Chapter 320: I Can Teach Well

Unlike the reactions of the crowd, Zhang Xuan couldn't help nodding.

As expected of the number one genius of the Tianwu Kingdom, a candidate for a two-star master teacher—he grasped the essence with a single sentence.

"Yes!"

Mo Hongyi regained his great genius aura, spreading his hands and exuding pressure in all directions: "This female student has high talent and decent cultivation, but she carries a cold arrogance and is unwilling to interact with others. Since her talent is good, how could she, at such an age, have only just reached the True Energy realm? Clearly, she hasn't been serious about her cultivation!"

Everyone was stunned.

Indeed, since they all said her talent was excellent, it made no sense for her to be only at the early stage of the True Energy realm at sixteen or seventeen, barely meeting the admission requirements.

The only possibility was that, despite her talent, she didn't want to cultivate.

If she didn't want to cultivate and was confined to the academy, wouldn't she develop a dislike for learning over time?

Just by seeing that her talent wasn't weak and her strength wasn't high, he deduced this...

This insight was simply too astonishing!

The young man who had been arrogant just moments ago now turned pale.

As a teacher, he knew this situation was quite possible.

Cultivation is dull and tedious; boys might like it, but girls easily develop rebellious feelings. Even in a world that values martial arts, there are plenty who are unwilling to cultivate.

Every teacher hopes their students will excel, but if the students are unambitious and cannot be helped, even the most brilliant master teacher is useless!

Force is mutual. Good teaching is one aspect, but diligent learning is another. This girl's aversion to learning, her unwillingness to study, is probably the thorny problem Dean Xie mentioned.

They had misidentified the problem from the start; no wonder the dean was unhappy.

"And him?"

Seeing Mo Hongyi's clear and reasoned analysis, Dean Xie stroked his beard and pointed to the boy.

"If I'm not mistaken, he should be a problem child, often fighting, and facing the risk of dropping out!" Mo Hongyi smiled.

"Oh?" Dean Xie continued to look at him: "Your reasoning!"

"Simple. When he demonstrated his martial technique just now, I observed carefully. It differed slightly from what's taught in class, but it struck the vital points directly, clearly the result of many real battles. Such battles have made his attacks fast, accurate, and fierce, and his power more狂暴."

Mo Hongyi spoke with ease: "Of course, that's not the main point. The most important thing is that when he performed the technique, his eyes showed a fierce light, a kind of urge to kill. With such a personality, it's normal for him to clash with classmates at school... This kind of problem child is what the academy finds most troublesome and least wants. If he's not facing expulsion, what is he facing?"

Everyone was stunned again.

On careful consideration, his analysis was all correct.

From a simple martial technique, he deduced so much. This fellow's insight and analytical skills were extraordinary.

"Very good, very good!" Dean Xie's eyes showed a gleam of satisfaction.

Mo Hongyi was right. This was exactly what he wanted to test the teachers on. If it were just about guiding cultivation, any teacher could do it—why bother with selection?

Only by seeing what others cannot see does one become a truly excellent teacher.

"How do we solve this problem?" an elder asked.

"Since she's averse to learning, we need to find ways to spark her interest in cultivation; since he's facing expulsion, we need to suppress his desire to fight with classmates... This requires gradual, painstaking effort, and probably can't be done in a day or two!"

Mo Hongyi said.

"Mm."

"Very good, you're accepted!"

Dean Xie and the elders nodded simultaneously.

Being able to discern the students' mental issues from their martial techniques demonstrated sufficient insight.

A teacher must first identify the problem before addressing and solving it.

If not such talent, then who?

"Does anyone else have anything to say? If not, the two accepted this time are Teacher Sun Cheng and Teacher Du Xun from earlier."

Dean Xie waved his hand, about to finalize the decision.

Sun Cheng was Mo Hongyi's current disguised identity.

"No."

"Anything more would just be repeating others; better not embarrass ourselves."

Though unwilling, everyone admitted that the two had given the best analyses. Even if they added something, it would be what others had already said, meaningless.

"Mm, then the ones who pass this assessment are..."

Just as Dean Xie was about to make the decision, a voice interrupted: "Hold on, how about... let me say something!"

As the voice ended, the young man who had come with 'Teacher Sun Cheng' stepped forward.

Zhang Xuan.

If he didn't speak now, he wouldn't be accepted and would fail the assessment, so he could no longer remain silent.

Seeing him step out, Mo Hongyi smiled.

He had already said most of what could be seen, effectively blocking the way. If this genius who surpassed him couldn't offer something deeper, he would likely find it hard to pass.

Knowing his thoughts, Zhang Xuan shook his head.

This fellow was indeed a bit unscrupulous.

He could have left something for him, but now the other had said everything he wanted to say, putting him in a difficult spot.

