Split

"Ah..."

In the teacher's dormitory of the Soul Guidance Department at Shrek Academy's outer courtyard.

A beautiful woman was currently contorting her face in rage, clutching her head and screaming.

"Why? Why can Mu Jin become a senior teacher and even the deputy director of the teaching office?!"

"All of this should be my glory, mine alone!"

"Huo Yuhao and Hua Huo should be my students, mine!!"

Ever since Zhou Yi was disciplined, she hadn't left Fan Yu's dormitory these past few days.

But she still had some understanding of the outside world.

Especially the news of her old rival Mu Jin's promotion, which infuriated Zhou Yi to no end, causing her to smash things incessantly.

"Zhou Yi, how much longer are you going to keep this up!?"

At this moment, Fan Yu pushed open the door, looking exhausted, and shouted.

The situation today was entirely Zhou Yi's own doing!

Expelling a truly poor student was one thing, and the academy might have turned a blind eye.

But Zhou Yi acted solely based on her own whims, even daring to expel the current emperor of the Star Luo Empire!

If it weren't for Shrek Academy's prestige, the moment he became emperor, Zhou Yi would have faced endless pursuit, a hunt to the death.

This was also why Zhou Yi almost never left Shrek Academy.

Among the students she expelled, there were a few true geniuses, whose current cultivation levels might even surpass Zhou Yi's.

To catch her, they had even taken up residence in Shrek City.

"Fan Yu, even you don't believe in me anymore?"

Zhou Yi slightly turned her head, her bloodshot eyes glaring at Fan Yu as she questioned.

"You're actually saying I've gone mad now? I'm not mad, I'm perfectly clear-headed!"

"It's Du Weilun, it's Mu Jin, they're the ones who took everything from me!"

Hearing this, Fan Yu was certain of one thing: Zhou Yi had indeed gone mad, truly mad!

She had brought this upon herself, and there was no one else to blame.

If it weren't for the academy considering his, Fan Yu's, reputation, they would have stripped Zhou Yi of her soul power and expelled her from Shrek Academy. Otherwise, her fate would have been unimaginable!

"Enough!"

"You've truly gone mad!"

Fan Yu roared, something he had rarely done to Zhou Yi, but what else could he do now?

Back then, he had been blind to fall for this woman, deceived by her innocent appearance, never expecting her to be so deranged.

Now, it was too late for regrets. Zhou Yi was, after all, his wife, and her current state was partly his responsibility.

"I'm not mad!"

Zhou Yi screamed in a frenzy. Suddenly, as if struck by a thought, her eyes lit up, and she muttered, "Wait, I still have a trump card, yes, I still have a trump card!"

"I will definitely return to the Martial Soul Department and reclaim everything that's mine!"

At this point, Zhou Yi paused, looking at Fan Yu with a hint of softness, and said, "Fan Yu, Huo Yuhao is a natural-born soul engineer, exceptionally talented, and he's quite fond of soul tools."

"Find a way to take him as your disciple, teach him soul guidance. That way, I'll be his master's wife, and he'll surely be able to persuade the academy's higher-ups to let me return to the Martial Soul Department and become my student again."

"Fan Yu, you must help me, you must!"

"Now, besides you, I have nothing left!"

Hearing this, Fan Yu fell silent, looking at Zhou Yi, feeling as though the woman before him was a complete stranger.

To achieve her goals, she was even willing to exploit her husband and a student she barely knew.

How could someone like her be a teacher?

Shrek Academy could screen for talent, but it couldn't screen for character.

"Give up on this idea. I won't help you."

Fan Yu said expressionlessly.

Even now, Zhou Yi refused to settle down, still scheming to use a student to return to the Martial Soul Department!

If it weren't for the years he had spent with Zhou Yi, he would have suspected her of being a spy for the evil soul masters.

What kind of teacher would tarnish Shrek Academy's reputation like this?

"What?"

Zhou Yi trembled as if struck by lightning, looking at the man before her in disbelief. He wouldn't help her?

"You… you won't help me?"

"I won't. I've been too indulgent with you in the past, and that's why such a grave mistake was made."

Fan Yu spoke bluntly.

"Fine, fine, fine!"

"Fine, Fan Yu!"

"You won't help, is that it? I'll find my own way!"

A flash of red light passed through Zhou Yi's eyes as she laughed in extreme anger.

Seeing this, Fan Yu's expression remained unchanged as he said, "Stop dreaming, Zhou Yi."

"A genius like Huo Yuhao is not someone you can teach, and the academy's higher-ups will never allow you to have any contact with him."

"Once the higher-ups learn of his talent as a soul engineer, they won't even let me near him, given that I'm your husband."

"Even if he is to be taught, it will be Dean Xian Lin'er who does so…"

At this point, Fan Yu couldn't help but feel a sense of loss.

A genius student like Huo Yuhao, who wouldn't want him? Zhou Yi wasn't the only one.

But fate had other plans!

"Do you regret marrying me?"

"No, I don't regret it. Even if you've become like this, it was my own choice."

Fan Yu spoke calmly, offering his wife one last bit of tenderness.

Zhou Yi: "Then why won't you help me?"

"This is my last chance."

Fan Yu fell silent again, refusing to look at Zhou Yi.

"I still love you, but I won't join you in your madness."

With these words, Fan Yu walked out of the room and closed the door.

"Ah…"

Zhou Yi let out another scream, her voice growing increasingly deranged.

Family, who could understand?

Her husband had abandoned her, refused to help her!

"I'll find a way, Fan Yu. You'll regret this!"

---The scene shifted to Class Nine of the freshmen.

As the saying goes, "With the spring breeze, the horse's hooves are swift; in a single day, one can see all the flowers of Chang'an."

Now, Mu Jin was riding high, but she hadn't let her success go to her head.

She knew that her current position and achievements were all thanks to the help of those two students.

If it weren't for Huo Yuhao and Hua Huo, she might have already perished under Ma Xiaotao's evil flames. How could she have received such compensation?

"The weather today is truly wonderful!"

With her promotion and her rival's expulsion, what could be more satisfying?

"Little Yuhao, if I were twenty years younger, I wouldn't have settled for that blockhead Fan Yu. I would've pursued you!"

"What a pity!"

Mu Jin shook her head, pushing aside these inappropriate thoughts, and entered Class Nine.

"Good morning, teacher!"

"Good morning, students!"

Mu Jin glanced at the seats of Hua Huo and Huo Yuhao, and seeing that they were indeed empty, she couldn't help but twitch her eye.

These two students were excellent in every way, except for their aversion to attending classes.

Well, they didn't really need to attend classes anyway.

"Students, in preparation for the freshman assessment, starting today, you'll need to form teams of three to practice and coordinate, so you're in the best possible shape for the assessment in two and a half months."

"Our class has a hundred students, so you'll be divided into groups of three. As for the extra student, they'll be paired with students from other classes."