Outside the practice field gate.

“Let me give you another warning. Your and Bai Zhenzhen’s achievements in the competition aren’t something your status can perpetually guarantee.”

“You both need not participate in the upcoming freshman Dao Heart Competition.”

Having spoken, Zhou Chechen strode into the practice field, seemingly not intending to give Zhang Yu a chance to refute.

Or perhaps… if you desire to resist, then come in and speak to me. If you possess the strength and courage, that is.

With Zhou Chechen’s arrival, the entire practice field felt as if it had entered a harsh winter.

It wasn’t merely the chill brought by Zhou Chechen objectively lowering the temperature.

Even more so, the accumulated prestige emanating from this student council vice-president was like dark clouds looming over the city, suffocating everyone present, whether freshmen or sophomores, leaving them unable to even breathe loudly.

Thus, the freshmen bowed in unison, “Greetings, Senior.”

The sophomores on the other side also bowed and saluted, “Greetings, President.”

Even Lan Ling, who had just been somewhat enraged, calmed down under the chill emanating from Zhou Chechen, ceasing his argument with Bai Zhenzhen.

He merely exerted slight force in his chest muscles, then reached out and wiped away the split skin and flesh, erasing the three words “vocational student” entirely.

Zhou Chechen surveyed the crowd, ultimately fixing his gaze on Bai Zhenzhen, and said blandly, “Bai Zhenzhen, Senior Lan Ling kindly offered to guide you in combat techniques, yet you used tricks to humiliate him. This goes against the spirit of our Songyang High…”

Zhao Tianxing, watching this scene, felt a familiar sensation arise: “Here we go again. It was like this a few months ago.”

“Once Zhou Chechen arrives, no one can stop him.”

“If it weren’t for Zhang Pianpian outshining him in the end, Yu and Zhenzhen would have been bullied to death back then.”

A flash of insight seemed to strike Zhao Tianxing’s mind: “It’s the same now.”

“With a few actions and words, Zhou Chechen completely altered the atmosphere of the entire scene.”

“I can sense that, following Zhou Chechen’s actions… the position of the clown is about to shift again.”

Zhao Tianxing glanced nervously and anxiously at Bai Zhenzhen, then at himself, feeling that the role of the clown was likely to fall upon them.

Just then, Zhang Yu also entered the practice field. He looked at Zhou Chechen and smiled, “Since when has the spirit of our Songyang High been about not being able to humiliate other classmates?”

“Students with high scores are allowed to insult students with low scores, and good grades are everything. Isn’t that precisely the spirit of our Songyang High?”

The many students present, whether freshmen or sophomores, nodded secretly upon hearing this, agreeing very much with Zhang Yu’s reasoning.

Zhou Chechen also looked at Zhang Yu with a scrutinizing gaze, thinking, “Dare to come in? Then let me see just what kind of strength you have!”

Zhang Yu then continued, “With Lan Ling’s level, how many competition placements did he get back in his freshman year? Has he ever sparred with students from the three great high schools?”

“Bai Zhenzhen, on the other hand, took fourth place in the martial arts competition and fifth place in the sports competition. Why can’t she insult Lan Ling?”

Bai Zhenzhen also said calmly from the side, “When Zhang Yu and I went to Bailong High to exchange martial arts with Yu Xinghan and Song Hailong, who are number one in their grade, students like this who haven’t won any competition placements have to kneel outside the door and listen.”

Qian Shen couldn’t help but speak up upon hearing this, “That’s right. We high school students ultimately prize achievements above all else. With Bai Zhenzhen’s competition results, her level of evolution is far above Lan Ling’s. What’s wrong with insulting Lan Ling a little?”

Indeed, is it a big deal for students with good grades to insult students with poor grades? Isn’t this the daily leisure activity of Songyang High? The students present either had the experience of insulting others or the experience of being insulted, or both. Upon hearing this, they all nodded secretly.

Even among the sophomores, the gazes of many people towards Lan Ling had subtle changes.

Listening to their words, one after another, Lan Ling’s blood became increasingly agitated, his breathing grew heavier, his complexion became redder, and the veins on his forehead seemed about to burst. However, he couldn’t say a word.

This was only because every one of their words was centered on valuing scores and prizing achievements, making Lan Ling want to lash out, yet feeling that he couldn’t lash out right now. In the end, he could only stare fiercely at Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen.

At this moment, Lan Ling even had a feeling that he was actually being bullied by students with better grades!

Zhao Tianxing watched this scene, his eyes shining with brilliance: “Just now, after Zhou Chechen said a few words, I thought the position of the clown was about to shift over. Who would have thought that after Yu came in, he instantly reversed the situation again, firmly fixing the position of the clown on Lan Ling’s body.”

But just as everyone’s emotions were following Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen’s narration.

Zhou Chechen took a step forward, and the chill on his body erupted violently, bringing gusts of bone-chilling wind that swept across the entire practice field.

Zhou Chechen said coldly, “Lan Ling is a student council cadre, representing the student council.”

“He kindly came to guide the junior students, but Bai Zhenzhen took the opportunity to humiliate him. This is disrupting the school’s teaching order and has nothing to do with high or low scores.”

Accompanying the cold wind erupting from Zhou Chechen’s body was also a kind of pressure from the depths of the soul.

