Keep Your Head Down When You See Me, Dai Huabin!

The Academic Affairs Office.

Du Weilun sat behind his desk, his face darkening as he listened to the whole story.

The matter was settled quickly.

Dai Huabin had struck first.

Too many people in the cafeteria had seen it. With witnesses and evidence alike, he had no way to deny it.

He had started a fight in a public place.

A disciplinary demerit landed squarely on Dai Huabin.

And Huo Yuhao refused to let go of Dai Huabin's "waste of food."

"Director Du, look! I'd only eaten half my breakfast when he sent my tray flying!"

"Those Soft Bone Rabbit meat buns cost several Gold Soul Coins, and I hadn't even eaten them yet!"

"I, Huo Yuhao, might be wrong about everything else, but what did the food ever do wrong?!"

Huo Yuhao looked heartbroken and spoke with righteous conviction.

Under the God King's art of moral coercion, even Du Weilun dared not show favoritism.

Shrek Academy, a sacred place for Soul Masters, taking the lead in wasting food ordinary people had worked so hard to grow?

If word of that got out, Du Weilun's days at Shrek were over.

Dai Huabin trembled with rage but could do nothing.

In the end, he had to reimburse Huo Yuhao for the meal with a dark face, and his punishment was made worse.

As for Tang Chuan, he had gone a little too far. His Chidori had slammed straight into Dai Huabin's chest.

But Dai Huabin had used Martial Soul Possession first. He had used a Soul Skill first, too.

By any measure, Tang Chuan could only be called a little impulsive.

So Tang Chuan received nothing more than a verbal reprimand from Du Weilun. He did not even have to write a reflection.

Of course, none of that was the point.

The point was that, after all this, Dai Huabin finally knew Huo Yuhao's name.

And he finally recognized him!

Huo Yuhao! Huo Yun'er's son!

The bastard who had vanished from the White Tiger Duke's Estate a year ago, disappearing without a trace along with his mother!

As they left the Academic Affairs Office, Dai Huabin angrily blocked Huo Yuhao's path, his strange eyes full of venom.

"Huo Yuhao, you little bastard. Did you do this on purpose?"

"You hid for a year, and now you dare show your face in front of me? At Shrek Academy?"

"Have you forgotten how I beat you and your lowly mother like dogs at the Duke's Mansion a year ago?!"

Dai Huabin kept his voice low, but the malice in it was almost tangible.

As far as he was concerned, the boy before him was still the same bastard he had bullied a year ago.

If he wanted, he could crush him like an ant at any moment.

Yet Huo Yuhao showed none of the fear, anger, or humiliation Dai Huabin expected.

He simply stood there in silence.

Only after Tang Chuan's figure had receded and disappeared at the end of the corridor did Huo Yuhao slowly turn his head.

Then he smiled at Dai Huabin.

The undisguised killing intent in that smile was so palpable that Dai Huabin went cold all over!

Dai Huabin's expression froze. He stumbled back several steps, his back striking the wall hard.

"Don't be nervous."

Huo Yuhao's voice sounded gentle.

But the killing intent flashing in his Spirit Eyes only grew stronger.

"You've got the wrong idea. I didn't come to Shrek Academy for you!"

"Neither you nor that old dog Dai Hao is worth the effort it would take to deal with you."

Dai Huabin's pupils contracted sharply.

How dare this bastard call his father by name?

How dare he speak in that tone?!

"But..."

Huo Yuhao leaned toward Dai Huabin's ear and spoke softly, just loud enough for the two of them to hear.

"Dai Huabin, from now on, when you see me in Shrek City, you'd better keep your head down and know your place!"

"Otherwise..."

"I'll kill you."

With that, Huo Yuhao turned and walked away.

Dai Huabin was left alone, gasping for breath, cold sweat soaking his back.

It took him a long while to come back to his senses.

"Huo Yuhao... Huo Yuhao!!!"

"I'll make you die! I swear I'll make you die!!!"

The next day.

Ring, ring, ring!

The class bell rang through Shrek Academy.

The annual freshman enrollment had finally ended, and the academy had grown livelier.

Today was the official start of classes at Shrek Academy. The doors of the white classroom building reserved for freshmen stood open.

The freshmen who had passed the entrance examination filed inside in their matching white uniforms.

Naturally, thanks to the Tang God-King's heavy-handed arrangements, Huo Yuhao had been assigned to Freshman Class One.

When he entered the classroom, quite a few students were already seated.

Huo Yuhao picked an empty seat and quietly scanned the class.

He soon spotted a familiar figure.

Xiao Yan!

Xiao Yan sat by the window in the back row with one leg crossed over the other, looking immensely pleased with himself.

Beside him sat a delicate-looking, fair-skinned youth.

The youth looked thoroughly unwilling to be there, his lips pursed so tightly he could have hung an oil bottle from them.

His large eyes were an unusual pale pinkish blue, the same color as his neatly cut short hair.

Without a doubt, this was Wang Dong—the heroic fragment of the Tang God-King's beloved daughter!

Apparently, on the first day of school, Wang Dong had thrown a little princess tantrum at Xiao Yan, just as expected.

Xiao Yan had put her in her place without breaking a sweat.

And before doing so, he had made a bet with her.

From then on, they had to sit together in class, sit together at meals, and she had to endure Xiao Yan's teasing every day.

What a classic start for a pair of bickering lovebirds!

If this were a fanfiction, Xiao Yan would be launching his "raise-a-wife plan" next.

But to Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong was no heroine waiting to be won over.

She was a walking powder keg that could explode at any moment!

After all, Wang Dong carried a strand of the Tang God-King's divine consciousness inside her!

By teasing Wang Dong now, Xiao Yan was laying hands on the Tang God-King's precious daughter right under his watchful eye!

If the Tang God-King saw the daughter he had sent down to the mortal world to cosplay as someone on a leash being bullied by some boy of unknown origin...

Would the Tang God-King weep bitterly in the Divine Realm and play the helpless father for all he was worth?

Just imagining it lifted Huo Yuhao's spirits.

Just then, Tang Chuan walked into the Freshman Class One classroom.

"Tang Chuan!"

Huo Yuhao quickly stood and greeted him.

But Tang Chuan did not even glance at him.

His eyes were fixed on Xiao Yan.

More precisely, they were fixed on Wang Dong beside Xiao Yan.

The instant he saw Wang Dong, a tangle of emotions flashed through Tang Chuan's eyes.

Envy, jealousy, hatred!

Xiao Yan clearly noticed Tang Chuan staring.

He raised an eyebrow smugly and flashed Tang Chuan a gesture.

"Yeah!"

Tang Chuan's face turned black as a pot.

At that moment, an elderly woman entered the classroom.

Her skin was wrinkled, and her graying hair was pinned atop her head.

She wore a long white robe and was of average height. At first glance, there was nothing remarkable about her.

But her eyes gleamed like two drawn blades!

The noisy classroom fell silent the moment the teacher entered.

Every student turned toward the lectern.

The elderly woman swept her gaze from left to right, then back again.

An invisible pressure settled over every student.

"My name is Zhou Yi. I'm your homeroom teacher!"

Zhou Yi spoke evenly.

"I don't know how many of you will make it through the coming year with me!"

"But I'll tell you this: in my class, no trash will pass the assessments!"

"Because I'm here to train monsters and elites, not a pack of fools!"