This Summoner Is Too Powerful-Chapter 400 - 351: Are You Really a Student?
When the two of them rang the doorbell, Guan Heshi quickly opened the door.
This time, the other party was still late, but he wasn’t angry.
"Li Pu, you finally came."
As he let the two into the house, Guan Heshi smiled warmly.
"Teacher, it’s me."
Seeing Guan Heshi patting Long Ren on the shoulder, Li Pu felt a bit awkward.
"Oh, sorry."
"It’s been so long that I don’t even remember what you look like, haha."
Guan Heshi turned to Li Pu with a slightly apologetic smile.
"Uh..."
Long Ren looked at this teacher-student pair and only then realized that the situation might not be what he imagined.
"I heard you won the Cube Card track championship at the Southwest Star Cup, congratulations, congrats."
"Your performance not only brought glory to the school and your class but also brought honor to me as your teacher."
At this moment, Guan Heshi’s face was full of praise.
"Thank you, teacher."
As Li Pu spoke, his gaze instinctively wandered around his teacher’s house.
The place was spacious, and in comparison to Li Fan’s little villa, it was clear that the teachers at Xidu University enjoy good benefits.
However, unlike Li Fan’s place, Guan Heshi’s living room had a lot of bookshelves.
At a glance, they seemed to be the same type of books.
"On How the Green Seed Monster Achieves the Ultimate Release," "General Rules of Plant Rebirth," "Tree Humans from Level 1 to Level 6," "The Impact of Inscribed Artifacts on Plant Rebirth," "Rebirth Cases of Ever-Burning Plants"...
Judging from the titles, these are all related to the rebirth of plant-type summoned beasts.
Honestly, Li Pu was quite interested.
Because the more rebirth methods he knew, the more rebirth routes the Grassman would have, and the more ways to strengthen it.
"What, are you interested in these books?"
"I almost forgot, your summoned beast is a Grassman, right?"
"Before you leave, pick a few books to take back and read."
Guan Heshi noticed Li Pu’s gaze.
"Teacher, you said you had something to discuss with me, so..."
This made Li Pu a bit embarrassed, so he retracted his gaze.
But to be honest, he really wanted to borrow them.
"Here’s the thing."
Li Pu’s inquiry made Guan Heshi’s expression instantly serious.
He cleared his throat and placed his hands on Li Pu’s shoulders.
"!"
Perhaps due to mixed blood, Li Pu’s perception was particularly sharp compared to other summoners of the same level.
Although the other party wasn’t using much force, he still tensed up.
It’s like someone arm-wrestling, often able to gauge the opponent’s strength the moment they grasp hands.
Li Pu could feel that Guan Heshi’s strength was beyond what he could resist.
He didn’t know if all teachers were like this, or if Guan Heshi was just physically stronger.
If it’s the former, that’s quite discouraging.
But on second thought, he’s only been a summoner for just over two months, so it doesn’t seem fair to compare himself with seasoned summoners.
(Given how serious the teacher looks, what is this important matter?)
Li Pu felt that he should focus on this issue right now.
"Could you... teach me how to play cards?"
Guan Heshi asked earnestly.
"Huh?"
Li Pu was dumbfounded on the spot.
This is it?
You’re holding onto me because you’re afraid I’d be speechless and fall?
Who’s the teacher here, you or me?
If you want to play cards, go find Li Fan!
That guy is idle right now!
He wasn’t sure whether to let out the few criticisms he had in his mind.
Just then, he caught sight of a book left open on the desk behind Guan Heshi. It seemed like the teacher had just been reading it: "Card Player 3 Days from Beginner to Expert."
It turns out that Guan Heshi, who had never been the center of attention, was facing a social dilemma.
That morning, he had readily agreed to a colleague’s invitation, only to later remember that his card-playing skills were purely beginner level.
So he went home and racked his brains, thinking that perhaps the only way to save face was to get help from this student.
After all, he couldn’t ask other teachers for help, as it would be embarrassing once word got out.
