Daily life of a teacher in the martial arts department

Nocturne gazed into the distance and said softly, "Mu Huai-ren was imprisoned, his property confiscated, and his title stripped. His mother raised him with great difficulty. If she were still alive, perhaps Mr. Mu would put all these things aside and fulfill his filial duties first..."

The implication is that Mu Nandong's mother is also dead, and Mu Nandong has no attachments, focusing solely on revenge.

Mu Nandong wanted to find the ancestral alien race... to unleash his hatred.

Ying Qin Guan gazed into the distance, seemingly understanding but not quite.

"But... is it possible to find it?"

“It’s difficult,” Nocturne said. “'Fear' is the greatest secret passed down through the Mu family lineage. To this day, outsiders don’t even know the race of that progenitor alien race…”

"Heh, perhaps it's due to the contract, or perhaps the Mu family ancestors deeply understood human nature, knowing that humanity's greatest fear stems from the unknown..."

Ying Qin Guan couldn't help but say, "Does that mean that when Mu Nan Dong was born, the fear had already disappeared, his father had gone mad, and he knew nothing at all?!"

"We don't know their name, their race, or even what they look like. How...how could we possibly find them?"

This is the question that Ying Qin Guan is puzzled about. He knows nothing, and this is like trying to catch the moon in the sea. In the end, it will all be nothing but a mirage!

“Who can argue with that?” Nocturne narrowed her eyes slightly and said, “However, these hardships may be a good thing for Mu Nandong… no, to be precise, these are exactly what he has been hoping for.”

Ying Qin asked, "Why do you say that?"

"The woman believes that the emptier a person's life is after they have avenged their great enemy." Nocturne fanned herself, her gaze profound in the moonlight. "Especially someone like Teacher Mu, whose life was driven by hatred for the first half, he probably understands it himself. After revenge, his life will fall into ultimate emptiness..."

Ying Qin Guan fell silent... Nocturne was watching him, and that gaze made Ying Qin Guan somewhat uneasy.

But Nocturne quickly looked away and sighed softly:

"Revenge is a fine wine carefully brewed by Mu Nandong. All the hardships along the way will add to the potency of this wine. He used the first half of his life to brew this wine, found an opportunity to drink it, and from then on, he was intoxicated by the potency of this wine, never to wake up again."

Chapter Sixty-Three: I Scold Myself

The next day... the graduation party ended, but the "Alluring Cup" competition continued.

Jiu Yi truly lived up to his reputation as a peerless warrior who could fight Ying Qin Guan to a standstill. Ying Qin Guan strolled around the venue for a while the next day and finally confirmed that Jiu Yi had also been eliminated on the first day.

This pleased Ying Qin Guan greatly.

As the days went by, the graduating seniors left school one after another, and the knockout rounds of the Qingcheng Cup continued one after another.

Ying Qin Guan and Jiu Yi had long since returned to their daily lives... but later they heard about the final of the Alluring City Cup, a mute girl who couldn't speak and Ye Qu in the final. The two fought to the last general. Ye Qu was a one-health sword saint with only one wine card left in her hand, while her opponent was a five-health general with a full hand of cards and a dodge card. The media around them had already started rushing to write articles.

I heard the mute girl held up a sign that said something like:

"Your life is already as fragile as a candle flickering in the wind!"

"Give up, Miss Nocturn."

"I am invincible now!"

"There is no battle in the world that I cannot win."

Then, Nocturne draws two cards, creates two cards from nothing, drinks wine, opens a Five Grains, makes the mute girl's hand cards greater than her maximum life, takes a "Strong Attack Spear" (Stone Piercing Axe) from the Five Grains, uses a wave of wine to kill, discards two cards to inflict strong damage, kills five health points in one strike, and takes the head of the army!

This incredible card-playing technique, which claimed an exceptional lifespan, stunned the audience for a century. It's said that the mute woman was speechless for an hour after being instantly defeated.

I suspect that various marketing accounts are also spreading misinformation.

As July approaches, temperatures, like housing prices, are rising little by little behind the scenes. Jiu Yi had talked to Ying Qin Guan about this while playing cards. The Imperial Celestial Bureau had issued a notice that this summer would be much hotter than usual.

Jiu also thought it would be better to go somewhere else to escape the summer heat... of course, nominally it should be called team building.

Teachers at the Imperial Academy are theoretically public servants, and organizing trips and team-building activities during winter and summer vacations is common. However, since taking office, Jiu Yi has rarely paid attention to this aspect.

