"I'm Shen Yue, a member of the Sacred Family." As he declared, Shen Yue, who exploded in rage, unleashed his soul force in front of the class.
This made some of the students who's standing close to him feel terrified, as they didn't expect to get caught by Shen Yue's spiritual pressure.
Some of the students with weak soul force.
Had to regulate their soul force in order to protect themselves, afraid that Shen Yue's spiritual pressure might cause them irreversible damage in their cultivation.
Seeing the fear on everyone's faces, Shen Yue's confidence skyrocketed. Which prompted him to increase the amount of soul force he was releasing.
With a green soul realm, and over thirty four soul strengths, Shen Yue had indeed the capital to be arrogant, as he believed that his strength was the strongest in fighter apprentice class.
'So what if you have good looks? Since you dare to steal my women, I, Shen Yue, will teach you to know your place." Snickering, Shen Yue's spiritual pressure bombarded toward Xue Hui.
WOOSH.
Blinded by hatred, Shen Yue failed to notice the looks he was receiving from everyone.
Especially from Ye Ziyun, Xiao Ning'er, and Chen Linlin. All three of them eyed Shen Yue with hatred.
To them Shen Yue's action was despicable, actually using his soul force in class to suppress Xue Hui and his classmates inside the Holy Orchid Institute. They hated how presumptuous Shen Yue's actions were, just because he felt entitled as a member of the Sacred Family.
Especially Ye Ziyun. The moment she saw his arrogant expression, her good impression of Shen Yue quickly shattered. Realizing that Shen Yue was this kind of person all along.
Adding to that, the target of Shen Yue's aggression was actually Xue Hui, the same person who healed her mother. Ye Ziyun dissatisfaction toward Shen Yue easily turned into hatred.
Before Ye Ziyun could step in to help Xue Hui, a dense spiritual aura flooded the entire room, soothing everyone's emotions.
Unlike Shen Yue's overbearing aura, this one felt gentle and calming, which eases everyone's soul.
Everyone except for Shen Yue.
Because unlike the others, who felt as though they were being submerged in a serene lake, easing the tension in their minds, Shen Yue, on the other hand, felt as though he were beneath an enormous mountain, ready to crush him if he so much as moved, which terrified him to no end.
Although Xue Hui's cultivation rank was currently at the three-star Bronze rank, the amount and denseness of his soul force was not something even a Gold rank Demon Spiritualist could compete with, let alone someone like Shen Yue, who hadn't even stepped into Bronze rank yet.
Watching from the side, Chen Linlin eyebrow raised, finding Shen Yue's attempt of subduing Xue Hui laughable.
'This loser really overestimates himself a little too much if he thinks his minuscule soul strength is enough to subdue someone like Hui-hui.' The thought almost made her chuckle.
Xue Hui's gaze, which had been settled on Ye Ziyun, drafted lazily toward Shen Yue, whose face had long turned deathly pale.
'The Sacred Family sure has mastered the art of bullying the weak. If my soul force were weaker than this Shen Yue brat's, I'd be coughing blood by now,' Xue Hui pondered to himself. The only reason he hadn't crippled Shen Yue yet was because by doing so, it would only ruin everyone's first day attending the class.
Unbeknownst to him, Shen Yue was normally very careful with his actions, often suppressing his domineering attitude around Ye Ziyun, all to get her to like him.
But all that act was thrown in the window, the moment he saw Xue Hui and Ye Ziyun sitting together.
Xue Hui's handsome appearance and seemingly close relationship with Ye Ziyun made Shen Yue feel jealous and threatened, which caused him to lose his cool in front of everyone.
"Oh, you didn't hear me?" Xue Hui asked in a flat tone. "I said…" He shifted in his chair, leaned forward, and rested his elbow on the table, cupping his cheek, he smiled disarmingly at Shen Yue. "I'm pretty sure Holy Orchid Institute doesn't sell chairs, so you can't claim it as yours."
As he spoke, every word coming out from Xue Hui caused Shen Yue's soul to rattled. The more he talked, the heavier the mountain-like pressure weighed on Shen Yue.
"Just find a vacant one and buzz off…" Xue Hui's eyes lit up, further frightening Shen Yue. "Shen Yue, of the Sacred Family!"
Finishing his words, the spiritual pressure that enveloped the entire class vanished, making the students who had been lost in the calming aura snapped back to reality.
At the same time, the mountain-like pressure pressing down on Shen Yue completely disappeared, allowing his body to move freely. His knees buckled, which caused him to fall onto his rear.
Breathing heavily, Shen Yue's clothes were drenched in sweat. With an Ashen face and disheveled hair, Shen Yue's noble appearance was all gone.
