The Martial Lecture Hall's New Instructor, Qing Chen

One of Qing's servants said with some difficulty, "Master, there are many bullet holes all over the mountain. It's impossible to tell which ones were left by him."

"I'm prepared," Qing Yi said calmly. "I'll have Xie Bin take you there."

Xie Bin, the sniper's name.

"So, boss, you had me change his bullets because you wanted to see the bullet holes?" sniper Xie Bin asked.

Just now, Xie Bin fired a sniper rifle. After he stood up, he deliberately left behind a single armor-piercing incendiary round.

The front of the special bullets for sniper rifles has different patterns depending on the type of bullet. For example, armor-piercing incendiary bullets have an orange-red ring on the front to distinguish them from other bullets.

However, ordinary people do not use this kind of special ammunition when practicing target shooting.

Now, all we need to do is find these special-purpose bullets on the mountain behind the target, and we'll know which ones Qing Chen fired.

Sometimes Xie Bin would think that his young boss was truly a prodigy, often thinking of details that others overlooked.

He couldn't help but wonder, how exactly was such a prodigy born?

There probably isn't Qing Yi.

Xie Bin led more than ten servants of the Qing family to the back of the target, searched for bullet marks on the mountain, and then marked them one by one.

Qing Chen fired a total of 17 shots, one of which grazed the edge of the target paper, while the rest all hit the target.

Led by Xie Bin, Qing Yi's servants spent more than an hour finding all the bullet marks.

Qing Yi stood at a distance, looking at the marked bullet holes, but he couldn't figure out the connection between them.

"Xie Bin, take a picture of this place and send it to my father's strategist for analysis. Do you think there's any connection between the patterns formed by these bullet holes?" Qing Yi said.

"Okay," Xie Bin sent the photo.

But half an hour later, Qing Yi's father's advisor replied, "There is no obvious pattern to be found."

This means that when Qing Chen fired the gun, he did not secretly leave any trace of showing off his skills while concealing his abilities.

Sniper Xie Bin thought for a moment and said, "Boss, it seems he wasn't showing off his skills."

Qing Yi nodded. "You overestimated him. With his arrogant attitude of showing off his pistols and automatic rifles earlier, he really doesn't seem like someone who would hide his abilities."

"Boss, your shooting sense is also excellent within 200 meters," Xie Bin reminded him.

"Yes, I know," Qing Yi nodded. "But it's limited. I'm not afraid of an arrogant person, I'm afraid of those who hide in the shadows."

However, what he didn't know was that Qing Chen's arrogance was all an act, just to make his performance flawless.

There are never just one hero or one monster in this world. Although Qing Chen is still a young man, he rarely has any vanity.

So, hiding one's shortcomings is simply hiding one's shortcomings. If one secretly shows off one's skills while hiding one's shortcomings, that is foolish.

At this moment, Li Changqing, aboard the hovercar, said earnestly, "When you practiced sniping today, I was pleasantly surprised that you hit the target at 600 meters for the first time, so don't be discouraged. I've already informed the sniping range that you can come here to practice anytime without any hindrance."

As he spoke, Li Changqing took out a card. "Scan this with your phone. That way, wherever you go, as long as you have your phone, you can verify your identity. You can go anywhere in the entire Banshan Manor except for a few places under martial law. You can even freely enter and leave the Banshan Manor."

"Is this appropriate?" Qing Chen asked doubtfully.

"Perfect. You'll soon be the martial arts instructor at the Li Clan Academy, holding a very high position within the Li family," Li Changqing said. "If any student disrespects you, you can beat them up no matter which branch they're from, and they can't fight back."

"The instructors at the academy... have such a high status?" Qing Chen asked, puzzled.

"Yes, in the Li family, the younger generation cannot contradict their elders to their faces, and no one can contradict the head of the family. Only one person can make the decisions in this family, and that is the head of the family," Li Changqing said.

Qing Chen understood; this was a highly centralized family, with the patriarch holding a position no different from that of an emperor.

He suddenly wondered if the Li family adhered to Confucianism, which was why they cared so much about the concept of "Heaven, Earth, Ruler, Parents, and Teacher".

