NOVPUBAfter Chen Chuan left, Cheng Zitong waited for a while before someone came up to greet him and led him inside the building.
Upon entering the hall, he saw an old lady with a full head of silver hair tied in a bun sitting on a nanmu chair opposite him, with a female attendant standing behind her.
She was wearing a pair of reading glasses, with a kind face, dressed in an ochre-red satin right-lapel ancient suit, and a dark ironwood cane was placed beside her, with the end of the cane resembling a tree burl.
She looked very healthy, sitting upright with a straight back and excellent spirit. From the contours of her face, one could see her beauty and grace when she was young.
Seeing Cheng Zitong walk in, she slowly said, "Little Cheng, you haven't been here to see me in a while."
Cheng Zitong said, "Old Madam, aren't I busy?"
"Yes, everyone is busy," Teacher Ni said. "Worrying about students, it's not easy, is it?"
Cheng Zitong replied, "It is quite difficult, but if the students are good, it saves trouble, so I don't find it too hard."
Teacher Ni said, "It seems you are very satisfied with this student. I must meet him later."
Cheng Zitong said, "That's easy. After the exam, I'll have him come and meet you, Old Madam."
Teacher Ni slowly said, "That may take a while."
Cheng Zitong seemed to hear something in her words. He looked outside a few times and said helplessly, "Old Madam, what are you up to?"
Teacher Ni patted the table and said, "Come, sit down here, have a cup of tea, and calm down."
Cheng Zitong chuckled, walked to a spot not far from her, and sat down. Teacher Ni said with a smile, "It's just some young people's affairs. Let them make noise. If they don't make noise, they're not young people. Besides, Little Qiu is there, what are you worried about?"
Cheng Zitong picked up the tea on the table and took a sip, feeling the taste was clear and fragrant, he nodded and said, "Good tea." He looked up and said, "Actually, I'm not worried about anything."
Teacher Ni said, "It seems you have a lot of confidence in your student."
Cheng Zitong smiled and said, "By the way, I wonder where your student is, Old Madam? Shall I examine him?"
Teacher Ni tilted her head, and the female attendant behind her turned and walked out. After a while, she came out with a small male student. The male student was a little nervous and bowed to Cheng Zitong, said: "I am Feng Xiaoqi, hello Teacher Cheng."
Cheng Zitong recognized him. This was the student from the dormitory next to Chen Chuan. He couldn't help but show a helpless expression and said, "Old Madam, you really don't want to suffer any losses."
This was Chen Chuan's next-door classmate. Even if they weren't friends, they were still neighbors for three years. Now, if he had any ideas and took small revenge, straining the relationship would still make his own student suffer. This old lady was really an old fox, leaving you with nowhere to vent your anger.
Teacher Ni leisurely said, "This old woman hasn't suffered enough losses in her life? What do you say, Little Cheng?"
Cheng Zitong didn't dare to continue talking about this topic, or it would involve his own old man. He hurriedly said to Feng Xiaoqi, "This student, are you ready? If you are ready," he looked at the old lady and said, "Why don't we start now?"
Teacher Ni said with a smile, "Then let's begin."
Inside the arena, Chen Chuan looked ahead. One of the tall and handsome senior students walked towards him and extended a friendly hand to him, saying, "Hello, Classmate Chen, let me introduce myself. My name is Lu Fang, one of the vice presidents of the Fenxin Society. Oh, I forgot to mention that Shu Han is also a member of our society."
Chen Chuan glanced at him, realizing something, and shook his hand. Lu Fang smiled friendly, turned sideways, and said, "Let me introduce Classmate Chen. This is Di Zhongren, a second-year A-grade student from the Subduing and Apprehending Department."
A student wearing a student uniform, with a fit figure and a bronze-skinned buzz cut, stood up and nodded to him.
Lu Fang pointed to a stocky, short young man and said, "This is Bi Yang, a second-year A-grade student from the Wrestling and Grappling Department." The short young man smiled shyly at him.
"This one is Jing He from the Free-Fighting Department, a second-year A-grade student."
