Chapter 34: Could it be that I have made an appointment with a teaching genius?

Teaching three complete beginners Sword Technique wasn’t a difficult task. Li Yunxian had the three of them imitate her sword movements.

After one round of practice, Li Yunxian first turned to one of them and said he didn’t need to try anymore.

“Classmate, give up on learning the sword and practice the blade instead.”

Swordsmanship emphasizes precision, sharpness, and piercing through defenses with pinpoint strikes.

Bladesmanship, on the other hand, focuses on broad, sweeping, powerful movements—ultimate mastery lies in effortless skill.

Li Yunxian immediately saw that he wasn’t cut out for the sword.

The one pointed out by Li Yunxian chuckled without any resentment.

He was originally a Blade Cultivator, but his progress had been slow, which caused some self-doubt. He wanted to see if another weapon might suit him better.

Hearing Li Yunxian’s words only settled his heart.

That was the best outcome he could have hoped for.

As for the other two, after watching them, Li Yunxian didn’t say much and taught them the most basic nine forms of sword technique.

The forms included thrusting, chopping, hooking, and pointing, among others.

Li Yunxian took a wooden baton and tapped it here and there, correcting their movements. “When executing a move, don’t just think about exerting force.

“Look straight ahead, fix your target in the void, intent leads the sword. Your mind moves first, the sword follows your body…”

This was the Sword Path. By analogy, removing the sword-specific content, it could also apply to other disciplines.

The Blade Cultivator watching nearby listened with a look of sudden understanding.

Before they knew it, the classroom was filled with a notification sound.

The Introduction to Swordsmanship Course had ended.

The three students all felt as if they hadn’t quite caught what had happened.

It seemed like the class was extremely brief, passing by in the blink of an eye.

In a certain sense, it really was very short.

They had joined the class halfway through; when they entered, there was only an hour left before dismissal.

It all felt like a dream.

Teaching these youngsters didn’t take much effort for Li Yunxian. Upon hearing the notification, she put away her baton and tossed a final instruction to the two students.

“To continue progressing in swordsmanship, practice the two moves learned today—thrust and chop—five hundred times each every day.”

This was a rule Li Yunxian had directly borrowed from the sect she later joined, applying their disciple standards here.

Hearing this, the two bowed respectfully to Li Yunxian.

“Yes, Teacher.”

Watching Li Yunxian leave with reverence, the three students seemed to come alive.

Their expressions were filled with excitement.

“That scared me to death; it felt like attending some top professor’s class!”

“Mingxin, when the teacher corrected my form just now, that baton hit me, and I didn’t even react. Did you see how she pointed it out?”

“No.”

“I didn’t notice either, so scary.”

“But I feel like I really learned something. I’m so strong now it’s scary!”

“You? Yeah, right. Hahaha.”

The three teased each other back and forth for a while, then suddenly fell silent.

“Mingxin, I want to switch to Sword Cultivator.”

“Calm down.” Mingxin hurriedly stopped him. “With the teacher’s level, there’s not a single person in the classroom. She probably hasn’t taught much before.

“Even if you want to continue learning, you might not get another chance anytime soon.

“Let’s see if the teacher will have more classes…”

At that moment, the three stared wide-eyed at the course scheduling interface, where Assistant Instructor Hua Shunyu’s two full months of Introduction to Swordsmanship classes were listed.

“Did I see that right?!” They rubbed their eyes to confirm they weren’t mistaken, then quickly booked every single course available.

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After signing up, the two intending to switch to swordsmanship looked at the Blade Cultivator.

“Why did you sign up for this?”

The Blade Cultivator smiled stupidly. “One method unlocks all methods. The famous professor’s classes are hard to get into. Now that there’s a chance, who cares if I’m a blade user or not? Might as well try!”

The two who wanted to switch to Sword Cultivator—

Meanwhile, Li Yunxian left and went to the Task Building to settle the day’s earnings.

Long-term task rewards could be collected multiple times.

Li Yunxian happily placed four Spirit Stones into her bracelet, then curiously asked the staff, “Tasks like substituting classes or running errands—are those really okay?”

The staff, aware that Li Yunxian had just claimed the substitute teaching task, looked at her low cultivation like the others had and assumed Li Yunxian was in disguise.

They took it for granted that she was a new colleague and casually replied, “No problem, as long as you can find someone, that’s work.

“As for what consequences might arise, just handle them yourself.”

A rather ruthless rule.

Li Yunxian pondered this but said nothing.

With everything she had experienced after traveling back, this world was far from peaceful.

In times of conflict, results were truly more important than process.

Li Yunxian returned to Qingteng Villa District and happened to run into Yu Qiyao and the others.

Seeing Li Yunxian’s bright eyes, they waved.

Li Yunxian smiled as she approached, only to hear their chatter the moment she got close.

“Yunxian, did you get a task?”

“Among us, only Qiyao found a watering job.”

Yu Qiyao huffed indignantly. “That’s cultivating spirit materials!”

Li Yunxian chuckled quietly and replied, “I did get one. It’s to substitute teach.”

Everyone gasped excitedly.

“That means you get to attend the classes too!”

Naturally, they interpreted substitute teaching as the usual college-student-type task of helping with attendance on their phones.

They hadn’t started school and didn’t yet have class qualifications.

“If you hear about any really useful classes, tell us. We want to go too.”

After roaming the academy for two days, their initial excitement faded and they started thinking seriously about studying.

“Okay.” Li Yunxian agreed without explaining further.

Over at Hua Shunyu’s side, he was staring at the notifications in shock.

Three students had booked every single class he had offered!

Each class awarded five teaching points, plus one extra if a student attended.

With three students booking him solid, his teaching points were accumulating ridiculously fast.

Could it be he had booked a teaching prodigy?

Hua Shunyu grew restless.

But by then, it was too late.

Knowing he wouldn’t have to worry about teaching for two months, Hua Shunyu happily took on a patrol mission, deposited all the Spirit Stone rewards at the task center, and quickly left the academy like he was running away.

Since things had come to this—

He might as well kill a few more enemies.

Hua Shunyu closed the notification and looked up with a grim smile at the Hunters before him.

That night, there was no student night talk, no old fox coming to cause trouble. Naturally, Li Yunxian stayed up to cultivate a while longer.

The cost was that all four Spirit Stones earned were spent.

The benefit was that her 73rd Aperture finally opened.

Li Yunxian was very satisfied with the substitute teaching.

But when she stepped into Room 1007 of Building 3, she stopped.

She took a glance at the classroom doorplate.

Introduction to Swordsmanship Course

Instructor: Assistant Instructor Hua Shunyu.

No mistake.

Why were there already six students waiting inside?

The answer was obvious. The two students who decided to switch to the Sword Path had been practicing the thrust and chop movements Li Yunxian required at the training zone in front of the dorms.

That whole dorm area was familiar with each other, so when others saw their unusual behavior, they naturally asked.

Upon hearing it was a very good Introduction to Swordsmanship Course and they were interested, several others spontaneously asked to join.

Li Yunxian didn’t mind at all.

But…

Her gaze landed on that grinning Blade Cultivator.

She remembered, wasn’t this the Introduction to Swordsmanship Course?