Chapter 13: The Overbearing Xiao Wu

"Shi Quan, come over here for a second!"

Just as Shi Quan was feeling puzzled, he heard someone calling him over.

That person was Chang Ke; the academy had its academy groups, and the dormitory also had its small cliques, and this was the leader of the noble circle in Chang Ke's dormitory.

Shi Quan turned his head and asked indifferently, "What is it?"

Seeing that Shi Quan didn't move, Chang Ke, whose expression was already somewhat stifled, suddenly became irritable and shouted loudly, "I told you to come over, didn't you hear me?"

Seeing this, Shi Quan couldn't help but frown, and restraining his patience, he walked a few steps toward Chang Ke, "What is it?"

After looking Shi Quan up and down, Chang Ke said irritably, "Starting from today, you are responsible for cleaning the south side of the playground. Remember, you must clean it every day."

Hearing Chang Ke's words, Shi Quan's frown deepened, and he asked coldly, "On what grounds!"

"On what grounds?" Hearing Shi Quan's retort, Chang Ke was so angry he laughed. He leaped down from his bed, strode forward to stand before Shi Quan, and said, "On the grounds that I arranged it. Not convinced?"

Shi Quan sneered, turned around, and walked toward his own bed, "I don't have time to do any cleaning."

"You stinking commoner, how dare you disobey me!?" Hearing Shi Quan say this, Chang Ke was suddenly furious, raised his fist, and swung it toward Shi Quan.

Hearing the movement behind him, Shi Quan's figure simply shifted to the side, his left hand pulled, and his left foot stepped forward.

Before Chang Ke could react, he only felt as if the fist he had thrown was being led by some special force, swinging forward, his body tilting forward uncontrollably, and his foot happened to be tripped by the foot Shi Quan had extended. With a bang, under the stunned gazes of everyone, Chang Ke fell flat on his face.

Seeing this, the people in the dormitory burst into laughter; in their eyes, it looked as if Chang Ke had missed his punch and fallen over himself.

"Damn brat!"

When had Chang Ke ever lost face like this? He let out a sharp roar, and vaguely, a grayish-brown light could be seen rising from his body. The figure that had just fallen to the ground stood up almost instantly, appearing exceptionally agile. With both hands gripping a nearby bed leg, he stood horizontally like a monkey and kicked fiercely toward Shi Quan.

Martial soul.

Although Shi Quan had not interacted with his classmates in the dormitory, when they had their first martial soul class, the teacher had made every student introduce their martial soul to each other.

Shi Quan knew that Chang Ke's martial soul was an Iron Monkey.

However, even if Chang Ke used his martial soul, so what?

If it were a few days ago, Shi Quan would have been wary, but after these few days of diligent cultivation, Shi Quan's strength had been advancing by leaps and bounds every day; he was no longer the person he was before.

Shi Quan knew clearly that he had to establish his authority today, otherwise, he would only face more bullying.

With this thought in mind, Shi Quan's figure did not retreat but advanced instead. He stepped out with his right leg, his body leaning forward, his Internal Energy circulating within him. With both hands exerting force, he lifted upward, guided in a semi-circle, and then slapped his hands fiercely toward his knees.

Chang Ke only felt his legs kick into a ball of cotton, and just as he wanted to retract his legs, he felt a massive force transmitted to his legs, slamming them toward the ground.

In order to launch a thunderous strike, he had been supporting his entire body with his arms; now that his legs were pressed down by this massive force, his entire center of gravity shifted forward. How could his hands still support him? His body tilted forward along with his legs.

Before everyone could react, Chang Ke had already knelt directly in front of Shi Quan.

The already angry Chang Ke, seeing himself humiliated again, became even more furious. Just as he was about to counterattack, he saw Shi Quan's straightened left leg lift its knee and kick over. Seeing Shi Quan's knee enlarging before his eyes, he suddenly cried out in his heart that it was bad; if this knee hit him, he feared he would lose a few teeth. In this instant, he couldn't help but feel a sense of despair.

The next second, he only felt a sharp gust of wind pass his cheek. The pain he imagined did not come. Chang Ke looked down, seeing the knee inches away from his chin; the anger from before was gone, and he fell backward in fear.

"I am very busy, don't come and provoke me." Shi Quan retracted his knee, looked coldly at Chang Ke, and then scanned the room.

The people who had been watching from the sidelines all pulled their heads back in unison.

If the first time was a coincidence, then the second time definitely was not, not to mention that Chang Ke had used his martial soul.

Everyone had not expected that the usually solitary Shi Quan would be so strong.

Seeing that the deterrent effect had been achieved, Shi Quan withdrew his gaze and walked toward his bed.

Although he didn't know what had happened, Shi Quan had roughly guessed the ins and outs of the matter.

