School Opening Turmoil, Zhou Yi Arrives

Thinking of this, Li Qingming felt somewhat helpless.

As the power of the light elements around him gradually grew denser, his eyes slowly opened.

It was already morning outside, with soft sunlight spilling down.

After getting dressed, Li Qingming prepared to leave.

He glanced at Wang Dong, who was still sleeping there with a dazed expression.

There was still plenty of time—at least an hour before school began.

Not dwelling on it, he headed straight to Shrek's cafeteria for breakfast.

Breakfast at Shrek's cafeteria was abundant, with practically every kind of delicious morning meal available.

However, as soon as Li Qingming arrived at the cafeteria, he discovered a troublesome issue: his appearance.

He was even better-looking than Wang Dong—or rather, more handsome.

A face like that could easily invite trouble.

So, the moment he arrived, several female students came over to strike up conversations.

Although he rejected every one of them, they still lingered and tried to pull him into conversation, leaving Li Qingming rather helpless.

He naturally preferred peace and quiet and did not enjoy getting involved in such matters.

The more attention one received, the more trouble usually followed.

These girls might not have cared, or perhaps to them, it was merely ordinary flirting.

But he had no idea whether any of them might be someone else's secret crush. That could easily provoke rivalry—or even hostility from other boys.

Though Li Qingming did not care about such things, he had no desire to inexplicably stir up trouble the moment he arrived at school.

So after ordering a sandwich in the cafeteria, he took the two prepared sandwiches and went outside the school dining hall.

Soft sunlight brushed over him. Feeling that warm sunlight wrap around him once again, Li Qingming's expression softened considerably.

The coldness in his eyes faded, and he simply gazed silently at the sunlight outside.

It was still early, and there was hardly anyone on Shrek's field or lawns.

Enjoying this rare moment of solitude, Li Qingming sat quietly and finished both sandwiches.

Only then did he rise and head quickly toward the classroom.

By the time he arrived, there were already quite a few people in Class One.

Li Qingming did not feel much about being assigned to Class One.

He had come to Shrek Academy only because he had no choice and could not refuse.

As for the academy that his enemy from ten thousand years ago had joined and helped flourish, Li Qingming could not say he hated it, nor could he say he liked it.

When he entered Class One, he immediately saw Wang Dong sitting there.

Wang Dong was seated with an impatient look on his face.

Several little girls were gathered around him, asking him one question after another.

When they saw Li Qingming enter, quite a few girls shifted their attention to him.

Seeing their wolfish gazes, Li Qingming's mouth twitched.

Only in the Douluo World would this happen. In their original world, these people would have long since been dragged out by their teachers for a talk.

It might even have been more serious than calling their parents—they might have summoned their ancestors for eighteen generations.

Just thinking about ten-year-olds dating made Li Qingming's heart twitch.

Even though he had lived for over ten thousand years and experienced much, his current bone age was, after all, truly only ten.

With that in mind, Li Qingming went over and sat in a seat at the very front.

Seeing him sit down, several girls wanted to approach him.

But as they sensed the aura around the youth, the girls who had intended to get closer frowned slightly.

A holy power enveloped Li Qingming, forming a small barrier that shut out everyone who wished to approach him.

Seeing this rather exaggerated scene, the girls' mouths twitched, and anger appeared in their eyes as they looked at Li Qingming.

"What kind of person is he? Does he really think I have to get to know him? He even made some little barrier just to stop us from going over."

One of the girls muttered disdainfully under her breath.

Hearing her words, the other girls also glanced at Li Qingming.

But Li Qingming felt nothing about it.

He merely sat there quietly, closed his eyes, and slowly gathered himself.

Seeing Li Qingming like this, curiosity appeared in Wang Dong's eyes.

He did not know much about the boys here, but he understood that boys generally would not refuse to flirt with pretty girls.

And the girls who had gone over to strike up conversations were not bad-looking either.

Or rather, with most people at Shrek Academy being obsessed with appearances, Li Qingming's undisguised indifference toward those girls made Wang Dong's eyes flicker.

He increasingly suspected that Li Qingming might also be a girl, disguised as a boy to study here just like himself.

Thinking of this, he looked at Li Qingming with even greater curiosity.

However, this change did not last long.

Seeing that Li Qingming ignored them, the others began gathering around Wang Dong again, or chatting with several boys and girls who were either powerful or good-looking.

Until the ringing bell sounded.

As the class bell rang, the door opened and an elderly woman walked in.

She appeared to be around sixty years old, with graying hair and a set of brown casual clothes.

She looked at the students, her gaze full of sternness.

"Is that the homeroom teacher? She's a woman. She looks kind of strict."

"Stop talking. The teacher's here, the teacher's here."

Listening to the students' murmurs below, the elderly woman walked up to the podium and placed both hands on the desk.

Her gaze fixed on the students, full of authority.

"Let me introduce myself. My name is Zhou Yi, and I am your homeroom teacher."

"Remember this: in my class, no trash will ever pass the assessment. What I intend to cultivate are monsters, not idiots."

The woman's voice was calm.

After she finished speaking, the classroom, which had only just quieted down, began buzzing with arguments again.

Naturally, the students were dissatisfied at being compared to trash.

Those who could enter Class One either possessed strength or came from influential families. In any case, no one who made it here was ordinary.

How could these students tolerate hearing their teacher call them trash?

Listening to the chattering around her, Zhou Yi's expression remained unchanged.

Her cold gaze swept over the students, and then her calm voice sounded once more.

"Those who fought during the past few days of registration, stand up."

As Zhou Yi spoke, she swept her gaze across the students below.

But under her gaze, most of them continued sitting upright in their seats.

After all, no one was stupid. Few people fought right at the start of school, and even if they had, no one would admit it.

Under everyone's gaze, Wang Dong looked toward Li Qingming at the front.

His eyes were full of hesitation, uncertain whether he should stand.

But when he looked at Li Qingming, Li Qingming had already risen calmly to his feet.

He did not care much about fighting, or rather, he had not paid much attention to it.

But since Zhou Yi had said so, he could not be bothered to conceal it.

As he stood, Wang Dong gritted his teeth.

His gaze paused for a moment between Zhou Yi's stern face and the back of the youth's head before him, then he stood as well.