The villainous simp ignores the plot and mercilessly torments the female lead to tears.

Is this...this is Qin Yan's true strength?

Wasn't he just a rich young master who only knew how to eat, drink, and enjoy himself, and who bullied others?

Isn't it said that his strength was built up with resources?

But why is he so powerful?

Keep in mind that he was only at the mid-stage of the fourth rank, yet he defeated an opponent at the peak of the fourth rank with remarkable ease.

If he were to unleash his full power, how terrifying would his strength be?

The boy who had just been defeated also came to his senses. He stared at Qin Yan in disbelief, muttering to himself:

"I lost, I actually lost, I lost to a scion of a powerful family?"

"All my years of hard work have been lost to a rich kid who only knows how to eat, drink, and have fun? I refuse to accept it, I refuse to accept it."

Qin Yan looked at him coldly: "Even now, you still think we're a bunch of good-for-nothings who only know how to eat, drink, and have fun?"

"Take back your prejudice. The competition within our aristocratic families is more brutal than you can even imagine."

"Your most prized diligence and hard work are nothing but child's play in our eyes."

After saying that, he turned around and jumped off the stage.

His words stunned everyone. The students who had mocked them earlier stood there dumbfounded, not knowing what to say.

Mingyu, Dongfang Bai, and the others walked up with smiles on their faces.

"Young Master Qin is mighty."

"As expected of Young Master Qin, he knows how to kill someone by destroying their spirit."

"Young Master Qin, you are my idol!"

The other students felt strange looking at the group of cheering scions of wealthy families, unsure how to describe their feelings.

Suddenly, a voice rang out: "Hmph, don't listen to Qin Yan's nonsense. He's just trying to suppress us. You should know that these aristocratic families possess very high-level cultivation techniques."

This sentence brought the other students back to their senses, and they all said:

"Yes, even if they tried their best, the support from their families played a significant role."

"I don't believe they can still have such strength after leaving their family."

“If I had been born into a family like his, I would be much better than him.”

Although Qin Yan only played one match today, four rounds of the competition have already passed, and Qin Yan has definitely entered the top thirty.

Next, we just need to wait quietly for the list to be announced, and then another round of challenges will begin.

The challenge is for students who didn't make it into the top 30 to challenge those who did, in order to ensure that the stronger students are retained.

Soon, a female teacher who looked to be in her forties with a serious expression stood up next to Dongfang Qingsong. She was the newly appointed vice dean, Cheng Qiu.

Like a stern, Abbess Cheng Qiu announced loudly, "Class, please be quiet. The top thirty students are: Mingyu, Zhang Cheng, Wenda, Wang Han..."

As the names were read out one by one, Qin Yan did not hear his own name, nor did Dongfang Bai's.

This made them frown. What on earth was going on?

Just as they were wondering, Cheng Qiu stopped reading the list and said, "Congratulations to the twenty-seven students above for passing the preliminary round and entering the challenge round."

Upon hearing this, everyone's expression turned strange. What was going on? Wasn't it agreed that there would be thirty students? Why were there only twenty-seven?

Dongfang Qingsong's expression also turned grim. He said in a deep voice, "Vice Dean Cheng, what are you doing?"

However, Cheng Qiu completely ignored him and just looked at the list in her hand.

Qin Yan's eyes narrowed slightly at this moment. He had a premonition that Cheng Qiu, that old witch, was going to cause trouble.

Sure enough, Cheng Qiu spoke again the next second: "Now I have another announcement to make. Qin Yan, Dongfang Bai, and Zhu Hang have been disqualified from the competition and are banned from participating in subsequent challenge matches because they used unfair means in the competition. The three missing spots will be filled by Zhang Liu, Lin Yue, and Wang Wei."