Chapter 102: The Selection of Instructors
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
The words of “Unconquerable Wu” made quite an impact amongst the students.
As a person who was invited to be recruited, Fang Ping became the center of attention.
Fang Ping remained silent nonetheless. Would a person like her make a good instructor?
It did not sound so bad!
At least what she said about “eating as many pills as we like” and “having Grandmaster’s protection” did not sound so bad.
However, the way “Unconquerable Wu” acted did raise some doubts regarding her reliability. An amateur like Fang Ping would require a reliable instructor to guide him in the cultivation of martial sciences.
Without the influence of his family, there were many aspects in which Fang Ping lacked an understanding that would otherwise require guidance from others.
With that being said, “Unconquerable Wu” did not fit that description.
From the series of irresponsible claims made by the woman previously, she had led Fang Ping to realize that many instructors’ students had had conflicts with Old Wang.
Facing defeat in combat for the first time with each other would not necessarily mean that one would bear grudges.
It was not common for everyone to meet daily; therefore, no one would even remember the incident.
However, when someone intentionally brought it up, with further emphasis that you were not even close to being as capable as the apprentice of the man who defeated you, how would you feel?
Fang Ping was not Wang Jinyang’s student. The woman did not say that exactly. What she mentioned was “half instructor”, which Fang Ping did not deny.
With the “enemy’s” student entering in the same line of skill, can those people truly disregard it?
Even if there were no bad intentions, the constant approach to learn and interact with you every day would be too much for you to handle.
Just thinking about it gave Fang Ping headaches.
The woman’s ability in deception was commendable!
MCMAU’s students were not easily shaken by the benefits presented in front of them. The fancy claims made by the woman raised interest, but many of them remained calm.
Zhao Lei chose Tang Feng while Chen Yunxi chose Bai Ruoxi. Everyone else also started walking towards their selected instructors.
Fu Changding hesitated for a moment and walked towards Luo Yichuan at last.
The cultivation of upper limbs or lower limbs, in their sense, achieving Rank-2 was not difficult. It was not entirely impossible to compensate for it, so there was no need to struggle.
In the end, out of the 5 official students selected by “Unconquerable Wu”, only Fang Ping and Yang Xiaoman were left to choose.
In fact, “Unconquerable Wu” was not Yang Xiaoman’s source of hesitation. Instead, she was caught between choosing Tang Feng or Bai Ruoxi.
As a female, choosing Bai Ruoxi would be a suitable choice even though Bai Ruoxi’s ability was comparably lower.
With the ever-changing sword technique, she was not looking for something that requires dexterity, therefore that option was not quite suitable for her.
After a moment of hesitation, Yang Xiaoman walked towards Tang Feng.
“Unconquerable Wu” did not mind. The students had the freedom to choose the instructors they desired.
Even if Fang Ping decided not to choose her in the end, she would not bat an eyelid.
The words that she had spoken before were unruly and spontaneous, it was not because she wanted Fang Ping to choose her. Thrice-honed was indeed good, but if the instructors were willing to invest and spend their time, even for these normal students, they would be able to train up thrice-honed students.
Just as Fang Ping gritted his teeth and was ready to walk towards Xu Jianzhou’s side, “Unconquerable Wu” laughed suddenly, “Choosing other instructors, with the situation that you are currently in, after graduating from your senior year, the most you would achieve is Rank-4. That’s all you get after going through all the hardships.
“If you come to my side, it may be something new for a change.”
Just as she had finished saying those words, Tang Feng scolded lightly, “Lu…”
“Unconquerable Wu” glared at him. Tang Feng gave a slight “hmph” but did not say her name out loud. Instead, he creased his eyebrows and growled, “It’s enough that you’re fooling around. There have to be certain limits to it!
“With the state that Fang Ping is in, being able to come to this point and complete thrice-honing, it proves that he has sacrificed more than everyone else!
“It’s fine that you’re fooling around by yourself, but don’t joke around with the students’ future at stake!”
