A series of notifications rang out in Lin Ye’s mind.
[Negative Emotion points collected from Xiong Qihong: Anger, grievance, resentnt, etc. Total: 850 points!]
[Negative Emotion points collected from Sun Qian: Shock, humiliation, jealousy, despair, etc. Total: 2,200 points!]
[Negative Emotion points collected from onlookers: Fear, awe, etc. Total: 2,870 points!]
Lin Ye checked his mission progress.
In the hour or so since Wang Hao took the stage...
He had already accumulated a total of 8,050 Negative Emotion points!
He was only two thousand points away from the weekly mission’s requirent of ten thousand.
Beyond that, Lin Ye also noticed an interesting phenonon.
Wang Hao, Shen Junhao, and the others who had actually fought him contributed a relatively small percentage of the Negative Emotion points.
The real mother lode ca from the onlookers and Sun Qian, the horoom teacher of Class One.
’It seems the direct battles are just a catalyst. The most efficient way to harvest Negative Emotions is to crush their pride and shatter their perceptions in the most shocking way possible, right in front of everyone.’
[That’s right! If Host kills his opponent right now in front of everyone, he will receive an even more absurd amount of Negative Emotion points!]
[Do it! Make these adventurers tremble in your shadow!]
Lin Ye ignored the system’s goading and just walked to the edge of the ring to sit down and rest.
Just then, Principal Wang Zhengguo spoke up.
"In this ranking gauntlet, the challenger, Lin Ye of Grade 12, Class Seven, is victorious!"
Wang Zhengguo’s gaze swept across the entire arena, filled with an unquestionable authority.
"Effective imdiately, Lin Ye’s school ranking is raised to 10th!"
"The forr 10th, 11th, and 12th-ranked students, Xiong Qihong, Zhao Jin, and Wei Feng, will have their ranks swapped with Lin Ye’s original rank, dropping to 84th. I hope you will use this sha as motivation to fight your way back up!"
"Furthermore, according to the rules, all of your cultivation resources for this week will be transferred to student Lin Ye!"
The morning’s combat class continued, but Lin Ye had already achieved his goal.
Just as Lin Ye was about to try and stand up on his own, a large hand pressed down on his shoulder.
"Don’t move!"
"Your bones are broken, and you’re still trying to move around?"
"I’ll take you to the infirmary."
In the next second, Lin Ye felt his body lighten as Chen ng gently lifted him and put him on his back.
Lin Ye’s heart clenched, and he quickly prayed in his mind.
’System, can you pause the [Healing out of combat]?’
’If these injuries start healing at a visible rate right now, I won’t be seen as a genius today, but as a monster to be dissected!’
[chanic: The default status for Healing out of combat is auto-on, but you can toggle it on or off at any ti.]
[Current Status: Off.]
Hearing the system’s cold notification, Lin Ye finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Chen ng carried him on his back, walking toward the infirmary with steady steps. Along the way, they drew countless astonished gazes from the students.
"How are you feeling?"
As they walked, Chen ng suddenly spoke, his voice low.
"Any thoughts?"
Lying on Chen ng’s back, Lin Ye fell silent for a mont before answering seriously, "Teacher, I’ve discovered many of my shortcomings."
"Real combat is completely different from sparring on the virtual platform."
The corner of Chen ng’s mouth curved into a subtle arc.
"Oh? What shortcomings? Tell about them."
"My Body Technique is too poor."
Lin Ye recalled his fight with Xiong Qihong. He still felt a lingering fear from that helpless feeling of dancing on the edge of death, yet always feeling constrained.
"Every dodge felt like a gamble, relying entirely on my body’s instincts. There was no thod, no system to it."
Chen ng nodded, seemingly unsurprised by this answer.
But his next words left Lin Ye stunned.
"You’re right, but you’re also wrong."
"Your Body Technique is indeed your weakness, but it’s not sothing that can be fixed by learning a specific, fixed Cultivation Technique."
Chen ng’s tone grew serious.
"The Body Techniques you can buy on the market in Dongjiang City are all too crude. Learning them would actually be detrintal."
"Once you learn them, you’ll be restricted by their simplistic patterns."
"At this stage, I’d rather have you develop a Body Technique that suits you on your own."
"A path where you don’t need to think, don’t need to imitate—where your body can react perfectly to the ever-changing circumstances of a battle!"
"Later, once your overall strength has grown and you have your own understanding of what a Body Technique is, then you can learn a superior one. By integrating it, you’ll avoid many detours."
These words cleared the fog in Lin Ye’s mind.
He understood in an instant.
’The so-called "no move is superior to any move" doesn’t an you have no moves. It ans you’ve integrated all moves so completely that they’ve beco your body’s instinct!’
Sensing the change in Lin Ye’s breathing behind him, Chen ng added, "Starting tomorrow, we’re changing our training thod."
"In our future sparring sessions, I’ll focus on training your defense and evasion."
"I’ll only attack, and you’ll only defend."
"When you can last ten minutes against , your Body Technique will naturally no longer be a weakness."
Lin Ye nodded.
Chen ng asked again, "One more question, about your weapon."
"After today’s fights, are you still set on using the staff?"
Hearing this, Lin Ye fell silent.
He had, of course, noticed the staff’s disadvantages.
Against a heavily defensive opponent like Xiong Qihong, his attacks were practically just scraping by.
Even if he had switched the wooden staff for an alloy one, it was still just a long, blunt weapon.
When his own strength wasn’t significantly greater than his opponent’s, its armor-piercing and killing power were simply insufficient.
But he had already invested so much ti and energy into his Staff Skill. If he switched weapons now, wouldn’t that be like starting all over from scratch?
As if seeing through Lin Ye’s hesitation, Chen ng’s voice sounded again.
"The spear and the staff are not so different."
"The staff is the Ancestor of Hundred Weapons, but the spear is the king of them!"
"The foundation you’ve built with your Staff Skill will only make learning the spear twice as effective."
Chen ng’s tone held an unquestionable confidence.
"If you want to learn, I’ll teach you."
"But don’t abandon your Staff Skill either. It’s always good to have an extra martial skill."
Those few short sentences were like a warm current that instantly flowed through every fiber of Lin Ye’s being.
To teach everything he knew.
At that mont, for the first ti, Lin Ye truly understood the weight of that idea.
He also finally understood why, in ancient tis, the word "father" was part of the title for "master."
"Teacher..."
Lin Ye’s voice was a little hoarse. A thousand words were caught in his throat, but all he could manage was that single word.
This sudden display of emotion made Chen ng go rigid, and goosebumps broke out all over his skin.
He imdiately used a sharp tone to hide his discomfort.
"Alright! I just see you as promising material, so don’t get any funny ideas!"
"And don’t look at like that. I’m not asking you to repay ."
"In the future, if you get into trouble outside, just don’t go dropping my na!"
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