Wang Dong: Would She Really Dare Expel Me?

Tai Long's words made a gleam flicker in everyone's eyes.

"Classmate, as long as you're willing to help, we'll follow your lead from now on, even if you ask us to climb mountains of blades or plunge into seas of fire."

"Yes, please, help us!"

Everyone crowded around him, pleading. A few even buckled at the knees, about to kneel.

"The one who can help you isn't me. It's yourselves."

Lu Yu hurriedly caught the students who were about to kneel and helped them up.

"As Soul Masters, are you going to drop to your knees whenever you run into difficulties in the future?"

Lu Yu looked at Tai Long. "Your soul power is at rank twenty-one, the highest in the class apart from mine. Do you think your ability would make you number one at Shrek Academy?"

"Of course not. Just during registration, I saw plenty of students ranked higher than me."

Tai Long caught on as well.

"Big brother, are you saying Class One is actually the class for poor students? So because the academy can't expel Zhou Yi, they've dumped us on her to torment however she likes?"

"How could they do that? That's awful!"

"There are bad people among the academy's higher-ups!"

Everyone began complaining. Fortunately, they weren't too stupid and didn't openly curse Shrek. Otherwise, even if they brought Zhou Yi down, they would sooner or later face a reckoning.

Judging by what Lu Yu had observed of Shrek so far, its higher-ups were indeed capable of doing something like this.

"But doesn't that mean the academy has given up on us?"

After complaining for a while, Tai Long's face filled with worry. Going by what Lu Yu had said, weren't they trapped in a hopeless situation?

"You have to look at both sides. If the academy assigned the poor students to Zhou Yi, doesn't that mean they disapprove of her ideas? It's just that she got her position through connections, so removing her isn't easy."

"Actually, there's an old man lying by the dormitory entrance. He's friendly, and rumor has it he's a retired academy higher-up. You get what I mean, right?"

"Yes, I get it!"

Tai Long nodded and shouted to the students behind him.

"Classmates, are you really willing to be expelled like this?"

"Of course not!"

"Good! Then let's all sign a joint complaint against Zhou Yi!"

Having found a lifeline, everyone rushed toward the dormitory building.

Lu Yu also found a corner and deactivated Simulation, then spoke to the two beside him.

"Let's go back to the dorm and cultivate."

"Grandmaster Lu, aren't you afraid Zhou Yi will expel you?"

Xiao Xiao asked from beside him.

"If she expels me, so be it. I can't be bothered to call someone with no teaching ethics my teacher. If you're afraid of being expelled, go to class. Be a good little baby. With your ability, she won't expel you as long as you do as you're told."

"Bleh, bleh, bleh! I don't want to attend that old hag's classes!"

Xiao Xiao stuck out her tongue. Rather than attend that old hag's classes, she chose to stand or fall with Lu Yu.

A quarter of an hour later, beneath her wrinkled, chicken-skin face, Zhou Yi's eyes blazed with anger.

There were only eighty-seven people in the classroom. Three had actually dared to arrive late.

"All three latecomers are expelled!"

That bastard was going to be expelled!

Seated in the back row, Wang Dong saw the three empty seats at the front, and her heart sank.

It wasn't as if she was worried about that bastard. She still had to knock him to the ground and make him clean the dorm every day.

If that fellow was expelled now, wouldn't that mean she would never have a chance to take revenge?

If I speak up, will that old hag expel me too?

While Wang Dong hesitated, a glimmer of blue and gold flashed deep in her eyes.

Wait, I'm from the Clear Sky Sect. Why would I be afraid of her?

Wang Dong spoke without thinking.

"Teacher, those three ran the most laps just now. They're probably too exhausted to walk right now."

Hearing someone contradict her, Zhou Yi locked onto Wang Dong like a hunting dog.

"You're expelled too!"

With a bang, Wang Dong shot to her feet.

"Who do you think you are? You think you can expel anyone you want?"

"You have no respect for your elders! Is this how your parents taught you to honor your teachers? Will you get out yourself, or do I have to beat you out?"

Zhou Yi's voice was icy. Yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black-the pressure of a Six-Ring Soul Emperor bore down on Wang Dong.

