After the academy reopened, Guan Tong's life settled into a steady routine.
He had to teach three classes every day, each lasting around an hour, and the overall workload was not particularly intense.
Aside from the three fixed hours of classes, he needed to spend another one or two hours handling miscellaneous matters and answering students' questions. In total, he spent about five hours at the academy each day.
This was acceptable to him, and judging by the students' feedback, his effectiveness as a new teacher was fairly good.
On the Ascendant's Home forum, a student had specifically created a thread titled Students Taking Mind Power Circulation, Come In, where many students had left comments.
"This Acting Lecturer is pretty good! Everything he teaches is practical, without any flashy nonsense."
"Lecturer Guan Tong is fine aside from being a little cold."
"By the way, what do you think his relationship with Lecturer Jingyi is? I know Lecturer Jingyi used to be at a martial arts school. Could they be senior and junior disciples?"
"Teacher Guan is amazing. Yesterday, he pointed out the answer to something that had been bothering me for days with just one sentence. I think his understanding of Mind Power Circulation might not be beneath Lecturer Jingyi's at all!"
"You're all focused on the new lecturer? Am I the only one more interested in that girl from Xisiya? Does anyone know anything about her?"
"I still prefer Lecturer Jingyi. She's way more approachable than Guan Tong!"
Guan Tong noticed that no one in the thread criticized his teaching ability. Most of their complaints focused on him being "cold," "quiet," and "not easygoing or friendly enough."
He personally felt he was doing alright. Although he was not the kind of considerate teacher who always wore a smile, he