Chapter 2930 Chapter 4
s.h.i.+ Feng did not speak loudly, and the expression on his face remained calm. However, as if his voice carried some kind of magic power, the many students in the testing hall found themselves inadvertently turning their heads toward s.h.i.+ Feng. Even Wu Lingling, who was about to turn around and leave, halted her footsteps, her eyes full of surprise.
“You won’t charge anything? Instructor, are you telling the truth?”
For Wu Lingling, 100,000 Credits wasn’t a significant amount of money. This was because her elder sister Wu Xiaoxiao earned a lot of money through G.o.d’s Domain, and the occasional pocket money she received from her elder sister amounted to tens of thousands. And through saving this money, Wu Lingling had already acc.u.mulated over one million Credits by now.
Previously, Wu Lingling had only thought about leaving because she thought s.h.i.+ Feng was a scammer.
However, s.h.i.+ Feng had declared that he wouldn’t take any fees if she didn’t make any improvements. If s.h.i.+ Feng was someone without abilities, he definitely wouldn’t dare make such a claim. Not to mention, s.h.i.+ Feng was indeed an instructor of the G.o.d’s Domain Academy.
At this time, even Luo Tiancheng was surprised by s.h.i.+ Feng’s claim. He never thought that s.h.i.+ Feng would take such decisive action.
However, Luo Tiancheng knew better than anyone of s.h.i.+ Feng’s combat standards. s.h.i.+ Feng was someone who hadn’t even reached the Refinement Realm. This meant that he couldn’t even exert subtle control over his physical body. So, what qualifications did s.h.i.+ Feng have to teach others?
Although s.h.i.+ Feng could provide some pointers by relying on his ten years of combat experience, the points he could give were mostly specialized in fighting monsters. At most, he could teach the students here the techniques players could employ when fighting against other players.
However, these experiences wouldn’t be of much use in the Trial Tower. This was because the Trial Tower tested the players themselves. Players needed to develop their combat standards to a certain extent to clear the tests in the Trial Tower.
After taking these factors into account, Luo Tiancheng concluded that s.h.i.+ Feng intended to take a gamble. After all, if it was a talent like Wu Lingling, the specialized knowledge s.h.i.+ Feng provided might just be enough to help the girl get from the fifth floor’s early stage to the fifth floor’s middle stage.
Then, if s.h.i.+ Feng succeeded in his gamble, he would instantly attract the attention of the other new students.
Of course, if s.h.i.+ Feng’s bet failed, he would solidify his ident.i.ty as a scammer in the new students’ eyes. At that time, he would have no hope of remaining in the G.o.d’s Domain Academy.
Noticing that s.h.i.+ Feng’s words had tempted many of the new students present, Luo Tiancheng looked at s.h.i.+ Feng and smiled, saying, “Instructor s.h.i.+, you’re not fit to be an instructor if you entice students in such a manner. You might not gain any money if your students don’t improve, but you don’t stand to lose anything, either. At most, you can just blame your students, saying that they failed to learn the essentials, hence they failed to improve and that it isn’t your teaching that has a problem. In contrast, if a student coincidentally makes a breakthrough in the Trial Tower, wouldn’t you make a lot of money?”
Upon hearing Luo Tiancheng’s words, many of the students also noticed the problem in s.h.i.+ Feng’s offer.
“So, Instructor Luo, are you saying that I’m being unfair to these students?” s.h.i.+ Feng said, smiling as he glanced at Luo Tiancheng. “In that case, do you have any brilliant ideas to share?”
“I dare not offer any brilliant ideas. I just feel that as an instructor, you shouldn’t be playing such word games with your students,” Luo Tiancheng said. When he saw that s.h.i.+ Feng remained calm even after he had exposed the man’s ploy, he couldn’t help but feel a little strange. Even so, he still provocatively suggested, “Since you are so confident in your teaching, Instructor s.h.i.+, it shouldn’t be difficult for you to help all of your students make improvements in the Trial Tower, right?”
Wu Lingling was one of the best talents the G.o.d’s Domain Academy had welcomed this semester. If s.h.i.+ Feng got lucky, it was indeed possible for Wu Lingling to achieve a breakthrough after listening to his guidance. However, it would be a different story if s.h.i.+ Feng had to help multiple students achieve a breakthrough. The sun would be rising from the west tomorrow if he managed to accomplish such a feat.
