"Doing this can both allow you to conserve your strength, preventing you from being targeted too early, and also cultivate your ability to withstand pressure and your 1-on-many combat strength, which will be greatly beneficial for you after graduation when you Face countless enemies alone."
"In the promotion stage, you can use basic unique skills. After entering the finals, you can appropriately use the power of Spirit Bones and cultivation methods."
After Xin finished speaking, the seven students of Heart of Fire Academy looked at each other. They had originally planned to go all out without regrets, as they had come with a mission.
"Graduation? Graduation is impossible, I want to stay by Teacher's side and learn forever! I don't want to leave!" Ning Rongrong quickly said.
Zhu Zhuqing, Meng Yiran, and Xiao Wu also nodded: "Me too, I don't want to graduate either!"
Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan were a bit confused:
Although Teacher is very good, and I don't want to leave Teacher either, isn't getting a graduation qualification an honor? That means receiving Teacher's ultimate approval!
Why are they so resistant?
Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and other students' inner thoughts: New students, you don't understand. If we graduate, for whom will our water and blood flow in the future?
"Graduation is still far off for you. Focusing on doing what's in front of you is the right path." Xin was also somewhat speechless about these students' desire not to graduate.
Do you really think graduating from Heart of Fire Academy is easy?
"..."
"But, Teacher, I found a problem. With this deployment plan of yours, what if we can't withstand the pressure and lose in the preliminary rounds? Can we still not use unique skills and cultivation methods then?" Xiao Wu, unaware of their current strength level, asked innocently.
Xin smiled faintly and teased: "Then there's nothing to be done. If you lose, then Teacher will only be able to become Yu Xiaogang's disciple. At that time, you will either have to sever your teacher-student relationship with Teacher, or you'll have to become Yu Xiaogang's grand-disciples.
"I forgot to tell you, Heaven Dou Royal Academy has a seeded team that can directly advance without playing in the preliminary rounds. This spot will definitely go to the combined team of the Royal Fight Team and Shrek. So if we don't get past the preliminary rounds, Teacher will have lost the bet."
"Ah?"
"What?!"
Upon hearing this, Ning Rongrong and the others immediately became anxious: "No way, we can't lose even if it kills us!"
"Becoming Yu Xiaogang's grand-disciples? That's worse than dying!"
"I don't want Teacher to lose!"
Xin's single sentence invigorated the students. They had never wanted to win so badly!
Let Yu Xiaogang win by doing nothing? How could that be!?
I'll make those scoundrels from Shrek and the Royal Fight Team crawl and beg for mercy! Otherwise, I won't feel satisfied!
"Alright, alright. As long as you perform at your normal level, you won't lose. If I didn't believe in you, I wouldn't have accepted this bet."
Xin looked at the sky and said faintly: "It's getting late. After dinner, everyone should rest early today and prepare for tomorrow's Spirit Master Tournament."
...
"Um... Teacher, you have a bet with Yu Xiaogang, and you've also made combat demands of us. Can you make a bet with Rongrong too?"
Ning Rongrong, behind her other classmates, found Xin, with a little selfish thought: "For every match we win, Teacher, you reward Rongrong—give me a kiss, okay?!"
She didn't expect that her Junior Sisters had already figured out their Senior Sister's tendencies: "Sister Rongrong, you're hogging all the good stuff again!"
"I want a kiss too!"
Xiao Wu weakly raised her hand: "Um, can I have a wet kiss?"
Xin: ( °ー°〃)
"Children, wash up and go to sleep."