The Treatment of a Special Appointed Teacher

Inside the director's office.

Yuan Tianhe sat down and let out a long breath.

"The next hunting team will head out in a week. Leave your number, and we'll contact you beforehand," Yuan Tianhe said directly.

"A week from now?" Jiang Li had thought he could immediately leave the city to hunt exotic beasts. He hadn't expected to wait another week.

"Of course. Leaving the city to hunt also requires planning." Yuan Tianhe did not elaborate, instead saying with a grave expression, "Also, if you want to leave the city and hunt exotic beasts under the name of Heavenly River Martial Arts Hall, then you may need to join Heavenly River Martial Arts Hall."

Here it comes!

Jiang Li had naturally expected this, but before he could speak, Yuan Tianhe's next words left him stunned.

"Heavenly River Martial Arts Hall has indeed been short-handed lately. And with your strength, coming here as a student would be keeping far too low a profile."

"How about this? Come to Heavenly River Martial Arts Hall as an honorary instructor. You only need to hold the title."

"Heavenly River Martial Arts Hall will pay you thirty thousand a month, ten eighth-grade Qi and Blood Pills, as well as the qualification to purchase cultivation techniques and martial arts at a discount."

Jiang Li froze, looking at Yuan Tianhe in shock.

Only those who had worked knew just how generous Yuan Tianhe's offer was.

Thirty thousand?

And as an honorary instructor!?

"What? Not satisfied?" Yuan Tianhe's brows furrowed slightly.

"Ah!" Jiang Li came back to himself. Though he was already overjoyed inside, his expression remained calm.

He knew full well that all of this rested on the foundation of his strength.

"It'll do. It'd be even better if you could add a weapon that suits my hand." Jiang Li smiled. "After all, I'll soon be leaving the city to hunt exotic beasts, and I really don't have a suitable weapon in hand."

Yuan Tianhe had thought Jiang Li would make some major demand. Hearing this, he could not help letting out a long breath.

"A weapon is easy. How about this? I'll personally take you to Heavenly River Martial Arts Hall's armory and let you choose one."

Yuan Tianhe was equally overjoyed. Thirty thousand a month and ten Qi and Blood Pills were enough to get a future Beihe City martial exam top scholar—even a Jiang Province Top Scholar—to lend his name to the hall. Heavenly River Martial Arts Hall had struck gold.

Forget one weapon. As long as Jiang Li did not go too far, he could accept it.

Jiang Li vaguely sensed Yuan Tianhe's delight as well and felt that perhaps he had asked for too little.

But on second thought, it did not matter.

To him right now, lifespan was what mattered most.

Qi and Blood Pills, money—once his strength reached a certain level, people would offer them up with both hands without him even needing to ask.

Inside the armory, axes, polearms, sabers, forks, blades, spears, staves... weapon after weapon filled the vast warehouse.

Jiang Li picked through them here and examined them there, but none truly satisfied him.

"There aren't many eighth-grade weapons. The good ones are inside!" Yuan Tianhe said with a faint smile, unconcerned.

He opened a hidden chamber at the rear of the warehouse. Inside were roughly a hundred weapons of extraordinary material, each seemingly forged from special materials.

Jiang Li selected from among thirteen saber-type weapons, giving them slight swings. Some were too light, some too large; none felt quite right in his hand.

"Seventh-grade weapons are already very rare. Even within Heavenly River Martial Arts Hall, they sell for over a million." Yuan Tianhe knew Jiang Li's true results, so he was not surprised. He directly turned a mechanism in the hidden chamber.

A wall slowly sank down, revealing ten weapons behind it.

Among them were two treasured sabers. One was a dark bluish-black horizontal saber.

The other was a Ring-pommel Great Saber.

Jiang Li tried both blades in hand. In the end, he chose the horizontal saber.

The Swift Wind Thunderous Charge Saber focused primarily on speed, and the Phantom Shadow Maze Steps were more agile as well. The Ring-pommel Great Saber was too heavy and too large, unsuitable for him to wield.

Especially when hunting exotic beasts in the wilderness, eighth- and ninth-grade exotic beasts often lived in groups. The great saber had formidable killing power, but it was somewhat too cumbersome.

