Chapter 27 The Maddened Wang Family

"Alright, that's all for today's lesson. Go back and ponder what we've covered. If anything is unclear, you may come to me individually."

Zhang Xuan waved his hand.

"Yes!" The five students acknowledged and withdrew.

Though the class was short and someone had come to cause trouble, they had gained immensely. It could be predicted that if they persisted in their contemplation, they would surely make great progress in their cultivation.

The five were each excited. As soon as they left the room, Wang Tao grabbed his sister Wang Ying.

"Come, follow me back to the clan!"

"Back to the clan? Brother, why are we going back..." Wang Ying was startled.

"Hmph, disobeying your brother and actually taking the worst teacher in the academy as your master—I've already told Father about this. He wants to speak with you personally!" Wang Tao snorted.

Having been thrown out the first time he entered the classroom and returned empty-handed the second, he knew from his sister's demeanor that persuasion was futile. So he had directly sent Old Liu back to inform the clan.

He intended to have their father dissuade her.

Though his sister was naive, she was still very deferential to their father's words.

"Father..." Wang Ying's face paled in fear.

Their father was none other than the current clan head of the Wang family, Wang Hong.

He was always stern and rigid, so much so that even his own children were afraid every time they saw him.

"Teacher Zhang Xuan is not what you all say he is. His lectures are very good..."

Wang Ying wanted to retort.

"Hmph, tell that to Father and see if he believes it!" Wang Tao waved his hand, said no more, and led his sister out of the academy.

Hongtian Academy and the Wang clan were both in Tianxuan City, not too far apart. Before long, the siblings arrived home, and Wang Tao took Wang Ying to their father's study.

"Enter!"

Clan Head Wang Hong's stern voice sounded.

"Yes!" Wang Ying trembled, her delicate body shaking. Gritting her teeth, she followed her brother inside.

In the study, Clan Head Wang Hong sat in the center, flanked by several elders of authority. A youth stood to one side.

Wang Ying recognized this youth—Wang Yan, the second elder's grandson.

She and Wang Yan had entered Hongtian Academy at the same time. He had become a disciple of the renowned Lu Xun, while she had taken the academy's most infamous teacher, Zhang Xuan...

"Father!" Seeing the tense atmosphere in the study, Wang Ying hardly dared to breathe.

"Kneel!"

Clan Head Wang Hong's face darkened.

For a martial artist, the enlightenment teacher was crucial. Before entering the academy, he had repeatedly instructed her to take Lu Xun as her master. But this girl...

Why couldn't she choose someone decent?

She had to pick the worst-ranked teacher in the entire academy?

When he first heard the news, he was nearly furious to death.

Thud!

Wang Ying shuddered and knelt down.

"Do you know your mistake?" Wang Hong snorted coldly.

"I..."

"Hmph, choosing a teacher is a personal matter, and I didn't intend to say much. But don't you know the level of this Teacher Zhang Xuan? He ranked last in the teacher assessment and has even driven people to cultivation deviation. What qualifies him to be your teacher?" Clan Head Wang Hong's voice grew darker. "Not knowing the situation and going astray is one thing, but why are you disobedient? I heard your brother asked you to drop the course, and you refused? What exactly are you trying to do?"

Wang Hong's voice grew louder, causing the entire study to hum.

"I..." Faced with her father's reprimand, Wang Ying's pretty face flushed. After a moment, she gritted her teeth. "Father, Teacher Zhang Xuan is not as worthless as you all say. He is a truly talented teacher, just rather low-key. I want to attend his classes. I won't drop out!"

Having gained so much from just one lesson, Wang Ying knew that being under Zhang Xuan's tutelage was her opportunity. If she lost it, she would regret it for life.

"A talented teacher? Ha, a genius who scored zero on the teacher assessment?"

"Wang Ying, you should listen to your clan head. Don't be fooled by this Zhang Xuan!"

"You should learn from Wang Yan. Though he's only had one lesson today, his strength has already increased by forty percent. Teacher Lu Xun's lectures are among the best in the entire academy!"

...

Hearing the girl's words, the other elders shook their heads with smiles.

Zhang Xuan's reputation was known to everyone in Tianxuan City. Calling him a talented teacher—what a joke!

"You..." Wang Hong was also furious at his daughter's words. "I don't care what you say. You must drop his course today! Otherwise, don't set foot in this house again!"

"I won't accept this!" Though Wang Ying seemed gentle, she had a stubborn streak. She stood up directly. "You haven't heard Teacher Zhang Xuan's lectures. On what grounds do you say his teaching is bad? On what grounds do you want me to drop out?"

"We may not have heard his lectures, but his reputation is well known. Can the teacher assessment be faked?" an elder said.

"Miss Wang Ying, don't be stubborn. The quality of his teaching is judged by all the students. Are you the only one who's smart?" another elder added.

