The match continued until just before noon dismissal, finally coming to a complete end.
After Yan Hongyu called the roll and everyone voted, Lin Yan, the only Soul Elder in Class 2, was unsurprisingly nominated as class monitor.
However, Lin Yan did not agree to take the position.
Because of this, after school, Yan Hongyu summoned him alone to her office.
"Tell me, why don't you want to be class monitor?"
Yan Hongyu lounged gracefully in her chair, her arms crossed before her chest, making those full curves appear even more prominent. With one leg crossed over the other, a stretch of jade-white calf slipped out from beneath her instructor's robe.
What a seductress...
Lin Yan silently remarked. Yet he remained outwardly calm, revealing none of his thoughts as he answered honestly, "Teacher, being class monitor is too troublesome. Ever since joining the academy, I have to attend classes every day, and that has already taken up a lot of my cultivation time. I don't have the time or energy to spend on trivial matters unrelated to improving my cultivation."
Yan Hongyu was slightly stunned when she heard this. Clearly, she had not expected that to be Lin Yan's reason for refusing.
In her view, a boy Lin Yan's age should have cared deeply about the sense of honor that came from surpassing others.
Everyone knew that Shrek Academy was a gathering place for genius Soul Masters. Becoming the leader of a class was, in itself, an honor worth being proud of for people their age.
Yet judging from reality, Lin Yan did not seem to care about such empty prestige.
Recovering herself, Yan Hongyu nodded. "All right. Since you don't want to be class monitor, I won't force you."
"Thank you, Teacher. May I leave now?" Lin Yan immediately