In the classroom for the Mind Power Flow course.

Today was the first class, and the students had all arrived in the classroom very early.

There were a great many students taking this course, so the school's largest classroom was being used.

Furthermore, some of these students had extraordinary backgrounds. Some were clearly elites who had received meticulous cultivation, while others were already Ascendants with some degree of online fame.

The reason they chose to spend a precious year at the academy was partly to further refine themselves and improve their strength.

On the other hand, there was also a social need. Because compared to other groups, academy students had a longer average survival time, which meant the situation of someone you just met disappearing not long after a rule change wouldn't happen.

Moreover, judging from the experience of the first graduates being assigned to various official departments in Beixing, it was sufficiently proven that the groups formed by academy students were destined to become highly influential in society in the future.

While everyone was chatting, when a girl entered the classroom, she immediately drew the attention of everyone present.

The girl looked to be seventeen or eighteen, with a cool, pale complexion and deep-set eyes. She had the extremely rare eye color of amethyst, and her eyelashes were also the uncommon silver-white. Her pale gold long hair was gathered up by a hairband adorned with freshwater pearls, making her look very noble.

She wore a cyan goose-down short robe, with eagle feather patterns embroidered on the collar. The platinum chain cinching her waist shimmered and flowed with the light, giving off a dazzling feeling.

Such luxurious attire and astonishing beauty left all the students in the classroom, regardless of gender, staring dumbfounded. It wasn't until she found an empty seat in the front row and sat down that everyone began to whisper in low voices.

"Who is that? She's too beautiful!"

"She must have an extraordinary status, you can tell from the pearls on her hairband."

"She feels like a noble lady from the Xisiya Empire..."

"Do Xisiya nobles also come to the academy? I read online before that nobles there are all self-educated."

"The times are different now..."

After the girl's arrival caused a stir, things quickly quieted down again.

After the students had mostly arrived, the Lecturer still hadn't shown up, which also drew some complaints.

"Is this substitute Lecturer even reliable? There's less than five minutes until class starts, and he's still not in the classroom."

"He's not going to show up right on the dot, is he?"

"Before, when watching the online lectures, Lecturer Jingyi always arrived in the classroom more than ten minutes early, that's how dedicated she was."

"Who told us we're unlucky? Let's hope she recovers quickly and comes back soon."

Three minutes later, with about one minute left until the official start of class, Guan Tong arrived at the classroom.

As soon as he entered, the noisy classroom fell silent.

Everyone looked at this substitute Lecturer, and the more they looked, the more unreliable he seemed.

It wasn't that Guan Tong seemed frivolous, but that he was too young. Just like when many people go to the hospital and see a young doctor, they always feel a sense of doubt, wondering if they are experienced enough.

This feeling wasn't entirely wrong, because in certain fields, experience is indeed more important than ability.

In the field of Mind Power, although this energy had only appeared for just over a year, Shi Jingyi had practiced martial arts and circulated Qi since childhood, so her experience was richer than others.

As for Guan Tong, he felt his own experience might not be incredibly vast, but it was certainly sufficient to teach these students.

"Hello, I am Guan Tong. Before Lecturer Jingyi returns, I will temporarily replace her in teaching the 'Mind Power Flow' course."

After briefly stating the basic background, Guan Tong then asked, "I assume you are different from the first batch of students, and many of you have built a foundation by watching online lectures, right?"

The students nodded one after another.

"Can anyone perform a complete full-body Mind Power Flow?"

All the students fell silent. Their foundation-building only meant memorizing some acupoints; completing a full flow wasn't foundation-building, it was close to graduation level.

"I can do it."

At this moment, a slightly chilly voice rang out. Everyone looked over in unison; it was that extremely beautiful Xisiya girl sitting in the front row. No one expected her to speak such perfectly standard Beixing language.

Guan Tong looked over and nodded, saying, "Good, I'll check on that later. For the rest of you, today's first lesson will involve me assisting you in completing one flow."

"What? Assisted completion?"

"What kind of teaching method is this..."

Everyone was a bit stunned that Guan Tong would teach this way.

Guan Tong's reasoning was simple: let the students find the feeling first, so that working towards that feeling later would give them a stronger sense of purpose.

Previously, Shi Jingyi only started doing this in the later stages of teaching, but Guan Tong didn't need to completely follow her approach.

Based on his own experiences over the past year, his method might be more efficient.

After speaking, Guan Tong started directly from the leftmost row.

His method of assisting with the flow was simple: he would shake hands, then "invade" the student's body with his own Mind Power, perform a flow from head to toe, and then withdraw it.

Only someone who had completely mastered the flow could do this. By doing this, besides letting the students experience that feeling, he was also showing them that he, this substitute Lecturer, had teaching ability and wasn't just here to pass the time.

The first student looked at Guan Tong's outstretched hand and somewhat uneasily extended his own.

As soon as their hands touched, the student immediately felt a surge of energy entering his body. His body instinctively resisted this foreign energy, but the resistance was too weak, completely suppressed by the invading energy.

Then that energy completed a flow through all the body's acupoints from head to toe.

After finishing, Guan Tong withdrew his hand and asked, "How does it feel?"

