With his level of insight, even after merging with the memories of his predecessor, he still couldn’t spot any flaws.
No wonder he scored zero on the teacher qualification assessment—his eye for detail was just too poor.
“Alright, use all your strength and attack the stone pillar!”
As expected, An Yin was a promising student. David Cooper nodded in satisfaction and spoke.
Not far from them stood a stone pillar, which could test the strength of the students, giving them a clear understanding of their own abilities.
Jessica Miller timidly walked up, gathering the power from the set of punches she had just practiced, channeling it like a shooting star, and struck hard!
Bang!
The stone pillar shook, and a line of text appeared.
53!
“53 kilograms, not bad for a punch!” David Cooper nodded repeatedly.
A freshman who hadn’t even entered the academy yet, who had never received any guidance, and was even a girl—being able to deliver such a powerful punch was already quite impressive.
“I just watched you. Your punches are powerful and forceful, but there’s one thing that’s not quite right—the range of your punch is a bit short. If you can add the speed of power transfer from your lower body, the force will definitely increase dramatically! If I’m not mistaken, your legs must have been injured before!”
David Cooper said.
As expected of a teacher, his eye was indeed much better than Michael Bolton’s. With just one look, he could tell that the key to Jessica Miller’s punches lay in her lower body, and he deduced that she might have been injured before.
“Yes!” Jessica Miller nodded.
“Because of your previous injury, you’re hesitant to use the strength of your legs. Let me teach you a method now—don’t worry, it won’t make your legs worse!”
Right after, David Cooper explained a new method in detail.
“I’ll give it a try!”
For Jessica Miller to have such strength at her age, her comprehension was not weak. She quickly understood, walked up to the stone pillar again, clenched her delicate fist, and channeled her strength through her whole body, like a soaring dragon.
Bang!
63!
With just a simple bit of guidance, her strength actually increased by 10 kilograms!
“An increase of 10 kilograms, that’s nearly a 20% improvement! I’ve finished my guidance—now it’s your turn!”
Seeing this result, David Cooper smiled slightly, looking over with pride.
To be able to boost a student’s strength by nearly 20% with just one bit of advice was quite an achievement.
“Mr. Bolton!”
After he finished speaking, a student stepped out from behind him, ready to demonstrate his punches.
“Wait!”
Michael Bolton reached out his hand.
“What is it? Mr. Bolton, are you trying to back out?” David Cooper snorted coldly.
“Back out? What a joke. Do you think I’d go back on my word?” Michael Bolton argued stubbornly, but inside he was anxious.
Guiding students in cultivation—he was a transmigrator, how would he know how to do that? If it were about teaching them how to play mahjong or the essentials of watching adult movies, that he could do with ease.
“I just think…” Seeing everyone looking at him, Michael Bolton had no choice but to force himself to come up with an excuse: “This student is yours and listens to your orders. If he deliberately holds back after my guidance, wouldn’t that mean I’d lose for nothing?”
“I’ll definitely use my full strength. I have that much integrity!” The student gritted his teeth, seeing that Michael Bolton was suspicious.
“Alright, I trust this student’s integrity, but our competition isn’t fair!” Since the student said this, Michael Bolton knew that if he kept arguing, he’d just be laughed at, so he pressed on.
“Unfair? How is it unfair?” David Cooper asked.
“Jessica Miller is my student. If I win, she’s still my student—I gain nothing. But if I lose, she becomes your student. How is that fair? It’s like you and I are gambling with our lives: if I win, you give me your life; if I lose, I just give your life back to you… Do you think that’s fair?” Michael Bolton said.
“Uh…” David Cooper was taken aback.
Now that he thought about it, it really wasn’t fair.
This bet was like getting something for nothing—he didn’t have to risk anything, but if the other side lost, they’d have to hand over their student.
“How about this: if you win, this Jason Harris will become your student!”
After thinking for a moment, David Cooper waved his hand.
Jason Harris was the new student who had just stepped out to receive Michael Bolton’s guidance.
“Teacher…” Jason Harris was stunned, not expecting Mr. Cooper to make such a decision, and looked anxious.
To have to acknowledge as his teacher someone who scored zero on the teacher qualification assessment—he’d rather die…
“Don’t worry, I definitely won’t lose!” David Cooper gave him a confident look.
“Yes!”
Apparently having great confidence in Mr. Cooper, Jason Harris took two steps forward, exhaled deeply, and, regardless of whether Michael Bolton was watching, began his punching routine.
“This…”
Originally, Michael Bolton wanted to say a few more words to persuade the boy to give up, but seeing him start punching right away, not giving him a chance to speak, he was left frustrated.
As for the set of punches the other party was performing, to be honest, he didn’t even recognize it—how was he supposed to find any flaws or give any guidance?
“Flaws… What flaws does this set of punches have…”
Sweat beaded on his forehead as he grew more and more anxious.
If he couldn’t find any flaws and couldn’t give any guidance, it would be embarrassing enough, but more importantly, the student he’d finally managed to recruit would be taken away, and he’d definitely be expelled from the academy!
Boom!
Just as he was panicking, the Library of Heaven’s Path in his mind suddenly shook, and a thunderous sound roared out.