"You've taken a liking to this Black Horizontal Saber?" Yuan Tianhe smiled. "The Black Horizontal Saber was personally forged by Jiang Province's master weapon smith, Elder He Qingyang. Its current price is around 1.86 million."

"If you want it, I'll take a big loss and cut the price in half. You only need to pay nine hundred thousand."

Jiang Li gripped the saber and swung it several more times before making up his mind.

"Alright, this one!"

Yuan Tianhe smiled and took out a scabbard, handing it to Jiang Li.

After that, he signed the honorary instructor contract with Jiang Li. Once everything was settled, Yuan Tianhe gathered all the hall's instructors and employees again and personally made the announcement.

Everyone who heard the news was stunned. They had thought that after Jiang Li beat up the students and Zhao Ping, the director would never let him off.

Who would have thought that Jiang Li would leap straight into becoming an honorary instructor of Heavenly River Martial Arts Hall?

One had to know that honorary instructor was a title-bearing position, one that even they envied.

Several instructors seemed to want to speak but held back. Yet knowing Yuan Tianhe must have deeper reasons for doing this, they could not help secretly speculating about Jiang Li's background.

Only after everyone had dispersed did Jiang Li walk into the hall, looking at Jiang Qi and Yuan Kexin, who were still waiting for him.

The moment Yuan Kexin saw Jiang Li, she immediately felt as though an oppressive force was bearing down on her.

"Hello, Brother Jiang Li. Goodbye, Brother Jiang Li!"

She fled as if escaping. Whenever she stood before Jiang Li, his test results immediately surfaced in her mind.

Like a small mountain, they weighed heavily on her heart.

"Brother!"

Seeing that Jiang Li was completely unharmed, Jiang Qi could not help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"Let's go!"

Jiang Li smiled faintly and left Heavenly River Martial Arts Hall with Jiang Qi.

"Brother, there's eight thousand in this card. It's not much, but take it." Outside the martial arts hall, Jiang Qi quietly handed him a bank card.

If it had been the Jiang Li from before, he would definitely have accepted it with great delight.

But Jiang Li merely laughed. "No need. Your brother isn't short of money now."

Jiang Qi froze, disbelief showing on her face.

On the street, Jiang Qi fell silent for a moment before asking cautiously.

"Then, Brother, when are you going home?"

Home?

Jiang Li looked at the endless traffic. Though he possessed memories of familial affection, they were not truly his own parents and family, after all.

As for that father he had, by all accounts, never met, he did not know how to face him either.

"After a while. The martial arts exam is coming up soon, so I need to focus on training."

Jiang Li smiled, hailed a cab for Jiang Qi, and waved goodbye.

Afterward, Jiang Li returned to Seventeenth High School.

"What? An honorary teacher?" Hearing Jiang Li's reply, Yun Fei shook her head and laughed. "That old fox Yuan Tianhe."

She did not think much of it. In her eyes, only a few days had passed since Jiang Li's last martial arts test—how much could he possibly have improved?

"By the way, Teacher, I want to know how I can stimulate the Blood Qi hidden within my body."

Jiang Li raised this question. Although his Blood Qi Value had increased, it was still not enough for eighth-rank completion.

If he wanted to break through to the seventh rank, his Blood Qi Value had to at least reach the baseline for a breakthrough.

Yuan Tianhe had said that the Blood Qi cultivated through martial arts techniques was all hidden within his body. If he could stimulate it early, he might break through to the seventh rank before the martial arts exam.

"Stimulate the Blood Qi within your body?" Yun Fei was taken aback. Then, the look she gave Jiang Li became somewhat strange.

"I do happen to know a place you can go, but it costs quite a bit." Yun Fei said with a smile in her eyes.

"Oh? Where?" Jiang Li's eyes lit up.

"I'll send you the address." Yun Fei's smile seemed a little ill-intentioned.

Very soon, a message came through on Jiang Li's phone.

Jiang Li glanced at it, and his expression could not help turning a little strange as well.

Four words stood prominently in the address.

'Golden Foot Celestial Phenomenon'