Chapter 368: Two Methods

On campus, the autumn wind blew, rustling the leaves.

"I have to say, Teacher Sun's class is really good!"

Walking forward, Zhao Wuxing sighed with emotion.

Teacher Sun Cheng, recruited together with Teacher Liu Cheng, though his brilliance was completely overshadowed by the former, his skills were solid.

Yesterday, he and Liu Changyan attended a class and both felt they had benefited greatly.

"Yeah, it's really good. I think it's even better than what Teacher Hu and others teach!"

Liu Changyan nodded.

Actually, what they most wanted was to attend Teacher Liu's class, but this person was elusive, appearing and disappearing unpredictably; they had looked for him several times but never found him.

Later, they heard a rumor that Teacher Sun's class was also good, so they went to listen, and were immediately astounded.

This Teacher Sun seemed unremarkable, but his understanding and insight into cultivation had reached an unbelievable level; even the most brilliant star teachers at Tianwu Academy fell far short compared to him.

"Both Teacher Liu and Teacher Sun are people with great abilities, but why were they unknown before the academy recruited them?"

While sighing with emotion, he was also full of doubt.

Gold shines anywhere. Logically, with two such excellent teachers, they should not have been overlooked; they should have become famous long ago. How come they were only known now?

"I don't know either, but since the academy recruited them as teachers, they must have thoroughly checked their backgrounds; there shouldn't be any problem!" Liu Changyan shook his head. "Actually, we don't need to think too much. As long as they teach well, we can just attend their classes often. Increasing our cultivation is the real priority!"

At Tianwu Academy, one could sit in on classes.

For top geniuses like them, ordinary classes were already hard to find effective; only by listening more and learning more could they gain more inspiration.

"That's true... To be honest, besides Teacher Zhang and Teacher Liu, I now have another idol—Teacher Sun!"

Zhao Wuxing smiled.

"Yeah, being able to explain cultivation in such simple terms that one understands after just one listen is truly impressive..."

Liu Changyan also nodded, but just as he was about to speak, he suddenly froze. "Look, isn't that Teacher Sun?"

Following his finger, they indeed saw a young man walking over unsteadily, looking listless and lacking any strength.

Who else could it be but the formidable Teacher Sun Cheng!

"What's wrong with him? Let's go check..."

They had seen him just yesterday, full of energy and commanding, so why was he like this today?

"Could it be... he's practicing some powerful martial technique?"

A thought struck him, and Zhao Wuxing's eyes lit up.

Legend had it that there was a powerful martial technique in the Tianwu Kingdom that could be performed while drunk, appearing unsteady like a drunkard, but actually possessing great offensive power.

Yesterday, this Teacher Sun had explained techniques and martial skills in a unique way, profound and unfathomable. Seeing him like this now made the two involuntarily think of this.

"Very likely!" Liu Changyan was startled at first, then nodded, and said with a serious expression, "Such profound footwork! It looks full of flaws, but... it's probably intentional!"

Some genius teachers at the academy behaved very oddly. The shock this teacher had given them yesterday was too great; they still hadn't fully digested it.

Seeing him stagger, they didn't think something was wrong, but rather that he was practicing some powerful martial technique.

"Look at this step: it seems to go east, but actually goes west. It should be using the method of feinting east and attacking west..."

"This step is also impressive. The knee goes weak as if about to fall, but it can easily dodge an enemy's attack. Truly a good move. I'll try it later too..."

Just as they were admiring and sighing, they suddenly froze.

"Holy crap, Teacher Sun fell into the cesspool! Quick, save him..."

They saw the Teacher Sun they had just praised to the skies and admired wholeheartedly suddenly lurch and plunge headfirst into a nearby cesspool.

The academy had public toilets, and naturally also channels for handling filth and stench. These channels were on one side of the courtyard, far from the road.

This Teacher Sun, as if drunk, staggered over somehow. The two thought he was practicing some martial technique, but never expected him to tilt his head and fall in.

Hurrying over, suppressing the stench, they fished him out. Zhao Wuxing and Liu Changyan looked at each other, feeling their faces burn.

Just moments ago, they had muttered that Teacher Sun must be practicing some martial technique, and then he fell into the cesspool... What the hell was going on?

A formidable teacher who knew so much about martial techniques and skills, walking into a cesspool...

Even having seen it with their own eyes, they were still utterly bewildered, completely unable to understand the reason.

"Teacher Sun, are you... feeling desperate about something?"

After hastily fetching several buckets of clean water to rinse him off, Zhao Wuxing couldn't help asking.

"Pfft!"

If he hadn't heard that, it might have been okay, but upon hearing it, Mo Hongyi's face turned pale and he spat out a mouthful of blood.

Damn it!

Even if someone felt desperate, you've seen people jump into rivers, jump off buildings, jump into rivers, but have you ever seen... someone jump into a cesspool?

Even if you wanted to die, you wouldn't degrade yourself like this!

I was poisoned, okay...

This poison numbs a person's spirit, making the body uncontrollable. Otherwise... do you think I would have fallen in?

