Chapter 26: Neither Arrogant Nor Abandoned

  Su Qingchen rubbed her lower back and stood up, just about to tidy up when she saw Bing Yu sneaking a smile. For a moment, she was taken aback, with only two words in her mind: "so beautiful". She shivered all over, unfortunately, it was just a small chili pepper.

  Bing Yu saw Su Qingchen look at herself and her expression changed slightly, revealing a serious face, turned around and walked towards the classroom.

  Su Qingchen rubbed his head, and said in a low voice: "Actually, she looks pretty when she smiles, why does she have to make a bitter face? Alas, it's easy to get old." As he spoke, Su Qingchen also walked towards the classroom.

  Not far away, a black-clad youth glanced at the corner of his mouth and revealed a cold smile: "This kid is not bad, but it's not worth my personal intervention. Good days have just begun, I hope you can hold on, otherwise my learning career will be dull and boring again."

  After returning to the classroom, Su Qingchen found that both teachers were present. When he wanted to walk back to his seat, Bing Yu pulled him and made a gesture for him to stand in front first. He looked up at the students with a slight smile and said: "First of all, let's congratulate our classmate Su Qingchen on winning the championship of the freshman competition."

  Ice Rain said, the applause in the classroom was like thunder, until Ice Rain made a gesture to stop, the class returned to silence. Ice Rain paused for a moment before speaking: "I want to criticize Su Qingchen first, he has two points that are not worth learning from, one is his grasp of time, and the other is his arrogance in competition. I hope such mistakes will not happen again next time."

  Su Qingchen pouted and nodded reluctantly in admission of her mistake. This caused all the students to burst into loud laughter.

  "In fact, I think what's most worth learning from Su Qingchen is his understanding of soul techniques and his grasp of combat. I'd like to invite Su Qingchen to share his experiences with everyone." The young teacher beside Bingyu said.

  Su Qing took a deep breath, walked slowly to the podium, closed her eyes slightly, relaxed her somewhat tense mood, and after a moment, looked at the wall behind the classroom and said: "I think soul skills are not necessarily more powerful just because they look fancy. Many times, simple attacks can be more effective. So I suggest you choose a soul skill that suits yourself, practice it repeatedly until you master it to the extreme, and even Blue Mirror Soul Skill can easily defeat Qing Huan's Soul Decision."

  "Saying that, Su Qingchen paused for a moment; 'The ultimate goal of our competition is to hone ourselves better, so everyone must be fully committed and not let their emotions be affected by the level of their cultivation. It's best to have an attitude of neither arrogance nor underestimation, perfectly displaying one's true strength. At this point, the outcome isn't that important. Sometimes, mentality can also be a key factor in success or failure.'"

  All the classmates including the teacher fell into contemplation, Su Qingchen's words gave them a sense of sudden enlightenment, allowing them to take fewer detours on their future path of growth.

  "In a world where the strong are revered, power is everything. Only by possessing strength beyond that of ordinary people can one gain respect from others. Let's all work hard together! I hope that four years later, when we graduate from the academy, Stan Academy will be proud to have had us as students," Su Qingchen said, glancing at Yin Ting before stepping down from the podium.

  He walked up to Bing Yu, bowed his head and whispered in her ear: "Teacher, my injury hasn't fully recovered yet. I'd like to take a long leave of absence. I think you won't object." As he glanced at Bing Yu, when he saw a hint of concern on her icy face, Su Qingchen smiled mischievously and said: "If there's no objection, then I'll head back to the dormitory first."

  Su Qingchen finished speaking and didn't wait for Bing Yu's reaction, directly dashing out like an arrow and disappearing into the campus.

  Ice rain's eyebrows slightly furrowed, and she let out a helpless sigh. She looked up at the other students and said, "What Su Qingchen just said made a lot of sense. I hope you all can take it to heart and truly understand it. This afternoon's combat class, everyone except Su Qingchen must attend. From now on, your new semester has officially begun. I hope each and every one of you will set goals for yourselves and strive towards them from now on."

  "Teacher, my goal is to defeat the eldest." The lewd voice of Fatso Liu Yun sounded after Bing Yu finished speaking. As soon as he finished speaking, he was ignored by everyone, and with a single "dismissed" from Bing Yu, all the students rushed out of the classroom, leaving Fatso Liu Yun sitting alone in his seat, staring blankly.

  He pinched his chubby face and muttered to himself in frustration: "Why don't you guys believe me? I won't give up on this goal even if it takes a lifetime of struggle. You just wait, I'll keep challenging the big guy."

  After Su Qingchen ran out of the classroom, he didn't return to the dormitory and rushed straight out of the campus. A moment later, Su Qingchen stood calmly in front of the gate of the Wind Mercenary Corps, looking at the wolf king statue at the entrance. Su Qingchen smiled slightly, as if thinking of something.

  Wolves are pack animals, with a wild nature that dares to challenge even the king of the forest. They have an unyielding spirit, united as one, and can bravely face any difficulty no matter how great. If you were to establish your own battle team from scratch, training together from a young age, after several years it would undoubtedly become a formidable team. At that time, you would possess a secret weapon.

  Su Qingchen's evil smile, his mind already had a preliminary plan, and he would discuss the specific operation with Leng Feng later. As Su Qingchen entered the mercenary group, when he saw the cold and deserted mercenary headquarters, he felt a sense of unease.

  "Haha, I'll go take a look at who's here. Business has been really good this month." A bright and cheerful voice came from inside the house.

  Su Qingchen took a deep breath after hearing the voice, and when he saw Hei Zi come out with his signature lewd smile, Su Qingchen curled up his lips, and the worried look in his heart completely disappeared.

  "Huh, little kid? Why do you look so familiar?" Hei Zi asked, stroking his small mustache.

  Su Qingchen was stunned, instantly sweating, and couldn't help but take the front of this despicable black kid. In just a few days, I've become a little brat? Alas, it's really speechless.

  "Ah, it's you with that little bald head! I haven't seen your hair grow out in days, not bad, you look quite handsome. "Hei Zi said, stroking his own small flat head, and continued with a smirk: "How come you're here alone? Don't tell me you still don't have a girlfriend? Look at you, not even an uncle like me can say you've been in school for so many days and still haven't gotten your hands on a girl. You must be slacking off, I'll have to give you a good scolding on behalf of your parents, wash that wooden brain of yours."

  Just as Su Qingchen was being bullied by Hei Zi to the point of having no way out, Leng Feng walked out from inside the house, gave Hei Zi a glance, and directly walked in front of Su Qingchen. His cold and stern face revealed a hint of ferocity as he slowly opened his mouth and said: "Didn't I tell you not to leave the Academy?"