After Xiao Wu became the boss of Notting Academy, she directly had Xiao Chenyu find someone to arrange the work for the Work-study Students.

And Xiao Chenyu's arrangement must have been to have this group of first-year freshmen help the Work-study Students complete their work.

Previously, he had seen Chang Ke fawning over Xiao Chenyu; he hadn't expected that Xiao Chenyu would turn around and sell him out.

Which of the ordinary students wasn't either rich or noble? Hearing that they had to help a group of Work-study Students complete their work, they naturally couldn't be happy.

It was precisely because of this, and out of consideration for his roommates and classmates, that Shi Quan hadn't used a heavy hand. Moreover, judging from Chang Ke's irritable appearance just now, he himself was also very unwilling.

Seeing Shi Quan leave, the terrified Chang Ke on the ground struggled to stand up, his gaze toward Shi Quan filled with fear and a hint of resentment.

After a night of cultivation, Shi Quan got up early as usual and went out to practice.

Tang San also had the habit of getting up early like Shi Quan, but because of cultivating the Purple Demon Eye, Tang San was mostly in a high place and not on the playground.

Dormitory Three.

Chang Ke looked at Shi Quan's bed, which was already empty, and his expression became somewhat ferocious.

Chang Ke's two lackeys also knew how to read the situation and asked in a low voice, "Brother Chang, that Shi Quan is disobedient, what should we do?"

Chang Ke sneered, "This cleaning isn't something he can just refuse to do. This work was arranged for us by Boss Xiao, and Boss Xiao listens to Sister Xiao Wu. Since we've encountered a problem, it's normal to report it to Sister Xiao Wu, right?"

The lackeys beside Chang Ke smiled at each other, "Haha, Brother Chang is still the smart one."

"Let's go, to Dormitory Seven."

As the words fell, Chang Ke led his two lackeys in a grand manner toward Dormitory Seven on the first floor.

Dormitory Seven.

"Is Sister Xiao Wu here?" Chang Ke's voice came from the doorway.

Xiao Wu in the dormitory heard the voice from the door and turned her head to look.

Seeing it was Chang Ke, Xiao Wu jumped off the bed, held her head high and chest out, and walked toward the door, "What? Not convinced?"

Chang Ke was in the same grade as her, and usually, like Xiao Chenyu, he looked down on her, a Work-study Student. Although he hadn't said it openly, she had heard plenty of it in private.

Chang Ke hurriedly apologized with a fawning smile, "No, no, no, how could I be unconvinced by Sister Xiao Wu?"

Xiao Wu said haughtily, "Hmph, you have some self-awareness. Speak, what is it?"

Seeing Xiao Wu ask, Chang Ke immediately revealed an angry expression, "Didn't Brother Xiao ask us to help you clean? We are naturally happy to help Sister Xiao Wu and the others, but Sister Xiao Wu, you don't know, there is an eyesore who not only refuses to help you, but also spouted wild words, saying that you are all just a bunch of poor brats who are Work-study Students, that you aren't even fit to carry his shoes, and that he helping you clean is absolutely impossible!"

Chang Ke was born into a noble family, and through constant exposure, he hadn't learned much else, but he had learned a bit of noble cunning.

"What?!"

Sure enough, as soon as Xiao Wu heard this, she immediately showed an angry expression. Not only her, but even Wang Sheng and the others also showed angry looks.

Because according to Chang Ke's words, this person not only looked down on Xiao Wu, but even more so looked down on all of them, the Work-study Students; for them, the Work-study Students, to have finally turned things around, this statement could be said to have offended all of their Work-study Students.

Xiao Wu said angrily: "Tell me, which stinky brat is it? Let's see if I don't teach him a good lesson."

"That person is Shi Quan from our class." Seeing that the fire had been stoked enough, only then did Chang Ke speak Shi Quan's name.

"Shi Quan?"

As soon as Shi Quan was mentioned, Xiao Wu immediately remembered the opening ceremony, not to mention that Shi Quan had hoodwinked her, he had even ignored her, and her anger flared up from the bottom of her heart.

Xiao Wu asked angrily: "Where is he?"

Chang Ke hurriedly said: "He should be on the Playground."

The furious Xiao Wu couldn't be bothered to think about whether what Chang Ke said was true or not, and directly led the group toward the Playground.

Every morning, Shi Quan would practice the Tendon Changing and Marrow Cleansing Method on the Playground; many people in the Dormitory would see this, and they all knew that Shi Quan went to the Playground for morning exercise every day.

Tang San, who had just returned from practicing on the roof of the Dormitory building, happened to encounter Xiao Wu and the others leading Wang Sheng and the others out of the Dormitory building in a menacing manner. Seeing this, he knew something must have happened, so he hurriedly got up and chased in the direction where Xiao Wu and the others were heading.

"What's wrong, Xiao Wu?" Tang San quickly arrived behind Xiao Wu.

