I flew on a sword at the magic academy

Chapter 75 Arguing and Fighting

"I don't really care, but since they both have such privileges, I should naturally have them too. Besides, my comprehension is no worse than theirs, so self-study is no problem at all." Jing Xinyu smiled brightly and charmingly.

Dean Donaldson rubbed his forehead and pondered for a long time before speaking: "If it's just one person, it's fine, but if all of you do this, it might cause dissatisfaction among the other students."

"What's the big deal? Isn't there an assessment every month? As long as we pass the assessment, what can they say about us?" Shen Tianyu said dismissively.

"That makes sense." Jing Xinyu nodded.

After pondering for a long time, Dean Donaldson finally spoke, "Then let's decide based on your assessment results. If you can truly become self-taught, I can grant you the privilege of not attending classes."

On the other side, in the central square of Horajaka College, a group of students, led by Shi Daohan, were reciting the Three Character Classic in broken Chinese.

Since witnessing the wonders of Eastern immortal arts in Shi Daohan's cultivation class, these students have developed a strong interest in Chinese culture and have begun to learn Chinese characters and the Chinese language on their own.

Shi Daohan was naturally delighted with this, and the courses these past few days have all been dedicated to teaching them Chinese characters and language.

"Only by mastering written language can you understand the contents of the scriptures I have passed on to you, and only then can you comprehend the profound meaning contained within them and gain enlightenment."

"Study hard, all of you. All the efforts you make today are laying the foundation for your future achievements."

With his hands behind his back, Shi Daohan walked past each student, his voice carrying far and wide.

In the distance, Shen Tianyu and Jing Xinyu, who had just come out of Donaldson's mansion, saw this scene from afar.

"You certainly have plenty of time to be both a student and a professor, fellow Daoist."

Shen Tianyu wore a gentle smile, but the words she spoke had a slightly sarcastic tone.

"Anyway, it's only one class a day, it won't interfere with my cultivation." Shi Daohan smiled.

Jing Xinyu smiled charmingly and said, "Teaching people to cultivate immortality at a magic academy, you don't seem like you're here as an exchange student, but rather as someone who's here to cause trouble."

Shen Tianyu gave Shi Daohan a strange look and said, "Aren't you afraid that the foundation of Western magic will be shaken because Dean Donaldson actually agreed to let you run this so-called cultivation course?"

Shi Daohan shook his head: "Western magic doesn't have high requirements for the practitioner's aptitude and talent, making it more suitable for the general public than our cultivation system. That's the advantage of their system."

"No matter how things develop in the future, Western magic is destined to have a place on this land. There is no such thing as it shaking the foundation. At most, it will only take away some of their fortune."

"Just taking away a portion of their fortune." Jing Xinyu chuckled and said, "Back when Buddhism entered the Central Plains, didn't your Xuanmen (Taoist sect) wage a battle with Buddhism that lasted for hundreds of years because of fortune? Now you, a disciple of Mount Shu, come to the Western lands to divide up their magical fortune, and you speak of it so lightly?"

Fortune is closely related to an individual, a religious sect, a nation, and even a race.

It is invisible and intangible, yet it truly exists, and is of paramount importance; even the slightest bit of it is enough to cause people to fight tooth and nail.

When Buddhism entered China, the Xuanmen sect and the Buddhist sect engaged in a struggle that lasted for hundreds of years; this was the struggle for destiny.

"Survival of the fittest. If the legacy of our ancestor is to take root and flourish in this western land, it is inevitable that some of the fortune of Western magic will be diverted. There is no need for you to be sarcastic here," Shi Daohan said.

Jing Xinyu curled her lip: "Tch, you immortal cultivators love to find all sorts of high-sounding excuses for your actions, you're so hypocritical."

Upon hearing this, Shen Tianyu immediately became displeased.

"How dare you, a demon, speak to us like that?"

"What's wrong with us demons?!" Jing Xinyu glared at her angrily.

Shen Tianyu glared back without hesitation, retorting sharply, "Your demon race is bloodthirsty and warlike, fierce and brutal. Every time you emerge, you inevitably bring a devastating apocalyptic scene of countless lives lost, rivers of blood flowing, and the sorrow of the common people. So what?!"

