When system cheat becomes rampant!

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"Glad you understand, just don't leak it out later! I'm really pissed with those ignorant heads at the school. If I hadn't retired and didn't want to deal with Liangzhou University's crappy issues, would it ever be their turn, a bunch of fools, to manage? Cao Pei, that kid, is the university president, and it's fine that he's a literary Daoist, after all, he manages both the Martial Arts College and the Liberal Arts College. But it's outrageous that our Martial Arts College is also being managed by a literary Daoist. Something's seriously wrong with their brains!"

Elder Luo was adamantly opposed, "Take Wei Tong, the newly appointed dean of the Martial Arts College this year. He's from the Liberal Arts College, does he even know the different types of desolate beasts? Does he understand how Pioneers fight? He knows nothing and still dares to be the dean of the Martial Arts College! Does he think speaking with conviction gives him the power to persuade? Can he just talk his way through it?"

Elder Luo was extremely dissatisfied with the current management at Liangzhou University. The separation of literary Dao and martial Dao was intended to cultivate students in different directions for better management. Yet this year, the new dean of the Martial Arts College turns out to be a literary Daoist!

He can't fight, can't brawl, just because he's an SSR-level management talent! And so, he took office!

Awakeners who manage types of Systems indeed have a knack for managing students' daily lives, but it's only natural that the Martial Arts College should be managed by martial Daoists. Martial Daoists have a deeper understanding of desolate beasts, not those literary Daoists who are clueless about them!

Unfortunately, in a System world, SSR-tier Awakeners hold an extremely revered status. They rapidly improve their cultivation and attain high realms. They end up holding various important positions, even in areas they're unfamiliar with. No one really cares if they are suitable for the job or not. It's quite sad.

"You're right. I miss the days when you were the dean of the Martial Arts College. At least then the college looked like something. If you hadn't been so impulsive and resigned over that incident, you might have been the university president by now." Professor Guo rarely spoke well of Elder Luo.

"I don't like to be pushed around," huffed Elder Luo.

"But you didn't leave Liangzhou University," Professor Guo said.

"If I had left, Liangzhou University would've been completely ruined! In recent years, there hasn't been a major beast tide, and look how complacent they've all become! Comfortable in their safety, yet failing to foresee danger. Focused only on appearances, they scramble to recruit high-level SSR Awakeners every year, completely ignoring truly talented kids as if they're blind!"

Elder Luo always got pissed off thinking about these things, and he continued:

"Elite universities should focus on cultivating martial Daoists, and then look at the mess of people managing them! If a beast tide attacked, do you really expect this group of administrators, who are only good at running their mouths, to go to the battlefield and resist? They have the ability to rally others with their System capabilities, but what then? Motivate these kids for a moment and then, with their blood boiling, send them to the battlefield as cannon fodder? Do they even understand what it means to combat desolate beasts? Do they understand tactical cooperation?"

Because of the incident involving Xiang Beifei's admission, Elder Luo had a very unpleasant confrontation with the other leaders of Liangzhou University, and he directly flipped the table as a warning.

The school leaders didn't dare to provoke him. Even SSR-tier President Cao Pei had to give him a wide berth. Despite being an SSR, he was a literary Daoist, not enough to withstand a single punch from the SR-ranking Elder Luo. That's why Xiang Beifei hadn't been targeted recently.

"Those people only look at the surface of things, completely clueless about the value of gold obscured by dust. Anyway, everyone now thinks Xiang Beifei is an N-tier Awakener, so let them keep thinking that! We'll cultivate our way, they can manage theirs. If they dare meddle with my business, I'll be the first to smack them!"

Elder Luo was always straightforward in his actions. Despite his usual appearance of being as idle as a fish, when his temper flared, he was extremely frightening.

Professor Guo spoke earnestly, "Don't worry, I can still prioritize our issues. I understand what you mean."

He eagerly added, "With a talent like Xiang Beifei, if we carve him together, one day we'll throw it back in their faces!"

