Chapter 74: Yeah, it was a robbery

Li Yunxian listened as Hua Shunyu recounted his miserable experiences, seriously helping him condemn, “They’re really awful!”

“Is there a raise?” Li Yunxian asked again.

Hua Shunyu:

Hua Shunyu:

…Yes.

He had already suffered the well-known hardships once and didn’t want to go through it again.

Being accused of exploiting students—only giving four Spirit Stones per full class—was yet another infamous ordeal across the entire academy.

“I only have a little over a hundred Spirit Stones on me. I’ll gather the rest for you in the next couple of days.” Hua Shunyu pulled out some Spirit Stones from his Storage Artifact.

“Alright.” Li Yunxian looked at the mixed pile—clearly a tight budget—and still reached out to take them. Then she said, “It’s too troublesome going back and forth like this. How about you do me a favor?”

“I gathered some stuff from the Secret Realm this time. Help me sell it all and convert it into Spirit Stones.”

Hua Shunyu was indeed a bit strapped for cash. Hearing Li Yunxian’s words, he didn’t hesitate much and agreed.

His heart was uncontrollably touched.

How thoughtful this kid was, worrying about how hard it was for teachers to earn money, finding ways to give him freebies.

Just a Qi Refinement Fourth Layer student, how much could he possibly harvest in a Secret Realm?

This kid was really considerate… wasn’t he?

Hua Shunyu’s gaze blanked out.

He saw Li Yunxian open the bag she was holding, revealing a dense collection of various Storage Artifacts, then saw her take out about twenty Magic Tools and put them into a small handbag.

Hua Shunyu: “?!”

Only when Li Yunxian stuffed the large bag into Hua Shunyu’s arms and he felt the heavy weight did he snap back to reality.

“Did you go robbing?!” Hua Shunyu was shocked.

Li Yunxian nodded, “Yeah.”

“Ah?” Hua Shunyu felt like he misheard.

So Li Yunxian thoughtfully repeated, “Yeah, I robbed. And,” she pointed to the nearby students, who were sneakily watching, “they can vouch for me.”

The students: They definitely did not want to be involved in proving that!

Hua Shunyu: “He also doesn’t want to hear about it!”

Hua Shunyu’s mouth twitched. Those earlier feelings of being touched were clearly a bit excessive.

Selling all those things on consignment usually earned a commission not less than the Spirit Stones he intended to give.

But… looking at the big bag in his hands, Hua Shunyu took a deep breath and still agreed to it: “Alright.”

Afterwards, Hua Shunyu looked at Li Yunxian, who was still standing motionless, and gazed at her.

They looked at each other for a few seconds, both noticing the question marks flashing in the other’s eyes.

“Any questions?” Hua Shunyu asked.

Li Yunxian silently stared back: “So you came to me just to vent about how miserable you are, let me see a good laugh, and by the way, ask for a raise?”

She stopped, waiting for Hua Shunyu to get to the point.

Hua Shunyu looked at her pleadingly—what was that for?

Hua Shunyu:

Hua Shunyu:

“Not at all!!!” He suddenly remembered why he came to Li Yunxian and cleared his throat awkwardly. “Actually… I’m planning to resign from my assistant instructor position and leave the academy.”

Li Yunxian was taken aback: “Because of the classes I subbed for?”

Hua Shunyu smiled slightly, “Something like that.”

“Thanks to you covering my classes, I finally had time to take on a patrol mission.”

“During patrol, I felt happy and free. Fighting alongside my comrades against those alien tribes felt great, and seeing their grateful eyes was wonderful.”

“It’s different from the academy.”

“I like that feeling.”

“I roughly understand now why so many assistant instructors eventually choose to leave the academy.”

“It’s not just for the reasons I told you before.”

“After deciding to quit, I felt lighter, and probably in a couple of days, I’ll be promoted.”

Though the thought first came up yesterday outside Classroom 1007, during that earth-shattering moment.

But once the idea appeared, Hua Shunyu felt what it meant to have the world suddenly open up.

“The academy is good, but maybe it’s not for me.”

“I’m preparing to join the Special Administration Bureau.”

Li Yunxian blinked, “So that means I won’t need to cover your classes anymore?”

Hua Shunyu shook his head, “You still need to finish the classes we scheduled. Only two days left.”

Li Yunxian smiled, “Alright, then I wish you a bright future.”

Hua Shunyu smiled back, “Thank you.”

After bidding farewell to Hua Shunyu, it wasn’t long before the news of no more Introduction to Swordsmanship courses spread throughout the academy.

***

That afternoon, when Li Yunxian went to Classroom 1007, she saw a large group of eager students waiting.

Li Yunxian: “……?”

“Teacher, Assistant Instructor Hua has resigned. We should find someone else to replace him.” The students exclaimed.

Li Yunxian coldly refused, “No need, I’m not short on Spirit Stones.”

The students wailed, “We can’t do without you, Teacher.” Only two days left of classes, it was just too cruel.

“I’ll teach the classes myself. I’m Qi Refinement Fourth Layer.” Li Yunxian said again, pointing at herself.

Feeling Li Yunxian’s cultivation, the students had nothing to say.

For any cultivator, nothing was more important than improving oneself.

“And other teachers are doing fine too,” Li Yunxian added.

Li Yunxian’s success had sparked a wave of imitation among assistant instructors who couldn’t find students.

Jindan Stage’s divine sense wasn’t as strong as Li Yunxian’s, but managing about ten students in small classes was feasible.

It was like mimicking those professors who took on personal disciples.

Though it was more laborious and had a lower ceiling.

But for those assistant instructors struggling to find students, it was a pretty good source of teaching points.

“For example, Cai Jia, your sword movements are light and quick. You could go to Assistant Instructor Yang Bai; he’s on the agility track.”

“Shi Huang, your hand strength is great, and your personality steady. You can take the heavy sword path with Assistant Instructor Xiahou.”

Li Yunxian named students one by one.

Regardless of whether Hua Shunyu had planned to quit, Li Yunxian never intended to keep covering classes.

She had also thought about how these students would continue on their path.

Originally, she planned to say all this during the last class tomorrow, but seeing these students so anxious and confused about their futures, she decided to say it now.

The students never expected Li Yunxian to care so much about them.

Remembering how she asked Su Professor to cover classes, their eyes reddened one by one.

“Teacher, we’re going to miss you so much!!” Someone cried out, rushing up for a big hug.

Immediately, they saw the teaching stick Li Yunxian held light up in her hand.

A sudden reflexive pain hit their bodies.

The students:

“Enough talk, we want to see what Su Professor has been teaching you these days.”

“Come on, show us a demonstration.”

Li Yunxian smiled faintly at them.

The students:

They had privately chatted and said Li Yunxian was quite gentle and kind to outsiders, but why was she so serious and cold to them?

Now they understood.

Her seriousness and coldness were for their own good.

When Teacher Li teaches… smiling is terrifying!!