Teacher Wu, I Have My Doubts About Your Views

"Do you really think you're that strong?" Wu Changkong scoffed. "Gu Yue has decent control over the elements, but you saw the result for yourself. Against a Soul Master with overwhelming strength, it's hard for her to gain the upper hand."

"I..."

Gu Yue was indignant and was just about to speak.

Cheng Duoyi narrowed his eyes slightly. "Listen to Teacher Wu first."

"Hmph." Gu Yue snorted.

As a graduate of Shrek Academy, Wu Changkong understood that a teacher couldn't simply praise their students all the time. More often, they had to put pressure on them, so they would learn that there was always someone stronger.

At the same time, they had to keep squeezing their students' potential without end, like pines and cypresses in the desert, striving desperately to improve themselves!

"Gu Yue, don't think I'm just talking nonsense. If you don't reflect on this and think about how to deal with difficult opponents, you may suffer a serious loss in the future," Wu Changkong said.

Gu Yue was very unhappy, but she said nothing.

That was because Cheng Duoyi was staring at Wu Changkong with narrowed eyes, the aura he gave off leaving Gu Yue somewhat confused.

At that moment, she realized that Cheng Duoyi felt even stronger to her than Tang Wuling. How was that possible?

But... Xiao Yi thinks he's so cool!

Wu Changkong saw that Gu Yue didn't argue back and liked her attitude.

Students ought to know their place.

As a teacher, how could I give them the wrong advice?

Besides, this was the way Shrek Academy had educated its students for thirty thousand years. If its teaching methods were flawed, could Shrek Academy still have stood tall all this time?

Seeing this, Wu Changkong turned to Tang Wuling. "Tang Wuling, your strength is indeed impressive, but your weakness is just as obvious. Your control over Blue Silver Grass is far too poor. As a Control-Type Battle Spirit Master, you didn't manage to control Gu Yue even once. In a team battle, if you can't control your opponents at all, are you just going to charge around like a brainless brute?"

"Also, your Martial Soul is innately somewhat lacking. Instead of putting more effort into cultivation, you spend more time learning blacksmithing. That will have a major impact on your breakthroughs in the future."

"If your bloodline contains the blood of the Dragon Clan, you should focus more on cultivating and studying your bloodline. You can consider putting blacksmithing aside for now."

Tang Wuling's good mood had soured by the time Wu Changkong finished speaking.

What did he mean, blacksmithing would have a major impact on my future?

If I don't learn blacksmithing, how am I supposed to help Yi'er?

Besides, with Yi'er by my side, my cultivation speed is already incredible. It hasn't held me back at all. If anything, I break through even faster...

Gu Yue and Tang Wuling saw Cheng Duoyi let go of their hands and turn to Wu Changkong with a calm expression.

Only his eyes had grown sharp!

"Teacher Wu, I won't deny that your views are right, but I have my doubts about them. Your teaching philosophy isn't suitable for everyone."

"I think Gu Yue and Tang Wuling's match today, and all their hard work in the past, deserve praise, not criticism. They've simply cultivated and grown stronger in the ways that suit them!"

Xie Xie and Yun Xiao looked at Cheng Duoyi in amazement. They hadn't expected him to be so bold.

Leng Xue'er knew Cheng Duoyi well. You could criticize him, but if you said something about someone he cared about, he definitely wouldn't agree.

See? Just like now.

"You're questioning my teaching philosophy?" Wu Changkong's expression turned icy.

After all, he had entered the Shrek Inner Court. He didn't think there was anything wrong with his teaching, because it was how he himself had been taught.

Gu Yue and Tang Wuling were indeed strong, and they had reached the standard for Shrek Academy's Outer Court. But that didn't mean they would definitely be able to enter the Inner Court in the future, let alone become strong there!

This was the time for them to learn. If they didn't build a solid foundation, what would they do when they faced powerful enemies in the future?

Just wait to die?

"Teacher Wu, let me correct what you said. I have never questioned your teaching philosophy. I'll admit that for first-year students in the Intermediate Division, your teaching methods are quite advanced."

"Whether it's teaching students to strengthen their bodies and telling them that in battle, an enemy won't spare them just because they're an auxiliary-type Soul Master—instead, they'll be the first target—"

"Or planning out your students' futures, you have your own ideas."

"For certain groups of students, these ideas are perfectly fine."

"But for others, they aren't a perfect fit."

"As a teacher, and one who graduated from Shrek Academy at that, you should understand what students need. You should first learn to observe their actual circumstances and adapt accordingly. Don't blindly trust your own ideas from the outset and force them onto your students."

"That's why I have my doubts about your teaching ability!"

"Because you never truly wanted to be a teacher!"

At these words, Wu Changkong's expression turned not only cold but also faintly angry as he looked at Cheng Duoyi.

Shrek Academy was sacred and inviolable in Wu Changkong's heart.

Wasn't Cheng Duoyi's speech basically telling him that Shrek Academy's teaching had shortcomings?

How could Wu Changkong put up with that?

He turned to Leng Xue'er. "Did you teach him to think this way?"

Leng Xue'er replied evenly, "Whether Yi'er's views came from me doesn't matter. What matters is that your teaching methods do have some problems."

"You!" Wu Changkong stood up.

The air seemed to turn three degrees colder. Xie Xie and Yun Xiao both gave Cheng Duoyi a thumbs-up. As expected of Brother Cheng!

The two of them also disagreed somewhat with the way Wu Changkong spoke.

At their age, they did need to study, but they also needed balance. They weren't cultivation robots. If entering Shrek Academy meant becoming slaves to cultivation, neither of them had any interest in getting in.

The two stood firmly behind Cheng Duoyi.

Wu Changkong looked at Cheng Duoyi. "Fine, fine. If you don't agree with my teaching methods, you can leave whenever you want. I won't stop you!"

"Teacher Wu," Cheng Duoyi said, shaking his head, "I think you've been laboring under a misconception. You believe I'm questioning your teaching philosophy."

"Am I not?" Wu Changkong replied coldly.

"No!" Cheng Duoyi said. "I'm telling you what a qualified teacher should be like. The way you're acting will only make me even more disappointed in you. A qualified teacher wouldn't drive away his own students like this. Only an incompetent teacher would kick students out just because he disagrees with what they say."

"You!" Wu Changkong was furious, but he didn't know how to refute him.

"Teacher Wu, from the first day you became a teacher, you should have been prepared to question and rethink your methods. Whether it's the way your teachers taught you when you were a student, or the way you teach your own students now, it shouldn't stay the same forever. You need to adjust it as circumstances change. That doesn't mean doing one thing today and another tomorrow. It means making small changes to your approach based on each student's situation, while keeping your core teaching principles intact."

"Only then can you be a qualified teacher!"