Although Professor Guo and Elder Luo were old adversaries, they obviously shared many of the same principles.

"You can participate in the refining process, but remember he's my disciple," Elder Luo warned.

"His talent is so great, and it's not your doing. What are you so proud of!"

"But I found a treasure, envious, aren't you?"

Just thinking about this made Elder Luo happy again, as if the school administration's troubles were no longer an issue, and he chuckled gleefully.

Slapping his thigh with regret, Professor Guo was very annoyed!

"Damn it! Why wasn't I at the school that day! To let a student like this be snatched away by a bastard like you."

Professor Guo was furious inside!

If he had been at the school on the day of the entrance assessment, he would have fought with Elder Luo in a heated exchange, battled him for three hundred rounds, cursed him to the heavens, and then forcefully taken the student, Xiang Beifei, for himself.

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But Professor Guo furrowed his brow and asked, "If Xiang Beifei is SSR class, why was he treated as N class?"

"That's none of your business!" Elder Luo said.

Yet Professor Guo seemed to have thought of something, "He is the son of Tianxing, could it be that Tianxing arranged for his high school principal to tamper with the Leishi stone, to provide cover... I understand now."

"Good that you understand," Elder Luo said seriously for once, "He must have known that his son would attract attention in high school, being N class would offer great protection, so he had that principal called Li Nanxing to help with the disguise, but after coming to Liangzhou University, with our help in looking after him, there's no need to worry."

"That's right, that Tianxing lad has always been crafty. Damn it, he even calculated us into his plans," Professor Guo said solemnly in agreement.

...

Xiang Beifei looked at the two men with a puzzled expression on his face.

Huh?

It seemed he didn't even need to make up any reasons, Professor Guo and Elder Luo were already making up one for him, and discussing it as if it were a matter of fact.

Truth be told, having such an ingenious father he'd never met was rather convenient.

But the two elders were not wrong about one thing, because after his Awakening System activated, he indeed became a target for those with intentions.

This person with intentions was even posing as a teacher at Liangzhou University! Sadly, he had no evidence to confront Xu Yang.

However, Xiang Beifei was still pondering the strange force from Professor Guo just now, so he wasn't in the mood to care about the elders' discussion.

After a while, he finally asked, "Professor Guo, what was with that rebounding force just now? Why was it so strong?"

Only then did Professor Guo snap back to reality and said, "Oh right, I almost forgot! The rebounding force!"

Looking at Xiang Beifei with amazement, he said, "Elder Luo was right, you do qualify to learn my defense abilities!"

"So I've passed the professor's test?" Xiang Beifei asked.

Professor Guo said excitedly, "Passed! Anyone who's in the Qi-Controlling or Meridian Opening stages and doesn't break an arm punching me is qualified to learn my defense skills!"

"I don't quite understand."

"The strongest defense is a counterattack!"

Professor Guo explained, "I have a very strong defensive ability because I can use my Spiritual Power in a very clever way to cover my body's surface, and anyone who attacks me will be repelled by my Spiritual Power, with the rebound force being approximately three to several hundred times the strength of the attack, depending on the difference in cultivation."

"That strong?"

Xiang Beifei drew in a breath of cold air, making his contribution to warming Jiuzhou.

Being able to repel someone's attack on oneself, through defense, and rebound it three to several hundred times stronger?

He looked at Professor Guo's [SR Counterattack System] with astonishment. Although he couldn't see the specific details of the system, he had a rough idea that this person was relying on special Spiritual Power to form a defense on the surface, which would directly counterattack upon being hit.

"Then how is this counterattack force determined? By one's own control, or...?"

"It's related to your Spiritual Power and level of cultivation. The higher your strength, the stronger the rebound force. The higher the opponent's strength, the weaker the rebound force, so it depends on the difference between you and your opponent. The specifics need to be addressed on a case-by-case basis, but it's definitely a very powerful means of counteraction."