"That's a stereotype about us!"

"That's just the way it is!"

"Ha! How much better are you so-called righteous sects than us? You're two-faced, a bunch of utterly hypocritical scoundrels!"

"At least we have strict rules and regulations, and we have a bottom line in how we do things, unlike you bunch of lawless primitive savages!"

"Who are you calling a primitive savage?!" Jing Xinyu gritted her teeth in anger.

"I'm talking to you. What's wrong? Want to fight?" Shen Tianyu crossed her arms and looked at her with a resentful expression.

On the other side, Shi Daohan found a clean place to sit down, propped her cheek up with one hand, and watched the two of them bickering with great interest.

"Wow--!"

Suddenly, crying rang out. Jing Xinyu burst into tears, pointing at Shen Tianyu with a wronged expression, and cried out, "Someone hit a girl!"

The recitation of the Three Character Classic in the square stopped abruptly, and all the students looked over.

Jing Xinyu lay on the ground, one hand covering her chest, crying with tears streaming down her face, which made people feel sorry for her.

"Xinyu, who bullied you?"

Dozens of male students ran over, asking with concern and heartache.

With tears welling up in her eyes, Jing Xinyu pointed at Shen Tianyu and said in a pitiful voice, "It was him! I only said a few words to him, and he hit me, scolded me, and bullied this weak woman like me, waaaaah~"

The male students present were all aroused by her pitiful appearance and turned around to glare angrily at Shen Tianyu.

"Shen Tianyu, how could you bully a female classmate like Jing Xinyu, especially such a beautiful and lovely girl like her!"

"Beautiful and cute?" Shen Tianyu looked stunned, then laughed in exasperation, saying, "You didn't see how ruthless she is, devouring people without spitting out the bones!"

"Apologize to Xinyu right now!"

"I didn't even touch her, why should I apologize?"

Shen Tianyu felt completely bewildered and turned to leave, but was blocked by a group of students.

"If you don't apologize to Xinyu, we can't let you leave here today."

The group of male students at the head of the group spoke with righteous indignation, like protectors of a flower.

Shen Tianyu was speechless. She really wanted to slap these ignorant people who couldn't distinguish right from wrong, but considering that she was now also a student at Horagaka Academy, she didn't dare to make a move. She could only suppress her temper and said, "I really didn't hit her. If you don't believe me... you can ask Shi Daohan!"

Shi Daohan, who was sitting not far away watching the commotion, saw Shen Tianyu pointing at him and spread his hands innocently, saying, "I don't know, I didn't see anything just now."

"Shi Daohan, I was just fighting with this witch because I was speaking up for you. Are you just going to stand by and do nothing?" Shen Tianyu secretly transmitted his voice.

Shi Daohan twirled a strand of her black hair, revealing a radiant smile, and replied, "She was just talking about all the Xuanmen sects in China. We Shushan people are thick-skinned, so it doesn't matter to us. You're speaking up for your Donghuashan sect, not for me, okay?"

"You!" Shen Tianyu gritted her teeth, but still reluctantly walked up to Jing Xinyu, forcing a stiff smile on her face, and said, "I'm sorry, Xinyu, I shouldn't have hit you."

Jing Xinyu raised the corners of her mouth slightly, revealing a triumphant smile, and said, "Since you already know your mistake, then I'll reluctantly forgive you."

Having said that, she extended her fair and delicate hand, as smooth and lustrous as jade.

Shen Tianyu frowned slightly, wondering what her gesture meant.

"She wants you to hold her hand and pull her up, you stupid straight man." Shi Daohan's complaining voice came from not far away.

Upon hearing this, Shen Tianyu reluctantly grabbed Jing Xinyu's hand and then pulled her up from the ground.

"Be gentle, you almost broke my old back!" Jing Xinyu scolded playfully.

Shen Tianyu ignored her, clapped her hands, turned around and strode away.

"You stupid straight man! No wonder you're single!" Jing Xinyu pointed at his back and angrily cursed him with her divine sense.

"Hey, Xinyu, don't get angry with that kind of person. Do you want to go eat with us after class?"

"Yes, yes, let's go out for dinner together after class, it's on us."

