The corner of Chen Siyao's mouth twitched.
"Not interested."
Ji Yan's smile froze for a moment.
"Miss Chen, with your cultivation..."
"I know."
"You're more than qualified to teach. And you could teach students while attending classes yourself."
"I said no."
Ji Yan stopped trying to persuade her. He had already tried three times. The answer had been the same every time.
Yang Wanqing covered her mouth and laughed beside them. "Exactly! We're only freshmen! We haven't had enough of student life yet! Instead of making us teachers, how about I have my master beat you up?"
"Qingqing," Chen Hao called.
"Oh." Yang Wanqing shut her mouth.
Ji Yan wasn't offended. He turned to Chen Hao instead. "High God, there's another matter we primarily invited Miss Chen here to discuss."
"Go ahead."
"Another secret realm has appeared in Pengcheng."
Chen Hao paused with his teacup in hand.
"At the foot of Wutong Mountain. The Special Affairs Bureau has confirmed its nature. It's mainly populated by monster beasts, with no demonic beasts," Ji Yan said. "It's well suited for the students of the High Martial Arts School to clear out. A training exercise."
"Mm."
"We'd like to organize a group of students to enter. The planned number..." Ji Yan glanced at Zhou Dehai. "One hundred."
"Have you told the students?"
"Not yet. Today is the first day of term, and there are class meetings this afternoon. We plan to announce it then."
"Mm."
"High God, what do you think of this plan?"
"I have no objections."
Ji Yan breathed a sigh of relief.
"But..." Chen Hao set down his teacup. "Are you certain this secret realm only has monster beasts?"
Ji Yan faltered.
"The Special Affairs Bureau's preliminary survey found mostly C-rank to B-rank monster beasts. Nothing above A-rank."
"Then that's