Tang San had been feeling very down lately.
He had been diligently trying to curry favor with his teacher, Zhou Yi, and it seemed like he was finally making progress. However, her temper had suddenly soured recently. She constantly wore a frosty expression and subjected them to relentless extra training. Even Tang San, who had experienced Grandmaster's extreme training ten thousand years ago, was finding it hard to bear.
"Thump!"
He lost his footing and finally collapsed to the ground.
As a fourteenth-level Soul Master, his physical fitness, even with the enhancement of the Mysterious Heaven Skill, couldn't compare to the Great Soul Master level of Lan Ruoruo and Lan Susu.
Therefore, after Wang Dong left, his strength alone was completely insufficient to be the class monitor. If he hadn't managed to ingratiate himself with Zhou Yi, he would probably still be an insignificant member of the group.
"Tang San!" Zhou Yi looked at Tang San, who had fallen to the ground. There was little sympathy in her eyes, only disgust. Her tone was sharp and mean. "Look at your useless state! I truly regret making you the class monitor back then. You're lagging behind in physical training. If it weren't for the higher-ups, you would have been expelled long ago..."
Zhou Yi crossed her arms, observing the reactions of the surrounding students with satisfaction. Her words not only demonstrated her fearlessness of authority, scolding even the "connected" students sent by the higher-ups, but also subtly showed off her own status.
However, the others were already half-dead from exhaustion and had no energy to listen to her.
Within a minute of Tang San falling, the others collapsed one after another. Underneath their heavy armor, sweat soaked the ground, leaving deep water stains.
"Useless! All of you are useless!" Zhou Yi said with some dissatisfaction.
But seeing that everyone had reached their limit, she delivered another round of sarcastic remarks before leaving with small, quick steps.
Only after Zhou Yi's figure completely disappeared did the students of Class Two-One slowly catch their breath. They gathered in groups of twos and threes on the plaza, and even the girls didn't mind the dust on the ground.
Zhou Sichen glanced back at Tang San, who was still panting heavily, lying on his back. He curled his lip, but after a moment of hesitation, he stood up and walked over to him.
"Tang San, see? Sucking up to her won't get you anywhere good. You even suggested increasing the number of laps before. Yes, she was indeed very happy then, but what about now? That old witch is just moody and unpredictable, pure menopause..."
"I am your class monitor!" Tang San widened his eyes and interrupted Zhou Sichen.
This attracted the attention of those around them.
Zhou Sichen's mouth twitched. "Hey, buddy..."
"Also, I will tell Teacher Zhou what you said. As students, what we should do is respect our teachers, not insult them behind their backs. Do you even deserve to be a Shrek student?" Tang San said righteously.
"Heh..." Zhou Sichen was so angry he laughed. "Alright, alright, Little San, so you want to play it this way..."
"Bang!"
He kicked directly at Tang San.
"Ugh~"
Tang San curled up on his side like a steamed shrimp, his face full of pain.
It was already their second year. Most of the students in Class One had reached the Great Soul Master level, around level twenty-five. Zhou Sichen appeared in the original work as a named extra and even became the acting class monitor after Huo Yuhao left, indicating that his talent wasn't too weak, reaching around level twenty-nine.
With Zhou Yi's year of training, he had long since adapted.
So now, his condition was much better than Tang San's.
"Ugh..." Tang San dry-heaved.
He felt like his internal organs were boiling.
Students who have done the 1000-meter (or 800-meter) physical test in general schools know that after a long run, the whole person is extremely weak, and it's even difficult to stand up.
And Tang San had just been kicked hard in the solar plexus by Zhou Sichen, so he was naturally in excruciating pain.
But his stubbornness also flared up.
Being bullied by the strong, I can endure it!
But what are you, Zhou Sichen, worth! I am a God King!
Then he leaped up and tackled Zhou Sichen to the ground, and the two began to scuffle.
"Quick, pull them apart!" Cao Jinxuan shouted, and at the same time, he was the first to rush over. Whether intentionally or unintentionally, he elbowed Tang San hard in the cheek.
"Help!" The surrounding students gathered around, throwing punches and kicks... pulling the two apart.
By the time a student called a teacher over, Tang San already had a bruised and swollen face.
Zhou Sichen looked at Tang San opposite him, his face blank. He looked at Cao Jinxuan beside him, who grinned mischievously and gave him a hand gesture. Zhou Sichen instantly understood and returned the gesture.
"What's going on!"
Zhou Yi arrived here angrily, gritting her teeth.
Fighting in front of so many people was embarrassing for her!
She glanced at Tang San's bruised and swollen face, and her expression grew even darker.
"Tell me, what happened!"
"Teacher, just after running, Zhou Sichen came over to me and said bad things about you. I said we should respect our teachers and not insult them behind their backs, and then he started hitting me..." Tang San looked at Zhou Sichen and sneered.
Arrogant, aren't you!
As he spoke, he coldly swept his gaze over the surrounding people. These people... all deserved to die!!!
But Zhou Sichen wasn't flustered at all. Meeting Zhou Yi's cold gaze, he looked at Tang San with an innocent expression. "Tang San, you can't say it like that. I advised you to strengthen your physical training, but you cursed Teacher Zhou Yi as an old witch, saying you've been sucking up to her for a semester and haven't gotten even a tiny bit of benefit. You even insulted yourself, saying you would kill her sooner or later. Then I really couldn't bear it anymore, so I kicked you. Don't twist the facts..."
Tang San sneered and was about to explain, but he noticed Zhou Yi's suspicious gaze. After Zhou Sichen finished speaking, the surrounding students of Class Two-One nodded in agreement, and Tang San's heart suddenly turned cold.
