The Wierd Boy, Xia Jiang

Xia Jiang cleared his throat and spoke, "Teacher, I have a question, and I am very serious about it... I would like to know why your nephew is named Kun, even though it means 'girl'. The same goes with you, your name means healthy, but you're as skinny as a twig. There's a serious naming problem going on in your family."

For something like 10 seconds or so, the whole class was quiet. They were all gawking at Xia Jiang. Some of the nerds were thinking of him as ignorant, because he disrespected their teacer, while some of the students of the class were inwardly appreciating his bravery to shame teacher Jian Dong head on. Most of the people were coming up with all these theories that he was a mad person.

After that brief ten second period, the whole class burst out in laughter that echoed all around the whole Academy. Nobody thought that they would get such entertainment at the first day itself. This made them look forward to school.

While on one hand, all of the students were having the time of their life laughing, teacher Jian Dong was fuming at the front of the class. He was literally fuming, because, if one looked closely, tiny amounts of smoke could be seen emitting from his body. He has really, really angry. It was impossible for him to believe that he was ashamed to such a degree at the first day of school itself. Firstly, a student made a doodle of him, which looked worse than a dead rat while he was explaining the children the basics of the 4 Seasons Academy and Cultivation, next was a series of stupid questions asked by two students who believed themselves to be very rare super-geniuses, then a battle of smirking with those two same students as the competitors, and finally, this. He had controlled himself for each of the previous three events, but this was too much. He was being humiliated and embarrassed directly by one of his students. He was the teacher of this class full of preposterous 1st years, not their free-for-all 'insult-me-as-much-as-you-can' machine.

He was also somewhat emitting a killing intent, which scared the crap out of some of the children who were sitting at the front of the class.

One of the students called Zhen Yan, who was sitting at the front of the class murmured to himself, "Man, that is certainly not the kind of attitude a teacher of the great 4 Seasons Academy should have. He feels more like a gangster who is about to kill everyone."

Jian Dong had heard this, so in less than a second after Zhen Yan had finished his sentence, he swept his gave over to the child and shot him one look that felt that a chilling ray of light was emitting from his pair of blazing eyes. Well, that was enough to keep Zhen Yan shut.

Just then, Jian Dong suddenly got up from his seat and stood in the exact center of all the class in front of all of the rows and shouted at the top of his voice, "XIA JIANG, YOU FILTHY BRAT! HOW DARE YOU ABUSE ME! YOU WILL PERISH RIGHT HERE AND RIGHT NOW BY MY HANDS! YOU LITTLE SHIT! DIE!"

Just as Jian Dong had finished his sentence, the door of the room burst open.

*BANG!*

At the place where the door previously was, (the door was now lying on the ground, shattered into a million pieces) an old man with a bald head and a long pure white mustache eventually joining his even longer pure white beard at the point where his chin started, was standing. The color of his beard could be compared with the absolute whiteness of Yang. This man was extremely formidable, as he had easily broken the door of the class without any serious effort, and also gave off a terrifying pressure which made almost the whole class freeze stiff, including Jian Dong, who looked like he had just wet his pants.

Tao Xue was very curious of the identity of this man, so he lent over to Ju Yuan's side and asked him, "Hey, who's that old man over there?"

Ju Yuan was still frozen stiff, and reacted as if Tao Xue hadn't even said a single word.

Tao Xue was very astonished, so he now lent over to Ling Shen and asked him, "Hey, so you know who this old man is?"

Ling Shen was a bit confused for a while, but then answered, in a very dry and thin voice, which was even fainter than whispering, "Tao, keep your mouth shut! He's the Academy's Vice-Principal, Huan Zheng! I f you offend him, the after-effects won't be good at all!"

Tao Xue was pretty astonished by hearing that this man was the school's Vice-Principal. He tought inwardly, "Why would such a high-ranking and important individual come here to our class?"

The interesting thing was, unlike most of the other students, Tao Xue was curious, not scared. He stared at the Vice-Principal, who had a stern look on his face. That stern look on the Vice-Principal's face gave him an idea to lighten his friends' mood a little bit.

He said to both of his friends, "Man, this old fart's name sure is Huan, which means happy, but he's not that even a single bit! His face is so miserable, it reminds me of a stray dog that once roamed around in my lane. One day, some kid got angry and threw a stone at it, and that's pretty much how I hope this man's life ends with a sticky end!"

After listening to what Tao Xue said, they both were about to burst into laughter, and their expressions had drastically improved, but after they swept their gaze at Vice-Principal Huan Zheng, their faces had once again returned to their previous misfortune, and they themselves were drenched in a cold puddle of sweat, each.

It took a little time for things to get normal, and when that happened, the Vice-Principal spoke.

He said, "Jian Dong, the Principal is calling you to his office. There is a meeting for all the teachers, especially the ones teaching the first years. You go to his office, while I'll handle everything over here."

The situation was pretty suspicious. Tao Xue was in a deep cycle of thought. He couldn't understand why the Vice-Principal had to come all the way here, himself. He could reckon that something important was going to happen. He inwardly thought, "Something important will happen soon. Now come the interesting part!"