The next day, Xiao Chen and the other two rose early. After a quick wash and getting ready, they left the villa and headed toward the Inner Court's teaching area for their first lesson of the term.
Their first lesson was quite normal, with no strange antics. After greeting Ya Li, they began class as usual.
It was nothing like the Outer Court's heap of formalities, especially Cai Yue'er's one-woman show.
Perhaps it was because Shrek's Outer Court had lost twice to the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy. Those consecutive crushing defeats had dealt a savage blow to Shrek's ten-thousand-year glory and also provoked Cai Yue'er, the Outer Court's dean.
With anger and anxiety intertwined, Cai Yue'er had immediately switched to high-pressure management, subjecting every Outer Court student to collective punishment.
All Shrek Outer Court students had been forced to return to school a month early and put in extra hours cultivating.
And after starting the Outer Court's term early, Cai Yue'er had done no proper work either. She spent her days pressuring the students, holding one all-student assembly after another, repeatedly preaching Shrek's glory and honor and constantly manipulating the Outer Court students into fighting for Shrek's glory.
Cai Yue'er's actions had sent Shrek's Outer Court straight onto the trending lists across the Federation.
By comparison, the atmosphere surrounding the start of term for Xiao Chen and the other two seemed positively like a secluded paradise.
Their homeroom teacher was Ya Li, and she was not someone who constantly engaged in psychological manipulation.
Of course, perhaps she simply knew that telling the three of them such things would do little good.
Thus, Ya Li's first lesson of the term was extremely concise and efficient. She briefly outlined the semester's course schedule, cultivation priorities, and assessment standards, then smoothly