A strong emotion of fear welled up in the hearts of many people, causing them to feel inexplicably nervous, their hearts to beat faster, and they dared not refute Zhou Chechen’s words in any way.

Zhang Yu, who was not far in front of Zhou Chechen, was the first to bear the brunt. With the bone-chilling wind blowing towards him, a wave of fear was also stirred up in his heart.

Fu Ji reminded, “Be careful, it’s the influence of a mind cultivation technique.”

Zhang Yu immediately activated the Heaven Martial Heart Refining Art, and an indomitable martial will instantly erupted from his mind, completely suppressing the fear in his heart.

Information about Zhou Chechen also surfaced in Zhang Yu’s mind.

Before Zhang Pianpian left, she had entrusted Zhang Yu with many things, naturally giving Zhang Yu a lot of useful information.

Among them, Zhou Chechen and Lan Ling, as the two people extremely hostile towards Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen, Zhang Pianpian naturally also spoke about the situation regarding these two people.

“The freezing energy on Zhou Chechen’s body comes from an expert-level cultivation technique called Frost Heaven Freezing Qi Field, and the mind cultivation technique is the Frost Hell Art, which matches the Frost Heaven Freezing Qi Field.”

“These two cultivation techniques are mutually complete and can complement each other.”

Zhang Yu also knew that, unlike most people who bought their cultivation techniques, the Frost Heaven Freezing Qi Field and the Frost Hell Art, these two matched cultivation techniques, were not bought by Zhou Chechen, but rather a family technique passed down for many years.

The Zhou family’s first pot of gold was selling the exclusive agency rights to these two cultivation techniques to the Wanxing Education Group.

However, although the copyright of the cultivation techniques was sold, in Songyang City, almost only the Zhou family could truly cultivate these two sets of cultivation techniques with success.

The reason for this was related to the cultivation methods of these two cultivation techniques.

The cultivation of the Frost Heaven Freezing Qi Field requires extracting the yin-cold evil energy and the resentment of death from corpses, and then using the Frost Hell Art to suppress it.

After being cultivated, not only can every move bring about freezing energy, but it can also erupt with the resentment remaining in countless corpses, forming a kind of fear attack.

Corpse acquisitions in Songyang City naturally all cost money.

Not only does buying corpses cost money, but handling corpses costs even more money.

Whether it is wall burial, box burial, cremation, or water burial, there are different charging standards.

If the family intends to sell the corpse directly, they also need to go to a professional institution for processing and appraisal, and pay a handling fee and corpse transaction tax.

And thinking of throwing it into some ditch or small river is even more punishable by a considerable fine.

The Zhou family behind Zhou Chechen has always been doing the business of corpse disposal in Songyang City, possessing a large reserve of fresh corpses, and can make money while practicing cultivation.

At this moment, Fu Ji reminded, “Fighting with this Zhou Chechen… is very troublesome.”

“The Frost Heaven Freezing Qi Field has a very large attack range. As long as you get close to him, you will be invaded by freezing energy, your muscles will be frozen, and the operation of mana will be slowed down. The longer you fight him, the worse your state will be. There is no way to avoid this kind of freezing energy.”

“Combined with his Frost Hell Art, it can also weaken the opponent’s mental state.”

“Once you can’t solve him in one go, you will be constantly weakened by him. In the end, the freezing energy accumulated in your body will erupt, causing you to suffer serious injuries.”

“Moreover, as the number one sophomore, all of his stats must still be above yours now. It is difficult to explode him in a short time.”

“So, to deal with this guy, we must use the method we discussed before.”

Zhang Yu, of course, knew what Fu Ji meant: “This kind of actual combat in front of everyone is not like the exam of fighting Yellow Turban Warriors, where you can just bury your head and use brute force. Instead, you must use all kinds of actual combat skills, with attacking the mind as the priority…”

On the other side, Zhou Chechen, operating the Frost Hell Art, looked at Zhang Yu, his eyes emitting a strong pressure of fear, and said coldly, “Bai Zhenzhen is disrupting the teaching order. Do you want to do the same?”

“Zhang Yu, do you also want to disrupt the teaching order?”

Facing Zhou Chechen’s pressure, Zhang Yu activated the Heaven Martial Heart Refining Art and said without any fear, “Senior, you can suppress other people’s mouths with your mind cultivation, but you can’t suppress my and Bai Zhenzhen’s scores.”

“I will stand here today, not defending, not dodging, not evading, and take ten moves from you head-on.”

“If Senior can knock me down within ten moves, I will naturally willingly accept the guidance of the student council.”

“If not, then please Senior abide by the spirit of Songyang High, and allow outstanding students like Bai Zhenzhen to insult poor students like Lan Ling to their heart’s content.”

“Ridiculous.” Lan Ling snorted angrily and said, “Boy, are you trying to scam medical expenses?”

Zhou Chechen held down Lan Ling, who was so angry that his chest was about to explode.

Zhou Chechen looked at Zhang Yu, the coldness in his eyes growing even stronger, “Very good, what you said is really good.”

“Don’t worry, it won’t take ten moves, and you don’t need to go to the medical room either.”

“Within three moves, I will pin you to the ground.”

As he spoke, Zhou Chechen’s figure brought a sky of freezing energy, and he struck out a palm towards Zhang Yu from a distance.