Teachers and students, on some level, are actually in a superior-subordinate relationship.
And for a superior to make a subordinate obey commands, besides the natural suppression of status, the most important thing is to have enough credibility.
The passage Zhou Yi just spoke, in Huo Yuhao's opinion, would greatly damage her credibility.
Firstly, the reason for punishment was completely inexplicable. Normally, punishment is only carried out after a student violates the rules. But Shrek Academy doesn't have any school rule that requires students to fight during the enrollment reporting period. In other words, no student violated the rules. It wasn't the students who were being unreasonable, but rather her, the teacher.
Zhou Yi using this reason to punish students served no purpose other than to show how unreasonable she was and to demonstrate her control over the students in the class.
Then, the punishment she proposed was equally outrageous.
Expulsion if they couldn't finish running? Although Huo Yuhao used officers and soldiers to compare teachers and students, he didn't think the relationship between the two was truly like that. This punishment was too severe from any perspective.
If Zhou Yi really expelled students who didn't finish running, it would undoubtedly cause great dissatisfaction in the class, and even breed resentment.
And if she didn't expel the students who didn't finish, her words would lose their deterrent effect. Once she started, it would be difficult to suppress those troublemaker students later on.
Therefore, through Zhou Yi's words, Huo Yuhao could see that, regardless of her teaching level, her management ability was certainly not good.
As for the rest, it remained to be seen.
Looking at the unconvinced students, a cold smile appeared at the corner of Zhou Yi's mouth. Then, six soul rings suddenly emerged from her body, and a powerful aura descended upon the class, instantly suppressing all the students into silence.
She said coldly:
"I know you're not convinced, but in this class, I am the teacher. Everyone go run. You have one minute. If I don't see you start running around Shrek Plaza within one minute, you will all be expelled!"
The students were so suppressed by her that they couldn't speak, so they dejectedly left the classroom.
Huo Yuhao stood up and said to the ashen-faced Wang Dong and the expressionless Zhu Yun:
"Let's go, we'll go too."
Both of them nodded woodenly and followed Huo Yuhao out of the classroom.
As they reached the stairwell, Wang Dong couldn't help but complain to Huo Yuhao:
"What's with that old woman? She's too outrageous!"
He hadn't dared to interrupt while Zhou Yi was speaking, only daring to complain after leaving the classroom.
Huo Yuhao glanced at him and said helplessly:
"If I were you, I wouldn't say that."
Wang Dong was stunned.
"Why?"
Zhu Yun picked up the conversation and gave the answer.
"Because she's likely still watching."
Both she and Huo Yuhao had seen people with similar personalities to Zhou Yi in the military. They were almost certain that Zhou Yi was secretly observing these new students now, scoring them in her heart.
"Uh, no way..."
A drop of cold sweat trickled down Wang Dong's forehead.
Remembering how Zhou Yi had said "expelled" repeatedly just now, he suddenly felt a wave of fear.
Huo Yuhao and Zhu Yun gave this simpleton a sympathetic look, said nothing more, sped up, and rushed towards the training ground.
After their reminder, Wang Dong also didn't dare to say anything else. He gritted his teeth and followed.
After they left, Zhou Yi's figure appeared at the stairwell, looking thoughtfully at Huo Yuhao on the training ground.
She had already heard about Huo Yuhao from Fan Yu two days ago, so she was paying special attention to him.
When she was suppressing the students just now, he was one of the very few students who didn't show anger. In fact, from his calm gaze, she saw scrutiny towards her as a teacher.
In her years of teaching, she had always been the one observing the students. This was the first time she had been observed with a scrutinizing gaze by a student.
Coupled with Huo Yuhao and Zhu Yun's reminder to Wang Dong just now, she was now very curious about this new student who was clearly much more mature than others his age.
"I just don't know how capable he is as a Soul Master."
Zhou Yi watched Huo Yuhao's running figure intently, continuing her observation of him.
Meanwhile, Huo Yuhao on the training ground was running at a steady pace with Zhu Yun.
Both of them were Great Soul Masters, with soul power ranks that placed them in the top ten of the entire class, so they naturally didn't need to worry about whether they could finish running.
Moreover, since they had both experienced time in the military, they had a good grasp of long-distance running. In terms of long-distance running technique, there were very few students in the class who were better than them.
Currently, there were only two students in the entire class who were faster than them.
One was Dai Huabin, who had already reached the Soul Venerable rank and whose martial soul was a top-tier offensive type. The other was Wang Dong, whose second soul skill could have a thousand-year-level soul ring.
Their speed was clearly far ahead of everyone else, and they quickly left the others far behind.
When he overtook Huo Yuhao by a lap, Dai Huabin even snorted proudly at him, but Huo Yuhao blocked it with a smile.
He wasn't anxious about the current situation at all. Rather, seeing that Dai Huabin was as childish as ever, he felt much more relaxed.
What if his cultivation talent was good? With Dai Huabin's temperament, even without Huo Yuhao, he would be played to death by his elder brother.
Soon, with just half the time passed, Dai Huabin was the first to finish one hundred laps, even about five laps faster than Wang Dong, who was in second place.
Then came Wang Dong, Huo Yuhao, Zhu Yun... When the hour was over, all the students had finished running and were standing loosely on the training ground.
Zhou Yi turned to the students with an expressionless face and said indifferently:
"Those whose names I call, step forward. Cheng Cheng, Qiu Jianyao, Tang Dao, Shangguan Chentian, Lin Zeyu, Zhuge Yun, Tailong, Tang Ling, Yun Xiaopiao."
A total of nine people had their names called. The students were clearly surprised that Zhou Yi could casually call out the names of nine of them, despite them not having introduced themselves.
The called students slowly walked out.
Zhou Yi looked at them and said something astonishing:
"The nine of you can go back and pack your luggage and leave the academy. From this moment on, you are no longer students of Shrek Academy."
"...Huh?"
Immediately, all the students standing on the training ground were stunned, even including Huo Yuhao.
He couldn't help but feel a headache.
It seemed the management level of the teacher he drew was even worse than he had imagined.