Effortlessly Reading It Through

After lighting up [Mind Enlightenment], Li Yuan felt that his mind had become clearer when he looked at this mysterious ability of his.

This was clearly a Talent Tree.

Lighting up a box meant lighting up a Talent for himself!

Li Yuan suddenly opened his eyes.

He pulled a booklet from beneath his desk.

It had been written by the Grandmaster Fang Jianxian and focused on analyzing "Cloud Extreme Fist."

Many people had encountered the martial skill known as "Cloud Extreme Fist," but few could even get started with it, let alone martial artists capable of using it in real combat.

The outside world judged this technique as easy to read superficially but extremely difficult to understand fully.

Li Yuan's comprehension had not been bad to begin with, and he had been able to get started with "Cloud Extreme Fist."

But after he began working, he no longer had as much energy to devote to his own cultivation.

"Cloud Extreme Fist" was truly difficult. When Li Yuan had read this analysis in the past, he needed an entire day to carefully ponder a single page.

But now, Li Yuan read through this booklet of analysis with remarkable ease.

That sluggish, stumbling state had completely vanished.

The explanations given by the Grandmaster had clearly felt obscure when he read them before.

Yet now, he only felt that the Grandmaster's analysis was precise and clear.

Closing the book, Li Yuan felt as though even his eyes had brightened.

This Talent was even more powerful than he had expected!

After hesitating for a moment, Li Yuan closed his eyes again, his consciousness sinking into the Light Screen in his mind.

Li Yuan had already clearly experienced the power of the Talent he had obtained.

If he gained another Talent Point, his path of cultivation would become even smoother.

Although he could not see the effects of the other Talents, the first one had already helped him so much. How bad could the others be?

He looked at the experience bar beneath the Light Screen: [186/200].

He was fourteen Experience Points away from gaining another Talent Point.

With that thought, Li Yuan got up and searched around the school for Light Points.

The scattered Light Points were mostly found in the Practice Rooms.

Just as he rose, Li Yuan discovered a Light Point right beside him.

Picked up: [Experience +3]

Looking at the Experience Points he had gained, Li Yuan guessed where these Light Points came from.

He had just been studying the booklet here and had gained some insights.

This Light Point had dropped there because of that...

That seemed to explain why Light Points often dropped in the Practice Rooms.

Whenever students improved through cultivation and gained insight, Light Points would drop.

If the insight was shallow, the Light Point would add one Experience Point.

For deeper insights, it could even add three or four Experience Points.

Over the next half hour, Li Yuan made a round of all the Practice Rooms in the school.

He picked up seven Light Points in total and gained ten Experience Points.

There were so many students, yet he had only picked up this many Light Points.

One reason was that Li Yuan had previously picked them up whenever he saw them.

The other was that most students simply did not train diligently.

Closing his eyes and checking the Light Screen again, he saw the Experience Points at the bottom: [196/200].

He was still four Experience Points short. If he went back and studied cultivation techniques for a while, the Experience Points he dropped himself should be enough.

He returned to his office, packed up, and prepared to head back to his residence.

At that moment, Li Yuan was completely different from before, brimming with energy and spirit.

With the two days of weekend rest ahead of him, he had plenty of time to properly test out his newly acquired Talent.

He boarded the bus home and set off.

The school was somewhat far from the place he rented. His income was limited, so he saved on rent whenever he could.

The city required order. Aside from certain specially authorized martial artists, the use of movement techniques and lightness skills was prohibited.

Vehicles naturally became the most common means of transportation.

Besides, riding was easier. Running around on his own would always consume some stamina.

He found a window seat and looked outside, just in time to see Director Ma and Principal Yin walk out through the school gate.

At the same time, the principal's driver arrived in a car, and the two got into the Private Car.

"A teacher with no sense of the bigger picture who only cares about personal gain—Tingde, you should have singled him out long ago.

"Luckily, it was only the Weekly Meeting, and no outside leaders were present.

"Otherwise, we would have been utterly humiliated."

Seated in the car, Principal Yin was still complaining about the matter.

Director Ma, beside him, repeatedly nodded and admitted that he had not managed things properly.

"For teachers with poor character and little Talent potential, we can try dismissing them.

"Under the regulations, the school may dismiss a teacher rated D Grade."

Principal Yin's words surprised even Director Ma. The principal was even angrier than he had expected.

Not only did he not want Li Yuan to participate in the Youth Martial Tournament, he wanted to dismiss him as well...

"Principal, it may be difficult to give Li Yuan a D Grade.

"There truly is nothing to criticize about his work..."

Director Ma replied hesitantly.

In the school's ratings, D Grade represented violations or major errors at work.

But Li Yuan was more conscientious in his work than most teachers.

Giving him a D Grade would be far too forced.

"Then give him a C Rating. If he receives a C Rating for two consecutive years, he can also be dismissed.

"If he thinks we school leaders have treated him unfairly, then he need not remain at Lingshan No.1 High School."

A C Rating meant that one's teaching ability did not meet the requirements and that one could not handle the current teaching needs.

Giving Li Yuan a C Rating would also require some assessment results as proof.

But it was much easier than giving him a D Grade.

Receiving a C Rating would cause his income subsidies to plummet, and two consecutive C Ratings would allow them to dismiss him directly.

Being dismissed over a C Rating would also greatly affect his future job prospects.

Director Ma's expression turned somewhat unpleasant.

After thinking it over, he finally nodded. "There's an Open Class next week. I'll arrange for Li Yuan to teach it, and we'll include it in his evaluation file."

To give a teacher a C Rating, they needed to produce a reason.

The school was not the principal's private property; he had to follow the rules as well.

But there was room to maneuver within those rules.

They could suddenly increase the difficulty during an assessment, or make last-minute arrangements that caused a teacher to make mistakes publicly.

Then, with a poor evaluation result in hand, they would have a reason to give Li Yuan a low rating.

An hour later, Li Yuan had arrived at the residential complex he rented in.

He bought some food downstairs for dinner that day.

Whenever Li Yuan returned home in the past, he always felt an indescribable exhaustion throughout his body.

He did not want to do anything, only lie down and rest.

But today, Li Yuan did not feel tired at all. Instead, he felt full of strength.

This was the power of hope.

Li Yuan was now very confident about the path he would take in the future.

Qualification for the Youth Martial Tournament would be decided through a match.

Principal Yin's arrangement could be said to completely favor Jin Fan.

Teacher Jin Fan had only been at Lingshan Martial Arts No.1 High School for a year, but during that year, he had participated in nearly every training opportunity, selection, and competition.

He had indeed achieved impressive results.

In Lingshan City, he had even earned a title: the number one young martial artist.

No one in his age group could compare to him.

Even the city's education seminars invited him as a guest lecturer.

But Li Yuan did not understand. Why should the qualification he had fought so hard to earn be given to him?

So what if he was outstanding? Why should I help him earn a spot in the Youth Martial Tournament?

No matter what, he had to fight for it this time.

He was already thirty. If he did not wake up now, it really would be too late.

After quickly finishing the dinner he had bought, Li Yuan continued his cultivation.

Li Yuan's Talents were not bad. They could even be called excellent.

He had advanced to Fourth Grade at twenty-one and had attracted a great deal of attention then.

But after he began working, Li Yuan had spent vast amounts of energy on his job. As a teacher, he did not want to let his students down.

During the years when Martial Dao cultivation progressed the fastest, he had squandered some of them.

Fortunately, he had obtained this mysterious ability. The Talent Tree in his Sea of Consciousness could help him catch up.