On the playground, over ten thousand teachers and students of the whole school fell into a long silence.
Invincible at the same level, ranked as top-tier... Every single word is enough to make one's scalp tingle!
All the thousands of students on-site were stunned. Is Xu Zhou's talent really that amazing?
The teachers were shocked by Cao Yong's words.
"What's wrong with this guy Cao Yong? Is he crazy? What is he saying!"
"He's deceiving the whole school, no, the entire Linjiang City!"
"Isn't he afraid that once the lie gets exposed, he won't be able to handle the consequences?"
The teachers were in heated discussions.
Yet the principal solemnly said, "He's not wrong. Xu Zhou's talent is indeed top-tier."
Upon hearing this, the teachers all fell silent.
How could they not know this? It's just that this talent is a beast-type. No matter how top-tier it is, what's the use?
Also, there's no such thing as a "Heavenly Dragon Undying Body." Xu Zhou's talent is clearly called "Dragon Transformation"!
Meanwhile, beside Cao Yong, Xu Zhou also had a thought arise in his heart.
At this moment, Xu Zhou still didn't know that this so-called "Heavenly Dragon Undying Body" was completely made up by Cao Yong.
Soon, the students below began to voice their doubts.
"Heavenly Dragon Undying Body? What a domineering name!"
"How come I've never heard of this talent? It seems like it never appeared in textbooks!"
"Yes, teacher, does this talent really exist?"
The students were in heated discussions!
On stage, Cao Yong remained composed and said loudly:
"The Heavenly Dragon Undying Body is actually a variant of a certain talent, extremely rare over the past three hundred years! Martial artists who awaken this talent are equally mysterious."
"Naturally, there aren't many people who know about this talent."
"It's hard to find related information online too!"
These words caused many students who were searching on their phones to put them down.
A student doubted, "Then teacher, how do you know about this talent?"
Cao Yong replied indifferently, "I have an ancient book at home that just so happens to record this talent!"
That student immediately fell silent.
Cao Yong continued, "Precisely because this talent is so powerful, even unique, the principal decided not to hold the awakening ceremony this year!"
"To prevent Xu Zhou from becoming complacent and arrogant and delaying his cultivation."
"Even if he has an incomparable S-level talent, if he doesn't work hard, he still won't become strong!"
"Xu Zhou, do you understand?"
Saying this, he gave Xu Zhou a stern look!
Xu Zhou also looked serious and loudly said, "Understood, teacher!"
At the same time, the thousands of students below also understood the ins and outs of this matter.
It turns out, it was because Xu Zhou's talent was too powerful that the principal canceled this awakening ceremony.
Could it be that the principal really feared it would blow to them?
For a moment, the expressions of many second and third-year students fluctuated!
On stage, Cao Yong continued, "Now, does anyone still have questions?"
This time, no one spoke to question him.
The matter was already clear, speaking up would only make one look foolish!
"Since there are no questions, we'll conclude today's matter here!"
"I hope this kind of thing doesn't happen again in the future!"
Cao Yong reprimanded, "Especially some of you third-years, quarreling with a bunch of first-year kids, isn't this disgraceful?"
"If you had put this energy into cultivation, you would have become martial artists long ago!"
After his words, many third-years hung their heads in shame.
Meanwhile, the people from Class Eight of the first-year straightened their backs, their faces beaming with victorious joy.
The victory belonged to them!
The S-level talent belonged to them!
At this moment, Class Eight of the first-year felt as if they had won a battle, their faces full of glory, and their collective gazes at Xu Zhou were filled with fervor.
Some girls in the class had eyes filled with admiration, their beautiful eyes shimmering.
Not just them.
Even in other classes, and even second and third-year pretty upperclassmen, many were looking at Xu Zhou affectionately.
Handsome!
S-level talent!
And a unique, top-tier talent at that!
This is simply the perfect boyfriend!
"Alright, everyone return to the classroom." On stage, Cao Yong shouted.
Then he looked at Xu Zhou and nodded, "Xu Zhou, you can go back too."
