Chapter 90: Quick Learning of Martial Arts

Seeing Zhang Yu demonstrate Level 10 Wuji Yunshou, the middle-aged man's gaze showed a hint of respect. "Level 10 Wuji Yunshou, such high-quality goods are truly rare. Impressive, impressive."

The middle-aged man assumed that anyone who could cultivate a combat technique like Wuji Yunshou to Level 10 must have reached the peak of the Qi Cultivation stage. This would require having money, leisure time, and a dedicated interest in practical martial arts after graduating from high school. After all, most people believed it was impossible to raise Wuji Yunshou to Level 10 without cultivating one's Dao heart, magical power, or physical body. Someone skilled enough to elevate Wuji Yunshou to Level 10 would likely have also pushed their other attributes to the limits of the Qi Cultivation stage.

The man mused, "Perhaps he's a martial arts teacher from some high school secretly moonlighting here." However, he had no desire to probe further, as prying into others' secrets was the biggest taboo in his line of work.

The middle-aged man then asked, "I'll need to register your information here and ask a few questions."

After Zhang Yu nodded, the middle-aged man inquired, "Are you looking for a part-time or full-time position?"

Zhang Yu replied, "Part-time."

The middle-aged man asked, "What is your teaching experience?"

Wa Wa interjected, "Tell him you have ten years of teaching experience. Trust me on this."

Zhang Yu thought for a moment, realizing he was currently concealing his identity, and replied, "Ten years of teaching experience at a prestigious high school."

The middle-aged man nodded slightly, as this confirmed his suspicion. He continued recording while asking, "Do you have any particular specialties?"

Guided by Wa Wa, Zhang Yu gradually grasped the right approach to answering. "I specialize in technique instruction. Besides Wuji Yunshou, I have mastered many other Level 10 techniques."

The middle-aged man then asked, "In your classes, how do you typically increase student participation and focus?"

Zhang Yu replied, "The most basic method is to make underperforming students kneel during class, have top students insult them, and provide different treatment based on their classroom performance."

The middle-aged man nodded with satisfaction, then asked, "Are you able to accept clients with lower intelligence?"

Zhang Yu was momentarily stunned. "Lower intelligence?"

The middle-aged man smiled wryly. "After all, we cater to the lower-tier market. The students who come here to purchase lessons are generally of average ability, with an average total score below 450 across six subjects. They aren't highly intelligent, so teachers need ample patience and to explain things simply, unlike teaching at a prestigious high school."

*Good heavens, so regular high school students and graduates are considered intellectually deficient in your eyes*, Zhang Yu thought, suppressing the urge to roll his eyes. He nodded and said, "I'm very good at teaching academically weaker students."

The middle-aged man continued, "Also, our clients here are generally poorer, so teachers have the task of promoting financial services. Can you accept that?"

Zhang Yu frowned. "Financial services?"

The middle-aged man smiled and said, "It's about promoting tutoring loans, installment plans for course fees, things like that..."

Seeing Zhang Yu's silence, the middle-aged man smiled again. "It's alright. As long as your teaching quality is excellent, not promoting financial services is fine."

The middle-aged man then asked, "If, during a tutoring session, you encounter an attack from the company's security team or another gang, are you willing to participate in combat? If so, are you willing to kill?"

Zhang Yu fell silent upon hearing this, secretly thinking, *As expected of the dark tutoring world. So, teachers here have to consider combat and killing while giving lessons.* However, what gave Zhang Yu a slight sense of relief was that the other party at least considered his feelings by asking if he was willing, which was a small sign of morality.

The middle-aged man continued, "We understand your hesitation. After all, combat and killing involve significant costs. But please be assured, according to the rules of our Dark Study Gang, we will reimburse you for all fines and compensation incurred due to combat or killing during tutoring sessions."

Zhang Yu's slight relief vanished. So, it wasn't about morality, but simply about the unnegotiated cost. *Gang fights must be commonplace for them, then?*

Naturally, Zhang Yu couldn't agree to such terms. Despite having mastered multiple techniques to Level 10, his fundamental attributes like magical power and physical strength were still at a high school freshman level, making him hesitant to participate in any gang fights.

Hearing Zhang Yu's refusal, the middle-aged man nodded in understanding. After another series of questions and answers, he smiled at Zhang Yu and said, "I've recorded most of the details. However, what specific courses we can arrange for you and how to price them will only be clear after you conduct a trial lesson."

A trial lesson meant Zhang Yu would teach a sample class, and the Dark Study Gang would then arrange courses and set prices based on his teaching quality.

The middle-aged man added, "...While your Wuji Yunshou is impressive, purely combat-oriented techniques have a smaller market compared to health preservation, study, and work-related techniques." The middle-aged man was concerned that this 'suspected high school teacher' might be limited by his experience in prestigious high schools and unable to accurately grasp the demands of the lower-tier market.

So the middle-aged man continued, "Of course, I'm not saying Wuji Yunshou is bad. Someone would definitely be willing to pay to learn that technique. It's just that our customers are often more interested in more foundational techniques..."

