Chapter 408 Shameful To Not Be First

The atmosphere turned tense in the hall. Seeing that no one from Class 9C had completed the assessment, all instructors and students assumed strange expressions.

There was shock, surprise, pity, and knowing.

Fortunately, discussion and talking were not allowed in the examination hall.

More than two hours quickly passed.

Many students from Classes 1 to 8 had finished the assessment. Only a few from the top three classes hadn’t completed the assessment.

On the other hand, Class 9C...

Not a single person had completed the assessment!

The atmosphere grew increasingly tense and even the three chief examiners in the center of the hall assumed strange expressions.

Although they didn’t expect Class 9C to significantly change in one month, the awkward scene still caught everyone by surprise.

Many people sighed to themselves, feeling bad for Lin Xun.

After all, if the assessment result of Class 9C was too lousy, it would have a negative impact on Lin Xun. Many instructors had already thought that Lin Xun’s teaching approach was unusual and was only done for attention.

The instructors wouldn’t let go of an opportunity to attack and criticize Lin Xun if they get the chance!

A tall tree tended to catch the wind.

Praise always came with jealousy and dissatisfaction. This was inevitable.

Three hours passed.

All the students of Class 1C had completed the assessment!

Almost all of the students in classes 2C to 8C had completed the assessment, and only a small fraction was still working hard.

On the other hand, Class 9C...

Their situation hadn’t changed!

The atmosphere in the hall was no longer tense, and instead had turned strange. Most of the instructors and students were filled with disbelief.

Isn’t their performance too awful?

Have the students in Class 9C made no improvement and regressed in the past month?

This is very likely. After all, Fang Zhongjian was the former instructor of Class 9C, and then their instructor had changed to Lin Xun, who adopted a completely different teaching style.

Many instructors shared the same thought. They couldn’t help but look at Lin Xun with sympathy and pity.

Ahh, Little Instructor Lin is still...too young!

The other students were a little bewildered. They had attended Lin Xun’s lectures in the past and had found they had learned a lot from him. They had actually developed a deeper understanding in the art of the runes afterwards.

They couldn’t believe the students from Class 9C would perform so poorly.

How is that possible?

Are those guys hopeless?

Or is there something wrong with Little Instructor Lin’s teaching methods?

“Little Instructor Lin, don’t be discouraged. You’ve only been teaching for a month. It doesn’t matter. Don’t take it to heart.”

Instructor Huang’s voice rang in Lin Xun’s ear.

He turned his head and saw Instructor Huang looking sincerely at him like he wanted to console him.

The other instructors’ expressions were more or less the same as Instructor Huang’s.

Of course, Lin Xun also noticed some instructors were looking at him disapprovingly or gloatingly.

Lin Xun smiled, retracted his gaze, and focused his attention on the examination hall. He sent a voice transmission to Instructor Huang. The assessment isn’t over yet. Let’s watch further.

Instructor Huang was taken aback at first and then he couldn’t help but laugh to himself. This kid is so stubborn. Does he think that Class 9C can turn the situation around?

In truth, the other people in the hall had the same thought as Instructor Huang—Class 9C would be ranked bottom again and stay the worst of the nine classes.

Even Shen Tuo, who was very confident in Lin Xun’s ability, couldn’t help but frown. Based on Lin Xun’s ability, even if he couldn’t help Class 9C improve massively, they shouldn't be this bad.

If Fang Zhongjian was present, he would have criticized Lin Xun already!

“Instructor Huang.”

Suddenly, Lin Xun spoke out and a smile spread across his lips. “You should watch carefully.”

“What?”

Immediately, his body froze and his pupils enlarged.

All thirty students of Class 9C stood up as they had finished crafting their aeth tool at the same time!

Swoosh!

It was as though the thirty students had coordinated things beforehand. The unusual scene shocked all the students and instructors.

What…

What is going on?

Did they all suddenly complete the assessment?

For a moment, everyone’s expression was very entertaining. it was as though they had seen a pile of mud transform into flawless jade!

