"But the result would be that even I couldn't stay on as principal! Someone would soon replace me, and only then would Hidden Dragon High Martial be reduced, utterly and completely, to an auspicious Feng Shui site for power struggles!"
Ye Changqing let out a long, lingering sigh and said softly, "Who wouldn't want to cast everything aside and settle gratitude and grudges as they pleased?! I want to as well, but I can't..."
Chapter 169: Soul-Seizing Night
Where Zuo Xiaoduo could not see, countless memories, countless remembrances, countless traces of weathering and ruthless decisiveness flashed through Ye Changqing's eyes as he gazed out the window...
But in the end, after those clouds and mists had passed through his eyes, they returned to calm, restraint, and steadiness-extraordinary steadiness.
Ye Changqing looked forlorn. He truly wanted to say it.
Do you know how much anguish I had to endure for my temper to be worn down, step by step, to what it is today? How much pressure? How many years of being misunderstood...
But this is the only way I can be.
Because I am the principal!
Zuo Xiaoduo felt deeply how young and immature he was.
He really was still far too green. Just as Principal Ye had said, his experience was still nowhere near enough. He still needed tempering!
"But just passively taking hits and countering each move as it comes is a little too passive," Zuo Xiaoduo said.
Ye Changqing chuckled and said meaningfully, "Of course there's a reason."
He said no more.
Zuo Xiaoduo looked thoughtful.
After that, winds continued to rise and clouds continued to surge online, while Sword King and The Cult Leader's High Martial Life continued updating with extraordinary tenacity.
And members of the Gao Lineage, the Wu Lineage, and even the