Chapter 111 - Awe-Inspiring Display (1/2)
Su Lingyue, Jiang Xingyu and their friends had found several seats among the crowd. Su Lingyue was waiting for the cla.s.s to begin with a complicated mindset. Just then, they found their teacher to ask whether the new teacher was real; Cheng Shuanglin had confirmed the fact.
That sorry brother of mine is an advanced teacher of the academy? Isn’t he supposed to be looking after the shop?
Su Lingyue had been asking that question in her mind several times. As Su Lingyue believed, it was already impossible for Su Ping to surpa.s.s compet.i.tors during an entrance exam and become a student. It would be a giant joke to say that Su Ping could be their teacher.
But an advanced teacher? This is so stupid!
As someone who had spent years together with Su Ping, Su Lingyue gave no credit to what she heard. He killed a Magical Corpse Beast? If Su Ping was that good, he would have already bullied her to death at home.
The cla.s.s was starting soon. Su Lingyue wanted to see what exactly was going on. It wasn’t Su Ping who appeared on the stage first, but Luo Guxue. Some of the students called out their confusion since they were expecting a different teacher, even though they also loved Luo Guxue’s cla.s.ses.
“Alright, please quiet down now,” Luo Guxue introduced while looking around the crowded venue. “I’m going to present my friend, also the new teacher who recently joined our academy, Mister Su Ping.”
As soon as Luo Guxue heard about Su Ping’s lesson, she showed up in advance to back him up, so that Su Ping did not meet any trouble dealing with the students, all because he didn’t look like a very convincing teacher.
Her effort indeed paid out because several students who doubted Su Ping chose to trust her.
“You’re up. Stay calm and everything will be good,” Dong Mingsong said to Su Ping in the backstage.
Su Ping didn’t need such encouragement since he had gone through way worse situations before. Though he still appreciated the vice princ.i.p.al’s kindness.
He nodded and went to join Luo Guxue on the stage, immediately attracting everyone’s attention.
“That guy looks exactly the same as in the picture,” a student uttered. “Is he really our teacher?”
Using his enhanced eyesight, Su Ping slowly scanned through the students and could clearly see their facial hairs.
Next, he saw Luo Guxue’s encouraging smile; he walked past her and began addressing the students in a loud voice, while several microphones helped to convey his words to those outside the venue.
“Good day, everyone! I will be your teacher today. My name is Su Ping, Ping as in ‘peaceful’.”
Luo Guxue saw Su Ping’s confident stance and realized that her worries were unfounded.
I should have known. He didn’t seem scared in the least when dealing with that Magical Corpse Beast. Why would he be afraid in front of some students?
She jumped off the stage and quietly became another spectator.
Su Ping continued. “In a moment, I’ll be showing you something regarding Undead-type Astral Pets. You’ll learn a lot if you happen to possess an Undead pet. Or if you don’t, do not worry, for such knowledge will be of great use once you go to barren areas after graduation. There, you will run into Undead-type opponents sooner or later. Knowing how to deal with them more effectively is better than being unprepared.”
A student suddenly stood up and asked out aloud, “Mister Su, everybody’s been talking about how you butchered a Magical Corpse Beast. Is that true?”
More students mumbled something similar because they all wanted to ask the same thing. They were glad that someone was brave enough to act first.
“Yeah, I want to know it too.” “Did you really, sir??”
With someone taking the lead, more and more students joined the chaos until the order in the venue was disturbed.
Su Ping raised an eyebrow. “It is written in my resume. Are you questioning the reliability of the academy’s staff, or my strength, specifically?” The man who raised the question was indeed doubting Su Ping, though he wasn’t going to be so straightforward. “It’s not like that, Mister Su. Just, we hope that you can show us something awesome if you can.”
“He’s right!”
“Show us! Show us!”
The crowd was stirred up again.
Su Ping sighed in frustration. He planned to spend an hour there, which was barely enough to show everything he had prepared to teach the students. Persistent interruptions made him unhappy.
Time to change his way.
“Fair enough.”
Several students with bad intentions smirked when they thought they were going to see Su Ping embarra.s.sing himself for real. Su Lingyue’s seat was pretty far from the main stage, though she didn’t need to see Su Ping’s face clearly to recognize him. His voice, that cheap coat he wore this morningshe couldn’t have mistaken these.
Apart from being surprised to see her brother actually there, she also felt a bit afraid that whatever prank Su Ping had in stock was going to get busted at this rate; their whole family would have to face the consequences of this charade. Each time Su Lingyue heard someone suspecting Su Ping’s ability, she felt her heart grasped by the claws of stress. “Come on out.” Su Ping ripped open his pet s.p.a.ce; a small skeleton stumbled out and collapsed on the floor, causing one of its ribs to come loose.
The skeleton quickly re-installed the fallen rib bone before it drew a bone blade and began guarding Su Ping with a serious look.
Through their connection, Su Ping told it that there was no danger around.