Other instructors' public lectures usually lasted one to three days.
Lu Qingshan went straight for the maximum: three days and three nights!
Even the Star Level students were finding it a little hard to bear by then. It was not physical exhaustion, but fatigue of the mind and soul.
For three whole days, their brains had been like overloaded hard drives, receiving massive streams of information every moment.
Yet no one could bear to leave.
Unlike other instructors' lessons, Lu Qingshan's lectures contained plenty of substantial insights, and he had even let the students personally experience the wondrous might of the Lightning Origin Law.
Such opportunities were rare, and no one wanted to give this one up.
During the final half-day, Lu Qingshan finally stopped explaining and set aside time for questions, as usual.
At that moment, however, a peculiar silence fell over the entire plaza. All the students were immersed in digesting the immense amount of new knowledge, and no one raised a hand.
Even Adams, who specialized in the Light Domain and had come to sit in, had his eyes tightly shut and his brows knitted.
Before long.
Adams suddenly opened his eyes, unable to contain the wild delight on his face. "Harley! I've cleared up my doubts. Before long, my Light Domain will definitely break through to the third stage!"
Harley was astonished. "You cleared up your doubts without even asking a question?"
"That's right!" Adams said excitedly. "Teacher Lu's analysis of domains was absolutely exquisite. When he explained the changes in the third-stage domain, I applied them to my own bottleneck in the Light Domain. Everything suddenly became clear, and I found the solution."
"Congratulations, Adams. You really are a genius!" Harley said sincerely. "With a third-stage domain, your ranking in the training hall can shoot up another few thousand places."
"Haha, Harley, you'd better work hard. I'll be catching up to you soon!" Adams excitedly punched Harley's shoulder.
"You want to surpass me? It won't be that easy. I gained no less than you did this time..." Harley chuckled, sweeping his gaze across the plaza. "Look, we're not the only two who gained something."
Adams looked up and saw many students immersed in comprehension, just as he had been moments earlier. Even he, a Light Domain student merely sitting in, had been able to clear up his doubts. Those students who specialized in lightning would only have gained more!
Harley drew a deep breath and said quietly, "I feel... Teacher Lu's teaching is already comparable to that of a World Lord Level Special-Class Instructor!"
"Harley, we've never attended a Special-Class Instructor's lecture. How do you know what their teaching is like?" Adams was dumbfounded.
Harley shook his head. "Even if I've never eaten pork, haven't I seen pigs run? I have friends in the Ganwu Mystic Region, you know! They've told me how the Special-Class Instructors there teach."
"All right, all right, I know you have plenty of connections. Do you really have no questions? Raise your hand now, and the instructor will definitely notice you," Adams reminded him.
"No." Harley's gaze flickered slightly, and he shook his head firmly. "Not for now."
He knew very well that he could not rush things. If he eagerly asked a question now, although the instructor would answer it with great care, it could also easily wear away that precious favorable impression.
Finally, some students began raising their hands to ask questions.
Lu Qingshan answered them one by one, patiently and thoroughly.
Seven or eight students in a row stepped back, all with satisfied expressions.
This made the students present even more certain that this new Teacher Lu was unfathomable.
Otherwise, why could he so easily resolve every student's different questions?
The explanation was simple.
In teaching experience, Lu Qingshan might not measure up to veteran instructors. But his store of knowledge was certainly beyond that of ordinary First-Class Instructors.
His lightning origin law comprehension had already reached nearly 6%, a height that many World Lords had never attained.
More importantly, most of his law comprehension came from system rebates.
This meant that his mastery of the laws progressed from low to high, one solid step at a time, perfect and comprehensive.
Like constructing a skyscraper, the system had laid the firmest, most standard foundation for him.
Ten thousand changes never departed from the root.
No matter how unique the students' Lightning Domains were or how they evolved, their cores could never escape the fundamental branches of the Lightning Origin Law.
And Lu Qingshan knew every branch like the back of his hand.
It was as though he had been born to be an instructor.
"All right, class dismissed."
After answering the last student's question, Lu Qingshan rose.
"I'll announce the time of the next public lecture in advance in the Virtual Universe. Once you return, make sure you properly digest what you gained this time. If you have questions, you can email me, but I won't necessarily reply..."
His gaze passed over Lei Ming in the crowd, then he glanced at Harley before turning and floating away.
As soon as Lu Qingshan left, the silent plaza instantly erupted, and the students began discussing enthusiastically.
"Teacher Lu explained everything so thoroughly. I have a fourth-level domain and originally thought I'd fully understood the first three stages. Only today did I realize they contained so many intricate changes!"
"A bottleneck that troubled me for over a year was cleared up with just a few words from the instructor."
"When I listened to other instructors before, I always only half understood. This time, I actually understood everything."
"We're really lucky to have gotten such a knowledgeable and responsible instructor."
"The fire students have it rough. Every one of their instructors has an explosive temper and gets fed up after lecturing for half a day. Especially that Instructor Chi Yan-he even calls students stupid when they ask questions..."
"Haha, I've heard about that too. A lot of the fire students don't even attend his lectures now."
Lu Qingshan's first public lecture was a great success. Not only did it provoke an enormous response among the students, but it also stirred ripples among his colleagues. Many of his fellow instructors had already committed this newly appointed First-Class Instructor's name to memory.
Even Jimi from the personnel department wore a curious expression when he heard others discussing it.
He remembered that during Lu Qingshan's last assessment, he had mastered only a sliver of the Law of Lightning.
Back in the manor's secluded chamber.
Lu Qingshan immediately calmed his mind and sensed the changes in himself. The system had given no notification after the lecture ended, but he vaguely felt that he had gained something.
Law comprehension? Lightning, light... neither had changed.
Willpower? It remained the same.
His body had changed a little, but that was due to fusing with the lightning origin crystal and had nothing to do with this lecture.
Then...
He examined himself carefully and finally caught a subtle difference-his comprehension ability.
His comprehension ability seemed to have improved by an indescribably tiny amount!
Guiding students rewarded him with comprehension ability?
That explanation did make sense. But the improvement was minuscule, so faint that Lu Qingshan even suspected he was imagining it.
Regardless, if he truly could improve his comprehension ability this way, it would absolutely be a tremendous blessing for him.
Besides that, he had made another important gain.
He had spread his domain over the entire plaza not only to let the students experience it firsthand, but also for a deeper purpose: to probe these geniuses' potential!
The results were neither good nor bad. There was no disappointment, but no pleasant surprise either.
There were no first-tier geniuses!
There were no second-tier geniuses!
As for third-tier geniuses, there were five besides his disciple Lei Ming.
Among tens of thousands of elite students who had mastered domains, only six met the system's criteria for a genius. That alone showed just how much weight the designation carried.
Lu Qingshan had already firmly committed their appearances to memory. If an opportunity arose in the future, perhaps he could take them as disciples.
Unfortunately, there were no first- or second-tier geniuses... Otherwise, he would have tried to recruit them no matter what.
Lu Qingshan turned his gaze toward the Ganwu Mystic Region.
Perhaps, throughout the entire Ganwu Universe Country, only that place had the geniuses he needed.
(End of chapter)