Peerless Sword God of the City

"The ends of the earth may be reached, but the longing for you knows no bounds." — From Yan Shu's "Jade Tower Spring: Spring Sorrow"

"The author of this poem expresses the endless longing and yearning after parting in life..."

The Chinese teacher is explaining the essence and key points of this poem to the students, who are diligently taking notes in their textbooks, while a few students occasionally doze off.

There were about forty or fifty students in the class. In the last seat of the second group, there was a boy, or more precisely, a boy who did not do well in school and often slept during class.

For this reason, the teacher arranged for him to sit in the last row of the classroom.

Then the teacher naturally said that this way he wouldn't disturb the other students when he fell asleep in class.

Those students who listened to the teacher, loved collective labor, and had good grades were already arranged by the teacher to sit at the front of the classroom with the other students who had good grades.

Such a good student naturally doesn't have the chance to sleep in class.

Therefore, students with good grades in the class get better and better, while those with poor grades get worse and worse.

The boy woke up from a deep sleep, his bangs slightly disheveled from sleeping with his head resting on the table.

He suddenly raised his head, his eyes filled with a sense of bewilderment, and looked at the classmates around him, then at the Chinese teacher on the podium, and at the striking words on the blackboard. Memories that had been buried deep in his mind slowly surfaced, and an expression of disbelief welled up in his pupils.

"Qinghe University? Senior (3)?"

"Is that Yang Zhong, the Chinese teacher?"

"Could it be..."

"Have I been reborn?"

After a long while, Li Yi took a deep breath and finally accepted this fact.

He didn't die under the Heavenly Tribulation; instead, time was reshaped, allowing him to be reborn back to his university days!

"The ends of the earth may be reached, but the longing for you is endless."

Looking at the large characters on the blackboard, Li Yi was filled with emotion. The pain of a thousand years of longing had returned him to his former life, and for a moment, his eyes welled up with tears.

"Dad, Mom, Fei'er is back!"

"Today is the day Fei'er is returning from abroad!"

"It was also the day she was assassinated by the Chen family!"

Thinking of this, Li Yi's eyes turned icy cold, like ice that had stood for millennia, and then he suddenly stood up.

He had to rush to save her!

Li Yi recalled that after graduating from high school, Xie Feier was sent by her father to study at a university in the United States with a very strong faculty. In her senior year, she transferred back to Qinghe University to continue her studies in the second semester of her senior year, in order to make it easier to apply for a domestic academic college when taking the postgraduate entrance examination.

It was around the time she returned that the Xie and Chen families, two major powers in Qinghe City, had a dispute over the Qinghe Wharf. As the saying goes, two tigers cannot share one mountain, so the two families had always wanted to eliminate the other and monopolize all the business.

When Xie Feier returned from abroad, she was targeted by the Chen family.

So the Chen family sent assassins to kill Xie Feier, hoping to destabilize the Xie family and then take over their power.

When Xie Feier and the Xie family members who were there to pick her up were at the intersection of Zhongshan Road in Xie family territory, they were ambushed and killed by assassins arranged by the Chen family.

No one could have imagined that the Chen family would be so audacious as to assassinate the Xie family's daughter on Xie family territory, declaring war on the Xie family in such an extreme way.

After Xie Feier passed away, her longing for him lasted for a thousand years, and it could not be erased even when he wanted to transcend tribulation and become an immortal.

Xie Feier was the youngest daughter of the Xie family patriarch. The patriarch was so grief-stricken by the loss of his daughter that he fell ill and died soon after. After the patriarch's death, the Xie family's power was completely devoured by the Chen family in just one or two years.

Sheffield is in a very dangerous situation now!

Li Yi only has half a day!

At this moment, as Li Yi subconsciously prepared to use spatial magic to teleport to the intersection of Zhongshan Road, he discovered that the spiritual energy in his body was completely empty. The power that was once enough to shatter galaxies and destroy the world with a wave of his hand was gone, and all the divine artifacts, magics, and divine abilities had also disappeared.

Accustomed to being able to burn mountains and boil seas with a flick of his finger, and to fly through the air and escape into the earth, he suddenly forgot that he had been reborn and had completely become an ordinary person.

Li Yi was extremely anxious at this moment. If he was reborn and still had to watch his beloved die, what would be the point of his rebirth?

"No, I have to think of a way, or it will be too late!" Li Yi thought to himself as he tried to find a solution.

"Li Yi, why did you stand up?"

Just then, Yang Zhong looked at Li Yi, who had stood up in class and was muttering to himself, and asked him angrily with a hint of displeasure.

Li Yi glanced at Yang Zhong. In his previous life, Yang Zhong was a snobbish and petty person who often made things difficult for him.

