Douluo Dalu 2: Reincarnated as the Auspicious Beast

Long Xiaoyao's words were extremely polite, without the slightest arrogance of a peerless powerhouse. His tone even carried a hint of subtle flattery, just like any ordinary parent facing the teaching director of Shrek Academy.

However, as Du Weilen looked into those eyes that held no trace of a smile, the fear in his heart did not lessen in the slightest.

The man before him had a friendly attitude, sure. But if Du Weilen really dared to echo his words and say, "Yes, yes, your child truly has no manners at all."

…Then his head would probably be rolling on the ground.

A true powerhouse choosing to act affably was their own decision. As for Du Weilen, he wisely chose to keep his mouth shut and listen in silence.

"Sigh, the child has grown up wild. She's not very polite, even to me at home. But, well, she still has to attend school." Long Xiaoyao half-complained, half-joking.

Han Wen's temperament was indeed quite wild… After all, just last month, she was still a tiger.

"In that case, I will immediately revoke the expulsion and transfer your child to another class. How does that sound?" Du Weilen asked cautiously.

"How could that be acceptable?" Long Xiaoyao looked surprised. "Making my child leave her class would make it seem like the whole incident was entirely her fault. Are you saying that the teacher in question, that Zhou woman, is completely blameless?"

A cold sweat immediately broke out on Du Weilen's back again, layer after layer.

"T-Then, I will dismiss Teacher Zhou immediately…"

"Oh dear, how could you do that?" Long Xiaoyao slapped his thigh, sounding as though he was disappointed in Du Weilen's lack of understanding. "This is such a trivial matter. Is it really necessary to fire someone? Do you think that I, an old man, am as unreasonable as that Zhou woman?"

Neither reassigning the student nor firing Zhou Yi was acceptable. No matter what Du Weilen said, it was the wrong choice. Yet, he didn't even dare to grumble about it in his heart. He could only curse Zhou Yi for getting him into this mess.

—After all, it was clearly Zhou Yi's fault. If she hadn't arbitrarily expelled a student, would any of this be happening? Getting talked back to by a student wasn't going to kill her!

"Well… Senior, I am truly ignorant. I do not know how to handle this in the best way." Du Weilen lowered his head and smiled bitterly.

"Aiya, Mu En's successors are really lacking. Young man, why do you have no comprehension at all?" Long Xiaoyao sipped tea from the black cup in his hand. "Shrek Academy holds such a special status. Which student wouldn't value their chance to study here? Don't you think it's too reckless to give teachers the authority to expel students at will?"

"Yes, yes, it is indeed reckless. Starting tomorrow, no outer court teacher will have the right to expel any student. We will also revise and improve our regulations on expulsion as soon as possible." Du Weilen nodded like a bobblehead, but inwardly, he was confused.

…Is the Dragon Emperor Douluo truly such a champion of justice?

"Good. If you find this matter difficult to handle, you can go to your Sea God's Pavilion Master for help. You do know where he usually stays, right?" Long Xiaoyao slid off the office desk, and with a slight movement of his fingers, the black cup in his hand dissolved into specks of dark light and vanished, taking the remaining tea with it. "If you can't handle it yourself, go find him. Or you can also look for Mu En's grandson—he's the one acting as your academy's headmaster, isn't he?"

There was a long-standing rumor among Shrek Academy's faculty that Headmaster Yan's mother was actually the illegitimate daughter of the Dragon God Douluo.

Du Weilen shuddered at the thought and resolved to take that rumor to his grave.

…I really hope Headmaster Yan won't silence me for knowing this.

"I trust that my old friends will give me this bit of face," Long Xiaoyao said lightly.

And if they refused? Well, a fight would do. It had been a while since he had exercised these old bones.

…Perhaps he should even fake an injury so he could shove all his paperwork back onto Rui Shou. Long Xiaoyao secretly schemed.

There was no way Du Weilen would dare to actually go bother Mu En. His only option was to nod furiously. If he were an ordinary person instead of a Soul Douluo, he might have already given himself a concussion.

"Oh, right," Long Xiaoyao suddenly said, as if recalling something. "The teachers at Shrek Academy wouldn't happen to use their superior cultivation as an excuse to physically punish students, would they?"

Du Weilen's expression stiffened. He raised his head and met Long Xiaoyao's deep, abyss-like black eyes. His heart trembled.

"Of course not… I swear that the teachers of Shrek Academy will not use any excuse to strike the students."

"That's more like it." Long Xiaoyao nodded. A blurred streak of dark light flickered, and in the next instant, the Dragon Emperor Douluo had vanished from the office.

Only then did Du Weilen finally tremble all over, slowly sinking into a crouch.

The Black Sacred Dragon… This kind of senior was simply too terrifying.

Not only was his oppressive aura suffocating, but there was also the sheer fear instilled by the endless darkness surrounding him.

And the way Long Xiaoyao had looked at him just now—those eyes didn't resemble those of a human.

They were more like the gaze of a cat toying with its prey before killing it.

…In reality, Du Weilen was wronging him. It was simply the gaze of a cat owner watching their pet play with a cockroach.

Of course, for a being of Long Xiaoyao's level, personally dealing with Zhou Yi would be beneath him.

Du Weilen sighed bitterly. He now understood Long Xiaoyao's intent—he wanted his own juniors to settle the matter themselves.

After all, Zhou Yi was now forbidden from expelling students, and she couldn't rely on brute force to discipline them anymore… She had been stripped of all means to intimidate her students.

If she couldn't find another way to manage her class, she wouldn't last long as a teacher.

After taking a moment to steady himself, the Martial Soul Department's teaching director shakily got up and reached for the voice transmission soul communicator on his desk.

In the first-year teaching building, at the end of the first-floor hallway, Wang Dong was washing his face at the sink in the restroom.

It was already after school, and he was alone in the restroom, so he could take his time as much as he wanted.

He stared at his own reflection—a delicate and handsome young boy. Water droplets slid down his refined jawline and clung to the slight baby fat on his chin. His short blue-and-pink hair was damp, sticking to his cheeks.

Wang Dong frowned and tugged at his hair.

Something felt off.

…His hair wasn't supposed to be this short, was it?

Had he cut it before coming to the academy?

His gaze turned vacant as he tried to recall, but he couldn't remember ever cutting his hair.

Looking at the handsome boy in the mirror—his own face, yet somehow unfamiliar—he thought back to his disaster of a first day at school. A deep fatigue welled up inside him, merging with the exhaustion in his body. Like a little adult, he sighed.

"Wang Dong?" A voice came from behind him.

Wang Dong turned around and saw the purple-haired inner court senior who had once served as his referee. For some reason, she was here in the first-year teaching building.

She wasn't wearing the inner court's red uniform today. Instead, she wore a purple uniform from the fourth or fifth year, which actually matched her hair and eye color quite well.

The fair-skinned girl had a faint smile on her lips.

"Senior Jiang Lan?" Wang Dong hesitated before suddenly crying out in alarm, "Huh?! HUH?! Senior, wait! This is the boys' restroom! You're not allowed in here!"

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Author's note

Yes, Wang Dong had been forcibly assigned a male identity by Tang Buddha…

But don't worry—she will turn back into a girl.

And no, this won't turn into a yuri story.

As for that old hag Zhou, well, we can't just kill her outright. That would be no different from Tang San's "path to self-destruction." While she deserves to die for ruining children's futures, it wouldn't be appropriate for Long Xiaoyao to do it himself. So, let's leave her punishment to a certain foul-mouthed black cat and the entire Class One! 🙏