His soul realm didn't fare any better either. She Yue's soul force suffered a rebound, making it unstable.
Silence enveloped the class. The entire encounter had only happened in a few breaths. Those who had been lost in Xue Hui's aura were dumbfounded to see Shen Yue in such a sorry state, an outcome different from what they were expecting.
'Wasn't young Master Shen trying to suppress that pretty boy with his soul force just now? So why is young Master Shen the one who suffered defeat?' they pondered to themselves, puzzled by what had just happened.
"Eeek!!"
The silence was broken by a female student who shrieked for unknown reasons, her tone a mixture of surprise and embarrassment.
At first, the other students were confused by the sudden outburst, but one by one, they began to realize why she had made such a noise, causing them to turn their heads away. Some students were feeling uncomfortable just to look in Shen Yue's direction.
Ye Ziyun looked around with a puzzled expression, trying to figure out what had caused some of her classmates to shift their gazes away.
Until her eyes landed on Shen Yue, it didn't take long before her eyes widened in realization, and she herself quickly tore her gaze away, looking uncomfortable.
Xiao Ning'er, also noticed the same thing, and looked away, disgust written on her face. 'You acted so arrogantly, suppressing people with your status, yet when you lost, you can't even fall without embarrassing yourself to this extent,' she thought to herself. With The sacred family forcing her to marry Shen Fei made Xiao Ning'er to loathe them.
Upon noticing everyone's odd behavior, Shen Yue, who's still shaken from the soul pressure backlashed, tried to open his mouth to speak.
Only for him to pause mid-word as the sensation of warmth crawling onto his crotch, made him aware of what he just did.
Looking down, Shen Yue's eyes widened in panic. His face, which had just returned to normal, turned pale once again.
Looking around, Shen Yue sees everyone's reactions.
The girls' faces were red as they pretended he didn't exist.
On the other hand, the boys were in a predicament, as they were having a hard time suppressing their laughter
"Y-you!" humiliated, Shen Yue stood up and angrily pointed his trembling finger at Xue Hui, seemingly trying to save his face by blaming everything on Xue Hui.
"Boy, are you really going to blame that on me?" Xue Hui, with a deadpan look, pointed at Shen Yue's accident before pointing at himself, sounding offended that Shen Yue had the audacity to shift the blame onto him when he was the one who started everything.
Seeing Xue Hui's sharp glare, Shen Yue was reminded of the overwhelming aura earlier and felt terrified. Stepping back, he bolted out of the classroom while yelling at the top of his lungs, "You'll pay for this!" leaving his mess behind.
Everyone was in a state of bewilderment, silence enveloped the room after Shen Yue left as no one could put a word to what they just witnessed.
Sighing in dejection, Xue Hui performs a few hand signs, making the wet trail disappear.
As much as Xue Hui didn't want to clean up Shen Yue's mess, his overly sensitive nose couldn't withstand the rancid smell permeating the room.
Though he made sure to add this trouble to the list of Sacred Family crimes.
"BWAHAHAHA!"
A moment passed, A loud, unrestrained laugh broke the silence.
Nie Li, who couldn't hold his laughter any longer, cackled uncontrollably, prompting multiple students to follow his lead as their laughter filled the room with loud, incoherent noise.
Many of these students couldn't withstand Shen Yue's domineering attitude but were too afraid to confront him. A single word from Shen Yue could ruin their families, especially those from aristocratic or commoner backgrounds.
So witnessing Shen Yue get humiliated as he fled in such a pitiful manner made many of the students feel vindicated.
The only people who kept their composure were Xue Hui, Chen Linlin, Xiao Ning'er, and Ye Ziyun. The four of them simply remained seated, as they ignored the chaos around them.
The commotion only stopped when they heard the door slide open once again.
Seeing who entered the class, the students stifled their laughter and hurriedly back to their seats.
Because this time, the person who entered the class was the rumored new teacher.
Seeing her figure, the eyes of the boys immediately locked onto the teacher's body, their imaginations running wild as they were captivated by her sexy appearance.
She had a slender, mature figure and crimson, fiery hair. Her movements exuded confidence and pride, and her sharp eyes scanned the room snobbishly.
This fiery woman in her twenties was the younger sister of the Sacred Family's house master, Shen Xiu.
Looking around, Shen Xiu's eyebrows furrowed. 'Where's Yue'er?' she wondered confusingly, her nephew supposedly in the class and yet she couldn't find him.
Shen Xiu cursed Shen Yue in her mind. 'That useless brat, he couldn't even do his part properly, how could he get close to the City Lord's daughter, if he was absent?'
