Two Realms: I Will Become the Immortal Emperor

Chapter 243: Chapter 218: Kill the Chicken to Warn the Monkey, and My Friend Found a Treasure

Zhurong Daoist School, Alchemy Department.

Twenty-four parallel stone bridges led to a great hall that housed all the offices for the Alchemy Department’s instructors. Outside each office hung a nameplate with the instructor’s name, academic credentials, and Cultivation Realm.

It was said that some teachers, completely absorbed in their research, even had their Cave Mansions located within their offices.

But while the hall’s exterior was simple and archaic, the inside was extremely modern.

Li Tingyu’s office alone was a sprawling 1,700 square meters.

A washroom, a bedroom, a study, a garden...

It was like a presidential suite.

All teachers possessed the ability to ignore their students, and Li Tingyu was no exception. After sweeping the two of them into her office, she immediately began to brew herself some fruit tea.

”This is bigger than my entire house!”

Qiu Beixuan muttered from the side, his eyes filled with envy. ”They always said the benefits for teachers at Zhurong Daoist School were great, but I never imagined they were *this* great... After I graduate, I’m going to fight for a position here, too.”

Chen Che, on the other hand, was unfazed. The office was about the same size as the main hall in Jinyun Valley.

”Why’d you get dragged to the office, too?”

”I was late, too.”

Qiu Beixuan nodded.

’No wonder he seemed so happy,’

Chen Che grumbled to himself.

’It was like being late for class and suddenly realizing your deskmate wasn’t there yet. All that anxiety just melts away.’

”Stay on as a teacher?”

”You’ll have to reach Core Formation within your four years at the Daoist School for that to even be a possibility. Otherwise, it’s just empty words.”

Li Tingyu, holding her fruit tea, heard them and drifted over. ”And another thing,” she said, ”don’t think you can just slack off now that you’re in Zhurong Daoist School. Why were you late? Give me a good reason, or I absolutely will not let you off the hook today.”

”I was in seclusion for my Cultivation and lost track of time. By the time I realized what was happening, I was already late.”

The excuse came easily to Chen Che.

Li Tingyu glanced at Qiu Beixuan.

He hastily replied, ”Me too.”

”A very good reason. In that case, I’d like to see the fruits of your daily seclusion!”

Li Tingyu gave a slight nod. With a faint lift of her elegant hand, she sent a palm strike straight at Chen Che.

’These siblings really have the same way of testing students,’ he thought, not alarmed but delighted. This was a rare opportunity to exchange blows with a Nascent Soul Cultivator. In that same instant, he raised his hand, channeling his True Essence and Qi and Blood to their absolute limit to meet her palm.

BAM!

Li Tingyu’s palm strike had seemed deceptively casual.

But when their palms met, Chen Che felt the force behind it was like a world-engulfing tidal wave, surging with terrifying power. For a moment, it felt like he was back in high school, in the Qi Refining Realm, facing a palm strike from Li Xiaoshuang.

’Is this the power of a Nascent Soul True Monarch?’

Chen Che was astounded.

Even though she had suppressed her power to his level, he still had to mobilize every last bit of his True Essence just to withstand it. The slightest lapse in concentration, and he would be instantly overwhelmed by her force.

He couldn’t even perceive the realm of the power she was using.

”Not bad!”

After a few moments, Li Tingyu nodded slightly and retracted her hand. ”Your True Essence is solid and potent, not hollow at all. You’ve clearly been working hard. I’ll let you off the hook today. Don’t be late again!”

Then, Li Tingyu turned to Qiu Beixuan.

”Is it my turn?”

Qiu Beixuan was suddenly eager to try.

He had seen how easily Chen Che withstood the blow; it didn’t seem as difficult as he had imagined.

Seeing Li Tingyu raise her palm to strike, Qiu Beixuan immediately channeled his True Essence to meet her attack.

With a loud CRACK,

their palms collided. Qiu Beixuan shrieked as he was sent flying backward like a cannonball. He crashed through the office doors, rolled several times upon landing, and then lay still. His right arm was bent at an unnatural angle, obviously dislocated.

”His True Essence is hollow—all flash and no substance. I suppressed my Cultivation to his Realm, and he couldn’t even withstand a single palm strike.”

Li Tingyu slowly shook her head.

Ignoring the collapsed Qiu Beixuan, she drifted back to her desk and finally spoke: