Sunday was still a day off.
Although he had already secured a spot in the Youth Martial Tournament, Li Yuan did not start slacking off.
The Youth Martial Tournament would be held at the end of this month.
There were still more than twenty days left, which was not exactly a short amount of time.
But during those twenty-odd days, he would still need to devote time and energy to teaching classes.
The time he could truly devote wholeheartedly to his own cultivation was actually limited.
By now, he had obtained three Talents.
Those three Talents could provide enormous help.
But if he had Talents yet remained lazy and unwilling to cultivate, he would gain no improvement.
Li Yuan's current training was the final preparation for advancing to Fifth Grade.
At the same time, he needed to devote energy to finding cultivation techniques better suited to him.
On Sunday, Li Yuan spent another entire day tempering his body.
On Monday, he still arrived at school early.
Even though the match was over and the Youth Martial Tournament qualification had been decided, Li Yuan did not make any mistakes or give the school leaders an opening.
Trying to make things difficult for him by exploiting such minor details was useless.
Ten minutes before class began, Principal Yin and Director Ma really did come to inspect the teachers' office.
When they saw Li Yuan, disappointment appeared on their faces.
"Triumph" was usually followed by "recklessness."
But Li Yuan was not like that. Even though he had secured a spot in the Youth Martial Tournament, he still did not have even a small issue like being late.
The other teachers in the office now took the initiative to greet Li Yuan.
Li Yuan had never had poor relationships at Lingshan No.1 High School to begin with.
Most teachers had merely treated the fight for the Youth Martial Tournament spot as something entertaining to watch.
And while they watched, they had subconsciously sided with Li Yuan.
Li Yuan was far from the only one hoping the school leadership would suffer a setback.
It was just that many people still wanted to consider the bigger picture and think long-term, so they had to keep their heads down on the surface.
After earning an A+ rating in the Open Class, Li Yuan had confirmed that his job was secure.
At that point, the attitudes of the teachers around him had already begun to change.
After winning Saturday's match, many teachers even felt some admiration for Li Yuan.
Someone who dared to step forward and fight for it, then actually won, truly deserved everyone's respect.
Li Yuan responded to the goodwill of the other teachers with the same courtesy.
He did not act high and mighty just because he had secured a Youth Martial Tournament spot.
Once the clock-in period had passed, anyone arriving afterward was considered late.
Li Yuan glanced over and saw that Yin Yi's seat was empty.
"He took leave. If I were him, I definitely wouldn't be able to come in today either."
Before Li Yuan could ask, a teacher beside him explained with a smile.
Everyone had watched Saturday's match. The person who had lost the most face was not Gu Yu, but Yin Yi.
Before the match, he had been full of confidence, saying all those self-righteous things.
Then Gu Yu, whom he had claimed was far inferior to him, lost to Li Yuan. Yin Yi had been utterly humiliated.
He would surely need a few more days before he dared to force himself back to school.
After handling some miscellaneous matters that morning, Li Yuan continued teaching in the afternoon as usual.
One had to fulfill one's duties while occupying a position, and teaching was still a very special profession.
No matter how uncomfortable Li Yuan felt inside, he would still take teaching seriously.
To Li Yuan, his current teaching assignment was no longer merely a job.
During the teaching process, he could collect Light Points and gain Experience Points.
As time went on, each Talent Point required more and more Experience Points to form.
Relying on himself alone to accumulate Experience Points was far too slow.
At school, there were so many students.
If every one of them dropped a Light Point, the Experience Points he gained would be considerable.
However, there was one thing that puzzled Li Yuan. He had been collecting Light Points for quite some time now.
Yet it felt as though many students had never dropped Light Points at all.
Class Nine and Class Fourteen, which Li Yuan taught, were better. After every lesson, those two classes would always drop quite a few Light Points.
As for the other Parallel Classes, whenever Li Yuan passed by their Practice Rooms, there were often only a few Light Points.
With so many students, did they truly not gain even the slightest insight?
Li Yuan knew his abilities were limited, and he did not have the energy to teach more students.
Besides, he did not want to stir up more trouble right now. He only wanted to steady himself and prepare for the Youth Martial Tournament.
Today was Class Nine's lesson, and Li Yuan entered the Practice Room.
He saw that the Class Nine students were standing exceptionally straight as they greeted him, "Hello, Teacher."
Li Yuan was briefly stunned by their behavior, then smiled and told them to sit down.
Whether a teacher was respected by middle school students depended only slightly on teaching ability.
A teacher's personal honors and their own strength were both extremely important factors.
Jin Fan was actually quite casual when he taught.
He simply explained things according to his own understanding, finishing however he pleased.
He carried a contemptuous arrogance toward middle school material.
Yet despite that teaching attitude, quite a few students said he taught well.
Even students' parents spread word outside school about the high quality of his teaching.
At its core, Jin Fan's reputation for personal strength prevented people from seeing the true quality of his instruction.
When students failed to understand Jin Fan's lessons, they could only blame themselves for being incapable.
But in the classes of a teacher like Li Yuan, who lacked prestige, they dared to speak up when they did not understand.
At that point, most students' parents would not blame themselves either.
Only when facing ordinary teachers would they dare say that insufficient teaching quality had caused the students to fail to understand.
The two lessons went smoothly, and the Class Nine students listened very attentively.
In Parallel Classes, the students near the bottom of the rankings were generally just wasting their days.
In the past, teachers had only one requirement for them: do not disturb the others.
Ever since Li Yuan began teaching Sinking Mountain Fist, many students with average grades had started listening during his classes.
After experiencing Saturday's match, they were no longer merely listening—they were paying close attention.
Competitions between school teachers were not uncommon at various schools.
But when schools held such matches, students were forbidden from watching.
No matter which teacher lost, it would not look good.
Saturday's match had been an exception.
The school leaders had wanted to use the opportunity to embarrass Li Yuan.
They wanted him to lose the match miserably and disgracefully in front of the students, so ashamed that he could not hold his head up.
Unexpectedly, that arrangement had instead benefited Li Yuan.
There was no need for anyone else to spread the word. Most students had witnessed Li Yuan's performance firsthand.
Although he had not defeated Jin Fan, Gu Yu was also a well-known figure.
The finest top scorer in fifty years, a Grandmaster's disciple.
With those two titles attached to him, losing a match to Li Yuan naturally boosted Li Yuan's reputation.
Of course, some people refused to accept the result.
Some said that Li Yuan and Gu Yu were far too different in age, separated by a full nine years.
Li Yuan had cultivated for nine more years than Gu Yu!
Secondly, their match had suppressed their martial arts realms to Fourth Grade.
In real combat, or in practical trials like the Youth Martial Tournament, martial arts realms would not be suppressed.
People had been making such claims ever since Saturday's match ended.
But no matter how much they said, they could not deny that Li Yuan had won the match.
The Cloud Extreme Fist Li Yuan used had left Gu Yu struggling to defend himself.
This was the complete opposite of what they had expected, where Gu Yu would casually win the match.
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