Unlike the Federation Speaker, who was worried, Pagoda Master Qiangu Dongfeng was feeling better than ever inside the Spirit Pagoda!
"If the Tang Sect and Shrek Academy really have such deep ties with those Evil Soul Masters from the Holy Spirit Cult..." Qiangu Dongfeng pondered.
"Doesn't that mean I won't even need to cooperate with the Holy Spirit Cult? The Federation will deal with those two nuisances itself?"
Qiangu Dongfeng looked toward Shrek Academy through the windows at the top of the Spirit Pagoda.
"All I need to do is keep fanning the flames of public opinion and stir up the masses' anger toward the Tang Sect and Shrek Academy," Qiangu Dongfeng said.
As long as Huo Yuhao didn't do anything outrageously heaven-defying on the Sky Screen, their Spirit Pagoda was guaranteed to win amid this whirlpool of public opinion!
Meanwhile, in the era of the Unrivaled Tang Sect,
Huo Yuhao watched every Class One freshman who passed him, utterly bewildered.
Disgust was written across almost every face.
"Brother Sky Dream, did I do something wrong? Is telling the truth wrong too?" Huo Yuhao asked within his Sea of Spirit.
Within Huo Yuhao's Sea of Spirit, a giant Ice Silkworm slowly appeared and spoke.
"Yuhao, you did nothing wrong. It's all that Ye Chen's fault!"
"Ye Chen!" Huo Yuhao clenched his fists tightly, but the moment he remembered that Ye Chen was a three-ring Soul Elder while he was only a One-Ring Soul Master, he deflated like a punctured ball.
"Brother Sky Dream, the gap between Ye Chen's strength and mine is too great."
"Don't worry. Once you reach two rings, I promise I'll make you stronger than that Ye Chen," the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm said mysteriously.
"Really?" Huo Yuhao was ecstatic.
"Of course," the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm said confidently.
"Just you wait, Ye Chen. I'll trample you underfoot!" A seed of hatred took root within Huo Yuhao.
Watching this, Electrolux sighed silently.
Ever since entering Huo Yuhao's Sea of Spirit, he had seen everything Huo Yuhao had experienced.
This was a child who had grown up sustained entirely by hatred. By comparison, Ye Chen seemed to carry an aura he found familiar.
"Very well. I'll observe a little longer."
At that moment, Ye Chen returned to the dormitory and discovered that Wang Dong had already been waiting there for some time.
It was as though he had deliberately been waiting for him to return.
"Well, why did you stick your neck out in class today?" Wang Dong took the initiative to ask.
"No particular reason. I just felt annoyed watching Zhou Yi insult the students," Ye Chen replied.
"Then did you hold back when you fought me before?" Wang Dong asked.
Ye Chen shrugged and answered, "Who plays all their trump cards right from the start? Don't you have some hidden cards of your own?"
Ye Chen suddenly stared into Wang Dong's pinkish-blue eyes.
Caught off guard by Ye Chen's sudden gaze, Wang Dong grew a little bashful.
"What are you doing? What's there for two grown men to stare at each other for?" Wang Dong turned his head away shyly.
Behind him, Ye Chen merely smiled without saying a word.
The following day,
In the Freshman Class One classroom, Zhou Yi had been replaced by Du Weilun as homeroom teacher.
Du Weilun briefly introduced the particulars of Shrek Academy and the freshman assessment that would take place in three months, then appointed Ye Chen as Class One's temporary class monitor.
"The freshman assessment?" Ye Chen murmured to himself.
After the freshman assessment, Huo Yuhao would probably go looking for the Ice Empress. That would be the perfect chance for him to swoop in and take the Ice Empress first.
Just then, Du Weilun suddenly spoke.
"Since I have quite a lot to attend to, although I'll temporarily serve as Class One's homeroom teacher, I won't be the one teaching you."
As Du Weilun finished speaking, Zhou Yi entered through the classroom door.
