Song Ming had originally thought there were only two errors in the details,
so after Fang Chen pointed them out twice, Song Ming thought that would be the end of it.
Wanting everyone to know that he had noticed them too, Song Ming immediately announced loudly to everyone,
"Let's end the corrections here. Junior Brother Fang, don't waste everyone's time anymore!"
Song Ming had thought Fang Chen would listen to him and stop there,
allowing him to show off while also stepping on Fang Chen a little.
But now,
Fang Chen had chosen to slap him hard across the face!
Because there were three errors, not just two!
If Song Ming had kept quiet, no one would have known that he had only spotted two!
They might even have assumed that Song Ming, like Fang Chen, had seen all the errors.
But Song Ming just had to grandstand,
and the things he said had even been brimming with confidence and pride...
Now look what had happened.
The many disciples watching now all knew exactly how capable Song Ming was.
When it came to instructing others, he was utterly inferior to Fang Chen!
The words Song Ming had just spoken now seemed laughably ridiculous,
causing his standing in the disciples' eyes to drop several notches.
With Song Ming as a foil,
everyone finally understood just how thorough Fang Chen's comprehension of the Tiger Subduing Fist was!
Perhaps in this martial arts academy, only Master Hong was more formidable than Fang Chen!
Of course,
Fang Chen's guidance was limited to content from the First Realm and below.
For the Skin and Muscle Realm and Sinew and Bone Realm content, the disciples still had to ask Song Ming.
But regardless,
even though Song Ming stood at the height of Second Realm martial arts, when it came to guiding others into the basics, Fang Chen was still one step better!
Thus, the onlookers did not hold back their astonished exclamations.
"Too incredible! Junior Brother Fang's ability to instruct is actually higher than Senior Brother Song's!"
"Keep your voice down, or Senior Brother Song might not instruct you in the future."
"Ah, I thought what happened before wouldn't happen again, but Junior Brother Fang has once more exceeded everyone's expectations. Truly astonishing!"
"Junior Brother Fang really can't be judged by ordinary standards!"
At that moment,
some of the newer disciples also stared at Fang Chen with blazing eyes.
A thought surfaced in all their minds:
If Senior Brother Fang instructed me, wouldn't I be able to master the basics very soon?!
Once such a thought appeared, it could no longer be stopped.
The new disciples quickly realized just how important Fang Chen was!
Training under Fang Chen's guidance was countless times better than blindly practicing on their own!
The new disciples began secretly racking their brains, wondering how they could make Fang Chen willing to instruct them.
However, there were also some new disciples who refused to submit to Fang Chen.
Song Ya was one of them.
Her natural bone structure was superior, and she looked down on a lowborn nobody like Fang Chen, whose bone structure was merely mediocre at best.
Song Ya's arrogance, born of a great family, would never allow someone like him to instruct her.
In Song Ya's eyes, the only person in the martial arts academy worthy of her admiration was her cousin, Song Ming.
Although Song Ming had just made a fool of himself, that did not stop Song Ya from continuing to worship her cousin.
Prejudice made people lose the ability to think normally.
What Song Ya did not understand was that
even if she truly wanted Fang Chen's instruction, Fang Chen would not give her the time of day.
There was no other reason—he simply disliked Song Ming.
Moreover, Fang Chen was already busy enough. He did not have so much time to instruct other people for free.
At that moment,
Fang Chen glanced around and finally found Wang Yanshan in a corner.
Fang Chen strode over to him, stopped in front of him, and said with a mocking smile,
"Why are you hiding here? Weren't you hopping around quite merrily just now?"
"Where's my silver? Don't tell me again that you didn't bring it, like last time. If you really didn't bring it, I'll have to double it again!"
Hearing that Fang Chen wanted to double it again, Wang Yanshan hurriedly said,
"I brought it, I brought it! I have a hundred taels' worth of silver notes here. Take them!"
As he spoke, Wang Yanshan pulled a hundred taels' worth of silver notes from his robes and handed them to Fang Chen.
Seeing Fang Chen take the silver notes,
Wang Yanshan immediately fled in disgrace, returning to his own place before anyone could react.
There was nothing he could do. Wang Yanshan felt that he had truly lost face this time!
