Who's the Teacher Between Us?

After she finished writing, Zhou Yi turned back around and swept a sharp gaze over every person in their seats.

"I know that the vast majority of you are extremely unhappy that I punished you by making you run laps just now, and that I expelled Tai Long. You're only not showing it because of the pressure."

"I have no need to explain myself to you. Those with comprehension will naturally understand in the future. As for the trash who can't figure it out, then don't. Now, we begin class."

Qian Chaoguang silently shook his head inwardly.

Zhou Yi's emotional intelligence really had reached a certain realm of low. These past few decades had practically been lived in vain.

If using him just now to stir up opposition in the class could still spur the other students to cultivate while diverting conflict along the way, then these two sentences from her now were purely digging her own grave.

The original conflict had not even been shifted away, yet she had once again hurriedly pushed herself to the opposite side of all the students.

Stupid.

Stupid beyond belief.

"You should all recognize the two words I wrote on the blackboard. For this first lesson today, I will speak to you about the ways of attack and defense for Spirit Masters."

"Since ancient times, we Spirit Masters have always been divided into many systems. Some Spirit Masters pursue extremes, while others seek balance."

"Qian Chaoguang, you answer. Among the various systems of Spirit Masters, who is better at attacking, and who should lean toward defense and support?"

Me?

Shouldn't it be Wang Dong?

Qian Chaoguang stood up, thought for a moment, and replied, "Those suited for attacking are good at attacking. Those suited for defense and support are good at defense and support."

"Pfft—"

Even under the pressure Zhou Yi had exerted earlier, there were still people in the classroom who could not hold back their laughter.

Without a doubt, they all thought Qian Chaoguang had said something completely pointless. Even Zhou Yi thought so.

"That is your answer?"

"Yes, that is my answer."

"What kind of bullshit are you spouting?"

Looking at Zhou Yi's ferocious expression, Qian Chaoguang showed no fear at all and spoke with calm assurance:

"What someone is good at—the question you raised is a false premise. In today's age, when soul tools have already become highly developed, it is very difficult for us to use a Martial Soul to judge what a Spirit Master is truly suited for. Anyone can become a Spirit Master of the Power Attack System, defense, support, and so on and so forth."

"Just like the two words you wrote on the blackboard—attack and defense. In the present day, they have already begun to blur. As long as a support-type Spirit Master wishes it, he can use powerful soul tools to arm himself into a cannon platform and reach the attack strength of a long-range Power Attack System. If his physique is a little stronger, it's also possible for him to hold close-combat soul tools and temporarily act as a Power Attack System weapon Martial Soul user."

"So my conclusion is that attack and defense are not decided by Martial Soul. It depends on what direction the Spirit Master himself leans toward, or what direction he is better at and more suited to."

"Before entering the academy, I always leaned toward becoming a Soul Engineer. Therefore, I have dabbled quite deeply in soul tool knowledge, and I also know very well how enormous an impact the birth of this thing has had on traditional Spirit Masters. That is why I arrived at the conclusion above. Teacher Zhou, I wonder if you are satisfied with my explanation?"

Qian Chaoguang's concise speech instantly plunged the class into utter silence. The students stared at this specially admitted student, whose Soul Power was only at Rank Thirteen, with looks of disbelief.

Others laugh at me for being too mad; I laugh at them for failing to see through it.

In the end, the clown was actually me?

The look Zhou Yi gave Qian Chaoguang changed, becoming serious in an instant.

She had not expected Qian Chaoguang to actually steal her lines.

The blurring of attack and defense—this was originally the key point of this lesson, and also the content she intended to focus on explaining.

"I didn't expect you to have such a deep understanding of the modern Spirit Master system. I underestimated you. Then in your view, which is superior and which is inferior: Soul Engineers, or Spirit Masters who use soul tools?"

Qian Chaoguang smiled helplessly, spread his hands, and answered, "Teacher Zhou, aren't you giving me a difficult problem? Which profession is stronger has nothing to do with the profession itself. The key still depends on the person, and it should be analyzed case by case. For example, if you and I were to duel, even if I held a Ninth-Rank Soul Tool, the one who lost would definitely be me."