Ying Qin Guan wasn't interested in this and didn't chat with Jiu Yi much. But Jiu Yi seemed quite engrossed, even losing focus on the card game.

Ying Qin Guan's divine skill made him impervious to heat and cold, so even without actively practicing his cultivation method, it wasn't difficult for him to endure. Jiu Yi could also manage to practice his cultivation method a little without much trouble, but for other ordinary martial artists, it would be unbearable. Practicing martial arts in the sweltering summer heat was truly a form of torture.

With the Alluring Cup coming to a complete end, the semester has come to a close. Ying Qin Guan, who is neither a class teacher nor a counselor, doesn't have to worry about anything and has essentially finished his first semester at the Royal Academy.

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June 29th.

On the playground, students from the four departments other than the Sociology Department gathered.

There are just too many sociology students to come to the sports field, so we can only let them listen to the broadcast as a token gesture.

In addition, most of the teachers from each department came—for example, the Department of Sociology had so many teachers that most of them could only listen to the broadcast in the classroom. But the Departments of Martial Arts and Magic, which had fewer teachers, all of them came.

This is considered one of the school's routines. At the end of each semester, the principal, vice-principal, and representatives from each department will come out and say a few words, summarizing the past and looking forward to the future, and then give the students some motivational speeches.

The first to appear was Principal Jiu Yi, who walked to the stage with a microphone and script, and cleared his throat slightly.

"Cough cough."

"Dear students."

"Another semester has come to an end. Not long ago, we said goodbye to our seniors, and a total of 13,412 students successfully completed their studies. Although fewer than a thousand of them are still here, it still makes us..."

Jiu was not a talkative person, but sometimes when he was in a position, there were things he really had to say. He didn't know which ghostwriter had written the article, but it was more than two thousand words long and quite well said.

Ying Qin Guan couldn't help but say, "That dog-like Jiu Yi actually managed to say a few human words while standing on the platform."

He still remembered how the other person had attacked him without any sense of sportsmanship at the graduation party.

Jiu continued speaking.

"The most valuable thing in life is to have ambition. Throughout history, those who have achieved great things have all been ambitious people. One must never let trivial pursuits distract one from one's ambitions. In particular, I would like to name..."

Jiu Yi suddenly stopped... After a full two or three seconds, he spoke with a ferocious expression, reading from the manuscript: "Especially the Time-Space Killer game, such games waste money and corrupt the mind; one must never become addicted to them..."

Scattered bursts of laughter echoed across the playground.

—Now everyone knows that the principal's article was written by someone else and that he didn't even look at it beforehand.

"A husband has nothing to be ashamed of, but he should be ashamed of having accomplished nothing. A life of eating one's fill all day long and achieving nothing is shameful..."

Jiu Yi's voice grew softer and softer, and his expression became increasingly distorted.

"It's a worthless life..."

The laughter on the playground gradually became uncontrollable.

I scold myself for being idle and unproductive, indulging in trivial pursuits and losing my ambition.

Jiu Yi's expression was distorted, but Ying Qin Guan's expression was natural, nodding repeatedly, feeling that what Jiu Yi said made a lot of sense. People should keep striving to improve themselves, just like himself, living such a fulfilling life every day!

Jiu Yi finally couldn't take it anymore and turned around to glare at Ye Qu, who smiled and covered her face with her fan.

Yes... who else but Nocturne could do something so liberating, using perfectly accurate words to subtly criticize the principal...

Jiu Yi put down the manuscript with a wry smile, looked up, and sincerely looked at the many students who couldn't stop laughing. He couldn't help but laugh as well.

He laughed loudly, "Alright, alright, everyone, let's encourage each other and not become social outcasts like the dean and Teacher Ying. Playing cards should be done in moderation. If you have small ambitions, you'll be easily satisfied, and if you're easily satisfied, you'll have no way to progress. The principal is no good, he's a laughing stock every day. You all shouldn't embarrass the school anymore... Let me hear our school motto!"

The laughter that had been echoing from all directions vanished within seconds. The students, who had been standing casually, instinctively straightened up, their expressions becoming slightly serious. The next moment, a series of orderly voices rang out from the playground, from the classrooms, and from the mouths of every individual in every department, resounding throughout the entire college.

The highest institution of learning in the empire, the Seven Luminaries Royal Academy.