Hearing what the man said, Zhang Yu suddenly recalled the rankings he had seen when purchasing techniques online. So Zhang Yu asked, "Are Health-Preserving and Disease-Curing Art, Digging Palm, Crane Claw, Sports Car Leg... these techniques more popular in the market?"

The middle-aged man smiled slightly. "Indeed, these types of techniques have the highest demand for tutoring. Although the fee per student is low, a single lesson often teaches dozens or even hundreds of students simultaneously, earning more than high-end small group courses like Wuji Yunshou. Additionally, there are foundational high school techniques, such as Sanshou, basic swordsmanship, and basic breath control."

Zhang Yu's eyes lit up, and he thought to himself, "Digging Palm, Crane Claw... do these have the largest market? Perhaps I can use Yushu Mastery to raise these techniques to Level 10 quickly and then teach them."

The middle-aged man then said, "Let's schedule the trial lesson. I'll need to arrange for teachers to observe. Are you available in five days?"

Zhang Yu calculated briefly and nodded. "No problem, five days from now it is."

The middle-aged man asked again, "Besides Wuji Yunshou, what else do you plan to teach in the trial lesson? We'll need to arrange for teachers who specialize in those areas to observe and grade you."

Zhang Yu thought to himself, "Health-Preserving and Disease-Curing Art is an expert-level technique; it's expensive and involves complex movements for all body parts, so it probably won't be quick to master. However, advanced techniques like Digging Palm, Crane Claw, Sports Car Leg, and Elevator Vertical are cheap and have simple moves. They should be much faster to learn, similar to practical martial arts like Dragon-Back-Flipping-Mountain Hand." To be safe, he decided to report fewer.

He said, "Besides Wuji Yunshou, I can also teach Digging Palm and Sports Car Leg."

Being able to teach both high-end and low-end courses, the middle-aged man smiled and nodded. "Then we look forward to your performance in five days. Oh, and would you mind leaving your contact information?"

After confirming that Zhang Yu preferred not to leave his phone number, the middle-aged man said, "Then please download a game called Kunshen World and add me as a friend. We can discuss course information within the game later."

On the way out of the park, Wa Wa couldn't help but exclaim, "You practice those Digging Palm and Sports Car Leg techniques too?" She couldn't believe a student from a prestigious high school would also train in such common, 'cattle-horse' techniques. She had initially thought Zhang Yu could sell high-end small classes with his Level 10 Wuji Yunshou. Who would have thought he intended to teach low-end, large-group courses like Digging Palm and Sports Car Leg?

Zhang Yu opened a shopping website on his phone, purchasing Digging Palm and Sports Car Leg, and casually remarked, "I haven't practiced them, but five days should be enough time for me to learn." Zhang Yu knew that since he would be with Wa Wa constantly from now on, some things couldn't be kept secret.

Wa Wa frowned immediately. "How is five days enough? And even if you learn these two techniques, how can you compete with all the other teachers in the Dark Study Gang's dark tutoring world after only five days of study? You should just stick to teaching Wuji Yunshou."

Zhang Yu naturally ignored Wa Wa's pessimism. With Digging Palm and Sports Car Leg now acquired, his account balance dropped by another 3,500, leaving him with just over 12,000 yuan.

Consequently, after returning to the unfinished building, Zhang Yu began cultivating the newly purchased techniques. He started with Digging Palm. This palm technique was a power-oriented style that mimicked an excavator, capable of condensing a hint of 'bucket force' for digging materials and leveling ground. As it was purely a work-oriented palm technique, containing no combat or body-refining elements, its moves were also very simple: forward scoop, reverse scoop, and sweeping scoop—a total of three moves.

Zhang Yu nodded slightly, thinking, "A full set can be performed in just a few seconds, right? It should be quite easy to learn then."

Zhang Yu quickly browsed through the manual, then switched his Yushu Mastery to this technique. Immediately, his palms struck out repeatedly in the air, streams of invisible force surging forth, seemingly attempting to form some momentum, but in the next moment, they spiraled out of control and dissipated into the air.

Seeing Zhang Yu standing still, seemingly without effect after completing a full set of Digging Palm, Wa Wa sighed, "I told you it was a waste of time. You think you can cultivate this technique in such a short period and then compete with teachers who've been teaching for years? How could you possib—"

Before she could finish, Zhang Yu, who had just been standing still, moved again. This time, Zhang Yu's palm strikes generated whistling sounds, as if a massive bucket was genuinely scooping back and forth in the air. Wa Wa watched, dumbfounded. "No... he just learned it? He learned it so fast? And judging by his stance... it looks like he's been practicing it for ages. Is this the potential that has been unlocked in him? The ability to quickly learn techniques?"

But what happened next shocked Wa Wa even more. In just over an hour, she incredibly witnessed Zhang Yu's Digging Palm progress by leaps and bounds, transforming him from a complete novice to a master of the technique, whose fluid palm strikes seemed capable of leveling the entire unfinished building.