I will eventually become a god through sheer hard work.

Xue Jing smiled and nodded, then extended a finger and precisely pointed at the tip of Yuan Baijing's spear.

Fine, intricate golden scale patterns appeared on his fingertips, and his entire body trembled slightly. He simultaneously unleashed the two major defensive and lethal moves, Golden Scale and Cloud-Sealing Tail.

With flawless calculation, he instantly found the weakest point in the shot and lightly touched it with his fingertip.

Like needles clashing against wheat awns, fingertips and spearheads suddenly touched, and a visible ring of air burst forth and spread out from the center.

"Qiang——!!"

The sound of metal clashing rang out, and the clothes of the two people in the arena fluttered wildly. All the students around them either involuntarily took a few steps back or were blown away directly, and a circle of nearly fifty meters in diameter quickly opened up in the arena.

"He actually used just one finger..."

Some students who were still able to keep their eyes open despite the wind pressure were terrified by Xue Jing's response.

Yuan Baijing's spear thrust was stopped by Xue Jing. He immediately shouted, turned around, and thrust out another spear in mid-air!

"Clang—!!"

Xue Jing blocked the second shot again, his eyes flickered slightly, as if he had realized something.

Yuan Baijing turned around again and thrust out his third spear!

Xue Jing shook his head. Facing the spear tip that was about to strike him, he stretched out his palm, flicked his finger, and struck the spear tip.

"Den-"

The spear flew from Yuan Baijing's hand, spinning and soaring into the sky at great speed, reaching hundreds of meters in the blink of an eye. Then it spun and fell back down, landing with a thud on the training ground.

—It landed right in the gap between He Han's legs.

"Boiled!"

He Han, who was sitting on the ground with his legs spread apart, looked at the gun barrel that was so close to him and immediately broke out in a cold sweat.

In the arena, Yuan Baijing lay on the ground, panting heavily, his lips pale, looking completely drained and clearly unable to continue fighting.

"Very interesting, what kind of marksmanship is that?"

Xue Jing was completely unharmed, still displaying the demeanor of a master. He merely glanced at a barely noticeable white dot on his fingertip and looked curiously at Yuan Baijing.

"That's a brave execution, Teacher Xue."

He Han walked up to Xue Jing with weak legs and answered for Yuan Baijing, who could barely speak.

“A famous killing move of the Fearless Dojo... It takes the true meaning of the word 'courage', and the first three shots are all the essence of the first three shots. After the three shots, the 'courage' is exhausted.”

"Although there are only three shots, the power of these three shots far surpasses that of ordinary gun techniques... Yuan Baijing has been practicing this killing move for many years, and it is very powerful. When he participated in the competition, even though everyone knew his background, there was almost no way to deal with these three shots."

"I never imagined that it would be such a simple matter of a few flicks of your fingers, teacher..."

He Han shook his head and sighed.

Xue Jing nodded: "I see, execution by firing squad for bravery..."

With admiration in his eyes, he walked over to Yuan Baijing, squatted down, and reached out to touch his head.

"Bai Jing, don't move."

Yuan Baijing, panting, managed to say:

"Teacher Xue."

As Xue Jing touched Yuan Baijing's head, the Beast of Nothingness opened an invisible gap in his palm and used the Plant Contract to make the Dragon Cherry Seed grow a black root that extended slightly out of the gap and touched Yuan Baijing's body.

The roots of the dragon cherry began to absorb Xue Jing's boundless life force, which was then transferred to Yuan Baijing.

Yuan Baijing, who was originally exhausted and unable to move, suddenly found that a thick, pure, and warm power was seeping into his body from Xue Jing's palm, nourishing everything in his body.

His depleted strength began to recover rapidly, and the internal injuries caused by forcibly pushing himself beyond his limits to use the Courageous Spear Technique also healed extremely quickly. He stared blankly at Xue Jing:

“Teacher, you…”

The healing power within him carried a strong 'scent' of Xue Jing. Yuan Baijing instinctively realized that Xue Jing was sharing his life energy with him.

Yuan Baijing was immediately moved.

He injured himself by unleashing the "Courage" spear technique in an attempt to fight his teacher, yet his teacher went so far as to expend his own life force to heal him...

After his internal injuries were mostly healed and his physical condition had largely recovered, Yuan Baijing was about to speak.

Suddenly, the warm feeling of life energy that Xue Jing felt in his palm disappeared. In its place, a cool and comfortable power was seeping into his brain.

Although I don't know what it is, it has a very obvious Xue Jing 'scent' about it.

Based on the trust Yuan Baijing had developed from Xue Jing's willingness to share his life energy to heal him, he did not resist. Instead, he allowed Xue Jing's power to seep into his brain and gradually reach the depths of his consciousness.

