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

Upon hearing Cheng Qiu's words, the room erupted in an uproar, and all the students began a heated discussion:

"Holy crap, what's going on? Why were Qin Yan and the other two disqualified from the competition?"

"They deserved it. These three guys, relying on being from powerful families, forced the other side to surrender directly. They barely had to lift a finger and went straight into the top thirty."

"This is outrageous! These scions of noble families are really going too far."

"Vice Dean Cheng Qiu did a good job. He's been displeased with these scions of aristocratic families for a long time."

Dongfang Bai and Zhu Hang were also anxious; they were so angry they almost jumped up.

"What is this old hag trying to do?"

"Those people surrendered directly because they knew our strength. What forced them?"

Even Dongfang Qingsong on the podium had a stern face and glared at Cheng Qiu: "Vice Dean Cheng, what exactly are you doing?"

Cheng Qiu looked at him with a straight face and no fear: "I am maintaining the fairness of the competition. Qin Yan and the other two are simply not up to par with them."

Dongfang Qingsong suppressed his anger: "Even if they did something wrong in the preliminary round, you can disqualify them, but why ban them from participating in the challenge?"

Cheng Qiu snorted coldly: "To prevent them from using clumsy methods to force the students to admit defeat again."

A hint of murderous intent flashed in Dongfang Qingsong's eyes: "Vice Dean Cheng, I order you to immediately reinstate Qin Yan and the others' qualification for the challenge match."

Cheng Qiu was very firm: "I will not agree. Dongfang Qingsong, you are also from a prestigious family, so I will not listen to you."

"Besides, don't even think about threatening me with your strength. You are an eighth-rank martial artist, and so am I."

Cheng Qiu is now very confident because they received a notice yesterday that Martial Saints and Half-Step Martial Saints will not hold any positions in the Great Xia Kingdom, and all Martial Saints and Half-Step Martial Saints will be assigned to positions in the military.

Furthermore, Martial Saints and those at the half-step Martial Saint level are not allowed to participate in conflicts and disputes within the Great Xia Dynasty.

This news instantly gave Cheng Qiu the confidence to rebel against the powerful families. Last night, she contacted the teachers who had been promoted by Jiang Mingqing and together they planned today's events.

Their goal was simple: to continue Jiang Mingqing's policies, suppress the sons of powerful families, and encourage students from ordinary families.

At this moment, the teachers who were with Cheng Qiu also stood up to confront Dongfang Qingsong.

Dongfang Qingsong's face was ashen, and he gritted his teeth, saying, "Cheng Qiu, do you know what kind of situation your actions today will create?"

"Hmph," Cheng Qiu said with an air of arrogance, "No matter what the situation becomes, we are not afraid."

A strange smile suddenly appeared on Dongfang Qingsong's face: "Good, good, you're very good. I just hope you won't regret it later."

Cheng Qiu snorted coldly: "I will never regret it. I would only regret it if someone like Qin Yan participated in the competition."

Dongfang Qingsong didn't speak at this moment, but turned to look at Qin Yan: "Young Master Qin."

Qin Yan nodded, then said to Dongfang Bai and Zhu Hang, "I'll go up and handle this first."

Neither of them spoke, but nodded solemnly.

Qin Yan slowly walked onto the stage, and Dongfang Qingsong immediately stepped aside, giving up his seat.

Seeing Dongfang Qingsong's behavior, Cheng Qiu and the other teachers looked at him with disdain. With his sycophantic manner, how could he be qualified to be the dean?

The students scoffed, "Hey, our new dean seems to be a lackey."

"No need to pretend, he's a lackey. He's from the Dongfang family, and supposedly Dongfang Bai's cousin."

"No wonder he was so obsequious to Qin Yan, he's just a dog of the Qin family."

"It's disgusting to have someone like that as the dean."

Qin Yan stood where Dongfang Qingsong had been, ignoring the students' words, and coldly said:

"Sixty percent of the resources consumed by all the teachers and students of the Capital Martial Arts Academy come from my Qin family, and the remaining forty percent come from other aristocratic families."