Li Yunxian was rampaging through the Secret Realm, looting and pillaging, while also sending benefits to her seniors.
Meanwhile, the students at Tian Tong Academy were distractedly speculating about who would be substituting the class in Classroom 1007 of Building Three.
Some were betting on Duan Qiu.
Duan Qiu had interacted with Li Yunxian several times; many knew about it. Coupled with Duan Qiu’s warm and cheerful nature, she was a relatively easy substitute assistant instructor for Li Yunxian.
Others placed their bets on Professor Chen Bujian.
With Yu Qiyao’s incident still fresh, and Chen Bujian being a swords user, it wasn’t surprising that Li Yunxian could get her to cover the class.
There were even rumors that Teaching Assistant Hua Shunyu was already on his way back—perhaps he had returned to the academy and no substitute was needed after all.
These various rumors naturally stirred everyone’s curiosity.
Li Yunxian’s peers, however, had already ruled out Professor Chen Bujian.
They had a cheat code!
That was Yu Qiyao, Professor Chen’s student!
Yu Qiyao’s mood had improved significantly lately. She hadn’t returned to Qingteng Villa District recently and, like Yu Juanshu, had been staying directly at Professor Chen’s villa for convenience in her studies.
Her expression.
Paused.
Recently, she often replied to classmates’ messages, so Yu Qiyao smoothly got pulled into a small chat group.
As soon as everyone asked Yu Qiyao, they found out that Professor Chen had no plans to go out that afternoon.
As for Duan Qiu herself, she knew that Li Yunxian had never asked her to substitute.
As for Hua Shunyu… if he really had returned, then the assistant instructor group definitely wouldn’t be so calm.
—They would definitely be heading to watch Hua Shunyu’s show.
She was curious about who it would be, so she simply chose to walk over to Building Three to take a look.
Such a simple thing!
Thus, other curious students gathered outside Classroom 1007 in Building Three saw Duan Qiu stroll over deliberately on the dot, wearing a disappointed expression.
That answer was indeed neither surprising nor unexpected.
Duan Qiu glanced at the expressions of the crowd, raised an eyebrow, and without explaining anything, walked up to the classroom window just like the others.
Outside the window, the students murmured:
“Assistant Instructor Duan, aren’t you going in?” they asked with confusion.
Duan Qiu grinned: “Guess.”
The students looked utterly bewildered. It was almost 2 PM, and no other assistants or professors had arrived. If not Duan Qiu, then who else could it be?
Before they could ask further, a figure suddenly appeared at the classroom door.
A figure with long silver hair.
Noticing their gaze, the person casually glanced at them, raised a hand, and swiped at the class plaque by the door.
Beep.
A simple sound—one they had all heard before—rang in their ears.
They saw and heard the classroom door swing open with that sound.
Everyone stared blankly at the scene.
“W-Who just walked in?!” they doubted their own eyes.
Only then did Duan Qiu snap back to reality, expressionless, staring at the figure of Su Wenjing inside the classroom through the window.
She immediately grabbed her phone and frantically typed a message in Li Yunxian’s chat.
“Li Yunxian, how did you get Professor Su here?!!”
“How did you manage this?!!”
“Sis, you’re my sis, you’re amazing!!”
Duan Qiu screamed for quite a while before remembering that Li Yunxian was still inside the Xuanwen Secret Realm.
The Secret Realm had no signal towers—no satellite communications either—so Li Yunxian couldn’t even see her messages.
But no worries.
Duan Qiu still had her assistant instructor group chat.
She frantically shared the scene with everyone, instantly stirring up a storm of reactions, with all sorts of curses flying across various groups.
They didn’t know exactly what level Su Wenjing’s cultivation was in the past, but it was definitely beyond the Fenshen Stage.
They all wanted to attend this class!
Why wasn’t it them?!
Was this even fair?!
Inside the classroom.
***
Before long, not only students but also all available assistant instructors gathered outside Classroom 1007 by the windows, their eyes eagerly watching.
If everyone outside was shocked, the students inside felt as if they were dreaming.
Su Wenjing, as the only demon clan member among the academy’s senior staff, was known to every student.
An undisputed veteran at the Fenshen Stage.
It was said that even many Spirit Fusion Stage cultivators were no match for him. When other three academies came for exchanges, no matter their level, everyone treated Su Wenjing with utmost respect.
Most importantly…
They had been at the academy for one or two years and had never heard that Su Wenjing had ever taught any class before.
And now… this professor was teaching them Introduction to Swordsmanship?!
Really?!
Su Wenjing paid no mind to their expressions. His face calm, he said, “Show me your current sword techniques.”
Everyone dazedly responded, shakily lined up, and clumsily performed their moves.
Watching the chaotic display, Su Wenjing frowned: “This is the level Li Yunxian has been teaching?”
He fell silent for a while, then picked up his phone and aimed it at the students below: “Good, show me again.”
