In a classroom at Nuoding Academy, everyone witnessed a miracle at the same time-they actually saw Qi Ling in the flesh, in class!
As the academy's true number one, the place Qi Ling appeared most often was his own dormitory bed.
Because of this, many students were seeing him for the first time, and all curiously wanted to see just what was different about this number one.
"Wow, what wind blew you here today? Why has Qi Ling come to class?" Xiao Wu said, equally astonished at the sight of him.
"I was the one who invited Brother Qi," Tang San said beside Xiao Wu.
"Brother Qi is naturally gifted and intelligent. I can only grasp sixty percent of what the teachers explain, but he can grasp all of it! It would be such a shame to let talent like that go to waste."
"Are you sure he'll actually pay attention just because he's come to class?" Xiao Wu asked skeptically.
Recalling how dismissive Qi Ling had been of the academy's teachers, Tang San secretly broke into a cold sweat. "Probably..."
And so, three minutes later, Qi Ling, sitting in the front row, had already entered dreamland. He had fallen asleep even faster than he did in the dormitory.
The teacher giving the lesson was named Lu Xuan. He was not old, but he was very strict with his students. Seeing that someone actually dared to sleep in his class, he could not help frowning.
"Qi Ling! Stand up!" Lu Xuan said, putting down his textbook.
"Sleeping in class and ignoring instruction-do you have any respect for me as your teacher? Go stand outside as punishment!"
Qi Ling rubbed his eyes and said sleepily, "Yawn~ Sorry, teacher. I didn't want to fall asleep either. It's just that your lesson is not only utterly boring, but riddled with holes."
Lu Xuan's eyes widened at Qi Ling's words, as though he had said something inconceivable. "Damn it, Qi Ling, what are you saying?! How can there be a student like you, daring to question his teacher!"
"I can overlook you sleeping in class, but you must explain exactly how my lesson is riddled with holes! Otherwise, never come to my class again!"
[Ding-dong! The host has been detected facing a teacher's threat. Please choose from the following options.] Option one: Admit your mistake to the teacher, ask for his forgiveness, and overlook the errors in his lesson. Rewards: teacher favorability +1, textbooks +10. Option two: Point out the teacher's mistakes and correct his behavior. Reward: the second volume of "Ten Core Theories of Martial Souls."
Faced with these two options, Qi Ling naturally chose the second. With the complete "Ten Core Theories of Martial Souls," even if he could not stand shoulder to shoulder with Yu Xiaogang, he could still count as a master of Martial Soul Theory.
[Ding-dong! Congratulations, host, on choosing option two: debate the teacher directly. Reward received: the second volume of "Ten Core Theories of Martial Souls."]
"All right, teacher. In that case, let me tell you exactly where all these things you've said are wrong!" Qi Ling stood up and said with complete confidence.
"This lesson of yours teaches the basic principles of Martial Souls, but almost all of it is outdated knowledge! Quite a few points have already been proven wrong!"
"Beast Martial Souls can't use Soul Rings from plant Soul Beasts? Ridiculous! You don't even understand the true nature of Soul Rings and Martial Souls!"
"Innate Full Soul Power can only reach level 10 at most? Frogs at the bottom of a well, looking at the sky from its depths! There are far more geniuses in this world than you imagine!"
"A flawed Martial Soul means someone is doomed never to make a breakthrough in their lifetime? You simply haven't found the right method. For every flawed Martial Soul, there must be a corresponding method to mend it!"
"What I find most laughable is this particular claim!" Qi Ling said, pointing to a sentence in the textbook.
"Soul Masters born with Trash Martial Souls are destined never to achieve much in their lives? What makes a Trash Martial Soul? What makes a good Martial Soul? There are no Trash Martial Souls in this world, only trash Soul Masters who don't know how to bring out their Martial Souls' characteristics!"
Qi Ling's words rang out with enough force to rouse the deaf, stunning everyone in the classroom into utter silence!
Tang San looked at Qi Ling with admiration. His words were exactly like Grandmaster's. Even though Tang San also knew these things, he could not speak as confidently and fluently as Qi Ling. Perhaps this was the gap between them!
"You! You! You arrogant brat!" Lu Xuan trembled with anger as he pointed at Qi Ling. "Trash Martial Souls are destined to achieve nothing. What's wrong with that?"
"Fools without talent are worthless people! Everyone's Martial Soul is fixed at birth, so everyone's worth has long since been determined! That is the law of this society!"
"You're wrong, teacher!" Qi Ling said without yielding an inch. "It's precisely people like you, sorting them into ranks and grades, who kill off their possibilities!"
"To deny someone's worth just because of the quality of their Martial Soul is nothing short of banditry!"
"You have no right to casually define someone's life. Anyone who does such a thing is not worthy of being a teacher!"
Qi Ling's words shocked Lu Xuan into taking a step back. Then he pointed at his own nose and said in disbelief, "You're saying I'm not worthy of being a teacher?!"
"Outrageous! Disrespecting your elders, defying your teacher, arrogant and rude-I think you're the one unworthy of being a student!" Lu Xuan swept out his hand and pointed toward the door.
"Get out! You're not welcome here! And never come to my class again!"
"Haha, that suits me perfectly. I don't want to attend the lessons of a teacher like you anyway," Qi Ling said as he walked toward the door.
"Useless to hear, harmful to learn, pedantic and rigid, yet presuming to teach!"
Seeing Qi Ling heading out, Xiao Wu said excitedly, "Xiao San, I never knew Qi Ling knew so much! I think he's right. Come on, let's go support him too!"
Tang San hesitated. "But the teacher..."
"But what? I've been sick of that man for ages!" Xiao Wu stood up as she spoke. "You bullshit instructor! When you can't win an argument, you use your authority to bully people! You're no kind of hero!"
"I, Sister Xiao Wu, won't be attending your class either!" With that, Xiao Wu followed Qi Ling toward the door.
Seeing this, the students in the classroom might not all have known Qi Ling and the others, but Sister Xiao Wu's great name had thundered in all their ears! They immediately grew restless too.
"Let's go! We're better off skipping a teacher like this! I don't want someone else defining my life!"
"Exactly! Let's go find Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang and attend his lessons instead! I heard that's where Qi Ling and Tang San take their lessons!"
"So that's why! No wonder Boss Qi is so knowledgeable that I can't even understand what he says! I'm going to Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang right now to hear his lessons!"
Qi Ling had never expected that his impulsive disruption would inadvertently win Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang the recognition of so many students!
What Grandmaster had failed to accomplish through half a lifetime of effort, Qi Ling had accomplished with ease. Fate truly toyed with people.