Su Zijin wandered aimlessly around the school. She was currently teaching the history class for first-year high school students, which had a different schedule from the third-year classes. Each class lasted only 45 minutes, just like in ordinary high schools. After finishing her lesson for the day, she was preparing to wait for Ye Kai to finish his class so she could once again try to persuade him to stop focusing on the "Shrouding the Heavens Method" he had created.

The creators of the vitality cultivation method were considered geniuses, but even that method was only perfected after dozens of generations of hard work. How could the "Shrouding the Heavens Method," something Ye Kai came up with on his own, be better than the vitality cultivation method? If he continued down this path, it would only waste his effort and ultimately delay his own progress.

But despite her previous attempts to convince him, Su Zijin hadn’t had much success. Today, she wasn’t sure what new reasons or excuses she could come up with.

As she walked, she found herself near the school’s testing laboratory and suddenly heard the sound of punches echoing from inside.

Su Zijin frowned.

"Such fierce fighting... the sound of the duel is spreading outside. Judging by this... it sounds like two Practitioners."

"Wait!"

"It sounds like two people who have been Practitioners for a while. But there are no such students in this school."

Qingcheng No. 3 Middle School had an average admission rate, and very few students became Practitioners before the martial arts exam. With 90 days left before the exam, only a handful of students had been promoted to Practitioners, and the momentum she felt from the testing lab didn’t seem to match anyone she knew. Plus, the force was too weak for it to be a teacher.

Su Zijin racked her brain for possible candidates but couldn’t think of anyone. Curiosity got the better of her, and she quietly walked to the door of the testing laboratory. Inside, she saw two young students fighting fiercely in the ring, while seven other students stood watching, equally young and inexperienced.

The scene before her was completely unexpected.

"They’re really students?!"

"But their fighting posture... it doesn’t look like they’ve just been promoted to Practitioners. Although they’re young, there’s something strange about them."

She scanned the room, looking for the students' teacher. It was obvious that their class teacher must have brought them here for a competition. When her eyes landed on a familiar figure, Su Zijin was stunned.

"How could it be him?"

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She rubbed her eyes and looked again to make sure she wasn’t mistaken. This time, she was certain. It was Ye Kai—the very person she had been thinking about!

Su Zijin stared at Ye Kai in disbelief. He was standing among the students, who were gathered around him. It was obvious that Ye Kai was their class teacher!

When Ye Kai saw her standing at the door, he waved with a smile and said, "Su Zijin, come in."

Still dazed, Su Zijin walked over to him. She remembered that the students in Ye Kai’s class had poor qualifications, and none of them came from well-off families. How could they be performing like Practitioners?

"Ye Kai, are these all your students?" Su Zijin asked, wanting to confirm.

Nodding, Ye Kai gave an affirmative answer. "Yes."

Su Zijin’s expression turned even more puzzled. She pointed at Zhuo Xing and Ding Jupeng, who were still fighting in the ring. "Them too?"

"Yes."

"They... are Practitioners?"

"Yes, the one on the left is Zhuo Xing. He was promoted to Practitioner seven days ago. The one on the right is Ding Jupeng, who was promoted five days ago."

Su Zijin fell silent for a moment, then asked, "Is this because they practiced your 'Shrouding the Heavens Method'?"

"Yes," Ye Kai replied, again confirming.

As their conversation continued, Zhuo Xing and Ding Jupeng’s match concluded, with Zhuo Xing winning by a narrow margin, just as Ye Kai had predicted. After the competition, the students greeted Su Zijin.

Su Zijin was well-known at Qingcheng No. 3 Middle School as one of the most beautiful teachers, so the students were naturally familiar with her.

"Hello, Teacher Su!"

"Teacher Su is so beautiful!"

"Are Teacher Su and Teacher Ye boyfriend and girlfriend?"

"Does that mean we should start calling you 'Master Mistress'?"

The students laughed and teased, their adolescent energy showing through. Besides their focus on martial arts, they were always curious about gossip.

Hearing the students’ teasing, Su Zijin blushed slightly. However, she didn’t let the embarrassment bother her and instead turned to Zhuo Xing and Ding Jupeng.

"You two became Practitioners because you practiced the 'Shrouding the Heavens Method'?"

It wasn’t that she didn’t believe Ye Kai, but the situation was so incredible that she had to ask for confirmation again.

Ding Jupeng nodded. "Yes, Teacher Su. We became Practitioners after learning the 'Shrouding the Heavens Method.' If it weren’t for Teacher Ye, I don’t know if I’d ever become a Practitioner."

Zhuo Xing chimed in gratefully, "Yes, Teacher Su. If it weren’t for Teacher Ye, I would’ve been stuck with no hope."

The other students also joined in, expressing their thanks.

"That’s right! Thanks to Teacher Ye, I became a Practitioner."

"The 'Shrouding the Heavens Method' is way better than the vitality cultivation method. My aptitude isn’t great, but I still became a Practitioner yesterday."

"My aptitude used to be poor too, and my previous teacher gave up on me. If it weren’t for Teacher Ye and his guidance, I could only dream of becoming a Practitioner."

Su Zijin’s head was spinning. Listening to these students, it seemed like not only Zhuo Xing and Ding Jupeng had become Practitioners, but all of them had! She turned to Ye Kai in disbelief.

"They... have all been promoted to Practitioner?!"

"Yes," Ye Kai nodded calmly, as if this wasn’t anything special.

Su Zijin was astonished by how casually Ye Kai accepted this achievement! Why did he act like it was no big deal?

She couldn’t help but think about how hard she had worked day and night to become a Practitioner, yet these students had done it after practicing the "Shrouding the Heavens Method" for just a few days. For a moment, Su Zijin felt like she was questioning everything she knew about cultivation.

She looked at Ye Kai and hesitated before asking, "Ye Kai, why don’t you teach me how to practice the Shrouding the Heavens Method too?"