It didn't help that someone strikingly handsome was sitting beside Ye Ziyun, and the way the girl's body showed no signs of discomfort around that boy made Shen Xiu curse Shen Yue even more.
Shen Xiu's eyes narrowed. She was sure she had met that boy before but couldn't remember where or when.
But that's of little importance to her, since he was a nuisance to their plan, Shen Xiu quickly decided to find a way to get rid of him by any means.
She was the teacher of the fighter apprentice class, after all. She could always make things complicated for that boy.
Although it was brief, Xue Hui sensed Shen Xiu's abrupt hostility toward him.
He chuckled inwardly. The classes hadn't even started yet, and he was already making enemies. Although Shen Xiu's perfume made Xue Hui feel nostalgic for some reason, he pondered about it for a second.
With her tall and slender figure Shen Xiu stood in front of the class, and made herself known, by mentioning how she was a member of one of the three major families and how she possessed a soul realm that had reached the Silver rank.
Listening to her introducing herself, the students couldn't help but to amaze that someone Shen Xiu is going to be their teachers,
Surprised gasps filled the room when Shen Xiu transformed into her demon spirit to showcase her strength.
Her appearance changed, showing some characteristics of a Scarlet Flaming Fox demon.
Shen Xiu, who stood proudly, explained how her demon spirit had the strength that allowed her to increase her combat prowess to up to Gold rank.
Many students were awestruck as they listened longingly to Shen Xiu's lecture, all of them dreamed of reaching such heights in their cultivation.
Especially those of the commoner students. The primary reason why their families were willing to spend all their fortune, to the point that they endured hardship just to send their younger generation to school is because these families were hoping that by doing so some of their younger generation would grow up as demon spiritualists.
Once they did, they would become the official guardians of Glory City, allowing them to earn a significant amount of income and change the fate of their families.
Shen Xiu continued speaking, her proud voice didn't falter even once. Her gaze swept over those longing looks, and felt contemptuous towards the students
thinking that such wishful expressions wouldn't last long once the weight of reality buried their dreams.
To her, commoners were nothing but slaves of the nobility. They were born to serve people like her.
Wishing to go against their fate and rise like a phoenix was nothing but a laughable joke to her. Shen Xiu couldn't wait to hammer reality into these commoners' children.
Xue Hui clearly overestimated the Holy Orchid Institute's classes.
He originally expected that the content of the lecture would be shallow at best. But boy it turns out to be worse. This teacher Shen Xiu literally teaches nothing.
She spent at least ten minutes praising herself and her family, discussing nonsensical topics with the class.
Not to mention, this Shen Xiu kept eyeing the class with condescending looks.
Her actions didn't surprise Xue Hui at all. Shen Xiu was a member of the Sacred Family, that information alone is enough to explain everything.
Slightly leaning on his chair, Xue Hui stole a glance at Chen Linlin. Only to see her smiling and it seemed enjoying being in the class. 'good to know she was having fun' he thought.
Xue Hui broke his gaze to her and landed on Ye Ziyun. She looked like she was paying attention to the lecture.
'What a diligent girl,' Xue Hui mused,
Looking around, Xue Hui's eyes focused on the clock. His attention settled there, ignoring Shen Xiu's "me and my family are better than yours" lecture.
Just like Xue Hui, another person was not paying attention. In fact, his mind was drifting through memories of the past, or future depending on how you looked at it.
The fall of Glory City. Demon beast hordes. The deaths of everyone. The escape to the Endless Desert.
Ye Ziyun…
her death and the promise they made to each other.
A drop of tear fell from Nie Li's blank gaze. His mind continued to drift to the day he fell into the hands of the Sage Emperor, and how the Temporal Demon Book, covered with his own blood, shone brightly, blinding him as he took his final breath.
BOOM!
"KYAA!!"
The students fell in commotion, as they felt a sudden movement disrupting the class.
Xue Hui, who suddenly sprang into action, disappeared from his spot and landed Infront Chen Linlin, surprising not only her but everyone in the room.
Xue Hui's left arm was wrapped around her shoulder, as he brought her closer to him.
Vigilant, Xue Hui glowing eyes intensified as he searched his surroundings.
There was no way he sensed wrong. Just now, the entire room had been under temporal distortions.
The first thing that came to Xue Hui's mind was that a time-space demon beast had appeared in the middle of the class.
Worried, He immediately jumped into action, making sure that whatever was causing the temporal distortions wouldn't drag Chen Linlin to some unknown time and place.
But looking at it now, it seemed he had guessed wrong.
Nie Li's blue pupils met his lilac orbs.
Both of them stared at each other in confusion, as they asked the same question within their minds.
"Who the heck are you!?"
End of Chapter 38