“Unconquerable Wu” protested unhappily, “How have I put the students’ future at stake?”
“You know that better than anyone!” Tang Feng seemed to recall something. He looked at Fang Ping and said, “You need not take the claims made about Wang Jinyang seriously. Wang Jinyang is just a student. Even though he excelled, it was unlikely that MCMAU would suppress a student out of jealousy.
“Your seniors lost fair and square to Wang Jinyang. If anyone is looking to cause you trouble just because they lost, that only proves that they have an evil disposition. These seniors will not threaten you in any way.
“With thrice-honing and extraordinary performance during school allocation, regardless of which instructors you choose, no one will take it to heart.
“As instructors of MCMAU, we do tend to be selfish. However, as long as you are our student, and even if you are not and have any inquiries, we would provide guidance as long as we have the time!
“MCMAU is a school. The sea refuses no river. This is not a sect 1 from the past.
“The rationale behind choosing a limited number of students per instructor is because we have limited energy. This does not mean that we are these students’ personal instructors.
“Fang Ping, the choice of selection is entirely up to you. You do not need to worry about the repercussions that may follow for not choosing anyone.”
These words seemed to be directed specifically towards “Unconquerable Wu”.
The woman let out a “hmph” but did not comment further. She spoke coldly, “What Lion Head spoke of just now were none other than my students, the risk is considerably higher. I do not deny this statement.
“Since you have chosen martial sciences, surely you have to learn how to fight!
“Learning step by step may be able to ensure smooth graduation, but what happens after that?”
“How many Grandmasters of martial sciences today achieved a peak in life after their smooth graduation?”
“Many Grandmasters became Grandmasters because they are willing to do things that others would or could not!”
“Fang Ping, I can relate to the situation that you’re in. Do you have a large family behind you to support your cultivation?”
“Do you have grandparents of Rank-6 or even Rank-7?”
“You don’t have a single martial artist in your family. Do you expect your family to assist you in reaching greater heights?”
“Fu Changding’s grandfather is a Peak Rank-6. Even if he did not enroll in MCMAU, with the family’s wealth, it will not be difficult to achieve middle-ranks.”
“Zhao Lei’s father too, a Rank-5 martial artist, managing a business of his own. Most of them have a similar background. What do you have?”
“Depend on yourself rather than on others. If you’re afraid of obtaining, afraid of fighting, how far do you envision yourself to go?”
“Since you know Wang Jinyang, you should know that he took the long route around, a route tougher than anyone else!”
“What’s the benefit of coming to MCMAU only to offend a bunch of Rank-1 martial artists? Is it really necessary to head north only to challenge a few Rank-3 peak martial artists?”
“This is because he didn’t have a choice! If he did not fight, then he would not have achieved what he has today!”
“…”
If the words of “Unconquerable Wu” were considered unreliable and spontaneous, then her words now definitely hit the nail.
It was true. Fang Ping was different from everyone else!
He did not have powerful parents to support him in cultivation. He would have to depend on himself in everything. If he did not fight for it, then how would he compete against others?
Other instructors could guide him in cultivation and provide a suitable amount of assistance. Nevertheless, Fang Ping was not their son, who could say that they would ceaselessly support him to the end?
Fang Ping sighed softly, looked at “Unconquerable Wu” and said, “Instructor, if I were to learn from you, what would the difference be compared to learning from other instructors?”
“Unconquerable Wu” gave a faint smile. “There isn’t much difference. There will be more missions, more places where you can go to, and more exposures that you will gain.
“Of course, it will be riskier as well.
“Certain places where Lion Head and others cannot access, I can.
“Lion Head and others have more students whereby I have lesser. In comparison, I can spend more time on you. That’s all.
“As for the rest, you will need to achieve them on your own.
“Did you perhaps believe that I would feed you pills unrestrictedly? I was only saying.”
Fang Ping was rendered speechless. Other students wanted to laugh but did not dare to. They realized gradually that this instructor was rather unreliable.
