The next day.
At Heart of Fire Academy, the sun rose in the east, casting a faint glow over the Cherry Blossom groves of Heart of Fire Academy.
Inside the Heart of Fire Academy classroom, however, there were already 'thwacking' sounds, accompanied by the screams of a young girl.
"You were two full quarters late. The penalty is thirty strikes to the palm. If you're late again next time, the punishment will be doubled, understood?"
Xin held the bamboo board and struck Ning Rongrong's palm thirty times.
Ning Rongrong's eyes welled up with tears, her face full of resentment, as she clutched her purpling palm:
"I just slept in a little, and you hit my palm thirty times? Teacher, you're too much! I want to drop out! I want to go to the Shrek Academy next door!"
This Teacher doesn't know how to cherish and pity a girl!
"As expected of a support system Spirit Master, her body is still too weak."
"If you want to drop out and go to Shrek, you can, but you need to think it through yourself."
Xin shook his head, ignoring Ning Rongrong's willfulness. This Disciple just needed training.
He walked directly to the classroom and wrote several large characters on the blackboard with the grace of a Dragon and Phoenix, as the theme for today's lecture:
"The Core Cultivation of support system Spirit Masters."
Clearly, today was originally the lesson Xin had prepared for Ning Rongrong.
Are you going to learn or not?!
Bell stood by, very sensibly advising:
"Student Rongrong, Teacher's exclusive teaching is hard to come by. Why don't you listen to Teacher's lesson before deciding whether to drop out."
Ning Rongrong's face was full of grievances. Even at home, her elders had never punished her like this. This Teacher Xin had mercilessly struck her palm thirty times, and her little hand was swollen!
"Hmph, I'll just listen and see what he can teach me!"
Ning Rongrong glanced at this heartless Teacher Xin, and she also recalled something Bell had said yesterday.
The reason Teacher Xin wore a mask was because he was very handsome.
No matter how handsome he was, being so cruel, he would never find a girlfriend!
She wanted to see just how handsome this Teacher Xin was! And what he could teach!
Otherwise, joining this Academy for no reason, learning nothing, not even seeing the Teacher's face, and still getting her palm struck, would be too much of a loss!
Ning Rongrong took her seat, her face full of grievance.
Because Bell was not a Personal Disciple, he only stood on the side to listen; the main teaching object was still Ning Rongrong.
"Bring out your Spirit."
Xin said indifferently.
Ning Rongrong reluctantly extended her little hand, which was still trembling slightly from the beating, and a radiant glow emanated from her body. The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda appeared in her hand.
"The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda is hailed as the most outstanding support system Spirit on the continent."
"Of course." Ning Rongrong was very confident in her Spirit.
"Unfortunately, the limitations of support system Spirits are too great. Many times, they're no different from Waste Spirits."
But Xin's next words made Ning Rongrong unable to smile.
A useless pagoda? This was the universally recognized number one support Spirit on the entire continent!
"That's not true." Ning Rongrong pouted.
"I ask you, what are you support system Spirit Masters best at?"
"It's amplification and healing, providing a boost in strength or sustained combat ability to teammates."