qing stood and led Tang Wulin toward the dean of studies' office.

The principal and the dean of studies happened to both be there. When they saw the two of them, they instinctively brought over two chairs—clearly recognizing them.

"Isn't this student Luo Qing? Have you run into any difficulties at school?"

The principal was an elderly man with snowy white hair. Though advanced in years, he was full of vigor. He showed Luo Qing no hint of contempt as he asked in a gentle tone.

"The homeroom teacher we were assigned personally attacked my younger sister. Her conduct was so vile that she directly harmed my sister's self-esteem.

"Principal, you should know how much damage it does to a martial soul's holder when someone disparages their martial soul!

"I demand that the person responsible for these inappropriate remarks be punished immediately!"

As soon as he said this, the dean of studies and the principal froze. Who was it?

Didn't they know Luo Qing had the highest level and best talent among this year's new students?

And his family had considerable influence—they had donated an entire building just days before school started. This female student also had no small amount of influence; the Mecha Association had just spoken to them and asked them to take extra care of her—

Who had just walked straight into the line of fire?

The dean of studies hurriedly checked the roster and discovered that it was Mu Qian, Class One's homeroom teacher.

After identifying the culprit, the two quickly assured them, "Students, please trust the school. We will certainly give you a satisfactory resolution." With that, they hurried away one after the other.

The moment they left the office, the principal's face turned red with anger. "I knew she was greedy for profit, but how could she be so brainless?

"So what if someone managed to raise Blue Silver Grass to level nineteen?

"With such resources and influence behind them, was she someone you could afford to provoke?"

But saying more now was useless. They had to give the two students and the forces behind them a satisfactory answer, or even whether he could retire peacefully would become a problem. The principal and the dean of studies headed for the teachers' office in a fury.

To comfort Tang Wulin, Luo Qing took her to the snack street outside the academy. "Don't look so upset. That snob will probably get what's coming to her tomorrow..."

Tang Wulin suddenly looked up. "Big Brother, do you think Blue Silver Grass really has no future?"

"Blue Silver Grass? Of course it does!"

Afraid that she would not believe him, Luo Qing analyzed it from every angle. "Not to mention that Blue Silver Grass itself has an extremely rich range of evolutionary forms.

"As part of the foundational cycle of Douluo Star's entire ecosystem, it holds an exceptionally important position on the planet.

"You have to believe that even wild grass can gradually spread across an entire planet through continuous evolution..."

Tang Wulin listened intently, her hands unconsciously clenching before loosening again.

From Luo Qing before her, she could sense that he was not lying.

He had not made up those words just to comfort her.

"I understand!"

Tang Wulin's eyes slowly closed, then abruptly opened again.

"I shouldn't doubt myself because of the barking of stray dogs by the roadside. I am who I am!"

"I'm Big Brother's little sister—"

"I'm Tang Wulin!"