Commendation for Eliminating an S-Class Demonic Beast

What had he just said? He couldn't have heard wrong, could he?!

Teacher Cao stared at the Principal in astonishment, wanting to know whether he had misheard.

The Principal did not even spare Teacher Cao a glance as he continued, "General Pagoda is in my office because Jiang Chen killed an S-Class Demonic Beast."

"Teacher Cao, I told you to bring Jiang Chen to the Principal's office. What were you doing...?"

"I..."

Teacher Cao could not squeeze out a single word for a long while. No matter how he looked at it, this had already gone far beyond his expectations.

No matter what he said now, he was in the wrong!

Seeing Teacher Cao holding his breath like a turtle, the fat boy smugly said, "Teacher Cao, you said it yourself just now. You were going to kneel and apologize to Brother Chen, then acknowledge him as your grandfather!"

"The Principal just said that Brother Chen was the one who killed the S-Class Thousand-Year Demonic Beast. Shouldn't you keep your word now?"

Making him kneel before Jiang Chen and call him grandfather? Impossible!

Teacher Cao clutched tightly at the cloak draped over him and lowered his head without saying a word.

The Principal's beard twitched in displeasure as he demanded, "Teacher Cao, where is your apology?"

"I'm sorry! I shouldn't have falsely accused you!" Teacher Cao's face flushed red as he apologized to Jiang Chen.

They did not need Teacher Cao's apology.

Could one sentence of apology erase all the unfair treatment they had endured over the past three years?

"Do you think saying sorry is enough? Who was the one who said he'd kneel and call him grandfather?" the fat boy said sarcastically.

"Teacher Cao, you'd better keep your word!"

"So many people are watching!!!"

Making him kneel before Jiang Chen was impossible.

Seeing that Teacher Cao refused, Jiang Chen gave a cold laugh and then delivered a heavy blow to Teacher Cao's knee.

With a bang, Teacher Cao lost his balance and fell to his knees.

Then Jiang Chen said calmly, "As a teacher, you should keep your word!"

"You... don't go too far!"

"Too far? When you accused me without bothering to learn the truth and even wanted to throw me out of school, did you ever consider whether you were going too far?"

"Just because I was a poor student and hadn't awakened a supernatural ability, did I deserve your discrimination and unfair treatment?!"

Jiang Chen questioned him again and again, "Why? Am I not your student?"

"As a teacher, shouldn't you educate others and treat every student fairly? In everything you have done to me, where was even the slightest resemblance to a teacher's conduct?"

"Are you worthy of being a teacher?"

Jiang Chen's repeated questions left Teacher Cao speechless.

Seeing that Teacher Cao remained silent for a long time, the Principal spoke. "Teacher Cao, since you refuse to take responsibility for your mistakes, then keep kneeling."

"Water Spirit—Ice Seal!"

"No! Principal, I know I was wrong! Don't seal me in ice!"

Kneeling on the ground and facing Jiang Chen, he hurriedly said, "Grandfather Jiang Chen, I was wrong! I was wrong!"

The Principal glanced at Teacher Cao, who clearly wished he could crawl into a crack in the ground, and said, "Teacher Cao, you should find somewhere to change clothes. Also, what you did today makes me question whether you are capable of being a qualified teacher. A teacher who cannot treat every student fairly is unworthy of serving as an example. The school will punish you for what you did today."

"These words are not only for Teacher Cao, but for every teacher in the academy!"

"Remember this well: becoming a teacher at the Supernatural Ability Academy is not just about your outstanding strength. More importantly, it is about whether your character meets the standard."

"If your virtue does not match your position, then you are unworthy of being a teacher. The Supernatural Ability Academy will not allow such people to become teachers who educate and nurture others."

Teacher Cao felt that his career was over. His punishment would be severe, extremely severe.

What had gotten into his head today? Why had he offended Jiang Chen?

It was useless to regret it now!!!

"As for you three?" The Principal looked at Jiang Chen and the other two. "Come with me!"

Outside the teaching building, Song Yiyi, the Campus Belle, was not only the Campus Belle but also the Principal's granddaughter. After witnessing everything that had just happened, she silently said nothing.

She really wanted to know why her grandfather had summoned Jiang Chen and the other two. With that thought, she turned and hurried toward the Principal's office.

She arrived just in time to see her grandfather and Jiang Chen's group enter.

So she pressed herself against the door and eavesdropped.

Inside the Principal's office.

