Chapter 78: The Old Headmaster's Revenge

The days of vacation ended, and Li Luo once again arrived at Southwind Academy. Standing outside the academy, Li Luo gazed at the familiar school gate, his expression tinged with emotion.

After today, he would completely finish his studies at Southwind Academy, and the memories of these years would reach their terminus here.

Regardless of what the future held, Li Luo was clear that his years of cultivation at Southwind Academy had left an indelible impact on him.

His current instinct to resist drawing attention to himself stemmed precisely from the fact that when he first entered Southwind Academy back then, he had been too dazzling. The subsequent appearance of the Empty Phase had taught him what it meant to be in heaven with one thought and in hell with the next.

Having learned this lesson, he instinctively did not want to expose himself. He would rather keep himself tightly concealed, develop in obscurity, and only when he could be ennobled as a marquis or a king would he dare to cut loose a little.

Unfortunately, this academy grand examination had rendered his previous low profile meaningless.

"Damned Shi Kong, damned Song Song Yunfeng."

Thinking of this, Li Luo could not help cursing. Originally he only needed to easily secure a spot in the top ten, but these two bastards had to press him so aggressively, forcing him to snatch first place.

"And Lü Qing'er too, clearly it was her first place." Li Luo muttered again.

"You really are ungrateful. Letting you take first place, and you still badmouth people behind their backs." At that moment, a clear, pleasant girl's voice suddenly rang out behind Li Luo.

Li Luo turned his head and saw Lü Qing'er standing behind him. Today she wore Southwind Academy's uniform, a black short skirt revealing slender, straight jade-like legs, snow-white long socks reaching her knees, and the smooth thighs exposed between the socks and the skirt were crystalline and snow-white, dazzling to the eye.

Seeing Lü Qing'er, Li Luo gave an awkward chuckle.

Lü Qing'er did not mind him speaking ill of her behind her back. She stepped forward two paces to walk shoulder to shoulder with Li Luo, a faint smile on her beautiful, moving little face.

The two walking together made quite the picture of a golden boy and jade girl, with envious gazes being cast their way from all around.

In the past, someone would inevitably have made sour, mocking remarks, but ever since Li Luo seized first place at Southwind Academy, his reputation had already begun to surpass Lü Qing'er's.

Li Luo and Lü Qing'er walked into the academy, with people actively greeting them along the way, and the two responded with nods.

As they passed through the tree-lined avenue, they suddenly noticed some commotion ahead, with people continuously crowding around to form a circle.

They vaguely heard words like "Song Song Yunfeng, you scoundrel, how dare you still show your face at Southwind Academy."

A hint of surprise surfaced in Li Luo's eyes. Song Song Yunfeng? This guy still dares to appear at Southwind Academy?

He quickened his pace, squeezing into the crowd with Lü Qing'er, and then saw that in the empty space of the circle, Song Song Yunfeng, his entire body concealed by a black robe, was staring at the surroundings with a flushed face. Beside him were two alert-looking Song family guards, clearly escorting him all the way.

And on the ground in front of Song Song Yunfeng, a familiar figure was collapsed and wailing, with frothy blood continuously bubbling from his mouth.

One look and Li Luo knew—that person could be none other than Seeing Yu Lang.

What was this guy doing here?

"Luo-ge, Qing-Zhong Jie, you're finally here. This Song Song Yunfeng is way too arrogant. He sold out our Southwind Academy and still dares to come back. And just now Seeing Yu Lang only went up to say hello to him, and he got slapped by Song Song Yunfeng until he vomited blood and collapsed. It's simply too much!" A student nearby, seeing Li Luo and Lü Qing'er, hurriedly said.

Li Luo was stunned. Is Song Song Yunfeng this brazen? Knowing full well he has already incurred universal wrath, he still dares to hit people at Southwind Academy?

Li Luo rubbed his nose, feeling the matter was not so simple.

Especially since it involved Seeing Yu Lang, that troublemaker.

He glanced at Seeing Yu Lang, who was wailing nonstop on the ground. That acting was a bit over the top, still a notch worse than Zhao Kuo's.

"You're talking nonsense! When did I ever hit him? I just told him to stop bothering me and pushed him a little. I didn't even use any force!" Song Song Yunfeng raged, the veins on his forehead pulsing.

