"Dad, Mum, I'm going out."
Chen Yiming went home and filled himself with a meal of black pork mixed with rice. He informed Father Chen and Mother Chen about his new job and rode his bicycle to the Power-doubling Martial Arts Training Center.
The Power-doubling Martial Arts Training Center was located in the central business district, in an office building that was more than twenty floors high.
The fees here were quite expensive, equivalent to an extracurricular class. His body's owner had once thought of signing up, but after seeing the fees, he immediately gave up the thought.
Chen Yiming exited the elevator on the 12th floor where the Power-doubling Martial Arts Training Center was located, and saw a promotional poster of himself hanging on the wall.
The poster was nearly two meters long and wide. On it was a picture of him wearing the Mantis Snake Sword School's training robe. At the side was an introduction of him, including details like his name, age, cultivation level, martial arts school, and so on.
One line was specially written in bold and in a larger font, saying that he had ranked 87th in East Lake City.
"What the hell is this!"
Chen Yiming's face darkened as countless questions filled his mind.
Unexpectedly, the Power-doubling Martial Arts Training Center had started promoting him without his permission. This was in direct conflict with his desire to keep a low profile.
He did not want to become famous. If he did, there would be people coming to challenge him and hoping to defeat him to become famous. Furthermore, if he fought too many times, it was hard to guarantee that no one would notice something was amiss. His true cultivation progress might be exposed.
At that moment, at the entrance of the Power-doubling Martial Arts Training Center, a beautiful lady in a black silk dress was waiting for him. When she saw Chen Yiming walk out of the elevator, she smiled and welcomed him.
She was more than 1.7 meters tall and had a figure that was slim but curvy. Coupled with her professional attire, her overall appearance was not bad.
Chen Yiming sized up the lady in front of him without batting an eyelid. Compared to the receptionist at the Mantis Snake Sword School headquarters, she was at least one level lower. He instantly lost interest in her.
The two of them greeted each other briefly, and Chen Yiming found out that the lady's name was Xie Xuejiao. He was then brought to one of the large rooms on the same floor.
The Power-doubling Martial Arts Training Center had rented the entire 12th floor. There were more than 10 rooms for classes, and each room was about half the size of a basketball court.
Once he entered the room, Chen Yiming saw a total of 25 students already waiting for him.
"Students, let's welcome Teacher Chen."
Xie Xuejiao led the group in a round of applause.
The group of high school students applauded, eyes lit in anticipation.
They had all heard that the new swordsmanship teacher was a genius from the Mantis Snake Sword School.
The Mantis Snake Sword School was ranked first in East Lake City in terms of swordsmanship. There were less than a hundred students in all four branches, so it was not easy to find such a good teacher.
Hence, the swordsmanship class that Chen Yiming taught charged 300 yuan per hour, which came to a total of 12,000 yuan per month for 40 hours of lessons. The fee per hour was 100 yuan higher than the other classes.
Amongst the students, a youngsterin First High's uniform was hiding among the crowd. He used the students in front of him to block Chen Yiming's line of sight.
The youngsterwas the braggart that Chen Yiming had met a month ago.
Chen Yiming had recognized him as soon as he entered the room. The three transformations he went through had enhanced his five senses till they were extremely sharp. The more abnormal his behavior, the more he couldn't escape Chen Yiming's eyes.
However, he did not behave any differently. In his mind, the boastful youngsteronly left a faint impression. He was not too different from any other passerby.
Chen Yiming didn't waste any time and started the lesson immediately.
He first used the wooden sword to demonstrate one of the basic sword moves, the stab. As he demonstrated, he explained,
"Today, I want to start off by teaching you the basic sword moves that form the foundation of swordsmanship. Stabbing is a commonly used attack move. The key to this move is the coordination of hand and eye, and the connection between the lower limbs and upper limbs. You have to be decisive when making this move and focus your energy…"
He combined his own understanding of swordsmanship with some of the content from the stabbing moves in the Mantis Snake Sword Technique. He taught all of this to the students, and how much they could learn depended on themselves.
The wooden sword in Chen Yiming's hand was like a snake, ready to strike at any moment. It moved as fast as lightning.
With the coordination of all the muscles in his body, he executed the stab dozens of times in the span of a few breaths, like dozens of snakes attacking at the same time.
The gazes of all the students at the side were drawn by the sword in his hand, and their mouths formed a circle as they exclaimed from time to time.
Although they couldn't understand it fully and didn't know the reason, they felt that there was something missing in their previous teachers compared to Chen Yiming.
Xie Xuejiao blinked her large eyes. She immediately took out her notebook and flipped to the page that recorded Chen Yiming's information, then quickly wrote down her latest assessment of his abilities.
On the surface, she was a receptionist, but at the same time, she was also a part-time scout, helping the factions backing her gather information about talents with high potential.
After teaching the stabbing move, Chen Yiming quickly changed to another move and continued,
"Next is another commonly used attack move in sword techniques â€"slash. It's different from the single point explosive power of the stab. Slash emphasizes on the cutting motion.
Slashing requires more coordination from your whole body than stabbing. It requires you to concentrate all your strength on the blade. A simple slash using just arm strength is only for show."
Chen Yiming exerted some force on the soles of his feet, and his body charged forward half a meter. He used less than one percent of his strength to execute two slashes in the shape of a cross in front of him.
"Swish! Swish!"
Light flashed off his sword and two black shadows appeared.
Within the range of the two slashes, the air was instantly split into four segments.
The students in the first row could clearly feel the wind brushing past their skin.
In their hearts, they were shocked by the might of this slash attack, and were instantly stunned. This had completely surpassed their expectations of basic sword moves.
Xie Xuejiao couldn't stop smiling. In her eyes, Chen Yiming's figure had turned into a bag of money.
All she had to do was submit Chen Yiming's latest information to the faction backing her. After verification, she would receive a hefty reward.
After demonstrating the slash, Chen Yiming stopped and sheathed his sword.
He only intended to teach so much for the day's class, and he felt that this was enough information for the students to digest.
Xie Xuejiao put away her notebook and led the applause to thank Chen Yiming for his exciting lesson.
She had been doing this job for three years. With her good looks after putting on makeup, and knowing how to read people from their body language, she had always done well at her job.
Even part-time teachers like Chen Yiming were very satisfied with her service, and hardly anyone complained about her.
In an instant, the room was filled with the sound of applause, and the atmosphere was stirred up by Xie Xuejiao.
This was the first time Chen Yiming had enjoyed the feeling of being the center of attention. He wasn't quite used to it, and he pretended to be nonchalant about it.
The students saw how Chen Yiming appeared to be an expert, and felt that he was truly skilled. He was much stronger than their previous teachers.
The applause that was about to die out immediately started up again.