A+ Should Be Beyond Dispute, Right?

In the classroom, Li Yuan began with the fundamentals of the Flickering Shadow Steps.

Li Yuan's teaching ability had always been outstanding.

Now that he possessed a deeper understanding of this Movement Art, his explanation naturally became more thorough.

In most people's eyes, the core of the Flickering Shadow Steps was speed.

Once this technique was used, one's figure became impossible to see clearly, leaving only afterimages behind.

Broadly speaking, the core of this lightness skill movement technique was indeed speed.

But its speed did not refer to velocity.

The Flickering Shadow Steps completed four stages within an extremely short span of time: gathering strength, setting direction, bursting forth, and slowing to a stop.

Every step involved carrying out those four stages.

Eliminate unnecessary movements and reduce the waste in transitioning between the four stages.

Once one could achieve that, they had barely begun to grasp the Flickering Shadow Steps.

The atmosphere in the training room was quite good.

The class Li Yuan had been "randomly" assigned to was a poor one.

Yet perhaps because of the reputation he had earned from the Sinking Mountain Fist, the students were unexpectedly attentive during today's lesson.

Li Yuan's analysis allowed even many of the weaker students to understand.

A forty-five-minute class was certainly not enough to cover all the content of the Flickering Shadow Steps.

The leaders who had come to evaluate him knew that as well.

Wherever he reached, that would be enough.

After teaching for forty minutes, Li Yuan left the remaining time for the students' questions.

Much like the situations other teachers had encountered, the students' questions were fairly simple.

The questions from the evaluation panel that followed were the real focus of the Open Class.

Principal Yin looked toward several senior teachers and nodded at them.

He signaled for them to ask their questions according to plan.

"Regarding changes of direction in the Flickering Shadow Steps, Teacher Li, there seemed to be an error in your lesson just now, wasn't there?

A Movement Art always has to deal with complicated environments. It can't rely on lightness skills merely to help someone run in a straight line."

As a senior teacher from the same school, he pointed out Li Yuan's supposed mistake in front of outsiders.

His intent to make things difficult for Li Yuan was far too obvious.

At those words, everyone around them looked at Li Yuan.

It had felt like there was nothing wrong with Li Yuan's explanation just now.

But after hearing this question, they realized the lesson indeed had not provided an answer.

Li Yuan immediately replied, "There was no error. The core of the Flickering Shadow Steps is always the repetition of those four stages.

Forcing the joints to lock, then borrowing force to change direction, is actually an inferior approach."

As he spoke, Li Yuan gave a simple demonstration, and the effect was genuinely impressive.

Several leaders from the education department showed even greater approval on their faces.

Just after Li Yuan finished answering, another senior teacher from Lingshan No.1 High School spoke up with a question.

His question concerned the state of the waist and abdomen when using the Flickering Shadow Steps.

It was an extremely detailed question, something that only needed attention during advanced study and research.

Lingshan No.1 High School was a secondary school, and the students currently being taught were high school children.

This sort of question was more like an examination of a teacher's cultivation foundation than of their teaching ability.

Li Yuan did not avoid the question.

He answered directly, explaining the key points of how to use the waist and abdomen.

The real difficulty here was the transmission of force.

Immediately afterward, the third senior teacher asked a question, and it was another difficult one.

Not only did Li Yuan answer it, he explained it in a manner that was quite easy to understand.

At the back, Principal Yin and Director Ma wore strange expressions, their brows tightly furrowed.

"Leaders, it should be your turn to ask questions next.

There should be plenty of questions you can ask in a class about Movement Arts. Please give us your guidance..."

Director Ma looked toward the leaders from the education department and said with a smile.

Hearing this, the leader seated in the middle smiled and waved his hand.

"There's no need to question Teacher Li.

The questions asked by your First High School teachers were much harder than the ones we prepared.

He answered all three questions fluently, so there is naturally no need to mention simpler questions."

The leader's words left several people from Lingshan No.1 High School somewhat embarrassed.

They had clearly arranged a trap for him, yet it had unexpectedly given Li Yuan an opportunity to shine.

"Let's go, let's go. It's time for the next teacher's class.

There should be no objection to giving Teacher Li an A+, right?

The lightness skill class he chose was already more difficult, yet he taught it so well."

The leader spoke as he rose and headed outside.

Principal Yin and Director Ma followed with forced smiles and awkward laughter.

Logically, they should have been happy that a teacher from their school had performed well, but that teacher was Li Yuan.

With an A+ rating, not only would Li Yuan avoid being fired, he would also receive an additional twenty percent bonus.

Their attempt to use Li Yuan as an example seemed to have failed...

The group continued toward the next classroom.

As they walked, the leader from the education department asked Principal Yin another question.

"Principal Yin, Teacher Li seems rather unfamiliar.

He seems quite capable. Why haven't I seen him attend any city seminars before?"

When Principal Yin was asked that, his mouth hung slightly open, as though he were a little tongue-tied.

Only after his mind turned over the matter did he answer.

"His teaching is fairly decent, but his own cultivation potential is quite ordinary.

First High School has many outstanding teachers. There always has to be an order of priority."

The education department leader smiled and continued teasing him. "Are you afraid someone will poach your talent?"

Those casual words made Principal Yin feel quite uncomfortable.

Today's Open Class continued.

The teachers scheduled after Li Yuan were at a considerable disadvantage.

Li Yuan had chosen the already difficult Flickering Shadow Steps, and he had taught it very well.

The teachers after him had simpler topics, so any poor performance became glaringly obvious by comparison.

After today's Open Class ended, Li Yuan returned home.

A faint smile hung on his face. At least one of his current troubles had been resolved.

Principal Yin would no longer be able to use methods like making things difficult for him or docking his pay.

With a stable salary, he had more confidence to buy nutritional solution.

Over the past few days, Li Yuan had been highly motivated in his cultivation.

Every day of cultivation produced immediate results, and he could see himself improving.

Under such circumstances, cultivating and practicing martial arts naturally filled him with drive.

But the drain on his physical strength and energy was also enormous.

Without the help of nutritional solution, he could not cultivate for too long.

His current basic cultivation method was the most ordinary Zhou Tian Dao Yin Technique.

This basic cultivation method was originally quite slow in consuming physical strength and energy.

But now, Li Yuan had comprehended its deeper core.

When using this cultivation method, a single breath tempered his body several times.

It was far faster than his previous conventional cultivation methods.

His most urgent goal now was to temper his physique to the limit of the Fourth Grade Realm.

The strength of one's physique was generally composed of three parts.

Cells, bones, and fascia.

The Zhou Tian Dao Yin Technique's tempering during cultivation focused primarily on improving the cells.

It did not provide much help to the bones and fascia.

Li Yuan also had a plan in mind.

Given the opportunity, he would look for a more suitable basic cultivation method.

Without any nutritional solution to take today, Li Yuan went to bed early to rest.

When he had time, he also needed to study martial techniques and moves more thoroughly.

His performance in the Open Class could not help him win back his qualification for the Youth Martial Tournament.

He had to win that match against Jin Fan!

Others thought it was impossible, but Li Yuan was confident.

He had already thoroughly learned his current martial techniques. Next, he only needed to practice them until he mastered them completely.

The outcome of this match should then be decided.