Extreme Almightiest Young Master

Chapter 1002 - 1000: Am I Wrong?

In the blink of an eye, an hour had passed, and these children’s hands were all mangled. The hands of children at the early and middle stages of the Mortal Realm, such as Xia Jianwu, were in a slightly better condition, but they had also turned a bluish-purple hue. As for the children at the initial stage of the Mortal Realm, their hands were in a far worse state, with many of them having torn skin and even bleeding, although they were all gritting their teeth and enduring the pain...

At this point, every strike the children made was met with intense stabbing pain. Xia Jianwu and the others had one thought on their mind, and that was that they must hold out until Xia Lalan arrived. As long as Xia Lalan came, this torment would stop, while Xia Jianping and the others continued to give it their all, seemingly unfazed by the pain on their palms.

Just then, a sharp rebuke suddenly pierced the distance...

"Stop it, all of you!"

The voice was so loud that everyone on the training field could hear it clearly. At once, the children stopped, knowing full well whose voice it was—it was Xia Lalan!

They all turned their gaze in the direction of the voice, just in time to see Xia Lalan rushing into the training field like a gust of wind. As soon as they saw Xia Lalan appear, tears pooled in the eyes of some children, thinking to themselves how Teacher Lanlan had only now returned—they were nearly killed by Lin Feng.

"Lin Feng, I told you to follow the original plan. How could you mess things up like this? Look at what state these children are in now. If their injuries affect their future cultivation, how could they participate in the great competition that the four Prominent Families of the Hidden World hold once every ten years?"

Upon seeing Lin Feng, Xia Lalan instantly erupted like a volcano, furiously confronting Lin Feng. She looked at the children, who had been fine when she left them but were now covered in wounds after such a short time, their hands turned into such a horrific state, many still bleeding. Lin Feng had simply gone too far; this was no way to teach children! It was toying with the children’s future. Had she returned even a bit later, the consequences could have been unthinkable!

She didn’t want to leave, nor did she want to leave the children with Lin Feng. A few years ago, she had been a renowned prodigy in the family, praised as a rare talent seen only once in a hundred years. However, following an incident, her powers had ceased to grow. Those who had been under her back then had now become pillars of the family, while she alone had made no progress!

This time she left to make another attempt, hoping she could recover and regain her power, so she could rejoin the ranks of the geniuses and become useful to the family again. However, she was once again unsuccessful. In the midst of her sullenness, a short-statured assistant found her. When she learned of what Lin Feng was doing to the young group, she rushed back to the juniors like a madwoman. The family had entrusted the juniors to her, and she couldn’t let anything happen to them!

"Do you think these children have the strength to achieve a good ranking in the big competition? Do you believe that with the previous training methods, these children could make much progress? Do you think the previous training methods were good? Do you think these children could all become prodigies under the original circumstances?"

Lin Feng looked at Xia Lalan, didn’t answer her questions, but instead fired several counter-questions back at her. Upon arriving, he had noticed something wrong with the children’s training methods. Without correction, they could only train in a conventional manner like ordinary people and would never become true experts! He believed Xia Lalan could understand all this.

"...But you still can’t do this. These children are the elite of the family, meant to represent it in battle! You’ve injured them all; what about these wounds, how long until they heal? Have you ever thought about this problem?"

Xia Lalan, aflame with rage, faltered at Lin Feng’s questions, finding herself at a loss for words. Indeed, she couldn’t answer his questions well, as she too knew he was right. One cannot become an expert without undergoing trials, but there was only so much she could do!

Yet, seeing the injuries on the children, her fury remained unabated. She furiously confronted Lin Feng again, reprimanding that the children had sustained grave injuries. How long would healing take? Wouldn’t their cultivation be delayed? They still had to face the grand competition in the future. Wasn’t this a case of losing sight of the fundamental issue for the trivial?

"Elite? If it’s just elites you want, a portion will suffice. As for the injured, there won’t be any problems." Despite Xia Lalan’s angry outburst, Lin Feng replied calmly, treating these concerns as trivial matters.

"No matter what, from this moment on, I won’t allow you to touch these children any further. I can’t let you continue this reckless behavior. If you still want to teach these children, you must do as I say!"

Hearing Lin Feng’s words left Xia Lalan even more discontented. Lin Feng spoke easily, but she couldn’t accept his theory. Xia Lalan had made up her mind; she couldn’t let Lin Feng do anything more to these children. They really couldn’t afford any more mishaps, or she wouldn’t know how to explain to the family.