"Teacher Sun has already stated the purpose of Dean Xie's assessment. Repeating it would be useless!"

Suppressing his frustration, Zhang Xuan looked over helplessly: "Since repeating is useless, how about... I solve these two students' problems right now!"

"Solve their problems?"

"What a joke!"

"These two children—one averse to learning, one facing expulsion—are the hardest problems to solve. What method do you have?"

"Even if there were a solution, it would take time, as Teacher Sun Cheng said. Solve it right now? What big talk!"

...

Everyone was in an uproar.

As teachers, the most headache-inducing things are students who don't want to learn and those who fight every day.

These two situations were present in these two students. Even knowing the cause, solving them wouldn't be easy and would take considerable time.

This fellow claimed he could solve them right now, immediately making many feel he was too frivolous.

Even Dean Xie and the other elders frowned after hearing this.

Even they, as veteran teachers, had no solution and found it a headache. For such a young man to boast so arrogantly was too presumptuous.

"How do you plan to solve it? Speak up!"

His expression slightly dark, Dean Xie looked over with some displeasure.

"Simple!"

Walking up to the girl in two steps, Zhang Xuan whispered something in her ear. The girl was startled, then blushed, and immediately knelt with her fists cupped: "Please accept me as your student, Teacher. I am willing to follow you and study diligently!"

"Ah?"

"What's going on?"

The crowd, who had been doubting his chances of success, saw this and their vision went dark; they nearly fainted.

They had just said he couldn't solve it, and with a single word in her ear, she immediately changed her attitude, kneeling to beg to become his disciple...

Weren't you averse to learning and unwilling to study?

That attitude change was too fast!

Dean Xie and the elders, who had been displeased, now had their eyes wide open, as if they had seen a ghost.

They had chosen these two students as test subjects, so they knew their situations beforehand. This girl's aversion to learning was particularly severe; no matter what the teachers said, she wouldn't comply, let alone study.

They thought it couldn't be cured in a short time, yet this teacher made her kneel with one sentence. What had happened?

If they didn't know cheating was impossible, they would suspect the two had known each other before and staged this scene.

"This... what exactly did you say to make her change attitude so quickly?"

One teacher couldn't help asking.

Everyone focused their attention, even Mo Hongyi was curious.

He could analyze her aversion to learning and knew such emotions were hard to reverse. What words had such magic to change it with a single sentence?

"She is somewhat averse to learning, but it's not that she really doesn't want to study. There's another reason related to her body."

Zhang Xuan smiled: "I identified the problem and promised to help her solve it, so naturally she's willing to learn from me!"

This girl's aversion to learning stemmed from a physical issue. Every time she cultivated, she felt no pleasure but instead a kind of pain. Enduring constant pain, who would want to continue? Over time, it became this way.

Having identified the crux and promised to solve it, the girl immediately submitted.

"That simple?"

"If she had a physical problem, she should have spoken up earlier. Why didn't she?"

Everyone was puzzled again.

If there was a problem with cultivation, she could discuss it with the teacher, but this girl had never mentioned it...

"It involves a girl's privacy. Who would want to speak up?" Zhang Xuan shook his head.

The other's condition was somewhat similar to Zhao Ya's—not something one could talk about openly, so naturally she couldn't discuss it with the teacher.

"In that case, let it be!"

Though curious, Dean Xie knew that since she didn't want to say, he shouldn't ask further. He then looked at the boy not far away: "Can you solve his problem too? If he can guarantee now that he will never fight with classmates again, then you pass the assessment, and there will be a spot for you in this recruitment!"

"Good!" Zhang Xuan smiled.

The others all looked over again.

If this fellow could guarantee it, it probably wouldn't have given Dean Xie such a headache to use it as a test question for the teachers.

They also wanted to see how this young man, who had just dispelled the girl's aversion to learning, would change a student's habit of fighting with classmates.

Under everyone's gaze, Zhang Xuan approached the boy and looked at him with a smile: "You like fighting with others?"

"Yes!"

The boy nodded.

"That's simple!"

Zhang Xuan gave a slight smile, then suddenly slapped him.

Bang!

Before the boy could react, he felt a pain in his face, spun in place, and flew sideways.

"Holy crap!"

"Hitting a student? No corporal punishment..."

"What is this guy doing?"

The other teachers, who had expected some good method, never dreamed that this fellow would, without a word, resort to violence. They were so shocked they nearly fainted.

Bang, bang, bang, bang!

Amid the shouts, the young man continuously kicked and punched, each move vicious, showing no mercy.

Dean Xie's face darkened. Just as he was about to step in to stop it, the student, beaten to a pulp, fell to his knees.

"Teacher, I... promise I'll never dare to fight with others again..."

"Ah?"

Everyone was stunned again, each one going mad.