Chapter 1258: Chapter 1258: Teacher Mu’s Class

Beautiful girl, beautiful young woman, beautiful young man...

These titles, which sound extremely embarrassing, carried a strange and eerie vibe when they came out of Teacher Mu Jianling’s mouth...

All the members twitched their lips, unsure of what to say for a moment.

Then.

Mu Jianling sat down, pointing at Yue Qiguang on the screen, and said, "Does Yue Qiguang seem like a fool?"

No one answered.

Mu Jianling said, "Jiang Fang, you say."

Suddenly being called, Jiang Fang, who had a low presence sitting among the crowd, shuddered and instinctively tightened his neck.

Mu Jianling glanced at him.

Jiang Fang immediately stood up and said loudly, "Not a fool!"

Mu Jianling said, "Not a fool? Don’t speak against your conscience just because you’re afraid I’ll scold you."

Jiang Fang secretly took a breath and very unprincipledly changed his words, "Well... sometimes, a bit foolish."

"Oh—" Mu Jianling raised an eyebrow and said faintly, "Compared to you, he is indeed only a bit foolish."

Jiang Fang: "..."

He knew—

He knew such comments were waiting for him.

Jiang Fang shook his head, gathering his courage to retort, "Teacher, I think your comment is biased. Yue Qiguang and I are two different individuals and cannot be compared. I..."

As he spoke, Jiang Fang met Teacher Mu Jianling’s gaze and gradually closed his mouth.

Mu Jianling said, "Your arrogance is as high as his, if not worse."

Jiang Fang pressed his lips together.

Back during the final exams, being the fool tricked by Ji You and others, his arrogance and pride had kept him from raising his head among classmates even as the new semester started.

Mu Jianling did not continue to criticize him but suddenly asked, "How many points do you think Yue Qiguang can get with his strategy?"

Jiang Fang looked a bit confused and thought for a moment, not so confidently saying, "Getting... 50 points?"

Having answered, Jiang Fang somewhat nervously glanced at Teacher Mu Jianling, unexpectedly, Mu Jianling neither nodded nor shook her head, remaining silent.

points was already a high assessment, equivalent to Jiang Fang believing Yue Qiguang could single-handedly defeat 50 foes!

Jiang Fang waited and waited, as did the other students in the training room until finally hearing Mu Jianling say, "Then how many points do you think Chu Jiaojiao can get on her own?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Fang replied, "100."

Mu Jianling: "Oh?"

"That high?"

Jiang Fang looked at Chu Jiaojiao, who controlled the scene effortlessly and had gained considerable speaking rights. With a hint of admiration in his eyes, Jiang Fang said, "Chu Jiaojiao has nearly mastered half of her camp’s manpower, and these people weren’t drawn in by deceit, coercion, intimidation, or any such means. They were genuinely attracted by her abilities and leadership, and would truly follow her.

Meanwhile—

Yue Qiguang’s beautiful girl commander + intimidation only temporarily suppresses his subordinates, which, in fact, harbors hidden dangers. Slight inadequacies might lead to explosive situations. Still, Yue Qiguang is very smart; he did not immediately expand his influence but chose to consolidate his existing manpower.

However!

Because of this, for Yue Qiguang to develop to the scale Chu Jiaojiao has reached will take time.

During his development? Would Chu Jiaojiao simply wait for him? Absolutely impossible.

So, I believe Chu Jiaojiao has a better chance of winning." Jiang Fang, initially nervous and stammering, spoke more smoothly the more he talked, and his analysis was very clear and grounded.

Having finished, Jiang Fang awaited Teacher Mu’s feedback.

Mu Jianling said, "You may sit down."

Jiang Fang couldn’t help but ask, "Teacher, is my analysis incorrect?" 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

Mu Jianling smiled slightly and said, "Having your own thoughts, that’s good. However, the dynamics of battle are intricate, and the specific results await your observation and evidence.

Your task is to make bold assumptions and verify them cautiously."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Fang slightly relaxed, at least his analysis wasn’t directly wrong.

After listening, Jiang Fang comfortably sat down.

Mu Jianling continued, "You all must know, war is not the same as a fight. A fight has winners and losers, but war inevitably involves death. When you are ready for combat, you must learn to face death..."

"True death." Mu Jianling added.

All the students in the training field seriously corrected their sitting posture.

Mu Jianling raised a finger, pointing in the direction of the screens displaying Ji You, Chu Jiaojiao, Yue Qiguang, and others, saying, "When you consider this merely a competition, if it were a battlefield, everyone here would be completely dead."

The students pressed their lips together.

Mu Jianling said, "These top students from various schools, the elite... they surely couldn’t have imagined themselves acting so foolishly in the group battlefield, right?"

"This is war!"

"It is not competition."

"There is no luck."

"There’s no room for jokes or fooling around."

"If you are not vigilant, if you are not careful and serious, if you don’t approach it with a proper and solemn attitude—

Then, the fate awaiting the fools in the arena is yours."

When Mu Jianling said this, her fingers lifted slightly, landing right on the head of He Zhen, the grandson of Marshal He’s family.

Whether she did this intentionally or unintentionally, who knows.

Cough cough...

The students maintained a posture of eye-watching-nose, nose-watching-mind, all pretending not to see anything.

Mu Jianling looked at these students, one by one, each face lively and full of youthful vitality. After a brief silence, Mu Jianling suddenly asked, "Has anyone here ever killed someone?"

Wow~

The whole crowd stared.

Mu Jianling, in an unprecedentedly serious tone, asked, "Has anyone?"

The students, mouths agape, were rendered speechless by this question, eventually shaking their heads.

Mu Jianling nodded and said, "Very good. Killing isn’t something worth pride or arrogance, not even for the sake of protecting—"

The atmosphere grew heavy.

"If possible, I hope your hands remain clean always, your smiles warm," Mu Jianling said. "However, our battlefield isn’t limited to the front line in the wilderness. Our enemies aren’t just Star Beasts but also humans like us, with the same eyes, limbs, and brain."

Upon hearing this, the students all tensed.

Mu Jianling quietly said, "If that day comes, I hope you can protect yourselves."

After speaking, the next second, Mu Jianling said, "Class dismissed."

"Class... dismissed?"

The students were puzzled; weren’t they supposed to remain until the competition was over before leaving?

Suddenly... suddenly class is dismissed?

Momentarily slip of the tongue, Mu Jianling turned back on the students, calmly saying, "Self-study for 5 minutes."

Leaving these words, Mu Jianling lifted her feet to leave.

Students familiar with Mu Jianling watched her gradually disappearing figure, feeling that Teacher Mu’s steps seemed somewhat hurried...