Chapter 144 Field Mission, Martial Arts Demonstration

[Inside the spacious and bright tiered classroom, the students of Class 2-1 sat upright and attentive.]

[On the podium, the new Martial Skill teacher, "Liu Qing," was conducting a course presentation for the new semester.]

["Hello, students. I am your Martial Skill mentor for the new semester, Liu Qing."]

[She was dressed in a sharp, professional suit.]

[With her hands behind her back, her sharp gaze swept across the entire class.]

[Her voice was crisp, yet it carried an undeniable sense of authority.]

["In my course, I don't care how your previous teachers taught you."]

["With me, once we reach the training ground..."]

["...the only rule is obedience! Do you understand?"]

["We understand!"]

[Intimidated by this Aura, the students responded loudly.]

[Sitting in the back corner, you twirled the pen in your hand.]

[Quietly, you watched this woman on the podium.]

[To be honest, the tone, expression, and even some habitual small movements she displayed...]

[...were indeed seventy to eighty percent similar to the Liu Qing you had seen in Wuyue City.]

[However, the traces of acting were too heavy.]

[The real Liu Qing's tone and posture would be a bit softer.]

[But the one on stage...]

[That Aura of a high-ranking superior emanating from her bones was simply not something a regular martial arts gym coach could possess.]

["This Liu Qing is definitely an investigator from the Investigation Bureau in disguise."]

["It seems that this time, the Investigation Bureau has stolen the cult's script."]

["Beating the cult at their own game."]

[Since she was an undercover agent sent by the Investigation Bureau to replace Liu Qing, and she was female...]

["Is it Cold Kite?"]

[You speculated secretly in your heart.]

[Although you were in the Soaring Realm at the moment, you didn't plan to directly use your Divine Soul power to conduct a detailed probe of her.]

[Because it was simply unnecessary.]

[Furthermore, if the other party really was Cold Kite, such a probe would be easily sensed.]

["No rush, just observe slowly."]

[In the third simulation, Liu Qing had also come to the school to serve as a Martial Skill teacher.]

[However, that time, she was an undercover agent for the Heart-Eroding Cult.]

[Everything she cherished in life had been completely destroyed by the cult, and she had been transformed into a cold-blooded cultist.]

[This time, although the woman on stage wasn't Liu Qing...]

[...she still borrowed Liu Qing's appearance and name.]

[But this time, this "Liu Qing"...]

[...would bring the iron fist of the Federal Investigation Bureau.]

...

[You guessed correctly.]

[This "Liu Qing" standing on the podium was indeed not Liu Qing herself.]

[She was Cold Kite, the Deputy Director of the Wuyue City Alien Cult Investigation Bureau...]

[...in disguise.]

[After receiving this mission from the Great Grandmaster to go undercover, protect, and investigate...]

[Cold Kite was very happy.]

["Finally! Finally, I don't have to deal with that damn boring paperwork anymore!"]

[Cold Kite cheered in her heart.]

[She wanted to give a thumbs-up to Gao Yu, who was working overtime in her stead.]

[Gao Yu: ?]

["Haha, that annoying Gao Yu."]

["He actually wanted to compete with me, his superior, for field work?"]

["Fortunately, Liu Qing is female and about the same height as me."]

["Otherwise, in terms of Disguise Techniques, I might really lose to that poker-faced man."]

[The feeling of being out in the field was truly great.]

[Breathing in the campus air filled with the scent of youth, Cold Kite felt that even the sunlight was much brighter.]

[The only thing that made her a bit uncomfortable was the cultivation restriction of this identity.]

[In order to not arouse the cult's suspicion and to match the file records...]

[Great Grandmaster Zhao Zongtian, a few days ago...]

[...privately gifted Liu Qing several bottles of Advanced potions under the guise of a "Special Commendation from the Investigation Bureau."]

[He helped her stack her Realm to the Eighth Stage of Qi and Blood and updated the records at the Ivy Martial Arts Gym.]

[So, Cold Kite's current public setting...]

[...was that of a Martial Skill teacher who had just recently broken through to the Eighth Stage of Qi and Blood.]

[Therefore, Cold Kite now had to suppress her cultivation to the level of the Eighth Stage of Qi and Blood.]

[It was indeed a bit restrictive.]

[However, Cold Kite was a battle-hardened investigator after all.]

[Maintaining the facade of the Eighth Stage of Qi and Blood during daily teaching was no difficult task for her.]

[Cold Kite on the podium composed herself and waved her hand.]

["Liao Fan! You're the class monitor, right? Line them up!"]

["Lead everyone to Combat Hall No. 3!"]

["For today's first class, let me see what you're made of!"]

...

[Ten minutes later, inside Combat Hall No. 3.]

[Cold Kite had changed into a form-fitting training suit, holding an unsharpened instructional longsword in her hand.]

[She began to guide the students one by one through basic sword swing exercises.]

["Groups of two, begin basic sparring!"]

[At her command, the students dispersed and began to spar in pairs.]

[Cold Kite walked through the venue with her hands behind her back, inspecting them.]

[Teaching these ordinary students was very easy for her.]

[But as she watched, she felt some surprise in her heart.]

[She discovered that the foundations of many students in this class were actually quite solid.]

[Especially a few students who seemed to have mediocre Aptitude.]

[The trajectory of their power delivery and the connection of their footwork...]

[...all showed traces of having been meticulously corrected by someone else.]

[Although it hadn't reached a level that exceeded Cold Kite's expectations...]

[...in a high school in a small city, such a foundation was already considered very rare.]

[This resulted in Cold Kite walking a large circle...]

[...only to find that there wasn't much adjustment or guidance she could actually provide.]

[Because to make these people advance further was no longer something a few simple words of guidance could achieve.]

[They could only rely on their own diligent training and self-reflection during actual combat.]

["Who taught them?"]

[Cold Kite's gaze searched through the crowd.]

[Finally...]

[...it fixed upon the youth in the corner who was swinging a long saber alone.]

[Li Ang.]

[In fact, when Cold Kite looked at Li Ang's file...]

[...she knew that you worked as a teaching assistant in your spare time to earn living expenses.]

[But she truly hadn't expected...]

[...that a high school student's teaching effectiveness could be this good.]

[Adding in Great Grandmaster Zhao Zongtian's high regard for this youth...]

[The curiosity in Cold Kite's heart was completely piqued.]

["I'll have to personally test your mettle."]

[Having made up her mind, Cold Kite walked straight toward you.]

...

[In the corner.]

[You were unhurriedly swinging the long saber, controlling your strength and rhythm.]

[Noticing "Liu Qing" walking toward you from the corner of your eye, you began to ponder.]

["What does she want to do? Test me?"]

[Soon, your doubt was answered.]

[Cold Kite walked up to you and sized you up.]

[In her perception, the Aura on your body was steady and restrained.]

[It was at the level of the Early Stage of the Eighth Stage of Qi and Blood.]

["It seems he must have used some kind of secret Aura-restraining technique to suppress his presence."]

[Cold Kite thought to herself.]

["When he went to the Investigation Bureau last time, he directly revealed the Realm of the Ninth Stage of Qi and Blood."]

["Student Li Ang."]

[Cold Kite spoke, her voice crisp.]

["I heard from Group Leader Wu that you are the student with the strongest Martial Skills in this grade."]

["And during your time as a teaching assistant, you've also helped many classmates improve their Martial Skill proficiency."]

["How about it? Interested in coming up to show off a few moves and set an example for everyone?"]