Seeing the phone camera, the students suddenly snapped out of their dazed state, swallowed hard, and cautiously asked Su Wenjing, “Professor, what are you doing?”
Upon hearing this, they felt something resembling a faint smile flicker across Su Wenjing’s usually cold face.
“I’m recording it for Li Yunxian,” Su Wenjing said. “Let her see the level of students she has taught.”
The students—
They recalled Li Yunxian’s cold, indifferent face, which was never soft with them.
Their vision went black!!!
All their fleeting feelings vanished as they looked at Su Wenjing raising his phone like a terrifying beast.
They had never practiced sword techniques so seriously!
Regretfully, Su Wenjing lowered his phone.
Seeing their anxious eyes, he nodded slightly in approval: “Not bad. In less than two months, your foundation is solid.”
The students were stunned.
Then touched.
They had attended Li Yunxian’s class for so long but never once received praise besides feeling their own progress.
Some had begun doubting themselves.
But now… it turned out they were practicing quite well?!
Heartwarming!!
Su Wenjing slowly approached the students and asked, “How did Li Yunxian teach you before?”
The students answered honestly, detailing everything.
Su Wenjing nodded, then pulled out a stick from his storage artifact, looking at them calmly.
“Then continue as she taught.”
“Don’t worry, I won’t teach you worse than a Qi Refining Fourth Layer.”
The students: “…?”
Suddenly, they felt uneasy.
Soon enough, they realized what ruthless teaching really meant.
Students: QAQ
By the end of class, the classroom floor was littered with “corpses.” Su Wenjing’s eyes showed no emotion as he gracefully left, only to be blocked by a group of assistant instructors.
They asked,
“Professor Su! Why are you here substituting?!”
Duan Qiu, having worked with Su Wenjing on patrol missions before, quickly seized the opportunity.
Su Wenjing was suspiciously silent for a moment before answering calmly, “I owe her a favor.”
“Ah?” Duan Qiu and the others couldn’t imagine what kind of situation would make Su Wenjing owe Li Yunxian a favor.
Seeing their confusion, Su Wenjing carefully avoided revealing anything about Li Yunxian and said instead, “Previously, Du Sen attacked Li Yunxian. Although Du Sen was punished, the academy should still provide some compensation to the victim.”
Class?!
Hearing this, everyone inside and outside the classroom was shocked.
“Li Yunxian’s… request was for you to substitute teach?”
Su Wenjing, who rarely lied, fell silent.
But this reaction left no doubt for everyone else.
The students inside the classroom suddenly had tears in their eyes.
Li Yunxian was always cold-faced with them in class, never showing the slightest mercy, yet…
How could they have such a great teacher?!
But on second thought, it wasn’t so surprising.
If Li Yunxian wasn’t such a passionate person, she wouldn’t have taken the stage herself and fought Du Rong in her place before.
Cultivation always emphasizes self-discipline—cultivating the body, mind, and spirit.
The result was that although they were one with other clans, there was little internal interference.
Trials often led to self-breakthroughs, an unspoken consensus in the academy.
So the zeal had faded; only the freshmen arrivals each year brought some vitality back to the academy.
But now…
Some students held their chests, feeling their hearts pounding fiercely.
Li Yunxian vaguely sensed a group muttering about her. She glanced around but noticed nothing unusual and continued standing calmly among the Hunters.
Only her slight abnormality was immediately noticed by others. The leader of the Hunters asked Li Yunxian, “Silver Ginkgo Fairy, did you discover something?”
Li Yunxian had spent most of the day actively leading her “companions” to hunt academy students.
Although the companion loss rate was high, the fact that she emerged unscathed showed she was quite skilled.
Simply put—she had an acute danger sense and was extremely fast.
So the team of Hunters paid close attention to any abnormalities in Li Yunxian.
Li Yunxian’s expression remained indifferent: “Nothing much, just that besides the few students we ambushed, three more students came from the west side.”
“And…”
“They’re acquaintances.”
Yu Juanshu, Du Rong, and the girl they’d seen in the chat group before who liked Du Rong—Xie Man.
The Hunters exchanged glances.
They were all Foundation Establishment cultivators, some even at Zhuji Great Perfection, yet none had sensed the arrivals from the west.
Still, they didn’t doubt Li Yunxian.
They guessed her divine sense must be exceptional, no wonder she reacted and escaped so quickly.
The leader immediately said, “There are ten of us at Foundation Establishment and three at Qi Refining. Even with those three, there are only seven on the other side.”
“Let them gather and chat first; we strike when they’re most relaxed, leaving no time for reaction!”
No one objected. The Hunters exchanged wicked, expectant looks and responded in unison, “Good!”
At first, they had a slight fear of students from the four major academies.
But after all day’s contact, that awe was dispelled.
Strong they were, but only unbeatable at the same rank compared to the Hunters.
They had never seen anyone surpass the boundary from Qi Refining to Foundation Establishment.
Without a doubt, they were swelling with confidence.