If anyone else was standing in Luo Tiancheng’s place right now, they might just allow s.h.i.+ Feng to bet on his luck. However, Luo Tiancheng wouldn’t. He wanted to cut off all of s.h.i.+ Feng’s paths of retreat and watch s.h.i.+ Feng leave the G.o.d’s Domain Academy in humiliation.
Of course, Luo Tiancheng also knew that s.h.i.+ Feng wasn’t an idiot. The man definitely wouldn’t accept such a suggestion. However, if s.h.i.+ Feng rejected his suggestion, he could simply say that s.h.i.+ Feng had a guilty conscience. In turn, this would cause the new students to present to doubt s.h.i.+ Feng’s abilities.
However, contrary to Luo Tiancheng’s expectations, s.h.i.+ Feng nodded his head and said with a look of realization, “What you said is reasonable, Instructor Luo. This is indeed a good solution. If I only guide a small number of students, the results I achieve can’t be used to prove anything. But Instructor Luo, as you can see, no students are coming to sign up for my lesson. How about you help me find 20 students?”
“???” Luo Tiancheng was momentarily dumbfounded when he heard s.h.i.+ Feng agreeing to his suggestion. What’s going on? Is he taking the initiative to put himself onto the path of no return? Also, aren’t I trying to prevent him from recruiting apprentices? Why must I help him find 20 students now?
“Instructor Luo, you’ve constantly been casting suspicion over my abilities, yet you aren’t even giving me a chance to prove myself. Should such slanderous actions be coming from an instructor?” s.h.i.+ Feng said with a grin. “Moreover, you are one of the more well-known junior instructors in our Academy. You should be acting as a role model. If you question someone, you should first provide the relevant evidence.”
The new students present nodded in agreement with s.h.i.+ Feng’s words. Then, they moved their gazes from s.h.i.+ Feng to Luo Tiancheng.
Since Luo Tiancheng doubted s.h.i.+ Feng’s abilities, he should provide substantive evidence to prove his claims. Otherwise, he would be doing nothing but create rumors, and who wouldn’t know how to create rumors?
“Fine! I’ll help you find 20 students!” Luo Tiancheng gnashed his teeth as he glared at s.h.i.+ Feng. Because of s.h.i.+ Feng’s words, he had now become a rumor monger in the new students’ eyes. “But if you fail to help those 20 students improve, you better not blame your failure on the students’ lack of ability!”
“Naturally,” s.h.i.+ Feng confidently said.
In reality, s.h.i.+ Feng had had a headache trying to figure out a way to attract new students.
Firstly, not all freshmen had the financial wealth to pay 100,000 Credits. Secondly, the freshmen that had yet to seek apprentices.h.i.+p were already dwindling in number.
If he started his performance with only a small batch of students, by the time he finished teaching these students, had them challenge the Trial Tower, and spread his fame, the other junior instructors present would’ve long since s.n.a.t.c.hed away the remaining students. By that time, even if there were students who wanted to come under his wing, they wouldn’t be able to do so. After all, under the G.o.d’s Domain Academy’s rules, students who had apprenticed themselves under an instructor were not allowed to change their instructors within a year.
However, even for Luo Tiancheng, someone who had worked in the G.o.d’s Domain Academy for several years, he failed to find more than a few students who were willing to spend the money to take s.h.i.+ Feng’s lesson. After all, 100,000 Credits was a significant sum of money for most of the students present. This situation rendered Luo Tiancheng speechless.
In the end, Luo Tiancheng had to offer to pay for these students to get them to try out s.h.i.+ Feng’s lesson. As soon as he went with this option, he quickly managed to bring 20 new students to s.h.i.+ Feng.
“Instructor s.h.i.+, here are your 20 students,” Luo Tiancheng said, glaring at s.h.i.+ Feng. He even took the initiative to transfer two million Credits to s.h.i.+ Feng. “Now, please begin your performance!”
Although Luo Tiancheng didn’t know why s.h.i.+ Feng behaved so confidently, he refused to believe that s.h.i.+ Feng could create a miracle. After all, even Tier 4 experts were incapable of helping many freshmen achieve a breakthrough in the Trial Tower through just a brief lesson, let alone a Tier 3 expert like s.h.i.+ Feng.
