A moment ago when his hidden stash was exposed by Zhang Xuan, he panicked, but a portion of it was still feigned. However, the current fear that he was expressing on his face at this very moment was completely real. He felt a chill rushing down through his body, threatening to freeze him into a snowman.
It wouldn’t be weird if the other party could identify him. After all, he could be considered a wanted serial offender, so there’s always the possibility of an attentive person seeing through his disguise.
However… The fact that he practiced the Voice of Allurement was something that not even Lao er and the rest are aware of. Furthermore, he had not dared reveal the fact to anyone, so how could this fellow be aware of it?
This was a secret manual that he attained with much difficulty during a chance encounter. He had hidden this fact in the depths of his heart, and he could proudly declare that not a second person in this world knew of this secret. Yet, the other party was aware of it. The overwhelming shock he was feeling at the moment was about to scare him to death.
There were many kinds of secret manuals. There were those on the physical body, battle techniques, cultivation techniques… However, most of these could be found easily. If one had to talk about the most valuable secret manuals in the entire kingdom, most probably, the position would have to go to those regarding secret arts that affects one’s psyche.
Voice of Allurement was an extremely low-tier psyche secret art. However, no matter how low-tiered it was, it was still an attack on one’s psyche. Once it was executed, no matter how powerful a person was, if they were unprepared, they would still fall for it. Previously, he had been captured by a Fighter 7-dan expert, he relied on this to coax the other party into sparing his life.
The reason why he intentionally begged for his life was to numb the other party through such a method!
Never would he have expected that not only was the other party unaffected by his tricks, he seemed to be omniscient, as though nothing about him could escape his notice. Before Zhang Xuan, he felt his facade falling off, and that he was standing buck naked before him, without a single concealment. How could he possibly not feel anxious?
If he was afraid a moment ago, then right now, he was feeling terror-stricken.
“You don’t have to bother how I was made aware of these, you just have to know that these aren’t the only things I am aware of. Your mingmen and such, I am also cognizant of them! I can spare you, but from today onwards, if I were to find out that you are still scamming others, bringing harm onto others, death would be the only thing that awaits you!”
Stopping there, Zhang Xuan kicked the other party’s body.
Kacha!
The sound of an egg shattering. The scammer Yang Mo sensed a resounding blast from his dantian, and the strength derived from his many years of cultivation seeped away.
Without strength, he dared not scam others even if he wanted to.
“My cultivation…”
Sensing the loss of his strength, Yang Mo was filled with hatred, but he did not dare to snap at him.
The other party was simply too frightening. He was no human, but a demon.
How could he possibly dare to retaliate when it’s a demon who broke his dantian and ruined his cultivation?
“Scram!”
After receiving his benefits and dealing with the scammer, Zhang Xuan walked back to the academy with widened strides.
The other party was just a scammer, he wasn’t worth soiling his hands over.
It was already around one in the morning by the time he reached his dormitory.
However, Zhang Xuan wasn’t fatigued at all.
Too many things had happened tonight, with events coming one after another. If it wasn’t for the godly cheat Library of Heaven’s Path, Zhang Xuan would had been at a loss from dealing with those situations.
“Let’s see if I can organise those Fighter 6-dan cultivation technique manuals that I got from Master Lu Chen!”
Back then, he was too preoccupied with cultivating the Heaven’s Path Golden Body, so he had yet to take a good look at the Fighter 6-dan cultivation techniques. Now that he had free time, it was a good opportunity for him to examine them.
Soon, the correct cultivation method of the dozen or so secret manuals were extracted. However, taking a look at it, Zhang Xuan felt his head bloating up.
“They aren’t connected with one another in the least… If I were to cultivate this, my cultivation would definitely go berserk and I will die!”
Zhang Xuan shook his head helplessly.
He might have a dozen secret manuals in his possession, but there were still too many flaws in it. Even if he were to extract the correct methods from them, he was still unable to form a complete cultivation technique set. In fact, the cultivation technique set formed would be filled with even more gaps, making it impossible to cultivate it.
“Forget it. I better find a way to look for more manuals first!”