Having been humiliated twice in a row, Wang Yanshan felt that everyone's gazes had somehow become piercing.
He had once loved basking in the attention of crowds, but now he could only flee like a rat!
Such a tremendous reversal left the disciples sighing with emotion.
"I never thought Senior Brother Wang would lose again. It's truly unbelievable."
"Last time it was a major medicinal supplement; this time it's a hundred taels of silver. Senior Brother Wang really got cleaned out!"
"It couldn't be helped. If I were Senior Brother Wang, I probably would have agreed to the match too."
"The main thing is that no one expected Junior Brother Fang to have such skill at giving guidance. Perhaps this is what true martial comprehension is."
Fang Chen stuffed the silver directly into his robes and smiled at everyone.
"Everyone, disperse. It's over!"
Hearing this,
the disciples slowly left, still unsatisfied.
Before leaving, some senior brothers even cupped their fists toward Fang Chen.
"Junior Brother, you're truly astonishing. We should exchange pointers more often if we get the chance."
Fang Chen returned every friendly gesture with a smile.
As Fang Chen revealed more and more of his extraordinary abilities, such goodwill would naturally grow as well.
The situation now was completely different from when he had first entered the academy.
From being ignored at the beginning to having more and more people show him goodwill, the change was truly enormous!
The fundamental reason for this difference was the change in, and display of, his own strength.
That was why practicing martial arts was the most important thing!
Just as Fang Chen was about to take a major medicinal supplement and continue grinding his proficiency,
he suddenly discovered that a group of disciples was still standing in front of him.
Fang Chen carefully examined the disciples before him.
They were all new disciples who had recently entered the academy. Apart from Luo Shuiling, none of them seemed to have mastered the basics yet.
When Luo Shuiling noticed Fang Chen's gaze sweep over them,
she stepped forward first and asked, "Senior Brother Fang, we all want your guidance."
"But we also know that you must be very busy, and we can't take up too much of your time."
"So we wanted to ask: if we want your guidance, what would we need to give you?"
After speaking, Luo Shuiling subtly lifted the two full, rounded mounds before her, as if hinting at something.
The other new disciples behind her also nodded, their eyes blazing as they looked at Fang Chen.
Fang Chen had not expected to become so popular all of a sudden.
Although it was perfectly normal for a senior brother to answer his junior brothers' and sisters' questions,
there were too many of them for him to instruct one by one.
It would simply take up far too much of his time.
But Luo Shuiling's proposal was not bad. It held a certain temptation for Fang Chen.
At present,
what Fang Chen lacked most was actually silver.
Although he now had enough of all the essentials for martial training, such as major medicinal supplements, Qi and Blood Pills, and Qi Supplementing Powder,
and although he held an honorary position in the Three Rivers Gang that provided him with a monthly allowance,
Fang Chen still felt that he did not have enough silver.
First, he wanted to buy a large residence for his family and move them to a different environment.
The area where they lived now was simply too unsafe. People vanished for no apparent reason.
Who knew what undercurrents were churning behind the scenes? It would be better to leave sooner rather than later.
Second, if he needed to buy weapons or other things in the future, he wanted to be able to pay for them himself instead of troubling Zhou Hai again.
Both matters were actually trivial for Zhou Hai.
But Fang Chen did not want to keep troubling him.
No matter how good a friend was, one could not keep imposing on him like that. Fang Chen himself would feel guilty about it.
So it was better to have more silver in his own pocket.
Thus, under the expectant gazes of the many new disciples, Fang Chen said,
"Silver. Whoever offers the most silver, I'll instruct them—but only one person."
Although instructing others could also earn him proficiency, it was not as effective as practicing himself.
Therefore, Fang Chen only intended to instruct one person.
When they heard that Fang Chen would only choose one person, the wealthy young disciples grew anxious!
After all, Hong Decheng was far too lazy. If they wanted to advance quickly, they could only seek someone like Fang Chen, who had such a high level of instructional ability!
The disciples exchanged glances, their hearts filled with the determination to win.
After all, the one thing their families had no shortage of was silver!
Thus, under Fang Chen's astonished gaze, they began competing to "name their price"!
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