He had not wanted to come to Southwind Academy at all this time, but the old headmaster had previously sent someone to the Song family with a message saying that any student who could not personally appear to claim their admission quota would be deemed to have forfeited it automatically.

So Song Song Yunfeng, knowing full well he would be drowned in curses upon coming, still had no choice but to come.

Li Luo and Lü Qing'er exchanged a glance, thoughtful. Neither paid Song Song Yunfeng any attention, because they sensed that behind this matter, there was likely a petty, scheming hand at work.

Sure enough, soon a squad of academy security personnel rushed over, then ferociously surged toward Song Song Yunfeng and his two guards.

"What are you doing?!" the two guards roared.

"You dare assault students at Southwind Academy? Are you tired of living?" the security squad shouted sternly. Immediately, their resonant force erupted, and they swarmed forward, swiftly subduing the two guards, and even Song Song Yunfeng was seized.

At this moment, from behind, a group of academy mentors came clustered around the old headmaster.

Their faces all bore anger, especially the old headmaster, whose roar could be heard from afar: "You son of a—! This is too much! Do you think I'm already dead? How dare you disregard Southwind Academy's rules like this?"

The old headmaster arrived with a livid face, the fury rolling off him making many students shrink their necks.

Song Song Yunfeng's heart sank at the sight of the old headmaster, and he felt a sense of unease.

The old headmaster's gaze swept the scene, then landed on Seeing Yu Lang collapsed and wailing on the ground. He immediately raged, "Song Song Yunfeng, I never expected you to be so vicious as to dare beat a fellow student into disability!"

Song Song Yunfeng was equally furious and aggrieved. This was too much. I only pushed Seeing Yu Lang once, and you're claiming he's been crippled. It's simply a baseless accusation.

However, the old headmaster would not pay any heed to his aggrieved, furious gaze, and directly roared, "From this moment forth, Song Song Yunfeng is stripped of his status as a student of Southwind Academy and expelled immediately!"

"Throw them out for me!"

The academy security squad complied at once, then lifted Song Song Yunfeng and the two guards and carried them toward the outside of the academy.

Song Song Yunfeng was still struggling furiously: "I refuse to accept this! You cannot kick me out of Southwind Academy! I did not violate any rules!"

The old headmaster snorted expressionlessly and said, "If you refuse to accept it, then go appeal. Appeal all the way to the Holy Mystic Star Academy. Once the Holy Mystic Star Academy issues an order overruling my expulsion, you can enter the Holy Mystic Star Academy then—it won't be too late."

Song Song Yunfeng's furious voice grew fainter and fainter, until it vanished completely.

Li Luo watched this scene and said softly to Lü Qing'er, "That act was way too fake."

Lü Qing'er chuckled lightly and said, "If Song Song Yunfeng had made the top ten, then even the old headmaster could not strip his admission quota. But unfortunately, you kicked him out of the top ten. This way, the old headmaster has plenty of means to ensure he doesn't get that extra quota."

"If it were the headmaster of some other academy, they might still have to consider the rules. But our old headmaster here is very petty. He'd rather lose face than fail to vent that grudge."

With Song Song Yunfeng kicked out, the surrounding crowd fell silent for a moment, then suddenly burst into a tacit round of applause.

The old headmaster, triumphant, waved his hand to dismiss everyone, then came over and nudged the wailing Seeing Yu Lang with his foot, saying disdainfully, "Your acting needs work. If this old man didn't have a thick skin, I really couldn't have kept a straight face."

Seeing Yu Lang scrambled to his feet and complained, "Old headmaster, you suddenly gave me this task with no preparation at all. After all, this kind of emotion needs time to build up."

The old headmaster snorted, but it was clear he was in a very good mood, a trace of a smile hanging on his aged face.

"I can tolerate students who do not contribute to Southwind Academy's honor, but I cannot tolerate students who bite the hand that feeds them and intend to harm their fellow students."

"When encountering such people, regardless of whether it brings trouble, I will not let them take the slightest advantage from Southwind Academy."

Li Luo chuckled lightly. In many students' minds, this old headmaster left an impression of being petty and stingy, but today he felt that the old headmaster's temperament was rather endearing.

At the very least, this rule-flouting act of kicking Song Song Yunfeng out of Southwind Academy truly made one feel as if one's thoughts had suddenly become clear and unobstructed.

(End of this chapter)