Zhou Yi: Expelled! Yuwen Tuo: There's Actually Such a Good Thing?

Two days later, it was the first day of school.

"Five minutes until class begins. All new students of Martial Soul Academy, please proceed to your classrooms. Latecomers will not be allowed inside."

"One minute until class begins."

The broadcast kept sounding. At the classroom entrance, two figures waited anxiously.

One was an exceptionally handsome young man, muttering nonstop, "Honestly, that Huo Yuhao... I saw him cultivating when I got up this morning, so I didn't disturb him. But he can't have forgotten the time just because he was cultivating, can he? Being late on the first day—was he really not afraid of getting expelled?"

The other was, of course, the little loli Xiao Xiao. She paced back and forth anxiously. "Honestly, Yuwen Tuo, Yuwen Tuo, are you trying to worry me to death every time? Fine, you usually stand me up, but today is our first class with Teacher Zhou Yi. She's famously strict!"

Only when the countdown to class began did the two of them see those two rushing over. Yuwen Tuo was walking, while Huo Yuhao was running.

"Hey, classmate, you really have plenty of leisure, don't you? If you don't hurry, it'll be too late." Huo Yuhao passed by Yuwen Tuo and urged him on.

Yuwen Tuo smiled. "We won't be late. I've always been good at arriving right on time."

In the end, Huo Yuhao stepped into the classroom with five seconds left, while Yuwen Tuo entered at the very last second.

Xiao Xiao's little face flushed with anger. Although Huo Yuhao had nearly been late too, at least he looked worried. How could Yuwen Tuo still stroll along as if he were taking a walk?

"I'll complain about you later. Hurry and come sit down with me. The teacher will be here any moment." Xiao Xiao grabbed Yuwen Tuo's arm and dashed to their seats.

At the classroom entrance, a female teacher with the appearance of a middle-aged woman adjusted her glasses and muttered, "Yuwen Tuo and Huo Yuhao? They seem to be two troublesome children. One is a specially recruited student from the Tang Sect, while the other actually received a personal order from the dean. Let's see what's so special about you two."

The tiered classroom was already full. It was quite spacious, with a hundred students in the same class. There were around a thousand new students this year, so there should have been roughly ten freshman classes.

Before long, someone entered through the classroom door. It was an elderly woman with an ugly face, even carrying a hint of fierceness. She was the very image of a stern old teacher, dressed in a white robe and of average build.

Though the old woman was quite advanced in years, her back was ramrod straight as she strode swiftly behind the podium. She had to be the teacher of this freshman class.

The moment the students saw a teacher enter, the noisy classroom immediately fell silent, and everyone's gaze focused on her.

The old woman's eyes swept from left to right. At once, every new student she looked at felt as though an invisible pressure were bearing down on them.

"My name is Zhou Yi, and I am your Class Advisor. But only temporarily, because I don't know how many of you will be able to stay. I must tell you this: in my class, trash will never pass the assessment. Because what I want to cultivate are monsters, not ordinary people—and certainly not idiots."

Teacher Zhou's voice was hoarse and unpleasant to begin with. Coupled with her icy, mocking tone, it sent chills down everyone's spines.

Hearing her words, anger appeared on the students' faces. Being able to enroll with a city lord's letter of recommendation already meant that they had been carefully selected from across the continent's nations. Among their peers, they were undoubtedly outstanding. Yet in Teacher Zhou's mouth, they had become idiots and trash.

"Everyone who has fought since registration began, stand up." Zhou Yi's next words were even more baffling. Who started by asking whether people had fought?

As new students, who would fight in the academy for no reason? This was Shrek Academy. Besides, even if they had fought, who would admit it?

Just as the entire class remained silent, one person stood up. It was Huo Yuhao. He was honest enough, though not entirely out of honesty, because he could tell that this teacher probably had another motive.

Seeing Huo Yuhao stand, Wang Dong snorted and immediately rose as well. Huo Yuhao dared to admit it, so why wouldn't she?

Out of a hundred students in the class, only the two of them stood, instantly making them the center of attention.

"Wow, so handsome!"

Huo Yuhao's appearance was not enough to attract much attention, but Wang Dong was the kind of person who could become the center of attention wherever she went.

"I was so worried about Yuwen Tuo just now that I didn't notice. Wang Dong is actually this handsome too—not inferior to Yuwen Tuo at all, and it's a completely different kind of handsome." Xiao Xiao said in shock.

Since Wang Dong was disguised as a boy, her beauty leaned more toward softness. She was the type Yuwen Tuo had often heard referred to in his previous life as a pretty boy—an archetypal beautiful young man.

Yuwen Tuo, meanwhile, was the sunny type. Possessing a Flame Martial Soul, he had an open and cheerful personality. With the Noble Carriage Sword at his side, sword-like brows and starry eyes, and a sharp aura, his looks were entirely different from Wang Dong's.

"What, are you mesmerized, Xiao Xiao? So you like boys like Wang Dong?" Yuwen Tuo teased with a smile.

Once this little loli found out she liked a girl, her expression would surely be interesting.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Xiao hurriedly denied it. "No, no! Yuwen Tuo, don't misunderstand. I haven't taken a liking to Wang Dong."

"You don't like her?" Yuwen Tuo was stunned. The plot was somewhat different—she had not fallen in love with Wang Dong at first sight as she had in the original story.

"Mm, not at all. I just think Wang Dong is good-looking, so I looked a few extra times." Xiao Xiao said firmly, while inwardly grumbling without pause, Gentle beauty is what I desire, and masculine vigor is what I desire too. Since I cannot have both, I shall choose masculine vigor and abandon gentle beauty.

Although Xiao Xiao was still someone who cared greatly about appearances, when two people were equally good-looking, she found Yuwen Tuo's masculine temperament more attractive than Wang Dong's girlish air.

Moreover, Yuwen Tuo was proficient in music. Their Harmonious Qin and Se that day remained unforgettable to her even now.

Rather than liking Wang Dong, whom she had not even exchanged a single word with, it would be better to seize the advantage of proximity and win Yuwen Tuo first. While everyone's attention was focused on Wang Dong, she needed to make Yuwen Tuo hers.

Otherwise, once everyone came to their senses and discovered there was someone here who was no less handsome than Wang Dong, the competition would become much fiercer.

"Only two?" Zhou Yi raised an eyebrow. "What a bunch of trash. Don't you know that those who don't dare to cause trouble are mediocre? Other than those two, all of you, get out and run one hundred laps around Shrek Plaza. Anyone who fails to finish will be expelled immediately. Get out of Shrek Academy."

The entire class erupted in an uproar. It was only the first day of school, and class had not even begun, yet they were being punished for not having fought. Who could possibly accept that?

Only Yuwen Tuo's eyes lit up. "A hundred laps, and anyone who can't finish gets expelled? There's actually such a good thing in this world?"