Fortunately, he was using a disguised identity now; otherwise, news that the genius Mo Hongyi had fallen into a cesspool would likely spread throughout the entire kingdom by tomorrow morning, and how could he ever show his face again?

"I only drank water in Zhang Xuan's classroom this morning, nothing else..."

Though frustrated, he didn't wallow in self-pity but instead pondered what had happened.

He had woken up in the morning and gone straight to Zhang Xuan's classroom, only drinking water there. Could it be... the water was poisoned?

If so, it was very likely!

His going to the classroom and even drinking water were random, not inevitable. That is, if someone really wanted to harm him, they wouldn't rely on an uncertain factor. It was very likely that the intended target was... Zhang Xuan, the master teacher!

Who could it be? Who would be so bold as to strike against a master teacher?

"No, last night..."

A flash of insight struck him, and he suddenly recalled the three figures he had encountered when he came last night.

Previously, he thought they might be new students of "Liu Cheng" and didn't think much of it. This morning, he had been in the classroom for over an hour and hadn't seen them.

Not his students, yet appearing late at night... Could it be...

"They are... Zhang Xuan's students?"

He carefully recalled the appearance of one of them, and a flash of insight made him remember.

When Zhang Xuan took the assessment for one-star master teacher, he brought several students. Those students' trust levels had reached 85, breaking his own record.

At that time, he was full of shock and had glanced at those students, but didn't remember them very clearly.

Therefore, when he saw them a second time, he only found them familiar but didn't recall. Now, carefully thinking back, he finally matched names to faces...

Zhang Xuan's students had drugged "Liu Cheng," and as a result... he had been caught in the crossfire!

What the hell was this?

Who had he provoked?

You say your two female students caused a huge uproar, shocking the entire city, that's one thing... but the remaining students actually sneaked over to drug you!

And even if they drugged you, I was just a bystander; what did it have to do with me...

Mo Hongyi felt his chest tighten, tears streaming down.

A super genius who had dominated the Tianwu Kingdom, famous throughout the land since the age of five, when had he ever suffered such humiliation...

...

"Mo... Teacher Sun fell into the cesspool?"

Hearing Meng Tao's words, Zhang Xuan almost choked on his saliva.

This was Mo Hongyi, a peak Grandmaster, one of the top ten super experts in the entire Tianwu Kingdom, the idol of countless young girls...

And he had fallen into a cesspool?

What on earth had happened?

"Yes, I just went out and happened to see Zhao Wuxing and Liu Changyan rescue him... Teacher, please go take a look!"

Meng Tao urged.

Zhang Xuan nodded and quickly walked out of the classroom. After less than two hundred meters, he indeed saw "Teacher Sun" lying on the ground, stiff all over, looking at him with a face full of despair.

"Teacher Liu, Teacher Sun might be feeling desperate. Please talk to him..."

Seeing him arrive, Zhao Wuxing and Liu Changyan quickly stood up and clasped their fists.

"Feeling desperate?" Zhang Xuan was puzzled.

After disguising himself, this guy had raised his students' trust level to forty in just four or five days. He was full of ambition and planning to successfully pass the two-star master teacher assessment... How could he be feeling desperate?

"Don't worry, let me take a look."

He responded and approached the man.

At this moment, "Teacher Sun" had a pale face, exuded a foul odor, and his lips trembled as if he wanted to say something but couldn't.

"This is... poisoning?"

With a glance, even without using the library, he knew what was going on.

He was definitely poisoned, and... the symptoms were somewhat similar to the "Ground Dry Powder" in his teacup.

"Did you drink the water from the cup?"

He understood instantly.

He had just discovered poison in the tea in the classroom, and now Mo Hongyi was like this. Without a doubt, it was caused by drinking the water.

Realizing this, Zhang Xuan was speechless.

Ground Dry Powder, a peak Tier 2 poison, not only causes vomiting and diarrhea, weakness, but most importantly, it numbs the spirit, causing disharmony between muscles and spirit.

This guy had been caught off guard, no wonder he ended up walking into a cesspool.

A poison master's deadly poison is colorless and odorless, impossible to guard against. Even a peak Grandmaster cannot resist it. That's why poison masters are so terrifying, making countless people tremble with fear and unwilling to associate with them.

Most importantly...

How much poison had been put in?

Probably a whole bottle's worth!

"Ugh, ugh!"

Seeing that Zhang Xuan had recognized he was poisoned and deduced the cause, Mo Hongyi wanted to nod but had no strength, so he just grunted in response.

"Well, since you're poisoned, we need to find a way to cure it... I know one method that requires preparing many medicinal herbs and will take at least a day or two. There's another quick method that, barring accidents, can cure you today. Which one... do you choose?"

Zhang Xuan looked at him.

Mo Hongyi struggled to raise two fingers.

"The second one, right? Alright..."

Zhang Xuan nodded and reached out his hand.

"Slap!"

He slapped him across the face.

"..."

Eyes wide, Mo Hongyi fainted in disbelief.