Seeing Tang San, Xiao Wu said angrily: "That guy Shi Quan not only looks down on us Work-study Students, but also said we aren't even fit to carry his shoes. I have to go and teach this guy a good lesson."

"Really?" Upon hearing this, Tang San couldn't help but frown, because he was also a Work-study Student.

Xiao Wu glared at Tang San and pointed at Chang Ke to the side, "Of course it's true! If you don't believe me, ask Chang Ke; he said it right in front of Chang Ke."

Tang San frowned. He knew that Shi Quan had also been a Work-study Student at the beginning, but because his parents didn't want him to suffer, they had paid the tuition on the spot, which made him a regular student. Shi Quan didn't seem like the type of person to say such things.

Thinking of this, Tang San's gaze turned to Chang Ke on the side, and he looked at him with a burning gaze and asked: "Shi Quan said it to your face?"

Chang Ke didn't blush or skip a beat, and hurriedly nodded and said: "That's exactly how it is. They were there at the time too, they can help me prove it."

Hearing Chang Ke say this, the two lackeys also hurriedly chimed in.

"Is that so?" Tang San withdrew his gaze. He had gone to hunt Spirit Beasts with Master when school started, so he wasn't familiar with his classmates and had only crossed paths with Xiao Wu and Shi Quan a few times.

Plus, Shi Quan's parents had helped him and Old Jack when they were registering. As he walked, Tang San also thought to himself: "I'll have Xiao Wu go a little easier when she teaches him a lesson later."

Before long, the group noticed Shi Quan in the corner of the Playground and immediately swarmed toward the position where Shi Quan was in a grand, imposing manner.

After a period of cultivation, Shi Quan could also observe in all directions and listen to all sides to a certain extent, and he soon noticed Xiao Wu and the others coming toward him in a grand, imposing manner not far away.

When he noticed Chang Ke beside Xiao Wu, his brows immediately furrowed. As he withdrew from his cultivation, his eyes also turned cold, "It seems the lesson given wasn't enough."

There were only a dozen or so Work-study Students in total, while there were over thirty people in Dormitory Three. With one person's workload each, logically speaking, it could be divided up no matter how it was split, yet this Chang Ke had now brought Xiao Wu over because of this matter; it was clear the lesson from last night hadn't been enough.

Before Xiao Wu could even speak, Chang Ke spoke first, acting like a fox borrowing a tiger's might: "Shi Quan, aren't you unconvinced? If you're so capable, then go talk to Big Sister Xiao Wu yourself."

Shi Quan looked at Xiao Wu, and Xiao Wu also looked at Shi Quan, "Shi Quan, I didn't hold it against you last time, and you still dare to come and provoke us? I think you're looking for a beating."

Shi Quan looked coldly at Chang Ke beside Xiao Wu and said: "I'm very busy and don't have time to help you sweep the floor. If you want to find someone to help you sweep, you'd better find someone else."

Tang San, who was on the side, heard this and finally realized that the reason for the matter was actually about them cleaning.

When Xiao Wu heard this, she immediately felt that her dignity as Big Sister Xiao Wu had been challenged, "You are looking for a beating!"

As her voice fell, Xiao Wu's figure stepped out, and in the time it took to flash a few times, she arrived in front of Shi Quan. Her right leg bent at the knee and rose, and her toe snapped out instantly, heading straight to kick Shi Quan's chin.

Tang San had originally wanted to persuade them, but Xiao Wu didn't give him a chance to speak at all, so he could only call out from afar: "Xiao Wu, you're in the same class after all, go easy on him."

Shi Quan's brows were tightly locked. He had always known Xiao Wu was overbearing, but he hadn't expected her to be this overbearing, actually starting a fight without a second word. If it were his temperament from his previous life, he would have already retorted.

It was unknown whether it was the accumulation of two lifetimes or the influence of Shi Jian, but he was now much more composed in his actions than before.

Xiao Wu and Tang San were both one-ring Spirit Masters, their soul power was much stronger than his, and both of them possessed soul skills. He was definitely not their match right now. Before he had the strength, he didn't want to make things too ugly with them.

Furthermore, he knew that Xiao Wu's attack methods were all close-combat styles, so he didn't rashly attack. Instead, he suppressed the anger in his heart, stepped horizontally, flashed his figure, and retreated at high speed. In a moment, he had already flashed several meters away.

"Running?" Xiao Wu snorted coldly, "Do you think you can get away?"

With her feet exerting force, the next second Xiao Wu sprang up like a rabbit and pounced toward Shi Quan.

"I just don't want to help you sweep the floor, and you want to teach me a lesson? Aren't you being a bit too tyrannical?"

Shi Quan responded coldly, tapped his foot, and his whole body moved horizontally to a position three meters away as if shifting...

(End of this chapter)