The problem is that the place where the Head of the Li Clan lived was called "Baopu Tower," which comes from Daoism. The name "Baopu" itself comes from Chapter 19 of the Tao Te Ching: "See simplicity and embrace the uncarved block, have few selfish desires and little luxuries."

This made Qing Chen feel that the ruling ideology of the Li family was somewhat mixed.

At this moment, Li Changqing smiled and looked at Qing Chen: "After the Martial Lecture Hall academy opens, you will only need to attend classes two days a week. However, if you want to gain a foothold in the Li Clan Academy, you will need to have real skills. Today, many of the younger generation have received news that you are going to open the 'Martial Lecture Hall,' so they are all waiting."

Qing Chen was stunned for a moment, and suddenly had a bad feeling.

Li Changqing smiled and asked, "Are you still willing to be an instructor now?"

"I'm willing," Qing Chen nodded.

"Oh, you didn't refuse this time," Li Changqing asked curiously, "Why?"

Qing Chen forced a smile and said, "You've already made it public. If I refuse now, I'll have to find someone else at the last minute, which will make me lose face."

Li Changqing's eyes lit up. "At least you still care about me."

However, Qing Chen was willing to become a teacher at the academy entirely because Li Shutong had called him before his departure and said that as a condition for his master to leave City No. 18, Qing Chen had to choose a disciple from the Li family to continue the knighthood.

Just as Li Shutong became a disciple when Li Shutong master was entrusted by the Head of the Li Clan, the succession of this generation has now passed to him.

This was something Li Changqing didn't know, but Qing Chen couldn't explain it.

Qing Chen was initially considering whether to teach Xiao Tongyun, but then he changed his mind and felt that it would cause Xiao Tongyun a lot of suffering.

He Qing Chen's life had been filled with hardship since childhood, so he could endure it.

But he didn't need to force Xiao Tongyun to suffer so much; she could just be a well-off Little Rich Girl in An Xin.

Qing Chen had previously asked Li Shutong, "What if the Li family doesn't even have a single person they can Heart's Inquiry in this generation?"

Li Shutong replied, "Then wait for the next generation. Anyway, you have a long life ahead of you. You can outlive five or six generations without any problem. I never promised that there would be a successor soon. By the time you've outlived five or six generations, the people who made the deal with me will be gone, and no one will remember this promise. Remember, the succession of knights is better to have none than to have a bad one."

Qing Chen: "..."

The master probably meant that if there was really no way to renege on the debt, then so be it.

However, it was not explicitly stated.

Perhaps this is what a knight of justice is like, though I don't know where it went astray.

The Li Clan Academy is located within the Zhixin Courtyard).

The entire Zhixin Courtyard is very large, even larger than Li Changqing's Feiyun Courtyard and Li Yinuo's Qingshan Courtyard combined.

Qingchen is not sure whether the word "zhixin" means "knowing the new by reviewing the past".

There are two trees in front of the courtyard, one of which is a jujube tree, and the other is also a jujube tree.

At the gate, servants of the Li family members waited outside, some cracking melon seeds, others chatting, waiting for their young masters and misses to finish class.

Qing Chen has a strong sense of familiarity with a private school in the old society.

Li Changqing explained, "Servants are not allowed in the school. Classes run from morning to evening, and students bring their own lunch from home. In the school, Li family members are not allowed to compete with each other, and they must do everything themselves. Of course, not all children have to attend this school, but only those who graduate from the school can be given important positions within the family."

"Since only those who graduate from here can be assigned important positions, are there still people who don't come to class?" Qing Chen wondered.

"Of course," Li Changqing said, looking at Li Tongyun. "From now on, you'd better come to class properly, you hear me? Fifth Brother left early, so no one took care of you, but from now on, I'll take care of you. If you skip school again, I'll beat you up."

Li Tongyun was on the verge of tears. She had finally escaped from the Outer World to the Inner World and no longer had to go to school. All she wanted was to quietly be Little Rich Girl in a conglomerate.

How come there's suddenly another mother?!

Qing Chen suppressed a laugh, but on the surface he acted as if he wasn't very familiar with Xiao Tongyun.

Nan Gengchen is the same; he plans to return to the Outer World and then give them a good laugh.

Qing Chen suddenly asked, "You said before that you would reopen the Martial Lecture Hall, so this Martial Lecture Hall was open before?"

