Chapter 37: I Have an Intolerance for Stupidity

She moved as if to grab Ye Moxi’s clothes.

"Don't! I'm allergic to stupidity."

A thorn shot from Ye Moxi’s fingertip.

"Ah! Fellow student, I was only kindly offering guidance, how could you attack a senior..."

"What is going on? No loud noises allowed in the classroom! This is a place of learning, not your family estate! How dare you resort to fighting and violence in here!"

A cold, sharp female voice rang out from the doorway. A middle-aged instructor wearing an intricate, thin gauze dress with a mean-spirited expression appeared, flanked by two hulking, fierce-looking male guards.

"Instructor, it’s this freshman. She doesn't know the rules and is causing a scene!" The senior from the intermediate class was the first to accuse her.

"And you? What just happened here?"

The instructor appeared impartial, not wishing to rely on a single side's account. Ye Moxi coldly withdrew her wood-element ability but remained silent.

The other freshmen also said nothing. Although interstellar society was indifferent, they lacked the courage to stand up against a senior, but they wouldn't kick someone while they were down, either.

"Instructor, just as this senior said, there wasn't really an issue. The senior was just kindly trying to guide this classmate, but she seems to have a bit of a temper and wanted to attack this senior for no reason..."

The "little white lotus" from before stepped forward to explain to the instructor.

"You, come with me to the solitary confinement room!"

The cold-faced instructor turned her gaze toward Ye Moxi.

A triumphant smile rose on the senior’s face.

Ye Moxi frowned.

On her first day of school in the interstellar age, she was already experiencing bullying from both a senior and an instructor? In her original world, technology wasn't even this advanced, and classrooms were equipped with state-of-the-art surveillance. Now, all the instructor had to do was wave her hand to check the monitoring robots to know the truth, yet she didn't!

It wasn't even a matter of shielding the senior; it was highly likely she was targeting her personally!

"Instructor, this senior demanded I go organize her planting fields. I merely argued my case, and she tried to hit me. Am I not allowed to defend myself?"

"I didn't see any of what you're claiming! But I did see you try to hit her! Your classmates have also confirmed that she was merely offering guidance and you were the one who initiated the attack. You are still quibbling after I have issued a punishment—I declare that you will be sent to solitary confinement for three days!"

She had truly had enough of this garbage school... Sigh! For the sake of that diploma, she would endure what she could... And if she couldn't, she would find help!

"That’s right, classmate! You defied the instructor, and she didn't even punish you further—why don't you thank the instructor for her magnanimity!"

Seeing the instructor looking at the "little white lotus" with satisfaction, Ye Moxi realized she was being used as a stepping stone!

Ha!

Playing dirty with her?

"The Talent Academy has a regulation: when a student’s rank is equal to an instructor’s and they do not accept the instructor’s disciplinary action, they may appeal directly to the department head..."

She leisurely pinned her badge onto her chest.

"Now, I formally declare that I do not accept your disciplinary action, and I wish to appeal!"

S-rank mental power, Level 5 wood-element ability...

The senior’s face changed instantly.

This regulation at the Talent Academy had been established many years ago after an instructor abused her authority to oppress talented students, even forcing them into engagements with her own low-talent relatives. One female student, whose family had sacrificed everything to support her education, was cornered by the instructor’s family into accepting such an mismatched union. In the end, the student committed suicide. The instructor tried to sweep it under the rug, but was reported by a coalition of other oppressed students.

The consequences were severe; many small and medium-sized families exerted pressure, and eventually, that instructor and her family were forced to leave the Imperial Star in disgrace.

Since then, the Academy introduced this rule. However, it was rarely used, as S-rank individuals were already qualified to be instructors themselves.

Unlike the senior’s fear, the coldness on the female instructor’s face deepened.

She had long been dissatisfied with Feng Xun. When she heard there was a low-born S-rank freshman this year, she had requested to take her as a direct disciple, only for Feng Xun to claim the girl was already his!

If that were all, it would be one thing! She had thought such a promising