That student was stunned for a few seconds, his expression showing some delight, "So this is what a full-body flow feels like, it's so amazing!"

"Remember this feeling, and keep getting closer to it in your future studies."

"Yes!"

With the first one done, the second, third, and fourth followed in turn.

Some students who originally doubted Guan Tong became convinced after personally experiencing the flow sensation.

They clearly understood that being able to perform the flow oneself was already difficult. For Guan Tong to be able to manipulate his own Mind Power to complete the flow within their bodies—this was something only achievable with an extremely high level of proficiency.

And what made them even more astonished was that Guan Tong's Mind Power was unimaginably vast.

Using Mind Power wasn't without loss. Even if you output it and then withdraw it back, there would be losses during the process. With so many students in the classroom, each losing a little, even if it wasn't much, it would definitely accumulate to several hundred points.

Yet Guan Tong continued this process non-stop, without resting to recover or using items to replenish. This meant his Mind Power Upper Limit was very high, probably several times theirs.

This made them no longer dare to look down on Guan Tong. Regardless of his age, they all focused earnestly on feeling the flow sensation.

Guan Tong was very efficient. At first, he only assisted one person at a time. Later, he simply did two people in a group, holding one hand with his left and one with his right, performing the flow simultaneously.

This ability to focus on two things at once stunned many students.

Even Guan Tong himself didn't know when he had become able to do such a thing.

He thought to himself that it probably still had to do with controlling the Shadow.

Especially since the Shadow gained the ability to transform and split, he went from controlling one to several, to dozens, to hundreds of shadow lines. This process was training in multitasking.

Not to mention, after the Shadow unlocked the Five Senses ability, he would often receive multiple visual and auditory inputs simultaneously. Gradually, without him realizing, he developed this ability that now seemed incredible to everyone.

After assisting all the students in the first row, Guan Tong moved to the second row.

That Xisiya girl who earlier said she could complete the flow was sitting at the head of the second row. When Guan Tong extended his hand, she hesitated.

"Is shaking hands inconvenient? Then let's do it without contact."

Doing it without contact would consume a bit more Mind Power, but it was fine.

He could tell this girl seemed to be of Xisiya noble birth. The nobles of that country had a unique educational model with many rules; perhaps one of them forbade shaking hands with the opposite sex or something similar.

"Thank you," the girl said.

Guan Tong nodded and sent his Mind Power through the air to the surface of the girl's body, but unexpectedly encountered an extremely strong rebound force immediately.

He instantly thought of the reason: the girl had a Mind Power Defensive Item active continuously on her person.

The girl herself seemed to realize this too, slightly lowering her gaze before saying, "It's fine now."

Deactivated the item? No, it felt more like some kind of ability.

Guan Tong thought to himself, but this was someone else's privacy; he wouldn't inquire.

He sent out his Mind Power again, and this time successfully entered the surface of the girl's body.

He could sense that the girl's Mind Power Flow had already formed a preliminary cycle. As long as she continued to refine it steadily, she should reach graduation level in about three or four months—very impressive.

He withdrew his Mind Power and said, "Your progress is very good. In fact, you don't need to take this course anymore. Just continue your cultivation step by step on your own."

The other students were somewhat surprised upon hearing this and looked at the girl with envy.

The girl herself didn't say anything, but from her eyes, it was clear she didn't intend to do that.

After Guan Tong assisted the last student in completing the flow, he announced the end of the first class.

This class didn't involve any theoretical knowledge. Guan Tong simply let each student personally experience the feeling and benefits of the flow. He believed this was more effective than dry lectures.

And the students' feedback was very positive. They all smiled, bid farewell to Guan Tong, and left the classroom, feeling they had gained a lot.

After all the students had left and Guan Tong himself stepped out the door, he found that Xisiya girl standing at the entrance, as if waiting for him.

"Lecturer Guan Tong," she said, "I would like to ask for your help in accelerating my mastery of Mind Power Flow."

"Accelerate? Your progress is already very fast."

"It's not enough. I have less than two months. I have a reason why I must completely master this skill within that period. Please help me." After speaking, the girl added, "I can provide additional remuneration, Ascension Coins or items."

"That's not necessary," Guan Tong thought for a moment and said, "Although I don't like overtime work, helping you isn't out of the question. In return, you, being the one with the fastest progress, can be the class monitor, responsible for handling some trivial matters in the class for me."

"…"

Although very surprised, the girl still nodded and agreed.

"Okay."

"Then I'll go back and think about how to help you. By the way, what's your name?"

"I am Yelanka Novomil Stasiya."

Truly a typical Xisiya name…

Guan Tong said, "It's a bit long. How should I address you? Student Stasiya?"

"…That's fine."

"Good. You can head back first. I'll tell you after the next class once I think of a method."

"Do I need contact information?"

"Mine? No need. We can meet during class; no need for private contact."

Guan Tong didn't want to exchange contact information with students. He would likely leave in a few months once Shi Jingyi returned, so there was no need to get too entangled with the academy.

Yelanka looked somewhat surprised upon hearing this, then watched as Guan Tong strode away.

She seemed to think of something, slightly frowned, then showed a resolute expression, muttering to herself in the Xisiya language, "I have at most two months. I must master it as soon as possible…"