"I don't know whether the teacher assessment is real or fake, but I know he cured my legs and guided my cultivation. I can easily increase my strength by over a hundred percent!" Wang Ying said.

"Cured your legs? What nonsense!"

"Even Master Yuanyuan couldn't cure your legs, and you say a guy who scored zero on the teacher assessment did?"

"Miss Wang Ying, if you're going to lie, at least make it plausible..."

The clan members were all aware of Wang Ying's leg injury. Hearing this, several elders snorted simultaneously.

"You don't believe me? Then watch!"

Seeing the elders' disbelief, Wang Ying wasted no words. She strode to the measuring stone pillar in front of the study and kicked it.

Bang!

The pillar shook, and a number appeared.

205!

"What?"

Seeing this, Clan Head Wang Hong's pupils involuntarily contracted.

The elders who had been reprimanding her stood frozen, lips trembling.

Wang Ying's legs were injured. These elders had studied the matter and found it incurable; she couldn't exert force, and just walking normally was already good!

A kick producing 205 kilograms?

How... how was that possible?

After kicking the pillar, Wang Ying did not stop. She turned and threw a punch in midair, hitting it as well.

Hum!

The pillar displayed a number.

120!

A punch force of 120 kilograms!

"You... you're only at the initial stage of Gathering Breath. Yesterday, you could only manage 53 kilograms. How can you punch... 120?" Clan Head Wang Hong stood up abruptly, his voice trembling with excitement.

The first martial realm, Gathering Breath, involves gathering inner breath and sensing spiritual energy, allowing internal vision and precise control of spiritual energy flow.

The initial stage yields 50 kilograms, mid stage 70, late stage 90, and peak 110.

These are the lifting strengths for cultivators; punch force within this range, whether higher or lower, is normal.

Usually, increasing strength by twenty or thirty percent is already good. Even a renowned teacher like Lu Xun can only improve it by forty percent!

Her cultivation hadn't broken through; she was still at the initial stage of Gathering Breath, yet she could punch 120 kilograms—a strength increase of over a hundred percent, comparable to a peak-stage expert. This was too astonishing!

"I made progress precisely because of Teacher Zhang Xuan's guidance!" After finishing, Wang Ying stopped, calm and composed.

"His guidance alone allowed you to improve so much? And... he also cured your legs?"

Clan Head Wang Hong found it hard to believe. He stepped up to his daughter and, with a single glance, knew that her legs were indeed healed!

The worst teacher in the academy not only cured an injury that even Master Yuanyuan couldn't treat but also, with one session of guidance, increased her strength so dramatically—was it real?

"Can you tell us what he taught today? How did he lecture?"

After a moment of shock, Clan Head Wang Hong couldn't help asking.

"Alright. Teacher Zhang talked about cultivation techniques today, but it was too profound. I can only remember less than a tenth. Let me tell you..."

Wang Ying hesitated, then recounted what she still remembered.

"Gathering breath and nourishing qi... such profound theories for just the Gathering Breath realm?"

"This... is too good. If I had heard such a lecture back then, why would I be stuck at this realm, unable to advance!"

"This is master-level theory. It's enlightening me..."

...

Wang Ying had only repeated a few sentences when she saw the clan head and all the elders in the room become dazed, as if intoxicated, on the verge of madness.

As the clan head and elders of a family, their cultivation was not low—all at least at the sixth martial realm, Opening Aperture.

Having cultivated for years, they had a deeper understanding of cultivation and knew more!

Wang Ying's naive recitation sounded like celestial music to their ears. Countless previously unsolvable puzzles from their cultivation were instantly resolved, and they saw the light.

"This... this is master-level—no, even a master couldn't explain such profound principles!" Clan Head Wang Hong's eyes shone, his breathing rapid with excitement.

"Father? Father?"

Seeing her father like this, on the verge of madness, Wang Ying couldn't help calling out.

"Ah? Ying'er, you must not drop this Teacher Zhang's class! Study hard with him..." Awakening from the profound state, Clan Head Wang Hong looked at her with a serious expression.

"But Father just said..." Wang Ying was unaccustomed to her usually rigid father changing so quickly.

"Father didn't know how remarkable your Teacher Zhang is! Oh, right..."

Saying this, Clan Head Wang Hong's eyes shone with excitement and hope. "Ying'er, ask your Teacher Zhang... if he's still taking students? Let Wang Yan and Tao'er study under him too... Or, I could even become his student..."

"Clan Head, as the head of the Wang family, how can you become a student of a low-level academy teacher? If word gets out, what face will our Wang family have in Tianxuan City?"

Before Clan Head Wang Hong could finish, an elder interrupted him with righteous indignation. After reprimanding the clan head, the elder turned around, his face full of smiles. "Look, I'm just an ordinary elder, not representing the family's face. If necessary, I could even resign as elder. Could you ask if I might become your Teacher Zhang's disciple?"

Wang Tao, Wang Ying, Wang Yan: "..."

Clan Head Wang Hong: "..."