It was over!
No wonder Zhou Sichen was so confident. He had no witnesses and no evidence. There was no way he could clear his name.
"All of you, disperse! Hurry up and go eat!" Zhou Yi said coldly, her face gloomy. She glanced at Tang San and turned to leave.
Only Tang San was left amidst the pointing and whispering of countless students.
"Damn it! Damn Zhou Yi! Damn Shi... Humph!" Tang San lowered his head, squeezed through the crowd, and walked alone towards the dining hall.
"Sigh, his back looks so pitiful, like a dog."
"A pitiful person must have something to be hated. Look at him, trying to suck up to Zhou Yi and tattling. Who would want to be close to someone like that?"
"Respecting teachers also depends on who it is. Zhou Yi... heh."
...
"This kid is something." On the teaching building, Ma Rulong took off his soul tool telescope, his expression filled with emotion.
"An Evil Soul Master definitely has a place for him. If he goes to the Holy Spirit Cult, I can't even imagine how great his achievements will be in the future." Lin Xi took a sip of his fruit drink.
"Cut it out. The Holy Spirit Cult doesn't take in any trash." Xiao Hongchen said with some disdain.
"Alright, tell me, what's the progress?" Ma Rulong withdrew his gaze, his expression slowly becoming serious.
"I contacted Brother Cheng. Regarding that former Shrek student in the Holy Spirit Cult, he provided us with a lot of names of his former classmates, including those who were crippled by training and expelled home by Zhou Yi, and those who originally had the potential to become Soul Douluo or even Title Douluo but were stuck at the Soul King level and couldn't advance. It's said that only spirit medicines at the level of immortal herbs or top-tier healing soul masters have a chance to cure them." As Xiao Hongchen spoke, he handed a list to everyone.
The list was densely filled with names, identity information, and affiliated forces.
"Zhang Wennian, twenty-three years old, Zhou Yi's first student. Due to long-term high-intensity training, his potential was exhausted, leaving many hidden injuries that were not treated in time. He was expelled in the fourth grade at level thirty-nine. After returning to the sect, he was left with chronic illnesses and is considered crippled. Even after seven or eight years, he is still stuck at the peak of the Soul Elder level..."
"Tian Xuan..."
"..."
Xiao Hongchen pointed at the list and shook his head in shock. "Zhou Yi alone has crippled at least nearly a hundred geniuses. Fortunately, she has only been a teacher for two terms, otherwise..."
"Can these people be contacted?" Ma Rulong's voice was calm.
"Hehe, that person said they can be contacted, but it will take some time. At least before he fell into becoming a Soul Evil Master, those companions of his looked at Zhou Yi with bloodshot eyes, wishing they could swallow her alive. Moreover, I heard that Zhou Yi has never left Shrek Academy since becoming a teacher, and she rarely even goes to Shrek City. Guess why..." Xiao Hongchen said gloatingly.
"Without the protection of Shrek, in a few years, she will appear in the darkest corners of the continent. Perhaps being turned into a human pig is already a light punishment," Li Yan said coldly.
The Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy also had similar issues, but just a few years ago, as soon as there were signs, Jing Hongchen, after receiving a report, suppressed them with thunderous means and notified the entire school. His methods were strict and clear, but Shrek... there are worms everywhere. Letting them go is your fault...
"Alright, stop talking about these irrelevant things. Anyway, I don't like that old woman, so just consider it doing a good deed for our Shrek buddies," Xiao Hongchen grinned. "Even if we blow this matter sky-high, as exchange students, they can only swallow it down with their mouths shut."
"..."
Tang San sat alone in the dining hall, eating the cheapest vegetable porridge.
Shrek Academy's student subsidies were not comprehensive, and Xuan Zi was a hands-off shopkeeper. After throwing him into the outer courtyard, he took the opportunity to leave, not knowing where he went to enjoy himself...
(Because of Xuan Zi's unreliability, even Yan Shaozhe didn't know about accepting Tang San as a disciple. He was directly thrown to Zhou Yi and then Xuan Zi left.)
So his current situation was actually very similar to Huo Yuhao's in the original work.
But he didn't have the skill of grilling fish, and even setting up a stall was difficult. He could only rely on forging iron outside the school on weekends to earn some living expenses. The Dark Hidden Weapons of the Tang Sect, which he had been so enthusiastically working on, couldn't be sold at all...
"Spicy rabbit, my favorite." Zhou Sichen said loudly to the cafeteria aunt, "Please be sure to give me authentic Soft Bone Rabbit!"
"Me too!" Cao Jinxuan followed closely behind.
Hearing this, Tang San's hand holding the vegetable porridge tightened, his head lowered, and his expression couldn't be seen clearly.
He clearly understood the purpose of what they were doing.
That's right, on the very first day, he had sternly warned everyone that as the class monitor, he didn't want them to eat Soft Bone Rabbit, because Xiao Wu's ancestor, one of the original Shrek Seven Devils, was a Soft Bone Rabbit in human form.
And a few days ago, everyone still respected him relatively.
But after a few days of getting to know him, they realized that this Tang San was purely a brain-dead, selfish little person.
Coupled with what had just happened, they directly stopped pretending.
Tang San's jaw muscles ached from clenching. When he saw Old Xuan again, he would definitely go to Sunset Forest.
Because he had also experienced training of this intensity, but later, because he had immortal herbs, he was able to cleanse his meridians and bone marrow, eliminate impurities, and avoid leaving hidden physical problems. This was also the reason why he wanted to intensify the training.
At that time, he would have no hidden dangers, but these fools would not be able to cultivate. Let's see who laughs last!
(End of this chapter)