"Yes, Teacher!"
Chen Shouyi immediately went over to put on the Protective Suit, and a few minutes later, he stood in front of the beautiful teacher.
"Everyone, watch my demonstration closely!" The beautiful teacher saw that Chen Shouyi was ready and thrust her sword forward.
Chen Shouyi felt that the opponent's sword was somewhat slow, and he didn't feel any pressure at all. In the next moment, he slid backward as if gliding, easily dodging the beautiful teacher's thrust.
He had been in the alternate world for half a day in the morning, and even now felt a lightness underfoot. Against such a speed of sword thrust, evading was almost effortless.
The beautiful teacher froze for a moment, her beautiful eyes glanced at Chen Shouyi.
According to her teaching plan, this wasn't supposed to happen; he should not have been able to avoid it completely, being clumsily struck so she could then explain the reason for the failure, letting all the students understand clearly.
This way, she could also demonstrate her teaching capability.
But unexpectedly, the kid dodged it.
She snapped back to reality and had to continue, "Well, Chen Shouyi didn't do too badly, let's try again!"
Unfortunately, Chen Shouyi was oblivious to the thoughts in the beautiful teacher's mind and quickly stood in front of her again.
As soon as he stood still, she lunged forward, the Safety Sword whistling softly as it swiftly thrust forth.
Before the sword was even thrust, his body instinctively reacted; his leg muscles burst with speed, his slide faster by thirty percent than before, once again easily avoiding it.
Perhaps due to his improved perception, his intuition had become more powerful. As soon as the opponent moved, before his mind could react, his body instinctively dodged.
The sword tip was an inch away from Chen Shouyi, but that inch seemed like a great divide.
All the students watched in awe, their hearts stirred.
"This is impossible!" The beautiful teacher's eyes widened slightly, her heart greatly shocked.
If the first time could be dismissed as her carelessness, underestimating his true strength.
But this time, although she didn't fully exert herself, she gave seventy to eighty percent, and took advantage of his lack of preparedness, yet surprisingly he dodged again.
This kind of terrifying nerve reaction and split-second pre-judgment capability even made her feel overshadowed.
She looked at Chen Shouyi, and through the mask, she seemed to see a faint smile of smugness at the corner of his mouth:
"Good, very good, Chen Shouyi, well done, try again."
Her voice seemed to come from between her teeth.
She couldn't believe this.
Even the most oblivious person could sense the beautiful teacher's mood wasn't quite right; Chen Shouyi noticed her previously gentle and calm face now expressionless, with an air of alienation, and he suddenly realized.
No matter how gentle a woman looks, she's still a woman!
He hurriedly stood properly, bracing himself.
The beautiful teacher's face darkened, saying nothing, her sword thrust again, slicing through the air like lightning.
This time Chen Shouyi restrained his bodily instincts, purposely slowing his actions by half a beat, just lifting his foot when he heard a "slap!" sound, causing a tingling in his chest.
The beautiful teacher's face softened a bit: "This time Chen Shouyi didn't do so well, now let's analyze why he failed to defend this time.
First, his mind wasn't focused, his gaze was dull; it's a grave mistake to be distracted in a fight.
Second,...
Next,..."
Chen Shouyi stood there, expressionless!
After the explanation, the beautiful teacher dismissed Chen Shouyi.
During the next demonstrations of body evasion and weapon defense, Chen Shouyi didn't get another chance to go up.
After class, just as Chen Shouyi was about to leave, the beautiful teacher called out to him.
"Chen Shouyi, wait a moment!"
"Teacher Wang, what can I do for you?"
She adjusted her hair, seeming somewhat hesitant to speak: "Actually... with your current level, you don't need to come to class anymore."
Chen Shouyi was taken aback, somewhat understanding what she meant, but said reluctantly, "But there's still a lot I haven't learned yet!"
The beautiful teacher blushed slightly, quickly saying:
"You misunderstood, what I meant is that your learning ability is so strong, staying in class for regular learning is a bit of a waste. I can take a few evenings when I'm free to personally guide you; how do you feel about that?
Chen Shouyi felt a surge of joy at this, having long found the efficiency in class too low, so if this was possible, it couldn't be better.
He quickly said respectfully, "Thank you, Teacher Wang."
"That's good, note down my phone number, 1348392####, I'll only coach you for three evenings, so give me a call beforehand when you're available."
Chen Shouyi quickly took out his phone, noted down the number, dialed it back, and then said, "I'm free tomorrow night, how does that sound, Teacher Wang?"
"Tomorrow, huh!" The beautiful teacher hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded: "Then come over, I live at Shanshui District, building 12, room 1201, call me when you arrive."
...
After returning, Chen Shouyi entered the alternate world once more.
It was still morning in the alternate world.
The ground had accumulated a small pile of golden sand again, clearly, the Shell Lady hadn't slacked off after he left.
He sat on the ground, planning to relax for a while when a thought struck him, and he pulled over the rope binding the Shell Lady, drawing her back from a distance.
"Pozbalokbado!"
"We're friends!"
"Pudo!" The Shell Lady gave him a sideways glance, turning her head, puffing indignantly.
Carefully listening, Chen Shouyi happened to recognize this word as a swear word, roughly meaning bastard, scoundrel.
Chen Shouyi didn't mind, only feeling excited, as he could finally communicate.
He spoke again:
"Pulolanzeikaku!"
"I bring peace and friendship!"
As soon as she heard this, the Shell Lady became agitated, pointing her small finger at Chen Shouyi, passionately rattling off a heap of words, and even spat at him in the end.
Chen Shouyi wiped away the saliva without care, listening closely but struggling to understand it.
Noticing her mood becoming unstable and uncooperative.
Chen Shouyi had his own way to handle it; he quickly felt in his pocket and pulled out a small Glass Bead, waving it in front of her, and she immediately calmed down.
Yet he also felt this kind of talk was somewhat inappropriate.
He retrieved "Common Phrases for Communication with Barbarians" from his briefcase, flipping through it until he found a suitable short phrase.
"You look really beautiful!"
The moment he finished speaking, the Shell Lady froze, her eyes wide, as if struck by lightning.
Soon after, Chen Shouyi noticed her skin reddening visibly.
Seeing the effect, Chen Shouyi was invigorated, quickly flipping through the book for another phrase.
"You really are a kind-hearted girl."
"You're incredibly hardworking!"
"Even the sun above is not as radiant as you."
...
Chen Shouyi continuously searched for similar short phrases.
Brought up alone on a small island, the Shell Lady had never heard such praise; her face grew increasingly red, her head lower and lower, soon looking like a boiled crab, seemingly about to steam.