Fang Ping was somehow relieved. He did not believe that things would fall into his lap, MCMAU’s instructors were not masters in the true sense. There were only four years for everyone to mingle with each other.
Four years later, it would be up to the students to decide whether they still acknowledge their instructors.
In this case, even if the instructors practiced favoritism, there would always be a limit to it. The instructor would not wipe out their entire fortune for the sake of cultivating the students. Even they have their own families to tend to.
Tired of his indecision, clinging onto the claim regarding “a hold in dividend in the pill company”, and “going to more locations where others could not”…
As well as what “Unconquerable Wu” had done to analyze other students and his background, Fang Ping decided to try his luck.
Compressing the unsatisfactory from being tricked, Fang Ping took big steps forward and declared respectfully, “Instructor, I’ll learn from you now onwards.”
“Unconquerable Wu” smiled. Tang Feng who was standing beside did not persuade further. He looked at “Unconquerable Wu” and said, “Be responsible towards your students. In the past few years, the 12 students under your guidance have not even graduated, yet the casualty rate had been so high…”
The colors drained from Fang Ping’s face. Other students who were preparing to walk towards them stopped suddenly in their tracks!
Fang Ping was almost screaming out loud, “Lion Head, why didn’t you mention this before!”
“Unconquerable Wu” expression was also looking grim. She said coldly, “You need not worry about this. I know my limits.”
“Let’s hope so!”
“…”
The conversation stopped there. Tang Feng’s abrupt statement saw Fang Ping and an addition coming into the “Unconquerable Wu” team.
Zhao Xuemei!
The girl was not too attractive. A female martial artist. Without twice-honing, her pole-standing and combat techniques were not weak either.
Fang Ping did not foresee that after what Tang Feng had said, anyone would even think of joining “Unconquerable Wu’s” team — that a female too!
The woman was rather surprised herself. She did not blame Tang Feng. What was said had been said. It was the truth.
It was the fact that even after what Tang Feng had said, someone still came. That was the odd part. This girl had the guts.
The allocation of instructors was slowly coming to an end.
Once the allocation of instructors was complete, class placement was next. Class placements were mainly carried out for cultural studies and theory courses.
The instructors that everyone had selected now were mainly for students to obtain guidance during their daily cultivation, rather than guidance in the aspects of theory.
400 people, separated into 8 classes.
As everyone progressed differently, some did not even cultivate the Methods of Honing nor pole-standing, while some were already martial artists. Naturally, they would not be arranged in the same class.
Even though Fang Ping was not a martial artist, he was not lacking in any of the methods, thus he was arranged to class (1).
The first 3 classes were mainly for martial artists or aspiring martial artists with a considerable amount of basic knowledge. The last 5 classes were responsible for teaching normal students with little to no knowledge.
After class placement and allocation of instructors, the mission for today was completed.
Before “Unconquerable Wu” left, she tossed an access card to both Fang Ping and Zhao Xuemei. “At the beginning of the semester, you would take theory courses and cultural studies mostly. As full-time instructors, we rarely provide individualized guidance, unless if they are some large courses.
“Speaking of which, amongst the two of you — one a martial artist and another a thrice-honed, I’m sure that you are equipped with an adequate understanding of those.
“In your spare time, you can come for me at the instructors’ hostel if you have any questions.
“Especially you, Fang Ping. If you want to apply for a breakthrough, do come and look for me.
“Next semester, when you are over with the adaptive phase, we’ll have plenty of time to get to know each other.”
As she spoke, “Unconquerable Wu” thought for a moment, tossed a bottle of pills over and said, “Normal Vitality Pill. Used to replenish your Vitality. For quality pills, you are required to fight for them yourself. These Normal Vitality Pills are used to save time in replenishing your Vitality. Use it wisely.”
After saying those words, the woman left without saying anything else.
Fang Ping and Zhao Xuemei were at a loss for words. It was not only them, but the other students were also in the same boat.
