Returning to his own classroom, Michael Bolton didn’t hesitate at all. He immersed his mind into his sea of consciousness, carefully observing the Heavenly Dao Library.

After studying it for a while, he finally understood.

As long as someone performed martial arts techniques or cultivation methods in front of him, a book detailing their flaws would automatically be generated.

“Haha, I’m going to strike it rich now! With this thing in hand, I can see through any flaw at a glance. Next time there’s a teacher assessment, I refuse to believe I’ll still get a zero!”

He laughed wildly in his heart. As a transmigrator, Michael Bolton felt a surge of boundless ambition.

Chapter 5: The Young Lady

“Did you hear? Teacher David Cooper just had a competition with the academy’s last-place teacher, Michael Bolton!”

“They competed? Then wasn’t Teacher Michael Bolton just waiting to lose?”

“Actually, no. Teacher Michael Bolton won! He casually gave some advice to a student, and that student’s strength doubled!”

“Doubled? With just one piece of advice? Even Teacher Brian Carter couldn’t do that! Is that for real?”

“A lot of people saw it—how could it be fake?”

...

Many people in the cafeteria had witnessed the match between the two, and were now excitedly discussing it.

“One piece of advice, and strength increased by a hundred percent?” Emily Clark wrinkled her delicate nose, full of disdain. “That guy must have just gotten lucky!”

Emily Clark was the daughter of the City Lord of Baiyu City, the third largest city in the Tianxuan Kingdom. She had received an excellent education since childhood, and her main purpose in coming to Hongtian Academy this time was to become a disciple of Brian Carter.

She hadn’t even gone to look for him yet, and already heard people saying that even Teacher Brian Carter wasn’t as good. Of course she didn’t believe it.

“Luck? I don’t think it’s just luck. That’s a one hundred percent increase! Luck alone probably isn’t enough!” A student sitting not far from her couldn’t help but retort.

“Not luck? Don’t think I don’t know about this Teacher Michael Bolton. He got a zero on the last teacher assessment and almost got fired! What kind of skills could someone like that possibly have? If you don’t believe me, I’ll go expose him for you right now!”

Emily Clark had always been impatient. Hearing someone praise the last-place teacher, she couldn’t hold back any longer.

“Great! We want to see for ourselves if this teacher is all talk!”

Immediately, two more students stood up.

The three of them left the cafeteria, asked around, and quickly found the classroom where Michael Bolton was. They pushed the door open and walked in.

“You’re Teacher Michael Bolton?”

As they entered the classroom, they saw the young man sitting at the main seat, currently wearing a silly grin. No matter how you looked at him, he didn’t seem like a capable teacher—he even seemed a bit off.

“That’s me!”

Seeing students enter, Michael Bolton stopped observing the Heavenly Dao Library and looked up.

“I heard you just beat Teacher David Cooper, and gave a student some advice that doubled their strength?” Emily Clark looked skeptical. “Fine, then help me too. Let’s see if your advice can double my strength as well!”

“No time!”

Michael Bolton waved his hand.

A teacher has the dignity of a teacher—he’s not here for your amusement. You can’t just come and go as you please, or expect me to give you advice whenever you want.

Besides, what’s with that attitude? I don’t owe you anything.

“No time? Aren’t you just sitting around right now?” Emily Clark could clearly see he was brushing her off, and gritted her teeth in annoyance.

She’d just told her friends she was going to expose him, and now if she left without even trying, she’d be the one embarrassed.

“I’m recruiting students. I don’t have time to mess around with some ignorant little girl!” Michael Bolton said blandly.

“You...” Emily Clark was so angry her beautiful eyes rolled.

She was the city lord’s daughter, extremely beautiful, and always the center of attention wherever she went. Yet this guy not only refused her, but even said she was just messing around—how infuriating!

Even if he was a teacher, it was unforgivable!

“What will it take for you to give me advice?” Emily Clark bit her lip.

“Become my disciple!” Michael Bolton said calmly, looking at her with a strange expression.

Seeing the look in his eyes as if she were an idiot, Emily Clark nearly stumbled in anger. “Fine, I’ll become your disciple. But... if you give me bad advice or try to trick me, don’t think I won’t expose your scam!”

“Emily Clark!”

“You can’t! Once you become his disciple, you can’t become Teacher Brian Carter’s disciple anymore...”

The two friends who came with her were nearly scared out of their wits when she agreed so quickly, and hurried to stop her.

Hearing her friends’ objections, Emily Clark hesitated.

She knew the academy’s rules: once you became someone’s disciple, if you wanted to switch, you had to drop the course, and in that case, the other teacher would almost never accept you—especially a popular teacher like Brian Carter.

“Afraid? If you’re afraid, just leave. Don’t waste my time... recruiting new students!” Michael Bolton waved his hand.

“Who says I’m afraid?”

She had been hesitating, but when she heard Michael Bolton’s words, Emily Clark immediately exploded, raising her delicate brows. “I’ll become your disciple right now! Go ahead and confirm my identity!”

“Your attitude is terrible. Even if you want to become my disciple, I don’t want to accept you!” Michael Bolton waved his hand.

Of course, when recruiting students, you want obedient ones. He liked students like Jessica Miller before. This one, though, came in like she’d eaten gunpowder. Even if he was short on students, he didn’t want her.

“You...”

She hadn’t expected that after gritting her teeth and agreeing to become his disciple, he would still refuse. Emily Clark was absolutely furious.