Over the next two days, Li Yuan picked up quite a few Light Points whenever he taught the two classes.
Even the other classes began diligently practicing the Sinking Mountain Fist under the influence of Class Nine and Class Fourteen.
Whenever Li Yuan passed by the other classes, he picked up some Light Points.
It seemed that listening to the students' advice had brought him some modest gains as well.
Over those two days of classes, Li Yuan saw Director Ma and the principal coming by to inspect more than once.
It looked like they were trying to catch him making mistakes during class.
But unfortunately for them, Li Yuan had always been serious about teaching.
It would not be so easy to find fault with him.
After inspecting for two days, they stopped coming.
Thursday was the Open Class.
It was not until Wednesday night that Li Yuan received the official notice.
The school assigned the course content for the Open Class.
Li Yuan saw that his assigned lesson was on the Flickering Shadow Steps.
Movement Arts had always been a difficult area in martial arts study.
Much of the time, they could only be understood through intuition and were difficult to put into words.
To explain them clearly to students, one had to understand them extremely thoroughly.
Assigning him this lesson content was meant to get him a low evaluation in the Open Class, wasn't it?
Li Yuan did not complain. He simply took out the Flickering Shadow Steps and studied them again.
After his comprehension had improved, rereading them truly allowed him to see much more.
Li Yuan had always been clear on the key points and difficulties of this Movement Technique.
But this rereading made him understand why the key points mattered and where the difficulties truly lay.
The [Enlightenment to Perfection] talent allowed him to thoroughly understand techniques from their roots.
There would be twenty teachers giving lessons in this Open Class.
That night, Li Yuan received a message from Chen Yong saying that he had been scheduled as the eighth teacher.
The seven teachers before him were all outstanding teachers at Lingshan No.1 High School.
They were planning to compare him with those before and after him, making his poor performance stand out.
After a night passed, Li Yuan arrived at school early as soon as dawn broke.
Over today and tomorrow, twenty teachers would be teaching, so the schedule would be very tight.
The Open Class began at nine in the morning, with forty-five minutes for each teacher.
Li Yuan was eighth in line, so his class would probably not begin until the afternoon.
The First High School students would mainly study on their own today.
Whichever class was selected for the Open Class, the teacher would go teach that class.
At eight thirty, seven Education Department Leaders arrived.
Principal Yin and Director Ma accompanied them personally, along with five senior teachers from the First High School, who would participate in the Open Class evaluations.
At nine, the first teacher officially began his lesson.
The course assigned to him was a step-by-step lesson on a heavy saber technique.
Other than techniques like the Sinking Mountain Fist, teaching specific martial skills was generally not too difficult.
Heavy sabers were especially convenient for demonstration and practice, so this topic was unlikely to receive a poor evaluation.
After thirty minutes of explanation and demonstration, it was time for student questions.
The students' questions were simple and few.
After the students' questions, the questions from the other teachers were the most difficult part of the Open Class.
The questions in this segment were divided into two parts.
First, the senior teachers from Lingshan No.1 High School would ask questions. They were colleagues from the same school, so they would not make things too difficult.
Their questions usually sounded difficult, but in reality, they contained guidance within them.
But the questions from the Education Department Leaders afterward were truly difficult.
Every year during Open Classes, quite a few teachers were left speechless by their questions.
For example, at this moment, this teacher had begun facing questions from the Education Department Leaders.
"Teacher Zheng, you just said during your lesson that the core of this saber technique lies in 'momentum,' using intent to drive the saber's momentum and break the enemy. Since saber momentum moves with intent, shouldn't the core lie in 'intent' instead?"
As soon as the Education Department Leader asked the question, Teacher Zheng visibly became flustered and nervous.
Seeing that Teacher Zheng did not respond for quite some time, the Education Department Leader waved a hand and had the students go to the field to rest and exercise first.
That gesture showed that they were about to offer some criticism.
To preserve the teacher's dignity, they sent the students out before speaking.
Li Yuan stood at the back with the other teachers, listening to the Education Department Leader's criticism.
They said Teacher Zheng's teaching was too rigid.
His own understanding of Basic Techniques was not deep enough.
With such teaching guidance, the students could only imitate what they learned and would never grasp the profound core.
Li Yuan saw the other teachers beside him frowning deeply, afraid that they would be scolded later as well.
Li Yuan, on the other hand, listened attentively.
The Education Department Leaders were highly knowledgeable.
The points they raised were also the areas where Li Yuan felt Teacher Zheng fell short.
Of course, the issues Li Yuan had noticed went beyond just those.
After forty-five minutes, the Open Class was completely over.
Director Ma combined the opinions of the First High School teachers and the department leaders, giving it a B Grade evaluation.
The evaluation score was not the final-term rating, but it was an important reference for it!
Immediately afterward came the second teacher's Open Class.
Her performance was far better than Teacher Zheng's. Though she stammered when facing the department leaders' questions, she still managed to answer them.
In the end, she received an A Minus.
The Open Class continued, and the teachers' performances were generally decent.
They had received their lesson content several days before Li Yuan.
They had made ample preparations in advance, which was why they performed as they did.
At noon, everyone ate simple boxed meals together, then the Open Class continued in the afternoon.
At four ten, it was Li Yuan's turn to teach.
Li Yuan's lesson for the day was the Flickering Shadow Steps, a Movement Art that was somewhat difficult in both understanding and practice.
Many teachers even believed that this set of techniques chose its practitioners.
In other words, many people were destined to be unable to learn the Flickering Shadow Steps.
If it had not chosen them, they could not learn it, no matter how they listened.
But after rereading it, Li Yuan had clarified its most fundamental principles and was confident that he could explain it completely.
As Li Yuan walked onto the podium, the teachers standing at the back wore expressions full of sympathy.
"Other than special requirements, Teacher Li Yuan is the first one assigned to teach a Movement Art class, right..."
"The leaders still remember what he said last Friday..."
"So many senior teachers can't explain it thoroughly. There are questions afterward too. How is he supposed to get through that..."
Several teachers discussed it quietly.
Li Yuan's relationships with others were fairly good. As long as someone's character was not an issue, they actually got along quite well with him.
"I heard the leaders intend to give Teacher Li a C Grade final-term rating. This Open Class will probably get a C first..."
Besides his fellow teachers, even the Education Department Leaders were surprised.
When they normally went out to evaluate martial arts teachers, unless someone was forcibly assigned, no one chose to teach Movement Art techniques.
Sometimes, even when they were requested in advance, teachers found excuses to brush them off.
Yet today, a teacher had actually chosen one voluntarily.
And he was teaching the Flickering Shadow Steps, a relatively difficult topic even among Movement Arts.
They could be slightly more lenient when someone taught more difficult material.
But if there were mistakes in many places and he could not answer the questions, they could not possibly give him a good evaluation even if his answers were wrong.
Under everyone's watchful eyes, Li Yuan began teaching.
Step by step, Li Yuan began with the most fundamental needs of Movement Arts.
Learning Movement Arts could generally be summarized into three uses: basic movement, practical offense and defense, and tactical maneuvering.
When studying Movement Arts, one should also return to these three uses and understand the techniques through their purposes.
At this point, the eyes of several Education Department Leaders lit up.
This way of understanding was novel, and it felt highly practical!
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