"Yes, teacher." Xu Zhou nodded.
Today, he was undoubtedly in the limelight, and he owed it all to his teacher.
Though Xu Zhou felt something was off.
However, he didn't bother to think much of it, having been praised extensively, and with countless enthusiastic gazes from his peers below.
All of this made Xu Zhou feel extremely delighted.
Xu Zhou didn't linger on the playground and quickly led the students of Class Eight back to the classroom direction.
...
Not long after, all the students left the playground.
But the principal and teachers weren't in a hurry to leave.
After the last student departed, the principal looked at Cao Yong with a heavy heart.
"Teacher Cao, your act today truly took me by surprise," the principal said wistfully.
Deceiving over ten thousand students in front of all the teachers!
That's not even the most crucial part.
The key is that once today's events spread, the entire Linjiang City, and even neighboring cities, would hear about this story!
That's tens of millions of people!
Cao Yong's words alone deceived millions!
Class one's headteacher Liu Feng also spoke solemnly, "In my opinion, you might as well have told the truth. Deceiving everyone isn't necessarily a good thing. Once exposed, how should our school handle it?"
Other teachers sighed.
"Indeed, if the truth is revealed, it'll be the school's reputation at stake!"
"Xu Zhou will eventually learn the truth, and then he will face an even greater blow!"
"The higher he's praised now, the harder he'll fall later."
At this moment, the teachers were quite critical.
They felt Cao Yong's actions disregarded the school's reputation and didn't consider Xu Zhou's future.
Upon hearing this, Cao Yong remained composed.
After everyone complained, he finally spoke, "What if Xu Zhou can improve?"
The teachers were stunned.
Cao Yong continued, "I just carefully observed Xu Zhou, and his Qi-blood fluctuation has increased from before."
"This indicates his cultivation speed hasn't slowed down much!"
The teachers looked at each other, showing expressions of surprise.
Even the principal was surprised, saying, "It's only been two days, are you sure he improved visibly?"
"I'm sure," Cao Yong nodded.
Everyone gasped!
If that's true... then it might be amazing!
At this moment, homeroom teacher Liu Feng shook his head and said, "Xu Zhou's improvement these two days is likely due to previous accumulation."
"I checked historical records yesterday. There are examples of people who awakened beast-type talents."
"None of them, without exception, broke through to the level of Second Grade Martial Artist."
"Beast-type talents are simply not suitable for humans!"
Everyone's expressions were grim.
Yes, the biggest problem with the "Dragon Transformation" talent is that it is a beast-type talent, only beneficial for beasts!
For human cultivation, it will only be counterproductive.
And Liu Feng was right, Xu Zhou's improvement these two days was probably depleting previous accumulation.
Otherwise, how could there be visible improvement in just two days?
The principal also sighed, "He exhausted his accumulation, making his future path even harder."
However, Cao Yong appeared calm and said, "I believe he can make it through."
The principal wanted to speak but seeing Cao Yong's determined look, he finally sighed and said nothing more.
"Cao Yong is also nearing retirement. If he wants to nurture a true successor, let's leave him be," the principal thought to himself, "But this choice of his may not be fit for the task."
Xu Zhou's talent awakened as an S-level talent, it's normal for Cao Yong to pin hopes on him.
But the principal feared that Cao Yong's hope might ultimately end in disappointment.
Sighing inwardly, the principal suddenly remembered something and said seriously, "Since this has happened, let's hope everyone can strictly keep it confidential and not spread it."
"Just pretend that Xu Zhou really awakened the Heavenly Dragon Undying Body, a mysterious talent that doesn't exist."
Everyone looked at each other.
Pretend that Xu Zhou awakened a non-existent mysterious talent?
Isn't this just self-deception?
But they understood the principal's intention.
Cao Yong already made a big mess, they could only help clean it up.
After all, the outside world would soon know that Linjiang First High School produced a "unique" S-level talent, and everyone's attention would be closely focused.
If found to be false, it would definitely lead to widespread controversy.
The school couldn't afford such a disgrace!