After a series of vigorous instructor allocation, most of the instructors were just that — irresponsible. After saying a few words, most of them had disappeared.
A few of the instructors were slightly better. They brought some of their students to get to know their seniors. Most of the instructors did not care for such trivial matters.
Fang Ping held up his pill bottle and took a good look at it. “Unconquerable Wu” was not stingy in giving a whole bottle of Normal Vitality Pill. A bottle had 10 pills in it.
If this was to be purchased in the market, it would cost millions at most!
Even in school, one would need 30 credits in exchange for a bottle!
Judging from this, claiming that she had dividends in a pill company did not sound like a fraud.
Zhao Xuemei was also shocked. She had not expected to obtain a bottle of Vitality Pill from the instructor.
They exchanged glances. Fang Ping forced a laugh. “How are you? I’m Fang Ping…”
“I know!”
Zhao Xuemei’s tone was harsh. She snorted, “You kicked me just now. I did not forget!”
With that, she introduced herself, “Zhao Xuemei.”
After telling each other their names, there was nothing left to say. They did not know each other well. What was more — Fang Ping even kicked her just now.
It was then, Fu Changding and a few others walked towards them.
Yang Xiaoman held Zhao Xuemei, gave an unsatisfactory glare at Fang Ping, grunted softly and said, “I can’t believe you chose the same instructor like him. Xuemei, you should pick instructor Tang Feng as I did.”
Zhao Xuemei laughed saying, “It’s nothing. We need to choose the one that’s suitable for us. I think… Instructor Wu is right for me.”
Yang Xiaoman thought it was funny. “Her surname is Lu. Who’s Instructor Wu anyway. Did you truly believe that she is called Unconquerable Wu!
It was clear that Yang Xiaoman knew a little bit of something.
Not only her, but Fu Changding also seemed to know something too. Seeing the girls were unwelcoming towards Fang Ping and him, with no intentions of pestering, he pulled Fang Ping aside whilst chattering away, “The selection of instructors is entirely up to the individual. I did not talk you out of it just now.
“Instructor Lu, oh, your instructor. Her full name is Lu Fengrou.
“Instructor Lu is rather capable. Or should I say that her capabilities are nothing less than Instructor Tang Feng’s? Before coming here, my elders warned me not to choose Instructor Lu if I ever cross paths with her.
“Instructor Lu is not on the list of instructors for the freshmen. I honestly thought that she was only here for the opening ceremony when I saw her on the rostrum the other day.
“That’s why I did not mention anything about her when I introduced you, instead I introduced you to another Rank-6 instructor.
“I did not foresee that she had taken the place of the instructor the moment we arrived here.
“I do not know the details, but it’s exactly what instructor Tang Feng had said. In the past few years, the students under Instructor Lu had a higher casualty rate.”
Fang Ping thought for a while and asked, “I hope she doesn’t have the habit of inflicting harm intentionally on her students?”
Fu Changding found that funny. “It’s impossible. Her personality may be awkward, but to inflict harm on students, the instructors in MCMAU would never do such a thing.
“Even if that is true, the dean and principal would never let her continue her job as an Instructor.”
“Then I don’t see a problem with that.”
Fang Ping understood that she did not inflict harm on her students intentionally. Even though he was worried about the high casualty rate of the students, he did not think too much about it.
He had chosen this path, with undeniably large gains — at least 10 Normal Vitality Pills in his hand had proven it.
After pondering for a while, Fang Ping added, “Right, we were supposed to head over to the logistics department to obtain our credits. Are you headed for the logistics department or the hospital?”
“Why would I want to go to the hospital?”
Fu Changding’s face was full of confusion. Fang Ping darted a look at him, with a well-composed voice, he said, “Your face looks swollen. I could hardly recognize you just now. Are you sure you’re not going?”
It took a while for Fu Changding to catch on. He took a hard glare at Fang Ping after a moment of realization. How could he still make these insensitive remarks?