...Without Yuan Baijing even noticing, Xue Jing used the power of [Reverse Cultivation Initiation] to copy knowledge, experience, and insights in Yuan Baijing's mind...and slowly transport them back to his own consciousness.

Golden light radiated from the outer perimeter of his consciousness, dissolving and disintegrating most of the vast fragments of knowledge that had been transported there. It filtered out what Xue Jing didn't want, leaving only the parts related to martial arts, which were absorbed deep within him.

After a while, Xue Jing withdrew his hand.

Yuan Baijing immediately stood up with renewed vigor and bowed gratefully to Xue Jing, saying:

"Thank you, Teacher Xue!"

"...Are you sure you're okay doing this?"

After expressing his gratitude, he immediately asked with concern.

Xue Jing smiled and patted his head, saying:

"I already told you, the teacher is immortal, don't worry."

Yuan Baijing was stunned for a moment, taking it as Xue Jing's words of comfort, and was even more moved.

He wasn't someone who took this martial arts exam very seriously. It was only because his master thought it was a good experience that he was sent here. So, for him, he was just going through the motions and didn't care about the results.

But now, even for Teacher Xue's sake, he feels he should work even harder.

The students around him, who knew the details of Yuan Baijing's execution by firing squad, were all puzzled as to why he recovered so quickly.

At this moment, Xue Jing clapped his hands and laughed:

"Alright, the test is over. I have a general understanding of you all... Everyone, let's gather together."

Upon hearing Xue Jing's words, the students moved their injured bodies and came to Xue Jing, gathering together and forming a line.

Then, Xue Jing began to place his hands on each student's body according to the severity of their injuries, from most serious to least serious, and used the Dragon Cherry Seed to transfer his life force to them for healing.

The physical abilities of these students are far inferior to his, so the cost of treatment is not too high, but when the number of them increases, it still becomes a bit of a burden.

Before cultivating the Nirvana Technique, Xue Jing wouldn't have done this... But after acquiring the Nirvana Technique and [Sleep], this level of loss of life force was nothing more than a matter of taking a nap, and was insignificant to him.

This really touched everyone.

The warm feeling of that shared life energy is something that even those who don't know the concept beforehand can clearly feel. This is Xue Jing sacrificing himself to heal them by harming himself.

The students who experienced it immediately forgot all their resentment and dissatisfaction with Xue Jing's actions, and were left only with gratitude for their good teacher.

This is a responsible and caring teacher... He seems to genuinely care about them and has a plan to teach them things.

Withdrawing his hand from the girl in front of him, Cao Sini, whose name sounded rather odd, and ignoring her sharp, scrutinizing gaze, Xue Jing looked up at the bright sun and said:

"Well... it's about time, let's stop here for now."

"Let's go, everyone, to the cafeteria, it's almost time for lunch."

As soon as Xue Jing finished speaking, the students burst into cheers.

Fighting is very energy-consuming, and after being forced to engage in a round of combat with Xue Jing, most of the students are now starving.

After the group arrived at the cafeteria in a grand procession, Ye Jingqiu, Fu Jiali, and the other female students looked around and asked curiously:

"Hey, where's Teacher Xue?"

"Weren't they just chatting with us? How did they disappear in the blink of an eye?"

Ye Jingqiu found Chen Xingyan and asked, "Li...Xingyan, have you seen Teacher Xue?"

Hearing her almost blurt out "Attention!", Chen Xingyan's lips twitched, but he pretended not to hear and simply shook his head.

"Did not notice."

Just as He Han was about to speak, someone in the cafeteria waved to him and called out:

"Hey kid! Come here right now!"

Chen Xingyan looked in the direction of the voice, only to find it was someone he didn't recognize. He turned to He Han and asked:

"Who is that?"

He Han recognized him and instinctively replied, "You must be Teacher Xue's driver. He's the one who drove Teacher Xue here yesterday."

Chen Xingyan nodded at first, then realized something was wrong.

"Wait, how did he meet you?"

He Han's heart skipped a beat upon hearing this.

broken.

He scratched his head and could only confess honestly: "Yesterday, in order to gather intelligence, I got into the car and chatted with Teacher Xue and this driver..."

"But don't worry, Brother Lizheng, my mouth is tighter than Yuan Baijing's. I haven't said a word about our affair, really!"

Chen Xingyan hardened, and his fist hardened.

"You beast..."

He Han was startled and quickly looked around, then pointed in a direction with delight:

"Hey, teacher, Teacher Xue is over there!"

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately looked up.

Xue Jing was standing inside the cafeteria's food serving window, looking like a stay-at-home husband. He was wearing a white apron and holding a strange kitchen knife, cutting up a large amount of food at an unbelievable speed with an effortless elegance, clearly a seasoned pro.

"The mighty Demon King Xue... is cooking?"

One student said something that seemed utterly incomprehensible.

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