"Yes," Li Changqing said, "But it was only open for a short time, and there was only one instructor. After that instructor left the family, the Martial Lecture Hall was closed."

Qing Chen was taken aback. Why was the instructor gone, and even the Martial Lecture Hall closing? "Was there anything special about this instructor?"

"Nothing special, it's my seventh brother," Li Changqing said calmly. "After he became an instructor, the students never respected the new instructors, so no one could continue teaching. No matter how many people came, they would all be driven away."

"Your seventh brother, isn't that my master?" Qing Chen thought to himself.

So this is what it means to follow in one's father's footsteps?

Li Yinuo suddenly said, "Auntie, I heard you're the one who coaxed them away?"

"Hahaha, you've heard about this too?" Li Changqing laughed to cover his embarrassment. "Did your dad tell you?"

Qing Chen's expression turned strange. So Li Changqing was the real culprit behind the closure of the Martial Lecture Hall back then, but now the other party wants to reopen the Martial Lecture Hall himself.

Just as the group was about to enter Zhixin Courtyard, one of the servants suddenly came out and said earnestly, "Good morning, Boss Changqing."

Li Changqing asked with a smile, "Is there something you need?"

"Is this gentleman beside you the new instructor of the Martial Lecture Hall?" the servant asked politely.

"That's right, it's him," Li Changqing said. "You want to spar with him?"

"That's exactly what I was thinking," the servant said. "I also specialize in combat, and I personally believe that I am more suitable than him to be an instructor at the Martial Lecture Hall."

Li Changqing smiled. Instead of stopping her, she made a solemn promise, "If you can beat him, I will find your indenture in the company, tear it up, and allow you to become an instructor at the Martial Lecture Hall."

Qing Chen was stunned for a moment. This Li Changqing was really looking for trouble.

But that wasn't all. Li Changqing then addressed all the servants, saying, "I'm offering the same conditions to everyone: defeat him and you'll be freed from slavery and become an instructor."

Qing Chen was dumbfounded. There must be at least thirty or forty servants here!

He clearly saw that everyone's eyes lit up!

The key question is, could there be some highly skilled expert hiding here?

Li Changqing turned to look at Qing Chen and chuckled, "There's one thing you don't need to worry about. I told those brats yesterday that anyone who dares to bring servants of E-Class or higher will not be allowed to leave the Half- Banshan Manor for the next year."

"So, you were the one who sent them here?" Qing Chen grasped the key point.

Li Changqing smiled and said, "Otherwise, how will you win people's hearts? I just love watching you beat others; it's very captivating. Don't worry, they'll be convinced after this match."

Qing Chen looked at the servants surrounding him and asked earnestly, "Is it one at a time, right?"

The servants hesitated for a moment, then said sincerely, "We'll go one at a time, please don't worry."

"That's good," Qing Chen breathed a sigh of relief.

The servants were taken aback. They looked at each other and, judging from Qing Chen's words, it seemed that as long as they went one by one, there would be no problem.

In the Zhixin Courtyard, in the square main room, the teacher is teaching a math class.

Just as class was in session, screams and wails suddenly erupted from outside the villa, one after another.

Some students turned to look out through the main hall door, wanting to see what had happened.

The moment the student turned his head, the teacher casually snapped a piece of chalk in half and smashed it precisely onto the student's head, without stopping the lesson. "Odd changes, even remains the same, sign depends on quadrant..."

The student clutched his head in pain, watching as a bump suddenly appeared on his head.

We live in the information age, and there's no longer a need to use chalk to write on a blackboard for teaching.

However, it is unknown when the tradition of the Li Clan Academy began, but there is always a box of chalk on the desk, which is used to break and hit students.

Because the teacher had never used chalk to write, the Li family's children gradually came to the fact that chalk was once used to write on blackboards.

From as far back as they can remember, chalk was only used to hit people with the teacher; it had no other purpose.

Just like a ruler.

Some students wondered why the school would prepare such a strange "weapon" for the teacher.

At this moment, some students had already started passing notes: Is it that teacher from the Martial Lecture Hall who has arrived?

Another student responded, "Definitely, otherwise where would the screams come from? We wouldn't know whose servants were suffering."