Several male classmates fawned over him, trying to curry favor.

"No time!" Jing Xinyu didn't even glance at them, coldly uttering these words before leaving, leaving the male classmates standing there awkwardly, looking at each other in bewilderment.

After a day of classes, Shi Daohan led Kalman toward Jingyue Lake.

On the way, Kalman was still pondering the contents of the Three Character Classic.

"Master, the Three Character Classic says that people are born good. If people are born good, then why are there so many evil people in this world?" Kalman asked, voicing his thoughts.

"Desire, self-interest, and many other factors can lead people to do evil," Shi Daohan said calmly.

After saying that, she suddenly stopped, turned back, and stared into Kalman's eyes, saying, "Why don't you ask yourself why you did those despicable things in the past that caused families to be torn apart and lives to be lost?"

"This...I..." Kalman was speechless for a moment, not knowing how to answer.

Looking back on the things I did in the past, it seems there wasn't really a reason for them.

If you really had to give him a reason, you could only say it was for amusement to pass the time when he was bored.

He was born into a wealthy family, enjoying a life of luxury and ease, able to obtain whatever he desired without the hardship and struggle of the poor who had to work hard for a living.

Because he could easily get whatever he wanted, he lost interest in everything.

It's not the detached indifference of being free from worldly desires, but rather the numbness that comes after all needs have been met.

One day, when he saw a poor man with a broken leg curled up on the ground pleading for mercy, he was moved.

It wasn't sympathy or pity, but rather the wicked thought of picking up a stick and breaking the poor man's other leg.

In fact, he did just that. Watching the other person struggle, cry, and beg at his feet, he seemed to satisfy some kind of pleasure within himself.

He still doesn't know what words to use to describe that kind of pleasure; in short, it was incredibly enjoyable.

Shi Daohan shook his head and sneered, "Do you think you're so high and mighty, like a god, that you can decide someone's life and death at will?"

Kalman shook his head, but after thinking for a moment, he nodded slightly, unsure how to answer.

"When a person can easily get everything they want, they will seek so-called thrills. Rape, murder, and other things that violate moral bottom lines and few people would do are the best choices for you psychopaths to seek pleasure and thrills. This is why so many tyrannical rulers have been born throughout history."

Shi Daohan said in a cold tone, "Do you know why I took you as my disciple and passed on my immortal cultivation methods to you?"

Kalman didn't dare look her in the eye, his head lowered, and he whispered, "So that I won't be tormented by those demons anymore?"

"Heh~" Shi Daohan sneered, "Your being haunted by those evil spirits is your own fault. We're not related, so what does your life or death have to do with me? You don't really think I'm after that magic stone you have, do you?"

Although these words are very direct and hurtful, they are indeed reasonable.

"I took you as my disciple, passed on the immortal lineage to you, and guided you onto the right path because you are not yet beyond redemption. Our ancestral master is compassionate and taught us to save people from suffering and calamity, so I chose to give you a helping hand."

Shi Daohan walked ahead with his hands behind his back, leaving Kalman with a majestic silhouette. Though he was right in front of him, he seemed infinitely distant and untouchable.

Kalman quickly caught up and said, "Our ancestor gave me a new life. I want to become like you, Master, and save people from suffering!"

Shi Daohan smiled with satisfaction, patted his shoulder, and said, "It's commendable that you've turned back from the wrong path. It wasn't for nothing that I pulled you out of the mire."

On that very day, Kalman mobilized the Pearson family to establish a charity to help families struggling to make ends meet.

If it weren't for the fact that he wasn't yet the head of the family, he would have given away all his family's wealth.

……

On a luxurious boat moored by Jingyue Lake, Kalman, Shi Daohan, and the little wolf demon Lope sat around a steaming bronze cauldron, chatting idly while enjoying hot pot.

"By the way, didn't you ask about the line '[At the beginning of life, people are inherently good]' from the Three Character Classic yesterday?" Shi Daohan looked up at Kalman and said, "Actually, there is another saying, which is 'At the beginning of life, people are inherently evil]."

"Human nature is inherently evil? Why has it become inherently evil?" Kalman scratched his head in confusion.

(End of this chapter)