Chen Chuan looked over. This was a tall, thin student with a very serious expression, who raised his hand in a fist-and-palm salute to him.
Lu Fang introduced them one by one. These people were from various departments, and apart from the few introduced at the beginning, the rest were all B-grade students, some second-year and some third-year students.
After Lu Fang finished the introductions, Chen Chuan said to him, "I already know all the senior students, may I ask when my monthly exam can begin?"
"The monthly exam is not urgent. Before that..." Lu Fang sincerely said, "Classmate Chen, could you spare some time to listen to us?"
Chen Chuan looked around and nodded, saying, "Senior Lu, please speak."
Lu Fang said, "Classmate Chen has been in school for over a month. You learned the Breathing Technique early on. With Classmate Chen's talent, you may have mastered even higher-level Breathing Techniques. Then you can practice Strength Techniques. May I ask, what Strength Technique did Classmate Chen choose?"
Chen Chuan didn't hide anything and said frankly, "Zhou Yuan Strength Method."
There was nothing to hide. A Strength Technique is just a practice method, a tool. How it is used depends on the person, and these are all registered with the school. If you want to know, there is always a way to find out.
"Zhou Yuan Strength Method, what kind of Strength Technique is that?" Many people had never even heard of this kind of Strength Technique and were asking each other.
The assistant Qiu, after hearing this, gave Chen Chuan a few surprised glances.
After all, most of the student body were senior students, and some had heard of it, so they explained it to others.
After listening, the crowd began to disbelieve, but after repeated confirmation, they looked at Chen Chuan with incredulous eyes, and many felt sorry for him.
One student stood up and said indignantly, "Junior Chen, why did you choose this? Did your guidance teacher make you choose it? Don't worry about that. You can change teachers in a month. If you can't find a suitable one, we can introduce our guidance teacher to you. I believe you will definitely be able to learn real skills!"
Someone said painfully, "Yes, Junior, how could you choose such a practically useless Strength Technique? You're giving up on yourself!"
Chen Chuan looked at them and said, "How I choose is my own business. I don't need anyone to teach me what to do. I hope you seniors can respect my choice. Also, Teacher Cheng is my guidance teacher. I don't want to hear any unfounded accusations against him from you, otherwise, this conversation is unnecessary."
Lu Fang waved his hand, signaling everyone to calm down and let him speak. He looked at Chen Chuan and said, "Classmate Chen, I actually understand your thinking. You may be very conceited, thinking that you can still develop a body of skill even with the worst Strength Technique.
Yes, before you entered Wuyi, you defeated Zhong Wu on your own, which should have given you confidence. If it were me, I would think the same way, but the opponents encountered in exams are different from those encountered in reality. You should understand this. If you really don't understand..."
He sighed and said, "Although we don't want to do this, we will try our best to help you understand today. We don't want to target you, we just want you to know that in Wuyi, relying on one person or one technique is not enough. You need both Strength Techniques and more help. This is what we have learned from past lessons.
Don't think we are alarmist, and don't think we are making trouble out of nothing. A student like you, with such talents, even if you don't choose a good Strength Technique, will still attract enemies with your talent. At that time, you won't be able to stop those open and secret actions against you by yourself."
He said in a very serious tone: "If you want to train peacefully, I tell you, that is impossible. From the moment you stepped into Wuyi, there have been many eyes watching you. If you don't make a choice, someone will force you to make a choice. If you don't make any choice, you won't be able to accomplish anything, and everyone in this room has gone through this. No one is an exception."
Chen Chuan then said, "Senior Lu, have you finished?"
Lu Fang paused slightly, looked at the people behind him, and nodded, "I'm done."
Chen Chuan looked at him and slowly said, "Senior Lu, I would like to see the truths you have spoken that can make me understand." As he spoke, he began to unbutton the outer garment on his chest, unbuttoning it as he spoke. "I just think you may not be able to convince me."
After speaking, he threw the clothes he took off far away, and cast his eyes on everyone in front of him, "Then, according to the rules of this exam, let me convince you."
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