Only after Shrek Academy in the Dragon King Era issued its clarification did everyone turn their attention back to the Sky Screen.
On the Sky Screen, Zhou Yi continued to stun everyone with her words.
"Anyone who's been in a fight during these past few days of registration, stand up!"
After Zhou Yi finished speaking, Ye Chen pondered for a moment, then chose to stand.
When Wang Dong saw Ye Chen get up, he snorted and stood as well, refusing to be outdone.
"Only two?" Zhou Yi raised an eyebrow.
"What a bunch of useless trash. Don't you know that anyone who doesn't dare stir up trouble is a mediocrity?"
"Except for those two, everyone get outside and run a hundred laps around Shrek Square! Anyone who fails to finish will be expelled!"
On the Sky Screen, Flender of the Spirit Hall Era nodded in satisfaction upon hearing this.
"Xiaogang, did you hear that? Even after ten thousand years, our Shrek rules haven't changed. Soul Masters who don't dare stir up trouble don't deserve to be students at Shrek."
By contrast, in the Dragon King Era, the current Federation chairman flew into a rage upon hearing Zhou Yi's words.
"Well, well, well! So Shrek Academy's habit of stirring up trouble all over the Federation during its annual final exams started ten thousand years ago!"
Every year, Shrek's freshmen were required to travel to ten cities under their own steam for their final exams and challenge Soul Masters whose soul power exceeded their own.
As a result, whenever that time of year arrived, countless Shrek students would attack random passersby for no reason.
And afterward, even if you arrested them, you couldn't punish them in any way.
All because they were students of Shrek Academy.
They simply treated the Federation's laws as beneath their notice!
They treated the Sun-Moon Federation as beneath their notice!
They treated him, the Federation chairman, as beneath their notice!
Meanwhile, Zhou Yi's declaration that Soul Masters who didn't dare stir up trouble didn't deserve to be Shrek students
Once again shot to the top of the trending searches in the Dragon King Era.
Nearly every student who yearned to attend Shrek Academy either came from a wealthy or influential family.
Such families were extremely strict about how they trained their Soul Masters.
That was because the Soul Masters they raised represented their family's honor.
If they went around stirring up trouble, it was their family's reputation they disgraced.
The other kind were common-born Soul Masters with extraordinary talent.
They firmly believed that joining Shrek would change their destiny.
Yet the very first lesson Shrek taught them was to stir up trouble!
This was outrageously beyond the pale!
In an instant, negative reports about Shrek Academy sprang up everywhere. Several Soul Masters who had been attacked by Shrek freshmen even came forward to demand an explanation.
"All I did that day was register my battle armor information, and Shrek students attacked me! When the security forces arrived, those students actually turned around and bit me, claiming I'd attacked them!"
"I've experienced that too!"
"Shrek Academy has gone too far! Do they have no respect whatsoever for the Federation's laws? What if innocent civilians get hurt?"
"I once saw a fight between a One-Word Battle Armor Master and several Shrek students. The shock waves injured several passersby nearby!"
In an instant, Shrek Academy became the target of everyone's condemnation.
Meanwhile, inside the Spirit Pagoda Headquarters in Shrek City, Qiangu Dongfeng naturally came across these reports as well.
A brilliant scheme immediately took shape in his mind.
"Go find a few people and have them carry banners to Shrek Academy's gates to make a scene. Tell them to say Shrek students injured their relatives and demand an explanation from the academy."
"Pagoda Master, where am I supposed to find people who were injured by the freshmen?" The Spirit Pagoda Soul Master receiving the order froze for a moment before asking.
Hearing this, Qiangu Dongfeng knitted his brows.
"Can't you create some yourself?"
"Yes, Pagoda Master!"
Watching his subordinate leave, Qiangu Dongfeng sighed.
How did he have such a stupid subordinate?
While Shrek Academy in the Dragon King Era was being exposed, it also became the target of everyone's abuse in the Sky Screen's chat box.
When Flender, Yu Xiaogang, and the others saw these messages, their faces turned green with anger.
[Once, I took my students out for a meal and ran into some Shrek students. They came right up and provoked our academy. I wanted to reason with them, but those students started fighting at the slightest disagreement.]
[Exactly! They even attack random passersby for their exams!]
[How is what Shrek Academy does any different from a terrorist organization?]
[I heard Shrek students don't even face punishment if they kill someone!]
[I don't know who started this culture, but they're guilty of the most heinous crimes!]
"What? What's that supposed to mean? Was I wrong? Soul Masters who don't dare stir up trouble are mediocrities! If you don't like the look of someone, there's naturally no need to be polite!" Flender said, beside himself with anger.
[Flender: If you've cultivated for so many years and still don't dare stir up trouble, what right do you have to become a student of my Shrek Academy? If you don't like the look of someone, there's naturally no need to be polite. Go up and teach them a proper lesson!]
Flender typed into the chat box.
The instant Flender sent that message, it stirred up a tremendous uproar.
Even more people began hurling abuse at Shrek Academy.
Yun Ming stared at the message with his brows tightly knitted.
"Go find out who sent this message! How could anyone say something like that at a time like this? Once you find them, expel them from Shrek immediately!"
Meanwhile, on the Sky Screen.
Zhou Yi's reprimand continued.
As Zhou Yi finished speaking, the entire class erupted in an uproar. This was only the first day of school.
Classes hadn't even started, and they were being punished simply because they hadn't fought? Who could accept that?
Hearing the word "expelled," Huo Yuhao clenched his fists. He had only just arrived at Shrek Academy. Was he already going to be expelled?
He had sworn to avenge his mother and had finally managed to join Shrek Academy after so much difficulty. Was he going to be expelled just like that?
A seed of hatred quietly took root within Huo Yuhao.
Just then, one student stood up. "Teacher, I refuse to accept this! Why should we be expelled for not fighting?"
"Because I said so!" Zhou Yi replied flatly.
"If you don't like it, you can get lost. As your homeroom teacher, I have full authority to expel any student!"
"You have one minute. If I don't see you running around Shrek Square within one minute, you're all expelled!"
As Zhou Yi spoke, a terrifying aura surged from her body. The powerful fluctuations of her soul power pressed down on every student present, leaving them struggling to breathe.
Two yellow, two purple, and two black soul rings rose from beneath Zhou Yi's feet.
"You have only two hours. Anyone who hasn't completed a hundred laps by then will be deemed to have failed. This is your first assessment upon entering the academy!"
"Anyone who fails the assessment will be expelled!"
Just as all the students hung their heads in dejection, an unhurried voice came from the crowd.
"Shrek Academy never gave you the authority to expel students, did it?"
"You want to expel us, Zhou Yi? You don't have the standing!"