Chapter 20: Wang Ying's Shock

Yao Han, enraged upon hearing that his young lady intended to acknowledge Zhang Xuan as her teacher, rushed over, unaware that Zhang Xuan had already accepted several students.

Just as he finished declaring that Zhang Xuan wouldn't be able to recruit a second student, he saw Wang Ying and the others. It was as if he had been slapped in public, and his face turned extremely unpleasant.

"Teacher!" Zhao Ya also felt her face burning and wished for a hole to crawl into.

"Are you okay?"

A moment later, Yao Han recovered and looked at Zhang Xuan, who was not far away, unable to hide his surprise. That guy had been so brutal yesterday; Yao Han had assumed that by today, even if Zhang Xuan didn't look like a pig, he would be nearly crippled. Yet, how... did he not even have a scratch?

In truth, when he told Zhao Ya he was coming to see how Zhang Xuan taught, he actually wanted to witness the miserable state Zhang Xuan would be in after the beating. Instead, he, a dignified Martial Artist 6-dan Aperture-Puncturing realm expert, was beaten like a pig's head in an ambush, while the ambushed person was perfectly fine. The overwhelming sense of disappointment made it difficult for him to accept.

"What could be wrong with me?" Zhang Xuan knew what the other man was thinking. With no expression on his face, he turned to Zhao Ya, "And this disabled person is..."

"Disabled person?" Zhao Ya looked strange, but before she could speak, she was interrupted by a voice.

"You're the disabled person!" Yao Han suppressed the urge to spit blood, raised an eyebrow, and with a flick of his sleeve, declared loudly, "I am Yao Han, the chief steward of the White Jade City Lord's Mansion!"

"Oh, if he's disabled, then he shouldn't come out," Zhang Xuan said as if he hadn't heard him, waving his hand dismissively. "Lest he die here and I can't explain it clearly! Show the guest out, close the door!"

"You..."

Yao Han clenched his fist, almost exploding with rage on the spot.

Who was he?

He was the chief steward of the White Jade City Lord's Mansion, immensely powerful. When he came to Hongtian Academy, even the Director of Academic Affairs had to cooperate carefully. Yet, he was called a disabled person by a teacher like this and then ordered out. How could he not be furious?

"I want to see how you teach them!" With his hands clasped behind his back, Yao Han stood proudly.

"Oh, since you know you should leave, then hurry up," Zhang Xuan said, acting as if he hadn't heard him and waving his hand again. "Our teaching requires absolute quiet; it's not like any random cat or dog can just walk in!"

"You... who are you calling a random cat or dog?" His rage was so immense that his old wounds began to bleed again, and Yao Han trembled with fury. "Do you believe I can slap you to death right now...?"

"Zhao Ya, I can only solve your problem if you kick him out!" Zhang Xuan waved his hand, too lazy to waste any more time with the man.

"Uncle Yao, please... go out first! I'm about to start class!"

Hearing this, Zhao Ya's eyes lit up, and she stepped forward.

"I'm not leaving! I want this guy to explain himself clearly! Who is he talking about? I, Yao Han, a dignified Martial Artist 6-dan Aperture-Puncturing realm expert, am respected wherever I go! How dare he call me disabled and tell me to leave..."

Bang!

Before he could finish speaking, he was pushed out the door by Zhao Ya. Immediately after, everything went dark in front of him as the door slammed shut. If he hadn't dodged quickly, he would certainly have been hit directly.

"Young Lady..."

Yao Han, standing outside the door, felt his eyebrow twitch and his face contort.

If Zhang Xuan had kicked him out, he would definitely have retaliated. But since it was his young lady who expelled him, he wouldn't dare retaliate even if it killed him. Instead, he transferred all his pent-up rage onto Zhang Xuan. He truly couldn't understand what ability this guy actually possessed to be able to charm his young lady so completely.

"Uncle Yao, please wait outside. We're about to start class!"

Zhao Ya knew her own situation well. Her illness couldn't be known by anyone, especially Uncle Yao. Since her teacher was going to help her resolve it, it was natural that this person had to be sent away first.

"Alright then, Young Lady, I'll wait here," Yao Han said, gritting his teeth. "If you need anything, just call me directly, and I'll rush right in!" Hearing his young lady speak, Yao Han knew he couldn't enter again. He was so angry he was about to explode, but there was nothing he could do.

