But then Director Su thought.
Grandmaster was the dean's friend, after all. He still had to show him that much respect.
He turned toward Tang Tian and Tang San, just about to put on a stern face and reprimand them.
But Tang Tian spoke first.
"Director Su, is it?"
Without the slightest trace of fear, he asked unhurriedly:
"Before you deal with me, I have a small question I'd like to ask you."
Taken aback by this little brat's presence, Director Su instinctively asked:
"What question?"
Tang Tian pointed at Yu Xiaogang and asked with an innocent expression:
"Is this Grandmaster an officially appointed teacher at our Nuoding Academy?"
"If so, which class is he responsible for? What courses does he teach?"
Tang San was a little puzzled. Why was his big brother asking this?
Did it have anything to do with whether they could enroll?
Inside the Sea of Consciousness.
Little Blue watched the scene with some curiosity.
[Blue Silver Grass Little Blue (tilting her head)]
[Huh? Why is Master asking that?]
[Could this man not be a teacher at the academy? Wow, Master is so clever!]
Meanwhile, Little Iron Hammer was growing extremely impatient.
[Little Iron Hammer (furiously stamping her feet)]
[Argh! Tang Tian, you idiot!]
[Why waste words on him?!]
[Just let me out to flatten his head with one blow, and wouldn't that settle it?!]
[This dawdling way of slapping his face isn't satisfying at all! I want blood! I want violence!]
The moment that question was asked, everything suddenly fell silent.
Director Su's expression instantly became rather interesting.
Teach what?
This fellow spent all day either reading books for free or mooching meals in the cafeteria. What proper courses did he teach?
Director Su coughed awkwardly twice, his eyes wandering:
"Ahem... well, although Grandmaster isn't responsible for any specific teaching duties."
"He's very knowledgeable, a friend of our dean, and a guest adviser at the academy."
"Oh-"
Tang Tian drew out the sound, looking as though he had suddenly understood.
Then his expression changed.
His voice instantly rose, ringing out across the scene:
"A guest adviser? So he doesn't hold an official post?"
"So he's just someone who got in through connections!"
That shout left Director Su utterly stunned.
Cold sweat instantly broke out on his forehead.
It also stunned the students who had come over to watch the spectacle.
Someone actually dared to tear away all pretense so bluntly these days?
And a six-year-old new student, at that?
Tang Tian gave them no chance to react.
He fired off question after question:
"Since he's a guest adviser, he isn't an official teacher, right?"
"Since he isn't a teacher, what authority does he have to expel us?"
"Nuoding Academy is a legitimate junior Soul Master Academy. It has clear procedures and regulations for admitting students, doesn't it?"
"We have certificates issued by Spirit Hall, all our paperwork is in order, and we meet the enrollment requirements."
"Just because this man who got in through connections, who neither teaches classes nor holds an official post, doesn't like the look of us, he can arbitrarily strip us of our right to an education?"
At this point, Tang Tian turned to look around and demanded loudly:
"Director Su, surely this isn't how Nuoding Academy does things?"
"This must just be Grandmaster's one-sided claim. I believe Nuoding Academy will give us justice!"
"Isn't that right?"
A killing blow!
Those words had not only stripped Yu Xiaogang down to his underwear.
They had also put Director Su over the fire to roast.
If Director Su dared to say yes.
He would be admitting his own incompetence and acknowledging that the academy's management was a mess.
Cold sweat instantly poured down Director Su's face.
How was this a six-year-old child?
He was practically a seasoned old hand!
Inside the Sea of Consciousness.
[Blue Silver Grass Little Blue (starry-eyed)]
[Wow! Master is so cool! Master is amazing!]
[So you can beat that bad man until his petals scatter and his waters flow without even lifting a hand?]
[Hmph! That's what you get for calling me a Trash Martial Soul! Now you know who the real trash is!]
[Seeing that bad man look so humiliated makes me so happy!]
Little Iron Hammer, too, could not help flying up and down!
[Yes! This feels so damn good!]
[It's a little disappointing that I didn't get to smash his pig head myself, but tearing off his face and trampling it into the ground feels incredible too!]
[Idiot Tang Tian, I'll give you credit for thinking fast this time!]
[I give that verbal barrage ninety-nine points. One point off so you don't get cocky!]
Beside him, Tang San's eyes lit up all the more.
His admiration for his big brother surged endlessly like a mighty river.
That's my big brother.
He had originally wanted to strike and kill Grandmaster outright!
Now he saw that not a blade needed to be bloodied!
His big brother's methods were truly masterful.
He had struck Yu Xiaogang right where it hurt!
There was no need to dirty his hands or bear the risk of killing someone.
With nothing but words and rules, he had struck directly at Yu Xiaogang's weak point.
He had ruined his reputation and even turned the status he took such pride in into a joke.
This was truly killing a man by destroying his heart!
By comparison, his earlier urge to attack had been far too impulsive, far too crude.
As for Yu Xiaogang beside them.
His face had already turned as black as the bottom of a pot.
His chest heaved violently, as though it might explode at any moment.
"You... you're twisting logic!"
"A guest adviser is part of the academy too! What's wrong with me protecting the academy's reputation?"
"Protecting its reputation?"
Tang Tian scoffed, as though he had heard some tremendous joke:
"A level twenty-nine Soul Grandmaster bullying two six-year-old children in the street, and even letting out pig farts to stink people out."
"That's how you protect its reputation?"
"I'd say you're about to disgrace the academy completely!"
"Pfft..."
Someone in the crowd failed to hold back a laugh.
Then snickers rose one after another.
They spread in an instant.
"Hahahaha! Letting out pig farts to stink people out-that's so vivid."
"Grandmaster's kicked an iron plate this time."
"I think the kid's right. Why should someone who got in through connections be allowed to expel people whenever he likes?"
Countless mocking gazes stabbed into Yu Xiaogang like sharp swords.
They made him feel as though thorns were digging into his back, while his face burned painfully.
He felt as though the whole world was against him!
Tang San stood nearby.
Watching his big brother calmly and composedly tear into the man.
He felt even more secretly delighted.
That's my big brother!
Looks like he was still holding back whenever he talked back to Dad at home!
Now that I look at it, he does usually show Dad a little love.
Otherwise, Dad would probably have coughed up three pints of blood from anger long ago.
As for Director Su.
Watching Yu Xiaogang's flushed face as he stood there speechless.
He actually felt an inexplicable surge of satisfaction.
To be honest, he had been fed up with this Grandmaster for a long time too.
He paraded around under the title of Grandmaster all day!
Eating and drinking for free without doing any work.
And always wearing that arrogant look of "the whole world is drunk, and I alone am sober"!
He looked down his nose at everyone!
The way this child had torn into him today.
He had practically voiced the grievances all the academy's teachers had bottled up for so long!
Getting in through connections, not teaching classes-every word hit the nail on the head!
Still, satisfying as it was, he had to smooth things over.
If they really angered Grandmaster to death, or drove him away.
It would be hard to explain to the dean.
"Ahem! All right, all right!"
Director Su put on a stern face, forcibly suppressing the smile tugging at his lips.
He began papering over the dispute.
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