One week later.
As a member of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect raised from childhood, Ning Tian—though young—was already quite skilled at inciting opposition and winning over people's hearts.
After all, she had been immersed in such things since she was a child. Once she started doing it herself, she was naturally able to master it quickly.
Over the course of this week, the conflict between Zhou Yi and Ning Tian erupted once again. Having suppressed herself for a long time, Zhou Yi chose to strike directly at Ning Tian's group. After picking various faults, she attempted to directly expel several people from the circle.
Ning Tian, naturally, did not back down. The matter escalated until the two of them ended up in Du Weilun's office for a face-to-face confrontation.
"...In summary, I do not believe this Ms. Zhou Yi possesses the qualifications to be a teacher. Her actions not only seriously violate the Shrek Teacher Management Regulations, but she has also repeatedly subjected students to personal insults without cause.
"In my view, she is unworthy of being called a teacher."
Ning Tian looked at Du Weilun, speaking with clear logic.
Du Weilun opened his mouth to speak but hesitated. However, Zhou Yi, standing to the side, completely reached her breaking point.
From the first day of school, this Ning Tian had been working against her. It could be said that she had absolutely no respect for her at all!
"Questioning me? What right do you have to question me! The proportion of students I've taught who promote to the Inner Courtyard is the highest! Similarly, the classes I lead are recognized by all teachers as the most disciplined!
"You are just a freshman who just entered the academy. How could you possibly understand my teaching philosophy?!"
Zhou Yi's face turned beet red with rage.
However, Ning Tian simply spoke indifferently:
"Promotion rate? It's nothing more than a result of mass expulsions. If you can't solve the students' problems, you just solve the students?
"Student discipline? It's nothing more than a climate of terror created through expulsions, your own cultivation level, and that terrifying face of yours."
Zhou Yi's words were clearly a distortion of facts and a play on concepts. She didn't have much actual ability, but her methods for shifting the topic and shirking responsibility were more practiced than anyone's.
Ning Tian paused slightly, looked at Du Weilun, and placed her evidence on the desk:
"Ms. Zhou Yi has been teaching for over ten years and has produced many students. Indeed, the students trained under her are the most numerous to enter the Inner Courtyard.
"However, they are also the ones who survive the least!
"This treatment record from the Shrek Inner Courtyard infirmary shows that almost every student taught by Zhou Yi suffers from varying degrees of physical damage and overdrawing of their potential.
"Among them, nearly forty percent of the students taught by Zhou Yi were forced to graduate within two years of entering the Inner Courtyard.
"And the reason? For the vast majority, it was a sudden physical collapse—either extreme physical wear and tear or skeletal damage.
"The results of most examinations were the accumulation of injuries; hidden wounds piling up until they finally erupted..."
Ning Tian paused again, a hint of disdain entering her tone:
"Using insane training to squeeze every bit of a student's body, even overdrawing their future potential. Yes, growing this way is indeed fast; one can indeed grow at extreme speeds.
"And all she needs to do afterward is ask that healing Soul Master she knows—the one with the Tree of Life Martial Soul—to treat them. She can then use that powerful Life Force to suppress the students' injuries.
"On the surface, there truly seems to be no problem. In fact, because of the abundance of Life Force, their Mental Power becomes excited, and they even ignore pain to a certain extent.
"But the actual situation is that their bodies are already exhausted and have reached their limits.
"If they were allowed to rest for a few days in between, their bodies might be able to recover using the Life Force. But Teacher Zhou Yi did not choose that; instead, she continued the training the very next day.
"Do you think a student who undergoes such training continuously will still have a future?"
A simple tone is often the best way to break someone's defense.
Just like the current Zhou Yi.
She suddenly snatched the documents from Du Weilun's hand, her eyes looking gloomily at the data. As she read further, her expression grew increasingly sinister.
"Are you threatening me? Ning Tian, I can fully claim that you are baselessly slandering a Shrek teacher and trampling on the glory of Shrek! With such behavior, I have every reason to expel you right now!"
Zhou Yi chose to play her trump card: invoking the "Greater Good" of Shrek!
How could she not be aware of what she had done? she knew that if these actions were exposed, she would certainly become a target of public criticism!
Therefore, she only had this one choice!
One must know that, initially, she was able to cover everything up—even continuing to teach at Shrek despite receiving so many complaints—by relying on Fan Yu's connections and network.
And later? She relied on Shrek itself!
She had done so much. If things truly came to light, she would definitely be finished, but what about Shrek?
If what she had done was leaked, whether it was the glory of Shrek or its reputation, every single one of those "gold-lettered signboards" would be smashed to pieces!
The high-level officials of Shrek might not care about her life or death, but they would definitely care about the glory of Shrek!
This... was her final bargaining chip!
"Is that so? Director Du, do you mean the same?"
Ning Tian fell into slight thought, then looked at Du Weilun, who had remained silent throughout.
Feeling Ning Tian's gaze, Du Weilun's expression was awkward, and he unconsciously looked away.
Admittedly, he truly couldn't stand this woman Zhou Yi, but he couldn't stop this madwoman from actually leaking everything if pushed!
Even though he had been frantically trying to cut ties with Zhou Yi during this time, there were still many connections. If something truly happened to Zhou Yi, he would likely be held responsible as well.
Thus, he could only remain silent.
"I understand... so this is what the current Shrek is like?"
Ning Tian's gaze returned to calm. Originally, she had been a bit skeptical about the "corruption" her teacher spoke of. It seemed it was indeed the case.
I need to report this to Father and reconsider our future cooperation with Shrek...
Ning Tian murmured in her heart. After a pause, she suddenly spoke:
"Since Teacher Zhou Yi believes her teaching philosophy has no issues and that the students she produces have no problems...
"Then how about this? Teacher Zhou Yi, you teach a few students, and I will lead another group. Let's see who can take the championship in the Freshman Assessment three months from now, shall we?"
What was Ning Tian trying to do? It was simple: she wanted to make Zhou Yi—and even Shrek—completely lose their reputation.
The three-month period was to allow public opinion to ferment and wait for the explosion.
And incidentally, she could also completely win over the vast majority of people in her group.
She had roughly figured out her teacher's intentions.
Recommending her to Class One, giving her a complete set of evidence, and that recording Soul Tool in her pocket...
Was Teacher trying to slowly eat Shrek Academy bit by bit, and then replace it?
No... it shouldn't be considered replacing it. It was more like turning it into nutrients. After all, what the current Spirit Transmission Pagoda lacked was strength at the lower and middle levels.
As for high-end combat power, they weren't lacking at all. Taking over all of Shrek was actually feasible!
...
Somewhere, two figures took in everything that had just happened in the office.