Chapter 408 Shameful To Not Be First


    The atmosphere turned tense in the hall. Seeing that no one from ss 9C hadpleted 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 sses 1 to 8 had finished the assessment. Only a few from the top three sses hadn’tpleted the assessment.


    On the other hand, ss 9C...


    Not a single person hadpleted 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 ss 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 ss 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 ss 1C hadpleted the assessment!


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


    On the other hand, ss 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 ss 9C made no improvement and regressed in the past month?


    This is very likely. After all, Fang Zhongjian was the former instructor of ss 9C, and then their instructor had changed to Lin Xun, who adopted apletely 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 ss 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 butugh to himself. This kid is so stubborn. Does he think that ss 9C can turn the situation around?


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


    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 ss 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 erged.


    All thirty students of ss 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 suddenlyplete the assessment?


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


    “It must be Liu Hui‘s great idea.”


    Lin Xun swept a nce across the students and immediately identified the culprit of the n 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 ss 9C have such bad intentions. They deliberately nned this to strike a blow at those who looked down on them.


    But then again…


    The scene of thirty studentspleting the assessment at the same time was unarguably spectacr!


    At present, only all the students of ss 1C hadpleted the assessment!


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


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


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


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


    The meaning of Lin Xun’s words was obvious: the students in ss 9C hadpletely transformedpared 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 ss 9C in just one month. This miracle had shut everyone up.


    The assessment continued.


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


    On the other hand, the other instructors and students woreplicated 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 ss 9C were so great that they had to ept them.


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


    When the assessment ended, Shen Tuo and the other chief examiners graded the nine sses 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, ss 9C stole the limelight and sessfully counterattacked after suffering from humiliation earlier.”


    “Unquestionably, ss 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 ofmotions, discussions, and arguments broke out one after another.


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


    In just one month, they had jumped to fifth ce 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 ss 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 ce.”


    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 ss, 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 ce!