General Pagoda sat on the office sofa. When he saw Jiang Chen enter, he scrutinized him carefully with his single eye. "You are Jiang Chen!"

"Yes!"

Jiang Chen had only met General Pagoda once and was not familiar with him.

He stood as far away from General Pagoda as possible, wondering why someone of this man's status had come specifically for him when they had nothing to do with one another.

The Principal was clearly filled with respect for General Pagoda. He said to Jiang Chen, "Jiang Chen, I believe you have met before, but let me introduce him again. This is General Pagoda, captain of the Law Enforcement Team."

"The General was the one who asked me to find you. Jiang Chen, you should know that General Pagoda is the only Super S-Class expert in this city."

Jiang Chen had indeed felt that General Pagoda's strength was unfathomable. After all, how could someone weak become captain of the Law Enforcement Team?

In a city of their level, General Pagoda was an immensely influential figure.

No wonder the Principal had treated this meeting so seriously.

But why did General Pagoda want to see him?

They were complete strangers.

General Pagoda said to Jiang Chen, "Jiang Chen, I never expected someone in this city to defeat an S-Class Demonic Beast—and for that person to be so young and so well-connected!"

Jiang Chen looked baffled. He could accept being told that he was strong.

But well-connected? How did he not know that?

"My subordinate told me that the young man behind you came from Dragon Tiger Mountain, and he called you Uncle-Master Jiang."

So that was it.

Jiang Chen explained, "General, I think you have misunderstood something. Zhang Banxian is indeed from Dragon Tiger Mountain, and he calls me Uncle-Master Jiang, but that is only because his master once received a favor from my mother. I personally have nothing to do with Dragon Tiger Mountain."

"Otherwise, I would have grown up on Dragon Tiger Mountain rather than here!"

General Pagoda was somewhat disappointed. If he could establish a connection with Dragon Tiger Mountain, it would be an enormous benefit to him.

But he also understood that even he could not get in contact with Dragon Tiger Mountain, much less Jiang Chen.

With that thought, he did not continue the topic of Dragon Tiger Mountain.

Instead, he said to Jiang Chen, "I came to reward you for eliminating the Demonic Beast."

A reward???

Jiang Chen had not known that eliminating an S-Class Demonic Beast would earn him a reward.

If he had known, he definitely would have claimed it. It was something he deserved.

Thinking this, Jiang Chen asked, "What kind of reward is it?"

"This is the reward money for eliminating an S-Class Demonic Beast: two hundred thousand yuan, along with a medal!"

"Anyone who eliminates an S-Class Demonic Beast will receive a medal as recognition of their strength!"

Jiang Chen readily chose to accept it.

But compared with the medal, what he valued more was the two hundred thousand yuan.

For Jiang Chen, who had always lived in poverty, this was an enormous sum.

With it, he could buy his younger sister a pretty dress, a new schoolbag, and replace their furniture, which had become very old.

Forget it. They should replace everything.

It was not suitable for the two siblings to keep living in that tiny forty-square-meter apartment.

Two hundred thousand yuan was naturally not enough to buy a house, but they could rent a larger place.

While Jiang Chen calculated how to use the two hundred thousand yuan, General Pagoda continued, "Jiang Chen, I have another matter to discuss."

"I hope you can go to the Ten Thousand Monster Forest, find the Demonic Beast's heart, and seal it completely."

"I refuse!"

Without even thinking, Jiang Chen replied, "Everyone knows that the Ten Thousand Monster Forest is Demonic Beast territory. The Demonic Beast's heart is deep within the Ten Thousand Monster Forest, guarded by an S-Class Demonic Beast."

"I do not believe I have the ability to complete such a task unless I can reach your level of strength, General."

"You are right. If I still possessed Super S-Class strength, I would be the right person to go. Unfortunately, my strength has now fallen to A-Class, and I simply cannot deal with an S-Class Demonic Beast."

General Pagoda gave a bitter smile.

If he still had his former strength, why would he need to make this trip himself?

Jiang Chen did not quite understand what General Pagoda meant. At that moment, the Principal explained, "Jiang Chen, General Pagoda suffered severe injuries during the last Ten Thousand Monster Battle. He still has not recovered, and his strength has dropped in rank. He needs two years to recover."

"Then wait until the General's strength recovers before going. The Demonic Beast's heart will remain there anyway. Without S-Class strength, no one can go there at all," Jiang Chen said after thinking it over.

"I'm afraid I can wait, but this city cannot."