“Did they...they discuss things beforehand?” Instructor Huang asked in bewilderment.

“Should be. I only just figured it out,” Lin Xun responded with a smile

He had indeed only just noticed. He had noticed that many of his students had slowed down their speed when they reached the final stages of crafting the aeth tool.

It had clearly been planned out!

“It must be Liu Hui‘s great idea.”

Lin Xun swept a glance across the students and immediately identified the culprit of the plan because Liu Hui’s chubby face was glowing with pride.

The other instructors and students started to snap out of their shocked state as they had guessed what was going on.

The students from Class 9C have such bad intentions. They deliberately planned this to strike a blow at those who looked down on them.

But then again…

The scene of thirty students completing the assessment at the same time was unarguably spectacular!

At present, only all the students of Class 1C had completed the assessment!

In other words, regardless of the final score, Class 9C was second only to Class 1C in terms of completion speed!

”Hey, I didn’t expect it. I didn’t expect Little Instructor Lin to have such an arrangement for Class 9C to enjoy the limelight,” Instructor Huang marveled. He thought Lin Xun had directed everything.

Lin Xun didn’t explain and just said with a smile, “If they are incompetent, it would be impossible for them to achieve this.”

Instructor Huang looked taken aback, complex emotions swirling in his heart.

The meaning of Lin Xun’s words was obvious: the students in Class 9C had completely transformed compared to one month ago.

This proved that Lin Xun’s unusual teaching method, which other people had criticized, was not done only to draw attention to himself!

On the contrary, Lin Xun was able to transform the bad students of Class 9C in just one month. This miracle had shut everyone up.

The assessment continued.

However, the atmosphere had changed. The students of Class 9C were grinning from ear to ear and in high spirits.

On the other hand, the other instructors and students wore complicated expressions. They had never thought that such an unexpected surprise would happen.

Their eyes sparkled with admiration when they looked at Lin Xun. The changes in Class 9C were so great that they had to accept them.

Lin Xun deserved the credit for the transformation of Class 9C.

When the assessment ended, Shen Tuo and the other chief examiners graded the nine classes and an uproar broke out in the hall.

“Amazing! I can’t believe it!”

“I told you Little Instructor Lin would amaze the world again.”

“Indeed, Class 9C stole the limelight and successfully counterattacked after suffering from humiliation earlier.”

“Unquestionably, Class 9C wouldn’t be enjoying such a moment without Little Instructor Lin!”

”Little Instructor Lin is so handsome. I’ve decided to go after him!”

“Pah, Little Instructor Lin wouldn’t necessarily like you!”

All sorts of commotions, discussions, and arguments broke out one after another.

The reason was very simple. Class 9C had leapt to fifth place on the rankings like a dark horse and had successfully thrown away the title of bottom ranking that had been shackled to them forever.

In just one month, they had jumped to fifth place after being on the bottom!

The change was astonishing!

After all, it was an assessment for rune masters. How could it be that easy to show any improvement?

Moreover, the students of Class 9C were all seen as troublemakers. It was very shocking that Lin Xun could lead those troublemakers to counterattack.

The assessment result had thoroughly demonstrated Lin Xun’s teaching ability. As a result, he won praise and respect from everyone.

No one would dare to criticize Lin Xun’s teaching ability again.

“Little Instructor Lin, we did it!”

Liu Hui skipped towards Lin Xun to take credit.

“Huh?”

With an indifferent expression, Lin Xun asked with a frown, “Aren’t you ashamed?”

Liu Hui looked dumbfounded for a moment. Ashamed? Isn’t what we did enough?

“As my student, it’s shameful to not get first place.”

Lin Xun’s following sentence made Liu Hui feel so ashamed that he wanted to hide. It turns out...turns out that Little Instructor Lin has such high expectations for us!

When Liu Hui passed on his words to the other students in the class, they all flushed with shame.

However, they didn't feel crushed; instead, they felt a strange sense of pride.

It turns out that in Little Instructor Lin’s eyes, we should be getting first place!