Yao Han left, leaving only the five newly accepted students in the room. Zhang Xuan looked around. "Since you have all acknowledged me as your teacher," he said, "from now on, you are fellow disciples. Take good care of each other and don't tarnish my prestige!"

"Prestige?" Hearing this, the five students exchanged bewildered glances.

*Cough, cough*, Teacher, it seems you don't have much prestige, do you? Even if we wanted to tarnish it, there's nothing left to tarnish...

"My teaching differs from others," Zhang Xuan said, acting as if he didn't see the students' expressions, and adopting a dignified teaching posture. "I focus on teaching according to individual aptitude, so the methods for each person will be different! Therefore, there's nothing for you to compare amongst yourselves! Now I will go into the inner room. Whoever I call, that person will come in!"

Although Zhang Xuan's classroom wasn't very big, only about a hundred square meters, it still had a partitioned room for private guidance of students. These five students were all different; guiding them together would be quite troublesome and ineffective.

"Wang Ying, you are my first student, come here!" After speaking, Zhang Xuan led the way into the small room.

"Yes!" Wang Ying, being inherently a well-behaved girl, didn't dare refute him and followed closely behind.

***

Wang Ying felt quite regretful. Yesterday, she had gotten lost and came to ask for directions, only to be tricked by this teacher into becoming his student. At first, she hadn't understood what was happening, but now, thinking it over carefully, this teacher seemed to have no real ability.

Other teachers could tell there was a problem with her leg as soon as she performed a fist routine. This guy, however, not only failed to see it but also spouted nonsense, claiming he could heal her leg injury... This leg injury; even the most renowned healers her father had sought out couldn't cure it. If he claimed he could, what else could it be but a lie?

Especially after Elder Liu told her a lot about this teacher yesterday. Only then did she realize that this teacher actually had such "illustrious" achievements: the first teacher in Hongtian Academy's history to score zero on the teacher qualification assessment, and the weakest among all teachers. How could she be so unlucky as to be tricked by him and believe his words!

"No wonder big brother said there are many bad people outside..." Her brother used to tell her there were many bad people outside, but she hadn't believed him. Thinking of this teacher, she now felt she had been deceived, and her heart was filled with grievance.

She was wondering how to bring up dropping this teacher's class—at most she'd get a scolding, and she could ask her brother to help her find another teacher—when she heard a familiar voice sound out in front of her.

"Perform the martial skill once more!"

Zhang Xuan was sitting in the middle of the room, looking at her with a calm expression. Last time he was fooling Wang Ying, he hadn't yet activated the Library of Heaven's Path and didn't know what her exact flaws were.

"Alright!" Although Wang Ying wanted to drop the class, she was a well-behaved girl. She hesitated for a moment, then nodded, and her fist movements whistled through the air again as she quickly completed a set of fist techniques.

"Mm!" Zhang Xuan nodded. Although Wang Ying was a bit naive and adorable, to be honest, her fist techniques were indeed quite good.

"Teacher, actually, I want to..." Wang Ying hesitated, wanting to state her intention to drop the class. However, before she could finish speaking, the young man opposite her spoke.

"Your leg, if I'm not mistaken," Zhang Xuan said, "was injured by someone during a battle approximately two years ago!"

"You... how did you know?" Wang Ying was stunned, her words caught in her throat, and her beautiful eyes widened.

"There are three acupuncture points on a person's leg that respectively control strength, speed, and agility," Zhang Xuan explained calmly. "When you were fighting, your opponent unintentionally touched the acupuncture point that controls your strength. Once this acupuncture point was touched, it became blocked, causing blood essence to flow backward. This is why you couldn't exert strength like a normal person!"

"This..." Wang Ying's whole body trembled, and her face instantly flushed crimson. For her leg, her father had invited all the famous physicians in the kingdom. Among them, the most renowned Master Yuanyu seemed to have said something similar. However, even he didn't know where this strength-controlling acupuncture point was and thus couldn't treat it. To truly cure it, a super expert of the Martial Artist 8-dan Grandmaster realm, who cultivates top-tier True Qi, would have to be invited to resolve it. Otherwise, it would be impossible to succeed!

She had thought that this teacher, who seemed to know nothing, was just casually tricking her when he claimed he could heal her leg. She never expected his words to be the same as Master Yuanyu's. How could she not be shocked?

"Teacher, can you... can you cure me?" Wang Ying couldn't help but ask.

"It's just a minor issue!" Zhang Xuan said calmly.

"A minor issue?" Wang Ying's pupils constricted, and her breathing immediately quickened.