“I think this is inappropriate.”
Just as Xiao Wu and the other work-study students were excitedly preparing to go fight, Lin Li voiced a different opinion.
He could certainly beat them up now, but that wouldn’t solve the problem.
Strictly speaking, it was just a venting of emotions, allowing the work-study students to release their grievances, but the noble students who served as the targets for that venting would surely retaliate even more severely later.
Even if Xiao Wu ran all over the school every day and beat up every noble student she saw, it would be useless; her deterrence would vanish once she graduated.
Lin Li thought for a moment.
It was almost lunchtime, so they could go discuss establishing some rules to shift the focus of the conflict between the two parties.
“Boss Lin, what do you mean?”
Wang Sheng still called him Boss, but Lin Li could hear a hint of dissatisfaction in his tone.
It seemed he mistakenly thought Lin Li’s heart was with the noble students rather than with his fellow work-study students.
“I…”
Just as Lin Li was about to speak, the door to Dormitory Seven was pushed open.
The newcomer was a teacher carrying bedding.
As soon as he arrived, he asked the children in the room, “Which of you is Tang San?”
“I am.”
Tang San stepped forward and took the bedding handed to him by the teacher.
“Master asked me to bring this over.
He said you can go find him if you have any questions.”
Hearing this, Lin Li knew that Tang San had still taken Master Yu Xiaogang as his teacher.
Just as the teacher was about to leave, Lin Li called out to him, “Teacher, do you know if Director Su is currently at the school?”
“He is, but why are you looking for the Director?”
“Could you please pass on a message for me?
Ask Director Su to go to the cafeteria.” Lin Li paused and added, “It’s a request from a student named Lin Li.”
The teacher’s expression was a bit strange, as if he were wondering about something, but he still nodded to indicate it was no problem.
“Alright, now it’s time for us to head to the cafeteria too.”
Wang Sheng and the other work-study students looked at each other in confusion, but they still chose to obey their new boss’s words.
They could sense that Lin Li wanted to solve their problems for them.
Just after Lin Li’s group left, Xiao Wu curiously followed.
A few seconds later, she returned to Dormitory Seven to pull Tang San along.
“I still need to make my bed…”
“Do it when you get back!
Being pulled by the hand, Tang San felt a strange sensation in his heart.
On one hand, his inner thoughts told him that men and women should maintain a proper distance, but on the other hand, he didn’t want to let go…
her hand was indeed very soft.
The group arrived at the cafeteria in a grand fashion.
As soon as they entered, they heard mocking laughter coming from the second floor.
“Yo, isn’t that Wang Sheng and his group of paupers?”
“There are quite a few of them…
Oh, there’s even a cute little sister.
Little sister, do you want to come up to the second floor to eat with big brother?”
“Hahahaha, what could you possibly eat with those paupers?”
Hearing the taunts from an unknown number of people, Wang Sheng and the others felt furious but didn’t dare to act.
Xiao Wu clenched her pink fists, ready to strike at any moment.
Even Tang San’s expression darkened as he wondered which Tang Sect rule to apply.
Lin Li, at the front of the crowd, looked up at the group of mocking people on the second floor with a slight smile on his lips.
He didn’t speak, but with just a single look, everyone’s laughter ceased.
After several months of interaction, the noble students’ original intent to merely amuse themselves with Lin Li had changed once they learned of his talent and strength; some had even begun to view him as their leader.
“Where is Xiao Chenyu?
Where is he?”
“Um, Boss Xiao went out today…” a person on the second floor who seemed to be a leader replied to Lin Li.
Lin Li nodded and then said, “Come down.
I don’t like constantly looking up.”
As soon as these words were spoken, some people on the second floor moved to come down without hesitation, while others looked at each other in hesitation.
They didn’t want to fall out with Lin Li, but they also didn’t want to lose face in front of everyone.
Lin Li guessed that these children had strong self-esteem, which presented a perfect opportunity.
“Lin Li, just because we give you some face, you really think you’re something?
Believe it or not, we could all swarm you…”
“I thought you were going to suggest a duel.
It seems you still remember my strength.”
Lin Li interrupted him, leaping up to stand on the second-floor railing.
The student who had spoken seemed a bit frightened.
He took a step back before snapping out of it, throwing a punch at Lin Li in a fit of humiliated rage. Visit g.com for the full chapter.
However, with his power, he naturally couldn’t budge Lin Li, who had already reached Rank 14.
Lin Li reached out, grabbed him, and threw him directly behind him, saying with his back turned, “Catch him, don’t let him fall to his death.”
But Wang Sheng and the others didn’t react at all.
It was Tang San who stepped forward, guiding the student through a half-circle in the air to dissipate the force and ensure his safety.
However, Tang San’s brow furrowed; he couldn’t understand what Lin Li was trying to do.
“The rest of you, how do you want to come down?”
“Ah…!
We’ll walk down ourselves!”
The others, having snapped back to their senses, chose the more dignified approach and walked down the stairs.
Seeing that no one else objected, Lin Li turned and leaped back down to the ground.
“Alright, now let’s settle the problem.”
Lin Li clapped his hands, pulled Wang Sheng and the leader of the noble students together, and said, “I know there is conflict between your two sides.
The school knows it, and even the parents of you nobles know it, but none of them have stopped it, and I won’t stop it either.”
“Boss Lin…”
Wang Sheng wanted to speak, but Lin Li cut him off with a look.
“Their goal is to let you have healthy competition to promote cultivation, but you’ve actually let it evolve into campus bullying…
Now, I’m setting a rule.”
Lin Li glanced at both sides, making sure they had no immediate intention of objecting before he spoke:
“From now on, for the work-study students and noble students in this school, take the average Soul Power of your respective groups.
As long as the difference between the averages does not exceed 2 ranks, you cannot fight…
If you want to release your energy or bully someone, then work hard on your cultivation.”
After Lin Li finished speaking, he could see both sides were thinking.
Someone from the noble side asked dissatisfiedly:
“Why should we listen to you?”
Lin Li smiled upon hearing this; it was good to have someone play along, otherwise, it would be hard for him to continue.
His gaze fell on the person who had spoken.
“Do you know what the essence of a rule is?”
“What?”
“It’s violence.”
A yellow Soul Ring appeared beneath Lin Li’s feet, and the massive Mahoraga Martial Soul appeared behind him, wantonly releasing its pressure.
“And right now, none of you are stronger than me…
even if you all added yourselves together, it would be the same.”