Chapter 696: Chapter 697 I am Your Teacher
Fu Yunhe walked without glancing sideways, when a sophomore student slowly approached him.
“Junior brother, why do you also have to attend the Artifact Refining practice class?”
Still not glancing sideways, Fu Yunhe calmly replied, “It’s the school’s arrangement, if you have complaints, you can drop them in the suggestion box.”
The questioning girl was choked by his answer but still continued to make small talk, “I thought such a genius like junior brother must be very aloof, didn’t expect you could joke too.”
“I wasn’t joking, and I don’t joke with strangers, please don’t assume.”
Fu Yunhe almost pointed at the girl’s nose and said: You’ve got issues.
The girl’s face couldn’t quite hide her embarrassment, but as she looked at Fu Yunhe’s side profile, she still felt drawn to him and kept walking beside him.
She thought to herself, I just won’t talk then!
Many people were charmed at a glance by someone like Fu Yunhe, and on the other hand, several girls were also acting under their families’ commands; if they could really become his girlfriend, the strength of their families would leap drastically.
This was a person at the peak of SS level after all.
While the girl walked beside him with a coy and shy demeanor, Fu Yunhe quickened his pace.
It felt like only a few steps, but he was already twenty meters ahead of the girl.
The girl behind him felt reluctantly to give up and briskly chased after him a few times, but still couldn’t catch up and furiously stomped her foot on the ground.
“So unappreciative!”
Unbothered by the girl behind him, Fu Yunhe simply glanced in one direction, but saw nothing at all.
Strange? Why did he feel someone was watching him?
But there was nobody there. Could he have been mistaken? That shouldn’t be.
From the corner being observed by Fu Yunhe, Nian Shutong shook her head with a sigh, “He’s improved quickly, nearly detected me.”
Nian Shutong and Lian Qing were also walking this way, and happened to see Fu Yunhe. She looked at him a few times longer, and just those few glances had almost been caught by Fu Yunhe.
Still, the smile at the corner of Nian Shutong’s mouth widened, mixed with some pride.
This guy had advanced a level.
Finally, he returned to the SSS level, albeit just the initial stage, but it was indeed vastly different from the SS level.
“Let’s go to class.”
Excited, Nian Shutong led the way with Lian Qing following behind, probably understanding why someone who disliked trouble would be willing to take classes at the academy.
It was because of Fu Yunhe.
Lian Qing felt, Nian Shutong just wanted to give Fu Yunhe a surprise, yet still volunteered for a class without minding the hassle.
Clearly, their friendship was quite strong.
Students gradually arrived at the location, but there wasn’t a single person at the training ground, just the scorching sun and the empty field.
“Where’s the teacher?”
“Don’t know?”
“There’s not even a seat here, how do we have class?”
“Don’t know, where is even the classroom?”
“I’m dying from the heat!”
Students began to form small clusters and chatter noisily among themselves.
At that moment, Nian Shutong stood at a shaded spot, concealed by a sleight of hand together with Lian Qing.
Class starts at twelve-thirty, note down those who talk out of turn. Those whose minds are not calm today will be eliminated.”
“Yes.”
Lian Qing opened her Light Computer and began to carefully observe the students standing there.
At twelve-thirty, on the empty field, a flame suddenly appeared out of nowhere.
“Look, fire!”
“What does it mean when the time is up and the teacher hasn’t come—is this fire actually the teacher?”
“Don’t talk nonsense. There are a lot of odd teachers at the military academy, maybe one is watching us from the shadows right now.”
“It’s really possible.”
The students weren’t fools; they had attended plenty of bizarre classes, and many teachers had used this type of test before.
Of course, these were sophomore students.
As for the freshmen, their thinking was much simpler—they looked at Fu Yunhe.
Fu Yunhe hadn’t moved, hadn’t spoken; what right did they have to speak or act rashly?
It must be said, Fu Yunhe alone had raised the standard for all the freshmen.
At this moment, everyone was staring at the flames on the ground, which suddenly began flickering. Just when everyone thought they were about to go out, the flames split from one into two, and two into four.
Slowly, they multiplied, eventually forming a circle of small flames.
This circle enclosed everyone within it.
At this moment, everyone knew that the teacher was in the shadows, definitely conducting some unknown test; no one dared to speak.
The students who could pass the exams to enter the Imperial Military Academy all had good endurance.
In the distance, behind his sleight of hand, Nian Shutong instructed Lian Qing, “I will increase the heat of the flames; anyone who cannot endure will be eliminated.”
“Yes.”
Artifact Refining required enduring high temperatures; those who couldn’t withstand them truly had no right to become an Artifact Refiner.
All the students realized this was a test from the teacher, and everyone stood still, but they didn’t understand what was being tested.
At that moment, Nian Shutong had already started to raise the temperature.
All the students could only feel it getting hotter suddenly, some began to sweat, yet they all gritted their teeth and didn’t even dare to wipe it off.
A hundred degrees, no one gave up.
Nian Shutong continued to increase it—150 degrees.
By now, some people couldn’t help but wipe off their sweat, but everyone was still enduring based on their physical stamina without using their spiritual power or physical ability.
The temperature rose again, 200 degrees.
Finally, some couldn’t bear it any longer and began practicing their cultivation techniques.
Nian Shutong did not stop anyone from using cultivation techniques; anyone who could endure would pass for now.
The temperature had been raised to 400 degrees, and everyone was using their cultivation techniques, but there were still those who couldn’t endure, almost crying as they ran out of the circle of flames.
One ran, then another followed.
Outside the fire circle, the students who ran out first saw Professor Zhou, the Dean, another Vice Dean, and the Head of Department.
“Dean, Professor.”
“It’s fine, go stand over there.” The Dean pointed indifferently to the side, but Professor Zhou seemed disappointed as he glared.
“Old Zhou, you have to understand, if we end up with ten people, that’s a win for us. You can’t expect everyone to make it.”
Zhou Zhen knew this, but they were his own students, and he felt sad for them losing such an opportunity.
This was an opportunity to be close to a top Artifact Refining Master, and even learning a little would be beneficial for a lifetime, but these students couldn’t even endure the first round.
He really was anxious and frustrated for them.
The first student, like flicking a switch, was followed by one after another.
The Dean remained calm, Zhou Zhen from being initially unsettled, now slowly came to accept it.
What else could he do?
The class at 12:30 continued until three o’clock.
Close to three o’clock, Nian Shutong finally appeared.
“Hello everyone, I’m your teacher, Nian Shutong.”