Zhou Yi's Teaching: Punishment—One Hundred Laps

Seeing that someone had actually admitted to fighting, quite a few students around them could not hold back and nearly burst out laughing.

But under their gazes, Zhou Yi's cold voice slowly rang out. "Only two?"

"What a bunch of trash. Don't you know that those who dare not cause trouble are mediocre?"

"Everyone except those two, get out and run one hundred laps around Shrek Square."

"Anyone who fails to finish will be expelled immediately!"

There was an air of indifference in Zhou Yi's voice.

As her words fell, many students looked at her in disbelief.

Several students could not hold back any longer and stood up, questioning her directly.

"Teacher, I refuse to accept this! Why should we be punished when we didn't fight?"

"Exactly! Is not fighting somehow a problem? Which one of us has weak talent? Who says those who do not fight are mediocre?"

Hearing the teenagers' questions, Zhou Yi merely swept her gaze over them before speaking calmly.

"Because I said so. If you refuse to accept it, you can get lost right now. As your homeroom teacher, I have the right to expel any student."

"I'm giving you one minute. If I don't see you running around Shrek Square after one minute, you'll all be expelled!"

As Zhou Yi spoke, six soul rings descended around her.

Seeing those black soul rings, the students' faces filled with horror.

Even in Shrek Academy, teachers who were six-ringed Soul Emperors were rare.

And for many of them, the elders in their families were only about as strong as the six-ringed Soul Emperor before them.

The students who had originally wanted to resist ultimately fell silent.

As they turned to head downstairs, Zhou Yi's gaze shifted to two people.

"You two, come here."

Zhou Yi's voice was calm.

Yet upon hearing her words, Li Qingming's expression did not change. He simply ignored Zhou Yi completely.

Seeing Li Qingming standing there without moving, Zhou Yi frowned.

"Didn't you hear me? Or do you not understand what I'm saying?"

"I heard you, and I understand. But I don't think Teacher Zhou's words make any sense."

"Handing out corporal punishment to students for no reason on the first day of school... Shrek Academy may indeed be powerful, but that does not give you a reason to act so recklessly, Teacher Zhou."

Li Qingming spoke as he looked at Zhou Yi.

There was neither fear nor dread in his eyes. He simply looked at her with a calm, natural gaze.

Their eyes met.

Zhou Yi's eyes deepened slightly as the pressure of a Soul Emperor radiated from her, instantly bearing down on Li Qingming.

Yet upon feeling that pressure, Li Qingming's expression remained unchanged.

"Is throwing your weight around all Teacher Zhou knows how to do? Teacher Zhou is indeed strong, and I may not necessarily be your opponent right now."

"But I do not approve of this teaching method. Is that wrong?"

Having said this, Li Qingming stared steadily at Zhou Yi.

Seeing the utterly impassive expression on the woman's face, Li Qingming remained calm.

Behind him, two pale yellow soul rings rose into view, and an enormous Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul appeared.

Behind the Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul, its wings swayed gently as a holy, sacred power spread outward.

The oppressive force of that power far exceeded anyone's imagination.

Although Li Qingming currently only possessed an ordinary Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul, in this era, it was still far more powerful than the normal Angel Martial Souls with only two or four wings.

And that was not all. Due to the inheritance of the Angel God, coupled with its unique nature, Li Qingming's Angel Martial Soul had already surpassed the level of a top-tier Martial Soul and stepped directly onto the threshold of a god-tier Martial Soul.

As his aura spread, their auras collided, yet Zhou Yi's aura failed to subdue him immediately.

"Interesting. What a peculiar Holy Angel Martial Soul."

"I have seen Holy Angels before, but ordinary Holy Angels only have one pair of wings. You have three pairs. You truly are extraordinary."

"But so what? Do you really think you can resist me?"

As Zhou Yi spoke, she raised a hand, and a massive red dragon appeared behind her.

Though she was currently only a six-ringed Soul Emperor, her Martial Soul was the Scarlet Dragon Martial Soul.

This type of fire-element Martial Soul was an extremely terrifying existence even among those of the same type.

Meeting her gaze, Li Qingming's expression remained unchanged.

"Teacher Zhou can decide her own teaching methods. That is not something I can control. But Shrek does not permit students to be humiliated so casually either."

After all, if no one had cared in the past, or no one had exposed it, then so be it.

Even if Du Weilun knew, he would not interfere. Zhou Yi had connections as well; her husband was a teacher there.

But once Li Qingming resisted and exposed the matter, escalating the situation, there would be no good outcome afterward.

Feeling Li Qingming's aura, and especially relying on her own strength, Zhou Yi could clearly sense that Li Qingming's soul power had already reached the peak of the second ring, only one step away from the third.

For a child of merely ten years old to reach such a level was something Zhou Yi had never encountered throughout her entire teaching career.

At that thought, her brows drew tightly together. She stared at Li Qingming, her eyes flickering for a moment, but she did not continue attacking.

"You have courage. With the strength of a second-ring soul master, you dare challenge a Soul Emperor like me. That courage of yours is not bad."

"Enough. The others will continue running. You may stay behind. You don't need to run."

Zhou Yi paused after saying that.

Naturally, it was not because she admired Li Qingming's courage, but because she was somewhat wary of him.

A ten-year-old at the peak of the second ring was already rather frightening.

If he truly brought in the school leadership, then given his talent, although he could not compare to her at present, once the youth grew up and sought revenge, Zhou Yi felt that she might be implicated.

That was something Zhou Yi did not wish to encounter.

Although she had always emphasized strict teaching, she was also wary of those students who truly possessed talent and strength.

Especially since she could feel Li Qingming's suppression over her.

That absolute suppression between Martial Souls should not normally exist.

After all, dragon-type Martial Souls were among the most powerful Martial Souls in the world.

Even Zhou Yi herself was surprised that a Martial Soul capable of suppressing a dragon-type Martial Soul existed.

Her own Martial Soul was also a top-tier Martial Soul, and it was not weak.

Yet Li Qingming had blocked it so easily. She truly could not understand it.

Hearing Zhou Yi's words, Li Qingming merely gave her a calm glance before quietly sitting down.

He was not the sort to stick his neck out, nor was he some saint.

If the other students did not resist and were willing to run, that had nothing to do with him.

If it were not for the fact that, in the original timeline, even those called over for fighting had to run afterward, wasting some time as well, Li Qingming would not have bothered.

Seeing Zhou Yi compromise, the surrounding students had initially been somewhat happy.

But upon hearing Zhou Yi's words and seeing Li Qingming sit back down, quite a few students sighed.

Wang Dong, however, did not move. He looked at Li Qingming with a trace of respect in his eyes.

After all, that was a Soul Emperor.

For a second-ring Grand Soul Master to dare resist a Soul Emperor was something Wang Dong would have considered absolutely impossible.

Yet it had truly happened right before his eyes.

And the one who had dared resist a Soul Emperor was his deskmate.

At that thought, Wang Dong blinked, and the gaze he directed at Li Qingming grew increasingly curious.