"Teacher Lanlan, you’re finally here to stand up for us!"

"Teacher Lanlan, how could our family have such a teacher, making us suffer so much!"

Hearing Xia Lalan confronting Lin Feng on their behalf, Xia Jianwu and the other children continued to speak from the side, looking extremely aggrieved. They were truly aggrieved, having not expected this new Teacher Lin to make them do all these things, causing everyone to get hurt. If Lin Feng truly continued teaching, they feared life would be worse than death.

Several children who had received the Elixir from Xia Jianping earlier remained silent; none of them wanted Lin Feng to leave or to cease teaching them. Lin Feng had kindled their hopes, as they yearned to follow him and learn from him, to become true powerhouses.

Everyone was caught off guard by what Lin Feng said next...

"Did we come to simply look at the children?" Lin Feng shook his head as he addressed the crowd, his remark seemingly out of place. He could see that Xia Lalan truly cared for the children, but such overprotectiveness wasn’t beneficial to them. Without enduring hardships and trials, even the most brilliant talents would ultimately fade.

"Look at the children?" Xia Lalan was taken aback by Lin Feng’s question, staring at him in confusion, not understanding the meaning behind his words. What did he mean by ’look at the children’?

"Don’t you resemble an auntie in a kindergarten, watching over the children like a mother hen with her chicks? Am I wrong?" Lin Feng continued as he observed everyone’s reactions, simply stating the truth as he saw it!

"What! How can you say such a thing!"

Hearing Lin Feng’s explanation, Xia Lalan finally grasped his point, and she felt as if her lungs would burst with rage, yelling at Lin Feng. How could he say such things about her? This was the junior group—the children were between eight and twelve years old, already stepping onto the path of cultivation. How could they be compared with mere toddlers? Wasn’t Lin Feng insulting her, implying she wasn’t qualified to teach the junior group?

The two teaching assistants were equally shocked that Lin Feng dared to speak to Xia Lalan in this manner. Xia Lalan’s status was no ordinary matter; she was once proclaimed as the Xia Family’s most outstanding prodigy. Had she not encountered certain setbacks, she would never have ended up teaching children in the junior group. Lin Feng’s boldness surely struck a nerve with Xia Lalan!

"Am I wrong? What were you doing at their age? If they can’t face these challenges just because they are young, do they stand a chance against truly exceptional peers? Surely, you understand the reasons behind this," Lin Feng spoke again without regard for Xia Lalan’s fury. He had already noticed the issues with Xia Lalan and understood her thoughts. Since it had come to this point, he decided it was time to lay it all out.

"..."

Xia Lalan was rendered speechless by Lin Feng’s words, as they reminded her of her own past. When she was young, her experience was different from these children. While others were growing up in the junior, adolescent, and adult groups, her grandfather had taken great pains to train her alone, putting her through unimaginable tribulations to become the most outstanding talent in the family...

She was aware that the children cultivated in her current manner wouldn’t meet the expectations, but the training methods her grandfather had used were simply impossible to apply to these kids. Moreover, she couldn’t find any better training methods, so she had no choice but to teach the children in a conventional way...

"How dare you look down on us!"

"We are the geniuses of our family; we will certainly stand out one day!"

"Teacher Lanlan, this man doesn’t deserve to be our teacher, make him leave!"

...

Xia Jianwu and the other children, upon hearing Lin Feng’s words, could not suppress their anger and expressed their displeasure. They wanted Xia Lalan to stand by them and dismiss Lin Feng! The notion of them being inferior to the children of other Prominent Families was something they could not tolerate. Given time, once their power increased, they vowed to make Lin Feng regret his words.

At this juncture, Xia Lalan had become much calmer. With a wave of her hand, she indicated for the children to be quiet and looked at Lin Feng, deciding it was time to have a serious talk with him...

"Lin Feng, I understand your point, but the once-in-a-decade competition is not far off. If any issues arise and affect it, none of us can bear that responsibility. Therefore, we can only allow the children to continue their cultivation steadily; not a single problem can occur, or we won’t be able to account for it to our family!"

Xia Lalan’s words were sincere and reasonable, conveying her thoughts accurately to Lin Feng. Under different circumstances, she might have been persuaded by Lin Feng to change the children’s training methods, but with the impending competition that concerned family honor at stake, she truly could not proceed that way.

Following that, she remembered the assistants mentioning Lin Feng distributing Elixirs. At such a critical time, Lin Feng’s rash actions were intolerable, and she felt compelled to have a serious discussion with him to persuade him not to continue this reckless behavior.

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