Everything Can Be

"First of all, as your teacher, I want to apologize to you all. It is true that I was the one who spoke inappropriately first. I have been accustomed to this teaching style for many years, and it was not intentional. I will certainly correct my teaching methods in the future and teach according to each student's individual needs."

Zhou Yi continued, "At the same time, I would also like to thank teacher Naiya. I am grateful to him for reminding me and making me realize my mistakes. Every student is an individual with independent thoughts and their own unique personality..."

Zhou Yi spoke at length, and it must be said that her eloquence was truly impressive; she didn't pause even once throughout her long speech.

"I will reflect on my mistakes and strive to improve alongside all of you."

After finishing, Zhou Yi bowed deeply once more to the one hundred students in the classroom.

Seeing this, the other teachers finally breathed a sigh of relief, assuming the matter had reached a perfect conclusion, and left one after another.

However, aside from the Inverted Clone of Xia Linyuan standing to the side, no one saw the look of resentment on Zhou Yi's face as she bowed, nor the unknown light flickering in the corner of her eyes.

Xia Linyuan just watched her coldly, remaining calm and composed.

Having suffered such a significant loss, anyone else might have learned to behave, but this woman—did she still want to stir up trouble?

He had intended to leave things be as long as she didn't continue her antics, but if she insisted on causing trouble, then they would just have to see who could outplay whom.

After apologizing, Zhou Yi did not demand that the students of Freshman Class One go run at Shrek Plaza, fearing it would provoke further defiance from the young boys and girls, and instead began the theory lesson.

Xia Linyuan was happy to slack off at the back of the classroom.

"Huo Yuhao, stand up."

"Teacher Zhou." Huo Yuhao stood up quickly.

"State your spirit power level."

"My spirit power is level eleven." Despite his pathetic level eleven spirit power, Huo Yuhao was not the least bit timid, nor did he feel inferior because of it.

Although it was not as high as others, he was certain that with the help of Brother Tianmeng and his own efforts, which were ten times that of others, he would surely make a name for himself.

Hearing that Huo Yuhao only had level eleven spirit power, Wang Dong covered her handsome face in shame.

How embarrassing! It was so embarrassing! She had actually lost to a guy with only level eleven spirit power! It was truly humiliating!

"Perhaps you are wondering, didn't our academy's admission criteria require students to be under twelve years old with spirit power above level fifteen? How did Huo Yuhao pass the assessment to enter the academy with only level eleven? I will only say this once: he is a specially invited student of the academy and did not need to undergo the assessment upon entry."

"Alright, Huo Yuhao, sit down."

Zhou Yi turned and wrote the words "Attack" and "Defense" on the blackboard. "In this first lesson today, I will teach you about the ways of attack and defense for a Spirit Master."

"Since ancient times, our Spirit Masters have been divided into many factions, whether based on Martial Soul or team combat. Some pursue the extreme, while others seek balance."

"Xia Linyuan, you answer this: among the various factions of Spirit Masters, who is more inclined toward offense, and who is more inclined toward defense and support?"

She had intended to use the running assessment to intimidate this group of students, but who would have thought that the previous incident would occur? Having failed to show off and instead being forced to apologize to the students, how could she not seize this opportunity to re-establish her authority?

In her view, Xia Linyuan, who had the highest spirit power level, was the best candidate to make an example of, but Xia Linyuan would not indulge her unreasonable behavior just because she was a teacher.

Hearing Zhou Yi call his name, Xia Linyuan raised his gaze to the podium and stood up, saying calmly, "Teacher Zhou, I don't know why you are asking me a false proposition, but I can tell you clearly that whether before or after the collision between the Sun Moon Continent and the Douluo Continent, everything can be inclined toward offense, and everything can be inclined toward defense and support."

Zhou Yi frowned. "Are you serious with that answer?"

"It has nothing to do with being serious; that is my answer."

"You are half right, but only half. The other half goes against the experience that predecessors in the spirit master world have verified with their lives for tens of thousands of years. This is rebellious!" Zhou Yi sounded somewhat stern.

Xia Linyuan was not afraid at all and said, "Teacher Zhou, I said it before: the question you asked me is a false proposition."

"In this era where Soul Guidance Devices are highly developed, the status quo and cultivation direction of Spirit Masters have long been blurred. It is no longer possible to judge what cultivation direction a Spirit Master is suited for based on the characteristics of their Martial Soul. As long as one has the corresponding Soul Guidance Device in hand, any Spirit Master can become a Spirit Master of any faction."

"And four thousand years ago, or even longer, the manufacturing methods for Soul Guidance Devices were lost on the Douluo Continent. But without Soul Guidance Devices, were there no other external objects similar to them? For example, the hidden weapons and poisons of the Tang Sect."

"It cannot be denied that there are still certain differences between the two. For instance, the Zhuge Divine Crossbow; the Zhuge Divine Crossbow can exert its effect in the hands of an ordinary person, but Soul Guidance Devices cannot yet do that. The more powerful the Soul Guidance Device, the more it requires a powerful Spirit Master to control it."

"You say that Soul Guidance Devices have developed to the point where they can threaten high-level Spirit Masters, but haven't the hidden weapons of the Tang Sect also had weapons capable of threatening high-level Spirit Masters? It's just that hidden weapons capable of threatening high-level Spirit Masters are harder to produce than equivalent Soul Guidance Devices."

"Except for some Martial Souls with special restrictions, most Martial Souls can selectively absorb Spirit Rings to choose a cultivation direction. But as long as one finds a way to break through the limitations, everything can be inclined toward offense, and everything can be inclined toward defense and support. I won't waste time listing more examples."

"I wonder if, with this explanation, Teacher Zhou still thinks I am being rebellious? If you still need me to provide examples for verification, as long as you don't think it will waste your class time, I have no problem with it."

Xia Linyuan's shocking remarks left Zhou Yi speechless.

She had actually forgotten about the existence of Tang Sect hidden weapons.

In the end, was she the clown all along?

"You may sit down." After a long while, Zhou Yi finally managed to squeeze out these words with great difficulty.

This left her extremely depressed. Why didn't this Xia Linyuan play by the rules?

The Tang Sect had long since declined to the point where no one mentioned it and it was completely forgotten, yet Xia Linyuan remembered it so clearly.

Seeing Zhou Yi's frustrated expression, the students below secretly felt satisfied, though none of them showed it.

Trying to show off only to run into a hard nut to crack—this was the legendary "getting struck by lightning for trying to act cool."

The class passed quickly.

Although Zhou Yi's teaching methods and behavior were unconventional, it could not be denied that some of her combat theories were quite correct; it was just that her thinking was still stuck on how a single Spirit Master, as a member of the ruling class, could maximize their own strength.