I Have Achieved What I Have Today Thanks to My Own Efforts!

Inside Notting Academy.

The graduation proceedings were not yet over; next came the graduation speeches.

First were the sixth-year students, giving their speeches one by one, until finally, the principal invited Qin Qi to the stage to deliver an address.

"This is an outstanding student of our academy."

"A genius who reached level fourteen Spirit Power at six years old and possesses a century-old Spirit Ring!"

"He will now give us his speech."

After the principal finished speaking, he looked toward Qin Qi.

"Ahem."

Qin Qi stepped onto the podium and cleared his throat tactically.

This feeling, something isn't right!

I feel like I've heard that cough somewhere before!

It's over, I have a bad feeling about this!

The students below the podium felt a sudden chill down their spines upon hearing that familiar cough.

"First of all, my achievements are my own, but they would not have been possible without everyone's help!"

"Next, I would like to thank a few people. First is Teacher Zhao! Teacher Zhao is a good teacher!"

"Whenever I encountered a problem, it was Teacher Zhao who helped me solve it with such gentleness and kindness!"

"Thank you so much, Teacher Zhao!"

Qin Qi looked toward Teacher Zhao, who was standing in the line of teachers, and offered her his special thanks.

Upon hearing Qin Qi's words, Teacher Zhao could not suppress the smile that bloomed across her face.

"Teacher Zhao is our role model and an excellent teacher, and our school places great importance on both excellent teachers and students!"

"As a reward for such an excellent teacher, Teacher Zhao's bonus for this month will be doubled."

The principal spoke up at this moment, then looked at Qin Qi with an expectant gaze.

"Ahem, the second person I want to thank..."

As Qin Qi spoke, the principal was already preparing to stand up and deliver another speech.

"I want to thank the team-leading teacher. During the Spirit Hunting operation, the teacher had to look after every single student!"

"They had to protect our safety and help us hunt spirit beasts. You could say that without the team-leading teacher, there would be no team-leading teacher!"

"Let us thank the team-leading teacher with a round of applause!"

After Qin Qi finished speaking, he began to clap, and the sixth-year students followed suit.

"Thank you everyone, thank you everyone. This is what I should do; it is my responsibility as a teacher!"

The team-leading teacher stood up, moved. He had not expected to be included in this.

He looked at Qin Qi with eyes full of emotion. What a good child; I must take good care of this child in the future!

"The team-leading teacher did well, too. His bonus for this month will also be doubled."

The principal felt a bit sullen now. Why hadn't he been thanked yet? He was the principal, after all.

"Hmm."

Upon hearing this, the team-leading teacher did not thank the principal and simply sat back down; it was clear he was still quite unhappy with him.

"Finally, I want to thank my fellow Work-Study Students, as well as the Formal Students!"

"Although we often bicker and fight, we are, after all, good classmates from the same academy!"

Qin Qi looked at his classmates. He felt they were truly wonderful; if not for their financial sponsorship, he certainly wouldn't have achieved what he had today!

"Bicker and fight?"

Liu Long and Wang Sheng squeezed their legs together tightly.

"Good classmates from the same academy?"

The students of Dorm Seven, with the exception of Tang San and Xiao Wu, all wore strange expressions.

They had never seen this so-called "good classmate," but they had certainly seen the devil who poisoned them and left them bedridden for an entire night.

"Ahem, Student Qin Qi, have you forgotten something? Is there someone you haven't thanked yet?"

The principal looked at Qin Qi, unable to stop himself from offering a reminder.

"Right, there's also Da Huang at the gate. Da Huang is a good dog, diligently guarding the entrance."

"In the future, we must treat him well..."

"Ahem, I didn't mean Da Huang. I meant the greatest person in our school, the one who deserves the most thanks."

"I don't mean myself, I mean the person everyone thinks of."

The principal was so anxious he was practically on the verge of shouting his own name.

"The greatest people in the school... that would certainly be the cafeteria staff!"

"Preparing delicious meals for us every day is truly magnificent, even if it is a bit expensive."

Qin Qi expressed his gratitude with passionate fervor once more.

"Alright, that's enough. Let's leave it at that, meeting adjourned."

The principal gave up, preparing to leave in disappointment.

"There is one more person, though perhaps not quite as 'great,' who silently supports us all!"

"That person is like a diligent gardener tending to us, and that person is none other than the principal!"

Qin Qi spoke up one last time: "We must thank the principal!"

"Clap, clap, clap!"

"Clap, clap, clap!"

Suddenly, thunderous applause erupted—oh, it was the principal clapping for himself.

"Well said, truly well said! As expected of an outstanding student, that was excellent!"

"Those words have moved me deeply. While I'm in this mood, I'll say a few more words to everyone."

"Not many, just a few simple words."

The principal had finally heard his own name mentioned; he walked onto the podium in high spirits and proceeded to speak for two hours straight!

"I feel like I'm going to die!"

"I want to eat!"

"I want to go home!"

The students below had thought it was over, but the hellish torment had begun anew!

By noon that day, the speech finally concluded, and Qin Qi was summoned to the office by Teacher Zhao.

"Let me see your Spirit Ring again."

Teacher Zhao spoke.

"Teacher Zhao, it's just a hundred-year Spirit Ring; there's no need to be so excited."

Qin Qi truly felt everyone was making a mountain out of a molehill. In a few days, Tang San and Xiao Wu would both have theirs, too.

Outside, there were plenty of people with this kind of Spirit Ring configuration.

"Sigh, for you, or for certain geniuses, this is indeed nothing."

"But for those who only have ten-year Spirit Rings, this is the stuff of dreams."

"A Spirit Master's Spirit Ring is vital; it can determine one's future achievements."

"The gap between ten years and a hundred years is decisive. You will certainly be able to go much further than us in the future."

Teacher Zhao looked at Qin Qi. With innate level nine Spirit Power and a hundred-year Spirit Ring, Qin Qi's future achievements would surely be immense.

"Don't worry, Teacher Zhao. Once I've achieved fame and success in the future, I'll tell everyone I meet that you were my teacher at the elementary Spirit Master academy."

"By then, you can open a tutoring center, and I'll drum up business for you."

Qin Qi said with a smile.

"You're being cheeky again."

Teacher Zhao smiled and poked Qin Qi on the head with her finger. Although she called him cheeky, she was actually quite happy inside.

"No, I'm being serious."

Qin Qi said.

"Alright, true or not, I'm happy you'd say that. Hmm, I received a bonus today, so I'm treating you to lunch."

"Order whatever you want to eat."

Teacher Zhao checked the time; it was lunch hour. She stood up and took Qin Qi by the arm, ready to head out for a meal.

"Then I won't stand on ceremony!"

Qin Qi felt like he'd hit the jackpot—a free meal!

Pah! Why am I so spineless? I'm a man who currently possesses a massive fortune of one Gold Spirit Coin!

Why am I so happy about a free meal? How embarrassing!

Qin Qi fiercely condemned himself in his heart, but after the condemnation, he went to eat anyway.

It would be a waste not to eat, and besides, this was a way to build a closer relationship with his teacher—it was definitely not just mooching off a free meal!