Chapter 54: The Expert's Initiation

"Teacher, will this initiation hurt?" Zhu You swallowed, a hint of timidity in his eyes as he looked at Lin Fan.

"It won't hurt. Don't worry, teacher will be gentle with you. Soon you'll find yourself transformed." Lin Fan said with a smile, then took Zhu You's greasy hand and led him to the podium.

Lin Fan recalled scenes from TV shows where experts, when initiating others, would have them sit cross-legged, then spread five fingers and press them on the head.

As a teacher, he might lack other things, but style was a must.

"Zhu You, sit cross-legged, focus your energy. Teacher is coming..." Lin Fan shouted, spreading his fingers and pressing them on Zhu You's crown, his demeanor so convincing that the other students were dumbfounded.

"Alright, teacher, I'm ready. Bring it on." Zhu You swallowed nervously.

"Relax, don't be so tense. Teacher will be very gentle."

"Mm."

They had never seen anything like this and didn't know what the teacher meant by "initiation." Seeing the hint of nervousness on Zhu You's face as he sat cross-legged made them start to feel anxious too.

But more than anything, they were curious about what would happen next, their eyes fixed on Zhu You, the first guinea pig.

"Ah, teacher, Zhu You is throwing up!" Just as they were watching closely, they suddenly noticed Zhu You shaking his head, spewing out what he had eaten that morning.

Lin Fan, who was about to begin the initiation, was taken aback. "Zhu You, what's wrong?"

Lin Fan was speechless. He hadn't even started the initiation yet—how could symptoms appear?

"Teacher, you were pressing on my head and shaking it back and forth, making me dizzy and nauseous. Is initiation always this uncomfortable?" Zhu You felt the initiation was truly painful.

Lin Fan rolled his eyes, a bit embarrassed. On TV, when experts initiated someone, they would grab the person's forehead and shake their arms vigorously to create atmosphere. Why did it make someone want to throw up when he did it?

Unbelievable, truly unbelievable.

"It's fine, this is normal. Teacher was just channeling energy. Now it officially begins. Get ready." At this point, Lin Fan dropped the theatrics and decided to initiate the student properly.

"Ding. Initiate 'Titanium-Level Demon Body'?"

"Confirm."

At that moment, Zhu You, who had felt nothing, suddenly changed expression. He felt the hand pressing on his head grow hot, as if a stream of energy was flowing into his brain through the palm.

After circulating in his brain, the energy descended, spreading through his limbs and bones.

"Ding. Initiation successful."

"Alright, how do you feel?" Lin Fan asked Zhu You.

The other students also looked at Zhu You, wondering what had happened.

Zhu You blinked, looking around dazedly, then shook his head. "Teacher, it seems like there's suddenly something in my head that I didn't know before."

"Mm, good." Lin Fan nodded, then suddenly punched Zhu You, startling the surrounding students, who didn't understand why the teacher had lashed out.

"How was that?" Lin Fan had controlled his strength in that punch. Now he wanted to see how they would cultivate the 'Titanium-Level Demon Body' after initiation.

In the Holy Demon Sect, the sandbag disciples had to cultivate the 'Titanium-Level Demon Body' on their own, without external help.

Now Lin Fan wanted to see if the 'Titanium-Level Demon Body' had changed.

After receiving the teacher's punch, Zhu You's face showed a hint of pleasure. "Teacher, that punch felt really good. I can feel a flow of energy circulating inside me."

"Ah, Zhu You, the teacher punched you, and you actually felt good? Teacher, is something wrong with Zhu You?" Cao Tianjiao asked Lin Fan, looking bewildered.

"There's no problem. This is normal. Teacher just initiated a body-tempering technique into Zhu You. This technique is amazing—you don't need to cultivate it yourself; you just need others to strike you to advance. Enough for now. Line up one by one, and teacher will initiate you all." Lin Fan said.

"Yes!" The students were thrilled to hear that the technique was so powerful and that they could learn it so quickly.

They had tried hard to cultivate before, but even low-grade techniques had eluded them.

Other teachers said it was because they lacked comprehension.

Then Lin Fan initiated the remaining twelve, one by one.

"Alright, I've initiated this divine body-tempering technique into all of you. From now on, cultivate it well and don't bring shame to my name." To leave a deeper impression on his students, Lin Fan deliberately made his face pale and his breath a little weak.

"Yes." The thirteen students nodded solemnly. Seeing the teacher's pale face, their hearts ached, and tears streamed down. The teacher must have harmed himself to initiate them.

Though they had little experience, they had never heard of forcibly initiating techniques into others. The teacher must have borne a heavy burden to do so.

"Teacher, thank you for your gift of rebirth. Once a teacher, always a father. We thirteen will never disgrace your name." Cao Tianjiao took the lead and knelt.

"Mm, cultivate well from now on and master this body-tempering technique to perfection." Lin Fan nodded with satisfaction.

"Yes, teacher!" the thirteen students shouted in unison.

"Good. Now let's start the lesson." Lin Fan planned to narrate the beginnings of a few novels to boost the students' comprehension.

As for the choice of novels, he naturally had to pick the 'waste-turned-strong' genre, because rising from the bottom was the true path.

"Teacher, you must have damaged your foundation by initiating us. You should rest." Cao Tianjiao said.

Lin Fan smiled and waved his hand. "No matter. As a teacher, I must be dedicated. I'm just going to tell you some stories to broaden your horizons, which will help you in the future. Just listen carefully."

Cao Tianjiao and the other twelve, seeing Teacher Lin's pale face and his insistence on teaching them, were moved to tears.

"Legend has it that in the Dragon Abyss Province of the Great Li Dynasty, there was a premier family called the Fang family... And the story I'm about to tell begins with a slave from this Fang family."