Chapter 40: Choosing a Class Monitor
The entire classroom instantly grew tense. They hadn’t expected people from the Cang Beast Continent to truly come.
The people of the Ten Thousand Beasts Continent had no goodwill toward those from the Cang Beast Continent. After all, they were the abandoned side—the ones who had survived only after generations of struggle by their ancestors.
They were already living such difficult lives, and yet the people from Cang Beast Continent still refused to leave them alone, even wanting to profit from them?
How shameless could they be?
Si Er also felt they were shameless—especially the Di family.
There are good and bad people everywhere. Many on the Cang Beast Continent have already forgotten about the Ten Thousand Beasts Continent, and some believe that since they chose to abandon us back then, they shouldn’t come disturb us now.
Those two types are fine. They don’t really affect us.
Even if they do, that’s for the future. But once Di Lintian returns and tells others how to reach the Ten Thousand Beasts Continent, there’s no guarantee other factions won’t come to get a share.
Unfortunately, Di Lintian is the Son of Destiny, blessed by the Heavenly Dao of the Cang Beast Continent. He’s not easy to kill. Otherwise, we could just eliminate him and end it all.
Instructor Wu He felt a wave of regret when he heard this. He had just been considering the possibility of assassinating Di Lintian.
Of course, he wouldn’t do it personally. He would report it upward, let the higher authorities investigate first, and then decide whether killing was necessary—so as not to harm innocents.
But we can prevent Di Lintian from returning for now! If I remember correctly, the passage he used is in a cave north of Xiaoxi Mountain outside Central City.
There’s a row of thousand-year red maples outside the cave. It’s easy to find.
When I have time, I’ll sneak over and destroy the passage first.
Sigh… destroying it would be a pity, though. If people from our side could sneak over and earn some spirit stones, that would be great.
With spirit stones, we could cultivate properly, and spirit beasts could too! Cultivating with baleful energy mixed with spiritual energy is still too dangerous.
Listening, Instructor Wu He felt conflicted as well.
But after only a short while, he set the matter aside.
If the sky fell, the tall ones would hold it up first. Such complicated decisions would be made by powerful figures above him. It wasn’t his place to agonize over it.
Instructor Wu He kept staring intently at Si Er, hoping he would reveal more useful information.
But after drifting off in thought for so long, Si Er himself began to find it strange.
What’s going on? Instructor Wu He hasn’t spoken in quite a while. Slacking off during the first class on the first day?
That’s not very good, is it?
Instructor Wu He: Wasn’t I trying not to interrupt your train of thought? How did you end up interrupting yourself? That’s not very good, is it?
The two of them subtly shook their heads, each feeling the other was somewhat hard to deal with.
To avoid arousing Si Er’s suspicion, Instructor Wu He quickly said, “I know many of you already have some understanding of the history and crises of the Ten Thousand Beasts Continent.”
“The reason I’m going over it again in class is mainly to heighten your vigilance and help you more deeply understand the situation our continent is facing.”
“But I also know that simply talking about it won’t leave a strong impression.”
“So we’ll stop here for today’s lecture. For the remaining time, please draft an essay based on today’s topic.”
“About ten thousand words. Hand it in tomorrow morning.”
Si Er went numb.
What kind of teacher is this? Who assigns homework in the first class on the first day? And the second period is his history class too!
Ten thousand words?! Doesn’t he think that’s outrageous? Is that something that can be completed in a single day?
Instructor Wu He also felt slightly guilty—but he had no choice. He still wanted to hear more of Si Er’s inner thoughts!
Si Er had clearly said the Ten Thousand Beasts Continent faced many crises. That meant it wasn’t just the Cang Beast Continent, right?
But he couldn’t ask directly, so assigning related homework was the only option.
When Si Er was drafting his essay later, he would probably continue thinking about those matters, right?
With that thought, Instructor Wu He’s mood improved considerably.
He coughed lightly and smiled faintly. “Alright, now let’s choose a class monitor.”
“Tomorrow, submit your essays to the class monitor, who will then hand them to me collectively.”
Si Er sat upright, but kept his head lowered, muttering inwardly.
Don’t see me, don’t see me. Being class monitor is such a hassle—I absolutely don’t want it.
Besides, the monitor has to suffer on the very first day. I’m not even sure I can finish ten thousand words overnight. I have even less confidence in everyone else.
If many students fail to complete the assignment tomorrow, and I go around collecting essays, wouldn’t that just offend people?
Hearing Si Er’s thoughts, Instructor Wu He almost wanted to directly appoint him as monitor—just to make him suffer a little.
The others, after hearing Si Er’s inner voice, also wanted to choose him—but didn’t quite dare.
They were afraid that if Si Er became withdrawn, even his inner voice would disappear, and they would miss out on crucial information.
But judging from his analysis, no one in the class wanted to be monitor. No matter how they thought about it, it was a thankless job.
Yu Beixuan looked at Si Er lowering his head like a mushroom, then at Instructor Wu He, who was clearly eager while staring at Si Er. Finally, he gritted his teeth and stood up.
“Teacher, I’d like to volunteer!”
Instructor Wu He: “……”
No, you wouldn’t!
This child looked like a thorny problem. He didn’t want excessive contact with him.
Who didn’t know that the Yu City Lord was a notorious son-doting father? He couldn’t afford to provoke that.
Instructor Wu He forced an awkward smile. “Student Yu, would you like to reconsider?”
“No need. I think I’m capable.”
As he spoke, Yu Beixuan directly released his three soul beasts.
A massive black eagle spread its wings above, covering half the ceiling. Beside it stood a wolf and a tiger, both exuding overwhelming pressure that made everyone hold their breath, sensing intense threat.
Ahhh! Yu Bei Wolf, Yu Bei Tiger, and Yu Bei Eagle are so handsome!
As expected of Student Yu’s soul beasts—like master, like beasts. All of them are so cool!
Hearing Si Er’s inner exclamations, Yu Beixuan couldn’t help but curl his lips in satisfaction.
“I believe I’m qualified for the role of class monitor. What does everyone think?”
All the students nodded in unison. Only Si Er was sincere; the rest felt thoroughly coerced.
Heavens! Could they refuse? If Yu Beixuan became their monitor, wouldn’t their academy life be shrouded in darkness?
But did they dare refuse? No one did.
Not even Instructor Wu He.
Judging by how determined Student Yu was, if he rejected him, would Yu Beixuan go complain to the Yu City Lord?
If the Yu City Lord learned that he had prevented his youngest son from becoming monitor, would he tear down his office?
Instructor Wu He took a deep breath and forced a smile.
“Since no one has objections, the class monitor of Class One will be Student Yu. Please applaud.”
Thunderous applause soon erupted throughout the classroom.