"Let's see you dare!"

With a bang, a hammer slammed onto Wang Dong's desk!

Everyone looked over. It was a small, ancient-looking black hammer. Though they didn't know what martial soul it was, the pressure it gave off alone told them it was unquestionably a top-tier martial soul.

Some of the more knowledgeable students called out its name.

"The Clear Sky Hammer!"

"Isn't that the martial soul of the secluded Clear Sky Sect?"

Although the Clear Sky Sect remained secluded, some of its disciples occasionally ventured out, letting people witness the might of the world's number one tool martial soul.

"The Clear Sky Sect! That old hag's really landed herself in trouble now."

"The Clear Sky Sect is on good terms with Shrek Academy. Let's see if that old hag still dares expel her now."

Although she had only taught them for half a day, Zhou Yi had still successfully earned the students' recognition. Seeing her at a disadvantage, they immediately cheered inwardly.

Hearing the whispers around her, Zhou Yi's blood pressure shot straight toward a cerebral thrombosis. Her eyes turned crimson, and she panted like an ox.

"You have no right to run wild at Shrek! I'll count to three. If you don't get out, I'll cripple your martial soul!"

This fucking idiot had gone mad!

As her words fell, the entire classroom became so quiet that a falling pin could have been heard. Everyone even stopped breathing, afraid of provoking this lunatic.

"Three!"

"Who are you trying to scare? I'm standing right here. I'd like to see whether you dare lay a hand on me."

Wang Dong gritted her teeth and threw down her challenge, sweat slowly trickling from her forehead.

"Two!"

As she watched Wang Dong stand unmoving, sweat soaked Zhou Yi's back. But if she backed down now, how could she enforce her rules in the classroom? Who knew how the students she had offended before would mock her behind her back?

"One!"

Wang Dong's surname was Wang, not Tang. She had to be an outsider who wasn't acknowledged by the Clear Sky Sect!

As soon as that thought surfaced, Zhou Yi's gaze hardened, and the first soul ring behind her lit up!

This fucking idiot really had gone mad!

Everyone froze. They hadn't expected Zhou Yi to actually dare attack!

"Zhou Yi, what are you doing?"

An aura appeared beside Zhou Yi. A quiet-looking teacher wearing glasses seized her raised hand.

"Wang Yan, this is my class. You have no right to interfere."

Ignoring Zhou Yi, Wang Yan glanced at the Clear Sky Hammer on Wang Dong's desk, and cold sweat instantly soaked his back.

What a madwoman.

He took out an azure token.

"The Sea God Token? Why do you have it?"

The sight of the token was like a basin of cold water poured over Zhou Yi's heart.

The Sea God Token was a token that only Shrek's Sea God Pavilion could issue. Its bearer could not only command all affairs within Shrek Academy, but even graduates had to obey, or their status as Shrek graduates would be revoked.

Holding the Sea God Token, Wang Yan pronounced his judgment on Zhou Yi.

"Zhou Yi, because you repeatedly expelled students arbitrarily, the academy punished you by assigning you to a first-year class to reflect on your actions. Yet you refused to mend your ways despite repeated admonitions and expelled another nine students on the very first day. In the name of the Sea God Pavilion, I now strip you of all duties in the outer court and sentence you to one year of confinement to reflect on your actions. Do you have any objections?"

"You... I have no objections."

Zhou Yi lowered her head, unable to say another word. The Sea God Token wasn't a student she could insult at will. Disobeying it would get her expelled from the academy.

Why?! She had contributed so much to the academy, only to end up stripped of her duties!

She glanced at Wang Dong, who had just breathed a sigh of relief. She must be throwing her weight around in the academy using her status as a member of the Clear Sky Sect!

"Hmph! Just you wait!"

After glaring at Wang Dong, Zhou Yi turned and strode out of the classroom.

Behind her came the victorious cheers of Class One's students.

The next day, when Lu Yu and his two companions took their seats, Wang Dong walked up to him with her nose in the air and a swagger that acknowledged neither kith nor kin. Then she simply stood there with her head held high like a swan, saying nothing.

Lu Yu tilted his head, unable to understand what this big, stupid goose was thinking. "You're not running a fever, are you?"