However, this person was later expelled from school because of his unethical conduct as a teacher, frequently harassing female students.

But he was still his teacher after all, and Li Yi, who had been reborn, didn't want to stoop to his level. Right now, all he cared about was Xie Feier's safety.

"Teacher, I have something urgent to attend to, so I need to ask for leave from this class and end get out of class early."

Yang Zhong was shocked to hear that Li Yi was not answering his question directly and was actually trying to skip class openly.

These unruly students made Yang Zhong even angrier.

"Snapped!"

Yang Zhong slammed his fist on the table and roared, "I've never seen a student like you before! Your grades are a complete mess, and you have absolutely no ambition!"

"Sleeping in class is one thing, but now you're even trying to skip class? Do you even want to graduate?"

"I don't know how your parents could have given birth to you like this. Didn't anyone discipline you, Li Yi, after you were born?"

Upon hearing this, Li Yi's gaze suddenly turned somewhat cold. Having been reborn, Fei'er and his parents were his Achilles' heel.

At this moment, the fact that Yang Zhong, as a teacher, dared to openly insult his parents filled him with rage.

Li Yi looked at Yang Zhong and calmly said, "I'm sorry I disturbed class by sleeping in class earlier. But..."

"This doesn't mean I'll do this again in the future."

Yang Zhong smiled dismissively. Is such a simple apology all it takes?

no way!

Seeing Li Yi's somewhat unconvinced look, Yang Zhong sneered, "A leopard can't change its spots. Looks like you'll have to get a disciplinary warning."

As a teacher, he naturally knew what Li Yi's weakness was.

He knew that Li Yi's family was not well-off, and he dared not allow any record of academic demerits or disciplinary actions to remain in his student file.

Because receiving a demerit point is no joke; it can even affect whether a company will hire you when you enter the workforce.

He was quite certain that Li Yi, a guy with no power or influence, couldn't possibly bear the consequences and would obediently go back to his seat and continue the lesson.

Li Yi looked directly at Yang Zhong and said:

"As a teacher, how many disciplinary actions would you take if you acted disrespectfully, not only insulting students and their parents, but also harassing female students in private?"

Those who humiliate others will always be humiliated!

"You brat, you...you..."

Upon hearing this, Yang Zhong became enraged and ashamed.

"What do you mean, 'you'? Your professional ethics are so low, you, Yang Zhong, are nothing but a disgrace to the teaching profession, a rotten apple among teachers. What qualifications do you have to teach and educate students?"

As soon as Li Yi finished speaking, the classroom erupted in chaos.

All the students looked at each other, staring at Li Yi as if he were an idiot.

They couldn't believe that Li Yi would dare to openly provoke the Chinese teacher and even dig up the teacher's secrets at this time. This was not a wise choice.

You should know that even the principal has to be very polite to Yang Zhong.

Because Yang Zhong's brother-in-law is a high-ranking official in the city. Over the years, he has done a lot of immoral and unethical things, but because his brother-in-law is backing him up, he has kept his job and is still arrogant and domineering at school.

These few words from Li Yi might just ruin his college career.

Forget about getting a graduation certificate, they won't even finish their senior year!

Upon hearing this, Yang Zhong's eyes burned with rage. He hadn't expected Li Yi to dare to openly call him a scoundrel.

This school has such morally reprehensible students who disrespect their teachers!

"Li Yi, you've gone too far! Bring your parents here tomorrow at noon!"

"Furthermore, if you dare to leave this classroom today, you will not need to come to school from tomorrow onwards."

Yang Zhong was so angry that he was glaring and puffing out his cheeks. His meaning was clear: if Li Yi dared to walk out of the classroom today, he would be facing expulsion.

Given his position, he could easily expel Li Yi for any violation of classroom rules, lack of respect for teachers, skipping class without permission, or sleeping in class.

Upon hearing this, Li Yi sneered and shook his head.

He will definitely continue his cultivation in the future. As for reading and learning, once his divine sense is fully developed, even if all the books on Earth were placed in front of him, he would be able to easily learn and apply that knowledge by virtue of his photographic memory.

Li Yi looked up, his gaze icy as he looked at Yang Zhong.

"Someone like you has no right to be a teacher."

"Furthermore, if you dare to insult my parents like this again, don't blame me for disregarding our teacher-student relationship."

After saying that, Li Yi strode out of the classroom without looking back and left in a huff.

Only Yang Zhong, standing on the podium, stared at Li Yi's retreating figure, gritting his teeth, his face ashen.

P.S.: (The background of the Sword God's rebirth is available in the PC version of the work's related sections and the book's comments section, which the author has pinned. It's best to check it out, but it won't affect your normal reading experience.)