“No problem.” s.h.i.+ Feng felt delighted when he saw the transaction notification appearing on his quantum watch. If he combined these two million Credits with his own five million, he wouldn’t have to worry about equipment and resources for a while once he reentered G.o.d’s Domain. Then, he looked toward the 20 students in front of him and said, “I’ll be doing a set of aerobics in a moment. All you need to do is learn the whole set. Once I see that you’ve reached an adequate proficiency, you may challenge the Trial Tower.”
As soon as s.h.i.+ Feng finished speaking, the 20 freshmen in front of him instantly became dumbfounded.
Aerobics?
They had learned aerobics when they were in elementary school, but such exercise was only meant to loosen their muscles. However, they had never heard of aerobics being able to help one improve one’s combat standard.
“Aerobics? It seems I have underestimated you, Instructor s.h.i.+. I am truly ashamed of my ignorance,” Luo Tiancheng sarcastically said. At this time, he wanted nothing more than to laugh out loud. “Should I play some music for you as well?”
Initially, Luo Tiancheng had thought that s.h.i.+ Feng had prepared some kind of secret technique to turn the tables on him, but…
Aerobics?
s.h.i.+ Feng was simply tired of living!
It should be known that the G.o.d’s Domain Academy’s students were all befitting the t.i.tle of genius. This was especially true for Wu Lingling. Right now, many first-rate Guilds had already put their attention on the girl, confident that she would become a future powerhouse in G.o.d’s Domain.
Yet, now, s.h.i.+ Feng was having these geniuses do aerobics like a bunch of elementary students!
If news of this spread, s.h.i.+ Feng would become the joke of the city. And if none of his students managed to make any improvements, his image in the Academy would also fall into tatters!
“That won’t be necessary,” s.h.i.+ Feng answered. Then, behaving as if he didn’t see the awkward looks on the students’ faces, he said, “There are nine movements in the set. I don’t need you to execute them to perfection; I just need you to reach a pa.s.sing standard.”
Upon hearing s.h.i.+ Feng’s words, the 20 students before him couldn’t help but look at him in contempt and anger. After all, they were people capable of perfectly executing even G.o.d’s Domain’s complex combat techniques, let alone a bunch of measly aerobic movements.
Meanwhile, Wu Lingling suddenly felt as if she had been tricked, and her IQ insulted.
However, s.h.i.+ Feng did not care about any of the looks of contempt and anger he received. He simply began executing the aerobic movements he mentioned while explaining the movements.
The set of aerobics s.h.i.+ Feng currently executed was something he had invented during his other life, and it was used as part of the basic training for Zero Wing’s newcomers. Meanwhile, anyone in the Guild capable of perfectly executing the entire set would be instantly promoted into a core member.
s.h.i.+ Feng had created this aerobic exercise using a combination of multiple combat techniques found in G.o.d’s Domain and his understanding of the Refinement Realm. Although the set’s nine movements appeared ordinary, the execution difficulty increased with each subsequent movement as the minute movements became more and more complicated. One would need to be at the Refinement Realm standard to perfectly execute all nine movements.
Currently, most of the students in front of him were still stuck on the Trial Tower’s fourth floor. They were merely laymen when it came to manipulating their physical bodies. Needless to say, they were still miles away from rivaling Refinement Realm experts.
Meanwhile, the aerobics he taught would allow them to gradually understand how they should control their bodies. As to the extent to which they could improve, that depended entirely on the individual. After all, the aerobic exercise only provided them with a clear direction to advance in.
Subsequently, after s.h.i.+ Feng completed the first set of aerobics, he had the students start exercising with him.
One repet.i.tion… Three repet.i.tions… Ten repet.i.tions…
As the 20 students began following s.h.i.+ Feng’s instructions, the students who arrived in the testing hall afterward couldn’t help but be shocked by the sight. This situation caused the 20 students to feel greatly embarra.s.sed.
Then, after guiding the 20 students through the aerobic exercise for nearly three hours, s.h.i.+ Feng nodded in satisfaction at the sweaty students in front of him and said, “Alright, the lesson is over. You can challenge the Trial Tower now!”