Chapter 3: Why Does Teacher Always Wear a Mask?
“What a monstrous talent, a seven-ring Spirit Saint?”
“So beautiful… his Spirit is so beautiful…”
“It’s like a Peach Blossom Immortal; it’s too beautiful, as if I’m in a Peach Garden fairyland!”
“Such a good spirit ring configuration? How is this possible? The fourth spirit ring is a ten-thousand-year spirit ring? Am I seeing things? This can’t be right?”
“Teacher said that the age limit for the second spirit ring couldn’t exceed 764 years, the third spirit ring’s upper limit couldn’t exceed 1760 years, and the fourth spirit ring should only be three to five thousand years old. He actually exceeded the limit by five or six thousand years?”
When Su Ran’s spirit rings appeared, the entire audience was stunned in that instant.
Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing trembled, feeling a faint sense of regret that they hadn’t decisively acknowledged him as their teacher.
Ning Rongrong’s eyes widened. Standing amidst the peach blossoms, she stared at Su Ran in disbelief, completely captivated by the teacher’s Spirit:
Goodness, such a spirit ring configuration, such a beautiful Spirit! I’m afraid there isn’t a second one like it on the entire continent, is there?
Flender, Dai Mubai, and the others were shocked, somewhat disbelieving that Su Ran was a seven-ring Spirit Saint.
He saw:
Blazing peach groves bloom with rosy clouds, a graceful youth wanders through fragrant splendor.
White robes purer than snow dance with the wind, handsome eyes reflecting the starlight and the beauty of nature.
With a single thought, a peach branch descends to the mortal world, resolving the myriad karmic ties of the mortal realm for ten thousand years.
Such a person should only exist in the heavens; how often can one be found in the human world?
“Fourth Spirit Ability, Scarlet Moon Peach Bloom!”
Su Ran waved his hand casually, not bothering to waste time with Shrek. Since they wanted to put on a show, he would just instantly defeat them.
On the peach tree behind Su Ran, a peach moon hung, and with his gentle refer to.
The scarlet peach moon descended from the flourishing peach tree. Although it appeared to move slowly, it rushed towards Li Yuesong in the blink of an eye.
Li Yuesong punched towards that peach moon.
Only a loud boom was heard.
The peach moon bloomed, and the huge shockwave sent everyone from Shrek flying dozens of meters away.
Yet, the peach blossoms, like fragments of a bomb or flying knives, left cuts on everyone’s bodies.
Ning Rongrong was so frightened by the deadly peach petals that flew at her that her face turned pale. It would be terrible if her delicate little face were scratched and scarred.
At this moment, Su Ran held a peach wood branch in his hand and effortlessly blocked all the peach blossom fragments flying towards Ning Rongrong.
Ning Rongrong blinked her watery eyes, suddenly feeling incredibly safe:
Every move of Teacher is simply too cool!
As for Li Yuesong, who collided with the Scarlet Moon Peach Bloom, his body shot out like an arrow from a bowstring, blasted away and covered in wounds.
The arm that had collided with the peach moon was fractured and a bloody mess, letting out a miserable scream.
“Teacher Yuesong!”
“Li Yuesong, are you alright?”
“Do I look alright???”
Li Yuesong spat out a mouthful of blood, suffering both mental and physical harm.
“I concede.”
“Dean Flender, am I now qualified to open an academy and be a teacher?”
At this moment, Su Ran’s faint voice was heard.
Both Flender and Li Yuesong were greatly angered.
Flender gritted his teeth and said:
“Yes, you are qualified, and very well so. I hope your students will shine brightly in the Spirit Fighting Arena in the future, and ideally participate in the All-Continent Elite Spirit Master Academy Tournament.”
“They certainly will, thank you for your blessing.”
Su Ran was infuriatingly unconcerned, facing Flender’s sarcasm and threats with composure, completely unafraid.
“Let’s go, Xiao Sheng, Rongrong, back to the Academy.”
Su Ran turned around and led Wang Sheng and Ning Rongrong through the gates of Taoyuan Academy.
Flender, on the other hand, helped Li Yuesong back to Shrek Academy for treatment.
Zhu Zhuqing looked back at the gates of Peach Garden Academy, suddenly regretting not choosing to enroll there earlier.
But then she saw Dai Mubai’s back again, a hint of helplessness on her face. Perhaps, this was her fate?
“Third Brother, that person just now was so powerful. Did Grandmaster really want us to join Shrek Academy, and not Peach Garden Academy across the way?”
Xiao Wu widened her bright, intelligent eyes, already having a change of heart about Peach Garden Academy.
