Zhou Yi's expression instantly froze.
"What do you mean?"
Huo Yuhao waved his hand and said with a chuckle:
"Nothing much, I'm just saying that your graduation rate can't be used as evidence to prove the correctness of your philosophy. After all, as far as I know, other classes don't expel students as frequently as the class you manage. If those students you personally expelled aren't counted in the overall student number, then the graduation rate of the students under you might not necessarily be higher than that of other teachers, right?"
Zhou Yi stared at Huo Yuhao for a moment and asked coldly:
"Then what do you think should be done about their laziness? Should I just let them off?"
"Of course not."
Huo Yuhao shook his head and said seriously:
"I just believe that rewards and punishments must have limits. It's their fault for being lazy and trying to shirk work, so they should naturally be punished. But the purpose of the school punishing students is to make them aware of their problems. If you expel them directly, they won't even have the possibility of turning over a new leaf and starting again. I hope you can at least give them a chance to mend their ways."
Hearing that Huo Yuhao didn't suggest letting the nine students off, Zhou Yi's expression visibly improved.
She pondered for a moment and then asked:
"Then how do you think they should be punished appropriately?"
"From now on, their training intensity in class will be increased by twenty percent compared to other students."
"Oh?"
Zhou Yi sneered and looked at the students who were standing outside the classroom door with things on their heads.
"You guys, how do you feel about this punishment?"
Seeing Zhou Yi call their names, the students who were expelled this morning quickly stepped forward.
"Please, Teacher, punish us like this!"
As they said this, tears of blood flowed in their hearts.
Increasing the training volume by twenty percent was truly significant. Taking this morning's task as an example, running one hundred laps increased by twenty percent means running one hundred and twenty laps, which was definitely not an easy task.
But what else could they do? If they didn't agree here, the fate they would face would be expulsion.
People like compromise. If Zhou Yi had told them from the beginning that she would increase their training volume by twenty percent, they would have felt it was too much. But now, when she told them they would be expelled if the training volume wasn't increased, they asked for a twenty percent increase in training volume instead.
"Hmph."
Zhou Yi snorted, her eyes shining with a sharp light.
"Alright then, this time we'll do as Huo Yuhao said and let you off once. But if it happens again, no matter who pleads for you, no one can save you. Do you understand?"
"We understand!"
The nine students who were nearly expelled all shivered and almost cried.
When they saw Dai Huabin being thrown out, they had all despaired. Who would have thought that just when things seemed hopeless, a new path would open up, and they would actually avoid the outcome of being expelled?
This feeling of being reborn from despair was truly wonderful.
Just then, the class bell also rang. Zhou Yi raised an eyebrow and shouted outside:
"Those of you watching the show outside, if you don't come in now, your task this afternoon will be doubled!"
"!"
Hearing her words, the students eavesdropping outside were also startled and quickly ran into the classroom.
Although one hundred laps in the morning wasn't a difficult task for Soul Masters like Huo Yuhao, it was quite the limit for those Soul Masters with the lowest cultivation, especially support and food-type Soul Masters.
If tasks of this level were doubled, they had no confidence at all that they could complete them.
Dai Huabin dragged his feet, glaring fiercely at Huo Yuhao as he passed him, but ultimately didn't dare to do anything under Zhou Yi's nose.
Seeing the students of Class One of the New Students quickly take their seats, Zhou Yi said lightly:
"Before today's class begins, I have an announcement to make: Dai Huabin's position as class monitor is revoked, and Huo Yuhao will take over. Wang Dong will serve as the vice class monitor."
"Bang!"
As soon as she said this, a loud bang echoed in the classroom.
Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw that it was Dai Huabin, who had slammed the table and stood up, glaring fiercely at Zhou Yi with reddened eyes.
Zhou Yi acted as if she didn't see his murderous gaze and asked coldly:
"What's wrong, Dai Huabin? Do you have any dissatisfaction?"
"Yes!"
Dai Huabin said without hesitation:
"Why should Huo Yuhao be the class monitor?"
After what had just happened, he had somewhat anticipated being removed from the position of class monitor, so Zhou Yi's action didn't particularly upset him.
What truly pained him was that Huo Yuhao had actually become the class monitor, riding on his head.
What a joke, since when did the world allow a concubine's son to have a higher status than a legitimate son?
Dai Huabin had always viewed Dai Yueheng as his biggest competitor and had never paid attention to Huo Yuhao, the good-for-nothing born to a concubine. Zhou Yi's action was completely unacceptable to him.
Zhou Yi raised an eyebrow and said with a half-smile:
"Just because I am the homeroom teacher of Class One of the New Students, I have the authority to appoint the class monitor of this class. It's not for a student like you to point fingers. Besides, you're probably the only one dissatisfied with this arrangement."
"You...!"
Dai Huabin's breathing became more rapid.
Seeing the atmosphere becoming increasingly tense, Huo Yuhao suddenly raised his hand, attracting the attention of the entire class.
"Teacher."
"What is it?"
"I believe Dai Huabin makes a valid point. If I am appointed as class monitor like this, it's very likely that some students will feel unconvinced, which will be detrimental to my management during this period."
Huo Yuhao smiled elegantly:
"So I hope you can give those students who believe I am not qualified to be class monitor and want to challenge me an opportunity."
Good kid!
Looking at Huo Yuhao's gentle smile, Zhou Yi suddenly felt a chill in her heart.
Perhaps in the eyes of others, Huo Yuhao saying such words was too arrogant, but Zhou Yi knew his true situation.
Let alone the other Great Soul Masters, even Dai Huabin, who had the highest rank in the class, was probably not a match for Huo Yuhao, a Level 3 Soul Engineer.
As far as Zhou Yi knew, Huo Yuhao had already created three Level 3 Soul Tools in the past two days. Although they weren't particularly powerful types, combined with his heaven-defying spiritual-type soul skills, they were enough to deal with most opponents at the thirty-level stage.
In other words, this kid wanted to use this opportunity to establish his prestige in the class.
Combining this with Huo Yuhao's deliberate provocation of Dai Huabin's anger before entering the class, Zhou Yi suddenly realized that Huo Yuhao had likely anticipated the current situation at that time.
His intelligence was truly far superior to Dai Huabin's, to the point that she couldn't help but doubt the blood relationship between the two of them for a moment. Were they really born to the same father?