"Why? Because I don't have the Soul Power to drive it. But what if I held a Rank Nine Fixed Soul Cannon Shell? Then the result would be completely different—I would have absolute confidence in dragging you down with me. Because this thing doesn't require ultra-high Soul Power to guide it. It can even skip the guiding step entirely. I only need to smash its outer shell with one punch, and it would be enough to erupt with the power of a Limit Douluo's full-strength strike."

"But what if you also held a Rank Nine Fixed Soul Cannon Shell? Then the result would be different again—the two of us would either be finished together, or we would fear each other and remain safe and sound, because both of us would have the ability to take the other down with us in an instant."

"I don't mind everyone laughing at me. I came from a blacksmith background. Ever since I was young, my Forging Teacher taught me—if you want to forge iron, you yourself must be tough. Therefore, I believe that developing a Spirit Master's own power is indispensable. But no matter how tough I am, I can't use my fists to forge, can I? That would burn my hands badly. Besides, I don't know how to breathe fire. In the end, I still have to rely on tools like a furnace, an anvil, and a Forging Hammer."

This analogy was quite amusing. Some students in the back had already understood what Qian Chaoguang meant and could not help laughing softly.

Zhou Yi shot them a sharp look, and the few who had laughed instantly held it back, their faces somewhat flushed.

Qian Chaoguang paid it no mind and continued to finish his last sentence.

"So in my personal opinion, traditional Spirit Masters using soul tools suited to themselves to assist in battle on the foundation of their Martial Souls and soul skills is the optimal solution. It is just like how the ancestors of ancient times learned to use armor and blades to arm themselves. Teacher Zhou, what do you think?"

As he said this, he also quietly used his Divine Sense to scan the students behind him.

Including Wang Dong, every single person was utterly shocked.

This concept was somewhat ahead of its time, and almost no one could understand it.

Beneath the Human Skin Mask, Zhou Yi was likewise shocked, even somewhat horrified.

She had never imagined that an eleven-year-old youth could view problems so thoroughly, with such clear logic and reasoning.

And...

It coincided perfectly with her own thoughts!

Qian Chaoguang had kicked the ball back to Zhou Yi with a rhetorical question.

To be honest, in his view, although Zhou Yi's teaching ability and emotional intelligence were truly a bit damn awful, the combat concepts she passed on to students were undoubtedly extremely correct.

People should do what suits them.

Soul Tool Masters, in a sense, ought to count as scientists and scholars. They should not have become a combat profession.

Facts had also proved that the overwhelming majority of Rank 9 Soul Tool Masters were truly awful at fighting. They were only relatively useful when mowing down enemies on the battlefield.

By the era of Soul Land 3, Soul Tool Masters were no longer regarded as a combat profession either, but had become true scholars, manufacturers, workers, and so on.

Powerful Spirit Masters using powerful Soul Tools made by powerful Soul Tool Masters—that was the win-win choice.

Now, the Sun Moon Empire had gradually awakened. It had even already begun walking the path of making Soul Tools civilian, universal, and stripped of their extraordinary mystique.

Meanwhile, the rotten Douluo Three Kingdoms, and even Shrek, were still immersed in the glory of the past, unable to extricate themselves, smugly resting on the credit book of four thousand years ago.

Little did they know that in the interstellar age twenty thousand years later, even the Deities they fanatically worshiped were only a matter of one shot from an Interstellar Battleship's main cannon.

"What you said is not bad. Sit down. To forge iron, one must be hard oneself—those words are very true. Only by improving your physical fitness can you increase your chances of survival on the battlefield. Therefore, the selection of Spirit Rings and the tempering of your bodies remain the top priorities in your cultivation process."

Zhou Yi was utterly depressed.

Was he the teacher here, or was she?

Qian Chaoguang had said everything she wanted to say, and had even said it better than what was written in her lesson plan!

But no matter what, as the Class Advisor, she still had to bring out her authority.

"For the next three months, your main training will focus on physical fitness. No matter who you are, no matter what background you have, no matter how talented you are, if you cannot pass my assessment three months from now, then just like Tai Long earlier, get lost!"