The moment everyone saw Zhou Yi, a bad feeling rose in their hearts.
"Ye Chen, don't tell me this Zhou Yi is going to teach us?" Wang Dong whispered to Ye Chen beside him.
"Probably," Ye Chen replied.
He wasn't surprised by Zhou Yi's appearance. Shrek's teaching schedule for the freshmen had been arranged long ago, and major changes were unlikely.
Besides, Shrek Academy recognized Zhou Yi's teaching ability.
On top of that, Zhou Yi's husband was Fan Yu, the deputy dean of Shrek Academy's Soul Guidance Department, an Eight-Ring Soul Douluo and a Level 8 Soul Engineer.
Shrek Academy had no reason to dismiss Zhou Yi either. At most, they would give her a verbal warning.
That was also why Zhou Yi had the confidence to come in shouting about expelling freshmen right off the bat.
In contrast to Ye Chen's nonchalance, the barrage of comments on the Sky Screen had already erupted.
[Xu Xiaoyan: Seriously? This old hag can still come back to teach? Just how powerful are her backers?]
[Ning Rongrong: Exactly!]
After Zhou Yi appeared, Du Weilun kept speaking on her behalf.
"After yesterday's incident, Teacher Zhou Yi has gained a profound understanding of her mistakes. Nothing like yesterday's incident will happen again. I guarantee it."
Only after hearing Du Weilun say this did everyone relax a little.
Yet Wang Dong still felt faintly uneasy. He asked Ye Chen beside him again, "But we hit Zhou Yi yesterday. Will this old hag take revenge on us?"
"Probably not," Ye Chen said. He reckoned he had now become a major focus of Yan Shaozhe's attention. No matter how bold Zhou Yi was, she probably wouldn't dare do anything to him.
Then Ye Chen turned to look at Wang Dong, puzzled. Wang Dong, since when did you become such a coward?
Meanwhile, after Du Weilun left, Zhou Yi began her lesson. From the looks of it, yesterday's events hadn't affected her at all.
"I know you're very dissatisfied with me. You may not even understand why I can still come back to teach. I have no obligation to explain myself to you. Those with insight will naturally understand in time. As for fools who can't figure it out, let them remain clueless. We'll begin the lesson now."
Ye Chen: "???"
I thought I was arrogant enough, but someone's actually even more arrogant than me?
Still, Ye Chen was now even more curious. Which was better: Zhou Yi's theories, or Yu Xiaogang's theories from ten thousand years ago?
What Ye Chen was looking forward to was also what everyone outside the Sky Screen was anticipating.
They wanted to see what sort of theories Shrek taught in the Peerless Era.
Zhou Yi paid no attention to the students' reactions. She turned and wrote two large words on the blackboard: "Offense, defense."
After writing them, she turned back to face the students.
"You should recognize the two words I wrote on the blackboard: offense and defense."
"In today's first lesson, I'll explain the ways of offense and defense for Soul Masters."
"Since ancient times, we Soul Masters have been divided into many types according to the different abilities of our martial souls: power attack, agility attack, support, food, control, defense, and so on."
"Some Soul Masters develop in one direction to the extreme, while others develop in a balanced fashion. Wang Dong, answer this: among the various types of Soul Masters, which are better at attacking, and which should lean more toward defense and support?"
Hearing this question, Wang Dong answered without hesitation, "Naturally, power attack, agility attack, and control lean more toward offense, while support, food, and defense lean more toward defense."
Outside the Sky Screen, Yu Xiaogang nodded upon hearing this answer.
"It seems Shrek is still using my theories ten thousand years later!"
"I knew it! How could my theories ever become outdated? Shrek has maintained its standing as the continent's number one academy using my theories. That's the best proof!"
Yet, upon hearing this response, Zhou Yi said bluntly, "That's a fool's answer!"
Yu Xiaogang: "????"
What was that supposed to mean?