Chapter 67: The Wang Family Arrives

This admiration came from the heart, clear and bright, impossible to fake.

Having such a gaze was absolutely genuine respect, untainted by any impurity.

With just one look, Elder Mo Xiang knew that Liu Yang admired this Teacher Zhang, and it was definitely not the Heart-Questioning Crystal malfunctioning!

“Shut up!” Knowing this, Elder Mo’s face darkened, his eyes turning cold. “The Heart-Questioning Crystal can probe the heart and make the most correct choice; it has never had a problem and cannot be broken! Keep talking nonsense, and I’ll throw you out!”

“I…”

Seeing Elder Mo so angry, Shang Bin and Cao Xiong both fell silent, daring not to say another word.

“You… how did you do it?”

Shen Biru, standing to the side, saw this result and covered her mouth in shock, unable to believe it.

A trust level of sixty-four—even the star teachers of Hongtian Academy, who had taught students for years, hadn’t earned such trust!

This young man before her had amazed her since yesterday, and today he gave an even greater surprise!

No wonder he was so confident; it seemed he knew he would win all along!

“Since I won, shouldn’t we fulfill the bet? Fire Teacher Cao and give him a hundred strokes of the Demon-Slaying Rod?” Zhang Xuan looked over.

Since they wanted to cause him trouble, they should be prepared to be taught a lesson!

He was a modern man with a transmigration gift pack; how could he let an ancient person bully him?

“This…”

Elder Shang Chen was full of hesitation.

He had come to help his grandson vent his anger, but instead of venting it, he was slapped in the face again, leaving him embarrassed and unsure what to do.

“One should be lenient when possible. Teacher Zhang, since you’ve already won, let Teacher Cao apologize to you. As for the punishment from the bet, I think we should let it go!”

After a moment, Elder Shang Chen said.

“Let it go? If I had lost, Elder Shang wouldn’t be saying that, would he?” Zhang Xuan frowned.

If he had lost today, it was easy to imagine that this dean of students would have pressed hard, and firing him would have been inevitable!

Now that he had won, they casually said ‘let it go’—what a joke!

“How dare you!” Elder Shang Chen’s face darkened. “Mind your place! You’re just a lowly junior teacher. You got lucky and increased a student’s trust level—that’s an isolated case. What’s there to be proud of? If you really have skill, raise their cultivation levels first! Gaining the trust of just one person—what does that count for?”

“That’s right! This Zhang Xuan has a natural talent for deceiving people. What use is high trust? If I’m not mistaken, the student who went berserk last time trusted him too much, was misled, and ended up regretting it for life!”

Hearing the reprimand, Teacher Cao Xiong quickly chimed in.

Trust level was just one criterion for judging a teacher’s competence; it didn’t represent true ability.

The only thing that truly reflected a teacher’s skill was… the ability to rapidly increase students’ strength!

What use was it if you could make students trust you like their parents?

Without real knowledge to impart, you were still not a qualified teacher!

“Went berserk?” Elder Mo frowned.

“Elder Mo may not know, but this Zhang Xuan once taught a student who went berserk! Because of that, all his students left, and he scored zero in the teacher assessment!” Cao Xiong’s face twisted. “Just now, Liu Yang trusted him so much—I suspect he used some special method of deception! Otherwise, how could someone who scored zero in the teacher assessment raise a student’s trust level to over sixty in just two days?”

“This…”

What the other said was not impossible.

In the past, there was a teacher who, to pass the master teacher assessment, used special methods to deceive students, similar to hypnosis, making even their subconscious believe the teacher was trustworthy!

Such methods had a time limit; once the time passed, the students’ spirits would suffer great damage!

Could it be… that Zhang Xuan had used the same method?

If so, he was disregarding the students’ lives; he was not a good teacher but a sinner!

“A teacher should focus on teaching and nurturing. Gaining students’ trust without imparting corresponding knowledge only misleads them and causes greater harm! That’s why no one inside or outside the academy believes in him, and he can’t recruit students! Even if this semester is better than last, he only has five students!”

Shang Bin interjected disdainfully.

“Only five students—indeed too few…” Elder Mo nodded.

“Never mind how many students I recruit or whether I can teach them well. This is the Heart-Questioning Tower; I brought my student for the heart inquiry. There was a bet involved. Now that I’ve won, shouldn’t the losing side fulfill the bet? Or do you intend to renege?” Zhang Xuan said.

Stop with the useless talk; if you lose, pay up.

“How dare you! How can a teacher’s qualification be casually revoked over a bet? That would make it a joke! Teacher Cao Xiong has been diligent since joining the academy last year, teaching a student to the mid-stage of Martial Artist Second Rank, and attracting countless prodigies to the academy who specifically sought him as their teacher, bringing honor! And you? You’re the first person in Hongtian Academy’s century-long history to score zero in teaching. What right do you have to spout nonsense here?”

Elder Shang Chen flicked his sleeve. “Enough! The matter of revoking his teaching qualification ends here. Come back when you’ve also trained a student to the mid-stage of Martial Artist Second Rank and have more students wanting to study under you!”

“Elder Shang…”

Shen Biru raised her eyebrows.

She hadn’t wanted to speak, but seeing that an elder would help Teacher Cao Xiong cheat deliberately filled her with anger.

Either don’t bet, or if you bet, accept the loss!

Since they dared to make a bet, backing out was utterly shameless!

“Teacher Shen, my grandfather has a point. Regardless, Cao Xiong is a renowned teacher in our academy. Firing him over such a trivial matter is making a mountain out of a molehill! Besides, firing a talent like him would be a loss to the academy if word gets out…”

Shang Bin said with a smile.

“You… this is pure sophistry!” Shen Biru’s pretty face flushed with anger. “As Zhang Xuan said, if he had lost, would you have let him off?”

“What is he? Can he compare to Teacher Cao Xiong? Can he produce a Martial Artist Second Rank student? Can he attract countless students to come here?”

Shang Bin sneered.

Knock, knock, knock!

Before he finished speaking, a knock sounded at the hall door.

“What is it?”

Elder Shang Chen frowned, and then the teacher on duty pushed the door open and entered.

“Elder Shang, there are visitors outside requesting an audience. They say they are… Patriarch Wang Hong and an elder of the Wang family from Tianxuan City!”

The teacher said.

“Patriarch Wang Hong? Quickly, invite them in!”

Hearing that Patriarch Wang Hong had come in person, Elder Shang Chen stood up abruptly, his eyes full of excitement.

Tianxuan Royal City was a mix of dragons and snakes; to be one of the four great families there and stand for a hundred years—the depth of their foundation was imaginable!

It could be said that this Patriarch Wang Hong’s status was no weaker than their vice dean!

For such a person to visit him today with an elder from his clan—this honor alone was maddening. In the future, it would surely add a brilliant stroke to his credentials!