Knowing that the cultivation technique could not be used, Zhang Xuan didn’t panic. Instead, he re-cultivated the cultivation techniques of the first three dans compiled by the library. Only after ensuring that his cultivation had completely integrated as one did he go to sleep.
……………………………………
Zhang Xuan didn’t know that in the period that he went to the market to purchase items, in the academy, Elder Shang Chen’s backyard was on the verge of exploding.
“Grandfather, you have to redress my grievances!”
With tears and snot flowing down his face, Shang Bin’s cry tremored even the heavens.
As the grandson of an elder, he was born with a golden spoon in his mouth. Furthermore, being talented, he had always been respected by others. Yet, he had suffered all the setbacks he had never suffered in his whole life today. It was already a great blessing that he had yet to go insane.
When bringing trouble upon someone, a lunatic dashed out and beat him up to a pig head. When going out for dinner, he saw his goddess dining happily with that lad… He could still take it if his framing failed and if he embarrassed himself, but…
“Grandfather, didn’t you say that this Sky Shattering Lion is very obedient? I ordered it to teach that useless Zhang Xuan a lesson, but not only did it not obey my orders, it even beat me up instead…”
The more he thought about it, the more furious he got. At this moment, Shang Bin was full of tears for himself.
This Sky Shattering Lion before him had been squandering off his family, yet, at a crucial period, not only did it not obey orders, it even helped an outsider to assault him… He felt like tearing his hair out whenever he thought about it.
“It is usually rather obedient…” Shang Chen felt a little awkward. He looked at the Sky Shattering Lion in front of him with a puzzled expression.
He was just a normal beast tamer, and his expertise in the field wasn’t particularly high. Even if he were to tame savage beasts, he could only interact with them on equal footing and not that of a master and servant.
This was precisely why the Sky Shattering Lion need not bother about his emotions and second guess his thoughts whenever it wanted to do something.
However… No matter what, they were contractually related to one another. After asking it to protect his grandson, why… did it listen to the words of the outsider and assault Shang Bin instead?
“Roar!”
Upon noticing Shang Bin, the Sky Shattering Lion held its head up high with a proud expression on its face, seemingly proud of its deed.
Seeing the expression on the Sky Shattering Lion, Shang Bin received another 10000 damage internally.
[When it was with Zhang Xuan, it licked the other party’s hand affectionately and treated him respectfully, as though a pug. Yet now, it was acting as haughty as a king… The heck, is my grandfather your owner or he is?]
“Cough cough, I’ll persuade the Sky Shattering Lion later when I get back.” Seeing his beast pet behaving like this, clearly rejecting cooperation with him, Elder Shang Chen’s face turned red as he waved away the matter.
“Grandfather, this time, you have to teach this Zhang Xuan a lesson in my stead. It would be best if his teaching license is revoked and he is chased out of the academy!”
Knowing that his grandfather and the Sky Shattering Lion were of equal standing in their contract and was unable to teach it a lesson, Shang Bin didn’t dawdle on the matter and gritting his teeth, diverted the topic towards Zhang Xuan.
A trash who scored a zero in the Teacher Qualification Examination had caused him so much embarrassment and left innumerable wounds all over his body, causing him to almost die even. This kind of grudge could not be washed away even by the rapid flow of the river!
“Rest assured, I will settle this matter! But this Zhang Xuan, who knows what kind of luck did he stumble over, he actually managed to recruit five students. Without a reasonable excuse, even for me, it will be difficult to expel a registered teacher!”
Elder Shang Chen said.
Registered with the continent’s Teacher Guild, Zhang Xuan could be considered formally as a teacher. Even as an elder of the academy, the head of the Education Bureau, as long as the other party didn’t sin deeply, he had no rights to expel him.
While shaking his head, doubt flashed across his eyes.
As a fellow who scored zero in the Teacher Qualification Examination, everyone thought that it would be impossible for any student to acknowledge him. Yet, contrary to their expectations, not only did students acknowledge him, there were even five of them. Furthermore, a few of them were within the top hundred!
No one would have thought it possible if they didn’t witness it for themselves.
In fact… despite seeing the results compiled by the Education Bureau, he still found it unbelievable.
