"Today is Master Taibai’s first day away from school. I hope nothing goes wrong in the class..."
Principal Zhang Youde stood at the door of the Special Advancement Class classroom, a trace of worry flashing in his eyes.
He originally didn’t intend to disturb the Special Advancement Class students during class and planned to ask after they finished school.
But now it was already well past the usual school dismissal time, yet no student had come out of the classroom.
Due to the good sound insulation of the classroom, Zhang Youde was starting to get a bit anxious.
What he feared most was the proud and arrogant students of the Special Advancement Class disobeying and ending up in a fight with the substitute teacher.
If any promising students were injured, affecting their exam scores, it would be a huge loss for the school, and the Special Advancement Class might even be directly disbanded due to pressure.
With this uneasy feeling, Zhang Youde silently floated up to the window.
The scene inside the classroom came into view.
He then saw that all the students in the class were maintaining the same sitting posture, perfectly orderly.
Their eyes were closed, lips moving slightly, as if reciting a mantra for calming the mind, but because everyone was chanting in complete unison, it made the scene look a bit eerie.
Zhang Youde keenly sensed the source of this eerie feeling.
Because... the students in the Special Advancement Class had lost their human aura.
They were like a bunch of intricately constructed robots, precise to the point of losing their human nature.
This couldn’t help but remind him of his alma mater, a school located in Shuiheng City called Shuiheng High School.
It was a Demon Dao school disguised as a Righteous Dao one, every student sent there suffered inhumane torture.
Shuiheng High School trained its students tirelessly with tests of obedience, turning every single one of them into the most professional college entrance exam machines!
And the situation in the Special Advancement Class looked so much like Shuiheng High School back then?
Zhang Youde felt like his PTSD was acting up.
What the hell is going on?
This well-experienced principal was a bit dazed, remembering that when Taibai Phecda was around, the atmosphere in the Special Advancement Class was quite good.
How did it become like this in less than a day?
How did this substitute teacher, Xiao Kong, manage this...
Wait, how come Xiao Kong is also one of these study machines! Then who’s the teacher?
Zhang Youde hurriedly looked towards the podium and saw Chen Nuoyi and the student who had made a very deep impression on him, Su Yuan.
Su Yuan seemed to sense something, slightly turned his head, and met his gaze.
For a moment, Zhang Youde felt a cold, heartless aura typical of a Demon Cultivator from the other person’s eyes.
However, this feeling lasted only a moment and vanished, almost as if it was just an illusion.
Immediately after, he saw Su Yuan displaying a gentle smile, leading Chen Nuoyi down from the platform, and opened the classroom door.
"Hello, Principal Zhang."
The two students politely greeted Zhang Youde.
Zhang Youde suppressed the strange feeling in his heart, cleared his throat, and said,
"Why are you two teaching?"
Su Yuan: "Actually, it’s already after class. Xiao Kong taught the main classes, I am just tutoring because I happened to learn the Wisdom Sword Heart Method."
Zhang Youde nodded slightly and then asked the question that concerned him the most:
"Are the students’ states a bit strange... Su Yuan, do you have any idea?"
"Strange?"
Su Yuan tilted his head, smiled, and said,
"Principal, you’re overthinking. Everyone is just very eager to learn. If you don’t believe me, you can ask the students yourself."
Saying so, Su Yuan directly called into the classroom,
"Zhang, please come out for a moment."
With the sound of a chair being gently moved, the previous top-ranked student in the school, Zhang Jun, walked out.
His eyes were somewhat dazed, lacking a bit of vitality compared to ordinary people.
Su Yuan stepped forward, patted Zhang Jun on the shoulder, and said with a smile,
"Zhang, please tell us why you and your classmates are studying so seriously, and answer honestly."
"If there’s anything unsatisfactory, feel free to tell Principal Zhang."
Zhang Jun slowly raised his head, with a tone that was calm yet with a hint of fervor, and said to Zhang Youde,
"Uncle, how can you doubt... doubt Su Yuan’s teaching ability?"
"His class is so excellent that it captivates all of us. If being passionate about learning is a mistake, then I’d rather make this mistake forever."
Clap clap clap.
Su Yuan couldn’t help but applaud from the side, feeling touched, and said,
"Zhang said it so well. I’m merely teaching you what I know."
"I am not noble, it is you, my classmates, who are the real future of the Cultivation Realm!"
After hearing his nephew’s words, Zhang Youde remained silent.
Although he still felt that something was amiss, it also seemed like everything was right.
However, since the students were learning so earnestly, it wouldn’t be right to disrupt them.
"In that case, focus on your learning and adhere to class rules well. I’ll take my leave now."
Zhang Youde sternly instructed his nephew, nodded towards Su Yuan and Chen Nuoyi, and prepared to leave.
"Uncle..."
But just as he was about to turn away, a very faint call reached his ears.
Zhang Youde quickly turned his head back but only saw Su Yuan and the other two smiling at him, with no abnormalities.
"Was it an auditory hallucination? The impact of Shuiheng High School on me is considerable..."
With a sigh, he walked away quickly.
What he didn’t notice was that a tear quietly slipped from the corner of Zhang Jun’s stiffly smiling face.
"Hmph! Still not behaving, still struggling, looks like I gave you too small a dose!"
After Zhang Youde was gone, Su Yuan cast a cold glance at the despairing Zhang Jun and promptly filled him with a mouthful of black mist.
With that, the last trace of clarity in Zhang Jun’s eyes vanished completely.
Once Zhang Jun returned to his seat, the classroom once again entered that neatly unified yet eerily studying atmosphere.
"Class leader, actually, I can manage the upcoming situation alone. Do you want to study for a while?"
Su Yuan turned his head, looked at Chen Nuoyi, whose face was a bit complex, and asked with a smile.
The girl’s delicate body trembled slightly, a strong look of resistance appeared on her pretty face, and she pleaded in a low voice:
"I... I don’t want to become like them, Su Yuan, please don’t use Spiritual Wisdom Sword Qi on me..."
Su Yuan smiled and said,
"If you don’t want to, then that’s fine, the class leader learns efficiently anyway, you can learn the Wisdom Sword Heart Method quickly without hypnosis."
Only then did Chen Nuoyi breathe a sigh of relief.
She looked at the hypnotized students for a moment and asked again,
"Su Yuan, the effect of hypnosis will eventually wear off. What will you do then? Won’t the classmates retaliate?"
Su Yuan pondered for a moment and smiled,
"Don’t worry, I have a plan for that, just watch."
Hearing this, Chen Nuoyi said no more.
Su Yuan said he had a plan, then he surely had one.
It’s just that his so-called plans are usually pretty eccentric, in every sense.