If It Were Me, I'd Have Gone Up and Slapped Him

"Lin Fan, you'd better pray that your abilities are as sharp as that tongue of yours."

Yan Shaozhe's expression was extremely unpleasant when he said this. Lin Fan's words had clearly enraged him.

Yet even with Yan Shaozhe this angry, Lin Fan merely chuckled. A trace of amusement appeared in his black eyes.

Then Lin Fan slowly spoke with a smile.

"What, Dean Yan, are you admitting it outright? It seems our Dean Yan is quite self-aware after all."

"If you know you're in the wrong, why not take the initiative and resign from your position as dean?"

Lin Fan paused again, and the smile at the corners of his lips deepened.

"As everyone knows, Dean Yan is the most petty and narrow-minded person around. There's no way he didn't sabotage today's teaching assignment behind the scenes."

In just a few sentences, he had thoroughly insulted Yan Shaozhe again, and openly at that, without even bothering to beat around the bush.

Leng Yaozhu, standing nearby, looked at Lin Fan in surprise as she listened. Her beautiful eyes were full of admiration.

She had not expected Lin Fan to be so skilled at insulting people. Every sentence struck right at Yan Shaozhe's sore spots, and Lin Fan's calm, indifferent manner made it seem as if he did not care at all how much Yan Shaozhe might resent him.

At that moment, Leng Yaozhu recalled what Lin Fan had said when they first met: at worst, they could expel him.

Now it seemed that Lin Fan truly was in a position where no one could do anything to him. Yan Shaozhe could not beat him, Lin Fan was not afraid of expulsion, and as for Mu En, he still favored Lin Fan more when it came to matters between the two of them.

Of course, that was only when it came to minor matters. After all, Yan Shaozhe was still Mu En's disciple. If something major truly happened, Mu En would certainly side with his own disciple.

Otherwise... wouldn't taking a teacher have been for nothing?

Leng Yaozhu could not help but laugh softly at the thought. This really was quite satisfying.

Meanwhile, Yan Shaozhe was nearly exploding with rage.

What did he mean, "as everyone knows"?! When had Yan Shaozhe ever become a petty and narrow-minded person?! This was blatant slander!

Yan Shaozhe stared fiercely at Lin Fan, wishing he could tear the man in half.

Unfortunately, he knew very well that he truly could not defeat Lin Fan. If he could, he would have attacked long ago. If he acted now, Mu En would likely punish him as well. Yan Shaozhe could only grit his teeth and swallow his fury, secretly swearing that once his cultivation broke through again in the future, he would make Lin Fan pay.

For now... he would endure it.

Of course, Yan Shaozhe had prepared a backup plan. Just as Lin Fan had said, he had indeed made arrangements in the class Lin Fan was about to teach.

As the dean of the Martial Soul Department, his status might be useless before Lin Fan, but he still carried considerable weight among those students.

As long as he said a few things in advance and hinted at certain attitudes in that class, those students would be influenced to some extent.

The only regret was that Yan Shaozhe could not freely arrange that batch of students. Otherwise, he would have made sure Lin Fan could not teach this class at all.

He would have placed all his confidants under Lin Fan and made that fellow look ridiculous!

"Humph!"

Yan Shaozhe snorted coldly. He did not continue tangling with Lin Fan and simply turned to leave.

If he stayed any longer, Lin Fan might truly anger him to death.

Only after Yan Shaozhe disappeared from sight did Leng Yaozhu finally sigh.

"You really didn't leave him any dignity at all."

"Of course not. I've never given face to people I dislike. Besides... do you think things would improve between us just because I gave him face, considering how far our conflict has already gone?"

Leng Yaozhu thought about it and felt that it did make sense, so she said nothing further.

At this very moment, before the Light Screen ten thousand years later, countless people had differing reactions to the scene they had just witnessed.

Within Shrek Academy, Long Yeyue frowned deeply as she watched Lin Fan's arrogant attitude in the Light Screen. Obvious displeasure showed on her well-maintained face.

"As the dean of Shrek Academy's Martial Soul Department, how could Yan Shaozhe be such a coward?"

As Long Yeyue said this, she felt that Yan Shaozhe was truly hopeless.

"Why didn't he just slap Lin Fan across the face?"

In Long Yeyue's eyes, although Yan Shaozhe could not defeat Lin Fan, Mu En stood behind him. Mu En was the current Master of the Sea God Pavilion and the strongest person of the era, so what was Yan Shaozhe afraid of?

And in terms of status, the dean of the Martial Soul Department was far more prestigious than a mere teacher. Did disciplining some brat really require so many concerns?

The more Long Yeyue thought about it, the more cowardly Yan Shaozhe seemed. She could not help recalling her own glorious deeds from back then. Though she was weaker than Qian Gu Dieting, she had still dared to go alone to the Spirit Pagoda and slap Qian Gu Dieting across the face.

Whenever she thought of that incident, a trace of pride appeared on Long Yeyue's face.

Surely her feat was unprecedented and would never be surpassed. What happened afterward had also been suppressed because her husband was the Master of the Sea God Pavilion.

Yan Shaozhe simply did not understand how to wield power. He really ought to learn from her. Yet after mentioning her husband, Long Yeyue's feelings became complicated again. She thought of her beloved, the master of the War God Hall, Chen Xinjie.

Elsewhere in Shrek Academy, a delicate young woman with long black hair also frowned as she watched the contents of the Light Screen. She was Cai Yue'er.

As she watched Yan Shaozhe storm off after being angered by just a few words from Lin Fan, she could not help shaking her head inwardly.

"As the dean of the Martial Soul Department, he actually lived such a miserable life..."

Cai Yue'er thought to herself that if she became the dean of the Martial Soul Department, she would be the only one making things difficult for others. No one would dare make things difficult for her.

Also, the techniques Lin Fan currently possessed should all belong to Shrek Academy. Yet judging from the people in the Light Screen, they seemed to look down on such things. No one valued them at all.

In Cai Yue'er's view, regardless of whether those techniques were useful or not, they should be kept under their control. What if they became useful one day?

Within the Light Screen, Leng Yaozhu watched Yan Shaozhe's departing back before suddenly turning to Lin Fan with a question.

"Lin Fan, can I attend your class?"

Lin Fan had taught her over the past month, but... Leng Yaozhu also wanted to see another side of him—what he was like when teaching other students.

Besides... Yan Shaozhe would definitely cause trouble this time. Now that she had become Lin Fan's student, if she went with him, it should not be a problem to put those people in their place. After all, Lin Fan had helped her so much, and Leng Yaozhu wanted to help him as well.

Lin Fan smiled and nodded after hearing her request.

"Sure. Come along too."

Leng Yaozhu immediately smiled at his words and hurried after Lin Fan. She had already made up her mind: Lin Fan would first use the cultivation of a Titled Douluo to suppress the entire class, then she would suppress them as Lin Fan's student.

Just thinking about it made Leng Yaozhu a little happy.