[This fellow… how did he do it?
It is totally irrational, isn’t it?]
The Frenzied Students
“I have already found an excuse for grandfather to take action. Cao Xiong laoshi has a student named Liu Yang, and this Liu Yang was coerced by Zhang Xuan to become his student. Cao Xiong laoshi has already applied for an "Enlightenment Will Trial", which will be conducted tomorrow. By then, as long as grandfather makes a move, it would be an easy task to strip him of his license!”
Shang Bin squeezed these words through gritted teeth.
The deception Cao Xiong spoke of turned into coercion through his words. There was a world of difference between these two words.
Deception only meant that there’s something wrong with that person’s personality. On the other hand, coercion was a matter of morals.
“Coercion? Are you sure?” Elder Shang Chen was taken aback.
“I’m sure!” Shang Bin nodded his head affirmatively.
“If that’s the case… How about this, tomorrow, I will invite Elder Mo over for him to witness the process. If the result of the Enlightenment Will Trial shows that Liu Yang did not willingly become his student, then there is the possibility for him to be stripped of his teaching license!” After hesitating for a moment, Elder Shang Chen said.
“Thank you, grandfather!” Excitement shone in Shang Bin’s eyes.
With the presence of teachers came qualifications, and the organization that protected the identity of teachers was the Teacher Guild.
The guild had the authority to inspect the actions of teachers, as well as to strip them of their license. There was a similar organization called the Ministry of Education in Zhang Xuan’s previous world.
Teachers were role models. To guide a student along their path, they must first make the students concede to them, so that they were willing to learn from them. If they were to coerce them, thus causing the student to be jaundiced, it was possible for their licenses to be revoked.
As for how to gauge whether one was truly willing to become the student of a teacher, the Enlightenment Will Trial was the most impartial method.
“Brat, you might be gleeful now, but let’s see how you can continue being so arrogant when your teaching license is revoked tomorrow!”
Upon the thought that he would be able to exact vengeance for all of the grudges in the past, Shang Bin clenched his fist subconsciously and a surge of exhilaration ran through his body.
………………………………
Zhang Xuan didn’t know that someone had already set up a ploy against him. After a night of rest, he felt energized. Looking into the mirror, he noticed that after cultivating the Heaven’s Path Golden Body yesterday, his body became even whiter and smoother, similar to that of an infant. There wasn’t a single scar or such on his body. Overall, he looked much younger as well. Those who were oblivious to his identity might even think that he was a student.
“Not bad!” He said, before heading to the classroom with giant strides. Arriving at the classroom, the first thing he noticed was that the interiors of the room had been cleaned spick and span by his five students, and even the drinking water had already been boiled.
Wang Ying, Liu Yang, Zheng Yang, Zhao Ya and Yuan Tao were all energised. All of them stared at Zhang Xuan with looks of reverence and excitement.
Initially, these few students had all thought that they were deceived into acknowledging a fellow who was last in the Teacher Qualification Examination as their teacher. However, after the lesson yesterday, they realized that even though his reputation was terrible, he was, indubitably, an incredibly capable figure!
This feeling resonated especially so for Wang Ying. After reciting those theories her teacher spoke of to her father and the elders of the family, they were all filled with praises for him. In fact, there were even some parts of it that they were incapable of comprehending. After which, they insisted in bringing Wang Tao over to acknowledge him as his teacher! From this incident itself, his standards were clear to see!
How could one not feel excited upon having such a person as their teacher?
“Un, seems like everything is in order today. Zhao Ya, take this medicinal herb, crush it into powder and swallow it along with water. Also, this is a cultivation technique that I have just handwritten. If you cultivate by the methods written on it, you should be able to fully recover in three days or so!”
Seeing the expressions reflected in everyone’s eyes, it was impossible for Zhang Xuan to not know what they were thinking. Nodding his head, he passed the Frigid Sun Mother Grass, which he bought yesterday night, and a book to Zhao Ya.
