Chapter 7 Can This Really Be Taught to Children? Although Shrek Academy is a place full of geniuses, not everyone is devoted to cultivation. During the enrollment period, students who registered earlier have gathered in groups of three or four to tour this "monster" academy whose reputation resounds throughout the continent. Wang Nan and Gong Yangmo are naturally among them. The student dormitory building is located on the south side of Shrek Square. After leaving the building and walking east along the square, you will soon see the lakeside path. Although it is called a "path", it is large enough to accommodate four or five carriages running in parallel. It is named because it is close to Poseidon Lake and is also the place that attracts the most freshmen. Standing by the Seagod Lake, one can vaguely see figures on the island in the middle of the lake, which is the inner courtyard of Shrek Academy. Wang Nan turned his head and glanced at Gong Yangmo beside him. If he remembered correctly, he was already an inner courtyard student when he appeared. "What's wrong?" Gong Yangmo noticed Wang Nan's gaze and reluctantly withdrew his gaze from the island in the middle of the lake. No matter what happens in the future, he is only a twelve-year-old child now, so naturally he has a little yearning for the inner courtyard. "I remembered something." Wang Nan paused, "By the way, what were you looking at just now? You were so fascinated by it." "Seniors from the inner courtyard." "Can you see clearly from such a distance?" "I can't see it clearly, but that is the inner courtyard of Shrek Academy. My family has told me since I was a child that Shrek Academy was founded by three deans ten thousand years ago, and the foundation was laid by the first generation of Shrek Seven Devils. From then on, it became the number one soul master academy in Douluo Continent, and it has lasted for ten thousand years..." After hearing Gong Yangmo talk about the history of Shrek Academy, Wang Nan had a question in his mind. When he was a child, he rarely heard his family talk about the stories about the first generation of Shrek Seven Devils. Logically speaking, Shrek Academy has such a status in Douluo Continent, and the stories about them should be quite popular. Is it because he matured too early and didn't give his parents the opportunity to tell stories? "Do you know why the lake in front of us is called Poseidon Lake?" Seeing that Wang Nan was a little absent-minded, Gong Yangmo thought that he was talking too boringly, so he changed the subject.
"To commemorate the Sea God Tang San." I didn't hear the story when I was a child, but I had read the novel in my previous life. "Yes, the sky and the earth changed color, and I became a god in an instant." "Becoming a god..." Although Wang Nan came to a world where he could practice cultivation, he did not have such a deep obsession with becoming a god. Firstly, he knew that the gods in this world were more like soul masters with higher soul power, and were far from being as free and easy as the gods he imagined. Secondly, for him, he can live his life again, with parents who take good care of him, a good family, and an upper-middle-class appearance. His future life will probably not be too bad. He will be satisfied with such a life. Of course, it would be even better if I could make up for some of the regrets from my previous life. …… It turns out that no matter which world you are in, holidays are never enough. Wang Nan felt like he did nothing and two days passed in the blink of an eye. On the first day of school, Wang Nan and Gong Yangmo arrived at the classroom early. In the first three months of school, there was no division into offensive and auxiliary classes, so the two of them who lived in the same dormitory were assigned to the same class. Time passed by, and the seats in the classroom were almost full. Some students had already started chatting with people they knew, while others who didn't like to talk were sitting quietly in their seats. As the classroom door opened again, Sun He, who had met Wang Nan once, walked in, and the whole classroom suddenly became quiet. "Hello everyone, I will be your homeroom teacher for the next three months. Although the college doesn't have such a rule, I personally assess my students, so you should be familiar with me. My name is Sun He, and you can call me Teacher Sun." As soon as Sun He opened his mouth, many students' faces changed and the sound of low discussions spread throughout the classroom. It was obvious that they suffered a lot during the assessment. "Okay, I know everyone has a lot to say, but I would rather leave these words for three months later." Sun He knocked on the table and spoke with a smile. "Everyone sitting here should know what I mean. According to the school's regulations, there will be a freshman assessment in three months. Only students who pass the assessment can continue to stay in the school, and the content of the assessment is actual combat." "After the first two days of contact, I think most of you will not be able to successfully pass the assessment." After hearing this, the discussion in the classroom became louder, but this time Sun He did not stop it. Instead, he smiled and waited for the noise to die down naturally. "I know that at your age, you don't have many opportunities to engage in actual combat. Some of you whose martial spirits are more auxiliary have never experienced actual combat. Therefore, the first thing I want to teach you is how to fight." "So first question, what is combat?" Sun He did not embarrass the group of children in the audience. After a pause, he continued, "Attack and defense are only the most basic means. Sneak attacks, plots, and traps are all part of combat. When facing soul beasts, knowing their skills in advance, and facing soul masters, accurately judging the abilities of their martial spirits are also part of combat. The real battle is to use our strengths to attack their weaknesses." "If the enemy is weak, then we should prioritize a frontal breakthrough. If the enemy is slow, then we should prioritize dealing with them. If the enemy is too powerful to defeat, then we should consider how to escape as quickly as possible. If we have to fight, then we should consider setting traps, ambushing them, or using more people to defeat fewer..."
Wang Nan originally thought that the first class would start with some basic content, but who knew that Sun He would be so exciting right from the start. How to sneak attack, how to set traps, how to lure the enemy into an ambush, these things were something that a group of teenagers had never touched upon before. Even for Wang Nan, who received one-on-one instruction, Wang Xing had never taught him this subject considering his age, let alone others. Thinking of Sun He’s performance of “bullying the weak with the strong” in the freshman assessment arena, it doesn’t seem surprising that he has such a teaching philosophy. However, can these things really be taught to children? ——Yes, we can. Sun He answered Wang Nan's questions with practical actions. For the entire morning, Sun He was carefully explaining many combat techniques. He not only explained what kind of tactics were suitable for martial spirits of different tendencies, but also some small moves to lure the opponent into revealing their weaknesses. Finally, he took out examples from the freshman assessment and broke them down for them to see one move at a time. In the afternoon, Sun He took them to the playground for practical training, striving to integrate the morning's content into each student's battle. After just one class, the children's views on combat changed dramatically, and in the following three months, such classes were held almost every day. (End of this chapter)