"Actually... it’s not impossible."
Li Pu thought for a moment and realized there might be some feasibility in this.
Even though he’s not a top-tier card player himself, if the other party really is at the level that needs to read "Card Player 3 Days from Beginner to Expert," which is a misleading book, he definitely had something to teach.
"Really?!"
Upon hearing this answer, Guan Heshi was overjoyed.
Knowing that the other party was a card champion at the Southwest Star Cup, a champion of any sort would certainly be better than his amateurish colleagues!
"..."
However, when it came time to agree, Li Pu felt a bit hesitant.
Teaching someone to play cards requires time and effort.
But currently, he was in a phase of rapid strength development and should be investing more time in enhancing his skills.
"By the way, your Grassman hasn’t reached level 1 rebirth yet, right?"
At that moment, Guan Heshi suddenly remembered something and took out a USB drive.
"This contains some of my accumulated research insights over the years."
"It includes a series of level 1 rebirth plans for plant-type summoned beasts, over 200 of them."
"There are actual case studies as well as theories I’ve deduced."
"Many of these are unique in the market, representing my original research outcomes."
He said this while handing the USB drive to Li Pu.
It’s been years since he last had a student, and given that he hadn’t paid much attention to Li Pu in the past two months, he felt a bit guilty, so he considered this a belated teacher’s welcome gift.
"A teacher’s matter is my matter."
Li Pu tightly held the USB drive, his expression solemn: "When do we start learning how to play cards?"
Guan Heshi: "No, no, no, when it comes to playing cards, you are my teacher."
Li Pu: "I wouldn’t dare, you are my homeroom teacher, my mentor."
Guan Heshi: "In that case, you should still call me teacher in public, and I’ll call you teacher when we’re alone."
Li Pu: "I wouldn’t mind."
Guan Heshi: "Hello, teacher!"
Long Ren: "..."
Long Ren: "Didn’t you say you’d only call when no one’s around? Am I not a person?"
Long Ren, who had been watching from the side, finally couldn’t stand it anymore, realizing what was happening.
These two were obviously tied by mutual benefit, so why pretend like they hit it off at first sight?
However, Li Pu and Guan Heshi paid little attention to Long Ren and began discussing how to proceed with the lessons.
Ultimately, they decided on three classes per week, each lasting about 2 hours.
This frequency was entirely manageable for Li Pu.
And so, the first 2-hour class started right then and there.
It left Long Ren speechless.
But what’s even more astounding was that Long Ren, who sat through the entire lesson, also felt he’d benefited a lot, seemingly advancing in card skills.
It seems Li Pu might have a knack for teaching.
By the end of the course, Li Pu even planned to help Guan Heshi design a few card decks.
Unexpectedly, despite Guan Heshi not knowing how to play cards, he had a great and varied collection of cards.
Moreover, due to his research focus, he sometimes had to collect certain rebirth materials.
From his recollections, he’d even been outside the Federation.
So with his background, his card pool was deep and primarily consisted of plant cards.
Among them was even an S-rank card, which from another perspective, reflected Guan Heshi’s extraordinary strength.
However, since there were too many cards, it couldn’t all be sorted out in a short time, so Guan Heshi trusted Li Pu enough to let him take all the cards home to organize at his leisure.
He even generously said that if Li Pu found any cards he liked, he could take them freely. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮
To this, it can only be said that up until now, he hadn’t really understood the joy of Cube Cards; otherwise, he would never have said such words.
Such a proposal naturally pleased Li Pu immensely.
He really did want to put together a strong plant deck, and perhaps this was the opportunity to do so.
Of course, he wasn’t so shameless as to take the homeroom teacher’s S-rank card.
He would take a few C and B-rank cards to see if he could combine them into an A-rank one.
Then he’d help Guan Heshi make a few powerful and suitable fusion cards to slot back into the decks, assuming Guan Heshi wasn’t particularly mindful about his card pool and wouldn’t notice anything.
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