Targeting Hu Qian, Meeting Xiao Xun'er Again

Targeting Hu Qian, Meeting Xiao Xun'er Again

The next day.

At first light, Ruo Lin brought Jiang Han to an exquisite residence.

"Dean, Ruo Lin requests an audience."

Standing before the door, Ruo Lin circulated her Dou Qi and transmitted her voice inside.

Before long, the door opened from within, and an elderly man in a Daoist robe stepped out.

He had a bronzed face, a pair of Bronze Bell-like eyes, and a wispy goatee floating beneath his pointed chin.

He was tall and broad-shouldered. Though he appeared to be over seventy, he gave off an exceptionally vigorous impression.

Hu Qian, Vice Dean of Jia Nan Academy, Nine Star Dou Huang.

The host has stared continuously for 5 seconds.

Target lock successful.

Progress: 1%

Progress: 1%

Progress: 1%

The moment Jiang Han saw Hu Qian, he immediately began staring at him.

"So this is the new instructor Qian Cheng told me about yesterday?"

Hu Qian stroked his goatee and carefully appraised Jiang Han. He said approvingly, "Only twenty-one, yet already a Peak Dou Ling. Not bad, not bad! With your cultivation, you could easily become a Profound Rank Instructor."

"However, considering that you have no teaching experience, I'll first assign you the status of a Yellow-Rank Instructor this year. Follow Teacher Ruo Lin and learn from her, then you'll automatically be promoted to a Profound Rank Instructor next year. How does that sound?"

"I'll follow the dean's arrangements."

Jiang Han was secretly delighted. Following behind Ruo Lin and taking it easy sounded pretty good.

His mind had never been on teaching in the first place. The instructor identity was merely a cover.

"Why have you been staring at me? Is there something on this old man's face?"

Hu Qian felt uncomfortable under Jiang Han's gaze. After wiping his face with a hand, he could not help asking.

"Dean, your face is very clean."

"If there's nothing else, we'll be going now."

Ruo Lin spoke first. Having said that, she hurriedly dragged Jiang Han away.

Target lock interrupted.

The host's stare has failed.

Hearing the System's voice, Jiang Han felt no ripples in his heart.

He had not expected to succeed on his first attempt. He merely wanted to test how long it would take to go from Peak Dou Ling to Peak Dou Huang.

The result was that the required staring time was even longer than it had been at the Xiao Family!

Going from a Five Star Dou Practitioner to a Seven Star Great Master Fighter had taken him nearly half an hour of staring.

But just now, the progress had only increased by one percent per minute.

In other words, to go from Peak Dou Ling to Peak Dou Huang, he would have to stare for at least an hour and a half.

Wouldn't his eyes get sore as hell?

Besides, that old man would not let him stare for that long anyway.

"Teacher Jiang Han, staring at the dean like that was very rude. You mustn't do that again," Ruo Lin kindly reminded him.

"I've long heard of the dean's great reputation, so I did indeed lose my manners a little," Jiang Han said with a smile.

"Since the dean has asked you to follow me this year, I'll take you to meet the students in my class first." Ruo Lin walked ahead.

Yellow Class Two.

"Have you all heard? The academy has a new young instructor!"

"I know! Apparently, he passed the recruitment yesterday. He's only twenty-one."

"I heard he's already a Peak Dou Ling!"

Inside the room, a group of youths had gathered together, talking animatedly.

Though they all chimed in one after another, their gazes kept drifting toward a girl in purple standing in the corner.

The girl stood alone by the window. Her long black hair was casually tied with a light purple ribbon, and her cool, tranquil temperament made her seem like a blue lotus blooming in the mortal world.

"Xun'er, ever since you arrived, just look at those guys. They've been like they're possessed all day long."

A girl with tall, shapely legs walked over to the purple-dressed girl's side. She too drew quite a few boys' gazes.

"Cousin Xiao Yu, stop teasing me. I wonder how Brother Xiao Yan is doing." Xiao Xun'er gazed into the distance.

"Xun'er is mine. No one can take her away!"

A girl in a red dress also came to Xiao Xun'er's side, crossing her arms over her chest.

"Xun'er, do you want to see that new instructor? He's not much older than us!"

There was a hint of anticipation in Xiao Yu's eyes. "A Peak Dou Ling at twenty-one! Look at those prominent figures in our academy who are expected to enter the Inner Academy this year. They're around the same age, yet they're only Great Master Fighters."

"I'm not interested."

Xiao Xun'er appeared gentle and amiable, but beneath her faint smile lay an indifference toward everything, except for her Brother Xiao Yan.

"We haven't even seen him. Who knows whether it's true or not?"

The red-dressed girl had barely finished speaking when Ruo Lin entered with Jiang Han.

"Teacher Ruo Lin, is this a new student reporting in today? He looks older than eighteen."

"Maybe he just looks mature."

The gazes of the gathered youths fell on Jiang Han.

Clearly, they had mistaken Jiang Han for a new student. In their subconscious minds, an instructor with Peak Dou Ling cultivation would never come to their Yellow Class.

However, when Xiao Xun'er in the corner clearly saw Jiang Han's appearance, her expression changed. She quickly returned to normal.

"Xun'er, do you know him?"

Xiao Xun'er's brief abnormality did not escape Xiao Yu and Hu Jia beside her. The two girls spoke at once.

"We've met once before." Xiao Xun'er nodded.

Jiang Han naturally spotted Xiao Xun'er immediately and raised a hand in a friendly greeting.

Yet that simple gesture instantly darkened the expressions of the boys in the room. Their eyes filled with intense hostility.

The next moment.

Jiang Han felt a fierce gust of wind rushing toward him.

A red figure came charging at him, wielding a steel pipe.

Dou Qi was wrapped around the pipe, and it sliced through the air with a sharp whistle as it swung.

Meeting the red-dressed girl's gaze, Jiang Han could practically see a line written in her eyes.

What makes you think you're worthy of coveting my Xun'er?!

Before Jiang Han could guess the red-dressed girl's identity, the steel pipe had already entered within a meter of him.

Clang!

The steel pipe smashed against Jiang Han's Dou Qi Armor.

Just as the red-dressed girl was about to swing again, she was horrified.

In an instant, her neck was seized by the other party, then firmly pinned beneath his elbow.

"Girl, calm down."

A gentle voice sounded beside the red-dressed girl's ear.

"Stinking man, do you know who I am?! Let me go, now—" Unable to move, the red-dressed girl cursed loudly.

Jiang Han smiled knowingly and applied a little force with his elbow.

"Hiss—It hurts, it hurts, it hurts!"

The red-dressed girl screamed as if her heart had been torn apart.

A moment later.

The red-dressed girl forced a smile onto her face and became much more polite.

The arrogance and madness she had displayed while swinging that steel pipe were completely gone.

"What's your name?"

"Hu Jia."

"Do you understand your mistake now?"

"I do. I won't dare do it again."

Jiang Han and Hu Jia had a pleasant conversation.

Under the absolute suppression of strength, he had simply grabbed her by the neck and locked her under his elbow.

Jiang Han could not remember where he had learned this move in his previous life.

That said, it really was useful.

Just look at this girl. How obedient she was now.

"Teacher Jiang Han, that's enough of a lesson. You can let her go now." Teacher Ruo Lin gave Jiang Han a look from the side.

Jiang Han released his elbow accordingly.

Just as Hu Jia looked ready to become arrogant again, Jiang Han pointed at his elbow, and she immediately wilted.