In their view, the tutors arranged by Aunt Changqing must be very capable, after all, Aunt Changqing herself is very capable.

However, they also wanted to give the other party a warning; becoming a teacher at the Li Clan Academy wasn't something anyone could just do.

So each of them brought one E-Class servant from their own room, intending to use sheer numbers to teach the instructor a lesson.

Regardless of whether these E-Class servants are skilled in combat or not, their sheer numbers should be enough to overwhelm the instructor. I've never heard of an E-Class being able to take on dozens of people at once.

Of course, they wouldn't go too far; they just needed to make the instructor lie down and slink away.

Moreover, this was also approved by Aunt Changqing!

A student wrote a note and passed it to his deskmate, "Let's bet, which servant of which household defeated the teacher?"

Another student responded: I bet 10,000 yuan that it's from Li Ke's family.

With over thirty people taking turns, even the most skilled instructor would eventually fall. So, their bet was on which servant the instructor would fall before.

At this moment, the screams outside the main room were still coming, which made the teacher who was teaching on the platform slowly stop his lecture and walk outside.

He wanted to stop it.

However, a student cautiously reminded him, "Mr. Wang, this is Aunt Changqing's doing. I suggest you leave it alone."

Upon hearing Li Changqing's name, Mr. Wang immediately stopped in his tracks. "That's too much... That's all for today's class. You'd better stay in the classroom and study for the rest of the time."

After saying that, Mr. Wang walked to the back of Zhixin Courtyard to drink tea and watch the news.

Upon seeing this, the students started making a ruckus.

No one dared to leave their seats, so they all craned their necks to look outside.

"Do you think the tutor won't get hurt?"

"It's unlikely to be damaged. The servants know their limits, and Aunt Changqing is definitely there too."

"Do you think Aunt Changqing will blame us?"

"No, isn't this what she was implying?"

"But why would she imply that...?"

At that moment, screams could still be heard outside the school.

Inside the school, the Li family children were all incredibly excited.

Suddenly, a little boy in the corner said coldly, "You arranged for a group of people to fight a war of attrition, with more than thirty servants against one person. You shouldn't be excited about this kind of thing; you should be ashamed of it."

Upon hearing this, many students sat down sullenly.

Another student retorted, "Li Ke, you don't need to pretend to be so righteous. Since you're an instructor at the reopened Martial Lecture Hall, you should naturally be able to handle this kind of trivial matter. I heard from my dad that when Uncle Qi was at the Martial Lecture Hall, he was invincible!"

The little boy sneered, "Uncle Qi is a knight, and this instructor is, isn't he?"

In the little boy's eyes, it was common knowledge that knights could fight, but not all instructors at the Martial Lecture Hall were knights.

In fact, he was the one who looked down on the new instructor the most, because he felt that after Uncle Qi left the Li family, the Martial Lecture Hall should be closed forever, since no one could replace Uncle Qi Li Shutong's legendary status in his heart.

"So you brought over the best fighter from your First Branch?" someone retorted. "I heard the fighter you brought was this year's top fighter in the First Group Army's grassroots competition! You say we should feel ashamed, but what about you?"

"I'm trying to make him back down," Li Ke said with a sneer.

Just then, the school bell rang, signaling the end of get out of class.

A group of students crowded together and ran out of the school.

It was as crazy as if school had just let out.

However, when they arrived at the gate of Zhixin Courtyard, they were all stunned. They saw servants lying on the ground outside the gate, and Aunt Li Changqing looked at them with a smile but said nothing.

The students searched the ground for their servants, only to find that, without exception, all 31 servants were lying on the ground.

But the servants all had pale, bluish-purple faces, as if they had all suffocated and fainted.

Among the crowd, Li Ke, who had always kept a cold expression, stood blankly at the door.

The scene before him was truly shocking; the martial arts expert he had specially brought was now lying unconscious on the ground.

The next moment, everyone turned to look at the back of the boy who was facing away from them and breathing heavily.

Hearing the noisy footsteps, Qing Chen turned around and grinned, "You guys are in big trouble."

The chapter is 5,000 words long. 10,000 words have been updated today. One chapter was given to the Didi driver boss, so two chapters are still owed.

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