Not only were the students at the academy across the way stronger than Shrek’s, but even their teacher was so stylish, with the best temperament she had ever seen among humans. It seemed like joining Peach Garden Academy would also be a great choice.
“Dean, what happened? Who injured Old Li like this?”
“Mubai, you’re injured too?”
Zhao Wuji, sitting inside Shrek Academy as the admissions examiner, was idly waiting for new students to come and play. To his surprise, he saw Flender helping a heavily injured Li Yuesong enter, with Dai Mubai beside him, clutching his chest and gasping for breath.
“Say no more, I’m taking Old Li and Mubai for treatment. Old Zhao, these are the newly recruited students. Just give them a simple strength assessment, don’t scare them away.”
Flender instructed.
Zhao Wuji rubbed his head, a bit surprised:
“Before, we were eager to be strict with assessments, to beat away those who weren’t qualified and save some funds for the school. Why are you only saying to do a simple assessment today? That’s strange.”
“Are you three little ones here to join Shrek? Come on, release your Spirits and let me see your strength.”
Zhao Wuji stood there like a small mountain, looking at Tang San, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu, and said faintly.
…
On this side, Ning Rongrong followed Su Ran and Wang Sheng into Peach Garden Academy.
The layout of Peach Garden Academy was very simple.
At the school gate were two blooming peach trees, and the school emblem and plaque were made of peach branches and petals, like the entrance to a paradise. On both sides inside the school gate were two rooms, which were the academy’s security offices, where Wang Sheng now lived.
Inside the Peach Garden campus, the main building was Teacher Su Ran’s house, with a small garden in front of it, a clear pond with koi fish, and in front of the garden were the lecture hall and training grounds. To the left were several dormitory rooms, and to the right were the kitchen and utility room.
Following a leisurely stone path lined with peach blossoms and red maple trees, they reached the vicinity of the lecture hall, where Ning Rongrong performed the disciple-acknowledging ceremony.
Immediately, Su Ran pointed to the first room on the left for Ning Rongrong and said lightly:
“You’ll live here from now on. Get used to the environment here first. Although our Peach Garden Academy has a better campus environment than Shrek Academy, it’s also relatively tough.”
“Previously, Wang Sheng was responsible for the academy’s food and hygiene. From now on, you’ll share the burden. He’ll be responsible for the outer campus environment, and you’ll clean the inner campus.”
“Yes, Teacher,” Wang Sheng bowed slightly.
“What? I have to sweep and cook too?”
Ning Rongrong expressed her surprise.
Su Ran smiled faintly, not answering Ning Rongrong, but said to Wang Sheng:
“She probably hasn’t done these things before. Teach her more.”
“Alright, Teacher.” Wang Sheng was respectful.
“No? I joined Peach Garden Academy for you, Teacher, to impart all your knowledge, not to learn how to wash clothes and cook with him!”
Ning Rongrong was bewildered.
However, at this moment, Su Ran had already slowly walked across the garden path and returned to his room, leaving only one sentence:
“I’ll be lecturing in the classroom tomorrow morning. Don’t be late.”
“What the heck!”
Ning Rongrong grumbled, a frown on her small face.
“What kind of teacher is this? A domestic science teacher who teaches students how to wash clothes, cook, and clean?”
“Uh, I warn you, even though you’re now Teacher’s disciple, if you dare to slander Teacher, I won’t be polite to you.”
Sensing Ning Rongrong’s dissatisfaction with Su Ran, Wang Sheng said in a deep voice.
Ning Rongrong was even more unconvinced:
“Isn’t it? The first thing after acknowledging a teacher is to make the student do chores. What sense does that make?”
“Of course it makes sense. Teacher said, if you can’t sweep one room, how can you sweep the world? If you can’t even do the most basic things well, how can you become a top Spirit Master?”
“As the saying goes, practice makes perfect. Teacher said that even the simplest tasks like sweeping, scrubbing clothes, and chopping vegetables can lead to peerless skills.”
“That’s fake, right? You can develop unique skills from sweeping and chopping vegetables?”
Ning Rongrong was stunned.
“Anyway, that’s what Teacher said,” Wang Sheng said helplessly.
“Alright, I generally can’t enter the inner courtyard, so it’s up to you from now on. I hope you can take good care of Teacher’s daily life.”
“I’m going out to practice my boxing. Today I still need to practice Tiger Form Fist ten more times.”
“Hey? Are you recruiting students, or are you recruiting maids for the teacher?!”
“Both, hehe.”
Wang Sheng grinned foolishly.
Ning Rongrong: “…”
“Let me ask you a question, why does Teacher always wear a mask?”
“Perhaps… Teacher is too handsome.”
“?”