Zhao Ya’s illness was caused by her cultivation of a pure yin cultivation technique. After browsing through all of the books in the teacher’s Compendium Pavilion, Zhang Xuan used the Library of Heaven’s Path to derive a solution for her problem. Even though the cultivation technique paled far in comparison to his Heaven’s Path Divine Art, it was still a skill derived from the extraction of the essence of ten different books, and it was extraordinarily valuable.
There were still flaws within it, but the remaining ones didn’t really affect the whole situation.
“Yes!” Zhao Ya grabbed the medicinal herb and placed it into her embrace before casually flipping open the book. She noticed that the ink was still fresh, and it was clear that it was just written. After taking a brief look at it, her eyes narrowed and she looked at him in disbelief. “Zhang laoshi, although I am new here, I have heard of most of the renowned secret manuals in the academy. This manual… is several times more incredible than my White Jade Pure Maiden Skill. Why… have I never heard of it? Furthermore… why isn’t there a name on this book!”
As the daughter of a city lord, Zhao Ya had a massive collection of books in her home. She had browsed through many different secret manuals, which helped build her eye of discernment. This book in her hand was clearly several folds stronger than the White Jade Pure Maiden Skill that she cultivated before. However… why had she never heard of it?
Whenever one copied a cultivation technique, one would always write the name of the creator on it. However, not a trace of information on its creator could be seen on this book, causing Zhao Ya to be puzzled.
“Oh, this book is something that I have just compiled and wrote down based on your physical condition, so there’s no name for it. If you find it difficult to refer to it like that, you can name it as you like!” Zhang Xuan said.
The Library of Heaven’s Path extracted the correct portions of each secret manual and compiled them into a book. The book that was compiled by the library did not have a name, and he couldn’t be bothered to name it either. Thus, he passed it to her right after he casually copied it down. He didn’t expect for Zhao Ya to ask about it, thus he answered it casually.
“What? Teacher… wrote it himself? This means… this is a cultivation technique created by teacher?”
Not only Zhao Ya was taken aback, the others also narrowed their eyes and all of them nearly passed out on the spot.
Every single one of those who managed to successfully create a cultivation technique was grandmaster level figures, experts who left a mark in history! For their obscure teacher to be capable of creating a cultivation technique… Not to mention, such an advanced one, are you for real?
“You can say so!”
The Library of Heaven’s Path could not be explained, and these books came out of nowhere. Thus, it didn’t matter whether Zhang Xuan said if he was the one who created them or not. Thinking nothing about it, he casually nodded his head.
“Incredible…”
“White Jade Pure Maiden Skill, this skill was created by a Fighter 8-dan Zongshi realm expert in our family. For teacher to be able to create a cultivation technique of much higher tier than this so easily, exactly how strong is he?”
…
Seeing him admit to it, the five students found themselves on the verge of going insane.
Since the inception of Hongtian Academy, there had been less than a few who had successfully created a cultivation technique throughout its century of history. Every single one of them was reputable and influential figures. Yet, their own teacher was capable of the very same feat as well. They found themselves giddy-headed from the reverence they were feeling towards him.
[Furthermore… The most important of all, what did Zhang laoshi just say?
He said that ‘If you find it difficult to refer to it like that, you can name it as you like’…
The heck!]
Every master went through a lot just to create their own cultivation technique. Thus, they viewed it as their treasure and only passed it down to their main disciples!
Yet, after creating a cultivation technique, not only did this Zhang laoshi freely gift it to others, he was even lazy to name them, allowing his students to name them as they pleased…
One must know that the future generations tend to only remember the one who named the skill, rather than the creator himself.
[Such an opportunity to leave his mark in history, but he wasn’t bothered by it in the least…
Isn’t he way too indifferent to material successes? One’s conduct can’t get any nobler than that!
No wonder Zhang laoshi still remains an obscure figure despite being so capable, even carrying the notoriety as the worst teacher in the academy. To think that he would be such a noble person, a person who views fame as dirt…]
“Zhang laoshi…”
Upon thinking about these, the eyes of the five students reddened. They were so moved that they were on the verge of bursting into tears.
“What’s wrong with you all?”
Seeing his students who were still acting normally a moment ago suddenly staring at him with reddened eyes, Zhang Xuan was confused.
[These students, could they have… gone mad at the same time?]
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