Chapter 1874: Not Recognizing Treasures Girl

Emerging from the passage, they found themselves at the sealed cave. Having returned to the Master Teacher Continent, Zhang Xuan once again tore through space. Ten minutes later, he arrived above Tianxuan Kingdom.

The entire royal city exuded a sense of tranquility. The bustling crowds seemed completely unaware that, suspended in the air above them, was the most powerful being in the current age.

The group entered what used to be Hongtian Academy. The academy, unseen for over a year, seemed to have expanded severalfold. Previously, it could accommodate at most thirty or forty thousand people, but now its size and capacity could hold three or four hundred thousand.

"Hurry up! Teacher Lu Xun is giving a lecture today. If we don't hurry, we'll miss it!"

"Didn't he just break through to a 2-star master teacher and need to consolidate his cultivation?"

"Who knows? A 2-star master teacher personally giving a lecture is a rare opportunity. Listening to it in person will definitely be very beneficial for cultivation... Just like Master Teacher Zhang back then, I listened to his lecture. Even though it was just a few words, I benefited immensely!"

"You've even listened to Master Teacher Zhang's lectures?"

"Of course! Haven't I told you? Master Teacher Zhang was the most celebrated teacher in our school, even more famous than Teacher Lu Xun."

As they were walking through the campus, a group of people rushed past them.

Zhang Xuan, Zhao Ya, and the others were not much older; with a slight alteration to their appearance, it was perfectly normal for them not to be recognized by the students.

Moreover, they had all been away from the academy for over a year.

"Lu Xun is already a 2-star master teacher? That's fast..."

Hearing a familiar name, Zhang Xuan paused for a moment, then smiled slightly.

When he first transmigrated, Lu Xun was the most celebrated teacher here. Both Wang Ying and Zhao Ya had wanted to attend his classes, but Zhang Xuan had snatched them away.

Over a year ago, he was just an ordinary celebrated teacher, vying for an assistant teacher spot, and seemed far from becoming a 1-star master teacher. Now, he had already reached 2-star!

What a rapid change.

"Teacher, should we go take a look?" Zhao Ya asked with a smile.

Zhang Xuan nodded.

Having just arrived and heard about this old acquaintance, they naturally had to go see.

Although there had been some unpleasantness between them, it had ultimately been completely resolved. To Zhang Xuan, it was nothing.

Following the crowds, they headed towards where most people were gathered. Before long, they indeed saw a young man standing on a high platform, his demeanor solemn.

It was none other than Lu Xun, whom they hadn't seen in a long time.

At this moment, he possessed his own unique aura. Dressed in a master teacher's robe, two stars shimmered on his chest.

A 2-star master teacher!

In the past, in a place like Tianxuan Kingdom, a powerhouse of this level would have been absolutely impossible to find.

"You few..."

Just as they were about to get closer to hear what this former genius teacher was going to lecture on, a girl blocked their path.

She appeared to be thirteen or fourteen years old, dressed in an ash-gray outfit. Her brows conveyed a heroic spirit, somewhat similar to Zhao Ya back then.

The group exchanged glances, and Wang Ying replied with a smile, "We heard Teacher Lu Xun was lecturing, so we came specifically to listen..."

"To listen to Teacher Lu's lecture, you need a student ID or to pay two gold coins..." The girl paused, then added, "This isn't a fee, but proper remuneration for a master teacher."

Extending her palm, the girl huffed.

"Gold coins?"

Zhang Xuan and the others suddenly understood.

Although the master teacher profession was noble, they still needed to live and cultivate. Therefore, lectures were often paid.

They had left Hongtian Academy long ago, so how could they have student IDs? However... it was indeed difficult for them to produce gold coins at this moment.

For someone like Zhang Xuan, the lowest-grade items in his storage ring had long been replaced by supreme-grade spirit stones. He truly had no low-level items like gold coins.

"We don't have student IDs, and we didn't bring any gold coins..." Zhang Xuan said. "Here's a pill. We'll give it to you now. See if you can make an exception for us?"

Zhang Xuan searched for a while, then found the lowest-grade medicinal pill and handed it over.

"A pill?"

The girl's eyes widened.

Usually, what teachers gave were medicinal pellets. Pills, on the other hand, had grades and names, and each one was extremely valuable. These people couldn't produce gold coins, yet they could produce a pill?

She took the medicine with a puzzled expression, examined it thoroughly, and couldn't help but frown.

The pill before her looked plain and unremarkable. It was completely different from the pills she had seen before, which surged with spiritual energy; it seemed to be just a pile of ordinary medicinal herbs.

"Who are you trying to fool? This is a pill too? Don't think I'm inexperienced!"

With a cold huff, the girl's face was filled with anger.

Although she was young, she had seen pills before. An alchemist, trying to curry favor with her teacher Lu Xun, had once presented one. She had been present then and had seen it clearly: when the jade bottle was opened, spiritual energy surged forth, giving off a warm, gentle sensation.

But this one had no jade bottle, was just casually handed over, and she couldn't even sense any spiritual energy... A pill? What a joke!

This fake, trying to pass off as gold coins and make her take a loss of fourteen gold coins? In your dreams!

"Little sister," Wang Ying patiently explained, "this really is a pill, and it's beneficial to you. Its value definitely exceeds gold coins..."

Seeing that she didn't recognize it and was still angry, Wang Ying couldn't help but say.

"I only want gold coins! I don't want this thing!"

With a huff, the girl flicked her wrist, tossing the pill back, her face filled with stubbornness.

"This..."

Zhang Xuan was at a loss, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

Given his current wealth, a pill he casually produced would likely fetch an astronomical price at the Master Teacher Pavilion's headquarters. Yet, this girl, to whom it was offered in place of fourteen gold coins, actually didn't want it, thinking he was trying to deceive her...

"How about this?" Wang Ying suggested again. "I have a medicinal herb here, and its price isn't low either. If you don't want the pill, this herb should at least cover our lecture fee..."

Seeing that her teacher was being accused of deception, Wang Ying stepped forward again, pulling out a medicinal herb and handing it over.

A five-hundred-year-old Coldstar Grass!

As the president of the Spirit Awakener Guild, she also couldn't produce gold coins.

"Just with this weed? Don't think you can fool me just because I'm young. My teacher, Lu Xun, is a 2-star master teacher... Even if you could conjure a flower today, it'd be useless. If you don't produce gold coins, get out immediately! Want to sneak into class? Dream on!"

It was bad enough that they produced a 'fake' pill. Now they were trying to pass off a wild herb she didn't recognize as valuable. The little girl's face turned green with anger.

"I..." Wang Ying also looked conflicted, unable to speak.

With her current status, nothing in her storage ring was cheap anymore. To pull out something worth ten or more gold coins, and something this girl would recognize, was indeed quite difficult.

"Don't want to pay? It looks like you're trying to cause trouble here!"

Seeing that everyone was conflicted and speechless, the little girl became even more convinced that they were scammers. She could no longer restrain herself: "Senior Brother, these people are trying to scam us and won't pay the lecture fee. Please expel them!"

*Clang!*

As her voice ended, a young man holding a long spear walked out.

Upon seeing this person, Zheng Yang's body stiffened, and his eyes reddened slightly. "Mo Xiao, is that you?"