The best and most stable SSR production machine in the entire empire. All the talents of the empire are here. They are young, intelligent, confident, and full of energy. They have not yet been corrupted by the dark side of society, and the black hands of the academic clique have been cut off by Jiu Yi as much as possible.

The sound of orderly chanting echoed across the playground.

"The light of truth shines, the wind of freedom blows, the stars may shine and fade, the sun and moon may sometimes dim, but justice and wisdom will endure forever!"

The End of Summer

"Now, let the vice dean say a few words."

Although he was outmaneuvered by Nocturne, Jiu Yi was still a cultured man. With a few words, he managed to quell the situation and handed the microphone to the vice dean—a middle-aged man with a calm expression.

"Well... the dean has already said everything that needs to be said. I just want to emphasize a few points. Students in the martial arts and magic departments, please note that there will be no involvement of school teachers in the summer quests. If you encounter any danger or have any doubts, don't try to tough it out; immediately return to school and report it..."

The vice dean was much more pragmatic; this was probably the division of labor between him and the dean. After saying everything he wanted to say, he remained calm and said, "Now, let's have a representative teacher from each department come up and say a few words."

Each of the five departments—Martial Arts, Magic, Arts, Alchemy, and Social Studies—must send a teacher to give a brief lecture. Usually, it's the department head, but there are exceptions. For example, in the Martial Arts department, Wu Changying almost never gives a lecture.

"I wonder who from the other departments went up to speak..."

While Ying Qin was in a daze, the sociology professor stepped forward and quickly finished his speech in just two sentences, as fast as a conversation between a married couple about "starting?" and "ending".

Next up was Nocturne... She was extremely popular, and her appearance caused a sensation throughout the audience.

Students at the Imperial College usually don't follow celebrities; if they do, it's like a nocturne.

Today, Nocturne wore a light-colored suit and tied her hair in a ponytail in the middle, looking dashing and spirited.

"Actually, the principal has already said everything the woman wanted to say, and the woman has nothing more to add..."

Jiu Yi, sitting in the audience, turned pale and vowed never to use Nocturne's manuscript again.

“But now that we’re up here, we can’t just stay silent…” Nocturne opened her fan—she always carried a fan, regardless of whether it matched her outfit.

She smiled and said, "Next semester, please participate more in the activities that women are enthusiastically involved in."

This naturally caused a great deal of cheers – which Royal Academy student didn't hope that Miss Nocturne would suddenly come to life?

Then... amidst cheers, Mu Nandong, the hidden boss of the Divine Realm Imperial Academy and head of the Alchemy Department, took the microphone from Nocturne and stood on the podium.

He didn't say anything, just stood there, and the cheers from the entire audience gradually subsided until there was no sound left. The entire place was completely silent, and Ying Qin Guan could even feel that Jiu Yi next to him didn't dare to breathe heavily!

He scoffed inwardly, "How can Jiu Yi be such a coward? He's so scared he doesn't even dare to breathe. You're the principal, and he's just the head of the alchemy department. Why are you such a coward?"

It was at this moment that he noticed Jiu Yi turn his head to look at him, and then quickly turn back.

This action left Ying Qin completely baffled.

Jiu Yi was also confused... Ying Qin Guan had been breathing continuously, and she could hear his breathing the whole time. But after Mu Nan Dong came on stage, his breathing suddenly stopped. What was going on? She thought something had happened to him, so she went to check on him.

Mu Nandong scanned his surroundings, and no one dared to meet his gaze. Those he saw instinctively straightened up.

He raised the microphone, his indifferent voice echoing across the playground.

“You all seem very happy, but I don’t know why you’re so happy. I was involved in setting and grading the exams for 27 courses in the Sociology Department. Although I haven’t finished grading them yet, I already have a general idea of ​​your progress this semester.”

"To be honest, in my opinion, most of you will be eliminated by this society. You have occupied the empire's best educational resources, but you have failed to become the corresponding talents. You should know that everything in the world is like rowing against the current. If you don't move forward, you will fall behind."

"When you come to this school, I hope that you will leave as useful people to the country and your families, not as people who come here to get a gilded plating and then spend the rest of their lives in a decadent relationship with a fat nobleman twenty years older than them."

"Many of you have a beautiful appearance, but you should know that what makes you unique is not your appearance, but your mind and your soul. That is what makes you shine in the darkness."

“You came here not because of your physical bodies, but because of your brains. I hope you understand this, and what you should truly rely on.”