Yu Xiaogang shook his head, his lips curling into what he considered an unfathomable smile.
"I'm not here to enroll as a student, nor am I looking for relatives."
He cleared his throat, speaking at an unhurried pace with the arrogance of someone holding forth on affairs of the world.
"My name is Yu Xiaogang, known as Grandmaster."
"I've come today to apply for a position as a guest instructor at your Northern Spiritual Academy."
At these words, the youths waiting in line around him all froze, then erupted into roaring laughter.
"Hahahaha! Has this old man gone mad?"
"An ordinary person without even a trace of spiritual energy wants to teach at the Northern Spiritual Academy?"
"Uncle, did you forget to take your Awakening Pill before leaving home?"
"This is the Northern Spiritual Academy! Even an outer academy instructor has to be at least a Divine Soul Realm expert!"
Hearing the unrestrained mockery around him, Yu Xiaogang's stiff face twitched slightly, but he stubbornly maintained his proud bearing.
He had endured ridicule for most of his life on the Douluo Continent and had long since developed a thick skin.
"Ignorant!"
Yu Xiaogang snorted coldly, his gaze sweeping across the laughing youths before settling on the gray-robed instructor's face.
"An excellent instructor doesn't need to possess some terrifying level of cultivation."
"True teaching relies on extensive theoretical knowledge and insight into the essence of power!"
Yu Xiaogang swept his broad sleeve and began showing off the core theories he believed held true across the four seas.
"I once proposed the Ten Core Competencies. Although the power systems differ, the principles are universal."
"First, there are no useless cultivation methods, only useless cultivators!"
"As long as one's control over Spiritual Energy reaches its pinnacle, even the most basic Spiritual Arts can